Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-21
Oil men arc still noclSing 70 Red Fork
from all parts of the country.

near Spiro, l. T.. ana shippcd to fort
Smith.
Santa Fe surveyors have reached
Dwasso, TO lay ont the line from Tulsa
10 Rcd Fork.
Tulsa has another gas gusher with
strong flow It is TO be used for burn
ing vitrfed brick
Colonel Dority, of Ada, I. r., hai
been appointed 20 a position in th'
Norfolk navy yards.
1 Both houses Of the Cherokee legisln'
ture passed the bill providing for APP
pointmcnt of revenue collectors.
| u. r. Burton, brother OF senator
| Eurton, succeeds the latter as legal
representative Of the Chicltasaw nation.
II is said that the contract will be
/ let Immediately 90 extend the Choctaw
railroad from llartshorne, /. r. to
Guthrie.
One hundred Choctaws camped west
1f Wilburton to select delegates and
raise funds to send them to Washington
10 protest against changes in tcrritoriai
conditions.
Two pore large coal companies have
been organized TO operate at Tulsa.
Tests which have been made show veins
of coal Of fine quality and of to : feet
in thickness
Mrs. Olive Martin, prominent in the
Grand Rcbel;ah assembly of IndiHn
Territory, while temporarily insane.
killed herself with revolver. This
occurred at Vinita.
A switch engine, while running back
ward at Ross Switch. near Wagner,
I. r.. left the rails and Engineer j. l..
Hutchinson and Brakeman johnson
were instantly killed.
Judge Sanborn, in the federal court
Mt South McAlcster, decided that after
the Indians are voters they will still be
wards of the government. and that it
will still be crime To sell them whisky.
Suits are being brought against par
ties who are mining in the Cherokee
nation without the authority of the
secretary of the interior The offcnse
is Punishable by fine of 81 600 and
forfeiture of all impro scments.
Claims are being prepared by the
Delnwares for division OF the Munsce
Indians funds among the Dclawarcs
who are of Munsee descent The claim
is based upon the agreement made when
the Munsccs were adopted into The
Delaware tribe.
The Frisco extension from Red Fork
to MusSogee is expected to be made
very soon. Creek allottees have been
notified 20 file their claims for right Of
way. When the line is built it is pro-
posed To operate trains out of Sapulpa
to Mussogcc.
Parties representing a German colony
have secured options on from 4O,Oj0 to
10000 acres in Greer county. The plan
of the colony is to locate 1000 farmers
ON 10 acres each. There are those that
believe that the colony is myth and
that the options are being secured by u
syndicate.
Attorney General Horace Speed went
to Washington to confer with the de-
partment of justice concerning the
negro question in the new counties.
Mr.. Speed received letters from negroes
who had been threatened in the new
country by people telling them that
they must leave the new country and
their claims on account of their color.
The reply of the United States attorney
was right to the point, saying that he
was evidence. But few negroes have
been compelled to leave their claims;
the report of 100 such cases is not true.
A line of action will he determined
upon by the department
The fullblood Cherolces held a meet.
ing at Tahlcquah and notified the
Dawes commission they would not en-,
roll.
The Cherokee relief bill has been
passed and signed and seat to the presi
dent for approval. This is expected tC
furnish per capita payment of about
$40.
Steve and Lige Grason, brothers
quarrelled, and Steve shot Lige and
killed him The brothers are Crccl
Indians and the tragedy occurred a
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