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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-04-23
THEY ARE RUSTLERS
Curtis Distributes the Bulk OF the
Patronage. His Endorsement
Generally Good for Job When
There lie Vacancy.

A correspondent OF the Kansas
City Journal writing from Musko.
gee this week has the following;
Kansas has a lions share OF fed
eral jobs in the Indian Territory.
No other state has one-thire as
many. This is due to lie prox-
unity to the territory, the ability
OF lie politicians to rustic political
Jobs and the important part play
ed by Kansas members OF con.
gress in legislation affecting the
interests OF the territory. Con-
gressman Curtis, as member Of
the Indian committee 10 the
house, has had more to do with
the shaping Of Indian Territory
legislation than any other MEM
Der Of congress. Curtis is a great
friend of the Territory and the
people here think much OF him
for the work he has done for
them. This fesi.=s is no. con in.
ed to the government officials,
who always look TO Curtis for
help on needed legislation, bat ex.
tends also to business men and
other cilizsns Of the country The
Indians. themselves, feel very
friendly la Curtis Tber sealire
that their oonrsv aaa been run. In
the settlement Of their affairs they
are continually before congress or
the interior department. and Cur
tie has always assisted them In
getting their matters disposed Of.
With a universal feeling OF friend
ship here and a strong standing
with the interior department and
in congress Curtis has been able
TO land many frisnds jobs in the
Indian service. Whenever an
applicant having his Endorsement
was moi appointed il was because
there was no place open. For
Curtis indorsement goes in all
departments here.
Senator Burton, being on the
select commilte for the live civil
ICED tribes, Ia also 10 position to
land a friend now and then. Sen.
ator Long, while congressman.
never took much interest 10 In
dian affairs. His ambitions ran
In other directions. For that
reason he never landed many men
10 jobs In the Indian country.
Since bis election TO the senate,
however, be has turned his eyes
In this direction aud found easy
berths for few friends He land
ed Governor Stanley In one Of the
beat jobs In the territory.
From now on there will not be
much territorial patronage for dis
tribulion The jobs are about all
gone The Dawes Commission
has cut $50 employees of the pay
roll. The inspector has deoreas-
ed The townsits force. The field
work OF both the Dawes mmmis
sion and the townsiie oammlssions
has practically been closed, aud
The number Of their employees
will decrease gradually In the fu.
ture.
Not many Kansans are lusing
their jobs ss a result OF the de
crease. Il Ia usually the olher
fellow who gets hit with The sx
Governor " E Stanley holds
probably the star job Of any Kan
san here. lie is an tha Dawes
commission. whose duty Il IL 70 ad.
minister Of 10000 Of land and
divide Il among 70. 900 heirs.
Judge Gill, Of Colby, Kas hae
the next best job lie II Judge of
the Northern district Of the terri.
tory al a salary Of 300 year.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-04-23
Territorial Townslte AssOcla-
tlOn Is Launched.
vINITA'S INTERESTS.
win Be systematically Handled
By The New Company. Thsre
fs Plenty Of Capital Behind the
Movement.

Yesterday there was organized
in this city a Territorial Townsite
Association that proposes to look
after the interests OF Vinita in a
better organized and more thor.
oughly systamized way than has
hitherto been attempted. II will
take the place of a chamber Of com.
merce and will devote its enc rgies
to the development OF the resorces
OF this section. II includes, or will
include as soon as their names can
be added, practically the entire
business interests Of this city. An
aggressive effort is now to be made
10 take care Of the interests OF shis
magnificent section that is now
attracting the attention of capital
lists 10 all parts OF the country.
The board Of directors elected are I:
J w Ssuders. Davis Hill, E N
RatclifF. J W Orr, WE Halsell,
Oliver Bsgby. w R MoGeorge,
W H Darrough. &c Stretch.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-04-23

The latest improved machinery VIII
be put 10 work in sinking a shaft 10
the lead mines near Alton 90 Fly
Creek A practical miner and > grad
uate mineralogist have examined the
land and decided the prospects the
finest known
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-04-23
The Territory Press.

The South McAlester Capital.
having discovered two Rspubl-
cans who expressed themselves
favorably toward the seperass
statehood idea, 10 enrapiured by
the high principles shown by the
two gentlemen. We do not wish
to disturb the Capital, shs vet
nurse Of the gasping and always
feeble infant. 10 its frantic at.
tempts TO find some consolation In
the dying hours Of the pet 1t long
has fondled (seeing not ils weak.
ness 80 apparent to othera, and,
with loving eyes, beholdidg in
what all others regard a. mont
rosity, "bee.you .teous child, y"
but the thought will not down
that the men quoted are federal
Office holders who would not be at
all averse to a continuation OF that
from which statehood will forcibIy
amputate them--a fat joh--there.
fore they welcome any move which
promises TO eompIicase matters
and postpone the evil day in
which they shall surrender their
positions--Purcell Register.
Chief Burlington informs The
Star that he has appointed Louie
R. Nash as expert accountant to
examine the books and records Of
late Cherokee Town Commission
or T. A. Chandler, Dut that the
Secretary OF the Interior has not
appointed an accountant yet on
part of the government. This will
be done soon in the opinion Of the
Chief. The Chief also gives in.
formation that he has appointed
w. T. Hutchins TO lock after the
Delaware segregated lands, sith
a view o. deriving some revenue
IRON thea Tor The nation. IL
silfeo3n have a rapofl If6m 81.
Husehings. also that cFsvens 4
Ralses!wd, TIVE able attorneys,
will defend the Cherokee STRAY
| Law In behalf OF the nation. Al
OF which shows that Chief Bul
lington is alive to interests of biz
people -sAllisaw Star.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-04-23

10 ITO OF AVERAGE allottable land.
No person can receive an allot-
ment of more than his distrbutive
share, and excess will be allotted
to the other citizens, and their
right hereto will be determined
upon personal application at the
Cherokee land office. As the Unit.
ed States district attorney for the
northern district Of Indian Terri.
tory is required TO see that the pro.
visions Of section Is are strictly
enforced. Il is suggested that you
communicate with him with refer
ence to the matter.
Your several questions and the
commissions answers are set forth
below:
How is q citizen TO know
public domain when he sees itY
Public domain is unimproved
land and land not lawfully held
by citizen Of the Cherokee ma
tion as a part of his prospe ctive
allotment.
2 What must u citizen do 10 re :
gard TO improvements to be recog-
nized by another citizen on pub
lie domain 2
3 What improvements on pub
lie domain must a citizen have 10
be recognized by the land Of.
flee?
Improvements may consist of
broken or cultivated land, line Of
posts for a fence or stones or logs
for the foundation Of a house.
4 Must a citizen have bill Of
sale from anyone 10 take up any
Of this unimproved cattle range ?
ANY citizen will be permitted TO
make application for any land he
claims as q part of his allotment,
even thorsth he does not hold a
bill Of eale 10 the land The COM
mlssian fequsrse that mhese slsi.
sen does heid>a bin q sale 10 The
land selected, that The bill Of sale
be filed with his application for
allotment.
5 What is the penalty for any
one wiltully smuggling . claim In
order to keep another citizen from
occupying it2
See the provisions section IS
and 19 already quoted IN this let
ter.
| q What means have we to
know whether any particular tract
OF land has been filed on 2
The Commission will furnish
this information promptly upon
an application describing the
township, range and section mum.
bers.
| Z Would il be unlawful for 6
citizen to take en- allotment 10
another citizens enclosure when
tits known that such citizen has
exoess7
A citizen Of the Cherokee nation
will be permitted to make appli.
cation for the allotment OF any
land which he claims the right II
iile on, but any other citizen claim
ing the land will be notified and
given an opportunity TO appear
and institute contest for the land
within the time provided By law.
! s II il rumored that adopted
citizens have been debafred from
filing. Please give US light on this.
The basis OF this rumor Is pro.
badly the fact that the secretary Of
the interior has referred TO the
court of claims the question OF the
rights Of citizens by inlermarriaee
to land in the Cherokee nation,
and pending the determination Of
this question, the department Is
withholding ils approval Of the
final enrolment OF such cliizens
| by inlermerriage
There will, however, upon ap.
plicaiion Of any applicant for en-
rollment a. a citizen by intsrmar.
riags of The Cherokee nation, be
withheld from allotment pending
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-04-23
The Tahleauah Wax.

Lot jumping has commenced as
3 result Of the work of the govern.
ment surveyors When the sur
veyors laid out the town they
made several erTatic crooks IN the
streets and alleys and coniiseated
some property. As consequences
some OF the old property holders
are unable TO tell just where their
property ends and the property Of
another begins, and TO be on the
safe side, are gobbling up ell the
property OF the others that they
can get hold Of There is : grand
scramble on nov and the courts
will be called upon 10 settle the
trouble.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1903-12-17
OAK LAKE

Donald back was on the sick list
last week
Otto Stcoslaud and sister passed
through this vicinity last sunday.
A party OF young people surprised
Frank and Martha Gripentrog Friday
night.
Mrs. Lentz Of Brookings spent a
few days Of last week at the Berudt
home.
a number Of young people drove
ont from White and spent Wednesday
evening with Arvilla Hilton.
Mr.. Fuller Of Iowa who has been
threshing in this vicinity is building
d shed for his machine aud will thresh
here again next fan.
Louie Lessington departed for
NJ waukee, Wisconsin, last Friday
Louie had his finger taken Off in d
threshing machine some time ago and
now goes there to consult the doctors
about his hand
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1903-12-17
SIIIttI.t\GLII.S

Miss Jessie Duti visited at home
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs f. II. Farrenkop drove
TO their farm Saturday.
Mr.. Cunningham Of Sphinx County
is visiting at Mr. BIakely's.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stearns and the
formers mothcr visited at VIII Ken
nedy's Sunday.
Some Of our young people spent an
enjoyable evening at Mr.. Martins
last Wednesday.
Miss Luella Larson returned Satur-
day from Minnesota where she been
visiting relatives.
Presiding Elder Rlfenbark of Water
town held quarterly services in the
Prairie Home church Sunday.
Miss Ethel Farrenkop visited Miss
Sadie Lothian's Friday and Miss Ethel
Spurling's Saturday and Sunday.
The weather seems rather chilly,
though it was only Is degrees below
zero Saturday morning, and 80 sun
day.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1903-12-17

success both financially and from an
artistic standpoint. The total re-
ceipts from the sale Of tickets amoun-
ted To something over $1,000 which
was used for the purchase Of pictures
aud small Statudry for the school
rooms according to the amount of
tickets sold by the scholars Of the re-
Spectiye rooms Some very good Sc
IeclIOuS were made by the teachers
and the rooms are more cheerful and
attractive as consequence.
Both Of our furniture stores deserve
credit for the public spirit shown in
arranging the exhibit for the benefit
Of the school, and we think if the
people OF our city had realized the eX-
cellence Of the exhibit the attendance
would have been doubled even though
the weather was severly cold. The
exhibit Of the Brookings Furniture Co.
was augmented 10y beautiful oil and
water color paintings loaned by Mes
DANES A. A Harris and +. G. Orr
and Miss Callie Williams, which alone
occupied wall space fifty feet long.
These paintings are OF such a stan
dard that the ladies as well as the city
itself may well be proud. Miss Will
Jams also loaned some beautiful sam
pies of typography and Mr.. E. Beatty
some small statuary which assisted
materially in giving the exhibit an ar
tistic appearance. This enterpris.
ing firm also imported lady from a
Minneapolis art store with three
trunks full Of pictures. etc. which
would have made very good exhibit
inItself The exhibit Of c + West &
Co. while not as large as the other
was displayed with equally artistic
effect. 1t was given an oriental effect
by some Of his beautiful japanese
screens, pottery and brio a-brac We
did not realize before that our stores
carried such a complete line of art
goods.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1903-12-17
The STATE Department Takes Firm Stand
Demands Redress From Turkey For Assault IT, S. Consul
w. R. DAVIS by Turkish Officials and Policemen

Washington Do II. Secretary
Root was The FIRST witness before the
senate committee on military affairs
which is Investigating the protests
against tic continuation Of Gcneral
Leonard wood 10 be major general
The committee convened at 10 O'Clock
M Root testimony was in defense
Of General Wood on the charges that
have bcea made during the course Of
the hcdt'rg lic read extracts from
official CCIs ppuGop'c bearing on the
charges and also concerning General
Wood administration ~ governor
general ~ Cuba He was on the wit.
neeS stand Two and a hall hours.
The scrlotary's statement was an
elaborate and carefully prepared de-
Tense Of General Wood The secretary
made specific reply TO each OF the
charges that have been urged so far
against General Wood confirmation
and assumed responsibility for many
Of the matters charged against General
Wood. Among Others. il is under
stood. the granting Of q license to the
Jai Ala
fIe devoted particular attention 10
the Cuban treasury while under Gen
eral Woods administration and he was
prepared. with an immense amount OF
data. to answer the charge Of loose and
faulty accounting and auditing. He
took occasion TO eav hat the weakness
OF this charge might have been estab-
lished long ago had the senate printed
the accounts which he transmitted TO
that body last winter in answer TO
resolution
Senator Teller was present and
asked Secretary Root number OF
questions hearing on the case many Of
which were suggested by the testi-
mony which the secretary gave. Sec
retary Root did not conclude his testi-
mony, nor did Senator Teller submit
all the questions ne desired and the
committee decided 10 meet at S p. m,
wnen Secretary Root will again APP
pear.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1903-12-17

would not accomplish desired results.
The case all through puzzled the
physicians as nothing seemed to
change the patients condition.
During his illness the deceased said
he had been poisoned and this started
several wild-eyed stories which put
the parents 10 much unnecessary an
noyancc. In order TO satisfy the rela-
tives, aud also TO ascertain if possible
what was the cause of his Illness and
death, post mortem was held Tues
day. No trace Of poisoning could be
found The autopsy, however, re-
yealed very peculiar displacement OF
the iuternl, organs, The physicians
found an opening through the dia-
phraem and dilated stomach, that
organ being nearly three times the
ordinary size, containing gallon OF
liquid substance and filling the entire
left side OF the thorasic cavity, TAX
ing the place OF the left lung, liver
only a small rudimentary lung
about one inch thick 10y three inches
square, aud composed Of a liyer-like
substance Lying under the stomach
was found the ascending aud descend
ing colon with the appendix attached
ia its usual place on the lower end Of
the colon and also resting in the thor
asic cavity
The inflammation of the stomach
was cansed by depression on the
pyloric orafce and Inflammation OF the
surroundiuI. structures. The heart
was located on the right side OF the
thorasic cavity extending parallel and
next to the spinal column between
the second and fifth ribs. The right
lung was not full size.
There is no question, hut these were
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1903-12-17
Secretary Root Testifies in Wood Case
His Testimony Throughout is Favorable TO The Goyen0GeneaI
...Defends The Administration Of Cuba

was mucA spcculauoD as rs ,u- ,u-,,
II would have on the tuture course Of
General Reyes. the special envoy Of
Colombia now in Washington When
seen General Reeves admitted that he
had read Mr. LOOMS address. but de-
clined 10 make a statement.
Il am a diplomat" said he, "and it
would i'll become me 10 make any
comment"
General Reyes is still engaged in the
preparation of the statement he Will
submit to the state department and,
while refusing to disclose the nature
Of it, said that much Of it will be de
voted to an argument setting out the
reasons why the United states should
see to it that Panama shah assume
her share Of he Colombian debt. Gen
eral Reyes is uncertain when ne will
file the document with the DEPARTMENT.
but he thought it would be within the
next few DAYS
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1903-12-17

or a bin which r.d been 50 prompuy
accepted bv The house. This attitude,
he declared. was Inconsistent with the
attitude Of senators who not 20 long
ago wore engaged In accusing the
white faced patient man who then oc-
cupicd the executive mansion with ul
terror motives In standing out against
war with Spain for the liberation OF
Cuba.
Mr. Spooncr spoke Of the varying
position Of the opponents OF the biI
and osroc ."' the Introduction OF
the Ncwlands resolution inviting Cuba
TO become a part Of the United States.
deprocatirg ii and saying that he
hoped il would be postponed indef-
nitcly, because, he said, sometimes in
vitations are regarded as commands.
Mr.. Iioar followed Mr.. Spooner with
brief exposition OF his views on the
constitutional question as to treaties
affecting the revenue
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1903-12-17
More Gold Near The Tenderfoot
Another Tenfoo Vein Uncovered Near Tendeoot
Mill viii be in Operation Next Year

r. r. Trippe, president and mana
ger. and B. +. Beers, Secretary OF the
Tenderfoot Gold Mining x Milling
Co. of Oregon, were in the city last
week on their way home to Sioux Falls
where the headquarters of the com
pdhy have been located Mr.. Trippe
has but just returned from eastern
oregon, where the mines Of the com
pany ale located, and it may be Of in-
terest 10 the large number Of stock
holders in this vicinity TO know that
ne brings very encouraging reports Of
the coalition Of affairs out there.
Operations, of course, have been Sus-
pended for this season and Mr.. TTlppe
says that eyeythiug is in first class
shape, in fact much better than he
had hoped to get them before winter
set in. The twelve mile wagon road
TO the mines has been completed
and tested and from four TO five tons
can be hauled over it with six horse
team from beginning TO end. 1T Is
by far the finest mountain ROAD In
eastern Oregon" said Mr.. Trippe en-
Enthusiastically, "and | can say now
that we will have our twenty stamp
mill In operation by the closeup next
season and the stamps will be falling
on the ore" "When we get the mill
in operation, he continued, vt Will
not be necessary to close down because
of the winter, we can keep the mill
running all through the cold weather
and deep snow"
"In doing our improvement work,
toward the latter part Of the season
we passed through a ten foot vein on
the Ida May that we had no idea was
there. We were tunneling to reach
The Tenderfoot ledge TO cross cut It,.
This plan will give us the opportunity
to work on that ledge in two places
and get the ore to our mill in much
larger quantities. The ten foot vein
on the Ida May was an eye opener,
the ore is as rich as any we have yet
discovered and leads us to believe that
there are many rich veins yet TO be
uncovered on the claims belonging to
the company
Yes sir, we have everything in
splendid shape and at our annual
meeting, the 9th of January, we can
satisfy the stock holders of the COM
pany that they have one of the safest
and hest mining propositions in Ore
gou."
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1903-12-17

". Hfrctou. Dec 17-Acting Secrc-
tary Of State AIee has taken a firm
stand in the matter of the assault
upon United States Consul ". Il. Davis
by Turkish officials and police at
AleXandretta. He has cabled Minister
Ieishman to present the facts TO the
Turkish government and inform that
government that tho case is one seem
ing 10 invite an expression Of regret
and reparation. The state department
does not indicate what measure Of
reparatiOn is expected, but it is under
stood that the Turkish government
certainly Will, by removal or other
wise. punish the offending Turkish Of
f1cials and compensate Attarian for the
losses and injuries he has sustained
The Turkish government is willing to
compensate Attarian and depOrt him
1t is said that the main oIfense. the
assault upon the United States consul
Is a matter of gravity in International
law. The consul has found "efuge for
the time being at Beirut, awaiting in
structions from the state department
or Minister Ieishman as to whether or
not he shall return to his post. The
Information that reached the depart
ment is to the effect that Mr.. Davis
was acting entirely within his rights
and powers and that while engaged
In protecting, as was his duty,
naturalized American citizen he was
set upon by five Turkish policemen
and dragged along the ground. 1t also
appears incidentally that uron recov'
ering his footing the consul promptly
and soundly thrashed all FIVE Of the
policemen Mr.. I>eishman. our minis
ter at Constantinople, under the de-
partment's instructions, has made a
quick inquiry into the assault and,
while the detailed mail report OF the
result of his investigation has not yet
reached the state department, Acting
Secretary Adee felt that the cable ad-
vices warranted him in taking positive
action
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1903-12-17
PRAIRIE HOME

Mr.. Squirting attended the banquet
given by Mr. Allen Saturday night.
Miss Luella Larson returned Sun
day from her visit with Minnesota
relatives.
Rev Rfenbark conducted sacra-
mental services at the church Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Ethel Farrankop was the guest
OF Miss Lothian Friday, and OF Miss
Squirting Saturday and Sunday.
Owing to the serious illness OF her
m other Mrs. Arthur Larson left the
FIRST part OF the week for Wisconsin
Wonder why that quartette ofyoung
ladies staying at Mr.. Farrankops did
not put ia an appearance at the party
Wednesday evening.
A few OF Clarence Martins friends
met at his home Wednesday evening
to assist him in the celebration of
his seventh birthday. The time was
pleasantly employed in various ways
and dainty supper was served by
Mrs. Martin after which the young
people took their departure, wishing
Clarence many happy returns Of the
day.