The Reporter. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. X.
CHELSEA. CHEROKEE NATION, INDIAN TERRITORY, FRIDAY, APRIL ai, 1905.
GREATER CHELSEA
Territory Notes.
J. T. rtcSPADDEN,
PrNMtnt
The Coming Metroplis of
Cherokee Nation.
Chelsea is no doubt the metrop
lis of the Cherokee uatiou. Situ
ated about 400 miles from St.Louis
on the Frisco, and is one of the
best trading points in the Che-
rokee nation. We have 10 grocery
Stores, 6 dry goods and clothing
stores, 3 drug stores, 2 hardware
stores, 2 oil supply houses, 2
banks, 1 bauk and trust company,
z racket store, 2 second hand
stores, 2 furniture stores, 2 res-
taraunts, 3 hotels, 1 harness and
shoe shop combined, 2 lumber
yards, 2 meat markets, 4 livery
stables, 3 tank factories, 1 large
mill and elevatcr, 1 pool hall, 1
millinery establishment, r tele-
phone company, and twa newspa-
pers who are using all the means in
their power to advertise the town
to induce capital to locate here
and help to improve our growing
htl IT 5plen<1id.ne"' bli<* throughout the country
business houses are be.ng erected are s.ndhp protest ,0 their c
on Mam street. We understand a gressm.„ and the TcrrUorial Com
peaches, apple?, plumbs and small
fruit also peas, green beans and
tomatoes go to waste ivery year.
A canning factory, with an evapor-
ator attatched, with capital to
to purchase this produce could
make good money.
A brick vird or pottery, either
one would be a payer here. New
buildings are going to be built in
the near future, the frame busi
uess houses must give way to
modern brick, so let's make the
brick at Ghelsea.
The Reporter will in the future
do all in its power to advance
the town and surrounding country.
In this it requires the help of
everyone who his the best interest
and the upbuilding of Chelsea at
heart. The writer believes that
before another year Chelsea will
witness a growth unparalled in
the Indian Territory.
Insult to Women.
The leading organizatians of
fi. A. Jennings has sold his
Real Estate and Insurance busi-
ness at Eufaula,
The busiuess men of Welch are !
are having the roads leading into
town repaired.
Thrkw HIS WIFK IN A WHU..
J. S. Gibson of near Porum,
whose mind is deranged, was
brought to Muskogee Thursday
by friends and neighbors. Gibson
was subject to fits and at times
committed queer acts of which he
was uuconticious whan he became
more calm. Wednesday afternoon
he seized his wife and threw her
J11 a well whieh was five or six
feet deep, She escaped injury
and reported the act to neighdors.
Gibson is now held by the officers
until the court passes on his
sanity,
W. O. MILAM,
VIcfPmMcnt
CHAS. WVNDHAM. AuWtanC Cuhfer
JOHN 0. SCOTT
Cashier
Bank of Chelsea,
1896 Chelsea, Indian Territory ,p0,_
DOES A GENERAL BANKINQ BUSINESS
and Respectfully Solicits Your Account
J. T. ricSpaJdcn,
■I. M. Sharp,
DIRECTORS:
C.L.Lane, W. P. McSpadden, W. 0. nilam.l
W. J. Strang#, John D. Scott
vou will leave w th u. w/r n"S 510U desire made we desire
leave wild u . We remit for all collections the day we receive I
you
them.
company is to be organized with a
capital of $50,000 to build a large
hotel.
In no section of the United
States has nature bestowed oil, gas
and agriculture recources with a
more lavishing hand than here
Lying between the 34 and 37
parallel of latitude, midway be-
• tweeu tha Atlantic and Pacific
ocean. The climate is temperate,
without excessive winds found
farther norlh and west. The heat
of summer is tempered by cool
breezes from the south, and hot
nights are practially unknown.
The surrounding country is
is noted for its rolling prairies and
fertile soil. No section of the
United States will so successfully
produse such a diversity of crops.
It is a very common sight to see
great fields of Corn, oats wheat
and potatoes all growing side by
side, each yeilding immense crops;
corn, 30 to 80 bushels per acre;
oats, 30 to 70 and wheat ij to 50
bushels per acre.
Prairie grass is still abundant
but in several instances it has been
replaced by timothy.
The following oil and gass compan-
ies are operating close to this city.
Cherokee Oil & Gas Company,
Standard Oil Company, Stubb &
Lowe. Mehlin & Huddleson and
the Superior Oil & Gas Company.
Eacu company employs several
working men at good wage.". Sel-
dom can you find an unemployed
man on the slreets of Chelsea.
Chelsea has a population of
about 2,000 composed oi a set of'
wideawake citizens who believe'
in | rogression, ard have the grit
aL'd brains to carry on a?y enter-
prise for the betterment of the
city.
We need some man with a little
money, that wants to invest in a
■ good, sale, money making propo-
mlttee of the Sanate againest the
bill proposing to unite Oklahoma,
and to combine New Mexico and
Ariz ona Territories into a state
under the name of Arizona.
The portiou of the bill which the
women take exception is found
in paragraphs 5 of secsions 3 and
2r, whL-h would allow these states
when organized, to disfranchise
minors, criminals, lunatics, non
residents, ignoramuses, and wo-
men It reads as follows:
That said state shall never
enact any law restricting or abridg-
ing the the right of suffrage on
aecount of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude, or on ac
count of any other conditions or
qualifications, save and except on
account of illiteracy, minority, sex,
conviction of foiony, mental condi-
tion, or residence."
This not only authories the dis-
franchisement of women but
classes them with the degraded,
imbecile and immature of the op
posite sex. Such a classification,
is an insult to American woman-
hood. The pioneer women of the
west, who have labored and suffer
ed by their husbands' sides to ad.
vance civilization, ought not to be
so unjostly classed. The Congress
of the the United States ought not
Indian Decision A Burden,
Omhha, Neb., April 13.—-Justice
Brewer's decision holding it lawful
to sell llqucr to Indians who have
laud allotted to them inseveralty
according to District Attorney
Baxter, wili create havoc in those
countries throughout the West
where a large number of Iudiaes
are residing on allotted lands.
Mr Baxter iuterpets the decision
as practically doing away with
federal prosecutions in regard to
the sale of liquor to the Indians
and oonsequently throwing the
burden of preventing this traffic
on the state authorities. "It will
ha%'e the fnthej effect." Mr.
Baxter said, 'of making it necessa-
ry for the state authorities to en-
force law and order upon and
in the vicinity of the reservations.
Heretofore Indfans have been
prosecuted upon the several reser
C. N. POOr.K, JAS. G. MEHLIN, N. B. DANNEBURO
President. Vice-President Secretary.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Capital and Surplus $30,000.
Chelsea, n Indian Territory.
run over and instantly killed in the
railroad yards at Muskogee Monday
by a freight traiu on the Katy
tracks. Mills was deaf and did not
hear th® train approaching.
As a result of a lockout declared
,. . 1 by the contractors and luilders
vations for murder, manslaughter against the Trades Council, com-
larceny and cum.nal assault upon | posed of lh. loca| unions
A GALA DAY
the theorv that they were wards
of the gevermeut.- Hereafter these
and kindred offenses will be sub-
ject to state prosecution, and the
state courts will have exclusive
jurisdiction. Tu counties where
there ;s a large Indian population
the burdeu of such prosecutions
will be a heavy one upen the tax-
payers, and in case some provision
is not made to sha e this burden
it will virtually bankrupt such
counties."
Dick Adams Wins Cask.
Through Prestdent Roosevelt,
Dick Adams, the noted Delaware
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to set its seal the possibility of the I" Practica,1y Riv*en control of thirty
perpetual disfranchisement of these jthousai,d acres of land in the
woman, au unmerited disgrace •herokee nat ou. known as the
and punishmeut. It is true that
in many states women have been
tacitly ranked with thet.e defective, -- ■«
delinquent, and dependent classes, 1 certify the holding of Mr. Adams
1 L . ,. . nn A nlniM. nf - A f • .
in
as
Delaware claim.
On December 31,1904, the
Dawes commission re fused to
sition, 10 help us put in water
workh and an electric light plant.
A steam laundry would be a
good investment; If mm can pay
good prices for help and the ex-
press both ways to Oklahoma, O.
but never before has lhe insult
boon so open and flagrant, nor
has it bee in an act of Congress.
Poor Carrie Nation.
In the district court, at atWiohi-
ta. Kansas, Cartie Nation. Mary
McHenry and Mrs. Mary Wilhoit
were found guilty of destrowing
property at d fentenced by Judge
Wilson last Monday,
Mrs. Nation wf-s lined $125 and
given four months in jail; Mrs
MlcHenry, two months and
on a claim of 12,600 acres in the
Cherokee nation known as the Fite-
Hauser tract. An appeal was
taken the Interior Department for
consideration. Tuesday the
Commission was in'ormed officially
of a decision which gives Adams
the right to sell his improvements.
In a letter to the Department
President Roosevelt expressed a
desire that the land be certified if
pass|ble.
It is believed that Adams' per-
sonal i tand;ng with the President
has d<5ne much to win his ca«e.
The decision ou the Eite-Hau<e
T. o-JoDlin Mo c.i . .7"' lwo montusand a fine me decision ou the Eite-Hame
a fair profit on our daily ".t " T TV' ??■ " <"""
> asli five days in jail and a fine of $150. holdings of Adams.
on our
why would not a steam laundry
pay? Think about it.
Another good proposition would
be a canning factory. Several
hnndrcd bushels oi lruit, such a*
Sentence was suspended pending: A Commercial club was or ganiz
good behavior. The offence was ed flt Haskell Monday, The club
committed September, last, when bas fifty members. The town of
the three women broke the win-! Haskell is less thin a - ear old.
i ly 1,000 men, employed on con
tracts of various kinds, quit work
Monday morning. The Trades
Council is the central organization
of union labor and the contractors
iefused to recognize it. The con
tractors are willing to recognize
the individual unions. The Trad-
es Council says it will call out
every carpenter, painter, bricklayer
stonemason, plumber and electrici-
an, and all other skilled labor. The
contractors are united in an organi-
zation known as the Master Build-
ers, aud state that they will impcrt
1,000 mtn within a week if the un-
ions call out their meu.
The grading outfit begau work
on the M. O & G just south of
Wagoner Monday.
The Work of grading the read
between Wagoner and Corretta is
is on iu earnest and v. ill be pushed
to completion, it is expected wilh-
iu a Tew days.
The committee is still working
ou the closing leatures of the deal
for the right a-way through the
city. This work is all but complet
ed There is however, at least oue
spot on the righ'-a way that re
mains to be brought in and this
may have to undergo, coudemna-
tion proceedings. Until this is dis-
posed of, this part of the work can-
not be said tcbe closed. It is ex-
pected. however, - the matter will
soon be ai ranged.
It is rumored, and the rumor is
said to have a solid foundation
that the Frisco has arranged to
purchased the new road and make
it their main line through the Ter-
ritoiy into Texas.
Thousands of Visitors are
to Celebrate 1.0. 0. F.
Anniversary
On the 26th of April the Odd
Fellows of this Distrisct will
celebrate the 86th anniversary of
Odd Fellow ship. Chelsea was
fortunate enough to procuie this
meeting.
The I. O. O. F. of Chelsea, as
well the citizens should be proud
that such a body of distinguished
men and women will visit our
growing city.
rhere will be fortj 0r fifty
lodges repress irom all parts
of the Indian Territory,also visitors
from Oklahoma, Kansas and
Missouri. The very best speakers
will be here and address the people
The Frisco will run a special'
tram from Okmulgee to Chels a
and cheap rates have been pro-
cured on all trains.
One of the interesting features
of the day will be a band contest.
A liberal prize has been offered the
winner. Several bands promifed
to participate.
Chelsea will have a splendid
opportunity to show her hospitali-
ty by showing evry stranger within
our gates that day , reya| good
time.
Under the auspices of the Sam
Love Post tfo. 30 G. A. R.. the
celel rated Drummerboy of the
Rappahannock, Maj. R. H. Hen-
dershot and his sou will entertain
with a drum and fif. concert at
the Academy on the evening of
April 25. Everybody is invited
to attend this concert. ' Nothing
like it has ever been seen before
by our people. All the members
of Stanvvatie Camp No. 583, 0f
the Confederate Veterans are es
pecially requested to meet with
t* u- • I A' R'' at the court &ou*e,
If this is true) and march together In a body to
dow, of a wholesale liquor hou*.! Anaou MUU. ago * y,^was''ETlSX.T^ H
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