Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1902-01-30

EWNlE vt Y iNi.h TfNlFH NH"N NV
where else outside Of the lsre
cities
THE Srrrca- nave twenty eli
thousand acres Of surplus lauds
and ihry ar a-king the secrelar,
OF he interior for authority to SCI
IL.
The each expended by the Con
mercial club ~ improving the
roads sbnu' Vinita has alread,
yielded returns a hundred fold ~
bringing farmers aud their pr.d
ucis IT, town.
Pre-iden, r ,ns-vrlt has di-ap
proved tn Chrrokse council &C
provid,ng Tor The rale of the town
site If For Gibson. Also the nc
providing Tor revenue oolltc ore
for each of the nine districts.
The Cher ker agree mrni passed
at the lat srrsion uf the nation
council does not seem to strikr
oungrees with much force So far
as Is now known, il has been
thoroughly and completely IL
nored
The Muskugee Times has not
yet denied that the Dawes COM
mission records were stolen, bu
O laims that the men who ar.
charged with the crime are lik.
Ceasar'- wife--eutirely above sus
picion.
IL is said the records Of tie
grades of all the lands OF the Cher
okee nation have also been copied
and are in The hands OF specula
tors. Not much, however, can bt
done 20 deprive the Indians OF
thei rights before title is finally
passed
The schools of Viuita we're never
in more prosperous condition
than at present, There is no ex
oI-e Tor any boy or girl in this
community growing up without an
education. There il ample iaoili
ties now for the education of all
classes and conditions.
There rs sUms sRusiscNion in
the fact that notwiths'snding the
untoward conditions that prevail
in the Indian tel;itOry, the coun
try is fast filling up with good
pc pie. IL were bard TO imagine
a condition that would keep emi.
grafton out Of this country, now
that II il fairly started.
The matter of single or double
ststebood-is now fully in the hands
Of the politicians. Whatever is
done will be at the diclaliun OF
such men rs Flynn Of Oklahoma,
or Curtis Of Kansas. That which !
p romises most for their boundless
ambitions will be adopted in all
b uman probability.
! A canning factory would be one
of tie best enterprises that could
I've established in Yini,a. IL would |
give employment to two hundred
to three hundred pefsons during
the busy sea-on, and would en-
able the farmers about the place
to raise a each crop that would net
at least fifty dollars an acre.
Present indications are that al.
lolment in the Cherokee nation
will proceed under the Curtis bill
as soon as the tribal rolls Of citi
zenship are finished. That means
tbat each Cherokee citizen will be
allowed to select eighty acres and
occupy it without title, subject. of
course, TO fu ure submission.
The Dawes commission is err
gsged at this time in hearing tes-
iimony in doubtful cases of Chero
kee citizenship. All whose names
have heretofore been placed on
doubtful cards will now be given |
an opportunity to bring in add
llional testimony to establish their
claims TO recognition as cilizrns OF !
the Cherokee nation.
some Indian territory exchanges
continue to poke insinuations AT
Col. P. l. soper, which are more
suggestive than wise, Soper ls a
Kausns politician, aud somewhat
Wild ard spectacular, but his Off
nioi reeDfd as prosecuting attorney
lor The Northern district ID clean
ana has uot, and perhaps can not
BE- suocessfully assailed.
There 10 linge OF sarcasm In
ihaI measure recently proDosed bV