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Show INDIAN WANTS TELEPHONE Creek Fullblood Presents Perplexing Problem for Exchange Managers. Muskogoe, I. T. John It. Goat, a fullblooded Creek Indian, who lives six miles south of Holdenvllle, has ordered u prlvato telephone lino built from the lloldonVlllo exchange to his homo in tho country. Now tho Hold-onvilio Hold-onvilio oxchnngo mnnngement is up against tho proposition of cither putting put-ting on a Creek Interpreter in Its central cen-tral olflco or cutting Mr. Goat off tho exchnnge, as tho Creek speaks only his nntlvo tonguo, and effipnot niako central understand what number no wants. Goat Is tho man who Inst summer, as 11 delegnto to tho Sequoyah convention, conven-tion, nt Muskogee, got up and made a speech on somo question. He commenced com-menced to, talk la Creek nnd when ho got tlirougli no ono knew whothor he wns for or against tho matter In point. A Creek Indlnn wns asked whnt Mr, Goat's occupation Is, aud ho replied: "Oh, nothing but bolhg a fullblooded." fullblood-ed." Tills answer indicates that so long ns nn Indlnn Is n fullblood there Is a living In it for him, until by chance ho signs a wnrrnnty deed to his nllotmeut when ho thinks ho Is signing a ono-yeiir lenso contract. |