The Weekly Examiner. (Bartlesville, Indian Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 29, 1906 Page: 4 of 12
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THE EXAMINER Is published every Sat-
urday morning at Bartlesville, Indian Ter
rltory, and has been admitted by the PoS'
tal Department (or transmission through
the malls as second class matter.
THE EXAMINER Is the oldest newspaper
published In the oil fields of Indian Terrl
toryand It clroi T es extensively among
oil operators and people Interested In and
Identified with the petroleum Industry.
The Examiner covers a wide area of the
Cherokee and Osage nations, and advertis-
ers find It unexcelled as a medium by
which to reach the public with their an-
nouncements. Advertising rates furnished
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invariably in advance. Paper Is always
discontinued at expiration of subscription.
Remit by bank draft or postal order to
The Examiner Company, Bartlesville.
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SATURDAY DECEMBER 29
Bartlesville. The News and En-
terprise are evening papers. The
Examiner which is a weekly will
l>ring out a daily morning edi-
tion when the new year opens.''
The Examiner is more surprised
than anyone else by the ahovo re-
port, which fortunately for itself
is untrue. The Examiner has no
intention of issuing a morning
edition beginning the first of the
year nor at any other time in the
immediate future. There must be
sufficient patronage to warrant an
invasion of the daily newspaper
field, but hrst of all there must be
a field to invade. A weekly news-
paper in keeping with its environ-
ment and enjoving a degree of
patronage whicK permits it to live
decently is preferable to a mangy,
half-starved daily which reflects
no credit upon itself nor the town
from which it emanates.
THE PEOPLE WERE EIGHT.
The opinion that there is rotten-
ness and corruption in high places
in Indian Territory, which has ob-
tained in the public mind for a
long time, is apparently near of
confirmation. Three years ago
or more the great American czar.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, sought to
eliminate this popular conviction
by an emphatic denial that "graft"
was prevalent here, because, he
explained, he had visited this sec-
tion—in a Saint Louis brewer's
private car, had interviewed all
the federal satraps and had thus
satisfied himself of their honesty
and intergrity of character. There-
fore, the charges of graft and of-
ficial corruption must surely be
false and had no doubt emanated
from grafters themselves. Later
President Roosevelt sent Charles
J. Bonaparte to the the Territory
on a ''smelling*" mission. The lat-
ter forearmed with a kalsomine
swab and a tub of whitewash, es-
tablished himself in luxurious
quarters at Muskogee, where he
was wined and dined and toted
around by the federal push.
Then Mr. Bounaparte returned to
Washington and reported to the
president the result of his investi-
gation. He had found the public
servants here a cherubic host with
incipient pinfeathers decorating
their shoulder blades, but pro-
foundly ignorant of even the
meaning of the term "graft." So
far as he had been able to learn
from themselves and by close
personal contact with them, the
public servants were without ex-
ception, from the highest to the
lowest, from the most exalted
down to the humblest—exmplars
in the fullest degree of honor,
honesty and pulchritude. The
whitewash was applied with a lav-
ish hand to the officials who had
been under the ban of suspicion
and they came forth from Mr.
Bounaparte's artistic ministrations
in coats of spotless, dazzling
white—chaste as snow, pure as
ice. The president may have
been satisfied with his ambassa-
dor's report, but the residents of
Indian Territory were not. They
had abundant reason to believe
that a reign of graft prevailed
and that various departments were
permeated with rottenness and of-
ficial corruption, which in due
time would reveal itself.
The scandal attaching to the In-
dian agency, made public a few
days ago, and the frantic and sim-
ultaneous flight of a high official to
W ashington to answer damning^
charges, are circumstances which
prove that the people were right
in their opinion, and that both the
American czar and the descendent
of European royalty were at least
wrong—even if they were not en-
deavoring to shield the guilty and
the culpable.
for this reason unable to appear be
fore the committee and were not repre-
sented during the hearings held in
Uartlesville. For this reason the In-
dians were not given the opportunity
to present their views, as I do not
consider that the Commercial club
represents the Indians, although 1
note that they recommended the re-
moval of restrictions. 1 understand
that a set of resolutions were prseent
ed to the committee on behalf of the
Indians by Attorney John U. Kane,
but the Delaware council knew noth'
ing about them. On Saturday, No
veinber 24, the Del aw ares met at
Charley Elkise's and passed reso-
lutions and appointed a committee to
present these resolutions to the sena-
tors, but when the committee reached
Bartlesville the Senate committee had
already departed. The resolutions
have, however, been forwarded to
W ashington.
A great deal has been said about
the Indian with reference to the re-
moval of restrictions. In my opinion
the present law is all rigbt except that
the fullbloods should be given the
same treatment that Is accorded the
mixedbloods. If the former can show
that he is progressive and capable of
managing his own affairs his restric-
tions should be removed. On the
other hand, there are thousands of
fullbloods who do not speak the En-
glish language and this class should
be protected. If they are premitted to
sell their lands they would soon be
without homes and the government
would have to take care of them. It
would be doing them a great injustice
to remove their restrictions. I saw it
reported in the newspapers that D. W.
C. Duncan made a dramatic, plea for
the removal of restrictions of all kinds
from tne lands of the fullbloods. H
said his heart bled for them and at
the same time asserted that they could
not make a living out of their allot-
ments in the flint hills and that thev
were crying in despair because of the
fearful fate which awaited them by
reason of the fact that thev cannot
sell their lands. Now Mr. Duncan
may be all right and 1 hope he is, but
an erroneous idea prevails among
people generally with regards to the
Indians living in the flint hills. Peo-
ple Dot in a position to known think
they live up on the hills, while the
truth is they live down in the valleys
between the hills, where they have
nice little farms, just as the people of
Arkansas do. Their land is good
land, upon which almost anything can
be raised. They have lived there for
years and have always made a living.
They have filed their surplus lands
right along the oil belt and of ray own
knowledge I know of 4,800 acres of the
most valuable land lying between the
Kansas liue and Bartlesville, which is
tiled upon by fullbloods who live in
the flint hills. I know because I as-
sisted in filing most of it. Thou
The reeking hypocrisy which
permeates Hitchcock's policy in its
application to the administration
of Indian Territory affairs is
clearly revealed in the secretary's
answer to the senate committee.
Hitchcock would have the govern-
ment take over at 70 cents per
acre land for which the "grafter"
—from whom the secretary avows
he is endeavoring to "protect"
the Indian—stands ready to pav
^.oo per acre. And again. The
Indian agent at Muskogee, which
is under direct control of Hitch-
cock the Great Protector, admits
to "loaning"' money to agency
employes, thus explaining a
shortage in tribal funds. Yet cer-
tain Indians to whom the funds
rightfully belong are reported as
actually suffering from lack of
food and rainment.
The interference by Secretarv
Taft and Firecracker Foraker in
the president's policy of dealing
with the recalcitrant negro troops
is already bearing legitimate
fruit. The attempt on the life of
Sf^^Cnlin' thf«UtbTreak of right along the oil belt and of ray own
the negro soldiers at Port Leaven-1 knowledge I know of 4,800 acres of the
wnpfn on< f ho i>n.m imH • \fl„ .,„i,,„ui.. l — ,i l: i_
worth and the race war in Missis-
sippi were encouraged and incited
by the misapplied sympathy of
Taft and Foraker for a bunch of olovc,
black ruffians whose lawless actsjands of others own land right
richly deserved a more drastic Iiu the heart of the oil belt. This is
punishment than was accorded by I !Lh? 80 ?any1 people wouid to
ProuiVlnnt Pmcomit r..i v , their restrictions removed Ihis same
I. resident Koose\elt. The presi-; land is covered by oil and gas leases
dent was right in disbanding the j in the hands of efficient companies,
unruly negro troops and he should 11 is od1>' a ®a er of time when it
not cease in the good work until j ?'!! **, d?Zel.0,??M ^Vould il DO! be
♦ u i ^ • i- • V i " better for the full blood owners to have
the last negro is eliminated from a nice little royalty out of this land
the army. j than to sell it. If permitted to sell it
^ ~"= now the wily grafter would buy it for
Sometimes it's quite a stretch a nominal sum.
from the Christmas stocking to
the Easter bonnet, but whether
the intervening space is long or
short a fellow barely re-
covers financially from filling one
until he is "shook" down for
the other.
Santa Claus in the estimation
of \oung America is a greater in-
stitution than Barnum ever was,
but nobody has yet charged child-
hood's patron saint with "taking
all the money out of the country.7'
It has been six months since
the California earthquake and |i4,-
000,000 of the relief fund is still
on hand. This shows that the
San Francisco grafters are not as
speedy as they might be.
Rockefeller's get-rich-quick
advice to an ambitious soap ven-
der is to organize a peddler's trust.
DELAWARE AFFAIRS
To show how easy the Indians can
be cheated out of their land here is an
instance. Three years ago the Dela-
ware Indians who lived along the oil
belt contracted to sell these lands for
$7 to $10 an acre and accepted part
payment on same. I was in Washing-
ton at the time the deal was made,
when I arrived home a number of Del-
awares came to see me and tola of
their troubles, for they had in the
meantime learned that they had signed
deeds to their lands. I investigated
and found that the Delawaes were
about to be defrauded out of their
property, but for reasons best known
to myself the deal was dropped for the
time being. Some of these same In-
dians I protected have since received
as high as $400 per acre for the same
land. Now in my opinion if restric-
tions were removed deeds similar to
the ones I have mentioned would be
good. There is no telling how many
thousands of such deeds are now in
the possession of grafters. So I
would appeal to the government to
protect these people who are not edu-
cated and do not knoM the ways of
the white man. I know my people and
I know their failings. When they
need money they will sacrifice almost
anything to get it. If the government
is determined to remove all of the In-
dian's restrictions
BARTLESVILLE, INDIAN TERRITORY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Drilling and Fishing
= Tools =—
B. & S. Electric Boilers and Engines
Rig- Iron Outfits, Pumping' Outfits, and Iron Sucker Rods
Agents for Williamsport Wire Sandlines and Drilling Cables
Waterbury Manila Bolt Cables
Let us figure your bill for Outfit and Oil Well Supplies.
PHONES-! S7ffice 34
1 Warehouse 194
COMPLETE DRILLING OUTFITS FURNISHED PROMPTLY
Osage concerning which there has
been some doubt. He states that he
recently called upon Mr. Barnsdall
and others for full information con-
cerning the transaction by which they
acquired certain leaies and was re-
fused any information. He them rec-
ommended that t^<j Secretary revoke
all of the leases and take posession of
the land, but immediately this was
done the lease holders notified Mr.
Wright that they were willing to give
him any information he desired. '
This action is said to have caused the.
order stopping the operation of all I
wells in the Osage to be rescinded.
Kecelver Appointed.
After a very tempestuous ca.cci
the Philadelphia-Osage Oil Company
which contracts lot 290 in the Osage,is I
about to undergo a process of reor-1
ganization. Samuel Ashcraft, one of
principal stockholders, recently '
EURERA°S
Prescriptions...
and household recipes quickly compounded
from pure, fresh drugs. A full line of stand-
ard proprietary remedies—Cough Syrups,
Lung Balsams, etc. Hot-water Bottles and
all other sick-room requisites.
the I" r —" B, 1 WU9UUJ
made application for the appointment
of a receiver. The application has
been granted by the chancellor of
Delaware and Reuben Saterwaite will
act in that capacity. Mr. Ashcraft in ;
his application for a receiver declared '
that the former officers of the company I
were incompetent and dishonest, and
several months ago criminal proceed-
ings were started against Charles [
Gontha. of Philadelphia, formerly j
president of the company and now i
said to be a fugitive from justice.
After the company has passed tdrough
thehaDds of the receiver it is likely
that it will be reorganized.
Caney Deep Well.
J. C. Roberts, who is working on;
the deep well at Caney, which was!
spudden in over two years ago, was in 1
Bartlesville last Saturday and inci-1
dentally {called at the Examiner offices.
The well has been drilled to a depth of I
2840 feet, over half a mile, at which I
point drilling was abandoned. No
traces of oil were found although the
drill passed through several strata of
barren sand. A strong gas pressure
was encountered, however, but a
strong flow of water quickly filled the
hole and shut off the gas. Mr.'
Roberts is now placing a two inch
pipe in the well to carry off the water.
When the water is lowered sufficiently
a packer will be put in to shut off the
inflow and then il is believed the gas
pressure, which is sufficiently strong
to have raised 2000 feet of water in
the casing, will quickly "clean" the
well. Mr. Roberts states that the well
will mo9t assuredly prove a splendid
gas producer and may in time reim-
burse the Deep Well company for all
the money expended in the drilling.
Eureka Drug Store
J. A. FINDLE.Y, Ph. G.. Manager.
PERFECTION
WICK fume OIL STOVE
SAFE CONVENIENT ECONOMICAL
If your dealer don't handle It, write to
,JHg STANDARD OIL COMPANY
MERELY A (ASA Rli.
The Coifeyvilie Journal is cred-
ited with the following: "A new
daily paper will start up at bar-
tlesville the first of the year. It
will be printed in the morning.
This will make three dailies for
Oklahoma Gu.
The Commercial club at Tulsa, I. T., |
has inaugurated a movement whose i
nove all of th« In is to have a clau9e included in |
if LniLvrwTi the constitution of the proposed state I
James uib.on Present. Hi. view. Con-1 before the'lndian" is confronted wi°th I °f °klahoma Prohibiting the piping of
coining Removal of Restriction*. I the hand writing on the wall. I could ?atura gas outside the boundaries of
The following communication has >aJ ^know^ac? wHl^o'l* Srmi't'' I'^^'o'succ^dTh^nTnt' were Togl-
Some dav nerhana t will wrLcal|y broadened to the aim of com-
-Reepectfully ySurs, j. W Gibson 'Ph* the V* \a p"«homa of all
L£__L_1_ • products produced within its bounda-
ries, and of constitutionally fixing
been received from the well known
fullblood Delaware citizen, James W.
Gibson, of Copan:
Editor Weekly Examiner: I desire
to make a statement on behalf of the j
Delaware- aDd other Indians in con-i>
nection with the recent visit of the
Senate committee to Indian Territory.
The committee was to have been in
Bartlesville on November and 27,
but for some reason the dates were
changed. As most of the Indians re-
side in the country they did not learn
of thechauge in the committee's ar-
rangements and the Delawares were
RESCINDED THE ORDER
Work
♦♦« I f- a
t' time after which people shall be barred
fl11| ! either from entering or leaving the
! state. Oklahoma's natural gas, like
leach of its other products, will seek
[the best markets aDd if these are not
jfound at home it will go elsewhere.
J The best service the Tulsa Commer-
cial club and similar organizations
can render toward keepingOklahoma's
gas at home and preserving the supplv
is to build up home markets for it aud
keep people from wasting it. As it is
If wedo It, its done right. .
CHAPMAN BROS.
General Blacksmiths
HORSESHOEINC
And all kinds of
Repair Work
THIRD STREETand DEWEY AVE.
in the Osage Keservation Was
Not Suspend>><l.
The order of the secretary of the In-
terior to Inspector J. George Wright, keep people from wasting It. As it is
instructing that official to close down (now finding a market for the product
nil r f thu it...ll.. :.1 . . I At hp t. tor nrii*Dri in l^imnaa Pllu M,.
Wanted Reliable Contractors
We require ten strings of tools in the
FORI SMITH OAS FIELD AT ONCE
Bids will be received for this work by Chas. VanSlcklo, Sup't
ARKANSAS AND TERRITORIAL OIL & GiS GO.
Fort Smith, Arkansas.
uiuuii kj ciose uown iuuumir a marKet ror tne product
all of the producingwella in the Osage, j al l,etVir f,riue8 ,in Kansas City, Mo.,
' was rescinded by Secretary Hitchcock I }^an!,as Natural Gas company
hefne. ..vf. uL '.CO°k ha8. shut ",T the supply from manufac-
before Inspector Wright had a chance
to put It into execution. The order
was received Friday evening and on
Saturday the notice cancelling the or-
der wan received. The order was is-
sued in connection with the blanket
lease of the Indian Territory Illumi-
nating Oil company, but is said to
have been aimed at T. N\ Harnsdall
whom, the secretary's agent alleges
holda more than 4,800 acres of leases
in defiance of the secretary's ruling.
Mr. Harnsdall when Interviewed in
regard to the matter stated that he
had heard nothing of the order.
It is understood that Inspector
Wright has mailed a report on the
I ownership of certain leases in the
pply
turing plants it has been serving
across the line in Kansas City, Kan , |
which, It Is explained, were taken on
with the nnderstanding that any re- '
duction in supplies should fall first on
them and are equipped to use other
fuel. It is announced to be the pur-
pose of the company to build another
line paralleling its present line to
Kansas Cltv, after which it is expect
ed to supply all Kansas Cillans on
both sides of the line.—Petroleum
Gazette.
Wanted.
Machinist for engine
work. The William
Company, Chauute, Kan.
and repair
Kavanaugh
w rompt service.
Lslghtlng our hobby.
Unsanitary plumbing repaired.
Rflall us'a card or call.
Be sure to sue usjabout your work.
I f your gas stovo needs repairs we can
Nflx it.
ew llne^of globes and mantles,
^rfaaflttlng a Specialty.
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Box 1171.
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We Will Not Charge You One Penny.
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A PLUMBER
Dewey Ave, Near Third
FEED AND M STABLE
! Corner First Street and John-
stone Avenue.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
and menitiers of the Hartlesvllle Commer-
cial olub for the election of officers mid
such other business ns may conte before the
meeting will lie held on Tuesday evening,
January 8, Huff, at h n. m.
K.B.CARTER, Secretory.
New Equipment throughout-new vehicles
and lively teams.
PHONE 133.
FINCH & WHEELOCK, Propr's.
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