| Show TERRITORY A territorial form of government is better chaa no government at all as has been the case so to speak in no man s fiand or oklahoma this lit alo strip of country has fallen into the aunda of toughs cowboys and cattle thieves and they havo done just about as they liked since the country was thrown open to settlers A bill 13 before the senate or rather an amendment to a bill which provides for a complete organization of a territorial government for homa there has been some objection raised to the size of this little neutral strip lying between colorado texas and macsas but the size ought not to stand in the way at all it contains acres most of which is fine rich land and it is larger in area than any of the now england states except maine oklahoma used to bo a sioux reservation and it will bo remembered that it to the whites last year tho present population is about 10 and it would have been much larger but for the general lawlessness that has existed in the territory if the bill passes as amended it will civo us another sister territory t nd be a benefit to that region by pramot i ing a bettor form of government |
