The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-09

H
ne-half mre to attend TO than befove.
he exGense of the loan department
)r sil months under statehood end
lg Jan i. 1908, was S14S25.0i The
eneft of the changed administra.
ON OF This department will be seen
u ihe collection oI old notes that
ere held 10y the territory and which
fcre marked "uncollectible, or
worthless az the time the Democrats
jok charge To the voter regardless
{ politics. this method Of conducting
ie school land department naturally
caves the suspicion that many 3t
lesc notes marked worthless AMI
mcollcctible" we're 50 labeled for
olltical purposes
u has developed that in numerous
lstances these notes were given 5Y
lose friends and workers in the Ne.
uire-Flynn-Ndrris organization. con-
sqeunily the lack of interest IN the r.
)lleciion by The territorial Officers is
asiN understood.
Records of The school land depart
lent show that on one quarter sec
on Of land S900.50 has been collected
Dr. which there was absolutely no rec.
I'd, or any note or other evidence.
bis rse extended from 1902 10 tbo
res time.
Much has been said about the enor
ious number OF employees IN HE
.hool land office Any visitor al the
ate house Is invited 10 go through
ils department count the employees,
nd observe them al their work.
The statement by Flynn and his
ress that the employees run up into
AZ hundreds is absolutely without
undation II is true that there are
& piesent more people IN the school
md department than there were un-
er The old territorial administration,
al Il is likewise true that more land
now being attended o. that $1,000.
10 is being loaned to the farmers oi
le state for the first time from this
apartment, and that the collections
nd appraisement Of land now in prog
IS more than iustifies any increase
expense that has been noted.
The comparison OF the business
ethods employed in this department
lw with that Of the old territorial ad-
Illustration. can but impress the
)nest voter with the remarkable
range that has been wrought by the
ew management.
Records are here TO show mat IN
ar The old administration collections
ere allowed 10 remain mbanked
ON ten 20 twenty-five days, and n
ne instance a draft for $3.50 forward
TO the public department was not
.posited for thirty days, and i'm the
ieanwhile the bank upon which 81
as drawn broke The legal author
les OF The school land department
re now striving 30 collect this sum,
Each day under statehood every dol
ir received from any source Is i'm
ediaiely banked and proper ac
lunt made so that at the close 1i
lsiness every evening the officers Ia
barge are able to make a detailed
,atement OF the financial condition
+ their departments as well as TO give
proper accounting of the employees
D. or out. OF the office. A statement
+ the school land department dated
lct. l.. 1908 made by Secretary J.. D.
farr. Is contained in the followin,l
etter:
Oklahoma State Land Department.
Oct T. 1908,
1r J H. Essllnger. Hcnnessey Okla
Ny Dear Sir, on 10 Whom IL May
Concern.
As per your request of the 29th uli4
herewith report 10 YOU The condition
IT the account known as the Five MI
ion Common School fund OF the state
If Oklahoma, al the close OF business
september 30, 1905, as follows
4oaned To- counties on cur
rent expense bonds al
per cent per annum, pay
able semi-anmally a eSl070.00l
.0aned 20 state ON funding
bonds al per cent per an
num- payable annually T. lG0.00J
4oaned 10 farmers on lin-
proved farm lapds, at'5
per cent per annun, pay
able semianuualy . i.5S27tl
Balance ON hand. subject TO
check for farm loan pur-
poses in approved deposit
tories over the state, al
per cent and per cent.