The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-06
Million and a Half Acres
Yield 10000 Barrels
Of Oil Now.
MANY NEW FIELDS
All Facilities Rushed to Pro.
vide Homes for Great In
flux of New Citizens.
Special TO The World


the county. either as an oil pro-
ducer. its grazing area or Its size.
This assertion might also extend to
the proportions of crops which are
annually harvested within Its do
mains. Usage county has an area
iarger than the state OF Delaware
And the District OF Columbia com
bined, and 1t Is nearly twice the size
OF the state of Rhode Island. From
north to south 1t measures oS miles
and is 80 miles in width. 1t contains
the largest grazing area in the
country. 1t Is the homo OF
the great Usage oil fields and has
the largest percentage of modern
improved homes on farms of any
county In the state and probably In
the United States.
Usage county has an area Of
100000 acres. Due to the restric-
tons imposed upon the Usage tribe
the leases of Oil lands are confined
TO 200 tracts at each auction sale,
each lease affecting not moro than
100 acres the total approximatlng
10000 acres at each sale. At this
rate a steady income Is assured the
Oaago Indians for years to como and
the development of the fields will be
spirited and constant, instead OF
spasdomic, covering period OF
years Of steady business, instead of
q short and excited overflow of Gil
men, promotion companies and
speculators. The oil production In
the Usage fields now reaches ap-
proximately $4,000 barrels per day
this output being augmented by re-
cent gushers, which have aim most
reached the flow OF the Minnehoma
rusher, and which are now settling
down to good steady production. A
half dozen new fields which promise
large incomes have recently been
discovered within a small radius
OF Pawhuska, which is the home OF
30 large oil, gas and pipe lines as
we'll as nine oil and supply houses
operating through this city
The royalties on oil and the leases
on lands are pooled among members
of the Usage nation, which still re-
tains its tribal form of government,
administered by a chief and coun-
eli elected annually. Last year
total of s17.000.000 was distributed
among the Indians. each man. wom-
ing $4,000. These sums are dis
tributed through the six banks of
7awhuska and payments are made
about four or five times year. The
recent oil developments producing
gushers in wildcat territory will ndd
largely to the amount to be dis
tributed In 1920. which early in the
year was estimated at between
sI7.00O.000 and $1s.000.o00. The
Usage Indian spends his money with
a lavish hand and nothing but
high powered car will answer the
purTOse, as rule, unless IN the
case OF an incompetent Indian
whose guardian objects TO the pur-
chase. Secondhand cars are seldom
sold 10 the Indians
Pawhuska being the capital OF the
Osnge nation Is the home OF busy
1nd'." agency. an extensive Usage
Indian aservation and boarding
school. OF the 100000 acres in
in cultivation and about 100000
acres is devoted to grazing lands
About so per cent of the land which
IS being farmed IS by people who do
not own the land. A large amount
oE Indian land belongs to restricted
members of the tribe and has not
yet passed to It's owners. This Is an
advantage 10 cattlemen. over 250,-
0n0 head OF cattle grazing annually
In Usage county. where there Is a
turnover of 100000 head. And yet
only 10000 head of hogs are now
being raised In the county. Cattle
Lcipr an important industry, feed
crops and sorghum are raised.
Wheat Is an important crop In the
eastern part of the county, where
100000 bushels are produced an
nually, 100000 bushels OF oats also
being raised. In the southern part
of the county along the Arkansas
river, cotton Is raised TO n large ex-
Itnn1fnU hat "a y
having cotton oilmiils and E.ns. This
is one OF tho northernmost cotton
fields in the United States.
Dairy and poultry raising are in
duetries already being developed,
both climate and elevation being ia
Vorable to them. The best types of
poultry and dairy stock are pro-
duced. These industries only sup
Vy the local market and for that
yeason no creamery has been es-
tablished I'm Pawhuska.
The land is moderate in price,
grazing land running from sl5 tol
$40 per acre. while farm land ranges
from s25 to s75 per acre.
Each Indian owns or originally
owned $40 acres of land, but 1901
OF this he must maintain as n home
stead, being permitted to sell the
surplus land.
''' pult Fdltlt lnuusITyt
while still in It's infancy In Usage
county, Is making strides to n point
where 1t win be q large revenue
producer. Many OF the large farms
are now being stocked with fine
Hereford and other strains which
arc being imported in substantial
numbers through the efforts of tho
Usage County Breeders association
since the election OF Pawhuska
man MS president OF the Oklahoma
Hereford Breeders association tho
headquarters work OF the organiza-
tlon In being largely conducted
through its office in Pawhuska. The |
ien-Near average rainfall I'm Usage /,
county Is S6 inches.
With all It's development and IT'S !
great resources the population of |
Usage county Is still under 10000. /,
Ihis accounts for the feverish |
activity In building which has been |
IN evidence In the towns for The past |
- months. In Pawhuska alone over |
.5'oO0,0o0 was expended IN new
bomes and business buildings in |
1918, and az that tho winter months |
round the city unable to acommo-
nate those who sought homes here. |
This congestion, however, has been |