The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-01-11


misht menace the welfare # the scm
monvealth lt IS net the purpose 81
this department t be- oxifay ,eant hut
g IS srcaly desired that Sufficient
provision be made g. enable the of
ncors maintain cseiitohe armories
aud tale care of the property m b.
suitable manner.
oil lnsneotion.
The Seventh legislative assemhl,
made some radical changes in govern
ing the lusrecfioa OF oils. The laU
as it now stands provides for "a state
salary .or the Inspector with an al
lowance for contingent expenses. ID
also provides for certain fees for depu.
ty inspectors and that the excess
fees after paying the deputies shal
be turned into the treasury of Oh,
territory.
During he time that the new lau
has been in uperalion the SUM of sla.
067 Ss has been collected. The fees
paid to deputies have amomted "a.
S3l22 Se The balance. s99i5 50 has
becu paid into the treasury
The present law works quite haor
ent from, the one that preceded %
The former law was defective acd
dinicnlt to enforce lut 70 is beHey
hat the p, sent law with a slight moa
dcotion viii meet the Requirement, s.
ANA be of incr asel galu1 10 ,he g.,
dtory
The law is self sustaining and In ad
dition TO that the territory derives
considerable revenue from il rhar /,
has been protection TO The public
durine the past bicnnium IS made eyi-
dent from the fact ihat very few com.
plants have been urged against ts
workings
J respectfully recommend hat he
fees of the deputy inspectors be in-
creased sunidcruy to compensate
b them for giving their time to the work
The deputies have not been receiving
the compensation mtsr the law g.
which they are really entitled for the
services rendered The object of tie
law IS not only 10 protect the con
sumner IN the quality of the oil, bn
10 protect against dangerous oils be
d ing placed upon the market
+, Board Of Agriculture.
b An act passed by the Sixth legisla
tive assembly provided for the o gan
i ization Of board Of agriculture Und
j. err authority Of THE act ON tbe Is,
?. of December 1909, the hoard VI
Il organized. by electing officers .n,
complying with the other requirement.
q Of the law. The Seventh lcRlslatiy,
o assembly made an appropriation o
:. one thousand dollars per annum fo
! the salary of The secretary oi tn
n board. and eighteen hundred dollar
z for Incidental expenses Of he ofricc
p the appropriation for incidental IS
q pcnses to be cxpeaded under the SUI
al er,ision Of the board The Office Wa
Ia opened ON The second day of Apn
e 1908. Although many difficulties hav
,r beer encountered the board has at
,r complished much good for the agr
4 cultural as well as General interest
N Of The territory oklahoma is an asr
e. cultural country
H. The general agricultural interests {
n the territory are Of great Importance
and II is 10 be hoped mat the boar
pa of agriculture can be advanced and br
A. come a department in the goyernmel
be Of the territory or state With q d
.r mand for advanced ideas along ae
T. cultural lines and new problems co
a. fronting MS every year, II is unper
ny lives that we prepare TO meet the ra
re idly changing conditions and "ke'
GO abreast the times"
he The report Of the secretary Of Il
in board calls attention to various fe
be lures OF the work V is recommen
in ed that pro, ision be made to cxte
'clI lbt utilils Oh I'M" Wblhf btiffhlA ~
'or Oklahoma's futme progress will
closely associated with her agrs
tural possibilities. and dcyclopme
" along that line
rs Live Stock sanitary Commission.
cl The live stock interests are 81 ytt
u Importance 10 the wealth and deyelC
he ment Of oklahoma u has for sever
bi yc1rs eu aprarcut % st,rk iaacs
m wen as 10 all others congersant w'
70 conditions. that the quality Of $50
of should De improved. because Of a CO
slant decrease 10 grazfg ncihu
.yo which renders the old time "Oie her
ef on inpossibnity from tbs timC on
lly The sanitary commission has ma
De important duties "a perform. Il D.
lie 20 deal with cattle inspections rlar
h ers. and other diseases among hors
ut and tu fact me general conditions