Indian Herald
147 YEARS AGO
The Osages number about 3,000 and are located south and adjoining the State of Kansas, west of the 96th meridian of west longitude, in the Indian Territory. Their reservation contains about 1.5 million acres, and is not held as a donation from the government of the United States, as supposed by those who do not know, nor under treaty provision wherein the United State Government has granted a tract of land to a tribe for hunting purposes during their compliance with treaty provisions, but, on the contrary, they hold a fee simple title to this land, under purchase from the Cherokees, and confirmed by an act of Congress.
OSAGES ARE IN NEED
A few of the Osages are partially civilized and are doing all they can with their experience and available means to live as whites do, which the greater portion of the tribe are compelled to subsist largely upon food that a laborer cannot live upon. Their late winter’s hunt was a failure, and they have since been confined to reservation limits with a scanty supply of rations, hoping that the august body, Congress, would help them, but such has not been the case, and what will become of this is yet to be seen.
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Special to N. Y. Herald
Washington, Aug. 28 – General Sherman continues to be of the opinion that the hostile Sioux have been divided up or that they are endeavoring to get out of the Powder River and Big Horn country. He says he is of the opinion that they do not want to fight anymore and that they will endeavor to cross the Yellowstone to get away. If they succeed in doing this, which he doubts on account of General Miles’ patrolling forces, they will then be heard of at the agencies.
Canadian Indians Issue
Canadian Indians refuse to join the Indians of the United States in a war with the government, because their rights have been acknowledged by the British authorities.
INDIAN CHURCH
The full-blood Sacs and Foxes talk of building a church on their reservation.
120 YEARS AGO
Friday, March 20, 1903
ONE MORE INDUSTRY
On account of the large increase of acreage of land being put into cultivation tributary to Eufaula this year Eufaula needs more ginning facilities. When Eufaula wants anything she immediately proceeds to go after it – and generally gets it.
Tuesday and Wednesday a committee was busy taking subscriptions of stock for a corporation to be capitalized at $10,000 for the purpose of building a fine, up-to-date custom gin.
The Road Problem
The warm March sunshine is drying out the roads and putting them in good shape so far as mud is concerned, but another condition more serious than mud now confronts the farmer, namely no roads at all.
Old established highways are being fenced up everywhere by allotees in conformity to section lines and no new roads are being made instead.
Coming to town is a serious problem to most of the farmers who trade at Eufaula and is a matter for the chamber of commerce to take up at its next meeting.
This road matter is a matter of dollars and cents to Eufaula. The town that has good roads leading to it is the town that is going to do the business.
100 YEARS AGO
Thursday, December 27,1923
THIEF PREFERRED MONEY TO CANDY A second Solomon is needed to solve the problem which faces H.C. Cates, local baker.
Cates had a glass jar full of various denominations of money in his window. With every purchase he gave a coupon and the customer was to write his or her guess as to the amount in the jar. At Christmas the money was to be counted and the closest guesser was to get a large candy cane, which has been hanging in the window and exciting the cupidity of young and old.
Thousands of guesses have been made. But Friday some villain came in while the trade was at its height and quietly slipped the jar full of money under his raincoat and walked out.
ANTI-KLAN BILL IS BEING INITIATED HERE Judge E.E. Ammons is circulating a petition for the signatures of voters calling for an election to pass an anti-klan bill in Oklahoma. Quite a number of Eufaula citizens have signed the petition. Judge Ammons says persons desiring to sign the petition can do so by calling at his office, second floor of Eufaula National bank building.
GOVERNMENT WOULD RECONCILE WALER AND SUSIE STARR
A settlement out of court of the tangled domestic affairs of Waler and Susie Starr is imminent, it became known today when Walter and Susie presented themselves at the federal building in Muskogee for a conference with S.E. Wallen, superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes, and other federal officials.
In a suit for divorce the district court of McIntosh County, Susie Starr recently was granted a decree carrying with it a share of Walter’s oil lands and $50,000 in Liberty bonds, supposedly to be paid out of securities in the hands of the Five Civilize Tribes’ offices here.
The Starr divorce case created a sensation at the time of its hearing in Eufaula. Susie Starr offered witnesses to prove her husband obtained whisky and gave wild parties in Muskogee.
80 YEARS AGO
Thursday, December 23,1943
Glen Peterson Writes From German Prison Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Peterson, well-to- do Eufaula farm family, are in receipt of a letter from their son, Glen, written from a German prison camp.
Glen, with several other Americans, was captured in Sicily in the early part of the invasion of that country by U.S. soldiers and their allies.
Young Peterson was reported missing in action soon after his capture, but the letter recently received by his parents is the first word they had received from him since early summer of this year.
Sgt. Boyd Cole Reaches England
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cole of Fame have received word from their son, Sgt. Boyd W. Cole, with the army air corps, that he has reached his new destination, somewhere in England and is feeling fine.
Another son, Roudel L. Cole, Army Air Corps Captain, is also in England. A third son Master Sergeant Marvin W. Cole is in the air force stationed at Grenada Air Field, Grenada, Miss.
S. SGT. BILL BELT VISITS HOME FOLK S. Sgt. W.L. Belt of Camp Ellis, Illinois, spent several days in Eufaula last week, the guest of his father and sister, W.L Belt and Mrs. Noel Camp.
75 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Nov. 4, 1948
Mass Meeting Called to Talk Sewer Needs In order to learn the wishes of the majority of the people of Eufaula about sewer system needs, the Mayor and the city council have called for a mass meeting at the community hall Tuesday, Nov. 16.
Dunlap’s Store Marks Silver Anniversary Dunlap’s department store is celebrating its silver anniversary this week. It was 25 years ago this month that R.R.. Martin came to Eufaula and began the organization which now operates 20 stores in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
School Bonds Approved By Eufaula Voters
Voters of the Eufaula school district gave their overwhelming approval to the enlargement of Foley stadium and building of additional classrooms at the high school in the bond election Tuesday.
The vote for the $25,000 improvement bonds was 804. Against the bonds, the votes totaled 364. This was 103 votes above the 60 percent required for passage.
50 YEARS AGO
Thursday, January 24, 1974
Rusty Griffis, Eufaula Student of the Month Rusty Griffs, a senior at Eufaula High School, was chosen as student of the Month for November. Students are chosen by the Student Council and the National Honor Society.
Griffis was football captain during the 1973-74 football season.
25 YEARS AGO
Thursday, January 8,1998
Heavy Rains Cause Flooding
Gloom, despair and agony for some has been the forecast for this first week of 1998.
Heavy rainfall has caused muck and mud as well as flooaing. Sunday morning’s downpour flooded low-lying areas, covering roads and making travel impossible for some county residents.
New Deep Fork Coordinator Believes In Serving People
David Cole is McIntosh County’s new Deep Fork Community Action coordinator and is committed to emergency assistance and helping people anyway he legally can.
