Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-09-11

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removed by tie lSt 81 November,
and lint the remaining half tn.
gether with all the property and
employees Of the Cherokee strip
Live Stock Association, shall be
removed by the LIST Of December.
Mai Calvin Hood, OF Emporia,
Kan, has been here for several
days urging the President and the
secretary Of the Interior 70 extend
the time and to-day he succeeded
in obtaining from the President a
promise Of q modification on con-
dition that the officers and mem
bers Of the Cherokee Strip Live
Stock Association viii sign q writ
ten agreement to obey the modified
order. Maj, Haod came as a rep
resenlatiye Of the association, and
is authorized to make the agree
ment indicated, As soon rs a
written statement is received from
the cattlemen tho President will
issue the promised order.
Secretary Rusk has been very
active in the matter in behalf Of
the cattlemen, and lie is largely
responsible for the result Secre-
tary Rusk took the position that
the removal of the cattle at this
time would practically ruin the
market at Kansas City, and effect
great injury to the cattle growers
Of Kansas and Missouri. 1t is es-
timated that there are 200, GOO
cattle in the strip, and to put them
all on the market al once would
have bad effect for the balance
Of the season. The cattle are now
in poor condition on account of
the drouth which prevailed during
June, July and August, and it will
take at least a month or six weeks
to prepare them for market. 1t
was originally intended to market
them in July, which was prevent
ed by the drouth, and, while the
grass is good at present, owing to
the recent rains, it will be some
time before the cattle can be put
in a marketable condition. Secre.
tary Rusk aided Maj. Hood in
urging the matter upon the Pres
ident and their efforts were this
afternoon successful.
1.-THE modification of the order
of removal" (" said Maj. Hood to-
night, twill be worth a million of
dollars to the cattle growers of
Missouri aud Kansas, not to men,
tion the benefit to the Cherokee
Strip Live Stock Association.
Had they been compelled to mar
ket their cattle this month, in ac-
cordance with the original order,
they would have lost heavily,
owing to the poor condition of the
cattle, and the market would have
been so flooded that it would have
taken many months TO recover the
ion. Us it is the fall rrins.
have now set in and the grass is
becoming good The cattle will
be in fine condition in another
month or six weeks, and by the
first Of November at least one-half
of them in the Cherokee strip viii
have been put upon the market
The effect will not be especially
and the market viii
not be injured. The balance Of
them can 90 on the market during
the most of November, and the
Cherokee strip will be cleared of
cattle by the frtt Of December.
The strip has not yet been pur-
chased by the government, so that
Is inconyenienced by the
delay Of ninety days. The mod
ification promised will be entirely
satisfactory to the cattlemen and
they will carry out their part of
the contract to the letter."
Maj. Hood has already received
telegrams approving his action
and the agreement from President
Hewins and other members Of the
Cherokee Strip Live Stock Associ-
alton tits expected that a writ
ten agreement to carry out the
conditions named by the President
will be received from the cattle
men in a few days and the Pres
ident will then issue his modified
order.