The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-04-12
SCHEME TO GRAB
INDIAN SCHOOL LAND
KANSAS PLAN TO TURN Chill
occo RESERVATION OVER TO
HARVESTER TRUST.

telegram bearing the signature
of practically every state official
protesting the grant of any part OF
the Chilocco Indian reservation in
Kay county to any person or corpo
ration Tor farm demonstration pur-
poses, was sent to oklahoma sena.
| tors ana congressman at Washington
Nednes lay The telegram will be-
followed Immediately by letter
signed not only by state officials OF
the state as well, setting out more
fully the reasons for the protest.
The proposition to secure the grant
appealed TO those who have taken
vigorous steps to prevent it, as an
attempl to turn over to private
citizens and corporations, including
the International Harvester compa-
ny, large area of the most valuable
land III the state, which should be,
they C.dlm given to Oklahoma when
abandoned as an Indian school res
erVatlou by the government.
TIL Chilocco lndin school resec-
vation comprises thirteen and one
half sections in Kay county adioin-
ing the Kansas line. Aside from
the agricultural value of the land,
the government has erected in the
past, school buildings to the value
of $500, 900, and the total va.uc now
is figured at from S1,OOOOOO to ST.
100000
The federal government has con
templated the abandonment of the
reservation from time to time. and
with deep cuts made recently in
the Indian appropriations, such &
move is thought to be highly prob
able in the near future. Some time
ago q proposition was advanced by
Kansas people to turn "one or more
''''iohS VI lllIS ltotl lNdlIoll over 10
Mr.. Campbell of Nebraska, father
of the dry farming system, and his
associates for dry farming exper-
mental station. 1t developed that
associates mean the harvester
trust, known as the International
Harvester company, which it is al
legged, was TO finance the scheme.
Kansas Project.
citizens of Kay county learned
that bill is now proposed in con
sres' backed by part, if not the
whole of the Kansas delegation in
congress, to grant to Mr.. Campbell
and his associates one or more sec
tions of the Chilocco reservation fol
twenty years.
The Kay county people Immediate
ly figured that if the reservation
is to be turned loose by the gov
ernment, it should go to the state
of Oklahoma which is IN position
to demonstrate any kind of farming
tnat may be necessary, and not to
any private individual or corpora
ton.
Judge j. f. King, c. A. Johnson
and 2. R. King of Kay county came
to Ok1ahoma City "Wednesday to
secure the signatures of the state
officials to the telegram of protest,
which they Immediately sent to the
Oklahoma delegation IN both branch
es of congress. 1t is now assured
that if the proposed bill is intro
dnced in congress, it will not go
through without bitter fight.
AS stated. the government has
erected buildings for an Indian
school on the reservation. These
buildings have valua)on of more
than 100000. The application for
grant for the dry farming expert
mental station read zone section
or more and it Immediately oc.
Cured to the Kay county people
that with bill conveying the grant
safely passed, the section on which
is located the government buildings
might be the one claimed.
Request Denied.
More than two years ago both
branches of the Oklahoma legisla.
ture together with former Governor
Haskell. petitioned congress to turn
over to this state all of the reser-
Walton" including the buildings, for
use as state institution, but the
request at that time was denied.
The letter to Senators Owen and
Gore, Congressman Ferris, Carter,
davenport Morgan and Mcclure fol-
lows in part
We, the undersigned. desire TO
protest the granting by congress or
any department OF the government