Volume 16 , Issue 30

1903, Outlines of Oklahoma

Little tidbits found in The Wichita Daily Eagle, 3 June 1903, page 4, concerning happenings in Oklahoma Territory.

Fort Sill Military reservation had been closed to fishermen. The fish were spawning.

Taloga and Lenora were scrapping over a bridge; the said bridge not being in existence as of yet.

Knee was the name of a doctor in Comanche county. He ought to coin that name in advertising.

Lawton wanted a fifteen or twenty thousand dollar opera house. Her aim was high enough.

The Arkansas river was trying to jump its banks in Pawnee county. The situation was very uncomfortable.

Washita people were getting together and building up the town. A new telephone system was about installed.

The land office building at Woodward looked worse in a half tone than a sod house. An it was a federal building, too.

The Hobart Chief was for the present county administration strong. Its principal stockholders were four county officials.

There was a stag party held at Geary, and the queer part about it was that there were no dears present.

Ferguson can claim equal honors with Flynn. The former was born in a log cabin that stood in the forest without any clearing.

Hitchcock means well but if he really wants these boodle cases to about to anything he had better come to Oklahoma himself.

here is the name of a Woodward baby: Eva Chiquita Louisa Grace Marie Theresa McPherson Stine.

The question was raised in Oklahoma as to who builds bridges. The answer was, the township trustee and the road overseer or the county commissioner, depending on the size of the bridge; that was, if the law includes construction under control.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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