The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-17

getting divorce IN Oklahoma cannot
| marry for twenty years thereafter. 1t
is feared that there win be Iynching
when the name of-the e-daddy. of, the
bin is made known ~
Eastern Oklahomans are expected to Pc
tition the legislature to memorialize con-
gTess TO allow the allotted Indians to
sell all but forty acres of their respect
i've ailotments and that the Indians be
compelled to reside on and cultivate the
forty acres retained by them.
There have been several lists Of sixth
legislative members given out, but the
following is correct list:
Nesbit, Winkler. Decker, Wilkin. Mat
thews Of Payne, Matthews of Greer. Up
Gegran and Alexander.
John Rollins as all the legislators, is
having his troubles. In yesterdays Eagle
il was stated that he was elected to the
position of assistant chief janitor. He
asks for theh sake of his family that it
be announced that it was not assistant
chief janitor, but keepe rof the inner
door and phone clerk TO which he won
the title.
\ petition reached the house today. It
is a petition which has been circulated in
eastern Oklahoma. according to the Still
wafer Gazette The petition follows:
The undersigned citizens Of Saltwater
hereby merrorialize your honorable body
on the subject of the equality and the in
snection of the coal oil now Being sold in
this territory. and especially in this city
I'VE represent that the quality of said
Oh is notoriousy inferior and not up to
the standard test which is supposed to
have been made. and that this condition
ha sexisted for a long time; that we be-
Iieve the law OF this territory governing
the inspection of said oil is practically q
dead letter and is either wilfully violated
or ignored; that Notwithstanding these
conditions the price of Gil has advanced
cent and a half a gallon within the last
few weeks: that much of the oil so sold
in this city is dangerous TO those VINO
use il.
~ therefore petition your honorable
body to investigate the enforcement ~
the laws governing the testing of coal OH
in this territory, to find and punish those
who are guilty OF dereiiction in duty IN
this respect or to pass such other legis-
Iaton as will remedy the evils complained
CT"
Guthrie, o. T.. Jan. 1S.-One of the mat
ters which this legislature is supposed
to remedy is the inequality Of assessment
of property for taxes.
This point is not touched upon in the
governors report, but is left 10 the aud
itor's biennial statement. Mr. Baxter
said today concerning this:
THE one great problem in connection
with the territorial revenue is securing
the correct taxable value From a study
o. the returns il would seem that there
is considerable invisible personal property
which is not returned for assessment. The
total amount of money and credits re-
trrned in 1902 was s306S,213 of moneys
alone Ss72, ,53S; stocks in any corporation.
s207, ,l91: mortgages, s3l5leS; promissory
notes, $470, sos. The returns from the bank
commissioner indicate that there is con-
s;derably over Sc 725,3S0 in money in the
territory. The number of state banks.
national banks. money loaners, etc,
would suggest that there must be more
than s47G.50S in promissory notes IL
some law could be enacted whereby all
property could be equally assessed an
immeasurable good would be done
Governor Ferguson in his message
strongly recommended to the legislature
a change in the low, governing importa-
ton into the territory of oil and gasoline
Territorial Oil Inspector John Dillon has
the following to say on this subject in
Lis biennial report to the governor:
From what L can learn of the diff
ferent burning fluids. | would recommend
an amendment to the present law. Burn
ing fluids should be classified, especially
that in the nature of gasoline, naptha
and benZine. As a matter of fact, there
is little if any gasoline shipped TO Okla
homa Have tested some gasoline with
specific gravity of 81, shipped in expressly
for automobiles and gasoline engines.
The last legislature passed law au-
thorizing the treasurer to invest the sur
plus public fund moneys in general rev.
erue territorial warrants. The law was
opaque. and acting under the advice of
the attorney general. Treasurer Rambo
did not feel that he could undertake TO
enforce this iaw.
In the message of Governor T. 3. Fer
guson to the legislature. nothing is said
of the militia of Oklahoma. The matter
is referred TO Adjutant General Bur
lingame's report.
The work for the Legislature IN tnis de-
partment is expressed by General Bur
Iirgame in the following. before which he
relates the assaults on the militia on
July % at Pawnee and at Guthrie Au-
gust Z:
1T would seem appropriate 10 provide
for the protection Of members or the
Guard, and maintain the respect due the
as well, BY legislation which
shall impose adequate penalties for the
perpetration of offenses of this nature"
GIVE PROPER AUTHORITY.