Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-25

Mrs. NJ. l.. Copeland has been
named to succeed Myra \. Coplan. re-
signed, as postmistress at Goodnight.
Logan county Okla
Commissions have been issued TO
the following oklahoma postmastcrs
Mary Il. McGowan AT Kansas; Monte
n. Sullins, Stidham; Robert II. Cara
way. Caddo. Louie 4. Tucker, FL
dorado: Hugh -. O'Neill, Marshall.
Lula A. Ball, Wapanucka; James NJ
I.oper, Tishomingo; Samuel II. Grand
staff, Butler: Charles l.. Wilson Choir
okte; Frank oldsmith. Guthrie; Will
lam NJ Erwin. Pauls Valley.
favorable report has been made
to congress by department of COM
mcrce on the bill introduced by Con-
gresham 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 or reporting
his bill to the house Tor action. The
bill already has the endorsement OF
the members OF the fishing clubs
along the Illinois and Earren Fork
streams in Cherokee county, and in
asmuch as oklahoma has already pro-
Nided for the establishment of a FISH
cultural station to be located on the
Fort Sill military reserve in western
Oklahoma, it is thought the western
oklahoma congressman will support
the Hastings bin for the esta blshment
of government fish hatchery in
eastern Oklahoma.
Among the recent Oklahoma ar
rivals in Washington is former Fed
eral Judge A. G. c. Bierer of Guthrie,
who is an applicant for appointment
to the court of claims bench Judge !
liierer has the solid backing of the |
Oklahoma congressional delegation.
Congressman w. II. Murray has in
troduced a bill appropriating s5O.0NO !
for the esta bliShment of fish !
cultural station at some point on the |
Elue or Pennington rivers in Okla
homa.
Congressman Bill Murray. n mem
Der of house Indian committee. intro
duced II 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 5000 per capita. AMI
that beginning on April /, 1917, he
shall pay an additional sum of slCO
per capita, and 800 each and every
year thereafter, beginning on April
source arising, shall have been dis
tributed per capita to the Seminoles.
Senator Warren of Wyoming has Of
fcred an amendment to Indian appro-
priation bill now pending before sem
ate Indian committee, appropriating
S2'6.79 for payment of salary and
expenses of Joseph II. Norris as
of Indian schools upon
Wind River Indian reservation. from
october q to November II, 1912. MIR.
Norris formerly resided at Guthrie,
okla, and when he entered the Indian
service was chairman of the Repub-
lcan state central committee of Ok
lahoma.
Senator Myers of Montana has in
troduced bill to authorize the secre-
tary of the interior to adjudcate
moving certain Choctaw Indians from
Mississippi to oklahoma. The bill
directs the secretary TO determine and
ad diudicate 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
In duplicate within three months
after the passage Of the bill, and
copy thereof mailed to the debtor
L. .ta-
and the amount al
lowed under the provisions OF this Sec
ton shall be paid out of any funds TO
the credit of the Choctaw -Chickasaw
nations and reimbursed out Of any {
due or to become due said in
1ividual Choctaws by the United {
States: provided, however, that the
secretary shall make regulations gov ,
erning the presentation of said claims
md proof thereof.
Chairman stephens of the house In
1ian committee has introduced a bill,
by the Indian office,
the secretary of the in {
.crior to withhold all payments from
individual Usage Indians, {
lsing such funds for the benefit of ,
such Indian or his heirs. 1t is pro-
'ided that no part Of any Usage pay |
nentS snail De maze on account or
my usurious interest charges. Another 6
provision amends existing law and !
permits the secretary to use not ex- ,
'eeding $4,000, now expended for {
chools and agency and emergency c
purposes, in any manner deemed by ,
secretary to be FOR best interests of the {
)sagcs. The bill also extends tho =
mineral trust period of the Osages
ntil December 81, 1851, provided.
hat the minerals shall become the
property of the individual owner Of I