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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
8
A seasonal note expresses gratitude for the year's business and past patronage, hoping for continued relations. It wishes the recipient prosperity in 1900 and suggests there are goods suitable for Christmas purchases.
The piece details a regular session bill authorizing principal chief to draw warrants for judges clerks and election officials totaling about 2500, a May 1900 interest payment plan for warrants, a large list of education related claims, a rule to avert future interest accrual, a failed bill to bar foreign cattle, a possible estray sale, and Chief Buffington’s push to investigate rampant warrant theft with a special senate committee and a call for a U.S. grand jury to join in the inquiry.
The act appropriates 2201.35 for seminary claims and 900 for an extra teacher at each seminary for 1900. Additional bills allocate 300 for capitol repairs, 225 to insure the capitol and national prison, and 75 to insure the insane asylum. A commission is authorized to investigate auditor's six years of records with 1000 for expenses. A fraud alert warns merchants about a new collection scam.
J B Cook dealer in farm property advertises thirty farms from 40 to 100 acres each across Kansas with prices 5 to 30 dollars per acre. Sample lots include 142-180A near Chetopa and 109-160A near Wheatopa, featuring improved homes, pasture, timber, water, grain and stock facilities, with abstracted titles and 6 percent financing.
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