Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-27
KATE BARNARD
GETS THE AXE
llOISE CIrS OUT ATTORNEYS
FEES AND LIMIT TRAVEL
ING EXPENSES.
WOULD BUY A BUILDING
once Structure for Temporary Cnp-
itol; Dr. Mnhr Testiiics at Re-
iormntory Hearing.

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 2G-(Spe-
! cial) The house late this afternoon
adopted the MaXey amendment, cut
ting down the travelling expenses of
the head Of the department OF chart
ties and corrections to $500 a year and
her contingent expenses to $3.50
year A motion by Smith of Potta-
datomie to allow her $4,000 for cm-
ployment Of an attorney To protect
indian minors was defeated. This
leaves the department only one steno-
srapher at 5000 "A year. besides the
commissioner and amounts almost to
abolishmcnt
The legislature may buy the six
story building occupied by the Miller
Dry Goods company AT Grand avenue
and Harvey street in this city for a
temporary state house. This was de-
Neloped when the houses Saturday
afternoon voted to strike from tho
general appropriation bill an item Of
$40, 900 for each of two years to pay
rentals for state departments In Okla
homa city The motion was offered by
Smith Of Pottawatome who declared
that the state should own It's own
building and that what would be paid
for rentals in few years would buy
the building and the state could sell
1t for more than It cost when the cap
itol is completed.
Representative Matthews chairman
Of the committee of the house To Sc
lect quarters for the departments stat
ed that the state can purchase the
building and make such additions and
| improvements as are necessary for
| s3Sb 900. The committee has in mind
the purchase of the Miller building,
the adding of three stories and dlvid-
| ing into office rooms for the depart
ments at the foregoing cost. The state
would have ten floors including the
basement, for office space
Granite Hearing.
Complete eradication of disease and
evil practices at the Granite reforma-
tory, or any other institution of that
Kind, Is an impossibility. and a cure
for victims of awful habits such as
existed at Granite is unknown to the
medical professions. according to the
testimony of DR.. j. c. Mahr state
commissioner Of health. before the
commissioner of charities and correc-
tions, Saturday Dr. Mahr said he or.
ganized party of physicians, to make
an examination of the inmates of thu
various state institutions, and that in
october or November of 1911, the
Granite refOrmatory was visited. and
each inmate was given a physical ex-
animation. After examining more
than three thousand individuals at the
various state institutions, the board of
health Issued detailed report Of tho
party's findings. DR. Mahr stated that
disease and evil practices were to bs
found in pententiaries and reforma-
tories, and among persons of the class
usually found In such places. He
doubted if any equipment. such as
single cells, or isolation. would put an
end to certain practices. He had
never heard of or seen any victim OF
certain practices which existed at
Granite completely cufed.A permanent
cure WAS unknown to the medical
world
Accompanying Or Mahr upon his
INSPECTION tour of the state. including
the Granite reformatory, were Doctors
John ". Riley, Curtis T.. Day, A. D..
Young, Edward +. Davis. f.. Ellison.
The witness said sol prisoners In tho
r~ormatOry were examined. He re-
garded the health conditions of tho
inmates to be very good at that time,
though there were many known to he
afflicted with disease and many who
showed evidence Of practicing certain
evils.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 2G.---
Special )-Action of the house in
passing the resolution to refer The
school abolition question to a vote II
the people 1t Is believed saved the
maintenance appropriations for state
educational institutions from being
vetoed by the governor School ap-
proprlations aggregatng nearly three
quarters OF a million dollars were ap-
proved by the governor late Friday
afternoon.
The school maintenance bills ap-
proved by the governor and the
amount carried by each are: Ada
normal. $1,000; Goodwell Agricul-
tural school, $2S.000: Tahlequah
Normal. $4,000; Tonkawa Prepara-
tory school, $4,000; Broken Arrow
Agricultural school, $4,000: Edmond
normal, $4,000; Tishomngo Agricul-
tural school. $4,000 Warner Agrl-
cultural school. s26. 900; Lawton Ae-
ricultural school. S2S,OOO Alva Nor
NAL, $4,000; Chickasha Industrial
school for girls, $4,000, Weather
ford Normal $4,000. Helena Agri-
cultural school. $4,000. Durant Nor
NAL. $4,000; Claremore Preparatory
school, $4,000.
The appropriation bill for the state
university at Norman was finally per-
fected and sent to roll call In the
house II carries 100000 per annum
for maintenance: $4,000 a year for
university extension work $4,000
for a heating and power plant s1,5.-
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