The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1919-02-20

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e-sr aid Of over five million DOL
lars year for three years. divides
sr-arzs sg-slly between federal
aid state and cJlu..es through "n-cA
roads pass. usez convict labor com
poses commission Of governor hlsh'.
way commissioner and state treas.
g-er without extra salary would
use all OF production tax. states ten
rar cent of auto tax and all OF ID
come tax; counties may initiate
routes. not over one million dollars
% be spent nor more than 100 miles
oi road built in any one county
The graduated land tax bill passed
by The house was reported taFCraDy
out VI the senate committee on live
stock and tenant farming Senator
Fred Z Tucker. chairman Of the
committee. ana chief exponent OF
the land tax in the upper house,
made a few amendments 70 the bill
which already has passed the house
He specifically eEempts lumber and
grazing lsnd% from the provisions q
the bin and increases the amount Of
land exempted before the tax begins
10 operate
A bin carrying an appropriation OF
100000 for state secondary agricul-
tural schools was advanced to en-
grOssment and third reading by the
senate. The measure provides for
salaries and expenses az the Murray
Cameron. COnn0rs and Panhandle
schools and provides for the erection
OF dormitories al the COnnors and
Panhandle schools
A bill proposing recreation Of tBs
district agricultural school at Broken
Arrow. which was abolished two years
ago when Governor Williams vetoed
its maintenance appropriation, was in
trOduced in the h.gse by BiddisOn and
KentOn Of the house and Davidson
Of the senate. It proposes an appro-
priation Of $4,000, $4,000 Of which
will be available for the next two fs-
cal years, beginning next July, for the
support and maintenance Of the iHsti-.
tuition. Bills for the recreation OF.
other schools which were abolished
have already been presented.
Representatives Harris and Steven-
son introduced a resolution in the
hocse demanding that the attorney.
general be empowered 10 take SUCH
action as was necessary in protect
ing the rights Of the state in the Red
River beds which are being leased
for oil drilling For years, according
to members of the legislature, the
state OF Texas has made no claim to
ownership in the river beds but since
oil has been discovered the of1cialsl
Of that state have been asserting the
ownership for that state and claiming
leasing privileges.
The six sanatoria will mark a be-
ginning Of state effort to reduce the
abnormal percentage of tCbercular al
fiction in Oklahoma. Six sanatora
will take care of 45O patients at the
outside, or a little more than one per
cent Of the tuhercular population Of
the state. Eventually there Will be
sanatarium in each county, accord
ing to those interested IN tubercuIar
treatment. There are bound to be,
they say, because there are $4,000
cases in Oklahoma now.
committee Dill, appropriatlnl
100000 for the construction of SIX
state tuberculosis sanatoria, which ara
10 be constructed and maintained un
der the supervision and direction ci
tie state board Of public affairs anil
the state board OF health, was intro
duced by the house committee on
health, nnre food and drugs
The bill provides for a division Ct
the state into six districts of as near
the same area and population as is
practicable for the purposes intend,
ed. A sanatOriaum will he located in
each district as near the center as
possible, and contiguous TO some town
is donated the board is authorized to
accept on behalf OF the state, gifts
of lands and other gifts and endow-
ments for this purpose, If no land
is donated the board is authorized to
purchase not less than ten acres at
the lowest price obtainable. OF the
100000 appropriated 100000 will be
available during the first fiscal year.
beginning next July and other half
available during the following year.
All contracts are to be let by the
state board OF affairs.
The sanatoria will be under the
supervision OF the state board of af-
fairs and the state superintendent of