The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-23
BABY STATE
L|BERALLY
TREATED
OKLAHOMA FARES WELL
I'm OMNIBUS PUBLIC
BUILDINGS BILL
GUTHRIE THERE WITH
St25,OO0 SLICE or PORK
Numerous Other Giles Of State
Also pariak0 Of Congress-
Ional GsnsTosIIy
Special to Daily Leader


Washington, 0. c., June 23.-The
omnibus public buildings appropria-
tion bill passed Wednesday Is full of
Oklahoma provisions and the same
may be said OF the omnibus Indian bin
by which it Is hoped to bring about
the sale Of 100000 acres of rich agrf-
cultural land In the segregated coal
and asphalt tract in Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations. The bill, in its
present form, does not provide for the
opening Of this land to settlers, for
the reason that the senate has refused
to pass upon such legislation directly.
That the senatorial conscience would
not object to voting for conference
report containing such legislation
seems certain. Senator Owen propos-
es to see that the provision goes in
the bill. So does Representative Me-
Guire. who may also be conferee on
the bill.
The sale OF the surface lands has
President Taft's support, and the good
reason to believe that Senator LaFol-
lette. also has changed front, and will
cooperate with the Oklahoma con-
gressional delegation to secure this
piece OF much-needed legislation.
Wednesday was field day for the
Oklahoma congressional delegation in
many respects and 1t Is doubtful
whether the new state will share SO
literally In many day.
In the public buildings bill that was
passed delegation shared as follows:
Guthrie Gets Piece Of Pork.
Representative MCGUIRE: Enlarge
ment Guthrie federai building, $685.
900; new projects. Kingfisher $45,-
900, Blackwell $4,000.
Representative Morgan: Oklahoma
City $4,000 for additional site and
first class building material; FL Reno,
building and site, 100000.
Representative Creager: s360.000
additional appropriation for federal
building at Muskogee; Tulsa, building,
$135,O0O.
Representative Carter: Ardmore,
building and site. $15O00O; McAlester,
building. s1S5,000.
Representative Ferris: Lawton.
building. sl35,000.
Senator Gore as a member of the
committee on public buildings and
grounds co-operated with the delega-
tion throughout and 1t was only
through his persistent fight that the
senate did not cause considerable re-
ductions In the omnibus bill.
1t was he who added McAlester,
Chickasha and Tulsa to the bill
Senator Owen distinguished himself
by refusing to permit reduction of the
Muskogee appropriation of 100000
which seemed too big to most men,
bers OF the committee; also by amend
ing the bill on the floor OF the senate
enabling Craig. Carter and Pittsbure
counties and the city of Muskogee to
acquire title to federal jails In their
respective communities. There Is al
so federal Jail at Guthrie but no at
tempt has been made to cede this
property to the former state capital
The omnibus Indian bill as passed
by the senate among other things re-
fers the Usage civilization claim
amounting to 100000 to the court ol
claims; authorizes Dennison Coal Co.
to surrender Improbable coal leases
IL the Choctaw and Chickasaw Ma
Cons; authorizes the secretary of the
interior to pay taxes on lands OF minol
Indians In order TO prevent tax sales