Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-10-02

Choctaw-Hugo ...Dec. 20 32aa1
McCurtain-Idabel
Dec. % 45,496
Sale OF "Lost Sections"
On November II sixteen sections of
timber land will be offered for sale ot
Hugo. There are more than ten thou
and acres Of valuable timber land
to be sold at this time, and it is con
sldcred the most'valuable land of its
KIND even offered in Oklahoma. Num-
erous attempts have been made to
buy this land at private sale, but the
government declined to consider any
proposition and the land Is offered as
the result Of a special act of Con
gress passed during the closing days
OF the recent session. 1t is claimed
that this land was purposely passed
by the first appraisers Of the timber
lands. They I G known as the Lost
Sections"
Commissioner Wright stated We'd
nesday that while the coal land an
p%raisers had until December 1, 1912,
to complete their work, the probable
tiles were hat the appraisers would
make a partial report to the Depart
ment Of the Interior, and that some
OF the land will be offered for sale at
once. 1t is expected to advertise this
land for about forty days, and it is
expected that the first sale will take
place early II December if the work
or the appraisers Is approved in
Washington. While only the surface
OF the segregated coal land is to be
sold, the government retaining the
mineral rights for the Indians, 1t Is
conceded thai the parties getting the
title to the surface will have the ad-
vantage IN the event that the govern
ment places the mineral rights on the
market.
Big Timber Sale.
1T is also the intention Of the gov
to again offer for sale the
timber lands Of the Choctaw nation.
These lands were offered about six
months ago, but the regulations we're
In such a shape hat small bidders
we're completely shut out, and when
the time came for the opening Of the
bids the lumber trust, or it's rep re-
Sonfnti"cs y the only bidders,
News Of tho combinations Wa Rashed
e N~1>oiu#tol, aud the government
refused - confirm the safe, and All
oiiH Vel" rejected. The r~eYuIatinns
we're changed, ana H. the mex, sale l.
Will be possible Tor the small lumDel
and mill men to submit bids and buy
in the land.
BY the way Of preliminary for the
pig sale, which starts in November,
the government will sell several hun
dred small parcels Of land in the Five
civilized Tribes on which restrictions
nave been removed. These are
known as remnant" sales, and Is
made up mostly of fractions. The
indian has no use for the land, and
he makes a formal request Of the
Interior Department to sell it and
when the request is granted the land
is sold by the district or field agent
and the money deposited to the credit
Of the Indian. There are about
twenty-five thousand acres OF land to
be sold, only forty Of which are in
Muskogce county. The sale starts
October ii.
with several million acres of In
dian land soon to be placed on the
market on this side OF the State, and
the school lands being disposed OF on
the western side Of the State it looks
very much as If this is to be n pros
porous year for Oklahoma, and that
the population If the State Is to in
crease considerably by January 1st
next, Some Of the big financial in
forests Of the East have their eyes
conferred on Oklahoma, for the open-
ing OF the Panama Canal means that
the coal and timber lands OF South
eastern Oklahoma will prove very
valuable by 1914. 1t also means
millions Of dollars worth OF land
made taXablc by the State