The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-10-31
BUILDING
A STATE
WHAT WAS DONE, WIZ, AND
WHAT IT COST
cIIAPTsR Y.
sehsol land snd Permanent school
Fund.

When The state sdministratl0n tool
charge OF the School Land Depart
ment il found that the Territorial gov
eminent had grossly neglected thii
important work. II consisted then o.
nothing but land leasing and appraiss
ment under the policy OF The ap
prsisement standing for three years
men we're kept In The FIELD constantly
apDralsing land. Apparently the pur
poAe was 10 aDpraise one-third or the
land each year and in that Nay The
appraisers would always have 4 Job
and one only needs 10 look II The Ter
ritory records TO see the ridiculous
nethod Of conducting the business eyi
dently intended 10 faver precinct poll
iicians by nominal rental charged
and from The worthless notes left on
hand By the Territory administration
il is clear, II he was clever precinct
politician, years and years would
elapse without him paving dollar
rent, and in order TO make eYen n halt
decent showing other lessees we're
made to toe the mark harder.
Under Statehood The School Land
Department consists Of The following
4 Leasing Department
z. Lease Appraising Department.
8 Loan ana Investment Depart
ment, subdivided into
a. Farm Loan Investments.
(b.) Bond Investments.
(c) Bank Deposits.
All arising out Of FIVE million dollar
fund donated by the enabling act.
A. 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 large decrease in expense in
proportion 10 the receipts.
As the Leasing Department was the
only department existing At tho time
Of Republican Territorial administra-
tion the comparison should be made
Of the Leasing Department then and
The Leasing Department under State
hood,
Comparative Statement-Leass De
psrtmcnt PrOpsr--Exactly ths
Same Land-common School
Portion.
Territorial Administration
Receipts year 1907. sotO, 1886
Expenses same period 2z,SS0. .lS
Per cent Cost Of maintain
ing department Tor same
period .s.... Alb Pet.
State Administration
Receipts year 1908 s724SAl .sv
Expenses same period 2I,Szs,st
Per cent cost Of maintain
ing department for same
period .....s......... s.7T Pct.
State increase in receipts
over year 1906. Territorial
administration ... sl7S,scS.24
Per cent increase IL re-
ceipts .. SO PEI.
Receipts year 1906 ...... {551S2S.b6
Expenses same period 24,7SS.oS
Per cent cost or maintain
ing department for same
period ...,...,,.,... 81 fct.
Receipts year 1909 .-.... ESf1oS2-SS
Expenses same period 3v,1s2Vb
Per cent cost or maintain
ing department for same
period ............ t.e4 Pet.
State increase ia receipts
over year 1866. Territorial
administration .... $iSs,2ts17
Per cent increase in re
CENTS .. 20 Pct
The year nineteen hundred seven
was moi included in above Compare
tive Statement for the reason that the
Department wax under both Territor-
ial and State administration from the
fact that Statehood occurred NoYem-
Der sixteenth. nineteen hundred seven.
Under the territorial government an
appraisement OF land stood for three
years. and onetbird OF the land VAS
appraised every year so that land
appraisements we're then conducted ey-
cry year. anu ~ IL tOok ihVee lSdAH ~
get once around to each tract Of land,
the total coat of apprsisement under
territorial government was about
eighty thousand dollars for the three
years Of territorial appraisement and
the total number OF acres then ap-
praised MAS two million and fifty thou
sand acres. whereas under stale gov
ernment the land is appraised once
avery five years, and the appraisement
instead Of being one-hflh each year Is
all made at once. and as the new col
leas land Of about one million one han
dred and fifty thousand acres vss add
ed, the entire appfsisemsBr Of the
three million tNo hundred thousand
acres OF land with the adjustments OF
sprsisements cost tie sum to.
tai or one hundred thousand sax hun
dred forly-6ve dollars and ninetytwo
contg
But. reader, look . the difference.
The Territorial spprsisements we're
merely TO ascertain the rental value
Of the land, wheresr he stats sp-
praisemen,s include geographical de-