The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-29
RESERVES TIVE COMMISSION
DECISION AFFECTS stG-Ts 70
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Wzs1inzto- . c. Azz .s-The
Secretary o. re Interior o. motion
'9f review ua1- g. Happier q Nertl-
q; o; Washi1z-5a. D G.. and Cailion
Riley. q Durrzn indian Territory. a.
a-.o-eys 'or F-aas willie sheldon
and E't=. A Reynolds con,est@es b.
causes Instituted against them b. J.
T. Hzrry 2 and Louis James Hill
caiidr~a u N4Ile 2. I'm. la revers-
q The decisions rendered BY the Sec.
'e,ary oi th- Interior in favor oi the
contestants. and has Awarded 70 the
Reynolds some 425 sc-es Of Land In
Sections % ant g 10 Township :.
rorth. Range West 10 The ChickAsaE
Nation Th- lands involved IN this
contest are said 70 b. one o, the best
farms In the Ch.ckasaN Nat and
has been improved zI'h three houses
ba-us gFanerl@- aud fences. besides
having been thoroughly drained
The farm involved ia the cOntro-
yersy vas originally part - a big
tract Of more than 10000 acres en-
closed b. G l. Campbell. an iuter'uar.
ri@d white. Campbell died ln .ss
Leaving widow and five chuuren.
he widow since having married Dr.
Mluter The farm lay south of the
Chlckasha and Purcell road. b. the
will Of Hr. Campbell the widow va
given a childs share in the estate
There was some controversy. how
ever. as 10 whether or not the widow
did not have independent rights %
her husband in the land IN cOntro-
yersv In l.sy she sold pOssessory
right 10 the land in controversy 70
J " Blassiugame. and he after erect.
Two houses, some graneries. and
draining the land which was az that
'me largely wamped. sold It 10 Mr..
Reynolds The guardian OF the chill.
drou. James n Tuttle. claims that he
notified Blassingame soon after Bias
singame took possession that the wild.
ow had no right 10 sell, but took no
active steps 10 contest Blassingame's
right until 1902 On motion for re-
view It was claimed by Happier &
Merillat. that the children had no
, rights In the land In controversy, and
: could derive none inasmuch as G. L.
Campbell was an excess holder, and
that his enclosure OF 10000 acres was
in violation OF the Chickasaw Law a.
10 pasturage. and that as this fence
did not constitute an Improvement
. there were no rights which Tuttle as
4. guardian Of Campbells children could
convey 10 the Hills. II was further
claimed that there was laches In al.
lowing three years TO go by without
contestlng the claims OF Blassingame,
: who all the time was making i'm.
provemeuts. The secretary oi the In.
terror In yacating and setting aside
all former decisions against Reynolds,
holds that the enclosure with a ring
fence OF a great tract does not consti.
tute an Improvement such as is con.
templated by the law. He holds that
where a great tract is enclosed By
one ring fence around IT, that the
only land that Is improved Is such
land as has Improvements upon It,
separate and apart from the big fence,
or such lands as are useful In con.
nectlon with houses and other I'm.
provements. II is held further that In
this case there were no such improve.
ments. and that whatever rights the
Campbell children had I'm the land
were abandoned by not making a con.
test within two years. II Is held by
the secretary that the enclosure OF
such large tract OF land constituted
practically n grabbing OF more than
the party was entitled to. and did not
confer rights In the absence OF speci.
hc improvements on particular part
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