130 HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND ALLIANCE. 



or American settlements in the interval. Alliances were 

 organized in all these settlements but one. The present 

 worthy Secretary and former organizer writes: "From 

 these facts we may conclude that the sparse settlement of 

 our Territory by American farmers, has made organizing 

 rather more expensive than remunerative, and has made it dif- 

 ficult to the work of organizing done." Alter a time Mr. 

 Wallace again returned to the Territory and renewed his 

 work of organizing. The work was extended into other 

 counties. The sparsely settled Territory presented many 

 obstacles in the way of successful organization and the 

 establishment of co-operative enterprises, and several 

 attempts in this direction were attended with failure. The 

 work of organization, however, went on and on the 2 ad of 

 July, 1889, a Territorial Alliance was organized at Santa 

 Fe, with J. N. Coe as President and W. L,. Breece, Secre- 

 tary. Since the meeting of the Territorial Alliance, the 

 "ups and downs" of the Order have been of pretty much 

 the same nature as in some of the States, but the "true 

 and tried" members have to use the language of their 

 efficient Secretary "met the enemy and he is theirs." 

 They have bought a press and office fixtures and are now 

 issuing their own official organ, the Liberty Tlanner, and the 

 Alliances are wheeling into line. 



THE ALLIANCE IN INDIAN TERRITORY. 



The Alliance first made its appearance in the Indian 

 Territory in 1886. The first Alliances organized were 

 under the jurisdiction of the Texas State Alliance. On 

 the 1 2th of April, 1887, representatives of the Sub- Alli- 

 ances met at Buckhorn, in Tishomingo county, and 

 organized a Territorial Alliance, with Z. Gardner President 

 and M. E. Gough, Secretary. Under the administration 

 of Mr. Gardner the Order continued to flourish. The next 

 meeting of the Territorial Alliance was held at Armstrong 



