The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 215, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 1 NO 215.
VINITA IN D. TER. FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE 9 1899.
PRICE 10c WEEK-
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PESSIMISTIC FORECAST.
R. L. Owen Talks of Dawes
Commission's Work.
Washington June 7. Robert
Owen a lawyer and newspaper
man of Muskoge I. T. a member
of the Cherokee tribe and of par-
tial Indian blood is in the city.
He is here on business before the
interior department. He detailed
something of the work ot the
Dawes commission in the terri-
tory. "The commission has had a land
office in operation cow three
months and it has made a good
beginning on the allotment of the
lands of the territory to the In-
dians in severalty under the recent
act of congress. The first tribe
taken up was the Creeks and al-
ready 2000 allotments have been
made. There are 70000 to be
made in the entire territory and
30000000 acres to be divided.
The Indians will get all the way
from eighty acres each to 540 acres
each according to the wealth of
the different tribes. The entire
allotment would require eight
years or more according to the
present rate but the commission
will be able to proceed much more
rapidly as soon as it is more fa-
miliar with its work."
Mr. Owen said ol the feeling of
the Indians regarding the new or-
der of things:
"They are for the most part bit-
terly opposed to it. The wise
men of the tribes see in the distri-
bution of the land the beginning of
the end of the disintegration of the
five tribes and their ownership of
the land. The Indian regards the
land as a gift from God not to be
distributed and not to be bartered
or given away. Wben a tribe
holds its land as a whole this can-
not be done and its rronertv is
safe.
j Under the new system although
thaa la at nrananl in tViA loaf
provision that the Indians may
not sell their individual lands
there will soon be a modification
without a doubt which will allow
tbem to dispose of them as they
see fit. Then the white men will
come in and get possessicn of
everything as they usually do-
always do as soon as the bars are
let down. The lands are magnifi-
cently rich and each Indian owns
a small fortune under the new
plan but tbey will nearly all be
induced to sell but and for very
email prices by the persuasive
whites. The new law was in fact
dictated by tbe whites and their
greed for the land was at the bot-
tom of it. It will be only a few
years now as sure as fate before
the Indians will be driven out ot
the territory. The fullblood In-
dians realize this even more than
the half breeds perhaps or at
least the thought of it appeals to
" their peculiar natures more. They
are as a race lovers of isolation.
There is a movement on foot now
among the fullbloods to emigrate
as a body to Mexico. I believe
this will be done and that 15000
of them will go before many years
are past and found a new Indian
colony."
One would think to hear the ar-
guments on our streets about the
relative merits of tbe participants
in the big slugging match that
both were born and raised here.
No Deputy Constables.
In the case of tbe United States
vs Claude E. Helms before the ap-
pelate court Wednesday the opin-
ion was handed dwn affirming the
decision of the lower court.
This case is somewhat interest-
ing from the fact that the court of
appeals holds that there can be no
such officers as deputy constables.
The case came up from the North-
ern district.
Helms' acting in the capacity of
deputy constable served warrants;
the district attorney claimed there
was no law that made provision
for a deputy constable and there
were no provisions made for the
payment of aalary or fees to any
officer of this description. Judge
Thomas so held and Helmes took
his case to the court of appeals.
The appellate court held with
Judge Thomas and handed down
the opinion mentioned above.
Capital.
Has the Kight King.
Our good Iriend Jake Admire of
the Kingfisher Free Press in com-
menting on the fact that Frank
Greer of the Guthrie State Capital
has been cued for libel by a rank
fraud whom he sought to expose
complains bitterly of his own ex-
perience in two libel suits and
shj's the law seems to have been
(rained for fakes and frauds. If
such be the case it musibe amend-
ed. In the meantime the newspa
pers have a remedy. Thev can j
stand by Frank Greer and see that
he is protected agairist the ravages
of tbe fraudulenteoncern. United
the power of the press is infinite.
It has an immeasurable ocean
depth greater far greater than
the influence of the preacher law-
yer or any profession in life.
The newspaper boys are too prone
to go apart on many important
matters. Oklahoma Exchange.
Train Bobbers Convicted.
Jacob Fogeley was convicted
Wednesday participation in the
hold-up of the Kansas City Fort
Scott and Memphis passenger
train at Macomb Mo. last Janu-
ary. He was sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary.
Kennedy the leader will be
next tried and the fate of Fogeley
seems to be awaiting him.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Owen
left last Friday evening for St.
Louis where they will remain a
few days and then go direct to New
York and they expect on the 14th
to sail for Europe to be gone about
four months which time they ex
pect to give up wholly to pleas-
ure and sight seeing. Mr. Owen
stated that they would visit Eng.
land Italy France and a great
portion of southern Europe spend-
ing a good share ot tbcir time in
Paris and London. Their little
daughter accompanied them. From
the map outlined there is little
doubt that their trip will be a
pleasant one and that their sojourn
in Europe will be all they could
wish for. Phoenix.
Our educational advantages are
not to be excelled any where and
that this is recognized we have
only to note their over crowded
condition. Friends of these institu-
tions Bhould see to it that increased
facilities are offered. Good schools
are the best possible advertise-
ment. Phos Pho Ferrine the great
nerve tonic. To be had only at
Nichols' fountain.
The Host Elaborate
Line of
GENTS'
NECKWEAR
yet shown in Vinita. The correct colors
in Club House and Flowing; End Imper-
ials and the newest designs in Tucks and
Buffs. Twelve dozen silk Club House
and String Ties handsome patterns will
be sold at io cents each; worth 25 cents.
W. R. Badgett IVlerc'tle Co.
Sleep.
Sloop ensues when the brain is
lurgely denuded of blood when cer-
ebral anemia is established. To
partly empty the brain of its blood
supply to keep the head cool the
body sufficiently warm and to seDd
the blood rather to the lower ex-
tremities this is the physical prob-
lem of the sleepless. It is interest-
ing to note that during sleep a great
number of the bodily functions con-
tinue quite normally without inter-
fering with sleep itself and there-
fore sleep is not so like death as
some of the poets have imagined.
Man asleep is not so profoundly dif-
ferent from man awake the two
chief points of difference however
being these a greater indrawing
of oxygen and exhalation of car-
bonic aoid and a complete vasomo-
tor rest. London Spectator.
Bonce mud Holes.
. Grocer You butchers have a soft
snap. You weigh the bones with
the meat and charge meat prioes.
Butcher I don't see as you have
any call to talk. Wben you sell
Swiss cheese don't you weigh the
holes and charge cheese prices for
them? Boston Transcript.
"At no time " said the cornfed
philosopher "is a man so willing to
take the burden from the weak
shoulders of frail woman as wben
she is harassed with the care of a
large and paying property." In-
dianapolis Journal.
It is not so much what is thought
and said that matters but' when
where and to whom it is uttered.
Striking a light over a wet blanket
is one thing over a barrel of gun-
powder is another.
In looking at her husband a
woman usually saye "I believe you
are guilty of something although I
don't know what it is." Exchange.
A sage once said "I have learned
much from my teachers more from
my companions and most from my
pupils. "Talmud.
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Marrs, D. M. The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 215, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1899, newspaper, June 9, 1899; Vinita, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc773296/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.