Canadian Valley Record. (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1919 Page: 6 of 8
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CANADIAN VALLEY RECORD, CANTON, OKLAHOMA
7th
Oklahoma
LegisUiture
it
• The graduated land tax amendment
to the constitution, which has been
before virtually every legislature since
•tatehood, wa3 passed by the house
of representatives. The measure now
goes to the senate, and if action In
the upper branch is favorable th«
fero position will be submitted to a
vote of the people at the next general
election.
* The amendment declares that "land
holdings in excess of the homestead
er home allotment is not a natural
tight but a legally acquired and pro-
tected privilege." The section of the
Dill defining exemptions and provid-
ing the schedule of taxation states:
"Excepi the real estate of common
authorized to be held by them
b> the constitution of thU state, the
owner, whether leral or equitable, wheth-
er person, firm, association or corpora-
an(* whether resldin* In thia atate
'Vt of any Und in thl* ■t*t* ln «cesa
rLT ii4crM ,hai1 pay tJl® following an-
nual license tax for the purposes of the
jr^te government, which la hereby lev-
^"or each one dollar of valuation as
aaaeMed for taxation on the ad valorem
in* ■chedJie PreC*€dlng year th# ,otlow-
'*'?2? where such excess doe* not
exceed 320 acres.
,wher« such excess exceeds
teres not fcXC€<td 1.M0
i 9^?^ mU!s Jor such ,,MM exceeding
' acre3 not exceeding i, 20 acres.
iJttFVl mi!la ®n such excess exceeding
ij20 acres and not exceeding 2,540 acres.
. Fifteen mills on such excess exceed-
iaff acre* and not exceeding 3,200
t m!*®11'' mills on such excess over
. Provid«d. that land of the
aasessed valuation of fl6.00o may be
eredlted to the owner In lieu of the S20
acres herein provided for. nor shall the
culuxation." l° 8™in« ***** unflt toT
The duty of collecting the tax is
placed in the hands of the state au-
ditor. Every owner of land affected
by the tax is required to file with the
auditor the first of each year a state-
ment of the excess land he holds
The tax will be computed by the au
ditor. A penalty of 12 per cent
provided for all delinquent taxes,
provides that the state may get «
lien on property for the collection of
the delinquent taxes.
The provisions of the bill apply to
unimproved town lots which are val
ued in excess of $16,000.
After hearings lasting two weeks
the senate roads committee has de-
cided on the terms of the bill which
will be pushed through the upper
house and is now rewriting the meas-
ure for reporting. The provisions of
the bill include the following:
(All specifications to be stricken
from the bill.
State income tax to go into road
fund.
Two-thirds of gross production tax
into fund.
Roads to be designated ln bill.
Bonds to be sold only as needed.
Work to start in eight sections at
one time.
Commission of five, governor at
head, to direct project.
Bond issue to be for $50,000,000.
Counties to be asked for no aid.
Abutting property exempt from con-
struction tax.
Maintenance to be paid by abutting
property.
Ad valorem tax pledged to redemp-
tion of bonds.
Submission of alternative good
roads propositions at the election to
be called for a vote on the $50,000,000
issue was a possibility following fram-
ing of the questions of polcy in the
senate bill.
Either two or three road proposi-
tions could be submitted at one time,
legislators agreed, and none believed
that the submission of alternative
plans would jeopardize the issue.
Excitement over conditions at the
home has about died down and the
reports and recommendations of the
house and senate committees which
were promised to be so fiery were
decidedly tame. The "resignations"
of Dr. Clymer, superintendent Flah
erty and her assistants were accept-
ed, commissioner Mathews was slap-
ped violently on the wrist and a gen-
eral recommendation made that the
present home be abandoned and the
whole plan made over on a larger
scale.
The home for old Union soldiers,
provided for by an act of the 1915
legislature and erected at a cost of
more than $200,000 northeast of the
capitol, may be abolished as a sol-
diers' home and used for housing and
training facilities for inmates of the
girls school.
A committee substitute for the
workmen's compensation bill was in-
troduced into the senate. The sub-
stitute provides for a minimum week-
ly payment of $8 and a maximum of
*18. The original bill made th« «x
l Appropriations of $34'}.0<>0 for ne*
buildings at the Oklahoma A. and M
college were asked of the senate com
mittee on appropriations by J. W.
Cantweil, president of the college.
A home economics building for the
wemen at the school, an --•-ministra-
tion building and a library are the
principal nerw buildings which Cant-
well seeks.
The first l£angible result of the
j moremeet ta perpetuate the good
features of the county and state de-
j fense councils appeared last week
I when Sen. Mcintosh introduced a
| series of elererT bills on the genera]
subject pf child welfare.
The creation of a children's code
commission, the adoprion of a more
stringent child labor law, the estab-
lishment of country welfare boards,
a law for the determination of the
parentage of children born out of
wedlock and revision of the laws re-
lating to compulsory education and
the sale of narcotics are features of
the program,
A complete revision of existing
laws relating to children, the repeal
of some such measures and the unifi
cation of others would be the pur
pose of the code commission as out-
lined in the bill which would create
it The commission would be com-
posed of three members to be ap-
pointed by the governor. The mem-
bers would serve without compensa-
tion but would be allowed $3,000 for
clerical hire and other expenses in-
cident to the preparation of the code.
No person less than 18 years old
would be allowed to work in the oil-
ing or wiping of machinery, around
steam boilers, in the operation of ele-
vators, in paint or lye factories or in
similar hazardous employment by one
of the provisions of the child labor
bill.
Boys and girls less than 16 years
old could not work in any mill, fac-
tory, store or hotel by another sec-
tion. Work as bootblacks, messeng-
ers and work in places of amusement
also would be barred to children less
than 16 years old.
Another of the bills introduced by
Senator McIntosh would create a
welfare board in each county of the
state. The board would be composed
of the judge of the county court, one
member selected by the board of
county commissioners, a third select-
ed by the county superintendent of
schools, and the other two would be
chosen by these three. The county
superintendent of echools, the county
superintendent of health and the
county superintendent of welfare
would be non-voting members of the
board.
The board also would be given su-
pervision over places of amusement
and would be charged with the re
sponsibility of suppressing the use
of habit-forming drugs and in fighting
the spread of communicable diseases.
One of Senator Mcintosh's bills pro-
vides that the parents of a child,
whether married or not shall be con-
sidered the child's parents and re-
sponsible for its support during mi-
nority. In this regard the bill pro-
vides that where two or more men
might be the father of a child, that
both or all of them shall contribute
to its support during minority.
Licensing and supervision of ma-
ternity hospitals is provided in anoth-
er measure, this work being delegat-
ed to county welfare boards.
Another measure compels the tise
of a nitrate of silver solution in the
eyes of new-born babes. Another
would allow compensation for pre-
natal injuries.
Standardization of salaries of offi-
cials heads of departments book-
keepers and stenographers in all state
departments which includes a num-
ber of increases is provided for in a
bill reported by the house appropria-
tions committee which fixes the sal-
aries and the number of employes in
all the state departments.
The salaries of all elective officials,
who have been receiving $3,500 a
year or less, are increased to $3,000
a year, salaries of assistants to heads
of departments are fixed at $1,800;
bookkeepers' salaries are fixed at
$1,500, and a general schedule of
$1,200 a year for stenographers is
provided.
By the terms of this bill the salar-
ies of all elective officers, except the
governor, attorney general, members
of the corporation commission and
justices of the supreme court, will
each be $3,000 a year.
1 hp salary of thp slatp health com-
missioner is increased from 61,800 to
$3,600 a year, and the salary of the
state labor commissioner, which has
been the lowest of al! salaries for
elective officers, is increased tc
$3,000.
The senate trimmed virtually all
of the salary increases out of the
bill fixing salary increases at the state
penitentiary at McAlester and the
state reformatory at Granite. The
only increases finally allowed were to
an assistant matron at the peniten-
tiary who was allowed $1,000 a year
instead of $720 a year and to guards
at the penitentiary who will get $10C
a month where they formerly recei zed
760 and $75 a month.
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP-ROOT
For maay year« druggists have watched
with much interest tie remarkable record
maintained by Dr. Kilmer'i Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
It ia a physician's prescription.
Swamp-Boot is a strengthening medi-
cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
It is sold by til druggists on its merit
and it should help yon. No other kidney
medicine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this,
great preparation send ten cent# tn Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention thia paper.—Adv.
In Fashion.
"What happened to your cook? Did
she leave?"
"She abdicated."—Life.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for Infanta and children, and see that it
Bears the
Blgnature of{ ^
In Use for Over 20 Tears.*"
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caatori*
The Kind.
"The girls use such loud makeup.'
"Yes; why don't they take more to
noiseless powder?"
STOMACH ACIDITT,
INDIGESTION, CAS
QUICK! EAT JUST ONE TABLET
OF PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN FOB
INSTANT RELIEF.
All
three brands
sealed in air-tight
packages. Easy to find—
it is on saie
everywhere.
Look for. ask for,
be sure to get
WRIGLEYS
The
Greatest Name
in Goody-Land
WRIGLEYS.^
fkiJSbjm'iW-
™« PERFECT GUM
When meals don't fit and you belch
gas, acids and undigested food. When
you feel lamps of distress In stomach,
pain, flatulence, heartburn or headache.
Here Is instant relief—Ho waiting I
Wrapped
Just as soon as you eat a tablet of
Pape's Diapepsin all the dyspepsia, in-
digestion and stomach distress ends.
These pleasant, harmless tablets of
Pape's Diapepsin never fail to make
sick, npset stomachs feel fine at once,
and they cost so little at drug stores.
Adv. •
SEALED TIGHT
KEPT RIGHT
Naturally.
"What was the result of trying your
play on the dog?"
"It raised a howl."
5f,roTe' Tastelee. chO! Tonic
•ninfixnrlgoraung Hffect. Price80c.
Nothing pleases some girls so much
as the chance to resist an attempt to
kiss them.
The Flavor Lasts
INFLUENZA
Catarrhal Fever
( Pink Eye, Shipping
A. — Fever, Eplzootio
mrI .1 rse alTectin* hla throat speedily cured:
colta and horses in the same stable kept from having- them by
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CO cents and $1.15 a bottle; 15.50 and $11.00 the dozen, delivered. '
SPOtLtf MEDICAA, CO., Sole 31frs^ Goshen, Ind., U. S. A.
5*55?!" p," siDt Pellets pet an end ts
"h W'fM headaches, constipation, dlzxi-
cess and indigestion. "Clean house." Adv.
The joy of a hobby is that the oth-
er fellow isn't all the time wanting
yon to let him ride it, too.
To Hold Him.
"What would you do if you were
married to a fast young man?"
"I think I'd speed up a little.**
7 Talent Is of no use to the man who
hasn't the courage to use It.
Each experience a man has makes
him either better or worse.
All She Did.
"Aunty," shrieked Hilda, "Gilbert 1<
kicking me!"
"She began it," defended little
brother.
"What did you do to him first, III!
da?" hotly demanded aunty.
"Nuffin at all 'cept hit him across
the ttack wif my little broom," clanilj
replied Hilda.
d Nervous Mothers
Should Profit by the Experience
of These Two Women
Bfal?> J* T-—MI am the mother of four children, and for
nearly three years I suflered from a female trouble with pains
s. m my back and side, and a general weakness. I had pro-
fessional attendance most of that time but did not seem to
get welL As a last resort I decided to try Lydia E.
Pmkhams Vegetable Compound which I had seen
advertised in the newspapers, and in two weeks noticed
^ a marked improvement., I continued its use and am
now free from pain and able to do all my house-
K ZaiIN8EA> m Street
. displacement and suffered
J? all n at tu?e3 1 could not be on my feet
L aU ^ down and so weak I could nofc
do my housework, was nervous and could not lia
I^treatments^mTph^chn
1 KhH wII help me. My Aunt recommended
/ \ ,?mk{lain 8 Vegetable Compound. I tried
/ I 1 am strong and well again and do
my own work and I give Lydia E. Pinkham's
| Compound the credit." —31rs. Josephikb
Kimble, 935 West Kace Street, Portland, Ind.
Every Sick Woman Should Try
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
ivtma r mui*.. .
LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. LYNN.MASS.
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McDowell, C. S. Canadian Valley Record. (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1919, newspaper, February 13, 1919; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc176256/m1/6/?q=Christmas+AND+slave: accessed July 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.