The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-17
INDIAN LAND COLONY scnenE.



A Glowing Fraud Being Perpetrated
on the People.
A special from Washington sets
forth the fact that for weeks past
the interior department. hos been not
. little annoyed by the receipt of
letters from people In every portion
OF the country enclosing circulars
which had been sent them by q con-
Germ under the name of the New Col
ony Company, and >fhe American
Tribune Company, OF Indianapolis,
Ind. The circular invites the recipi-
ents to become members of the New
Colony Company.
The interior department declares
that the conditions which are named
in the pamphlet are impossible of
fulfiIlment, and It 10 known that steps
have been taken to prevent the fur
ther sending out of the pamphlets.
Acting Secretary Ryan says that it
would be impossible for any individ.
ual or company to secure 80 900 acres
of land In the Kiowa and Conanche
country. as is proposed by the pro-
moters OF the scheme. It is also
premature for any one to count on
securing any Of the land under any
conditions. The law which provides
for the opening of the reservation to
settlement also provides that It's
opening shall be under the directions
Of the Secretary of the Interior, and
under such rules and regulations and
conditions as he shall propose. No
one knows whether the secretary
will allow q rush." such as was
seen when the Oklahoma country
was opened, or what conditions will
surround the opening. In conse-
quence of this condition, and the
fact that the alloting OF the choicest
of the lands to the members of the
tribes now on the reservation will
not be completed for at least nine
months to come, the officials of the
department are unqualified In their
denunciation of the scheme and it's
projectors. A portion lof the circu-
lars which have been sent broadcast
throughout the United States, reads
as follows:
brushes are dangerous. By join
ing our colony you avoid the rush.
You secure about all you want and it
gives you time to prepare to go to
your allotments. while you are sure
OF being located among good people
as your neighbors. Through our
agents we locate the lands, not less
than 80, 900 acres. We divide it up,
survey it into various sized tracts.
reserving 1000 acres for the city loca-
ton. Beginning at the city bound
ary lines, we lay off five acre tracts
and next ten acres, then forty acres,
then eighty acres, Persons wanting
l6O acres must take four shares,
which is large enough for an ordi-
nary farm. However, we will give
those who wish more land the option
of purchasing the next tract to him
at fair valuation.
"The colony company reseryei
; every other city lot and each Other
land tract to sell to members ane
non-members at fair and reasonable
prices only. Every member has al
interest in the whole colony, and
the end of five years complete set
tlement and distribution of the col
ony assets shall be made. No per
son can take more than four shares
A share entities him to one allot
: ment, either land or city lots, as b
may choose. No bad lands or lot
put in aud no one gets poor allot
ment. Shares are put at s25 each.
, "The colony system is the only sal
: isfactory way of settling up landf
: By joining a colony you are wit
= good people, and the colony con
b. pany will be so powerful and 30 we
fxed that your rights are al"ay
protected. The lands we propose
acquire through our agents.