The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-05
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PROPOSALS. for Teasing the Surplus
Grazing Lands on the Ktowa and com
anche and Wichita Reservations:-United
States Indian Service, Kiowa and Cona-
anche and Wichita Agency, Anadarko,
Oklahom January 10. 1898.
photographic address, Anadarko, Okia-
homa, via Chickasha, I. To
Sealed proposals for grazing horses OF
cattle (but not sheep or hogsb on the sur
plus lands of the Kiowa and Comanche
and Wichita reservations, Oklahoma, en-
dorsed, Proposals for leasing tribal LANDS
for grazing purposes" and addressed 10
the Acting Agent of the kiowa and CON-
anche Agency Anadarko, Oklahoma, WIN WIN
be received at this office until ctoch
p. m, on the 18th day of February, 1879.
The pastures on the Kiowa and Com
anche reservation will be leased for the
period of three years from April l. 1888,
and the pastures on the Wichita reserva.,,
ton will be leased for one year from Aprll
l. 1898 No bid for different period on
either reservation will be received or con-
sidered. -
For the information of bidders, I will
state that the description OF the pastures,
the location and estimated NUMBER OF
acres in each, and all other necessary IN
formation will be furnished on application
TO this Office. a few of the pastures on
each reservation are unsurveyed. IneSe
viii be surveyed as early as practicable,
! and the lessee will be required to pay up
! on the actual number of acres found to
! be embraced in each, as shown by the
! survey. Certain of the pastures on both
| reservations are also unfenced. Inc
| leSSeeS of unfenced pastures VIII De re-
! quired, without unnecessary delay, TO
! fence the same with substantial, cattle-
proof, wire fence; all fences and other
/ improvements shall revert to the Indians
! and become their absolute property at the
| expiration of the leases.
| No pasture on the Kiowa and Comanche
| reservation that is already under fence
| will be leased for less than ten cents per
| acre per annum; and no unfenced pasture
| on said reservation viii be leased for less
| than s cents per acre for the hrSt year
and ten cents per acre for each OF the
| second and third years.
| The bidder must clearly designate the
| pasture on which the bid IS maze. CIV
/ ing the estimated number OF acres mere
| in the price per acre per annum Whlch ne
/ win nav and the maximum number OF
| horses or cattle he proposes to hold upon
| the lands at any one time; ana IN case
| more than one pasture is bid upon, sep
arate bids must be made upon each. Only
| nv strict adherence to this instruction
will it be practicable to compare the BIDS
| on any giVenpasture
! The rent must be paid in two equal
! senni-annual payments IN advance, name
ly, on April 1st and October LIST OF each
! year.
| security. in an amount equal to the de-
| fArred paymentS, for the faithful per-
| Torrance of the conditions OF the lease,
| through some acceptable security or guar
! anty company. Personal bonds will not
| Fyervthing being satisfactory, it is pro-
! posed to award the grazing privileges OF
! each particular pasture TO the bidder pro-
| posins to pay the highest price therefor
| Int the right is hereby reserved to re-
| iect anv and all bids, if deemed for the
| hest interest of the Indians; and the
leases executed hereunder will be subject
TO the approval of the secretary OF the
interior.
| Each proposal must be accompanied by
! a certified check or draft upon some u. )
depository or solvent national bank, II
the vicinity of the bidders place OF resi-
dence. made payable to the order of tht
Sonmissioner of Indian Affairs, for a.
Ieast < per centum of the entire amount o.
the PROPOSAL which check or draft shall
he forfeited to the United States for the
,,sa and benefit of the Kiowa, Comanche
Anache and Wichita Indians, in case any
bidder receiving an award snail ran t'
enter into the prescribed lease for thu
| lands bid upon, and to secure a sultapit
| bond for the faithful performance OF his
part of the contract; otherwise to be re-
turned to the bidder.
Proposals not conforming to the re
ouirements of this advertisement will no
he considered. FRANK D. BALDWIN,
Cant. u s. A, Acting Indian Agent
Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Ana
darko Oklahoma b9-lZt