The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-10-30
LAW AUTHORIZING SALE
STRICT IN PROVISIONS
Most Of Leases Land TO Be
Sold Do Not Expire Until
January 1st

Following the announcement by the
sales department of the school land
commission to the effect that the in
lemnity lands In the nine rich agri-
cultural counties on which the com
mission at a recent meeting approx
"a the adjustments of the appralse
nent and the lessees' improvements
would be sold before the 1,050009
icres OF new college lands In Moth
western Oklahoma are put on sale,
that the $4,000 acres in Lincoln coun-
y would be the first to be sold, hun
dreds of letters are now being re-
ceived from the people of this and
leighboring states by the schoe' land
department asking for the boo let Of
Information to be issued by the sales
apartment giving the description and
ocation of the land TO be sold, the
description and appraised value of the
essees improvements. appraised value
of the land, etc.
The announcement has been made
n the state press that the actual sale
If the land In all probability would De
commenced about December LIST which,
.ccordlng to statement made by
secretary Cassidy today. is mislead-
ng. owing to the fact that under the
resent circumstances the department
an not set date for the sale 70
ommence with any degree of GER
ainty. The sale of the land must
e made according to the provisions
Il Senate Bill No. passed by the
econd legislative assembly which
frovidcs certain things to be done
iefore the actual sale Of the lease
ands can be made
When the sales Gspa' smen. organ
zed several months ago by the selec'
ion OF J. M. Shepler as chief sales
agent IL was the intention of the com
mission to sell the new college
ands' III Northwestern Oklahoma up
on which there we.e no outstanding
eases and upon which the lessees
had no preference right. These
.ouid have been sold under the law
With no preliminary steps, save the
forty day advertising notice required.
Believing that the farmers of the
state and the people generally We're
prosperous with the sale OF crops al
nigh prices this fall, the department
ordered the indemnity lands to be
tirst sold. which Will necessitate the
ale to be deferred until the prelimin-
Try steps are taken.
Under the law the secretary OF the
commission Is required to notify each
Il the lessees that the adjustment
II the appiaisement on the sale lands
ad been approved by the board. Sec
etary Cassidy mas large force at
work. sending out these notices 70
he lessees In the nine counties Ia
yhich the sale land has been confirm.
d BY the board The lessee who Is
lot satisnad with the appraisement as
Confirmed by the board has, under the
aw, thirty days In which to notify
The commissioners in writing.
in case such notice is nied the land
iii be reserved from sale pending
ne review OF the appraisement in the
istrict court Of the county In which
he land Is situated.
The law also provides that "all
such leased lands shall not be sold
ntil the expiration of each lease con
raet or sooner upon petition Of lessee
o the commissioners Of the land Of
ice asking for sale Of said land 50
eased.' =.
Most OF the 250,000 acres of indem
lity lands which have been ordered
3Oid by The department In order that
he appralsement and adjustment work
we're completed is covered by leases
which do NOT expire until January /
1910. and some do not expire until lat
er.
Secretary Cassidy believes that pfac
ically all OF the lessees who have
signed the acceptance Of the adjust
megt made by the commission on
their Improvements, will sign a peti
ion asking the department to sell ths
land as soon as possible. Less thar
Ten per cent of the lessees in tht
nine counties in which the appraise
ments have been approved have re
fused to sign an acceptance to th'
adjustment made by the filed adjust
ers.
The sales department is pushing
tie sale Of the land along as far al
possible and Sales Manager Sheplel
will on Monday turn over to the Print
e. the copy for the booklet giving th'
I laeseripueH. valuation. leealleH. ete.
of the 00.nn0 acres Of indemnity LAM
/ IN Lincoln county The booklet vii
I he ready far dizf1ihutfnu within tWen