The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-11

v-.srf-g.r- y T. IN 1914
tn h,,o md, ana White -a53Ie OF
m. C-C.cts.r and Cb.csas4. ma
-ilrs.
Jr-, ~ all haze a rig1- 20 ey-
yec- a s,aed. set-laue1t OF tribal
estates 5v the gale of tribal UrDg.
ertr. caDi,a!.ziug. The funds and vay-
ing Them OIL, 10 individuals Il the
tribes. which would result not only
in The material iu,lres, n he In
dams themselves but would prove
4 g-es. boon 10 the business !n,e.t
egts gf our state AZ well as increase
-he raYsble values We rn4 our
selves confronted by the strong s.
effort ever known 70 reO1en the In
dian rolls. with tho object OF the en-.
rol,ment OF upward Of 5000 claim
ants. 90 per cent Of whom I've iu
other states represented ny the firm
Of Crews & CantWell. s. Iluis. No.
and Ballinger OF Washington CITY.
Those In favor Of reOp-nlng the roll
are oaDoset 70 final settlement or
The having out OF annuities Those
opvOspd 70 reOaen.ny the rolls are
in favor Of paving out the money.
knowing that when the tribal estate
i- distributed there will be no lur-
ther incentive for court made In
d.aus. Two methods are propcs d
i'm the case Of enrolment, one 70
give the new applicant an equal
right 10 the whole estate, the other
Z, give them OF the MONEYS remain
ing an amount sufficient 10 balance
the amount Of lands ALREADY allot-
ted which would mean paving 10
these newly enrolled all OF the re-
naming funds II the former plan
should prevail it would disturb land
titles % a degree never known be-
fore in the history Of our Indian
land titles. II the latter plan should
prevail nearly every cent of money
on hand now. aggregating 100000
together with other pIbperty, would
be yald to claimants who do not
reside in Oklahoma which, from a
material standpoint, would be a Sc
we're blow to our state.
Therefore have introduced two
bills one to buy homes to be paid .
for By the United States government f.
for the Mississippl ChoctaWs vet
living in Mississippi. Many of those .
Indians are favorable to this p,nn
as II means much 10 them, but their .
attorneys and that portion of the .
delegation in congress from Missis-
sippi who are trying to enroll them
are opposed to this plan because
they are interested in having these
billions Of money raid out in the
state Of Mississippi | have intro
duced another bill for a 5000 pay
ment per capita Immediately upon
its passage and a 800 payment in
the yeat 1915. II this bill could
pass il would mean the payment
this spring in the Choctaw and
Chickasaw country of a sum aggre-
eating Sj.5OO.OOO This sum of mo-
ney thus distributed would produce
a business boon TO our state that
would have untold benefits. There
fore not only the Indian but ever,
white man should be intensely in
terested in the passage of this bill
therefore request that petitions be
gotten u0. some for the white ueO-
Die 10 sign and others fot the In
1ians TO sign. reciting that I've
the undersigned white people" or
.wa the undersigned Choctaws and
~hickasawso as the case NAV be.
Then rectte tie fac, tha. "the In.
lians have becn comDaIIed To bgr-
-oy money at tba hanks IN buy
srrrrfas for their families and ma
ari,1 f,r tho imrrorarocrt of their
arms mon which fhav nav heavy
,.,ae If ir+n~ee. nrojuc.ng serious
,,rdsbfrs I'm yia,c of failure of one
=, NOR. of ,r. s+ar,o r~oduc.e drr-
ng The MAST season Gue IN the
Irortb " or como sucb rarguao, as
Win cau tho attention cf conqress
- b. cv.ct rac,s rbosa ,etftfors {
.hould ba sfqnad IN dunIica+e one
.un,. ~ no nrcsentad to tho indian {
.on,nfttaa and tte otber 70 tba {
.orsn Tbo, will do moro ,o,.ard I
,ayirg ont tbfs monev ,han all the
rgrmont that can bo addrcad nv t
me 49,. ,,o onti,t, daregsiion /, crn.
,ress shall ra1uest that tnaso /
,atiHons he sent IN mo for tho solo
a,son tbat am dayoting nv. antire /
ttontior IN tbt. rarttc,1ar ,,,os S