The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-15
ORE INOIAN TERRITORY. MONDAY EVENING AUGUST 15 1898

VIII know what Is yours. In takin;
allotment each person will take 49,
acres covering his or her house anG
improvements as a homestead this
much cannot be sold for 81 years |
from date of patent, after that time
expires you can sell or not as you
like, the balance may be sold by al |
lottee If of age and otherwise COM
petent for fair price to be paid q,
follows: IA in one year after datt
of patent, IA in three years and bal
ance in five years after patent, thi,
you may do or not as You like. Il
ali cases of sale fair price must be
paid. And under the agreement al
lotments are to be made to orphans,
eonvicts and incompetents, this i,
not provided for at all in the Curtis
law. Each allottee is to be place.
in actual possession of his allotment
and all Objectionable persons to the
&llottee removed therefrom. Th'
government of the United States t,
pay all expenses.
TOWN BITES.
Under the agreement the towns H.
each nation are to be laid of and
plated by a commission, each
nation to have one member of its
own on that commission to guard
the nations interest. This commits
sion will appraise the lots, less the
improvements, the owner of the i'm
provements may purchase one resi-
dence lot and one business lot at 90
cents on the appraised value, all
other lots to be sold at 81 12 cents
of the appraised value, The money
arising from the sale of all town
lots to be paid into the United States
treasury for the use of the Indians
freedmen excepted. Under the
Curtis law it will go to the tribe
freedmen and all when lots are sold !,
at the end of one year all money to
be paid out to the Indians per capita
by an officer of the United States.
COAL OIL ASPHALT, ETC.
Under the agreement all coal oil
|
served from allotment and to be leas-
ed for q royalty under the supervi-
sion of two trustees, one to be ap-
pointed by the president upon the
recommendation of the principle
chief of the Choctaw nation, the
other to be appointed by the presi-
dent upon the recommendation oi
the governor of the Chickasaw Ma
ton, each to give bond for the faith
D full performance of his duty; to be
r removed by the president for cause
rate of royalty is fixed in the agree
ment, this most valuable property tC
: be reserved and money collected b,
T these two trustees and paid into thu
z treasury of the United States to b.
used to educate Choctaw and Chick
= asaw children by blood, no freed
/ men in it. The Curtis law gives j
to the tribe, freedmen and all.
This magnificent property will pro
9 duce revenue enough to educat
d most thoroughly every Choctaw an
Chickasaw child now born or tina
may be born for twenty years o
more, thereby fit them to compel
N with all persons in the great race c
q life, 1t is too good to lose.
. JURISDICTION.
Under the Curtis law If an India
is indicted in the United States coul
- for homicide (kIuag any person) b
must stay and be tried in that coul
although great local prejudice ma
exist there against him, but und'
: the agreement il SO indicted he ca
- file his afidavit with the clerk of tt
court to the effect that he cann'
get a q fair trial in that court, the
the court Is bound to send his cal
y to the United States court at Fo
Smith, Arkansas, or Paris, Texa
for trial. This is much better ths
the Curtis law for the Indian.
. CONTINUANCE OF LOCAL COVER
MENT.
Under the Curtis law your COVER
ments are at the mercy of congrei
- can wipe you out in day. Und
the agreement they must stand
~ eight years and perhaps longer, u
a til you are ready to come in az
state of the union and thereby dod
80 - the perplexities of Territorial &c
ernment. 1t is plainly seen that t
49, intention of tire United States is tt
with changed conditions as Il
agreement will make that there "
be no necessity for further chan
until the tribes are all ready
statehood
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