The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-08

terror department TO assist the full
blood Indians to remove the clouds
from their titles and procure the de
yelopment Of their landed property.
| Any Indian in this way viii have
a councillor and friend to protect
! his interest with comparatively no
cost According to Senator owen the
bill does not involve the proposition
| that the United States Is guardian
Of any cItizen-lndian OF Oklahoma,
but permits the United States to act
as friend and counselor 1t has been
impossible for the Interior depart
ment says the Muskogee senator to
realize that the people Of Oklahoma
are better friends to the Indians of
| Oklahoma than the employees OF the
interior department are likely to be.
The fixed regular appropriations for
the five civilized tribes, Of course, is
not included in this list.
II will thus be seen that Oklahoma
got her share in every respect
The Indian appropriation bill also
contained un important provision in
sofar as II prevented the continuance
of the system heretofore adopted of
requiring Indian lessons or lcssees TO
be taxed with the cost of making
leases. issuing patents, etc Daven-
port succeeded in having this item
stricken out on a point of order
while the bill was still in the house
committee on Indian affairs and here
by much displcased Chairman Shor-
man owen cooperated with Daven-
port i'm the senate later with the re-
suit that they actually won out in
the end
There We're many othor individual
benefits in the appropriation bill in
question. Carter and owen for in
stance promoted provision authorlz-
ing the immediate sale of tribal
buildings which under the law could
not be sold for a year. In this way
the state cities, counties and muni-
cipalities of Oklahoma can require
such property if they desire to do so
without delay. They are given the
preference right by the Indian admin
istration bill.
Credit for the per capita tax pay.
mcnt TO the Sac and Fox Indians
which will amount altogether in the
ncighborhood of 100000 is due ia
Representative Mcclure, who success
fully engineered the deal in the
house and in the senate where Scna
tor owen by virtue OF his position
ON the Indian affairs committee. Sen
. ator owen is member of the Indian
| affairs committee, the committee or
. public lands and the committee on
. postofico and post roads and as q
great majority of the bills introduced
| every session affecting Oklahoml
= come within the jurisdiction Of thes,
: committees it will be seen at one,
| that Senator owen is in a position
30 be of great advantage to his state
\ Almost every bill that has become q
Law affecting Oklahoma received
ovens active support and cooper
tion in some way or other.
Some of the other important items
are as follows:
The distribution of the Iowa In
dian trust nInd Inc payment OF S.,
$500 to sam Brown from the Greek
nation of which he was treasurer at
one time. Also the payment of ID. IL
Johnston $4,000 representing back sal
AIRY
A patent was directed to be issued
10 the bureau OF Catholic Indian mis-
sions for 40 acres of land in the
Quaplw nation whore they have main
tanned church and school for many
years
Representative Fulton secured leg
tsla.uu which has in Wow the sale
of $40 acres OF land and the build
ings ON it I'm the Cheyenue-Arapaho
agency and to use the proceeds in
building schools for these people.
The omnibus Indian administration
bin also contains a provision author
iziug the secretary of interior to plat
ani lay out new towns in the segre
galoa coal lands for which credit is
due to Representative Garter and
Secretary Garfield OF the interior de-
partment.
Representative Davenport secured
legislation directing that the annuities
due the intermarried whites from
the Cherokee nation be paid. The