The Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 51, Ed. 2 Friday, December 14, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL XII
CLAREMORE. CHEROKEE NATION. INDIAN TERRITORY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14,1906
NUMBER 51
SOMETHING OF
CLAREMORE.
A HEALTH RESOItT HARD TO
BEAT.
The Growing Town of the Cherokee
Nation. One of the Leaders of
the Eaat Part of the New
State.
Special number would not be com-
plete without stating ttome of the
good points of Claremore, the liust-
ling city of Indian Territory. A lonpr
write-up will nut be madfc, as this Is
not a boom edition In any sense of
the word, but as a number of copies
will goto our friends in the states,
we desire to call their attention to
some of the advantages of our city.
Claremore Is a city of 3,000 popu-
lation, growing at a very fast rate.
It is situated on the junction of two
trunk lines of railroad, the Frisco
andiron Mountain, and lias twelve
regular passenger trains every day.
It la the liome of „ho famous Kadium
Water, the greatest thing on earth
for the healing of almost all diseases
There are four bath houses, hotels
and boarding house accomodations
for all who come, and amusement
hall for their entertainment while
here. Hundreds of people have come
from all over the country to try
these health giving waters, and tes-
timonials can lie furnished by the
hundreds. Write any merchant In
Claremore, or the secretary of the
Commercial Club, or any bath house
and you can secure the particulars,
and answers to questions you may de-
sire to ask. All lines of business are
well represented. A Chamber of
Commerce with a large number of
members, alert, wide awake and ag-
gressive, is in active operation to do
good for the town.
The citjr owns its own electric light
plant, and a new X5,(XM system of
water-works is being installed. Hun-
dreds of new dwellings have been
erected, and the sound of the ham-
mer and saw can be heard on every
hand. Cve.- a dozen new busi-
ness blooks have been built during
the present season, and more are
start ing all the time.
Claremore is a court town, and is
destined to become a county seat t>f
one of the richest counties in the new
state. The soil is adapted to raise
great, crops and the market here for
grain will be a great one. A new r>o,-
Ooo brick and tile plant Is being in-
stalled, and an Ice plant Is a now in
dustry to be built soon, a hot house
has Just been constructed, broom
factory has been in operation about
two months, and dozens of minor in-
dustries being introduced. A new
tS0,(X)0 sanitarium is now talked of.
Anyone d«siring a good location In
the new state, and a very healthful
climate should not fail to stop at
claremore.
Our Holiday Number.
With this week we issue a special
number for a holiday issue, and we
trust it will And acceptance with our
readers as a sample of the enterprise
of Claremore'* business firms. It Is
not near what we would like It to be,
but as It is to bj printed in a hurry
and very little time given to solicit-
ing of ads, we feel that It will be a
good thing for the town and mer-
chants at large. Help Is scarce at
this time of year, which necessitated
a much less number of pages than
we would otherwise have printed.
A careful perusal of the advertis-
ing columns is Invited. Extra copies of
this Issue have been printed and mail-
ed over the county at large, and a
great many sent back to the states.
We expect many of our readers will
send their own copies also, which
will make It read more than any sin-
gle Issue of a newspaper ever issued
from Claremore.
We wish all our readers and adver-
tisers a profitable holiday and a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
History and The Stag*.
History has proved to be of Invalu-
able assistance in the production of
stage scenes The Auditor will often
marvel at certain effects, and per-
haps wonder at the ingenuity of the
producer. Rut as is often the case,
the historian is often most respons-
ible for the most thrilling effects.
IHsraeli in ills '"History of Dueling"
tells many Interesting combats that
have taken place on the field of hon-
or, but the most thrilling duel of all
was tMat fought between Fabien del
Franchi and ChateaiMlenaud in the
forest of Fonfainbleau. This scene
is introduced by Eugene Moore Into
Alexandre Dumas' drama, "Monte
Crlsto" will be seen at Windsor
Opera House January 12 It is a
duel to the death and is fought with
ordinary swords—the fight is a sen-
sational encounter and as depicted by
Disraeli has been closely followed,
and its thrilling effect has proven
that history, in this case at least,
has added greatly to an effective stage
presentation.
RIGHTS BY INTERMARRIAGE
Commissioner Bixby Defines Statute
of Intermarried Whifo Citizens
Under Rocent Court Decision.
Department of the Interior.
Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes.
Whereas, on Vovemb <r 5, I (KM, the
supreme court of the United States
handed down its decision affirming
the decree of the court of claims In
the matter of the enrollment of per-
sons claiming rights in the Cherokee
nation by the ititermarriagn, whlcli
In part reads as follows:
"It is by the court ordered, adjudged
and decreed that such white persons
residing in the Cherokee nation as l>e
came Cherokee citizens under the
Cherokee laws by Intermarriage with
Cherokees by blood prior to the first
day of November, 1875, are equally
interested in and have equal per cap-
ita rights with Cherokee Indians by
blood In tiie lands constituting the
public domain of the Cherokee na-
tion, and are entitled to be enrolled
for that purpose, but suo!i Interin ir
ried whites acquired no rights and
have no interest or share in any funds
belonging to the Cherokee nation ex-
cept where such funds were d.-rived
bv lease, sale or otherwise from the
lands of the Cherokee nation convey
ed to It by the United States by ttie
patent of December, 183S; and that
the rights and prlviliges of those
white citizens subsequent to the lirst,
day of Novemlier, 187'), do not extend
the right of soil or Interest in any of
the vested funds of the Cherokee na
tlon and such intermarried persons
are not entitled to share in the allot-
ment of the lands or in the distribu
tlon of funds belonging tosald nation
and are not entitled to l enrolled
for such purpose; that those white
persons intermarried with Delaware
or Shawnee citizens of the Cherokee
nation either prior or subsequent to
November 1, 1873, and tUp^e who In-
termarried with Cherokees tjy blood
and subsequently being left a widow
or widower by the death of wife or
husband, intermarried with persons
not of Cherokee blood and t hoje
white men who having married < 'her-
okee women and subsequently abm 1-
oned their Cherokee wives have no
part or share in the Cherokee prop-
erty, and are not entitled to partici-
pate In the allotment of the lands
or in the distribution of the funds of
the Cherokee nation or people, and
are not entitled to lie enrolled for
such purpose: and
"Whereas, many of juch applicants
have designated, or have had designa-
ted for them. their prospective allot-
ments in the Cherokee nation which
they desire to lake in the event their
claims to enrollment are finally
determined to favor them, ami
which they never paid."
Now, therefore, It Is hereby ordered I
that, in the event the intermarried
applicants are finally rejected, the
Commissioner to the Five Clvilzed
Tribes will recognize a transfer en-
iVimniiiK
Whereas, In view of the adverse ' tered Info In good faith by any such
decree rendered by tlie Huprenie court | intermarried applicant prior to his
of the United States, and which. It j rejection by the Secretary of Interior
is understood, it is now under reeon , whereby the Improvements upon the
sideration by said court or a motion j land held by the Intermarried appli-
for review tiled In said cause bv the cant as a prospective allotment are
attorneys for the claimants, many transferred to a citizen of the Cher-
inquiries have been directed to the okee nation entitled to take an allot-
Commisloner of the Five Civilized ment of lands In the said nation, and
Tribes relative to the right of such
intermarried claimants while their
cases are pending before the court
and before they are finally rejected
by the Commissioner or the Depart-
ment to dispose of the improvements
upon the land claimed by them to
citizens of the Cherokee nation en-
titled to take allotment; and
'Whereas, It has been held by the
Commissioner to the Klve Civilized
Tribes with the approval of the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs and
the Secretary of the Interior that an
applicant for citizenship in any one
of the five civilized trioes until fin-
ally rejected, may hold and dispose of
a good title to improvements upon
tils proportionate share of tribal lands
( See decisions of Commissioner of In-
dian Affairs in Chickasaw Contest
Case No. «3 , entitled Sullivan Vs
Melville; Choctaw Contest Case No.
313, Hudson Vs. McKinney; Choctaw
Contest Case No. ,43I, Thompson Vs.
McKinney. and Chickasaw Co.itest
Case No 11(7 Jackson Vs Towusley;
also decision of the Department in
Creek Contest Case No. 1U>, eutitleJ
Cossett Vs Johnson), and
Whereas, in the decree of the
supreme court of the United States,
heretofore referred to, it is slated by
the court that:
"We are dealing with the right of
enrollment so as to entitle the per-
sons enrolled to participate In the dis-
tribution of the lands ana vested
funds of the Cherokee nation, and not
with questions arising in respect t
improvements on the public domain
As to the improvements they seem to
have been treated as those of a ten
ant who had made them under an
agreement that they hou d remain
his. Any citizen of the nation could
use the public domain and it Is not
asserted that the intermarried whites
failed to obtain their share of such
use, but because they have enjo> ed
that benefit, free from tax or burden
it is no reason for givlngthein a share
In the lands vested fuuds, which have
never been granted to them and for
upon the rejection of such intermar-
ried applicant by the Secretary of In-
terior tiie citizen vendeo of such Im-
provements may ap|>ear at the Chero-
kee land office of the Commissioner
at Muskogee, Indian Territory, and
select as his allotment the land form-
erly held by the intermarried appli-
cant when such citzieu vendee can
produce a bill of sale evidencing the
fact that the transaction was enter-
ed into in good faith prior to the fin-
al rejection of the Intermarried ap-
plicant by the Secretary of the In-
terior.
(Signed) Tarns Bixby
Commlssoner to the Five Civilized
Tribes
Dated Muskogee, Indian Territory,
this 29th of November, 1906.
Get Ready for Xmas
We have the finest line of rock-
ers, dining chairs, parlor chairs.
Beautiful rugs in all sizes.
Call early and select the
J Xmas present. Tanners make
I the price right,
1 TANNERY I
Story of How Galbreath Became
A Millionaire.
RETIRED SAFE-CRACKERS
Professional Cracksmen Show How
It'« Bone.
While "An Orphan's I'rayer,"
which will by seen at the Opera
House on Dec. 8, Is a pastoral play
telling a delightful story, it also con-
tains many dramatic situations and
at least one real sensation. This fea-
ture a climax of stage realism, is the
"Cracking" of au immense steel vault
in which a crook has been unhiten-
t onally imprisoned. Two retired pro-
fessional cracksmen do tiie drilling and
blowing in full view of the audience
and the narrow escape from death of
imprisoned inmates creates a posi-
tive sensation. As a special Induce-
ment, Arnold & Nasherhave secured
some vtry clever and up-to-date
vaudeville features, which will be in-
troduced during the action of the
piny. Miss Stella Kinehart. of
the famous original Kinehart Sisters,
tiie acknowledged champion lady dan-
From what is believed to be the most
unprospective of propositions to tlie
largest oil-producing fields in the mid-
continent; from a man on the verge
of poverty to a multimillionaire;
from land selling at $10 an acre to
the present price of II,000 an acre, are
a few of the remarkable incidents in
tiie life of Kol>-rt Galbreath "oil
King of tiie Southwest," who today
is rated as the richest man in Okla-
homa.
"Bob"' Galbreath as he is known,
was born In Ciroleville, O., forty-one
years ago. He came to Oklahoma
when the country was first thrown
open to settlement and for several
years pursued the occupation of real
estate agent. He struggled along
with varying success, and when, in
1901, oil was discovered at Red Fork-
in the Creek Nation, Galbreath l>e-
came an active "booster" in the
nvw field. His friends advtsad him
to keep out. but he stood fast by his
determination.
ltecause of the incredulity of his
friends in the eventual success of
his oil projects, (ialbreatli was un-
able to secure sufficient funds until
Charles Colcord, an Oklahoma tval es-
tate man who believed III oil, came to
his aid. He assisted in financing a
pi-oject which proved a veritable Im>-
nanza.
Among the propert les which at trad-
ed (ialbreatli was a tract of land ten
miles south of Red F ork which now
cer of tiio world, and Master Arden, includes the celebrated Glenn lease
the pocket edition of George Cohan allottment. Mr Galbreath
the Yankee Doodle comedian, will ap- f'^oned rightly when he said that
■ -«■■"■■I—' X'i'.'te:"
We know we are handling ll„ tat. ^ 1 h? "
furniture for our sales prove it.
Moore-Ryan.
I and have them approved by the
, part ment of t lie interior.
The first we 1 w is drilled to tlio
depth of the Ked Kork oil and sand a
shallow strata of oil-bearing sand
was found, but not in sufficient quan-
tity to pay. At this juncture, with
all his resources at ,.n end, Galbreath
was left with nothing but a few hun-
dred dollars of indebtedness and some
leases which were regarded as abso-
lutely worthless, except by the pro-
moter himself, who retained faith in
his enterprise.
He tired in vain to find someone
who would put enough money into
the venture to drill the hole a few
feet deeper. He declared that 200
feet deeper would produce a gusher
that fortune would be made for
the man who had sufficient nerve to
furnish the necessary funds for drill-
ing.
After a few weeks of Idleness and
planning as to how to obtain enough
money to drill the well deeper, an oil
exi«rt, Frank Cltesley, ventured into
the Glenn Held and proposed to Gal-
breath that he would furnish the
funds for 300 additional feet of drill-
ing provided that he would be allowed
to share equally in whatever profits
might he made. To this (ialbreatli
assented The well was at a depth
of 1,100 feet at the time and drilling
wan resumed with all possible haste.
Much to the surprise of old pros-
pectors the famous No 1 of the Glenn
pool came in when the drill had pene-
trated to 1,440 feet, and the fortunes
of (ialbreatli and ( hesley were assur-
ed. Today there are aliout fifty pro-
ducing wells on this field, and tie)
total production Is more than 2o,otio
barrels a day.
Soon after (ialbreatli and Chesley
made their rich tied. Colcord, the old
partner of Galhrenth. was taken in
on tlie deal and received an inter .st
ill the property which lias .since made
ia,,s him one of the wealthiest men in the
d®- new state of Oklahoma. St Louis
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