The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-06
Oklahoma, Land Of
Oil and Politics
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 6--Rough notes Tor a
~ progress report Oklahoma
What Governor! E. W. Marland, 100 per cent
New Dealer, boasts he is in debt $5O000O0. Has
mansion at Ponca City but his creditors can't take
it, It's homestead, therefore exempt Nearly
500 candidates running for othce, three OF them
named Will Rogers Former FERA administrator
about to go trial charged with throwing deals for
$36000 in horses and mules to favorite firm which
liked him we'll enough to pay off a personal note
State Supreme Court under fire for farming out the
writing of opinions to lawyers In the 1885 term,
the court approved 638 of these sub-et opinions,
jected g. One justice complains that the court was
elected to write its own opinions.
EVERYBODY happy. New oil boom. Rich strike
T. in Oklahoma City's best residential section. Der
rick builders carpenters drers banging pipes chug
ging engines, all racing "a hours day in the best
back yards in town. Big we'll going down across
driveway from Governors mansion. One we'll to be
slanted under Capitol building. Driveway along
grounds lined with high steel derricks ppers storage
tanks, lumber, drilling machinery, implanted work
ShantieS 1t means millions of dollars to Oklahoma
City, when the black, gummy, oil begins flowing all
over the place Let housewives complain What's
SCOT the curtains, oil the flowers and noise all
night to money in the bank?
Gov. Marland showed EN- The city council said
they could only drill in residential blocks and not on
the Statehouse grounds and the mansion lawn Mar
land called out the National Guard and drillers
moved in on the state grounds. You can't halt
progress in Oklahoma!
CENATORIAL campaign, as seen by Oklahoma
Onewspaper men in their gridiron dinner:
."Quick Change Gore" Old Dealer in Washington,
New Dealer in Oklahoma-"If that's the way the peo-
pie felt could be for Roosevelt"
Rep Josh Lec-"Im against war. I'm against SIM
I'm against letting the Republicans in"
Gov. Marland two more years to serve, but ready
TO drop everything and go to the Senate. ~
Conner Smith, Townsendite. He has magnif-
cent home His enemies took photographs and re-
touched them, putting awnings the windows
Smith exposed the fakery, but said the awnings
looked so good that he going to adopt the idea.
Now he has the awnings up
A candidate, former Gov. Alfalfa Bill Murray,
tuning at the New Deal down in Broken Bow, Okla,
says he will support any decent Republican against
Roosevelt He didn't used to think there were any.
Z CONOAdIC report: In wealth. seventh from the
T. top. In education fourth from the bottom
Millions flowing from $4,000 oil wells Seven out of
10 farmers landess the other three mortgaged
Wealth sucked greedily out from under the ground
Wind stripping rich soil from the surface Farmers
taxed 10 per cent. Oil taxed per cent. They get
rid OF l-cent temporary gasoline tax. Next day
the price OF gasoline goes up cents
HISTORY: Oklahoma never had a native Gov
ernor or Senator. In Oklahoma Governors are
elected and then impeached Only two were con-
xicted and ousted. So It doesn't mean anything