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Show REPORT OF TEE COMMlSSIONEU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 25 outlay,of funds, sothat it is hot monomicall for anyone Oo lease the land if he must ,p%y the irrigation charge8 in addition to other .ex-penses.: This is -p%rticularlrlyt rue: where the lands have become.alka. line, require summer- fallowing, .andmust.lie idle for at least one &awn!w aitboutp osibiliBp ob.rienimezation. Owida to,e kcilmsbatiLeiv of this nature there are lands tbatican not po~ibly.o p.e" e verto repay the irrigation charges unlesslegislationof :tlus character be.enacted. Confusion also exists due to lack of wformity of laws a plying to Indian irrigetion. projects, This is :particularly true wit[ refer-ence to collections. : On,Bl:of th'e.projects unpaid charges are s iiew against the land, and the interests of the Govefnnlent ai-ethus !pro., tected. In order to afford proper protection, it is desirable that a lien bemated #gain%tfIsmds.und@aB the1ndianrirr$9tidn,pmjects to assure repayment of the expenditures. At the present time where no lien exists there is no assurance that the costs of the projects will be repaid. > . , ' . . . , . ~ . . , THE FIVE CIVILFZED TRIBES IN OKLAHOMA , ,.:. , . , . , , . . , . During.the ear further progresshas been made.to&d the ;losing out of the tri t a1 afffiirs of the Five Civilized Tribes; 41,196 acres of. tribal lands .of the .-Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Greek Nations,including 9 5to wn lots, Re% offered f o r sale . Bt..p u b k auction. hiJuly,. 1925; about 29,963 acres were sold . . . .. : . $ . . In the Choctaw and ChickasawNations the .remaining tribal prop-erty is valued at $10,752,957, iu,the.Creek Nation at $99,550, and a the Seminole. Nation ab $30,000. Tbere remains to be collected from ourchasers of tribal ~robertv heretofore sold , a total sum of $1,022,505. . . . ; . . . , Upon request of the committee on 1;dian Affairsof t h i ~ o u s okf Xepre~entativesa~ c: ensus was taken of the living enrolled hll-blood and other restricted members of the Five Civilized Tribes. From the census it ap ears thatthe living enrolled full bloods number 9,100 *nd that tfe :other living enrolled restricted Indians: number 2,286, making,a,;+tal of 11,386 living enrolled restricted Indiana of the Five: ivihzed Trihes.. The conservation and. protedtlon of the property interests iof :the Indians of the restricted class' and :the proper administration of their affairs relating to their restricted lands and funds arenbiv:our chief concern. Reports from the field indicate that there is a decided imP rove- ment in management by Indian farmers of their farms and o their livestock. The field clerks and Government farmers assist a;nd encoupage. the. ~ t r i c t e dIn dians i n their farming endeavors and devote as much time as possible in visits to'the homesof tke Indian allottees, thereby obtaining first-hand information a$:toconditibns and as to necessary changes 'and improvements and how *hey may best be brought about. It is reported that the exhibit of the Indians of theBive Civilized Tribes at the Oklahoma Free State 'Ptiir in. Muskogee in October, 1925, occasioned much favorab1e:comment and was a splendid display ,of agricultural progress. Itiformation.. was received that several prizeswere awarded to restricted Indians for individual entries in'open competition against all exhibitors. Under the supervision of the field force, the sum. of $4,049,335, individual Indian' money, has been expenrled for maintenance, farms,, . I . . , . . . . . . . |