The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-06
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.


The Weatherford Normal school seems
TO strike good many slow. sandy places
| in the road
There seems TO be wide field of ac-
| tivity opening just now for the strenuous
buil-tick board.
The land c1ice at vinita is open and
| yesterday the Cherokees began filing on
| their allotments.
The late Artie Daniels was to early
Oklahoma what sam Wood was to kan
sas in the matter of dress.
II Arizona and New Mexico should ever
become a state, il would be big enough to
pass for twin sister 10 Texas.
A physician has been arrested at Okla
| foma City. He performed an operation
on baby. afterward gave il morphine
| and the child died.
Work on me electric line between Guth-
RE and Oklahoma City will begin next
| month. New York capital is behind the
deal with one million.
II Captain Won Person. of the Austrian
court. really lives in Woodward county
aybe the lost Archduke John IS out
there. punching the gay and festive steer.
The other day the mayor and city coun-
Gil OF Oklahoma City went down TO ST.
Louis TO pick up pointers on city govern
n,ent. Well, ST. Louis is nor exactly a
model in that line.
New the Weatherford Normal matter
goes over until February Is, and before
that time the legislature may repeal the
law providing for the school. Weather
ford must be pretty hot.
Down in Oklahoma the Choctaw is stiIl
called by its old name, and not the Rock
Island The name. Hutchinson South
ern. since that line was purchased by the
Santa Fe. has disappeared.
Oil excitement at Granite is again bub-
| bling. Granite is to have a ref merry.
Many oil entries or land are being made.
The holiday statehood conventions have
cut mighty little ice. Congress will not
hear much about them.
zGovernor Ferguson may be able to pre-
vent boomers for girl students in Okla
hcma institutions. but he will have quite
a time with that other reform of his-to
keep all college professors from smoking.
Every time an insane person escapes
fIom the insane asylum. he or she roasts
the institution to her captors. and the
Democratic papers report that the cap
tive seems rational at times
Ponca City Courier: The meanest thief
we ever heard of is one who stole coat
and pair of mittens from old man Davis.
who is working the waterworks
trenches. MIR. Davis, who is 20 years old.
and poor man, hung his coat on a fence
pest. and while gone a few rode away
for his shovel, the sneak thief took 1t.
person mean enough to do that is too
mean to be ashamed of himself.
Arapahoe Bee: Frank Fillmore assumes
his duties today additional Indian
farmer at the commisSaryl He has al
ways taken deep interest in farming and
the labors of John III. Seger. and il was
through a friendship formed some years
ago between the two that secured him the
position. For many years il has been
his ambition to help solve the problem OF
making the noble red man a tiller of the
soil until he was self-supporting, and he
commences the arduous duties this morn
ipg. United States Indian Agent John II.
Seger was here last Friday night. and
together they went over the plans for
this years work. In a general way they
mean to install white farmer on every
available allotment and bring the great
body of Indian land into cultivation
While the work mapped out will take
years to accomplish. the next year will
bring about a great change in that Sec
ton of Custer county that has so long
been neglected.