Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-24
PROPOSALS FOR LEASING
Surplus Grazing Lands in the Klowa'
Oomanche and Apache Country

Sealed proposals will be received at
this Office until O'Clock, p. m, on Fri
day, May Is, 1902, and will be immedi
at7ly thereafter opened in the presence
of such bidders as may attend, for leas-
ing certain of the surplus grazing
lands of the Kiowa, Comanchs, and .
Apache Indians, in Oklahoma, for
grazing purposes only, for the period |
of three years from July l, 1902. Bids
will be received for the grazing of
either horses or cattle, but not for the
grazing of sheep. The proposals must
be addressed to the Commissioner |
of Indian Affairs, Washington, d. c.,
and must be plainly marked on the
outside of the envelope, Proposal for
leasing Kiowa lands"
For the information of bidders it is
stated that it is proposed to lease
original reserve pastures Nos. l and
4. Reserve pasture No. and the ad-
dition to reserve pasture No. l will not
be leased. Reserve pasture No l has
b9en divided as followes: Pasture L,
1881 acres; f, "a, ga acres: G., 22,526
acres; II, 22,00l acres: l, 20, 1853 acres:
j, 23,052 acres: X, 30, AZ acres; i, %,
962 acres; NJ, 23,047 acres; n, 23,967
acres: .. -, 954 acres: Il, 23, 100 acres:
Q, 2S, ,407 acres; r. %, 800 acres: S, 22,
937 acres; Y, 22,65l acres. Reserve
pasture No has not been subdivided.
Said pasture contains 20,54l acres.
ais Jast TM ture is fenced with d
good. ,ubstancial, cattle-proof fence.
Each ol the subpastr~es in original
Reserve pasture No. | is is partly
fenced The leese of each of these
pasteurs WILDE required to fence the
same with good, substantial, barbed-
wire, cattle-proof fence not later than
December !, 1902, the fences to revert
to the Indians at the end of the term
and become their absolute property.
Posts for fencing may be obtained
from the lands, under the direction of
the United States Indian agent. The
pastures must be so fenced as to permit
of driveway 100 feet wide entirely
through said original reserve pasture
No, | from east to west along the
the township line between TOWNSHIPS
3 and south, and north and south
along the range line between ranges
IL and IA west. These proposed drive
ways are shown by double lines oh the
map. Maps showing the location of
said subpastures, together with the
number Of miles of fence already con-
constructed about each and the num-
ber of miles yet to be constructed, may
be obtained of the United States In
dian agent, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
A minimum price of % cents per
acre per annum has been placed upon
said lands, and no bid for a smaller
amount will be accepted. A clause in
the lease will prohibit subleasidg
without the consent of the Secretary
of the Interior, and will also provide
that the pastures shall not be over
stocked. The rents must be paid in
two equal semiannual installments in
advance, to wit on July and January
] of each year. The lessees will be
required to furnish security in an
amount equal to one annual payment
conditioned upon the faithful perform
} ance of the terms of the lease. Surety
or guaranty company bonds preferred
Everything being satisfactory it 4
proposed to award the grazing privi'
, ege of each pastur the bidder pre-
! posing to pay the highest price ther,
for but the right Is hereby reserved
, to reject any and all bids, or any pan
of bid, if deemed for the best in
terests of the Indians, and the lease
executed hereunder will be subject tC
the approval of the Secretary of til;
interior.
Each Proposal must be accompanied
by certified check or draft upon somC
United States depositary or solven
national bank in th5 vicinity of the
bidders place of residence, made pay
able to the order of the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, for at least 10 pei
cent of the entire amount Of the pro.
posal, which check or draft will be for
] feited to the United States for the use
/. and benefit of the Indians occupying
, said reservation in case any bidder