The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-02

aided by her full blood cousin, Arrow
Little Heart, organized the educated
Chickasaw girls into band pledged
TO marry only scientifically educated
young white men. A. n NJ. college
graduates preferred Col. Iightfoot
and his daughter are chums and are
always seen together They are also
business partners. They are specu.
iators in Indian Territory town lots.
They have bought rap much of the val
liable alfalfa and fruit lands iu the
region OF the burning Mountain. The
coloucls land and ranch and farming
interests are iu the hands of his
three sons and his squaOS drs. Light
foot. who deal themselves extensively
on the ChickasaW lands and have
many white tenants ON their farms
Col irhtfoots town lot specula.
lions keeps him and his daughter
away from home and ON the road the
greater part Of their time They have
attended almost all the government
sales ol town lots u the Territory.
TN" rapid advance on the lof they
bought at auction sales togct with
their spcculatious ia lots has made
the colonel and his daughter very
wealthy Colonel Lightfoot is proud
uf the fact that he Is a "squaw man.
Proud too. of his Ch,ckasaw wife and
Indian children. When seen this
4 this morning by your correspondent.
/ the colonel talked first Of his business
adventures and forecast great de-
vclopmcnt upheaval following state.
hood and the removal of restrictions.
and rapid advance In all Indian Ter.
ritory real estate when asked to give
his opinion ON the political situation
the colonel brought his clinched fist
down for emphasis and his eyes spark
cIcd and glowed with excitement
The people are growing crazy over
politics. | neve before saw 70 many
outright d-n fools and shark poll
ticians collected together in one coun-
try. want you through the paper
YOU represent 10 warn all eXcitables,
rahId prohihitionists aud populists in
ToTas and Kansas. to stay ont Of the
Territory until after the election. The
campaign for state wide prohibiio Ton
and for the adoption OF the con ti'u-
tion les ou. The campaign for the c'cc-
/ ton of state and federal officers will
open IN few days and will add TO
the general excitement This great
political strife will be- 100 much tor
the Texas and Kansas eXcitables.
Most of these people go crazy soon
after crossing the border. The nation
/ al government has made no provision
! In the Territory for the care Of those
/ lunatics. Some of them are placed in
| the federal iails. but many are cared
| tor In the homes OF their relatives,
! friends or I'm the home of some human
! ltarian. The political rawlings of these
| unfortunates make them very un-
| pleasant charges. and their keepers
. ANl'II lll' VI NH'lll anu Null Ah'lll Wv
er to the Indians who spirit them
away. II after few days, a few
weeks or few months the Indian
hogs root up the bodies aud strips
/ them of thci. flesh, or wild dogs and
wolves scratch them up, and the
bones are brought to the notice of the
government officials, the only inforn.a-
tlon the officers or the courts can get
out Of the Indians Is u grunt and Me
spcct mabe so old burial ground some
wild tribe" These unidentified bodies
are being brought to the public no
ticc with frequency that is alarming.
For the sake of humanity and for
their own sakes you should warn
those poor unbalanced and excitable
Texans and Kansans to stay out of
this country until the election is over
and the tense political excitement Is
allayed"