Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
VOL. X.
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1913.
NO 12
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDING
The City Council met in reg-
ular monthly sessiou Monday
night, with Mayor Kendall pres-
iding. Councelmen present
were: Milton Lasater, J. H.
Dukes, R W. Humphry, Oscar
Worley, R. A. Carter, W. J.
Thompson. Absent: P. N.
Kerr and W. M. Freeman, Other
city officials present. J. A.
Brooks, Clerk, K. N. Coffee,
Atty, L. Key, St Com, J. B.
Clement, Scavanger, Joe
Hughes, Chief Police.
The following monthly salar-
ies were allowed.
J. A. Brooks Clerk . . $62.90.
T. L. Kendall, Mayor, . $25.00
K. N. Coffee. Attv, . . $25 00.
Geo Carlton, keeper of Fire
Station and Fire Wagon, 50.00.
and report to the council the
states of several thousands of
the city's sinking funds that
was loaned several years ago to
the City Hospital associated.
A claim of $1000 for the tire
wagon, which was purchased
some time ago, was presented,
and the cityclerk was instruc-
ted to inform the company
from whom the wagon was
bought, that the wagon was
warranted and that some de-
fects about it that must be made
good before the claims would be
provided for.
J. B. Clement wAs appointed
Scavanger and his bond appro*,
ed.
ASSESSMENT AND
E
I curate description and without
'confusion of owners and when
a man goes to pay |his taxes he
{wont have to take- his dinner
with him waiting for the Treas
urer to wade through the tanged
confusion to ascertain how
much taxes a man owes, and
what tract his land is in. This
Tax Assessor Robt. R- Odom
has completed the county assess-
ment, excepting a few reports
of the ferret work, and the rolls
were turned over to the Board aphabetical lift will direct him at
of Equalization Tuesday after-
noon, which board is composed of
the Ctfunty Commissioners, Jno.
L Case, Andy Allen and Robt.
Graham, with Tax Assessor Robt
Odom as clerk.
The assessment under Mr.
Odom has been for the first time
since statehood, completed on
time as required by law, and Mr.
Odom is to be congratulated.
After the equalizatian by the
County Board the tax rolls have
to go to the State board of Equa-
TARIFF AND
PROBE OF LOBBY
The administration forces are
pushing the tariff bill before the
Senate committees. Sub com
mittees expect to complete their
revision of the schedules in time
for the full committee to begin
preparation of a report by June
9. the program is to submit
piece of work could be done for'^e hill a democratic caucus
once to the whole thing.
The Commissioner^ agreed to
pay Mr. Jackson for the work
$800.00. No more or better
Arch Graham, assistant keep-
er of Fire Station and Diner of
Fire Wagon, $40 00.
Joe Hughes Chief Police $C5.0u.
Jessie McNeely Assistant
Chief of Police, .... $50.00.
C. H. Quast, feeding city
Prisoners $15 00.
B*C. Swendell special police
service $6.00
The following claims were
allowed to officers and work on j
the Water Works system.
R. E. Braden, Supt. . $65.00. I
L$vy West night pumper $40.1
Frank Midkiff, Engineer $60. I
Earnest Spohn, Labor . $2,50.1
B. C. Swindell, " $1.50.
E. W. Williams, 18 25.
John Harvey, " 112.75.
Burns Bros. " $1.50.
On Streets and Bridge depart-
ment the following claims and
funds were allowed.
L Key, Street Com. . $50.00.
Alex Bean, Assistant. . $40.00.
J. W. Graham, otSweeper. 25.
B. C. Swendell putting up
Street Signs $42.57.
Clerk J. A. Brooks, has in-
augurated a new rule, for filing
and presenting claims, looking
up the law he found that every
claim, including salaries, must
be itemized and sworn to, and
no now claim can be tiled and
considered without being first
itemized and sworn to.
Councilman Lasater was ad-
ded to the Sanitary Committee.
NO BAD RESULTS
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Osborne
returned Tuesday night from
Austin, Texas where they had , . .
been for several weeks receive Ration and the law requires that
the Pasteur treatment in a sana-j^ ™ t0 *e
tarium, because of having Uen >ard not later than the thir*,
bitten by an allegedly rabid dog. Mondayu,n June. This gives the
Both parties are in excellent! coun^ b^d Just two weeks tol
equalize the county assessment.!
tha county. It will doubtless
save the county money each year
more than it cost Interviewing
Mr. Jackson we learned that
there is only 40 acres of govern-
ment land in the county, unsold
and it is in these tracts namely:
The stU ofs'X of nv/Xi Section 35,
Twp. 1 N, R. I. E.; and the EJ4 of ne#
ef n«y,, section 35, Twp. 3 N. R. 4 W;
-and nwol se'4 of nw\
3 N, R. 4. W!
burden of an insiduous tariff
lobby has aroused the senate
and investigation of the lobby
began Monday.
These matters with the an-
nouncement from Secretary
Reynolds and Underwood that
any protected industry that re-
duced the wages of its employ-
ees and charged it to tarig legis-
lation would be investigated
seems to have put, the system
stepping sideways and wonder-
ing what xt.
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
Oklahoma's delegation faired
well in the assignment of com-
mittee by the House Democratic
WOODMEN UNVEILING
parties are in
health, having suffered no ill . .
effects whatever from the The commissioners dived right
wounds they received from the 'n,° the job and their purpose
dog, the treatment they received a intention is to have the rol.s
1 having been perfectly success- rea^y ^or sta^e board on
| fill. Their many friends coil- ^'me A. D. Bnrch at Whitebead
jgratulate them most heartily J An important step was recent- ] cemetery next Sunday after-
1 upon their escape from that! 'y taken by the County Commis-j noon, June 8th, with proper
i dread disease, hpdrophobia.— |sioners to straighten out 'he j ceremonies.
by June 16 and t > report it to
the senate by June 23.
President Wjlson is showing
some of the backbone and deter-
mination of Old Hickory. Not
a week passes that he does not
start something to shake up thejcaucus Monday, Scott Farris is
precedents and keep congress continued as head of the Public
astir. His denunciation of the Land committee.
tariff lobby in the week just. I'has Carter will be a ranking
section 23, Twp- passed marked the climax in a member of the Indian affairs
series of unusual executive acts j committee, and alo ranking mem-
and has precipitated an inquiry her on the reform in civil service
the like of which has never affairs.
!been known in legislative an- W. H, Murray will have a
I nals of the nation. place on the Indian affairs, pen-
| When the president told tliejsioii, weights and measures
1 he Pauls \ alley camp Wood iwayg ail(j means committee I committee.
men of the World will unveil the j t)iat ))e wantej fiee ra vv woo) Claude Weaver is on the Bank-
monument of the'Jate Sovereign I aD(} ultimate tree sugar in the i ing and currency committee/and
tariff bill, it was written that J. B. Thompson is made a mem-
Purcell Register.
! land tax question of the county,
; about which there has been no
j end of trouble, vexation and ex-
I pense, and about which it has
Judge Swank,
Head Council for
tion of the state
will deliver the
of Norman,
the Jurisdic-
of Oklahoma
principal ad-
ROOSEVELT'S DAMA6E
The damage suit of former I been heretofore impossible to get; dress.
President, Roosevelt against I land 1!ste^ for taxation a"^! All members of the lodge and
Editor Geo A. Newell, for HO,- the sarne 03868 properly dls | friends are requested to assem-
ble at the hall in Pauls Valley
000 because the editor charged
him with drunkeness, was ter-
minated at Marquette, Michigan
last Saturday by the Jury, un-
der peremptory instructions of
Judge, giving Col. Roosevelt 6
cents damage, each party paying
his own coin cost, Editor Ne-
well retracted the charge
after which Col. Roosevelt stated
he wantedonly nominal damages
and saying he wanted vindication
and to forever silence such pnb
lications about him.
CULLED ON CHNTHLUOPIS
The challenge made bv
the
I editor of the Democrat week be
fore last in which he stated that
, he believed he had the most ad
ivanced patch of cantaloupes in
Att'y Coffee was instructed to Oat-vin county,was called by Ed
look into the question of penalties
collected on delinquent taxes,
such having been placed to the
sinking fund of the county, and
it is claimed that such penalties
as have been collected on city
property belonging to the city,
Mr Coffee reported that a suit
had been brought to recover
such penalty fund belonging to
Shawnee,
Att'y Coffee was to ascertain
Beck living on the J. M. Stiff
farm 9 miles west of town. Mr.
Beck states he had both canta-
Ipues and water melons bigger
than hen eggs. Alright, Ed,
here's to you, and we will eat
melons from your patch fist
this year.
way. When he declared that
he wished to deliver his tariff
message in person to congress
the houso and senate met 111
joint session U> hear him. Later
his decision to go to the presi-
dent's room in the capital to
talk business with senators and
congressmen was carried out
without hindrance or friction.
His vigoious annon. cemeut a
ber of committee on District of
Columbia, while Thompson has
a good assignment, and he has
already declared there should be
a saving of several millions in
handling the affairs of the dis-
trict. It looks like the assignment
of Thompson and Weaver ought
to be exchanged.
— £!\ ^
mptly at 1 o'olock and willj few weeks ago in the midst if Mrs N. H. Lindsay has been
tribated. The commissioners em
ployed W. K Jackson of St. Jo
seph, Mo, an expert of twenty j ()rocee(j a body to the ceme- ] rumors of party weakening on [ appointed by Gov. Cruce as one
years- experience in is usiness | tery wheie the impreseiye cere- j tariff measures that he would j of the delegates from Oklahoma
mony of the order will be car- accept no compromise on wool | to the national oonference of
Judge W. R. Wallace
Sunday visitor in Sulphur.
to do t he work. Mr. Jackson
will make a complete revised |
land list of the county, in which |
every piece of land in the j
county will be shown i n j
three clases with the name of j
the owner. Every piece of tax j
able land will be shown in black !
ink. The non taxable Indian j
land will be shown in red ink,!
and the government land will be j
shown in green ink.
The land plat will also show ]
the date on which the now non- j
taxable land will become taxable-!
Mr Jackson will also make an |
alphabetical list of every person in
the county who owns land, and |
this list will show every piece of
land each person owns in the
county, no matter if a man owns
one or a dozen tracts of land,
scattered in any number of town-
ships and sections the aphabetical
list who show each and every
tract of land. When this work
is done, its value cannot be easi
ly estimated.
The Assessor can then get all ||
the land listed with absolute ac [[_
lied out with a well arranged
program, beginning promptly
at 3 p. m.
accept no compromise on
and sugar served to tighten lin< s'charities and correction,
and now his declaration that| will be held in Seattle,
the country should be rid of the July 5 12 1913
which
Wash.
ATHLETIC GOODS
BASEBALL SEASON
IS AT HAND ONCE MORE AND WE ARE
stocked up with the famons old reliable lines.
CAN SUPPLY CLUB OUTFITS, SUITS, ETC. AND WE MAKE
OUR| PRICES RIGHT. BALLS, BATS, GLOVES, MITS, SPIKES,
ETC AT ALL PRICES
TRY US FOR A "SQUARE DEAL" IN SPORTING GOODS.
COMPLETE LINE OF FISHING TACKLE
PALACE DRUG STORE
RICHARDSON-ROBINSON CO.
For the Liver take Robinson's Hijjh Balls
JE5J ——g
JUST A FEW HOT PRICES
To show you how cheap you can buy good new up-to-date mdse at KERR'S and remember these prices are good
at all times. Drop in and take a look at our new store and see the hundreds of big bargains we have to offer you.
Mens 75c Union suits iC«
at only - - -Hub
219 ladies white and color-
ed dresses As long as they
last. HALF PRICE.
250 childrens' rompers,
Regular 35c grade 1 fin
only IMC
Mens 35c. 1Q«
shirt and drawers at 1 do
500 waists ladies all colors
andstyles,made in the lat-
est styles at HALF Price
$1.50 MIDDY WAISTS,
ONLY - 98C
MENS' 10c GREY SOXf
•5c«
One lot children's muslin J MEN'S ELASTIC SEAM Mens' 75c soft shirt or\/y
drawers. nr-, | DRAWERS. QQn f 45c. Mens'75c dress QQn
8 pairs for - LUu 1- ONLY - «■ uuu j . shirts, only Ouw
One lot of ladies muslin
gowns. 75c grade (jjjj.
One lot of Children'sdress-
es, age 2 to 6 years 1 Qp
regular 35c value 1 Do
All Men's and Boys Suits and Extra Pants at Big Reductions. Everything else sold according to above Prices.
THE PRICE IS IT. KERR'S THE PRICE IS IT.
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Mitchell, J. D. Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1913, newspaper, June 5, 1913; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118459/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.