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Show Hotter Than Oklahoma. , ' From tao Chicago Tribune.- ''..' "Tom',; Needles,.; tjie; United ..States marshal who became so welt known at tho opening of Oklahoma, arrived at tho Grand Pacific yesterday. Life among the boomers seems to have aged him since he left the quiet old Illinois town of Nashville. His hair and mustache mus-tache are grayer, and he has the complexion com-plexion of an Indian chief. Now that Oklahoma is to have territorial terri-torial government ho has no power it) that section, and his time is given to the affairs of tho Five Nations. "Le.-s than a year ago," he said, "boomers were crowding into Oklahoma, Okla-homa, and chaos would not describe I lie condition of that country. Now Guthrie and Oklahoma Cily are model towns, or rather towns bv magic. Just think of big towns with 'street cars, electric, lights, good classes of citizens, and all modern improvement on spots that nothing but wild prairie si relches less than a dozen months ago. Strangers can't believe the history of those cities, and it is a perfect illustration of the plucky, enterprising spirit of the American. Ameri-can. Now tho government is negotiating negotiat-ing for 1(1,000,000 more acres now owned by the Indians. If that Ian 1 isoblaincd it will m.ikeabelter country than Oklahoma." |