The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-09
OWEN OF
MUSKOGEE
ON THE SUBJECTS OF INTEREST
TO NEW STATE CITIZENS.
Good Roads Discussed, Also the Cues
tlcn Of indian Restrictions Being
Removed-Would Not Announce
for Senate.

al for the United states with head
quarters at Washington The colonel
while here was asked 20 give his views
ON the various topics Of interest Goo
the new state and especially the qucs.
t.0us OF good roads, the removal of
restrictions and last, but not least
the probability of his becoming q can.
diduto. as one Of the first senators ol
the new state, at Washington. The
colonel said:
"Muskogec was delighted at the OPP
uortunity of doing honor To- Col. SD
uoy Suggs and supporting him for the
position as president of the Oklahoma
Good Roads association. This is "a
very important subject in IN. new
state, and We are glad to have the ac-
tive sympathy and support of Col.
Suggs, and we Intend To hold mp his
hands as president.
In speaking Of the cost of roads the
colonel continued.
"lt cost one half cent per ton per
milo 20 move material ON a steel rHil.
road. u cost sixteen times Is much
to do the same work ON a good maCul.
am road. or eight cents q ton per mile.
but it cost 80 times as much or twou.
ty-fye cents a ton per mile ON good
earth roads. and over muddy or san
Dis roads the expense is much greater.
The freight moved last year was about
I 200 600 0G1 tons. hauled iu wagons
an average of six miles to the rail.
roads. The internal commerce not
hauled ON railroads was probably
500 600 600 tons a total of 2OOO.UOO.
a4n NJ
ser ton for an average of liN mites at
cost of three billion dollars. II
these materials had been hauled on
good maCadam roads it would have
cost for wagon hauling only one third
as much, at saving Of two billion
dollars per annum.
Good macadam roads constructed
out OF Ardmurc would pay almost the
full amount expended as an annual re-
turn on the investment The people
of New York have just changed their
constitution, provided a bond issue
of $4,000 OOe for state aid, the cOun.
i"s under the New York E'au TO pa
=. like sum of $4,000 900 curing the
next eight years. This great exam.
pie of road investment shuuld com.
mand the interest and attention of our
people. If they give attention, they
will make like Investments In good
roads as matter of sclrin'crCst
The Oklahoma Good Roads as5ocia.
tion intends 10 take the initiative and
extend the good road organization to
every county and district i'm the new
state"
What about removing restrictions"
There are no personal restrict 2s
on the indians. as such, except m.aor.
itv. or Wien individuals may be m.
.cauablo of contract due to personal
or mental iuc0muctoucy shown I'm the
probate court. There Is no restric.
ton under the wardship, as every In
dian i'm the Indian Territory wrs
made a free neIged cit.zgu of tine
United States by act of congress Ci
March 3. 1901. ! wrote that act and
have the pen with which President
Mckinley signed the act. The great
act ended wardship and as the SUI
preme court of the United states viz.
oruusiy sets forth in the Albert Hen
case, such supervision control can not
he restored without the consent both
of the individual Indian and of the
state
THE Indian can sell his equity and
.', G,o sI c,lIeJ rcstrlctloue ON
I-,,ito5 cf5tos citizors or Indian blood
a.. NJ, ,.Ci5 mn5or tbo fftb and fourteenth
a,,,ondr.nts of tho constitution which
@arI,iI" cinss distinction and forbids
,otjn,, ,oiTr"' ~ nronorty without due pro
u'nl "'''a -, Ia,y
w Wr,o, ahort yorr candidacy for tho
,osttio, os ono NJ Tho first senator's of
tbo rov, statoo
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