The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-06

preventing the trustees from carrying
out their plans. The action in which
this order was issued was brought by
+. II. Mcclure. county attorney Of
Logan county. at the request Of the
sanitarium company. which now has
the contract for the care Of the In.
sane. and the receiver OF the Capitol
National bank. which held a majority
OF the sanltarium stock at the time
OF its failure. They contended that
the action of the Legislature was In
contravention OF the act OF congress
preme court by the territory and ar.
gued there at the January term in
| 1906. but through an oversight the
| opinion In the case. which had been
prepared nearly year ago. was not
handed down until the day when the
contract for the repair of the build.
| ings was let The injunction was
then dissolved and the case dismiss.
ed. In the meantime Delegate Nc.
/ CURE had secured the passage
| through congress of bill legalizing
! the action of the Oklahoma legisla.
| ture. It was passed by the lower
house in the spring of 1906, but did
not go through the senate until Jan.
| uary Is Of this year
The old trustee had resigned. but
/ Governor Frantz appointed In their
/ places Dr John Threadgill. of Ok
/ lahoma City. and II. G. Bradford. of
/ III Reno They at once proceeded
/ 10 get busy on plans for the repair
Of the old buildings, which are cspec-
of the cottage plan, and the segrega.
ton of the different classes of pat.
tents. as recommended by the asylum
examining board In its last report
There are nearly fifteen buildings
/ al told ON the reservation. of which
forty are In a fair state of preserva-
ton. Ready for occupancy are: The
commandments houDe. containing
twelve rooms and supplied with
baths the officers row. on which are
nine cottages of sixteen rooms each;
twenty six smaller COTTAGE an en-
tcrtainment hall and a hos rltal. In
addition to these there are seven
barracks and fifty cedar houses which
could be made ready for occupancy
with comparatively small expendi-
ture. II Is claimed that the build
ings which can not be used
could be sold for enough to
repair the others The water works
and sewer systems are both In very
good condition.
Fort supply has very interest
ing history. and It was from there
that Custer. Sheridan, Lawton. Cap
J tain Charles King and other Indian
. fighters who won fame In their coun
= try's service set forth on their cam
} paigrs against the Indians. As it'
J. name indicates, II was established
l i'm the first place as repository fol
e military stores. from which Other
forts farther out on the frontier
{ could he supplied. IL had been
regular camping place for the troops
y during the earlier Indian campaigns
Z and at the close of Clusters cam
T paign against the Cheyennes anC
e Arauarahoes In 1865 when the need
i of such base of supplies was sorell
e felt II was decided to establish {
q regular army post there. and nearly
II $1,000 OOO was expended In its con
l. struction.
/ Most OF the material was brought
g from Topeka 200 miles away. Grad
T. ually the railroads got nearer ano
= nearer and for many years Dodge
4 city was the railroad town from
e which the fort received its supplies
& few years before the post wa'
!, abandoned the railroad built into
o Woodward only twelve miles away
and supplies were hauled from there
To IN" fort. Woodward still remains
J. the nearest railroad point.
# In the Custer campaign which re
] suited IN inc iorl 'Slannshn'ht, ll'
A present sight Of the fort was tn,
scene Of hard fought battle be
j. TWEEN Clusters troopers and bant
Of murdcrous Cheyennes. under the
leadership OF the notorious BLACK
Kettle. The Indian squaws took NJ
active part in the battle, and 1t wa
Z g upNil
ton, one Of the hravest officers II
Clusters command. received his deatl
wound. The troops eventually pu
the Indians to rout, capturing 10,
buffalo hides and 500 ponies.
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