The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-05
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

If anybody asks you about the corn
| crop in Oklahoma. tell them it is ali
| right.
very confident that she is able 10 stand
alone.
| One hundred and sixty-three wagon
loads of wheat were sold IN Cherokee last
! Thursday.
Mayor Lincoln, Of FL Reno. lets people
know what town he is from when he is
| outside of Oklahoma
| 1t would be q safe bet that the fellows
! in Oklahoma who prayed for rain last
week were not short on corn
| Two elevators at Watonga last month
| shipped out forty-six car loads OF wheat
| This shows that Blaine county can raise
| wheat
| 1t cannot be said that the county COM
| missioners Of Kay county are extrava-
| CANT. The total levy for county purposes
| is ten mills.
| The Leader wants the knockers TO move
| out of Lexington. That paper must learn
| that the knocker. like the poor, ye al
| ways have with you
A bootlegger opened up business in
| Cherokee. He lasted just one day. after
which the Orient says he few his kite for
q more ueSlT&Dle ioCdllOu
Temple claims to be the only city in
| Comanche county with a waterworks sys
| tenn. If the horses and dogs could talk
| they would thank the city for the public
! watering trough.
| farmers of Oklahoma are not borrowing
! money. neither are they borrowing trou-
| BILE. When they borrow the first they are
very likely TO get the latter
| The Chickasha Gin company is going
| to establish a cotton gin at Temple, in
| Comanche county. The machinery will
| be of sufficient capacity to run an oil
mill in connection with the gin.
| The Ponca City Democrat suggests 10
| the farmers not TO forget the local paper
when they sell their first load Of wheat
| The paper devoted 10 the interest OF its
town and county is worthy of support
There is a proposition to combine the
towns of Snyder and Mountain Park,
which are only two miles apart The only
| difficult thing about the arrangement Is
to determine whether to move Snyder to
] Mountain Park or wise versa.
| Generally the first thing a town does
when It tries to put on city airs is TO de-
clare war on the poor dogs. When they
get bigger they declare the Salvation
/ Army Il nuisance. Some OF the Oklahoma
towns have arrived at the latter stage
| The Shawnee News says that foOtmen
| on the streets of that city are in danger
| at all times of being run over by care
less horseback riders or drivers OF We
hicles. This recalls the old saying: Put
a beggar on horseback and he will ride to
/ hell"
Stroud Messenger: John Chcuteau. OF
| the Sac and Fox agency, is the only
| spotted Indian of this region. His whole
| body, excepting his head, became covered
| with white spots when he was twelve
wears old Some of the white spots are
| large as saucer. The strange discol-
Grafton of the skin doesn't pain him IN
the least Scores of physicians who ex-
| amined Johns skin are were sure that
the white spots are not Of a leperous ma
| ture. but they were unable TO explain the
spotting of the skin when John was
twelve years of age.
Watonga Herald: Last Wednesday
night during the rain, Tom Popplebaum
who lives two miles north of town. heard
some one calling from the road. Tom
went out and hunted up and down the
| road. but could find no one. When he
called some one would answer, but when
he would get close to the place where the
voice came from he could get no answer
Finally. with the assistance OF Mr.. Amy.
after an hours search they found fellow
who proved to be Doc Lamb, in the en-
plovment of W. A Beckner, in mud
puddle. with just the end Of his nose
| nrotruding 1t appears he had become
little dizzy-headed during the storm and
| fell from his horse and was unable to
/ got