The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-10
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Ilshomingo. I. T. Sept. 9.-This Is the
maven of havens for the land CRATER. "
| he hourishes here of all places, and his
| operations lend the community spectac-
ular interest. Tishomingo is boom
town" in its verdant period. and apparent
| ly still is booming
brick structures are going up even be-
fore titles are acquired for sites Almost
daiiy fresh-painted, sign is hung out
Real Estate and Investment Company"
Trains on the Oklahoma and Choctaw.
newly acquired by the Rock Island, the
| only line which taps the town. are crowd
ed Peculiar II is. too. that an average of
two or three tickets a week to Washing
ton. D. c. are sold. The Frisco is five
miles away. over the hills. Ten hacks
make each train, and nave all they can do
to haul the passengers who undertake the
five miles of disagreeable drive.
OFFICIALS INTERESTED.
Government officials are in the director
ate of two companies here.
w. z. Stanley, former Governor of
Kansas and member OF the Dawes Com
mission. is vice president of the Tishomin-
go Loan and Trust Company. The officers
emphatically deny dealing In Indian
leases. The other directors are: P S.
Moseley. Governor of the Chickasaw Ma
tion: P. T. Foley of Parsons. Kas.; A. B.
Dunlap. president First National Bank,
Holdenville. l. T.: W. NJ. Lucas. Mayor of
Tishomingo: j. ]. Downey. manager of
the Tishomingo Electric Light Company.
and John A. Orendorff. formerly of
Springfield, ILL.,, who is secretary and
manager of the concern.
Governor Stanley's explanations are
numerous ano voluminous. OF his con-
nection with the company he said:
Just before started home few weeks
ago, to spend few days, having taken a
sick leave, l was approached by a party
here who suggested that a company, or
ganized for the purpose of making a
speciality of short-time loans, would be a
paying business proposition. He spoke of
the opportunity to get in on the ground
floor with the first set of abstract books,
now that titles would be issued. / in
dorsed the idea When returned from
my brief vacation, found that the COM
pany had been organized, and that was
elected vice president
The company was not to deal in Indian
lands. l would never consent to being
connected In any manner with any con-
Germ that had any dealings with the In
dian and his property
STANLEY'S ATTITUDE
Governor Stanley declares that the sys-
tenn of wholesale leasing of the Indians
he declares that he sees no way in which
it can be stopped. He says that the au-
thority of the Dawes Commission ceases
with the allotment OF the land II this
be true it appears that the Inuian ls
left absolutely at the mercy OF the land
sharks.
Some time ago." Governor Stanley has
said. when this question was uR,for dis
cussion at a caucus of the Daw8 Com |
mission, / called the attention of the men, |
bers to the scant law, a lack of law which |
afforded protection to the Indian from |
wholesale leasing at ridiculous prices. l |
cannot understand why some one familiar |
with conditions here, either the Dawes |
Commission or Indian Agent, did not |
profit by the experience with the lease |
question. in the Creek country. and insist |
on Congress making some provision for |
the protection of the Indian from these !
leases. l believe that these leases should |
be given the same treatment as are the |
leeds to the lands. In other words, no
Indian should be permitted to dispose of
MS holdings for period of years without
lust compensation. With law to this eff
feet we could stop this practice at once.
Where, ask you, is the authority for us
10 step in and shield the Indian from the
so-called grafters?"