The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-19
GOVERNORS MESSAGE

ID was therefore necessary TO make the
indemnity selections between the time
notice and that before proclamation
COLD be issued the lands should ht SUI
Ncytd aud The ind ans allotted,
that The aiotmcnts and reservations were
approved By the secretary ot the ttrnr
and before teh proclamation OF thc pres
fdcnt The time being thus 80 limited 4
found Il necessary that these selections
should be made n the city Of washington
aftc- agcncral vicw Of the country ana
without making a special aud critical cN-
animation Of each piece Of land 80 Sc
lccted If the lands had not thus been
selected Il would have been Impossible
10 have secured them and the Territory
would have been at cons dcfaDle loss, az
II hardly SENS probable that there VIII
be oprned or adde dto this Territory any
further reservations Ia when 90 larse
body OF land could be secured.
md faienated as the Wichita Forest Res
crvation, was made subsequent 20 lhe
time OF selectlng the lands lost ~ othtt
reservations in the ktowa country huu
was made at such late date that u was
impossible TO select lands In lieu oi those
lost IN this reservation Inc ltiilvl y
A. entitled 10 some 0,0oo acres in place OF
those 50 lost
In adti.ion TO the above, the TERRITORY
81 sin entitled 90 about i.y0 aces ol l"a1
land from various causes.
Immediately upon the securing OF lhes
lnuds preparations were mace TOT 'ii'i
leasing he board for ietsnb ,os
land profltng by the experience IN le9s
fnp 81 the Cherokee outlet, coneiudtg
that these lands should be viewed @ auu
an accurate report made on tdcn Nu,- w
cnch piece % appraised rtnlal faluJ ~
~ H. nro6ortion with the same qaaiils
~ lands in other adjaNcnt parts ul lhe
nlDDiNG FEATURE
ktt,r onrraislnr the ianus at fa.r
rental value provision has bt nlei
whereby the lands shall be ~ ',d
and subjected tn competitive pns' tbe
earh t.act shall then De awarded ie lns
blele4f Bidder for a term OF three years
fh., amount which the apple At y ~ ~
the appeaiscd value TO PC palu ~ r,e
and 10 accompany the APPLICATION ~.
9,.ia|rro ~ fhe rental * 20 be paid M the
same manner ana time as the lei'at ~
other lands are rented for less tnan theu
value and an equality and correct -H'''
for rental is preserves.
=, eaiecting the indemnity lands care
,yoe taken 10 make proper d d.strlbul or
no that school districts WI llnot suliet suli
eventually by The loss OF t5Napls pthSp
erfv These lands win be leased When
IN grazing district by sections OF t-aSts
~ more than sections, according 20 he
land and the supply OF water
RAILWAYS.
In the beginning the railway preceded
ahp settler the town builder, anu 1ns ply-
auction ~ crops IN Oklahoma, and though
~ Territory as a whole has today tN-
ceilent railway facilities for reachus out-
side markets and sources OF supply yet
80 rapid has been the srows,tn ,l... sau ~
rcionfnsnt Of sections Of the territory re-
mote from railway c0nnedten AhAt lne
railway erowth has not kept t!p 10 their
needs. ,- 49,.
TENS, reaching into or across the ieill-
tory while several independent lines are
in operation or construction. -,
The AtChsor Topeka ana Sailh y q
Guif line crosses the eastern norton oi
the Ttrritory from north tn SOUTH WIN
the Eastern Oklahoma branch irom Guth-
rie northeast to StiilWater auu ftWnee, q
branch from Guthrie west TO connect ION
vs,4h the Rock Island at Cashion, ana the
Tonca city branch from Poucu Nlty
northwest. via Blackwell and Medfords 70
Hutchinson and other Kansas points.
Their Panhandle branch also extends
scfns5 Woods and Woodward counties, In
ahe northwest eTn portion OF the territory.
Parallel with the Santa re about ~
miles west the main north and south me
OF tho hicagn Rock Island and racine
Railway extends across the territory
while a brancn from Chickaahu, lul. II,
10 Mangum. Greer County, reaehcs mlch
OF the southwestern portion OF IN itrH-
troy. There Is also a branch from Ana
darso Go Fort SIN one from Enio n1stn-
east 10 Billings and one from enid south
west TO Nat0nga, to be extended soon 20
AntNdlhtt Inc I'll A'oHh NAAAANh ~
line also passes diaEonally across the
central portion of Beaver County.
The Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf road
crosses the territory from east 10 west not
far from its central portion, coming from
memphis on the east. and being rapidly
constructed 70 Amarillo. Tex on the
west
The ST. Louis and San Francisco road
bnters the Territory from the northeast,
extending across Lincoln aud Oklahoma
Counties TO Oklahoma city. while branch
enters the northern part OF the Territory
from Arkansas city TO blackwell
These lines give the Territory direct
connection with the Gulf ports on the
south, Kansas city, Omaha, st. Louis,
Ntmphis. and other great markets TO the
north and east. 20 river rates at Mem
phis and Fort Smith and TO the Rockies
aud the main routes TO the Pacific on the
west.
The Choctaw and Northern road Is build
fng from Gcary north across Blaine and
Woods Counties to Anthony. kans.. about
50 miles now being In operation.