The Democrat-American from Sallisaw, Oklahoma • 2

SEQUOYAH COUNTY DEMOCRAT RIDAY MARCH 5 1926 Public School Cost Goes Down Despite An Increased Enrollment DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK? Democratic Administra ine Record inter will seek the democratic nomination crats are taking the Woodrow Wilson for governor there are now 11 can cue and banking on 13 being their more is on the sick list in fish and game hand amounting The CRISIS! fcrrotASTld ft single major ft A Bank Book is an ever ready friend ft TP QT national bank 1 1LVD 1 in SALLISAW ft Phone No 1 ft ft aC of the state au ft ft Roland age 36 Howard Anderson and Miss visited Mrs Emma ftft Martha Cotner ft ft the the ft ft ft ft ft ft ft? ft ft ft ft have 200 bushels of Delfos seed fo: per cent germination I ton ftft ftft Lena Keck Mr visited noon ft ft: ft ft cutting fishing fishing with all COL OVER i WO MILLION DURING MONTH EBRUARY tthe department had spent $29 WHY HE SAVED THEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED OR THIS? ebruary was compared with in January No foreign in Considerable Sum of Money Ii Required to Operate looked better were Herh and wire to third interest in 8W Oklahoma City March 4 Cost of public school education in Oklahoma for the fiscal year ending June 30 1925 decreased about one and a half' million dollars over the nrevions fiscal year despite the fact that there was' an increase in enrollment in the public SAVE! 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Interest Paid On Savings They and They had better dispo and Hidalgo Hansen slate and its resources 20 of and Helen Lee age 18 Sft2 5S cot ale at $200 per Im The kind Oklahoma City During the month of ebruary the state fish and game department spent more than four times as muchfor salaries and ex penses as it spent for the propaga tion of fish and game according to a check up of the counts in the office di tor Records show tha to ebruary 26 18544 of which $660471 went for the propagation of game and the rest of it went for salaries office trav eling and other expenses Items for game propagation warrants 1452 to 1456 inclusive and were payable to Dr rank Kent for quail The first warrant was for $127866 to pay for 960 quail and the second warrant was for $134285 in payment for 1008 quail The amoun tof quail purchased by the other three warrants is not indicated in the auditor warrant books $306282 Taken In Since the present fish and game commission came into existence Julyl 1925 it has ahd in fees fines and collections plus the balance 5ii hand when it came into office a total of $30628225 according to the records of the state treasurer and the commission has spent $12863693 ac cording to the records fd the state auditor At least claims for that amount have been passed through the office of the state auditor the books show This leaves a balance of on hand amounting to $17764532 or much more than the appropriation in a single year for either the state auditor the supreme court the at to get as many candidate Ho fund at the end of the fiscal year 98 1 nWUr'Al Vnvn 1r 14 1 1 1 1 tudv inuLures aneau oi me boil weevil And Only One Hop To Save Her Life Mexico City March Charles overuvr of HONOR AND TRUTH IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIE WAS NEVER SO ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE PERMANENT SUCCESS OR PERSONAL SATISACTION AS THE' PRESENT TIME ISH AND GAME DEPT ONE LARGEST STATE OICES tended the literary at McKey Eri 1 rack ate three day night They reported a nice pounds time Mr Bill Moore was the guest of Mr Malcolm Moss Saturday Mr Barry Moss attended singing at McKey Saturday night Miss Dica Smith and Miss I Hess visited Miss Mayme Sunday Mrs Houser visted Mrs Smith Sunday Mr Malcolm Moss spent the week end with his mother Mrs Moss Mrs Moss made a business trip to Vian Sunday afternoon Miss Lynn Hess Visited Miss Dov ie Brides Sunday Mrs Crahcad this week Miss annie Crakhead Sunday Sam Houser visited Mr Lee Sunday Elijah Smith and Bill Moore Malcolm Moss Sunday after torney general the state department agriculture or almost any other Smith The I richest hay brood brings the experi past two sections of the and a leading expert Haifa not only stimu weight A nvc go toi we a of the stale as i nthe case of other departments but continue in the funds of the commission to be ex pended solely by that body Under the old regime when Jude Askew was tsate fish and game coni gi? missioncr he had clss money to spend in a biennial period than the His theory always has been that in a large field he can win in ahv nnmnifd Inn ha land ftin nlninttf rliHofn Ik rl ri 'U' tirtV Ulf ul mat is It and Irapp and Disney the republican party 1 SECOND HAND LUMBER OR SALE: I have for sale the eld Wal lace Studio building across from the postoffice See me at once a bar gain AL TODD Sallisaw Okla 2t EVENTUALLY WHY NOT NOW A Willet age 25 Okmulgee and Louise ork age 24 of Okmulgee Carper age 38 of ort Smith and Maud Mason age 33 of ort Smith Ted Sebastian age 21 of Vian and ay Towry age 18 Vian Delam Johnson age 23 and Susie I country will lie highly benefited upon Johnson age 19 of Hatfield Smith and Myrtle of ort Smith Perry Correll age 21 of and Bernie Samples age McKey Willie Robison age 28 Gore Sarah Chisain age 18 Gore Mont Johnson age 28 Hanson Nellie Atkerson age 30 of George Gardenhire age Aknis and Gladys Bias age Akins Charley Methany age 23 drow drew Miles Asbill age 22 of Akins and tion is expected to with! Rffie Stewart age 18 of Akins the next forty Hv? nomination for governor and six for The republicans who have theirthe republican it is likely that there hats in the ring are Omer Benedict district and its superintendent drews 4 $13800 per year Per Pupil Costs In the matter of per pupil costs per year the report reveals that in tl grades the average cost wk s23 per pupil per year for the last fiscal year compared with $2312 per pupil peri year for the previous In 'Haskell former high schools the cost was almost three 1 times as great the figures being i cnV Matamoros $6667 per high school pupil per year011 the American bonier to Tampico lections last year compared with $7010 per v'llc completed the road will be the' with HAYING BROOD good practice to sows and alfalfa hay best results according to ments made during the years in various United States claims that a lates growth and gain in but that it is also responsible for a number of other desirable things in connection with pig raising year ago we had an opportun ity of comparing two groups of uni form gilts of similar breeding the one fed on corn and the other on corn plus alfalfa hay in the the expert stated gilts were divided Up so as to have them equal and 11 bn in 1iia mvl ivuu ctirt1 MVfc not well attended this 'were allowed to run in an open field i of about one acre in sizo The gilts state department When the change wardens was made July 1 last there was a balance on to $7173597 in one fund The $130 37 GO was really a balance in an other fund it was stated by Scott Stines deputj state treasurer He said that under the law the balances in the fish and game commission CLAUDE TEDORD 2:19 2635 Route 1 Vian Okla We hope you are all enjoying the line weather School was week Misses Callie and Ola Craghead receiving just ear com ate practically are absent from "school this week i three and two thirds Pounds of corn Mr Morgan Richards Barry Moss grain off the cob daily whereas the and several others of this place at (gilts receiving alfalfa hay in the and three nuarters The gilts on com gained about one third of a pound per head daily while those having the alfalfa in the rack gained two thirds of a pound or practically twice as much In four months that the gilts in the latter group nsumed 132 pounds of alfalfa the difference in gains amounted to 32 pounds addition to the extra gain in weight a number of other things were noted These liked their feed better and took to their corn with more enthusiasm than the gilts not receiving nay had nicer growthy sitions being more gentle and hospi table In contrast to the gilts fed on corn exclusively which in the open field were rather wild restless and iiTitable the alfalfa hay fed gilts were friendly At farrowing time too while both gilts averaged 76 pigs per sow the average litter in the corn alone group weighed 13 lbs those in the aflafla in yup averaged 17 pounds This experiment and sim ilar comparisons in other years have been rather uniform proof' that alf alfa hay feeding was a good proposi engineers have selected the route that Mui the road will follow it crossing the Mui Mate Actual operations in the construc two balances which were on when the prseent commission into power and it is readily that commission sinve July 1 hs collected in fines fees and BIG BOY DELOS Wednesday ebruary 24 1926 Lucy Brodie to Vada Taylor Lots 5 and 6 in Block 17 Quesenbury Ad dition to the Town of Sallisaw Ok lahoma Cons $100000 Rachel Stevenson to A Stevenson to A Bradshaw Lots 6 and 7 in block 16 town of Vian Oklahoma Cons $100 Bub Williams to James A Brad shaw Lots 6 and 7 in Block 16 Town of Vian Oklahoma Cons $100 A Cheek and Mollie Cheek to Ralph SE SE and SE SW SE Sec 13 11 25 and NE NW NE Sec 24 11 25 Cons $9000 Thursday ebruary 25 Ed Rowe to Leon A Williams LW NW and E'A NW and NVL NW NE kiM SE NW NE all a Sec 25 Oklahoma City March 2 With the would make it 13 And the primary announcement Saturday by 0 A is in '26 of which 13 is a multiple The Robertson former governor that he politicians are wondering if the demo Lewis Sec 1 Cm1 $30800 i in (5' Edson Waite Secretary hon of chook Attains I Shawnee Okla Board of Commerce) BLAND1N JUBLISHER rme Record 'E st haul dispatch and ST PAUL PIONEER PRESS Says: THAT there has been a revolution in the standard of business ethics in the hist twenty five years '1HAT big business and little busi ness have discovered that frankness i aiii nonestv are alwivs the best nni 1 I ICICS th a schools iimhnnl i cr 15 Turn tnnilv the report 1 7 and national eapitols i Curmvinl nn lenr 1 nd i I shows The decline is remarkable though there was an increase in the number of pupils enrolled and the number of teachers employed there was a decrease in the average salary days during that fiscal year eomp''rei! ft UemOCYatS 6 KepUbUcanS Al'S with the previous one IX 7 The remtsSrfc I in Race for Governor oi expenditures was X30 18723398 for the fiscal year ending June 1925 compared with $3 16971497 1 for the fiscal year ending June 30 In the same period the enrollment of pu pils increased lout to 654 742 for the year ending June 30 1925 didates while the number of teachers im reas ed from 1117 for June 30 1924 to 18 401 for June 30 1925 The average length of the school term in the fiscal year ending June 30 the increased enrollment in the The democrats the average enrollment ir teacher 1 announced include: lor tne year ot June 30 1925 was one Henry Johnston of Perry tor ne previous nscai year McBee of Duncan speaker for two the figures being 36 for the previous sessions of the Ninth legislature Johnyear and 35 for the year ending June A Whitehurst president of state 30 1925 That is all grades including board of agriculture A Robert jugxi hcnuuis The salary of the teachers on the average showed a bit of decline for the last fiscal year compared with the previous one the report showing that last year the teacher received an average of $100104 compared with $100530 for the previous fiscal year nian ihc average annual salary of the superintendent was 8239732 which included superintendents in independ 1 ent districts Tulsa is an independent 0 I Au KCkl uiiildiijg Railroad hi Old Mexico the completion of this new artery of of ort traffic Cities located on the new route age 28 receive a larger portion of the tourist trade and the outlying farming McKey districts will be afforded quicker and 16 of better means of marketing their pros ducts and i Haskell has had several conferences with Matias odriguez governor of who assures him that the behind the of project Haskell and Rodriguez work 17 of in? with the Hidalgo state board of pupil per year for the previous fiscal ilrst connecting Tampico year United States Superintendent Nash is more than Through the efforts of pleased over the showing of Swift attorney for Haskell costs for last year compared with I chamber of commerce those of the previous cul year That 1 cbed about worth of bonds for ebruary showed hp nlilp nf rtf Ito finance the ninnneiul '(Uz I vv vtv VI VV3V vx IVII1UIV11 I 1 Vi 'i'l pj UJCV spend such a vast sum in excess of ALALA BEST OR what the big expensive major de partr ients have to spend The income it is pointed out could be materially reduced by down the hunting and license fees In fact the licenses could be dispensed together and still the fish and game commission would have sufficent income on the basis of the figures show by the auditor and treasurer to all its legitimate expenses including those for fish and game propagation in the belief if many Mate officials 6 SYCAMORE some time in March Nash believes 011 definite details The report was compiled bv 4 1 I 1 1 i nerr assistant state superintendent oi me Mexican Tourist surance tax was collected in ebtnarv compared with $590 in January REAL ESTATE TRANSERS son former governor John Clarkn i ALWAYS WITHOUT INANCIAL WORRIES OR RESPONSIBILITIES HE HAD GROWN TO LAUGH AND SAY LET TOMORROW TAKE CARE ITSEL A A SPEEDING A SCREAM AND HE WAS BROUGHT ACE TO ACE WITH GRIM REALITY WEEKS DRAGGED PAST BILLS A NURSE AND NOW THE HOSPITAL AND AN OPERATION WHAT WAS HE TO DO? HE HAVE NEAR ENOUGH YET HER LIE WAS AT STAKE THAT no business can be a sat isfactory or successful business en terprise unless it is operated honest ly as it affects the public as well as the best interests of the business itself THAT the day of newspaper po litical organs has passed and readers demand clean fearless and in de pendent mediums THAT mr advertiser can hope tc be a permanent success unless truthfulness prevails in publisher I I keep iina iuivertising runaa i mentals nrn ImiU ATI 1in vnrl rtf announced for the democratic their lnri IH I 111 1 bRir till CHI nuiiuHixuvn wr governor and six lor VArti i Id inn I I will be no more republicans but there of Tulsa Senator Otjen of Enid aiv UU ivusi mo more democratic an 1 Judge James Hepburn of Okmulgee nOUncements tn rmnn nwniTliiirr InliKn tr 1 dT While he the WiSe POiticianS Th neaitv of BeX us fiscal eai the length pi yei expected are Governor Trapp and Cobb of Ardmore The latter citv the school term 16 days Desmte Disney of Tulsa the home of Rev mi 'ctiudly the state highway commission by ap pointment of Governor Trapp and who will be re appointed for the full six year term this month by the governor At least the governor told newspaper men recently he would make the ap I It 1 I 1 president of the Southwest Bridge i policy is to get as many candidate company oi Oklahoma City Dr rank in the race for the office he seek Davis oi Emd Vice Chief Ju tlce red a can be 1 ought out and this in bat! a jHdiin ui me state supreme court parties 4 i utni mart ixuiKllsner lor 1 mef democratic national commit too nwn nnvht 1 1 HAT other large business ests like the Standard Oil Company now lay their cards on the table and take the public into the confidences concerning the management of inter nal affairs of the company ft balance which the present state fish' Xt OOl vvMiHtDtMVH iicir lur tne fiscal year which ends June 30 1926 he declares Record Proves It Records of the fiscal departments of the state indicate tins to be true Talcing from' the total income of the fish and game department the jband: came seen 1925' from other sources of income $10416868 and since it has actually spent since it came into office the sum of $128 63693 its outgo has been consider abl ymore than its income It was able because the law does not re quire the fish and game comniis soin to give at he end of the fiscal year to the general revenue of the state its unexpended balancs thus to ointo an orgy of spending It has used all its income thus far thisear and atpped the balances which weie on hand at het beginning of the fiscal year One of the things which is causing comment Js that the fish and game commission when the state is suffer ing for funds for the major depart ments has hda in the first eight months of the fisca lyear $306 28225 which is more than the ap propriation for other single major departments with the exception of the state treasurer Annual Appropriation The annual appropriation of the fiscal year 1925 1926 for the major departments of state government the fish and game commission are: which come close to the income of the iish and game commission are: Corporation Commission $231050 satte auditor $10638750: all the district courts of the state 46 judges 46 reporters traveling expenses $284300 board of agriculture $154 740 adjutant general and the en tire naitonal guard $19334604 state health department $12987948 These are the departments of the state government whose appropria tions for the fiscal year run above the $100000 mark Discussions of department heads who are familiar I with the vast sum' which the fish and game commission has to spend without specific appropriation by the state legislature believe that there is no necessity for making is pos sible for a minor department like the fish and ga pe commission to Oklahoma City March Collec tions made by the state auditor dur ing the month of ebruary tnialnr $220987957 figures released Satm Okla Inr C' fhnjn i noma is building a highway from the revealed it i 1 1 vurauviciuiy laiiitj great the figures being Matamoros Mexico located than for January when the total col Diniinfft1 4 4 4 nrx vwirevu tu tpijQ iOjV zouy The report shows that iho ts t'1 production tax in ebruary was $1 I 5370482 compared with only 8711 23842 for January a verv material the Tam increase for the month On the other has put hand the gasoline tax for collection 1 4 1 1 1 4 UVVlUlVj CllC coIipH inn Li finirt 142 and high school education one fiscal 011 regions surrounding the coast city the two months being ebruary $431 year by over one and a half million I be greatly benefited as the high 81781 compared with $489 for dollars despite the increase of 155(10 way will better business conditions 1 January pupils is he said Saturday I and facilitate transportation the other taxes there was not people have had the idea rhrt Route Is Mapped much difference for the two months our public education costs have been Smith and A Broadnax save the inheritance tax which in eb going up by leaps and bounds" he engineers from Dallas Texas will amounted to $16 140 01 com said 'when as a matter of fact de charge of the work These men pared with $14063710 for January spite the increa in the number of have spent several weeks exploring? the big January collection being due pupils enrolled costs have been de 1 land between the two cities and I to the largest single tax exer collect clining as is shown by the report" 'laying out a tentative route for the ed totaling about $130000 The The cony for the printers was nt road They are in Mexico City inves come tax collection for ebruary was out Saturday and the condensed re 1 gating labor conditions and working I $439393 compared with $3 889 76 ror port will be ready for distribution with the Mexican engineering board January while the tank 'ear tax for UVXXXULV UtiLUilS cn on I rr 1 11 1 avuxucu was compared wti!) C' W' i HaskeU ls best known 111 Mexico as $323146 in January No foreign in ri ft 1 ri riT rn 1 Service corporation which has a cap italization 01 This organi zation is one of the principal backers of the road building program and especially is interested in bettering tourist routes throughout Mexico Road to Aid Cities state of Hidalgo one of and most fertile states in HIVTV A i 1 hhim re lly 1.