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Show Company, which was done July 16 last. The o5ce is not advised of any action having been taken by either the Choctaw or Chickasaw nations; such action may be taken, under the ruling of the Department, at any date prior to September 28, 1901. Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railroad Company.-This company was chartered under the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma and its articles of incorporation were filed in the office of the secretary of that Territory on the 6th day of March, 1900. On April 16,1901, applica-tion was filed in this office by Breckcnridge Jones, president of the company, for permission to survey and locate a line of road in a south-westerly direction from the city of Enid, in Garfield County, Okla., through the counties of Garfield, Woods, Kingiisher, Blaine, Cuater, and Washita, and through the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reser-vation, to a point on Red River on the boundary line between Oklahoma and Texas. April 18 the Department autho~izedt he survey and loca-tion of a line of road through Indian lands along the line described in the application except as to that portion extending beyond and across theKiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation, and on June 14 addi-tional authority was granted tor the hemy and location of that portion of the line extending through the Kiowa, etc., ~eservatione, ntering that reservation near the ninety-ninth meridian and leaving it at a point between the southeast corner of Greer County, Okla., and not more than 201niles east of the ninety-ninth meridian. July 26 the com-pany was further autho~ized to extend its survey over Indian lands northeasterly from Enid, Okla., through the Kausa and Osage reserva-tions. A map of definite location showing the line of route as surveyed through the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation was filed in tbis o5ce July 29, 1901, and transmitted to the Department July 30. This map was approved by the Department August 1, subject to the provisions of the act of March 2, 1899, and the United States Indian agent of theKiowa, etc., Agency was designated to act for and on behalf of any Indian allottees suffering damage by reason of such survey. Colnmbia Valley Railroad Company.-As stated in the last annual report, this company submitted application on December 21,1899, for permission to locate a line of railroad along the north bank of the Columbia River from a point opposite the town of Wallula, Wash., extending in a general westerly direction to Vancouver, Wash. Owing to an apparent conflict between this company and the Columbia Rail-way and Navigation Company for right of way along practically the same route, the Department, on September 7,1900, cieclined to approve the .map of section 6 of the Iine of road through T. 2 N,, Rs. 13,14, and 15 E., in Klickitat County, Wash., across Indian lands. It was subsequently satisfactorily shown that the line of road as proposed by the Colnmbia Valley Rai11.0ad Company would promote the public |