The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL: TlIt'rtSllAY MORVIN* I, M VV IS,
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THE FUNDS
Report of the Tutorial Bosrd
Education.
NO LAW FOR PAYING INTEREST
a-.d cancelled checks for monies «] -burs
ed. ind we flnd the total receipts of the
school land office from May 1897. t
May 1. 1899. to be- I339.819.MI, of which
amount f23.U5.D3 were disbursed f. r
expends, 11.06205 was returned to ap-
plicants and the sum of $3n.VdO.:t'. paid
over to the Territorial Treasurer, leav-
ing $l*i.78 belonging to the funds of
sections 13 and 31 in i r «er County, which
was checked to th ■ account of the School
Land Board, who b ythe recent.y adopted
rules are made the custodian of the
school and public building funds.
From a full examination of the boo-.s of
t'he School Land Office, the bank bonks
and the cancelled checks, we have ascer-
tained tho financial transactions of the
office to be as follows;
Account* of the Treasurer, nnd the
Nchool l«uud Rental Are Ex-
amined— .Honey Regularly
r l>epoaite<^
Tho report of the Territorial Board of
Education on the status of the school
land rentals has been made public. The
board was in session all of Tuesday and
.examined all accounts of the governor
In relation to these rentals. Under the
new rules and regulations Governor
Barnes was relieved of personal responFt-
biuty of t he custody of the rentalii of
the public lands, and asked that the bock
cash accounts, and bank acounts be caie.
fully examined. The report is as fol-
lows:
REPORT.
To Hon. C. M. Barnes. Governor:
Sir:—In compliance with your request
Of date May 13th, 1899. towit:
Guthrie. Okla., May 13. 1899.
Hon 8. N. Hopkins, Secretary, Terri-
torial Board of Hducation.
Dear Sir: In view of the fact that
3 havt had personal custody of the funus
arising from the rentals of public lands
In the Territory for schools and col-
leges and public buildings for
ithe past two years, during which
•time l have had In custody larg< sums
of money, amounting it times to « ver
One Hundred Thousand Dollars, and in
vl w of the fart that under the new rules
recently adopted by the Board for Leas-
ing School Lands 1 'have been, a* my I
^own request, relieved to some extent I
of this persi • al responsibility and have
closed my personal account, I deem It |
proper to request that you cal a meeting ;
of the Territorial Board <>f Education at
an early date and r«'«iuest said Boar<1 to
make a careful examination of the books,
cash accounts and bank am ounts, pertain-
ing to my cust >dy of said funds, and
make report to me of their finding- the
premises.
Very respectfully.
(Signed.)
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£383
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§ !i"i i £l
The undersigned membi rs
rtlorlal Board of Education 1
have examined the footings
eral books in the school '.and office, the
treasurer's receipts md the bo ks in the
treasurer's office, and the bank books
BARNES.
Governor."
of the Ter-
>f Oklahoma
of the sov-
Tho system of booK-keepIng Is well
adapted to the business conduct of the
office and a month y report is always
made at the close of each month and
semi-annually, In July and January, a
serial balance of the books is made,
which thoroughly tests the correctness
of the monthly reports and proves the
correctness of the footings on the books.
The money was regularly deposited In
the bank to t'he credit of the Governor,
as Agent, and the Amounts necessary for
expenses checked out by him. Every
amount and item of expense was paid by
check upon duly verified acounts, sworn
to, approved by the Secretary and al-
lowed by the Board and an examination
of the OanK books and every checK
drawn on these funds shows that at
no time in a single instance was a dol-
lar of these funds diverted to any pri-
vate use or used in any way except for
the legimate expenses of the department.
The m >ney was deposited a* fast as re-
ceived and not .1 tingle cheek was ever
drawn in favor of anybody excep' credi-
tors of the department and the Terri-
torial treasurer.
We further find on file in the . fflce
nlnetee 1 receipts from t'he Treasurer « f
the Territory for money paid him by
the Governor on account of public school,
college and building funds, running In
date from Ju > ;>l, IS97. to May 1. ltfr*'.
and mbki'ck.r.ing ..n amount m J2.
which amount .igrees with the footings of
the books in tie School Iwind office as
well as the books of the bank and the
checks drawn in favor of the Territorial
Treasurer.
We not. among the these receipts one
In the amount of $37.357 02 public build
ing fund.-, dated March *7, 1899, the date
of the signing « f the bill, requiring the
turning over of this .fund to the Treasur-
er.
An examinatlo-n of the books of tho
Territorial Treasurer further discloses the
amount of $1,818.53 paid Into tae Treasury
by the Governor to await apportionment
by the Legislative Assembly. This
amount is for Interest allowed by the
bank on daily Intllances as shown by
their books and credited to the account
of the Governor, as Agent, at. regular
intervals, no part of which has ever been
diverted to his private or any other use
or withdrawn from the bank until cheek-
ed out to tlie Territorial Treasurer. There
Is -no section of law, requiring payment
of interest on these deposits or touch-
ing upon It in any way and while It "Ts
a mooted proposition as to whether the
interest lega ly belongs to the fund or
the custodian, n't question upon the
subject seems to have been waived and
t'he banks required to pay Interest on dai'y
balances, which, from the first, has been
credited to the acount of the Governor,
as Agent, the same as have all deposits
of public fund#* nnd every cent turned
over to the Territorial Treasurer, the
first record that we find of any Interest
having been paid the Territory for de-
posit or use of school, college or public
building funds.
Respectifully submitted.
(Signed.) David 11. Boyd, President,
Territorial I'nlversity.
(Signed.) Edmund D. Murdaugh, Pre-
sident Territorial Normal School.
(Signed.) B F. Nlhart, Superintendent
Oklahoma City Schools.
(Signed.)G. D. M ss. Superintendent
Public Instruction for Kingfisher County.
(Signed.) S. N. Hopkins, Secretary, er-
ritorlal Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion
Guthrie, Ok a., May 17. 1899.
CLUB WOMEN
CONVENTION.
of OklaV.
«*ry club
CTESTS ARE WELCOMED.
, . ; . h ml B QI Norman h.iw
arrangement to entertain
Federation of Women's Clubs in First
Annml Session.
TWENTY.ONE CLUBj REPRESENTED.
Mt'vciit.t lieU'saten I'rcncnt to 1M -
CUH* Literal m e. An nnd Moclnl
Culture Keceptioa It as
Cilveit I.um \ ijjh t.
\\ L. Mayfield,
dden With
iyo Yas the
or !■ r*t
Federation.
\ of Wood-
uAt last I tried Warner's
Safe Cure. From that time I
improved every day. Now my
appetite and digestion are good
and every function of life
'hie
ma
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Oklahoma and ludlar
-n masse to attend thi
g of the fed ration ol
Oklahoma and In Hat
•nven d today for
1. The homes of iht
ti • visitors and ev -r>
The approach on the east end of No-
ble avenue bridge Is being filled the
soil Is being moved from Noble between
First and Division. There will be a gen-
tle decline from this point towards the
bridge.
IS made
louth
this
lid Rock Island
• . : 1
Revival meeting at West Guthrie Con-
gregational church, commenced last
night. Evangelist Hoover preached on
"Infidelity as compared with Christian-
ity." Tin? vinyls accompanied by piar.c,
organ and flute was very qood
S<
s the Cyclone three-centremnant
ad on page eight
Norman
literary women of
territory are here
first annual meet'.
Womens' clubs of
territory, which c
three day's *es*h"
city are open to
possible arrangtrii'
profitable meeting
bers of the Coterie Clu
began arriving from th.
t-his morning and at - o
noon th-' representation
along the Santa
rived and were
carriages and driven t,> the PresbytT-
ian church, where ths convention was
Immediately calUM to order by Mrs. Sel-
wyn Douglass, of Oklahoma City. The
roll call showed twenty-one clubs repre-
sented by about leventj flvi of 1 ad-
Ing literary women of the territory.
The federation was organized one year
ago at Oklahoma City with enrollment of
nin- t 'en clubs, representing a total mem-
bership of someth ng over tan. The clubs
that federated at that time were the
Phllamathea, Oklahoma City; t'ot tie,
•Norman; Current Events. Kingfisher;
Tuesday Afternoon. Ptrry: Hrowiving,
Stillwater; Athenaeum. El Reno; C. T..
S. Guthrie: Merrie Wives. Purcell; Y.
M. M. Club, Wynnewood; Ban Sou 1,
Oklahoma City; Soros',s, Chickasha , II t\v-
thorne, Shawnee; l'h'l •math'.' t'lub. An-
adarko; Twentieth Century, Oklahoma
City; Cllnlan, Kingfisher; Nineteenth
Century, Watonga; Alternate Saturday,
Pauls Valley; Thursday Afternoon, Guth-
rie.
Mrs Selwynn Douglass, who called tie-
convention together was selected as the
president and Mrs. Abernathy. of Wynne-
•wood. I. T. was chosen as secretary. The
Federation was organized under the most
gratifying circumstances. It whs decided
to hold annual meetings and this city
was selected as th.- pla ' ■ of holding the
first formal meeting. The large delega-
h • Invocation v. dellv red by Mr
JB. Ferguson, president of the W. «
| T. V. of Oklahoma, after which Mb
..Mary McCuhn, favored he convent.u
with pleuslng vocal . otos.
Mrs. A H. Van Vle< t, of the Cotsr
club of .\ >rman. weleomc.] ;he d ! ;.it
the
seems to be rightly performed.
My cure is a wonder to myself,
my neighbors and my friends."
This is the story in a nutshell
of countless of thousands who
have used and been benefitted
by Warner's Safe Cure.
H. r
•'imo
F. i: Rick
r El Reno re
ided on behalf of
the F« 1 ration an.' ' •• I. terary women
of Oklahoma and Indian territory,
j Mrs. Douglass, presi ! nt of the Fed-
eration address.-d the convention on the
subject of wotnens' dubs. ll< r addr.
sparkled with r < h suggestions f r t v
advancement of literary studb s and un-
ity o f thought in soc'al and domestic
Hf. . Mrs. Douglass Is recognized as ei ,
.of the foremost literary w mien of the
I west and her words were listen 1 to with
th, Closest ..Mention. Mrs. DoUg!;i.-s. ;i>
v. II as tho Other addresses and paper,
will be publ'shed In full In this paper
in the next few Issues.
Mrs. A. A. Ew '.ng of Kingfisher
appointed t ••mpor.iry secretary, Mr«. A1 <-
emathy having r -m n .1 from ♦11 tcrrl-
♦« ry, and being unable to af n-l.
The
l>'ftlC
vl ■
Okla
King and the unlverilt) students, which]
added much to the oe-Mslon. The recep-
tion was one of the most pleasant so-all
v ed In pr.its. of tho h spitality of th-?
cltfb and Prof and Mrs. Boyd,
The convention will meet at f) 33 to-
morrow and continue until n xt even-
ing. The election of officers will be h«"d
Friday and the next place of meeting
selected. Ther. .ire several candidates
for tii next meeting, among them Okla-
homa City. El Reno. Kingfisher. Perry j
and Guthrie. The program f r today in-j
dude several interesting papers, am itM |
them, one by Mrs a. R Petfti pr d(nt
of th- Kansas social science Federation,
and an address on art by Mrs. Roland
Murdoek, of Wichita.
RETALIATION.
homa. an Increase in momlx t ship repi
ed from almost every ory.i-oT.ation, as
w-11 as S'tveral new clubs dnr i the ; a t,
year.
c mmlttecs wre then appo.itcl to re-,
port on tli. latest production a r d also on!
'education, art and social <ultar-.
RECEPTION TO VISITORS. |
' At 8 o'clock f. night the •* - • • r 1«luh
.gave «a reception to the gu st 1 qt th •
! beautiful home <>f Prof, and Mr-. D R. i
Boyd, nt Elmwood Pliu-. '-'he I.nin
'parlors were thronged with oand/omely
j dressed ladies and gentlemen, in >r ' a
1 on® hundred and fifty guests being pres-
ent. Several vocal and Instrumental se-j
lections w.r. rendered by Mil GraaeJ
KANSAS CITY IS ALARMED ABOFT
Tl'RN OF AFFAIRS.
Since the Oklahoma quarantine board
passed its resolution and Kansas City
has learned of the movement among Ok-
lahoma cattlemen to boycott the Kansas
City market by organising and shipping
to Chicago, the Kansas City stockyards
c ►mpany have "taken out u stack" and
will exert an effort to have the unfair
rule rci inded by the Kansas Livestock
Sanitary Commission and t • get Missouri
t.. rescind Its action In supporting tho
rule. Mr H. P. Child, the assistant gen-
e al manager of the Kansas City stock
yards company does not like the .dea of
Oklahoma cattle trade going to Chicago
and judging from the following It indi-
cates his position:
Kansas City Journal: II. P. Child, as-
tint gi i.'-ral manager of the Kansi
iny, said last night \
that in - ma e t • get the I
iction back- I
ing up the rule --f the Kansas board. He I
thought it was possible that the qua ran- I
tine difficulty might result in conside • I
to te Kansas (Sty market I
inh 1 ittlemen ol Oklahoma and I
tho Panhandle country ;ou!d be persuad-I
«■ I t 'aat \) • 1; i>e 1 n at the Kansas 1 n® I
woud c tuse 11 - delay In shipment, or un- f
le#s the board saw fit to rescind
action.
Even If the Inspection should ho c
•! e t' i wniioat d • > to t!:e shippor, there I
w->ui'i be tin extra annoyance of mak- I
Ing the required affidavits and going |
through the regulation red yape.
The new irrangement Is tha all rattle I
c-tming to Kansas must be Inspected at I
the southern Kansas line This will re-
quire the cattle from 1 large part of Ok-I
: 1 homa ind Ti xa that h ive hi retofotjj I
come through without Inspection to be |
Inspected, Cattlemen if th territory m
ject 1 ■ it on th.- ground that their cattle I
are just 1 free fr im contagion as the I
Kansas cattle that go through without I
Inspection. Tho Missouri board has I
agreed to accept the Inspection made at [
the Kansas line.
Young mot tiers dring "Pabie Toni«"
if you want sti ng and healthy cMMrea
and wan to !'< strang and lieslthy yotr-
self. r s no; fntoxlcafng.dirsctiora
..a every l-otc'.c. Ask your drurslst for
it.
Pranklln sold berriea yesterday at 5e |
ier quart.
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1899, newspaper, May 18, 1899; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc123805/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed April 27, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.