The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-21
STATEHOOD DATA
In Preparing for Statehood
Fight Commercial Inter
ests Hunt up Statistics.

The commercial interests Of the In
dian Territory have made statistical
report which Is. perh' ps. the most
thorough Of any data yet sa,hersd. as
there has never been any provision
ma ie for githering such Information
The fight for statehood has necess.-
tated the taking up OF resources Of
the terri ory. some Of which are here
with given.
The total taxable lands in the nve
civilized tribes is as follows. SEMI
noies. 253.4S92t ceres; Cherokees, g.
63l25i acres; Creeks 256a S5316 aciesi
Crostaws trd cniciSasaws. 1859 9S5
acres.
The total Of me non taxable lands Is
as foho@s: semnoles. 1l0.iGO acres;
CherolSees. 100000 acres; Creeks, 500.
$50 aer,s; Choctaws and Cnickasaws.
100000 acres total. 1.1l2.1eo a,res. rhe
C1pap Festrvalion. In the northeast part
OF the Cherokee nation. Is ofaltted u
contained about $4,000 acres and 1as all
been allotted.
The total acreage Ia tie Cherogee "a
lion Is ~ he elshl orhood of 5,alD. .35l:
reserved for toWnsites. 6,9S765 acres, re-
served for school ard churches. 1000
acres; reserved Tor iailfoads, 10000 acres
5 total $4,000 acr,s. The total a mount
! 81 acres subject 70 allotment In ,he
Cherokee nation is 5. 0l2,3ji acres.
There are, Approximately 95.0OO d'lot.
tees IN the Cherokee nation and a't ut
]. 500 900 acres OF land IS ncn-ta able
The following rroper', 20 the nation will
mba subject to taxation: Allotuen.ss g.
I 4 tr,s y
raod right Of way, 6l5 miles
The total acreage Of land IN the Solni
role nation. 855. So 81 acres. reserved for
townsiies, sce eools. railroads and ohuieNes
222272,65 acres; subject 70 allotment,
S68.57s 80 acres already allotted, 2i4 S1t.-
2s acres or nearly all OF it, A surplus is
lefi Of 1S,ssO.64 acres. which haye not
been allotted The homesteads % the al
lotoes are free from taxation, and con-
slst of forty acres each There arc p
| 754 allottees, so that the total number Of
acres reserved from taxation .ggresate
/ l10l60 leaving subject TO taxation In
this nation: Farm lands 253,4lS,92 acres;
Wewoka townsi.e. $3.50 acres. Choctaw
/ Oklahoma & Gulf railroad and 81 Louis
/ Oklahoma & Southern railroad 25 miles.
Total ayreage in the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nat.,n is an r. Nimatelv H.
/ g3s 935 acres Reserved from allotnent'
| 'rownsites, 32.S4357 acres; railroads q. =
0O0 acres schools. churches, etc 5000
acres coal aad asphalt. 100000 acres
iotal. 55S 600 acres, leaving subject TO al
lotment lO,7SO 935 acres. None cf inc al
lotments are exempt from taxation. and
the following property OF these nations
win be subject 10 taxation as soon as the
allotments are completed; Allotted lands
lO.IS1.935 acres; mlne-ll lands 20 be solc
by the interior department 100000 acres;
railroads. 1850 miles
Total acreage OF tie Crcsk natloa Is
3.lIASl3.lT acres; reserved for townsitos
schools. churches etc, estimated, d.
600 acres. subject 20 allotment ailI-
Sl315 acres. allotted. 277.262 a a'res; not
allotked. sSo.550,72 acres. Homesteads
are free rom taxat'ou and are estimated
AT forty acres 20 the alottee OF land
\ equal In ,al.e. % 1rty acres o. the aver
age anottable land. There pre li.s2f all
lottecs