, 1921-06-30

HE e1isuHS leases and a applica-
tens up 70 this stass Of iha proceed
inss' those directing machinery of
fhe mestins made II sppapsnt that
no whites would be heard ana thai
none but members OF che tribe would
be accorded privileges OF the hoor or
participation in any manner in the
After the HALEY application an
parcE.ly had been lost in the shuttle,
Clayton n Jones' Of jamestown, n.
T.. representing the Northwest OIL
SYNDICATE with which Mr.. Jones gave
the Indians TO understand Ringing
interests are affiliated. personally
submitted an application for lease,
stating TO h council that this lease
was for lands cast Of the lands, on
which the discovery well Is located
on Sonn creek and on strictly wild
cat territory. Description OF the land
covered IN the application was not
read 10 the Indians nor TO anyone
else during the messing. Mr.. Jones
in behalf Of. the applicant he repre-
sentcd. stated that his clients were
friends of the Indians, that thsy
would Tight their battles; that they
would pay a royalty Of Is per cent OF
gross production; that = they would
driil within three months and would
market tho oil produced within so
days after 1t was brought in. IL.
added that they had money to build
both a pipeline TO the field md a re-
fnery. .
AZ this juncIure WHfrod o'Leary,
secretary of the Western States com
pany, approached tho secrctary's desk
where tho appIica ton rcposed and in
.Naar1A Al - ~ - IT.
his company holds leases was af-
fected. He was assured that none
was concerned in the leases and was
ordered TO leave tho desk when he
endeavored to Inspect the application.
Then Senator Hogan walked 10 the
desk. and picking up the application.
nc read It hurriedly and found that
the application for lease presented by
Mr.. Jones covered all OF the tribal
land under lease to the Western
States except $50 acres on which the
discovery vel is. located.
Meantime various Indians were de-
handing that the lease be read. but
Russell White Bear merely waived It
before these protestants. few II any
of whom can speak English. and told
them that they were supposed TO
know what II contained and that II
they wished to do SO they themselves
could come to the desk and read Il.
The meeting up to this stage had
consumed all OF the afternoon and
It was at that timo Q O'Clock. Many
Of the Indians. firing Of the discus
son and believing that the applien-
don involved strictly wildcat terri
tory not severed by existing leases.
had left tho meeting and 1t wns ap
parent that a majority OF those who
remained. representing probably one-
nth OF those who had participated
in the deliberations earlier in the day.
were in the belief that no existing
lease wa affected when they voted
TO grant the application.
BY this time Senator Hogan had
advised several OF, the Indians of the
true nature OF the application and
these began to make insistent de-
nands for, recon ideratIon of the
yote. There was a rush TO the dcsk
If Indians protesting against being
iobbed and for a time pandemonium
'eigned. Jim Carpenter. who had
been presiding. left the chair. believ-
ing that the meeting had been ad-
iourned, He refused TO sign on the
dotted line fixed in tho application for
signature OF the chairman. Argu-
ment. so heated. that it seemed fisti-
auffs would be exchanged. was in
progress and there appeared iminency
Of a knock-down and drag-out affair.
When some semblance of order was
restored and in the absence of the
chairman. Mr.. Jones then presented
another lease application covering
lands on the Sport Creek Black
'Gulch, Willow Creek and Rotten
Grass structures. The irst two are
near wyola. The Mid-Northern is
drilling Sport Creek and the Pro-
ducers & Refiners corporation in the
Black Gulch. on Willow creek the
Mid Northern is preparing to drill and
and on Rotten Grass the Western
States has sunk a deep test well
through the light oil producing hori-
zon. This application, in the name
of a man named Bowling. as nearly
as il could be Understood in the pre-
vailing tumuit. was prefaced by q
resolution purporting to set forth that
the Indians had previously r~epudiated
all leases granted and had revoked
authority OF Superintendent Asbury
to sign them.
In the confusion Mfr. Jones sug.
gested hat the motion be made with
reference to adoption OF the resolu'
ton Inc this was Tor by Secretary
George Hogan. who assumed the
chair. and was apparently put by
him, for a few Indians raised their