The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-10-25
THE GOVERNORS REPORT.
Continued from First Page

ANnNinNtN lfNf1 Y III 7 hAf
from the leases of reserved sections
No IL, in the townships Of the Chero-
lee Outlet and will receive from this
source the present year about 81, 600
with the prospect of material increase
on this account in years following.
The total income of the College, in.
cluding the Experiment Station, was
S34. 600 during the year ending June
30, 1894 For the year ending 1894 95,
the est tmated income is $40, 800, while
uneNpended balances of Sls,50 are
carried forward. making total Of
S55, coo available for the year A CON
siderable part OF the share for College
purposes proTer lSi0, 0OO) will be used
10 purchase models, apparatus, appli-
ances and facilities for instruction in
general. TO thoroughly equip the var
ions departments of the College.
The Faculty of Instruction consisted
the past year of President and six
professors, and will be the same the
coming year, with the addition of one
professor.
The attendance during the past year
has somewh Il exceeded one hundred.
organized in two college classes and
two preparatory. For the coming
year three college classes will be or.
| ganized. and there is prospect OF con
siderable increase in the number oi
students. The college maintains nc
domestic establishment. The stud
ents find homes among the families oI
the town. No tuition is charged auC
living expenses are not high, so that 9
student can get through the college
' ear of nine months upon total ex
penditure of $40 to Sl75 besides neces
sary clothing.
The college at present offers a cours'
of study that is broad. liberal and prac
tical having for its leading object
agriculture and such branches o
learning, especially the sciences, a
relate 10 the foundation industry o
the Territory and the country; thes
branches also have direct bearing
upon various other pursuits and pro
fessions OF life, Of an industrial char
acter.
Tho Insane.
The Territory has no insane asylum
; At present the insane are cared for a
a private asylum, Oak Lawn Retrea
for the insane at Jacksonville, Ill.
under contract by which the Terri
tory pays S25 per month for the car
of each person and pays transports
tion and fees of officer, the asylum
paying the transportation Of the in
sane person.
The last legislature appropriate
Sl5, 900 to defray the expenses of tn
insane for two years. That appro
priation is now overdrawn and it
estimated that the expenses Wi
amount to $50, 600 by the meeting q
the legislature in January. The Tel
{ ritory certainly needs relief from sue
an enormous expense, and it will b
one of the subjects demanding after
tion at the next legislature.
Pcnitentiary.
= The Territory has no penitentiaf
) and convicts are now cared for a
Lansing, Kansas, by contract with tn
state. The Territory pays S25 pc
month for each prisoner.
Public Buildings.
The Territory has no public builC
! ings for Territorial purposes saw
three college buildings. All the Tel
ritorial offices are compelled to pa
rent, which very much increases tn
= expense. A few of the counties hav
5 court houses. have urged the builC
ing OF some kind of structure in eac
county to stop the payment of ruinor
rents. | trust that in the near futuI
= both the Territory and the countit
E may have some public buildings {
!, their own. The benificent act of til
president and congress in settin
i aside section 30 in each congressioni
a township in the former Cherokee Gu
let for the construction of publ
:. buildings will uake a fund that wi
one day 90 far towards remedying tn
evil There will be revenue froI
5 this sectien amounting to very nearl
G twenty-five thousand dollars per al
MN.
Agriculture.
Agriculture is the principal occupl
ton of the people of oklahoma. Thei
y are as many fine farms and as we
: improved as one would want to see.
is difficult TO realize as you pass throug
the Territory that only five years az
l. the coyote and deer held their natiy
D sway, The soil of Oklahoma is In tn
. main very fertile, consisting largel
of u sandy loan 1t
|. very easy TO stir and a farm,
can cultivate a large tract with mil
: imum expense. The soil holds moi
8 ture excellently aud the valley an
bottom will very nearly mature a ere
in dry season without rain. TT
: rains have been very satisfactory
S the five years past proving that Okl
a homa is not portion of the formi
;, great American desert.
A very considerable amount of su
l. PRISE was evoked at the Worlds CO
I umb'an exposition when the awar,
were announced and Oklahoma u
peared with so large list In Il
article on the Worlds Columbian G
e position is given list of awards ma,
= TO oklahoma which is certainly vel
fiattering aud covers large numb
of the principal agricultural product
In wheat Oklahoma leads the worl
\ and while her flour only took secoG
Z premium, | am told that the flour tn
- took first premium was made fro
Oklahoma wheat Corn is goo
. crop. Cotton is fast becoming one
e the standard crops and gives eviden
e of being of the very finest qualit
Y Peanuts grow TO an enormous slzeIaG
f, took the premium at the Worlds Fa
= at Chicago. Oats do we'll and make
d profitable yield. There are no fin
/ watermelons raised in the Unit,
}. States than those that grow in Okl
homa They are OF exquisite havo
The sweet potatoes are very fine. Iri,
? potatoes do we'll Kaffir corn and Mi
5 maize are raised very extensively /
farmers in the reservations recent
opened, and make a most eXcellel
, sod crop. OF course the country