The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-07

fore the joint session Of the Second
Oklahoma legislative assembly late
yesterday evening Is ah follows:
TO THE LEGISLATURE:
Pursuant 70 Section nine. Article six,
q the Constitution. ! have the honor 70
submit the Following report, comments
and recommendations
our State Of Oklahoma has completed
~ hfHt ytnf under state government. aud
We have reasons 10 express our gratihca-
ton "a lis HlVgFcas, and the fact that lts
oEtWsionui lnisiortunes are far outweighed
W ~ general prosperity.
inc material prosperity Of the state can
nest lc set forth Ia actual numbers tax
Va tom the onlcln reports OF the proper
Agriculture
NaAtly m the LEAD Of all other industries
IN round our farm products The produc-
u9n ot me state nom the farm aud its
ahperiincnt products at the market value
drNd and one million. four hundred and
slNfeen thousand, eight hundred and alN
doltus. being an increase Of thirteen mills
lion, eighty three thousand Two hum
dred and one dollars over the PREVIOUS
Mineral Productions
The value 0f the years. output of coal
FOR lstY Is Six Million one hundred and
thirty Thousand, eight hundred and sew
enty-tMo dollars
dsed AZ eighly-four thousand, and
eishty-n ur dollars
on 4 Renly MILTON. six hundred and
elahiy-ol fhl thousand, seven hundred
and iii, six dollars,
Total. Market value of minerals, twcn-
ty-nluo million, one hundred and three
thousand seven hundred and twelve dol
lars,
This a lies not include the value upon
the natu al gus production Of the state,
which ha been oQunl % one hundred aud
forty blARn cubic feet, and amounts 20
spNcu ana fhrer-QuArtrr million tons OF
coal. Ma Ykft value conuvt be placed
upon tlta valuable heat product because
lie usNf 4 only limited, but Il II we'll
known ,n the above production nam.
moth as may be- s capable of vast
expnn8lNn as need for cheap fuel In
cfeases The very fact that this gas
can be bid In many localities at thref
cents per thousand eublr feet or even
less affere the most attractive induce
Meni faf manufacturing concerns % lo-
ealp wlihl our state indeed. added 70
the attract I've feature Of au unlimited
quantity q natural gas fuel at nominal
e0sl IL th further faci that IN various
limos OF II anufneturing the raw material
mineral lmber And agricultural pro-
dueed within our state 81 meet tie hteus
81 great tafIety and ufllraited quantity,
ard also ghe further fact that the four
great southwestern states. Oklahoma
IeAAs anlalana and Arkansas while
TREY hnfe a population nf oheatenth of
Tho entliA Union vet the era Of manu-
faelnfr iaa Just begun ana cheap fuel
aaW m4 erlal and home markets are CONS
hlneu mako Oklahoma au attractive
field " development IN the maHnlaetur'
ms we.
faf nniisy at our government from tie
heeli ming has been IA rot1ln our natural
aaH I0f consumption within the state.
Thac distinct Cnoffs during the yclf
hatf bern m1df in create am IHfeFsilf
Fas pine line q convey the 9flahoMa
eas ln outside fNinta III other states, we
have successfully defeated these aever1l
Efforts and Wlth the ease how nendnH
brought bs the County Attorney el psaRe
county, at whose request the stHle is
fnnurfinR assistance. and ln which case
ihe indian TERRITORY Illuminating on Co..
New Jersey corporation Whieh ned
rlannod to piln gas lsam Oklahoma ~ so.
Inuls and other points. Is the defendant,
we firmly btlleve thai this case Hlil qct-
tle the question and for years g come
wlll end the aeilated question 1f trans
naFglnr OlglAhomn aaa % distaut points.
Az d result OF that question BEING soi-
lied that oklahoma gas eennot Be taken
faeinricR wifi como % the gas fields
Me confidently ANTICIPATE As result
At this CHEAP fuel heinR reserved nor
haiuc consumption that millions 81 nol-
lars OF taxable ana nfnHh llHHuftHf Ni-
dnstrips viii bq added 70 the neailh Or
4 Variety Of mineral products Of iess
present value ere attracting the nttcn-
ilan and capital 0f our people and some
salstani,al progress has been made In.
mlalng and marketing the saine
Manufacturing and Commeroe
For the want Of statistics nI previous
years II has been impossible to m4ke
namparIson. but the reports Of our Com.
missioner Of Labor shows i've hundred
and nlnefy-one manufacturing and iniuH-
trial concerns representing thirtx-scVcn
diftrcnt lnInstres within the STATE ana
In ehnaefvatlvcly estimated as heing an
increase Of thirty per cent over the
previous year.
Merchandise, Wholesale and Retail
Show healthy and prosperous eondl-
Zion hi nearly every locality. and the
NEST conservative estimates ~ e0mmert
hIal bodies would place the netNaHc m
xoiume at more than thlrty-thfee per
cent ~
Tho individual deposits Ia the banks Of
Oklahoma show d very gratifying int
nf0Foment during tile past year.
nerafnhee thitM, Atueteen hundred ana