The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-03-10
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II Chas ]. Bonapartes recommendations are carried
NJ there viii be several vacancies in Office in the Indian
Territory
Men are falling each other in their efforts to buy
ii, leases and many Of them have no more oil in them
han the dry craters OF the moon
Shawnee has recently sold fifty thousand dollar issue
IF school bonds j. @ Hughes, the Oklahoma City bank
or was the and accrued interest being the price
paid
By the time the planting season is over the city Of
Enid will have planted $4,000 trees in It's parks and pub
lIc places splendid example and one worthy of emu
laion by the greatest and smallest town IN the. twin
II seems like President Roosevelt is taking consider
able time to read Bonaparte report for such fellows as
pny soper have too much politics at stake TO have the
bomb burst about the time the territorial convention
meets.-Capital.
President Roosevelt is the youngest man ever IN the
White House, only fortysix while the senate never had
60 many old men as 1t now has pettus Of Alabama IS
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other senator's past seventy and twentynne past sixty
Mike Conan OF Atoka II newspaper stories are true
gladiator without peer Singe-handed he fought the
Perry faction from the stage In the Choctaw Republican
district convention, deted their dynamite and by mis-
take hit his friend, w S. Farmer whack on the heac
with chair that split his scalp Oklahoma Republicans
who expect to take part in single statehood convention
should keep their eye Conlani he's tighter iron
Fightersyille
In all probability the Cherokee land Office will open
rahlequah about March is There is little Of be
coming alarmed over the report that It is to be moved
some other town although 1t is true that efforts hav
been made In that direction Mark the prediction tn
Office will not be moved from Tahequah until the pui
pose for which II was established here has been accom-
pshed- giving Of those who live IN this and othe
sections the privilege of filing at the town Of the
choice.-Arrow.
The Bonaparte report has this to say Of Nh Bixbl
"In our Judgment Commissioner Bixby connection wit
this corporation the Canadian Valley Trust Co mpa
his usefulness as public olcaland II he retains his pre-
ent position, it should be, IN our Judgment terminate
u without delay" In similar manner the report dea
with other members Of the Dawes commission, who wei
charged by s NJ Brosius with holding stock and oth'
interests In notorious land companies and corporation
dealing in Indian lands Sir. Bonaparte and his assoc
ate review at great length the connection OF feder
officials with trust and other companies IN q
Indian Territory, and they analyze In detail ti
charges made by Mr. Brosus most Of which are IN su
stance acknowledged to be true, though the Bonapar
report moddes the strngency Of some Of Mr. Brosu
comments. Touching Broslus the report says:
besides investigating the accuracy OF Mr.. Broslu
statements We were instructed TO report upon hs ~
tves for making them We happy TO he able TO =
that we lind no reason whatever to impugn hts go'
faith OF TO doubt that his report inspired by 81
cere desire on his part to advance the interests Of q
Indians IN tile territory and the highly benetcen a.
humane purposes Of the society by which he was 81
ployed