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REPORT
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA.
TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Guthrie, Okia., September 15, 1903.
SIR: In compliance with your communication dated June 27, 1903,
I take pleasure in transmitting to you herewith my report of the
affairs, progress, and development of the Territory of Oklahoma for
the year ended June 30, 1903.
Very respectfully, T. B. FERGUSON,
Governor.
Hon. E. A. ilITcHCoCK,
Secretary qf the Interior, Washington, D. (~.
A perusal of the following pages will disclose the fact that the Ter-ritory
of Oklahoma has an area of 38,830 square miles, is subdivided
into 26 counties, and has an aggregate population of 650,000. She
has 178,964 school children and 2,192 district schoolhouses valued at
$1,347,257; also 7 higher institutions of learning, having a total
enrollment of 2,818 last year; a school fund arising from the leasing
of school land amounting to $181,898.88, which was apportioned during
the year.
Oklahoma leads in railway building, having completed over 1,000
miles of new railroad, and on March 1 had over 2,500 miles of main
track and grade completed. The assessed value of the eight lines of
railway is $7, 851,187. The Territorial tax levy was 6* mills and the
assessed value of taxable property was $84,134,472, as returned by the
assessors, which was on a basis of about one fourth actual value. The
Territorial indebtedness is only $461,766.43. There were 7,451,918
acres of land returned for taxation.
Oklahoma has 232 Territorial banks having a combined capitaliza-tion
of $2,026,330, with deposits of over $7,000,000, and an average
reserve of 52 per cent, being nearly four times the legal requirement.
There are 79 national banks, whose combined capital amounts to
$2,792,500; the deposits therein are over $10,000,000, and they have
an average reserve of 30 per cent.
There are 193 licensed dentists, 403 registered pharmacists, and
1,200 practicing physicians.
Oklahoma has 326 prisoners kept under contract in the Kansas Pen-itentiary,
at a cost to the Territory of $45,742.62. There were 409
INT 1903—MIS, PT 2 29 449
Object Description
| Title | TerrGov-8, 1901-1906--Ferguson. Report of the Governor of Oklahoma, 1903 (Thompson Benton Ferguson) |
| Author |
Ferguson, Thompson Benton, 1857-1921 |
| Subject |
Ferguson, Thompson Benton, 1857-1921 Governors--Oklahoma Oklahoma (Territory)--History Oklahoma--History--Sources Oklahoma--Politics and government--To 1907 |
| Description | The Governors of Oklahoma Territory issued annual reports from 1891 through 1907, when Oklahoma became a state. These reports, submitted to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, vary from a few pages to many pages, and report on anything and everything that the current Governor believed to be important. |
| Physical description | 120 p. |
| Original Publisher | United States. Dept. of the Interior |
| Original Publication Date | 1903 |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf (.pdf) |
| Source | Oklahoma Dept. of Libraries, U.S. Government Information Division. Sudocs classification numbers: I 1.26:(year); also in I 1.1:(year) |
| Coverage | 1903 |
| Metadata/Digital Resource Librarian |
Kitty Pittman |
Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Transcript | REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA. TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Guthrie, Okia., September 15, 1903. SIR: In compliance with your communication dated June 27, 1903, I take pleasure in transmitting to you herewith my report of the affairs, progress, and development of the Territory of Oklahoma for the year ended June 30, 1903. Very respectfully, T. B. FERGUSON, Governor. Hon. E. A. ilITcHCoCK, Secretary qf the Interior, Washington, D. (~. A perusal of the following pages will disclose the fact that the Ter-ritory of Oklahoma has an area of 38,830 square miles, is subdivided into 26 counties, and has an aggregate population of 650,000. She has 178,964 school children and 2,192 district schoolhouses valued at $1,347,257; also 7 higher institutions of learning, having a total enrollment of 2,818 last year; a school fund arising from the leasing of school land amounting to $181,898.88, which was apportioned during the year. Oklahoma leads in railway building, having completed over 1,000 miles of new railroad, and on March 1 had over 2,500 miles of main track and grade completed. The assessed value of the eight lines of railway is $7, 851,187. The Territorial tax levy was 6* mills and the assessed value of taxable property was $84,134,472, as returned by the assessors, which was on a basis of about one fourth actual value. The Territorial indebtedness is only $461,766.43. There were 7,451,918 acres of land returned for taxation. Oklahoma has 232 Territorial banks having a combined capitaliza-tion of $2,026,330, with deposits of over $7,000,000, and an average reserve of 52 per cent, being nearly four times the legal requirement. There are 79 national banks, whose combined capital amounts to $2,792,500; the deposits therein are over $10,000,000, and they have an average reserve of 30 per cent. There are 193 licensed dentists, 403 registered pharmacists, and 1,200 practicing physicians. Oklahoma has 326 prisoners kept under contract in the Kansas Pen-itentiary, at a cost to the Territory of $45,742.62. There were 409 INT 1903—MIS, PT 2 29 449 |
