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THE OKLAHOMA MINER ONLY. PAPER, in th GITY. of more than 3,500. Peoples, &nA has the bigest circulation of any and all other papers, in the City, combine!. Vol. 10 KREBS. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28th. 1921. Number 12 . OKLAHOMA STATE EWS OF INTEREST REVIEW OF EVENTS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO POOL THE WHEAT CROP With Littl Opposition Resolutions Are Framed Expressing Stnti. mant of Farmers. Enid. The mass meeting of wheat growers of this portion of Oklahoma will favor the compulsory pooling plan was indicated following confer ence held here. W. H. McGreevey of Wichita. Kas., secretary of the National Wheat Wheat Growers' association, argued in behalf of compulsory pooling be fore the conference, while A. H. Mur phy, secretary of the Oklahoma Co operatice Elevator association, oppos ed this plan and argued lor one-thiid pooling. The sentiment of the con ference is said to have been almost overwhelmingly in favor ot the com pulsory plan. The meeting was well attended. The morning conference was presid ed over by J. W. Claybaugh of Black well and Ed Garret of Grant county, A committee was appointed to pre pare resolutions expressing the senti ments ot the tarmers. Liltle opposi tion to the adoption .of resolutions fa voring compulsory pooling was made. STATE EDITORS TO MEET Gridiron Banquet and Trip to Medi cine Park Special Features. El Reno, Okla. The state meeting of the Oklahoma Preas association, the Employing Printers association and the annual GiidnlM Banquet will be hold here May 13 and 11, accord ing to notices mailed out by Richard Elam, publisher ol the Pawhuska Cap ital and president of the association. For the first time in the history of the association the daily and weekly newspaper will hold separate round table discussions. Plans- for the Gridiron Banquet are going ahead under the chaiimanship of U. S. Russell, chief cleik of the state board of affairs and formerly president of the association. Elabor ate exercises and ceremonies that us ually ieature the annual banquet will be surpassed this your, according to Russell, who already hn laid out what he terms "a snappy piogram." START PAVED ROAD SOON Contract Let for Pawhuska-Pershlng Highway,, Work. Pawhuska, Okla. Official advices have been received here to the effect that work Qn the hard surface road between Pawhuska and Penning ill be sta' ed within thirty days, the con tract being awarded to M. R. Ammer rnan of Wichita, Kan., at. aproxi niately $10,000 a mile. The concrete work will extend for H distance of seven miles, starting from Pawhuska and Bird Creek bridge and extending to the business section of Pershing. It will have a width of 18 feet, the center being laid in seven-inch concrete, tapering to a thickness of five inches at the edgea. The cost of the work will be, borne by Osage county and the federal road fund. TO HEAR RURAL PROBLEMS Carter County Educators to Meet at Ardmore May 6. . 4rdmore, Okla. All Carter county school boards outside of the city of Ardraore will meet at the district court room Friday, May 6. to discuss matters pertaining to rural schools and to talk over the matter of con solidated districts. A. E. Bennett, president of the Southwestern State Normal school of Durant will address the school board upon the selection of a teacher and othui fundamental jchool matters. Dr. Charles Evans of Oklahoma City, former superintendent of Ardraore city schools:, will deliver an address upon the school as a community center. COTTON GROWERS MEET, NW Board of Association To Be 9e Chosen May S3. Oklahoma City. At a meeting of the newly appointed temporary di rectors of the Oklah una Cotton Grow ers' association held at Oklahoma City, the new board took over the management of the association from the organization committee, which goes out of existence as such. The executive committee appointed from among membeis of the board is: W. L. Biggs of Muskogee, J. P. Con nors of Canadian, R. C Kennedy of Pauls Valley, George Bishop of Cor dell and Carl Williams of Okahoma City. Business of vital importance to the 86 000 members of the association was got under way when the board out lined plans for holding an election of permanent directors This election is to be held on May 23. Meetings of all locals of the asso ciation will be held Friday night, April 29, it is announced, for the purpose of electing delegates to coutny con ventions which are to be Keld in all cotton producing counties on Satur day afternoon, April 30. BRIDGE WORK IS PUSHED Connecting Link In Highway Over Canadian River To Cost $294,000. I Chickasha. Work oi welding one ' cf the most important links in the Mori ''p.n highway, from Winnipeg to the Gait oi -Mexico, is going forward , as rapidly as possible, the link in I question being the bridge across the ' Canri'ian river between Union City I and Mineo, where a crew of work ' men are busy tfft the construction of the l.lGl-foot struct!' i-e. ) With the completion of this bridge 'expected next fall, the last barrier to the tourish between Canada and Mix Ico will be removed and the traveler 'dun stp.-L at Winning anrl "step on' "er," till he gets to "the Rio Grande. ! Until the bridge is completed, an in ' the past, the tourist will have to de pend on the ferry to pilot him across the Canadian, the alternative beJg thf negotiating the heavy stretches of sand through the bed of the river at low tide. Washita To Rebuild Bridges. 1 Sentinel. 'Washita county has been forced to resort to the emergency ' measure of the law, which given a county the right to create a deficit for the construction of bridges destroyed suddenly as was the case in the .recent big overflow of all Btreams in this county. County commissioners have i decided to invoke the emergency measure, and proceed to rebuild all of 1 the more important bridges as soon ' as is possible to get tKe work done. It is estimated that it will take $50,- j 000 to rebuild the bridges destroyed I by the flood. Nov State Highway Planned. Stillwater. Plans for the marking and naming of a new north and south highway from Stillwater to Gaines ville, Texas, will be made at a meet ing at Oklahoma road boosters. The new highway would meet the Albert Pike highway at Stillwater, running through Perkins, Asher, Carey, Chandler and Shawnee. From Shaw nee south a good road ha . been built, It is said. Most of the work will be in mapping and marketing, it is be lieved, the road from hero to Shaw nee being in good shape. McLoucJ School House Burns. Shawnee. The school building at McLoud Okla.. near here, burned to the ground from flames of unknown oiigin. No fire had been about the building lately. The loss Is estimated at fl2,000. Counties May Join Scouts, Commerce. A. J. Fulkerson re gional director of the Boy Scout movement was here recently making a survey of conditions talking up a plan for a union of Ottawa and Craig counties, in one organization The Unpopular Atchoo! Plentywood Press "I t sneezed a eneeao Into the air. It fell to earth I knew -not where; but hard and cold were tlm looks of those In vjio vicin ity I noe." Boston Tniuiertiit. What About A Report FrorYi Our City Officials? Will the city officials of the City of Krebs, overlook Section 8 of Chapter 226, Session laws of 1917, requiring a financial state ment ? If they do we may be shut off from any funds needed for city or school purposes, we are going to need a school levy, and may be other appropriations, the public wants to know what we have on hand, what we have spent, and how milch we are go ing to need, and what procccdure we will have to go through to ob tain the required amount. Get it down in black and white. Yes we all want to see it. o rzdb Corporations Pay Sixth of Tax. Public service corpoiations of Ok lahoma pay approximately one-six' h of the ndvalorem taxes of the state as indicated according to figures on the books of State Auditor Fiank C. Cartel. This does not include the money they pay Into the stato and county treasuries in gross production and other special taxes. The total assessed valuation of ! property In Oklahoma for the fiscal year 1920, as shown by the books ot i the state auditor, was $l,695,797,m. I Of this valuation $1,397,756 927 rep- J resented real and personal proppty' and $298,040,250 public service coi poration propeity. The public service corporation property, which includes , all public utilities, electric and steam railways, represents about one-sixth the total valuation of property in the i state taxed upon an ad valorem basis. The public sei'vlco corporations for ( the fiscal year 1820, will pay $596,- i 080,050 In ad valorem taxes tor cup- i port of state government alone, and a conservative estimate of what tliv will pay In ad valorem taxen for sup port of both state and loral gove.n ment for 1920, Is $8,000 000. In ad- ' dition to this, approximately $l,75u, 000 annually Is paid to the state treas ury in gross production and other special taxes by companies and cor porations engaged In pioduction and distribution of oil and ?as pnd in other Important commercial enter prises. Heavy Damage To Fruit. The total average damage to the fruit ciop in Oklahoma as a result of the freezes of March 27 and 28 ranges from 55 to 96 percent of fruit of all varieties, according to a com prehensive report issued by C. G. Nosbitt, state nurBery and orchaid inspector of the department of agrt culture. It Is based on reports re ceived by him from all sections of the state. The reports are conservative and made by prominent fruit growers and nurserymen In the state, accord ing to Nesbltt: It is shown that 96 percent of the peach crop was lost and a similar percent of the apricot crop. Ninety isarcent of the cherries were killed by the freeze, the report shows; 89 percent of the pear crop; 89 perconC of the plum crop; 76 per cent of the apple orop 59 percent of the grajtos and 50 percent of th berry crop. nnnnr n ir . mnnnrrrs duo o a o pfO32!:-i o d a c a a i h&mw .ftiflir-- ' - -lii'ii.r "." -iii.u Kansas City Chamb er of Commerce To s Vis it Krebs, Kanas City, Mo. April 26, 1021 ' One hundred twenty live menil er of the hambor of Commerce of Kansas City will visit Krebp. Okla. May 26, 1921, on a special ;tnin to be known as the "Cha mber of ComQ,orc of Kansis City Special. It will bo the Thi rtieth Annul Trade Trip of tl e Kansas City Chamber. The tour, lasting six days, will be an expression of Kansas City's confidence in the great empire of which Kansas City is a part. j lieb, will be cne of the fifty -four towns visited. The itinerary lis 1.280 miles long, includes parts tf three different lines of rajlro- ad, n I covers towns 'in Oklaho- . ma, Ttxcs, Atlansasand Misso- i uri. sjntntx Comfortable Old Army Shoe EX-SOLDIERS oon to us far shoes that will give ycu all the comfort you're found in army shoes, and the good looks you want in a civilian shoe added. 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