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aa moe : me attempt te warder them and without anyone! s+ knowledge" . draw a will, leaving ons half their estate to ELLA ‘ROGERS, ter of W.B.'SMITH, and the other half:to GRACE BIGHEART, @. "sinter of RITA, less five dollars which they bequeathed to "POIRKHART, sister of RITA. “This will was not common inovieige date~of- the’ explosion’ which resulted in the death of .RITA: avch-10, 1923 and SMITH'S death March ly, 1923. ‘Lf the will ; ad not ‘existed MOLLIE BURKAHRT would have inherited al} the estate’ - of the "SMITHS “after ‘much litigation the court probated the. will, © ve ,, giving ELLA ROGERS one half, MOLLIE BURKHART one sixth, the GRACE <2“ BIQHEART - estate one sixth and JOHN BIGHS “ART eiee one sixthe a as “e ino ial ni en eee ae ; ae cae " . loys WE ae 4 irs ; . a ae as ee area? “that now constitutes Dsage ‘county. was “purchased: in’ “fate aye ‘United States Government: from’the Cherokee Nation for use” “asa reservation for the Osage Tribe, and during that year the Oscres * moved ‘onto: their regervation. The transactidn was not completed, - ~ however, unt4l June 1), 1863, the date of tha execution of the deed. >: The" price paid’ was $1,099,127 -h1, which is about 70 cents an acree .. _ Some, years” ‘later fhe bonuses ‘and royalties fromthe oil leases on hie of. ‘the many. tracts of 160 acres within the reservaticn amount ed it "to-more “than twice“the purchase price of the entire reservation; .* .° Ecvand for ‘for ia period-of eight years beginning in 1920, the average ears 3 ‘annual income ‘of each member of the” Osage: Tribe exceeded. the original Pde ot the Beservation. Oe ote cg . & , 2 <a Be . cee : “The Osage Indian Reservation Was owned, 5 in common wy | the a ie “tribe for 3y years. Then, by an act of Congress approved June, 1900, 07° oe the ‘land ‘included in the reservation was divided among the 2,229 -. a: ian * sipember's 5 » each receiving an allotaent.of 657 acres. The coal, gas, oe 2° ofl and other minerals were reserved by this act to the Csage Tribe. © aay in.common for a period-of 25 years following April 6, 1905. This. ; period of ownership dn common has had- several extensions, the last a ; boing by. an act of Congress which advanced the date to April 8, ASS— ee om ae Osage’ County, the largest county in. Oklahoma, containing - = an ares‘ of 1,470,059 acres, is in thé northeastern part of the State : * Sajoining the Kansas-Oklahoma line. The boundaries of ms county - :. coincide with those of the Osage Indian Reservation. 3 2298 0 © “square miles in size, which is more than twice as dares’ in area as” 3 the entire State of Rhode Island and | pearly 250 square miles. larger -_ Fothan the State of Delawares® ae * oe * eo “ hae th the > PEosont time it contains the following towns: ka, Fop. 6,500; Fairfax, pop. 2,300; Barnsdall, pop. 1,560; — 9. Pop. -2,3003 Shidler, pop. 800; Osage, pop. 500; Avant, POPs “Mynona, pope - 2003 Burbank, pope. 200; Webb City, POPs . 200; an3d a y: _ of the pounty: borders on the city limits (of Th Tulsa, OlcLehome - as. a