The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-09
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wherever practicable. which shall he
Kent well graLed. crowned and drain.
C., 10 a width OF nos less than tx feer
/ with split log drag o. other similar
means SO as to be- reasonably pasg'
able Tor wheeled vehicle au all
times
In discussing the proposed meas,
hre Gongrt Aslnan Scott Ferris. OF Ok
lahoma this week in advocacy OF Tie
combined bin declared that gOad
roads bring the products Of the mine.
Reid aud forest 40 the factory dodr
and that they are the avenues OF
progress ana the highest and best
lrool Of he intelligence We enJod'
hc diner nee between good 1adB
ard bod roads Us the difference be-
tween proll ana loss and good roads
liEc good deeds. live forever, while
bad roads. like bad deeds tetard our
lHpplnes progress and proSpertys
said Ar. Ferris Continuing f.- SAID
Good roads are the property Of all.
and all should aid in their upbnlldns
Good roads coniribut" thrift 10 the
producer thrift 10 the consumer, AMI
wealth to the nation Moro appropril
tons Tor internal improvements ana
less for war and the construction of
costly hatleahips which in few
year bee0uc obsolete. will bring
more pati )ti5m and ,esA taxes. H.. Is
The iuiy OF congress 10 act upon a
measure that viii assure good roads
ior Oklahoma and every other etAte
~ The American Union
The sweeping decision of the
United States suprcra court Ia gaa-
tanning the governments contentious
IN The thirty thousand Indian LAID
ltiue suits Instituted In The feieral
court a Muskogee IN 1908 means the
lheEining of the end OF many legal
rntanslenents that have Tor years
clonIed indian land titles in eagtsrn
oklahoma
rs deciding adversely 10 p. n.
Heckman and Senator Robert l..
owen in suits affecting the trnnsfer
oI Cherokee lands, the supreme
conrt last week decided absolutely
and completely that the government
had the right to 80 ahead with the
10 1000 Indian lana suits
/ The decision in the owen case de-
cidtd the right OF the government 10
maintain its suits and also tested tue
l0fsdictional question on dill the thir-
y thousand land suits The decision
determines governments right to
BRING action on restricted indian
lands. The court has nols ~ yet de.
clded whether lands involved IN 9TH
cI eases were alenable although de.
cision would apply to them equally
IN event il later deteriilhcs that lands
involved were restricted on lates on
instruments complained OF In original
bills. Lands involved in Owen nd
Heckman cases were declared TO bf
lrestrcted lands The court in its
opinion decided that the Indian allot-
tee Is not a necessary party 10 The
suits, that the bills are not mutilar-
Gus that the guardianship Of govern.
ment and right 10 siie existed entirely
independently OF any citizenship Ot
the allOttec ana that the suit hy gov.
|ernneht brought in ,sitsz own name
without making allotted. Il party lid
NOT preclpde the aliOttec from suing in
his own behalf. bur in spite Of TINT
lfatt. the government can maintain itR
action Independently OF allottAe--tte
allottee having no control OF any kind
over the action The decision intt
mated that a Judgment In suit
brought by government would In ef
tect bind the allOttee. The court hold
also that the return Of the purchaae
,nriee or money paid to atottee at
time he deed was taken. Is not neu.
e5Sary to maintenance Of action or
cancellation OF the instrument, NJ
cause if il had been he'll 10 he necss-
aarY II would in e1'ect preclude tire
action BY The government
The opinion further states that
the c0nrt hearing the cases on ihell
merits can order All parties 10 the
tltle bctorc IL in order To completely
reStore 30 The lll0ttac his Iands. svef
iE0n&h such party NAV not he the
defendant in criminal bill aud a deed
which he may have talken msv 0t be
the subject OF suit The supreme
court leaves it within discretion VI
.ula court 10 adjust the equities be.
twccn the parties where IL is shOwh
that The transaction With The alinuee
IA an exchange OF land aud sueh land
- within pos es4ion OF allottee
The EOyeiument VIZ now wait un
al Il tesU.pt is enI from Che ahi
lrtme court when the defendants
must be held fo 1p4war the biils on
their merits There can be no an
aWer IN the owen aud Hickman eases
because NE cOrrt decided tae in
tolYed ilnds were Halienaole
Senator owen is defendant iii over
tVo hundred eases am the govern
mcnt viii now ask Tor the caneella-
ton 0l deeds ana instruments coy
erlng about eight thousand acres OF
Ilch tarm lands in the Cherokee Ma
ton near CJney and a the same time
win ask FOR an accounting for reuts
and profits while the allottee has
been ont OF possession together with
restoration OF possession Of The allot
tee
The original land suit was brought
July Is. l9cS an, between then amt
September 1909. thirty thousand salts
were brought IN the federal court
iiuce that time Glib cases. involving
384 600 acres ot land, valued at $4,000.
600. have been dismissed for various
causes and the lands recovered for
the allottees
The thirty thousand land suit. IN
.Yolye approximately three million
acres OF land valued At $60009,000
These suits we're originally brought