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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
1
A comparison claims alum baking powder costs far less than premium brands and would not alter a family’s yearly food bill. Dr Price’s is cited as the standard cream of tartar baking powder and praised for making food delicious and healthful. The text includes garbled fragments about health and a reference to a coating of word fragments.
The lumber trade surges in Oklahoma and Indian Territory as demand outstrips supply. New yards sprout across towns while merchants, farmers, and bankers revel in profits. A yard in an Indian Territory town cleared $500 in four months and a mill worker earned up to $5,000 yearly, signaling rapid regional expansion amid rising construction and prosperity.
Senator Matthew Quay of Pennsylvania urges the Senate to consider a statehood bill for the territories. He claims broad GOP support, asserts no postponement is needed, and predicts possible action before adjournment if brought under unanimous consent.
Cherokee Indian girls led by captain Lorene Stapler and teammate Tookah Turner shone for Forest Park University as they battled the Scarlets to a 20 40 8 loss. Nell Starr and Miss Starrs, Indian Territory students, were highlighted for skill and leadership in a note on athletic and academic promise.
A Washington dispatch reports Wim M. Mellette of Vinita will be United States attorney for the western district, backed by strong house senate support and Knox endorsement. Wm A. Garrough is named United States marshal for the northern district, with W H Darroogh as his Republican territorial committee chairman, reflecting broad party backing and Indian delegation approval.
Judge Gill in Muskogee issues a sweeping order for Cherokee enrollment. It requires all nonappearers before the Dawes commission to enroll by June 20 and empowers deputies to arrest those who fail to enroll. About 4,000 are not on the rolls. personal summonses will be served and absentees brought to Muskogee to show cause.
House judiciary committees favor a bill extending federal fee provisions to the Indian Territory for United States marshals. The measure aims to fix disputes in territorial justice administration and is expected to pass with little opposition. Also notes a Pryor Creek farm for rent with 25 acres, house, barn, wells, and bay land.
Read as a retrospective page mosaic, plans for a grand Fourth of July celebration in Vinita emerge, featuring a panoramic eagle tribute, a reunion for Gen Standwatie's Cherokee brigade remnants, a permanent veterans camp, a color unfurling, and a mammoth barbecue. Also noted are historical records from Dr. Curry and a push for statehood-era debates, with memorial observances and relief funds for destitute Cherokee veterans.
Dr E B Curry of Christy Missouri, in city two weeks, is praised as a scientist and archaeologist. He presented sweeping views on glaciers, cataclysms, and the peopling of America, drawing on Indian chiefs’ accounts and his years among tribes. He impresses geologists, astronomers, philosophers, and theologians with planned, reasoned deductions.
Despite threatening weather a large group traveled to the cemetery Friday morning to honor the dead. J T Dixon of Big On: Ao delivered the memorial address and veterans decorated soldier graves, with further ceremonies to be held at the courthouse this afternoon.
Heavy rains flood the valley area causing the main street of Paule Valley to flood. Waterways like the Arkansas and Verdigrie surge, threatening homes and upland areas. Residents evacuate and seek shelter as damage seems widespread.
The state office department announced salary boosts for multiple towns. Ardmore rises from 2200 to 2300, Chickasha from 1000 to 2200, Duncan from 1200 to 1500, Durant from 1800 to 1300, Miami from 1300 to 1600, Kay towns like Lehigh and Wagoner also show hikes, with most raises ranging in hundreds.
A torn page written in Cherokee signed by sixteen Todiane seeks government relief for distressed citizens. The Muskogee Times notes unrest linked to a church dispute involving a pastor and congregation. police and mayoral intervention followed attempts to oust the pastor and resolve service access amid mounting tensions.
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