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oo ey | a oy vv gmch amounts 28 are now or may hereafter be aus sori sed by Congress for specific purpioses.* The .ecutary of the Interior by regulations pregeribed +4 og, that the matroc of leasine for oil acd eas mining purposes on the - mo 8 Preservation sRoula be by public aust 300; and anciion Sales bare accordingly been regularly held on the reservation, throngh which - the lecsea have baen acquired. ‘he ardeg advertised for lesse sales are galected by the superintendent of the Osage Indien Agency, Paw- huecke, Oklehoae, with the aid of ofl and Za3 engineers or fi2id an ployees uncer his jurisdiction, Tha selection of lands to be offared are mace with a vies, of course, for best serving the interests af the Osaze tribe cud of attracting the aighsst possible bomis price. i and to ‘the event as) leasing and developing of tha entire reservaticn q in a mennér most profitable to the Indims. Ag a Pole the lands me offered in 160 acre tructs, Ya trast is developed to the point of — actual production orivr to ¢fferines it forlease put in wen instance. F such tracts ara inown ta be in prousing arens, proven by tracts rre-. viously leased and dril.isd. the plan of seiect ims the icrds ani leasins tne raservetion has bem tith a view to cevelonins the owtire Tefesvuvion in ous. & say a5 &6 picye the of] value of tht lands” ar aS far as possitie prior to aivertising them for lease: ims to a - large extent the cuack areboard mathed of offering alternate tr:cts my 4 Res been follored, and as wells beve been drilled adjoining tracts ° *, have been offered as conditions jostify. the bons receipts from lease scles beginning with tha year : 1924, one endine With the year 1928, vere as follows: \— i Dates of sales. Bones recsived. a March 18-19, 1924, "$24,144, 000.00 \. June 3, 1624, 2,24 , 618.75 Decenber LE, 1224, 1,035, 875.00 a March 17-16, 1926, 3,995, 452,00 me feptember 20, 1925, 2,116, 860.00 re Barch 28, i$c7, 2,421, 650.00 &: re anlepamon 3 ~ ty haa all a whe a