Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-29
coal LANDS SOON TO BIZ READY
FOR SALE
Congressman Carter Wins His Long
Fight for Ssttl.mcrt.-- --I.and>
Appraised :u S13.SOo,OOO.

CONGRESSMAN charley Carter. of
mi. the third tpnarc,: iunal dis
iri,,. is about to nc" won his long
lI..ht tor the Sala If the Indians
9, rrogated Goa, lands, for he is ai
,l-"d that the ;,t,ri,r Departments
,r~lng.mcnts t.. me Ale will he
I,.,hrd in the hniir that the proper
can be- sni, in Nugdsi.
Th. Choctaw -Chickasaw segrega'
- coal lands are in Pittsburg. Coal.
A'rkd I.atim"r. LcFlore, and Has
k.iI counties.
The opening up of this mammoth
UAiahoma coal deposit for develop
u,nt will prove a great boon to the
state
In all there are i45.OuO acres
aui less than one fourth of it has
h'.n mined. II is to be- sold to the
h-ho>' bidder in tracts uf o09 acres
'a,h h. payments to be- mad" in four
annual installmcnts. iboat .Ui,-
uo" acres are under lease and being
developed, and coal has been min,d
IN this section of Oklahoma since
lN7l The act of .Iunr |. i,U2.
withdrew the balance uf the land
~ bll f'hN' sll'l INV JNl VI ttN Nlll
drew il from Saaln. ana sin &C. that
lin" no additional Development has
been made. but the sale Of II now
assures the Development of the tn-
tire ii5.0OO acres
tn" land was appraised few
Years ago to the value of $l2.SnO.-
600. hut conservative estimates
plar" the value at considerably ov-
"r that figure. II is estimated thai
m" surface vein of this coal will
yield on an average of four thOus
ana tons to the acre. or a total of al
most 1000. .000,u0O tons. There is
a second vein running through most
OF the tract which is very produc-
tive. When il is considered that
IN" entire annual production of coal
in III" United States in the year OF
1915 tthe latest available figures at
handl was less than 50O.0O0.O .Oo0
tons. some idea of what this means
to Oklahoma can be obtained
Fifty thousand dollars has been
appropriated for advertising TIN.
sale. which will he held at McAlrS-
ter. Okla.
Mr.. Carter has worked on this
bill like IL Trojan. and man with
less perseverance and patience
would have abandoned the PROPOSE
iion as IL useless effort long ago:
but by continuous work and pa-
ii"nc" h. finally generated the bill
through the House and through the
senate.
Air Carter was confronted with y
irial"," oi opposing parties. Ther"
was about on"-fhird of the members
OF Congress who believed that tn"
Government should own the lard.
but that would require an apprOpri-
alton. and would necessitate a long
Tight in III" committ"" on appropri-
ationA. Another onc-third were
conaervatiOnists. and insisted ON
nothing being done. The other on"-
third We're in Il receptive mood for
didn't particularly care
Tn" advancement of Congressman
Carter To the chairmanship of thn
tomiite" IN Indian Affairs. hOwpv-
or. gave such added influence that
his sturdy efforts We're finally re-
ward"d: ana the development of
thrs" lands will not only provide a
continuous stream of additional
money rolling into Oklahoma. but
will employ thousands and thous-
and' of men at high wages
From u beneficial standpoint. this
is piec" of legislation that mean
more To Oklahoma than any other
sin "cStatehOod