Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1919 — SUE FOR INDIAN OIL LANDS [ARTICLE]

SUE FOR INDIAN OIL LANDS

Property Wcrth SOO M Hlion Dollara ta Sought by United States Dis1 Oklahoma will be filed tn the United States district CQlirt oq behalf of the Indian owners by John A. Fain. United States district attorney, for fifteen sections of Indian oil lands extending south to the old bank of the Ked river, said to be valued at 300 TTrfHion -dolla involvlng-SOjne of the richest oil lands In the country. The move was decided at a conference in Washington at which Attorney Gen--eral Palmer,. Mr. Fain and a Texas representative were present. The suit Ihvqlves the determination of the old river Tied which was the border. There are thirty-two Indiah properties on the land, extending for sixteen miles, Tain says. It is opposite the best field—ln the Burkburnett field.