The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-04-20
OBJECTIONS OF AN INDIAN clTi.
ZEN WHO HAS STUDIED IT.
Fully versed on the Requirements OF
the indian, Mr.. Mullen Gives HIS
Frank Opinion on Every
Clause Affecting Him.

isting conditions OF the two tribes
gives out the following regarding the
supplemental treaty:
"In the first place, the proposition
Incorporated In the agreement rela'
tive to the appraisement OF lands, re
gardless of the location thereof, may
appear TO be manifestly unfair. For
example, the land adjacent to Ard
more Is. according to the government
schedule, fifth grade, and, generally
speaking. is not worth for a title In
fee exceeding $40 per acre, but have
in view land contiguous TO Ardmore
that by virtue of It's superior location
can be placed ON the market today
for $3.50 an acre. At Pauls Valley,
Durant Caddo and Chickasha the
land touching these nourishing little
cities is not only valuable because OF
its location, but IT, according to the
government schedule Hrst and second
grade. Can II be said that II is right
10 give an equal amount OF acreage
in allotment Of lands near these cen
ters Of population because such citi.
zen has had wisdom enough and mon.
oy enough TO secure possession Of
the same, while the unfortunate have
10 seek less iayorahly located lands
for their allotments?
ron the other hand, in this regard
some reflection VIII demonstrate that
because OF the continuous construc-
tion OF railroads. the development of
natural resources and the rise and
fall and the varied sizes OF towns
and cities-all these make II impos-
slble TO give exact justice, and In the
allotment of lands only approximate
justice can be rendered
The proposition TO allot each mem.
ber $40 acres of the average allJtable
land occurs 10 me 20 be debatable.
The records Of the Dawes commission
now show 1912 Choctaws 1000
Choctaw freedmen, 6,i76 Chickasaws
b.466 Chlckasaw freedmen. about 2,
700 court indians, and there will No
doubt be admitted sufficient mum
ber among the doubtful cases. Mis-
sissppi Choctaws and births and mar
riages. before the rolls are closed
10 make a total OF 10000 citizens and
II zoo freedmen. According to feder
al statistics, there are ll,65S,l5i acres
in the Choctaw and Chickasaw ma
tions. Now, from this sum say there
is deducted 250,O0O acres for coal
and asphalt lands. $4,000 for freed
men, 100000 acres for town sites,
rights OF way of railroads; schools
churches and cemeteries leaving
about l0.SbO.00o acres susceptible of
allotment Divide this sum by 10000
the number Of citizens, and the re.
suit will be 36i acres per capita, BY
simple but somewhat lengthy com
putation. from government statistics
Il may be shown that the average
land Of the two nations is sixth grade
that Is, rolling prairie and timbered
upland. This srade Of land is worth
- about 81 an acre; therefore accord.
81.
-ing 20 the tenure OF the new agree,
msnt citizen would receive S2o
acres OF the AVERAGE land - sixth
gradc-vamed at say S. per acre.
making the per capita value OF laud
Ia dollars. and cents $1,000 Now. as
understand e. q citizen has the privi.
lofe of taking this Sl6oo worth OF
land In first grade tbottom) land,
valued al, say. S2o per acre; ar in
tenth grade trough, mountain) land
at. say. 81 an acre. According 20 this
view, a citizen taking FIRST grade land
would not receive more than eighty
acres as his allotment while II he
took tenth grade land he would re
ceive coo acres. Proceeding on this
theory further, say that a citizen
would take his allotment in land ap
praised az sls an acre, he would rc
ceive 1873 Is acres. The new treaty
providing for no finer subdivision
than ten acres in the allotment O
land. he would receive $50 acres al
his allotment, and the anotting com
mission would give certificate 70
sac: that is to say, for three and one
third acres at sls per acre and whicl
sac would be paid out Of the genera
fund arising from the sale OF the res
due lands and town sites.
Prom those who are well informe,
itSmay be asoertained that there ar
hut few Mississippi Choctaws VIII
wfll ever get land in the Choetaw ns
tion on account OF techniealities
therefore. We may well assume tina
there will be not exceeding $4,000 o