Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 15, 1893 Page: 4 of 8
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SATURDAY. JULY i ! «.
IMPORTANT NOTICE*
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it is because some friend has paid for
it and ordered it sent to you, with the
hope that you may find something in
it that will interest and benefit you.
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paid. This statement is made so that
you will know that you will not be
expected to pay for it.
If Carlisle ia right now, what a
financial fool he must have been in
1678. If he was right then, what a
truckling coward he muut be now!
Clivelakd is up among the buz-
zards and Hoax is down in the Georgia
jungles, and the Oklahoma officehunt-
ers are in the meantime in the sweat-
box, busted and disconsolate
Thk Norman Democrat says that F
y. Busch, recently elected city clerk at
that place, has left town "between
two days," leaving divers and sundry
creditors to mourn bis departure. He
was elected on the populist ticket, as u
reformer
Now that great mind, with a silver-
tipped tongue. Bob Ingersoll, declares
for silver and says to repeal the Sher-
man law without a substitute giving
free coinage of American silver would
work ruin to the country.
Thk financial question has broken
the old political lines. In the west
and south a great majority of all the
parties are for bi-metalism. silver on a
lust footing with gold In the east,
along the Atlantic coast, all parties
are about unanimous for a gold stand-
ard. This alone should convince the
west and south that they are right.
i LEI ELASl) 14 AK1SU EM I P. : be able to get a similar recommenda-
It is certain that if Oklahoma w ants "?n the P"*ldent from Senator
. . . . . . . rlatt. This provision, while originally
treatment it must *o to President inc,,rponitr<1 iu the hollst. bil]
Cleveland. Secretary Smith has dis- struck out by improving certain feat-
played a lamentable ignorance of our ures uf & scheme, and now it is pro-
condition and a discouraging upappre- ' to £et the president to withhold
, .. . . - . from settlement the land desired for
bear and the unju-t nation brougnt to elation of the character of our people, school purposes, and urge congress to
"liuierick. No question< were asked Smith is bitterly against home rule, set aside the same at the coming ses-
THE V S. SPIT VPOS.
On direr* occasions when other
couutrie* have attempted to treat un-
justly citizens of the I'nited States,
the power of this great nation, its
money and its navy were brought t«
about the character of the citizen of Cleveland is for it
this country: all he had to do was to | laying the strip opening
omiAf
Smith is for de- sion as school land. Those concerned
Cleveland m*tter are very much encour
. , . . rw%. ... aged over the chances of getting what
make a showing that he was being un s for hurrying it up. The following u,ev are asking for.
f '..-I'-CL' Hi ttie Kamfl ( It'. Jornal ————
opened an immediate cannonade by indicates that the president is getting
letter—and by lead if need be. j in his work on the strip matter and
Down here' in the southeast corner "leans to hurry up the opening. There
is goon news in it. too. for the educa
tional interests of Oklahoma
The official record kept at the Okla
homa experiment station for the month
of June shows a rainfall of 1.24 inches.
310 hours and f 9 minutes of sunshine,
an aveiage temperature of 7ti. 3 degrees.
The averages of extremes were re-
spectively 87.ti and G5 degrees. The
highest temperature was 103 degrees,
on the J4th. There were 22 clear days,
5 fair and 3 cloudy. The early hot
weather insured the wheat and the
late showers came in time for corn.
Many of the native plants of Okla
homa will dispute the fight of the
farmer to the land, and, if not prop-
erly treated, will become weeds diffi-
cult to subdue, and thus add greatly
to the cost of culture. The Oklahoma
experiment station at Stillwater, will
at an early date prepare a descriptive
list of these noxious plants, and the
director invites correspondence from
all parts of the territory. Write him
what are the worst weeds in your sec-
tion.
Kagle: It was a Kentucky woman,
we believe, who was told by the pope
when granted an audience that all
women except princesses knelt for his
blessing. Holding her head high and
looking the great prelate of the Romish
church straight in the face, this
daughter of the blue grass country re-
plied: "1, too, your holiness, am a
princess. In the country where I was
born the people are sovereign and I
am their daughter." "Take, then an
old man's blessing," said Leo, rising
In admiration. This, then, is the true . , .,
are carried sidewise out over the upper
spirit of the American woman Pure I rru. ,
r i wires, lhis leaves the fruit hanging
of the Indian territory is a tribe of
Indians called the Choctaw s. They
are mean, dirty and beligerant. They
have been in continuous internal war-
fare. Every member of that tribe is a
native of the United States. Gov.
Jones has certain bitter political ene-
mies. He has been anxious to kill
them off. Seven were arrested and
went through a farcial trial on the
charge of sedition. They were con-
victed and .'eQtenced
July 9th.
Ag ot Bennett realized the outrage
about to be perpetrated on American
soil—graver than any indignity ever
attempted on an American by any for-
eign nation—and he begged the I'nited
States government to stop the mur-
der This great government wrote
and wired Gov. Jones repeatedly. He
ignored all these messages. He silently
told the government of the L'uited
States to go to h—1 ! If a foreign na-
tion had done this, war would have
been declared and our iron clads, at an
expense of millions of dollars, would
have been sent against the insult*r of
the dignity of the strongest nation on
the globe.
Gov. Jones claims that the treaty
with the United States gives them the
absolute right to make their own laws
and govern their own subjects: that if
he wants to murder semi-offi^ially his
political opponents, that it is his busi-
ness and the United States has no
right to stick its nose in.
So, you see, if this idea prevails, we
have in this country, on free American
soil, a foreigu nation which can ig
nore and ridicule our laws and insult
this republic with impunity. What a
spectacle for enlightened Americanism
to gaze upon!
Cleveland and Smith and Lamont
say the government has the right to
interfere and that it proposes to stop
the murder. Jones says he'll kill the
men in spite of the Washington or-
ders. So the Choctaws have seceded
—done a thing to put down which
half a million men sacrificed their
lives thirty years ago.
The outcome of this will be awaited
breathlessly by 65,000,000 people who
have been declaring in their hearts
and from the rostrums of the land
that "this is the most powerful nation
of the earth—one whose dignity no
power dare to ignore or insult!" Now
a lot of dirty, greasy, lousy half-breed
Indians are about to spit in its face—
and some think we'll have to take it!
This nation has the power to wipe
the Choctaw nation or any other petty
seceders off the face of the earth. It
ought to do it- Every one of the live
foreign nations of the Indian Terri
tory should be conquered, by law.
Congress should extend statehood
over them, surround them with a civi-
lization which understands the power
of this country and will respect its
laws. The tribal governments over
there are a farce—a disgrace to Amer-
THE RECORD PI LLED.
The State Capital publishes else-
where in this issue a masterly arraign-
ment of Secretary Carlisle by Hon.
Assistant Attorney General Hall, of Charles S. Thomas. It proves him to
Georgia who runs the law shop fur be a shameful hypocrite—a man who
the department of the interior, spent n..u\: n . w.. , .
a dav at work getting up the pr£la '°r P"b"C P'ai e Slult,f-V h,!l L"on-
mation to be used bv the president in sclence and eat his own words. Car-
declaring the < herokee strip open to "sle was an able champion of the re-
settlement This may come to those monitiiation of silver in ls7i, when
who are interested like a clap of tnun- a
der. but it is true .11 the same. mhde S ma*niticent argument
The colonel did not like his job. nor ^f the utilization of all our trold
did he like the idea of working when and silver alike as full legal tender
the Other fellows about town were out money. At that time his views tri-
t" t* "hot on •-"> a vacation, but he has made ar- d d f fi
range me nts u leave on Friday for a • r'rs
vacation until some time in August. s'on the country rallied and permanent
He had not expected to pay any atten- prosperity was established. Carlisle
tion to the strip question uutil some at one time last spring ordered that
time after his return, but there was a __ , ...
change. Somehow the president sent ° * . r Cer 1 paid in
word to the department that he would * his was legal and it was sense,
like to have a draft of the proclama- Had this been done we would have
tion. The dormant condition at the heard of no gold l'amime. but Cleve-
department un all matters in general lAn > . ... ,, . . t , .
and on the strip matter in particular land aDd Wa" "treet 10014 hltu b? the
found nothing done, and the new ofti- throat and choked all the indepen-
cials were slow to recall what the deuce out of him. Like a scared dosr.
president could really mean when he lie winced and laid down. Then was
said "Cherokee strip. They had not ,. , . . . ,
read enough generally before coming the time for Urliale to show wheth. r
to town to locate at once the strip w as a man or a sycophant - and he
when it was referred to. But the iu- proved himself the latter. His elo-
quiry of the president caused the sec- <iUellt words in however, will
retary «>f the interior to tell the Geor- . , , , .
gia colonel that he had better prepare 5,and out 10 mock hlm °°w-to P™ve
a rough draft of the proclamation, so bim a coward and untrue to the corn-
it could be submitted to the president' mon people whose friend he was and
on his letura from Buzzard s Bay. „.hoge trugt he now betravs
lhe colo'icl expecting to be away at
that time made it necessary for nira ~
to work today. It may be of interest j Times-Journal: Dan Tucker was in
HOW TO UET IT. They now say Hoax has decided on
Various townsites over Oklahoma Ed- Dudo o1 El Keno, for secre-
which wer^ proved up under the $10 ■ t*r>
Thk Kuropeans coming to see the
world's fair are easing up the "gold
stringency" by copious importations.
Ani< now the president is laid up at
Buzzard's Bay with rheumatism. This
is sad news for the hungry fellows in
Oklahoma who are looking to be hit
with a fat job.
It is surprising how many fellows
you see sneaking out of town via a
back alley to go to the world's fair
without taking their wives along.
v commissioners, declaring that Ithe of SUL'h ,neB *6 «tevenson
>ecified territory shall, with the and Palmer and Springer, availed him
not. Verily, this is a hard world.
Now you have it. and now you don't.
Grapes have done wonderfully well
this year in Oklahoma Already we
have some enviable vineyards in bear-
ing. Good trellises for the new vine-
yards should always be provided. The
one just completed at the experiment
station at Stillwater is a model in it?,
way, and illustrates to those who see
it the system of trellising ami pruning
so successfully used by T. V. Munsou
in Denison. Texas. The posts stand
five feet eight inches out of the ground.
To the top is nailed a lx i cross piece
two feet long. Along each end of the
cross piece a wire is run so that there
are two top wires to the trellis two
feet apart. Eight inches below them
auother wire is ruu, it ueing fastened
directly to the pest. The theory of
this system provides thp.t one stroug
-•ane shall be brought up to the lower
wire. The top is then pinched off and
two side branches are run along the
wire, one each way. When the short
bearing branches the next year they
to those so deeply interested in getting from old Cantonment Saturday even-
the strip opened to settlement to know ; He is one a h j ,
how ir is that the work of preparing e .,
the proclumatioa has really been com iaD* w as *or a a white
inenced in spite of the dreary outlook woman. He is a full blood Arapahoe
and graduated from the Indian gov-
ernment school at Carlisle, Pa., in
1982. The training he received while
there doubtless gave him lofty aspira
tions, for no sooner had he returned
to the reservation than lie espoused
the hand in marriage of Miss Maude
Mclntyre. a pretty blonde teacher in
the Arapahoe sohool at Darlington.
Their marriage was performed less
than two years later and was heartily
applauded by the philanthropists and
employes at the school. Dan and his
white wife at once moved to the aban-
morals. independence of spirit, and
love of country constitute royalty.
Envy has already got in its work.
We have feared all along that the
greatness of the sawbuck's joy, our
boy Roy, would not be properly appre-
ciated. Pitman and Donovan wt
down within easy reach for spraying
and picking, and at the same time
keeps the fruit in the shade of the foli-
age. The bearing wood is renewed
from the top of the upright cane by
two side shoots brought out each year.
Perhaps many of our
for getting any business of that kind
done sinc^ a gang for t' e purpose of
delaying the opening had been organ-
ized and had complete control of the
secretary of the interior. The fact
that some of the Oklahoma fellows
had decided to explain the delay in
Oklahoma affairs to the president and
ask that he open the strip was made
known in these dispatches some days
ago it was also stated that the mat
ter had been partially explained at the
time and an agreement reached for
having the whole matter submitted in
writing and another conference ar-
ranged.
The president went away before the
conference could be held, but the talk
with him, which has since been sup-
plemented with a written statement
of the situation as far as controlled
and directed by Secretary Smith and
the Arkansas, Indian Territory and
Oklahoma gang of townsite snatchers
and cattle grazers, seems to have at-
tracted his attention to the extent of
prompting him to see the rough draft
of the proclamation opening to settle-
ment the Strip.
There is not the slightest doubt but
the president made this request as the
direct result of the information given
him by those who decided to abandon
Smith and ask that the president take
some steps personally to get the Strip
opened to settlement. It took the
president but a moment to spread con-
sternation at the interior department.
It was certainly cruel to make inqui-
ries about a matter that had been ar-
ranged and was working all right with
the gang.
On the other side the fellows who
are here and want to get the country
thrown open to settlement are very
much encouraged, and will do all they
can to keep lhe question before the
president. They w>U endeavor to
force Smith and the organized gang to
let go the Strip and reap whatever re-
ward they can in as short a space of
time as possible, as they hops to give
the settlers a show. Those looking
after the matter are certain that all
along the tight since they have taken
the affair to the president they are
placed at a disadvantage, because of
the fact that the real work is done at
the interior. They believe that it will
be but a small task for the president
to comprehend that it is impossible to
get certain things done at once, and
that they can delay and prevent the
opening of the Strip some time, no
mrtter how anxious the president
might be, wheu placed in full posses-
sion of the whole scheme, to throw
the Strip open to settlement.
This point was clearly indicated to-
day by Colonel Hall, who,in speaking of
the strip, was suspicious that it would
take some time for Colonel Duncan to
complete his partof the work in select-
ing the seventy preferred settlers, who
were provided for by owen in the orig-
inal agreement by way of an original
part of the townsite scheme, The
colonel recalled that the department
had not heard of the other colonel for
some time and he was very much
afraid that they would be delayed for
some time in getting the strip open to
settlement. This is a straw showing
what pretenses and devices will be en-
listed to thwart the efforts of those
who are trying to get the strip open
to settlement, even if they succeed in
making the president active in their
lause have been unable to get the
Snal proof money from the govern-
ment. owing to failure to properly put
in their applications. Some of these
towns wrote to Congressman Flynn to
look the matter up for them. He got
the law on the subject. He hands us
the following rules for application
laid down by ex Assistant Secretary
Chandler. Mr. Flynn says if every
application for townsite money, which
money goes to the school fund of the
town, is made out according to the
following instructions they will go
through without difficulty:
The following evidence should be1 judge Cbook has drifted in. lhe
furnished: I judge is a splendid citizen and a grand
First. A duly certified copy, under I democrat, but these qualities, added to
seal, of the order of the board of j
count
the spec-
assent of the qualified voters be an in-
corporated town: also the notice for a
meeting (if the electors, as required by
paragraph 5 of article 1. chapter 16 of
the statutes of Oklahoma
Second. A like certified copy of the
statement of the inspectors filed with
the board of county commissioners:
also a like certified copy of the order
of said board, declaring that the tow n
has been incorporated, as provided by
paragraph 9 of said article 1.
Third. A like certified copy of the
statement of the inspectors, filed with
the county clerk, declaring who were
elected to the offices of trustees, clerk.
marshal, assessor, treasurer aud jus-
tice of the peace, as provided by para-
graph 16 of said article 1.
Fourth. A like certified copy of the
town clerk, of the proceedings of the
board of trustees electing one of their
number president; also a copy of the
qualifications to act by each of the
officers mentioned, as provided by par-
agraph 19 of said article 1.
Fifth. A certified copy, by the town
clerk, of the proceedings of the board
of trustees, designating some officer of
the municipality to make application
for and to receive the moneys to be
paid by the secretary of the interior
Sixth. A proper application for the
money, by said designated officer.
THE FARMER IS DO/AO IT.
The American farmer is coming glo
riously to the rescue. He is throwing
the balance of trade our way and has
turned the American gold back home.
Wheat is now going to Europe at a
rate never before known and its ex
port is only limited by the tonnage
room to be had, the present low prices
inducing the freest of buying both on
English and continental account. The
four Atlantic ports exported during
the month of June 81^.500,000 bushels
of wheat and flour reduced to wheat
and the announcement is made that
The oklahoma editors may not look
like millionaires, but they will be well
fed,well clothed, sleek looking fellows
who will not give the people aloirg the
route to Chicago the idea that the fa-
berizers out here live on prairie dog
soup, seasoned with imagination.
Go to church tomorrow, you old
"skeezixs." Of course you think
you know a good deal more than
the preacher, but you don't. There is
not a preacher in town who can't teach
you a good many things, spiritual and
and intellectual. Go and give him a
chance at you..
That proclamation of Governor
Renfrow was the correct thing. The
presumption of the soldiers in driving
the cattle in on the farmers along our
northern border reached the degree
called goll. Thus were hundreds of
head of domestic cattle endangered.
The farmers are now protected.
doned military post ot Cantonment, j vessel room has already been engaged
fifty miles from the agency, where j for lO.OOO^d) bushels to go during
they have since resided The young July, which with the IS,500,000 bushels
Indian graduate has succeeded in the
business world, as he has a well im-
proved farm, a herd of 100 head of
stock and a bank account of over
Si,000. Dan is an exceptionally in-
dustrious Indian and one among the
very few who have improved the ad-
vantages proffered them by Uncle
Samuel.
sent abroad in June would make
28,500,000 bushels. This does not in-
clude the shipments from New Orleans
and Galveston and the Pacific coast,
which would easil}* raise the exports
to 30.000,000 bushels up to August 1.
leaving the July exports at only
10,000.000 bushels. But why should
they be less than June? Many in the
grain trade think they will be heavier
and contend with a good deal of vehe-
meney that they will be larger and
that the official figures at the end of
July will show that 40.000.000 bushels
of wheat and flour reduced to wheat
rp, ^ , A „ . ~ j were sent abroad during the months
lhree-year-old apple trees have r . . , , , . ,
of June and July, which at the present
price of wheat in New York. 70c. the
lowest for many years, represents a
valuation of $28,000,000.
, . , . w *re up i readerh yvill be glad to tr, this system,
here the other day praying for Rome-: . .. .
^ , , . I In case they should thev could proba
thing. Gov. Roy must have headed , . , . , , *
sly get further information by writing
them oft, for they went home and in , , .. . . ...
to the horticulturist of the experiment
the Press-Gazet e were these exempli 1
fications of democratic harmon\.
It is a strange state of affairs when j
a beardless boy. a prodigy iu fact, is
being allowed to dictate the policy of
the democratic party iu this territory.
The prodigy has tackled the wrong
people when he throws his slurs at the
Press-Gazette. This paper represents
and has the good will of the majority
of the democrats in this territory, and
will not stand any back talk from a
kid who never voted for a democratic
candidate for president in his life.
to the
station at Stillwater, Okla.
support. But they are encouraged, all
the same to think that the president
horticultural ' liai5 matJe inquiry about the strip open
ing and that this inquiry stirred up
the sleepiug and scheming beauty at
the intorior department to the extent
that the legal part of the establish-
ment has commenced to work in get-
ting up the wording of the proclama-
tion.
. .. _ . , . Ex-Senator Dawes, who for years
the official opinion of; Berved ol) lhe senate commit& on
Judges Green and Burford in the j Indian affairs, and who has the
Clark-Dale case today. The State confidence ot the president in all
Capital was unable to get more than 1 matters, has agreed to r.com
, mend that the president set aside two
a synopsis when the mstter occurred. se, liotls in eacU township for educa-
The official decision corrects a good I tional purposes This is tfie request
manv points in which the people hail ! made by the president of the Oklaho-
got a mistaken idea. It is clear and | ,ua, "diversity and others interested
..... I and concerned in the educational in-
unimpeachable, oased on reason and | stitutions of the territory. The friends
law. I of this movement are sure they will
Fruit trees have made a wonderful
growth this spring. We have at hand
some actual figures on the question.
They are from measurements made by
the horticulturist of the experiment
station at' Stillwater, Oklahoma, June
24'.h
made a growth this season of twelve
to fourteen inches. Haas made
fourteen inches; Maiden's Blush,twelve
and one-half inches, and Huntsman's
Favorite, twelve inches. Peaches
have made a growth as great as two
feet and three inches; apricots and
pears, one foot and eight inches, and
grapes, eight feet and three inches.
The Goethe grape made the greatest
growth as shown above. Champion
made seven feet seven inches, Clinton
made seven feet three inches and
Moore's Early made six feet three
inches. This isn't a bad showing for
a spring when late frosts, cyclones and
hail storms have been doing their best
to discourage vegetation altogether.
Twentt acres of prairie sod is being
turned now in the department of agri-
culture of the Oklahoma experiment
station. Professor Magi udor has de-
cided to divide this breaking into six
plats to be treated as follows: First
division: Planted at once to cow peas
at the rate of one bushel to the acre.
This will be done with the ordinary
wheat press drill without any previous I v,c'°"s plant has leaves strongly like
disking of the sod. Second division: |the citr0n melon^^ yeUow flower, and
Planted same as No. 1 except thor tt Stem thickl.v set with sl" rP- sting,
oughly disked before seeding. Third ! lng 9Plnes' 11 should not be allowed ,
division: Rolled with an 1,100 pound j t0 make seed> but should be cut off
iron roller to level and planted in | and a p.inch of salt applied to the part
corn. Fourth division: Same as No
3 but planted in millet
Ghape growers need not expect any
immunity from the diseases which
growers elsewhere have to fight. Prof
F. A. Waugh. horticulturist of the
Oklahoma experiment station, says
that he has found undoubted cases of
black rot and anthracnose on grapes
in the vicinity of Stillwater. The dis-
eases have not appeared to any alarm
ing extent, however. It means only
that farmers must be prepared to meet
them when their vineyards come into
bearing. These diseases can all be
successfully fought with spraying mix
tures.
Norman Democrat: All this talk
about northern and southern demo-
crats is foolishness. What difference
does it make where a man comes from
if he is only an Oklahoma democrat?
This question never would be brought
up if it were not for the fact that a
few office seekers expected to be bene-
fitted by it.
How can the northern democrats
forget it when every "sawbuck" dem-
ocrat from Hoax Smith down shoves
the southern bossism under their
noses. The south now has the world
by the tail—and nobody knows it bet-
ter than they "do, or works to hold it
with more assiduity.
BEAR CREEK BEARINGS.
Thk director of the experiment sta-
tion would call the attention of the
Oklahoma farmers to a plant that al-
ready shows a dangerous tendency to
spread and become a pest. This is the
Horse Nettle, Bull Nettle or Prickly
Potato, Solanum rostratum. This
j remaining in the ground.
The Fourth - f July was honored east
of Dodsworth with a picnic; music, a
dance in the afternoon and at night
and a general good time. Also, at
Pleasant Ridge the citizens celebrated
t ie day in a way highly commendable
to the people of a country so new.
Notwithstanding: the sun's hot rays
the day was pleasant in the shade and
under the booth so nicely prepared for
tie occasion. At a seasonable hour
wagons were seen coming from all di-
rections loaded with people and some-
thing good to eat. In the forenoon
good music, singing and speaking, for
which a little girl aud Mrs. Cuppe won
many laurels. Then a parade of young
ladies with a few boys in the same re-
galia. All honor to the young people
of Oklahoma. Then dinner, wnich. al-
though good, was soon set aside, for
we have that every day. After dinner
music, singing, and speeches from
County Attorney Huston and Hon. T.
G. Risley, which made a large audi-
ence feel that it was good to be there,
and we could say heartilj' we were
fortunate and highly favored in meet-
ing with and hearing some of Guthrie's,
if not Oklahom's best orators.
The Sunday school succeeded be-
yond its expectations in the refresh-
ment stand. Good order and general
good feeling prevailed throughout the
day, and late in the afternoon the
crowd separated, we hope both wiser
and better.
Miss Mary Hubbard is very sick at
this writing.
July 5th Mrs. Lewis Vampner was
surprised with a visit from Mrs. H. F.
Smith, of Guthrie', and her sister, from
Indianapolis, and Mrs. Smith and sis-
ter, Mrs. Will Vampner and Mrs.
Davis, mother of the lady in charge of
the store at Dodsworth, also gave the
postoliice a pleasant call. S. £. u.
Fifth division .
will bt divided into ten equal plats he Cherokee commission failed to
and one plat seeded to cow peas every raa^ea treaty with the Ponca Indians
other daj until all are planted. The ! *or reservation in the Cherokee
object of this is to determine the StriP* The Kavv Oibe has. however,
length of the cow pea season. Sixth a^reed to treat> aD(i ^eir reservation
division will not be planted. The j soon thrown open to settle-
foregoing plan has been adopted to as ' ment- contains over loo.uoo acres,
certain the most economic treatment 'u the Arkansas valley bor-
of the raw prairie to bring into best ! der'Dff 011 the Kansas line, and is very
cultivation at least cost, and in the ,a,ld The tribe is small, and so
shortest time, with most profit as to ' m0h* will go to the white
crops grown. Careful observation as
to the character of
I settlers.
Thk index
the soil will be I Thk index for the statutes is not
made next season, when the entire , quite ready for the printer. It will
twenty acres will be planted in one be done. Judge Brown savs. next week
crop. '1 he condition of the soil and I It will be a beauty and a joy forever,
yield of the different divisions will as it is elaborate, enabling you to turn
show the best manner of handling the j to anything you want with dexterity
sod for the above mentioned purposes. ■ aud precision
Cattle Must Go.
A week ago the soldiers who had
been-scouting on the Cherokee strip
most of the time for the past two
years were ordered to Texas, and sev-
eral companies who h-ive been on the
Mexican frontier for years were
brought up to guard the strip.
Although the troop that have been
on the strip so long have continu-
ously reported no cattle there, the
new detachment seems to have better
eyesight, for the other day a squad of
them drove I',000 cattle off the strip at
Orlando, and another company is
rounding up 5 000 more on the South
Fork. It really looks as though the
cattle would be compelled to go, and
the prospective settlers are rejoicing
accordingly.
Miss Anne Curtis, from i.ittle Rock.
Ark., is here visiting her sister. Mrs.
Edwin Witherell.
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Greer, Frank H. Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 15, 1893, newspaper, July 15, 1893; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metapth352736/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.