The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-06
RICHEST
GROUP Of (.
PEOPLE IN
TIL: WORLD

The uFaRr allotlinK commission last
week completed ils work of dWidlng
the Usage lands among me members
ol the tribe. and million and a hnlt
ncros OF land are now the property
OF The individual 0s ees insloud OF
heug held IN peveialty by the trlbs.
as hereiciore reeds 10 2.02, of the
l0mcsirlds were received aud ilicd
with IN, reglsies of dcfas OF Osasc
county ~ 0ne bl'neh aul Il mexpscioi
tbat the deeds le iilAsnlher sriec,ilns
wlllAbs rl'celypd n a short time.
There are g.ggg members Of the
Cgage lshe Who received allnincals,
containing COG acres each. or total
cl i3G4 .g37fg acses Tbcrc afc alta.
golhcr l,i7U.oh77S acres Vi ne Usage
reservation, bat s,iZ0 acres Seye With.
Fell srsm alum nk including 5000
acres eiYch ~ railroads fer right ~
way and depot purposes 1889 acres
plaltni iGtc i0Wnalice. tS0 acres iof
udlau icl efge go acres ior sehoai
rc'urlns and ~ acres NJ ihc Finrcf
reserve ~ titls iiarsc
Per cao.ta $4,000.
"A lhu prevent value 0f land lhlhc
Csigc country. and senllns ln the
Other property interests ol the tlbc
every mcmhsr el the Usage tribe IS
now wyth Approximately $4,000
making them the richest group Oi
people not only 80 the United States
hut IN ihe world With all Of their
lands san intact cyer s23ON80 was
Glshnrscd o Che mpphers Of the trihl
hy Fcic.g, government Al the annual
payment just cnneiu ed This pay
mcni mas been deliyed since March d,
which gsa he neeulaf date, There
VAS siGu,Oe0 o. to&nflle money on
land deslvcd from the sale Of lots 10
DE Cfage mutton towns and enough
other mtncy 0l various sorls due 10
Tho tribe f1m the G3vernment to
bring ihe payment Up to 500 psr
head
IN taking their alloiments the OsaS
es Herp given three selections of 100
0tees each and the remaining i7g
acre2 each WIS anpastlonc1 By the al.
lnliing commission in suchQa way al
10 bcst equallze he values Of The %
iHl allotmenla The order IN which
the first seleeiiens were taken was dN
tcrmlnsd by lot. and tie order was
shcu reversed f3f the second selee
tons 30 ss To give toe people who
NeFo clear at the bottom Of the llas
lhe FIRST time d chance % oyen mat
tors gp by getting tho beat Of what
w9s LET, on The second choice
surrlrs Is Allotted
The surplus after the three aecs
linns had been taken was apporiilnD1
ont IN iuus tracts Of 40 aero each o
each lloliee. one Of 30 acres and one
Of 8 acres sa as q make &c a3 nearly
cuuel as possible
Dulng the progress ai ihe allotling
work lhp allotsias commission had q
continual fght 81 ia hand wlth ne
agents al lhe Bis cattle syndlca,es.
who wege lfgag 70 get rerilln lndiala
ll0red Sc iaa their lands would lie
together aHd euul1 bh leased tSItfm
o biz pasture All Of the other big
ragtufns Of 0kahama havo been b l,
fn un. Nnt ths rnttieme ! were making
laSt 81 ndaln the 0sige country it
ihcg eau, get Ieaaea from The lndl.
yids lll0lee8 nn enough land "a
form lhe KIN 81 q pasture tbny Waui.
az lhey snrsd tha iAeg would % ~
s md pt lil1n 70 buy q wheH %
reeiririluna were removed ald lhH
lgDi plRrea nn the market
Nlog ffe0fdlaelY % de c1nHar q
with rgeris ? na them sgs l1r cegh
fu'r'c Nei'en ~ which leeses could