Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-06-20
STATEHOOD At LAST.
Oklahoma and Indian Territories Ad-
mitted as One State by Congress.

Busy the far, the sunlit panorama;
Prairie, orchard and yellow grain
of the North,
Cotton and rice of the South, and
Louisiana cane;
Open, unseeded fallows, rich fields
of clover and timothy,
Kline and horses feeding, and droves
of sheep and swine,
And many stately river flowing,
and many a jocund brook,
And healthy uplands with their
herby- -perfumed breezes,
And the good green grass-that
delicate miracle, the ever
lasting grass.
Whitman.
The ambition of Kansas neigh
Dor on the south has at last been
! realized, after hard struggle of
I, many years. Oklahoma and In
dian Territories were admitted in
to the union by congress last week.
This splendid country deserv ed
statehood many years ago. 1t has
a greater population and produces
more than % other states in the
union and her gro with is only fairly
started. Political jealousies and
partisan strategy is all that has
kept her out of the union so long.
The constitution of the state will
be formed by II2 delegates, fifty
five from Oklahoma,a "a like number
from Indian Territory and two to
be elected by the qualified electors
in the Usage Indian reservation.
There will be only III districts.
The governor, Sc cretary and chief
justice of Oklahoma shall appor-
tion Oklahoma into ffty-six dis
tricts,of which the Usage reserva-
tion shall be one e,and the judges of
the court of appeals in Indian terri
tory shall apportion that territory
into fifty five districts. The gov
ernor Of Oklahoma and the Judge
senior in service in Indian territory
shall order an election of delegates
within four months after the ap-
proval of the enabling act, the proc
lamation to be issued 90 days be-
fore the election. The laws Of Ok
lahoma regulating the election of
delegates to congress shall apply.
In Indian territory the judges of the
} United States courts are require d
to establish and define election pre-
cincts and appoint three judges of
election for each precinct,not more
than two of whom shall be mem
bers of the same political party.
The election judges appoint their
own clerks,an report to the judges
of the United States courtS,a ,and the
latter constitute the ultimate and
final canvassing board in Indian
territory. The constitutional con-
vention will assemble at Guthrie
on the second Tuesday after the
election of its delegates, who shall
not receive pay for service longer
than sixty days. The first state
election will be held about Febru.
airy I, 1907.
Two senators and five congress-
men will represent the state In
Washington. There were twenty
six counties in Oklahoma exclu-
sive of the Usage Indian reserva
ton. Indian Territory had twen-
ty-siX court recording districts,
which were established for the
ultimate purpose of their becoming
counties.
The combined population of the
territories in 1900 was I,3 5000.
The largest town in the state is
Oklahoma City,now the CONNER
2 cial metropolis of the state. Ok
lahoma City's population is close
to 10000. Shawneeand Guthrie are
next in size. Muskogee is the
largest town in Indian Territory,
claiming $4,000 inhabitants. A
dozen or more towns in the state
have population exceeding 5000.
and there are many having from
1000 to 5000.
Guthrie has been designated as
the capital of the state until 1916
when the people by popular vote
will probably have an opportunity
to decide the proposition for them
selves.
The Santa Fe schedule changed
hoclr fo the former time again thf