The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-24
ALL LAND TAXABLE
WHEN TITLE PASSES

the tax question i'm the eastern mart -
r Oklahoma, and. if one would listen -
| numerous press reports of YESTERDAY
: such person, if a resident cf the easr'
/ ern part Of our State. formerly indian
Territory would be constrained -
q place a bomb under his city and psr
Z sonal property and blow It to atoms
In their scramble Tor copy very oft.
en- the press reporters. as is evident
IN this case, lose sight of probable II.
Jury IN the fight to scoop sometbio,,
sensational, and We fcal that our stafe
has been done grea. injury b his
case bat whether wlllf.Ily and mali.
clousiy done We are unable to say W.
hope, however, and are inclined n ha-
iieve that the error was reported bv
the representative correspondents
from Washington, and not paddedo
with our home papers.
The main issue is that the text Of
the decision. This means. according 10
advice from Washington, that the only
land non-taxable under the decision
is the alienable land that is sim n
the hands of the original allottoe
which is very small per cent
A report from Oklahoma CITY YES.
terday grossly pessimistic.) amone
other remarks and comments on The
decision, says: The results may moan
dissolution of number of COMMITTEES
since they will not have sufficient
taxable property to pay the operation
Oh county government, as now cons.i.
tuted, and practically all of them
might fall far below the constitutional
requirement of 400 square miles of tax.
able erea. The decision should make
land sales brisk, however; since the
court held that the exemption was nor
personal to the Indian, but went with
the land"
90 you can see the cause for alarm
by such reports. as if all Indian land
was exempt under the decision there
would be nothing to tax but the e,tv
and personal property in the
eastern part of our State.
Under same date the Daily oklabon,.
IN has in big headlines, "S35 900 oOo
lost to State Funds, and goes ahead
n detail and, among other phrases Of
omment, says The court also holds
he exemption went with the land
Vhen sold" hence not personal with
ne indian, which means tina tine
'hole Of the Five Civilized Tribes will
OF possess any taxable land. or in
ther words, there is no land taxable
former Indian Territory II such
onditions, existed. the eastern part of
lr state would, of course. be in bank.
iptcy
me Daily oklahoman has no per.
maj interest in the eastern part Of
Ie state, 1t seems, as such reports
ay tend to turn the Oklahoma bound
y to the old Oklahoma part of the
ate
The writer after reading numerous
ports as sensational and passimistic
the above, wired Senator Robert I
ven at Washington, D. c., the follow.
g:
"Madill, Ok, May 14.-senator
'bert 1. Owen, Washington, D. C..
les tax decision mean non.taxabla
.er allottee has sold? E. T. HAD.
)CK.
And in answer to my message, I re-
we'd the following telegram:
" ashington, d. c., May 14.-E. r
ddoek, Madill, Ok, Senator owen in
lahoma; decision means non-tax-
e only so long as in the hands of
ginal allottee. J. W. BELLoER,
nus yon will readily see that the
lslon oily means that the only land
taxable is the alienable land stitl
the hands of the original alIottee
ch Is very small per cent as AZ
It 50 per cent Of the alienable land
either been sold or else the al
ee has died. In either case it makes
land taxable. hence if we lose IL
cent Of the alienable land until
), which is true, we have reason to
eve that the Government will rein.
'e US as they did in our school mat
and which contention is held bv
Governor, as indicate in an article
ne News today. Furthermore. we
II have gotten cent of taxes from
10 per cent estimated class, As
have had the matter in court ever
statehood, and we have been do.
Tine and have not gotten anything
the Federal Government to assist
paying our taxes.
nee, with the reimbursement of
estimated loss of the Is per cen.
ie alienable land and the further
that we know where we are at
We are in haffap aood;t;e., 49,