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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24
THE INDIAN NATION.
SchOolhouses, Courts and Other Evidences
OF Civilization.

People of the East have a mistaken
impression regarding the Indian ma
tion," said Senator j. M. La Hoy Of
Claremore, who is a member of the
Cherokee delegation, at the National.
In the Cherokee nation alone there
are 125 primary schools kept up by
our government. In addition to these
there Ia an orphan asylum, with 23O
inmates, high schools, female and
male seminaries, asylums for the in
sane and blind and one freedmens
high school. The interest on the 3d.
100000 United States bonds held by
our nation, pays the expenses of our
government, and our people have no
taxes to pay.
Every person who is interested In
having the Indian nation turned into
states is interested in land sites.
There is selfish motive in the whole
scheme. Our climate is something
like the climate of Washington. The
wheat harvest comes about June J.,
and often we plant corn in March. AS
to railroads, we have the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, the st. Louis and
San Francisco, and the X. and A. w.,
a branch of the Iron Mountain, on the
east side. On the west side are the
Sante Fe and the Rock Island, and
then there is the Choctaw, Omaha and
Southern running east and west
through the territory.
"Our capital, Tahlequah, has about
1000 inhabitants. Instead of a gov
ernor and lieutenant governor. we
have first and second chief. We
have treasurer, secretary and audi
tor, and a senate and house to formu-
late legislation. Each district has
its courts. We have district, circuit
and supreme courts. Indians have al
ways been on the bench. II any ques-
ton comes up that pertains to the in
terest of all the nations, an interna-
tional council Is held. Delegations
from each tribe meet for consultation.
ways and means committee.
"A great many think our nation oc-
cupies the same relation toward the
United States as the northwest Indian
reservations. This is not So We
have a patent fee simple. The land
belongs to us; 1t is ours. Many think
we live on a great reservation, conse-
quently the government should take
charge Of it. They think the Indians
grow up In ignorance. We have as
good school facilities as the United
States. We spend more per capita for
schools than any state in the Union.
Another great hobby made use of
through the press, and a good many
of our enemies say the same, Is that
we have invited 100000 people into
the nations. We deny this. and main
tain that they are there for the pur-
pose of lettering their condition Our
land can't be sold to outsiders. Any
one can make improvements in the
domain, and can use the land. I'm
provements can be sold. People from
the outside can rent land, but they
have no votes there, no political
rights. "-Washington Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24

Here is a true enough dog story,
Among Tom Ford's chums were sever
al incorrigible foragers. When General
Lowell H. Rousseau. the gallant Ken
tuckian, commanded the division, ne
had strict orders against foraging. One
day he saw Ford's chums carrying
dressed sheep to camp. An ofiicer was
directed to arrest the foragers and
march them to his side. You have
been stealing sheep" said the General.
I'VE killed this one In self-defense,"
said a young butcher, He was about
to collide with u.s."
Nonsense! Take that mutton 10
my headquarters and go to your
camp" snapped the General.
One of the crowd of forgares hung
about Rousseau's cooktent that night
long enough to learn that their NUT
ton was to go to the Generals mess
The next day the same batch OF for
ayers were again caught with a large,
fat sheep, well dressed This time
the General scolded them savageiy
and threatened them with dire trouble
IL they killed another sheep. AS on
the previous occasion the mutton was
sent to the Generals mess and eaten
by him and his staff. A few days
later, when Rousseau and some friends
rode through camp the men In Ford's
company barked like SO many New
foundland dogs. This nettled the Ken
tuckian, and he demanded of the Cap
tain to know what it meant.
II can't tell you, General"
Then call out one of your men and
let me question him."
One of the foragers was trotted out.
What do you mean by barking as l
came into this camp? Tell me the
truth
well, General, you remember that
last sheep you had taken from us and
sent to your mess, and that you and
the staff feasted on, don't you?"
Yes, but what has that got to do
with this Internal -wowing?"
Everything, General; that wasn't
sheep at ALL it was Newfoundland
dog. Chicago Times Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24
Some Portraits In Wood.

A curious freak of nature was run
across the other day by M. Hauge, a
Minneapolis carpenter. While PLAN
ing piece of maple his plane revealed
to view black vein in the wood, and
he was struck by a strange quirk in
natures photography. 1t was cross
grained piece, and in bunch of black
veins a face was plainly distinguish
able. Hauge was afraid to enter deep
er for fear of spelling the image, and
he cut out the section and polished It.
The wood then showed the combine
tor of three heads. The whole, when
held at a distance, reveals an excellent
likeness of Sir Walter Raleigh. When
held nearer the upper portion is .
clean-cut representation OF Queen Eliz-
abeth, run and all. even to the peculiar
smooth dressing of the hair away from
the forehead. Below the head of Eliza
beth Is the face of Shakespeare, quite
clear. except that portion of the
pointed beard and the upper left tenn
pie are missing. The bit of wood bear
ing the remarkable trio of natural per-
traits is two inches long and three
quarters of an inch thick.--St. Paul
special to the Philadelphia Press"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24


Just to show what they could do.
some rats once ate fifty feet Of lead
pipe under a bath room and over the
kitchen Of a big hotel In this city. The
floor OF the bath room was marble and
under IL was fireproof floor made of
iron beams and hollow tiles. The
pipes were laid In the space between
the floor and the Orders. Rats were
attracted thereto by the odors from
the kitchen. They met the lead pipes.
When their appetites were satisfied
the space was filled with lead dust.
Rats like to eat drain pipes from
kitchen sinks, because they are lined
with grease. The only way to keep
them away is to pack the pipes with
mineral WOOL Mineral wool is a sub
stance made of furnace Stag through
which jet of air has been forced
while 1t cooled. The mineral wool
gets into the eyes OF the rats and
drives them away. Modern plumbers
discourage rats by laying iron instead
of lead pipes.
Rats, strange to say, are great
breeders of sewer gas. They gather
up bones and scraps Of meat about the
kitchen yard and carry them up into
the rafters between floors and ceilings.
The presence of this plumber is sooner
or later discovered by the odor, and
the plumber is sent for to discover
whence the sewer gas comes. 1t is
not always well to tell the household
er the truth.
Thus it is the humble brown house
rat helps his friend, the plumber,
earn an honest livelihood, and the
plumber thanks him in his own gentle
way. Kansas City Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24
A Picture of China To-day.

Mandarindom literally goeth about
as roaring lion seeking what 1t can
devour. officers are held at fixed
prices by metropolitan and provincial
authorities; taxes are collected in full
but are decimated before they reach
the imperial treasury; "the big fish
eat the little fish, and the little fish
eat mud" by which smile the Chinese
proverb expresses aptly the fact that
the great officials feed upon the smaller
ones, and that they in turn feed upon
the people. No Official position in the
Empire can be obtained without the
use of money, nor retained without IL
legal practices. II then nothing can
be hoped for from the rulers of China
what can be said about the student
class which is placed at the head of the
four divisions of the people? This
class is conceited beyond endurance;
they still speak of the round heaven
and square EARTH" and dilate upon the
five elements" Foreigners are still
to them barbarians who came to China
to learn the laws of propriety; the five
great Continents represent only divis-
ions of ancient feudal States tributary
to their country, and commerce is des-
pissed as only being taken up by those
who have not the mental power to
master books. They wear their large
goggles, cultivate their finger nails
into enormous lengths, assume the
staggering gait with which Confucius
is said to have walked, and have a
silent contempt for all but themselves.
They regard woman as their inferior
and rightful slave.-North China
Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24

While feeding his stock one day last
fall Jack Dodge, an old hunter of
Lanesboro, Penn, had his attention
attracted by the strange actions of a
squirrel on the ground. He approach
ed the animal and discovered large
rattlesnake in front OF the squirrel.
The squirrel got nearer and nearer to
the snake until the snake opened its
mouth and seized the little animal.
After the snake had partially swal-
lowed his prey Dodge tried to kill the
snake with a pole, when the reptile
threw the squirrel from his mouth and
sprang at the man, but a second stroke
of the pole killed the snake. It was
six feet long
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24
A Queer Cucumber.

Mrs. Rose Marimon found in her
garden the middle of last July Gu
cumber eleven inches long and twelve
inches in circumference which she left
for seed. but looked in vain for the
vegetable to ripen and turn yellow.
The first week in September 1t was
discovered to be loose from the vine,
and was taken in the house and put
away. To-day 1t is as green and firm
as 1t was in July, and there is no in
dication that 1t will ever Change its
state. Mrs. Marimon Las been gard
ening for forty years. and never OBJ
served the like of this cucumber be-
fore.-Harrodsburg (Ky.) Sayings,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24

80 i've In shade, yet trust the sun.
10 bravely creep while others run,
10 suffer pain and still believe
That Just enough one will receive;
To feel no envy when the best
OF precious gifts are given the rest,
Persuaded that each lot must be
Tho best for each eternally-
Is truest faith.
TO bear with wrong and wait for right
Believing that the darkest night
Means only growth for timorous seeds
To see some good In rankest weeds,
To feel the love that watches DER
Those left behind. those gone before;
To be bereft, yet know no loss.
And thus the highest faith indorse-
Is true content.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24

An Englishman has Just completed
a journey of 1000 miles on a motor
car through England and Scotland. He
was five weeks travelling and used ia
gallons of oil, which made his travel
ing cost him three farthings "a cent
and q half n mile.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24

English wreckers, who were trying
to save the cargo of the steamer Alden,
which went ashore on the Island Of
Socotra last June. after being driven
on forcibly by the natives. discovered
that the socotrans' right to wreckage
cast upon their coast had been recog-
niEed by Great Britain By treaty.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24

A palm over a hundred years old
and costing several thousand dollars
has been added to Miss Helen Gould's
collection of plants at Irvington-on-
he-Hudson.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24

which she had lost sleep. and In which
she had been finally aided by an Hitter
ate colored servant going there. to re-
turn next day-it must reach her on
the day before Valentines. This day
had come and gone. and her valentine
had not returned to her. Had the
negro failed to mail It? Had 1t re-
mained all night In the postofice-in
possession of her lover? Would she
ever see 1t again? Would her brother
ever. ever. ever get through with the
children and finish giving out their
valentines?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24


''if you want the old one back again
and me along with it,
The newect models of cape and
cloaks seen in Paris have the fronts
curving from the throat to the back,
instead of falling straight, and making
right angle with the lower edge. The
curve is not accentuated to the degree
where the back would be much longer
than the sides. The style is pretty,
and will be much in evidence for early
spring.
Straps Of braid terminate on many
costumes with the addition of tiny
buckles or fancy buttons, and tailor
The necessary button is small, but the
one for ornament only Is rather large.
In these, as in gimps and buckles, cut
steel, Jet and jewelled designs out
number all others.
Light, tissue materials in medium
qualities will be in demand another
season. Chiffons. gauzes, nets, Liberty
silk and mousselines in endless variety
of coloring will soon be seen in the
stores, and for evening wear will prove
both satisfactory and stylish.
Black net, the simpler laces and all
the black gauzes and tulles are worn
by debutantes, but sequins or frills OF
plated mousseline are considered in
better taste for trimming than the jet
and steel embroidery employed in the
trimming Of these gowns for older
persons.
One of the lowest things that even
very depraved and unprincipled pee
son ever did Is to collect torn scraps
from anybody's waste basket and to
read them. To print them or otherwise
make them public Is thing really too
contemplate to contemplate in crdin-
airy circumstances. But this case, IL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24


them"
Such obduracy was indeed hard to
comprehend.
AS the years passed, II her brother
began to suspect, he made no signs OF
1t save in an added tenderness. And
of course, he could not know.
On the anniversary upon which this
little record of her life had opened, the
situation was somewhat exceptional.
The valentine had hitherto always
been mailed in Simpkinsville-her own
town. This postmark mad been noted
and commented upon, and yet it had
seemed impossible to have 1t other
wise. But this year, in spite of many
complications and difficulties, she had
resolved that the envelope should tell
a new story.
The farthest point from which, with
in her possible acquaintance, 1t would
naturally hail was the railroad town oil
let us call 1t Hope.
The extreme difficulty in the case lay
in the fact that the postoffice here was
kept by her old lover, Eli Taylor.
Here, for ten years, he had lived
his reticent bachelor days, selling plows
and s7y6en seed and cotton prints and
patent medicine. and keeping postoffict
In small corner of his store.
Everybody knows how a spot, gazed
at intently for long time, changes
color from red to green and then to
white.
AS Miss Jemima pondered upon the
thought of sending herself valentine
through her old lovers hands, the
color of the scheme began to change
from impossible green to rosy red.
By the only possible plan by which
she could manage secretly to have the
valentine mailed in Eope-a plan over
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
Rough Riders to be Mustered Out.

Owing to the peculiar conditions
OF the case the First United States
Volunteer Cavalry (Roosevelt's
rough riders) will be mustered ont
at once, without the two months
furlough with pay allowed every
volunteer regiment that partici-
pated in the campaigns in Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines.
The reason for this apparent dis
elimination is that the regiment,
according to representations made
by its commanding officers, did
not desire the furlough, but pre-
ferred to be disbanced immediate
ly. Although the pay for officers
and men will cease when they are
mustered out, they will be entitled
to an allowance of what is known
as "travel pay" sufficient to take
each individual member to his
home. As is well known, this
regiment was recruited from all
ranks of society, in different parts
OF the country, and there was no
place where they could be ordered
as body to be mustered out which
would be more convenient TO the
mass of men individually than the
camp where they are now located
on Montauk Point.
According to a high official of
the war department, the men OF
the regiment have no ground OF
complaint against the war depart
ment in the matter of their dis
charge, for the reason that the de-
partment did exactly what their
commanding officer represented
that they desired to have done.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
Attorney ]. C. johnson, of the

J. c. johnson, of the
Missouri Valley Trust company,
stopped over in Greenfield today,
ell route for Springfield. They
had been in Vinita, l. T., on busi-
ness connected with the Monte
yuma mine, in which Mr.. Howard
held oue-third interest. While
there it was discovered that the
share Howard held, amounting to
$4,000 had been purchased by
Howard under Misrepresentation
last year and that the rightful
owner was George Peabody, a
poor man with large family, and
that Mr.. Howard could only hold
the interest by taking what right
fully belonged to Peabody, who
did not have money enough to
fight it out in the courts.
Mr.. Howard Immediately trans
ferred his stock to Peabody and
only received about $3.50 in return
for the $4,000 share which he
could, had he been dishonest, dis.
posed of for s10,000on an hours
notice.
Mr.. Howard is known in the
territory as Colonel Bon" and
has quite a reputation for bravery.
He is the one who held three des-
perate whiskey peddlers at bay
while his partner went for United
States marshal. He also saved the
lives of two ladies from a drunken
mob and had to shoot one man,
himself receiving a bullet that
plowed through his hair. His &C.
tion in turning over his share in
the Montezuma has elected loud
praise.
Mr.. Howard's home is in Stock.
ton. Cedar county, where he has
been employed for some time in
one of the leading business enter
prises. He had paralytic stroke
at Ft. Smith, Ark, and is hardly
able to walk.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15

The ill-adyised fight wagered by
the Alton Advance upon certain
citizens of that town has born fruit
in the form of another newspaper
in that busy village. 1t is not that
those men are opposed to free
schools in Alton, for if the town
ever has free schools, or any other
kind of schools they will be sup
ported very largely by the people
the indiscreet Advance is fighting
so hard. The abuse the editor Of
the Advance continues to heap up
on the heads of some of the towns
best business men will not be con-
ducive to the growth of the town
nor bring free schools any .earlIer.
A little common horse sense would
suggest a better way of dealing
with a public question. The
foolishness of the Advance has
built up a rival that from all ap-
pearances will at least divide its
business, if not eventually drive il
from the field altogether.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
Rock Greek Notes.

Our hot weather Is over.
Henry sayers sold farm last Tuesday to
Julius Paine
John Fox and Ernest Perry are going to
school in Vinita this year.
Cal Gunter intends to build a new house
on his farm where Mr.. Miles is living.
The Ladies Aid society from Adair met
with Mrs +. W. Propp last Thursday.
Some of the farmers are going to buy
wheat again. the plowing is almost all done.
Mrs. Dave yIckers is quite sick with the
fever also one OF the children has been sick.
Several in this vicinity attended the re-
union at Baxter Springs last week and re-
port q good time.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15

II is not necessary to get out of
patience, or even in a hurry for
the provisions of the Curtis law
relative to townsites to be put into
operation. Perhaps something
better will be secured when con-
gress meets. Most of the towns in
the Cherokee nation can afford to
wait, and they will not be lost OF
get any smaller in size. 1t is the
opinion Of many that the Chero-
KEGS are not SO badly left after all
1t is fortunate that we have es-
capped such monstrosities as the
Choctaw- Chickasaw, or the Greek
agreement. The United States
government will certainly neyel
give us anything worse than these
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15

work or three dollars per year
street tax. The disposition to OBJ
ject to anything and everything
attempted by the city government
is not general among the citizens
of Vinita, but may be located in
the busy brains of a half dozen
malcontents, who seem to be very
sore because the voters at the re-
cent city election refused to turn
the town over to them.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
Who Is "COlOnel BOn!r

A Greenfield, Mo-, dispatch to
the Springfield Republican of the
lst takes into account a great
Indian Territory parsonage, who
we fear is not SO we'll known as
his character warrants. 1t says;
Bon Howard, accompanied by
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-15
Leon Willard returned to his home in Bax

Leon Willard returned TO his home In Bsx
ter Springs. Kan, after weeks visit with
his sister and other relatives.
The wheat in this locality is poor. only
three to four bushels to the acre and the oats
is not being thrashed and the flax is not
good.
Mrs. Mulkey died at her home on the
whitney farm last Friday afternoon and
was buried Saturday in the Adair cemetery.
She leaves a husband and several smad
children.
Miss Edna Laney died at Sam stilley's last
Tuesday. She. with her father and sister
Flora, were on their way home 10 Miami,
when she took with a chill in the morning
and died that night. She formerly lived
near the Grove Point school house and was
well known here.