The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 268, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1902 Page: 1 of 4
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VINITA INDIAN TERRITORY MONDAY EVENING AUGUST 18 1902.
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AN ALLOTMENT.
What Wi!' 'Constitute the Ra-
tio of Land to Grade an
Interesting Question.
probablTacreage
Allowed Under Each Grade a Sub.
ject of General Discussion-
One of the Approximate
Estimates Compiled.
What will constitute an allot
ment under the provisions of the
tteaty recently ratified is the all-
absorbing topic of discussion
among the citizens of the Chero-
kee nation.
The treaty provides for each !
lotmeot "110 acres of average al-
lo table land."
What constitutes average land
or the ratio between the average
lands and the other grades has
not as yet been determined.
The following estimate compiled
by one who has made a close study
of the question is interesting:
Cias- j Total !No. Acres Acres Ilec'd
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
The Entering Wedge For Sell Govern-
ment -Says Judge Lewis.
1 11646 62 1-2
2 1623 67 3-4
3a 743839 74
3b 231990 81
4a 213903 90
4b 899207 100
5a .312655 110
5b -634948 135
6a 411899 160
6b 5673 180
7a 7700 203
7b '614.3C2 232
8a 15500 270
8b 159394 320 v
9a 12062 400
9b 41142 542
10a 220341 813
10b 469330 1626
It is very probable that the
above estimates will be very close
to the ratio which will be made by
the Dawea commission.
1RVIN APPOINTED
Internal Revenue Collector For the
Indian Territory.
W. S. Irvin recently appointed
clerk of the United Slates court at
Nowata will resign that position
to accept an appointment aa inter-
nal revenue collector for the In-
iand Territory
The new appointment came from
Jas K. Simpson collector for the
district of Kaneafl 'Oklahoma and
Indian Territory.
Heretofore Okkhoma and the
Indian Territory have been in one
eub-district but a recent order of
the treasury department created a
separate juriedietion for the Territory.
Mr. Irvin was ntl recently
deputy inspector for tba Cherokee
nation under Guy V.Cobb. He
resigned that position to become
clerk of the Nowata court and will
now resign the clerkship to become
inspector at $2000 a year.
It is elated that Tom Hunter
ex-clerk of the Wagoner court will
succeed Mr. Irvin as clerk of the
Nowata court.
"I bad diabetes in Its worst form"
writes Marion Lee of Duoreatii Ind.
"1 tried eight physicians without re-
lief. Only three bottles of Foley's
Kidney Cure made me a well man."
Sold by People's drug store. dw
Shoe retailing at Lee L'arrett's.
Judge Yancey Lewis dean of
the law department of the State
University of Texas in an inter-
view at Ardmore gave the follow-
ing forceful reasons why the terri-
tory should uite in an effort to
obtain delegate to congreBs.Judge
Lewis. in reply to a question as to
how the territory could best ob-
tain reenedial legislation said:
"The man who runs a race
strips to the 'bide. The man who
achieves success has a single pur-
pose. The man who shoots to kill
aims a eingle shot; In my opin-
ion the people of the territory
should concentrate their efforts to
the sole end of obtaining a dele-
gate in -congress. By united en-
deavor this could probably be ac-
complished. When once repre-
sentation .is obtained all things
will be easy. In the first place it
is the unwritten law of usage in
congress to leave local matters to
the congressman or delegate from
the particular district or territory.
In the next place the average
member has been so long impor-
tuned and harrassed with refer-
ence to affairs in the Indian terri-
tory that be will be only too glad
to relieve himself by placing re-
sponsibility elsewhere. In my
view it matters little as regards
the particular needs of the terri-
tory whether the delegate be de-
mocrat or republican Whatever
his politics he will be answerable
not to a department bead but to
the people. He must make tbeir
interests his interests. He must
ef eak from their standpoint and
not from the standpoint of the bu-
reau. Let the great essential
principle of government based on
representation be vindicated.
Then laws affecting the most vital
intereets of this country will not
longer'be enacted in ignorance or
be shaped by secret and sinister
influences. Then administrative
agencies sent out to do will cease
to be the soul source of light aa to
what should be done. Then the
executive of laws will not have
controlling influence In passing
laws. Then policies in accord with
the intereets and desires of the
people may be consistently press-
ed with regard to future progress
and welfare.
Valuable Pedigree.
"What is the pedigree of your calf?"
asked a would-be buyer of a farmer.
"All I know about it is that bis father
cored a book agent to death tossed a
justice of the peace on top of the barn
and stood a lightning rod man on bis
head In a fence corner. His mother
chased a female lecturer three miles
one day. If that ain't pedigree
enough to aslc JS4 on you needn't take
him."
.Appointed Census Agent.
Ray Luster of Tablequab bas been
appointed agent for the census bureau
to gather statistics on the yield of
cotton this year In the Cherokee na
tion. It will be the duty of the agent
to visit every cotton gin In the Nation
at stated times and secure the num
ber of bales pinned quality price etc.
From present indications the yield In
the Nation will show the splendid
adaptability of the soil In the cotton
sectfons for the cultivation of the
fleecy staple.
Jail Notes.
Nate MofTatt charged with assault
to kill was brought In from Nowata
by Deputy Maginniss yesterday.
Single harness J6.50 at Lee ttarett's
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BadS5aDdePS Mercantile Co .
New Fall Goods
Arriving Daily!
Our big store is filling up daily with bright
new Fall Merchandise and every one is go-
ing to see the best selected stock of Dry
Goods Clothing Shoes EEats Millinery and
Carpets ever brought to this city.
Save your nickels and dimes so as to be
prepared to take advantage of the extremely
low prices they will be able to give you at the
good goods store this season.
Badgeff Sanders Mercantile Co.
BLEVINS SUES K AT Y.
Want Damages For Injuries Sus-
tained on Sunday Excursion.
Through his attorney W. H
Kornegay a suit has been filed
by Ross Blevins against the M. K.
& T. railroad company asking
damages to the extent of $6000 for
the injuries sustained by Blevins
on the Joplin excursion? Sunday
July 17.
It is alleged by Blevins that
while asleep one of the excursion-
ists inflicted a severe knife wound
on him as a consequence of the
railway company not offering the
proper protection to its passen-
gers from the crowd of boodlumB
who bad taken possession of the
train. ;
A Summer Trip Unsurpassed On the
Continent.
The trio to Salt Lake City or to the
Pacific coast via that point over tne
Denver & Rio Grande and the Rio
nrande Western is the most beau ti
ful in America. No European trip of
ponal length' cau compare with It in
grandeur of. scenery or wealth of
novel interest. Then Salt. Lake City
itself is a most auaint and picturesque
place and well worth the journey. Its
Mormon temDle tabernacle tithing
office and church institutions; its hot
sulphur springs within the city limits
Its delightful temperature sunny
climate and Its Great Salt Lake-
deader and denser than the Dead Sea
in Palestine are but a few features
of Salt Lake City's countless attrac-
tions. There are parks drives canons
and beautiful outlying mountaia and
lake resorts. Imagine If you can a
bath In salt water a mile above sea
level and In water In which the hu-
man body cannot sink. Inquire of
your nearest ticket agent for low
tourist rates to Salt Lake City or
write for information and copy of
"Salt Lake City the City of Saints"
to S. K. llooper the general passen
ger agent Denver. Colo.
Bruno GraCunder will buy your
sccocd band stoves and furniture.
1 L llBi-' rur rmr nnirr
OR EQUAL GRADES AT
A LOWER PRICE.
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num. .mtu.
Bringing Out the Facts.-
We want to make it as strong- as we know
how
That we will give you better Lumber
at the same price or equal grades at
a lower price than elsewhere.
We believe first in giving: the best lumber
that money can buy and then in making the
price as low as possible for that kind of lum-
ber. And still we defy you to find lower
prices than our.
If you leaye our yard dissatisfied it's your
own tault because we do our level best to
please every customer who buys building
material here even to giving him the best
stock and the lowest prices.
If that won't satisfy you what will? Any
way be sure and see us before buying; not
afterwards.
' F. C. Broiil k Co.
Vinita. Indian Territory
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Marrs, D. M. The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 268, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1902, newspaper, August 18, 1902; Vinita, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc773408/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.