Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 1, 1897 Page: 3 of 8
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MORTGAGED,
The Popocrat c L- gislature Put a
Blanket Mortgage on theSchojl*
BINDING FOR FIVE YEARS.
The Contract Eut«r il Into Wl'h the
American Hook Company Give* Them
a Monopoly on Text Hooks lu the
territory—voutract lu Full.
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The contract with the American
Book company just entered into by
the territory for text books is binding
upon the people for tive years. The
price of text books is not changed by
the contract in any manner whatever.
The contract is binding upon the
dealers. Dealers cannot charge more
than the price made by the company.
The report of Territorial Auditor
Nichols and the contract entered into
by the territory and the American
liook company are printed in full be-
low:
Department of Public Instruction, A.
O. .Nichols, Territorial Superinten-
dent, Guthrie, O. T., 1897.
To the county superintendents, sec-
retaries of boards of education and
clerks of school districts.
Greeting: In conformity with sec-
tion '-J, of the law passed by the last
session of the territorial legislative as-
sembly providing for the uniformity
of text books in the territory of Okla-
homa, I hereby send you the following
for your instruction and government.
An act providing for the purchase of
text books for use in the public
schools of the territory of Oklanoma.
Be it enacted by tbe legislative assem-
bly of the territory of Oklahoma.
Sec tic n 1. It sball be the duty of
the territorial superintendent of pub-
lic instruction to ascertain, within
sixty (60) days after the passage of
this act, what text books in the vari-
ous branches taught in the public
schools of the territory are in most
general use in said schools; and, hav-
ing made out a list of such text books
for use in all public schools of the ter-
ritory, 6hall enter into a contract or
contracts for a period of tive (5) years
in the name of the territory of Okla-
homa, with the publishers- of said
books for the supply of said books to
the public schools of the territory,
Provided, that the publishers shall
guarantee to supply the said books at
the lowest prices at which the said
books are sold anywhere in the United
States; that the prices of said books
shall not be increased by the publish-
ers, and that the purchasers of the
same in the territory of Oklahoma
shall receive the benefit of any reduc-
tion made in any such pi ices auy-
where within the United States; also
provided, that the said publishers shall
execute and deliver to the territorial
superintendent of public instruction
on the execution of the contract or
contracts hereinbefore provided for a
satisfactory bond inthesumof twenty
thousand dollars (820,000), properly
secured, for the faithful performance
of said contract or contracts.
Sec. 2. Immediately after the com-
pletion of said contract or contiacts
and the tiling of satisfactory bonds on
the part of the contracting publishers
as provided in section 1 of this act, the
territorial superintendent of public
instruction shall make a full state-
ment of the transaction, including a
complete list of the books contracted
for, fully describing each and giving
the price of each agreed upon, and
naming the publishers agreeing to fur-
nish said bojks, together with such
further information as he may deem
necessan; and said superintendent
6hall transmit by mail a copy of said
statement to each county superintend-
ent, the secretary of each board of
education and the clerk of each school
district in the territory, and said offi-
cer shall carefully preserve the same
Sec. 3. The purpose and intent of
this act being to secure to the school
patrons of the territory exemption
from unnecessary changes of text-
books and to those removing from on**
school corporation to another a relief
from the loss incident to a diversity of
kinds of school text-books, no change
shall be made from any books of sxid
list in any of the public schools of the
territory for a period of tive (5) years
from the date of such contract or con-
tracts; provided, that the provisions of
this act shall not operate to affec- the
text-books now in use in any town or
city of the territory where the said
books are used under contracts by aud
between the boards of education of
said towns or cities and the publishers
thereof.
Sec. 4. Immediately after the com-
pletion of said contract the superin-
tendent of public instruction shall
make a full statement of the transac-
tion including a complete list of the
books named in the contract, fully
describing each and giving the price
of each agreed upon, and name the
address of the person or persons
agreed to furnish said books, together
with such further information as the
territorial board of education deem
necessary; and said superintendent
shall at once transmit by mail a copy
of said statement to each county sup-
erintendent, the secretary of each
board of education and the clerk of
each school district in the territory,
and said officers shall carefully pie-
serve the same. The territorial sup-
erintendent shall in like manner fur-
nish to those officers from time to
time and without delay such addition-
al information as to the action of the
territorial board of education to keep
6aid officers fully advised in all mat-
ters in which they are interested.
Sec. 5, All acts and parts of acts in
coi Hict herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. 0. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pub-
lication.
Approved this 12th day of March.
1897.
In compliance with section 1 of the
above act, I have ascertained the text-
books iu most general use in the ter-
ritory. Information received from the
several counties indicates that at least
ninety-nine per cent of the text-books
now in use in oklahoma are included
in the lists tfiven below. Reports con-
cerning something more than fifteen
hundred of the eighteen hundred (ap-
proximately) school districts of the
territory are now on file in this office.
Two districts report none of the
books herein named in u*e. about
twenty are using them partially, while
about 1,500 districts are using them to
the exclusion of all other books. If
the same proportion for the 3H) dis-
tricts of which no information i6 yet
at hand is maintained the text books
named below will be found in general
and almost exclusive use in ail but
twenty-Ave or thirty of the school dis-
tricts of the territory. In pursuance
of this information aud the law I have
entered into a contract in the name of
the t rritory of Oklahoma for the said
books, as provided for in section I of
said act, and in conformity with sec-
tion 2 of said act I send this report.
The following is the list of books
now in most gt neral use and for which
a contract has been made with the
American Book company. New York.
Cincinnati and Chicago, the publishers
of tne same, together with the prices
to be paid for the same at the office of
the company in Chicago. [See list in
contract printed below.J
Explanation*
1. (Net contract prices). These
are the prices at which the within
naired books will be sold in wholesale
quantises directly to any school board
for cash or to any other party or par-
ties for cash or on approved credit;
all orders to be filled from the Chicago
office of the American Book company,
transportation charges to be paid by
the purchaser.
2. (List prices ) These are the prices
at which single copies will be sent by
mail, postpaid, or in qualities by ex-
press or freight, transportation pre-'
paid, to any address upon receipt of
the sale price, or at which the said
books may be purchased from the re-
tail dealers cf the territory.
3. (Exchange prices). These are
the prices at which the American
Book company agrees to furnish their
books upon application to them at
their offii-e in Chicago at any time prior
to January 1, 1898, wherever old books
of other series and of like grade and
subject in actual class use are sur-
rendered bv the pupil at the time the
corresponding new book is purchased.
For particulars apply to the American
Book company, Chicago 111.
General Suggestions and Instructions.
By section 3 of the above act it is
clear that the intent of the law is to
secure uniformity of text books for
use in the schools of Oklahoma terri-
tory tc the end that (as expressed by
the law) "the loss incident to
a diversity of text books" might be
avoided. In order to carry ©ut the in-
tent of the law certain lequireiuents
are made of the superintendent of
public instruction, who by these re
quirements is made an executive officer
to put the other provisions of the law
in force.
The duties impised upon this officer
are:
1. To ascertaiu within sixty (60
days what text-books in the various
branches taught in the public schools
are in roost general use in said schools.
2. To contract with the publishers
of said books for a period of five (5)
years for a supply of said books on
terms and conditions named in said
act.
3. After contracting for said books
to make a full statement of the trans-
action, including a complete list of the
books contracted for, giving the price
of each as agreed upon, etc.
In fulfilling the r«quireinents of
this law, I have ascertained the books
in most genera] use in the schools of
the territory, and have contracted for
the same as shown above. The books
now in most general use in our schools
are first-class text-books, known to
our teachers, and if made unif. r n in
the schools of the territory we may
expect continued improvement in
their work.
It depends upon you to see that the
provisions of this law are fully com-
plied with and that the list of text-
books and prices now contracted for
be strictly adhered to. It is also rec-
ommended that the course of study
prepared by the territorial board of
education be closely followed. In
order to carry out the intents of the
law you should secure conformity to
this list of books as soon as possible,
and for tbis purpose I have secured
from the publishers, favorable terms of
exchange for oid bot ks of other 6eri^s
of like kind and grade to extend to
.January 1, 1898. You are therefore
urged to take prompt action to carry
out the provision* of this act so that
its benefits may fully accrue to the
schools of the territory. I desire to
call your attention to the fact that the
American Book compiny agrees that
the books herein named shall be sold
by retailers within the territory on
the said terms and at the said prices.
All citizens haviDg knowledge that a
greater price than the list price herein
spec fied is being charged are respect-
fully requested to r port the name and
address of the dealer making such
overcharge with full particulars to
the territorial superintendent.
In conclusion permit me to say that
a hearty co-operation in carrying out
the provisions of his law and the con-
tract made pursuant thereto will in-
sure to our schools all its intended
good purpose.
If uniformity is to be secured and
text-books furnished our people at a
reasonable cost it becomes your duty
to act diligently and promptly to se-
cure these ends.
Yours Very Truly,
A. 0. Nichols,
Territorial Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Contract for the Supply and t'se of Text-
Hooks.
This contract and agreement made
and entered into by and between the
Territory of Oklahoma by A. O
Nichols, territor al superintendent of
public instruction, party of the first
part and the Ameriean Book company,
a corporation created and existing un-
der and by virtue of the laws of the
state of New Jersey, party of the sec-
ond part, witnesseth:
That, whereas, the Territory of Ok-
lahoma by an act approved March 12,
1897, provided in section 1 for a con-
tract bet« e^n the territorial superin-
tendent of public instruction and the
publishers of such text books as should
be found to be in the most general
use in st.id territorv. the said territor-
ial superintendent of pub'ic instruc-
tion and the American Book company
of New York. Cincinnati and Chicago,
have entered into tbe following con-
tract:
In considertiion of the provisions of
said act, and the payment of oue dol-
lar, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the American Book
company, as party of the second part,
agrees with said pariv of the first part,
to supply the following list of books
for the use of the schools of said ter-
ritory on the terms and ut the pricet
hen in static;
Hoohs and I'rU es.
oo
Urt;
H.,1 0"j
Niil 0i
if 1 : 0
t 2'l 15
*•; i OM
as 4S
McGutTey's Rev Eciectr.c S|>eUr f 14 $ 17 f ]0
McGufTe>'w Kev fcclec 1st header H 17 io
McOufTej's H«v helec jid Kea<.er 30 IS
McGuttey'h Rev Et lee 3rd Ri auer 34 4J '% f>
McGutfej 's Rev fcclec 410 heeler 4l I bO 8U
*4eGutfr>'s Rev Eclec tad header N<! TV, 43
Raj '* New Primary Arithmetic... 1- 15 w
Raj's New Intellectual Aritn i.'0| if.
Ra>'* New Elementary Arith 35, jq
Ray's New Practical Aritb 40 50 30
Ha;, 's New Higher Arlth fisj S5i 51
Ra> s New Elementary Algebra ''4 80 4S
Milne's High School Algebra SO I 00| (Ml
Kaj 'h Plain aud Solid tieouietry
White's Etrmeuts of Geometry
Long's New Language Ex, Pt I
Long's New Language Ex, Pt •«!
Harvey* Rev Elemen Grammar
Harvey* Rev English Grammar
Harnes Elementary Geography
Barnes Complete Geography
Koieclrlc Physical Geography
Humes erlmary HifcW r. I* e>.
Barnes Brief History t" 3
l aineM (ieueia! History
Child* Health Primer
Voting People's Pi.y*i<iN g.v
Steel - Hygetilc PhysioiO^y
Town sen Un 8C i ivii Gov
Bryant & Stratton* s s Bookk'ng
Steeles l'op Physics
Gray's Rev Leu in Hot any
Speucerian v y Bks per dozen ~7|
Steeles Chemistry " '
Steele* A-1 roue my .
Holders Zoo I of v
Dainis Geological Sty Br:- T
c^nackenboH Khetoi.c
liurune-s Easy Latiu Methcd
\Vebsiers Primary Dictionar.
We listers H S Dictionary
Websters H S Dictionary
Webster* Academic Dictionary 1
Natural M..sic Primer
Natural Music Reader No. I
Natural Music Reader No. J
Natural Music Reader No. :1
Natural Music Reader No. 4
Natural Music Reader No. 5 K) .r o 80
Harkuess Lutin Grammar
Harknews Ca-sar
Explanation.
1. (Net contract prices). These are
the prices at which the within named
books will be sold in wholesale quan-
tities directly to any school board for
cash or to any other party or parties
for cash or on approved credit; all
orders to be filled from the Chicago
office of the American Hook company,
transportation charges to be paid by
the purchaser.
2. (List prices ) These are the
prices at which single copies will be
sent by mail post paid, or in quanti-
ties by express or freight, transporta-
tion prepaid, to any address upon re-
ceipt of the said prices.
3. (Exchange prices) The oarty
of the second part agrees upon appli-
cation to them at their office in Cni-
cago to furnish at any time prior to
.January 1, 1898, any of the above
named books at the exchange prices
set opposite tbe titles of said books
whenever the old books of other series
of like grade and subject in actual
class use is surrendered by the pupil
at the the time the corresponding new
bo««k is purchased, and to allow trans
portation on the books so furnished
and the old books returned in ex-
change, together with 10 per cent of
the exchange price as compensation to
the parties ordering the same. It is
further agreed by the party of the
second part, that the quality of the
binding, paper and general mechani-
cal execution of the sa;d books shall
be maintained during the period of
this contract. And in case a reduction
is made anywhere in the United Mates
in the prices of the books named here-
in at any time within the period cov-
ered by this contract such reduction
shall a.so apply here o and become a
part hereof.
4. Said party of the second part j
further agrees that the books herein |
contracted for shall be sold within the
territory on the terms and at the
prices above named. An in order to
jarry out the provisions of tbis section
the said party of the second part here-
by agrees to require of all retail deal-
ers in Oklahoma a written guarantee j
that they will retail tbe books herein j
named to the citizens of Oklanoma on
the said terms and at the said prices.
5. Party of the first part hereby
agrees and covenants that the text |
books herein before nam^d shall be
uniformly used in the public spools of
Oklahoma for five years as provided ir
said act
In testimony whereof, we hereunto
set our hand aud th? official seal this
2.'ird day of April, 1897.
t> rritory of oklahoma,
By A. (). Mchois.
American Book Company,
J. B. Biazer.
The bonds required by law have
been given and approved this23rd day
of April, 1897.
The Fair.
IMarjdifen HinUra ■
BEST SELECTIONS AND LOWEST PRICES.
I)r. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
a scientific medicine, carefully com-
pounded by an experienced and skill-
ful physician, and adapted to woman's
delicate organization. It is purely
vegetable and perfectly harmless in
any condition of the system. Cure6
morning sickness, weak stomach, in-
digestion or dyspepsia, "female weak-
ness" and kindred ailments.
Dr. A. Hughes and son, N. B., were
in the city yesterday from Perkins.
First Pub. in Weekly State Capital
April 24, 1897.
Sheriff's Sale.
Felix G. Ott, Defendant. \
Notice is ber< by given that on the 1ft day
of April, A. D. 1H-7. an order of sale was issu«d
out of the de k's office of the first ^udwiai
district court,of Logan county, Oklahoma terri-
tory.to meoirected and deli vered.and now ,n my
hai ds, upon a judgment rendered in said
court in favor of W. ,1. Font* and against
Fe.ix G. Ott, commanding and re<j>.: nn*.' me to
sell at sheriir sale the following described real
estnte of said defendant, tow it:
The north half of the northwest quart'r of
section ten (10 , towns ip seventeen tl7i, north
of range one (1) west, in Logan county, okia
homa territory.
Aud that I shall, on Monday, the 'J4th <!a* of
May. A. D IM'7, at the hour of 2 oVio.-k P
M . . f said day, at the eat-t door of the district
court house ou Division «-tn ft, Guthrie. O. T..
In said county and terri'ory, proceed to se.i
said property and all tne right,tit eandu ter^st
of the sbove named Fe.ix (i. O't In and t" the
above described property to satisfy sa l jud-
gment and co«t-, together with all ac. ruing
c<.sts of sale at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for Ch n.
F M. RINEH *R*\
rst-riflo Logan County.
By c. E. rftrjjfnter, Deputv.
Dated at Guth.ie thin 17th day of Apri1,
1897. 4 5t
That we do the millinery business of Guthrie is no doubt.
All day long the ladies throng our millinery department and all
agree that we certainly have a large and beautiful assortment. \
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We have improved and bettered the stock until today, in size Z
and variety, it is the par of Guthrie millinery stock, come in V
and let us show you the new things. Yov will not be im-
portuned to buy. Our clerks consider it a pleasure to show
you the latest new creations.
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