New-State Tribune (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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*AGE TWO
NEW-STATE TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
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BOARD OP AGRICULTURE
IN IMPORTANT SESSION
'hf board witnblishlnK h<- chair ol'tun- for aid to the common schools
highway engineering at the Agrlcul- no port of which is for state pur
tural and Mechanical college. This ' rosea.
was done in response to the personal "The Income and inheritance tax
appeal of Sidney Suggs and W. R. are new features of our revenue laws,
Holt, representing the State (Jood j from which the state has thus far re
Iioads association, and to many re- Icelved but little benefit, but which
quests from township trustees, county will no doubt become Important fac-
suneyors, and boards of county com- or* In the raising of revenue in the
missioners throughout the state. It future. The administration of revenue
Is the purpose of the board not only l iws Is of vital Importance to every
to have the science of road and high- lax payer In the state, and it Is there-
way building taught at the college fore incumbent upon each and every
and in the short course, but to have; officer Laving to do with the making
this engineer lecture at the farmer*' of levies, and charging and collecting
Institutes and other meetings j taxes to gu trd carefully the absolute
throughout the state, and to act as a necesaitles for the carrying out ot
consulting engineer when requested taelr government.
by county engineers and boards of J "It will be found by a compilation
county commissioners. 0f the records of the several counties
Outlines Work Among Farmers For
the Years, Provides Improvements
for Agricultural Schoola, and
Fl*e« Position of State
Highway Engineer.
Stillwater, Okla.. Jan. 29.—The
meeting of the statu hoard of agri-
culture, which began with the lettting
of contracts for the Broken Arrow,
Lawton and Goodwell district agri-
cultural schools, and the heating
plant, farm barn and pipe tunnel at
the Agricultural and Mechanical col-
lege, Stillwater, and closed at the end
of the short course at the Agrlcul
tural and Mechanical college in Still
w:iter, probably was one of the most
important meetings ever held by that
body.
It was ordered by yie board that
advertisements be prepared for the
letting of contracts for new farm
barns at Broken Arrow, Warner, Hel-
ena and Lawton, not to exceed $2,000
in price, and that contracts be adver-
tised for an additional barn at Tish-
omingo, not to exceed $1,500 in price,
.and a barn at Goodwell not to exceed
$ 1,000; also, contracts to be advertls
ed for a green house at Stillwater,
and the chimney for the heating
plant, the green house to cost approx
Imately $5,000 and the chimney $2,200.
The college committee of the board
unanimously adopted and recommend-
ed to tho board for Its approval the
following resolution, taking over from
the agricultural and Industrial com
mission the complete business control
and Jurisdiction of the district agri
cultural sclfools:
Secondary Board Discontinued.
"The college committee unanimous
l.v recommends to the board that, in
pursuance of the supreme court de-
cision in the cose of M. E. Trapp vs.
Took Construction company, and the
opinion of the attorney general de-
< taring that that decision conferred
upon the board of agriculture as the
board of regents complete control
and jurisdiction of aJI agricultural
and mechanical colleges, hereafter all
matters pertaining to the district ag-
ricultural schools shall be admlnls
tered as the affairs of the Agrlcul
tural and Mechanical college are ad-
ministered, and that B. C. Pittuck be
and that his office be removed to tho
office of the state board of agriculture
at Guthrie, and that his duties and
responsibilities as dean of tho dis-
trict agricultural schools and assist-
ant director of the experiment sta-
tion remain unchanged, In order that
the system of experiments undertak-
en at the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal college may be extendi to the
district agricultural schools through-
out the state, on the approval of the
board of regents, and that he be re-
quired to report, in writing, quarterly,
on all phases of his work; and it is
ordered that all claims for salary and
nil requisitions for supplies for said
schools shall be made to the board
of agriculture, through the officers of
the board, in the same manner that
th«- affairs of the Agricultural and
Mechanical colleges ure handled by
the board.
"Be it further resolved, That a sys-
tem of t5orrelated experiments be
tween the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal collego experiment station and tho
district agrlctilturo Bchoolf;, be tftv'
vised -and placed In operation for
the crop season of 1910."
The board accepted the recom-
mendation of the committee, and or-
dered that the headquarters of the
dean of those schools should be main-
tained as a department of the board's
work at Guthrie. This means much
for the district agricultural schools,
end will simplify the work of the
board of regents, for it establishes a
perfect system of articulation with
the Agricultural and Mechanical col-
lege at Stillwater, as the head of the
agricultural and Industrial education-
al system in tho state, with tho dis-
trict agricultural schools as closely
related preparatory departments for
the larger state institution.
Engineer Chair Established.
Another matter of statewide inter-
est and importance was the order of
More Demonstrators Provided
The work of the demonstration
farm department was taken up by the
board, and sixty out of sixty-nine con-
tracts were reported. The work In
this department has assumed such
proportions that it was decided by
the board that a field man for each
Judicial district should be appointed
to work during the growing season,
inspecting and advising with the
farmers in each county, who are un
der contract. The naming of these
men for these places was left to the
president of the board and the dem-
onstration farm committee. The
qualifications necessary were pre-
scribed as competent, practical farm
era.
The board visited und Inspected
many of the college departments, and
approved the many improvements un-
der way at that instlutlon and the
rapid development of the various
branches of the live stock industry
which has lately been increased by
the purchase of a large amount of
pure bred stock of the b«*st breeds.
An additional Investment of $5,000 in
line live stock was ordered, the sum
to be taken from the funds hereto-
fore set aside for the building of a
president's residence.
Cadets Reviewed.
The inspection and review by the
board of the cadets, under command
of Colonel Fravel, the regular army
>fflcer detailed by the war depart-
ment to carry on the military instruc-
tion of the students, waa one of tho
most pleasant features of the meet-
ing at the college. The cadets con-
stitute practically tho entire male
student body, and in regimental or-
ganization present u splendid appear-
ance. The teaching of military tac-
tics in the agricultural colleges of the
country is one of the conditions of
the appropriation by the federal de-
partment under the Morrill act, and
so well has Col. Fravel done his duty
in the organization and drilling of
the Agricultural and Mechanical col-
lege cadets that the board instructed
the secretary to draw up a resolution,
thanking him for the efficient dis-
charge of his duty and commending
him to his superior officers for his
nblllty and soldierly conduct.
The live stock department reported
that tho number of inspectors hod
been reduced during the winter
months to twelve, and the board or-
dered that where old Inspectors, who
that the nverage levy of ad valorem
taxes for the several municipal sub-
divisions of the state will show that
92 1-2 cents of every dollar paid by
the tax payer is for the administra-
tion of county, twonship, city, town
and village government, and 7 1-2
cents for state government.
"As it is apparent that a very large
portion of the funds to be raised by
general ad valorem taxes is for the
administration of local government
the respective boards charged with
the duty of making and certifying the
respective levle should b° extremely
careful in ascertaining tho amount
ntcessary for the maintenance of the
respective municipalities before fix-
ing the levies. In doing this, each item
of actual and necessary expense for
he cnKuing year, also the necessary
amount for sinking and Judgement
funds, if any, should be actually as-
ertolned. From the total the above
Items should be deducted tho amount
to be raised from sources other than
general ad valorem taxes. The levy
then made should be based on the to-
tal equalised taxable value of the re-
spective municipalities, and should be
sufficient to raise the amount neefl-
ed, and no more.
"Owing to the fact that practically
all the railroad companies; also the
Pullman Company and the Western
Union Telegraph Company failed to
pay taxes charged agalnBt their pro-
perty by resorting to the United
States court, the state has been great-
ly embarrassed, and for this reason
It was necessary for the stnte board
of equalization to make a higher levy
than it would have made had these
corporations paid their taxes.
"Knowing the manner in which the
stnte has been embarrassed, I can
readily realize the emarrassment to
local municipal government by reason
of the non-payment of these taxes.
"As a matter of information, I de-
sire to say that I, as state auditor,
am a defendant In suits brought in
the I nited States court involving the
payment of more than $8,000,000 of
taxes, part of which belongs to pract-
ically every subdivision of municipal
government In the state. And. now.
that the needs of government must
be met, you can readily observe that
such litigation places an extra burden
upon the individual tax payer.
"It will be observed that the great-
corporations have filed their cases
in the United States courts, thereby
were now laid off. had given satlsfac- ",Wi,rt,nK the power or the state
tlon and rendered faithful service, rOMrtl;. l|nd restraining the state and
they should be re-employed when the 1 n,u,,'clP*G officers from performing
Inspection season opens.
WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM
In view of tho amount of forcible
language und expensive expletives
that have been used in discussing
high taxes in Oklahoma, and the
general attempt that has been inado
hold the state administration
sponsible for the increased amount
pnid this year some remarks made
b> State Auditor Trapp in his letter
to the assessors of Oklahoma, accom-
panying his pamphlet of instructions,
are quite interesting. They are as fol
lows:
"Of the total cost for the operation
of state government since statehood,
so far as it concerns the Individual
tax payer, about one-half has been
raised by general ad valorem taxes.
The other half being paid by special
taxes on large corporations and min-
ing industries and other incomes,
which I deem a wise provision of law
equalizing the burdens of taxation,
and giving to the Oklahoma tax pay
?r an advantage enjoyed by the tax
payers of but few other states.
'Tho state board of equalization, of
which I am secretary, after ascertain-
ing the sum of tho various appropria-
tions made by the legislature for the
maintenance and support of the sev-
eral state departments and institu-
tions, and deducting the estimated
amount to be raised by special taxa-
tion. such as the corporation and
mining taxes, etc., as above mention-
ed. found it necessary to make a levy
of two and one-fourth mills for state
purposes. An additional levy of one-
fourth mill was made by the legisla-
ting- duties in the collection of the
axes charged against such corpora-
tions."
FRIDAY and SATURDAY ZmmZ
FEBRUARY 4th and 5th
FREDERICK r) 11 f j
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Complete Production; Six Horses; Full Size Circus Ring: Genuine
Circui Performers coming from a long and successful run of 100
nights in New York. The most beautiful and wholesome play of
the last tea years.
PRICES: Evening, 25c to $1.50 Matinee. 25c to $1.00
SEATS NOW ON SALE AT BOX OFFICE.
SUNDAY and MONDAY, Feh. 6 and 7
3 TWINS 3
Jos. Gaite s own company of 65 people, two cars of equipment and
an Augmented Orchestra.
Money refunded if not satisfied with this show... Ed. Ooerholsei
MUSHROOM BED.
Can Be Grown on. Farm Without
Trouble.
That one may have a mushroom
bed of his own, with but little trouble
or expense, has been demonstrated
in our orchard. We stumbled onto
the trick without even thinking or
dreaming what was in store for us.
Three years ago after the crops had
all been put in, the man of the house
found he had no place to put the
barnyard compost and conceived the
idea of drawing it to the orchard and
mulching the apple trees to increase
their yield. This object was obtained.
A ypar ago when we were picking
up the first windfalls we were sur-
prised to find a large quantity of
mushrooms under the trees where the
sun shone but a short time during the
day. The compost had been piled
a round tho trees about a food in
depth and for the space of 3 feet
around the trees. All around the edge
grew these delicious fungi, many of
them 4 to 6 inches in diameter, andi
the buttons were as large as tho half
of a goose egg. I picked from four
quarts to a peck at the beginning of
the season and after that they were
fewer, but enough to keep the table
supplied until the cold weather came.
These were the common field mush-
rooms that are to be found during
September and October in this sec-
tion. A year later they again made
their appearance.—Farm and Field.
BROKEN HEART KILLS BROTHER
OF GOEBEL.
At An Even Decade Since Assassina-
tion Of William Comes
Comes Funeral of Arthur
Cincinnati, Jan., 30.—On the tenth
anniversary of the assassination of
William Goebel, the funeral of his
brother, Arthur Goebel, who died in
Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 20. was held in
Covington, Ky., this afternoon.
Commonwealth Attorney Robert B.
Franklin, who at the request of the
Goebel family, delivered the funeral
oration, declared in the course of his
eulogy that "the bullet that killed
William Goebel, together with the
liberation of all those charged wKh
the murder, just as certainly killed
Arthur Goebel.' Arthur, he said died
of n broken heart.
The body will be taken to Frank-
fort, where, on Thursday, Feb. 3. a
monument will be unveiled to the
memory of William Goebel.
The two brothers will be buried
side by side.
Anadarko high school is gcing to
make a stiff run for the state high
school baseball championship this
spring.
Great Home
Building Offer
UNIVERSITY ADDITION
Blocks 35,42, 55 and 64
DO YOU WANT A HOME?
You certainly should. It is our ambition to see fine homes of well-doing
peop e in our additions and to encourage home building in the above beautiful
blocks, we make the following special offer that you cannot possibly afford to
overlook if you contemplate building a home.
Offer
To the first ten persons who will begin the construction of their residences
according to the restrictions on this property, by March 1 and complete same
by June I, we will allow a discount of I 0 per cent from the purchase price of
the sites, the building sites on which this discount is allowed to be distributed
as follows: Two north fronts and two south fronts in Block 64, two sites in
Block 35, two in Block 42 and two in Block 55.
. ?
Block 64 University Addition, Bishop Quayie's Residence
in Background
1 he picture in the center of this advertisement is representative of the entire property and
shows one of the prettiest block of residential property to be found in the country. This offering
is the Cream Property of the great Northwest-the home of the wealthiest and most influential neo
pie ot the city. H
Location
Blocks 25 42 and 55 are located just East of Classen Boulevard, facing the University Cam-
pus and Block 64 is located between I 7th and 18th Streets and Francis and Olie Avenves just
south or bishop Quayle s residence. ' J
Advantages
All this property is restricted to high class residences. Your investment is protected and your
environments assured. '
This property is surrounded on all sides by magnificient homes of elegance and refinement.
This property is surrounded on all sides by every modern improvement.
This property is served by the Belle Isle, Britton and University car lines.
Sidewalks have been laid anJ paid for.
Sewers are in Block 64 and paid for.
You Can look the city and state over from East to West and you cannot find
that will surpass this one.
a proposition
Act Early
This liberal offer makes building sites in these blocks cheaper than any of the surrounding
property and this offer will be appreciated by home builders who know values. If you desire to be
among the Lucky Ten you had better investigate this offer at once.
The Classen Co.
Telephone # . B. X. I 120 W. Grand, Oklahoma City
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Haskell, Charles N. New-State Tribune (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1910, newspaper, February 3, 1910; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc97505/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.