The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-09
rrdorses Plan to Post
none Closing Lease
Period rs Years.
REOs ARE IMPROVING
|p;lss of Figures Quoted in
Last Official Report Of
Indian Commissioner.
., p.sCoM N. TrMMONY.

|sA the eNttlSloi VI Wv - No. pSIVu
~ ,bc Usage Indian lands. The
E ..us course had been recommended
|sr secretary Of the Interior Payne
|w,nday. and It was thought at that
.ws % hat secretary Payne was simply
|snIawing scns' ideas on the matter.
%I, il evident that all the oil and
-, 4, the Usage reservation can not
H. reduced prior to 1891. when the
|rxral trust period expires" Com
m,.,oner Sells said In his report.
|"consress should extend such period.
rhs Usage Indians claim that all the
rirsras belong to the tribe IN COM
mon and have petitioned for an ex-
,,nsion for 25 years from 1891.
h issisation is pending which II en-
,r,ed into law, will extend the trust
n.riod and will make subject to the
ctahcma laws ths gross Produc-
lion OF oil and gas -
The report was the eighth made
|hv Commissioner Sells. It was also
I'M, last as ne will retire from office
|nme time in March. In the more
|rneral parts of the report. Sells
s,aN with citizenship for Indian SOL
|A,y and sailors. education, health.
|lstan employment, farming, leasing.
Irrigation, stock raising and other
Indian industries
Many Investments Made.
rr the most part the report was
haka up with Oklahoma Indian
katers. Discussing Indian finances
Sells said that 904
hanks still carry Usage funds and
|us banks still carry tribal deposits
III the five civilized tribes.
The bonds in force covering both
|ribal and individual Indian MONEYS
amounts to approximately $4,000
loo. The deposits are considerably
ss as superintendents are not per-
Fitted to make deposits up to the
|iall amount OF the bonds and be-
cause tribal deposits OF the five
tribes are being withdrawn rapidly
for the purpose Of making per capita
payments.
The increase shown by the figures
is especially remarkable when II Ia
that vast sums Of money
belonging TO the Indians were invest
Cd in Liberty bond loans" Sells said
Had Il not been for this the increase
exceeded the figures given"
Population Figures.
The grand total Of the Indian pop
ulation in the United States IL $685.
337. The greater part of this is In
the five civilized tribes, which, In
cluding freedmen and intermarried
whites. have a population OF 101,606.
The total Indian population Of Okla
hcma is 1926.
The total Usage population is
gwen as 2.l47. of whom 1.109 are
male; l,03s are female; 9l4 minors;
1898 adults; 775 full bloods and
l3'2 more than half blood.
APPROXIMATELY 9S,S66 acres Of
land were leased at the three oil
Ease sales held IN the Usage during
The fiscal year. Sells said. bringing
n a bonus consideration Of $12.110.-
lto.
In Regard to OIL.
There are approximately 5,S49 oil
tsls In the Usage, the report said,
ringing in from two to 1890 barrels
zach, with a total daily production
;! about 10000 barrels. Sells said
mat despite the scarcity OF casing
shd other materials necessary to
larry on drilling operations "devel-
cpment has been reasonably rapid
ahd many new pools have been dis
Svered and are now being de-
seoped."
1t Is proposed to set aside three
Rer cent OF the royalty accruing to
Pc Indians for the purpose Of con-
Frucing and maintaining permanent
pad and bridges In Usage county"
sels said. 1T is believed that the
passage of such an act will serve the
eest interests not only OF the Usage
indians, but also the oil and gas
IeSees, who II the trust period is ex-
ended, will have their leases extend
"a 50 long as there Is paying produc-
lon, and the state OF Oklahoma and
county OF Usage will greatly benefit
" the taxes collected and by the
nents."
In a table Sells gave the acreage
sased on July I as 495.764 and for
az lf33Sis. Some leases have
'een made since that time.
IN addition to the 5,S49 producing
;Vsge oil wells, there were h76 pro-
..uclng gas wells. and dry and aban-
'0ned wells from time Of discovery
. July |, we're 2.2s6. The gross
'''o9duction OF oil In the Usage from
Ivy !, 1919, to June so. 1890. was
'Io!I34s barrels. the royalty credit
: the Usage nation. $2.904.161.37;
ae average barrels per we'll for the
'S, 2,sls,5 and the average barrels
Nr well per day, 8.
Deals in Big Sums.
Under the head OF receipts Sells
a sa me royalty on oil produced In
ne year was Ss,079.778.46: royalty
y gas produced. Ss72.76332; ad'
shce rental produced. 3sb4.6s: rem.
a In lieu OF drilling. $113.13s.6s;
n',erest on deferred payments. 3s7,-
.hI?, and miscellaneous, &6,92s
..,aich together with bonus sales OF
= Ieases amounting to $8,6f1,S74,72.
Fought the total receipts OF the year
. MIS- 1853.
the years fiscal operations for the
we civilized tribes were the largest
their history. involving the
,.,hdllng of S47.66S,ss6.02, includins
sseelpts and disbursements OF all
Wis, Sells said.
indian money belonging to individ'
~ indians OF the five tribes was
apended for their maintenance.
rms, buildings. livestock and
supment to the sum Of $l.96S.75s,
NV mt restrictions against alienation OF
aosd lands OF individual indians
,uf removed from 209,945.6t acres
ss.oElnr 2,57s applications for re.
"oal OF restrictions. the largest
,ULmeer Of any year since the act OF
'S ~. 1908.
a. Expenses Cut.
"A reduction In the number o'
s,e'o clerks and probate attorneys IN
y iive tribes was made during the
ecai year 1920. because OF mad
sssa,e funds and In consequence OF
.e Increased number OF removals