People's voice., 1900-10-11
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Persons who intend TO locate in the
Kiowa and COmanche country wner
the reservation shall be declared open
for settlement should keep closely IL
touch with the progress made 10 al
lOting the Indians. after going int
the country or its borders, Persons
with limited means should be espec-
tally careful. Hundreds of white
topped wagons can now be seen every
where in that part OF Oklahoma c0n-
tiguOuS to the reservation. Tnest
WasOuS contain eXpectant families
who believe that the country viii
be opened next spring, A citizen 0I
Ell Reno familiar with the conditions
In the Kiowa and COmanche country
says that at the present rate OF tht
government surveyors and all0tlne
agents three years would elapse before
the land would be ready for settle
ment. There are only two allotlDg
agents and two corps Of surveyors al
WJrk, and none Of them are suffering
with OyereXertiou. Not TO exceed q
dozen Indians have been assigned
their allOtmentS, and three month,
passed before the first allotment wal
made. TIE surveyors will have to &C
over most OF the country, as cor
ner stones have become buried
in the sand and many posts have
been pulled up. Il have reliable
information, in fact l have seen
letters" said this same citizen,
showing that the cattlemen who
have grazing leases have raised con-
siderable sum OF money to be expend-
ed in buying influence that will delay
and retard the opening Of the country
as long as possible. The CaddO and
Wichita reservation, which lies north
of the KiOwa and COmanche country,
should have been allotted and settled
long ago, but cattlemen raised sum
of money year or two ago and the
land is still the home of the long horn,
the coyote and worthless Indians.
Something should be done to prevent
delay in opening the KiOwa and Com
anChe country. By next spring thOus'
ands Of people will be around it, wait.
ing to cross the line. A large major.
ity of these prospective settlers are
poor and if made to wait indefinitely
destitutiOn will Oyertake them. Ia
justice to these people, the govern
ment should be urged to expedite
the opening as rapidly as possible. "
PrOspectors, lured into the country
by fictitious tales Of rich mineral de-
poSits, are now in the Wichita noun.
tains. They secured an injunction
from the probate Judge of Canadian
county restraining Major Randlett,
United States Indian agent, from re-
moving them. 1t is almost certain
that this injunction will be dissolved
should it be taken before district
Judge, as the best attorneys in Okla
homa are of the opinion that the
Indian agent is absolute in controlling
the reservation. Major Randlett has
not yet appealed from the probate
court nor has he promised to eject
intruders, but when necessary he will
probably proceed regardless Of the in
junction, and prove its invalidity,
should he be arrested for contempt.
While proper care should be exer-
cised in treating bad cold, IT is not
necessary to be confined to the house
when you use Krause's Cold Cure, and
the cure is infallible. Sold by H. F.
Smith, Druggist.
The three largest steamships afOat
are the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse OF
the North German Lloyd line, $50 feet
in length; the Deutschland Of the
Hamburg-American line, $50 feet in
length, and the Oceanic of the White
Star line, 704 feet. Two of these YES
sci, re'fyers. Both of the German
ships have beaten all rivals in other
companies, while the Deutschland has
beaten the Kaiser. The Oceanic has
not broken a single record. Fol-
some time there has been talk Of a
new marine monster to be built by
the Hamburg-Amerlcan line, The
figures are now at hand, for the con-
tract has been given out in Belfast.
This vessel is to be $50 feet long, with
rs foot beam and fitted to carry 1000
passengers and 1900 tons OF dead
load, but the new vessel is not to be a
flyer, She is to cross the ocean at an
average speed OF eighteen knots,
which is ordinary. 1t has been con-
tended by various steamship cOmpan-
les that profits were to be found 10
these immense vessels OF moderate
speed rather than in the ocean grey
hounds. The American line is build.
ing four great ships today to make the
ordinary time which this projected
monster is expected to attain. OF
course there are plenty OF passengers
who do not mind an extra day or two
on the water if they can find fine &C.
commodations; but there always will
be certain number anxious TO cross
at the very highest rate Of speed, and
willing to pay the largest prices for
that speed. For the present it would
seem, however, that we are to have
no attempts to beat records already
established. The American liue is
not seeking the highest speed. The
English lines are all content with
moderation. 1t has remained for the
two German lines to beat everything
aflOat, and, having beaten everything
they are resting upon their laurels
Otherwise, this 750fOOt monster
would be built for record breaking.