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OKLAHOMA STATE REGISTER.
EIGHTEEENTH YEAR, NO.
44
GUTHRIE, 0 K L A.,
THURSDAY, J A N U AR Y
STATE EXAMINER'S REPORT.
It has been estimated that the total
direct taxation levied in Oklahoma for
l'J09 would aggregate $20,000,000. For
three months State Inspector and Ex-
aminer Charles A. Taylor and his as-
sistants have been gathering, classify-
ing and tabulating the tax levies of
Oklahoma, and some weeks are due to
elapse yet before the total will be
reached. The total direct taxation lev-
ied in 1908 was $14,400,082, divided as
follows: State tax, $906,223; county
tax, $4,772,248; city tax, $2,067,916;
township tax, $1,573,263; school dis-
trict tax, $5,080,430. The only 1909
total yet available is that of the state
tax, which is $2,171,816, or more than
double the 1908 levy.
The state tax is that levied by the
state government for the support and
maintenance of itself, including, how-
ever, in the 1909 levy, one-quarter of
a mill for the common schools of the
state. Th- county tax is that levied
by the county commissioners to pay
salaries of county officers, expenses of
county government, as sinking funds
for bond Issues for county improve-
ments, etc. The city tax is that levied
by cities or municipalities for the sup-
port and maintenance of city govern-
ments. The township tax is that lev-
ied by township officers for its own
support; school district tax is that lev-
ied by school districts for the spport
of schools.
Under the act of the last legislature
the state inspector and examiner was
given the duty of passing upon every
tax levy in thu state, as to its correct-
ness when proi ortioned against the
needs estimated, etc. This duty, by the
way, necessarily carried with it the
rigiit to make' reduction in the levies
presented to him, when they were
found excessive, though he was given
no authority to compel a reduction of
the levies according to his figures. To
do this work, the examiner and in-
spector had prepared blanks, for coun-
ties cities, townships, and school dis-
tricts, which he distributed, each to
its pioper place. These blanks were
filled out by the local officers and tor-
warded back to the state examiner,
where he is now figuring them over,
and will at the end total them in one
sum which will show the total taxes
for all purposes whatever in Okla-
homa.
An idea of the magnitude of the work
is given when it is remembered that
there are seventy-six counties in the
stat' 1,500 townships, 6,500 school dis-
tricts and approximately 1,000 cities
and villages.
Each of these cities, townships,
counties and school districts sends in
its tax sheet, making a total of about
9,076 sheets of tabulations. Each
sheet is sub-divided, showing how
much is wanted for roads, tools, sal-
aries, current expenses, how much
cash is on hand how much is owed,
how much is needed in total for 1909,
how much is needed for sinking funds,
interest on bonds, bonded imlebtedness,
etc., making in the grand aggregate
several hundred thousand sums to be
figured. In addition, the estimated
need is calculated against the actual
per mill levy, and if the number of
mills levied will bring in a larger sum
than needed, the per mill levy is cut
down to the proper amount.
In the 1908 calculations, prepared
for the second legislature in the early
part of the year, the state examiner
recommended reductions of a total of
$1,678,336, and many of these reduc-
tions were complied with. When the
1909 tabulations have been completed
reductions even greater probably will
have been recommended.
Like several of the other state offi-
cers, thj office of the state examiner
and inspector has several very diverse
duties. The one biggest thing he has
to do, is to calculate the tax levies.
The work has had the almost constant
attention of Assistant State Examiner
and Inspector Hugh Gerner for the
past three months, and of several of
the deputy examiners, and is still un-
finished.
But the constitutional duty of the of-
fice was to examine all county treas-
urers and the state treasurer twice
yearly without notice, and to assist in
putting into effect a uniform system of
bookkeeping in the county and state
offices.
It is the examinations of various of-
fices, county and stafe. that have at-
tracted so much attention to the
The Kansas delegation lined up as IH'NN IS CHOSt.V CIIIKI' Jl'STICK.
usual. Madison and Murdoch led the
insurgents. The other six Republi
cans from Kansas stood with Cannon
While more than ninety members were! Justlce j j Uunn of Alva was
absent from the House, none o. the, Tuesday afternoon unanimously elect-
absentees was from Kansas. ed rhM Justice of the me ,.ourt
Y EAR.
$1.00
• of j Governor Haskell Issues Proclamation for
An Extra Session of the legislature
LOCALS
The lragest number of jurymen and
witnesses are in attendance at Fed-
eral court since its existance.
Guthrie people should be careful in
going to Oklahoma City. Small-pox is
rampant there, and spreading, by local
report, at the rtae of five a day.
Census Supervisor Benj. F. Berkey
has returned from Dallas, where he
attended a meeting of the district su-
pervisors in a school of instruction.
A call has been issued by Acting
Chairman Harris for a meeting of the
republican state committee next
Thursday at the Hotel lone.
Judge Huston decided in favor of the
departments of domestic science, man-
ual training and kindergarten, in an
injunction suit against the city
schools.
Miss Kate Barnard, state charity
commisioner, has made a damaging
report on the Norman asylum and
asked for the resignation of Super-
intendent Clark.
At a mass meeting in the city coun-
cil chamber, resolutions were passe'
against the shutting up of Oklahoma
Avenue and Noble Avenue for the pur-
pose of putting a viaduct on Cleveland
Avenue.
A petition for an election on the
question of adopting the commission
form of government was filed with
Mayor Farquharson. It contains 697
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examiner and inspector's office during i names.
the year just past. The Guthrie Base Ball ( lub is pre'
His records show# that there have aireadv t,:i 111 x
been 151 examinations of county (reus-! 1- • • ■ r r " ' • t
urers' records during 1909—and the | News-Publicist
remarkable fact is also recorded that
not one county treasurer has been un
cr Mix
ason.
i of *■- ctnndlei
In the cltv this
< and said the city was improving
-1 and growing faster than any prior
the following proclamation for an ex
traordinar.v session of the legislature,
convene January the 20th.
Df Oklahoma, succeeding Justice M
Kune, of Kingfisher.
The five justices of the supreme
court elect one of themselves as chief to
ustice. The arrangement is that the
honor shall go in turn to each of the „ , ,
justices. Justices Dunn and Kane (iov''r""r 8 OI,ire- Guthrle' 0kla • Jan-
wore next in turn last May, as both! • 111(1
their terms expire this coming elec- PROCLAMATION".
tion. It was decided that one of these The administration of the affairs of
Governor (\ N. Haskell has issued' which the taxing authorities of the
two would be chosen then and that he
would resign early in 1910 to allow the
other to enjoy the honor before his
term expired. As Justice Kane was
about to be married, Justice Dunn
joined in insisting that he take the
place first and the former was given
the honor and Justice Dunn was elect-
c 1 Tuesday afternoon.
Justice Dunn is 42 years old. lie
was born in Illinois in 1867. During
his boyhood he lived in Mississippi for
six years, and at eighteen years of age
moved with his parents to Kansas. Tie
attended the Kansas university and in
1893 came to Oklahoma. He began the
nractice of law at Alva. Woods county,
nid 1896 and 1898 was elected county
ittorney, serving two terms. In 1902
le was elected president of the State.J*e8ai
lar association, in 1904 chairman of \ ,
faithful to his trust. In a year re- year. H a otntn
markable for its many prosecutions! The democratic e^or8 >t the ->tate
of countv officers for malfeasance and! held a meeting in the citj , ind
worse in oiilce, from the indictment of "'n insurged some, but the Insurgents
Judge Mabon in Pottawatomie county won.
down to the recent indictment of the; rand Army, Relief Corps and Ladle*
county commisioners of Muskogee j oi A. K. install Officers,
county, the fact stands out that not Joint installation of officers of Hart-
one county treasurer has been among ] ramt ^ost ^ A u tluj Roman's Re-
the two score county officers involved j li(,t tori)S all(j Hurtranft Circle, La-
in difficulties. How much of this goo'l|dies of iue ti. A. R. was the occasion
record is due to watchfulness, assist- 0j a j,ieasant gathering at Columbus
anee advice and co-operation of the |lan Assistant Adjutant General T.
-tate examiner and inspector with the
treasurers is hard to say, but undoubt-
edly a large part must be thus cred-
ited. In addition to examining the
county treasurers, Mr. Taylor and his
asistants have resolved themselves in-
to an advisory board for the treasur-
ers, and on any difficult point have
not only stood ready with expert ad-
vice but have sent expert accountants
to the puzzled county officer whenever
he asked it.
The state examiner and inspector
has also made several examinations
of other classes of county officers, but
these are special examinations usually
by order of the governor, and are not
one of the regular duties of the of-
fice.
HOUSE Tl'liSKIt ON CAWON | Fitzgerald, a Tammany man, voted
| with the republican regulars. Twenty
A Vote of 149 to 1 Against Letting j jx republicans voted as insurgents.
Him Name Ballingcr Committee | They wore:
Ames, Cooper, Davis, Fish, Good,
Gronna, Hayes of California, Ilaugen,
Hinshaw, Hubard, Kendall, Kopp
Lenroot, Lindberg, levering, Madison,
Miller of Minnesota, Morse, Murdock,
Nelson. Norris, Parsons, Pickettt,
Poindexter, Volstead, Woods of Iowa.
"It was a vote of no confidence in
the Speaker of the House." Victor
.Murdock said tonight. That was all
ho would ray about the affair for pub-
lication. The vote of Homilton Fish
of New York and Butler Ames of Mas-
sachusetts with the insurgents was
regarded as tha most sign.ficant cf the
Washington, Jan. 7.—The house in-
surgents, working with the Democrats'
won their first victory over Speaker
Cannon this afternoon. They took out
of his hands the power to appoint the
House members ow the committee that
will investigate the administration of
Secretary Baliinger of the Department
of the Interior and decreed that the
committee shall be named by the mem-
bers of the House. Almost at the same
time Gifford Pinchot, chief of the bur-
eau of forestry, was removed from of-
fice by the President. There was an
II. So ward was installing officer for
the G. A. it.
The officers of the post installed
were:
Comander, llenry Cole; senior vice
comander, James R. Reese; Junior
ViceCommander, C. R. Delay ; Chaplain
Albert A. Nicholas; Quartermaster, J.
W. Ray; Officer of the Day, George
Garrison; Officer of the Guard, W. D.
F. Linn; Patriotic instructor. \V. B.
Herod; Sergeant Major, J. W. Ray;
Quartermaster Sergeant. M. L. Mock.
The Relief Corps officers are:
President, Ruth ICiiman; Senior
Vice President. Martha Heines; Junior
Vice Commander, Luella Marshall;
Treasurer Ella Felton; Chaplain, Har-
riet Thomas; Conductor, Lula Cooper;
Guard, Lizzie Cliilds; Assistant Con-
ductor, Minnie Billings; Guard, Mrs
government of our state, its counties
and other subdivilons. the mainten-
ance of our educational system, of our
penal and other institutions, the public
improvements and enforcement of
laws, necessitate the levying of taxes
and raising of revenues from various
sources, and in the conduct of govern-
ment, state and local, the compensat-
ing of many public officers.
No office can be conducted with
efficiency and economy, unless men of
sufficient experience and education
are employed and we must be mind-
ful of the fact that every capable of-
ficer is entitled to be fairly paid for
the service performed.
Our present state laws, fixing the
fees and salaries of most of our coun-
otlier public officials were pass-
territorial democratic committee
in 190G chairman of the democratic
campaign committee for the election of
lelegates to the constitutional conven-
tion, and in 1907 was elected to the
state supreme court by the largest vote
polled hy any of the justices.
$OME OKLAHOMA F.W'CATOIiS.
Hon. Thomas V.'. Butcher. Superinten-
dent Enid Schools.
Southwest School Men's Journal.
One of the most important and pro-
er> ssive city superintendents in Okla-
homa is Supt. Thos. W. Butcher, of
Knid, Okla. .Mr. Butcher is a native
of McDonough ccunty, Illinois, but be-
came a resident of Kansas at an early
age. He graduated at the University
of Kansas with the degree of A. B.
in 1894. and took his A. M. at Harvard
in 1S94
Prof. Butch?!* was superintendent of
the Sumner county high school at
Wellington. Kansas, for nine years and
was called from that institution to the
presidency of the Central State Nor-
mal school at Edmond, which position
he filled with honor and credit to him-
self until 1908, when he resigned and
went to Europe to take a postgradu-
ate course in the University of Berlin.
Or his return to this country last fall
Prof. Butcher was called to the sup-
erintendency of the city schools in
Knid, and tlie people of taht. city count
themselves quite fortunate in being
able to secure his services. While in
Kansas Mr. Butcher was a member of
the board of regents of the University
of Kansas from 190?, to 1906, and in
1905 he was elected president of the
Kansas State Teachers' association.
Supt. Butcher has a bright and promis-
ing career before him, and Oklahoma
Promice; Secretary, Laura Barnhart; h8 proud to have him In her educa-
Patriotic Instructor, Ethel Statune; | tional ranks.
indirect connection between the 'nsur~ i votes cast. Not all of the announced
gents and Pinchot t othis extent, that ^ jngurgent8 were present, but all who
the insurgents in the House aic '|n~|were there voted to curb Cannon's
-chot's friends, and it was a senate in- pQwer T)le reBult was greeted with
surgent, Dolliver of Iowa, who oner- . tremeI1(jOUs applause an dthen an un-
ed the Pinchot letter in tha Senate j eXpecteij i ^jnp; happened. Members,
yesterday. | w)10 ^ad voted with Cannon went to
The vote in the House was on a mo-: the In3urgent8 and congratulated
tion by Representative Norris of Ne- ] them Qn the reguIt
braska. It was an amendment to the
resolution wiiic hcalled for an inves-
tigation of the whole Ballinger-Pin-
chot controversy. The original reso-
lution said: "A committee of six
members of the House to be appoint-
ed'' to work with a like committee
from the senate. Norris proposed that
it be amended to read: "A committee
of six to be elected by the House."
Democrats Heady to Aid.
Taking away the power of the
speaker to appoint committees is a
fundamental part Of the insurgent doc-
trine. Champ Clark was out of town
and the democrats were without au-
thorized leadership, but the insur-
gents learned from democratic sour-
ces that the minority was ready to
lend a hand if anything should be
started, so they started the fight.
There was a long discussion of
amendments offered by House mem-
bers and little was said about chang-
ing the plan of selecting the members
of the committee. Over in the Kansas
delegation there w*as a littlo stir.
Murdock and Madison were getting
ready for something. That was ap-
parent .0 every hotly and interest cen-
tered on them. Pretty soon Murdock
^ began to move around among the
members. Wherever his thick shock
of auburn hair appeared there was
somebody watching. The regulars
In the House smelled trouble, and
Representative Dwlght, the official
Republican whip, began sending for
tiemhers. Madison sent out for insur-
gents and.the Democrats sent for their
iwn members. There were 150 mem-
bers on the floor but by the time the
clerk began calling the roll there
were a hundred more and when the
with Cannon and 149 against him
Lessees Buy Land at Oklahoma < ilt
Press Correspondent, Mae Vainpner,
Musical Director. Lillie Hoas; Color
Bearers, Cora Walker, Ida Smith, Nel- " ~ ,
lie Bones, Amanda Hopkins. Oklahoma <itj. Okla. Jan. L.
Mrs. Mae Vampner, department Tv.fnty .inartm* rectIons <,t in-
president of the order was tiie instal- <,' n'" '5 school lands were sold at
ling officer puolic auction ri the Oklanoma coun-
The following officers were installed t ^ tuf,'a£,
for the Ladies of the G. A. R.
President, Myrtle Ixiwe; Senior
Vice President, Mrs. V. H. Walton; Ju-
nior Vice President. Mrs. M. E. Lyon;
Treasurer, Mrs. M. E. Garrison; Chap-
lain, Mrs. N. S. Filson; Conductor, Mrs. .
N. P. Herod; Guard. Mrs. B. Bonthart. |"'"jket
Following the ceremonies there IB.tlh lltOli.li .i (MiNhHS
of the State Land Commission. The
lessee was the purchaser in each case.
The Oklahoma county sale will tit
concluded Thursday.
Next Monday the Kiowa county lands
authorized to be sold will be place I on
"It was a case of absentees ruling."
one member said. "Dwight found it
impossible to bring in some o fthe re-
publican regulars, some of them were
in the lui'.ding and more in the house
office b..ilding across the street. They
were sent for and probably would not
come. They did not care if the in-
surgents d!d win."
A Hard Mow for Cannon.
Th efeeling is tonight that Cannon's
power has received a most severe
blow ever struck against it."
"It was a great victory for those
who have been fighting for reform in
the rules," Madison of Kansas said to-
night. "The significant fact to me was
the votes that came to us from New-
York and Masoehusetts. They indi-
cate the spread of the movement."
That the members learned some-
thing of public sentiment when they
went home for the vacation became
evident in the action of the House to-
day. The members who helped the in-
surgents by absenting themselves
showed sympathy with the insurgent
movement and many insurgents be-
lieve that in some future fights they
will get the help of these members. If
they do the insurgents will soon be
strong enough to hoi dthe balance of
power when they can be assured of
Democratic help.
Coming as It does in the same week
with the announcement that insur-
gents will he barred from patronage,
the vote shows how weak was the
movement to discipline the Insurgent
forces. Indirectly It is the answer to
the withdrawal of patronage. Every
man who ha sreason to believe that
he was to be cut out of patronage,
voted against the Speaker today.
following me ceremonies wieie
were refreshments served by the com-
mittees. Mrs. Ida Ruby sang "The
Grand Army Man."
Demonstration Farm Selected.
Shawnee, Okla., Jan. 13.—At a meet-
ing of the Pottawatomie County Farm-
ers' Institute yesterday the demonstra-
tion farm of this county was selected.
It is the farm of George G. BoggB, one
mile north of McCloud. Forty acres
of this farm are to be planted In five
crops—corn, cotton, potatoes, alfalfa
and oats—the seed to be furnished by
the state and the soil to be treated ac-
TO 00 TO SUPREME COURT
Appeal to Be Taken on New Jerusalem
Proposal.
Secretary of State Cross has "tiled
that Campbell Russell's New Jerusa-
lem petItion. to which citizens of Guth-
rie presented objections, were suffic-
ient in all particulars, and Frank Da'e
representing the protesting property
owners announced that he would take
an appeal to the supreme court. Sen-
ator Russell says that he has nc
money with which to employ attor
cording to directions of the superin- "P>'B ?nd th,at he ^J'1 n''Ppfr ,f,or the
tendent of the demonstration work. New Jerusalem petitioners In the su-
The owner of the farm is guaranteed: lir™e pourt'„ . ■ .
against loss by the experiments made.! Sf-eretary Cross has referred i
Permanent officers of the county In- Taylor election law to the Attorney
stltutute elected were: L. E. Cole.: General's department for a ballot title
president; V. V. Jones, secretary. SW-1 nd official receipt has been prepared
retarv Barrett of the State Board of j by the secretary for the republican
state committee, which made the filing
some months ago.
The Oklahoma City state capital re-
moval bill also has been referred for
a proper ballot title.
Agriculture was made an honorary
member of the institutute. The next
meeting will be held at Wanette the
middle of January. An executive com-
mittee was selected ns follows:
Messrs. W. L. Conway, Shawnee; M.
T. Willis. Wanette, and L. A. Hamp-
ton, McCloud.
lliirh Court Ke^erses Decision.
The supreme court in an opinion
by Chief Justice' Kane, on rehearing
in the telephone test suit of the South
McAlester-Eufaula Telephone com-
pany vs. State of Oklahoma, ex rel the
Bakcr-Reidt Mercantile company, over-
rules its former decision in the case.
In affirming the district court of Pitts-
burg county the court holds that the
town of Hartshorn had authority un-
der the act of congress to pass a fran-
chise specifying the rates to be charg-
ed by a telephone company.
The decision of the court sustains
clearly the contentions of the tele-
phone company, but it is stated that
this decision will not necessarily af-
fect franchise cases in Western Okla-
homa, that the former decision hold
d by the Oklahoma territorial legisla-
ture, several years before the state
was organized and are still operative.
But unfortunately wo find the various
laws on the subject of fees and sal-
aries of officials so complicated,
chaotic and indefinite as to make it
impossible to determine their real
meaning and application, and there-
fore the courtv attorneys, as well as
others learned in the law in the state
find it utterly Impossible to harmonize
in the construction and application of
these laws, and after two years' ex-
perience In state government, there is
no uniform practice arrived at and no
certainty r.s to the real meaning of
the laws governing official fees and
compensation And this controversy
can only be brought to an end by leg-
islative action, making definite and
certain what public officers may just-
ly receive for their service.
1 believe that the law should be so
amended that every county officer
would have his compensation fixed at
a fair living salary and that, all of-
fices that receive fees from the public
for services rendered should be requir-
ed to carefully collect and deposit such
fees in the county treasury and that
in every class of public service, the
legislature should carefully amend the
law so as to limit the payment of sal-
aries only to officers actually required
for the public good and at rates of
compensation such as the same class
of efficient service would receive in
private business or corporation.
The question may be asked why this
ubject could not be deferred for the
onsideration of the regular session of
the legislature one year hence. In
answering this, I desire to say that 1
advised by able legal authority
that under our state constitution the
salary of an officer cannot be decreas-
d or diminished during the term to
which he lias been elected. If the law
is not amended before the general
elect'on next November, it could not
be made operative for three years and
therefor if the people of Oklahoma
re to have the benefit that will accrue
to them from a reasonable amend-
ment of the present fee and salarv
aw, it must bo done prior to the next
•lection. Tt, will easily be ascertained
hat man'' times the cost of a short
esslon of the legislature at this time
•an be saved without doinsr injustice
to those who servo the public in of-
ficial rapacity. If the legislature
hall make such amendment at this
t me. those elected to office noxt No-
mbcr will be subject to tlie provis-
ions thereof.
Taxation.
Every patriotic citizen of Oklahoma
inderstandfi that to enjoy the bless-
'ngs of self-government they must
ontrlbute to tbe expense thereof, and
this expense of government we term
taxation."
it was once said that "America had
millions for defense but not one cent
for tribute." and with equal eniohasis
the people of Oklahoma should say.
we have means for conservative,
economic government, but our surplus
!s required for home building and home
comforts.
Strictlv honest officers whose duty
it is to fix the tax limit from year to
ear within their jurisdiction, are at
times ove**-imnressed with the neces-
sity for speedy and extensive nublic
Improvements the laudable ambition
to make Oklahoma attractive to tlie
irprld at tUne*. wa toiler*, warps the
iudgtnent of honest men. and leads
them to forget that when Oklahoma
may have equaled or excelled otl
slate and its subdivisions could not
legally go, but it was not contemplat-
ed that the tax levies would reach tbe
maximums except in rare cases of ne-
cessity. But after two years 1 find the
disposition to levy the limit in many
cases.
1 theiefore urge that the legislature
should reduce to lower maximum lim-
its. so far as the power of the tax-
ing boards may be exercised without a
vote of the people of the district af-
fected by any levy, and I earnestly
recommend to the legislature that ev-
er.\ maximum limitation be substanti-
ally reduced, that necessitates only
may be provided for, and 1 further
recommend that the voting of bonded
indebtedness upon the district, county
or municipality : hall bo placed under
legislative provision so far as possible
requiring greater consideration by the
people, and a better opportunity for
the people to express their wishes be-
fore any such bond issues are legal-
ized.
We must not forget that a bond
issue upon a district, a county or a
state, and must in time be paid by the
city, or the state, is in effect a mort-
gage upon all the property within such
tax payers thereof. It is far better
that Oklahoma shall turn its energies
and its earnings into creating peace
and plenty than it is to rush madly
Into schemes and enterprises and un-
necessary public Improvements, which
may well be deferred for
come.
years to
. 1 believe also that the present prac-
tice of valuing real estate every year
for the purpose of fixing its taxable
value is an extraordinary and needless
expense, and 1 therefore recommend
that when the valuation is placed upon
real estate this year, that bucIi valua-
tion shall stand for the ensuing five
The permanent character of real es-
tate will warrant this method, and will
thus leave only for annual valuation
new buildings, if any, 011 real estate
and chattel property, which by reason
or its changeable character necessi-
tates annual valuation. A tremendous
amount of expense will be saved, and
no harm will be done to the public.
State Taxes.
I had entertained the hope at the
beginning of state government that
within two years the revenues of the
state, other than by direct taxation,
may have reached that amount where
direct taxes for the maintenance of
state government could be wholly
avoided. The first year of statehood
one and one-fourth mills was levied
for the maintenance of state govern-
ment. Tills current year a levy of
about one mill was made for the cur-
rent expenses of state government, but
it was found necessary by reason of an
act of our last legislature, to add one-
fourth of one mill to the state levy
for distribution to aid in supporting
the common schools of the state, and
an addtlonal amount. e<iual to about
one-fourth of one mill was added to
the state lax levy to pay for the build-
ing of certain permanent public insti-
tutions, and due to the fact that cer-
tain corporations and industries,
against the earnings and productions
of which certain excise, gross produc-
tion and income taxes have been lev-
ied for state purposes, and which cor-
porations and Industries had. by tem-
porary injunction granted by the Fed-
eral Courts, avoided, at least for the
time being, the payment of these state
revenues. It was therefore found nec-
essary, until such time as the Federal
Courts might render decision in these
cases favorable to the state, to in-
crease the state tax levy about one
mill, and thus the sum total of the
state tax levy for the current year
was made two and one-half mills;
but I believe that additional legisla-
tion can he enacted that will increase
the revenues of the state from sources
other than direct taxation, and without
oppression or lnjutslce to the sources
from which these adiled revenues may
be obtained, so that 110 levy for state
purposes will hereafter be required
and to this end specific recommenda-
tions will be hereafter made.
These important questions, as well
as others that I may consider of Im-
mediate Importance In my judgment
warrant an extraordinary session of
our state legislature.
Therefore, by virtue of the authori-
ty of the State of Oklahoma. I do here-
by convoke the legislature in extra-
ordinary session at the City of Guth-
rie, nine o'clock a. 111. on Thursday,
th' twentieth (lay of January, A. D.
1610.
In Testimony Whereof, I have here-
unto Bet my hand and caused the
at Seal of the State of Oklahoma
THE HEIKE88 FOUND
Chicago. Jan. 10—Miss Roberta De
Janon, the granddaughter of Robert
Bulst the millionaire seed merchant of
Philadelphia, and Frederick Cohen
the waiter, who eloped with the young
woman from Philadelphia, December
29. were arrested by the police this
afternoon in a North Side boarding
house The 17-year-old girl and her
companion, who have eluded the po-
lice and many private detectives sent
in search of them by the young wo-
man's relatives, were found In a $4
a week room at No. 68 West Superior
Street, where they had been since last
Thursday night.
"We thought we would he found
sooner or later by the police," the
young woman said, when taken to the
Chicago Avenue Station and her
waiter sweetheart by Lieutenant Dam-
man and two officers When told that
a Philadelphia police officer would
tntes in the estimate of strangers. It I r0 i,P hereunto affixed, this tenth day
Ing a franchise to he a contract still
stands and that the Pioneer Telephone | arrive In Chicago to take them back
company Is still enjoined from raising ''ome tomorrow Cohen expressed re
Its rates in excess of the rates sped- lief and the girl did not seem displeas-'in writing state constitutions, and in-'af(er fifing his bond,
fied In its franchises. ed. serted maximum tax limits beyond
Is far more likely to be when we ar
able to say that Oklahoma has more
homes of comfort, more homes of
plenty, than when in the absence of
such homes, we could only sav that
Oklahoma has more fine public build-
ings than ttier rta'es.
I emphatically believe that the first
consideration should be home com-
forts, and realizing that the dollars
for tax payment come largelv from the
same source from which the dollars
must come to house and maintain the
famllv, I therefore protest agnlnst any
taxation In excess of the actual neces-
sity of the district, township, city,
county, or state for the necessities
thereof, administered with rigid
economy nnd that public convenience
requires privilege of half yearly pay-
ments
In making the constitution of Okla-
homa. knowing that most ne*> ite
of the last forty years had cone hank
rupt by reckless taxation, the cbnven
Hon departed from the usual custom
>f January. In the year of our Ixird,
Ninenteen Hundred and Ten. and in
the year of the Independence of the
United States of America the One
Hundred and Thirty-fourth.
C. N. HASKFIjti,
Governor of the State of Ok1 iiionia.
(Seal.l
Aitest: BILL CKOt-'S.
Secretary of Statr
J. J. Quarles Takes Chairman Hoff-
man's l'lace.
A commission was Issued Tuesday
to J. J. Quarle-' oi Hair jx as a mem-
ber of the board of public affairs to
succeed ( ol. Roy Hoffi an. appointed
judge of the Tenth district. Mr.
Quarts* is a banker at Fairfax and is
now a member of the boar' of regents
I for the unlvi rait pp'luri ory school
and was a member of the Constitution-
al Convention.
Mr. Quarles was sworn Into office
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