The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-07


entire nrst year Of statehood, and that
une single exception is the Oklahoma
Central Railroad. the insolvency Of which
Two-c Cent Fare
The two-ceni raiha fare Ia OKLA
homa has by the Corporation Commission
been suspended as 20 one- ninth Of the
operating mileage OF the statc, and upon
the othor eight-ninths. the limit Of pas
scngcr fare Is two cents per mile. Ex-
nericncH OF one year shows ue That Whiie
the people of the State of Oklahoma
have saved during the year from THIS
source alone a greater amount OF money
than Is required for state taxes TO con
duet the state government, vet the rail-
roads have Increased Ia their passenger
We can briefly sum this matter up in a
few words. Oklahoma laws do not permit
class favortlsm. Every citizen Of our
aud as that rate Is now two cents Instead
of the former rate Of three cents per
mile, the railroads have every passenger
paying the same rate and larger NUM-
ber Of people travel and as result the
railroads treat oil passengers alike and
receive a greater revenue Themselves,
Population
As compared with the Federal census
taken In the month Of July, nineteen
hundred and seven. we flnd that the
state census taken under the direction OF
the state Board Of Agriculture as Of March
FIRST nineteen hundred and eight. shows
crease OF thirty.one thousand and eighty
four IN the population Of the state ~
this does not include the spring ana
early summer when our immigration Is
that during the year our population has
increased not less than scveuty-tve thous-
and. bringing the total population OF the
state up to fourteen hundred and ninety
Education
The state Of Oklahoma has Is univer-
sity at Norman. rs three Normal schools
at Alva. Weatherford and Edmond. It's
University Preparatory school az Ionka-
wa. its main A. a NJ College at Still
water, and It's Colored Agricultural aud
Normal school at Langston. These IN
slitutions were In existence in Oklahoma
Territory prior to statehood During the
year there has been added the District
A. NJ. college at Tlsh0mngo.
The total enrolment in attendance AT
all the above schools the last year was
four thousand six hundred and eighty
one. This year the total enrolment Is
FIVE, an Increase Of eleven hundred and
eghty-fOur students IN these institute
tions. each and every one showing an
increase over the previous years enroll
ment and while the various Boards or
Regents in charge Of these state educa-
tinnal institutions have Installed many
new members Of the faculty u Is evident
from the Increased enrolment and par
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
ernment found a condition not existing
IN any other new state ia the last gem
Grafton. In this That the Indian Territory,
substantially half Of our new state had
no common school system organized. and
thousands Of children outside the lncor-
porated towns and cities were wholly
without any school facilities. During the
year twenty-five hundred new schools
have been established. almost all OF
them within the Indian Territory portion
o. the state and school facilities thereby
provided for approximately one hundred
and forty thousand children.
There liz probably no branch Of our gov
ernment which required The extensive
abors devolving upon the common school
department. aud while great progress has
been rTade during the year. ! urge care
ful consideration Of the detail report OF
the State superintendent OF Public In
structlon. with a purpose OF facilitating
the work Of that department. and inn
proving the common school facilities o.
The entire state.
In connection with the common schools
/ am pleased 20 call your attention to
the report Of the Secretary ~ the Com
missioners OF the Land Office, which has
In charge the rental Of the state lands,
and handling OF the cash permanent COM
retary fpr the year ending December astf
Iaas shows cash collected during the year
eight hundred and hfty-one thousand.
nine hundred and fblrtN-eiRht dollars ana
twenty three cents In order 70 ascer-
tam the amount received from land rem
tails. deduct aixty-eieht thousand eight
hundred thirty-one dollars and eleven
eng iateFest collected curing said
year on farm loan and bank deposits Of
The FIVE million dollar fund. leaving the
net amount OF seven hundred eighty
eight thousand one hundred seven dol
lars and twelve cents collected as iand
rentals
/ eaIl your attention to the fact that
the largest amount Of land rentals COLI
lected in any year previous 10 statehood
was In the year nineteen hundred ana
five when the sum total Of five hundred
fOrty-nve thousand four hundred and
thirty-eight dollars and thirty-six cents
was collected by the Secretary OF the
Land Department, 50 that this first year
OF statehood shows an increase over the
largest year Of territorial government in
the amount Of cash collected from land
rentals Of two hundred forty-two thouss
and six hundred sixty-nine dollars ana
seventy-six cents that In the year nine
teen hundred and five 1t cost I'VE and
fortv hundredths per cent 10 cover the
expenses Of the land leasing department.
whereas. in this first year Of statehood II
cost four and tifty-two and one-haif
hundredths per cent to cover the expenses
Of the same department.
increase
ter Of a million dollars In the amount or
cash received from land rentals. and the
decrease OF substantially one-nfth OF the
cost Of mauag. ing the leasing department
IS certainly proper subject for expressing
our thanks TO the Secretary IN charge
OF this department Of our government.
Let Il be understood that the sixty
three thousand and odd dollars interest
earned on the five million dollar fund
only represents the actual cash collected
by the Secretary. that over two million
dollars OF that fund. Invested IN state
and county bonds. have not yet paid to
the Secretary of the Board the interest
aceruing thereon. and that much OF the
farm mortgage money already loaned has
not vet matured its first interest.
School for the Deaf
At the beginning of statehood. the
school for the Deaf was located at Guth-
rie with an enrolment of one hundred
pupils. Since the beginning of state
hood this school has been removed to
the city of Sulphur, and has a present
enrolment Of one hundred and eighty
five pupils.
OKLAHOMA School Of Mines
The last legislature authorized the es-
tablishment Of a school of mines in the
city Of Wihurton, This school has been
arranged for. and will be opened within
the coming week.
Whtaker's Orphans Home
This institution located at the city of
Pryor Greek existed for years by the
private aid Of Mr.. Whitaker, supplement-
ed BY the aid of the federal government.
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