Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-21

sects is much stronger among the negroes
than among the whites, and each denomina-
ton insists upon having its own minister
and house Of worship. Several large brick
gee are owned by negroes. and recently one
OF the best locations in the retail section
was purchased by a negro for $4,000 He
INTENDS to erect six-story prick biock
upon it.
Large numbers of negroes own their
homes and take great pride in them. They
have good schools and pay their teachers
well One of the negro merchants said, in
reply to my question:
Many of our people have come from the
south because they have a better show
here. There has been no prejudice against
them. While they have not attempted nor
asked for social recognition and have been
satisfied with their own society, they have
been allowed greater liberties and have
enjoyed better opportunities in commerce.
trade and the professions. The white popu-
laton trade at the stores kept by negroes
just as much as at white stores, and our
merchants have done all the business they
were entitled to among the white popuia-
ton: but recently race prejudice has be-
gun to develop. l attribute 1T to the in
fiuence of the southern colony in the ter
ritory, great number of immigrants have
come in from Arkansas. Missouri, Texas
and the gulf states, and they do not like
to see negroes enjoy the freedom We have
here. But hope that people will be-
rave themselves, so as to retain the re-
spect ana confidence or the community
No Politics Practically.
There Is practically politics in Indian
Territory yet. although the confidence OF
the people in their admission to statehood
at the next session of Congress is causing
them to declare their political preferences
and get ready for alignment. 1t is al
ready easy TO find candidates for the United
States Senate and House of Representatives
IN ~ foo No. ao
supposed to be unders landing already
among natural-born leaders concerning the
allotment of the principal Offices Two
gentlemen have been pointed out to by
rhelr admirers as certain of future honors,
one as governor and the other as a MEM
Der of the Senate. At the next presidential
election even the Indians will vote and as
Mr. Douglas. editor of the Phoenix ex-
pressed it the other night: They will prob
ably vote as they shot during the civil
war The Choctaws and Chickasaws.
whose reservation lies along the Texas Dor
der. generally sympath'zed with the con-
federacy, while the Creeks and Cherokees
In the northern part, along the Kansas
line, We're more generally in sympathy with
the Union. Last year 100000 was dis
tributed among the loyal members of the
creek Nation to indemnify them FOR prop
erty destroyed by the confederate forces
Ihere are several Indian millionaires.
me richest citizen in the territory is j. j.
McAllister. a white man, who came from
ARKANSAS thirty-five years ago and mar
ried a Chckasaw wife. He made the first
coal developments in the territory, and is
now the heaviest miner.
William E. Halsell of Vinita. another
white man with Cherokee wife, is worth
several millions. He made his money in
cattle and has ranches in New Mexico
Arizona and old Mexico.
Robert l.. Owen, a Cherokee speculator
has been very rich and still owns a large
amount of property He has a beautiful
residence near Muskogee. but resides in
Washington most of the time. looking af-
ter the interests of his tribe there
Miss johnson, a young Cherokee woman
of Bartlesville. has made an enormous for
tune in OIL Her leases bring her regular
income OF 500 or more a day Not long
ago, when some friend was Joking her
about getting married, she told him that II
he would find her good husband she
would put $50 gold piece under his plate
at breakfast every morning