The Indianola Press. (Indianola, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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Indian Territory's Fair Day
ST LOt'IS: Indian Terr.t >ry clay
ut the Worlds alrf was celebrate!
October 1 Ht by «l pr« priate eacrclses
Man) r< aldcnla of Indian Territory
and Oklahoma participated In ln>
festivities which were successfully
carried out. To Frank C. Hubbard.
I mi inn Territory World's fair nimnlf
sinner, In due much of the crrdtt for
the success, as he has worked faith
fully and.hard, and against gn;! ndls
to make the day a successful one He
had a hurd problem 'r^m toe wry
start, but hla labors have beeu r>
warded by putting <>n one of the In
shown durliiK the great exposition.
Eastern people by the himrtrid
filed through Indlin Tiriltory bulb!
IngH during the day to Ret a gllmps.
of the Indian chiefs anil si e whet sort
of people the territory produce! T
their aniazcaietit, the natives wore
good clothes, bad diamonds and
looked like other pjople, If not bet
ter Chief Pleasant Porter of th<
Creeks and Chief W C Koger* of the
Cherokeea were the < n'v two cnlef.-
present The others were detained
at home on business.
holers and Porter we e viewed b>
eastern -people wlih much curiosity
-itlon In the ritrclin and in the i *•
hlblts of the Indian Territory The
iieople of the Indian Territory took
pride in the advancement that was
testified in the showing of elucatlon-
al and material exhibits, and the sta*
tlstlc- wlilch showed the territory t«>
be net a reservation, but a cemmiin*
ty of lnt lllgetit. prosperou; .>r.d pa-
triotic people.
Must wa« furnWhed by t . l a id*,
uar composed of twenty-five Indians
from Chilocco Indian scfcoc Okla
homa and th> other the Tulsa Com
merciil Club band, wbleh e«me in
from Tulsa with a delegation of 200.
Th • latter band reudered a e>cc'it
lietween 2 ;!0 and ;i. TO at the Indian
Territory building.
At i o'elo K a reeiial of «l ami
instrumental music was given Sev-
eral Indian Ter i o'y towns hid spe-
cial exercises at w.neh fruit a: .I sou-
venirs wf-re distributed.
In the afternoon inf >r:ual e\. ctses.
| cetn.-l-t tig of bcth vocal and Instru-
ment Jl mu I selections. ftddr.sse.-,
readings, - were Riven In the in
1 dlan Territory pavllllon.
Several of the Indian Territory
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Indian Territory Building at the Worlds Fair, St. Louis.
So were Ihe handsome and refined In-1 towns gav > special features In the
dlan women it was not an exclusive evening between 8 and 11 o'clock a
Indian affair Most of the leading
white men of the territory wvte here
also. Muskogee had the largest dele-
gation, utul Tulsa probably came in
second. A red feather about six
Inches long was the badge, and it
was worn by all. The exercises be-
gin at 11 o'clock, with an address by
President Francis. He said St Louis
had a warm place In Its heart for the
Indian country, as that whs Si Louis
territory. What helped the Indian I
Territory helped St. Louis. He t p ike
of the wonderful development of the
country, and predicted n brilliant fu-
ture for it. (lenora! Pleasant Pol-
ler. chief of the Creeks iesponilci!,.)
and his eloquence anil ease of deliv-
ery astonished the "foreigners.
An addre-s was made by Governor
Ferguson of Oklahoma, in which ti- 1
brilliant record of the Indian Terri-
tory was traced and the conditions!
reviewed. The speech of the govti-i
nor was well received, and his port-
tion of distinct friendliness to the
Indian Territory an.I the apparently'
approaching merger of the f o terri-
tories in one great state elil-.vcl ap-
plause from the entir- assemble
Charles 11. Stuart -if South Mr \lo-
ter also delivered an address.
A great deal of Interest was man!
tested by the visitors to t.ie vxpo-
HAS A CAMPAIGN FUND
reception was held in the parlors ol
the Indian Territory building, the
features of which were refreshments
and music.
Church Federation to Fight for Ter
ritorial Prohibition
SOUTH MCALESTER: The church
federation for prohibition st it hood
lias formed a permanent organ! ution.
with Captain A S. McKennon of
South McAlest r. former member of
the Dawes cjnim sslon, as chairman,
and the Rev. K. M. Swt'et. pastor of
ihe M. K. church. S.uwii, at Musk'off ,
as secretary. The latter will resign
his pastorate, and spend all his time
as executive officer of the feJera io-i1
The federation decided to remain neu-
tral on separate and siqgle statehood
and to form no alllin-e with any po-
litical party. The federation wil'
make its fight on the ground that con-
gress has by treaty pledged the In-
dians that it will forever keep Intoxi
cants out of the present boundaries of
the flvr> tribe'. The federation in-
sists on the literal fulfillment of that
pledge, fighting the rninuf icture. sal',
Introduction or giving away of liquor. (
C. C. Ayres of Muskogee suggest ii
that congress could make the |10.-
0000.000 schcHil fund contingent on
strict vrabibitiou in Indian Territory,
HON. W. C. ROGERS
Chief of the Cherokees
TISHOMINGO GRANITE SELECTED
New Federal Building at Guthrie to
be Erected of It
TISHOMINGO: The citi: ens c!
Tishomingo are much elated over ih«
decision of the department of the
treasury accepting the granite ftom
the Harris quarry, which is near
Tishomingo, for the erection of the
new court house and postofilce build-
ing at Guthrie. Manager Shannon of
the quarry lias gone notth to purchase
a complete outfit of machinery which
will be used iu quarrying the granite
for the buildings mentioned above.
The removal of the restrictions of
shipping granite from the Indian Ter-
.T".>rv and the favorable action of the
officials at Washington will be the
causv of the employment of a largo
force of mechaui -s at Tishomingo.
Contracts have bevn awarded by the
stcr«ury of t e intrkjr oa twenty sx
steel bridges to be erec:ed in Coman-
che and Caddo counties soon.
The waterworks plant at Durant ha*
been officially tested and accepted
The system cost Ui* ti If <ii,7wl>0.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION
Judge Humphrey* Invalidates Leases
Involving Valuable Froperty
Judge D C. Humphieya of the ter-
ritorial federal court has made an or-
d.-r on the civil docket at Antlers af-
fictlng millions of dollars' worth of
property
Cnder Ih«- allotnunt law heads of
families are not allowed to dispose of
the claims of their minor children
without instituting guardianshp pro-
ne,lit g~ and having themselves ap-
p ilnteil K'.iarillan 1 hey wi rt re-
quired to i xecute a cuardlans'itp bond
ol 12.1'OU V"rv ft w of the Choctaw s
were able to give so large a bond It
is . aimed that interested (wr or.s
ma! arrangements with loads of
fau.llles '.o have themselves appoint-
ed as guardians stul t.iat they ext-
cutnl th«- guardianship bonds through
trust con:anlea. Ih v then, as guir-
dlans it ^ said, ieised the lands of
th« minor.- to themselves and secured
valuable timber leas> contracts for a
trifling cjnsidi ration of JHH or suc'i
a matter One man is sail to have
had b mseif a >po nt d guir iian in 175
rases, aud less-.d ti himself betwten
4on an I je 1 allotments. Including the
claiais of heai s of funllUs and tin ir
minor children, estlmat.'d to be worth
millions of dol'are
Governor Green McCurtiln, with
his s aff and attorneys employed as
counsel for the Choctaw government,
ne.it befoto Judge Humilir.ys In iht
Interest of the minor Choctiw chil-
dre.i and a>ked the court to canc.M
the leases. The leas.1 (oitracts were
ree lrded in tu« distuct clerk'3 office.
Judg • Humphreys had the boolvs
brought into the court ro m. anil alt 'r
invi stigatHg them made an orJer
wi; ing out und annilllng all the
lea^e s.
A NEW WEEVIL DESTROYER
Guatemala Turkeys Are Found to be
Death to Cotton Worms
WASHINGTON: The department
of agriculture, according to Secretiry
Wilson, has discoverel a new boll
wv:-vil destroyer This is none ot'aer
than a boll weevil-eating bird, which
will supplant the labors of the boll
weevil-destroying ant in ridding the
cotton be t of the sou h of the p st.
Like the ant this new foe to Ihe boll
jveevil hails from Gautemala. and Is a
species of turkey indigenous to that
country.
In discussing the subject Secretary
Wilson sold: "It has been ascer-
tainel by our agents now in tlanle-
niala that the turkey of that country
Is a foe of t.ie boil weevil. This dis-
covery was made by them while en-
gaged in making an investigation of
the life hablls of the ant and the boll
weevil. The department is ar. yet
without definite information on the
subject, but the knowledge that the
Guatemalan turkey may be used in
siding in the extermination of the
weevil warrants the department in
giving a tnal to this -lewly discovered
enemy of the w evil. I propose to
have some of the birds Imported. The
Guatemalan turkty is very tame and
Is said to make txcell.'iit eating It
Is much smaller than our own va-
riety."
In the light of tiiis inlormation. if
the turkey will only do the work set
out for him. the plantr; s in the in-
f-cted section who will no doubt be
given turkeys with which to conduc:
the experiments will find their cal-
ainitcs turned into good fortune, lor
after the turkey 1ns d voire.I tin
weevil they may in turn devour the
turkey. It will he a dUproval of the
old saw that one can not eat the pie
and keep the pie too.
Shot Accidentally
Edward Footz. Jr.. of Ingersoll whs
perhaps fatally wounded In an acci-
dental manner while driving home-
ward from town The wagon jolted
over a rough place in the road, dis-
charging a shotgun. The charge from
the gun entered Footz's armpit.
Brakcman Seriously Injured
LAWTON Saturday night between
Geronimo and Waiter on a Reek Is-
land freight train. Brakeman James
Osborn was thrown off the train bv
some "bums" dressed as cowboys. He
tried to put them off. but in the fig.it
they landed him in the ditch. The
train was running at full speed, Tne
brakeman's cellar bone and five ribs
were broken. He is In a critical con
ditlon.
George S. Bailey Acquitted
SNYDER George S. Bailey, who
was charg. d with the killing of S. P.
Brown on the Tth of last August, over
the Snyder and Mountain Park fawn-
site. was tried and acquitted at Ho-
bart. The grand jury failed to f.nl
indictments ngunst t'.ie persons who
tool; part in the famous bridge fight
between citizens of the two towns.
Bailey was said to have been in the
fig*!
Met Death in a Well
GC7HR1E Edward Nichols mit
deatn by descending too soe n into a
newly dug well. He was o-« rcome
with fire damp, and fell tw at.v .wo
feet to the bit tom.
TO SUPPLY CAS
BARTLESVILLE PEOPLE WANT A
KANSAS CITY FRANCHISE
GlERAL SLOCUM SURVIVORS
Berved of Burned Steamboat Pro-
test Inspectors' Decision
NtV YORK: Survivors ot the
Genal Sloctim excursion steamei
firend those who were bereaved by
theorror of last June to the nura
berf more than 300, liav.- held a
neeig to protest against the d?eis-
lonendered by the loeal steamboat
Insftors in their r cent investiga-
tion
iv meeting was held under the J
aus.es of the Organization of lien- Djrect pipe |_jne t0 be Laid—Agree to
eraHlocum Survivors Resolutions
EXCEPTIONALLY LOW PRICE IS QUOTED
wet adopted den uncing the reporls
of l-pectors Jamis A Dumont and
Thoas H. Harrett and calling fi<"
the'unlshment eil tho.-e responsible
Theirganlzation represents 30J ur-
vlvi and the families of t>en dead.
Thlieport of the Inspectors was d'-
non ed as unjust and unfair to tap
strl.cn families, and resolutli ns
wer adopted declaring that the re-
spoiiblllty for the disaster res.s
witlthe board of directors and offi-
Furniih an Unlimited Quantity at
Forty Cents Per One Thousand
Cubic Feet—Council to Act
KANSAS CITY, MO.i Ordinances
have been Introduced In both houses
of the city council granting a f-an-
chise to a company wiileh proposes
to supply natural gas in Kinsas City
for light and fuel at forty cents per
i.000 cubic feet.
The promoters of the ordinances
have ga? wells in the Bartlesville
at
cersof the steamboat company. A |f(eld (n thp 0(.aR(> natlon Imllan Ter-
",p:,'f_t.h0„re8OlUt,l?nS Wl" bP tient tU rltory, that are producing lr.O.OO^.O'O
I cubic feet of gas daily, and have hun-
' " dreds of acres that are known to fcei
"" located In rich gas producing fields
'"""J"I yet undrilled. They piopos?, if a
Man wept and the men were hard > franohise ,s awarded there, to supply
lessiffected as the storv of the d - wRh „uff|clent pas
astel was tolrl over and over again j
Predent Roosevelt.
Fly one-third of those
meeng were women, who
exc tion, were in. deep
by t<se who had passed through thu ]
catalrophe.
RGANIZE THE FARMERS
A R.-lroad Will Place Men in the Terr-
itory to Advance Farming
within
eighteen months' time, or else forfeit
their privilege. They promise to fur
nish gas in any quantity needed 'oy a
! meter service. They also aeree to
! pay semi-annually into the city treas-
ury 2 per cent of the gross receipts
and to furnish a bond in >10.000 to
ItrHHlE Ii is announced that fl>e city from any dir.ag.a
. K. & T. has finally decided to | ,h8t "^y accrue through the ca.eless-
the
place a man in Oklahoma to look j
after the organizing of the farmers |
in th growing of those products that;
can 1 3 easily marketed and demand. J
a gool orice in St. Louis and Texas j
pointt. IVith this end in view T. W. j
Peelc. ildustrial agent for the Katy. |
will le Ii the territory soon, stopping
at Guthite", Oklahoma City, Shawnee
and eliiel principal points to organize j
fruit and ruck growers associations
ness of the company.
Other concessions off red are the
furnishing of gas for street 'amps at
$r> a year, and to rill city pu'.iiio build-
ings ftee of chat.^e.
MINOR S LAND MAY BE SOLD
Department Ruling Establishes Prece-
dent in Townsite Cases
MUSKOGEE: The department ef
lleneeflrward this work in Oklaho- ttlp interior, in approving the recom-
nia will be a Katy specialty, as the j niendation of tiie Dawes commission
company ps trying to advance the in-, |jas atlthorized the alienation of 100
tere-ts of the rural districts as well a(.reS ()f land in the Inilian Territory
as sipply its markets. The various j a(]j0jninK the townsite of Waurika,
organ nations, as last as formed, will j Qkla., and has thereby settled two
he merged into a territorial associ- questions that have never come up in
the territory before.
It involves the authority for grant-
ing the unrestricted alienation of the
lands of a minor for townsite pur-
poses. and also eatabllfihes the right
at ion of fruit and truck growers. It
is believed, too, that such organiza-
tions vill aid in the development of
much land, now not under cultiva-
tion and considered of no great value.
As fruit and truck land, however. It | &]]0(tee to sell lands in the
Indian Territory to be joined to a
townsite In Oklahoma, or In one of
the adjoining states where a portion
of the railway station grounds are in
Indian Territory.
The land in question belonged to
Peter J. Hudson, guardian for Listle
Liza and Elizabeth Bonhannan. min-
ors. and the price for which it will be
sold under approval of the govern-
ment is $50 an acre.
will he pniluctive.
It is alst the purpose oi the associ-
ations to secure goo l shipping rates
for the products and in other ways
aid the til t and truck industry ma-
terially.
The growing of cantaloupes and
watermelois will also be made a fea-
ture by th Katy, as this territory can
place mebns on the market much
earlier th.n other western points.
Troude Over a Small Debt
I.AWTCN: Uarney Barnhill, who
resides foir miles north of Walter,
and who vas a deputy under Sheriff
Painter a the time of
Horie Thieves Numerous.
MUSKOGEE: Deputy Iiiited|
States Marsha! Tee!, who was In Mns-,
the opening. : Uogee recently with a prisoner, siysj
was shot hrou?;h the thigh by a man | there is more horsa stealing going onj
named Bll Anderson. The trouble now than ever before in the history ofi
occurred >vcr a personal debt, a very the Indian Territory . "1 went home
small airount of money. Anderson a ,iay or two ago after being out
escaped, and the otficers are alteT
him While Rarnhill's wound is serf
ous, it is not thought to be fatal
Hold First Inquest
TltLSA G. \V. Stewart was
ihrofn from his seat on the top of a
heavily loaded bus and instantly
killtd His neck was broken The
accident was caused by th, horses
at tailed to the vehicle running away.
Theknavor held an inquest over the
bdd;i the first in the history of the
tow* or county.
two days and found twelve postal
j cards awaiting me from several places
in my section of the country offering
1 rewards for tree recovery of stolen
horses."
Marshal Teel says that the Anti-
Horse Thief association is doing much
to assist in running down thieves.
The stockmans' association of Texas
also helps to bring criminals to justice
I in Indian Territory.
Never value anthing as profitable
to thyself which shall compell thee
sAiwnee's railroad shops are closed,! to break thy promise, to lose thy
utitl further orders.
Acted in Bad Faith
llWTON: About three months
agojthe government gave Lawton 120
acrf* east of the town for park pur-
)>o.-*s T.ie city no sooner came into
possession of the property than the
mwor and council granted permis-
■;i<4
self-respect, to
cus Anrellus.
hate any man.—Mar-
for
pa* of the land and
tinted into a race tr
gninds 1'ncle Sat
met w
briem
wlio threw
mail. f:om
MEN RETURN TO WORK
Return to Work Without Union Regu-
lations
CHICAGO: Nine thousand men re-
turned to work without union regula-
tions of any sort when the three Chi-
cago branches of the International
Harvester Works anil the Pullman
company reopened their shops, after
a shut down of two weeks. The men
not only return to their former places
as individuals, but they also agreed
to reductions in pay of 10 to 20 per
cent. Before the shut down the In-
ternational Harvester Works recog-
nized the labor unions, but with the
announcement of a resumption eif
work came the statement that the
Rock Island train company would not renew its agree-
n cotton gin to occupy one |
the rest was 1
rack and fair J
Sam thought that !
actfcn showed bad faith, and it is un-
cetJtood the government has held up
thapatent to the Und. The cotton
^ini is now compelled to move its
plait, ai au expense of |1.500.
A Brakeman Thrown From a Train
l \W I'ON James and John Black
ar.l John Murphy, believed to be the i
James Osborn. a
beteecn Geronimo and Walter, are in
jai at Chickasha. Tney are said to
ment with the trades unions and thnt
the plants would be operated on
ha", informed the railroad agent at basis of fifty-seven and one-half houi s
they were determined! a week instead of fifty-four, with no
rain, and if 1; became ne- increase in wages. The men accept-
■jet'niT.o ih't
o fide the rair
ce arv would kill every man on
boipl. Osborn is at the hospital In
C.ifkasha Hi- condition is said to
be rritical.
ed the ultimatum of tiie company
without serious manifestation of dis-
content, and all of the old employees
who could obtain work accepted '->•
new regulations
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