The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-10

from people IN OklanOma lertltofg
who are anxious to become post
masters at the new county seats to
be established in the Kiowa. Com
anche and Apache and Wichita
countries. Already more than
200 of these applications have been
received and still others are arriv.
iug daily. There seems TO be a
general impression that there will
be a number Of county seats estab-
lished in the new country. This
is erroneous. There will not be
more than three county seats for
the entire country. a majority of
the applications thus far received
are for the postmastership at the
county seat Of county l. 1t has
already been practically decided
that there will be no county I. SO
that those and other applications
are made worthless.
The reason there will be only
three county seats in the new
country is because Of the fact that
so much Of the land will be allot-
ted to the Indians. which land is
nOn-taxable, that the area Of the
counties must be great in order TO
provide sufficient property to sup
port the county Offices. In the
Kiowa and Comanche country
there are less than 3 1000. 600 acres.
OF this amount 10000 acres will
be allotted to Indians. Then
4S0, 900 more will be reserved for
pastures and then about $50, 600
acres will be reserved for school
and other purposes. None Of this
land can be taxed. In the Wich-
ita country 100. 600 acres will be
allotted to the Indians and about
100, 900 reserved for school and
other purposes. This would leave
only about 420. 900 acres for settle
ment. All of these lands are ex-
empt from taxation aud in view Of
this fact tie counties must be
made large so that the burden will
not fall so heavy upon the people
in the support of the county gov
ernments. In discussing the ques-
tion Of the number Of counties
with the ARDMoREITE correspond
ent, Delegate Flynn said;
"0f course, it would be tenn
porarily to my advantage to have
a large number of counties in these
two Indian countries in order that
! might have more Offices to dis.
tribute among the boys. This
wOnld only be temporary. how
ever, as it would soon react. There
will be so much land in these two
reservations allotted to the In-
dians and reserved for school and
other purposes that the amornt
which would be taxed for the sup.
port of the county government will
be comparatively small, and in
order to avoid imposing the great
est hardships upon the people 1t is
absolutely necessary that the coun.
ties should be made large in order
that there may be included in each
enough taxable property to prop
erly support the county govern
ments."
asked Delegate Flynn wheE
these applications for these new
offices would be taken mp for con
sideration and disposition.
Not until next July or Aug,
ust, " he replied. Il am receiving
many applications now from par
ties who desire to be postmaster:
at the county seats, who are evi'
IDENTIFY laboring under the impres
sion that these Offices are to bt
taken up and disposed of right
away. This is entirely erroneou:
as there will be no action taken
upon any of them until next july
or August. Applications for these
positions at this time, therefore
are useless as they are merely filed
away and may become mislaid OF
lost by the time the country il
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