Show REFORM IN HANDLING INDIAN LAND SALES washington oct 1 new methods for the handling of indian land sales saks have been put in force by the bureau of indian affairs whereby the indians u ill receive at least 50 more per year than under the old system according to officials of the bureau under the new course of procedure purchasers of indian lands will be put in possession of the land as soon as the sale is approved by the secretary of the interi inter interns nr r and the purchaser will not be compelled to wait until patent is i issued sued the money will be deposited immediately to the credit of the indian instead of t 11 L ng held up for three or four months it is believed by the indian nofri bials that this procedure will ill cause greater competition resulting in increased prices for the lands when it is known to prospective purchasers that the they may be in possession of the land sixty days after the purchase indian office records for the last fiscal y year ear show that there were over acres of indian land sold at an average price of fifteen dollars an acre totaling approximately |