The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-14
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA

Blackwell has advertised her street fair
and carnival for the first week in Sep
TENDER. and now comes Wellington. Kan
sas, and claims the same date The peO-
pie OF Blackwell end Kay county are not
pleased with the action Of Wellington
Councilman Weetherford. of Weather
ford. proceeded TO make a speech and
not having the chance 10 reply, the ex-
city marshal stood on the outside and
fire. two shots through the screen door
at him. That is the kind OF debates that
interests the crowd in some towns
Things are booming down at Hydro.
in Caddo county. The Rock Island depot
has been moved 70 town. and they are
building four elevators
Quinlan. in Woodward county, is ship
ping new wheat that tests % 10 eS
pounds TO the bushel. And still some peo-
pie once insisted on saying that western
Oklahoma was only q grazing country
Watenga is putting on airs. She is
going TO have a street sprinkler; also a
band stand erected at the corner OF Main
street and Noble avenue
Now. the towns over in the Indian ter
ritory are modest as compared TO the
Oklahoma towns. All that Chickasha
wants is Carnegie library, street cars.
waterworks, sewerage, sidewalks and all
night telephone service.
I.awton will be two years old on the
9Th day Of August and she proposes to
celebrate the second anniversary of their
birth in a becoming manner. Lawton IS
once of the biggest towns in the world Of
its age.
The Homestead News asks where the
Indians got their whisky on July Sd and
18th. Perhaps they bought it.
Dora Wright. a colored woman, is sen
fenced to be hanged at Okcene next
Friday Handle Darlington went to
Washington and appealed to President
Roosevelt to pardon her because she is
woman. The chief executive told Mr..
Darlington that woman who whipped a
little child to death ought to have nerve
enough TO be hanged. and Dora will have
TO drop.
A Kingfisher county fruit-grower has
contributed 10 the Oklahoma exhibit az
the ST Louis fair, apricots weighing a
quarter of a pound. and an oklahoma
county man peaches 10 inches in cir
conference. Some jealous mortals at the
worlds fair viii say they were pur-
chased somewhere else.
They evidently have clerks union in
Ponca City. The merchants there are go
ing to close their places OF business at
I D. m, during the summer months.
A herd of cattle got lost in the weeds
on the vacant lots in Waukomis the
other day. It takes good soil 70 raise
that kind of weeds.
Fine, new potatoes were selling In
Shawnee last Friday for So cents per
| bushel. The same day they were selling
in Wichita for 20 cents peck.
Allen Daniels delivered As wagon loads
OF wheat at Glenco one day last week.
1t brought him 81 SAL IS. The Glenco Mir
ror says some of the wheat sold there
tests 63 pounds TO the bushel.
Horses have gone down amazingly at
Chickasha. One hundred head of them
was too much for the iron bridge over
the Washita.
Apache Review: The Iumbermen have
their knives out for each other in Apache
now, and are cutting great holes in the
price of lumber No. l dimension is sell
ing her at $3.50 per thousand now, and
everything else is in proportion This is
a good thing for those who wish to
build and improve their places
Corden News: The publication fee FOR
| land notices will be uniform over all this
country from now on. The fees hereto
| fore paid to newspapers have been four.
| five, six and six and a half dollars in
this and surrounding counties. But now,
! by the suggestion and authority OF the
land office officials, a uniform rate of $
will be charged.
Watonga. Republican: The Indians are
! still on the move toward the scene Of
| the big dance 70 come off next week
northwest Of town. There will be sew
eral hundred Indians present 10 partici-
] pate i'm what they call the Sun Dance.
As the Indian agent will not permit
dancing on Sunday. the ball will be start
ed rolling on Monday, TO continue four
or FIVE dayS.