The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
DAWES COMMISSION HAVE nADE
ELABORATE REPoRT-ScnOoL
SUPERVISORS APPOINTED.
TownsIte Appraisers to Proceed cautI-
Ously-Mueh Time will be Consumed.
The Lease Scandal to be eInvestIGated.
judge Thomas the Victim Of Yore
Charles.
Special to the Ardmorei,e.

Special to the ArdmoFeite.
Washington, D. c., April "a
The Secretary of the Interior has
received long report from the
Dawes commission upon the work
of the commission in the Territory.
The report is very elaborate, COW
ering ID or 20 pages of typewrit-
ing The commission, according
to its report, is devoting all its en-
ergies to the preparation of the
citizenship rolls in the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations. When
the work will be completed the
commission fails TO state. The
allotment of land will be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible, ac-
cOrding to the commission. The
situation is entirely satisfactory to
the commission, and they believe
that there will be no disposition on
the part of the Indians to interfere,
hamper or delay their operations.
**
The Secretary of the Interior has
appointed the following school su-
pervisors in Indian Territory with
a salary of $500 per annum:
John NJ. Simpson, of Appleton,
Wisconsin, for the Chickasaw ma
ton.
Calvin Ballard, of Illinois, for
the Greek nation.
E. 7. Macarthur. of Minnesota,
for the ChOctaw nation.
Benjamin s. Coppock, of New
berg, Oregon, for the Cherokee ma
ton.
~
Aside from routine matters little
attention is being paid to Indian
affairs at the present time. Secre-
tary Hitchcock is practically de
luged with business relating tC
other branches of the Interior De
l partment. and has little or no time
10 look after Indian affairs. He
assured me, however, that within
2 the next few days the townsIt,
5 boards in the Greek and CherOke,
nations would be appointed and tn,
machinery set in motion for th'
perfecting of titles to the townsit,
I property. Secretary Hitchcock i
+ desirous that the men appointed t.
these boards should be of the high
= est standing and familiar with tn,
work, having knowledge of lan'
values.
z 1t is now apparent that the worl
S of appraising the various towns il
the Territory will be far create
and require a much longer periO
r than was at first anticipated. !
is doubtful whether the charts an
maps of the towns, together wit
5 the surveys, can be complete
ID within the next eight months, an
y then the appraisement of each tow
u will require at least twelve or fOul
N teen months additional. No effol
g will be made to hasten operation:
'r but, on the contrary, the create:
III caution will be exercised so that n
y mistakes will be made.
tt @%*
- The case involving the leases
:: the Otoe and POnca reservations
Mr.. Wetherspoon, in relation I
~ which so much scandal has bee
l. unearthed, will be heard by IL
ne attorney general for the Indian d.
o. partment next Monday. 1t is sai
r, that Commissioner Jones will cal
ne eel every lease secured by Mr.. Co
on tingham in the Territory, if the d
If cision of the attorney general VI
80 permit it.
- Xxx
IS, Additional charges have recen
ms Iy been preferred against JUDI
m be Thomas and an effort is to be ma
I'D to have the Department. take acti'
in his case. 1t is asnted that