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Show Randlett, containing 400 acres, is on the south half of section 28 and the east half of the southeast quarter of section 29, township 4 south, range 12 west. 1t was surveyed into 112 blocks, and appraised at $29,699. The sale began on May 13, all the lots being sold at the first offering; they brought $68,754. Eschiti, containing 320 acres, is on the north half of section 3, township 4 south, range 14 west. It was surveyed into 77 blocks and appraised at $15,222. The sale began on May 23, all the lots being sold at the original sale, realizing $50,907. Quanah, containing 320 acres, is on the south half of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter, and the west half of the southeast quarter of section 36, township 3 south, range 16 west. It was sur-veyed into 74 blocks and appraised at $12,549. The sale began on June 3. There remained unsold 513 lots, appraised at $4,728. The lots sold realized $10,252. Isadore, containing 320 acres, is on the south half of the northeast quarter, the south half of the northwest quarter, the north half of the southwest quarter, and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 24, township 2 south, rauge 16 west. It was surveyed into 77 blocks and appraised at $10,195. The sale began on June 13. There remained unsold 544 lots, appraised at $3,781. The lots sold realized $7,937. Ahpeatone, containing 320 acres, is on the west half of section 34, township 2 south, range 13 west. It was surveyed into 77 blocks and appraised at $12,541. The sale began on June 23, and 851 of the lots, appraised at $7,973, remained unsold. The lots sold realized $5,751. Koonkazachey, containing 160 acres, is on the south half and the south half of the north half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the north half of the southwest quarter of section 13, town-ship 5 north, range 19 west. It was surveyed into 42 blocks and appraised at $4,152. The sale began on July 5, and 502 of the lots, appraised at $3,728, remained unsold. The lots sold realized $449. The prices obtained at all these sales are believed to represent the full value of the land. In selecting the names for the towns I kept in view the preservation of .certain historic associations with the period of civic transition through which the region had passed. Randlett was named in honor of Col. James F. Randlett, the United States Indian agent who for so many years and in so unsel6sh a manner protected the Indians of this agency from the spoilers who beset them; Isadore, in honor of Father Isadore, the good priest who has 'been so practical a worker in the missionary fidd among this group of Indians, and the other four towns to perpetuate the names of four of the most notable Indians who took part in the activities connected with the opening of the great Kiowa reserve. |