

OKLAHOMA. 



For government of land 



r i u 





idolentli cnntructod. 

 :.,.-! ...../ M 

 Providing Ibr renewal of regfatered deed, dett 



yed 



of railway, and th.ir 

 * f fGrt*idf Canadian T 



^1 aoldien* home at Fort SuppU. 





all incorporated ciliea. 

 t.-'k rainer*. 



Per proiertion of nh and game, permitting the 

 UUmg of game betwe* '' '"'' 



bidding tfae shipment of game, or it- kill 



_..-: (rei bomei Ibr Mrip 

 i ; and one a* to time for ttr*t pa>n 



Kelatin* to settler* driven Ir -:n Wi< hiu reserva- 



tan Atfent. 



an HiMorical Society at the ur.iv, i-iu. 

 Krqutrinjr regbtry of birth* <>f animals. 



beofe 



Repealing the UMiry law, and 

 Mcoottactintereat. 





'.ig Congreai to admit <iklulitna to statehood 



Mexico and Arizona. 

 Amending the alien law. 

 Becarding perpetual plan in stocks of buildinjr 



Providing for a board of conimiwionera for the 



of UtgUlativc uniformity in luwa in the 

 rtetoftl. 



114 preference to < - and sailore in the 



employment of penon* in pir 



Joint memorial to Congrew for approprial 

 $SOjOOO for purchase of ceeds for the ( IheroVec ,-t nj.. 



The In wine. The care of the insane was 

 provided for by the third Assembly, enabling 

 the Governor t.. rontract with the iiicor|>< 

 Oklahoma Sanitarium Company owning Hiirh- 

 N'ornmn, f<>r their cure f.r thn-c 

 ymra.and for removal from Jacksonville, 111.. <>f 

 patimU there. The sanitarium opened on .Ium> 

 1 noetved vember 77 



had been received and 10 diacharged as cured. 

 The oo0t for the maintenance of each j 

 nndrr contract is $800. 



R4nrational. -Th rman, 



had an enrollment of 186 students and an average 



I university rec< i 



mill for il support and an endowment from the 

 ni<-nt.and its tuition is free. 

 It DM received additions t< its ,, t iii|, m .-nt .lur- 

 ing the vw. The 



foaaded by the Press Aaociation, ha a r<- 

 the building aud owns complete files of rxi ; 



The Normal School, at Edntond, provided a 

 liUerary. tmsinea*, and oadrmi< training for 101 

 MpiU during the year without fee* of any kind. 



i l>y tlu'T-mill ' 

 >emt irotu rvwrved school lands, and 



A colored normal school in -i,^ p r - 

 '*r at Rdmond. Th> Hoard of 1; 

 M tte epntmrt in August f< , r i : 

 II* sooth ing. 



5 AgrifuJtunil and Mechanical College, at 

 eoipiM for tb* fir Its new 



The year opened with 104 pupils. 



lir-l lime nil the regular ml 

 . pn-entnl atid a smaller pn-p.-. 



for the winter term u :. No : 



<-r incidental fees are ivijuiivd. tl 



met I'V aii rndi-wmeiii fr..in ill. I 



States and iir third ..f th. pr n . .1- lr,.m 



kee Outlet Section i::. 



'I'lie pllM i 



till alt' luring t h< 



total apportionment was $5) 

 from BchooMaiiil lea-. 



- erect ini; a new H-JKM.I In. 



t,. BOH $rj.<xto. 



school Ltnds. In I>e-,.ml.-r only 1 

 f notes for IS!).") were deliiKjii. lit. a; 



ineiit was receiving i\\>- < 

 fr-.m leases. To .lu, O.MI had !> 



At the iM-^iniiin^ of tin 

 quarter sections were lea- .n-m. 



West of Range II I T< utn syndicate leased ::o(i. 

 000 acres of 552 section^. " Ti 



leases amount to > 

 buildings; for colleges, $1! 



Hail ways. The total 



rty as assessed for 1S5 was $: 

 Oklahoma had -t line- in operation at .tin 

 of the year the Ate|n>on, T"p--ka and >-i!itH 

 .I'tbr rhiraLT". .Hid ami I':i-itie. 



which run through the Trrrilcn fr-'in i: 

 south: the Choctaw, Oklahoma and (lui 1 

 way, which runs from 1. 

 Arkan-a-: and the Ki"u a . Topeka ami 

 F.', which runs throiiirh the north'. 1 - 

 of the Territory making an ai^n. 

 for the year of 468 miles. Tl.. 94 



homa and (inlf ( 'oinpany has luiilt and -., 

 its road as far ; i 'ui.ction. 



Banks. Tbere are ."iT banks in t 1 



tfl fn.m 2-1 ban!-. . eapiB| 



stock of $546,000, with $87,000 as surp! 

 undivi.lc'd profits: d.-p.-it>. s 

 and discounts, $826.0ou : ^.urities, $1!' 

 cash and -ii:ht .\.-hanp-. *n;:,.- 



Indians. Only 1 In<i 



the i\i<'kaj tribe. \va- opened to settlen. 



May. One hundred thousand a-r - of tl 



apoo land were selected as indemnity M hool 



land for loss of school land in the Osage r< 



tion. leaving a small tni< t 



homestead ontry. Nearly half of th. 



is leased and new leases are I ..in- m 



In the Osage treaty tie 



omitted, and t lie tribe claims that the $7^^H 

 tru-t fund wa< intended |,,j th.-ir own rivilv 

 tion an<l not for tril ral. 



MininiC. Although Cmi:n-- h 

 the soil of Oklahoma not mini-rally productive, 

 rich -; - re f-Miixl 



Wichita mountains in 1Kjr>. and al- 



in April and October. nth<-r iu<l 

 of valuable dep-.>it^ have aU 



ami petroleinn w.'i-e fnuml si- 

 ant hracite east of Payne County. 

 IN-rkins. jjyp-uin in many direct ioi 



.Hid brick idealities. 



Agricnlture. Th. r thf y 



was e- to brinir *11.")."" 



eaeon J.:{1 )-al.-> had b--n ma?k'-t. 



Climate. Tl rainfall for 



was 5-07 inr-bi-j. 1-fKI daily, above the i 

 greatest monthly rainfall, 8'80 inch. 



