The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-04-28
GRATING SCHEME EXPOSED.
indians Have No Use for the Pasture
Lands.

Lands.
Special to the Ardmorcito
MARROW, l. r., April Closins
exercises Of MARROW high school were
acld at Clls place Saturday night An
excellent program was rendered by
pupils of the school including the
graduates. as follows Misses CalUe
smith, Llewelloyu BrIscoe. Annie
Cobb. Messrs. Harry Smythe aud
Robert Highsmith The haCcalaur.
ate sermon was delivered Sunday
morning by Dr. n. 4. Boaz og Fort
Worth, who in his able Discourse
handled in masterful way. tas brim
full of thought wisdom and advice.
Ills sermon was mucn enjoyed by the
immense audience present our pub.
Inc schools for the past tw5 years
have been ably managed by Professor
Albert b. Fincher. formerly cf Fort
Worth. who by his earnest and sue.
ccssfd1 efforts, has won the admira.
ton and sincere gratitude of our ciI.
zens.
The ta6t that the honorable secrc-
tGry of tue interior has again butted
in and recommended that the pasture
bill be a dead issue, is received here
with much dissatisfaction We .oye
become used to such action on tnc
Part Of some one at Washington for
years past The honorable secretary
claim that the land is needed fer the
indian is an absolute farce, as ali wCl
know an Indian went keep d head of
cattle only so long as he can kill the
beast and eat it raw, and as for the
p tiful sums which .ho white man
pays for pasturage, it amounts to a
drop in the bucket as compared with
he amount which tie :armer would
pay for even a lease on these lands
A slight shower fell here yesterday
lcrniug. but not eoougr to settle
tac sand which has been bl1wicg
i.om all directions for the pa: three
ulnths THIS section Is badly IN
rs.d Of a good long soaking ain.
The failed Merchants and Planters
bank at Duncan, is said to have had
$4,000 deposits and rediscounts Of
$1,000 with a total available assets
Of $4,000. There is no law in the In.
dian Territory governing private
banks, witch fact in some cases. gives
rise to a very loose wa Of Going
business in the banking line. An OF.
fer Of 81 cents on the dollar was
made fc. rLo assets bu. .'ter =. offer
We in a way to co.
was found that there was a serious
hitch in some way in the plan so it
was abandoned The bank failed April
1st and to date there seems to have
been no steps taken toward adjust.
ment in any definite way
A novel grating scheme is often
worked on small Territory towns,
and is as follows: \ smooth individ
ual comes along and says that he
will guarantee a court or county
seat at your town for $1,000, and moth
ing if he does not get the court OF
county seat. Then he usually gets
about 500 expense money, goes &c
the next town after getting the agree
ment signed by prominent citizens OF
the first town, and at town nur. bel
two he does the same thing, then &C
the next and so on. Perhaps it may
be certain bill pen-ing in congress
he guarantees TO get passed, etc Any
way, after working each town for d
few dollars and getting a guaranteed
contract of say $4,000 in case ,he Dil'
or action passes, he lays low and il
the bill passes or if me court comes
to any town he gets his $4,000 and
perhaps may not have done anything
There are suckers born every minute
and we find the grafters are always
waiting for them.