Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 133, Ed. 1 Monday, September 14, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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VINITA OKLAHOMA MONDAY SEl'TKMHER 14 1008
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JIAKES PUBLIC REPORT OF
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT
EFFORT TO IeOPE! ROLLS.
Inmates of Orphan Asylums And
Many Minors and Freedmen
Are Among Those Seeking
to be Enrolled.
WashingtonSept.14 The commissioner
of Indian affairs has made public a report
made to him by J. George Wright com
missioner to the rive uvuizea trioes
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under date of November 15 1907 con-
cfrninil fifty-two members of the five
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not included in the citizenship rolls of
tliose tribes and to whom land should
have been but was not allotted under the
general congressional enactment for such
enrollment and allotment. 1 hese data are
important to the claimants and already
the attorneys of many of them have ex-
erted themselves to gain access to the
document but hitherto without success.
The report has been guarded because of
the difficulties standing in the way of re-
opening the rolls for it is realized that if
another opportunity is offered many In-
dians whose claims are not so clear nor so
meritorious as the fifty-two will seek to
iij.v themselves included in the favored
lists. There are quite a number in addi-
tion to those who make claim to citizen-
ship including many disaffected fullbloods
and some inmates of orphan asylums
whose cases were not thoroughly investi
gated by the commission. It is considered
probable that there will be an effort to
have congress or the courts reopen the
rolls. The Indian bureau has not deter-
mined upon any recommendation as to
the course to be pursued.
Many of the fifty-two cases covered by
the Wright report are those of minor chil
dren and freedmen.
D. G. Huddleson of the Hohman Oil
company is quite sick at his home at
Chelsea and Dr. Louis Bagby was called
there to see him Saturday night.
BRYAN EIIDOBSES
BHIBAT1QN PLAN
Writes That he is Much in Sym-
pathy With Reclamatiom of
our Arid Lands
Albuquerque N. M. Sept. 14-William
J. Bryan democratic candidate for presi-
dent in a letter to Colonel W.S. Hopewell
Chairman of the Board of Control gives
his endorsement of the Sixteenth Nation-
al Irrigation Congress Albuquerque N.
M. September 29 October 10as follows:
"I thank you for the invitation to the
Sixteenth National Irrigation Congress and
regret exceedingly that it will be impos-
sible for me to attend. I need not assure
you that I am in hearty sympathy with
every effort that has been or can be put
forth for the reclamation of our arid lands.
While I have been investigating irriga-
tion in this country for nearly twenty
years and have examined some1 of the
plants of the old world I think I was
never more impressed by the possibilities
of irrigation than I was when I visited
southern Idaho last year after an absence
of ten years. The marvelous change that
water was wrought in the deserts along
the Snake river can hardly be described
in words.
I hope you will send me the proceedings
of the convention that I may profit by
the information gathered by those who
will assemble at Albuquerque."
The Taylor-Brown Bros band made a
decided hit on the street today. If the
show is as good as the band it will be a
winner.
I Milford- Berger Shoe Co.
have come and they're bully good Shoes.
For strictly fine wear we want to show you a
Patent Colt BaL $5
nadeby Aldcn. -WalUcr & Wilde. All shoe
leather no advertising expense.
BIG MASS MEETING AT
COMMERCIAL CLVB ROOM
There will be a mass meet'
ing of all citizens of Vinita
tonght at the commercial club
rooms to consider the propo-
sition to buy the plant of the
Viniia Gas Company. As this
is one of the greatest pro-
jects ever promoted for Vi-
nita it is hoped that a large
attendance will be present.
TEXAN APPROVES
Texas Will Pass Similar Law at
Next Session of The State
Legislature.!
Dallas Tex. Sept. 14. A special dis-
patch to the Dallas News from Austin
says:
Augnstine De Zavalla one of the state
bank examiners returned from various
points in Oklahoma Friday morning.where
he had been making for the department an
investigation relative to the various phases
of the Oklahoma bank guaranty law. Mr.
De Zavalla spent the day conferring with
the department of banking here and with
the attorney general's department. He
says the operation of the law in Okla-
homa has been very satisfactory and his
findings have been that the bank guarantty
law is successful.
The next legislature of Texas will
probably be asked to pass a bank guar-
anto law such a measure being one of
the laws recommended in the platform.
Mr; De Zavalla will suggest some features
with reference to the law from his investi-
gation in Oklahoma. He says the law in
Oklahoma has tended toward strengthen-
ing the state banks of Oklahoma. A large
national bank in Enid surrendered its
national character and took out a state
charter. This he thinks will be the effect
in some instances in Texas should the
bank guaranty measure become a law.
POLICE CATCH FIVE EAST
SIDE CRAP SHOOTERS
The police yesterday raided a dive on
the east side and caught four negroes and
one white man enjoying a game of craps.
The officers took the gamblers before
Judge Barrett this morning and each of
them contributed $12. to the city.
In all there were twelve cases in police
court this morning the other seven cases
being for drunks and prostitutes.
GEM RESTAURANT SOLO
SATURUTT0JUUU5 PAYNE
The New Gem restaurant was sold Sat-
urday night to Julius Payne who will
conduct a first class eating house. Mr.
Payne went to Joplin this morning to se-
cure some experienced help for his din-
ing room. He will now put in a full line
of fish and oysters and prepare to serve
everything in the way of short orders.
CANDIDATE HKSENWiLL
TOUR UNITED STATES.
New York Sept. 14. It was announced
Saturday that Thomas L. Iligsen the In-
dependence party candidate for President
will nor the United Slates. lie will!
start to-morrow and will go from the
Atlantic to the Pacific const and back
before election time. The candidate will
deliver forty speeches in twenty-five
slates. He will be accompanied on the
(rip which will cover about 10000 miles
by William R. Henr-t who will also make
a number of speeches.
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ITS BIH YEAR 110
First Session Under New President A. Grant
Evans-Enrollment Expected to Exceed One
Thousand-Great Increase in Attendance
From East Side Expected as Result of
Statehood-Students Already Arriving.
Norman Okla-Stpt. 14. With the open-
ing of the state university tomorrow and
the sixteenth opening since the foundation
in 1893 a one thousand enrollment is
predicted. Students from almost every
county in the state are already in Nor-
man selecting rooms and fifty professors
are on hand ready for Tuesday's enroll-
ment '
This week's opening marks the first
year of Oklahoma university as a state
university. Last year of the 790 students
enrolled about 650 were from the Okla-
homa side of the new state and less than
ISO from the Indian Territory side. As
the varsity is now for the first time the
head of the educational system of the east
side as well as the west it is believed that
between 400 and 500 students will enter
this week from the old Indian Territory.
About 55 inquiries per day from the. east
side have been receieved for the past
month. v
President A. Grant Evans who is en-
tering upon his first efficient administra-
tion both as a college president and as
head of the preparatory school was tor
ten years president of Henry Kendall col-
lege und during that time the school pro-
gressed from little more than a preparatory
school to the leading institution of the
east side of the state. He comes to the
headship of the university with a record
30 years' successful teaching in England
and America.
there lias been considerable anxiety as
to the ability of the authorities to provide
class rooms for this year's enrollment
owing to the burning of the main
building last year. A new recita
WATTERSDN BRANDS
LETTER AS A FAKE
storv Had Been Offered to Three
Newspapers Before Ac-
cepted LouisvlieKy.Sept.14-Henry Watterson
.hramls the letter recently published as
having been written by President Cleve
land just before his death in which he
nredieted the election of Taft as a fake.
He says "I think the letter was a fake.
do not believe that Mr. Cleveland wrote it
nnd I am now havind the matter investi
gated by persons who were friends of Mr.
Cleveland who believe with me that the
alleged letter was a fake."
Colonel Watterson while in New York
ascertained the siory had been offered
three papers all of which refused two
because policies did not permit so violent
abuse of newspaper ethics one because
the editor believed the article was writ-
ten by the party offering it for sale.
Hilary Herbert Cabinet officer under
President Cleveland said the news that Mrs
Ingersoll was trying to talk with her hus-
band in sniritland was as valuable as the
alleged letter of Cleveland and added
that under no circumstances could the
deceased leader's friends believe Mr.
Cleveland ever contemplated voting fr a
Republican of the Taft idea of govern-
ment declaring his agreement ith For-
rester that Cleveland would have soon
supported Hearst.
ARKANSAS VOTES TODAY
; ON PROKiBITIOJI QUESTION.
Little Pock. Ark. Sept. 11. At the;
general election in this state today state
congressional and county officers will be
selected and the question determined as
to whether liquor license shall be continu-
ed to be issued in the present "wet"
counties.
i Great intervt is felt in the vote as to
prohibition. At present sixty-five counties
are ..dry" an 1 lxth th? prohibition and
nnti-ixhihiti"n forces say they will be
v -t.iriinis. The camjwipn ha been the
i .it spirited in the hitory if the st-ite.
H. M. Man and wife of Musko.-e
're in the city this efernwn.
f OPENS
tion. building has been constructed this
summer; the girls gymnasium of last year
has been sub-divided into class rooms
and It is now ahnounced that all classes
will be adequately handled.
The most important additions to the
university curriculum are a college for
teachers and a special course in munici-
pal and sanitary engineering. The former
is designed to combine the special sub-
jects which are required for the teaching
profession with a study of the best tech-
nical engineering course is designed to
supply the growing demand for city and
sanitary engineers in the new state.
The law school will not be opened this
year but courses will be offered in political
science and economics preparatory to the
study of law and some elementary law
courses will be offered. It is planned to
open the law school proper with the sum-
mer term of next year when a series of
lectures by the foremost lawyers and legis-
lators obtainable probably will be given
in Oklahoma constitutional law and the
science of legislation.
The various schools and departments of
the university work this year are : The
college of arts and sciences the school of
medicine the engineering school the
school of pharmacy the school of fine
arts the teacher's college and the school
of mines.
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KLINEFELTER CASE IS
STILL CHIEF ATTRACTION
The Klinefelter trial is still
on at Brackett's park and con-
tinues to be the chief attrac-
tion of the week. This morn-
ing a host of women went to
the Brackett place to hear the
finish of this trial. It is said
that a new jury may be empan-
eled on account of inability of
the present jurors to be at trial
GQVERflOR IIS
Doyle and Furman Both Get Ap-
pointmentsCourt Meets To-
day to Organize
Guthrie Ok. Sept. 14 Thomas II. Doyle
of Perry and H. G. Baker of Muskogee
were apiwinted Saturday by Governor
Haskell to be members of the criminal
court of appeals. Henry Furman the
third member was appointed a day or two
ago. The official salary Is $3000 a year
and the tensure until 1911. The court
will meet and organize today. Furman
Was defeated for the democratic primary
nomination to the United State Senate
by Robert L. Owen a year ago and Doyle
was an unsuccessful candidate against
Governor Haskell for the democratic gub-
ernational nomination. Baker came to
Oklahoma from Defiance 0 about six
year ago.
John J. Carney of El Reno who was be-
lieved to be in line for the judgeship given
to Doyle has been apiKiinted judge in the
Fourteenth district to succeed the late
Judge Lowe of El Reno who died of heart
disease at Piedmont several days ago.
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Gill JUDGES
FOR TUESDAY AND
SEPT. FIFTEENTH and SIXTEENTH
Your Presence is Desired
"VirilTA'S BIG DEPARTMENT STOHE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RE-OPENED TODAY
ENROLLMENT AT NOON WAS
MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED
NEW TEXT BOOKS TO BE USED
Every Room in Building Filled With
Eager Students Sixth Grade
Leads Other Classes in
Enrollment
Four hundred and seventy lour smiling
faces greeted the teachers in the public
schools at the opening of the fall term in
Vinita this morning. This attendance
was hardly as large ns was expected but
before the week is out the enrollment is
expected to far exceed that of last year.
This is the first term under the new
school laws and the first with the text
books stipulated by the state. Many of
the old books were discarded and the
students will find considerable work not
unmixed with pleasure in familiarizing
themselves with their new books.
Although this was the first day every
room in the school building was taxed to
its capacity to hold the eager pupils.
In the enrollment by grades the sixth
grade leads with an enrollment of 45. The
fourth A class was second with 44 and
jhe primary and first grades have 43 and
40 respectively.
The following is the enrollment by
grades up to noon :
Primary 43; 1st. grade 40; 2nd. grade
A class 22; 2nd. grnnde B class 28; 3rd
grade A class 33; U class 30; 4th grade
A class 44; B class 27. Fifth grade A
class 25; B class 39. Sixth grade 45;
7th grade 32; 8th grade. 25; High school
30; total 474.
The ML K. &. T. railroad company has
altered sixty stations in the state of Okla
noma to comply with the law requiring
separate waiting rooms to be provided for
whites and negroes in all depots.
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Marrs, D. M. Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 133, Ed. 1 Monday, September 14, 1908, newspaper, September 14, 1908; Vinita, Okla.. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc775364/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.