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Show REPORT OF TEE C O ~ B S ~ O N EOPR I NDIAN AWAIRS. 73' April 19,1902, the Department decided that the money should be disbursed as follows: To William Douglasa, under his contract.. ................. $735.30 To Maggie A. Seelye, under her contract.. ................. 2,890.07 ToEllaM. Seelye, und,erhercontraetandfor haulingDouglass's logs, etc .................................... . 4,956.03 To George F. Porter, supplies, etc.. .................... :. . 8,124.69 To Costello, time check.. .................................. 299.00 To the Indian stumpage fund ............................. 8,105.58 To parties entitled to one-half scale bill. ................... 204.88 To account time checks given under Maggie A. and Ella M. Seelye contnrcta, and already paid ....................... 7,880.49 Total ......................r... .................... 33,198.04 This was practically in accordance with Office recommendation. April 22, 1902, Agent Michelet was advised of the Department's conclusions and instructed to make requisition for the money and dis-burse it, and hi~accouutsforthefourthquartero1f 902 showitsdisburse-ment.' This case is therefore closed. Kiowa and Cheyenne and Arapaho Agencies, 0kla.-February 7,1902, Glitsch, Randolph & Glitsch, of Auadarko, Okla., requested of this Office permission to purchase the dead standing or fallen walnut tim-ber on the allotments under the jurisdiction of the Kiowa Agency in accordancewiththe provisions of theact of February 16,1889 (25 Stats., 673). Subsequently other parties requested that they be authorized to purchase that timber, and the dead standing or fallen walnut timber on the allotments under the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency. - February 24 the Office submitted these communications to the Department with the recommendation that the timber be not sold. After considerable correspondence the agents for these agencies were instructed to estimate the amount of walnut timber on the allotments under their rkpective supervision which was susceptible of sale under - the act referred to. May 22 Lieutenant-Colonel Randlett reported that the walnut timber susceptible of sale on the allotment8 under the Kiowa Agency would not in the aggregate exceed 59,473 feet board measure, and that of this amount hut 26,588 feet would dress 16 inches in diameter; and Major Stouch reported that there were not more than 2,500 feet board measure of dead walnut timber on the allotments under the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency subject to such sale. The Office on June 2 recommended that it be instructea to notify the different, parties that the Department did not consider it advisable to request authority from the President for the sale of the timber. June 4 the Department approved that recommendation, and on June 10 the Oflice advised all interested parties accordingly. Siletx Agen y, 0reg.-Article 4 of the agreement of July 13, 1892, |