Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-10-11

For Vice President,
ADBAI STEVENSON.
The census returns show that
Ft Smith has gained 276 popula
ton IN The last ten years.
In order TO save the court from
default a three days session will
be held At Miami this week.
II Col. Robert l.. Owen would
tell just what he did say about the
statehood with Oklahoma a sigh Of
relief would 60 up from both ter
ritories.
There is great demand for labor
ers ut lba present time. Every
manswho wants to work can end
employment now, but siill the
number Of oilers does not decrease
perceplibly.
IA Less Than a month ill the Cher
okee national council meets at
Tahlequah, hut since the presi-
dent OF the United States exercises
the veto power there is not so
much DAGGER as formerly.
The quail season, under the Ark
snsas laws, opened Tuesday, but
there are few sportsmen that know
it. 1t has never been closed, like
the poisoning and dynamiling Of
fish, IL continues despite the Law.
Notwithstanding the stiff price
OF corn there will be a large mum
Der of cattle fed IN this section.
Within a radius OF ten miles OF
Vinita there will be more cattle
and hogs fed for the market than
ever before.
Whenever the Dawes oCmmis.
sion gets ready to open a land Of
fee at Vinita for the purpose OF
allowing Cherokees to file on their
allotments, there will be an influx
of people that will convince the
commission that they want ullot-
ment badly
Those who predicted the corn
crop would be a disappointment
when gathering commenced are
now proven to be false proils. Ii,
j. not uncommon to near a farmer
remark that bis corn is yielding
from fifty to sixty bushels per
acre.
Indian Inspector j. George
Wrfgnt is ggtIiug tfIJ- = r--f,,,.,-,y,,,--
ering 6UU pages, wnIcn win Ue Is
sued about December the first. If
it contains oil the inspector has
said during the last Twelve months
the Chiefiain would like to buy,
beg or borrow a copy.
Governor McCurtain's remarks
= in his message TO the Choctaw
council with reference to town lot
titles should be read by every one
who desires correct information on
this important question. McCur-
tain and j. George Wright do not
agree, but that is no indication
that be is not right.
II now transpires that the great
air line that was to be built out of
Arkansas via Tahlequah has gone
, up in wind. It is a question
whether a cheap clerk water"
railroad is a benefit to a town or
not. When some of the great
trunk lines like the Katy takes a
notion TO build to Tahlequah IL
will do 80 without any bonuses.
The Chickasaw council has
adopted resolution calling on the
Secretary Of the Interior to pre-
scribe rules and regulations in ac-
cordance with the AtoKa treaty,
whereby the Chickasaws can get
hold OF the coal and asphalt royal.
ties for school funds. The Chick
asaws find they cannot run their
schools as they did last year.
With the abolition Of tribal tax.
es in the Cherokee nation should
come the abolition of the national
council also. II the national rev.
enues are not collected, how are
the members Of the senate aud |
council TO be paid? The invested |
funds ought not to be used for this
purpose, and when the revenues
cease to come in the council ought /
20 be adjourned.
A western editor was running
the motto: "We tell the truth" at
the head Of bis paper The other
day, however, be encountered sew
eral gentlemen who objected to The
truth being told, end as a conse-
quencs the following notice now
appears at the head Of his editorial