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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
1
Bradstreet notes improved crop conditions across the United States after rains, with corn weathering July heat. The survey covers Iowa to Ohio and Texas to New York, estimating potential yields and price changes for old corn, wheat, and overall crop impact on fall and winter trade.
The note estimates a dewte per bushel at the harvest time would affect steral yield of 1 490 000 000 bushels and produce total returns of about 8 715 000 000. This compares to 751 000 000 per year, signaling a decrease of 36 007 000 or over 6 percent.
A Friday night blaze in Wagoner gutted the Daily Bee printing plant and the adjacent grocery Geo Bohafler store and Williford meat market. Estimated losses include a 4000 dollar printing plant and up to 1700 dollars in printing costs, with building owners and insurance details partly uncertain. The paper, once a prominent local office, had seen ownership changes but served Wagoner and nearby communities. editors expect the fire to be a temporary setback.
Work on the Shanee Red Fork railroad will begin in a few days with Freeman J. Short, chief promoter, returning from Chicago to Tulsa as a resident during construction. A $1,000,000 bond issue is held by a trust company for progressive payments. The line runs from Red Fork to Shawnee Oklahoma with a feeder to Mounds and coal lands leased along the route. Head offices will be in Tulsa. The old Battler Axe roadbed was purchased and franchise extended to cover the whole route. Surveyors are finishing grade plans.
An Atoka Coal and Mining employee at Lehigh requests management dismiss all miners who belong to the mineral union. He claims unions harm company welfare and threaten a strike if union men remain employed. Fate of the measure and company response unclear.
Aug 3 report notes a territorial disturbance involving Hobart Telephone Co. investigation details unclear with fragments referencing A McClonke and executor roles amid a rocky incident.
The court adjourned before ruling on the demurrer to jurisdiction in the Freedmen Injunction suit. The Dawes Commission will continue enrolling freedmen pending the court’s decision while Cherokee Nation concerns and jurisdiction questions are argued. The case affects the Dawes rolls and future allotments nationwide.
The article notes a rapid town growth near Red Fork four miles south of Tulea after a large oil discovery. Plans include 200 houses within twenty days, a bank with 625,000 capital, a refinery pipeline system, vitrified brick manufacture, a 15090 barrel oil tank, and new wells at Tul an and Red Fork while land disputes and government pressure affect real estate.
The Choctaw nation official Smyser is reinstated by a federal commission after ouster for disobeying Interior Secretary orders. He agreed to serve as personal representative of the Interior and apologized to his nation while praising Secretary Hitchcock.
The Cherokee nation report outlines national representatives on the Executive Committee to attend the 1908 St Louis Exposition, listing Creek Nation and Cherokee officials and places. It also notes a report from the Oklahoma Agricultural Station on crop conditions across northern central and eastern portions, with vegetable and fruit prospects and harvest progress.
Washington Aug 20 The Kansas stalemate over federal patronage stalls all state appointments as J R Barton and Cyrus Leland clash over Leland’s reappointment as pension agent at Topeka. President McKinley seeks Leland’s renewal before appointing a U S attorney or marshal, while Senator Burton demands limits on Leland’s influence. The dispute leaves Kansas vacancies unresolved.
Dawes commission members leave Muskogee after injunction ruling to enroll Freed men at Fort Gibson for a month, then proceed to Vinita for a month. Financial restructuring at Muskogee bank follows, with Middleton elected president and Turner VP as stock transfers finalize.
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