The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-07

only has gone into tn. hands OF tn. IN.
solNcnrs court or ~ receiver. Within the
entire h'st wear OF statehood. and mat
one single exception i~ the oklahoma
Centft Rail- 'td. the Insolvency of which
'NI..''"'i rrDo.ec.., r,,.
The 'No-ceut railroad fare In Okla
nofut hes by the Corporation Commissioh
operating mileage ~ the state. and upon
l the other elght-uluths. the limit OF pas
/ seng"r are BE two cents per mile Ex-
perieu," Of ono year shows us that while
have saved during the year from this
rourD, 1.uu" greater amount of money
/ than g. required tor state taxes TO con-
duct tlc std.r government. Vet the rail-
roads have Increased ln their passenger
w can briefly sum this matter up in a
fcw words oklahoma laws DO not permit
class flyorItlsm. Every citizen OF our
/ state Who travels. pays the -ar- ate
and as ilat rate Is now two cents i1sI 'ad
ai tn" former rate Of three cents per
mile the railroads hav" every passenger
paving the same rate and larger num-
hcr of people travel and as a result the
'ailroad- treat all passengers alike aud
receive greater revenue Themselves.
Population
As compared with the Federal census
taken .n the month ~ july. nineteen
hundred aud seven. We find that the
.'ttr ensus taken under the direction OF
the state Board Of Agriculture as OF March
first. nineteen hundred and eight shows
that during that seven months an in
crease ~ thlrty-one thousand and eighty
iuur ln the population Of the state. IA
Z this d"cs not inc'ud" the spring and
early summer when our immigration is
/ heaviest. ncIcve 10 IS fair to estimate
that during the year our population has
ir-reased not less than seventy-f five thous-
AMI. bringing the total population Of the
state an TO fourteen hundred and ninety
thousand. This Is certainly gratifying
growth.
Education
The state Of Oklahoma has its univer-
sity vt Norman. It's three Normal schools
at Ava. Weatherford and Edmond. its
/ University Preparatory school at Tonka-
wa. its main \. & VI. College at still
/ Natsr aud It's Colored Agricultural and
/ Normal school at Langston. These in
sttut'oue were In existence In Oklahoma
/ Territory prior TO statehood. During the
I year there has been added the District
\ 4 VI college at Tishomlngo
The total enrolment in attendance at
an the above schools the last year was
| four thousand six hundred and eighty
| one This year the total enrolment Is
| i've thousand seven hundred ana sixty
| hNe. an Increase Of eleven hundred and
/ eighty four students ln these institu-
/ tiuus. each and every one showing an
! luCrcds" over the previous years enroll
/ m'nt and while the various Boards OF
/ Regents iu charge pf these state cduca-
/ tional institutions have Installed many
I new members OF the faculty. it is evident
/ from the increased enrolment and par
/ uCuIdrly from the improved condition OF
[ the institutions that the changes were
/ essential and have proven beneficial
Common Schools
| At the beginning Of statehood the COM
/ mon school department Of the state gov
] erumvut found "A condition not existing
] In any other new state iu the last gem
! Grafton. loo this. That the Indian Territory,
I substantially half Of our new state. had
/ no common school system organized. and
/ thousands Of children outside the incor-
! poratcd towns and cities were wholly
| without any school facilities. During the
Al
have been established. almost all OF
them within the Indian Territory portion
% the state. and school facilities thereby
provided for approximately one hundred
| and forty thousand children.
There is probably no branth Of our gov
erumcut which required the extensive
lahpr- dcyolVing upon the common school
department. and while great progress has
q been made during the year, urge care
NJ confederation Of the detail report OF
the State superintendent ot Public In
|struptIuu. with a purpose of facilitating
the work of that dcptrm nj. and i'm
proving the common school facilities Of
the entire state.
In connection with the common schools
u am pleased to call your attention TO
the report ui the Secretary Of the Com
Wiss.ou,"~ of tine Land OuIcc. which has
I'm charge fhr rental OF the state lands,
and handling ~ the cash permanent COM
mon school tund. The report of the sec
rttirN COR 10. wear ending December 3lst.
zoos SHOVE cash collected during the year
eight hundred and hfty-ono thousand.
nine hundred and thirty rtlElt dollars aga
twenty-three cents. In order 10 ascer-
tain the amount received from and ron-
tails deduct SiNtv-tight thousand eight
hundred thlrty-ouc dollars and eleven
.,uts. being u',.r-t collected during said
year on farm loan and bank deposits OF
tho nNr million dollar fund leaving the
net amount OF seven hundred eighty
eight thousand one hundred seven dol
lars and twelve cents collected as land
rentals
call your attention to the fact that
I'm. ,IE'sI h'uu.n' uI Hul l u ,'I,,,. W
,s,s ip fG. ,,,r nineteen ruiu,ireI and
ia. ,han ia, s,In tlttI of u,e hundred
] fnrty-ny, frnus4rJ frur nrru. .Irad aud
|thirty-cirht dollars and thirty-yIx cents
Nh. .,''r.f,I Iv trr sc.r,ttr, OF me
Land nrp,rfr.ur. SO that thIs first year
of sf3f,Uo,d shows Am Increase over the
LARGEST ,.,r of t.rrifnrI,F Government I'm
| the amount of ash collected from land
rentals of two hundred iurtv-tWo thous-
and s,N hundred sINtN-u'ne dollars and
scNcuty-siN cents thlt n the year nine.
teen hundred and i've 10 cost i've and
fortN huuircdtNs per cent TO cover the
expenses Of the Iand leasing department.,
whereas, In this tist year OF stdtrhood "
taI I