The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15
United States viii Open Sale in
Eastern Oklahoma.
More Than ~ Millions Of
Acres Go at Auction.
MORE RAINFALL THAN KANSAS
Property Rich in All Natural
Advantages, Is Claim.
Announcement in Topeka OF
Sales Early in November.

Sales Early In November.
While beef steers are bringing e1ght
and one-ha1f cents on the Kansas City
market, and lumber retailing Tor about
four cents square foot. the. United
States government according to an an
nouncement in Topeka today il prepar-
ing to sell a million acres of grazing
land in a country with a longer grow
ing season and a greater rainfall than
Kansas for from 81 to $50 per acre;
and to dispose Of 277 million feet OF
merchantable pine and IL million feet
Of hardwood timber for from $50 to
$3.50 per thousand feet for the pine and
IS cents to 81 per thousand feet for the
hardwood.
More than one and One-Quarter mil
lions Of acres of land in southeastern
Oklahoma is to be sold at public auc-
ton by the United States government
at a series of sales beginning Nov.
and continuing until Dec. 2. Practically
all of three large counties in the south
east corner of the state and a large
portion of several other counties are
included in these sales.
The lands to be sold are divided Into
two classes: Tribal Indian timber lands
to which an absolute title is given
without any restrictions. and "segre-
gated coal lands" to which absolute
title is given to the surface of the land
and to all minerals except coal and
asphalt. A person buying this class OF
land and discovering oil or gas in 1t
will be entitled to it and much OF this
is in counties where oil and gas have
already been discovered.
OF the timber lands there are nearly
a million acres. or to be exact $4,000
acres. located in Pittsburg. Latimer.
LeFlore, Pushmataha and McCurtatn
counties. The places and times of sales
Nov. As; Poteau, Nov. 81; Hugo. S-10-
HIP. At the latter place over half
million acres will be offered for sale.
The first two days of the sale will
be of lands in Pushmataha county and
the last two days Of McCurtain county
lands. Practically all of these two
counties are for sale.
Bids may be submitted at the time
and place of sale either in person or
by duly authorized agents with written
power Of attorney, or by mail indicat-
ing the minimum and maximum
amounts bid. Twenty-Five per cent of
each bid must be enclosed. The re-
1nainder of the lrchase price can be
paid in three annual installments. The
minimum price of the lands classified
as agricultural ranges from 81 to SO
per acre according. to location. all
other lands from 81 to $3.50 per acre;
in addition the pine located on the
land is appraised at from $3.50 to $3.50
per thousand feet and the hardwood
at from rs cents to 81.
Buy Land in Bunch.
The land and the timber cannot be
bid upon separately but must be
bought together. A purchaser cannot
buy more than 100 acres of the land
classed as agricultural. but can buy as
much as he wishes of the grazing or
timber land.
Residence on the land is not re-
quired. Much of this land has houses
and other improvements on it. All
such improvements which were made
prior to August 1, 1913, will be sold
with the land.
OF the Segregated" lands there are
$4,000 acres scattered over Haskell,
LeFlore. Latimer. Pittsburg, Atoka,
Pushmataha, Coal. Carter, Murray.
cenntiss and ontotoc ,,, al and johnston
Ter, November 1911: Poteau. Novem-
Der 1921; WilburtOn, November "a
"a; Atoka, November %: Coalgate,
November 80 and December /; Ard
more, December 2.
The government announcements of
these sales describe the lands as fol-
lows:
"All classes Of land are embraced in
this Offering, including rough noun
tain. grazing, fine agricultural and
considerable portions well adapted for
1ruit growing. The minimum prices
range from 81 to $25 per acre and the
tracts vary in size from 40 to $40 acres
These are the best tribal Indian lands
yet offered and are in compact bodies
"A large number Of these tracts are
substantially improved with houses.
barns etc, which will be sold with
the land and the full appraised value
OF such improvements must be maid
at the time of the SALE"
A Topeka man who attended sew
eral similar sales Of Indian lands in
oklahoma, expresses the opinion that
very little of the land will sell for
more than the minimum price the
government Las placed on it and that
a large proportion of it will not he
sold at all for lack of bidders.
These sales have not received the
publicity that has been given western
land openings and the result has been
that there has been very little compe-
tttion among bidders except in a few
instances where prize" pieces of land
were sought. At previous sales there
has been land enough for all who
wished to buy and SO no necessity to
bid much more than the lowest price
the government would consider. Ac-
cording to government reports the av-
erage rainfall for the last five years
where most Of this land is situated
has been 1875 INCHES. (which is ap-
proximately four inches more rainfall
than Topeka's average. Most of the
timber land is also fair grazing land. -