The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-17

nally ratified by both nations April o.
1882.
II seems to me the supreme questions
In this new contention between Okla
homa and Texas IL the exact location OF
this boundary line established and raul
fled three times between the United
States and Texas,
Boundary Clearly Established
In 1910 Texas, then being republic
two commissioners, one from the United
states and one from Texas, established
this line 80 clearly and explicitly II
does not seem possible there can reas'
onnhly he even a quibble over II.
The first commissioner ON the part ot
Texas, was General Mcmucan Hunt, In
whose honor Hunt county was named
lie resigned shortly after appointment
and the Hon. George W, Smyth sue
ceeded him. General Hamilton T. Bee,
son of General Barnard Bee, for whom
Bee county was named; and whose SON.
the Hon Carlos Bee, Is now congress
man from Texas, was the secretary OF
that commission. This line was Off,
cially established ana ratified exactly
and identically the same each time.
This United States and Texas com
mission began its labors in the spring
of 1910, and. after "A rest during the
heat of the summer. they We're com
pleted in December, the same year. In
each of the three surveys the middle OF
the Sabine river. from the send degree
OF latitude due north to Red river the
line continued. Thence along the mid
die of the bed of Red river to the Tooth
degree of longitude the line continued.
From the Tooth degree of longitude. due
north to the Arkansas river, was the
continuation and end of the line.
In 1918 am engineer named MelllSh
made "A map of the country' which IN
cluded Red river, and, according to the
Red river of that map was the me 'S
tablished each of the three times II was
/ surveyed. But the surveying party thal
gave Greer county to Oklahoma dc
( clared that Prairie Dog river was the
| true Red river and that Mellsh's map
was incorrect from the mouth OF Pral
rie Dog river up.
Claims River Bed Changed
/ II Is true the bed of Prairie DOG river
is wider than that of Red river hut Is
/ shallower and does not flow as much
water as Red river. It is likewise true
that from their junction the Missouri
river is "a much longer stream 10 lts
| head than the Mississippi river is TO lts
| head and for that reason mas larger
water shed. but does that make the MIS-
souri, the Mississippi river This boun
darv line in question was run along
/ through the middle of the bed OF the
Red river according to the Mellish map
was so adopted and ratified by inc
/ United States and three other nations
hence was the official boundary llhe
between Texas and the United States
| from 1S4O. as defined and adopted vi
to 1850. when Texas sold to the United
| States some "a 900 square miles OF ter
ritory now included in Colorado, Nyo
ming and Kansas.
But Oklahoma claims the bed of Red
river has changed at different times
| Suppose ii has (and | do not DOUBT lV
does that change the established pouhu
arv line between two nations or TWO Oh
more states? The Cimarron river III
| Oklahoma. changes it's bed nearly every
| time hard rain comes. Does tha'
change the ownership of lands along
it's old course or its new course?
Only Huns and other barbarians con
slider solemn treaties as scraps OF pa
ner." and since when have surveying
narties or supreme court decrees in oui
country been authorized to abrogate
| treaties?
The United states government ma!
withdraw from some treaties, but car
it annul n boundary line treaty? oi
course. when the republic of Texas be
came state in the union the western
boundary line of Texas (the Rio Grande
became the eastern boundary line OF
Mexico, but the eastern boundary hhe
of Texas established by the treaty OF
1870 remained the boundary line be
tween the bordering states ana the IN
dian Territory, now Oklahoma