The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-13

II good. auu those Who have engaged Ia
the raisiug Of poultry for shipping have
niade exooaenf profits During Tie past
year regllaf shipments Of live and dres-
sed poultry and eg.s have been made
from number Of points il the terri
tory 70 the large cities ia the north and
east. and the aggregate income 81 the
poultry raisers Of oklahoma has been
one halt million dollars. The mild
winters here offer fine Inducements for
he production Of eggs for the market.
Tor the Oklahoma hen is bnsiiy engaged
Ii laying eggs at 3 time when the
northern ben is housed for the winter.
.At one period during the past winter
when there was an egg famine ia Chi
cago and other cities, Oklahoma rose to
she emergency and shipped many car.
loads Of eggs 70 these cities securing for
the territory its first recognition as an
egg producing center
Oklahoma aud the Indian Territory
seem 70 be naturally adapted 10 the
growing Of domestic fowls. Before
the country was 50 thiokly settled. wild
turkeys and prairie chickens were
abundant, and even yet a few survive.
Quail still furnish sport and food and
the number killed each season seem 70
De without appreciable effect IN dilnin
tshing the next seasons supply.
oHs AND GAS
Very little has been done toward de-
seloping the oil and gas deposits Of the
Territory. A well drilled at Pawhusks
four or Eve years ago produced a fair
flow Of oil and half dozen producing
wells are being operated in the eastern
part Of the Usage Reservation AZ this
time. Considerable oil has been found
m the Cherokee and Creek nations, just
east of the Oklahoma line. and there arc
good indications Of oil in Payne. lin
coin, Potiawatomie and Oklahoma
Naounties. In COmanche county there
are unmistakable signs Of large oil de-
posits. and there viii undoubtedly ba
considerable oil developed there il the
near future. There are also good indi-
oatious for oil in Kiowa and Greer
counties, a considerable vein or deposit
having been struck AZ Granite within
few weeks
Asphalt deposits are known 70 exist In
Comanche and Kiowa counties. and at
several places liquid asphalt oozos from
the ground.
Gas has been found ia small quantities
at Granite and near Nowhrk, and there
aro some Indications Of Il elsewhere in
the torrtO-y, hut no flow sufficient for
pfacticahle use has yet been secured.
CONCLUSION.
T., conclusion the G0venor says.
As indicated on prcyious pages. We
have yet several Indian Res rvations IN
northeastern Oklahoma and within The
great wheat and corn belt of the fern-
tory. which should BE- opcned 20 settle.
menf at an early date Since the pas
sage of the Dawes bin IN 1887. which
provided for the alloiments ~ land ia
seYcralty 20 Indians occupying the var
ious Indian reservations and the opening
of the remainder Of such reservations 20
homestead settlement. a large number
n Indian tribes have heen giFen their
anotments in seyemlty aud the re-
maindcr of their land. celed 70 che gov
ernmont hy treaty and opened 70 ssttle-
monf under the homestead laws
The rapid and symmetrical develop
ment of Oklahemn Is attributed not 0niv
to wiieawake aud energetic citizen
ship. hnt p iho fact that our territory
hes been settled under provisions II the
huN iead laws. which place an Amcf-
can oitizcn upon each quarter section Of
land. The most optimistic views of our
statesmen who have fnamci these laws
in the past with q view of producing
just this condition socially, have boen
fully demonstrated in tho development
in this territory. and in this system of
settling the vacant lands Of our govern
mont we have ad0piedn system 81 sound
political policy which our Government
can never afford O. depart from.
The people Of Okinhoma are an look
forward fo che time when our territory
win - admitted AS u state u tho Union
When oar population. wealth and ana
are considered. fhe question at once arises
WHY Is Oklahoma not admitted as a
Slaicf We look hack over tho legisla-
iIon affecting cur territory from the
time it was orrnized. and we find run-
ming through an Of this legislation the
proviso that Congress may add addi
t1ual territory of tho Five Civilized
Tribes aud other tribes ia Oklahoma
when the Indians of those tribes 90 re-
Qncstof the president that Indian Ter
may become attached to TIE United
States. and we infer from this legisla.
tion that ii has been the intention and
thought of Congress since Oklahoma
was first organized ont of the old Ind
ian Territory that the entire original
Indian Territory should eventually be-
come one State. II this IS true then
the people Of Oklahoma are directly in
terested in the conditions existing IN
thq Indian Territory. aud Il becomes
moi only our right. but orr duty. II we
are 70 b Withheld from statehood until
that territory reaches q condition % be
admitted with MS. TO use every effort to
advance the social and political develop
nent Of that Territory. 70 the end that
so may BE- admitted to statehood TO-
cethcr
CHOtrlc INDIAN TERRITORY
Afairs Ia the Indian Territory ere
some what chrnffc IL fra question ~