The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-22

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matter to estimate what the saving to
the red man would be if the 100000
members were in the restricted class.
The major portion of this work is con-
Quoted by field clerks formerly known
as district agents) and their assist
ants. There are sixteen of these field
clerks located at central points in six
teen evenly divided districts, and in
this manner the interests of the re-
stricted Indians can be handled in the
best manner.
The field clerks are assisted by a
competent corps of expert farmers,
land appraisers, oil inspectors and In
dian police, and it would be a difficult
matter for an INSCRIPTIONS investor
to make anything but a square deal
when transacting matters with poor
Lo, especially if said poor Lo is in
the restricted class-that is, if he is
three-fourths or more Indian by blood
An idea can be given as to how the
government work is systematized by
noting the manner in which the differ
ent branches are divided. The third,
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floors
of the Metropolitan building are en-
tirely taken by government officers
the directory showing them as fol-
lows.
Third floor-United States District
Court, Mr.. X. p. Harrison, clerk; y. s.
Marshals office, Grant Victor, mar
shall and Ernest Hubbard, chief office
deputy; U. S. Land Suits, Mr.. A. N.
Frost. special United States District
attorney, having this branch of work
The United States District attorney
and U. S. District judge are also on.
this floor.
| The fourth floor is the home of the
Commissioner to the Five Tribes and
! the United States Indian inspector,
Mr., ]. George Wright, and this depart
ment is divided into the following
branches Mr.. Thomas Ryan, advisory
counsel to the Secretary of the In
terror; Mr.. w. II. Angel, chief clerk
to the Commissioner: Mr.. VIM Craw-
ford, chief clerk to the Inspector;
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole and
Creek land office, in charge of Mr..
Thomas c. Humphrey, and Mr.. James
C. Kennedy in charge of the Cherokee
land office. The disbursing Office is
managed by Mr.. George N. Wise and
Miss Lillian Cass has supervision of
the mailing room
The. work of the Commission to the
Five Tribes has indeed been marvel
Gus undertaking. The citizenship of
100000 Indians has been determined
out of some 100000 applicants. Twenty
million acres of land have been ap-
praised, surveyed and corner stones
Iset even to the fractional ten acre
piece, and the 100000 Indians have
been equally Tin cash value of land)
allotted this land, and the full record
of the transaction fully preserved.
The United States Indian Superin-
tendent. Mr. Dana II. Kelsey. has his
office on the fifth floor, and is assisted
by Chief Clerk Mr.. Roscoe S. Cate,
Fred S. Cook, Special Agent, and Fl.
G. Janeway, Special Field Clerk. The
cashiers division, Mr. r. Kessel, cash
Ter and special disburseing agent and
the accounts division in charge of Mr..
Dave Buddres are also on this floor,
as is the mailing room, Miss Blanche
Oppenheimer in charge This floor
is in reality the hub around which the
entire business wheel of Indian affairs
revolves. and from $3.50 until 500
O'Clock each day resembles a bee hive
in the busy season
On the sixth floor are other branches
OF Indian Superintendent's Office, as
follows: Townsite Division, in charge |
of NJ. F. Early Sales and Restriction
Divisions, in charge of p E. Hewitt |
and E. J. Burke, respectively, and the
Royalty and Lease Divisions in charge
of w. M. Baker and Frank H. Walkup |
Other branches of the Superintend- |
ent's Office on the seventh floor are
the Oil Inspector, the typewriting di-
vision in charge of Mr.. JIM. Brown,
the Indian per capita and annuity pay
ment division with Mr. w. e. Hickey,
and the field clerk for Mus
kogee and Wagner counties, Mr.. Her
bert House.
Another important government Of
flee is also on this floor-the Indian
Schools Department, Mr.. John Brown,
There are twelve
tribal boarding schools in addition to
the non-reservation and day schools in
in the Choctaw ma
ton, four in the Creek, two in the
and one in each the Chero-
hoo and CamiunIa Tho Indian hOV