The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-07-22
TERRITORY STATISTICS.
The Phoenix Gives Some Facts and
Figures worthy a Place In
Your Scrap Book.

area than Connecticut. Delaware,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire.
New Jersey, Rhode Island and
Vermont combined. II is larger
than South Carolina OF West Vir-
gina aud nearly as large as In
diana. Maine or Kentucky.
The population of the Indian
Territory is greater than that of
Arizona. Dakota, Delaware, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada. New Mexico.
North Dakota, Oregon. Rhode Is
land, South Dakota. Utah, Yer
mont. Washington or Wyoming.
From the above it can be seen
that the Indian Territory is ahead
of many other states both as re
CARDS area and population. In
some respects, however. the Indian
Territory is far behind any other
spot, with approximately the same
area and population, in the United
States. Four fifths of the pOpula-
ton of the Indian Territory is
made mp of white mon citizens. "
persons having Il" right oi owner
ship ia the soil. but lawful resi-
dents and loyal citizens. For the
benefit and welfare of this vast
army there iS not within all this
fair land single public school.
orphan asylum, insane asylum.
poor house or hospital. The In
dian nations have these institu-
tions in less or greater abundance.
but their doors are open To the
Indians alone. The whites com
posing in large measure the
population, are practically without
any of these institutions that
abound everywhere else in every
civilized land. Their children have
no schools to attend. their orphans
have no home to go 10 for pIotec-
ton, their afflicted and helpless no
spot to which they can appeal as a
last resort. The appalling re-
suits which must surely follow
such a system of existence by such
large body of people will mani
fest themselves in due time and the
harvest will be marked with ignOr-
ance aud crime Without facili-
ties for education and refinement
the children will grow mp ignorant.
and ignorance aud crime go hand
in hand. Without homes for the
afflicted and demented and help
less. these types of the unfortunate
pOpulace stalk through the land
breeding misery and disease and
crime. Their number naturally
increases with the increase of p0pu.
latinRs,
( The towns of the Indian Terri
tory. composed largely of white
citizens, legal residents. have for
the most part no municipal gov
ernment. no system of public
school or public institutions, no
taxes. no laws, no police protee-
tion, no parks. no fire protection.
no health department. no organized
system of government of any kind.
As they grow in size the direful
results of this lack of government
become positively burdensome to
the better class of citizens. Nothing
can be done toward preventing the
obnoxious citizen from making his
premises obnoxious. The streets
and alleys aud public highways
have 10 qare hecaHse there Is lack
OF both taxes for such purposes
and organized government to look
after such affairs. All improve
ments having tendenc y to beauti-
fy, and purify a town are woefully
neglected. As consequence
local pride and loyalty and interest
are lacking ard people just don't {
care If everything does go to the
dogs"
Now, the Indian Territory has
grown just about as big as she can
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