Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-30
MILLION AND QUARTER BID
EIGHTEEN SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS
MUST PAY BONUS OF HALE
MILLION.
some OF $1,000 AN acre
Prairie OIL and Gas CO., and the Gyp.
~ Were the Biggest Among the
80 Who Entered the Bidding.
a. V. BOURQUE.)

PAWliUSKA, okla, Sept. 29.-
Especial with the highest bids ever
offered in the history Of the oil busi-
ness In America the bidding at the
Usage Indian agency at Pawhuska to-
day goes down in the annals as one OF
the most important events that has
ever transpired in the Usage Nation.
blds from 80 bidders aggregating over
one and one quarter millions of dol
lars of which rs bidders were success
ful, paying a bonus Of $494,3bG.6g and
the stupendous bids of s 500 per acre
caused even the old liners to sit up
IN astonishment 1t had been rumored
that the bids would run over 81 200
per acre on some Of the choice tracts
but few believed it and showed their
unbelief by reason Of the comparative
~ small bids offered on these tracts
by many Of the producers.
T.. o. and 6. High Bidder.
As was expected the Prairie OH and
Gas CO., and the Gypsy Oil Company
were the highest bidders I'm the aggre-
gate and the Gypsy Oil company and
the Mlnnchoma OH company as indi-
Vldual bidders set the record fer the
ua} Some of the formers bids were
$Ib4O.91 and $l556.4S per acre while
the Minnchoma OH company bid
a'T1oO "'' iV acre tract oilsetung lts
"','' III H'''i"H d. lhe iThlrle OH
',+a "g '''''P"Hy ',d 2o9H'f per aero
10! ~ "'i's ana 37o1.5O per acre for
O. ,",'' oI ioV acres or @z2O00 for the
rhulr tract John A. Bell Jr., White
" H,"II9Ir ana others were together
VI" " .l' an" oIl'I'u 100 Tor tho
same 30 acrc tract that Mr.. Getty Of
the MiuuDhOmu oil pDmu4py ,ff.r.J
'ln"V l"'' "' 'H''ha Iled with tho
llulah agent represent the large
"I."""l "I I'-. ih-.9I winch is ten
p,i ''u' "I lH' b"uus ana the trst
,'"''IH' A9 ,l'0r rentals Will
, "'' "E'i P'vV" 'Ne ponuS As rep
,'DiH an lH' hIudrIa would
n..',' ''''' '''l I'''"'VVV aa "IIeira az
,lII-" '"' hoHu' OF me successful
''""''9 ""l"uH''u I'D %fSi0'O.'9
Never Such a Scene.
The total number OF acres sold vero
tO,74IO7 acres out Of ll.HSg.52 adver-
tiscd on average of S46 per a,re II ia
doubtful if such a scene VIII ever be
witnessed again. Gathered from .v.rv
field in the country bidders ana spec-
tators throngcd the council cbamber
and as the bids were read rXpressious
of astOnlshmcnt al their siz. were
heard ON an sides. I.vcryouc had a
map and a note book and Comparative
bids were kept track Of and WHOM tbe
bidding was over every one knew who
were the successful bidder, barring
some who qualified their bids Iu suc6
manner as to raise % question about
them
II was promptly . y. m. when Sup
crintcndrnt J A. Carroll called the
,,,. '.,'uL i.I,l 10 '.n'' ana lh' opening or
,',, ,...,. I'''1 "'I ,"' i,"N,nL "I "ii history
@ ~ -. "'' I''," ,'I p'"S "l ih' "mal-
w. pp'i t,'l7 aH9"'H an ,h'llh'u"h 10
r" ,'' ,'''l' 'nu W"'h 'Nr 'ypsy Oh
."''' ..'''' p'i"s 'INS Wri' "p'n'u every one
"'S "n yu-'. Nith II was Iouhd up
~ '''nl u'lI 'n4l me gypsy had over
,'' ,"' ''IH'I p!uutIs the 1l'Ile on
~ ''S '''' la"S hlus were eagerly
pg'l,u. W h'n the iftIIe nlh
S'' ,'"t I"f ihG IIrsi tract between the
p''"u''hF "'ls ana the river every
on, was EI''lIN disappointed as us
n'u WIS 1n""l 99VV per acre lower
'n'n lh' 'ypsy pul interest picked up
3E"tH "h'h u was lound that the
J t"'Ii' was nlduihE that amount In
ih' aESresate ana offering IT on some
OF lhe tracts not bid on by the Gypsy.
spectators Immediately got busy
ana h'Ean computing the Irairles to-
tal as compared to the amount OF tho
GNrsls bld I'm this case however the
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