The daily Panhandle. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1920-08-28

BOUNDARY DISPUTE
NOT YET SETTLED


I Wy Associated fftss,
! At STlN, Aug. 2S.--Onc Of the great,
est legal struggles the United States
! has ever known viii develop from the
| Texas oh lahuma boundary suit now
pcnding in the United States supreme
| Court. according To ". &. Taylor, Texas
assistant attorney kencral The United
States. oklahoma aud Texas claim ju'
| risdiction over the lands involved.
| Nunc Of the factions in tire three cor
ncrcd fight ~ advancing claims for def
mite bodies III land this early in tho
struggle In a general way Oklahoma
claims that the south bank Of the Red
riycl as il flowed in 1919 correct when
tn. treaty between Spain and the
United states fixed the boundary be-
tween their respective holding in tho
line. The United States supports the
oklahoma contention where Indian
lands are involved and claims Jurisdic-
ton over these lands. Texas contends
that the center of the present river bed
is tn" boundary.
These conflicting claims leave the ii.
tie Ia a strip OF land along the mean.
dcTiug uf the river Tor at least five hun
bred miles in doubt. only the length
uf the strip is definitely set out in tht
claims It's width varies from few
bet To- several miles.
Texas Will first contend for the mid.
die og The river as the boundary, Mr..
Taylur said, and II il loses this tigh',
will claim the ordinary high water mark
of the present river as the south bank.
Evrcy foot of the land south of tho
nigh water mark Of the river will he
contested. II Oklahoma's claim that
the river has shifted north in places
since the treaty was signed is allowed,
he continued, Texas will ask that OK.
ilhomi be- required To prove every SHIT
Of the river which allows cnCroaChmcnt
.,p.,, soil ugxV hold ~ TeNaa
La rehuttar he added II is possible
that Texas viii attempt To prove that
he river bed has shifted south I'm plac.
-. and thus placed Texas lands on the
oklahoma tide. oklahoma has desis.
mated only one 81 two points where u
D. an, ed the river has shifted north.
Boundary FIXED in 1888.
II IN. south hank 81 the river in 1919
j. fixed a. the boundary. Mr.. Taylor
Slil the question Il fixing the oil
hank II the stream WI Increase tn.
ma gnitudc of tn" suit N will then
r,-oiy, itself into a of tangl"s
with IN, masses of evid % To- support
claims and counter claims al numerous
points along the river.
Tt, boundary b-tW zen the two states
has seen disputed practically ever Sincs
h. land was worth claiming. While
oklahoma was territory the United
states entered init and recovered Greer
county from Texas Vn the GROUNDS tnat
the south branch of IA. river. INSTEAD
o th. nrrih lran'h was tn. boundary
. "a that al ia. land in "a, forks 90 ths
rive. belonged e. oklahoma. Hut the
if-1,Yt. between the two states was held
geo losII proportion until the discovery
.; 'al ur the TsNs~ ~ii~ On Wichita
.rsurty. Then On November. 1918. pk.
If'i.iul ,lainl.d Lands between ne liu't
.u' ~. 'dg. - the river IN the T~Nas
.F rnd.r TIA allegation that IN. river
#1H -hi'fe,i fr,In ths bluffs northWsri
sir,' IN. treaty vas signed and from
rhi~ sl' Cr-w tie Du- involving the
MI Hfs,.. ls.unsiarv
pr4,tlsally al The land involved ~
~. if under the titl's issI'd - either ~
T..,l ur col isna-n1. W iuri-ii. iion over
{ n.il ~ thlur.ri. thu IT'LL Will 49,
.ff.. s.ii. o. D. ssii. AMI 10" urop.rtv
aIif.fttf O. rs.slls. hv tn -sts acquiring
Co.. url.es pfUt lsi-fz are riaa- o. fhe
,..sfraTr d. -. -fil-.U.-Tt g th. ait
Ths nr-f h.lrIug c this 49, before
d. supreme G.TIrf b. - for Nnv--uf,~r
- when ~. uu.stiun q whether tire
.i--iei.arI Oh fhs ssrs.-r county 40 shan
lrf-y ir this ssIit Wiil D. Submitted