The Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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ATTENTION FARMERS
COTTON SEED
We have received a small car of
Pure Mebane Cotton Seed
From Lockhart, Texas, the home of the Pure Mebane Cotton,
and we are selling them at
$2.50 bu.
They are going fast. Give us your order today
HENDR1CK & SCRUGGS
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HfllliS. Oklahoma, as accoud j ^W^,o^a lX/r"8choo, ea,Hl running
mail matter.
A. A. BALDWIN, Editor
Toil th'rougTi" Fori -■
Wauhillau to Stilwell.
j Beginning aNpenerain^8«rly
ISBtaW*
fsssmm Srjpswa sss?s
A=« langston, to Guthrie j ^ ^ of ^ 8tat in the Red
^5^5!l!!,^!5!^^^^^^^^^i^chdisirict£isnear the center as
support and maintenance of the Insti-jj' possible, and cOntlgiouB to some town,
tution. Bills for, the fe-etpat1^ of ^ donated. the board is authorized to
other school?, which were abolished, accept 0n behalf of the state, gifts
.have already been presented.' "" ij of ]an(ls and other gifts and endow-
RpDresentatives Harris and Steven-ments, for this purpose. If no land
introduced a resolution in thej js donated the board is authorized
=J"S2Si« that the attorney- plircll,s, not .es. than ten acre, •
7th
Oklahoma
Legislature
He, Oklahoma City, Norman. *
Pauls Valley, Davis, Ardmore and Marl
ttta, to a bridge across the Red Hi\er
north of Gainesville, Texas. ,
Route No. 3.
I PhlckaHha. ^v^^kTei?en.
Langston, to Guthrie.
Beginning a?0«°J;jr1^letaifn
rfcater STWS?^N°'
17 between Morrison and Perry,
Beginning a?
fend RtSfit Waurika/ , , tate have been asserut,^
mtmm Iwpfcwpag
ford, to Cherokee |
a s _ ««S11 marlr fl hA>
general oe .
action as was necessary in P^tect
ing the rights of the state in the Red
River beds which are being leased
for oil drilling. For years, according
to members of the legislature the
state of Te::as has made no claim to
ownership in the river bed. hut . oce
oil haa I ceo uncovered, the offictala
ot that tate have heen ..■orU°« "
umiin, "'v i®
«L.nolo "t" 'wirt j «. "J*
lhawnnCcity® an'dGSayre
jf oklahoma and the State or lexas ■
"0lenc.n,Rlt%%int on th. Un.
fcetween Oklahoma and Aransas n~r
puruuaac uut " -
the lowest price obtainable. Of the
$600,000 appropriated, $300,000 will be
available during the first fiscal year,
beginning next July and other half
available during the following year.
All contracts are to be let by the
state board of affairs.
Tlie sanatoria will be under the
supervision of the state board of af-
fairs and the state superintendent of
; health, the former having charge of
1 the business, or fiscal affairs, and the
the latter the care and treatment and
. .« i A aimofin*
A committee bill, appropriating
1600,000 for the construction of six*
state tuberculosis sanatpria, which are
to be constructed and maintained un-
der the supervision ahd direction of
the state board 6f pilblic affairs and
the state bo?vd of health, was intro-
duced by the house committee on
health, mire foci and drug*
The bill provides for a division of
the state into six districts of as near
the same area and population as is
practicable for the purposes intend-
ed A^anatoriaum will.be located in|
through Tonkawa, I the latter the care and treatment uuu
point on R°u^N0#ia « ^ , abnormal percentage of tubercul.r af to & ^ of ,2 400 a yaar.
Beginning a\ ^^rtv^dirwtion^hrlmgh i I Action in Oklahoma. Si* sanat0"*
UR-a Lawton^and Walters to Wau- , take care of 4B0 patients at the
BS; ^ # „ M outside, or a little more than "one per
f)OUt« NO. 2« • I - «— -—«f
Three Important steps in good roads
legislation were taken last week.
first the house passed Its bill by a
vote of 87 to 7; second the senate
committee reported its substitute
1)U1,' both bills - giving the road Sulr>hur. uuncan.
routetf; and third Senator Thomas ,ler> ahub and, Hollisi « f\$£goma and
£ Lawton Introduced hie aubetltute he.
tiill Wiilrh se?ks to establish the !i-oxuj, with a branch from
t road. system without a bond issue. 1 Broken Bow.
$4. hv th« houa
I —" . af ^indtett 'and running in I fcent ot the tubercular population of
.lata. E..ot«ally U«. «l:l "
I point on Route N • ^ I ^ariuxn ta eaoh county, accord
Beginning S«.s tot.r«^ n tuberculai
tendent ror eaca
to be employed by the superintendent
of health at a salary of $2,400 a year.
The bill carries an appropriation ot
$75,000 for the payment of salaries.
Agitation for the creation of a de-
partment of the state health board
for fighting tuberculosis began sev-
eral months ago and reached propor-
— A. _ 4m n/vllTI f V OOMM.lfS.
Former Governor R. L. Williams,
testifying before the senate
tee investigating the girls' industrial
home declared that he had given spe-,
X instructions to W. D. Mathews
commissioner of charities and ccjrec-
ions, to inspect the home and toi
make all provisions for the moral:
KS™ ot the inmate.. William, ttr-
aaaerted that h. had in.tn.cu j
the state board of affairs to make ail
financial arrangements and
.roTisions for the physical welfare,
if the airls housed in the home. t\
rftf^s-nSrrari ,5W0 S
road,system wiinout a uuuu «•
•fhe bill as passed by the house
provides for:
-' A bond issue of $6*.000,0001 the
bonds to be sold at not less than
par and accrued interest, to be non-
taxable and bear Interest at a rate
not to exceed 4 1-2 per cent, the pro-
ceeds from the sale ot the bonds to
be used in construction of a state
lystem ot hardsurfaced* roads ot a
minimum width of nine feet.
Creates a state road commission to
- .. a A hlorh.
I southwesterly
''T^handfer8'Ed^onToklahoma CAty.
tiart and Mangum o oklahoma and the
It™™ Texas, near Wellington. Texas.
Route No. 8.
Ison. i ireaimeui. — - ^ v
Route No. 28. ,.innine in hpv say because there are 45,1
JB'
-!|
hones to become practically th«, i
compromise bill does not require j P ^ ^aduate Ux against pipe lines,
constitutional amendment w a ^ i ^ ^ dependillg upon the size of
cial election; no bonds; utilizes iea ^ lg prop0sed. ,
ei*al aid of over five million^-, posgibtlity of a state industrW
lars a year for three years; divides^| ^ fQr women being established
pxDense equally. t*ween federal . j n sponsored by Senator
expense eq tv,rmifirh which; under the P^w ^ ^ thJ
Smn.ittn.ent o< the hill to a -pecla^
C°™°do n dilterent meaaures ha«
been dratted tn the laat thlrt!- dm
i
faWonf ^xaTnea^ Wellington. Texas, la^aj fc#ween tedera^ home ^or ^ BpQn80red by gonat^
.""n^ro and running in a Iaid> Btate and counties through which. p Hffl ^ent glimmering with the
jenerM "westerly !^ir?^logu{ai^?abridge I roads pass; uses convict labor; com-. cominiUment Qf the bill to a special
ta and ^''l^J^dian'nver ' ! ooses commission of governor high- I e>
roads pass, -
poses commission of governor, high
way commissioner and state treasi ,
urer without extra salary; would j
use all of production tax, states ten-
i k v Qii/1 all or in-
The result was m «. ".' —
and representatives came to the cap-
ital interested in the cause and
pledged to introduce bills creating
"^resolution asking an investigation
of the state highway department
brought a sharp debate in the senate,
resulting finally in the reference of
the resolution to the committee on
roads and highways. Senator W B.
Wallace, who fathered the resolution
asserted that on the recommendation
of the state highway commissioner,
consulting engineers were obtaining
5 per cent of county road bond issues.'
A death blow at the loan shark is
aimed in a bill introduced in the house|
bv Representative Robertson. It pro-
yfdes a fine of $1,000 for any perso,
who charges or collecte . h«her rn '
Members of the commission
laired to give a bond of I
each for the faithful performance
their duty; members will receive - i#me,
•alary of $5,000 a year and will serve , Atoka. _ u N# 18
throughout the period of the con- , B ,nn, cherokee •^>nruntnhl^j2
action of the roads. Su^r^EST*rw£SSS3! **££
Fund Created. gS ^
a road f«d m. wbieb
U*t(* the receipts from the sale Km a potet ■•rtti f «• w
ft automoMie liceiwee will be M d Re«te we.
Jer the HirpeM of paying the PrJ"®1" i •jjjjjjj'aeotherw dir^tn n tTireagk
p«l and iotereet mpo> the bonds , te o«ry
«hen due. la mar yewr when funds ' "
)nm this aouron are insufficient the
9 . « _ _ - U t a Kn Filial
the land ta\ m ine upy« " '
made a few amendments to the Din
which already has passed the honan.
He specifically exempts lumber and
■rasing lands from the provisions of
the bill and Increases the **
t.nj exempted before the In* begin*
to operate.
A bill carrying an appreciation nf
. . . a •nanllliafW AITMDl~
higher
makes it unlaw
u,cr, after the pas-
recognize or comply
any wage assign-
interest above
' |18 Special senate committee is draft'
oklahoma will recede H.15S.0M Inij,,, the btU allo^£ «j nty W
JEXmZt roads thU year if H artal ^vnnim^t
te the poete««e bttl carries Oon ef only
JnTJtt 1M ** W" Ohlah—^l M u te rnnke the law
would reoetse Itnm the > J jnly 1. TU* wepld
rX C«D.nt. The -IT wmr*$ m. -
The corporation commission has ii^ P*
sued an order directing all* railroad*
operating in the state to hereafter
refund the 1-cent a mile extra col-
lected from passengrs who purchase
, their .tickets on trains. Two or three
I years ago the commission issued am
order granting carriers permission to
i penalize passengers who fail to bujj
' their tickets feom station agents td
the extent of 1 cent a mile extra,
making the rat* four cents a mile for |
those buving tickets on trains. The
penalty lias not been refunded
Establishment of a state cemetery,
to be maintained on practically the
same plan as the national cemeteryl
Arlington, Va„ for Oklahoma soldia
sailors, marines and state officialsiis
proposed ia a bill introduced in
senate by Senator S. L. Johnson |
Okmulgee. The bill carries an s
propriation of $30,000 and authorize
the state boatd of affairs to purchab
not less than 320 acres of land f*
use for this purpose. State schof
land, it found to be suitable, may
acquired.
applMM* '
t «• i
Route N*. ■ «-
tmn this souron are insufficient the | Beginning at a
STatnder necessary is to be rahed
by a direct ta*. laga, Tho^.^Cuswr^ra^lKj.^ ^
""7" -.rnment. The ealy 'i* • ' (ate effe* rnammm —■ - ;
Hlon nf MCMMry to obuin tW. kt ^TS
agrienl ; u thM the atatn match dollar fo •^TSSdlTwlll apply only t e«m
i* *riWtog ST Tm M.OO* tn 76.o*
h* tn* . ues ei mm ™> nbi.kiHM
th. -d. U
_ bridge serosa the
river north «f Btirkburnetl. Texas
lundlett to a
A Ml" V«ss . j —p --- --- -
$^50 000 tor Stllf BCCODMty , wrm - *— _ W Will aPF^V —
turs'l schools was advanned M lar tn hnlldtog roads. %om ^ 76.0M
Uaamen. and .hird ™ dWJ, £ . td^i.M ~t —«
senate. The measure provides tor ^ aoeond oldest prisoner in the) oma •
salaries and expenses at the ! ^tontiary «
Cameron. Connors and Panhandle eiaie ^ ,,
served went free last week on a pa^le
trom Governor Robertson. Jim *. '
at Lincoln oonnty. sent to the
tontiary fourteen years ago from
eola county, was the recipient -<
point of t;ine| Mh#oi for the
I. Ma a n i «— *— rnnwm*
The seneei i°r ——
■Bid is eomlng in for> some erttWj-
faDewMd the visit of the junketing
SSJS. - th-hj-.. Dr. W. U
Kendnll. «.^n.t< dent te re.
Cameron. r™« " -— --
rtia from . Sd i i. ^.tlT^bTc^r-d
by asseasmenu against abutting . watonga and running mil Panhandle schools.
property, running, bsck ss far as ^n,rxi norihw^t*riy dir^tio n'hroug | proposing recreation of the tanuary w"—- ~ f . i . .ve Benate has pssaoa •.««
three mile, from the road, and In- 'district a^tuml school at Broken oounty. was the recipient of thj ^ " JJ* ^rol of the school boar^
Hading pipe lines, telephone end nout. Ne. is. ,n a ' Arrow which was abolished two years ! governor's clemency Wood was c01^|V* ^ sUte board of education *0
telegraph lines and prnpertr B^nnjng M Mto. tlrough when Governor Williams vetoed ^ of kilUng Safronia ^ hoard of affairs.
The howe bill ^ maintenance appropriation, was in- M JackBOO, Si, .ears ago "'Hi"* " p„ eompanlee will be re-
dN°and running .n_a : troduced in the house by Biddison^and | w#p,d from pri!((M1 nnd ^entjs y<-aj| ^ „ a mi,e and tele
Meatlcal with the houae hllL The
wuu
following are the senate routes:
Route No. 1.
WW at a B i«u *>a the !' '
<li« ittaf ef ««JJ
ago wnen >• fRim ■ -
Goye'r""and~ jay J it8 maintenance appropriation, was in- ^ M JackBOO, six years ago > r
n ^ninc ara,dN°ind running in a troduced in the bouse by Bjddison and | from prison and spent a ycaj
"SSth^teriv diction >W; , Kenton 0f the house and P^v'd5on , ^ # „ Ar|ioiia before he
{rt ^Tr^ Und 's.K'.oHa*S4)r. cf the senatb. It propose, an appro- \ tared.
priation of $30,000. J150..0 of wh.ch
hotna ar.J ArWar.^u? nee* « • mllh ^ aTaj]ab!e for the next twe ts-
— - — t wr Wginnmn nem.^1. W
ST. .«• •'
Telegsnph companies vl,l be ?;
mnir^A to pay $3 a mile snd telei
phone eompaniee will pay $2. Thid
La. net nrP T * bele-phone «
sre net egate*
A postcard will save a life—If
dressed to your representative or s
ator in the state legislature urgini
the passage of legislation to p evW<
patriot tubereulesls sanatoria.
Snrreys shew that M «e 90
eC Indian InmlHes in this state havt
it least ene case of tuheeeeulesis
There aw about !•#,•♦« Indians i
Oklahoma.
More than 3.000 persons die ef ti
bercnlosis in Oklahoma every yost
A system of tuberculosis hospitals an
sanatoria will save many Uvea ad
anally.
Ton or some member of your tot
lly may be the next victim of tube
culosis. A card to your represent
tive or senator la the next legislalui
will hasten legislation tn provide nee
( ed sanatoria.
A boost for tuberculosis sanator
in Oklahoma ia a direct step to war
saving the lives ol many v^uab
gitiisns eaeh sear. )|
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Baldwin, A. A. The Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1919, newspaper, February 20, 1919; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc268122/m1/4/: accessed April 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.