The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-31
BUILDING
"A STATE
WHAT WAS DONE, WHY, AND
WHAT Ut COST.
cIIAPTER Y.
School Land and Permanent School
Fund.

HleN we're kept ~ lnc Helu CONSTANTLY
nppraislng land. Apparently the pur.
pose was to appralse third Of the
land each year and In that way the
appraisers would always have job,
and one only needs 10 look at the Ter
rltory records to see the ridiculous
method Of conducting the business eyi.
IDENTIFY intended TO favor precinct poli
tcians by nominal rental charged,
and from the worthless notes left on
hand by the Territory administration
II Is clear, II he was a clever precinct
politician, years and years would
elapse without him paying dollar
rent, and in order to make even half
decent showing other lessees were
made to toe the mark harder.
Under Statehood the School Land
Department consists Of the following:
/. Leasing Department.
z. Lease Appralslng Department.
s. Loan and Investment Depart
ment, subdiyded into
la) Farm Loan Investments.
(b,) Bond Investments.
(cO Bank Deposits.
All arising out Of FIVE million dollar
fund donated by the enabling act.
4. Sales Department.
So the whole Department Is ten
times greater under Statehood than
under Territorial administration, and
the volume Of business much greater
and the capacity OF the department in
creased far beyond the capacity Of the
Territorial Boards administration
with a large decrease In expense In
proportion 10 the receipts.
AS the Leasing Department was the
only department existing at the time
Of Republican Territorial admlnistra
lion the comparison should be made
OF the Leasing Department then anc
Ihe Leasing Department under State
hood.
Comparative Statement--Lease De
partment Proper--Exactly the
Same Land--Common School
Portion.
Territorial Administration
Receipts year 1905. ... Sb45, ,43S.3'
Expenses same period ... 22,S35.l'
Per cent cost OF maintain
ing department for same
period .............. 4.1o Pct
State Administration
Receipts year 1908. ...... S724, ,34l g
Expenses same period d..... 27S29.b
Per cent cost OF maintain
ing department for same
period ............... S.77 Pot
State increase In receipts
over year 1906. Territorial
administration ........ $l7S,903.2
Per cent increase In re-
ceipts .....s,........,.. 55 re
Receipts year 1905 .......S S5S7 1855
Expenses same period .... 2i.7Ss.0
Per cent cost of maintain
ing department for same
period ..,...,......,... 4.6l nc
Receipts year 1909. 9...... sbl7, ,OS2.s
Expenses same period ... 30,7s2.o
Per cent cost OF maintain
Ing department for same
period ...s...,ss...,.,., 4so4 nc
State increase In receipts
over year 1906, Territorial
! administration ......... $l39 1861
Per cent increase In re.
eeipts ................. 2B nc
The year nineteen hundred seye
was not included In above Compar
tive Statement for the reason that th
Department was under both Terrific
tai and State administration from II
fact that Statehood occurred Noyen
ber sixteenth. nineteen hundred seye
Under the territorial government a
appraisement OF land stood for thrs
years, aud onethird of the land WI
appraised every year, so that Ian
nppraisements were then conducted e
cry year. and as II took three years
get once around to each tract Of Ian
the total cost Of appraisement und'
territorial government was abol
eighty thousand dollars for the thr'
years Of territorial appralsement. al
the total number a. acres then a
praised was two million and fifty tho
sand acres, whereas under state 20
ernment the land is appraised on
every five years, and the appraIseme
instead Of being one-hfth each year
all made at once, and as the new c'
Iege land OF about one million one hu
dred and fifty thousand acres was ad
ed. the entire apDraisement OF q
three million two hundred thousai
acres Of land with the adjustments
npraisements cost the sum
tai Of one hundred thousand six hu
dred forty-five dollars and ninety-t'
cents.
But, reader look at the differene
The Territorial appraisements we
merely to ascertain the rental val
Of the land, whereas. the state Q
praisements include geographical {
scrlptions. typographical description
and an statistics relating to the lot
tlon, condition and character Of ca
and every piece OF land. and all OF 1
improvements thereon, so that 4
valuation IL obtained not only I