Word: leaseholders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whether the field turns out to be oil or nothing, 69-year-old Farmer Cottingham is sitting pretty. With his own 390 acres, plus his two daughters' 320, he has royalty rights to a rich chunk of the Carter leasehold. Last week, in overalls and rubber boots, Farmer Cottingham phlegmatically cleared ground for more corn and cotton. But the gossips in Oklahoma City whispered that he had already been offered $10,000 for the royalty rights to a mere ten of his 710 acres...
...Majesty's Government is entirely willing to accord defense facilities to the United States on a 99-year leasehold basis...