The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-30

vast benefit from enhanced slaes
created by others
Appraisement High.
also find that oue-half the au
praised value ot these lots was more
beyond queustioH. than fhe lors would
have sold for az thai time. except for
The fact that the schedule under Jhc
rules of the interior department. WAS
practically obtaining am option on the
iHl By the payment 81 lU per cent oi
les purchase priHe rth The remaining
4. .uaymeGis. spread ever q period ot tQlr
years.
II the anticipated growth of The
town made the opportunity 10 pur
chase valuable. the schedule OH his
assignee would complete the purchase.
otherwise he wonll make no ubsc-
quent payments having incurred no
obligation ana sustained no less eN-
cept his small payment and This was
the actual result In othe- Greek Ma
ton towns that did not grow rapidly
The government now complains that
certain of these unimprnved lots We're
scheduled by persons VINO aJ the time
it was intended should convey them rs
others. and We're. therefore. in fact NOT
scheduling them for the benefit of the
schedulee and that this method of
scheduling lots was scheme fraudu
lently ana secretly devised to deceive
the government
Done in the Open.
have looked carefully into this
claim. have Investigated the sworn
testimony of two of the members of
the Muskogee towusite commission
the taird member now living la the
east OF course / was not able 10
meeU The TWO members first mem
toned have both testified under oath
that this Identical method of schedul
ing lots. which the government now
complains. was not scheme OF the
schedulee. nor was there any secrecy
or fraud about il That it was the
rule devised by the government repre-
sentatiyes. publicly promulgated, well
known TO the people of the Creek Ma
tiOn In general and was open to am
persons To schedule thereby And
am told that this method was prac
ticed in an of the towns OF the Greek
Nation. as we'll as Muskogee. and that
at a low estimate. several thousand
persons were connected with such
method of scheduling lots ID appears
absurd 10 assert that there was any
secrecy practiced or necessary to be
practiced, on that anybody had any
reason 10 believe that wrong was be-
ing done in any way.
Co eeton Of Moneys.
The collection Of moneys by the I'M
dian agent from the schedules or
their asslgnees OF these different lots
continued up until within few
months ago the government i'm many
towns having extended the time for
payment, and even yet, the govern
ment has made no complaint against
the method of scheduling lots, except
in a few towns like MuskOgee. Tulsa
and Okmulgee, where the unusual
growth Of the town aas greatly In
creased the value of property The
first reelection ! would make on the
good faith OF the government is that
In 1902 1904, 1905 and in 1906. on
obviously stimulated by
jealousy or other grievance. the gov
ernment fully investigated these mat
ters, and with iull knowledge OF the
fact. as contained i'm the Foulk report
of the year 1906. and the other inyestt
cations referred to- the government
at Washington approved
this method Of scheduling the lots and
continued up until within the last few
collecting the installments of
purchase money from the original
schedulee, or his assignee. and to
issue patents when payment was com
pleted
Report Binding,
The Foulk report ! consider inn.
portant and as binding upon the gov
ernment William Dudley Foulk
came as a direct appointee OF the
President, to make a complete inyesti-
cation and report of an these matters,
over three years ago He came He
He reported Tlat re-
port is kept secret, but from long
article written by Mr. Foulk for the
Outlook Magazine some time ago. cn
Titled The Spelling of d Nation ID is
fair TO assume u.s. in brieL the same as
his report 70 the President This
article auaIyzed says
The act Of congress was vague ana
uncertain The government officers
and commissioners We're responsible
tor the construction pot apou the laW
and the methods of scheduling lats
These TWO assertions are certainly the
meat i'm the c0caanut and as tho SOY
enmeut does not question the ln
tegrity of these officers tlcn pray
how can It crtcise the person who So
scheduled LOTS
Mr. Foulk I'm his magazine article
goes ON then at greater length % show
that thousands Of persons scheduled
lots by the method complained of bW
always With The full knowledge aua
approval OF the government Officers
Ie particularly complains about Che
comparative value of ots I'M Musk9ge'
In 1902 ard 1903 as compared with
appraised values al u.c time OF mao
ug the schedule n the spring OF 1901
Mr. Faulk coul easily have found
probable reason fen fhe increase n
value iH the history of hundreds 9t
other western towns With similar in
lacemeuts f9f rapid increase In value
=