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Garfield County Democrat
*1HD,
OKLA
NEW STATE NEWS
Municipal taxei aueited in certain
towns and cities <if the Indian Ter-
ritory before i'afh'jod are eiiected
by the recent !egi*lati*e act extend-
ing the time of payment of taxen due
Lx-cember 15, 1907, according to an
opinion from the attorney general.
Record* in the office of the county
auperinlendent nhow that of the thirty
*chool districts Included in that por-
tion of Tillman county which was
formerly a part of the big pasture,
twen'y-flve have organized school*
and fifteen have erected school build -
ingn. This is done without a school
fund.
Forty white laborers engaged in Jig-
ging a sewer in El Reno quit work
because the contractor sent a number
of negroej into the ditch to work
with them. The contractors were
called upon to take the negroes
away, but refused.
Morrii, a town twelve miles north
of Okmulgee, In a candidate for the
county seat honors of Okmulgee
oounty. The town has offered to
donate a site and erect a $20,000
building if the county seat could be
located there permanently.
Congressman Kerrl* of Oklahoma I4
not satisfied with the limitations In
the government's bill to remove re-
strictions from the sale of Indian
lands. He has introduced a bill to
remove tho restriction* on all lands
except the homesteads of the full
bloods.
The comptroller of the currency
has Issued a certificate authorizing
the Kastman National bank of New-
kirk to commence business, with a
capital stock of $.',0,000. This Is a
conversion of the Hank of Santa Fe,
Newkirk.
TO RELIEF OF NEWSPAPERS
Missouri Congressman Introduces a
Bill to Stop Interference
WASHINGTON: Mr. iLloyd. con-
gressman form Missouri, has come to
the rescue of the newspapers of the
country. He has introduced a bill
forbidding the postofflce department
to ma*e any regulations Interfering
with the newspapers in the conduct
of tnelr business. His bill Is a drive
at tae recent order issued requir:ng
newspapers to ext. * ; o-itage <;u
copies where the subscribers have
not paid for their paper after a cer-
tain period. ' The government has
no more right to force the newspa-
pers onto a cash basis than it has
to force grocery stocks to sell their
stuff for cash," said he, " and the
purpose of my bill Is to fix it so that
the postofflce department cannot
hamper legitimate newspapers in any
way." Mr. Lloyd is a member of
the house committee on postofflce
and pojt roads, and Is therefor in a
position to get his bill up for dis-
cussion at least.
! SILL SENT TO CONFERENCE
OKLAHOMA SENATE REJECTS
PROHIBITION BILL
BUCKET SHOPS PROHIBITED
Pen *.en-
TO E
CARRIERS HELD FOR SHOTAGE
Having failed collectively to get an
Item on tho deficiency bill to pay tho
excess cost of the Oklahoma consti-
tutional convention the Oklahoma
congressmen have now taken another
tack. They have each Introduced a
bill to appropriate the money direct.
Davenport was th.? la«t to get In a
bill. It calls for $214,335.2:.
There has been approved to the
utate of Oklahoma Indemnity school
land selections made by the territory
of Oklahoma, aggregating 9,395,.03
acres, as per clear list No. 12. The
approved landM lie within the Wood-
ward land district.
The next big Indian payment to be
made to the five civilized tribes n~.n
be about $300,000 to the owners of
Improvements on the segregated coal
land In the Choctaw nation. The
schedule shows over 400 owners of
finch Improvements which will net
them Individually about $750. In ad-
dltlon to this they get regular allot
inents elsewhere In the nation.
Secretary of the Interior Garfield
recommends that congress give him
authority to make a iper capita dis-
tribution of tribal funds to the Sac
and Fox Indians of Oklahoma. Ho
also asks permission to make a per
capita distribution of $201 to each
Kiowa Indian In Kansas and $547 to
each member of that tribe In Okla-
homa. He says that this will equal-
ize their payments an<) will wind up
a tribal trust fund of about $93,000.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma has In-
troduced several bills In congress
that are of Interest to his state. One
directs the department of justice to
give the federal Jail at Vinita to
Craig countv. Another asks for a
survey of the Washita river with a
view of putting it In navlagable con-
c'itlon. Another appropriates $100,-
000 for a public building at Bartles-
ville and $300,000 for a building at
Bhtwnee. The other authorizes Ih"
government to sell a half scctlon of
Indian school adjoining Lawton on
the north to be used as a townslto
addition.
Representatives of six mutual fire
Insurance companies met In Guthrie
Inst week and organized the Oklaho-
ma State Association of Mutual Fire
Insurance companies.
Kangaroo courts held by prisoners
in the Lincoln county Jail were the
subject of part of Judge Maben's
charge to the grand Jury. He de-
plored the practice and asked that it
be investigated.
The ruling of Attorney General
West that In order to be legal all
physlclnns must re-register by the
11th of February, earned more th.ir
1.800 certificates to be Issued by the
state examining board.
For tho purpose of securing a
baseball franchises In the Western
Association Klilil has raised $5,000
and can get more if It is necessary
and possible for her to euter that as-
sociation.
The Chambers of Commerce of
Shawnee and Tecumseh have per-
fected arrangements for a fnlr as-
sociation with a capital stock of $60,-
000 and to lie be known as the Shaw
n<« Central State Fair Association.
Governor Haskell has commuted
the sentence of William Moore of
Ixigan evounty, who was Imprisoned
for a term of one year and four
months upon being convicted of as-
sault with the Intent to kill, com-
mitted November 15, 1906.
New rural routes have been orderd
established out of Anadnrko ai rt
Gracemont. ^4
Parmer* In the southern part of
Comanche county say that the rav-
ages of the green bug has practically
destroyed the crops of rye.
SECURES FAVORABLE REPORT
Senate Committee Thinks Well of
Owen's Oklahoma Bills
WASHINGTON: Senator Owen hag
secured favorable reports from the
senate Indian committee on several
bills of interest to Oklahoma. One
requires the interior department to
turn over the remainder of the fund
raised by the sale of town lots at
Lawton, Anadarko and Hobart to the
counties In which these cities are lo-
cated, This will give Caddo county
$7,300: Kiowa county, $2,700 and Co-
manche, $115,000. Another provides
for a re-appraisement of the town of
Hartshorne. Another authorizes the
government to plat and se'l a quar-
ter section of Indian land adjoining
Lawton on the north, and another for
the refund by the government of
money deposited by homeseekers In
the big pasture, where they had made
a mistake In their bids, or where they
had found the land unsuitable for
farming purposes, and abandoned it.
This will turn about $30,000 back to
the people there.
LARGEST EVER CONSTRUCTED
Government Has Let Contract for
New Submarine
WASHINGTON: A contract with
the Lake Torpedo Boat company for
the construction of a submarine tor-
pedo boat has been signed by Secre-
tary Metcalf. The vessel will be built
at the Ilath Iron Works at Hath. Me.
The Inventors claim the boat will be
the largest and swiftest of submar-
ines and will have a steaming radius
of 3.000 miles and a speed capacity
of sixteen knots, two in excess of
the contract requirement.. An im-
portant feature of construction will
be a compartment forward whereby,
through an equalization of air and
water, It Is claimed, a man may walk
out of the open door into the water,
permitting life saving when other
means of exit from the vessel are cut
off.
Bill to Remove Capital
GUTHRIE: In the house Thursday
of last week Milton Hryan of Potta-
watomie county Introduced a bill pro-
posing to amend the constitution by
adding a section providing "that the
capital of the state shall be tempor-
arily at the city of Guthrie until lo-
cated elsewhere by a majority vote
of the electors of the state voting at
any election at which the question
of the location of the capital shall tie
submitted." The enabling act speci-
fies that the capital shall remain at
Guthrie until 1913 and be loca'e.l at
tho expiration of that period, by an
election.
Babe Burned to Death Near Sayre
•SAYRE: Chastxl by a raging pral-
lie fire, driven swiftly toward her
when a high wind veered suddenly, the
four-year-old daughter of W. H.
Brewer, -who lives seven miles north
of Snyder, was Incinerated. Mr.
Brewer was burning off a field, when
a guBt of wind scattered the fire to
grass In a pasture where (he child was
playing. The father started to head
off the flames and found his little
daughter's 'blackened body with all
her clothing burned off.
Farmers Want Board Election
STILLWATER: Election of mem-
bers of the board of agriculture by
delegates from chartered farmers' in-
stitutes will be urged by the associa-
tion of farmers formed in Stillwater
last week while attending the college
short course. The farmers passed
resolutions asking for an appropria-
tion of $500,000 to fight the Texas
tick In cattle and recommend the
consolidation of rural schools. They
also ecu,learned the creation of countj
hlgn ac!.ools.
Must Furnish Seats in Coaches
GUTHRIE: The announcement
that the Santa Fe railway will elim-
inate four passenger trains from Its
present service Is directly responsi-
ble for an order which will be Issued
by the corporation commission pro-
viding that "no passenger shall be
required to give up his ticket or pay
his fare until a seat Is furnished."
Discussing the proposed rule Com-
missioner A. P. Watson said:
"If the railroads Insist on reducing
lhelr service we will at least assure
the public the accommodations left.
By removing their tralnR they prob-
ably will congest traffic. If they pro-
pose to pack their patrons In the
coaches like sardines the commis-
sion's order will come Into play."
Commissioner Wntson stated that a
similar order was promulgated by
the railway commission of New
York and stood the test of the courts.
MHO!! M5KELL TO THE PJL8T IS IT
Separation of the Enforcement and
State Dispensary Provisions Is Ex-
pected—Counties Without Cash
May Borrow Mcney
j Without "limitations or restrictions
I as co coosideri ti.jn of the bill by rea-
| son of the appointment of this com-
mittee or to the character or manner
of its report," the prohibition bill was
by the senate Tuesday referred to a
joint committee of the legislature
and the governor. Senators Blllnps,
Thomas. Sorrels, Graham. Johnston,
Blair and Agee representing the sen-
ate.
In committee of the whole the sen-
ate recommended for adq^itlon bou3e
bill No. 183 by Holland, "authorizing
counties in which no assessment has
been made for taxes to issue bonds
for the purpose of borrowing money
from the state school fund tor the
maintenance of county government;
house resolutions Nos. 3 and 4 by
Jones, extending thanks to Senator
Beverldge and Congressman Hamil-
ton for their efforts in behalf of the
passage of the enabling act; house
bill No. 172 by Brown, authorizing the
governor to select an accountant to
audit the accounts of Oklahoma Ter-
ritory; and house concurrent resolu-
tion No. 5 by Rainey, commending
the members of the constitutional
convention and memorializing con-
gress to pay expenses of holding the
election for the ratification of the
constitution and of the constitutional
convention after the appropriation by
congress made In the enabling act had
been exhausted.
A morning session was held In or-
der that the prohibition bill might
be fairly launched for the afternoon
session. Speaker Murray, Mr. Bran-
son. and several other house mem-
bers who took conspicuous part in the
house discussion of the measure, were
in the chamber. Representatives of
the Oklahoma Anti-Saloon league and
an unusually large number of visitors
sat behind the railing and in the gal-
lery.
Senator Billups moved to non-con-
cur in the house amendments. Yea-
ger moved a* a substitute that the
senate concur. Both motions were
withdrawn. Senator Mathews took
the chair and the clerk read the Mur-
ray and house amendments to the
original bill. This consumed an hour
and a half of time, and the senate ad-
journed for noon. Immediately after
noon Thomas offered his motion to
refer the bill to a conference commit-
tee.
Friday was named as the day for
disposing of the Whitehurst bill ac-
cepting the federal census as the of-
ficial state census. Sorrels asked
postponement of consideration in or-
der that he might prepare an amend-
ment so as to make the bill more
effective in his part of the state,
where, he declared, the federal cen-
sus did a rank injustice. Morris de-
clared that the returns in his section
were not correct.
The Rainey resolution was emas-
culated by the striking out of a sec-
tion providing that a life-sized por-
trait of the president of the consti-
tutional convention should be placed
In each hall of the legislature and
a section avowing the inability of the
state to pay the expenses incurred by
the members of the constitutional
convention after the appropriation
had been exhausted. The wisdom of
memorializing congress to appropriate
money for this expense after that
body has already, in the house, re-
fused to act favorably on a bill ai-
fecling that purpose was questioned
by Russell, Little and others.
Late In the afternoon the measures
disposed Of were placed on their tnir *
reading and final passage. The Rainey
resolution was defeated, but a mo-
tion was lodged to reconsider it. Da-
vis offered a substitute bill for No.
172, authorizing the state examiner
and Inspector to appoint an account-
ant to audit the territorial books, but
during Its consideration a motion to
adjourn prevailed.
NO PUBLIC STRUCTURES
V.olation of New Law Is
tiary Offers*
Operations of boefcet she: § ire for- . . _ __
bidd-n in this *Ute ao:: i :.g :j a OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE
bi:i r-co.t;mended ; -jje :y '.he COMPETE WITH STANDARD
senate Wednesday. Guilty operators i
may be imprisoned for two years i> 1
the penitentiary. The bill is as siris- j .r
g-r." and, :a many respects, is copied m El
after the Texas law, by which stock
gamblers have been put oat of busi- |
ness in [hat state.
The Lindsay bill, defining trusts
and monopolies in restrain of trade
and prescribing penalties for viola-
tion, was recommended for passage
in the house. The bill provides for
Coal Shipments Mutt Weigh What
| Bill Call* for
| A bill providing for thw weighing of
WILL coal shipped by railroads wHhln this
state and prescribing bases for dam-
ages was introduced Friday by Hena-
, tor Stafford. The bill of lading by
i authority of which a coal ablptnunt is
made, shall slate the true weight of
the coal. When the coal arrives at
its destination It ahall be weighed by
the consignee, and If the weight is
Money to Be Raised By Issuance of found to be less than that shown by
Bend—$210,000 to Be Appropriated the bill of lading the carrier shall be
for Establishment of Plant—Law Be- Uable 10 the consignee for the defic-
. _ iency and shall not collect freight for
come, Effect,ve in Thirty Days such denciency. The measure of
forfeiture of charters of corporations , ne^a^ z^'infoLh,damvase,sh 11 be lhe Talue of coal
found eiifitv nf *iniatinn« winery and go .nto competition with at the destination.
The senate reconsidered the bill P*e Standard OU company, if a bili Coal shall be reweighed by a con-
aothorizing the governor to appoint I *ftro^uced Thursday by Representa- necting line of road that receives a
an ex;,ert accountant to audit the hll^l^om^^aw e°nsigPment fr°m another line and
territorial account? and scentine istratio° becomes a law. jf a shortage of weight is found the
nearer the aroma of'alleged irregu'ar- The goverD°r' within thirty days o? une making the transfer shall be lia-
Itie.-: under territorial government, • ^Vno^Ve 'V "ft," au.!hori,zed « le for damage. If a carrier refuse*
passed it with little oonoWtion 10 appoint three freeholders to select t0 weigh a consignment of coal the
The Wayne b 1 pSng for the * s"r *h Vhi5? '« * consignee may weigh it and his
collection of occupation taxes In ^ under the c°ntr°1 °f a board weights be prima facie evwlence of
towns and villages, was the subject °' whlcb the governor ,he aniount of coal, and damages
of extended discussion in the senate. )s chairman to erve four years and shall accrue frpm such refusal. It is
It was referred to the committee on ; to be \pp0ln e, b>' the l°Tern0J'., , !a misdemeanor .for any agent or em-
revenue and taxation I . hundred a::d ten thousand dol- pl0ye of a carrier to refuse to weigh
Again defeated in the senate, the ?J° be aPProPriated for the es- coai and he may be fined $50 to $10d
Rainey resolution, commending tn<; tablbhment of the plant The money , and imprisoned 30 to 60 days in the-
members of the constitutional con- 's to be ,ralsed ,by.,ls„s„ulng bonds county jail.
vention and memorializing congress denominations of $1,000 *o run ten j Provisions of this act shall apply
for an appropriation, has doubtless Jfar3 at 4 pej cent interest. No pro- to earrjers that ship coal from an-
received Its death blow at the hands v'sion is made for the disposition o. otj)er state into this.
of the upper house. a hThH-/nTJn,%rf v-„ The house passed seven bills in
Division of assets and liabilities of f make No order. They were disposed of
HMH^wnber 16 a legal holiday to celebrate1
the admission of the state Into the
union involved the house in a debate
ializing congress to distribute the res- j f°r ,s jVer.al bours- . Speaker Murray
Idue of the Kiowa-Comanche lot sale 3tarted ,tbe.vd,sc s,s,0° „b-T movln
divided counties assumed a new as-
i pect when Senator Taylor of Chicka-
| sha introduced a resolution memor
fund equitably between Comanche
and Caddo counties and the counties
created In whole or in part from
them.
Bucket shop and occupation tax
bills consumed a large par: of an all-
day session of the senate. The bucket
shop measure, prepared and intro-
duced by Franklin, Smith and Cor-
dell, was recommended for adoption
after the body had frolicked with it
for over an hour, and the lack of
seriousness that characterized the
proceedings portends a different fate
when the measure is brought out for
final adoption. The occupation tax
measure, introduced by Wynne, elic-
ited a round of opposition speeches
frc-m those who reside in cities of
tho first c ass, where the present Ok-
lahoma statute with reference to this
tax has been applied. It was referred
to the committee on revenue and tax-
ation.
The bucket shop bill contains the
salient features of the Texas law. In-
stitutions that deal in or have to do
In the following order, practically
without opposition:
By Ellis, declaring null and void
contracts in any note of exchange,,
recommit the bill 'with'' in^tVu'cttons I b°nd or mortgage, for the raymant
that September 17, the dav the con- of attorney s fees, expense for collec-
stitution was adopted, be a legal holi- : non a°d collection of fees; by Bryan,
day, instead of November 16. .pr°Vdjn® f°r fundl°S th. °"tftan<1:
• The people of Oklahoma want to | 'BE ndebtedness against the state and:
celebrate the date of their own! lssuinS bonds; by Stettmund, carry-
achievements, and not the act of a
hostile power 1,500 miles away,"
Murray declared.
The fight was compromised by
making September 17 "Constitutional
Liberty" day and November 16 "State-
hood Day," and the bill was recom-
mitted.
A house bill by Durham to prevent
fraud in sales of personal property
was killed on the third reading, 60
to 22.
The Murdock bill appropriating
$151,000 for the maintenance of an
Thomas concurrent resolution, pro-
viding for tile appointment of a joint
... , , committee of 10 to investigate and
with futures or future contracts are rei,ort on tnf
ing into effect the bills remitting the-
1907 tax of Oklahoma and extending
county taxes; by Ratliff, providing
for the transfer of Indictments for
misdemeanors to courts having jur-
isdiction; by Holland, providing a
bond issue for new counties to borrow
money on which to conduct public af-
fairs; by Williams, of Comanche^
amending the present banking law;
by Vandeventer, making September
17 "Constitutional Liberty Day," and
creating other holidays in the state
observed as national events.
The senate passed the Brownlee-
insane asylum at Fort Supply passea Goulding bill providing that delin-
the house, 81 to 1. | qUent tax warrants shall be filed in
What the senate thinks of the the district court shall become as
house was again exhibited when the judgment liens against the property
and abrogating and annulling taxes
delinquent on personal property
prohibited under penalty of two years
imprisonment. Owners of buildings
•ire forbidden to lease the buildings
for purposes forbidden in this act
and agent.s or brokers who offer to
deal in futures and those who accept j gach house
contracts from agents or brokers are
alike guilty of violatlons. Telephone
and telegraph companies are forbid-
! den to use their wires or Instruments
or to lease them for purposes forbid- ;
; den in the act. . . . . . , ^
p,„f lVlo, „„„„„„ to dictate how we should select our
or other association"'of ^ peVsons either Comm'ttee '" cTharged B'a!r in a .b°l
,LS nrlnclnaU or speech, after Thomas had moved to
advisability of estab-
lishing a legislative reference depart-
ment, came back to the house with
an amendment, providing that mem-
bers of the committee shall be select-
ed in accordance with the rules of
The resolution origin-
ally provided that the president of
the senate and the speaker of the
house should appoint five members
| each.
"I don't think the house has a right
non-concur and the mootion was lost.
as principals or agents, has estab-
lished an office or place where are > . , ,, , ,, . . . ,.
posted or published for information i £ ™^ d V *
received the fluctuating prices of the y °.n ! motion t0 c°IV:u!' ?db
1 resolution wa3 dispatched back to
the house with the request that the
house recede. Later word came from
the house that it refused to recede.
Thus the dignity of the senate is
maintained and the house again has
said unequivocally that it's a large
part of the state legislation.
Repo t f i:!- joint con
the Holland bill, providing for the
borrowing of money by certain coun-
ties. was adopted and the bill is
ready for passage.
The roll was called on the Hatchett
adultery bill and the BroWnlee fire
A Concrete Caie Is Framed
WASHINGTON: A concrete case
has been framed up which will forco
the department of justice to render
nn opinion as to whether or not the
nutlonal bank of Oklahoma can take
advantage of the new state law for
Uie guaranty of deposit* in banks.
New Countiec Cannot Let Contracts
for Buildings
GUTHRIE: That county buildings
cannot be constructed in the forty-
nine new counties created by the con-
stitution is the opinion of Assistant
Attornev General W. C. Reeves, who
ruled that contracts cannot lie made
for any public structure until after
the elections for county seat.i are
held, not later than April 1, 1909, ac-
cording to the constitution.
Numerous requests from new coun-
ty officials conveyed the intention of
several counties to provide for court
houses or jails. The attitude of the
department of Justice puts a quietus
to such procedure. In the elections
to be held the county seats may be
transferred from the point designated
by the constitution.
Katy Depot at Tulsa Burns
TULSA: During a hard wind-
storm early Saturday fire destroyed
the Missouri. Kansas £• Texas pas-
senger station in this city. Four cars
of freight on a siding adjacent to the
depot was also burned. The total
loss is $25,000. The Katy will start
work on a now building within a few
weeks.
First Commision Form Adopted
TULSA: Commission form of gov-
ernment carried In special election by
a vote of 331 to 191. The question
voted upon was, "Shall further pro-
ceedings toward adopting a charter
be had?" The board of freeholders
nominated in joint caucus of demo-
crats and republicans carried without
opposition, 'file following men will
frame Tulsa's charter and present It
to the state legislature: James H.
Thomas, ,1. H. Myers. First ward:
Benjamin Veer, A. M. Krug, Second
ward; .1. Allen Yeager, .lames Mc-
Cann, Third ward; L. J. Martin, J. 11.
Meserve, Fourth ward. 1
things, articles or commodities men
tioned in this act. or of any one or
more of the same, shall constitute
! prima facie evidence of guilt, and the
I burden shall be upon the defendant
: to prove that such business was not
at the time of such act or publication
j in violation of this act."
| Suit may be instituted by the coun-
j ty attorney or any person against an
I alleged violator and the attorney gan-
! oral is empowered, along with county
attorneys, to enjoin and prosecute al-
; leged violators.
The term "futures" as used in the
act is defined as follows: "A sale or
; purchase, or contract, whether in
writing or not, to sell or offer to sell
or purchase any cotton, grain, meat,
lard, cattle, or any stocks or bonds of
any corporation to be delivered in the
future when it was not the bona fide
intention of the party being prose-
cuted under this act at the time of
such sale, or pretended sale, contract,
purchase or offer to sell or purchase,
was made, that the thing mentioned
In such transaction should be deliv-
ered and paid for as specified in such
transaction."
Senator George O. Johnson opened
fire against the occupation tax meas-
ure. Cunningham followed, charac-
terizing the measure as an outrage.
( "It has been tried in Kingfisher,
i Guthrie and Oklahoma City and the
people rebelled." he said. "Nothing
Ik more inequitable." Johnson be-
lieved that 90 per cent of the cities
and towns affected would not enforce
if.
The Vandeventer bill providing that
I school boards in cities of the first
' clafrs .-hall hold over until the next
i regular election was reported favor-
| ably by the committee on education
and advanced to final passage. Inci-
dent to the consideration of the
measure Mr. Vandeventer rna 1 a
communication from Bartlesville,
where conditions are described as
"deplorable."
Tho majority and minority reports
of the settlement of claims in sub-
divided counties were recommitted.
From Washita county, protesting
against the pharmacy bill; Bryan
county, Newkirk. Atoka, Kremlin an t
Gans, relating to patent medicine:
Pontotoc, urging prohibition: Ottawa
county, commending the house for lt<
action nn the prohibition measure.
The following hills were Intro-
duced:
By Kills and Tlllotson, defining the
duties of the state commissioner of
charities and correction: Wortman,
providing necessary clerical help for
sheriffs: Rainey and Norvell, estab-
lishing ferries: Hnrt. regulating state
and county roads: Deyerle, regulating
th--' Oklahoma National guard: Durst,
making misdemeanors violatlons or
the usury law; Jones, protecting own-
ers or lessees of threshing marhlnea;
Hohdv, regulating building and loan
associations.
where real estate became involved,
and the Williams bill creating a
board of optometry and prescribing
rules for examination and practice.
Under the Ellis measure the man
who loans money forfeits the princi-
pal and interest if he allows a stipu-
lation for attorney's fees to be in-
serted in the note.
In addition to eliminating the men-
tion of the national comptroller of
currency and extending to national
banks the state guaranty depositors''
law, the Williams bill further amends
the recently adopted act giving the
state bank commissioner authority to
regulate the amount of deposits and
the Interest thereon. It specifies that
real estate loans shall not exceed 20
per cent of the authorized loan of
any institution.
Speaker Pro Tem Ellis was per-
mitted to sign the engrossed copy of
his own measure. The courtesy was
recognized and applauded.
The house refused to concur in the
senate amendments to the White-
hurst bill, which makes the federal
census of last July the official census
for the state. The alteration, as con-
strued by the house, gave county as-
sessors the chance to "pad the rolls"-
by cutting out the phrase "until th&
next federal census." The amend-
escape bill and each was passed and i went purported to afford countiea
signed by the president. The Guild- | which claimed to have been slighted
ing bill, fixing the first Monday in by the federal enumerators an oppor-
September as Labor day and declar-
ing It a holiday, was referred to a
special committee with instructions
to report.
A resolution from the Oklahoma
County Medical association asked for
the creation of a state board of
health and laws regulating the prac-
tice of medicine. Brownlee presented
a petition signed by 300 citizens of
Kingfisher and vicinity protesting
against the passage of a bill by Wil-
liams covering the points mentioned
in the resoolution.
Landrum presented a letter from
the attorney of the Cherokee nation
asking that the state make disposi-
tion of a number of insane patients
being held in that nation.
George O. Johnson Introduced a
concurrent resolution providing for
the selection of a committee to inves-
tigate the advisability of the state es-
tablishing a soldiers' home for both
federal and confederate soldiers.
Russell called for consideration of
his resolution asking for the appoint-
ment of a committee to Investigate
the l racticabillty and advisability of
selecting a permanent capital site. It
was made a special order for Febru-
ary 14. Opposition to the consider-
ation of the measure came from those
who arc holding fast to a resolution
adopted some time ago providing for
state institutions should be postponed
until after April 1.
A resolution by Branson proposes
to require the official stenographer
of the house to transcribe ail pro-
ceedings and file a copy In the sec-
retary of state's office. It was re-
ferred to the rules committee.
The Rainey bill, providing electric
headlights for trains, and the hill of
Senator Brook, regulating the Incor-
poration of cities of the first class,
were favorably reported by commit-
tees. The following were unfavor-
ably recommended:
By Murdock, providing special as-
sessments for sidewalks; Chappell,
regulating plumbing; Porter, on the
same subject, and Williams .allowing
tree planting in towns and cities.
The following bills were Intro-
duced:
By Hart, providing a high school
tunity to have their inhabitants
counted again next spring. The houso
adhered to its original bill on the-
ground that the government census
was generally fair and that, should
the approaching census be used as 3l
basis for county officials' salaries,
there would be no danger of unre-
liable returns.
The Brook bill regulating the In-
corporation of cities of the first class:
was, on motion of Branson, recom-
mitted for further amendment.
The Blair bill creating a state*
board of agriculture was taken up.
in the committee of the whole. Only
one section was discussed, the bill
being recommitted for further amend-
ments.
The speaker was offered the use of
the hall and urged to deliver his lec-
ture on agriculture by a petition
signed by a number of republicans.
The Bryan bill provides that bonds
in the denomination of $500, payable
semi-annually at the rate of 4 per
cent, shall be issued, not to exceed
$1,400,000.
The Holland bill was practically
settled when the senate adopted th^
report of the conference committee,
which was accepted by the house be-
fore the roll was called.
A. M. Works of Hugo was named system; Faulkner, protecting cotton
official reporter by the ipeakcr. shipments
Bank Will Nationalize
MUSKOGEE: The Bank of Mus^
kogee, one of the largest banks In thia
part of the state, announced that it
would nationalize as the Muskogee
National bank. This action was taken
rather than conform to the new 6tate-
guaranty bank law requiring a deposit
of one per cent of the total deposits."
CANNOT CARRY LIQUOR
Actistant Attorney General Gives a
Sweeping Booze Opinion
OKI VHOMA CITY: "Any man who
convey* whisky or other Intoxlcailurf
liquors from the express office to hi?
home is guilty of a violation of tho
prohibition law," declares Mont F
lllghley, assistant attorney general
"The law," he says, "specifically de-
clares that there shall be no con-
veying of whisky, beer, ale or othet
Intoxicating beverages from on«
point to unother within the stato."
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