Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-12
OUTLINES
TEXAS-OKLAHOMA
BOUNDARY LINE
II Follows the South Bank
of the Red River; Oil
Lands Worth Millions
Involved in Decision.
(By The Associated Press)

| WpShlngt on, April II. - Inc
| boundary between oklahoma and
Texas follows the south bank of
the Red river, the supreme court
held today in deciding the dispute
| between the two states.
The treaty of 1919 between the
United States and Spain made the
southern bank of boundary, tho
court said, citing negotiations be-
tween Secretary of State Adams
and the Spanish envoy at that time
when Texas was a part of Mexico,
Bv "every consideration, the
court added, that definition nf the
boundary was just and legal
Oil lands in the Red river valley
valued at many millions CT dollars
were involved in the suit The lands
have been in the hands OF re-
ceiver appointed by the supreme
court a yeaI" ago ON motion of the
government, which interviewed in
| the dispute between the states.
The Red River case grew out of
suit brought by the state of OKLA
homa which claimed title TO val
liable oil deposits lying in the
shallow waters of the liver. Had
the center of the river been held to
be the state line as Texas claimed
the oil wells in operation would
have been thrown into Texas,
Pitney Reads Decision.
| Associate Justice Pitney, who
read the decision, said
"The treaty of 1919, and a mass
of historical data. were before the
court. From excerpts between the
secretary of state, John Quincy
Adams, and the Spanish minister,
| it appeared that the question
whether the boundary should fol-
! low the middle of the Sabine and
Red rivers, or the westerly bank
of the former and the southerly
| bank of the latter, was one point
under discussion, the Spanish min
lister proposing the middle lines,
Mr.. Adams the hanks"
Spain's Plan Abandoned.
The opinion then recited that
| among Adams memoirs was found
the statement that the objection of
Spain to making the banks. instead
of the center of the stream the
boundary was finally abandoned"
Soon after the suit in equity was
instituted by oklahoma. attention
of the supreme court was called to
the Serious conflicts" which had
occurred between county officials
| from both sides of the river over
disputed jurisdiction and between
claimants to oil and gas rights UNI
der the laws of the two states as
| opposed to other claims based on
the contention that the oil deposits
under the river were vested in the
federal government
Receiver Appointed,
Recognizing the danger of
armed conflict even, the court
said, it proceeded to appoint a fed
era1 receiver to take charge of all
property in the territory. +, A.
Delano, who was appointed, has
continued to develop the oil prop
critics and to pay part of the pro-
ceeds to the owners, holding the
balance against a decision of the
court.
A new element was injected in
! the Saturday when J. M. Taylor,
claiming to represent certain In
dams, filed a petition for leave to
Intervene He presented a patent
covering much of the disputed ter
ritory said to have been issued by
President Van Buren, to the Cher
okees, o..
Today's decision will not affect
! the suit instituted by his princi-
pals, Taylor insisted.