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THE MUSTANG MAIL
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STAN*;. CANADIAN COI'NTY. OKLAHOMA. KIM DA V. SKIT 12. 11102.
IK I! 29.
INDIANS OBJECT
Cherokees May Enjoin Dawes Com-
mission from Enrolling Some
INTERMARRIED CITIZENS TO BE SHUT OUT
Hie Keetoowali Indians are liaising a
I-'ond of $'40,000 to Prevent the Kh-
rollmeiit of Intermarried Citizens—
Nothing will Likely be Done
Vinita: The fnllblooil Cherokee In-
dians, known ns the Keet-oowahs, are
making preparations to raise a fund of
(20,000 l'or the purpose of enjoying the
Dawes Commission from enrolling in-
termarried white citizens of the Cher-
okee nation and also the Cherokee freed-
men. They will seek to enjoin the
''ommission from alloting any lands or
distributing any of the tribal funds
among these classes of citizens and also
to enjoin the secretary of the interior.
Not much is thought of the movement
in this part of the country and it will
not he encouraged by the more promi-
nent Cherokee.-; in fact, the prominent
Cherokees really admit that these peo-
ple are entitled to share in the division
of the lands and moneys of the tribe
under the constitution and laws of the
Cherokee nation, and this suit will not
1h> maintained in the courts.
GUARANTEE REVERSAL
uOiiii^ton I.a\v>ers Agree to Secur#
Doubtful Citizens' I.aikI.
Vinita: Recently a number of claim-
ints to Cherokee citizenship, who have*
ieen enrolled on doubtful cards by tho
Dawes commission, have received lew
*ers from a firm of Washington attor-
leys advising them that their eases have
been reported adversely by the comniis
sion, but that for a contingent fee pay-
able out of their disputed landed and
financial interests in the tribal estate,
i reversal is guaranteed when they art
brought up for filial review in the in-
terior department. The commission has
reported the matter to Washington, and
an investigation will be instituted as to
how these attorneys are obtaining ac. ;
*ess to the secret reports of tlie com
mission.
The decisions of the Dawes connnis
sion in eii z nship cases are never pub*
lished until after they have been finally
passed upon by the Interior department
riie evidence in each cast- is submitted,
with tho arguments, in the form of
briefs, together with the decision of tho
commission. Kaeh case is then review-
ed in the department, and as they are
.lisposed of the commission is notified
if the department's findings, which are
final. The j arties in interest are then
notified by the commission. From the
.•on tents of the letters received by claim-
ants, these attorneys attain access to
the reports as they arrive at the depart-
ment, and notify them when they come
up for review. The members of the
commission are very much annoyed
over the matter and have forwarder
copies of the letters to tin department
with a request that a thorough investi-
gation be made to ascertain the identi-
ty of those guilty of divulging the eon-
tents of their report.
TO VACATE SCHOOL LAND
1 lie Serretary of the Interior \*kk for
'l'bree Ouarter Section*
(it vhkii: : The secretary of the inter
lor has requested the Oklahoma school
land board to vacate three quarter sec-
tions of land in the new country for the
use of Inbian allottees. This land was
ohosen by Indians as allotments, but
through clerical errors in Washington
they were given school lands. The
school land department has h ased tho
land in question, but will accept in their
places the quarter sections now occu-
tpied by the Indians.
Vinita merchants are agitatiag the
good roads question.
STREET TAX TEST CASE
talidlty of a Territory Town Law I* lie-
I ni; Ill-ought ill Ouestion
Vinita: Deputy United State Court
Clerk, Herbert C. Smith will test tho
street tax ordinance t the April term
•if the United States Court at Tulvqu&h.
Tho street commissioner reeintly no-
tified Smith that he would have to pay
street tax or work oil the streets and
Smith refused to do either and wai
orresto 1 ami taken More Mayor Cun-
nin^hnm. who assessed a Mne of $■ and
rosts, making total of Smith
took an appeal to the United Stati n
l^mrt, where he will test the constitu-
tionality of the ordinance providing
that each male citizen between the ages
of IS and 45 years shall render ten days
service annually on the streets of the
towns in the Indian Territory.
The town authorities claim thnt when
Smith was appointed deputy clerk hp
could not exercise the right <>f suffrage
in the city elections of Tahlci|uah, and
then when it came to paying street tax
contend tlmt his residence was in the
stub s. W. J. Sullivan, nn employee of
the Dawes Commission, backed thu
town of Muskogee down on this propo-
sition, but Muskogee was afraid the
l)«w> s Commission would move away
OIL INSPECTIOR
deputies Say the Dealers Are Doing the
Square Thing:
Guthrie: Len Enochs the duty ter-
ritorial oil inspector is back from a trip
to Oklahoma City, El Beno and Shaw-
nee, the most important places visited
by the deputy inspector. He reports
things in good condition in each of the
cities and believes the dealers aro striv-
ing to do the square thing in the hand-
ling of oil at theso points. John H.
Dillon, the territorial oil inspector lias
asked J. C. Robberts, attorney general,
for an opinion as to whether the oil
inspection law can be enforced for the
punishment of oil companies and retail
dealers who are violating its provisions.
The attorney general probably will
submit his opinion in a week or two.
About two months ago Mr. Dillon in-
structed his deputies to make their in-
spection as thorough as possible, and to
brand as rejected all inferior oils where
ever found. Furthermore, whenever it
should be found that retailers were
selling the rejected oil they should be
arrested and prosecuted together with
♦lie agents for the oil companies who
had sold the oil to the retailers.
HELD WITHOUT BAIL
lit 11 Smiley lli-lU on the Charge of Mur«
tiering lOd. Wynn
Lawton: Bill Smiley, charged with
killing Ed. Wynn on August 14th. after
a long and tedious trial, has been held
to the grand jury by Justice Widmer,
without bail. Wynn and bis brother
had a homestead and Smiley and Dixon
were mining prospectors who tiled on
Alex. Wynn s claim and lived there.
Law proceedings were invoked and an
injunction had been obtained. But in-
stead of waiting for the officers to re-
move the alleged tresspassers, the two
Wynns and J. C. Enry went down to
order them off. The testimony offered
was all for the prosecution and showed
that Smiley began the shooting, but
Judge Denham for the defense brought
out the fact that Alex Wynn went to
Smiley's camp armed with a revolver.
The shooting began and Ed Wynn was
killed while Alex, was dangerously
wounded.
OIL IN GREER COUNTY
OFFICIALS DEFENDANTS
Hobart: The oil situation in Greer
county is most prcynisiug and improves
as investigation and development pro-
gresses. The oil found at Granite is of
the best lubricating qualities. An cx-
l>ert who has made an extensive exam-
ination of the field is of the opinion
that in the near future Greer coun-
ty will produce gushers equal to those
of Beaumont, Texas. A chemical
analysis of the oil demonstrates that it
is of the most valuable crude oil on the
market, beingalmost pure grease. Two
gallon?? of this oil is worth a barrel of
the southern Texas oils At present
about live companies are at work in the
oil fields of Greer county.
The Oklahoma building at the World's
Fair will be constructed of Oklahoma
materials. The building will be of
frame, cemented and plastered inside
and out with the product of the exten
sive Oklahoma cement beds. There
will be nsed also native stone from all
portions of the territory—stone from
Newkirk, granite from the Wichita
mountains, marble from Blaine county,
and red sandstone from Guthrie quar-
ries. Nothing will be used in the con
stmction unless it coim> from Oklaho-
ma. The Oklahoma commissioners are
working in union on every project pro
posed for the fair, and ..11 are enthusias-
tic and believe Oklahoma will make one
of the l>est displays at St, Louis in 11*0-1.
To I.ret t it >1 ointment
Gl'THRli.: Before adjourning the
regular monthly meeting the county
board of commissioners granted the
petition, from the Seward (J. A. K. j>ost
to place a monument over the grave of
John T. Hart, who bequeathed all his
real and jiersonal property for the bene
fit of the orphans of Logan county.
BIG BANKING CONCERN
Clans are >1 n«l«> for a *10,000,000 Haul*
'« Operate In I nited State* ami Mnit o
New York: Plans were made at a
meeting of the directors of the Mexican
Trust bank for the formation of an in-
ternational banking institutions, capi-
talized at #10,000.000, hin 1 designed
^specially to operate in Latin American
countries. The scheme involves the
consolidation of the Mexican Trust
company bank and the Corporation
Trust company. The combination is to
be known as the International Bank
tvnd Trust Company of America. The
lirectors of both the merging corpora
tionii have signed the consolidation
agreement and a majority of stock
holders of both concerns already have
signified their approval of tho plan.
Branches of the Mexican Trust com
piinv bank are established in several
cities in Mexico and will also have
agencies at Chicago and New York,
l'he compnny will utilize the branches
already established and it is planned
to establish branches at sixteen leading
.•ities ill Mexico.
An Oklahoma Linveo Claims lie W as
Wrongfully Ousted
Guthrie: In the supremo court of
Oklahoma has been filed a case, appeal-
ed from tho district court of Payne
county, in which the defendants in
error are Governor T. B. Ferguson,
State Superintendent L. W. Baxter,
and Secretary William M. Grimes,
constituting tho territorial school land
board, and John E. Evans, a school
land lessee, and J. P. Hesser, tho
sheriff of Payne county. The plaintiff
is a former lessee in Payne county, W.
B. Mauley.
Manley claims that he has been de-
prived wrongfully of a lease which lie
had on the southwest quarter of section
sixteen, township nineteen, Payne
county, and the lease wrongfully award-
ed to J. E. Evans. He asks that an
injunction be granted him, preventing
the defendants, named, in interferring
with him in his enjoyment of the lease,
which he claims to hold. Manley
i claims he leased the said section of
school land in October, 1890, following
a previous lease, held on the same land
by George A. Tennison. lie claims
that the improvements owned by him
on the land amount to $4.2?.'), and that he
is still in possession of the land and im-
provements. Manley asserts that there
has been a writ of ouster granted in
Evan's favor for the purpose of com-
pelling Manley to give possession of the
tract, but he asks an injunction to pre-
vent the sheriff and the other defend-
ants from interfering with him. His
attorneys are Bob Lowry ami J. S.
Workman. The lower court presided
over by Judge Burford, Jniy 1001, de-
cided the matter in Evans* favor dis-
solving a temporary injunction, granted
to Manley.
FORSAKES HIS BRIDE
IVhlie on Wedding Trip Husband l ord-
ed a Check ami Lseaped
Pawnee: Mrs. Mable Uhl, formerly
Miw Mehaffa, of this olty, a bride of
two winks, has returned to the home of
her parents broken hearted because her
husband left lier, not telling her where
h.e was eoing. They were married here
two weeks ago, leaving the panic day
on an extended w. riding tour, expect-
ing to stop for a few days ill Kansas
with some friends. Then pn to south-
ern California. While ill Kansas, her
husband. Rudolph Uhl, forged a check
ou a hank for was arrested and
on the way to jail took foot linil and
left for parts unknown. Just whv he
should forge the check is a mystery to
his friends as ho had more than $1100 in
cash and a draft on a bank when he
started, besides he has property in Ok
lahoma ami many friends from whom
' he could have borrowed money if he
; needed it.
METHODIST UNIVERSITY
1' 11 j o>i l ion of an Oklahoma I it.v l>e*
Yclopnient Company Aeeepleil
Oklahoma Citv : The executive com
mittee of the joint commission vf the
North and South Methodist Church
University met and accepted the porpo-
sition of the University Development
Company of Oklahoma City for the lo-
cation of the university here. The
development company will give $100,
000 cash and ftftv acres of land for a
campus. The committee accepted plans
for the first building, which will be
erected at once at a cost of $-10,000.
The membersof the executive committee
are: Rev. .1 T Rilev. K v. S (I.
Thompson. C B. Ames, and .1 B
Thoburn of Oklahoma City, Hon.
George (ireeii, of Guthrie and Hev. L
15. Rankin, of Kdiuond. Oklahoma.
A BLOODY FIGHT
Two Families lio Had Keen at Out* fo*
a Long Time Fought With Onus
DritAvr: A bloody battle occursd
about ten milos east of here between
Rev. W. P. Whalcy and his two sons,
Alf and Earnest, in which tho eldet
Whal< y lo^t his life and Alf had both
arms torn to pieces. .T. A. Richardson
received a severe flesh wound on the
under part of his thigh.
The Whaleys and Richardsons are
said to have been at outs for several
months, and as the Richardsons wero
returning home from Durant in a wag-
on the Whaleys, who had just gone
home and put up their team, met tho
Richardsons, with the above results.
On the other side .were J. H. Richard-
son and J. A. Richardson, his brother,
and their brother-in-law, Mr. Watten-
lierger. The Whaleys had two pistols,
two Winchesters and one double-
barreled shotgun and tho Richardsons
had a shotgun and a Winchester. The
Richardsons lost two fine mules which
were hitched to toe wagon. Marshal
j Wilcox and Night Police Tom Martin
went out and brought in all the sur-
vivors of tho battle, who were able to
come.
CONDUCTOR FATALLY SHOT
In Making an Arrest an Indian I'olit'C
Shoots the Wrong Mail
Pkhky: Harry Fennel conductor on
the Santa Fe passenger train, was shot
and it is believed fatally injured by an
Indian policeman near Red Rock. Tho
Indian policeman was undertaking to
arrest a drunken Indian on the train,
who showed fight, and in making the
' arrest shot, at him. The ball missed
: the Indian and struck the conductor in
the abdomen, inflicting a wound which
is believed to be fatal. Fennell was
taken on to the Santa Fe hospital at
Topeka. Tho trouble started between
about sixty Otoe and Pawnee Indians,
and in tile shooting that followed in ad-
dition to the conductor one Indian was
instantly killed and several seriously
wounded.
CALL FOR BOND ELECTION
Ardmore In to \ote Next Month on ai.
Issue ot $ I 75,000.
Ardmore: Mayor R. W. Dick has
issued a call for a special election to bo
held in Ardmore Oct. to determine
whether or not the city shall issue $175,-
000 in bonds for waterworks and school
purposes. Under an act of congress
municipalities can not issue bonds for
an amount so great that the interest
will not be covered by 5 mills on tho
dollar valuation of the previous y* ar,
and if the election carries Ardm re will
sell bonds to the limit prescribed. The
city has sufficient assessed valuation to
cover a bond issue that will build both
waterworks and school houses.
RUSH FOR LEASES
IRRIGATION OF OKLAHOMA
puny Organizing to Kedeem Heva
■ j Woodward: A company is organiz*
j ing in Oklahoma to make Beaver oouu-
Since the Ratification of the Creek ty one of the most populous and pro-
ductive parts of Oklahoma. Beaver
Treaty There is a Land Rush county at this time is looked upon as
i almost valueless for agricultural pur-
; poses, being in tho semi-arid region of
the west, nml occupied mostly by cattle-
NEARLY EVERY STATE 13 REPRESE..TED men. Its range has been noted for
I years because of its nutritious and
I unfailing grasses. The county lies
I west of tho 100th meridian of longitude,
which places it in the area embraced in
the national irrigation law. The com-
pany spoken of proposes to put settlers
Plow is Taking rime of t attle i on the unoccupied homestead lands,
Ti i.sa : Since the ratification of the ! and then induce the government to
Creek supplemental treaty the Creek build reservoirs for the storage of
nation has been turned into a theatre of j water for irrigation purposes.
great bustle and general all-around I hat the reservoirs could be built and
scramble for leases for agricultural pur the land irrigated successfully is not
poses. Men from every state in the doubted by the promoters. Beaver
The Fame of Indian Territory I.and for
Agrieultural Purpose's linn Attracted
Men from all I'aris of the I nion— The
showing II i« l e\terlt >
Hoiiart: Lee Haley, of llillsboro,
Texas, a recent arrival in Hobart, was
displaying bis dexterity in handling a
revolver in Proctor's sah-on and while
twirling the weapon in his fingers it
was discharged and hi11 Blackstoek who
was standing near, received the bullet
in his left arm. Mr. Blackstoek lives
in Lehigh, I. T.. and is here with his
wife visiting his brother-in-law. ('has.
liindsev. The wounded man may lose
his arm as a result of the accident.
Haley was arrested and locked up.
NO STRIKE SETTLEMENT
HeenhloMsoin's He port
Guthrie: The secretary of the terri-
torial live stock sanitary board, Dr. '/.
K. Beanblossom, has made public tho
report for the month of August of the
number of cattle and hogs slaughtered
. for food in the territory. Of the num-
ber of cattle slaughtered for food.
I Logan county heads the list for August
! with '*+2 killed, and Oklahoma county
.1 close second, with 2*31 killed; of hogs
! the greatest number was killed in the
county of Noble, 170, with Oklahoma
second, Hill, and Logan third with 10ft.
Comanche county was third in tho
I number of cattle killed. The total num-
ber of cattle killed, 2,789; hogs, 1,H08.
I allh it Mali on I.and Oraldiers
Darlington: Major Stoucli, Indian
' agent, has issued the following notice
I "Until further notice from the under*
| signed no more sales of inherited In-
dian lands will be approved. This step
[ is taken for what is considered tho
best interest of the Cheyenne ami Ara-
pahoe Indians, and in order that tho
records as to hell's may be j erfected#
It is my intention to have all lands eli-
gible to sale appraised in ortler to avoid
complications and delays. When the
sale of lands is resumed notice will bo
given through these colums.
•'Geo. W. H. Stoi ITI,
"Major U S. A., U S. Indian Agent."
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nt ( In. ua
1 he
lor th*'
ooks tile
i King >11 tiei
The enrollment at noon on till-
ing day of the Oklahoma City
>v;o iio
eli-
Wii kK.stiAiu\k, Pa. President Baer's
declaration that the miner's strike can
not be settled excedt on the terms here
tofore stated by the coal oomi>anics, has
cast a gloom over the entire strike ri
gion Busiii's-s interest were hopeful
that the meeting betwe n th president
of the Philadelphia and the Heading
company and Senators tyuay anil Pen-
rose, would result in a pear- ful settle-
ment of the conflict, but now a feeling
of depression everywhere exists \t
strike headquarters Pn idcnt Mitchell
declined to sav anything for publica
lion He i aid some time in the near
future he would reply t<> the Baer state-
ment. It was rumored that Mr Mitch- i
ell bad received a communication from
.1 Pierpont Morgan asking him to state |
his best terms ti)ion which he would |
settle the Mriko, but this lias been de
tiled by Mr. Mitchell
The Indiana society, the lloosiers,
will hold thi annual reunion with the
Union Vet •■rails' associations, which
meets ill (juthrn on September y, pj
and 11.
been th
tawatom
term, pr<
county connn
m mbled in 1
was promptly ace.
was appointed t«> til
term Fred Reillv
■ lleeesjior of the ofti
unty attorn*
■d hi
•cum
union are here looking for farms.
Thousands of acres have I icon contract-
ed for around Tulsa and the plow has
taken tho place of Texas cattle. One
pasture containing upwards of 50,000
acres has been turned over to farmers,
and during the coming year those beau-
tiful valleys will be producing cotton
and corn. The M. K. & (>. railroad is
now grading all along the line from
Wybark to Tulsa, and several hundred
more teams will bo at work
of that place, in a few days. The
county slopes from west to east, as is
shown by the course of its streams.
Western Beaver county is broken with
vast canyons and great basins where
almost inexhaustable supplies of water
could be stored. In traveling east-
ward, the county becomes gradually
less broken, and tinally rolls away ill
plains as level as a floor. Tho soil is
deep, fifty feet deep in places, and pro-
duces abundantly when supplied with
st I water, and in this respect is not uulike
Ar the lands of western Kansas. A few
kansas valley from Tulsa to t Meveland I farmers have built short irrigation
Oklahoma, is the route of the new road | ditches in northern and eastern Beaver
and many splendid towns will spring county, and are growing rich raising
up along tin1 line. From Wybark to alfalfa and cattle. Their water supply
Tulsa there will be three new towns, comes from tho Cimarron river.
and the first one twelve miles out of \ A homestead in Beaver county may
Wybark is already well under way. l e commuted in one year at $1.25 an
A settler has six months from
t | the time of filing to go upon bis island,
acli j and his actual resilience would be only
cry j -i\ months from tinio of occupancy,
should he desire to commute. Tho
colonization company is planning to
put homesteaders on the land, with the
knowledge that they may commute in
a year ami then wait until the govern-
ment perfects an irrigation system.
The Arkansas valley townsito company i
is handling the townsites and will
hotels and several industries at
town. The rush from almost every
town in the territory to llagerman is
said to be very great . The town is lo-
cated on a beautiful plain, well watered
and surrounded by a rich and produc-
tive farming country. Tulsa has at last
became the very heart and centre of
great activity Natural gas and coal is During the time of waiting, homestead-
being developed on n large scale, and
all lines of business is on the boom.
Bountiful croj s and the new road is do-
ing wonders for Tulsa and this portion
of the ('reek nation.
Dates Set for lllaekwell Blowout
Blackwell: Blackwell will have her
fall carnival and street fair October 1,
H, U and 4. The dates have been defi-
nitely fixed and since the return of
Manager (r. M. War.'iner from St.
Louis the promoters are assured of some
lirst class attractions.
MAY PROVE AN ALIBi
Mrs. I rost, \< < used of Poisoning < omht
Fnuiil> Im Hound Over
Blackwi i i : The preliminary hear-
ing of Mrs. ti. P. Frost, the woman lic-
ensed of poisoning tho Combs family
with tla- intention of killing the mother
and six children, occurred at Newkirk
before Probate Judge Hubler and r<
suited in the defendant being bound
over to the grand jury under a hcav\
bond, which she gave, signed by her
husband and W. H Adams, of this
place. The defense introduced no e\1
deuce in the preliminary, but simply
filed a demurrer, which it failed to sus
tain, to tho evidence pre seated by the
territory It was cxjm < ted that the d<
fense would waive examination, but its
action in proceeding with the case un-
til tho evidence for the stat * was all in
is a result of a desire to learn all it
could about the state'b case and accord-
ingly prepare for it The state failed
to prove where the arsenic was pur
chased, the poison register at the "L. &
B." drug store show ing "strychnine"
opjKisite the name of Mrs. Frost, instead
of arsenic. This is believed to be in
her favor. Although the prosecution
alleges now that it was purchased on
her recent visit to ColTcvville, Ivans.
It is understood the defense will en-
deavor to prove that Mis Frost was at
the home of Mrs Henry Cole at the
time the crime is alleged to have been
committed.
(rt until.: It seems to he the policy
of the Rock Island company to con-
centrate at Chickasha, I. T , a nuinliet
of officials, the point lieing central for
the entire southwest lines and conveni-
ent to many different points The lat-
est change is that of A. A Hiiiderman,
tho traveling auditor, to Chickasha
from Topekn. The United States lv\«
pr« ss com pan? has also made it the
headquarters for the route agent.
I on lit j Ollit luls Kesijfued
Shawm i L. ti. Pitman, who has
Attueked
Oklahoma Citv
Elerick, pi« sidi lit
past
t ho
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nidi-.
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El Be u
a corporation. Tho
judgment and decre
nulling and s Ming n i
tract and ordinance
habitants be rel< nsed f
for
the
ution te
<> were as-
the same
1 a success! r
• unexpired
ity is the
'i filed Wit'
< 'i y of Kl
< ('oinpaiiv,
' it asks fol
ling, an
• erta ii con*
Mail the 111-
• ti contract.
('apt (leorge M
.f th. Pa nk of Ok la
homa City, which was re ■ ntly organ
ized, ha«l a narrow escaj* from being
probably killed by a dear one evening
recently. He had drivt u from this city
to the home of his som. sixteen mihs
northeast of here and alter putting up
bis horse in the stable st.ufed for tin
boils' of a neighbor. While walking
along he noticed that a deer with a
bell jingling from it- neck was follow
ing him A little farther on he turned
around just in ti in* to see tin deer,
which was h large I nek, on his bind
feet ready to charge him The animal
■struck him on tho check and shoulder,
knocking him down and then jumped
on him Capt Klerick caught hold of
the collar of the animal and one fore
foot and held it until his sou. Oeorge,
came to his rescue and shot the animal
While the captain i§ In his 7Hrdyear,
he i* sprv and hen v w hich likely saved
hi* Ufa. '
Outline I'uhlli llulldlnii situ Selected
Wasihm
at Guthrie ban bt
lie bull ling sit.
Site selection Will
feu davs.
The gov.
rntuent acre
n selected as the pub
The t >k lahoma t 'it v
Is' made public in a
rs could leave their farms and go else-
where without danger of their property
rights, as each homesteaders would
have a patent to his farm. Tho pro-
motors of this company predict that
with proper irrigation their farms
would be worth from $15,000 to $10,000
each in a few years. They allege that
they will have the county filled with
homesteaders before next fall.
The records of tho Woodward land
office at, the close of business on Juiih
• I, 1901, showed 11,1(58,095 acres a va-
unt homestead land in Beaver county,
inch of this land is unfit for any pur
. but there are probably now 1-4
million acres that would be suitable for
farming purposes if irrigated.
Fx Senator I> P. Marum, who is in-
ter -sted in the company now forming,
aid that a number of his associates
w re Oklahomans, anil that they were
interested 111 future social and political
conditions in Western Oklahoma fully
as much as they were in reclaiming tho
emi arid acres of Beaver county. Ho
<•• htinucd; "Wo are anxious to seo
this land homesteaded before Oklahoma
becomes a state, and the reason is plain.
Flvnifs statehood bill sets apart for tho
us** of public institutions, etc., hun-
dreds of thousands of acres of hoino-
; -lead lands that may be vacant upon
the passage of the bill. The bulk of
I ti e vacant homestead lands in Okla-
homa is 111 Beaver county. This would
result in giving Beaver county a teiian-
trv population tiiat would outnumber
actual home owners ten to one, and
; leav* a vast area of land non-taxable
■ for many years. No county could
flourish under such conditions, and
western Oklahoma does not desire such
a county."
l or the Terrltoilal Meeting
Si 1 awv 11 A meeting of the Anti*
Horse Thief association, of Pottawa-
tomie county, Oklahoma, has been call-
ed to meet in Tecumseh, Sept. 27, for
the purjw>se of making arrangements to
entertain the territorial association
which meets in Shawnee, October 15.
Indian Territory >eliool t onlraets
' Tishomingo The school board of the
i 'hoctaw nation has awarded tho school
1 contracts for the term of four years,
tho remainder of tho life of tho tribal
government. Tho contract for Blooiu-
tichl Seminary, the -ehool for girls was
awarded to Prof K. B. Hinshaw, the
present contractor and the board paid
Prof. Hinshaw a compliment that was
deserved, wbi 11 they awarded him th*
-chool unanimously. Prof Hinshaw
! has just completed a five year 0011 tract
.nid his work of the five years was such
that commended 1 im to every Chicka-
saw parent and gave him the regjiect
ami confidence of the Chickasaw people.
: Collins Institute w us awarded to Prof.
\ I; Honnold, of Winfield, Kansas.
I'h. Chickasaw Orphans' Home of Leb-
' anon, was awarded to Mrs. Polly Tur-
j man, of Ardmore, Governor 1> H.
Johnson, Palmer S Mosely, sui*eriii-
1 cm lent of education and trustees for
die school let tin* contract. This con-
tract does not have to be approved by
the legislature but the Bloomticld ami
Collins institute contract", will have to
I be approved by the legislature before
they are effective, but 110 trouble is ap-
prehended on that score.
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