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THE INOLA REGISTER.
VOL. V.
INOLA, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JANUARY lit. 1911.
NO. 23.
SENATE DEMANDS
CODE RECORDS
SENATE ORDERS OFFICERS TO
GET EFFECTS OF COMMISSION
DISCUSSION FOLLOWS
Work Done By the Three Member*
Since Last Spring la Wholly
Ignored By the Senate
Oklahoma City.—The affairs of the
code commission took up the greater
part of ttio senate .session Friday after-
noon, culminating in the adoption of
resolution already adopted by the
bouse, directing the sergeant-at-arms
to secure, for the use of the joint
codes committee of the two houses,
all of the • records, books and papers
of the code commission, and if they
were not found in the custody of the
HOUSE ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE
Oklahoma City.—A bill, said to have
been largely written by President A,
• •rant Evans of the State University
at Norman, was introduced in the
lower house Friday by Representatives
Atkin, Logan and Clark (of Grant).
It provides for the creation of a state
board of education, as suggested by
Governor Cruce in his first message,
but goes even further by regrouping
the educational, eleemosynary and
penal reformatory institutions of the
state into live groups, with full power
to control, in the hands of five boards
of regents; practically abolishes the
state board of affairs by making the
functions of that board the chief du-
ties of the state board of education,
and abolishes the text book commls- |
slon by'glvlng its functions to a state
educational commission.
Another feature of the big bill Is j
that the state commissioner of chari-
ties and corrections Is the iirst regent |
of the board controlling the Institu-
tions for tl>" detlclent and delinquent.
Instruction, either sectarian in re-
ligion or partisan in politics, is for-
■ucretary of state to find w here they j bidden in any of the institutions,
were, and who had them. It is said that the bill was written
By the adoption of this resolution ] with some difficulty and that the state
the legislature refuses to recognize board of agriculture, a constitutional
the existence of a code commission, at ] creation superior to legislative changes
the present time, or to consider as of compelled several changes from thd
any legal force the code gotten out by bill as originally written.
the three members of the commission I The bill places in the control of the
\%ho have continued their work since state board of education the conutruc*
LAND BILL IIP
FOR DISCUSSION
REPRESENTATIVE CARTER INTRO-
DUCES MEASURE
PROVIDES FOR SALES
Disposal of Segregated Coal and As-
phalt Properties of Choctaw
and Chickasaw Nations
Is Sought
the special session last spring.
The resolution occasioned consider-
able debate In the senate, including a
defense of the new code by Senator
tion, repair, maintenance, insurance
and operation of all buildings, owned
or occupicd not only by state educa-
ional institutions, but also by state
hi. L>. Brown lee of Kingfisher, a son eleemosynary, reformatory and penal
of one of the code commissioners, institutions. In this respect the bill
Brow nice claimed that It was not just appears merely to be transferring the
for the legislature to refuse to consider functions of the present state board
this code, which, he said, had been of public affairs to the proposed state
submitted Ic a number of Oklahoma board of education.
City attorneys and appioved by them., ,. , . ..... , , .
. , . ...... " It is also made the duty of the board
He stated that both volumes nad been
printed, aud that one is now ready
tor distribution.
In the course of his speech Brown-
lee bitterly attacked an Interview at-
tributed to the president pro tem of
the senate, declaring that the state-
ments in it are incorrect and that the
Information could not possibly have
come from a source that knew the
facts, Brownlee also declared that the
time taken in compiling the code had
been less than in many other states
of education to co-operate w ith all local
boards of education, and to this board
is given a general supervision of the
public schools and educational institu-
tions of the state; and finally, it is also
given authority to prescribe the pow-
ers and duties of the several boards of
regents, created in the bill, except
where the law otherwise provides.
The boafj of eduueation Is made to
consist of the state superintendent of
public instruction and five members
Washington.—The much discussed
and long awaited bill providing for
the sale of segregated coal and asphalt
lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
nations, embracing all told nearly one-
half million acres, and which the state
of Oklahoma at one time contemplated
purchasing, was introduced in con-
gress by Kepresentative C. L). Carter
of Ardmore Friday after a final con-
ference with the tribal officials now
in Washington. In addition the meas-
ure provides for the sale ot all unal-
lotted Indian lauds in the two nations,
chiefly valuable for grazing and tim-
ber, and thus with one stroke would
Mr. Carter's bitt-wind up the affairs
of the Choctaws and under its pro-
visions the secretary of the interior
ts all powerful, as it is left to him to
dispose of the properly in a manner
that be sees fit.
In short the bill provides:
(II For the appraisal of coal and
asphalt lands by a commission com-
posed of the coal and asphalt trustees
of two nations and a third man ap-
pointed by the president.
(2) The sale of surface and mineral
separately, but practically at the same
time under rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the secretary of the inte-
rior.
(3) The appraisement of the surface
by tracts, according to the govern-
ment survey of the land, except such
tracts as are chiefly valuable because
of their proximity to towns or cities.
DEATH IN THE AIR
bm
(Copyright, 1311.)
REBELS CAPTURE
CUT
MANY KILLED IN BATTLE WITH
GOVERNMENT TROOPS
DUE TO FREIGHT RATES'LARCE SUMS INVOLVED
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
THE CASES AFFECTING FIVE CIVILIZ-
ED TRIBES ARE ARGUEO
The Rigth of State of Oklahoma to
Collect Taxes on Allotments of
Land to the Indians is
the Feature
Millionaire Says That People Are Bled
to Pay Dividends on Nine Bil-
lions of Watered Stock
Akron, O.—Declaring that excessive
freight rates are responsible for the
high cost of living. Ohio C. Harber,
the millionaire match magnate, has
sent a letter to every member of con-
gress demanding reforms.
In addition to the regulation of
freight rates, he demands that laws st^devan.^n^ "?00^^, Z' ^
be passed that will effectually limit xl. \ -"orneytor the Iud.ans.
railroad and Industrial capitalization. lut.'^co .^ ,! * °' n"®
tate to collect taxes upon the allot-
declares the freight business of ments of laud to Indian citizens, and
the railroads costs each family $S7 a | they have been pending in the courts
year. This latter, coupled with the for three years.
other e- minus of the railroads, he
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Three cases
involving between $30,000,000 and $40.-
0u0,00o in back taxes and more than
12,000 residents of the five civilized
ribes were argued before the supreme
serts, has boosted the average rail
and these are to be subdivided into ; roa<l cost per family to $127 annually.
and that the statement that it has appointed by the governor (only three
cost $100,000 was untrue. He asserted |<)f ,ho PPOintive members to be of the
that the consideration of the new code sa,ne political party)
Is not a matter of dollars and cents I
to the men who had worked on it. but !
simply one of honor and Integrity.
The senate passed finally a lo< al I
bill by Oouldlng authorizing the couu-
ty commissioners of Garfield county
The appointive
members are required to furnish bond
In the Bum of $50,000 each, and are to
be allowed a salary of $3,000 a year
ieach.
The bill then concerns Itself further
■ with grouping the various state instl-
to make appropriations for premiums ' tutions embraced within its provisions
for a local lair and live Btock exhlbi- Into five divisions; creating boards of
tlon in that county. Several other regents or control; and so It appears,
hills were up for consideration, but practically giving to these boards of
final action on all of them was de- regents or control, full power for man-
ferred. Announcement was made thct aE<ng 'he institutions in the respective
the Roddle bill, making several amend groups Ins cad of leaving the super-,
ments to the banking law. would come vising control with the proposed state
up for sonsideratlon soon. board of education.
Favorabl" committee reports were 1 The University group, consisting of
lots, or tracts, containing not less than
! five acres.
(4) Coal and asphalt deposits In
I each lease are to be appraised sepa-
i rately from the surface.
(5) Vnleased coal and asphalt de-
| posits are to be appraised separately
I from the surface, according to the
llarber starts his letter to the con-
gressmen with these three demands:
"What is the matter with America?
SOLDIERS ARE ON MOVE
Revolutionists Have Cut the Tet s
graph Wires and Details Are Not
Obtainable of the En-
counter
Celba, Honduras.—Truxillo was cap-
tured by the revolutionists Tuesday
after a hard skirmish with the small
squad of government soldiers. ihe
government lost seven killed, includ-
ing the mayor, DePlaza, and twelve
wounded.
Three hundred government s ildiers
left Celba this afternoon for Neuva
Armenia. 28 miles east, where tney ex-
pect to meet the revolutions} nrray,
which is said to have left Truxillo
Tuesday evening on a march toward
Celba.
The revolutionists have cut the tele-
graph line to Truxillo, and further de-
tails of the battle there are not avail-
able. The news received here was
brought by a messenger.
A report reached here yesterday that
the revolutionists had taken Tela and
were marching toward Celba, but the
action of the commandant in sending
practically his entire force to Neuva
Armenia would indicate that he does
not expect an attack from the west.
Nothing has been heard as to the
movements of th« revolutionary gun
boat Hornet.
For several days the government
has been conscripting soldiers, but
many of those now in the army are
known to be fr'ends of General Manuel
Bonilla, the leader of the revolution-
ists. At the sight of the Bonilla forces
it is believed one-half or more of the
government troops here will join the
former. The sympathy of the citizens
of Celba Is plainly with ISonilla and he
would have little trouble in taking ihik
port.
made on the appropriation bill for 'be state university and its two pre- part of the surface of such land, ex-
court stenographers, cutting the I'aratory schools, 1s put under the gov- ccpt for the purpose of prospecting
amount from $41,i>00 to $32.MH> and on eminent of a board of ten regents, of ar.d for Ingress and egress, as hereln-
tlie bill appropriating $11,000 for the whom the governor shall be one; eight after reserved; provided, further, that
maintenance of the reformatory prison "> be appointed by the governor, and if any lessee shall fail to apply to pur-
camp near Cordell. I one of the i>ppolntive members of the chase under the provisions of this sec-
The rules committee's report on Plate board of education, the latter to tion within the time specified, the sec-
Joint rules was adopted, but no final «ct as secretary. rctary of the interior shall designate
wction was taken on the rules them-; The agricultural group, consisting of and reserve from sale such tract or
£t(l\es. The report of the special coin- 'he state agricultural and mechanical tracts as he may deem proper.
mil tee on inlle.ige was also adopted, college at tSillwater, the six secondary (7) The surface shall always be sub-
the mileage being, of course, the same agricultural schools, tho school of Ject to prospectors for con! or asphalt
as reported for the special session, mines at Wilburton and the girls' col- j and the right of underground Ingress
Senator Kendrick was added to the lege at Chickasha aro to be under the and eggress. and to haul through from
special committee appointed to con- government of the state board of agri- other lands without compensation to
slder the sheriffs' fee bill. culture, to whom the constitution, any the surface owner, and the further con-
A joint resolution was Introduced by ! how. gives control ot the agricultural ditloti that the mineral lessees shall
| have the right to acquire such portions
The specific titles of the cases ar-
gued Thursday afternoon are those of
bessie English against H. T. Richard- I
son, county treasurer of Tulsa coun-
ty, Alexander against Kainey, county
treasurer oi Hughes county, and Giea- i
'•What is the matter with congress? son against Wood, county treasurer of
"Why has the seat of government Pittsburg county. The first two in !
been transferred to Wall street?" volve the members of the Creek na-
Contlnuing he says: "Personally. I Hon and the latter, residents of the
...... , ' appreciate fully the importance of Choctaw tribe.
trai ts used by the I nited States geo- ai.,i.nitv „r ,„«,„,i . .. , .
„o. j"r„ rir."
. ','n". ti'iV.i ri' "ht* •"* f° | Ilut ' v'B°rously contend that the dian land ta* cases; In all four "ere b|*' ha.,been referred to the secretary
■ commission of excesses In (he capital ' considered. Thursday morning attor-
ization of corporate companies for ney W. A. Ledbetter argued the ap-
feits instantly the right to claim face peal from the superior court of Logan
value for such capitalization in the county of the famous "Indian Land
levying of a tax upon the American Tax" case of which J. F. McMurray
public for the payment of dividends was one of the counsel. All four
upon this watered stock. And In this cases involve practically the sam
offense the railroads always have set question, the right of the state to col
i the pace. lect a tax upon the Indian lands that *n favor of the sale of tho lands
1 "Conceived In the master minds of wpre exempted from taxation for a pe- Question.
Huntington, Morgan. Hill and Harri ,iod of twenty one years by an agree-
For sixty days to buy the mineral
rights covered tinder their leases and
not to exceed 20 per ccnt of the sur-
face actually used in presetw mining
operations or necessary for future op-
j erntlons, "provided that Buch purchase
shall be taken and held as a waiver by
| the purchaser of any land and right
to appropriate to his use any other
Bill Will Have Hard Sledding
Washington.—There seems little or
no likelihood that the house commit-
tee on Iudian affairs will take the coal
and asphalt bill under consideration be-
fore lafe in the week. This delay was
explained Saturday by the fact that the
of the interior for report. What ac-
tion the department will take remains
a matter of much speculation, inas-
much as Secretary liailinger, on nu-
merous occasions, has declared that
the department will not stand spon-
sor for any bill, and this despite tho
fact that the secretary is on record as
man, this policy has been worked out
to a nicety. These clothed tho scheme
in the pretty catch phrase of a 'com-
munity of interests' and cleverly set
about to grab all the through trunk
lines of railroad from coast to coast
njent or treaty with the tribes when
they gave up their tribal rights and
accepted Individual allotments of
homesteads.
A suit was borught to enjoin the
treasurer from collecting taxes on the
"They agreed plausibly .and with homesteads. The Indians claimed that
truth, that these trunk ilnes were the the lands were exempt from taxattou
great arteries which maintained the by terms of the treaty or agreement
life of commerce; entered into between them and the
"Approximately nine billions of government which provided, not only
this 18 billions of railroad capltallsa- j'he contracts but also in the deeds,
tlon is fictitious; purely and simply 'hat fhe homesteads would be free of
watered stock, upon which the people i taxation for a period of twenty one
of the United Slates are taxed In rail- years from the dale of the deed
The bill, as introduced, places the
entire burden of responsibility on the
administration, as there is no pretense
In the bill as to how the coal and the
surface shall be sold, w hether in large
or small tracts. Indeed, there Is uoth-
Ing In the measure to prevent tho
coal trust gobbling up the entire min-
eral wealth of the two nations and
thus create a monopoly of tho coal
and asphalt in Oklahoma.
In any event, the bill, it seems, will
have hard sledding before it becomes
a law.
Senator Kendrick, disclaiming any *"'1 mechanical colleges
title on the part o the state In the P'ntt ! The normal group consists of the
National park at Sulphur. This was *'* st 'e normal schools, which shall
desired by fhe federal government to he under a board of six regents, one
clear fhe title to the park. Inasmuch ' of w hom shall be the state superin
as the original transfer to the govern- tendont of Instruction; four to be ap-
ment by the Indians contained a pro- pointed by the governor, the sixth to
vision stating that It was expected that be another of the appointive members
of the surface of any tract or tracts
as may be reasonably necessary for
On May 27, 190S. five years after the
deeds had been received as stipulated,
an injunction suit was brought by the
the property some time would be trans-
ferred to the state.
8everal new bills were introduced
tn the senile, including nn anti-gam-
bling bill by Colvllle, which was r.
copy of onn already introduced In the
house; one by Denton, creating the
office of county asseusor; bv Thomas, I
protecting the deer In Comanche, Kl-'
cwa. Caddo and Swanson counties, be-
ing the territory immediately sur-'
rounding the government game re
: by V.mdevcni' r, i "<>hlbHI:ig the
co/rrmlmitlon of streams used for
water supply; by Coffey, allowing
school lund to be Bold for school
house sites.
Lobbyists' permits wrro granted to
W. P. Hale of Weatherford and Wil-
liam A. Durst of Knld, representing
the state optical society.
Tho sennte accepted nn Invitation
to attend the ovlntlon meet, nnd de-
cided to hold Its Saturday session at 10 I state i
o'clock so n sto eli ar the decks for that first, f
meet.
Heads School Board
Oklahoma City.—Governor Cntee
wns made chairman of the state school
board at a meeting of the board Fri-
day at noo'i, when tho board was re-
organised. Leo Myers was Chosen
Me rctary.
of the state board of education, the
latter to net as secretary.
The defective and delinquent group,
consisting of the Sulphur school for
the deaf, the school for the blind, tern
porarlly located at Fort Gibson; the In-
stitute for the feebleminded at Knld;
the WhltakT's Orphan home at Pryor
Creek, and the state training school
nt Pauls Valley. Six regents nre to
govern. The state commissioner of
charities nnd corrections Is the first,
four members appointed by the gov-
ernor, the sixth member to be another
appointive member of thp state board
of education, the latter to act ns sec-
retary of tho group.
Tho negro group, conflating of the
negro agricultural and mechanical col-
lege nt Laim he school nt Tnft
and nil., other ir ion for negroes.
Six reg nts are p t ed here. The
ertntC'di • t or Instruction Is
r nre ai : -ni-d by the gov-
ernor. t e sixth Is the fifth appointive
member of the state board of educa-
tion.
To ti • regents Is given the power to
regulate the Institutions tn tlicll
groups, to rceept and approve plain
road rates to maintain the dividends.
'"Despite this tremenc >ub stock wa-
tering. the railway net earnings have
the conduct of mining operations, advanced steadily and the average dlv- plaintiff In error against the defend
or removal of deposits of coal and as- Idend rate has more than doubled In ant In error on the grounds that the
phslt, upon entering Into an obllga- 'he last 1.% yenrs. act of congress violating rights was
tlon to make payment for the surface "In 1S94 the dividend rate was 1.66 unconstitutional.
thus taken, be used at a fair valuation Per cent. Last year It averaged 3.6* Counsel for the state argued in
for the portion of the surface so ac- per cent. and. the railroads earned a brief that the act of congress in 1908
quired el Income of $S..2,1.'.3.280. authorized the state to collect taxes
A board of arbitrators, composed of lh.e I Upon n" lan<l9 "pealed the treaty,
representatives of the surface own
and lessee, and a third man agreed
to by them, Is provided for to tlx the
fee of the surface thus acquired by
the lessee, provided that the owner
of such mineral deposits or lessee
thereof shai have the right of entry
upon the surface, so to be acquired
for mining purposes Immediately after
the failure of the parties to agree
upon a fair valuation.
(Ill Lessees nreexenip'ed front dnm-
ages from the subsidence of the sur
face caused by the removal of all the
coal und asphalt deposits, or for not
leaving coal or artificial supports un-
der the lands; lessees, however, tn be
liable for subsidence resulting from
lnck of due care und prudence In tho
prosecution of mining operations.
(S l Secretary of the Interior Is
authorised to sell surface and minerals
together where conditions are such as
to make such sale advantageous. This '
and, the railroads earned
net income of $8.ri2.1.r>3.280.
""And the people paid th
"Railroad presidents indignantly!
deny that freight rates affect tlie cost
of existence. James J. Hill and W. C.
Browne declare low acreage produc-
tion by the farmer is rwsponsibel for
high prices.
"Trust magnates disagree. All seek
to shift the responsibility. S R. Gug-
genheim says it is extravagance on
the part of the laborer. Ogden Ar-
mour says It Is the law of nature.
problem of
Is y* great
question of the ace Were It Tnlrly
solved nil other Ines of commerce
nnd trade would soon adiust them-
selves nnd a more equitable distribu-
tion of the products of business would
result.
"What are you going to do about it?
"Youra In militant sincerity,
(Signed) "O. C. BARBER.'
Flight in Darkness
Pueblo, Colo.—G. Van Arsdale. In a
Denver-built biplant. made a speetueu-
lar flight after darkness had fallen
Sunday. After the aeroplane had left
the ground It could be seen only as it
flashed between the cheering specta-
tors and the lights of the city. V.-,u-
Arsdale mule three flights In all. The
machine used by Vnn Arsdale is a
cross between the Curtlss and 1'arman
types and was built for F. Lynn Mat*
thewson of Denver. *
•T'his
freight ra
Auditor's Records in Box Car
Oklahoma Citv. While Oklahoma
City has been the capital of the state
for two weeks. State Auditor Lea Mey-
ers has been unable to secure quar-
ters for his office. He was assigned
to a room In the old High School build-
ing where a number or other depart-
ments have offices, but he refused to,
move into It on the grounds thaj it | f'0'" department
railroad |S too small nnd his papers too valu
"tnomic -. t.!e to t;:ke there. His furniture and
records are still In a car on the side-
tracks of the railroad yards but Mr
Meyers Is not doing business In the
car. He hoi c> to get located here this
week.
— I live per cent iuiei
City Crowded With Liquor payments Th« .•
Tulsa. Okla- A carload of liquor. rl . servo as a sup
consisting of all sorts of gtn. beer. 1 'n"' ttct* vv
charge at 6 per ©
gin.
whisky, wlno and champagne, confis
catol by city and county officers In
aids durlti.c the past sixty days, li
ror new buildings, (o engage tho teach I section, however, shall not npply to
era, to remove professors, oven to th« ,rnM (1 |„ni1 fr„m whlrl, coal and
presidents of the Institutions. I ftll|,|lttit foaa been mined.
Posse After Slayr of Woman
Idabel, Okla.—Alnsworth Moore.
Choctaw Indian, is being pursued by a I being shipped to the state dispensary
posse In McCurtain county for the al- at Guthrie. The county storeroom if
leged killing of his stepmother at this more overstocked with confiscated
place Monday. Moore was charged goods than ever before und this ship
with kiling his father three years ago ment was necessary to make room lot
and was free on bond. I contraband of future ruids.
Scott Ferris Has Appeal of Settlers
Washlngron. The attempt of tha
Lawton land office tn collect from the
settlers in pasture number three of
the ceded l nds of the Kiowa and Co-
manche Indians 11 per cent iuterest
on the deferred payments, has result-
ed In lively protest from the settlers.
Their appeal was carried to the inte-
by Representative
Scott Ft rris Saturday. According to
the Lawton congressman, the officials
cf lo# il I? t"! oh.* re ov r!ookr ^
the fact that congress, by three sep-
arate enactments, hns extended tha
payment en the lands upon rendition
that the seitlc-r pay ti) the Indian fund
on the deferred
i. say a Mr. Fer-
leas of the orlg-
d the Interest
Secretary Hal-
linger promised to look Into the matter
at once. .
Town Threatened by Fire
Winnipeg. V ;n. Klre broke out at
midnight In the Ke'ly building on linn,
nat.vne avenue, and spread rapidly. At
1 o'clock McClary'a six story building
and many tmuller buildings had boea
destroyed.
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