The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-12

/ per cent or {S26 daily which be-
LONGS to the county road fund.
The oil operators TN Usage county
after paying the royalty To- the In
dams pay per cent gross produc-
zion tax on what rs left on ou {lt..- .-
400 daily This total tax amounts 90
Si,N12 daily Of which ouc-thlrd ls
returned tp the county or Sl62i.
one hall OF this goes irsso the county
road fund or SNt2 daily. Together
with the per cent paid boy the In.
dams, the total daily road fund from
oil IN Usage county amounts Co ST.
lSS cor S4l5,00O annually basiuE
the production on the present Dun
ing the past week the Usage county
treasurer got a check from the state
for 100000 from tho gross. prolGy.
tion tax, OF which $ol,i00 Us for
roads.
Has Roam 20 show.
Kay county, perhaps as much oy
more 90 than any other oll county
lu the state cone In which ul' Us prN-
ducedD has the uarI-surt3cei roads
TO show for the gross production i1N
money received bon recent years, and
during this month Sao.uo0 more was
set aside hy th, county commission
ers 10 match fedora. AID fur the pur-
pose OF starting hard-surflced
road from Elack"pu east 10 a Cou-
peCtlon near kildare with the pou,a
| city NcWkllk haId-suriaced hlgu-
way also bulldiuE at the present
time. The approximate 10 miles ui
hard-surfacrd hlNuWay iu Ray
county at the pr, sent time was cone
structed lu great part uum tuIs
countys share OF the gross uIodug-
ton tax together with the money
received from license tags ON auto
/ mohilcs--yehiclcs propelled hy AN
1 oil product. l.. A. Cam ~ this city
chairman OF the Kay Couutw board
] of commissioners, says this county
/ Is short 100000 OF the amount eui.
/ mated that would be received from
/ tho kross production fund durlug
/ this fiscal year
Several campaigns have been
| made. and there IS a state organ.
J zdt!Ou at the present time for tuU
. purpose, to get a greater amount
than one-third OF the gross produc,
tion tax retained 60 The Couuuol
whore oil Is produced, ana II is uu
derstood that anothed determine,
light viii be made IN the next legls
lature. Some OF the advocates main
tain that tho county. where oil d
HlbuNitb, II tlIlll'N 10 Az lne Va
that ls raised through the gross pro
duCt!on measure while Others asl
for all the way from half to three
tourths OF A. Okmulgee county ha
been leading in this campaign.
The Usage Lease sale.
An outstanding feature Of the sal
Of oil leases on Usage Indians lam
on pIne 2S is the fact that the land
on which the leases will be sold II
the western Usage, really eurroun
the present producing Hickman O
Burbank pool. Such a sale extend
the development for a certain dis
tance practically around tho entir
area. or the total 34.G6O acres {
be placed under the hammer. S33
are In the western Usage TERRITORY
tho remainder lying east OF range
Much Of IT lies adjacent To prove
b territory and will no doubt brin
high prices, probably amounting {
another S4.000,0OO for the Usage In
dans.
b Additional saleF, followed by dc
velopmcnt. mean really more none
from oil for the roads Of that cour
! ~ and campaign Is now
] progress TO vote $1,000 900 bonds q
a hard-surfaccd road across N
county, this amount to be matchc
4 with federal AID