The Reporter. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, September 2, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. X.
CHEI<SEA. CHEROKEE NATION, INDIAN TERRITORY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER a, 1904-
No. 13
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W. 0. MILAM.
CtMS. WINDHAM, AiMut CuMar
Bank of Chelsea^
1896 Che,8ea' ,nd,an Territory |po4
| DOES A OENERAL BANKING BUSINESS j
and Respectfully Solicits Your Account
. ■ DIRECTORS!
[j.T.m«HiH. C.LUH. W.P. . W. 0. nilam.\
J. M. Sharp. W. J. Straus*. J*bo D.Scott
I Any valuable papers yeu desire to protect will be beolulely eafe with M$
I as we have the^St protection for them that cau be had In Indian Territory
I and no charge for their care. Any collections you desire made we desire I
yon will lc ve with us. We remit for all coUecUons the day we receive!
them.
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COMER DRUG STORE,
C. L. LANE, Proprietor
Always Carries a Complete Stock of
Pure Drugs,
Patent Medicines,
Fine Cigars,
Tobaccos,
Stationery,
School Supplies.
Special attention paid to prescription worlc.
Only the best and purest of drugs used in our
compounding. Polite clerks in attendance.
Corner Sixth. & Olive Streets
AT THE
S T 0 Pi
Hotel Adair,
The Best Accommodations — Only Hotel on
Main Street — Everything Remodel-
ed and Refurnished ■■ Best Meals in the City.
THE PESSIMIST AND THE
TOWN BUILDER.
People think pessimists are pie-
tores of dyspeptic discomfort. But
sometimes they are not. The anvil
chorus is the best sign of the pes-
simist. There uever was a town
but bad them. .. No political party
has over cscaped them. No com-
munity bat would be better with-
out them. Aud they are sometimes
good sort of fellows, toe,
But the slaughter that is charged
against the pessimist la the town
cf the west is greater in the list of
promising prospects blighted than
the result of the railroad going to
the rival town. Iu.iact the rail-
road going to the other town can
generally be traced directly to the
work of the pessimist.
No person is ^0 guilty of de«
struction of briglt promises as tbe
"prominent citizen" who is ready
to dash to the ground the hopes of
the boomers. 1 he pessimist who
has property in the town pud is
taken for a prominent citizen by
reason of that fact is the most
harmful agent in the entire citizen-
ship of the community... He cau
turn people from investing thjsre by
the proposition that he would like
to sell out all of his holdings aud
move to a "live city." No propo-
sition ever comes up for the better-
ment of the commuity that the pes-
simist does not get his ax to work.
He may do it by pointing out tbe
impossibility of the proposed en-
terprise or by admitting that it is
possible but not worth the trouble.
Some towns have more good
live material than pessimists.
These usually win against the
minority and become worth while.
Other towns fall 'ut'. the hands of
the pessimists and are'stagnated.
Tne slaughter of enterprise that
is worked by the pessimist is tbe
cause of more wide places in the
road than any other one proposi
tion that confronts the city that
would be in the west.
The town pessimist is a native
of the country village of the old
eastern state. How he happened
to get loose and come to the hust-
ling west is an unsolved problem
He has no place here and the rea
son that be is not more numerous
is found in the fact that he is not
encouraged. But once in awhile
he develops, like typhoid germs,
and has to be weeded out or the
efforts of tbe tewn builders
(■defeated. > t
A glance at the towns that were
promising a few years ago and are
now dead ones will show where
the pessimist conquer^ and the
town fight was propagated.
The optimist are the true town
builders of thw\ west. They have
made the .towns that are now occu-
pying a large space on the maps of
the Welt. Tney are the fellows
who have to fight the pessimists.
They are the men who are making
the towns despite the arrivals from
the country towns away back east
where the graveyard is the center
of interest and the most lively
place In the community.—Ex.
TO ADJUST THE TOWNSITE
CASES.
Joe M. LaHay an I Bert Chand-
ler, of tbe Cherokee nation, are in
the city today. This afternoon
they had a meeting at the office of
the Indian inspector, where, with
C. p. McGoin.tbey went over to-
gether, the report that was made
some time siucfe by Mr. LaHay
and Mr. McGoin on the towssite
records of the Cherokee nation,
made by Mr. Chandler at the time
he was the Cherokee townsite com
missioner.
There is a jiifference of <4,800
remaining in the settlement that
is pointed out and acknowledged
by Mr. Chandler himself, he being
perfectly willing to settle, once the
matter is on a correct basis where
a permanent settlement can be
made.
J, F. Parker, Jr., attorney of
the nation, an^ J. H. Huckleberry
attorney for Mf. Chandler, are in
the city, and it is likely that the
matter will be finally adjusted at
the meeting here Wednesday.
This is a matter that has been
pending in the Cherokee nation
for a good many years, and was
finally brought to a focus when
the department of the Interior
gave heed to th? Cherokee tribe
to assist in closing the matter. It
was one of the first important mat-
ters that fell to the hands of Chief
Rogers and Attorney Parker after
they became officials for the Cher-
okees.—Muskogee Times.
REMOVAL OK RESTRlC^
IONS. [
Up to the present time a trife
more than 1200 application h..-.e
been received by Agent J. Blstjp
Shcenfelt from citizens of the five
civilized tribes, asking for the re-
moval of tbe restrictions on the
sale of allotted land. Of this nttra-
1000 have been examined by bitu
preparatory to making his report
to the Secretary of the Inter iot.
Just seven of the applications re-
ceived by the agent to date, have
been favotably reported on and an
the remainder he has recommended
that petition of the applicants be
disapproved. This would indicate
that under existing conditions
there will be very few land sales
in the Territory by this plan. In
discussing the matter with a rep-
resentative of the Phoetflx, Agent
Shoenfelt said that the class of
petitioners asking that they be per-
mitted to sell without restrictions,
were generally not such as were
considered competent to transact
their business affairs; and this -bft-
ing true, it was not contemplated
by the law that tha^r disabilities
should be removed.—Phoenix. -
NEW DAWES COMMISSION
CLERKS. * u
There were two appointments
made Tuesday to fill vacancies in
the clerical force of the Dawes
commission. The vacancies oc-
curred through the resignation of
Robert D. Garver, a law clerk, and
William H. Stattiam, Jr. The
new appointees are Harold C4
Thurman, of Lamar, Mo., a grad-
uate of the law department of Mis-
souri university, to the position of
law clerk, and Miss Mattie V.
Vaughn, of Kansas, a steno-
grapher.
DRESSMAKING.
Lam a graduate of the Manhat-
tan, Kansas, State Agricultural
College, twenty years expex-
perience, cut by the Standatd Sys-
tem. I soltcit your patronage in
both dressmaking and family sew:
Ing. Call at first door north of
Paries residence on Olive street.
Mrs. Carrie Moore.
Three grand gala days—Septem-
ber 21, 22 and 23—at the Fair
grounds.
LOST.
Back band and tug to a double
buggy harness in the town of
Chelsea. Will pay reasonable re*
ward if returned to Hogne & Pax-
son.
Chelsea li)Vesfci|iei|t; & lijiproYeipeifl Co., |
Has purchased and laid out in town lots forty acres of the most desirable land in the Cherokee nation. These lots Join the
incorporated town of Chelsea and wili make the most desirable residence part of said town. We purchased this land from a
Cherokee Freedman, and can give you warantee deeds at once. It is high and dry, and only a few blocks from the business
part at town. We have as good water as can be found anywljere in this, or any other country. !•; —
The Oklahoma & Cherokee Central Railroad
has secured the right of way between Chelsea and this tract of land and will add much to the convenience of this location.
We are in a position to sell you the very best town lots at a small premium, We can't say whether we will hold these lots
at the present price or not, as Chelsea Is on a boom and residence property is in great demand. So If you want to get on the
ground floor and get the bargain of your life, come at once, and come running.
CHELSEA INVESTMENT & IMPROVEMENT CO.,
office over first national JOHN T. &IWWN,
✓ bank, chelsea, ind. ter. secretary.
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