The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-14
GOVERNOR HASKELL
WILL SELL FIRST TRACT
Marks Beginning Of OkIahOma'S S
Retirement From TenantTy
System

The state viii tomorrow begin The
task of selling school lands amount
ing TO approximately l,75O,00O acres
authorized by an act OF the Second
legislature The first sale win be at
Chandler Lincoln county. where 81.
$40. .Gl acres, divided mainly In 1850
acre tracts. are to be offered 10 the
highest bidder at public auction
Governor Haskell will be auctioneer,
selling The first piece, which happens
to be 100 70 acres eight miles south
west of Chandler. now leased by
John w Rackley
Fifty acres of this Tract is in eul.
tivatlon, which is considered an inn
proVement The other Improvements,
which Rackley owns are log houses,
fencing, well and an orchard The
improvements are valued at 1892 and
the land has been appraised at $500
II Rackley wants the property then,
as lessee, he has a preference TO buy
at the highest bid. The lowest price
AZ which he can get the land Is $500
tvalue Of tae raw land as appraised).
fos be already owns the improve
ments
Must Bring Appraisement.
The price OF 5000 TO Rackley is In
The event there Is No "bucking" be-
tween himself and another bidder.
The land must at least bring the ap-
praised value. II some other person
wants the land Rackley has leased,
the cheapest he can get It is $l.332
for in addition to paying at least $500
for the land he must pay Rackley
S4S2 for his Improvements. The
buyer in either event must pay to the
state per cent OF the amount bid for
the land before he is given posses
sion, with forty years time to pay
The remainder at per cent interest,
but the improvements call for cash
with the title In event the lessee is
not bidder but other persons are,
the lessee can then have the land at
the highest iiguresbid in preference to
The others This. however only APP
plies 10 land such lessee has leased
lehn n Sheplar, manager of The
sales department of the state land
Office, and his force opened headauar-
lcrs Ia Chandler Monday Sales will
continue daily between December Is
and January T. exclusive Of Sundays
and holidays. Only eleven tracts Will
hc offered the first dag AS the com
mlssioncfs want 10 try out the
proposition and find how much each
day win stand Sales begin AZ Al.
m daily, allow one hour for dinner
and cease AT 6 o. NJ.
Expect Crowds for First Sale.
Tho town of Chandler expects TO
have between 2Hn0 and 1000 people
there during the first few hays of the
SALE and the commercial club Of that
place has 3akcn advantage of the
occasion 10 advertising the city ia all
parts Of The United States Ten
themnnd copies of q booklet. giving
uiniurcs ef The streets and general
Information ahcus he sale have
been mailed Ia answer 10 letters, The
commercial ciIb * receiving about
aeveniy.five letters daily The
sohuol land department has q daily
mail Of between 100 and 800 letters.
asking questions about the land 10
be- sold throughout The state. aud q
glance At the list reveals that every
state IN The Union is represented
Inquiries are heavy fron the Sew
England states, the Southeasten n
states and those along the Atlantic
sesbOard Texas, Missouri. iowa. Hi
nois and Minnesota Many OF the IN
uniries are from New York CITY
California furnishes few as do
some Of the Northwestern states. but
letters received far West are few in
number compared with those from the
East Notwithstanding the school
land question has been before the
public. and columns have been print.
ed in the newspapers regarding the
sales Oklahoma furnishes not fcw
OF The inquiries A portion OF them
are school land lessees
All Are Seeking Information.
In the main. after asking for
namphlel. the writer seeks informa-
tien ab0ut the cha aeier OF the soil.
precise location Of the traits 70 be
offered, weather conditions Of the To-
cality. etc. iiftie Of rhieh is included
in the pamphlet The pamphlet Is
accompanied by q map Of the county
enabling the reader 70 tell whsTr
each tract lies. The pamphlet tells
the name Of the lessee the number Of
acres. amount Of land and improve
ment sppraIsemenfs. and a brief de-
se-iptIOn OF the Improvements. Thir-
tY.dve thousand pamphlets have been
mailed ouI for the lincoln county
sale. Another sci Of Inquiries want TO