The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-23
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

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Exhibited States Marshal Harrv
Thompson. who is i'll at Guthrie. is said
to be improving.
Oklahoma City promises tn have her
street car line in operation for the okla
homa cat.lemea's convention.
The Oklahoma legislature will spend a
oss at the meeting of the Cattlemen's
ASSOCIATION in Oklahoma City.
twenty out OF twenty-six counties IL,
the territory are cotton-prcducers- IL is
estimated that the last crop will aggre-
| gate 1880 bales.
ON Little should be employed to write
history OF former legislative sessions.
bhA mas an unique manner of telling
how 1t all happened"
| Aoner Hyter. of Cleo, is probably the
| latest man IN Oklahoma He stands six
| feet, eight inches. IN his stocking feet,
and weighs go pounds.
Mayor Leslie p. Ross, of Lawton. will
go to Washington 10 look up matters for
the city Ross secures a nice vacation.
tor his expenses are paid.
Bird S McGuire's answer TO Bill.
cross contest shows the work OF an ex-
perienced lawyer. In street parlance.
BIZ Cross is up against it,"
Jones. of Dewey. has introduced bill
| in the house abolishing free range in
Oklahoma Beaver county will ask that
free range continue in that county
Leslie Niblack must have joined the
third house of The legislature For three
days he has had nothing TO say concern
ing Guthrie's Republican administration.
John Sullivan. a live stock inspector
has been suspended pending an investi-
CATION of charges against him. Sullivan
Is accused OF violating the quarantine
law
From the number of bills now on the
house calendar, il would be wise to stop
the legislative clock soon. instead of
waiting until the last night OF the ses-
sion.
Col \. (. Woodson. former Indian
agent at Darlington. is visiting in Okla
homa. Since leaving the territory the
well known officer has seen service in
China
All attempts TO have. a Fifth ward in
I.swton have failed. Democrats claim
that Republicans in the council do not
want two more Democratic members in
that body.
Ex-senator +. Duffy. of Cleveland
county, has arrived in Guthrie 10 take a
hand in legislative matters. Duffy will
be mighty interesting member of the
third house.
A portrait of the late Artie Daniels
will be placed In Representative hall.
Daniels was the speaker of the first house
and one of the eccentric characters of
the territory.
Merrick. of Lincoln. bids fair TO be
known as the eloquent man of the
lower house. 1t is said that eloquence
fairly floats through the air when he
makes a speech.
The territorial board of agriculture re-
Gently organized, will ask the legisla-
ture to fix the salary of a secretary and
10 make an appropriation sufficient to
carry on the work.
Bert Welty tried to escape from
deputy marshal while being taken to the
court room in Guthrie. but was over
powered. Welty has been re-sentenced
and will do hard labor in the peniten-
tiary for life.
Representative Leland has introduced
a resolution into the 5<anas house. set
ting forth that the expense of keeping
Oklahoma prisoners in the Kansas peni-
Tertiary is sl57 year for each prisoner.
while the state receives only 1927. 30 for
the service. making a net loss TO Kansas
of s29. % a year on each of the 80 Okla
horna prisoners. The resolution further
provides that If the governor shall make
a new contract with Oklahoma it shall
be only for a term of two years TO give
Oklahoma time 10 build a penitentiary of
its own. and then only at a rate which
shall not make q loss TO Kansas.