The Davis Advertiser. (Davis, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1895 Page: 4 of 8
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Every Thursday by
RUTHERFORD &
DAVIS, 1NP.
TER.
inns will be ur-ed to moke parti- |
tion in severalty with right "f al-
ienation only as lo (heir members I
who by education or business abil-1
rn ity have, as individuals, reache^ a
si ape fitting them for the prudent
conduct of their affairs, the others
not to have such rights at pres-
ent. The former will be entitled
to do Yith their lands as 'hey j
please, occupying toward them j
7, , ti that alienable relation of owner-j
Washington, March -3.-T e atta(,h(,6 to a land. (
policy which the government will cUiml elsewhere in the
pursue, during the next two years j ^ gtatcSj As to the others,
in its endeavor to solve: the Indian , holdhlg8 are to be inaliena-
question has been definitely form • ^ ^ 9Uch time as the Indian
lated. Some features of it we , ^ g)mU ft(f (0 each individ-
Veen indicated by actions ami do ' #s to his business fit-
H. B. Rutherford, managing Editor.
THB INDIAN POLICY FIXED,
pisions of the Interior department; pending his complete
of recent months, hut the crystali-, . f governmental
,ationofgoveri,r,tpurp(«esn,^ ICiLhip. the sale of such
to a definite policy has necessarily ^ ^ pOESeefions a9 may
been dependent upon the results ^ ry for (|le pl.ofltable
of the various alternative endeav-1 • i—...:i 1
ors that \iave tentatively and ag-
gressively been made. It is pos-
sible now acfuptely to present
^iat mature^ policy in satisfactory
detail.
The future attitude of the gov-
ernment with respect to the live
civilized tribes will he found to
conform closely to the po.licy
agreed upon. Its details are ot
peculiar interest to Oklahoma and
filled witf, vital significance to the
Indians themselves. It will be
fortunate, indeed, for them if they
take observant note of the oppor-
tunity surely presented to them
and profit by it. Never again
may bp extended to, ^hes.B people
such helpful en^eayois to advance
them to pitisenship and at the
same time securely guard their
material interests. This adminis-
tration will not rob the Indinns to
enrich the get.tlers, but its guard-
ianship cannot extpud beyond its
Own tenure. The Indians, more-
over, will have, during the next
two years, the consciousness that
in dealing with the adinistration
they are dealing with friends who
are sincerely desirous of their
lasting welfare, and not with care-
less guardians bent op wasting
their wards' estates.
THE DAWES COMMISSION'S WORK
When thp Dawes commission
shall presently return to the terri-
tory and resume its labors, its
members will be increased by two.
The new members will be Frank
Armstrong and ex-Congressman
Montgomery of Kentucky. The
one has'given a goqd portion of
his life to Indian affairs, and has
always been accounted one of thf
most steadlast friends of the In
dians. The other's congressional
services has not beenof a charactter
especially to acquaint him with
the subjects he will be brought to
consider, but he is an able man
and a just one. There have been
rumors of other changes in the
peisonnet of the commission than
l>ie one affected by the increased
membership, but whatever degree
of authority that may attend their
repetition, it is settled that the
t wo named will be the new mem-
bers. And whatever the person-
nelofthe commission in its ne-
gotiations with the Indians it will
unquestionably conduct them in
accordance with the policy of the
government.
Kirst—The Indian tribes may
utilization of the remainder will
be conducted under supervision.
These policies will henceforth
steadfastly be urged upon the at-
tention and acceptance of the five
tribes.
SALES Of LANpB ptHK' T P.BQPOSED
Third—The tribes will be urg-
ed, in their tribal capacity, to sell
tracts of commercial lands direct
to settlers. All of them have
holdings vastly in exce^ of what
would be required for divisional
purposes nd they will h,e advised
to sell the surplus possessions
The methods of the pa^t are to be
abandoned ip the event of the
successful operation of the policy
determine,d uppn. They will not
be asked to convey to the govern-
ment an(l the government in turn
convey to settlers, but they are to
be authorized themselves to con-
vey directly to settlers and con-
vert the money into their treasur-
ies. This plan wholly dispenses
with governmental intervention,
does away with unsatisfactory
'openings'' and disposes of the
surplus lands in a business like
way, with profit alike to Indian
and settler. Precisely as it will
be sought, if the Dawes commis-
sion successfully executes the gov-
ernment's policy to make the
t|:ibp? tjius dispose of their §t|rpliis
lands, it is prqposed to enable in-
dividual Indians to dispose of tlieir
allotments in severality, when and
to whom they choose. One result
of this will doubtless be to con-
vert into citizens the thousands
who have been adjudged intruders
and permanently to embody in the
tribes a class of people who, by
lung residence in the Indian coun-
try and associations with the peo-
ple, are readily assimilable if not
now assimilated. The adoption ot
this policy will inevitably result
in a gradual but sure Interming-
ling of }he whites and Indians un-
der conditions of common citizen
ship of the republic and of recipro-
cal, instead of antagonistic inter-
ests.
Fourth-r-The Indians will be
advised to part with the title in fee
to towns and town sites in the ter-
ritory to the end that the head
system may be wholly abolished
and the right of complete owner-
ship may accrue and be transfer-
able. i: pon such members of the
severable tribes as remains hostile
to the purpose of the government
Cleveland is giving ^lace to as |
many Democrats who were mem-1
hers of the late congress as possi- j
ble; but, fortunately, he can only!
provide for a few of them, at!
most, owing to the scarcity of of-
fices Missouri didn't get a
thing in the distribution of terri-
| tory court offices; and now the:
"boys in the brush" wou]^ like;
to know what good Senator \ pstj
did by resuming his visits to the
white house It is to be hoped I
that the new United States courts
in the Indian territory will redeem
that section of the country from
its present reputation of being;
the most corrupt and lawless re-
gion on the continent Col. Hill
Springer has at last received his,
pay for services rendered in the
capacity of a currency reformer.
The prize isn't a very big one, to
be sure, but then Col. Bill didn t
do very much currency reforming
either "fyick" Kilgore has
ne"er had any judicial experience,
but there isn't much needed to be
ft judge in the Indian territory,
where the duties of such an office
pertain principally to the trial of
cases in which the only question
thftt of fixing the terniB of im-
prisonment or the days when the
hangings shall take place The
Indian boys at the Carlisle (P«.)
school have a practical way of do
ing things. Congress failed to
pass an appropriation to make
certain improvements in the school
buildings, so the boys met and
voted <1,800 of their own earn
ings to go on with the work. The
institution contains five well
trained military Indian compan-
ies.—Globe Democrat.
Tin: MEMBURSllff OF rill'. NEXT
jlOlTSE.
The Globe - Democrat's Wash-
ington correspondent says of one
of the Indian territory's best citi-
zens: Col. Richard A. Sneed form-
erly of Jackson, Tenn., received
with resignation the news of the
appointment of his successful ri-
val, Major Stowe, for marshal of i
the southern district of the Ind-I
ian territory. Col. Sneed was
backed by the Tennessee delega-
tiqp, ami he had strong backers in
his native state, Mississippi, and
in the Indian territory, where lie
lives. When the appointment
was mentioned to him he said;
"Perhaps it is beat. Thirty years
ago I passed through Washington,
a graduate from Dee's army, and I
then thought the defeat of the
South had ruined the country. I
have lived to learn that it was
best. Ten years ajjo I was defeat-
ed for secretary of state in a pem-
ocrfitic caucus in Tennessee, and 1
thought it was a gre3t personal
misfortune. Jt proved to |i« the
best forme. I am not diacourag-
ed or disgruntled, though disap-
pointed- Major Stowe has been
deputy marshal, and a good officer,
and I suppose the president re-
garded him as entitled to promo-
tion."
When lie' morabernhip of the lifty-
fourth congress is analysed it will he I
found ret to materially ditTer from
that of the Itfty-third congress, so far i
as the financial question is concerned j
In fact the sonata of the lifty-fourth
congress will he more pronounced for j
the free coinage of silver than it is ,
now: while the bouse, like the 'present ;
house will oppose it. This anomalous
condition of affairs grows i.ut of the j
admission of tne sparsely populated
staS,s in the silver regions of the west.
The eighteen states lying north of the
Ohio and Potomac rivers, and east of
thf Missouri, have a majority of -Hi in j
the house of representatives, in a total |
membership of tfiill: while the othei
states have a majority of Pi in the!
senate, and a total membership of 88.
The nine states of Colorado, Nevada, j
North ajjid South' Dakota, Wyoming.
Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Wash-,
ington lire represented in the up^er I
house by 18 senators and in the lower
house by oniy 13 members. New Yo'r'ij.
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois have
only 8 senators, hut they have 107 rep- (
re«entatives in the house. The states
of Wyoming, Nevada anil Idaho, with
an aggregate population of less than ,
200,000 arc represented in the senate .
by 0 senators and in t|ie house by 3 ]
members, when the same population, j
If situated in New York or Texas, J
would be entitled to only one repre- j
(tentative iy the lower branch. Thus
it is that, notwithstanding a very
large majority of the American people
are for sound money, they aie, under
existing conditions powerless to legis-
late on the subject,.—North American |
Review.
We 9aw our own lumber and
save the midit|e mini's "rake-off,"
Hence we give you the bed rock.
See? |)raughon & Son.
L. L. Stows, who has just been
appointed United States marshal
for the southern district with head-
quarters at Ardmore, was tor a
number of years a business map
of Deniaon, sayn the Herald.
Phiddils and boz
Rntherford-Go«;gan.
NO MORIS COTTON WORMS,
Corn Worms, Cut Worms. Fruit
and Vegetable Worms
INDIAN COMMISSION.
rir i—iiiuiau . -
lav aside the fear that they will toe development ot these towns
be coerced into statehood either and the impro> ed conditsons that
r . i. 1* tlio nlinmrpfl
as a cejierate state or a portion of
Oklahoma. The Oklahomans too,
who have labored here so zeal-
ously and capably, although un-
successfully, for statehood, will
conserve their energies if they di
must result from the changed
tenure of the holdings are expect-
ed tc be an object lessod of the
greatest value.
Such, in brief, are the features
of the government's policy with
conserve moil — - r>
rect them to the erection of a regard to the Indian question of
stato within the present Oklaho-j the Indian territory during the
ma territorial boundaries, unless, next two years. The reorganize
they are content to wait until Dawes commission will present it
such time as the Indians may be to the several tribes successively
prepared for statehood and will- and more fully. The next admin-
ing to merge tlieir territory with i istration, it is readily conceivable,
the shier one. ; may wipe out existing conditions
Second—The Indians will not! without a thought foe the welfare
be -eouired, or even advised u „f the Indians and after the dclugo
abandon their local forms of gov- discuss points of equitable con-
erntnen* or to sell all of their sidenithu with the submerged,
funds. H will be the policy of 1'his is the plain exposition of the
the overn;.ieut rat,i .in the in- terms that will be offered them.
stances where it will conduce! They must accept them or throw
fcost to their benefit, to have; themselves upon the mercy of
ti,, n re'-n ownership of nil the ' those to follow, who may regard a
lands that they t-n.i profitably, settler with a vote as worth a
Utilize unceasingly the Ind- score of Indians without one.
Washington, March 29. —The
organization of the commission
appointed to negotiate with the
five civilized tribes will be com-
pleted within a short period. The
number of members was increased
to five at the last session of con-
gress, but the two additional com-
missioners have not yet been ap-
pointed by the president. It is
believed, however, that the com-
mission, as fully organized, will
be as follows:
Kx-Senator Henry L Dawes of
Massachusetts, chairman.
Archibald S. McKennon of Ar-
kansas, distributing agent.
Major Meredith Hubbard of In-
diana.
Gen. Frank ('. Armstrong of
the District of Columbia.
\ And either ex - Representative
j A. It. Montgomery ol' Kentucky
or ex-Senator Matthew C. Butler
of South Carolina.
The first three were appointed
in November, 1893, and com-
menced the negotiations early
last July, their work meeting,
however, with considerable oppo-
sition among many of the Indians.
The office pays 85,000 a year.
Work will not be resumed until
full organization is effected.
Prof. .T. K. Street, an eminent author-
ity on Entomology, has made a study
os these pasts for years. He says:
"The cotton worm, the Aletia, is a
different insect, in some respects, from
the so-called boll worm, the Heiliothis;
but they both belopg to the Lepidop-
tera family and, of course, they par-
take somewhat of the same natine.
"The cottqn worm attacks only the
cotton plqnt—his ravages are confined
to it alone. He is a native of the South
and is confined to the cotton districts.
He hiberqatps n the shape of a moth,
in trash piles and other warm places.
■■The so-called toll worm is confined
to no particular section; he is found in
ail parts of North and South America.
He is known by different names in
different localities. In the fruit grow-
ing states he is known as the fruit
worm; in the horticultural districts as
the tomato worm, bean worm, and by
various other names according to the
vegetable upon which he feodB. in the
corn districts he is called the corn
worm, and in the cotton districts the
boll worm. He first appears as the cut
worm and Inter on he is called the silk
and the corn worm. During the corn
sjgson from three to four broods are
produced. He remains on the corn un-
trl it begins to harden when lie leaves
it and attacks the cotton boll, confin-
ing himself exclusively to the fruit of
the plant. One boll worm will destroy
from ten to fifty bolls. He hibernates
in tlio chrysalis state and always under
ground. He will live in this wav all
through the winter and survive the
coldest weather."
It is evident that any means for the
destruction of them pests must be based
on their nature and habits. Professor-
Street is the author of a copyrighted
pamphlet on this subject, which gives
effective and inexpensive means for
their destruction and immunity from
their ravages, which is based upon a
peculiar habit common to the entire
"Lepidoptera" family of moths that,
produce these destructive insects. We |
will send a copy os this pamphlet to
any address on recept of 50 cents in
stamps, one or t*o cent denomination
It trives you effective remedies, ssmple
and inexpensive, based upon the habits
and natures of these insects. An out-
lav of cents to *1.00 will enable you
to' protect your garden, orchard or
entire farm from these pests. Address
all orders to this office.
Don't Buy Consigned Pianos or Orgps
/- otill Imvp some.
When consignment Piano and Organ agents who still have sonifi
nvoiiit with manufacturers cannot lind any more unfortunate men
travel for hem on wn mission, they may try to make local agents .
v?Hous towns of any parties who will pay freights on a few sample,
instruments. These instruments are liable to have been on sale i
saFe belongs to the consigned class or not, by simply offering to pur-
chase it fin easy payments without signing notes. ConMgnn u
airents when selling instruments on installments, demand not on y
ifonclad ioritracfS, but notes with interest, and frequently those po
carrv in additional 10 percent if collected by law. Notes are
taken as additional security, but generally for the purpose
ferrinc to manufacturers or selling them to b,nks or money lenders in
order to rlise money to secure further credit. These notes must b
naid on the day they become due, or Ue loss of the instrument and
ail the cash paid mist be expected. I'eople who sign such notes and
hiiv such instruments deserve no sympathy.
In soliciting patronage from I'iauo and Organ buyers we can offer
no stronger argument in our favor to those who don t know us, or a
greater proof of just and liberal treatment toward the thousands
Who patronized our house, than a successful business career in Tex-
as for over twenty-nine yeari=. We have hquses in qalveston, Da(-
ks San Antonio, Houston, Austin and Waco. Our large business •
enables us to sell I'iauos and Organs as low as any house in the I n
ed States (quality and grade of instruments considered). Our well
known responsibility, which any bank in Texas w,l| confirm se-
cures to purchasers absolute safety and satisfaction and protection
against imposition. We carry everything in the music line. The
"Piano and Organ Buyer's Guide," Catalogues and Price l.ists of 1 (
ftnos and Organs, and Catalogue of Music, mailed free.
TH0S. G0GGAN & BH0., Dallas, Tex.
M. B. RUTHERFORD, Agent, Davis, I. T,
T P. HOWELL, Pres. W. B. CBL'MP, V. Pres.
K. L. COCHIUN, CasUier.
CITIZENS' BAN
OF WYNNEWOOD.
Paid Up Capital Stock
$25,000
STOCKHOLDERS—T. P. Howell, W, 11. Crump, Thos. Grant, C. J.
Giant, Noah Leal and others.
After oulv a two weeks' run we have on deposit 813,1)00. Prompt
attention given to collections, and money Imnedm t
PAULK & McCLUSKEY,
General Merchandise.
-N DRY GOODS * GROCERIES
"and Hard-ware.
DAVIS, I. T.
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Some people alwayH look frcHh n11/* I HPVlfi Advertiser is your home paper
I voting, while others look ] remati.rely j
iild, with Bkin dried up a'ul wrinkled. I
Tlio only difference between the I ■ > ii ■
1 the loss of vitality in the blood, i'eo-1
: j,le using Beggs' Blood l'urdler and |
'Hood Maker always look fresh an.. I
I healthy. Hold and warranted by yoUf'
popular druggist, W. F. I'fcrkor.
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Rutherford, M. B. The Davis Advertiser. (Davis, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1895, newspaper, April 4, 1895; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc143461/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.