Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-07-26
JETER EXPLAINS
SCHOOL LAND DEAL
Shows Mars Connection
With Sale Of Potter
County Lands

q ''FillN''N INHNIil' n'I'N ~. NtH ''AA
lection with The sale of the Potter
County school land and .u this con-
leciiou want 10 say that ! have
made careful examination OF the
records OF this county a. we'll as|
.opies OF the records taken from Lub-
book County and opinion Of attor
neys employed by the commissioners
court 70 Investigate the legal status
o. the matter and find the following
That portion OF his article which
refers 20 the sale OF the Potter
County School land seeks 20 Justify
his position on that matter iu three
ways First By contending that the
land vas really sold during the ad-
ministratiOn Of his predecessor In
office. second, by the interesting
statement that he opposed this sale.
but was outyoted In me Commission
or, Court over which ho presided
third. that the land was not AZ that
time worth more than 70 cents
per acre. will pass over tne glar-
INK Inconsistency between the third
ground stated and the other two
and will take up the record as 10
appears Boz The books by which think
we both should be- willing 10 be
Judged o. o. true that during tne
administration Of Judge Quinn there
we're some investigations ana uegO-
tations had with reference 10 the
county school lands, but the records
show. IN Vol .. page lO2, that I'm
May 1897. and after Judge Mars
had taken his seat as County Judge.
there was passed an order Of the
Com issioucrs Court reyoking an for
NOR orders and terminating al for
mer negotiations with reference 20
the county school lands The ef-
feet Of this order was 10 wipe tho
slate clean OF all prior actions taken
In the premises. and II Judge Mars
tnd Iis commissioners court had
been content 10 leave the matter
In that conditions. the school children
and tax payers OF Potter county
would today be- enjoying the benefit
Of a permanent school fund OF more
than One Hundred Thousand Dollars
instead of a fund Of only 6.2Si 90
and no necessity would exist for the
levy Of special school taxes. about
which he now SO bitterly complains
But that is not all The record
further shows, Vol. ., page l39 that
IN July 1897, the Commissioner
Court over which Judge Mars tneu
presided entered an order directing
him as County Judge 10 lease said
lands for long period OF time.
throby coucmslyely showing au Iu-
tcntlon ON the part of the court q,
abandon AN idea oi making a sale
ct such lands n further appears
that Judge Mars did lease said lands
10 one z S Terrell for a period of
years as directed hy the court but
strange fo relate. fh, record. Vol q.
page lle. further shows that after
Nr Fcroll had leased 'hr lands. be-
appeared before the comm Issioners
court and requested them to give him
au opinion to purchase r0e sand he
had already leased az any time within
five years az the price of % cents
per acre ou 90 years time and the
request wa granted. These lands
mad already been leased and we're
hrlnginE boz revenue. mo- necessity
existed for their sale. aud no con-
siderafiuu whatever was received ~
Potter county from 'hc granting ~
This option My opponent seems
20 Doe making This race upon fbe
str,uGfh of h.s supposed ability as e
business man. and must confess
thar Do does require business aC-
Dumcn of which ann nor possessed
to sop boz this transaction sub.
sfautia' benefit to be derived Dos fh,
school children OF Potter county
bur this is nor ali % further ap.
pelu that on thr first day OF July
1895 Book o. PAGE el2, faer, was
passed au order by the terms OF which
Judge Narrs was directed by hts
commissioners court to max, and de-
liver to Mr. Terrell q bond for flus
g.. Ola. Potter F.mrfF School land