The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-06
HOME MEASURE
PASSED HOUSE
Ownership Bill viii Wipe Out
Tenant Farmers Of the
State, II Is Said.
ALL WILL BE HOME OWNERS

The "humc ownership" bin which
has already passed the SENATE wns
ra,scd finally by the house this uf-
tuuoou The vote was taken with the
understanding that an effort win be
made 10 have adopted In conference
amendments witch some Of the house
members agree are necessary to
make the measure constitutional
Harrison of Hughes raised the uurs-
.luu this morning, when the bill WAS
zap iu committee Of the whole, as to
the cun,tllut ongllty of the provision
giving the school land commissioners
authority It. mnkc rue, and regua.
lJI5 gD1Irulug the lOnnB under the
Till F,lruds Ul the mtnLIe did not
want top DELAY It's massage. however
jnd rs the rmt', npnts 10 cure the
objections were no. ready the bill
WAS pLcrd on final Ilsi age with this
understanding
The bil, was Ilssed ly vote Of
= 10 |, all the u,mt"rs OF the Social
lst minority voting for the bill also
Il lthe Republicans excepting Repre-
sentative Ewing OF Logan. The bill
untl ,rilrd the commissioners Of the
| laud office ~ invest all school funds
| uud all moneys hereafter received
| from sule ut state educational insti-
| tuition lands aud new college lands In
first mortgages Cn improved farm
LANDS Not to exceed $1,000 is TO bt
lCuned to any one family
The loans are confined to the fol
lowing purposes 70 pay off existing
mortgages on the home 10 make per,
mancnt improvements on the home
farm and 10 enable borrowers to pay
FOR home
Representative Luther Harrison said
that the measure Is modelled after
the New Zealand plan and that II
would absolutely wipe out the tenant
farmer clnsses Of tho state and make
them all farm owners
The loans are tu be- made on easy
terms, payable In y - years with In
terest at . per cent Provision II
also made for issuance Of home own
ership bonds" by the state In dOmina
tons Of from S25 to 81 900.
According to Representative Luther
Harrison the commissioners VI the lanC
office will have S7250,OO0 TO loan un
der the terms Of the bill.
A proposed amendment by Peery o.
Latimer which would have made 1
Impossible TO secure loans ON restrict
ed Indian lands met violent oppOsl
tlon from Indian members Of the house
who declared they would vote agains
the bill If such provisions were In
cluded
The amendment was withdrawn.
The house voted 10 reconsider tn
motion by which the bill backed b,
the Oklahoma Press association, pro
yldIng for publication Of reports Of al
municipal authorities was killed. Thl
places the bin back In the calendar
The house committee on school land
"e.,orted fayornbly bill by Harrison
~ Hughes, authorizing the commits
siCncrs of the land office 10 eXten,
existing farm leases for period q
not {, exceed five years
\ bin hy Hudson and Sykes o
Tulsa, defining and regulating CON
mon carriers of oil was introduced int
the house II prohibits oil pipe line
from transporting any oil or by-prc
ducts owned by them directly or IN
directly Such carriers must ala
accept for transportation all oil offere
IN quantities of over 2OO barrels aC
cCssible 10 the line, hut n II canno
take all oil Ofefred must transpOr
ratahly and without discrimination