David Progress. (David, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1895 Page: 1 of 4
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have jii-t completed Min eying and plating the townsilc and arc
non' prepared to welcome every body seeking home'- and a good
business point in the Cherokee Nation
Pure Water
in abundance is found on the towns! to at a moderate depth 1 The
Public well ha twenty feet of fresh eool pure water
is one of the most beautiful in the west and is located on the Prior
Creek valley the most fat oral portion of the Cherokee Nation
Have been opened in almost every valley In addition to the eoal
several oil wells hate been sunk and have proton very produetite
and the near future will see this region one of the greatest oil iields
in the United Mates
Huns through the town site of DAVID giving us all the shipping
jucilities necessary for our production
The Rich Fertile Soil
backid by an abundance of rain fall has made the Cherokee nation
a wide spread reputation as a produeing section and -low added to
all this she is producing coal and coal oil
The Town Company is composed of good live energetic men
ho purpose to spare no labor or mns to nuke this tow n go1
The manager Col A 1 lilt kv oil has C'tabli 'lied a w ide
spread reputation as a town luihhr and he is giving his personal
attention and will gie bargains t all who locale lice
While you can for they are
A J Blackwell
President City of David Town C
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pv r Is filled in the Great PRYOR CREEK volley on tlie direct
VlvE- liie of the Fuisi o Railroad from Ft Louis Mo to Sa-
pulna 1 T Twenty miles south-wc 1 from Vitiila ltd twenty miles
ninth of Clarcmore Forty mill s south of CofTeyvilh and one hundred
miles north-west of Fort Smith Ark It is only tit-0 miles to St Louis
Mo Thus it w ill be seen from our location that wo have the best ship-
ping facilities in the South-west rs well as one of the most fertile re-
gion of the Territory
The T own ontpany
Have surveyed and plotted 020 acres of ground The business
rente' occupies a gentle elevation which for beauty and symmetry can not
he surpassed Coal in abundance can be had on the town site at the
modest depth from the stu fa e of only live to eight fiat
HTihlCi l""'1' !1"11 Ml1'1 aul from ilhali or
fi MV yvdivl other mimual propertu atd i- easily
c--ihle at a depth of tw enty live feel Also oil and 'as aie native of
thi renion
A Gas and Oil Company
Ci mposed of Kansas capitalists ha- bn n formed to proper lor
gas oid od in this viciniiy ami their iir-t op ration- will emiiineme at
David Thai ginllemen mean lmsine-s and have the m me) to buck
thcD a- eitions The town company also me putting down well-
The Only Non-Citizen Town wX'S
where they can procure propel t) The town company give a eitilicate
of no up mey which is also a contract or bond for deed and entitles the
holder of the same to full possession of the property and binding the
town company to make deed as soon ns it shall become practicable to do
so These certificate are going so fast that in a few week tlicv it ill all
be taken Four large stone building are now in course of erection on the
four corners of the business center These blocks are to he one tiuxSO
thieo stories high ono 80x140 three stories and the other two nrc
(tOxHO three stories each David is rapidly improving and an averngo of
twenty buildings a week are being put up
are going fast and all those who
wish to buy should do so soon or
'they may find that they are too late Those w ishing to send for ccrtifi-
enles should address Col A J Blackwell Chelsea I T inclosing $j
postal order express money order or registered letter
P
oinjjuiv
Nowata’s foot ball team is
ing for a black-eve
spoil-
Tho rain-shortened faces of our
farmers arc all aglow with the good
corn-crop expression
The surveyors vv e understand
are to rceli as far north as Musko-
gee in the Creek nation by the first
of August
Frog Davis was sentenced at
Clarcmore for murder in the firt
degree and will he hanged on Fri-
day September 18 inn
A 4 -year-old son of Judge Stewart
of the United Statovcourt was kill-
ed at Smith McAlister on July 4th
bv a base ball --Wichita Eagle '
Chief Harris expresses himself in
the Advocate as holding the oj’n
uni that the disagreement on the al-
lotment question lies between the
leaders of the five tribes and the
Dawes Commission This is vir-
tually so as there run not be dis
covered any opnqsition from any
other source
Frog Davis the murder of Sher-
iff Miisgrove is incarcerated in the
Taldeipiah jail where he will per-
haps remain until tho execution ol
his sentence The ( lnremorc n mt
was prompt mid ellieaeious in his
trial and which shows a lotiinii Li-
able disposition to put down the
had man” business with a firm
hand
sioncr at Pawnee the county in
which the crimes were committed
and found guilty Flic was taken
to Guthrie to jail Mrs Metcalf
who has oply been married six
moths is epute pretty and she
prides herself on the fact that she is
a fine shot Her husband quit
her and sho says she is glad of it
for lie was a coward Mr Metcalf
is in jail on failure to make 8-200
bond Her lrionds induced her to
change her dicss to that of Iter sex
as it might make her ease better for
her — St Louis Republic
Among tlio Osagea
Referring to tlio sensational arti-
cle w ioli appeared in the St Louis
Republic on tlm DHli ult it may
be said that when a gov eminent in-
spector arrives hero he will find
that the reports of immorality in
our schools have been grossly and
haniofully exaggerated with the
wofold purpose of breaking down
the governmental system of Indian
education and the gratification of
personal malice Omu
The scheme for eonneiting Now
Vink and San Francisco by an ele-
vated electric railway is large and
attractive Its capitalixatiop at
s-j(Mieo00'i0 i nothing more than
modest and the fact that live gen-
tlemen have subscribed for slot)
each of the slok shows that the
project is not without financial
backine — Guthrie Da'lv Leader
A iv the live tribes nnaniuoush
opposed to break'ng up tr'bal rela-
tions'' Assuredly the leaders are
judging from their actions at the
lvifauli eonfeienee Do they voice
the popular opinion 'of thei' na-
tions':' That seems tfi be a matter
of grave doubt Thi leaders have
it all their own way in assi rting
this but what js tiie true
sentiment? i
Editorial minds a'e much exer-
cised oxer the fads of the up to date
woman but the Imjirn Tcmitory
seems to have produced a ph mom-
ona in this line that kas thrown the
satirical w riter off hit base The
palm must he given to the new
departure “Female bootlegging”
it is called but when the crime is
perpetrated by a Jennie Metcalf
things become complicated
The new service of a pas-engcr
train on the Frisco Railway gives
our people a long felt want The
passenger w ill run through to Fa-
pul) t The Frisco II R is never
behind the times in anything and
w ill probable complete its line of
road through to a smith in com re-
turn in the lie ir nt u thus : i i'g
j t! c most direct imite from the South
1 and West to s Louis
A beautiful little sipmhble was
had at Claieuiuiv during 1 lie pro-
gie of the '‘'rug Dim murder
triff Attoiwy Akins insultcd(?)
Attorney W right and Wright felt
i iiJil to v imlii ate himself by pis-
t d aigumenl but toe guards took
“a hand” and asthrv held five Win-
chesters the won the pot The
“rake off” was not serious The
ladit“ found it best to “draw out”
Qttopavr Indians Protest
The Quapaw Indians have
discovered the scheme that is being
worked by certain of tho interior
department officials ami as a result
have made a remonstrance which
has been sent to the secretary of the
interior In that document they
have made it plain that they do not
approve of the scheme
It seems that some timo ago
Special Indian Agent Abel was
sent to the Quapaw country and di-
rected to force the Indians to ad-
mit certain vv bite men as citizens
As eiti 'enship in the tribe is worth
about !'")U()0 it is rather popular to
break into the pay toll and annui-
ties of the tribe This being the
situation a number of carpetbaggers
seeing the opportunity have set up
that for ce-t tin reasons they should
he admitted This being refused
by tlio Indians they nude complaint
to the department and having ar-
ranged for certain influence in the
department previously they sue
eecded in hai ing a special agent do
tailed to investigate the matter
As a result the special agent ac-
cording to the opinion of the In-
dians will report favorably upon
admitting the white men into the
rolls and sharing their wealth The
protest is signed by the chief and
entire council They denounce the
w hole scheme as concocted by cer-
tain ones who claim to have an ex-
traordinary reliable and valuable
pull vv ith the secretary of the inte-
rior and by this means propose to
perpetrate a fraud on tho tribe
—Ex
hopper w ith sawdust on his lungs
can give tho averago Indian three
octaves the start and hit a fiat three
feet above middle c while the In-
dian is trying to get his larnyx in
position
Wo have made a study of tho In-
dian voice and we know what we
are talking about We have read
a number of articles on Indian mu-
sio in the magazines They are all
extravagant and untrue The In-
dian musical scale consits ef otic
note and that noto has tho sweet
mellifluous quality of a forsaken
pup with sand-burrs in his ears and
bliste s on his soul
Tim Indian cannot sing lie can-
not carol lie cannot thrill a great
audiemo by sustaining a high clear
note w ith ineffable pathos 11c can-
not trill until his hearers arc in
tears Ilis hearers may be in tears
but not from emotion
But that does not prevent the In-
dian from thinking he can sing
He lias tho Satanic gift of “voice”
just ns his white brother The av
crago Indian will render a sad mu-
sical sketch of a worriorand his irn
timely death in a voice that would
curdle red ink and afterwards will
ho indignant because his hearers
have not fainted from emotion
The Indian thinks ho call sing
Miss Round Ears may think she
can sing But she should stay at
home The Eastern people are lie
ing tortured to their capacity by
German and Italian grand opera
and after thirty years of practice
have fooled themselves into believ-
ing they like it The Indian has no
right now to go East and introduce
a new acrobatic atrocity in the mu-
sical world that already has about
all the gurgling spasms known as
vocalization it can stand
talked interestingly on the subject
Jlesaid: “The contrast bctweei
the average British consul and tV
average American consul is 'j
parked as to be apparent even ti
the most prejudiced American wh
goes abroad The Englishmaif- i
constantly seeking to divert trails
to his country and to secure tho ini
portation of English goods lie i
business first last and all the tiu
and everything he does is for thy
good of England Our consuls
want society and they sit around'
drawing llioir salaries Thcro aiti
some exceptions of course
Stock speculation is a species Oj
gambling that no government off
eial ought to engage in but if off
cials will do it they should not plead
too baby when they guess wrong
and lose their money as Assistant
Attorney General Milliken did wliei
he stopped the payment of a died
for St 100 given to a Washington
stock broker -
— 51 THE —
Guthrie Leader
'Daily and Weekly'
Tlio Mott '
Progressive' Live &
Enterprising
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THE DAILY LEADER contains tli
complete iclcgraphio service pesiila
nil tlie latest Territorial ami loeu
news Send in your subscriptions a)
once— Rail Title a moiilli Weekly iHUt
jenr Limit imlueenients to clubir-
Address The Leader
Guthrie O 1
Vocal Culture Among Indians
Piom Wichita Daily Eagle
Mis Round Ears according to
information from the territory is
an Indian maiden who is going East
to have her voice cultivated This
is "id It doeifit look so on its
I’'ie but auv one who lnu’evor In ml
an Imlim carol iidtiie vvihbwiod oi
tamevv i od vv ill see n this mi ple
and seemingly innocent item e mse
for rei kless rebellion and molten
chaos
In the primeval distribut-m of
perversities his Satanic Nil -hip
first planted the third for blood in
WASHINGTON LETTER
Western silver men who come to
Washington do not talk as confi-
dently of assistance from Soutl cm
Democrats as they did a few weeks
ago Indeed some of them do not
talk of it at all except where they
know what they say will mt go
into print Pi ivately they do not
hesitate to express the opinion that
many Southern Democrats who
have been prominent as advocates
of silver in Congress are already
hedging and that they will soon be
found on the Cleveland side of the
financial fence Sanator Carter of
Montana who left Washington for
home this week said just before go-
ing that lie was pcifeelly confident
that Ine Republican national eon-
volition would recognize silver in a
substantial way even if it failed to
grant all that will he asked of it by
the silver Republicans of tho West
As Senator Carter has recently been
in consultation at different times
with nearly all the Republicans of
national prominence bis words are
considered significant
About tlie most important event
connected with tho opening week of
the new fiscal year vii‘- the removal
of lb of D irrington who has been
chief of tlio weather but 'can ever
since it passed under the i octroi of
civilians About tho middle of last
month President Cleveland asked
for his resignation but he declined
to resign Prof Harrington says
he was l'einov ed because he vv ould
not give liis consent to replacing
City Hotel
A N Claypool Proprietor
First Class ccomitiodations
DAVID I T
J H Johnson
Feed Stable and
Wagon Yard
PATRONAGE
DAVID ' -:-
SOLICITED ‘
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STAR
MEAT MARKET
T D HUDSPETH
Manager
CSP FRESII MEATS OF AL1
KINDS u
DAVID
INDIAN TV
A Female Dalton
A female bandit w as arrested and
taken to Pony Okla on the lilli
inst She siys she is a cousin of
Bill Dalton The plficers lor some
time have been on tho alert to
e itch someone who was furtii filing
the Osage Indians with whisky near
Fenuett Dk 'lo miles ninth of
Perry Two weeks ago they dis-
covered it was Jennie Metcalf for-
merly Jennie Stevens of Honnett
who was onlyli years old The girl
immediately donned nun’s attire
and turned out w ith the gang Sho
went to Peny hut tlio off rots fol-
lowed her and an rated her near
there while target shooting with
some of tlm boys She was taken
before the United States oombiis-
in the murderer’s mind lie drove -r--- -----— - - o
the lie into the heat t of the hypo- skilled scientists employed by the
hure 1 1 vv ith politicians
erilo and glued fast the spii ’t of
spoliation in tho intellect of the
thief and then with a cunning grin
he took up each in turn and with
infinite pains and devilish thorough-
ness imbued the motUil with the
idea that ho could sing
The pro-lnstorie contamination
endures Every human being is at
some period in his life susceptible
of being convinced that lie has a
beautiful voice Once convinced
and years of rebuff and criticism
only can persuade the singer that
his voice is not sweet and soothing
but that it sounds liko a loosn shin-
gle in a November gale
Notwithstanding this every white
representative of the human family
can sing a little But the Indian
lunnot Those who have heard an
Indian try to sing and have nUo 1 is
tcued lo a locust with tho asthma
caroling softly his love-noto to hi
mate prefer tho locust A grass
A W WICKES0N
Board and
Lodging j
T BY THE DAY OR WEEK
DAVID I T
Secretary
Moi'tm refuses to discuss the mat-
ter but bis friends say that the
whole trouble was bocauso of the
failure of Prof Harrington to re-
cognize that he was a subordinate
of the secretary of agriculture
You can believe cither you please
Every omo in awhile there is more
or loss' agitation on the subject of
taking our eou-utlar servieo out of
polities and putting it on a strictly
business basis One of theso agi-
tations is now on It was started
by Secretaiy Olney before ho left
Washington on his vacation by tho
annomieenMiit- of his intention to re-
vive a rule oiiginated by President
Grant requiring all applicants for
consulship to pass an examination
hel'oro being appointed to office anil
it has been kept up since and will
1m heard from in Congress Repre
Mutative Livingston of Georgia
just hack from a visit to Wmczucla
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