The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-21
OUTLINES OF okLAHoMA.

| The people of Hennessey evidently
| think that the gambling houses have the
per cent Of the game in their favor They
have petitioned the mayor ard city coun-
| Gil 10 close them all for keeps
The tribe Of TonkaIa Indians now num-
Der only Sc. They are now visiting some
of the other tribes in the territory. and
they al go visiting at once indian Ell
quette. however does not require the
parties visited 10 furnish all the eatables
and have preserves on the table
That drug clerk in Oklahoma City who
sold a merchant some agra corrosive
sublimate in tamlet form instead OF Gallo
mel would be a dangerous fellow TO act
as clerk for hog cholera doctor.
The Pond Creek yidette is not boasting.
1t just states as matter Of fact that
Pond Greek does more business than any
other town on the Rock Island. from
Wellington to Il Reno, except Enid
Some of the oil companies are threat
ening to go into court and show that the
oil inspectors in Oklahoma are not COM
petent. because they condemn oil that
stood the inspection at Wichita Some
people at Wichita viii smile when they
read this.
The farmers of Caddo county are
ploughing for the next crop Of fail wheat
The wise farmer never waits for the Au-
gust drouth TO plow for wheat
The Weatherford Democrat draws the
line at criticism of his paper by the peo-
pie of that town who are not subscribers
The Billings News offers to put Okla
homa against the world for wheat and
babies. 1t says the babies weigh 10 IA
pounds, and the wheat tests 60 to 81
pounds to the bushel.
The farm loan agents in Oklahoma are
Offering low rates of interest as an in
ducement for the farmers to borrow
money. The prosperity of Kansas is
largely due TO getting clear of the farm
mortgages.
The Orient says that Cherokee has the
best waterworks in the west. and they
use the water 10 sprinkle the streets and
sidewalks; TO wash the windows and for
bathing. The Orient did not say it, but
in extreme cases the water may be used
for drinking.
The Santaa Fe has built six big storage
reservoirs for water between Newkirk
and Byers. and while built for CONNER
cial purposes, the people have found they
add much to the beauty of that sec
ton. There ought 10 be more of such
reservoirs in Oklahoma and western
Kansas.
Ollie Ostendorf, of Enid, knocked out
Jack Graham, of Terre Haute, in the
eighth round at Enid. last Saturday night
And now the Enid sports are saying that
their local man got all the glory and the
other fellow all the money.
The Deer Creek Times and the Deer
Creek merchants are kicking because the
grain buyers do not pay more money
for wheat. Verify, the grain buyer has a
hard road to travel. How many of them
have you ever known to get rich?
Dennis FIynns political prospects viii
now begin to grow dim. The Oklahoma
papers have started a story to the effect
that he has made a million dollars in a
zinc mine.
The Daily Oklahoman says that a local
grain firm there has received an order for
ten thousand bushels Of wheat from
Minnesota mills. The Minneapolis mills
used TO advertise that there was no Kan
sas hard wheat mixed with their flour.
Now the more Kansas hard wheat the
better the flour.
lett News: AS a general rule the wo-
men of Oklahoma are perfectly compe-
tent and willing to perform any work
which. through necessity or otherwise.
may fall to their lot. On account of the
scarcity of harvest hands this season
a great many women went into the field
and made as good a hand as any man.
Mrs. Nell Brummett not only ran the
binder during harvest, and done it better
than Nell ever though of doing 1t. but
she alss, done the cooking for the hands.