The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-08-16
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IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE TERRITORY. y
How the openIns prosroeses.


From the Wichita Kan. Daily Eagle:
Considering the number Of men at
work, the business Of preparing for the
allotment Of the kiows and Comsnche
country. preliminary which precedcs
the opening Of that country TO settle
ment Is making rapid progress. and the
opening next spring will be the great.
est In the history of the country.
That Is the word Delegate Dennis T.
Flynn Of Oklahoma brings from the
Indian country. Yesterday Mr.. Flynn
was In Wichita on his way home from
the Kiows and Comanche country.
where he has spent some time.
1T will be the biggest opening in
the history OF America" said Mr..
Flynn. ~ do not except the opc cuing
of the Cherokee Strip or of the original
Oklahoma. IL Is the last agricultural
land which the government has for
settlers. II has been extensively adj
vertised, and In crop year which has
been excellent in this section, aud bad
everywhere else. People will flock
from far and near, those from nearby
points actuated by positive knowledge
Of the sections superiority, the others
by reports Of IL.
And the Fort Sill country is n su.
perior country" the congressman add
ed. II have not always believed that.
But have seen IL now and IL is good
agricultural land. II is not full OF
canyons and Is well watered.
you ask me about possible mineral.
j don't know. ] have always thought
there was mineral In the Wichita
mountains. which are mountainous in
fact as we'll as in name. but / don't
know. But ! can tell You this posi-
lively, for ! saw IL. l was shown a
hole In the ground from which poured
forth thick black liquid. They told
me IL was asphalt. I doubt IL. think
IL Is oil thickcned and blackened by a
long passage upward through the
earth 10 the surface. And gas? IL
that is oil, then there must be gas
In the neighborhood. Positively, |
can't say. A gentleman told me story
that some Indians hired welldiggers TO
drill well for them: that one day the
well exploded and threw rocks and
everything else around in the air and
the Indians were SO afraid OF IL that
they hired the same drillcrs to fill il
up again. ] wouldn't put money up on
the authenticity of that.
mo. the Indians are not opposed 10
allotment. That is a mistake. The
report that either Kiowas or Comanchcs
opposed allotment is canard. On the
contrary the Indians are eager for al
lotment And | want to say right here
that they are the best blanket Indians
lhave ever seen. They are the best
blanket Indians we have produced.
That Is my conviction. Their agent.
Colonel Randlett. is the righ, man
there. IL Is TO Oklahoma's interest
that he remain agent lie treated me
cordially during my stay and told me
that since the Indians were To be allot-
ted. he regarded the reservation al.
ready as a part Of Oklahoma.
"Of the ultimate division of the new
country would say this that favor
putting II into three counties two
counties OF this reservation to be open
ed, and adding the Wichita reservation
or part of IL TO Blaine county and filling
the boundaries OF the county out.
Now the men who are to hasten
things along are doing all in their
power to do that very thing. The man
In charge is Indian Inspector Neslcr.
j like Nesler and know the prospec.
tive settlers will be glad to hear that
he is business, through and through
He wants TO do his work correctly, but
a.. -
Oklahomans and he is going to put
things along for our sake. Mr.. Nesler
has under him two special agents.
These special agents are sending out
surveying parties and they will work
right ahcaI speedily. Mr.. Ncsler as.
sured me there would be no delays. We
are fortunate in having him down
there for he is the man for the place.
His force is too small but he Is doing
the best II is possible for any man to
do with it,.
II met no intruders. The report tina,
the country is full Of them is a
mistake. Probably an occasional
schooner on its way to Greer county oi
Texas will trundle across the new
land, but the idea that it is full ot
soonSfs has no foundation.
l Fish there was some way to haster
all ltment The total appropriation FOL
~aifthe work Of ailoting for the Who'll,
of the United states Is S20,OOO and tina
Is 30 small that the work when It II
reached is likely TO be slow.
lis IL true that Geronimo is mad?
Mr.. Flynn was asked, inasmuch as tn,