The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 146, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 9, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL. SUNDAY MOKXIXO, OCTOBER 0. 1001.
The Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been,
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per-
sonal supervision since Its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you iu (his.
Ay Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but*
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment*
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-
goric, Drops mid Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
diibstance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worm*
and allays Feverislmess. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. Jt assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep*
The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
.CREEKS ARE
• IN COUNCIL
Lawmakers at Okmulgee in
Historic Stone Building
1,800,000 People
Have Asked Us to- Buy Them a 59c Bottle of Liquozonc
We offer to buy the first bottle ot
UqMozone and give it free to each
sick one who asks it. And we have
spent over one million dollars to an
UP uounce and fulfill this offer. Our ob-
j ject has been to let Liquozone itsell
——— show what it can do. A test is hotter
than testimonials, better than argu-
Old Council House, Built in ment. In one year. l.HOO.OOO people
CHIEF'S MESSAGE
1878, May Be Preserved.
Council Formerly Met
Under Brush Arbors
j have accepted this offer. They have
I told others what JjQUozone does, anu
1 the others told others. The result is
i that millions now use it. Ii is more
I widely employeu than any medicine
• i ever was —more widely prescribed by
the better physicians. And your own
Special Dispatch to the State Capital, neighbors—wherever you are—can tell
Okmulgee, I. T., Oct. 8.—The historic you of people whom Uquorone has
old council house.of the Creek Indian cured.
nation at Okmulgee was crowded i )day i
with the members of the house of j
kings and the house of warriors, who 1 Liquozone is not made by corn-
began the second day's session of the pounding drugs, nor is there alcohol
in it. Its virtues are derived solely
Not Medicine.
The Kind You Hare Always Bought
In Use For Ove; SO Years.
council by considering Chief Porter s
message iu the proper committees. The
message was cut into many ple^td, ac-
I cording to the classified heads under
1 which it was written, and the ?eparaie
committee 10 which these sections have
been referred will deliberate upon thorn
for the rest of the week when they
will be reported upon before the two
houses.
t he old stone council house, which
has been the scene of deliberations o«
the Creeu nation since its erection in
1878, will shelter but one mofe council
when it will either be torn down or
MMNV, TT HUP . * STRICT. NCW TORN CITY.
from gas-largely oxygen gas—by
process requiring immense apparatus
and 14 days' time. This process has,
for more than 20 years, been the con-
stant subject of scientific and chem-
ical research.
The result is a liquid that does what
oxygen does. It is a nerve tood anu
blood food—the most helpful thing in
the world to you. Its effects are ex-
hilarating. vitalizing, purifying. Yet
j it is a germicide so certain that wr
i publish on every bottle an offer ol
$1,000 for a disease germ that it can-
MPtRSONATED DEAD
M'CURTAIIN SAYS
WRONGS-HUNT
Choctaw Chief Points Out
Evils of the Crafter
I INDIANS ARE SWINDLED
Thinks Public Sentiment Should
Become Strong Enough to
Drive Swindlers Out
of the Nation
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Fort Smith. Ark., Oct. 8.—Green McCur-
tain, governor of the Choctaw nation,
was In the city Wednesday night on
his way home from Tuskahoma where
he attended the session of the Choctaw
council and delivered his annual address
as the governor of the nation. He was
accompanied by his family and the parry
left on a morning train for the home
of the governor at Kinta.'
The governor's address to council
was a very strong one and dealt at lengtn
with the questions of greatest importance
to his tribe. He recommended memorial-
izing congress to enroll children born of
citizens up to March 4. 1906, and thai
they share in the allotment of lands.
He also urged a final settlement of the
Choctaws and Chlckasaws-with the Unit-
ed States before the extinction of tribal
government. He-endorsed the decisions
of Judges Humphrey and Dlckerson on
the guardianship question and announced
the appointment of McCurtain and Hill,
of South McAlester, as attorneys for the
people of his nation In guardianship mat-
ters. He reported the nation out of det)t
and in excellent financial condition.
In speaking of grafting, Governor Mc-
Curtain aaid:
"In justice to my personal efforts and
my administration generally, I feel that,
in a discussion of our affairs, the grevlous
wrongs that have been Inflicted upon
the Choctaw and Chickasaw people. In
the change from tribal to Individual own-
ership. Is of so grave a character that
It cannot pass unnoticed.
The wholesale leasing of the richest
lands In the Choctaw and Chickasaw na-
tions, by adventurers who have flocked
Into our midst aince the opening of the
land office, reveals a state of fact® that
are perfectly shameful. The documentary
evidence on file In the various United
Btates courts of record In the two nations
discloses the utter disregard of these hu-
man vultures who are preying upon the
poverty and Ignorance of the fullblood
Indian. In many Instances no consid-
eration has passed whatever, and In the
great bulk of these shady transactions a
consideration so Inadequate and out of
proportion to Its real value la shown,
as to render a mere statement of tlw
contract abhorrent to the minds of fair
men. Not only this, but the records show
that the certificates of allotment Issued
to the unfortunate Indians are already
In the hands of these grafters. It Is
an open and notorious secret that these
grafters are awaiting Impatiently the
arrival of the patent to the lands for
which they hold certificates of allotment,
in order that «they may complete their
nefarious work by securing a fee simple
title to lands worth a prince's ransom,
which they have secured for a song.
I feel that public sentiment ought to
be aroused to such an extent as to drive
out these people from our midst. If my
administration had accomplished no oth-
er result than the hearty dislike of these
adventurers that have swarmed here like
vultures around a carcass, I feel that
this alone would entitle me to the tribute
and respect of all well Inclined people
that art familiar with the situation, and
who have been forced to witness the dis-
graceful proceedings that 'have been
'tealthlly carried on here since the open-
ing of the land office.
The past year has brought to the Choc-
taws and Chlckasaws a culmination of
the continued effort* throughout the paat
Ave years for the protection of the tribes
from the "Court Claimants" and other
fraudulent citlgenshlp claimants, it is
sufficient to say that the work of this
tribunal has progressed to a point where
our people can be assured that Its de-
cisions will admit only those Justly entit-
led, and reject those justly entitled and
reject those not entitled.
In addition there are yet many con«
tested citizenship cases pending before
the commission to the Ave civilized tribes
and th^ department of the Interior where
persons are not entitled to enrollment
(1 refer particularly to the Mississippi
Choctaw claimant.)
At the last session of council an ap-
propriation was made providing funds for
the necessary expense In contesting Mis-
sissippi Choctaw cases. Our attorneys-
have drawn upon this fund from time to
time throughout the past year and this
work Is not yet completed.
General Porter Is Going to Pro-
secute Fraudulent Allottees
in the Creek Nation
. I nut kill. The reason is that germs
preserved as a reminder of the days of 1
Indan supremacy in the territory. Ok-
mulgee has been the capital of the
Creek nation since 1868, when the first
council house, a rough log structure,
was built on the spot where the present
building stands. In the previous year
the council met three miles west of
Okmulgee, and a constitution was
adopted which took much of the power
away from the town kings and vested
j it in six courts, the judges for whicn
were appointed by the council. Pre-
vious to that time the town kings of
each town, who sat in the house of
kings at each council meeting, as at
present, had almost absolute powar
over his people and could order them
punished for crimes, aud acted as judge
in all their disputes.
Before removing from their homes
in the south to the Indian Territory
country in 1830, Creek councils were
held under huge circular arbors with
conical roofs, thatched with branches
of trees or bark and seated with bench-
es for the law makers. At night thotie
attending the councils slept under this
rude shelter and held their dances
there.
The first council meetings of - the
Creek nation after migrating to the
Indian Territory were held near the
mouth of the Verdigris rive^about six
miles northwest of Muskogee,"under ar-
bors. Later, however, they built a log
cabin and the council was held there
until Its annual meeting place was re-
are vegetables; aud Liquosone—like
an excess of oxygen—is deadly to
vegetal matter.
There lies the great value of Liquo-
zonc. It is the only way knowu to
kill germs in the body without klllln
the tissues, too. Any drug that kills
germs is a poison, and it cannot be
taken internally. Medicine is almost
helpless in any germ disease. It is
this fact that gives Liquozone iU
worth to humanity. And°tnat worth
so great that, after testing the product
for two years, through physicians and
hospitals, we paid $100,000 for the
American rights. o 0
Germ Diseases.
These are the known germ diseases
All, that medicine can uo for these
troubles is to help Nature overcome
the germs, and such results are indi-
rect and uncertain- Liquosone attacks
the germs, wherever they are. And
when®the germs which cause a dliease
are destroyed, the disease must sud.
and forever. That is fnevitable.
Asthma.
Abccsa—Anaemia
Bronchitis ,
Blood Poison
Blight's Disease
Bowel Troubles
Coughs—Colds
Consumption
Colic—Croup
Constipation
Catarrh—Cancer
Dysentery-
Diarrhea
Dandruff- Dropsy
Dypspepsia
Hay Fever—
Influensa
Kidney Diseases
Da Grippe
Deucorrhea
l.iver Troubles
Malaria—Neuralgia
Many heart
Troubles
Piles—Pneumonia
Pleurisy—Quinsy .
Rheumatism
Scrofula—HyphllMs
Skin Diseases
Stomach Troubles
Throat Troubles
Kcxema— Erysipelas Tuberculosis
Fevers—Gall Stones Tumors- Ulcers
Goitre—Gout Varicocele
Gonorrhea—Gleet Women's Diseases
All diseases that begin with fever—all
Inflammation—all catarrh—ail contagious
diseases—all the results of Impure *or
poisoned blood. •
In nervous debility Liquozone acts as a
vitalize)', accomplishing what no drugs
can do.
50c Bottle Free.
If you need Liquozone, and have
never tried it. please send us this
coupon. We -will then mail yo-j an or-
der on a local druggist for a fall-
size bottle, and .we will pay the drug-
gist ourselves for it. This Is our free
gift, made to convince you; to show
you what Llquozone.is, and what it can
do. In justice to yourself, pleaae ac-
cept it tod&y, for it places you under
no obligation whatever.
Liquozone costs 50c. and $1. . .
CUT OUJ 1 HIS COUPON
for this offer may not appour again,
nil' out the blanks and mall it to the
Uquld Gzone Co.. 45&-4M Wabash Ave.,
Chicago.
My disease Is
I have never tried Uquosona but If
you will supply me a 50c. bottle free
I will take It. •
Give full address—write plainly.
.Any physician or hospital not yet using
Liquozone will be gladly supplied for a
test.
HAD VVKONli VALISE
COMMISSION CI.ERK UNDER A
. CLOUD IS ARRESTED.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Muskogee. I. T., Oct 8.—The Dawes
commission has not yet received'of-
ficial Information from Washington of
the report that J. E^dgar White, a clerk
at the Tishomingo land office, has been
recommended for dismissal as a result
of Inspector Conser's recent investi-
gation. Reliable information has been
given out that a session of the Dawes
commission will be called in the near
future, at which time White's dismissal
may be recommended to the depart-
ment.
White was suspended several weeks
ago. pending the investigation, and the
absence of Commessloner Breckinridge
alonp stood in the way of flual action
In tne matter being taken by the com-
mission. The charges against While
which led to the investigation by the
to help certain attorneys push the bus-
to help certain atorneys push he bus-
iness of their clients in the laiftl of-
fice. White was arrested in Muskogee
last night by Katy officials while he
was carrying away a valise said not.to
be his own from the Katy hotel ana
was brought into police court under a
charge of disturbing the peace. He
gave $200 bond and his case was con-
tinued.
Asks $10*000 for Death of Sor.
Special Dispatch to the Slate Capital.
Shawnee. Oct. H A. B Chniid'.jr. of this
city, has begun "tilt against the Santa Pe
for fl"."00 for the death of bis .son Thom-
as. aged 19. who wns killed \vhll-- work-
ing on a construction train last January.
Sarber Makes a Call.
Frank Barber, of the postofflce force,
left a basket of muscutines .it th'' st
Capital editorial rooms last evening. They
were sent to him from Clarksville. Ark",
by his brother, John Sarber. who ts post-
master there Muscatine* are much like
grapes, but they are better.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Muskogee, I. T., Oct. 8.—Chief Pleas-
ant Porter said today that he will take
Immediate steps to have all persons
prosecuted who have enrolled for al-
Jotments in the Creek nation by fraud.
The chief says that there are fully
700 persons holding alloiments in the
Creek nation who are not entitled to
them.
Chief Porter has instructed Mr. Mott
the nation's attorney, to prosecute all
such cases "and bring evidence be'ore
the Dawes commission that will de-
prive them of their allotments.
"We have proof against several per-
sons who have been illegally enrolled"
said the chief, ' and we will be able to
secure proof against about 200 more
within the next few weeks. Many pei-
sons who, not knowing the law, as-
sisted persons not entitled to enroll-
I ept to get their names on the lolls,
moved to Council Hill, southwest oi \ "re rominS '° ">e and other offlc'als
the present town of Boynton, and 'and confessing taeir connection
about twenty miles from Okmulgee. !,wlth the cases and Elv"is ,th,e nam°f, "*
Later, for the sake of convenience ithe fraudulent allottees 1 Is no like-
two subordinate councils were torrned, : 1* thal *« wi" Pr°f cute these peo-
one for the Creeks living in the north- , P<e. as th<iy, are citlz?ns themselres,
em half of the nation at Tuckebatchee i but unlawfully secured enro ment for
and the other for the Creeks in the ' ®[hers, not knowing that they were
southern portion at Coweta. The acts i violating the taw. •
of these councils were reviewed and ; Chief Porter says that a large pro-
subject to revision or repeal by the cen- I P°rt'on 'he people holding illegal
tral law-making body.
allotments perpetrated the frauds
Then came the civil war and most ' knowingly, and that it will be difficult
of the Creek people were engaged m !to bring many of these people to Jus-
the terrible struggle. They were about jtlc®- , ..... •
equally divided in their allegiance to I ^hief Porter says that there were
the northern and southern armies, and I man.v schemes by which non-citizens
they were so busy fighting that no reg- 8°' their names on the rolls and se-
ular session of the council was held cured allotments to which they were
(hiring the entire war
| not entitled. One of these was to i
When the struggle was finally ended | *ume the name of some ^Indian who
BECOMING
A MOTHER
1 *n ordeal whictlr *11
women approach with
indescribabla fear, ofor
nothing compares with
the pain and horror ol
... „ , , • child-birth. The thought
of tha suffering and danger in Mora for her, rob* the expectant mother
of all pleasant anticipations of the coming (net, and casta «T*r her a
ahadow of gloom whiab cannot ba shaken off. Thousanda of women
2jva found that th. use of Motbar'a Friend during pregnancy roba
confinement of all pain and danger, and insures safety to life of mother
«wd child. This scientific liniment a god send to all women at tha
time of their most critical trial. Not only does Mother'* Friend
carry women safely through tha perila of child-birth, bat its uae
gently prepares the aystem for tha coming avant, prevents "morning
•ickneas," and othor dia-
MOTHER'S
ti.oo per bottle. Book m Wmmm M
containing valuable information free. M 0m
Ike IraAaM KafalftarCa.,tliaata,6*. F f€MmUmWU
the Creeks bridged the gulf that sepa
rated their nation during the war and
hfld a council meeting at Red Tree,
six miles southwest of Okmulgee, and
at the same t^rae ratified the agreement
with the United States known as the
treaty of 18W. The next year the con-
stitution was adopted and the history
of the Creek council as a lawmaking
body as it is today was begun. Mot/
Tiger, the second chief of the nation
who has been a member of the Creek
council almost continuously since the
civil war, says that the old council
house at Okmulgee has never been the
scene of a disturbance. As Chief Por-
ter expressed it "an Indian who cannot
hold his temper*18 not fit to make
laws for the nation.'' Siren the Chr: -
tian religion has been adopted by tne
Creeks religious services are held in
the council house almost every night,
replacing the dances of the early days.
Upon the cupola of the Creek coun-
cil house may be seen a huge brass
eagle, the emblem of power and author-
ity for the tribe. The building contains
four large rooms, two on the second
floor for council t-hambers and the of-
fice of the United States clerk and chief
of the nation downstairs. There are
142 members of the council, forty-sev-
en in the bouse of kings and ninety-
five iu the home of warriors. About
thirty of this number are negroes,
freedtnen of the nation, who were elect-
ed by members of their ractf and have
considerable power in tne nation. The
council remains in session thirty days
and each member recei s-s |4 a day
for his service.
would have been entitled to allotment,
but who had beA dead for se/eral
Hartehorne Town Lot* Tjo Hijjh.
Special Dlapatch to the State Capital.
South McAlester. I. T., Oct. 8.'—The
Choctaw townalte rommiealou met with
about the mime euceeaa at the aab- of va-
* lot* In Hartshorne today aa It had al
Haileyville. Of the 650 lotH offered for sa.o
i,.f Acre bide on only eight The com-
mixelon will not sell for lees than the ap-
praUed value, and the rltliena have main*
tamed that the appralaement whs away
above real values.
Head Down In Water Barrel.
Special IMHpatch to the State Capital.
Vinita. I T . Oct. 8 A enrw'ei r«m*d
Barney Egan, lit Ramona, I. T., became
Infuriated- at hoys tormenting hiu. ne
caught Charley Pink and plunged him Into
a barrel of water, holding nlm by the
heel*. A chance naenerby reacued the
boy Juat in time and he was resuscitated
with difficulty. Kg a n •vna arrcate.l una
brought to the federal Jail he-e to cscapo
aagiy cltisau*.
Vi hat Sulphur Does
Fmr the Human Body In Health ana
Diseaae.
• The mention of aulphur will recall to
fnany of us the early days When our
mothers and grandmother* gave us our
dally doae of aulphur and molassea every
spring and fall
It was the universal spring and fall
"blood purifier," tonic and cure-all,*and
mind you. this old-fashioned remedy was
not without merit
The Idea was good, but the remedy was
crude and unpalatable, and a large quan-
tity had to he taken to pet any effect.
Nowadays we get all the beneficial ef-
fects of sulphur in a :-datable, concen-
trated form, so that a "ingle grain Is far
more effective than a table*poonful of the
crude sulphur
In recent years, research and experi-
ment have proven that the heat sulphur
for medicinal use tw that obtained from
Cnlelum (Calcium Sulphide) aud sold in
drug atore* tinder the name of Stunrt's
Calcium Wafers They ere small choco-
late coated pellets and contain the active
medicinal principle of sulphur In a highly
concentrated, effective form.
Few people are aware of the value of
this form of sulphur In restoring and
maintaining bodily vigor and health: sul-
phur acta dlreetlv on the ll^pr, and ex-
cretory organs ^ind purl flea and enriches
the blood bv the prompt elimination of
wa«te material
Our grandmothers knew thla when thev
dosed us with sulphur and molasses every
spring and f ill, but the crudltv and Im-
purity of ordinary flower* of sulphur wire
often worse than the dlae.-se. «nd cannot
compare with the modern concentrated
preparations of sulphur of which Stuart s
Calcium Wafers la undoubtedly the be.sf
and most widely used.
Thev are the natural antidote for liver
nnd kirinev troubles and cure constipation
and purify the blood In a way that often
surprises patient and phvslelan alike
Dr R M Wilkin* while experimenting
with aulphur remedies soon found that the
and blood troubles, especially when result"
Ing from constipation or malaria. I have
been surprised nt the results obtained
from Stuart's Calcium Wafer* In patients
suffering from holla and Pimples and even
deep-aenfed carbuncle# 1 have repeatedly
seen them dry up and disappear in four
or five day*, leaving the shin clear nnd
smooth. Although Stuart's Calcium Waf
er Is a proprietary article, and sold by
druggists nnd for that renaon tabooed bv
many physicians, yet I know of nothing
ao siife and reliable for conatlpatlon. liver
and kldnev troubles and e*p#p|allv In all
forms of skin disease *s this remedy "
At anv rate people who are tired of
nlTIs cathartics and so-called blood "uuH-
flers." will And In Stuart's Calcium Waf-
ers. a far safer, more palatable and cf-
factlvc preparation.
years previous to 1899, and then to
introduce'evidence to prove this false
identity. Another plan was to secure
allotments for citizens who had died
previous to April, 1899, and who were
therefore not entitled to allotment, by
swearing that they had died subse-
quent to that date. Citixens In some
cases also secured allotments for minor
children by swearing falsely that they
were born previous to 1901.
LONG LAND FIGHT.
Lawton Has a Case Where For-
gery Is Charged in a Relin-
quishment Proceeding
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Lawton, Okla, Oct. 8-For the first
time in the history of. the United Stftt'
land dialings in the ntWSfet SBCtlon "i
WHAT BENEDICT
WILL ADVOCATI
Platform of Kiowa Count]
Candidate for LegUiiture
VIEWS ON QUAHMHN!
Would Change Live Slock Law
and Is in Favor of Selliag the
School Lands —Views
on Other Things
flpaeial Dlapaich to the State Capita*.
JlotSart, Okla.. Oct. l-^Hon. Omer fl
Benedict, republtaui nominee for rwpre
aentativo here In his paper pre-mnta ti
the voters his platform for tho camyaigi
It is m follows; •
Having been usked on a. few occasion
"where i stood'/ on certain matters pes
tainlni to Kiowa county, and what actloi
I would take lnVaau I was sent to tlu
Oklahoma legislature on the repubIIcat
ticket, and owing to the fact thm it wil
be Impossible for me to see personallf
all the voters of the county, us 1 huvs
an earn eat desire to do. l "have decide*
to make a f.;w statements through tlu
coluoum of the News-Republican known
Ing that that publication reaches the mod
remote corners ofr the odunty.
Klrst.—i am In favor of changing tht
quarantine line from Its present locatioi
to the Red river on the south and H
elected to tho legislature will do all it
may power to have the aume change]
and for these reasons, to-wlt. Under th<
present law, owners and shippers of cattl<
cannot realise a fair price for .the same
at tie shipped to the Kansas City man
from points south of the present
ket
quarantine line cannot be sold for ^
thing but killeiH, the law not allowing tin
shippei the privilege of selling (hem foi
Btockers or fe«g!eis no matter how good
grade the cattle may be, ,md for that
reason they receive from $i;, t,. |^ less
a head for the stock, ivhlle, ,u the same
time, those who shipped from Custer
nd
ither
inline line
icll i
ittle for fee
qu
and
trial -
i I will pr
i.lte
Spanish Boy'a Close Call.
Special Dlapatoh to the State Capital.
Vinita, I. T., Oct. I.—Vance Cebo,
Spanish boy, on his wsy from the east to j !r*'~ " .
Texas, in paaslng through the territory. Oklahoma naa ,
gave an Indian on the train a drink of ! made and an issue in tli
whisky. The Indian kept the whisky and ,est ,\ntj the ti;
gave the boy a dollar. Cebo was arrested
and taken from the train He was two •>' which this is i .wh.
weeks In Jail without understanding the records in that It
charge He could speak no English, anu period of three v.-ai> An
the officers could get no Interpreter. Con
vlnced Obo was feigning inability to un- been mane io t ■
derstand, they were about to send him to ; general land offU .
jail, when Jonathan Vice, consul general ; , , , , , , ,
of the United States-to Morocco during
Ihe Perdlcarls kidnaping affair, who Ih ' 1,0 another • • I• i'• <
visiting Vinita friends, and was in the The i intcsi i t>h I \\
court room, volunteered to Interpret. He I Samuel H George, t;... < w.ir t'->
tola the court the boy's story and secured ; entryman on the l m-i, \v .'Hei mi
his release. « • j soon afterwards hied a contest agains
George. In about a month thereafter on
Western Rural Carriers the same day Howard Brown filed a
Special Dispatch to the State Capital. contest and Stout withdrew his contest.
Washington. Oct. 7.—The following Brown won in the trial, and, George re-
rural free delivery carriers have been ap- [ llnqulshlng. Brown made a tiling, claim-
pointed: ling preference right to the land. In less
Oklahoma—Arapaho, regular. Vernon A. than a month Stout filed an affidavit
Farmer; substitute, Victoria Farmer. J and motion reinstating his contest, claim
ing that during his absence from the
j country It was dismissed on a forgery
I The records show that an ufTltlavit was
miido before a notary public withdrawing
the contest which bore the name of
Walter 1. Stout Stout disclaims signature
and states that he gave no one authority
to sign aame. Stout was reinstated and
hearing was set which was continued and
Brown was made a party in the case. At
the hearing Stout was given thirty days
in which to exercise preference right to
' the land and Brown was ordered to show
I cause why his entry should not be can-
celled, being in conflict with the prefer-
ence right. 'IV papers were sent to the
general land office and the commlsslonei
ordered a hearing. Upon the date of
hearing the parties appeared and Brown
(lied fourteen different motions for dis-
missal, which were overruled. The cas
I then ▼/•nt to general commissioner to
determine who should pay costs of same
and the papers were returned with an
order for hearing for October 4. l!*d
which case has Just been finished lit
will have almost have earned the lane
should he win the case.
CATTLE MAN
IS OUT OF
!T
Indian Territory Allotment
Has Ended the Range
LEASES HAND TO GET
Cattle Growing in ihe Old "Way
Is All Over Now in Okla-
homa and ihe In- •
dian Territory
LOYAL NEGROES
.THEY ARE DRAWING I.ARGI
CHECKS KOK CLAIMS.
Special Dispatch to the Slate Capita.
Muskogee, I. T., Oct. 8.—Slut
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Chickasha. I. T.. Oct. 8.—The outlook
tor grazing In Indian Armory to, Uxi: loyal Creek payment beKan iwre la
sprtnd and Kummel Is not at all .ncouraB- Saturday J65.000 has been paU out ti
ing tor the Texa ranchmen who hav. an- claimants. Yesterday WHS Cl.' bu.ih
nually sent thousands ol head of cattle Blnce the payment began, $1J 500 hu
there for that purpose. The territory has InK been dispensed to seveniy-'V
long afforded an opening for the cattle- , claimants.
men located below the quarantine line, j
but the settlement of that country and
allotment of the lands will serve to cut
them off to a very great extenS next sea-
son. but fortunately, ^he outlook for the
spring on the Texas ranges is considered
unusually hopeful Speaking of the con-
ditions that now prevail in the territory,
A D Morton, a leading ranchman of that
section, says:
"I have had thousands of steers which
hud never seen an ear of corn until they
were six years old, and were started off
to market. We would turn the
will be moved to Okmulgee. It will hi
resumed at Muskogee two weeks from
that date.
A noticeable foaf.ire of the paymen.
is the large number of negroes tha
are being paid and the large ciie"\i.
that are being drawn by them. Previous
to the civil war these negroes, or tlu
original claimants fot who.n I hey art
drawing money, were slave-*, and few
of them owned any property of auy
consequenve. How they managed
to obtain proof of claims oi
any consequence is a mystery to those
"aula loose I who are familiar with the^amount ol
on the ranges and allow them togia*te ai property that they owned at that time
will until ready to be sold, and They llveo The fiavment will e/intlnue at \Iim-'
and grew fat on the grass both winter L 1 ne P^ment will continue at MU
and summer. But now it is different, j kogee until Saturday night, when it
Barbed Wile fences, the great enemy to
the cowman, and fields of corn, cotton ana
wheat have been placed upon the allot-
ments When this condition appeared the
• attie began to disappear and lust year I
had difficulty In getting enough stock to
place In my pasture. This year I have
found la Impossible to And the cattle.Oand
the grass on my range is knee high, wUti
few cattle to feed upon it "
Mr, Morton thinks that the death knell
of the cattle husineas on a large scale has
already been sounded In the territory, anu
the allotment of the lands he thinks la
responsible for the situation. The cattle-
men under preaant conditions Is compelled
to either dlsi oqt of his stock or pay pr«
hlbltlve prices for feed The price of all
tlvatlon la the territory to bring the up.
Sly up to th« demand. The cattlemen
ave discovered this, and the reault Is not
enough cattle In the territory now to place
upon the remaining ranges.
Another difficulty Ihe cattleman are
having to contend with, according to Mr
Morton. Is the difficulty In securing leasea
on siaxlng lands from the parties to
whom they have been allotted After
much difficulty h* has succeeded In get -
ting five-year leases on 2.400 acres, which
would have bean considered very limited
gracing hauk In the days when condition*
were different Before the land can b«
leased It Is not only necessary to make a
deal with the allottee, hut the leases have
to be approved by the Interior department,
and to secure thla approval is usually a
very long and tiresome process. It la salo
that about 500,000 acres of this land will
be sold bv the government In October, nnd
effort will be made to buy It for further
use aa catUe ranches.
>f tli
i way,
first pla- e, he
own, hunt up the Inspec
Inspector Ik wliilim, go i
farmer, prohtihly HI
i change In
lie territory,
living sev-
" farmer. In
and for
which
tht
r 16
I nape
mil If
home
miles
tor
marges five cents per mile em-h way and
twenty-five cents per head for tlu'stock
Inspected i do not believe in entirely
abolishing the office of live stock Inspec-
tor. hut I do contend that the law - in
he changed to the advantage ..f the fann-
er, as It should be, and not work a
hardship on him, as docs the present law.
Third.- I favor a ciring<- Iti the present
law governing the sale of coal oil and
gasoline. This law, which works a hard-
ship on the grocers and other retail mer-
' hants, falls to afford the protection to
the consumers that w.is Intended by th«
authors of that measure.
Fourth, i favor the sale of the school
lands under such rules and regulations ai
the state may prescribe, preference right
being given to the lessees .it tin time ol
-such sale.
I" ifth I iin In favor of paving pel
dlcm for territory witnesses, and denounce
injust the holding of said witnesses
length of time on their
iwn cxpe
I
Id me
ny utmost to
a I mlu
matt<
LOOKtD AT IAWION
Inferior Dep r
tending Co
Cuuntie •.
unty
net n
nmlss
>r of Kiowa count}
eged hoodllng th
a the department
lobart for a wet
mber i'ji
Itrks /t
Jew
... .wd
e State Capital,
' 11 ItarudollaJ
M- ii official!!
>i (I'partmenl
ti'ir return
'>iit alter havini
i tin *lii(llctmenti
" rs of the board
is ..I .1 i contract
I other . ases of ah
i.is lieea reportel
hey hayc be. n Ii
nd win return bj
the trial of those li>
United Statat
few hours ol
II. ted will be called In tho
court at Anadarko.
These gentlemen during t
their stay In the city were the
>f A. J McQuattefs who accompanied
them over the city and out to the waten
vorks plant of the company near th'
ity. They were pleased with the clt;
ind th* work being done under the di
rectlon of the department. They wert
specially pleased with the source a«l
hundance of the water supply
The lot aale fund belonging to the cltj
of Lawton Is in charge of Mr. Barndollar
• A "HAIR-SAVER" that grows In popularity. '
GOING-1 G*Q!N&!t GONE 111
Merplclde wttl Save 1%.
Herpteltfe will Save It.
HE NEEDS A GUARDIAN
Th# buvlMM ran who Is toe bu*y to
look after hie health mJuS peraonai
comfort a**da a guardian
Tn notlr* dandruff aad falHag hair to
h nnath hta idea of bualnase l*tei
when incurable haldneee oomaa he will
wute money trytny to overooane ti
Drug Sleree, II 00 Sand 10c , stamp# w
Mien., for a
At drat
eight of dMtfrvdV- eMO Is a roa'a^l
2T should
HCRPIOID* OOk. Dni M, Dn.alt,
NEWBRO'S HERPICIDB
Tke OaiiltNAI* remedy that - t, gfSiai lata'
C. R. HEN FRO. pe.o4«l Affen*
i .mm 1H11 r
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