The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-04-27
MORE LAND FOR
THE WHITE Kan
10000 Acres of ReSer
vatiOn Land Opened f.r
Development
Special 10 Daily Leader.

Special 10 Daily Leader
Red Rock, Okla, April 27-whe-
President Roosevelt signed the Ind. -
appropriations bin last Thursday b,
made a white mans country out o
2S1,O0O acres Of land belonging to tn,
Ponca and O.oe Indian tribes II
Northwestern Oklahoma. These lands
are in the richest agricultural portion
Of the territory, and the change adds
grea ly to the material resources ct
Oklahoma. The reservation bound
airy lines that have served as an i'm
Denetrable barrier behind which The
4 Indian was free 10 lead life Of idle
ness are now broken down for all
time and the Poncas, Otoes and anil
lated Miss uras are restricted to
their ind viiual allotments, as are the
Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowas. Co
manches and ether Indian tribes
whose reservations have been incor-
porated into coun les. Heretofore no
person except an Indian cit zen was
free to live in the reservation with.
out permission of the Indian agen..
The difficulty OF acquiring title to
land and the endless restrictions i'm
posed upon commercial undertakings
made II practically Impossible for
white men to build towns and homes
The moment President Roosevelt
signed the Indian appropriations bin,
all the laws ami liberties enjoyed in
any coun y in Oklahoma became op-
erative in the reservation.
The Poncas own approximately
100000, and the Otoes and affiliated
Mlssourias 10000 acres of land en-
braaed in the reservation. Several
years ago the lands were allotted in
seyeralty. leaving a surplus to which
they were moved from Nebraska IN
1881. The bin provides that allo.-
ments shall be given to all children
born since the allo ment, ana that a
per capita division shall be made Of
the surplus lands Land held by the
heirs of dead allottees may be SOLD.
and hundreds cf acres OF these inher
tied lands have been put on the mar
ze under rules ami regulations pre-
scribed by the interior department
Many Of these allotments are yet to
be sold, and will be purchased by
'armers and transformed from a
was Of wild grass into substantial
ZONES II Is NOT believed that there
viii be great delay n providing for
he alienation of lands except the in
Iividual homes cad Ct each allottee.
Nj allotments may be leased
The County Division.
The bin divides the reservation and
,taches the different portions 20
hese counties. the figures being ap-
'roximate Kay, 10000 acres; Noble,
$4,000; Pawnee, $4,000 BY accurate
escrip ion, the division is
Ksy-township 25 north of range !
asst. ami fractional township 25 ncrth
range east. Noble-township "a
north, Of range east; frac ional
ownship "a north. OF range east
'aetional townsh p "a north Of range ,
east; tha part of fractional town
hip % north Of ranges 3 and 4 east,
ing south Of he Arkansas rlver;
'wnshp % north. of ranges 1 and 2.
township % nor II
range east; township 22 aorth
range ) east.
The Atchigon. Topeka G Santa Fe
abroad cuts the reserva ION lands
ON north to south In travelling
ON Ponca City to Perry the road
asses through wide pas uFe lands
ith rarely a house in sight The
Intrast between this country and !.
e cpltiva ed farm lands Of Kay and
ohle Is marked The Atch son, To
ska & Santa Fe has three stat ons,
'hite Eagle, Bliss and Red Rock. on a
5 line through the Ponca and Otoe 81
,untry White Eagle and Bliss are c'
iul On ifnNtu ihnN, Aiile mas pdHHcu =
ON the Indian owner 20 white men K
ho own the 100. acre 'ownsite Of q
ID Rock. establ shed in July. 1908.
% Rock is about twenty miles from
'Try and the same distance from
'nca City and Is surrounded by as A
I'd land as can be found in that
p ION OF Oklahoma Churches have
en- built. banks established and Ell
E usual lines Of mercantile business T
e REPRESENTED The town has been bi
ID bach because Of the reservation 81
es. II has been withou saloons, hi
the Introduction and sale Of intox- re
ints IN an Indian reservat'on are OF
by federal law saloons bs
n be established a. once. and 10 a ID