Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-11
CARRIES AN APPROPRIATION OF
s1O,0OO-VOTE WAS 50 TO
81 OR O MAJORITY.
B. ARROW School wins
Gets Appropriation of $40, 200 In the
Clarcmore School
Also Passes.
BY j. 4. MkEENER
(Staff Correspondent.)

OKLAHOMA CITY. March 10
Especial. 1.-The house today passed
on the last house bills" that will
come before that body this session
and when day Of monotonous roll
calls had been ended 2S measures
Of more or less Importance had been
passed and sent to the senate and two
had been given the death blow.
Several bills dealing with the agri-
cultural interests Of the state were
finally disposed Of, the most important
bin being the one by Curry. appro-
prlating $4,000 for the Dry Farming
congress to be held in Tulsa next
october,
The final vote on this bill was SO
to 81. six more than enough to pass
II. To meet the objections of severa |
members Curry sought to amend the
bill so rs to take the expending of this
money from the state board of agri-
culture but his amendment was de-
clared out Of order,
To Help the Farmers
The bill to abolish county demon
stratlon farms was defeated and the
bill authorizing county commission
ers to expend not more than $1,000
a year for farmers cooperative dem
onstration work was passed. An at
tack by Emmanuel on the Rutherford
bill approprating $500 to pay for
printing ballots for the constitutional
election In Beaver county resulted In
that bin being killed. Emmanuel
charged that this account had been
paid before by the legislature.
The Welty bill providing for inspec-
ton Of hotels and the Peters bill to
S. w. Fenton, $4,000 for work done
as an enforcement officer during the
early days of statehood. which were
both defeated last Saturday were to-
day reived and finally passed.
Gift for Dumb Aanimals.
The Wyand bill providing for the
acceptance by the state Of gift Of
$1,000 from Adolphus Melzer. to es-
tablish a fund for dumb animals was
passed today. The $1,000 is to be
left on deposit for $50 years at four
per cent interest at which time It will
amount to over twenty million dol
lars.
Among the bills passed finally to-
day were the Curry-Cra wford bill
giving the corporation commission
authority to fix the fire insurance
rates and the Lemon bill making the
larceny Of chickens a felony and the
bill prohibiting fraternities in high
schools.
With five senators absent. the SEN
ate this afternoon failed by two votes
Of passing the bill abolishing the state
enforcement department over the veto
of Governor Cruce. The vote stood 81
to s, with 33 votes needed to pass 1t.
AS the bill carried an emergency
cleause. a three-fourths vote was re-
Qulred to pass 1t over the head Of
the governor
Senators Barrett and Redwine lead
the fight to pass the measure while
Seator Carpenter took up the gov
ernor's side of the matter. Governor
Cruce today sent a message to ta-
legislature asking that copies of re-
ports and evidence taken by the var
ious investigating committees be sent
to him as It was impossible for him
to take any action In regard to the
alters disclosed until he had such
had
Four District schools Get Theirs.
Appropriations for four Of the dis
trict agricultural schools and for the
preparatory school at Claremore were
finally passed by the senate today
with little opposition. The Lawton
and Broken Arrow schools were CIV
en- $4,000 for the net two years, the
Tishomingo and Helena schools $780,
600 each and the Claremore school
s31.400.
Bills Passed by House.
Another step looking toward the
building up of the agricultural inter-
ests of Oklahoma and especially the
eastern side Of the STATE, was taken
up Dy lne TOuse t1lo InOTHilG, Nheu
they finally passed the Woodard bill.
authorizing county commissioners to
appropriate not to exceed $4,000 a
year for cooperative farm demon
stration work.
Among the bills finally passed by
the house this morning were the fol-
lowing:
BY Bonds and Dearing-Requlrins
men to have a health certificate be-
fore being issued a license to marry.
By Rexroat and Randall-Appro-
priating $1,000 for a deficiency In the
Confederate home.
BY Hoyt and Rexroat-Appropriat-
ing s7.714 for the paymen tof fire.
mems relief funds.
By Jones and Sherman-Provlding
for the holding Of county court at
Bristow.
BY Baum-Relating to desertion
and non-sipport Of family.