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Indian Chieftain. 3L.SO Per Tear In Advjiaoo Published Thursdays by Thx CincrTAiK rctLisHiso CourxsT. U. M. XA.RKS, Editor. M. E. XILFOKD, Manager. Vin-ita, Ind. Ter., Oct. 10, 1895. The commissioner of Indian af fairs has given out word that he can find plenty of law in the statute books to enable him to pre vent the prize fight coming off in this territory. One of the most favorable signs of the times is that prize fights are at last come to be held in bad odor ii the United States, and it is not probable that there is any place in the whole union that would toler ate them. It is a little 6trange that a practice fully as uncivilized and hautal as bull-fighting dare be, has not been stamped out sooner. H. V. McCorbv, the attorney employed by the White Adopted Citizens' association, met with the executive committee of the asso ciation at Wagoner last Saturday. Col. McCorry reports the prospects very flattering for a speedy hear ing before the court of claims in case the Cherokee council does not take action and settle the matter here. All adopted whites who have not enrolled should do so at once, enclosing one dollar to the ecre tary. The citizens of this town were never in the history of the place more unit in their demands for a better city government than at present. The simple fact that the present administration has never in the whole two years of its reign so much as given out one single statement of the finances of the town is sufficient to condemn it. Of all the hundreds and perhaps thousands of dollars collected as taxes and revenues from other sources, not one solitary cent has the public had the privilege of knowing how expended. Two or three men are running the town to suit themselves and at the expense of the masses. A statement of the amount of money collected and how expended would be very much in order just at this time. In The Chieftain's strictures upon deputy TTnited States mar shals last week it should have been stated that there are honorable ex ceptions to the rule that deputy marshals are not law-abiding indi viduals. While there are many that are not even good citizens in the community, but are notorious ly slack in morals, there are oth ers that it is the duty of people and press to stand by and uphold, because thoy are maintaining the majesty of the law, cot only by their official acts, but by the -lives that they are living in our midst. Notably among this class is our friend and townsman, A. N. Wil liamscn, than whom no braver or better, or more conscientious offi cer is on the force in this country. Mr. Williamson is not to be men tioned in the same breath with the average deputy that for ten yeara has made this country an d them selves notorious by their dissipa tion and lawlessness. BEXOTaL of the iktbudebs. Agent Wisdom, in his last re port, lays great stress upon the im portance of the government's re moving the intruders from the Cherokee nation. The agent gives it as his candid opinion that it is not at all impracticable for the military to remove these people from the limits of the nation at a very small cost. In reference to the matter of removal he says: "The majority of these intruders live near the Kansas and Arkansas lines, and I do not think it would be cruel or unjust to them to move them within the boundaries of said states and out of this terri tory. It would put them out of a so-called semi-barbaric country in to a land of milk and honey, schools and .churches, where pro gress is the watch-word and where every man can acquire a home who is willing to work, enjoy the boon of holding in severalty, and wor ship God under his own 'vine and fig tree.'" The great hue and cry that was raised in and out ol con gress jthat the idea of removing 7000 or SOOO people from this country and dumping into the sur rounding states, and that such a thing was absurd and un-American, is and was the merest senti ment, and without sense or reason. If these people are the progressive, thrilty farmer.s they represent themselves to be, tho states of Ar kansas, Missouri and Kans-as stand with open arms, ready to receive them and will be proud of their citizenship. It is the prerogaiive of a great nation like the United States to proceed, as the agent in dicates, by direct methods, and eject those people from the country according to its agreement in the Strip transaction. There is no sense nor reason in the claims of Watts and others th i great suffer ing would result in the removal of these people Irom the Cherokee Buy no Stove, of any nation. Whenever they are dis possessed of the lands they occupy there is no good reason why they would not do as well elsewhere with the possibility of acquiring homes of their own as they could do here, where they could not own land. Indeed, there is no doubt but what manT of them will go of their own accord to the states just as soon as their status is finally settled here. It has been accred ited to the Dawes commission that it was not the policy of the United States government to re move its citizens from this countrj or any other part of the domain of the United States. If this be true, under th circumstances, we be lieve the Dawes commission is greatly in error because in the first place the United Stales has agreed to remove these people and in the next place the project is perfectly feasible, and can be car ried out at very small expense and without friction or bloodshed. The agent himself only asks for an appropriation of $5000 for the entire work of removal which in all probability will be ample. The intruders in this country are too sensible to refuse to obey the man date of the law and will move themselves whenever the govern ment issues its ultimatum. The real problem is not where shall the intruders go, but will the govern ment comply with the agreement and the law and remove them from the country. THE SYSTEM AT FAULT. All discussion relative to land tenure in this country will end, whenever it does end, in a division and individual land titles. Any and all.other settlements that may from time to time be effected will be temporary and of little conse quence. The trouble lies not in the administration of our system but rather in the system itself. Under our law there is absolutely no limit to the holdings of the in dividual citizen of land on the pub lic domain. If a man is possessed of the necessary means he" may oc cupy and use thousands of acres of the domain that our constitution says is common property. This is an evil that is more detrimental to the interests of the nation, prob ably, than any other outside of the intruder, which now seems in a fair way of being settled. Any system that allows one individual to occupy more of the common property than he would be en titled to if a division was had, is wrong in principle, and must sooner or later give way to either revision or revolution. The feel ing of unrest that is just now be ginning to manifest itself all over the nation is only the legitimate outcome of our system of land tenure. The poorer classes of our people are finding fault with our system of holding land because it is leaving many 'of them homeles?. If the rising generation get homes upon the land that is as much theirs as it is the property of any other citizen, they will have to purchase it from those who are now in possession of it. Then again, our system of rais ing the revenues to defray the ex penses of government is notroious ly unjust and oppressive, and should not be tolerated. Under our present system every individ ual citizen of the Cherokee nation, old and young alike, contribute the same amount toward paying the expenses of government. The poorest widow, with a large brood of ragged and hungry children, is forced to give up as much pro rata, as the wealthiest of our citizens ivhose income reaches into the tens of thousands annually. You ask how this is? It is because the invested funds, the interest from which runs the Cherokee govern ment, is common property like the land, and all arc forced to contri bute alike to the expenses of gov ernment. The Herald, at Alton, is in a peck of trouble and it may increase to a bushel before the affair is set tled. It is a complicated muddle and would take up a column of space were we to unravel the his tory of that plant from the day of its advent into the world. Suffice to say that it fell into wrong hands to ever become a factor in the up building of that town. The trouble now lies between Wiley Melton, O. Armstrong and Lawyer l'raul, with Melton holding a full hand in the frhape of a chattle mortgage with power of sale. It may result disastrously to Afton and leave her without a newspaper, as Arm strong is trying to move the plant to Grove. At any rate, Mr. Praul is a non-loser in the deal. Fair land News. The Episcopal board ot mis sions, in session at Minneapolis last week adopted the following: Whereas, During the summer just passed, the attention of the country has been directed to the so-called uprising of the Bannock Indians in Idaho, and Whereas. It has been impartial ly and unofficially shown that the Indians were the innocent victims of the whites, resulting in the slaughter of helpless human be ings, therefore, be it Iiesolved, That we call the at tention of the United States gov ernment to these outrages and re quest a fearless investigation. description, until AS AMEXDED AM APPROVED. Full Text or the Law for Selling the Intruders' Places. An Act providing fer the sale of Improve ments Islt by Intruders. Be it enacted by the national council, That the district sheriffs wherein said places are located are authorized to receive and take possession of, on behalf of the Cherokeee nation, all improve ments which have been made or occupied by intruders upon the Cherokee domain, when such im provements shall be voluntarily relinquished or when the United States shall expel the intruder therefrom in compliance with stip ulations ol treaty; and the 6aid district sheriffs are further author ized and directed to dispose of each of the said improvements for the benefit of the Cherokee nation and that 50 per cent of the monies derived therefrom shall be placed to the credit of the general fund, 35 per cent to the credit of the school fund and 15 per cent to the credit f the orphan ofund as soon as practicable alter so taking pos session in conformity with the fol lowing regulations:. First The improvements shall each be sold separately to the highest bidder, after a public no tice of the sale for at least thirty days in the Cherokee Advocate, and by such other means as the sheriff may find practicable. The notice shall contain a statement in detail of what the improvement consists, extent, condition and lo cation, and shall precisely specify the day and time of day and not earlier than one o'clock p. in., the sale will be made and the particu lar place in the district. Second All bona fide citizens of the Cherokee nation shall be equally entitled to bid, provided the citizen sd ent.tled shall oivn no farm or farms in the Cherokee nation at the time of sale of more than 1G0 acres altogether, and no citizen shall be permitted to pur chase more than one improvement, and not to include more than 1WJ acres and should there remain any surplus of improved land in any case, the sheriff will be authorized to sell the right of occupamy of any such surplus as a separate im provement or to report such sur plus for future disposition at his discretion, as authorized to be sold under the provisions of this act and all bidders before being al lowed to bid, shall make satisfac tory showing to tho sheriffs of the district wherein such improvement is located of his competency to bid, as defined by this act. Third Payments 6hall be made in cash, national warrants, or na tional certificates, and in six equal installments, the first installment to be paid immediately after the award is made. The sheriff mak ing the sale will be required to give the purchaser a receipt for the first installment and thereafter as they fall due and are paid. Fourth A forfeiture of the im provements to the nation with all previous payments shall follow non-payment of any installment when due unless the installment be paid within three months after becoming due. A like forfeiture shall follow from any transfer of the improvements by the pur chaser under this act before the last installment is paid and no commutations of payment is per mitted. When any improvement shall become forfeited to the nation the sheriff shall proceed without unnecessary delay to again sell the same under the regulations, of this act. Fifth The sale of improve ments under this act shall convey no right or title in the land, and no right whatever as regards laud except the right of occupancy such only as would be vested in the purchaser bad he made the improvement or bought it from another citizen in the exercise of rights belonging to all citizens of the Cherokee nation under the Cherokee constitution. Sixth Lawfully appointed guardians of orphans shall be al lowed to bid on behalf of the or phans under their charge, pro vided that the orphan has no farm or farms of their own of 160 acres at the time of sale. Seventh The sheriffs shall sell the improvements in the district where they are situated respective ly; and they are authorized to sell as ninny improvements on the same day and to sell at such inter vals of days as in their judgment will best subserve the interests of all concerned. The said sheriffs shall within ten dayi after such sales in their respective dis tricts, make a complete report of all sales, by whom purchased, amount paid to the principal chief, and turn over to the national treasurer all proceeds of such salos after deducting 5 per centum of all monies collected by them as their fees and all expenses as contem plated by this act Eighth Should any purchaser die before any installment is paid, his heirs or legal representatives shall be vested with the same right and be required to assume the same liabilities as the deceased purchaser as regards the improve ments purchased and installments unpaid. Ninth In order to give all citi zens competent to buy under this act an equal chance to make their selections from the improvements to be sold the national treasurer is directed as soon as his report upon improvements forfeited by intru ders is made to the principal chief to prepare from Buch report and from any other available sourco as full a description of all such im provements as practicable, includ ing kind, extent condition and lo cation, to have 500 copies of such description, in both English and Cherokee, printed and distributed throughout the nation for general information. The principal chief shall furnish certified copies of all intruder improvements herein authorized to be sold or any other such improvements made since August 11, 1SSG, to such sheriffs as will come within their districts from which such sheriffs shall make his sales as required by this act. Be it further enacted, That the you see W. W. said sheriffs before enteringupon their duties and for the faithful performance of the same as above imposed shall file with the princi pal chief an additional bond with sureties satisfactory to the princi pal chief. The bond of the slier ifl8 of Cooweescoowee, Delaware Sequoyah districts shall be $25,000 eacti. and that of tho sheriffs of the remaing districts $10,000 each. Be it further enacted, That after the first installment i. paid by any purchaser of Mich improvements he shall be placed in possession of such imnrovement bv the sheriff. Should there be found a citizen of the Cherokee nation m possession of such improvement, bought, the sheriff shall w.thout further pro ceeding eject such citizen for this purpose. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of tho principal chief to furnUh to each of the dis trict clerks a list of the names of all persons who have been expelled from this nation as intruders, and no permit shall be issued by any clerk in favor of any such persons under penalty of the immediate removal of such clerk from office. Passed the senate Sept. 30, 1S95. Concurred in by the council this the 30th of September. 1895, with the following amendments: In section 2, in lines 7 and S strike out one hundred and sixty and in sert in the lieu thereof one hundred also. s Be it further enacted, That any person, a citizen of the Cherokee nation, by misrepresentation to the sheriff as to the amount of land occupied or enclosed by him or her shall purchase any improve ment sold hy the sheriff under the provision of this act shall forfeit all installments paid and the sher iff shall re-sell as other intruder improvements. Amendment concurred in by the senate. Approved Oct. 1, 1S95. FT. SMITH LETTER. Prisoners and Their Sentences Court Proceedings. Marshal Crump took 4S prison ers from this court to the pen at Leavenworth last Thursday and landed there with only 47. Mat Pike made his escape on the way. The men, their crimes and sen tences were: Will Phillips, violating inter course law; fifteen months. Chas. Crawford, alias John Hill, fame; eighteen months. Napoleon Gibson, larceny; two years. Leslie Davis, same; three years. Fred Eyler, same; two years. Charles" Fousch, same; three years. Guy Mar.-hall, same; two years. J. F. Williams, same; three years. David Green, same; three years. Earl Cunningham, same; two years. Mat Pike, same, three years. Mat Dougherty, same; three years. Houston Lincoln, same; two years. Sam Mills, same; three years. Shurd Dove, Eanie; three years. George Yancy, same; two years. Jesse Bruce, same; four years. Wesley Hatiun, same; three years. Jim Fagan. same; five years. Ira Smith, same; two years. Chas. James, same; eighteen years. Kirk Duncan, same; two years. Harvey Martin, same; eighteen months. King Cudjo, same; three year3. John Melton; same; two years. Tom Mahardy, same; two years. Bud Penny, assault; two years. G. S. Ford, same; eighteen months. Robert Lewis, same; eighteen months. Will Benton, same; five years. E. B. Willis, same; three years. Fred Walker, same; three years. Mathew Snowden, perjury; one year. John Pictun, perjurj, introduc ing and selling; sixty-two months. C. C. Gabbard, bribery, two years. Jerry Williams, incest; four years. Will Mitchell, fraudulently ob taining letter from post office; two years. Steve McDonald, introducing and selling; twenty-six months. Ed Thompson, same; eighteen months. Abe Foreman, robbery; three years. Win. Nail, same; three years. Wm. Thompson, same; three years. Noah Jones, same; two years. John Wheeler, violating inter course law; eighteen months. Tom Analls, same; twenty-six months. Frank Carr, same; twenty-six months. COURT PROCEEDINGS. Alex Allen, murder; verdict guilty. John Brown, murder; verdict guilty. He and Wancoo Hampton killed Josiah Poorboy and Thom as Whitehead, near Tahlequah, Dec. 3, 1891. It is his third con viction. Wm. McLcmore, murder; ver dict not guilty. He killed Bill Adair up in Flint. Charles Acers, assault; verdict guilty. Perry Brewer, manslaughter; on trial. He killed Ira Scar borough near Wagoner last spring. Josh Lowry is in jail under in dictment for murdering and cre mating two men in the Tahlequah calaboose nearly a year ago. Great interest is taken in tho case, as it will be made a test case as to whether to prosecute several other prominent persons of that town. The calaboose was burned with the two men Callahan and Down ing in it, and an attempt will be made to prove that Josh Lowry shot Downing through the window and then burned tho prison to cover up tho crimo. It is said by some here that the case may de volop into something sensational before it is over, inasmuch as it has been suggested that the city officials of Tahlequah should be held partly or wholly responsible Miller's Supply. for the burning to death of the two men, as they were locked up only on a charge of drunkenness. Quite a large number of witnesses are here from Tahlequah. C. A. HatesTalks of Advertising:. A', the down town terminus of all important city railways there ttands a number of newsboys, f-ach one crying his papers, and at the same time holding out his hand in the hope of receiving the paper which you are through with. The.-e paper are cither sold again or are returned to the newspaper offices as unsold copies There is as much difference in the methods of newsboys as there is in lho?e of men who advertise. Some of the boys push to the front and s-eein to catch the eye of al most everybody. There is anoth er kind ot a boy, who stands a lit tle bit in the background, but who still reaches out his hand. Out on the edge are some ot the, smaller, weaker and less energetic boys, and beyond them are some who take no interest in the proceedings at all, who receive few papers and sell few. The boy who asksoften est and keeps most persistently in the foreground is the boy who gets the most papers. The advertiser who keeps his business prominently before the people and asks persistently and often for their trade is the one who will get the most business. The man who is nearly as energetic will get the business that is left, and the one who slauds around on the edge, with his hands in his pockets, may very reasonable ex pect to get"what the boy shot at." Advertising reduced to its lowest terms, is merely asking people for their trade. That's all there is of it. A business man wants trade in some particular line. If it is a good line, and if he understands it, and runs his business properly, it is only a question cf asking them often. In the dull season, when only comparatively few peo ple are buying, the advertising ef fort should be increased as the number of possible buyers de creases. It is easier to sell S10 worth of goods among a thousand people than it is to sell that much among one hundred people. If there are only one hundred to work on, work them hard. The five civilized tribes are rap idly learning the ways of civiliza tion. They have each a good siz ed debt and their paper is selling below par. If they will, through their respective councils, arrange for a bond issue and hire a syndi cate to protect their reserve, "they will be in line with modern states manship. But then, they cannot be expected to do that. They will in all probability, draw on their invested funds and pay their indebtedness in the old-fashioned way. They will make inroads on their capital instead of saddling a debt on the next generation, as has been the custom of American statesmen for near a half a cen tury McAlester Capital. A FEVT COURT .VOTES. Court is moving off quite as though it had been here alwa3's. Daily sessions are held and sometimes nightly ones too. The grand jury thought to complete its labors in three or four days; now the don't know when they will get through A few malefactors have been tried, with varying fate to themselves. James M. Givens, assistant U. S. attorney, is a very popular offi cer and if our friend Cliff Jackson, should bo called upon- to take some other position, making a va cancy, Mr. Givens can depend on a strong pull from Vinita. Thegrandjury is not making the boys "hide out" because it got hold of them before they had time to start. Maj. Winston, tho clerk, com pliments Vinit-i highly on build ing a courthouse in three days. By perusing tho new testament he will discover an account of the building of a temple in an incredi bly short space of time and as Vi nita folks peruso the scriptures studiously they doubtless got their cue therefrom. Ballard's Snnw Liniment. This Invalnnble remedy is one that ought to bo in every house-hold. It will cure your rheumatism, neuralgia, fprnine, cots, bruisrs, burns, frosted fof-t and cars, sore throat and sore chpst. If you have lame back it will cure it. It penetrates to the seat of the (lieoaFe. It will cure ptiil joints and contracted muscles after nil other remedies have failed. Those who havp been cripple, for years have used Itallanl's mow liniment and thrown nway iheir rrulchep nnd been able to waits bs well ns over. It will cure you. Price 50 i-enln Sold ttv P. .Shanahan. T. N. Chitwood had a bird dog which he valued vert 'highly, accident ally killed a few days since by Her man Knight. New Fast California Train. On Oct. 2"Jth, the Santa Fe Route will In augurate new ami strictly limited first data service to Southern California. The new California limited will leave Chi cago at C:OD p. m. dally, reaching Lob Ange les and San Diego In three daja and San Fran cisco In three and a halfdays. thus reducing the time half a day. Equipment will consist or superb new vestl buled l'ullman palace and compartment sleep ers, chair car and dining car. through Trom Chicago to Los Angeles without change. En tire train lighted by IMntech gas. This will be the fattest and most luxurious service via any line to Calltornla. The pres ent train leaving Chicago at 10:00 p. m. will be continued, carrying through palace and tourist sleeper to San Francisco and tourist sleeper to Los Angeles. Full particulars by addressing, W J. Jan ney, Passenger Agent, IPSO Union Ave., Kan sas City, Mo. Fast Timo to Chicago. Commencing Sunday. August llth, ISM, the Santa Fe route began running three fast trains from Kansas City to Chicago dally: Atlan tic express. Jfo. 4, leaves Kansas City at 7:50 a. m., arriving In Chicago at 10:30 same day. Columbian limited, Ko. 4, leaves Kansas City at .1:30 p. m, arriving In Chicago at 3:3a a. m. next day. Kansas City A Chicago limited, Ko. C, leaira Kansas Oily at 7:00 p m., arriv ing In Chicago al 10:W a. m. next day. The above trains are vestlbulcd, carrying rail, man palace sleeping, dining cars and free re clining chair cars All meals served on the cafe plan. For Information call oj nearest agent, or address, W. J. Janney, fassenger agent, 1CJ0 Union Ave. JvntutslltT rjMo. Full line of Hardware always in CAME AT LAST. They Had Waited Lone and Anxiously for an Inquirer. Roseleaf Bower Is the name of a dainty little cottage nestled among spreading trees, on a spacious lawn in a booming New Jersey town. All through April it was upside down and heary with the fumes of Tarnish and richly bespotted with whitewash and calcimine of every hue of the rainbow. The rugs were on the lines and the chairs were on the beds to make room for the spring cleaning, and nothing was In its accustomed place that was not stationary. But finally everything was spick and span, and the owner put tho place in the hands of every real estate agent in the town for rent dur ing the summer months. And after that came the awful suspense and an guish that annually fill the breast of the suburban householder until his chateau is leased and he has settled the burning question regarding his abiding place for the sweltering, sum mer solstice. Ills wife sat at the win dow all day watching for the ap proaching carriage of the prospec tive tenant, as if it were the long-looked-for ship that must ultimately arrive with untold riches. And when the lord of the manor would arrive at night and toss the bundle of codfish that he had lugged out for dinner gracefully to the cook on tho fly, he would simply ask: "Any prospectors -oat for to-day? And when his wife would reply in the negative, he would pour forth lamentation after lamentation, and finally call down maledictions upon his own head for having laid out all the money in fixing up the place. Then the wife would say: "It is very early in tho season yet, and you know we rented later than this last year. Now-we must be patient and hope for the best" "That's all I over hope for," ha would reply, "but I saw the ogent this morning and asked him how the mon keys were jumping, and he said none had been out yet, and that people were so anxious that they'congregated about his office upon the arrival of every ex press train from town." "Well," she would reply, cheerily, "the place is fixed np forjurselves if no one should take the house, you know." "Yes, I know that," 'he would re spond, "but look at the money 7 have spent advertising in New York papers, and every ad. cost extra to have "no malaria" and "no mosquitoes" put in large letters to fool and land tho sum mer jay." After this sort of thing had been go ing on for quite awhile, and even the owner's wife had about given up in despair, she sighted a carriage com ing up the road one sunshiny after noon. Kunning to the maid, she said: "At last, at last, a carriage Is ap proaching! I will be in the library to receive them!" So she folded her hands in breath less expectation, and smiled like a dewy June rose. The bell rang, never 60 musically before. Then the maid opened the door, and a few minutes later went to the library and said: "Mrs. Peach blow wants to know if you will buy some tickets for the strawberry festival next week." N.Y. World. White Elephant. Knighthood is not an honor that you can obtain in Slam as easily as you can in many other countries. You have to qualify for it by capturing a white elephant, which is, by all ac counts, a good deal mora difficult than to write indifferent poetry or to start an anti-publishers league. " The white elephant is the national emblem of Siam and all the specimens that can be caught are kept in the royal stables and live on the fat of the land. There are five of them at present In honora ble captivity. All the work they ever have to do is to take part twice a year in a state procession nnd to support the king by their majestic presence whenever he has to receive a foreign ambassador. Besides being knighted their captors receive large money re wards. The more white elephants there are in the king's mews the luck ier does he reckon himself likely to be. Philadelphia Public Ledger. UM'UKT OF THE CODITIOS OFS5S The First National Bank At Vinita, in the Indian Territory, at the close of business Sept.28, 1S95. nxsocuccs: Loans and discounts 8116,780 IB Overdrafts, secured and unsecured.. 1.WC3 U. S. Bonds to secure circulation.... 13,300 00 Premiums on U. S. Bonds 4S0 00 Banking hou'e rurnlturs .t fixtures, l.tofl 00 Due Irom National Hants (not re serve agents) C,PS3.73 Dne from Slate Hanks and Bankers.... 445.71 l)ne from approved reserve agents... 74.S20 41 Checks and other cash Items '-WS 01 Notes of other National Banks 100 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents 67 11 Lawful money reserve In banka viz: Specie 2.275 00 Legal-tender notes 3,795 00 6,070 00 Kedemptlon fund with U. S. Treas urer (5 percent of circulation) 502 50 Total $221,213 4S LIAIIILITIIS: Capital stock paid In $30,000 00 Surplus fund 25,000 00 Undivided profits less expenses and taxes paid 4. National Bank notes outstanding.... 11,2j0 00 Individual deposits subject to check. 129,. S3 99 Demand certificates of deposit S75 00 Total $221,213 4S Indian Territory ) First Judicial Division. ) I, II. C Cook, cashier or the above named bank do solemnly swear that the above state ment Is true to the best or my know ledge and belief. H. " Cook. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to be To re me this 2sth day of October, 1SU3. KAL1 W. II. KoimifMT, Notary Public. First Judicial Division, Indian Territory. Correct Attest: Oliver Bagby II. E. illlford J Directors. W. E. Halsell ) FROFESSIOITilX, CiErS D ,B. Q. R. HILL, Physician and Obstetrician. office: Up-stairs in Raymond Building. Yinita, Ind. Ter. "tr. l. d. crawford, Physician and Sukqeon, Office in Opera House Building. Vinita, Ind. Ter. aug.o p DONOHOO, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, 12-27-91. AFTON, IND. TEK. TvR. H.B.HORTON, RESIDENT DENTIST. Office in Raymond Building over Millinery Store. All Vlndiof Dental Work Executed wlthneat aug'J ness and dispatch. "lvR. O. R. GRIFFITH, DEN $Sb TIST, Rooms 14 and 10, Hill Building, VXiTI'r.A., X2TD. XS3J Willie Halsell College. WVHlK li8iaiaiaiaiaBiaiaiaClft7wiiiiiiiiK""'9C)iaii Thoroughly Organized, having in Successful Opera tion Six Departments, Collegiate, Preparatory, Music, Art, Elocution, Business Girls and Young Ladies hoard in the College Building with the President. Boys and Young Men board in Cooper Hall un der the supervision of a member of the faculty. Write to the President for information and Catalogue. Fifth Year Begins Sopt. 2, 1695. W. JOSEPH HlfflT POSTOFFICE VINITA, IND. Hardware, Implements and Machinery. SPECIAL FIGURES AND GRADES OF BUGGIES, SURRIES AND ALL SPRING VEHICLES gJtTFine Line of Groceries in Connection . Tyr P.IIATNES, 8 27 PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Vinita, - I. T. Calls promptly attended to night or day. A TJGTJST SOHLIEOKBR, OPTICIAN. With J. S. Thomason, Vinita. Ind Tar Spectacles and Eyeglasses accurately ntted according to the Beat ApproTed Scientific Principles. oeU DENTISTRY Practiced in all its de ta"ls fay r, CHAS. W. DAY, D. D. S. rermancntlr Located at Vinita, I.T. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Office in new Patton building, back .c-ri)rB. Fortner & Bagby. dec 8 pOBTNEK & BAGBY, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS, VINITA, C. N. Office in new Patton building, np stairs. D ,R. A. M. OUNKSOAIjES. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Office up stairs in Raymond building. .Resi dence between the two churches, at the Dr. Fraiee place. . . , , ,, Piles and other Rectal troubles a specialty. 9-41 . ,R. T. T. WIMER, Practice limited to Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat. Office In Old Opera Building. aug Yjir S. STANFIELD, 'attorney-at-law. Will practice In all State and Federal Courte. Criminal Practice a Specialty. Hill Building, Rooms G and 8. Vinita, I. T. T7 H.KOBNEQAY, Attorney at Law, and Notary Public. Office in Patton Bld'g VINITA, r.T. Will practice In all the United States Courts Aug 9 of the Indian Territory. JAMES S. DAVENPORT, DAVID A. FRAYSER, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Raymond Bld'g. Vinita, I. T. Practice In United States and Cherokee Courts. p M. SMITH, 10-1 ATTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC, LOAN BROKER Special attention given glTen to trial of suits. Always ready to answer your questions and reply to your Inquiries. Office In Opera Buld'g. VINITA, I. T. OHEPARD, UKOVE& WILSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Patton Building. Vinita, I. T. Men Utf Jons B. TCKXKt:. J.IMKA B. BCUCKHALTKR. rpURNER & BUROKHALTER, L Attorneys and Counsellors, Rooms 3 and 4 Gray-IIalsell Bld'g. VINITA, - - I.ND TEU Will practice In the U. S. Courts or the In dian Territory and at Kt. Smith. Ark , and In the Supreme Court of the United States. D R. W. W. BRYAN, RESIDENT DENTIST, dcisi Glabemohe, Ind. Tkr. JOS. P. SOOTT, f Life 5 Fire Insurance SSr AGENT. 33f L Office in P. 0. Bld'jr., Vinita, d The World.... Is roll of makers and dealera anxious to sell pianos to such Institutions as Willie ilalsell College. A Camp & Co. Piano, was their selection, bought of.... Vinita jNXxisic House Jf the College with itsopixirtun- Ity and experience chooses a Camp and can buy best, at home, why can't you? READ THIS LETTER: Vinita, I. T.. Oct. 1, 1KB. Vinita Music House. Gentlemen Tho Camp & Co. Piano pur chased or ynn a month aco for this Institution intl efery requlieiuent aud gives perfect atlsracliun W. L Chapman, 1'rcs. Willis Halsell College. P Stock. L. CHAPMAN, A. M., Ph. D. & Co., BUILDING, TER. GRAIN Highest narket Prices. Agent for Busby & Smith Oilice and Scales at IIHIVortWrtrtMing Tahlequah ana Ft. Gibson Marble Works. Monuments, Tombstones, . ETC.. ETC.. R. A. HOSEY. Ft. Gibson, I. T. PssWKsscE?eii LARGEST STOCK P.G. (0 o Brownings FOR i; T few Lrj0 a 5 rn Seneca, Ho. Fairland' Vinita. Chelsea. . Adair. v M Terms Cash Get Estimates mw&m&m&msi Queen City Business College SPRINGFIELD. MO. Incorporated UDder the Laws of Missouri. Is one of the largest and best equipped schools of the kind, and the onlj school In the state outside of St. Louis teaching by the sjsttm of Actual Business from the Start to the end ol the course Write for catalosoe Siring full particulars In regard to same. The best and most natural method of teaching shorthand and typewriting. Students taught to tste dictation on the typewriter and given actnal work to do solicited Irom business men Forcatalogue and full particulars address decis W. L. MTJSIOK, Prinolpal. Established 1832. J. B. & G. N, SPANGLE, Chetopa, Kan. WATCHES, DIAMONDS -AND JEWELRY, Fine Repairing A Specialty S. IK. HALL' Has bought the Russell Farm Gate Patent for the Cherokee and Osage nations and is prepared to furnish Gates. Farm Rlshta or Territory; hat also ebarge or balanceor Indian tnd Oklahoma Territories. A ddress him ,eare Box HE. Vinita. Ind. Ter. JP-tf D. M, MARRS & GO,, II AGENTS. TOWN LOTS BOUGHT AND SOLD. Conveyances Made, Etc. CORRECT CITY PLAT IN OFFICE. Can save you money in buying- city property. OTITIOJE: Upstairs in Skinner Bld'g. G. W. COLLINS, Is running two ..Drays 3 and 4 and solicits hauling- of every kind. Baggage orders get quick atten tion. Apr! L"t5n? A-fL " si! m ESTATE J I h