New-State Tribune. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1911 Page: 1 of 15
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Neiv-Sttih Tribune
Seventeenth Year
Smcam r*« *>■»«" Wt'kly Time ~h, Ma^og" (>'«(* Otmocro,
PROPOSED BILL TO
TAX INDIAN LANDS
PLAN SUGGESTED WOULD AFFECT
EVERY INDIVIDUAL ALLOT-
TEE IN THE COUNTRY.
(By John W. Flenner.)
Washington, D. C„ Sept. 20.—Con-
gress next winter will be asked to
pass a law making taxable every foot
of Indian property in the United
States, now held by individual allot-
tees, if the experiment which is now
being tried among the Omaha Indians
in Nebraska works out as well as
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Af-
fairs Fred H. Abbott, father of the
plan, thinks it will.
When Mr. Abbott assumed his du-
ties in the Indian office a little over
two years ago he had not been sur-
charged with the governmental idea
of red tape, rules, regulations, etc.,
but believed that the Indian as well
as the white man wanted to fit him-
self for the duties of good citizen-
ship and that if it were demonstrated
that the red man would profit hand-
somely in the way of improved roads,
better school houses, substantial
bridges, and increased valuation of
lands, that poor Lo would submit
gracefully to the taxation of bis real
estate holdings. Accordingly a bill
was drawn by Senatoor Norris Brown,
of Nebraska, providing for the taxa-
tion of the lands of the Omaha In-
dians and after a successful passage
through both branches of congress
the taxation law became effective last
April. The tax paying period has not
yet passed in Nebraska and at this
time it cannot be definitely decided
just how the plan will work out. The
law provides that the lands cannot be
seized for taxes, which is apparently
the only stumbling block in the way
of Indian land taxation but a way
has been discovered to get around
that difficulty. To begin with the In-
dians favored paying taxes and if it is
found that there are any considerable
number of allottees who are delin-
quent in their tax payments this fall,
the taxes will be held out of the lease
moneys due the individual Indian land
owners. If the Indians become too
obstreperous the restrictions will be
removed from their land and taxes
will then become a lien against the
land.
As an educational proposition the
scheme has worked very well, as al-
ready, with the aid of expert farm
demonstrators, the Omaha Indians are
today cultivating three times the acre-
age that they were two years ago
when Mr. Abbott first suggested the
plan, which at that time was consid-
ered revolutionary by the “moss
backs” who had been long in the gov-
ernment service and who had come to
look upon red tape, and its attendant
delays, as a means of perpetuating
them in office.
The scheme to increase the number
of expert farm demonstrators and cut
down the number of leasing clerks
in the Indian office has proven a howl-
ing success in the case of the Omaha
tribe of Indians and the Winnebagos,
Number 43
RESTORING THE ALAMO.
The mission of patriotism is threefold
Ijiious or lowered in defeat.
lir0iveCK°ndHl1 U“eS 0f peace not to allow selfish interests to en-
tirely obscure public ones, but to aid in restoring the best condi-
tions and in the upbuilding of national and civic institutions
f. ai . aT1!0 preserve old landmarks, to mark definitely and un-
fadingly the footprints where liberty trod to her final goal Monu
meats of past achievements are always incentives to passing gen-
eiations to emulate the deeds of heroes gone before Plymouth
? s’, Kldpenderice Hal1- the Liberty Bell, Mount Vernon are
bright beads on our historical chain. ’ e d"
■ua„ ieXaS un.(icrstamis lhe value of such preservations when she
issues an order to restore her famous fort, the Alamo- for the
Alamo is the very heart of Texas liberty
In those days, when the state was a Mexican province and the
°f, ,AnlnoaX,0,n b!°od a,ld enterprise anJ ambitionmade
it an impossibility that it should remain longer under the semi
stvage government of Mexico, this fort became thepivot ot e
new history. The terrible Mexican general, Santa Anna °vas sent
o quell the rebellious province, and with his four thousand soldiers
• lf.L T"?! 0I?? hundred »nd fifty Texas heroes who had sou-hr
lehige in the old mission church and converted it into a fort
the fnrtdayV f savaee Mexican line poured its deadly fire into
he tort, and tor ten days that fire was returned but ever
want1'to’theL"Vu°sBtnBnn8 f0rhC,e; °Ue by one- the devoted heroes
went to the dust. On a bleak March day Santa Anna ordered
Whr^thp assault, and in the martial stprm the Alamo went down
One of 1he^°X1CianS swarpled in they found only seven men alive
monvli th?m.,01'ly escaped, and went, like the runner from Ther-
mopylea ot old to carry the tidings to the outside world. The other
six were butchered to make a Mexican holiday
in “V® °f,8i* martyrs Alabama had its representative
n Iravis, Oeoigia lent Bowie, and Tennessee contributed the ure-n
Davy Crockett as her sacrifice for Texas independence g
these three states, then, having a near and dear interest i
the proposition of Texas to reclaim from partial oblivion the old
"mbiUty HaTf, 7tT \«° T‘e'hi,,g °f its Prtm5S??oMd
not Lo/' nHaJ 1 f betm tor that massacre, the war spirit might
not have been so aroused at San Jacinto, where the war cry was
Remember the Alamo,” a cry that thrilled every Texas heart -mil’
nerv ed every Texas arm with the inspiration of victory
. .. 1.he Ala,no is a vital part of Texas history, and its restoration
•m i m a sourcf of gratification to every inhabitant of the state
‘ af -t?- eve.ry state of tlle Union where history is reversed anil
patriotism is a part of everyday life. ieverbeu and
COAL PRODUCTION
* SHOWS BIG SLUMP
•£ --
£ STRIKE OF 1910 THE REASON.
+ SAYS UNITED STATES GEO
* LOGICAL SURVEY.
•fr
* Washington, I). c„ Sept. 20.—Okla-
<• nomas coal production in lino was
+ 046,226 short tons, valued at $."> 8G7 947
* a decrease of 473,151 short tons’as coni'
* pared with the tonnage for 19o(i, ac-
t wording to Edward W. Parker, of tin.
.j, United States Geological Survey.
* Oklahoma was one of the states most
* seriously affected by the prolonged
* strike of 1910. Naturally, in antieipn
•I-, t.ion ol the suspension of operations,
■jfvthe mines of the Mississippi Valley
* region were operated with unusual
* nctivity during the first three months
v ol the year and about 50 per cent in-
* crease over the normal tonnage was
* won during that time. After mining
* was generally resumed in September
* there was a strong effort made by both
y operators and miners to make up for
* lost time. Thus although the strike
lasted lor five and a half months and
* considerable additional time was re
duired to put the mines into working
* order, the actual loss in production
* was not in proportion to the time lost
* by the strike. In Oklahoma the pro
y duction decreased from 3,119,377 short
t o°“8' valued at $6,258,367 in 1909 to
* ‘•■•>46,126 tons, valued at $5,867,947 in
Pilii, a difference against lain 0f 473.
•2- lf,l short foils of 15.17 per cent in
quantity, and of $385,420 or 6.16-per
j cent in value. Because of the short-
; age caused by the strike the average
.price per ton advanced from $2'in 1909
i.mue 10 see tnts they Latta, of Nebraska who riioa t„n I alul tlle adjoit
vvil be demanding the taxation of ing an operation list week n f and Kansas.
their lands in order that the roads, | tative Bcott Ferris of the I a///6 riT encouragement
schools, bridges, and other public im- trict heco n. ri k'ine n 1*
provements in their communities mav I indt-m rank‘ug member ol the
be brought about theTby doubBim ' one f .n 8 COmm-itte« of the.House,
»»iu»r2i“ r. —-
holdings; over which Uncle Sam still ^farter and Mcruire nt,Ifilepresentat‘ve«
retains a censorship. I _, " , d McGuire are also members
Governor Dick ,M. Locke, of the
Choctaw Nation, has asked the sec-
retary of the interior to grant permis-
of this committee.
next year or so be contributing to the . Lindsley, Waynoka flviniT^hm^ - ,0 *2-22 in
cheerfully ^ b® d°inB “ I Lu,her A- Lowrey. Frederick, ‘cotton-! The suspension of mining in' the
I topper Ada Ward, assignor of one- Southwestern States gave exceptional
«•F •*-* “•«- — «
ficiently in one year to pay the taxes - • ! new and heavy inroads upon the mar
WnelyhJ'earSH a']d wheVhe ln-, By the death of Representative 1 ketS naturally tributary to Oklahoma
will he del6 mrde ^ thiS they i Latta, of Nebraska, who died follow I alld the adJ°Jning states of Arkansas
will be demanding the taxation of l Ing an oneratim, tni, T.f_0"0W' I aad Kansas. It also gave substantial
to the development of
lignite in Texas, and to the expansion
ot its use; but probably the most seri-
ous effect, because more lasting, was
the migration of the miners to other
states where mining was not inter-
rupted. Consequently when mining
was resumed and demand was unpre-
cedentedly heavy the labor supply was
entirely inadequate.
lhe industry in Arkansas and Okla-
homa has suffered from other troubles
than the strike. There has been a'
strong tendency on the part of the
miners to use increased quantities of
powder, and it is also stated that dyna-
mite is frequently used, a practice
which is not only dangerous to life
and property but results in a largely
increased percentage of slack. .More-
over, it is the practice in nearly all
the mines to “shoot off the solid.” This
is extra hazardous and has in-
quantity of slack so that
While the national conventions next
>ear will judge as to the number of
----- uelegates entitled to be seated from I
ston for the calling together of the the several states, Oklahoma will be
Choctaw council on October 2 for a 1 entitled to but seven votes in the next
lo-day session, for the purpose of | electoral college tb elect a president
hearing reports from the tribal offl- j and vice-president, the new apportion
cers, including the supervisor of ment law not becoming effective until
schools, mining trustee and attorneys, after March 3, 1913. At least this is
to express their wishes regarding the the opinion of political lawyers
disposition of tribal property to a
committee of the tribe in behalf of Chances in fm„th oi
the continuance of the tribal, schools ters for Oklahoma nre I)OSt'»aa
and to make appropriations for the follows ll 't lunek , anm’ulu'e(1 a*
tribal government. The question of L Payne vice T \v n !""e C°'’ Lora also 18 ext
coal royalties will also likely be dis- Katie Garvin Po L a'n°; ^moved: creased the
cussed. The Interior department will | vice R i Simmons re?" J ,Vaughan' '8 now double what it was fifteen
undoubted,, g,.„. ,he reque„ o, Oo». Ldv*,*^ rLZ7'aT,TT*,", "h“- ™" "™'»
L0Cke' ! McShane, resigned - McKey Sequo'v h '' ,,Urc"asers that coal which
ICO.. Walter S Reed yffieJU fieU ! V’ b° ,ump coal arrival
awarded resigned; Readout, Harper Go Maud Lr.1 hi dlhl,lteKrates ils a result of (lie
Evert A. M. Rathbun. vice .1 ■ e, shlng s,ra'n fo which it has been
Patents were this week
----- " ...uvuuftvo, 1 * "Oiu una trtfl
en by the Indian office in a half cent- Apache, pencil-holder; Roy W. Eng-1 The c
ury of governmental guardianship of lish, Renfrow, engine; Jacob P. Hoi-1 of ntTi /ol"hwfstern Millers league,
the Indians and the other tribes, in- j lenbeck, Frederick, oil-gas burner-I with aflonJa Clty> has complaint
eluding the Five Civilized Tribes in | Stephen Gray, Calumet, apparatus fori mt/t 6 Iatefstate Commerce com-
Oklahoma, will undoubtedly within the j actuating water-motors- William n b on agalnst the Santa Fe and oth-
, .....am j (Continued on Page 2.)
subjected by the mining methods em-
ployed.
In addition to the other disorganiz-
ing influences, the coal industry of the
Southwest has suffered from the con-
tinued competition of cheap fuel oil
and of natural gas.
The number of. men reported as em-
ployed in the coal mines of Oklahoma
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Haskell, Charles N. New-State Tribune. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1911, newspaper, September 21, 1911; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937147/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.