Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-03
j. Roy Williams Heads
Delegation Seeking Sale
of Mineral Lands.
INDIANS NOT NIGGERS
Alabama Congressman Is
Urged to Keep Silent
While Bill Is Up.

CIV JOlIN ". FLENNER)
/ WASiilNGTDN. March 2.-Changes
/ In fOurth-clnss oklahoma postmasiers
are ANNOUNCED as follows. Loving.
l"l'lorc county, James W. bradley,
vice William Il. AutrN. resigned; Mid
( lothian. Lincoln county. William
Adams. Vice l.. T.. Tovrea, resigned.
Beginning March star mail serv-
| ice from Steeley to Grass store Okla.
Ga new pOstoffce). will lac main
| tanned The new route. upon which
there will be "A tri-WccklN service, is
$50 miles in length. The mail
carrying contract has been awarded
to Ben r. Smith of Steclry.
Fannie Swindler has been deslg
mated as acting postmistrCss AT ~
den. okla. Gertrude \ Hoadv has
been commissioned as postmaster at
Brady.
Effective March /. the site of the
postoiiice at Ralston will be moved
to Main street. between : Xth ana
seventh streets. 2.a1i feet from the
railroad station.
Among the recent Oklahoma ar
| rivals in Washington are Captain \.
| :. Mckeunon and j Roy Williams.
! Nc Alcster: United States Attorney y.
| llaNdcn lincbaugh and W. &. Frank
: lin. Muskogee. County Attorney \. W.
| Turner of saltwater.
i. Roy Williams and Captain A. $.
| Mckcnnon of McAlcstcr are In Wash
/ ington To urge legislation looking to-
wards the sale or releasing Of tho
coal and asphalt deposits underlying
| the segregated mineral belt in the
/ Choctaw nation. They We're named
| as delegates to Washington by re
cent mass meeting held at McAlcster,
whore representatives from five cpuu.
! ties and 10 towns We're present ard
formed the Oklahoma association for
| tho sale of the segregated coal ana
| asphalt In 1915 there was moro
than 100000 tons less of coal mined
In the segregated belt than during the
previous year from l06,23O acres of
| the ii3,SI2-aCre tract Under an act
of congress passed i'm 1906. 331 .6i2
acres in the segregated belt can
neither be leased nor sold and as the
present leases only have l5 years yet
to run, the people living in the segro-
gated region agree with Secretary
l.nnc that some disposal should he
made of the coal and asphalt, either
by sale or through legislation permit
ting the entire tract To be leased for
mining purposes.
Congressman Tom Heflin of Ala
bama strulled into the house cloak
room recently when the Indian APP
preparation bill. containing an item
for a per capita payment to the Choc-
: taws and Chickasaws was under CON
sid,ration Seeing his friend CON
= sressman Pat Harrison of Mississippi
who was the leader of the opposition
. To the payment unless provision Wcr,
: made for several thousand Missssip-
. plans being enrolled as ChoctaWs.
> pat are YOU going to get your mig
. gers out ON the ROM" quored IIef-
lin as he slapped the Mississippial
on the back.
Harrison turned around quickly but
there was no joy in his voice as n,
cutccd llcflin to one side md whis
percd in his ear: ssh Tom they
amt niggors. they're Indians"
Congressman Jim Davenport Of ok
lahoma has been named rs Il mcm-
her of the committee Of congrcSsmcr
from cotton growing states to draft ;
hill providing FOR an Investigation rs
to whether or not bear CunSpir'
acV exists among certain spectators
: on the New York Cotton exchange I,
dcprcsS aud hold down the price oi
: 'SSn'' Tn' committee of ,.hi,,, Cor.r,.s
,,,.,, ,rn,,, HAHN az ,i,I,,,,, ~ ri,,i,,
n,.,n has ncen I.ro,t,d to I,.art , Mn
tn r.r,,l,tc tbr cnttnn n>cb,nc"s nt
the country, If, upon INVESTIGATION. Il
II is urd.rs,ood tb,t tho b,rs,
e,,,,unittcr on nnrl,inn ,rd crrrcnc,
h,., W,,,,ti..,It,. .,',,,l,,t.I ,I, d,,f, ~,
, ,.nr,i crn,iiis ,neas,,rc o,hich bnv'
,,,r N,iil moi Ia, rcnnrtnd to tbf
,n,,so until s,,cb limo ns N rl.,r uack
f,r c,rsid,r,tion nC tho hiu ron n,
os.,,rcd Wbnc m,mhors of the
ronmittec nrr worry 1nrornunicotiv,
MS tn thc nrovisinns of tho Nh If /,
undcrstood the interests of tho farm.
crs are cnred for and tbot u Govern.
m,rt aid feature is Included
II is said the hill provides for the
establishment of land credits board
i'm washington and - land banks
with a capital of $500. GOO each. all oi
part of which may Ice subscribed fol
hy the government II is under.
stood that the interest rates upon
which bona fidc farmers can borrow