The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-02
Lanes Report Is Replete
With Facts About
States Red Men.
INDIANS AIDED IN WAR
Business Dealings With Five
Civilized Tribes Totaled
32 Millions.


form of royalty from Oh. gas and
mineral leases the income from
crops being S35G,93h, stock sold,
426se35; from individual leases.
S2e9.G03 and from wages earned
sl8,BOO
Commissioner Sells gave tho total
Indian population Of Oklahoma on
Juno 30 az tlg.1Ol There were 90
births 10 Orlpc couples ana 81
deaths occurred OH1Eos OF school
age were 700 OF whom 7f1 were ellr-
iblo 60 aticnd school ana 80 uoigl-
bile FiSo hundred ana c.Eht}. two
OsuEc children attended public
schools. the number attending gov
crnment schools being negligible.
The Ponce. Otoo and shawnee
boarding schools were closed bo-
cause OF the accessibility Of public
schools. the commissioner said.
Health conditions In Oklahoma
reservations arc constantly improv-
ing, missioner Sells said llo
gave notice that no would rcncw his
request to congress for funds to
complete the campaign for hoalth
bettermcnt among the Choctaws
and Chickasaws.
Excerpts Of Commissioned Soils
report follows
Five civilized Trihcs.
During the fiscal year ended
June 80. 1919. the buHiness trans
actions Of the Five civilized Tribes
involved the handling OF total
sum OF $50, ,4SG.5Ob 5b.
10 date OF juno 30, 1919, 367s.-
a34.3S acres of tribal lands have
been sold FOR t2O,37G O0G.27. being
SI,53G. G7 moro than the APP
praised value ana averaging sj,G9
per acre OF this total amount
3,45S,O7l acres uf tho unallottcd
land in tho Choctaw and .Chickasaw
nations sold for 9,775.436.OS; in
the. Cherokee nation 5O,055 acres
sold for sl72,O07l9; In tho Crock
nation 65,G45 acres sold for $3s2,-
2l1,6S; In the Seminole nation
3.2G3 acres sold for S4O.I4l.37. From
October 8 TO October II, 1918. a
sale OF tho unallottcd land In the
thoctaw, Chlckasaw and Greek ma
,lons, consisting OF $50 tracts with
an area of 0.lf0,2l acres. sold for
ho9,O0l.O3 averaging Sll.9G per
acre.
The coal and asphalt mineral dc
posts In the Choctaw and ChiclSn-
saw nations were offered for sale at
public auction 10 the highest bidder
at McAlostor. Okla, on December
II, ~, 10 ana II, 1918, aud "a
tracts containing 2Il03 acres sold
for fl,363,6i6l7. leaving 463 tracts
containing Jg9.00i acres appraised
NJ Sl3,19S, ,g0l5G. The Greek coun-
ell house ana square at Okmulgce,
okla, have been sold To tho city OF
Okmugee by the Creek tribe for
100000, which has been paid in
fun ana deed has been executed and
delivered
Tbc csti,n,tod y,iuo y, ,,soid
trihat r,nrnr,,, in ua Cbn,,,,,' ,,'5 a
,,birl,s,,,, notlons 4. ,, s,,iio,.,. "'''
Tt6s gho9S AID impfo,em.pt9' ios ooo
.2S0 t0sn lots ...,.... ............ 1000
'uaa ana i1,'n,ins ha ,lohr Snd .na
s'phlit land 'u 0o ooo
Amount nrollcctcd from sale oi coal and
,,rI. @rGai mineral, ,...';..,...., goGtip
Ioal and asphalt mineral deposits ''... iSiiSfaS
rhn ,,.,.,..,,' ,..'''., ,,N'o''.' ~
trn,oi nronmr,,. Vae,,'a,e" ,Iine w ol unsnlu
ri,u,rvl,S III ''' NI'eN h'uoI
Iat te,, I.,. MMs,.t,... MI, ,.,,, ,oo ,oo
Threr boarding schools. Ngas. Ti. '''''''
iaga and Sipupa .....,........ 90 600
'''" i'"' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS d.2oo
Total ....... 40 ocn
The estimated value or ursoIa
tribal propcrty I'm Tho s,miroIe rn
ton IA as follows.
LmAm.A Mission aJhooI $50 arre4 $ l5.Onn
Hoa135E9 osu,59 academy $50 acres ..,,,.. c2Aon
'''''''''''''''''''''''''' l'0O
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "a uoo
Only one tract OF 10 acres oi
rrlbal land I'm Ottawa county. Chero.
lee nation, remnins ursold ana wa,
reoftorcd for sale ON Julv "a. 1gIg.
During the fiscal wear a Comma,
tcncy commission has visited IN
members Of the Crock tribe Of In.
dams at their homes 20 ascnrt,i,
who arc cumpetent ana oannblc ~,
handling all business tr,ns,,t,,n,
affecting their allotted lands Win.
out departmental asglat.uce mr..
ing 1919 restrictions ON ~ oeg ..
acres Of allotted land were rc,no,,,,t
assoc being conditlDr,I r,,nov,I
and sold under suporyfs,ou a.,
fdS0,72S.l6
MANY pnuct, N,.,. n,
Libcrtv Io,n Gn-I' ''"''uS'
Hucs vero nur,,,s"j ,,' ,,,' "No ~
oJ ipIi,tdraI inI, 'Su'" restrict
umounf ~ xl0 ors '1nn ''''' I" ''
saving sf,,prs a., r,a "'' wa
SS32 76q 20 ,,9l.i,r. .' r'I I''' "
OF Fi1. .OgG 7Gg 9o An HT'",'' ,u' a.
yara rapistcr,a and go, .''.H
namc of thc e,r,ct,.r,. ,,S ,f,. ~ w
us trustec for ma iyli,, ,, ,'',', 49,
Inc hopa ana ,.,,, I..,,'..,,'''l - a.
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