The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-14


one OF the minister's Pensioners,
the leadlng druggist of the town and
close personal friend. gave him
bottle OF Virgin oil Of Pine, with in
struotions to take a. drop or two on
lump Of sugar before starting for
church. The minister followed his
friends advice and was much graft
tied 70 find how rapidly he recovered
full control of his vocal organs.
TO break up a cold quicaly and cure
Iany cough that can be cured, there is
nothing SO effective as a mixture OF a
half ounce OF Virgin oil of Pine. with
two ounces of glycerIne and a half
pint OF whisky teaspoonful every
four hoursNis he usual dose. Five
ounces of tincture Of Cinchona com
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into this question. first on informa.
/ ton obtained from Senator johnson
and later fully corroborated by others,
] find that vast amounts OF money
have already been lost to Oklahoma
Territory by neglecting TO protect this
particular oil and gas property As
notable illustration and example.
call your attention TO section sixteen
! Pawnee County. In this section the
State owns four hundred and eighty
acres | am advised that about two
years ago the State was offered q cash
bonus OF thirtythree thousand dol
! lars for an oil lease upon this land
and that the State would also have
gotten the usual per cent OF the oil in
addition to the bonus money | am
advised that the Territorial authori-
Ties did not find Il convenient to ac-
cept this large amount Of bonus and
the thousandF of dollars additional
thar would certainly have been de-
rived from royalties AS to these
statements. Of course. ! only repeat
them to YOU as statements of other
I. persons made to me. of which i have
no personal knowledge, but do find
that to the south, the east, the west
and the north OF this land. numerous
wells have been drilled, usually fol
lowing along the line of our State
land. there being fifteen producing
wells surrounding this land and us
ually within twenty feet Of the land
lline, from which they have been
pumping oil for many months. ] re
: quested gentleman, familiar with
the business to furnish ME a map oil
the true conditions, which he has done
. and which ] attach TO the Senate
copy Of this message. He accompa
nies this map with a proposition tS
lease the land, from which propOsi
tion I duo' the following:
II am rtb lbly informed that abou
one hundred thousand dollars IN roy
alties have been paid TO the Ian,
owners who hold the developed tract
adjacent and adjoining to the Lane
In section sixteen, as aforesaid.
Il ~ A large share of this woul'
n - gone to the school fund hat
q. land been drilled at the prope
2 time.
. Notwithstanding the loss b!
!, drainage as stated | am willing {
~ lease these lands from the State 2
oneaighth royalty under the custC
mary terms and drill wells enoug
without delay 60 offset every we
y that ic now draining these lands"
4 While l do not at this time recon
q mend any particular proposition I
lease this school land for. oil and ga
q do urge that this reckless negleG
! of the interest Of the school land
! should not longer continue. Okls
homa Territory. at a low estimat
a has lost, as / am reliably informe
more than a million dollars ia o
!, values by its indifference to the publ
interest IN this respect l therefor
re urge upon you the enactment OF sue
!. law as will insure the State secu
ing all such values 10 which II ma
be entitled from this time on an
where oil and gas development a
nl proaches the vicinity of school land
AZ that said law shall provide for Il
~ immediate and full protection Of Il
- property OF the State.
~ Respectfully submitted.
III THE GOVERNOR
G. N. IIASKEEl.L
&c Single set Of papers attached TO Sc
IA ate copy.
Twenty-7ourth Special Message.
y Guthrie, Okla, January 10, 1908.
To the Legislature:
In my Judgment the Senate and [
ed House have acted with great wlsdc
as and propriety In limiting the metho
lis of lobbying before your HOnorai
en- bodies Your rules recognize II
nj persons. or their proper renresen
ct tives have a right 10 be heard
no questions affecting their interests, I