Indian appropriation bill carries 7.5 million
The House Indian Affairs Committee advanced the Indian appropriation bill totaling 7.5 million dollars down from 9 million last year. The measure directs use of Indian labor, funds irrigation projects, deeds to allottees, and education and tribal program support in the Indian Territory.
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Washington
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Sherman
Interior Department
Indian Territory
J. H. Shepherd
South McAlee
Four portraits added to Indian Hall of Fame in Guthrie
In Guthrie Oklahoma on December 14 four tribal leaders are honored with portraits at Convention Hall. J F McCurtin, first governor of liberal ideas for the Choctaw Nation, led the Tuskahoma faction later known as the McCurtin party. Creek leadership passed to William McIntosh after D N McIntosh signed the 1829 Georgia treaty and was killed by the Snake clan. William’s election by vote of the tribe followed, marking strong governance for the Muskogee chiefs.
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Guthrie
J. F. McCurtin
McCurtin
D. N. McIntosh
William McIntosh
Georgia
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills Offer Quick Relief
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills quickly drive poisons from the system and provide relief. A week's treatment costs 25 cents. Sold by Crescent Drug Store.
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DeWitt
Crescent Drug Store
Oklahoma Gains Freight Rate Reductions via Rail Concession
Oklahoma officials and rail executives reached a conference settlement in Kansas City. The Kansas scale lowers grain rates by one percent and reduces merchandise rates while Arkansas coal rates fall in Oklahoma. Oklahoma to drop pending lawsuits enjoining rate collections. oil lease oversight by the Interior Department noted.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Frank Frantz
W. C. Cromwell
Rock Island
Santa Fe
St Louis
San Francisco
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Ft. Smith and Western
Arkansas
Court Rules Oil Lease Void for Creek Freedman Land
In Muskogee Oklahoma Territory on December 8 Judge Wm Lawrence ruled in the Okmulgee Loan and Trust Company vs J G Eldred and A W Leonard that an oil lease by Creek Freedman Mary Lewis on surplus allotment land is void for failure to file with the Interior Department for secretary approval. Demurrer sustained marking a significant precedent on leasing Indian land for oil and gas.
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Secretary of the Interior
Lawrence
Department
Muskogee
I. T
United States
Wm. Lawrence
Okmulgee Loan and Trust Company
J. G. Eldred
A. W. Leonard
Mary Lewis
Department of the Interior
Indian Territory
Secretary Hitchcock assesses value of Indian coal lands
Washington December 15 Secretary Hitchcock weighed estimates on the coal lands owned by the civilized tribes in Indian Territory. Geological surveys place coal at up to three billion tons while government inspectors estimate around one and a quarter billion tons. He favors surface land sales and sealed bidding and supports Indians forming leases for coal lands.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Indian Territory
Senate
Oklahoma
Geological Survey
Beveridge
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Ada News Reporter Escapes Jury Duty in City Court
An Ada News reporter faces jury duty in the Mayor's court. He avoids service by noting the Metropolitan Talking Machine Co. vs. Alexander case and the judge comments that the reporter is “guilty on the first count, get out.” The tale reads as a humorous escape from a potential national calamity.
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Ada News
Metropolitan Talking Machine Co
Alexander
Talking Machine Co
New Cure for Epilepsy Promises Relief
J B Waterman of Watertown Ohio writes his daughter with epilepsy found relief using Dr King s New Life Pills claiming no attacks in over two years Best body cleansers and life giving tonic pills on earth 25c at G M Ramsey s drug store
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J. B. Waterman
Watertown
Delegates Hear Texas R R Commissioner At Oklahoma Convention
Guthrie Okla Dec 15 For two hours the constitutional convention heard Hon O B Colquitt of the Texas Railway Commission discuss the workings of state government and suggest how Oklahoma's organic law should be formed An additional hour covered corporate control rate making and police powers The audience from Indian Territory applauded and Colquitts views drew strong support Mention of Gov Hogg Roosevelt Bryan and public ownership aroused enthusiasm A vote of thanks followed the address and no other business was transacted during the mourning session Bradford shot and killed himself after pursuing Mrs Clemons in Bristow last summer ending a family dispute
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Guthrie
Okla
Constitutional Convention
O. B. Colquitt
Texas Railway Commission
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Gov. Hogg
Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Colquitt
Whiskey shaped like a bridge to the poorhouse
The Christian Leader recalls Ayre Scotland where a whiskey ad prize drew a poor boy to explain why the spirit mirrors a bridge across the River Ayr. His answer: the whiskey leads to the poor house the lunatic asylum and the cemetery a pointed remark from I A Knowles of West Chelmsford Massachusetts.
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Ayre
Scotland
Ayr
I. A. Knowles
West Chelmsford
Mass
Couples Wed at Ada Office by Deputy Constant
The Ada office issued multiple marriage licenses this week. Alpha Prewett and Hattie Heady Francis J E Berryman and Hattie Ac nes Davenport Oakman Kunawa. Birt W P Brooking and Nora E Hiser Kunawa John Henry Jones and Rachel Sommersly Konawa W J Williamson and Easter Ausborn Francis W Lee Cross and Mattie Reed Stonewall William R Broome and Katie Ross Konawa The latter two couples wed in Constant’s office Wednesday and were serenaded by marshal’s office boys. For Rent land near Center and house with water.
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U. S
Constant
Ada
Alpha Prewett
Featherstone
Hattie Heady
Francis
J. E. Berryman
Hattie Acnes Davenport
Oakman
Birt W. P. Brooking
Nora E. Hiser
Kunawa
John Henry Jones
Rachel Sommersly
Konawa
W. J. Williamson
Easter Ausborn
Oklahoma Portland Cement Co. plant progress near Ada
The west Ada site sees frame shops completed and grading for track switches advanced. Iron building contract awarded to an eastern company. Foundations under way with stone crusher to start next week. John Allen and Mrs Allen arrive from Chicago to take duties, with Thomas J. Kance and family relocating from Mitchell Indiana likely to settle in Ada.
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Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Structural Iron Company
John Allen
Allen
Chicago
Thos. J. Kance
Mitchell
Ind
Ada
Oklahoma man dies after pistol duel incident
Bristow Oklahoma reports that M L Bradford shot himself after a pistol duel with S T Clemmons lasting over an hour. More than 50 shots were fired in the confrontation over Clemmons marriage to Bradford's sister in law. Clemmons was arrested but faced a hearing before United States authorities.
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Bristow
I. T
S. T. Clemmons
M. L. Bradford
Clemons
United States
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Tulsa
R. S. Thompson
Center
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Smith Lumber Co
Little. Bros
Creed
Little Brothers
M. L. Walsh
General Merchandise
Ade, B.T
Graham-Pyeatt Abstract-Co
Dortch Young, Mgr
Crawford & Bolen
L. Reed
H. T. Douglas, V. Pres
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Ramsey’s Drug Store
Edison
Pratt’s
International
Standard
M. Ramsey
Mor
Clark Drug Co
Treindeal Co
Cleveland
Aldrich & McKeown
John Rinard
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