The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-04
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

There is talk OF establishing stucco
factory out in the Gyp hills.
The Creek nation has started a move
rnent 10 De annexed TO Oklahoma a.
once.
II would be great. good thing II Ok
| iahona City and Guthrie should kiss and
make up
This is the day that Colonel Blackwell
Is 10 unfurl his prophets monument at
! Blackwell.
Some OF the teachers at Alva. during
the Normal institute, have organized =
boarding club.
Secretary Hitchcock. Of the interior de-
partment. is talked Of as Republican san
ator from Missouri
watonga is fun Of push and energy.
/ and that little fire VIII just spur the town
10 renewed activity.
/ If James E. Ament remains in Alva he
/ Will some day drift into politics. And y
I he ever does. he viii be power. He IS
/ built that way.
The Oklahoman. Of Oklahoma City.
says that the people OF Oklahoma county
/ think much better OF Oklahoma county
/ than they once did.
There is quiet and peace about the gov
ernors office right now for the first time
/ in the history OF Oklahoma. almost
! That Is what comes Of putting a news
paper man IN the place
All the papers agree that Ira Terrin
made a good appearance and an able ar
gument before the supreme court. Il
was a great event IN his life, 10 get out
or prison just that long,
Bill Cross studiously avoids making
reference 10 that Arkansas Cow in his
/ speeches. when everybody knows that II
- by far the strongest point in his favor
yet brought out in the campaign
In some portions OF the territory the
knockers have operated against Fourth
Of July celebrations this year. At Black
Well some one has been telephOni2g sur
rounding towns that Blackwell had
abandoned its celebration. just out OF
pure devilishness.
Bob NeT has it figured out this way:
Should MCGUIRE be elected by a ma
jority large enough TO guarantee that
Oklahoma would make a strong RepUb-
bean state, Oklahoma alone viii be ad
mitted. But should Cross be elected. Ok
/ lahoma and Indian territory viii be ad-
mitted as one big state. fully as large
as Kansas or Nebraska. This viii not
work. Neither the present congress nor
the next viii grant statehood 10 the In
dian territory. II is having hard enough
tine 70 get a territorial form Of govern
ment.
Ardmore Ardnorite: Tams Bixy. who
Is acting chairman Of the Dawes com
mission. says that the passage OF the
treaties, with other legislation that has
been enacted at the present session, viii
enable the commission 20 proceed rapidly
with the final allotment OF the lands and
the winding up az the affairs OF the diff
ferent tribes. He predicts that within
less than two years all OF the lands Of the
five civilized tribes will have been ailot-
ted and that the government VIII be in
position to turn the trust funds over to
the Indians and allow them 70 depend
upon their own resources In the future.
Oklahoma City Tlmes-Journal: By
September Is 1903. Oklahoma win be
full-hedged state. with a complete set
Of state officers. and two members OF
congress. The action Of the senate IN
making the statehood bill the regular or
der after December 10. makes II certain
that the bill viii be a law by January J.
1903. The bill provides that the governor
shall call an election which shall be held
within sixty days from the approval Of
the act, at which delegates to the con-
stitutional convention shall be elected
The convention meets in four weeks after
the election The length OF time the
convention may sit IS not determined in
the bill. but it will probably not be more
than sixty days. Within sixty days from.
the day Of adjournment an election
must be held. at which time all state
and legislative officers may be elected
under the constitution. The returns must
be certified by the president, and II all
requirements of the enabling act are
complied with, the president must pro-
claim Oklahoma a state within twenty
days after receipt Of the certified state
ment Of the returns OF the election.
These processes will make September /.
next year. as about the time the state
viii be admitted into the Union.