The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-14
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

1
Since the streets became dry at Shaw
rec the paving agitation has subsidized
An unusual occurrence is reported from
Iawton. \ man died there of heart dis
ease.
/ 1t cost a Shawnee negro SO for stealing
/ oysters purchased for Woodmans ban
! quet.
! Oklahoma City now has nine banks. the
latest being the Farmers bank, with a
capital of So, 900.
| a man named Wilson is at Shawnee
! locking for his wife, who he believes has
eloped with man named Hunt OF that
town.
Bill Cross is at Guthrie complaining of
his treatment to his Democratic friends.
Rill is unnatural in the role OF a COM
palmer.
Fat men are not stayers. Fatty Smith
backed out Of the race for sergeant-at-
| arms OF the council before he was half
beaten.
Burglars at work at Oklahoma City
took from the store OF ]. w Repy six re-
volvers, twenty-five razcrs and 100 pocket
knives.
There is good cause for a boom at
Waukomis now. Dennis Flynn, of keen
insight. has purchased a block of prop
erty there
The farmers of Pottawatomie county in
tend to double the acreage OF potatoes
the coming year. The potato planting fe-
Yer is red-bot.
DIR. Winkler is sensitive. He quit the
race for president of the council in defer
cree TO a sentiment that Kingfsher was
acting the hog.
The district judge al Muscogee is 4
man of iron nerve or he would never
have gone up against the January crirni-
nal docket. 1t contains l25 cases.
The mayors and city attorneys of the
territory Will meet at Guthrie Thursday 10
see what they want from the legisla-
ture and TO perfect an organization.
The gas drilers at Blackwell have
struck oXidized iron ore. II those drillers
in the persistence of their pursuit after
gas aren't careful they'll strike gold yet.
The population of Shawnee. as returned
by Superintendent of Census Ed o. Cas-
sidy. is 1882; 6.S1S males and i.l44 females.
II the city are 1896 white and 557 colored
people.
A minstrel troupe has been organized
at Lexington. and its promoters are Of
fering prize for an appropriate name for
it, The name Chestnut Minstrel Com
Pany'' is barred.
According to the Saltwater Gazette the
treasurer of an Odd Fellows lodge at
Joplin went into a trance and did not
wake up till he reached Pawnee. where
officers helped to bring him to conscious
ness.
The Iron Mountain Mining company
with headquarters at Wildman. has been
chartered with 81 00o, GOO capital. The re-
pert says that the capital is fully paid
Up. million dollars is a whole lot OF
money.
The members of the Oklahoma legisla-
ture were so slow getting in that only a
few of them were at Guthrie the day
previous to the opening of the legisla-
ture. When there were less railroads in
Oklahoma the members were at the capt.
tai earlier.
The mercantile establishments at Law
ton are being bombarded for money to
send a representative 10 Washington to
look after legislation in the interest of
Comanche county. Bert Howard and
Walter Stevens are slated for the mis-
sion, with the chances in favor of Ste
venS
Joe McNeal stepped down and out OF the
presidency OF the Guthrie National bank
yesterday. having sold out all of his in
teTest in that institution. Judge Frank
Gale succeeds him. Mr.. McNeal started
the bank the day Oklahoma was opened
to settlement. and made a great success
of the institution.
jefferson Review: There is a class OF
political parasites that are always after
office, that do more harm TO the party TO
which they belong than their votes do
good They are not content with one
office, but try to gobble up everything in
sight. keeping out deserving ones who
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