Indian lands restrictions lifted by Roosevelt bill
A Washington special reports President Roosevelt signed the bill removing restrictions on Indian lands at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday in the presence of Oklahoma senators and representatives. It becomes effective Monday July 27. The action followed a hard fight by a delegation of Black politicians and some Indians, based on the urging of Senator Owen and Secretary Garfield.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Owen
Garfield
Wyckliffe Outlaws Surrender in Cherokee County Trials
Tom and John Wyckliffe two Cherokee Indians accused since March 1906 of murdering Deputy Vera and Ike Gilstrap surrendered and were formally arrested by Sheriff Jim Saunders and County Treasurer Jim Thompson. Bonds set at 5000 each with one posted in Grove and one in Muskogee. They will be tried before Judge Pitchford in Cherokee county after a requested venue change from Delaware county.
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Tom and
John Wyckliffe
Marghalet
J. H. Vera
Ike Gilstrap
Cherokee County
Jim Saunders
Jim Thompson
Grove
Muskogee
Drs. Fite, Blake
Wyckliffes
Marshal Darrough
Wycliffes
Forty Five Days to Hunt Quail Passage
The house approved the Keys fish and game bill restricting quail hunting to December 1 to January 30. Seasons for prairie chickens deer and antelope are closed for seven years. The bill also addresses land access with owner consent rules and exceptions for unfenced land.
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House
Senate
Flooded Arkansas river bridge cuts rail and road travel
Heavy rainfall left the Iron Mountain line from Cherokee Junction to a point near the Arkansas River under water up to eighteen inches in places. The Wednesday evening passenger train passed through two feet of water, while farmers south of town faced heavy losses, with W O Bruton and others listing 100 to 300 acres of cotton, corn and potatoes lost or damaged.
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Cherokee Junction
Arkansas River
van Buren
Fort Smith
Eriaco
W.O. Bruton
J. E. Johnston
Delbert Hope
Dr.h. H. Turnham
D. M. ‘Lee
Wylie Bros
Garrett Ainaworth
Sequoyah County plans macadamized road project
Plans call for a county road across Sequoyah from Fort Smith bridge on the east to the Illinois River on the west, promising twofold benefits as the first county to build such roads. Thompson was in Maldrow on business Tuesday.
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Sequoyah
Smith ‘Bridge
Illinois River
Thompson
Maldrow
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Charles Wyckliffe
Tom Wyckliffe
Gilstray
Spavinaw Hills
Charlie
Tahlequah
Times-Democrat
Samre
MIM
Victor
Muldrow
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