Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-01-18
NEWS OF THE TERRITORIES.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
FUTURE STATES.
OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY

Cherokee nation, 1. T., has been
changed to Ramona.
The Pawnee Dispatch declares that
Pawnee has no smallpox, never had
any and never will have any.
Overton, l. T., has about 500 people,
all negroes. All of the officials includ-
ing the postmaster, mayor and town
marshal are negroes.
Mrs. Alfred Downs, of Grove, 1. T..
was fired at three times through win
dow of the Downs home. Her recovery
was pronounced doubtful.
George Fields, Jr., of Missouri, while
at Grove, I. T., got into a fight and
was shot three times. His wounds
were pronounced dangerous.
The smallpox situation in Oklahoma
is suffering from numerous exaggera-
tons as IS usual in cases where a sup
preston of news is ATTEMPTED.
In Greer county there are mountains
with veins of mineral through them,
apparently, and these mountains are
open to the miners efforts. Why don't
they tackle them?
1t is circumstance strongly in favor
Of the presence of minerals in the In
dian Territory and Oklahoma noun
tains that no man who ever studied the
situation came Lack doubtful.
B. M. Miller, of Atoka, I. T., is in
Washington. In the event that addi-
tional registers of deeds for Oklahoma
are provided by congress, Mr.. Miller
expects to receive the appointment for
Atoka.
Henry Peck, of Oklahoma, aged 70,
has been arrested on a charge of en-
bezzlement. 1t is charged that he had
charge of bunch of cattle for another
party and sold them and used the pro-
ceeds.
The Santa Fe station for Manchester
and Cameron is called Camchester.
Mail is received at Manchester post
offce addressed to Camchester and is
sent back to writer's or to the dead let
ter Office.
Postmaster Baird of Eufaula, 1. T.,
has been taken to the detention camp,
having well developed case of small
pox. An order resulted that all mails be
tumigated at Muskogee and other points
adjacent to Wagner.
William NJ Sims has been sworn in
rs United States constable for the
Sixth commissioners district of the
northern district of the Indian Terri
;ory, succeeding L. P. Isbel, whose
term of Office expired.
Chief Justice John H. Burford is pre-.
pairing bill to be introduced by Dele
gate Flynn at the present session Of
congress, which provides for the organ
zation of the Usage Indian country as
separate judicial district.
The territorial supreme court has
expressed the opinion that allthe coun
ties in Oklahoma are entitled to a pro
rata share of the revenue derived from
the leasing of school lands in both the
Cherokee strip and old Oklahoma.
The horsemen of Oklahoma have per
fected an organization by the election
of M. c. Ford of Perry, president an6
S. 81. Allen of Enid, secretary ant
treasurer. Dates for the races for thu
coming season were fixed as follows
Enid, August 10 to 16; Hennessey, Au
gust 81 to %; Ell Reno, August % to 80
Oklahoma City, September to 6; Guth
rie, September II to 10; Perry, Septem
Der 10 to 20; Newkirk, September 25 t.
90.
Oscar Gray, of Yarnaly, I. T., wa
riding his pony through the pastur
after cattle, when the animal steppe'
in gopher hole and pitched the DO,
over his head, infiicting such seriou
injuries to his spine that he died.
The old burial ground of the Ponc
Indians, on hill west of White Eagl
has been abandoned. The Ponca
buried their dead there nearly twent
years, but sacrilegious white person
despoiled the graves and tore up tn
little houses over them. Burials ar
now made on allotments.
Senator Cockren has presented
petition from the lease holders in tn
Chickasaw and Choctaw nation az
pealing to congress not to authoriz
the execution of the law which make
their leases expire January 1, but t
suspend its operation until the Dave
commission has completed its work c
individual allotment to the Indians.
The passenger train that runs t
Tonkawa was wrecked near Sout
Haven, Kas., recently. The yrrec
was caused by'a broken rail. No on
was seriously hurt.
It will be remembered that Postma.
ter Boggs of Shawnee, was remove
and convicted of stealing some regi
tered packages. Now it is elaine
that another has confessed and tia
Boggs has been terribly wronged.
The Muskogee city council is no,
preparing bill to be laid before col
gress, giving the municipal corpor;
tions of the Indian Territory the powe