The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-24
FORTY YEARS GIVEN BY
STATE FOR FINAL PAYMENT
Heavy immigration Movement
Expected When Lands
Go On Market

OF thE approximate i75O,Q00 acres
Of public land which Oklahoma Is pre-.
pairing 70 place on the market under
terms Of an act Of the INST Iegisla.
ture. the first sale, recently ordered
fy the school land commissioners. EN-.
braces only 10fb,5biSl acres, Or chat
acquired with the Congressional en-
1bling net They are known as New
College Lands. situated exclusively
N the Northwestern, western and
southwestern counties Of former Ok
lahoma Territory
Ii thp counties lying oyer the Tex
ns nanhnndle are i0ii,290.33 acres
Of e. Clmarron county. one 0f these,
has b09 90i330 acres. nexas county
fS2.G27a2 acres and Beaver county
i9b,6i3 30 mcles. Other counties
have the new college lands as fol-
lows. Roger Mills 8.07aS7 acres. Ellis
rs i0S.S5 aefes Major 5.57941 acres,
Woods 2S,a3l.34 acres, Custer $3.50
acres. Dewey 2.3833O acres. Wood.
ward lGggi70 acres, Harper fis35S36
aerea, ana Eegkbam ESQ acres. None
Of shls class II covered By swhss me
Land department den0minates as agri'
cultural preference tight lease, but Is
chiefiy held ln cattle rsnges. cons
sldefably under fence.
The remaining area. approximately
100000 acres. authorized i0r sale hy
The legislature will be offered as
rapidly 4. s..ssA aAfss. s a y an can
adjust differences between the state
and the lessee ~ g the Nslue Of
he lastere improvements fos which
she p,1Fchaser. 4 not ihe lessee alim'
self must pay
Limit le 100 Acres.
The etae huEea u see q heavy I'M
migration movement here when The
lanas so on the mlrket. which viii
probably he within SIX weeks q two
months. 0r rs H0on aa details afe as.
ranged. ind whiln go per cent of the
area may be taken BY the present
occupants under q preference right,
The state eHpeea chat much new pop
ulailou WIN he brought IN.
No one can mcaulrc more than 400
acres 81 agricultural land Iessece
understood they would be- permitted
il an thVy hng ieas5a under their
preference right. but The sales act rel
slrlcls lns 20 $50 acres hy providing
that whore lesee0 has more ihan
s80 4cfes rented from the state. none
0f ii shall Be sold Hntll The preference
lehs to an Il excess Of that amopnt
IS waived
Last gcaf the stao made "a ap'
pfAlsement OF ali The public land and
The leaaees improvements R9r the puf.
nose af flXlng Walnes and establishing
minimum prle0 per acre he. land
ahai bring No lan may heobtaln'
I'd for less than is appraised value.
An exception rs TO ihp Individual
purchase ls mlde With the new col
leae lands which aie t0 be classified
hg the land commissioners AZ iolluNa'
An OF me land which has oE lta sur
face IL l.2 per rent or more md .esz
than 81 ~ per cent. that Is tlllable
productive and suillhle for farming
purposes, are aenomlnaied aa grazing
land and may he sold in tracts moi
exeAaains one section or e40 acres
Al lands having less Than Y l.2 PEI
cent of us surface tillible are 10 be
eIaased rs mountainous, or barren
and may he aeId IN tracts not exeecd
lha Two aecllona. OF 1850 acres. as The
commissioners deem best All iht
land az higher percentage than ~
enszlnR land Is eiaesed as agricultural
and Individual sales are limited y
TO acres
Must Hold Land For Five Years
while thus limiting individual pnr
ehases. there IL nothing 70 prevent AZ
memhera of ones family from als'
getting iCO acres apiece, However
with a alew Of preventing the len'
Efum golue IN large bodies 70 indy
lduals. llp purchaser n required Y
mako affihaNif thai the lana Il 70
hls 81 her own use and beneEil. nnl
neltaar directly nor Indirectly for usl
Of benefit uf any other person. per
SONS, firm association or corporation
Otherwise a sale viii not Be ratified
Aided 10 this. Il the buyer make
the fadllifed affidavit he or she a
tfahialieA FROM transferring any q
Ihe lani 10 bought from the SCAT
within five years 70 amy one huldinl
~ much ls 10 acres Of other lan'
aliens who are moi citizens Of ~
United elaaH are barred b term
u lhA stats constitution
Tho lnhd + ID he said aE nnfll
auction on long time payments. Sale
eIll occur Al the door Of he hIus
wherein tbe county court Is held. nI
tngalng ln terms of he elleH ncl
which means lhe county eeal. Or cnill
InMn. WIN nnIN Include such anas A
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