The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-13
uncIe Sam is DlsposIns OF Vas,
Tracts in Oklahoma at Auction
and the Next Month VIII see
Much Activity.
SOIL HAS ADVANTAGES
Some 10000 Acres to be Sold In oe-
tober and the Title to Every
Inch Of it is Guaranteed by
Government.

In the search for cheap land, the
loWan has gone everywhere in thii
country, and many of him have gone
across the border and there Iowans
are turning the wilderness OF north
western Canada into a garden and re
moving another desert from the mar
OF the western hemisphere. In the
scramble for cheap lands the Indian
lands in Oklahoma seem to have been
overlooked. Some have fought shy
of these lands because of fancied
clouds on the title. AS the govern.
ment has carefully examined the
titles and places no land on sale, to
which a clear title can not be given
and then guarantees such title. these
fears seem to have been entirely imag-
1naSy Uncle Sam is proceeding very
carefully and the amount of land dis
posed of averages about 10000 acres
per month. During October. 1910, So
600 acres will be offered. The land
is worth much more than it brings.
When the territory was closed to
white settlers many thousands covet-
ed the rich stretches of beautiful coun.
try that had been set aside for the
original jewellers in the land Now
that the territory is open and these
lands can be bought at very reason
able figures, the demand has increas-
ed. The land now onsale VIII produce a
bale of cotton, sixty bushels of corn.
100 bushels of oats, two crops Of DO
tatoes in one season. The very best
grades OF this land have been sold
for from $40 to $50 per acre during the
past season, while the land that seems
better adapted for grazing purposes,
sells for from 81 to SIS per acre. Al
the time OF sale 10 per cent OF the
amount offered must accompany the
bid, the balance to be paid on receipt
OF notice from the Indian superintend-
ent to the effect that the deed has
been executed and is ready for de-
livery. The land is appraised by two
competent men, the parcels advertised
and bids are asked and are opened on
the dates specified and the highest
bid, II II exceeds the amount stated
In the appraisement, gets the land,
In the southern part OF the state
and along streams the land is covered
to some extent with merchantabIe
timber, and in the eastern part of the
state the land is underlai- with vast
beds of mfneral-lead, zinc. iron and
coal The central portion OF the state
from north to south has the famous
OIL pools-probably the largest in the
world-and the land offered for sale Is
from every portion of that part of
Oklahoma, formerly known as the In
dian territory. SO rich in these re-
sources.
Prof. Chas. n. Gould, state geolog.
list. has made a careful examination
of this part of the country and in his
report reeentl5 submitted to the state
officials, stated that, in his estimation.
there are many undeveloped pools of
oll-in fact, that this produce may ex-
tend to many parts of the eastern half
of the state.
The United States Indian guperin-
tendent is now sending out the lists
showing lands advertised for sale dur.
ing the month of October, which lists
describe every tract offered give its
location and price at which sale win
De made. II is expected that the Oe-
1ooer sales will bring the Indians
Total OF approximately $225.Q00