The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-09-05
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TIE CHERoKEE NATION.
Gen. Fairchild Of Wisconsin, Q
member OF the commission on the
Cherokee strip, says that the Chero-
kee nation will eventually be . por-
ton Of q new state. The leaders Of
the Chsrokees desire II, and realize
that Il IL only . matter Of time.
1.-THE land that we are trying to
buy at present." said General Fair
child, speaking Of the duties Of the
commission, consists Of about
8,OOO,O acres, known rs the Chsro-
kee outlet or strip. The members
Of the Cherokee nation live east Of
the outlet on another tract Of about
500, 5000 acres. The tract which
the government wants to buy il
rented Tor Pasturing cattle and
yields the Cherokees an income of
500, 600 per year. II Is q fine eoun-
try. The soil II excellent and 50 IL
the pasturage. I doubt whether n
rural people ever hal such q patri-
mony. The price which has been
offered the nation IL fixed by the law
authorizing the purchase at sI.25
per acre, or about $500. 600 In the
aggregate. The land IL held by the
people in common. Each member
Of the nation IL allowed to work any
unOccupied tract he selects, and
such 4 thing as fee simple IL not
known
When asked II CherOkees would
sell lie replied that he thought they
would. The council meets in NO
vember to act upon the offer made.
There are between 10000 600 and 3d.
OF, 600 acres Of other land In the
Indian Territory which the COM
mission will open for settlement In
the near future. This land lies
south OF the ChOctaws, ApaehGs aud
other tribes. Mr.. Wilson of the
commission, IL now In IN Talequah
conducting negotiations for buying
a tract held by one Of these tribes.
II these positively TOretOld events
should come 10 pass, away goes the
rest Of Wichita's population.
THAT Farm MORTGAGE MATTER
In quoting tine figures Oh farm
mortgages from tile BdHk'rs Monthly
the other day the Capital for the
moment neglected to notice just
what the figures for Kansas were,
noting them merely In comparison.
AZ the figures stand Kansas presents
o splendid condition, having a farm
Indebtedness Of but One-third Of
Indiana, One-half Of Iowa or Mich
igan and one-fifth of Ohio.
The above Is the beginning Of an
editorial article in the Topeka Cap
Hdl; following IL Is an estimate
showing the mortgage Indebtedness
OF Kansas to he very small as COM
pared with the $235. OOO.OOO men,
toned In the statement reported to
have come fIOm the BANKERS Month
~, which paper, by the way, ought
to be ashamed Of itself for having
scattered so grossly exaggerated a
statement broadcast. The Capital
IL TO he commended for frankly adj
hitting its mistake in accepting the
above figures unhesitatingly. But
we are sorry, everybody IL sorry
that such an admission was necessary,
for the Capital Is a sort Of leader.
The publication OF this libel on Kan
sas-that is, that her mortgage in
debtedness was s235, 900, OOO-was an
outrage. There Is enough to bear
without that kind of error. II was
encouragement even In these good
times, when the crops are unsur-
passed, and everybody Is happy over
the Frightening prospect. The Cap
HdI must not make such breaks nv
that. The JOURNAL Ia its last issue
at once discredited the mortgage
figures, and placed them where they
belonged-amOng the rot produced
by croakers, for the consumption Of
other croakcrs. The figures above
turn out to be In round numbers the
value Of the farms Of the state. The
mortgage indebtedness is probably
less than s4O,OOO,OGO.