The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-24
FIELDS TAKES
EXCEPTION TO
HOT ATTACKS
Sharp Retort Made to Views
of Fred Parkinson on
Probe of Land De-
partment.

John Fields, republican candidate for
governor. came back Wednesday with
quick answer to the statement Of Fred
Parkinson, state examiner and inspec
tor, issued Tuesday
Fields says:
State examiner and inspector Fred
Parkinson is coming along nicely. AS
result Of nice little prodding, every
so often he tells little more of what
the people have the right to know about
the school land department
He was elected to office on a plat
form which said: I'VE are in favor of
the state school fund being loaned to
those owners residing upon and cult
waiting the land
I'm a statement given out yesterday
Mr.. Parkinson says: Fields also sus-
picious that the permanent common
school fund is not being loaned to dirt
farmers. I cant advise him on that
score
"Of course he cant. A. S. j. Shaw,
who has been secretary Of the commits
sioners OF the land office under the
present administration, and is now can.
didate for state treasurer, says he can't
tell how much has been loaned to ac.
tual dirt farmers. for the reason that
the law does not require borrowers to
live on the land, and we do not have tho
information in our records
Loans to Non.Farmers, He Says
Both Parkinson and Shaw are now
! candidates on two platforms which
agree to relieve tenantry on the
farm and In the city by placing the
credit of the state back Of an effective
home ownership law. And one of the
platforms stlffens up the old, broken
promise OF saying, We pledge our party
this evil (tenantry) insofar as it Is
within the power of the state to ac-
complish. TO that end, we demand the
enactment of thorough going and
workable home ownership law backed
by all the available resources and credit
of the state
That word 'unremittng is good.
assume it refers to the custom OF failing
to remit for loans which actual home
building farmers wish TO obtain.
II might add to the list OF big farm
ers mentioned by Parkinson a longer
list OF loans made to persons who do no
farm at all but who have loans from
the school land department which en-
, able them to hold land for higher
prices against the wish Of Tenant fam
lies to purchase. 1t would, however, b.
| only further proof of what Parkinson
has admitted-that while promising t
lend TO actual farmers. no questions al
, to that are asked when applications fol
r loans are made.
II Paid Taxes" Fields Says
I AS further evidence Of Parkinson
lnefficiency in examining public records
he intimates that I'm not taxpayer
II he will go to the state auditors OF
flee and examine my state income tai
| return for 1921. he will find that l mad
Q a deduction Of s49l.47 from my income OF
Q account of taxes paid during 1921
q may not have paid quite all kinds o
- taxes but | thought | paid plenty.
More than eight months ago. | oi
fered to publish without charge com
plete list of all to whom school lam
funds loans have been made, glvin
4 name, address. occupation and amour
= OF loan, IL the school land department
would supply It. | got the reply. Boz
:. rowers would not care to have the fac
o that they had mortgaged their pror
|. erty published broadcast Throughout
:. the state That fine consideration TO
Z the feelings of borrowers seems gradu
;. ally to be disappearing
4 THE manner in which get a squaw
Il every time | push the prod into IN
school land department confirms tn
=. conclusion of the people OF Oklahoma
,. that complete audit OF the affairs
! the school land department and publ
1 cation of the facts is much 10 be desire
IS I'm strong for the rejected first plan
p. OF the Shawnee platform. ADV.
IL. ho