The Parker post., 1911-10-07
GRANTS EXTENSION
UNTIL NOV. l, 1911
Department Wires Board of Trade
That Deferred Payments Will Not
Be Insisted Upon-Petition Circu-
lated Opposed to Postponement.

Parker Board OF trade asking lOT d
poStponement of the deferred pay
ments on lots bought at the govern
ment sale in May, 1910, word was
received from the department of the
interior Monday to the effect that
such postponement was granted,
and the time for making said pay
ments had been extended one year,
or until November 1, 1912.
This news will be hailed with con-
siderable satisfaction by those who
bought lots at the sale Residents
of Parker are the principal benz
ficieries and the extension granted
by the department means an ap
proximate total saving to the citi
zens of $4,000, which otherwise
would have to be sent out O.
the town to pay for lots.
There are few people living here
however, who do not appear to see
the benefit of a postponement, anl
the consequent saving to the com
munity of many thousands of dol
lars for another year. Those WhC
were oppose to asking for an eX
tension of time circulated a petition
Monday urging the department no,
to grant the application of the Board
OF Trade. While a few of the sign
ers of the petition are property own,
ers here, many of them are not.
1t is contended by those opposed
to further extension that the non
payment of the amounts due the gov
ernment on lots tends to delay
the opening of the reservation. We
do not doubt the sincerity of tho2G
who are making this argument, bri
it is one that does not contain ar
element of reasonableness. 1t il
more logical to presume that after
once the government has secured
full payment for the lots sold al
the auction last year, jt@wouid log
lurther interest in the future =
Parker and until great pressure wa
brought to bear upon the departmeri
indefinite delay would result in the
opening of the reservation lands.
The petition referred to also con
tains a clause urging the holding o!
another sale immediately 1t would
be poor business policy for the gov
ernment to hold another sale until
such time as it has something sub
stantial to offer purchasers
The opening of the reservation
does net depend upon the sale OF
toWnsite lots, but from a business
point of view the sale of townsite
lots does depend upon the opening
of the reservation.
In other words, the government
would be enabled to dispose Of its
unsold lots in the townsite at a much
higher figure if the opening of the
reservation were to precede the date
of the next auction sale
Therefore, it is reasonable to
suppose that the opening of the
reservation is necessary for tht
government to obtain the highcS,
possible prices for its unsoId lot
However, we do not believe thai
either an immediate sale or a post
poncd sale would retard or hastel
the opening of the lands Tht
necessary red-tape for the opening
of the reservation is now in process
of unwinding, and the payments due
on lots have not the least effect
in this evolvement of departmental
methods.
1t is almost an assured fact that
the Indians will receive their al
l0tmentG within the next few
months, and that an irrigation plan.
sufficient to irrigate 5000 aero
of Indian lands will be installed
IN time for spring planting Thc
engineer who is to construct the
bitches is now on the ground AM
has been on the ground for the
past month engaged In the pr
liminary work. AS soon as the
uSGCoSeIly surveys pCCll tOIll-
pleted actual construction of the
main canal and laterals will
begun. The constructing engin
Of the pumping plant is expected
here most any day to begin work
on the building that is to hOr
the machinery.
ITndOuhtadlV thp whole Of the
reservation will be surveyed thi;
coming winter, for in order to al
lot the Indians it will be necessary
to subdivide several sections into
1O-acre tracts, the amount that each
Indian is to receive, and whilc
the surveying crew is engaged in
doing this they will complete the
survey of the balance of the lands