The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-20
SMALL COUNTIES.
County Boundary Problem
Likely to Be Serious in
Many Counties.

the Sequoyah constitution, VIII NOT "
carved ou in the Indian Territory a.
many expected, If the organization
now in control of the constitutions
convention has is way. When &. \.
Haskell, William II. Murray and othe
S%cuuoyahns won the victory in the on
ganization of the constitutional con
y.1tion they hJuRht that the 5equoy
ali counties would prevail. That TIN
j. not true is evidenced 10y the STATE
mcnt of l.. T. Russell, editor of tho
Ardmorcite and secretary TO President
MURRAY. whose home Is at Mshomingo
that the counties for the Choctaw all
Ihickassw nations in the Indian Ter
ritury and Tor oklahoma have arread
practically been decided upon toy the
convention leaders.
Whether or not there Ia a millior
dollar county seat lobby here ~ som
wspapcrs have printed, no one ca
definitely determine as a lobbyist doe
not rxIus.. his corruption fnnd to thu
gaze of the public. Yet it is true thai
already many Of the Indian Territor,
towns and several oklahoma munici
p,lities have lobbies and keep then
well SUPPLIED with the sinews of war.
President Murray himself recognized
the situation when he announced pull
LEFTY that he would appoint only per
sons on the committees on county line
whom he thought incable of beini
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brihed. He delayed the appoihtmcI,
of this committee that he might Us
care in its selection. According Ia ia,
statements Of his friends, however. n
fight il to be made TOR IA county ga t
for Tishomingo.
Commenting on the statement that
more than 81 10000 is ready TO he
used in influencing the boundary
%liues," Mr.. Russell said
The delegates from Greer county on
tie west clear across 10 the Choctaw
nation gu the east have found little
trouble in adjusting the county bouI-
dairy question. A new county will be
~ ted from the extreme south al
kr,wa cuunty and the southwest cor
n"r of Coinanche county, the bull
coming from Comanchc county. Or
the maiu line of the Rock Island tho
Of thickasha, Duncan and Ryan
Willie county seats. The recording
districts IN which these towns are To-
rai.d will have added To them one
tier III townships ON the west, along
ilA. 9Th I.,Ait.An. Eea,, INn1lx -
Conanclie counties. This will put
forever al reststhe effort to further
divide these counties. 1t is the dispo-
sili"n of the Ryan and Duncan dis
tricts tr give "a tier of townships from
their ras, ls,undary aud add same Ia
tlc west boundary of the Pauls Valley
Arlnlorr and Marietta districts. or
counties, as they wal be designated in
the future. The only possible trouble
III district q With Ardinorc rs county
scat wnuld be IN ease. a new county
wa created Ia Our northeast. In that
ras" Arlu9orc would raise no objection
I" giving the new county a tier OF
townships on the north boundary from
the A~rlmckle mountains, in lieuof the
line townships added W her west
boundary The T~wcnty-sixth record
ing district will not be distributed bur
will have added two townships on her
the county seat. There is absolutely
NJ opposition to the above arrange.
mrnt 50 far as IL effects. Ardmore ant
Marietta. Any reports to the contrar,
are without foundation and started b,
designing persons for selfish and ne
iaripus purposes, II now looks ~ il
1islluningo aud Madill will both get
county seats, but this has not been
agreed uIun.
Az 10 the Oklahoman's statement
that the county boundary lobby was
worse than all others combined, We
wish: To say that the business men of
our state are not in the bribing bust
ness aud when they are classed az be-
ing more corrupt than the 'oil trust
hpuor trust. school book trust, etc.
they are m%aligned and misrepresented
The principal fights" he continued,
are being waged north of the Cana
dian river in the Cherokee, Greek, an,
Seminole nations. There is a stron.
sentiment there among the smaller n
piring towns for small counties. Til
fight is warm and the outcome uncer
tain"
A. Mr.. Russell is a member of IN
organization in control, his views W
he interpreted As meaning that neithe
the recording district lines nor the Sc
quoyah county lines are To be followed
Many Of the Indian Territory delegate,
are pledged to towns for ounty sea,
and if they fail political death is III
anuInnrn uNNaiIinp Ihnm NJ nro..