The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-27

PROPOSALS for Leasing the Surplus
Grazing Lands on the Kiowa and Com
anche and Wichita Reseryations:-Uni ted
States Indian Service, Kiowa and Com
anche and Wichita Agency, Anadarko,
Oklahoma. January -, 1888.
photographic address, Anadarko, OKLA
homa, via Chickasha, !. t.
Sealed proposals for grazing horses or
cattle (but not sheep or hOgs) 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 Com
anche Agency, Anadarko, Oklahoma. will
be received at this Office until o CLOCK
p. m. on the 18th day of February, 1S9S
The pastures on the Kiowa and Com
anche reservation will be leased for the
period of three years from April l, 1898
and the pastures on the Wichita reserva-
ton will be leased for one year from April
J. 1898. No bid for a 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. IheSe
Will 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 tFe
survey. certain OF the pastures Ou bplil
reservations are also unfenced- Inc
| lessees of unfenced pastures viii be re-
quired, without unnecessary delay, 10
fence the same with a 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 Will be leased Tor less
than S cents per acre for the first 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 made, CIV
ing the estimated number OF acres tnere-
in the price per acre per annum which he
will pay, and the maximum number of
horses or cattle he proposes to~hold upon
the lands at any one time; and in case
more than one pasture is bid upon, sep
arate bids must be made upon each. only
by strict adherence to this instruction
viii it be practicable to compare the bids
on any givenpasture.
semi-annual payments, in advance name
~. on April 1st and October LIST OF each
year.
security in an amount equal to the de-
ferred payments, for the faithful per-
Torrance of the conditions of the lease,
through some acceptable security or guar
Everything being satisfactory. it is pro-
posed to award the grazing privileges or
each particular pasture to the bidder pro-
pOsing to pay the highest price therefor;
but the right is hereby reserved TO re-
iect any and all bids, if deemed for the
! leases executed hereunder will be subject
to the approval of the secretary of the
Each proposal must be accompanied By
1. 60
! depository or solvent national bank, in
/ the vicinity of the bidders place OF resi-
| dence, made payable TO the order or the
/ Commissioner of Indian AFFAIRS, Tor az
| least : per centum of the entire amount of
| the proposal, which check or draft shall
he forfeited to the United States for the
/ use and benefit of the kiowa, Comanche,
! Apache and Wichita Indians, in case any
/ bidder receiving an award shall fail to
/ enter into the prescribed lease Tor the
/ lands bid upon. and to secure suitable
bond for the faithful performance OF his
/ part of the contract; otherwise 10 De re-
! turned to the bidder.
! Proposals not conforming to the re-
| ollirements of this advertisement viii not
be considered. FRANK D. BALDWIN,
! Can't L. s. A. Acting Indian Agent,
Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Ana
darl1o. Oklahoma. 5s-lzt
! PROPOSALS for Erection of School
! Buildings. L. S. Indian Service, kiowa
| Agency Anadarko, Q. T., January y, 1898.
1 Sealed proposals, GUNoTStu IIbtlOSstiS
! for Erection Of School Buildings. and adj
! dressed to the undersigned at Anadarko.
/ oklahoma, will be received at this agency
until two o'clock p. m, of February Is,
| 1895 for furnishing the necessary mate
| rails and labor required in the conStruc-
ton and completion of the following build
! ings, viz:
/ one stone mess hall at the Fort Sill In
/ dian boarding school; one brick dormitory
! and one frame mess hall at the Riverside
! school; and one stone dormitory, one
! stone mess hall and one frame employees
quarters at the Rainy Mountain school
/ an in strict accordance with plans and
/ specifications which may be examined at
! The Indian Office. Washington, y. c, the
/ offlces of the journal" of Kansas City,
| Missouri. the Eagle" of Wichita, Kan
s3S the Capital Of Topeka. Kansas.
the Courier Of Winfield. Kansas, the
| builders and Traders Exchange, Omaha,
| Nebraska. and the l, s. Indian Ware
/ house 1602 state St, Chicago, Illinois, and
/ at this agency
For any additional information apply
70 Capt Frank y. Baldwin, Acting L. S.
Indian Agent. ---o--tt
/ FARM AND CITY PROPERTY to sell or
! exchange for eastern property, ]. !.
FIgg. Agent, III +. First, Wichita