The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-19

AANNNNA
limo ia in operation from Blackwell SOUTH
west Go Okeeuc and building on toward
Vernon. Tex. which point they expect 90
reach with trains by January ].
al but three ~ the counties OF Okla
homa are reached by railways. and roads
viii hc bunt into two OF these within sixty
Gays yei The AREAS OF our counties are
SO great That there are very many Sec
tons dtmnnding railway facilities
The GoFcruur then takes up each ut
the Industries of The Territory separately
including each AGRICULTURAL product giv
ing The value of the product of each line
Of industry during the last year, It's ex-
tension and its future prospects.
Referring to the OH and gas deposits Of
the Territory the Governor says.
OIL AND GAS.
Very little has been done toward devel
Oping the oil and gas deposits Of the Ter
ritory. A well drilled az PaWhuska four
or i've wears ago produced a fair flow OF
oil, and hair ac@sa producing weiis are
being operated IN the eastern part Of the
Usage Reservation at this time Consid'
crablc oil has been found IN the Cherokee
and Greek nations Just east of the Ok
iahoma line. and there are good indica-
tions of Oh ia Payne, Lincoln P0ttawa-
tomic and Oklahoma counties. IN Coz
manohe county there are unmistakablo
signs of large oil deposits and there viii
undoubtedly be considerable OIL developed
there in the near future. There arc also
good indications for Oh in kiowa and
Greer counties, considerable vein or de-
nosit havinF been struck at Granite witn-
IN a few weeks. lsKH4N
Asphait 0eposlts are known to exist fn
Comanche and Kiowa coauties and at
several places the liquid asphalt oozes
from tho ground.
Gas has been found ia small quantities
at Granite aud near Ntwlirk. and there
are some indications of IL elsewhere In the
Territory but no flow sufficient for pr1c
ticable use has yet been secured.
CONCLUSION.
Iu conclusion the Governor says;
As indicated on previous pages We hayc
yet several Indian Reservations In north
eastern Oklahoma and within the great
wheat aud corn bolt of the Territory,
which should be opened 60 settlement at
an early date Snce the passage OF the
/ Dawes ON iu 1881. which provided for the
allcttmehts Of land in sevcralty 90 In
dians occupying the various Indian reser-
V0tl9ns and the opening Of Tho remainder
OF such reservations 20 homestead settle
mcnt, a large number OF Indian tribes
I have been gwen their aliottmt nts In sew
| crafty and the remainder or their lands
CCdcd 20 the government by treaty ana
| opened TO settlement under the homes
stead laws.
The rapid and symmetrical dcv1 1lopmen
OF Oklahoma Is attributable not only 70
/ wide-awake and energetic citizenship,
| but TO the fact that our Territory has
/ been settled under the provisions Of the
! homestead laws, which place an Amori-
! can citizen upon each quarter scction OF
| land. The most optimistic Views Of our
statesmen who have framed these laws
/ In the past with a view OF producing
/ Just this condition socially. have been
fully demonstrated In the development OF
/ TINS territory, and In this system OF set
| Ting The vacant lands Of our Government
we nave adopted system Of sound po-
litlcal policy which our Government can
| never afford TO depart from
| The people OF Oklahoma are All looking
| Forward TO the time when our Territory
| will be admitted as a state IN the Union.
When our population, wealth and area Is
| considered the question at once arises
| why Is Oklahoma not admitted as a
/ State2' We look back over the lcgisla-
| tion affecting our Territory from the time
/ it was organized, and we find running
through an of this legislation the pro-
/ Niso that Congress may add additional
! territory and that the territory of the
\ Five Civilized Tribes and other tribes I'm
/ to Oklahoma when the Indians OF those
| tribes 80 request az the President OF the
| the Indian Territory may become attached
| United States, ana wc infer from this leg
| ielation that Ii has been the intention and
| thought OF Congress since Oklahoma was
| irst organized out of the old Indian Ter
| ritory that the entire original Indian Ter
| ritOry should eventually become one State.
II this Is true, then the people Of Okla
| homa air directly Interested i'm the con-
ditiors existing ia the Indian Territory
and IL becomes not only or right. but our
| duty. 1 We are 90 be- withheld from state
hood until that Territory reaches condi-
| ton 10 be admitted with US. to use ev-
! evry effort to advance the social and po-
itical development OF that Territory. t.
the end that We may be admitted to state
CHAOTIC INDIAN TERRITORY.
Affairs ia the indian Territory are some
what chaotic. IL Is question OF legisla-
| tion and not Of administration which pre-
| aents itself. The administration, under
| the present laws and conditions must nee
| ossarily move slowly. There are too many
| questions TO consider and difficult prob
| lens TO solve for the executive depart
ment of the Government to be charged
| with the responsibility Of solving them
| at long range, ana Il Is practically inn
| possible for these questions ever 10 be
| satisfactorily solved untl representatives
! OF these people, who are responsible to
the people and community directly. are
| elected to Congress with the responsibility
| OF working out these difficult problems.
The Indian Territory situation is without
precedent In this country Whether the
legislation so far has been the best pos
sible for the Territory or not time alone
will tell.
one of our national doctrines has been
that the primary title 10 the land carried
with II all minerals beneath Il. This doc
trine Is laid down In Lindiey on Mines.
beginning on page 1876. IN which he quotes
the following from the supreme couri OF
The United states have uniformly re-
sarded the patent as transferring all in
terest which they could possess IN the
soil and everything embedded In or con-
nected herewith Wherever they have
claimed mines q has been as part OF the
lands IN which they were contained. and
| whenever they have reserved the miner
! ais from sale or other disposition a has
only been by reserying the lands them
selves. IL has never been the policy OF the
United States 20 possess interests IN land
| Ia connection with individuals.
In the Indian Territory this doctrine ha
been 90 some extent violated aud new
and untried pol!cies are being established
In this country IL has become an estab-
lishcd custom, and the results show Il
TO be a wise one, that after anotlng the
Indians Of a reservation In severalty the
Government purchases the title 10 the re-
1 naming lands and opens them 90 settle
ment, limiting the amount 20 100 acres "a
an Individual but I'm the Indian Territory
| this has been changed. What enect these
changes will have upon the future levcI
opment OF the Territory Is yet TO be