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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1899
Page
3
This week’s Vinita area notes report visits by H Miller in Seneca Sunday, Miss Cora Burritt returning home, and Rogdy Cunningham from Tahlequah. Mentioned are local trades, market strawberries, handmade items, two upcoming weddings, and community chatter about roads, schools, and a new publication in Collinsville.
The Vinita Oklahoma area reports the school board reelecting E. N. Ratcliff as president with W. L. Chapman secret ary and Davis Hill treasurer. The board estimates 350 children will enter public schools and annual costs around $5,000 plus a county assessment. The board will meet the city council to discuss buying Worcester Academy property from the Congregational Home Missionary Society.
The Adair town council met in regular session Monday. Bills were approved, warrants discussed, and the electric light papers referred to the old councilors. Tax collection dates were extended to June 16 with enforcement to June 10, and a special meeting set to finalize the levy. Street improvement petitions referred to the streets committee. Additional notes cover local business, mission society farewell, a shop incident, and probate court plans.
J O Hall and W E B Halsell return from Texas with fishing tales at Corpus Christi while rainfall remains scarce. A Notting ham bankruptcy petition precedes cattle assets and a proposed receiver. Frisco railroad and Vinita developments trigger street removal moves and a Jumbo Store promo. Crime and social items round out the page.
A full house at the Pres byterian church heard papers on foreign missions showing broad church involvement in global outreach. The sermon urged watchfulness courage and steadfastness, urging improvements to the town streets including better drainage and a well dressed rock roadbed.
Court actions span Muskogee and adjacent counties with Parker and Rider heading south to face criminal dockets in Judge Springer s court. Creek warrant frauds are in evidence, Seminole burning cases are slated for Muskogee, and July 21 hangings are ordered for Curley with other murder convicts in Table Quad and related counties. Afton incident sees Chas Burckholdt losing a leg in a freight accident linked to Rough Riders.
Curtailed legal dispute surrounds ownership of the future Centralia townsite. Hargrove improved the farm claimed for town development. Dawes commission and Judge Springer ruled against him, now before the U S Supreme Court with a decision expected soon. Cherokee Claude Shelton demands vacating the site for his allotment and plans to sue in ejectment. A townsite company formed with G F Clark is selling lots at one dollar to builders, many to U S citizens who seek incorporation under Arkansas law, potentially excluding the Cherokee nation from the deal.
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