Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-24
Former Federal Judge in
Washington From Home
at Guthrie.
$4,000 FOR HATCHERY
Adjudicatc Claims Cover
ing Expense of Rcmov-
ing Choctaws.
CRY JOHN W. FLE\\ER)

| l'l carrier III okIa anond are an.
nounced as follows: Alva. Route G,
ltharlcs T., Ashton mcW serNicc)
| Enid, Route Il. Harry Il. Randall:
| kingtisher, Route A. James r. Morris
| tncw service; Port. Route >. vivian
| T.. Trottcr vice Walter Waller. stroud.
| Routes ana T.. Charles -. White:
| carmen. Route Is, John +. curry tneN
sorNice); Deer Creek. Route \.
Charles w. Mckowan: Duncan, Route
A. Edward +. Roberson new serv-
icc); Elk city. Route Il. John i. Ted
| rowe. vice Ora l.. Goddard: Frederick.
| Route G, Roger G. Mullins; Gray.
| Route A, Clarence NJ Waters now
service; Hooker, Route B. William
| iurdge; Pauls Valley. Route \.
| Horace h. Hin ncw serVice); Ponca
City, Route !, Fred II. Evans, vice
| Henry $ Gcigcr.
Mrs NJ. l. Copeland has been
named to succeed Myra A. Coplan. re-
signed, as postmistress at Goodnight,
Logan county, Okla
Com missions have been issued TO
the following oklahoma postmasters:
Mary f.. McGowan at Kansas; Monte
y. Sulllns Sudham; Robert II. Cara
way, Caddo; Louie r. Tucker, Ill
dorado; Hugh n. O'Noill, Marshall.
Lula \. Ban. Wapanucka; James NJ.
l.cper, Tshomingo, Samuel II. Grand
starr, Butler; Charles l.. Wilson. Cher
okeo; Frank Goldsmith, Guthrie; VIII
lam NJ. Erwin, Pauls Valley.
a favorable report has been made
to congress by department of COM
mrrce on the bill introduced by Con-
sressman w. w. Hastings for The
establishment Of a fish hatchery in
Second oklahoma district. Mr. Hast
ings INTENDS urging upon house com
mittoe on marchant marine and
fisheries the importance OF reporting
his bill to the house for action The
bill already has the endorsement OF
the members of the fishing clubs
along the Illinois and Barren Fork
streams in Cherokee county, and in
asmuch as oklahoma has already pro-
Nided for the establishment of FISH
cultural station to be located on the
Fort Sill military reserve i'm western
oklahoma, ii is thought the western
oklahoma congressman will support
he Hastings bill for the establishment
Of government fish hatchery in
eastern Oklahoma.
Among the recent oklahoma ar
rivals in Washington is former Fed
eral Judge a. q. &. Bierer of Guthrie
who is an applicant for appointment
to the court of claims bench. Judge
l'iorer has the solid backing of the
Oklahoma congressional delegation.
Congressman w. II. Murray has in
troduced bill appropriating $5O.0o0
for the establishment Of fish
cultural station at some point on the
Blue or Pennington rivers in okla
homa.
Congressman Rin Murray. a mom-
ber of house Indian committee intro
duced bill directing the secretary
OF the interior, within thirty days
after the passage of the act, to begin
payment to each and every Seminole
Indian lawfully enrolled on the tribal
rolls the sum of $500 per capita. ami
that beginning ON April /, 1917, he
shall pay an additional sum of $1CO
per capita, and 500 each and every
year thereafter, beginning on April
until all funds from whatsoever
source arising, shall have been ,/s-
tributed per capita to the Seminoles
Senator Warren of Wyoming has Of
fered an amendment to Indian appro-
priation bill now pending before SEN
ate Indian committee, appropriatng
S256.79 for payment of salary and
expenses of Joseph II. Norris as
supervisor of Indian schools upon
Wind River Indian reservation. from
October 2 to November II, 1912. Mir
Norris formerly resided at Guthrie.
okla, and when he entered the Indian
service was chairman of the Repuh-
lican state central committee of Ok
lahoma.
Senator Myers of Montana has IN
troduced a bill to authorize the secrc-
tary of the interior to adjudiCatc
claims covering the expense of re-
moving certain ChoctaW Indians from
Mississippi to Oklahoma. The bill
directs the secretary to determine and
the amounts equitably due
by the above Indians for services
rendered to each of them, respectively. |
and for expenses in their individual
behalf in the matter of their identifi-
cation, removal and allotment, includ-
ing amounts expended or advanced to
them for their subsistence, transpor
tation, personal and living expenses, |
for the purchase of improvements to
secure allotments, and for stock, farm |
ing implements. etc. The bill further |
provides that all claims shall be filed |