The Columbus journal., 1905-12-06

| C0amsberS Will return IN u few weeks to
make mOr extensive Investments. Con-
cerning conditions of tho red mar, Mr..
H~Ockenber9er made the following lntei-
esting statement IL y Journal reporter:
I'VE expected to find land prices lower.
Land sells there from SIS to $40 an
acre. We spent most ef our time at
Bartellsville where Louis Pollock lives
and at Teisa some distance south.
| These towns are both situated in the
heart Of the oil country and have made
rapid growth along with the develop
ment q the oil wells. Telsa has grown
to a city Of 5000 people within four years
and Bartellsville has grown as rapidly.
There are no 'Omahas'' in the Terri.
tory but there are more cities OF from
5000 to 10000. These cities have regu-
lar municipal organic .tiOn the same as
the cities in the states and yOu find in
them the same business development,
public utilities and sanitary conditions.
Bnt in the farming country it ia differ.
emit. The u crying need is statehood.
Under territorial government the per-
pie cannot levy taxes t" hui'd rOale
and ~echoOlhOuses. And withOr, goo
roads and good schools in the country,
the best class 1t farmers will not enter.
Another very seri,ns handicap to
the country i. the breaking up Of
the farms into small tracts AS n result
Of Indian ownership. The government
has refused TO permit the Indians tn Sc II
more than 100 acres out nj each 100
acre allotment. Therefore the only
means by which a settler can secure a
quarter section is t" buy 12O acres and
lease the other 40 acres for five years.
Some of the indians prefer to live on
their 40 acre tracts. OF course all i'm
provemenis on the leased land remain
there at the termination Of the lease.
Naturally therefore, the improvements
are cheap and unsubstantial and they
make the country look uninviting to
people who are accustomed to see the
we'll improved Nebraska farms. Many
Of the Indian holders are only one thirty
second part Indian, some of them occu-
py high places in social and professional
life, and they want the government re-
strictiOns removed to enable them to
sell their land. One of the leading
lawyers and one Of the leading doctors
of Tulsa are one sixteenth part Indian
and they are proud of the fact. As soon
as statehood is secured and the Indian
restrictions removed, this country will
go forward with leaps and bounds
For the land will produce everything
that Nebraska land will produce with
cotton and fruit added. Ard with an
unlimited supply Of oil and an abun.
dance of natural gas for manufacturing
purposes. the new state promises to be
n Of the wealthiest in the United
States"
The Kansas City journal says of
Dora ThOrne": III those who are re-
gular attendants of the ellis want to
enjoy a melO-drama thi has much that
is Of true dramatic worth and given by
q company that bring out the produc-
ton il a most interesting manner they |
will do we'll to sec Dora Thorne' adapt
ed from Miss Clay's novel of the same
name. The piece has one tragic situa-
ton, the murder of Lord Earl, which
occurs early in the play. But is for.
gotten in the events that crowd one
another and 60 to make up one Of the
best constructed and interesting stories
that has been presented at the Gillis.
Take a melodrsmstic audience, especial
ly a Sunday audience, and a play that
does not contain q dozen thrills in at
least three acts, comes pretty near los
ing attention. The play is full Of good
lines that strikes home, has a lot of ex-
business and the situations and
climaxes are we'll brought out. Strange
to say it did not take any buzz-saw
acts. or train robberies or even the
arrival of q Hswkshaw to awak-
en the demonstrations of approval
which were generously given. The cast
and production are Far above the aver
sge. At the North Opera house,
December 18th.
g. j. Gorlow sued Mrs. Emma Nc
Allister for an attorneys fee Of S25 in
,ounty court Tuesday. The plaintiff
claims that he earned the fee in assist
rg Allen & Reed to resist a divorce suit
several years ago Ey Steve \
dcAllister against the defendant. The
declared that Mr.. Carlow
butted in" and that she never employ.
d him. Mrs. McAllister tried her own
ase, The jury found for the plaintiff
nd assessed the amount at 90.
Mrs. A. C. Boone returned Saturday
from Firth, Neb., where she at.
,nded q family reunion. There were
, children and their parents, and q
present. She reports an
time.
Mr.. aud Mn. Lloyd Swain are moving
to the Geitzen property on west Four.
enth street. r,