Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-29

Mr. Sells remarked that tho Paw
htHkh is but "a small town. there are
more than forty cab and taNiCab
drivers licensed th,Ir. ana Indicated
that thcN are Responsible ina u great
part Tor the mululVuanre uf the H.
legal traffic. umong the Indians
si~t's trErIc sS3T. a
LuiorcCmtut az the prumOIuon
lHwH ia Indian lands n one OF the
points on whirh the Indian commits
Floncr hau taken very firm stani.
Wherever the laWh governing intro
drctlon ~ liquor into INDIAN couu-
tries have tc"u NiylIted hc haA set
himself against Il with firmness al
most eluallfug stubhornncss
The Indian payments held up by
IN" commissioner order. include
tl60o,0uO bonus royalties and
tl2OuOVn TcEulur quarterly pay
m"nls luihaH conditions Improve
ia" lJnd ut suspended payments Is
nkrly iu grow with tho addition OF
further payments.
The present visit OF the connie
st"ncr To oklahoma vas his third iu
lees than year. and hc expressed
pleasure az the pos.Ibuuc4 uf the
industrial Development Of Ollahu-
ma
sells likes State.
There be- an activity uud pros
pcrlty here scarcely cqunll,d IA any
other state he declared Tho fu-
furr prospects uf oklahoma are al
most beyond a., dreams Of th, most
hopeful ~ Your citizens / h"iieNo.
While nay nrst duty Is 10 protect
Nh" rights of the Indian people.
have q great interest la the state
ami ils ,itlacuH
The maWrr uf the OAlEc payments
NnA only one ~ the thmEA NAT
brought Commissioner Cells from
Wellington 10 Oklahoma lie hps
spent more than three weeks I'm the
state ana IN Texas. Hmljaris,ug
himself with the condition, und
making changes I'm the u1Wiuiytpa-
ton ct Indian affairs hero Tho
commissioner visited Camp Doui-
phan at INWtun, Okla. und Camp
tuNie Nt Fort WurS TcNAs, 10 look
INTO The NE VI the Indian soldier at
these plutrH There are about taO
lndiau7 AT Camp bohiphan aud
nearly seven hundred at Camp Bow
ie, most of them from Oklahoma.
Mr. Sells 1hib. Particular nttrn-
ton was iIid ly tho commissioner
Ia iht hchuh and sanitary Coudl-
u1nS of ihr Indian troopers, and
~ both rIWrS health conditions
were found tu be highly satisfactory.
NJ Sells predicted "A WuudcEfil
development tor IN, new oil field
southwest NJ Fort Worth In a
point ot mere area, the field is one
OF the lnrces, Vet discovered. and
'ho indications are that IL viii fur
nish Irclt production when furth-
CT development is reached.
incidentally Nr Sells In one OF the
largest purchasers of stock In the
country, No was an interested spec
thtur nt the Cattlemen's convention
at Dallas last week. The commits
iioncr last year puIvhnaed more
than t2,0ON,OOO worth OF cattle for
stocking Indian reservations These
anlmah are not Slaughtered hut are
used entirely for breeding purposes
To kr@p up the herds on Indian
lands
Coal lands for sale.
The Cherokee and ChuCtaw coal
lands VIII probably be offered for
| sale sometime In September Mr.
| Soils stated. The lands are 10 be
appraised ngnlu under the direction
Ct ] u, parkor OF The Five Civilized
tribes and j George Wright, gov
rrnment representative OF the Osngc
tribe. The npprAiso will not
be entirclymow, but will rely largely
| utun records OF an appraisement
made several years ago and will be
largely matter OF bringing these
records IN 20 date. The former ap-
praisemcnt was slightly iu excess Of
~. .OC0, 900 bnt newly discovered
extensions In the area OF tho coal
| lands ana changed conditions In the
coal martet win MAKE the new ap-
| pipisamcnt considerably more than
( the old one. according 60 Mr- Sells
: A new sale OF 10000 acres OF OIL
acreage IN eastern Usage county viii
I te announced shortly, Mr.. Sells
rsald This will likely be done imme.
diatcly upon his return 10 Wash
/ lngton,
/ Investigation of conditions In the
I lead and zinc district around Minm
wns one of the objects Of the com
missloner'H Oklahoma visit. ana h'
expressed himselt az pleased with
tho findings there, The greater par
! OF tho leases In the mineral distric'
! are held by Indians, many OF thom
! restricted, ana the duty OF lookinl
ntter the interests OF the Indians
there falls upon the indian office en-.
| tlrely Royalties are increasing and
IN many instances the Indians are
drawing ns much as "a per cent
which brings them enormous rev.
enues. While the price Of zinc has
fallen slightly. increased production
has followed. and there has been NJ
falling off OF total revenue In tho
district. he stated New plans fol
! the administration OF these lands
/ are heing considered. and may be an.
nounced soon, as the incrCNsinr
amount Of husincss thrown upon the
! office demands a large force or gov
eminent agents In that district.
Help to Oklahoma.
} The recent prohibition legislation
In Texas brought forth an enthus.
ioslic expression Of praise from tn,
/ commissioner UnQuCslionahly the,
are the most stringent vet adopted
/ bv any state, ana will be- or great
/ help 10 oklahoma Ia solving It,
/ problems The i0-mllc zone .nw
! prohibiting the sale ot whisky with.
| In the rcstrictcd area around arm,
I camps and shtpyarus will hiring urn.