The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-11
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.


The Quill has been made the official
paper OF Shawnee
The college and university girl has re-
turned home But its no longer home.
sweet home"
Tom HensIey Of FL Reno is still fighting
the administration that defeated him.
The case is a sad one.
The FL Reno Democrat quoted Bible TO
its readers. The effect was similar 10
that produced by a preacher trying to run
a newspaper.
Enid has issued an invitation to the
flooded manufactures OF Kansas. Evil
IDENTIFY the debris Of the .cloudburst'' has
been cleared away.
The Enid Wave is fighting Pension Com
missioner Ware and commencing the ceie-
bration of JEFF Davis birthday. Its stand
is consistent, at any rate.
The mayoralty job at Enid is proving
too slow for John Linden. Monday he
called out the fire company just TO see
how rapid the members were.
a man at Ponca City while firing an
engine was severely burned and immedi-
ately jumped into a nearby pond. Such
presence OF mind IS a good model
In all the Oklahoma papers an an
nouncement is made about tax on
trying to encourage the industry.
The Enid Eagle announces that the
Oklahoma baseball league passed away
at ga Tuesday morning. Chronic indiges-
ton (of managers) is said to have been the
trouble
The big payment" of the Osages be-
gan this week at Pawhuska. and amounts
to $50 per Indian. Liquidation" in Cana
dian stocks will now be about as signifi-
cant as a cub bear.
An Oklahoma City firm gave the fire
boys s35 to show its appreciation OF their
work in pumping the water out OF its
cellar during the food. No public en-
ployes receive third the thanks that the
fire fighters do.
An alleged Santa Fe detective appeared
at Watonga the other day and demanded
Colby. the prisoner said to be wanted in
Kansas. He was refused The Blaine
county officers don't propose to have any
trouble over probable reward.
The law and order league of FL Reno are
planning a public meeting at which the
city officials and the defeated candidates
are to argue the question of law and or
der st. Pierre and Mt. PeIee should be
remembered. This is a timely warning
to all residents of this i'll fated city.
Alva Pioneer: The Oklahoma agri-
cultural experiment station at Saltwater
received the following communication
from a Pawnee county farmer on May s.
1903: when at Pawnee few days ago.
l met man who was selling farm rights
for a preparation which he claimed would
destroy borers when put on trees and
would clean an orchard of gophers when
buried in the orchard. He said that the
experiment station had offered him $3,000
for half interest in his patent Is the
whole matter a fraud and a lie or nOt?'
Shawnee Democrat: The recent high
water has placed many people in serious
straits Serious straits is not place, il
is condition, and enc Of the most serious
conditions OF all is that which is confront
ing the inhabitants of the poor farm. The
reason for all this is found in the fact
that they have such a poor way to get
the good provisions Shawnee furnishes
them. Just now the poor way consists of
poor old skif propelled with poor pair
of oars, by a poor fellow whose home is
at the poor farm 1T never rains but il
pours"
FL Reno American: Considerable excite
ment was caused early Monday morning
when the land ONCE doors were opened
and grand rush was made by several
applicants for a quarter section of land
which had been thrown open to settle
ment. Miss Claudia Bryan. who is well
known in the city, sat up all night at the
door of the land Office in order to be the
first on hand when the Office was opened
for business. Several others were there
at daybreak and for n while it looked as
If there was going TO be an old time
scramble, but everything went long
smoothly and as the matter now stands
Miss Bryan stands = fair chance OF get
ting valuable claim.