The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 28, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 10, 1904 Page: 2 of 4
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that lo perform an npention thrp
a bur chance for lb luj a rl
boy withont mi operation none
whatever Tbe operation con-
sumed about three hour tbe
doctor taking off five and a half
' -r-1 feet of his intestines He sur-
Enterod at Hi poUMiloe t Tshlequah vfvet (e operation but only lived
about three hour after the opera
tion wa over There ere several
different versions of bow the
hooting occurred but all agree
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Saturday Skptkmiifu 10 1901
Thf Mmi'-tcrs Association of
Muskogee hive culled
tion to meet nt South
oo the i!7 of Sept The purpose
of winch is to prevent the sale of
a conven -
Me Meeter
liquor in the Indimi Territory nf
ter the inauguration of statehood
A copy of the cull has teen mailed
to all pistors of churches in In
diao Territory end to many Sun-
day school Superintendents and
other prominent churchmen
One ef the most amusing things
that we remember of seeing at the
beginning of the war between Ilus
eia and Japan wa an enormous
bear standing up looking down
upon a little insiguifioent Jap in
uniform with a sword The bear
was juct about ready to devour
tbe poor little Jap Hut no how
is it? This euiiio little Jap has
this enormous bear on tho run
and every timo begets in reach of
him ba gives him a slash ith his
sword Tbe last we heard the
hear was still on the run and we
venture to say will keep running
TAHLEQUAH AND
SCHOOLS
nEH
The schools have started out
this fall with as bright prospects
as could be hoped for The at-
tendance at all being exceedingly
large We venture to say that
there is no ether town of the size
in the southwest that can boast
of such school facilities and such
a largo attendance Take the two
Cherokee high schools with about
six hundred tbe Baptist academy
with two hundred and fifty: Table
quah Institute about tbe same
the two primary (white) schools
seventy five to one hundred each
the colored high school one hun-
dred and twenty five the colored
primary school seventy five
Where is there another rach
town? The schools are all crowd-
ed and have had to tnrn away
some because they hadn’t room to
to take them In Nearly fifteen
hundred children attending school
in a town of this size speaks
volumns for Tahlequah and tbe
teachers of her schools Parents
who send their children from a
distance know that they are not
only sending them to good schools
but to a healthy place It is a
pleasent sight to look out of an
evening and see going down one
street the pupils of the Female
Seminary across on another yon
see the pupils of the Baptist
academy and probably across on
another street the pupils from the
Presbyterian institute or tbe Male
Seminary all out for a walk prob-
ably going to one of the many
beautifal sparkling springs for
which Tahlequah is noted Come
to Tahlequah we say if you are
seeking for health or a place to
school your children
AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR
On Friday night last at the pic Die
grounds at Turk Hill Tom San-
ders son of ex sheriff Mat Sanders
was shot by Kinny Davis from
the effects of which he died at
4 o’clock the following day at the
Insane asylum in this place Tom
was a young man who was loved
by everybody who knew hm He
was full of life but was never
known to do an injury to anybody
and bis untimely takiog off and
especially in the manner in which
it was done will be regretted by
all Drs Ross and Blake and
Blaks were called in and on exam-
ination fonnd that the ball had
passed through tbo bowels and
u n one point that Davis matched
i Snake Roach’s pistol and began
j to back away when the pis'ol fired
j end shot Sanders We might eay
it is tbe old old story too much
wbiekey Davis was arrested by
George Ferguson before lie hud
time to maxe a get away and turn
ed him over to Deputy Long who
was near by Davis was taken to
SaMisaw for trial before the U S
Commissioner at that place San-
ders was bn rit'd at Tark Hill
Friends from miles around were at
the burial to pay their sad respects
It is indeed an unfortunate state
of affairs that tbe people can’t
have a little pic me without some
thing of this kind happening all
on account of the drinking of bad
whiskey The U S Commission-
er at Sallisaw hound Davis over
for murder and refused to set any
bond He was taken to Vinita
jail to await tbe action of the
grand jury
WANTED
TO BRIBE
BIX BY
TAMS
Muskogee I T Sept C— A ne
growhou an applicant for en-
rollment in the Cherokee nation
walked into the office of the chair-
man of the Dawes commission yes-
terday with the startling proposi
tion to Mr Bixby to deed twenty-
five acres of his prospective allot-
ment to him if the chairman would
admit him to the rolls and burry
up about it Tbe chairman took
tbe negro before the cbiet council
of the commission and had him
make the proposition again When
it was pointed ont to the negro
that he was knocking at the door
of the penitentiary he conld see no
reason why he ehoald not give tbe
chairman a part of his land if he
wanted to and said he might as
well pay him as to pay a lawyer
Ilia case is under advisement
In the five civilized tribes there
are 82 COO citizens who will get al-
lotments There were perhaps an
equal number of applicants for ai
lotmcnts who were refused There
is a very small per cent indeed of
thoso who did not get on who
would not hare been willing to
have divided with any one of the
government employees or commis-
sioners who would have agreed to
have put them on the rolls and
thus secured them allotments
There is a very large per cent of
those who are on who have not at
some time or another gotten into
a tangle that they would have will-
ingly given a part of their patri-
mony to have it straightened oat
In addition to all this were the
Mississippi Choctaws who have
ever regarded their ability to get
on the rolls a pure matter of graft
from tbe beginning to the end
And there are a thousand other
ways where a government official
bad absolutely to tread his way to
find tbe one avenue that did not
load to graft for tbe outside graft-
ers have laid traps for him from
the day the allotment began nntil
the present
The above would be amusing
were it not that there has been so
much shady work carried on in
this country in tbe last few years
This negro no doubt had passed
through the hands of the lawyers
who make it a business to take
just such cases some of them of-
fering to get the evidence neces-
sary to get them on tha rolls etc
and today we are dividing our
laud with lots of negroes who nev-
er hoard of a Cherokee until sumo
one went to them and proposed to
find tbe evidence that would get
hem on th roll whereby they
could get allotment in thi coun-
try It is a eh hw our people
have been robbed Th 'Piwe
commission has tried hard t give
to those only who were justly eii
titled to it but heaven aliv- what
were they to do when a negr
would cnuie in fore them with a
string of witnesses who would
swear anything on earth that they
were asked for a couple of dollars
The commission and ihe nation's
attorneys searched fir and near
for testimony to offset this and in
most of lbs cases they succeeded
but there were some that slipped
through This negro no doubt
tlo nglit this wa- ih quickest way
but lie riisse 1 his tna'k this time
and if he escapes tbe penitentiary
it will surprise us
TO INVESTIGATE
James O'Falion a special la
dian inspector arrived here yes
terdny afternoon and has gone to
Dewey to investigate the charge
against Dick Adams in connec-
tion with the Delaware land leases
Adams with his attorney George
A Murphy have also gone to
Dewey and it is probable that the
investigation will be dispensed
wiih speedily
The charges against Adams are
that be eecorrd leases and promis-
sory notes from tbe individual
Delawares in compensation for bis
influence at Washington daring
the time the Delaware claims were
np for consideration The notes
it alleged were generally for $75
to becomo due after oil or gas had
been developed upon the leased
lands Tno Delawares at least
some of them claim that Adams
transferred the notes as negotia
hie paper and' tlmt they have
been compelled to pay them be
fore due
Adams says there Is nothing at
all in the charges that every note
he received was in lseu of money
loaned the Indians Ilis attorneys
also claim the charges are false
and say they have nothin to fear
for their client from the investi-
gation Joseph A Gill Judge of the
Northern District Ind Ter will
hold court at the places and on
the dates mentioned below:
Vinita— Oct 3 1904 Jan 2 1905
May 22 1905
Nowata— Oct 24 1901 Feb 6
1905: April 3 1905
Tahlequah— Nov 7 1904 Feb
20 1905 April 10 1905
Claremore — Nov 21 1004 Feb
27 1905 April 24 1905
Miami— Nov 2fi 1904 March C
1905 May 1 1905
Tryor Creek— Dec 5 1904
Mar 13 1905 May 6 1905
Sailisaw— Doc 12 1901 March
20 1905 May 15 1905
At the places and on the dates
mentioned below Judge W R
Lawrence of the Northern District
has been assigned to bold term? of
court
Nowata— Oct 4 1904
Claremore — Nov 21 1904
Miama— Nov 28 1904
Fryor Creek — Dec 5 1901
Tahlequah— Feb 20 1905
Miama— Mar 6 1905
Sailisaw— Mar 20jl905
Nowata— Apr 3 1905
Claremore— April 24 1905
Pryor Cseek— May O 1905
And is to assist in holding tbe
terms of Court at Vinita Indian
Territory beginning Oct 10 1901
for one week beginning Jan 16(
1905 for two weeks and beginning
Miy 22 1905 for one week and
prohuto business in all Oonrti in
tho District
$1065 to St- Louis And Return
On Tuesdays and Thursdays
during Sept the “Frisco” will sell
Round Trip Tickets Tahlequah I
T to St Louis and return at
above rale good going on date of
i-’- ouly Reaming Seven day
from dVo of silc
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i OCAL TIME TABLE
I went Bol'ND
I Pa-niiuji-r No SI due 11:20 m
Loral Fn-iiht No od due 10:20 m
T BOfXt
Loi-al Freight No 65 due 1:40 p m
Iwnr No 62 due 4:55 p in
Ww connection nt Fayetteville for Kan-
'itv St Lnub and all poinU north and
Mst Pari and all point in Texa
I T Stathem Ajent
L W Price
Div I'n- Agent Joplin Mo
TAKE NOTICE
I’artie doiring to mbiwribe for the AJvo-
cute w ill par them in at tlii office or aend
them thmtigh the mail No one 1 author-
ized to art a our aent and our mWriptio
price is $100 a year
JESS L IIAIiNAGE
ittoritj 4 Cimscllir it Lav
OUtre ever tbe
Cherokee National ltana
TAHLEQUAH IT
Jack Ellis wa in te cily this
week
Chief Rogers was here this week
looking after official business
James Huckleberry Assistant
Prosecuting Atl’y is In town
Henry Armstrong of Bartlea
vilie visited our city this week
John E Duncan a prominent
farmer of Saline District is in tbe
city
Jake Guthrie f Cooweesroo
wee District is in Tahlequah this
week
John West Captain of the In
dian Pol'ce was in the cily this
week
Mitchell Ellis one of tba promi-
nent farmers of Sequoyah district
was in Tahlequah this week
Mollie Howard of Ft Gipson
grand dsaghter of the late Wm P
Rosa is In town making ler filing
The Probate court which has
been in session in this place for
some time has adjourned to meet
again on the
Mrs Ua A Edwards and Mrs
Harriet Ross each of Adair I T
visited the Advocate office while
in the city this week
Supt Ben Ooppeck has return-
ed from St Louis and other
points and can now be found at-
tending to his duties
V m Johnston the adoped Del
aware and Bartesvilie oil magnate
Is Laving bneioeas before the
Commission this week
Hon James M Givins of Musk-
ogee known to fame as' Oily Jim”
was In onr oity Friday attending
tha Contest Department
Tbe qnlet waters of our school
system so far buvn’t been riffled
by the dropping of a stoney word
to interfere with its smooth sur-
face The Board and Sup of educa
tion deserve credit for the selec-
tion of competent and reputable
ieachers to conduct our national
high schools
Judge Keenan the U S Com-
missioner at this place returned
tbe first of this week from a three
weeks vacation to his home in
Virginia lie Is back at the old
stand and no doubt is ready to
deal out justice to those who have
gone wrong and are overtaken by
the firm band of the law! Ills
family will arrive here in a few
daya when tbe Judge will take
op permanent residence in this
place
Rev M L Butler accompanied
by his daughter came over from
Muskogee this week to file upon
their allotments This is the first
lime that Mies Butler has visited
Tahlequah since she went away
eighteen years ago Mr Butler
was the first Pastor tbe Methodist
church had in this place after the
war and It was M L Butler who
laid the foundation and prepared
the way for tbe good work that
wai accomplished hero afterward
I'J L — —
Henry Dick has rented a house
on the hill in East Tahlequah and
will go to keeping hnue again
Mrs T W Triplett understand
will make her home with them
Come m nd inspect our iar
gains in clo’hi g shoe and hats
also a amall lot of calicos and
lawns at lowest prices
Tahlequah Mercantile C
Tuxie Brown returned to the
city a few dsjs ago from hi
ranebf cull and hear him he is
liable to relate some foxy talcs
second hand from such ones of
note as J Cookson J Clark J
Dike J Keys and Wilson Rider
We have been requested to an
noaDce that hereafter all prison-
ers bound over by the U S Com-
missioner and fait to givo bail will
be tried at Y imta This might al-
low a little gravy for a few Vinita-
ilea bnt would cost parties sent
there lots of sop or oo defense
The people of Tahlequah 'wero
congratulating themselves that
they had got rid of the “tfviog
Jtnuie” and lo another one mokes
its appearencr and rets up Great
goodness it seems that the woods
are full oi them one will hardly
get ont of town till another mattes
its nppeannee and prepares 'jo
make the night hideous with the
staff they call rnusio We hope
the town will doable the dose and
charge them so much that they
will be compelled to move on '
U S Cierk Smith issued mar-
riage licences to parties named '
below on dates mentioned
Joaiah T Hardy to Mary Poi-
son Sept 1
Aieck White aod PaUy Davis
Sept 3
Poley Lattie to Ad Carlie Sept
5
Elis Keicher to Maggie E
Rrogdens Sept 2
Charley Morris to Jennie Back
James Smith to Mary Johnson
Sept 3
I F Bradshaw to Bertha F
Butler Sept 3
Tahlequah Is a thriving little
city and a pleasant healthy place
(olive It has as many schools
and churches as any town of its
size In the Territory or any of tbe
border states The inhabitants of
Tarlequah are church going peo-
ple and the membership of the
different denominations is exceed-
ingly large as their rolls will
show Of coarse like every
other town we have a few toughs
but as a rule they dont belong
here but drop in for a while till
tbe etrong arm of the law takes
hold of them and puts them where
they belong Yes come to Tah
lequah if you are in seurch of
health and at tbe same time want
a nice pleasant place to live you
cant beat Tahlequah we dont care
where you go
TOWN LOT SALES
Lots will be sold by tho town
site commission on the dates and
at the towns mentioned below:
Bartlesville about 8 lots Sept
19 1904
Claremore about 30 lots Sept
20 1904
Alton about 80 lots Sept 21
1904
Welch 1 lot September 23
1904
Blue Jacket about 29 lots Sept
23 1904
Big Cabin 1 lot September 2G
1904
Adair about 14 lots September
20 1904
Chouteau about 12 lots Sept
27 1904
Twenty -five percentnm of tho
purchase price must be paid In
cash at the time of sale Within
four months thereafter the pur-
chasers must pay twenty-five per-
centum additional and tbe re-
mainder of the purchase money iu
two equal annual installments
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