Territory News Notes Take Big Local Steps
Coalgate celebrates Labor Day and reports a 108 degree day while Mills and Lehigh see rain and a new shaft prep. Mounds backs rain praise. Elberta peaches reach King England in Wynnewood. Indian Territory aims for a Washington delegate. Milburn funds roads and bridges. Muskogee Traction Co forms for a $300,000 streetcar line. Incest case bound over. Creek Portere chatter. a jail escape at Mill Creek. multiple homicides and arrests noted with scattered local lore.
Investigation ordered into Indian Territory land frauds and ties
Secretary Hitchcock orders a full probe into alleged frauds and ties between government officials and trust companies involved in Indian lands in the territory. Brosius of the Indian Rights Association reports extensive schemes leasing lands for five years at nominal sums then selling to lessees.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Indian Territory
Qyster Hay
Brosius
Indian Rights Association
Philadelphia
Association
J. George Wright
the Trust Company
Wright
Congress
Interior Department
Department of Justice
United States
Pliny Soper
Post Office Department
Interior department graft calls for full investigation
The Blackwell News urges a sweeping probe of interior department corruption. It cites Kiowa and Comanche land surveying tied to Rock Island contracts, secret sublets, and alleged favoritism involving Hitchcock and Oklahoma land deals. The piece condemns widening scandals and demands honest light on misused public funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Credit Mobilier
Interior Department
Kiowa
Comanche
Rock Island A
Hitchcock
Rock Island
Rock Inland Railroad
United States
Oklahoma
Fraszle
Okla
Poisoned meat kills dozen dogs in town mystery
Last Monday night a sneak criminal scattered poisoned meat, leaving a dozen or more dogs dead by Tuesday morning. Notable losses include J. J. Clark, S. W. Hill, Dr. Doss, and I. McNair, with pointers among the prized dogs. A clue is hoped to lead to an arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Clark
S. W. Hill
Dr. Doss
I. McNair
Doss
Hill
Choctaw Tax Battle Ends Merchants Win Court Declares
In a seven thousand word ruling Judge W. H. H. Clayton holds the Choctaw Nation cannot tax merchants and residents of platted townsites in South McAlester Indian Territory. The case arose as Indian Inspector J W Zevely and others faced stores closing over tribal dues.
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South McAlester
I. T
W. H. H. Clayton
Central District
J. W. Zevely
William Schoenfelt
Interior Department
Sieieeehe Tribalee
Hitchcock
Department
Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Clayton
Supreme Court
Weitmer
Magnetic Institute
Nevada
McAnnulty
Interior
Atoka
United States
Reward offer on meat poison sale at Gus Kline market
An offer announces a $0.40 reward for proof that meat placed out Monday night containing poison was purchased at Gus Kline's market. The notice identifies Gus Kline as the respondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Kline
Fragmentary rural tale of a doctor and a runaway cow
A disjointed account recalls Dr Shands in a rural setting where a warm day, a missing coat, and a cow cause a chaotic moment. The scene hints at a tail injury and a startled reaction as the animal wanders away from the buggy.
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Chitwood
the Tailor
Territory News Notes
Coalgate
Hickory
Weleetka
Mounds
the Home Life Insurance Association of
Duncan
Atoka Coal and Mining Co
Lehigh
P. H. Price
Ardmore
Othe R. E. Lee Lodge
Sterrett
John Rhodes
Tishomingo
Charles Coleman
Sherman Carter
Boynton
Coleman
Chickasha
J. A. Taylor
Wynnewood
England
Bafaula ‘Indian Journal
Masons
Portere
Miss Ora Eddieman
J. E. Duan
St. Louis
Miss Eddieman
Calaboose
Mill Creek
Loney Courtney
Inola
Wagoner
Tracey
Muskogee Traction Co
J. L. Wiseman
W. P. DeWar
W. R. Eaton
Ruel Haskell
W. T. Hutchings
Milburn
C. J. Warren
J.G. Crosier
Oklahoma City
Tesco
E. W. Hardie
Rockwall, Tex
Ada
Mr. Jones
Weaver & Jones
Messrs. Beard & Weaver
Blackwell News
W. W. W. Clayton
ADA Steam Laundry
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