The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-15
STATEHOOD DAY Will BE
CELEBRATED IN OKLAHOMA
Second Anniversary of New States Admins
trGtion to UniOn-A Period of Great Progress
Brief Resume of Things Accomplished
in TuUO Years BY Youngest of States
Many Public Institutions Located.


Guthrie, okla Nov. l5.-The sec
ond anniversary Of the admission o.
Oklahoma to the Union will be cele
brated tomorrow The day will be
generally observed in the schools and
in the various departments Of state
government.
With the SNORT Two years of Okla
homas existence as a sovereign com
monwealth many things have been ac
complislied which demonstrate the
progressiveness Of the people of the
youngest Of the states. The most re-
markable development has been along
educational and industrial lines.
The School Systems.
When Oklahoma was admitted il
had a good system Of schools on the
west side, formerly Oklahoma Terri
tory, which had been built up during
eighteen years of territorial govern
ment, Indian Territory. however,
came into Oklahoma with very in
adequate. system of rural schools. very
few section line highways and no ter
ritorial educational institutions. The
reason for this was, of course that
Indian territory had no local form of
government and was merely ward of
the interior department at Washing
ton.
The first state legislature, which
convened at Guthrie on the second of
December. 1907. twenty-six days after
the admission of the state, took up the
task of locating public institutions
and making provision for a public
school system in the eastern portion
OF the state
The public institutions located at
that session were: An industrial
school for girls at Chickasha: school
for the deaf, afterwards located at
Sulphur; a state school of mines at
Wilhurton in the heart of the seggre-
gated coal belt; the East Oklahoma
hospital for the insane; an orphans
home at Pryor Creek. and school
for the blind at Fort Gibson
No appropriation was made for the
girls industrial school for girls. and
It was not located until during the
second session of the Legislature, when
got the school. with an APP
Of 100000 for the build
ngs and equipment The school for
The deaf got an appropriation of
S5 900 and was temporarily located
1t Sulphur by the second legislature.
rhe school of mines at Wilburton was
given maintenance appropriation of
$4,000. and the second Legislature ap-
,ropriated s2S5,O0O for buildings,
and equipment of this
school,
Public Institutions.
The eastern hospital for the insane
vas merely created, but the second
legislature located it at Vinita and ap-
$1,000 for buildings and |
The first legislature To-
,ated the Western hospital for the in
ane at Fort Supply and appropriated |
i152.7S4 for the institution and the
econd legislature added to this a def
iencv appropriation of s25, ,O69 80. and |
S2S,34S for buildings and mainten-
nee to carry it through the bienni-
I'M. The orphans home at Pryor |
,reek was given $S9.700. and the sec
md legislature gave it a deficiency ap-
'ropriation of s25.000 and 100000 for
maintenance for the biennium. To
he $1,000 appropriated to start off
he school for the deaf deficiency |
Of $4,000 and a new
Of $4,000 for mainten-
nee was added by the second legis-
ature. and the school for the blind
t Fort Gibson was given an appro-
riation Of $4,000 for maintenance by
he second legislature. The first leg
stature also established district agri-
ultural schools at Warner and Tisho-
ningo. with appropriations Of $4,000
or eacn.
New public institutions established
y the second legislature with the ap-
for each. were as fol
ows:
University preparatory school at
'laremore. $4,000: district agrioult- I
raj schools in third. fourth and i