The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-10
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The Oklahoma state Board 81 Agri-
culture Is compiling a list OF gins
doing business in this state The last
legislature passed a Law requiring
owners and managers of gins 20 begin
numbering bales at No. / and 10 mum
ber eonsecutiyek through the season.
requiring them 10 report to the Board
of Agriculture on the first aud
/ fifteenth of each month during the
ginning season the number OF bales
/ ginned, and fixing penalty OF not
less than twenty-five dollars nor more
tan one hundred dollars for failure 10
eonforli To the requirements OF the
| aw Under the law the board will tx
September the first as the beginning
of the season. aud they are now com
piling a list of the gins so as to supply
them with blanks upon which 10 re-
port al the proper time The reports
will be very simple and easy TO make.
and with a proper compliance with the
law the board will be able to issue
accurate and prompt reports on this
subject Ginners will be- expected TO
comply with the law. and at this time
they can assist the board very
materially by sending in the names Of
their gins, the post office address. the
county in which located and the name
r Of the manager or owner who Will
make the reports
State Inspector and Examiner, Chas
A. Taylor through one of his deputies
J. &. Condit, has made report on the
! condition OF the State University. The
i Board of University Regents handle
but very little money as nearly all the
orders are drawn by the state auditor
upon the state treasurer. The money
from which the report Is made is en-
tirely derived from fees most OF which
i are deposited by pupils attending the
school for various privileges, the bulR
OF wlich is RENTED TO them at the
close of the term The report covers
the period from August 26th, 1908, TO
!, April Goth. 1909, and shows that the
balance on hand last August was
S5.3720S. Since collected $22, 1872 40
II Amount disbursed s22. l59 6l and bal
\. anee now on hand s5.344S7
II Deputy Condit also reported on the
fees collected by the Superinten lent of
Public instruction. From November
Y 18th, 1907. to March 10th. 1908, 1863
was realized from examination fees all
of which was disbursed in paying ex
,r penses OF examination. From March
10th. 1908, to June 30th., 1908, fees
were collected to the amount OF
S $3,lS7. The balance now ON hand is
81, ,492 AZ The difference between this
and the collections having been dis
n bursed in the payment OF expenses
Guthrie, Okla, July 3.
Letters received by the Secretary
of the State Board of Agriculture from
i j. c. Ellis, Supt of Farmers lnsti-
=, tutes, who. with corps of lecturers
q is making tour of the far north
- western counties, indicate that the
farmers OF that section are fully alfye
to the Importance OF institute organi
IS zation and work and that, notwith-
y. standing this is a very busy season
a with them, they are making the meet
le ings In that section the occasion for
ST large attendance and unusual in
terest. Strong active organizations
have been established In Harper,
ie Beaver, Texas and Clmarron counties.
Detail reports are at hand from
Harper and Beaver counties where
<" Institutes were organized July 5th
10 and 9Th. In Harper county G. Carpen-
ter, OF Willard was elected delegate
to attend the annual institute at
y saltwater next month, and j. b.
- Belcher was elected president OF the
county institute and b. f. Williams
q, secretary. In Beaver county J. J.
FulkersOn, of DOmbey, was elected
delegate to the state institute and A.
m c. Midkiff, of Balko. alternate. r. @
Dunlap was elected president OF the
Beaver county institute and j. A.
n. Miller, secretary
he This closes the State Institute work,
or so far as annual meetings are con-
Vo cerned until after the state institute,
he'd at saltwater in August. All the
counties now, except the new county
pa OF Harmon, have active and vigorous
organizations, and from this time for
ward the institute work will take on
u new interest as the two or three meet
10 ings to be held this fall or winter in
each county can be wholly devoted to
~ instructive and educational work
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