THE DURANT WEEKLY ATE'VS
Durant Weekly News
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Official Papor of Bryan County.
Published ovory Thursday nt 114 N.
Third Aveuuo fouraut Oklahoma.
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homa.' under Act of Congress of March
Ird 1879.
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COJIIXCI OF CATO SELLS.
It has becomo known that tho Ilon-
orablo Cato Soils- commissioner of
Indian affairs intends making an In-
spotcon of affairs in Oklahoma in tho
near future and to outlino tho policy
to bo pursued by tho Federal Govern-
ment with respect to thq contorl of ro"
strlctcd Indians and their lands.
Tho administration policies which
have hcrctoforo governed tho Indian
Territory portion of Oklahoma hnvo
been antagonistic to tho wolfaro of iti
cltlzenhsip. With the famous Wckcr-
shanvopnion and the now famous 30-
000 Baits they havo Involved our Ian da
In litigation; barrCd'-tho doors of tho
Stato ngalnst npomplng capital and
havo mado tlio tWlo to a tract of Ian J
In eastern Oklahoma a-bugahoo which
has operated almost as effectually as
an injunction the transferor property
thn procurement of homesteads by
thrifty farmers from adjacent tSates
and too immigration of tho better
class qf citizens from other States or
at least of tho immigrant who bring!
with him hia property.
Oklahoma Is pre-eminently an agri-
cultural tSatp. Tho tenure holding of
lands and the duration iheroof arc
not only csspntlal but necessary fac-
tora'for tho jupbuilding'"pf a". thriving
agricultural .community. J
Acts of Congress provide that an
Indian adultjor tho full Mood may not
lease bis hojnestead allotment for a
longer period than onq.year excopt
with tho approval ofitlwsecretary of
tho interior. No nfap'i ccirldIn the ex'
erciso of business judgment go on tho
homestead allotment Iff an Indian cit--lzen
and placje improvehents of a per-
manent; nntufo thereon lear ad brca
out the raw land nnd then itarhap
bo unable toirent tho laud foij anoth-
er j ear ad ho thereby losep tho Im-
provents ho has placed on the lands.
True an Indian might lease his homo-
stead for a period of five years with
tho approval- of tho secretary of the
Interior but the red tapo Incident to
such approval and employment of an
attorney to 16ok nfter his interest and
his distrust'of tho Federal officials
having in charge tho matter of tho a'-
prasement of said land rental value
deter him from making appllcaTlon for
departmental approved leases. Few of
these peases havo ever been submitted
for approval through tho department
We should havo those leases approved
at home or rather the recommcndatlo"
of the homo offices should bo accepted
without the delay .whlc.h has hereto-
fore charactelrzed the offices having
these in charge.
Congress lpy the act of 1909 surren-
dered iho rikht to tho probate courU
of Oklahoma; to jvnpmv-e leases to sur-
plus allotments of minor allottees but
denied! the right Vo' tho probate courts
to appVovo leases as to tho homestead
allotments for a longer period than
ono year and homestead leases can
not bo) mado for a longer period than
ono year except by tho approval of tho
secretary of tho Interior. Wo under-
stand 'that tiio department at Musko
geo has never approved as many ns 59
agricultural ileasps on tho homestead
allotments. ? A v
To better iervb the purposes of tho
State of Oklahoma and to better serve
the Interest of tnclrestrlced Indian
and tjio white clflsjens Congress
shouldi pass 'legislation' permitting tho
homesteads to bo Ied- for five years
but lnaamuclj as it is not known when
such (5gisla(Ion will-.'pflss tho depart-
ment of tho! intQripr- could through
wise aqmlnlsjtratlori Urtdo much of the
evil by permitting leases to bo mada
at reasnabli) flguroB and by permit-
ting tlie local officers to set tho price
for its approval and by prompt action
on tho Bamo.
On January 7 tho commissioner will
meet w.ith tho appointed probate at-
torney' of tho Chickasaw Nation and
the county Judges. The personnel o'
these men aro pleasing to the state at
large and wo feel confident that thoj
will wQj-k for tho true wolfaro of tho
state f It bo the duty of theso pro-
bate attorneys to protect tho "Indian
warads then wo feol suro that the
probato courts of tho stato will prop-
erly appreciate them but on tho con-
trary wo bellovo that If it 19 tho idea
that theso probato attorneys nppcar
for nil Indians without their being
retained to stur up strlfo nnd Hti-
igation then wo belleVo that theso
men will antagonlzo tho better citizen
shp of tho stato of Oklahoma nnd will
revive tho cry which wo sent up a-
galnst Illtchcocklsm and Balllngcr-
lsm. Wo further bellovo that If It bo
tho policy of theso appointees nnd of
tho federal government to co-opcrato
with tho proper courts of Oklahoma
in tho protection of tho minors that
thoy will find tho courts and tho good
peoplo of tho stato upholding them
but If It bo tho policy of tho federal
government to attempt to coerco the
tho courts of Oklahoma which .word
created for all of tho people of our
state and which nre maintained by the
taxes of all citizens of tho state an.l
to mako of thorn a sub-agency for thai
interior department tnjn wo uouev
that they will create a great class dis-
tinction hero In Oklahoma bctwoen the
Indian and tho White man and will
nllcnato tho feelings tho feelings of
kindness which wo aro beginning to
feel for tho department of tho Intorlor
it will bo roplaced by a feeling of dls
trust for tho department.
Never have men in Oklahoma been
Intrusted with power which may re-
sult so favorably or so unfavorably
ns theso probato attornoys. Wo know
them to bo men of character Intogrlty
and purpose and If tho dopartmont at
Washington will take counsel and ad-
vico from theso men who havel lived
nnd now llvo among us that wol-
faro of tho stato will not suffer at tin
hands of thoso to whom wo look to
protect tho stato as well as tho Indian.
If thoy will givo us homo govern
ment lnstend of long rnngo depart-
mental action they will givo us lttlo
causo to complain and tho best In
terest of Oklahoma will bo subserv-
ed. Ardmorlte.
Senator Robert U Owen of Oklaho
ma Is truly the man of tho hour and
hundreds of nowspapers In and out cf
State slnco the passage of tho cur-
rency bill havo lauded him as the
father of the greatest piece of legisla-
tion of tho epoch. If tho theories of
air. Owen and Mr. Glass prove out
as many financial experts believe
they will Mr. Owen will truly havo
rendered Ills' State and Nation an in
valuable service.
"What is Bryan county's moat press-
hip need?" is the question the writer
put to a prospective investor In Ilryan
county lands from an older State. "A
system of good roads that will not bv
hub deep in mud when it rnins and
knee deep in dust when it's dry" was
the answer wo received. "Your land
is as good as any I ever saw Your
people In tho main are thriftv png-
ressivo and industrious but you've got
to mnko somo good roads" continued
our friend.
"I do not know as many people in
Durant as I knew six cars ago when
I had been hero but three jears" said
a man on tho street'tho other day. The
fact is that people aro flocking to
Southeastern Oklahoma from every-
where and Durant and Bryan county
aro getting their share of tho immi-
grants. In spite of the fact that doz-
ens for rent housos havo been built thn
past fow j cars there are more fam-
ilies wanting houses than thero aro
houses wanting tenants.
Our nxchnmre able this week con
tains copies of several newspapers ('
marked Vol. l! No. 1 containing in all
ns an average about twelve column
of matter viz: Advertising 3 col
umns; Boiler plnte Svfc columns;
"Iito News Briefs" ono-half column
Invariably In campaign years u horda
of such enterprises crop up like sera's
along the roadside -nly to suspend
publication after the election Such
institutions render no cervlce to their
community pivo no valuo resolved to
the oanddates. whoso money they eb"k
and stldom bring earnings wni th lren-
tioning to thlor promoters.
An alleged Democratic no.WF'iftper
in this Stato (that is while tho Demo-
cratic party controls affairs) wcnill
havo us believe that the Rapuhl:cans
aro gaining strength In Oklahoma
Such peoplo as Leo Cruco with his fol-
lowng of Job-grabbing office-seeking
politicians aro liable to make many
good Democrats bolt the tlckbt. A.pov
ornor who esteems the protection of
quail and duck's more Important than
tho education of Oklahoma's children
and who respects more his petty
whims than tho courts and laws of the
commonwealth Is 111 fitted to deserve
tho confidence of the rank and filo of
any party.
Wo heard a man complaining of
hard times and on questioning him
closely gained tho following Informa
tlon about his 1913 corps. Ratsod 13!i0
bushels of oats from '40 nor"! of
ground nnd sold It for $475. Raised
10 bales of cotton from 32 acres and
sold It for $C10. Gathered 400 bUBb-
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Mid all this world of gayest friends
You'll seek to flndtlll this world oath
'Mong high and 'low 'mong rleh and
poor "- tf1
You'll find such till thro' Heaven door
They nil do fall from somo causo or
other
This ono fails not tried friend my
Mother.
'.
When I prosper well my friends nr?
hiany
When reverses como I havo not any.
Thro' faults nnd nil her words aro
kind
Should reverses coine sho docs not
mind.
This world so lnrge holds not nnothor
So dear a friend ns this my Mother. .
' . I
In youths bright days how well I see
That her advlco was good for me.
If I was bad and dtsoboyed
For my best good sho always prayod.
And God docs hear If docs no other'
Tho pleading cries of faithful Mother.
Oh I Mothers pray on bo not dismayed
List not to fears nor bo afraid.
For God does hear tho battlo'a won
When prayer to Him Is first bogun.
Twas thus with me It with no othor
God heard tho cry of praying Mothor
i
Of earthly friends I speak jou know
To God's dear Son wo nil may go.
And tell Our Woes to Listening Ear.
Ho will our burdens holp us boar.'
But on this enrth thoro Is no othor.
So kind to me as Dear Old Mother.
That onco black hair but now so
hoary
Seems but to me a crown of glory.
That wrinkled fnco tho furrowed
brow
In deop respect I love her now."
In all this world I find no other
So kind to mo as my Dear Mother.
C. N. JONES Jan. 51911
els of corn from 18 acres and Js hold
ing It for higher prices nnd during
the year tho butter eggs and garden
fed and clothed tho family and a small
patch of peanuts fattened four ho?s
that will supply" meat for a year. The
shamo la that this man wns not a
"get-rlch-qulck Walllngford" Instead
of a prosperous Bryan county farmer.
The Muskogee Dally Phoenix is not
very favorably Impressed -with Al J tu
nings' gubernatorial candidacy. It
says: "Al Jennings Is running btrong
for governor of Oklahoma In Wash-
ington. This fellow has plenty cf
nerve when It conies to politics ni'tch
more than of the physical sort it U
said by old-timers who know him v. ell.
Anyhow Jennings is giving tho Stnte
somo moro of the kind of advcrtKInj
wo ao not need." The fituiduy E til-
ing Post articles wcro enough to dis
gust a decent citizenship and when
it reaches the point of such a charac-
ter being seriously considered us y
suitable man for governor of a gre.it-
Stntc it adds naseau to the disgust. By
the way we have noticed no deuUl
from Senator Owen of Jonnlr.gV claim
that the senator was suppoitlng hl.u
Doi.Is'Ut Herald.
KATY EMPLOYES EACE
CHAIlfJE OF ASSAI'LT.
Bnrtles.vllle Ok. Jan. 8. W. L. Bor-
dette a train auditor and W. E. Zinc
n conductor both employe! by tin-
Missouri Kansas & Texas ra'lroad.
wero arraigned hero Saturday on
charges of assault and bnttorv In con-
nection with the ejection of G. B.
rroels from ono.o tho company's
passenger trains yesterday after
Freels 'had refused to pay a 3 cent
faro. The men wero arreatcu on com-
plaint of the state corporation com-
mission. County and Sta.to officials "ay moro
trouble will result from any attempt
by Interstate railroads to collect .i
? cent faro in Okahoina In aefhtneo.
of tho Stato 2 cent rato aw.
Tho county attorney of Washington
cunty today said all trainmen who
eject passengers for refusing to pay
a hlfhor rato will bo arralsnot1..
Attorneys for the Missouri Kansas
TexaB said when fights follow a
refusal of passengers to pay the fan
asked passengers will bo prosecuted
in Federal court.
WILL FILE TJIUEF.
Guthrie Ok. aJn. 8. Tho two-cent
rato cases occupied tho entire atten-
tion of tho Federal court Tuesday and
the motion of AttornoyGeneral "West
to dismiss all cases was thoroughly
discussed; tho attorney general Insist
ing upon it nnd tho railway attorneys-
holding that to dismiss was lmnroper
and that the Judgo Bhould deny tho
motion and set tho cases for trial so
that tho twp-cent regulations of tho
Stato can bo fully tested onstholr mer
its. At tho close ofitho argijnjent to
night Judge Cotternjv granted both
sides 20 dnyfl' tlmo in which to file
brlfes which ho I1J consider and past
on tho motion later.
We'll
About 350 Men's--Suits and Overcoats
J .
Broken Lots at prices that will interest
you
Safe Stsfrts Saturday January 10th
Kcndd
Attorney General West la not help-
ing his chances for tho democratic
nomination for governor br his bittor
attacks on R. L. Williams who has '
announced ns a candidate for govorn
or. Holdenvlllo Democrat.
"What a dry subsoil"! was tho by
word of the citizenship lest summer
but if tho weather man continues his
molsturo program and tho Secretary
of tho Interior pushes his contem-
plated prohibition mcasnro In Okla-
homa It no doubt will bo "what a
dry citizenship" next summer. Eu-
fauln Indian Journal. "
"Tho Democrats are going to find
it mighty difficult to lcgislato tho
country into an era of prosperity"
says tho Oklahoma City Times which
adds "That is n condition which
comes from production confidence
and hard work." But G: O. P. editors
and orators hae been telling us for
lo these many years that Republican
legislation was tho bulwark of pros-
perity. Chlckasha Express.
A close observer says that ono rea
son tho world is so busy is because
half the women nro working to ro-
duco their hip measurement while
tho other half nro working to increnso
It. Tulsa Sun.
Tho currency bill like evcrythln;
elso now may develop somo defects.
but tho principle upon which it Is
founded Is sound and tho defects can
bo cured ns they appear. The rulo of
Democracy and tho tilumph of tho
masses over the classes Is at hand.
All hall the day. Sallison Guzetto
Occasionally an editor gets rich aj
witness tho caso of ono of tho craft
in a neighboring town. This editor
stnrted In business about five years
ago with 22 cent3. Today ho is worth
?5000. His accumulation has been
duo to his strict attention to busi-
ness frugality and the fact that it
rich undo died and left him 4999.
Milburn News
Tho pfumbers .of "Sherman are ask-
ing for a raise of 3.00 a wcok in their
wages. They aro now getting 5.50
a day for eight hours work and want
tho new sculcto call for 6.00. Den-
lson Gazetteer. .
Tho Jacksonlan seems to havo some-
thing quite serious against Senator
Gore It's awful tho things they say
about him. Wnukomls Hornet.
All Jacks .other than tho Jacks-
onlan) bray loudly and bray at their
superiors but ..they aro all in tho samd
class as bras aro worthless and
buy nothing. They do not pass for
legal tender In Oklahoma. Idabel
Beacon-Times.
Tho Ardmorlte speaking of th
good roads advocates says If thoy had
a fow million at their cojnmand their
work would be easy. Col. Suggs 1b
ouo of the greatest agitators in'Amer-
Ica on the subject of good roads but
whoever would put a fow million nt
his command would certainly "bo
easy." McAlester News-Capital.
Congressman Murray returned from
Washington talking a streak. The
Tishomingo man absolutely refused
to tako a hand In tho gubernatorial
contest but admits a determination to
mix a bitter tonic for-Scnator Gor.
Bill Murray Is In aclasa by hlmsoir
doing tho unexpected npd makng.-con-
iversauon mat causes uouui as- w
placQ. Tho Husonlan would not haz
ard a guess on what tho congressman
proposes "to do but will hot a possum
Cut Loose!
r
and fill of sweet potatoes that ho does
something that will call for consid-
er ablo conversation nnd ngltatlon on
his part. Hugo Husonnn.
Judge Robert Ratncy of Atoka la
being boosted fry Ill's friends for su-
premo Judgo for tuis district. Judgo
Ralney has been district Judgo for five
years and Is ono of tho most popular
men on tho bonchMn Oklahoma. Ho
can como nearer filling Bob Williams'
scat than any man so far mentioned
for tho place. Poteau News.
Claudo Weaver" orio of our Oklaho-
ma congressmen has mado a speech
on tho suspension of tho building of
battleships which1 he Is sending out In
prnted form to some of his constitu-
ents. It conta!nsJ)Qth logic and
poetry and anyone. Interested In clthor
might spend somo tlmo to good ad-
vantage reading what Claude has to
say about-tho battlcifhlp business. Ho
favors peaco and y ess money for bat-
tleships. Vlnlta Lender.
Al Jennings Is-running strong for
governor of-OklnJioma in Washington.
This fellow has piety of nerve when
it comes to politics much more than
of tho physical sort It is sad by old-
tmors who know him well. Anyhow
Jennings Is giving tho Stato some
moro of tho kind of advertising wo do
not need. Muskogee Phoenx.
POLITICAL SITUATION
KEVIEWEI) BY CRUCE.
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Oklnhoma City. Ok Jan. 8. In a
lengthy statument-'glvcn out Saturday
which might be'regarded as the open-
1 1 gun of the 191j;itiipalgii Gjviti'
or Lee Cruco urgps'the voters of tho
State to eontinuo'tffe Democratic party
In . power In Oklnhoma. Ho reviews
h thrco cars of his admlnlstrnton
it great detail for the purpose of
allowing that tbe-B-einocratlc party has
"made good"7 and'thnt any mistake
which have been jnndc can not bo
placed on a parysata basis. He take?
up the record of the legislature In that
reside at V3'al lengt" for tno pur
pose of showlnHhat- Republicans 'as
wel! as Democrats voted against tho
Stale's lntpn.hts' nhdthat their rec
ord gives no reason or a'bclief that
conditions would be bettaroft it they
7f re placed In poiffer
He voices h's. opposltoit to tho "clean
slate" movinenj polnt':ig cit that at
the last Stato flection practically a
new set of officers was chosen and
tlmt harmony was not brought about
by .reason of tijat fact. His contro-
versy with the criminal court of ay-
pals Ib refqued to only In an Incl-
dcrtal wa.
LIVESTOCK 3TAHKET
Kansas City Stack-Yards Jan. j.
Cattle trado conUnn.es satisfactory
this week receipts matching thn de-
mands at nearly -ovory point. Stookms
otid feeders arstronge" soms co.v
unles nro a shado' higher and tho gan-
oral tono of tho situation Is firm. Re-
ceipts hero overran estimates both
yesterday nnd todaV but tho two or
three thouasnd extra cattlo wero wel-
comed 15000 cattlo hero yesterday
and 10000 headtoday. Mixed yearl-
ings sold at 9.10 l today best heavy
Bteors here thlSjjWek 8.C5 to $fi'
probably 25 to 35 cents less than
might bo expectedWor atrtQtly prlrrio
f.teers- Most of tho native fed 3teers
ho) at 7.50 to &i'6 fed Westerm at
$7.10 to 8.45 rioOT fed steerB fiom
oil mills In the South In both uatln-
nnd quarantine divisions at $n.5u to
7.90. Oil mills ""are turning out cnt-
tie freely owners -apparently being In
a hurry to cash their cattlo an'i htop
feed hills. The satisfactory liesf mar-
ket cattlo marketjWill havo a te'i1cn-
to repress liquidation however and Is
inducing somo -iEejlors " who have
cleaned up at the mills. to put in a
second string of feeding. It Is also
stimulating the demand from nat'.w
.ear
Cloth
Co.
.territory for stool's suitnblo for Im-
mediate feeding. Stockcrs and feed-
ers sell at 6.00 to 7.35. Nativa cow a
bring up to 7.25 bulls $5.25 to $7.25.
veal calves $11 top stock calves 5S.B0.
A cupply estimated nt 20000 hogs
today did not dprcss prices nnd mojt
salts wcro steady. Whon It was found
that only 18000 hend would actually
nrrlvo buyors whipped up and lato
fiulcs were 5 higher with a top of
$8.20 bulk of sales $7.80 to $8.15. Av-
erago weight Is 178 pounds which
discredits supply figures hero when
comparisons nro mado with a year ago;
as averago weight then was 205
pounds. Sheep sold higher yesterday
lambs 10 lower but both sheep and
lambs aro strong to 10 higher today.
Tho only dissatisfied shipper) aro
thoso who overestimated their stock a
to finish buyers discrlmlnatng against
poorly finished animals. Best lamb3
sold at $7.90 to $8.10 today wether?
at $5.70 owes worth $5.00 to $5.40
ycarlngs $G.25 to $7.25. Receipts yes-
terday 16000 today -8000.
FARM RANCH and Timber land for
oxchange. W. H? Beach Leslie Ark-
ansas.  j W1P
XEW KATY SCHEDULE.
Tho Katy Inaugurated a now time
card last Sunday and all1 that com-
pany's trains now operate "on tho fol
lowing sciicdulo:
orth jlound.
No. 8 arrives at 7:40 a.-in. tho sama
tlmo as heretofore.  $
No. G arrives at 1 :00 n. in. formerly
arrived at 1:04 p. m. .
No. 4 arrives at 4:10 p. m.' former
ly arrived at 4:07 p. m.
No. 2 arrives at 7:29 p. ro former-
ly arrived at 7:13 p. m.
No. 10 arrives nt 12:40 p. m. for-
merly arrived at 12:09 p. m.
South' Bound.
No. 9 arrives at 4:6J3a. m. former-
ly arrived at ll:45'a?m.
No. 1 arrives at 11:41 a. m. for-
merly arrived at 11:45 a. m.
No. 5 arrives at 3:0G p. m. former-
ly arrived at 3:47-p.m.
No. 7 arrives at 5:42 p. m. former-
ly arrived at 6:12 p. m.
No. 3 arrives at 11:48 p. m. for-
merly arrived at 1:42 m.
FRISCO
East West
505 8;57 a. m. . 505 6:20 p. m.
5767:40 p. m. 5759:33 a. m.
M. O. &Q.
North South
28:50 a. m. 14:38 p. nu
85:17 p. m. 78:50 a. m.
TRADE
Good 80 acre creek bot-
tom farm; 30 acres in culti-
vation; fenced; new -room
house; 2f miles from Cove
Polk county Arkansas.
Will trade for Durant
residence.
J.B. HICKMAN
Grider Building
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