The Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 354, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 5, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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The Chickasha Daily Express
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Commission Ordered to Move
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Ths "Natural History of th Cook
Inlet Region" Alaska forma the suD-
ject of ons of the most recent bul-
letin! ol the department of gTlcul-
tre says the Washington Star.
Among other thinpt it is stated
that tho rep-ion about Cook inlet waa
at the beginning- of the field stasba
of 1900 the only general district of
consequence ou the racific soast of
Alaska ttmt tad not been recently
visited by ha(ufUt . i
Cook inlet it ia stated is tne flrtt
Important indentation of the Alu'kaa
coast east of the Alaskan peninsula.
It is a long narrow inlet bifurcated
at its upper end into two large arms
Knik arm and Turnagain arm. The
first of these Knik arm is about 15
null- Ion? and at its upper end re-
ceives the waters of a large stream
the Matanuska. The other Turn-
again arm is 30 miles or more in
length and extends inland until
within about five miles of the waters
of l'rince William sound. West o
Knik arm i the delta of the Sushitna
river the largest Ftream emptying
into the inlet. South of Turnagain
arm and connected with the main-
land only by the five miles of glfcl?r
between the head of the arm and
l'rince William sound is the Kenai
peninsula. Numerous relatively small
streams enter both sides of Turna-
gain arm and both sides of the main
inlet as well so that in addition to
the great volnme received from the
Sushitua there is a large secondary
supply of fresh water. Except in'
Turaaguin uruif the country border-
ing Cook inlet is low and compara-
tively level though high mountains
from ten to sixty miles inland can b
seen on all sides. The small trading
station and native village of Tyonelc
is situated on a low sandpit on e
plain about 20 miles west of the
mouth of the Sushitna. Hope Cfty is
situated at the mouth of Resurrec-
tion creek on each side of which rug-
ged mountains rise to an altitude of
50t)0 feet or more.
Moose be ar and mountain sheep
ore the principal big game although
they have already been hunted to a
considerable extent it is probable
that they are more abundant than in
any equally accessible place in Tbrth.
America. Fur-bearing animals are
well represented but as elsewhere in
the north hare been much reduced in
Indian Territory to Have
lerritonai form ot uovernment. Ap
pointment of a Governor and
Secretary of State
Bradford and Doyle are Two Bjsy Single
Statehood Men in Washington and
i
Learn Something Every Day.
nous mammals are
I crally found throi
Alaska.
conspto-
are gen-
great num-
ie exception
cularly
are no-
on ac-
A dispatch from Washington
says: Two committees of the
house are now wrestling with Uio
proposition for a territorial form
of government for Indian Territo
ry.' The committee on territories
has under consideration tbe bill
introduced by Congressman Moon
giving the territory a full-fledged
territoral form of government
the committee on Indian affairs
has under consideration tha bill
introduced by Congressman Curtis
giving the territory a skeleton
form of govornment providing
merely for the appointment of a
governor and secretary of states
aiid the el?ction of a delegate to
congress.
Because of the conflict between
the two committees an agreement
has bf.n reached whereby sub
committees of the two committees
have leen appointed to confer with
each other and perfect if posible
a comprehensive bill which will af-
ford relief to the people and yet not
be in confict with the present tribal
guv? "nment existing.
The subcommittees have already
hud ofM meeting and while no
decision was reached the indica-
tions point to both committees
agreeing upon some bill.
The measure agreed to will
3r wde
eed j earful study of existing conditions
!' n I with theobjec m view of avoid
hed on f lhe United States and that cf
low (ne tribal government and at tbe
find out if possible the exact
sentiment in roimivla o!nU
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dooMe statenood. It is very
apparent that tbe roembeis of the
house and senate are divided some-
what similar in their opinion? to
the people of the two territories.
The prepponderance of sentiment
however is in favor of single
statehood not a union of the two
territories now but the immediate
admisson oi Oklahoma and the
ultimate absorption of Indian
Territory.
Doyle and Bmdfuul made
an investigation. Among the
senators tbey encountered was Mr.
Berry of Arkansas. While not
as pronounced as Senator B;;iley
he too advocated double statehood
asserting that in taking this posit-
ion he belived he was representing
the wishes of the people of the
Indian Territory. Senator Jones
was also sought out and a similar
declaration was made by him
Senator Harris of Kansas how-
ever was more liberal. He was
not willing to consider the question
from purely partisan Btaa bp tint
and theiefore fivored s;ngle s'ate-
hood. The investigation disclosed
the facts that tha republicans of
the senate were practically uuani-
ta us iu favor of single statedood
while the majority of the demo-
crats advocated double statehood.
At the house end similar cond-
itions existed although the deem
crats there are ni ne lilternl than
carry
it tht asri
one of the
the commit
j re ratified.
was a"a
AIM oi tbe hmisc aiid seua to vote for single statehood.
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Beavers, L. L. The Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 354, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 5, 1902, newspaper, February 5, 1902; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc732225/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.