Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 5, 1905 Page: 1 of 16
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THE ONE DQ\Vi\-TO-1)ATE FARM PAPER OP OKEAHOMA AND IND. 1151V.
Vol. XIII, No. 49
Guthrie, Oklahoma, Wednesday, April 5, 1905.
50 Cents a Year
Farm Statistics.
A law that will help the assessors to
earn their compensation Is the result of
the efforts of the board of agriculture and
Hon. Milton Bryan. It provides that the
various assessors shall collect a lot of
statistics for the use of the board of
agriculture and that the failure to per-
form this duty shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $50. Failure of the
interrogated citizen to make proper an-
swers to the questions propounded Is like-
wise punishable by a fine.
The law is in full as follows:
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the
territorial auditor to furnish to the cbun-
ty clerk of each county, for the use of
the asessors thereof, a sufficient number
of blanks, properly prepared for the col-
lection of statistical data, setting forth
the amount and value of various kinds of
livestock, amount and value of poultry
and dairy products, acreage, yield and
value of farm crops, number and variety
of trees in orchards, small fruit and gar-
dens <md amount and value of products
of the same, area and character of forest
plantations and native forest, number,
urea and storage capacity of artificial
ponds and i-eservoirs? wages of farm la-
bor and other relevant matter as may be
requested by the board of agriculture.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of each
assessor or deputy assessor to require as a
part of the sworn statement of every
property owner assessed, an answer to
every question contained in the statistical
blanks furnished by the territorial auditor
to the county clerk, and if any assessor
neglects or refuses to collect, make out
and return such statistical Information,
is herein required, he shall, upon convic-
tion, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than one hundred dol-
lars.
Section 3. Any person, firm or'corpora-
tion which refuses to furnish statistical
information to an assessor, as herein
provided, shall, upon conviction, be deem-
ed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine of not less than fifty dollars noT
.more than one hundred dollars.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of each
county clerk to make a tabulated return
. of all statistical Information collected by
assessors, as provided by section one of
this act, to the territorial auditor, who
shall transmit the same to the secretary
of the board of agriculture. The failure
or neglect or refusal of any county clerk
to comply with th'e provisions of this sec-
tion shall, upon conviction, be deemed a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not
less than three hundred dollars, nor more
than five hundred dollars.
Section 5. It shall be unlawful for the
board of county commissioners of any
county to approve the accounts or claims
of any assessor or assessors, for service
renedered as such, or to order the pay-
ment of the same until he or they shall
have completed statistical returns as pro-
vided in section two of this act, and the
members of any board of county commis-
sioners which shall violate the provisions
of this section shall each and severally,
upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not
less than three hundred dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars.
Section 6. Section 6 of article 1 of chap-
ter 2, of the session laws of 3901, terri-
tory of Oklahoma, and all acts and parts
of acts In conflict with this act are hereby
repealed.
Section 7. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage
and approval.
Approved this 13th day of March, 1906.
Cruelty to Animals.
An act for the prevention of cruelty to
animals which was introduced In the
lower house by Representative Levy is
one of the interesting new laws of Okla-
homa. The bill is in full as follows:
Section 1. Any person or persons who
unjustifiably or Intentionally overdrives,
overloads, tortures, or cruelly beats or in- •
jures, mains, or mutilates, any animal in
subjugation or captivity, whether wild or
incorporated for that purpose, or any
peace officer may lawfully destroy or
cause to be destroyed, any animal found
abandoned and not properly cared for,
appearing in the Judgment of two reput-
able citizens called by him to view the
same in his presence, to be glandeTed, In-
jured or diseased past recovery for use-
ful purpose. When any person arrested
is, at the time of such arrest. In charge
of any animal, any agent of said society
may take charge of such animal and of
such vehicle and its contents, and deposit
the same In a safe place or custody, or
deliver the same into the posession of the
police or sheriff of the county, or place
wherein such arrest was made, who shall
thereupon assume the custody thereof;
and all necessary expenses incurred in
A HARVKST SCluNli IN OKLAHOMA.
tame, and whether belonging to himself
or to another, or deprives any animal of
necessary sustenance, food or drink, or
causes, procures, or unjustifiably or in-
tentionally permits any animal to be over-
driven, overloaded, tortured, cruelly beat-
en, or unjustifiably Injured, mained, mut-
ilated, or killed, or to be deprived of nec-
essary food or drink, or wTio wilfully sets
on foot, instigates, engages in, or in any
way furthers any act of cruelty to any
animal, or any act tending to produce
such cruelty, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 2. Any person or persons being
the owner or posessor, or "having charge
or custody of a maimed, diseased, disabled
or Infirm animal, who abandons such ani-
mal, or leaves it Oto die in the street, road
or public place, or who allows it to lie In
a public street, road or public place more
than three hours after he receives notice
that it is left disabled, is guilty of a mis-
demeanor. Any agent or officer of the
American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, or any society duly
taking charge of such property shall be
a lien tliereon.
Section 3. Any person or persons who
having impounded or confined any ani-
mal, refuses or neglects to supply such
animal during its confinement a suffic-
ient supply of good and wholesome air,
food, shelter and water, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Section 4. Any person or persons who
carries or onuses to be carried in or upon
any vessel or vehicle, or otherwise, any
animal in a cruel or inhuman manner, or
so as to produce torture is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Section 5. Any person or persons who
unjustifiably administer any poisonous or
noxious drug or substance to any animal,
or unjustifiably exposes any such drug
or substance with Intent that the same
shall be taken by an animal, whether
such animal be the property of himself
or another, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 6. Any person or persons who
willfully throws, drops, or places or
causes to be thrown, dropped or placed,
upon any road, highway, street or public
place any glass, nails, pieces of metal, or
other substance which might wound, dis-
able or injure any animal, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Section 7. A public officer, or person
holding a public trust or employment,
upon whom any duty is enjoined by law,
who wilfully neglects to perform the duty
is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section
does not apply to cases of official acts or
omissions, the prevention or punishment
of which is otherwise specially provided
by statute.
Section 8. Where any duty is or shall
be enjoined by law upon any public of-
ficer, or upon any person holding a public
trust or employment, every wilful omis-
sion to perform such duty, where no spe-
cial provision shall have been made for
the punishment of such delinquency, Is
punishable as a misdemeanor.
Value ot Flowers.
In Vienna is a unique horticultural
institution, which might be advantag-
eously copied in this country. The
idea on which it is founded is to en-
courage children to take an interest
in dowers and trees. About 750 chil-
dren attend regularly, and this year
they have planted 2,000 trees and
plants. lAt the end of the year prizes
are distributed to children whose,
plants are the best cared lor. Chris1,
says "Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow."
I take it, what is wanted of me is
to tell something of how they grow.
Well, that is just whaL I cannot do.
One of the deepest mysteries of nature
is how they grow, so many, and di-
versified are the seeds and plants, and
their requirements of nourishment and
life. Some plants have roots that mist
be nourished in the soil, others ih wa-
ter, others have no roots, and get their
nourishment as parasites on other
plants, or in some way through the
air; some grow best on light or sandy
soil, some in clay.
The cultivation of llowers refines
and elevates, lifts one up to a higher
plane of living and thinking, brings
° one closer to our Creator, gives peace
to the heart, cheers and comforts the
weary stranger at the gate, beautifies
our homes; in fact, is an evidence of
civilization. Some say they have, not
the time to spare in raising flowers;
let it be your recreation, and see what
beautiful plants can be produced for a
few minutes' attention. Then they say
it costs too much. Let's see what 25
cents will do One paper of variegat-
ed pansies; one of mixed petunias,
one of phlox; one of verbenas; one
of poppies; say you get a dozen plants
from each paper and they would make
each a bed gorgeous in color and va-
rieties well worth the trying of anyone.
There are about three hundred other
annuals just as beautiful as the ones
mentioned; then the lillies, tulips, hy-
acinths, narcissus, once planted will
grow for years.
Air the fruit jcellar when the weath-
er permits. An unventilated cellar is
bad for fruit and folks.
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Greer, Frank H. Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 5, 1905, newspaper, April 5, 1905; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc88045/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.