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w alg THE HIEPT CHIEFTAIN PUBLISHING CO. VINITA, INDIAN TERRITORY, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1899. VOL. XVII. NO. 41 S&itoJWM Ik WILL YOU ADVANTAGE OF A GOOD OFFER? INDIAN AIN TAKE Ik Ik 'Ik Ik Ik Ik Ik ! - O 9 G -; -Ut -Si 1 -si s 3) Ml ..Then Call on For the next two weeks, fly store is full of "Good Things" for the Public. SI I a 4- - Jobs in Boys Shoes. 25 pairs 2 buckle plow shoes 90c 7 pairs oil grain, button shoes $ 1 .25 19 pairs satin calf, coin toe $ I -25 20 pair kangaroo calf, worth $2.00 for. . . .'. .$1.50 Jobs in flen's Shoes. 20 pairs 2 buckle plow shoes $ 1 .00 15 pairs "Cracker Jack" shoes 1 .20 17 pairs Acme shoes 1.00 75 pairs plow shoes in lace, buckle and con gress, these shoes are worth $2.00 for 1 .40 Jobs in Ladies' Shoes and Slippers. 50 pairs shoes, new, clean goods; black, lace and button; slippers, black and chocolate; these go for just $ ! .00 pair 1 lot ladies' and misses mixed slippers that you should not fail to see, for in them you will find bargains. Ladies' Sleveless Vests. I have them at prices to please all .5 to 40c Jobs in Hen's Jeans Pants. !j Jobs in Men's and Boys 2opairs lot 200 regular $1 for 75c. J LaUndHed Shifts. Why not buy them when you can get them j ' . .. . An' at th, nriro win wnnli-1 nixr Vr r.rnlfc nnrl Hi. '! 3 DOyS Shifts 4UC pants will wear you twice as long as the overall? ! 25 pairs, lot 500, regular price $i.2 for 95c 73 pairs, lot 75, regular price $1.50 for $1.10 I also have in stock a complete line of overalls, work shirts and jumpers. Shirtwaist, Skirts. - My counters are still loaded with Shirtwaists, Crash and Pique Skirts and black Sateen Under skirts. Fluslin Underwear. Would you be interested in looking at a beau tiful line of ladies' muslin underwear? If so ask to see my line. v - Dress Goods Depi. My dress goods department is full of the latest i spring goods. I invite you to look through this department. 40 men's shirts 45c I have a complete line of men's balbriggan under wear suits from 50c to $ 1 .25 This is the time of year that you need shirting, es pecially when you can buy for the following pices: Reliance and Champion Cheviots, regular SlA and ioc for .:. 6Xc Edinburgh Cheviots, in solid, stripes and checks, regular 10c for 8c Danville and Jamaica plaids and stripes, regular 6 for... 5c j How is your supply of unbleached LL? Buy while I am selling a heavy grade for 4c I also have Pepperell's 9-4 sheeting in bleach and brown. This brand is the best on the market Grocery Department. There seems to be a general advance on most everything in the grocery line. But for the-reason that I discount all bills I am able to sell at the same old price and some things I can sell cheaper. Read this list carefully. 3 cans best tomatoes for 25c 3 cans best corn for 25c Sbars Clarette soap for 25c 10 bars Ark soap for 25c 18 pounds sugar for $ I 40 pounds beans (by the dollar only) $ I Dry salt meat 5c Best brown coffee on the market 1 2Ac Good country lard, per pound 7Jc Tennessee sorghum, per gallon 35c 4 cans lye for 25c B. B. potatoes, per bushel $ I Country hams wanted. These prices are good for 2 weeks from June 1. Ik Ik I I I Ik Ik Ik Ik Ik Ik it RESPECTFULLY r w f TWO WEEKS ONLY. HN C. RAY VINITA, IND. TER. ss- Ik 'Ik Ik 'Ik :- Ik Ik Ik i b- fWfJfJfJWWWJ CIRCULAR NO. 3. Concerning the Leasing of Minecal Lands. Dparitneent of the Interior, offioe of U. S. Indian inspector for In dian Territory. M nskofcee. I. T., June 1. 1(89 The following modifications of the rules and regulations prescrib ed Ly the secretary of the interi or, dated November 4, 1S9S, con cerning the leasing of mineral lands in the Creek and Cherokee naions, of the Indian Territory, are promulgated for the inlorraa tion "ol all concerned, the same being an extract from a letter ad dressed to me from the honorable secretary under date of May 22, iv -9. uJi is not and will not be the po'icy oJ the department to allow single individuals or corporations to .nclude immense tracts of land in a large number of separate leases, although said parties ma' r wjtog to pay the advance Ti,yaltyreorlleil for each indi vidual lease. On tbe other baud tarnotthe purpose el the de paituient to deprive asy person jort corporation f lbs benefits to which rBcHeison may be enti tled where the person hms in .good faith entered upon land under tbe tribal customs and laws, and in vested money in improvements aijd in the development of the nJneral resources, and were the illortsol such person or corpora tion have resulted in the pro duction of oil, coal, asphalt or oth er minerals in commercial quanti ties. No fixed rule, however, can be established, but each case must rest upon its own individual mer its In the cases of mineral leas ee as in the case of acquiring ti tle to the public lands of the United Slates, good faith must be the test upon which every appli cation shall be made, and in addi tion to tbe requirements in said rf galations, paragraphs 10 and 11, each applicant will be required to file with his application with the t'nited Stales Indian inspector, a p'al showing the land applied for, the exact location and extent of the improvements made, and he robust also Btate tbe value of the improvements, the amount of iiiineral that has been mined, and Aether there is any adverse oc cupant or claim to tue land; and Le should also refer to and prop erly describe the tnlal laee un der which he ha been acting, giv ing the time when said lease will expire. Each contract of lease will also contain a provision that it shall continue for a term of fif teen years unless, by duly ratified agreement with the Indians, or by law of congress, tbe allottees shall become entitled to the mineral in allotments, and in that event the lease shall expire on the final com pletion of individual allotments, or the issuance of patents by the proper authorities to the allottees for the lands included in their al lotments. In view of the earnest protests made b' the authorities of the Creek and Cherokee nations, no applications for mineral leases will be received from parlies who have not entered upon the lands and made improvements thereon for tbe purpose of developing the mineral in said lands under the tribal usages or customs, or under tbe provisions of said act of June 2S, 1S9S, and said regulations of November 4, 1SQS. Said regula tions are hereby amended in ac cordance with the views indicated above. You will give notice by publi cation of the change in said regu lations, as above indicated, and 4bat persons or cortrarations claiming preference rights under tbe provisions of section 18 of the aid act and the regulations made thereunder, must file with the United States Indian Inspector for the Indian Territory separate application for mining leases in accordance with the provisions of said regulations as herein amend ed, withinin tliirtj daj's from the date of said notice, and you will in addition, send a copy of said notice by mail to any person or corporation that has heretofore filed with said inspector a mining application, claiming by a prefer ence right by reason of improve ments, made under said section 13 and the regulations thereunder." Section 13 of the Act of Congress, approved June 28, 1898, and the regulations prescribed thereunder, under date of Nov. 4, 1S9S, above referred to, provide that each lease shall cover no more than (MO acres, which must be described by legal sub-divisions according to the United States survey, and which legal sub-divisions most be con tiguous to oacli other. Applica tions for leases to be filed with the United States Indian inspector for the Indian Territory, and erery application to be accompanied bj' a duly certified check upon the United States delist or" -t -t. Louis, Mo., or upon some solvent national bank of the United States, lor one hundred dollars, payable to the order of the United States Indian agent at the Union agency, Indian Territor-, in payment ol advanced royalty on the lease for one year. J. Geo. Wright, United Slates Indian Inspector for the Indian Territorj'. St. Louis Cattle .Market. During the week common Texas and Indian Territory fed steers GOO to 1,000 pounds average sold at $4.00 to S4.30, medium grades SO0 to 1,034 pounds average at $4.40 to $4 GO, good offerings S00 to 1,170 pounds average S4.G5 to S4.S0 and the best kinds 970 to 1,354 pounds average at S4.S6 to 5 05. During the week yearling steers and heifers from Clio! sea, 429 pounds average sold at $4.20 and 416 pounds average at 84.25. The bulk of the Texas and In dian Territory steers this weak averaged S00 to 1,170 pounds and sold at $4.40 to S4.S0. The beet full load of Texas or Indian Territory heifers this woek averaged G24 and brought $4.25. Texas and Indian Territory cat tle offerings this week show the highest bulks of the year. Walter Lac' of Sapulpa, mar keted among other cattle l'J head of fine, blocky little S07 pound steers sold to Nelson Morris &. Co. at $4.75. Jeff Munday of Chelsea, mar keted four loads of 427 pound year ling steers and heifers at $4 20, sold to Swift & Co. It is proposed when Tom Bufl ington is elected, to change his title from that of chief to govern or, and the gentleman is not averse to the change. Governor sounds much more in keeping with civili sation; as the CheroKees have long sinced passed the chief and war rior stage in their national history. So by common consent lot it be Governor Burlington after tbe first Monday in August. All in favor of the change vote for Tom. The esteemed Muskogee Phoonix remarks that a land oilice for the Choctaws will soon be opened at South McAl ester or Atoka, and adds that it is claimed the full bloods preff r Atoka because it is free from "joints." Now we would like to see a bunch of those Choctaw full blood s that would avoid a town on account of the prfifi.vi oi a few saloons. Try it jhra u Phjemx. A IScautifnl Ihoultt. Away among the Alleghanies tbere is a spring so small that an ox, on a summer day, could drain it dry. It steals its obtrusive way among the hills until it spreads out into the Ohio; thonce it streches away a thousand miles, leaving on its banks more than a hundred vil lages and cities and thousands of fine farms, and bearing upon its bosom a half thousand steamboats. Then,, joining the Mississippi, it stretches away and away, hun dreds of miles .more till it falls in to the great tributaries of the ocean, which, obedient to Him shall roar till the angel, with one foot on the sea and one on tho land, shall lift up his hand to heaven and swear thut time shall be no more. So with morel influ ence. It is a rill a rivulet a river an ocean, boundless and fathomless. Ex. 1'rolcct Our Food. The doctors inform us that alum is a poison, and that alum baking powders should be avoided because they make the food unwholesome. Prominent hygienists, who havo given the matter most stud3, re gard these powders as an evil that should be suppressed by state ac tion. In Minnesota and Wiscon sin alum powders are not permit ted to be sold unless they are branded to warn consumers of their true character, while in the Dis trict of Columbia the authorities have under the direction of con gross, adopted regulations to pro hibit the use of alum in bread al together. Aro not tho people of other stales, as well as those of Minne sota and Wisconsin, outitled to warning of a danger which is ap parently menacing them at close hand, and is not the whole coun try entitled to absolute protection, as the people of tho District of Columbia are protected, by legis lation which is entirely prohibi. tive? Until we can have protection in the form of a statute, bow can our state boards of health, state an alysts or food commissions better serve the public than I)- publish ing in the newspapers from time to time the names of tho baking powders which thoy find to be made from alum? Meantime it will aid the house wife in designating the alum pow ders to remember that all powders sold at 25 cents or less per pound are of this dangerous class. Pure crtam of tartar powders an ii'-uilly sold at from 45 to 50 cents apuuud. Thofse who have observed the trend of journalism in the Indian Territory for the last ten years can not fail to notice that vindictive, personal, vitriolic editorial writ ing is more and more being rele gated to the rear; and tbe paper that .deals in bitter personalities only proclaims itself an antiquated relic of a past age. It is better to say a good word than an ill word of a man. A man may be a social hiena, and if printing a newspaper his columns may fairly bristle with petty hatreds and mean little animosities, but the public can see these deplorable traits of charac ter without some other newspaper taking them up and printing them. A newspaper that treats everyone fairly is always believed, where as the snarling, bilious fellow that is snapping and growling contin ually, comes to be looked upon as a misanthrope. A newspaper that ie not conducted upon this broad principle is not a newspaper at all but only a miserable impostor. Its readers soon learn its motives, and regard its utterances as tiie mad ravings of a cross and mangy cur. The Dawes commission, aside from allotting the Creek lands, is completing the census roll oi the Choctaw citizens preparatory to making allotments in that na tion. Three sets of appraisers have been started out and the ap praisement of the lauds will be pushed to completion. When the appraisement and census are com pleted the land oflice will be open ed up at South McAlester or Atoka and tbe allotments made. By the way, there is a warm contest for the location ol the land oflice be tween Soutn McAlester and Atoka. It is claimed in behalf of Atoka that the full-bloods much prefer going there instead of to South McAlester and then it is furthor claimed that Atoka is free from the "joints, '' saloons and evil in rliiencen that run rampant in the Choctaw Metropolis. When once allotment begins it will not take a great while to complete the -ame and the Choctaws will soon see the most important provisions of tbe treaty with the United States put into effect. Phoenix. He Was There. An Arkansas City young man wrote to his best girl after one ot those ordinary quarrels: "I want you to return everything that 1 have given you." She replied by telling him to call at a certain hour and that she would cheer fully comply with his request, be ginmij wth the kisses The y ut to u.Au Aai uu time. LIKES THE AJIEItir.vX ntESS. COJI PAST'S Au Arkansas Firm Used It Last Season With Ureat Satisfaction. l'rom tbe Tenn. Commercial Appeal, Memphis. A. J. Clements, of the firm of Cloments & Daniel, cotton ginners of Lonoke, Ark., was in the city yesterday. Mr. Clements was seen by a Commericial Appeal representative in the office of the American Cotton Company, in the Continental building, and ho talk ed very enthusiastically of that company's Roundlap bale pres3, which he has been operating at his gin tbe past season. He com pressed about 4,000 bales on his Roundlap bale press, and the cot ton was also sold at the pres3 at Memphis prices. Mr. Clements says that a Roundlap balo from the American Company's press will net from $2.50 to $15.00 more than from the old press. In fact, a farmer a few months ago, made a test of the matter, bringing the exact number of pounds of the same quality to Mr. Clements that he did to a square bale press, with out letting either gin know he was making the test, and the Roundlap bale netted just $3.75 more than the square bale. Mr. Clements says that one sea son has satisfied him of the merits of the American Company's Round lap bale press. It is a good thing he says, both for the ginner and the farmer, and his firm will con tinue its use and abandon its other pro?s entirely. We notice that some of the ter ritory newspapers are criticising the Dawes commission that it is accomplishing but little, xnd that the members seem to be working onlv to hold their job all of which is a wrong conclusion. It i ma anpear to those unacquainted t with the situation that the Dawes commission has not accomplished much; but to those who know the real state of affairs, this opinion is reversed. This commission has had a stupendous work to accomp lish up-to-date, beset with many am' difficult obsticles, which have been mostly overcome, and the work to be accomplished is still4 great. That the members of this commission aro men of ability and integrity is well known. Their position is a responsible and Im portant one, above a mere job or parly politics. Mr. McKennon, the oldest member of the commis sion, is a Democrat, but retained by a Republican administration bu.iU'-c ol ins ability aim intepn ty Credit to whom credit is duo Townsltc Commission. A special from Cale May 31 says: The townsite commission for the Choctaw nation is now in full op eration at this place. The first section stob was driven yesterday at 4 o'clock p. m. Three or four hundred people turned out to wit ness the same. Dr. Sterrett drove the"stob"then ordered it taken up j and expressed to Washington City. A petition is being circulated to change the name of Cale to Ster rett. The sentiment in favor of it seems to be unanimous. This town ia to be the first platted and surveyed by the governmont. Capital. It was expected that Ingalls would favor trusts, but no one has heard from Mrs. Lease yet, and it is barely possible that these two may come together on this issue. When thej' do we may expect to hear of Judge Thomas and Col. boper drinking out ol tbe same loving cup. Capital. A slight fire in the opoxa house at Ardmore during the closing ex ercises of Hargrove college caused a stampede and a wild rash for the door; several children it is thought were injured. ..TAJKE THE... ! i FOR KANSAS CITY ....AND ST. LOUIS and all points in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri. -THE- I IRON MOUNTAIN ....ROUTE.,.. FOB FORT SMITH, LITTLE ROCK& HOT SPRINGS ami all points in Louisiana, Ar- : Kansas and Texas. Elegant Jj : couches and Pullman Buffet : Sleeping Cars. I H. C. TOWNSEND. : Gen l'as. & Tkt Agent. St Louis t ..in.? a.-v ty,tvv-cv,'vmvn'' Spectacles AND" Eyeglasses accurately fitted to suit all cyo that can be benefitted by glasses at the Bee Jewelery Store. Per- w..-.'Qa''.'.'.-,? han you have a fine pair ' spectacle-, l.ut the Icn.e ilont tit ywir eyes. If so it will be less ex pensive to have new Ienes tosuit your eyes put into the frames than it would "o t j l.uy ,t new pair of gold spectacles. I am prepared to fib nev lenc tauy -pectacle or cyeR'ass frame. Satisfaction guaran teed. Wlicn in need f optical work call at Auest SchlttcKcr. A Jew tier & Optician nrf-sa Roo Iairo!r -rvrva ixi uuwyiy cvm. Values Tb&i Are Values Will Be Fourjcl Here I want to impro tni on ji ur mind so thor. uir'.ilv by qua'v and price that it -will bo imr ible for you to think of""SaJJ!t and Harnes". without thinking of J. W. Martin' the plaf y litre you always got the worth of yoar niouoy. Repairing neatly done J. W. ariir?. . East of KMyTracKs I z n'VS'.O L. C. Couch's Livery Stable Last of Katv Tracks. I sr-t CIu---. Turnouts at Reasonahle Rates. Horses Boarded by the Week or Honth Telephone o 6 Hearse In Connection ' L.'V'-'4