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ARDMORE IND. TER.. THURSDAY EVENING OCTOBER 10 1902.
aW.R:.Vtfr NUMBER 202
I. F fiHDERSOH B. P. FRENSLEY G. L. ANDERSON 3. X. TORBETT I
1 President. Vice Prosldent. C&iblir. Ant. Ctiar
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designated Depository for Bankruptcy Funds m Chickasaw Nation.
1 Capital paid in $ 60000.00
i Surplus and Profits J40.000.00
j Total $200000.00
i The oldest bank In Iudlati Territory. Accounts o( Arms and lndlrlduals
solloltcd upon tbe moat liberal tortus consistent with uood banking.
III
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Ardmorc Indian Territory.
NEARLY 200000 BECOMING INDE
PENDENT LAND 0WENR8.
Finishing the Groat Talk the Closing
Ing Up of Tribal Affaire Whlali
Was Begun Fifty Years Af.
Work Outside Five Tribes.
I FEEL
AT EASE
Because my property
ia insured with Roberts
Poland & Bruce.
They represent only
the best companies.
ROBERTS POLAND 6c BRUCE
Why this Haste?
After it flro starts it is too Into to
think of iusunu.ee. We'll take the
55 contract to protect you from fire loss
and the cost will be reasonable.
Why take the
risk yoursslt?
Wolverton L Son.
EVERYaODY READS WHEN MONEY TALKS
DRS. ENLOE & FANN Dental Parlors
For 30 Days wo will make tho following Reductions and Prlcos:
Sold Crown. SiK $g M I Gold l'illlnc. upward from fl 00
BrldKo Work por tooth 3 So i Amnlttuui i Wlllnir
porcelain urown. r""'K v.'.;:."
Rlahmoifd Orownsr 4 00 Tooth Kxtrnotod V'Uhout Pain
Utlflclul Tooth por eot 7 SO I
Xnthlnir hut first claaq matorlil used In all work. 12 yoars' oxporlonco
1 .oars In Ardrnoro and hero to otny. AH work Kuurantoel. These prices
tor 30 tlavs only so come oarly OUlce upstairs lu Urucc uiuir. over a
oung s Furnlturo btoro opp03lto t'oscoincc.
ENLOE & FANN Dentists.
mors i to-shut aim sip.
Hires None but First-class Mechanics.
Uses only the Best Grades of Material
and Always Turns Out First-class Work.
We Do All Kinds of
?Buggy Repainting Blacksmithing Wood-
tr Pnintinor Tnn Trimminff and Storm
lAprons. Horseshoeing the Best. Rubber
1 ire worK a specialty
Get Our Prices which Are the same to All.
ID. K. Allen.
Washington. Oct. 16. It will be
a strange) experience tor uv jon-
gress or the United States to meet
without baring some phase of the "In
dian question" demanding consider
ation yet that is a prospect for Uit
near future. The ratinratton by the
Creeks Cherokee anil Chlckasaws
and Choctaws of the treaties recent
ly negotiated and adopted by Con-
gress has made the way clear for a
rapid settlement of the affairs of tho
Indians by which the individual
members of the tribe will recelvo
their allotments anil been me cltl
zona dependent upon their own ex
ortlons for the support anil rellered
of the guardianship of the nation.
This is the plan to which oinclals
of the Interior department anil the
Indian bureau have been working for
years anil Mr. HiiciicotK secretary
of the Interior will probably soe Its
consummation. The secretary baa
devoted much of his personal time
and attention to the question for aev
eral years and to his efforts Is large
ly due the credit for Ute unusual
progress that he has made toward
the final solution of the problems that
have been vexing congress In con-
nection with Indian affairs for more
thnu a hundred yoars.
It Is expected that within a few
months at least two-thirds of the
240000 Indians still remaining In the
United States will be Independent
land owners each holding a title to
a plot of good grazing and agricul-
tural land. Uncle Sam Is acting in
the capacity of a real estato broker
in this distribution and Is making
the Bpoclal allotments but without
exacting the usual commlssin.
The process of land division has
been going on -for seernl years now
and It is pnly a matter of a short
time before pVactlcally all tho terri-
tory ownod by the Indians will have
been parceled out among the nu
merous tribes. The biggest job of
this kind undertaken by the govern
ment will soon he completed.
Some six or seven years ago the
members of the flvo civilized tribes
decided that they would abolish tholr
tribal form of government nnd would
also dlvldo their tribal possessions
consisting principally of land among
those embraced In tho llvo nations
These Includo tho Cherokeos Crooks
Semlnoli'8. Choctnws and Chlcka
saws tho flvo most intelligent and nil
vanced tribes In tho country. All
their land I located in the Indian
Territory and a sporlal commission
was created by Congress to make
the allotlmcntM. This was done on
a basts different from that establish-
ed with ethbr tribes. An enrollment
was made f the members In the five
nations Including something like
S 1600 men. and the division was
mads on the ground of value rattier
than area.
The Idea of having the tribes aban
don Uss-td holdings of land and divide
It among their respective members
was first taken up more than fifty
years ago .but It has only been with
in onmtwratlvely recent years that It
has been rarriod out to any extent.
It has always been recognised that
tbe custom of tribal government and
ownership was one of the chief draw
backs to the civilisation of North
American Indians. It has consequent-
ly besti the aim of the federal gov
ernment to break it up and fix the
hiatus of the Indian on as nearly the
same basis of his white brother
1 H II
HAVE CONFERENCE ON STRIKE
SITUATION TERMS.
Latter Objosts to Demands of Opera
torsWants Roosevelt to Have
Free Hand In Selection ef a
Beard Other Points.
Washington Oct. IB. John Mitch-
ell arrived In Washington at 11:27
today In response to au Invitation of
President Roosevelt to meet him In
conference relative to the proHsal of
the operators for the appointment of
a commission to investigate and settle
the coal strike.
He went Immediately to the White
House and to newspaper men who
met him said he bad no statement to
orH with a request that the reatrlc-
loan in the appointment of n commis
sion ho withdrawn In order that tho
president may have a free hand In
boosing tho commissioners.
Mltahell's Terms.
Washington. CM. in. There !x ox-
cetlent reason for belief that President
Mitchell will submit to the president
a counter proposition ror a settlement
of the strike. Air. Mitchell will In
sist that the president bo given a free
band In selection of a board of arbi-
tration and that the terms under
which the board would be created
be remodeled aomewhnL It is also
believed Uiat the wording of the offer
of the operator leaving the union out
of consideration does not meet with
Mitchell's npprnval and Jhat the may
ask that the wording be changeil so
as to clearly recognise union.
possible. Accordingly treaties were! make. He left the president's room
negotiated between certain ttiltes
and the government providing for the
allotment of lands among the mem
bers of the respective tribes and the
sale of the balance to tbe United
States These treaties were sent by
tbe people to the senate for ratifica
tion Just as tbe treaty of peace with
Spain was.
at 12:t"..V after having been at the
White House a little over an hour
lie went to the treasury department
where he went Into conference with
Commissioner of Immigration Sar
gent. He npponrod to be more cheer
ful thnn when he entered the White
House hut still mnlntnlnod his roll
cenco. no (locution to say whether
For n long Ume there was a strong he hnd submittal! any counter propo
prejudice on the part of the Indians
against surrendering the tribal own
ership to tbe possessions and In
fact this still continues In many quar
ters. Uut outside of the lands owned
by the five civilised tribes the govern
ment has divided Into severalty more
than G.600000 acres. Sixty thousand
iltlons to tho prosldont or to Indlcnto
whether or not lie would make a
statement.
He said howover that he expected
to see tho president again at
o'clock and hoped to he able to return
to Wllkeshnrro on tho -1:30 tinln.
It Is understood that at the confer-
clalma have been adjusted giving tok-nce with President Itoosevolt Mr
each Individual
acres.
an acreage of 100
inta weatner naturally turns our
thoughts toward a comfor'ablo stove
for tho wlntor. Wo hove thorn ready
for you and evory stovo In our house
wns mnde for pervlco.
NOHLK imos.
jQR.J:G. ABERNETHY
Dentist
Over T. N. Gota's
Drug Store.
Mltcholl'8 main objection to the nc
ceptanco of tho proposition of tho
operator was tho limitation placed
upon tho president In tho mattor of
tho solcctlon of tho arbitration com
mission. Ho wns espoclally opposed
to tho restriction limiting tho uoloc
Hon of a Kodornl Judgo to a particular
Jurisdiction. It is understood that
tho miners nro willing to waive tho
technical recognition of tho union as
they will got n recognition of tho gen
eral situation that oxluts in tho nn
thraclto region.
It is considered likely that tho
proposition will go hack to tho opera-
Use Ullxlr of llenuty for sallow
complexion. Almond Cream for nil
eruptions of the skin. At Mm. Mc
laughlin's Millinery Storo.
MltS. MAItY I. CARTER Agont.
CHOICE
LOTS . .
Seven cLoico dwelling lota in
sotithwoat part of city. If you
want a fine locution for a Lome
investigate these.
$750 will buy a 5-room dwelling
good cornor lot well bam nnd
storm house corner Seventh avo
nue and C street N. W.
$15 monthly installments will
buy u neat -l-room cottago corner
lot good improvements. Has
rented for past 3 years for 10 a
month.
The Redfield Agency
Established 1893 Ardmorc. I. T.
A. E. ROGERS
All kinds of Territorial
Drinks. .. Short Orders
-101 East Main St.. Ardmorc.
J. A. BIVEN3 President DON LACY VIce.PresldenL
A. H. PALMER Cashier. W. A. WOLVERTON Asst. Ca&
Meek Restaurant
C. W. Meek Prop.
Main Street Next to Union Depot.
Wi.l open day and night.
Everything neat andolenn.
Tho Best Meals nnd Short Orders
TBE cm
Capital and Surplus
t-:i
$100000.00.
Accounts of firms and Individuals solicited. Courteous treatment
Accorded all alike.
EAST
MAIN
ST
"C.R.J0N
usePLANSIFTER
HIGH PATENT FLOUR
Furniture. Carpets.
Security for Depositor Borrower and Bank Our Motto
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It Is the Best
&V WHALEY MILL & ELEVATOR CO;'
The First National BAnk
of Marietta I. T.
Established 18-96
Offers to depositors overy facility which their balances busines
and responsibility warrant.
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FOR S
A 1 Ci White Sulphur Inn
HLLi Sulphur I. T.
This normlar resort and commercial hotel sixty
rooms furniture aud fixtures and. grounds go at a
barirain if sold at once. The United States is es
tabtishiug a rrservatiou and park here on account
of tho fine springs and waters C40 acres to be
under government control similar to the famous
Hot Springs in Arkansas. The 'Frisco railroad is
building in hero now. My site is the only one for
a laree Hotel: ample grounds for more building.
This is the best thing in the Territory and will
bpnr invest cation. I invite capital to come and
see at once. Best reason for selling. Address
WILL PYEATT. Owner SULPHUR I. T
'Ardmore I. T.
ranim-l Mnrk anr! AMilind linhilifv
VUkllUI -MVUI uiiu nvumviiui LIUIIIII ( t uvvvvv.v
Largest of any Bank In tbe Chickasaw Nation.
Directors
Judge Overton Love Holmes Willis
Geo. M. D. Holford Jas. N. Kirkpatric
Jas. A. White W. S. Derrick
E. F. Graham H. A. KirkpatrickTj. G. Butler
WE accept small and largo accounts and conduct a General Banking!
Business for You. Farmers stockmen and other businessmen
make our office their headquarters when in Ardmore.
OUR bank is a public institution andwendvanco tho best interests
of tho people and give their business our personal attention and
extend to them every facility consistent with safety to bank and cus
tomer.
Directors.
C. It. Smith President.
0. M. Oampuell Vice-Pros
Lee Oruce Cashier.
G. W. Younq Stockman
J. 0. TnoMrsoN. Attorney
0. It. Jones Wholesalo and Retail
Furniture.
Sam Nohle Wholesalo Hardware.
J.R. Pennington Grocer.
R. V7. RAndol Merchant.
NONE BETTER
RIVAL FLOUR
EVERY SACK
A GOOD ONE
WHITEMAW BROTHERS Wholesale Distributors
ARDMORE INDIAN TERRITORY.