Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-28
MINOR LEASE"
BILL IS PASSED
LOWER HOUSE ACCEPTS MEAS
URE Affecting on. LEASES.
TULSA MEASURE Reported
Bill Changing Time of Elections I'm
der Commission Form Before
House.

oklahoma city, Okla, Feb. al
Fathered by Jeffords of Chelsea and
Logan of Mountain View. and design
ed TO enable an extension OF valuable
oil leases now running. what IS known
as the 'minor lease" bill passed the
lower house fially Monday afternoon
By a vote of 81 to 49,,
The feature Of the bill about which
all tho conflict centered, was pro-
vision that oil and gas leases ON prop
erty OF MINOR may De extended be.
yond the majority Of the ward Of tho
court if It be shown that such course
would prevent waste AS agreed on
originally the bin permitted the leases
10 be eXtolded as long os oil or gas
should be found In paying quantities
"The oil men fought for tho bin ass
& stood but finally compromised on
an extension of ten years Speaking
on a motion TO strike out this section,
Jeffords admitted that It contained the
molt of the bin. He and other oil
mon were frank In their admissions
TINT the bill is designed for tho aid Of
the Spectator and not 10 safeguard
the minor.
W. S. Fitzpatrick Of Independence,
Kasp formerly Of the Prairie on g.
Gas COMPANY and Nate Gibson of
Muskogec, a representative of stand
ard Oil interests We're active lobbyists
for the measure during it's pendeucy
IN the house saturday and Monday
Pipe Line Statement
Special 90 lho World
Oklahoma city Okla. Feb 27.-
The annual statement of the Oltaho-
ma Pipe Limo Company was n,ed with
the state auditor today raporuns a
taxable valuation OF S655lOLO5.
Glass Company Chartered
Special to the world
Oklahoma city, Okla, Feb. 27.--A
state charter was granted Monday 60
the New state Glass Company Of Sand
Springs, capital S2OO0O directors, Pc
ter smith, William Mnyburgh, Rich
ard Myle, Harry Wann aud Andrew
May Of Tulsa.
School Land lessee Blll Up,
Special 20 the World
ollhoma city Okla, Feb. 27.-
Debate on Jhc school land lessees bill
was decided TO be unlimited Monday
afternoon, after sharp debate, when
enemies OF the bin sought to push
through a motion 20 limit Individual
speech to five minutes The forenoon
had been spent IN general debate on
Indefinite pOstponement and Discus
sion was resumed az the afternoon scs-
sion In the house roll Gals and ap-
..f
business and among the bills passed
were those by Stockton and Gillespie
app oprutng S2,5OO for distribution
Of log cholera vaccine by Williams
$500 for oklahoma Historical Socie-
ty; by the Pittsburs County delega-
ton, $4,000 for additional land for
the pentcntiary farm; by Anthony
$it.G51 to supplement contingent
fund of the insane asylum at Fort
Supply; by Williams of Kay $4,000
for new buildings at the Tonkawa
University preparatory school.
b. b. Crouch Of shawnee was elect
ed as cloak room attendant by the sem
ate 20 succeed j j. Conway Of Tul-
50, who died last week,
Postponcs Land sac Bill.
Special to the World.
Oklahoma city Okla, Feb. 27,-
After a debate consuming all Of the
senate session from Saturday evening
to late Monday afternoon, tho upper
branch Of the legislature reached
vote on the Frankie motion to indefi-
nitely postpone the Barefoot bill pro-
vlding for sale OF all the common
school lands, except those IN the Pan
handle Counties. Only six senators
voted for the motion, Immediately
after a motion by Senator Roddle OF
Ada to recommit the bill was de-
featcd. The Roddle bill proposed to
have the bin redrafted to provide for
the submission of the question to the
people
A bill by Senator Vandeyenter af.
fectng Tulsa and Bartlesville, pro-
viding that cities under a commission
form OF government may hold their
elections under the provisions Of their
charters, was reported fayorably from
the house committee. It has passed
the senate
Tho senate voted down a motion TO
take the district attorney bill from
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