The Wilburton News. (Wilburton, Indian Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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Full Text of Regulations
" for Indian Land Opening
WASHINGTON: The regulations cov-
ering the sale of the 605000 acres of land
tn the Kiowa Comanche and Apache
Indian reservation In Oklahoma which
Is to be opened by proclamation of the
(resident were Issued from the general
and office In Lawton Okla The proc-
lamation of the president did not fix a
date but the secretary of the Interior
In the regulations announced that De-
cember 8 Is the date of the opening and
that bids would be received up to and
Including December 8
These regulations have long been anxi-
ously awaited by prospective bidders for
homesteads of Importance that will ever
be held in this country of lands subject
to cultivation without Irrigation or other
scientific and artificial means It is per-
haps due to this very fact that hundreds
of letters have been received at the gen-
eral land office inquiring about these
lands to settlement The law providing
for the opening was passed at the last
session of congress and it fixed Decern
W as the limit The department has
been delayed because of the ailottment
work which had to be done among the
Indians and It was only a few days ago
that the final report of this work was
received here The regulations which
are addressed to the land officers at
Lawton Okla are as follows:
Register and Receiver United States
Land Office Lawton Okla— Sirs: By
virtue of the authority of the act of
June 5 1906 (34 stats 213) and In ac-
cordance with the president’s proclama-
tion It Is hereby ordered and directed
that all of the lands In the pasture and
wood reserves In the former Kiowa Com
anohe and Apache Indian reservations
situated In the counties of Kiowa Cad-
do and Comanche In your district which
are embraced and described In the sched
lee hereto nttached be disposed of un
der sealed bids to the highest bidder un
der the provisions of the homestead laws
f the United States the provisions of
this act and the following regulations:
Method and Time of Making Bids
1 Kach bid must be upon a form sim-
ilar to that attached hereto which form
will be furnished to prospective bidders
upon applications made cdther In person
or by mall to the “register and receiver
Lawton Okla M or to the ‘‘commissioner
general land office Washington D C ’
and must be signed by t he bidder and
contain his postoffice address
f No bid will be considered which
halt be at a less rate than r per aero
for the lands embraced In such bid
8 No bid will be considered that Is
received by vou before 9 o’clock a m
on Monday the 3d dnv of December or
after 4 o’cioek Saturday the 8h day of
December 190G
4 Bach bidder will enclose with his
Wd his affidavit In the form hereto at-
tached showing his qualifications to
make entry under the general provisions
of the homestead laws and no bid will
be considered which Is not accompanied
by such affidavit The affidavit must
be executed before some officer author-
ized to administer oath and having a
seal Blank forms of this affidavit and
the bid may be obtained by prospective
bidder upon application made either In
persrei or by mall to your office or to
this o'flo
6 Bach bidder may make bids on na
many separate tiacts as he chooses but
be must list all of the tracts bid for by
blm separntelv on the same sheet of pa-
per and set opposite each tract the total
amount he bids therefor but the right
to accept or reject any bid is hereby re-
served a
6 No bid for a slnve tract must In
clude more than one-quirter section and
the tracts bid for must be described In
the bids In the same manner In which
they are described in the attached sche-
dule and not otherwise and all bids
which describe land in any other manner
will be relected
7 Each bidder must Inclose with his
bid his chek for one-fifth of the high-
est amount bid bv him for anv tract
but bidders who bid for more than one
tract are not required to Inclose more
than one check This check must he
made payable to the order of the sec
rotary of the Interior and certified bv
the proper officer of some national hank
8 Bids mav be delivered at your of-
fice within the time mentioned above
either through the malls or otherwise
but each bidder must before delivering
tils bid to you inclose It together wllh
the check and affidavit mentioned In a
sealed envelope addressed to the regis-
ter and receiver Lawton Okla nnd the
envelope must have Indorsed upon Its
face near the left end I he words “bids
for pasture lands” or other words Indi-
cating Its contents but the envelope
should not bear any indorsement whh h
tn anv way indicates cither the name of
the bidder the land bid for or the
amount of the bid
9 If anv bid Is delivered to you In
aay envelopo which Is not securely sealed
or which does not beur a Indorsement
Indicating Its contents or whlili hems
any Indorsement which Indicates I he
name of the bidder the lands hid for
or th amount bid you will at once open
the envelope and return the hid and ac-
companying affidavit and check to the
bidder and notify him that vou can not
receive his bid until it Is Inclosed In Hn
envelope sealed and Indorsed as herein
directed
Persons Entitled to Make Bid
16 AH persons who are qualified to
snake either an original homestead entry
second homestead entry or an addi-
tional homestead entry are entitled to
make bids for these lands but persons
who apply to make second or additional
homestead entries must furnish with
their bids the affidavits and evidence
necessary to show that they are entitled
to make such entries and persons who
apply to make additional entries must
confine their bids to schedule tracts em-
bracing an area in which they ate en-
titled to enter and can not bid for por-
tions of large listed tracts
11 Foreign born persons who have
become citizens of the United Stutes or
who have declared their Intention to be-
come such citizens will be entitled to bid
for these lands but they must Inclose
wltlL their bids evidence of their natu-
ralization of their declaration of intention
Method of Recelvlnq Holding Opening
and Recording Bids
18 You will as soon as you receive
theso Instructions provide yourself with
a strong box or boxes securely closet!
fastened and sealed In such a manner
that they can not be oponed and closed
Again without leuving evidence of their
bAVing been oponed These boxes should
bo so constructed os to permit the en-
velopes containing bids to ho deposited
therein and to prevent such envelopes
from being extracted therefrom until the
boxes have been opened
13 As soon as you have received any
envelope properly Indorsed so as to show
that U contains a hid such envelope
must be stamped “receiver 1906” by
the register or receiver or by some
clerks In their office designated by them
and then deposited In one of the boxes
mentioned In the pieseme of Imth the
register and receiver and the box must
thereafter be kpteln your possession un-
til It Is opened as hereinafter directed
and no distinguishing intuk must he
placed on any properly Indorser! envelope
containing a bid either by you or any
S arson under your direction or control
efore being deposited In Hit boxes ex-
cept as herein provided
Beenning “I 9 o'clock n m on Monday
tbt 10th of December 1906 and contin-
uum utoioalUn rumlayh und holidays ex-
cited from 9 o’clo'h a in until 4 o’clork
p m so long as muy be necessary you
will publicly under the supervision of
such person or persons as the secretary
of the Interior may designate open the
box or boxes In which the bids have been
deposited and take thoiefioin und thor-
oughly mix snd distribute all of the en-
volnnpR eoniiitnlnc bids In such s manner
AS to prevent their being opened In the
order in which they are received by you
And after they have been so mixed and
distributed you will proceed to publicly
open the bids Indiscriminately and at
once cause the name of the bidder the
lands bid for and the amount of his hid
to be puhllcly announced as soon as the
bid Is opened w
1R whM the bids have been opened
nd anneunced you will at once Indorse
tneieeii low number of the bid the name
th bidder banning 11b No 1 Hid
the matter consecutively tn
order which the bids nre opened nnd
as opened record them In duplicate in
the books herewith furnished you for that
Surpose In making this record of the
Ids you will give the number of the
bid the name of the bidder and his post-
office address the schedule number and
description of each tract bid for and
the amount bid and the amount depot--lied
16 The bids with the affidavits and
checks attached and one copy of the rec-
ord of bids will then be forwarded to
this office and you will make no notation
on the records of your office until the
successful bidders apply to make entry
Method of Considering Bids and Making
Awards
17 When the bids are received tn
this office they will be tabulated Into e
list showing each tract scheduled the
number of each bid made therefor the
name and postoffice address of each bid-
der and the amount of each hid The
bids and qualifications of eath bidder will
then be considered by this office and the
bids affidavits and checks and the list
ho tabulated will bo forwkarded to the
secretary of the Interior with appropriate
recommendations specifying the name of
the bidder to whom In the opinion of this
office each tract should he awarded
18 Upon receipts of the recommenda-
tions of this office the secretary of the
interior will take appropriate action
thereon and each tract will he awarded
to the highest bidder qualified and th
to the highest qualified bidder for the
amount of his bid therefor and If two
or more qualified bidders each bid the
highest amount bid for any one tract
the tract will be awarded to the bidder
whose bid was first opened An soon aa
a tract has been awarded to any bidder
ail other bids made by him will be can-
celed Tims and Method of Making Entry
19 After the award have uen made
vou will be furnished with the names of
the bidders to whom lands have been
awarded and the checks deposited by
them will be indorsed by the receiver
whereupon you will in the order In
which the bids are numbered beginning
with No 1 arrange the dates upon which
successful biddeis will be required to
make entry und mall to each successful
bidder a notice advising him of the date
on which he will he required to appear
und make entry and Inclose therewith
a copy of those regulations
20 n arranging t lie dates upon which
entries may be made you will assign to
each day only such number of tracts
as may be reasonably entered during
your office hours on that day
21 After you have arranged the
dates upon which entries nmy he made
you will prominently pout In your oflhe
a list alphabetically arranged according
to the names of the successful bidders
giving the name and postofflre address of
eachsuccpssful bidder and the day on
which he may make entry and furnish
a copy of that list to the press for puhli
ration
22 Persons who apply to mske entry
under this act must present the usual
homeatend applications and affidavit
executed either beforo yon or some other
officer qualified to administer such oath
and the affidavit filed wllh the bid must
nt t-e accented In support of the appli-
cation as the homestead qualifications of
inn ippiiciuit must he shown to continue
to the dite of application
23 If any successful bidder falls
without reasonable excuse to ninke en-
try on the day assigned to him for that
purpose the deposit made by hlin will
he forfeited: hut tf any such bidder
within thirty dnvs from the div assigned
to him for the purpose of making entry
presents his application to enter nnd
files In vour office a corroborated affi
davit setting forth any reasonable ex
ruse for Ids failure to timely make
such application you will allow him "
thereafter make entry at any time when
the business of your office will permit
24 When any successful bldded fulls
to enter the lands awarded to him
herein prescribed you will at the expl
ration of thirty davs from the day aa
signed to such bidder notify all the
other qualified bidders for the same tract
that they will he permitted to make
entry In the order of procedure Indicated
by the size of their bids beginning with
the highest bidder provided they have
not been awarded some other tract but
they will be required to deposit with
their applications to enter one fifth of
the amount of the purchase money hid
!v them
2fi Kach successful bidder must at
the time he applies to enter and when
he makes either flve-venr final or emu
mutation proof lender to the receive
In addition to the amount deposited by
him on the purchase price of the hind
the usual fees and commissions requited
under homestead entries made for lands
prbed nt 1 25 per acre
26 The law require these binds to
be paid for In five equal Installments
one-fifth at the time of entrv and the
remainder In four equal annual Install
U When any successful hldder ftp
piles to make entry of a tract for which
he was the highest bidder yon will col-
Icct the check depn-lted by him and Issue
to him a receipt for the amount nf the
first pavment on the purchase price or
the land snd return to him the remainder
of th smn 1pnlt®1 If Ilia arimstt ®
Hi flrt pavnirnl
28 The check riepneited hv linen-
eees'fiil hhMcr In whom no hind ore
mvorilcd will h reluriierl to them by Ihis
office uflcr 11 the lhl hove liccn con
sldered bv Iho eccrclnrv nf the ln"'rnr
20 When nnv land entered under line
net 1 embraced In nnv valid unesplrnl
iinfnrfelled Icane made bv lha unvern-
niant for Krleultiirl pnrpwes prior lo
Tun 6 1908 uch lend will n l”'r-
ehased silbleet In such lens and Ihn
purchaser will not lie enlftled to posses-
slon of the Isnd until lh leasn expires
nr Is canceled nr forfellod but nil ren-
tals seeming therefrom nfler th sal
will belong and be payable In lh pur-
chaser of the land Anv lessee who has
nr mav hereafter sublet his Iras In
violation of It provisions thereby rnr-
felts all rights under Ills lease and Iho
enlrvman will at once b entitled to poi
session nf the leased lands
38 No rights can he acquired In any
of these lands through a wlllrairat
made prior to entry nnd hrtore patent
can Issue on nnv entry mads under inis
act the entryinan mnsl In the manner
provided bv th bnmeslnad laws nmke
proof of hi residence snd rnlllviillnn
upon th land embraced In his entry
excent that enlrvnmn who lisv pur-
chased land all of which nr mbrnred
In any exciting lean mentioned In lh
preceding paragraph held by Home other
person will not be required to roalde
upon nnd cultivate such lands during the
continuance of the lease but they must
do ho after the lease expires If any
leasee purchases the lands covered liv
hla lease he must comply with all the
requirements os to residence and culti-
vation In cases where the enlrvman en-
quires hy purchase or otherwise the In-
terest of any lessee under his or
where snv lease line been forfeited ly
being sublet or otherwise the entryman
will be required to reside upon and cut
tlvate the lands from and after the time
he receives possession of the lands from
t he lessee
81 Th time during which any en
tered land Is covered by ft valid unfnr
felted lense after the date of entry will
be deducted from the five years during
which the entryman would be requited nl
maintain residence and cultivation If the
lands bad not bean leased and the entry
man will only be required to reside upon
and cultivate the land for the remainder
of the five-year period or h may com-
mute bv having nil of the deferred pay
mule bv paving all of the deferred pay
ments after an actual resident upon the
land for fourteen months
32 Any entryman may obtain title at
any time by making proof that he has
resided upon And cultivated the lands
embraced In his entry for the period of
fourteen months after the dale of hla en-
try and paying all of the unpaid pur-
chase money or he may continue his
residence for five years and make proof
at any time within two years after the
expiration of the five years but he can'
not commute while his land Is in pos-
session of e lessee wlth&ut Actual reel
dene on the land
83 AH the rights end privileges given
hv the homestead laws to soldiers and
sailors of the war of the rebetton th
Spanish-American was and the Philip-
pine Insurrection nr te
miner orphan children of such soldiers
and tailors may be claimed under en-
tries made for these lands except that
entries cannot be made under soldiers
additional rights
84 In cases where soldiers or sailors
or their widows or minor orphan chil-
dren make acceptable proof of the ac-
quired residence or cultivation by tak-
ing credit for military service before all
of the annual Installments of the pur-
chase price have been paid you will sus-
pend action on such proof and not Inu
final certificates until all of the unpaid
Installments have been paid
86 The widows and heirs of per-
sons who make entry under this act will
not be required to maintain both t resi-
dence and cultivation upon the lands
covered by the entry of a deceased entry-
man but patent will Issue to them upon
a sufficient showing of either residence
or cultivation and the payment of lbs
unpaid purchase money
3 If any entryman falls to make any
annual payment of the purchase price
when due or fulls to reside upon and
cultivate the lands covered hy hie entry
as required by the homestead laws and
these regulations all rights In and it
the lands covered by bis entry shall cease
arid all payments therebefore made shall
lie forfeited and the entry canceled
87 If any land subject to sale under
this act la not sold under these regula-
tions such lands will thereafter until
June 6 19011 remain subject to sale
and entry at puhlta aactlon or on sealed
bids at such times as the secretary of
the Interior may direct and they can-
not be settled upon or entered In anv
other munner unless congress In the
meantime otherwise directs
33 Nether the non-mineral nor the
nonsaltn affidavit will be required of
applicans who enter these lands but all
other affidavits required of homestead
applicants must be presented wllh the
applications to enter
39 You will give a separate series
of numbers to all rerelpta and certificates
Issued for entries mad und telshr-r-r --
issued for entries made under this act
and will on th back of each receipt and
certificate Indorse the words "Hold un-
der the act of June 6 1906” In red Ink
40 Tti proceeds of the sale of these
lands and all moneys forfeited thereunder
under these regulations must be acount-
ed for separntelv and depoaltd In your
dstgnated depository lo the credit of the
treasurer of the United States on account
of Klowu rornanche and Apache Indian
lands act of June 5 1906 the certificate
of deposit setting fnrlh that fact The
fees nnd commissions from the sale Of
these lands are not Indian moneys but
are public- moneys snd are therefor to
he deposited und accounted for In the
same manner as fees and commission
arising from the sale of public hinds
41 A may of that part of Oklahoma
In which the lands lo be sold are located
and a brief description of the general
hnrader of each township quoted from
ho surveyors' returns made from 1878
to 1875 me herewith furnished for th
Information of prospective bidders Cop-
ies of field notes which furnish Informa-
tion ns lo the clucracter of these lands
will h on exhibition at the places nam-
ed below Hnd rrtHV be examined at I host
places bv prospective bidders The field
notes of these landfs In townships 4 nnd
5 north of range 9 and 19 west pasliirt
reserve No 2 wilt tie at the Indian Sgn
cv nt Anadarkn In Caddo county the
field notes of I tie lands tn townships 4
and 6 north of tanges 18 end IS west
pasture reserve No 4 will he si llohart
iu Iowa county the field notes of tht
lands In townships 2 3 4 and 6 aenlh
of ranges 14 and 15 nnd 19 west will be
it Fiederlck In Comanche county and
Add notes of all the other lands at tht
nwton Oklahoma land office
42 Not lie of this sal will be given
hy publication In such newpupera af
this office nmy hereafter direct
Very inspect Tull v
W A IMCII AllDS Commissioner
Approved W A HIT4IICtKK Sec1
r-cary
SALE OF INDIAN LANDS
The Progress of Cattle V
Inspection in Ohlahoma
Two Million Acre Are to bo Placed
on the Market
MUSKOGEE: Beginning immediate-
ly the land sales division ot the In-
dian agency will he converted Into a
probate and public administrator's ot-
flee and will probate and partition bona rating the movement of cat
and sell all of the dead Indian claim B durl”S the "open season" which
In Indian Territory in which full blood November 1 It Is provided
heirs are interested provided the “at ca‘Ue not be moved "until
heirs wish to sell This land depart- aald catt e ahal haT? b°en
T n rvNoiii apected and found free of Infection
ment is In charge of CoL J B O Nell Bnd a w ermlt move:
and It is estimated that there are ful- ment g authorlised by an ld8pector of
ly 10000 allotments that will come un- bureau of animal industry or by
der this class or a total of probably a duly authorized inspector of the
2000000 acres of land state or territory to which the cattle
This condition was brought about are destined nor until permission
by the law passed by the last con- shall have been obtained from the
gross It Is the quickest and easiest proper official of the said state or
way to settle the estate of a deceased - v
kaAintAi The Inspector s force has been busy
Indian and la rtsolutely without coat snce fl t of July cieanlng up ln
to the Indian The new blank applies fecte paBtures ln di(ferent portions
Hons have Just been approved and of the territory They have made a
there are already fifty applications ln farm to farm canvass of Oklahoma
to sell 'lands As soon as the land and several other counties Wherever
sale begins these applications willl they find a pasture Infected they at
pour In much faster All of the heirs once begin the work of tick extermln-
must petition to sell the land The a“°n 1“ a thorough and systematic
agency uses the greatest precaution to " Tfe cattle are greased with
l Af crude petroleum so that the ticks drop
determine If all the heirs have pett- off Mlmata Bre kept greaaed fJr
tloned The land la advertise! for tbree months so that the ticks do
sixty days and then Bold under sealed nob baye a chance to get on them
bids provided the bids exceed the ap- again ln that time In the meantime
praised value of the land The land most of the ticks that have dropped
has to be appraised by the govern- off alive may have laid each about
ment Then the money la divided three million eggs But when young
among the heirs They are entitled to ones hatch out if they have no anl-
draw 50 per month of thla money and “al Bet on where they can ma-
- "" — “7 r “ “7
want thei money to Improve their that they wlnA all be exterminated
homes or buy things they actually n thlg manner jn three months ln
need If they can make a Batlsfac- any pasture
tory showing on this point they can i The quarantine line in Oklahoma Is
draw all their money at any time but described aB follows:
they have to show receipted bills to i "Beginning on the Red river at the
the land division This makes Col northwestern corner of Wichita coun-
O’Nelll practically the banker for all £ Texas thence northwesterly along
the course of said river to tho south
west corner of Greer county thence
north along the western boundary of
Greer county to tho northwest cor-
ner thereof thence easterly and south-
erly along the southern boundary of
There la no remedy ot such general
application and none so easily ob-
tained aa water and yet nine persona
out of ten will pass It by In an emer-
gency to seek for something ot lesi
efficacy cays the National Magazine
There are but few cases of Illness
where water should not occupy the
highest place at a remedial agent
A strip of flannel or a napkin fold
ad lengthwise and wrung out ot hot
water and applied around the neck
of a child who has croup will usually
bring relief ln a few minutes A
towel folded several times then
Attorney General Cromwell Carries Roger Mills couiity to the southeast
Railroad Case to Commlsalon corner of said county thence east
GUTHRIE: Attorney General Crom- along the southern boundary of Wash-
well has filed with the Interstate com- Ua county to the southeast corner of
merce commission in Washington Bald couty ftjmee Mrth
m aa
against the main line railroads alleg-
ing unfair and Illegal rates on wheat I
and other grain from Oklahoma to
gulf ports Special Attorney General sentiment la General That Creek Peo-
river thence In a southeasterly dt
rectlon along the course of said rl- '
ver to the southeast corner of Ca- -nadlan
county thence north along
the eastern boundary line ot Cana-
dian county to the northweat corner
of Cleveland county thence eaat
along the northern line of Cleveland
county to the middle of the right ot
way of the Atchison Topeka and
Santa Fe railway thence northerly
following the middle of said right of
way through Oklahoma Logan Noble
and Payne counties and the Otoe and
Missouri and Ponca Indian reserva-
tions to the northern boundary of the
Ponca Indian reservation thence eaat
along the northern boundary ot the
Ponca Indian reservation to the At '
kansas river thence ln a northerly di-
rection following the course ot the
said river to its intersection with the
thirty-seventh parallel of north lati-
tude at the southern boundary line of
Kansas"
During the "open season" cattle may
be moved north under the restric-
tions which are prescribed They may
be shipped to Kansas City to be
slaughtered there but can not be tak-
en out Into pastures ln that terri-
tory They are shipped ln cara pla-
carded "Southern cattle" and taken
to special pena at the stock yards
set apart for them There they are
kept until slaughtered bo as to avoid
the possibility of infecting other cat-
tle All cattle shipped to Missouri
and other states where there Is dan
ger of Infection must be treated ln
this manner Cattle shipped to Iowa
and other northern states where the!
winters are cold enough to kill that-
ticks may be turned Into the pastures
ln those states
There has been some opposition to
the operations of the department dur-
ing the summer by a few stubborn’
farmers In such cases the bureau of-
ficials turn the majtter over to the
sheriff of the county He takes charge-
and has the animals taken care of ln
the proper manner at the owner’s ex
pense besides the other penalties In-
curred by the Infraction of the law
Mr Allen Is well pleased with the
progress made this summer ln thei
work of tick eradication Oklahoma'
was regarded as a favorable field ln
which to begin operations on a large
scale and the results seem to have
fully Justified expectatlons! '
West is taking depositions ln Oklaho-
ma Kansas and elsewhere In support
of the complaint
Whereas It Is shown that a reason-
able rate Is five mills a ton por mile
pie Have Been Defrauded
OKMULGEE: The Creek national
counpil believes that the Creek nation
has been defrauded out of a large
yet the rate charged is 775 mills per W beca“88 oI a
ton mile while the cost to the com- 'chedules of town lots and in hav ng
pany Is 2 1-2 mills per ton mile It Is land reserved from allotment which
also shown that a higher rate is was afterwards sold for townsltes
charged within Oklahoma for the and If congresg will lend an ear there
same distance than Is charged In other 111 be an Investigation --
states From Sugden and Ryan I T I ' This demand of the Cfeeks Is ex
to Galveston the rate Is 15 cents per pressed In two resolutions which have
hundred pounds while from El Reno been passed by the council In session
Ok 103 miles to the north the rate here The first resolution declares
Is 301-2 cents whereas a reasonable that it Is the general belief of the
rate Is shown to be 20 cents DIs- ( Creek people that they have been de-
crlmlnatlon ln rates Is shown aa be- frauded out of thousands of dollars by
tween Oklahoma and other states I false town lot schedules and the reso-
In these matters filed with the com-1 jutton asks that congress cause an ln-
mlsslon the territory Is made the yestlgation to be made and the sched-
on record’havlng resisted other treat-
ment for hours have yielded to this
treatment In ten minutes Pieces of
Immtlfiaraly "fpplledover1 theat1 o'! ! complainant acting for the people nIeg corrected and the Creek nation
the pain In toothache or neuralgia whereas heretofore some particular be buec or what it has lost
will afford prompt relief This treat-j shipper has always been designated The further asks that this
ment tu colic works Uke magic Cases as complainant ln this the Oklahoma jnvestigatlon be conducted by some
suits are different one wbo g not and has not been em-
GUTHRIE: Judge W O Cromwell ployed by the government in Indian
attorney general of Oklahoma and Territory
cotton batting dipped In hot watsr chag j Wegt of En)d Bpecai The second resolution covers the
then applied to all sores and new cu to attorney generai jn prosecuting suits sale of land for townslte purposes It
bruises and sprains Is the treatment t fled lnst the railroads accuses the Dawes commission of hav-
now generally adopted In hospitals I standard Oil company com- lng reserved from allotment certain
b0for:abedrt‘ake“ freely eaca?hU -need an alon In Zt court lands which were afterwards ld
before bedtime Is an excellent cathar- th cblcaK0 RoCk island platted and sold again as town lots
e In tho case of constipation while aSa'P8‘ jbB Chicago “ d t lg Calmed that the nation "through
It has a most soothing effect on the Pacific Railway company aiieg s officials and by reason of
asked restraining the company from also asked that the Investigation be
demanding collecting and receiving conducted by some government offlc aJ
greater rates than are allowed ln the who does not now live ln the territo-
Mark Twain on Etiquette
“Mark Twain” at a dinner tn New
York talked on etiquette
I once read a book of etiquette"
he said “and I still remember many
of the rules The most Important
rules were these:
"How to accept a proffered cigar—
Slip the right hand Into the box draw
forth two place one absently la the
upper pocket of the vest Insert the
other between the lips and look In-
quiringly around for a light
"How to leave n room properly—
Open the door plane one foot over the
III follow it up closely with tho other
and then turning slightly shut the
door
“How to accept a dinner Invitation—
Eat n light breakfast and no lunch
How to accept an Invitation to
drink — Look careless Say ’Don't
cara if I do' and fix the gaze on the
other side of the room while the liquor
Is being poured Into the glass This
will -assure you a full portion"
The shortage of G 1000 In the sub-
treasury at Ht Louis has delayed the
Indian payment
GREW80ME FIND OF FISHERMAN
at Muldrow Draws Cadaver
From the Arkanaae
MULDROW: A fisherman who uses
a trot line ln the Arkansas river
went out the other morning to "run’ I
the line He found what he at first'
thought to be a monster catfish but
soon as he got the object to the suiv
face discovered it to be the body ofl
a man One of the hooka had caught
on the clothing and held the body'
prisoner until the fisherman arrived!
The body has not been J Identified
There was every evidence of murder)
A bullet hole showed in the back of!
his head the feet were fastened to-
gether with barb wire and a largo
piece ot railroad Iron was fastened
to the body which had apparently
been ln the water ten days It was
evidently drifting down the stream
and had the wire caught on a piece!
of driftwood it might have traveled!
many miles
HOTEL CLERK KILLED
original charters of the road
A8K RIGHT OF WAY
Chief Quanah Parker and His Rail-
road Party Aska for Land Grant
Tragedy Followed Quarrel Over Pay-
ment of a Bill
TULSA: James Murphy night clerk
ln the Merchants hotel was shot and
fatally wounded by an unknown man
who discharged the contents of a doa-
ble barrel shotgun in Murphy’s face
The crime was a sequel to a wordy
argument following the stranger's re-
fusal to pay a bill in the cafe adjoin-
ing the hotel When Murphy ordered
the man from the cafe he was told
that he had not seen the last of it
Returning a few momenta later the'
stranger shot Murphy without a word
The culprit fled immediately and
has not been captured
TAXATION OF RAILROADS
Lines In the Indian Territory are Just
Getting a Taste of It
MUSKOGEE: The railroads in
Will Never Be Popular
After the doctors have proved that
white bread will not sustain life and
Jbat milk la full of disease germs Mrs
Mary Fay of New York lives for 10
years on bread and milk and dies at
the age of 105 dying at last with a
physical development like that of a
young woman But no bread and milk
fad will result It's too inexpensive
Natural Indignation
Count Legortnl having met a pretty
housemaid on a friend' doorstep
profited by tb occasion to ateal a
kiss but was surprised In th act by
the butler Furious at being found
LAWTON: Chief Quanah Parker Indian Territory are Just beginning to
of the Comanche tribe and eight sub- Bet an Idea of what their taxes ar ' Bo-
cbef of the tribe a B Burnett of
Fort Worth Texas a noted cattle kave eyer been asgeBsed for taxation
W! R- E- Hull a capitalist and and tbere wag a general curiosity aa
principal stockholder of the First Na- wbat valuations would be placed on
tlonal hank of Lawton and F M them The assessment can only ln-
Kell an extensive grain buyer the dude the property within elty limits
latter two of Wichita Falls Texas The Muskogee equalization board has
all financial promoters of the Wichita Just agreed on the assessment of the
Falls Lawton ft Northwestern Rail- four railroads entering Muskogee
way company held a conference this j The four roads are asseaaed at
week ln Lawton Col Dick Sander about a quarter of a mll lon d vlded
acted as Interpreter as follows: M K ft T Md'
It was the purpose of the railroad land Va”eyi i5'n T Th
company to negotiate for a right of 3000 M O ft G $1177672
way of 41 miles through the "Big rate of taxation is sixteen mills and
Pasture” for the new road Tha rail- the railroads on this basis will pay
way proposes to pay a specified sum Into the city treasury $4000 In cash
for this I In taxes
Indian Agent John P Blackman There Is a general kick on the as-
who Is In Washington was wired of sessment of the M K ft T which has
the agreemenL Action muat be taken a right of way right through the heart
prior to December $ or the land will of the city and has property easily
be disposed ot under sealed bids
DEATH WAS AVERTED
Unknown Man Prevent Fatal Wreek
of Frisco Passenger
WELEETKA Standing on the
verge of a dismantled trestle which
he had discovered by aectdent only a
few seconds before an unknown man
flagged a south bound Frisco passen-
ger train near here and prevented a
disastrous wreck
LUMBER TRU8T 18 CONSIDERED
worth a million dollars It is under-
stood that the main line track waa as-
sessed at $5000 per mile and aide
tracks at $3500 per mile The board
of eouallzatlon raised the assessment
on all the roads over the figures of the
assessors
FIRE DE8TROY8 A BLOCK
MADILL Fire broke out In one of
the frame buildings on the publlo
square and destroyed the entire row
of frame buildings on the northeast
v i corner of the square Eight buildings P°edyby robberswMch nearlyauo-
Four sections of the trestle had jD an burned and for awhile it looked I ceeded ln precipitating the entire train
Federal Grand Jury at Ada Gives It
Special Attention
ARDMORE: As a result of the al-
leged exorbitant price charged
throughout this section for lumber by
retail dealers the attention of the fed-
eral grand Jury at Ada was brought to
the matter which submitted Its report
to Judge Dickerson as follows:
"We have Investigated so far as ws
could the matter of the high price1
obtaining tn the sale ot lumber and(
are firmly convinced that the condition'
Is not due to honest competition but
to a combination ln restraint of trade'
We have been reliably informed by'
thpse engaged on a small scale ln the
retailing of lumber that unless some
relief Is speedily procured they will '
be ruined
"We have come to the conclusion as
a result of our Investigation that the
retail price ot lumber is controlled by
men living tn other states snd that
the price is fixed by tbe Southwestern
Lumber Manufacturers Association
whose headquarters are in SL Louts
Mo
"We suggest that your honor refer
the matter to the attorney general of
the United States for thorough Inves-
tigation” 'TULSA: An attempt wag made to
wreck the Midland Valley east bound
passenger train near Jennings Th
engine and coaches left the track In-
juring several people ell of whom will
recover Alt obstruction waa placed
on the bridge over Pole Cat creek sap-
out he shouted: "You unmannerly Tic®® burned undiscovered by railroad the adolntng bricks
rascal I Why did you not knock b employes The unknown was q hunt-1 M though the flames would spread
(or— before coming out I" — Strenna r
Into the stream below Federal offi-
cers are pursuing the perpetrators
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