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Show commicision will be able to complete the survey and the appraisal of the lots of South McAlester about the first of next November. At the same time this commission has also been engaged in super-vising and establishing the exterior limits of towns in the Choctaw Nation. They entcred upon this work about March 15,1900, and the exterior limits of the following towns have been established, namely: Calvin, Allen, McAlester, Guertie, Poteau, Grant, Howe, and Kiowa. The towns of Calvin, Guertie, McAlester, Grant, Poteau, and Kiowa have taken advantage of the rulings of the Department allowing any towns in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations to be surveyed at their own expense, and it is understood that the survey of these townv is practically completed. This subject is also referred to on page 159. Chickasaw town-site commission.-The commission reached Colbert, Chickasaw Nation, May 23, 1899, and remained there looking over the ground and consulting with the inhabitants of the town relative to their desires, until about June 9, 1899, when the actual work of sur-veying and platting was commenced. The plat was approved by the Department August 14, 1899. Colbert has a population of about 200 inhabitants, and the area thereof, as agreed upon by the commission and approved by the Department, consists of 128.74 acres. The lots in Colbert, improved and unimproved, were sold for an aggregate sum of $5,175.75. The commission next visited Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, which is supposed to be the largest town in the Indian Territory, it being under-stood to have a population of about 7,500. It commenced work there September 1,1899, and has since been engaged in surveying and plat-ting the town. The area of Ardmore, as agreed upon hy the commis-sion, consists of 2,260.06 acres. September 1,1900, the commission transmitted the plat of Ardmore, with a list, in quadruplicate, of the owners of improvements on lots in that town. Office report of September 7,1900, invited the attention of the Department to the fact that the commission had not complied with the Department's instructions of July 1, 1899, relative to the maximum size of lots in the town of Colbert, which were to the effect that business lots should have a width of 25 by a depth of 150 feet, and residence lots a width of 100 by a depth of 150 feet, each lot to con-tribute its proportionate share to the width of alleys established, or as nearly that size as practicable, " havingregard to theinterests of thepar-ties residing in the town," and having "due regard to the convenience of the parties in theestablishment of alleys andstreets." Whole blocks, varying'in size from 300 by 400 feet, to 533 by 600 feet, were scheduled by the commission as one lot to the owner of the improvements. The Choctaw and Chickasaw agreement provides that the owner of improvemen.ts may purchase one residence and one business lot at 50 per cent of their appraised value, and the remainder of the property |
