Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-05-01 | Page 1 | South Half of Red River is U. S. Property

SOUTH HALF OF RED RIVER IS U. S. PROPERTY WASHINGTON'. Mnv 1 The supreme su-preme court today denllnrd to decide iat this time what oonstitiitrs tiw sotithN j hank of tho lted riwr an Issue In tho 'controversy hetvvrcn Txus and (kla-i (kla-i ho ma Involving rich oil lands- hut an opinion delivered hv .lust fee Vande- ' vanter declared the claim of Oklahoma to the bed of the river wus mt well ! founded. j Tho court held that the riparian (rights of the claimants holding as In-j In-j dian allottees, extended -only to the middle of the river nnd not to the south hank, hut thnt the south half of the river helonced to the I'nited States. (This conrluslon as to federal owner-shTp, owner-shTp, Justice Va ndevnntf r said, wss hlnding upon all claimants.