The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-09
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

The new county officers took posses
sion OF leather-bottom chairs last Mon
day..
Cold weather has come and the defec-
tive fiue in the new country is doing its
work
The Blackwell gas hole has reached a
depth OF 500 feet. 4 slight cave-in is
now delaying work.
The News says that practically every
citizen of BLACKWELL is a member Of some
fraternal organization.
Dr. Wrinkler touched off several briu
liant sky-rockets in the palpitating air.
mere is no doubt about that
! Governor Ferguson doesn't want the
college professors 10 smoke in public.
and the college professors won't
William Greenfield. of IoIand. is dead
He fell into his own campfire and was
fatally burned.
a young man named Remington is
very i'll in Blackwell. He is said 10 be
a relative of the Remingtons who manu-
facture typewriters.
Some CT the folks from western Okla
toma who went TO the Oklahoma City
statehood convention will stay over to
see the legislature open.
One Oklahoma editor remarks that the
remnant of September which has beer
RAISING itself on for winter. has finally
been knocked off the stage.
The Alva Courier is running an orig
inal story. entitled: "A Contested
Claim" Oklahoma writers should locate
more of their stories in Oklahoma.
The complete files of all the newspapers
published in Oklahoma which were kept
in the Norman University have been
burned OF course they can never be re-
placed.
The name of the county attorney of
Woods county sounds like the name of
the first great protestant in city direc-
tory. The county attorneys name IS Lu-
tier Martin.
The delegation sent to Washington by
the Oklahoma City single statehood con-
yention consists of C. Is. Ames, Roy
Hoffman, Tom Doyle, ". II. p. Trud-
geon,. w. A. Ledbetter. W. T. Hutch
rgs> all of but one Of whom are Demo-
Gratis.
A great broncho rider named Kit Fir-
ger was recently done up in western Ok
lahoma. The broncho went round Ike
a fly wheel, Finger became dizzy and
fell. He was badly bruised. The
broncho's leg was also broken. 1t is said
TO be the first case where Finger didn' I
bust his horse.
The statehood situation is so great that
it. is tying things up in the senate. one
OF the greatest deliberative bodies in the
orld's history. 1t has got into ma
tional politics. 1t has side-tracked legis-
lation of the highest Importance All
the national leaders are into the fight.
Both political parties are tangled up in
it. And yet a leading Democratic paper
ir Oklahoma declares seriously its be-
lief that Dennis Flynn doesn't want
statehood and is blocking the passage
of the bill. How Dennis in the past
must have paralyzed those Democratic
editors.
south McAlister Capital: Back to his
first love-the uniform of blue and the
six-shooter and star; Captain Jack Ellis,
for sixteen years member of the In
dian police corps of the Indian territory.
yesterday deserted the civilians garb
and is once more a much-feared officer of
the law and loyal guardian of tho In
dams property. Several months ago
Captain Jack surprised his friends and
particularly the Indian agent. by for
warding his resignation as captain of the
Indian police. With reluctance, Agent
Shoenfeit accepted the resignation and
in strong language informed Captain
Jack that his ola job was at his bid
ding any time he might whistle. Jack
has whistled. He tired of the secretary
ship of the Hooking Investment COM
rany, and yesterday brushed up his uni
form. cleaned his trusty six-shooter, and
today left for Chickasha TO assist in
running the cattle out of the Indians
country. For the present Jack will be
private with promotion to captaincy
April /.