The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-10
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

Ten or a dozen years ago Oklahoma
was the safe retreat for the outlaws OF
the country Now the only hiding place
left seems TO be small section in the
Wichita mountains
Shawnee must be busy place. The
ball team there had to disband because
they could not play Sunday games.
The Fort Smith and Western railway
has purchased 60 new coal cars. IF the
1ar shops Of the country are kept busy
there may come a time when people Will
not feaI a coal famine because the rail-
roads cannot haul Il fast enough
Guthrie is cleaning out some of her sa-
looms TO make room for three-story brick
buildings.
The merchants OF Ponca City closed
their stores yesterday TO attend a ball
game the proceeds OF which went TO the
Y NJ c. A.
The Perry Republican has demanded
that the roping contests and other So
called wild west performances be left out
of the programme for the Perry carnival
September 18th. How much better is a
roping contest than Spanish bull fight,
anyhow?
The Enid Wave says that over one
half Of the men folks of that town eat
at the restaurants rather than have their
wives cook over a hot stove. Well, what
do the wives eat while the men folks
are eating a frst-class dinner at the res
taurant?
The Shawnee democrat is sore on
the express companies. II saws the peo-
pie of that town patronize the express
companies except when they want pack
ages promptly sent and then they have
them sent by freight
farmers of Lincoln county are feeding
fine apples and peaches TO their hogs
The same paper says a good many Of the
farmers are stacking their wheat and
will not thresh it until the arrival Of the
Katy's freight trains.
The Frisco is going to build a fifty
thousand dollar passenger depot at Ok
lahoma City. and of course the people of
that town will ride on the Frisco.
When the police judge in Shawnee ask
ed tramp how he would plead to the
charge Of vagrancy he said: ''Thrue. 1
nave no money. but as fer visible names
OF support. / have that same. Me pal.
who has but one wing and one lamp, is
pushin de shoe-strin graft feminist de
depot and he Civies wild me, cause I
mooch de chewin'." He got the limit
Willard T. Allen. a prominent citizen of
with revolver. Down in Oklahoma they
call it domestic infelicity.
The farmers of this part of Kansas
have been saying that fall pasturing help
ed the wheat. but y. L. Hess a farmer
living near Blackwell, SAYS that he is
convinced that too much pasturing has
made the yield less in that part of Ok
lshoma.
\ Ponca City merchant advertised for a
young lady clerk Fifteen applied for
the job. but when told that one condition
of the contract was that they should not
get married within one year. they all
said that they did not think they would
like the job.
The Shawnee News scooped all the pa
pers in Oklahoma. 1t published all about
the death of Pope Leo last Tuesday II
is not always safe to count on the guess
OF the press agent.
Perry Enterprise: Last evening a di-
vorced squaw met her lord that had been.
with his new wife in front OF the Coin
and the wife No. attacked wife No. .
while the man in question stood by with
a papOoSe in his arms seeming to enjoy
the fun. It did not take long TO see
that wife No. was getting the best OF
wife No. l. as she had chewed off one of
her fingers. Several squaws tried to
part the combatants. but without success.
Mr. WATERSHED, of the Coin, assisted by
Attorney VIM, took hand IN the fracas
at this junction and separated the angry
women. The brave, with wife No by his
side. left wife No. I to nurse her man
rled hand. while they trudged down the
street jabbering in Indian fashion.
What the finale will be remains to be