The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1903 Page: 2 of 10
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JRM LANDS OF ALL KINDS WANTED!:
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t r s «>l the 7
mgbi iltrf* II from JO to 50 Farms each month
had Ictn '
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thought
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A fe« choice (arms near Mangum wanted. Large Tracts of unimproted land wanted.
C. L. Tall madge,
Office over
FirstNational Bank.
full> t
She • TfetitM ktl.
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U 'rMMMi VM lo ,*HI I he HwU 41
<]r«atrr later**! t Han out Y*i
k«at « ill Ikwf i Iwot I imi
{(tiling all that *c havt
lata*?! the finest coert hi*!** «n Ok>
ijlahaoM? Af* n *> MQ mm tn
Greer count* Willing to *tart out t«
' advertise Greet county and show
4m<>ng ihr ma ;nitketit photo* of
jarro and ct> \te *« a true t-etur*
•of our present wnft hou*' But
ta*-1 v*hv multiply rea*>n* fur it when
there art 'Kmc igtin^t Ut
(build cr W O Smith
per*
wupon w Upper* and court h«u>o
A «<Hvt > MOM HI l
H HimJtr liwUro Mlanfll
i Kor i>i tlte vaari mount an J
0«mmI « k> ■
stated!
Ir.a i:uKli a there is a •tatemctit
cr circular out am >n<«t thr
payer* to the effect that the
for the court h<*t e will Iwat
cent instead • >! 4 per CMtl
m the t*«|MMtH*i I desire to %a> The unearthly h..*U which tear
.♦,.«-! holt* in the air tn «ome cctH«i of
that I know of oo *** thi OCunt\ art directed at the j r p-
which l*ar inttreM al*n*e «• per josiiioti to build a court bouse for
okbt aund none of these bunds but the protection ot the deed* and vd-
. , ' liable record of the la*pmtt of
i" "** ' *' 'Greer county !u a majority of
whether
•hall
a court
upon. I
sm*
Apt d f. iMt t, In the matte! of
tlie petition of \V \V. Wh'te H.
M Ferguson If M Matojr L. A
Johnaou and J K. Mathru* «t^n*
«d -wr thtn " e;* e* and 3,940 othe*
qttliified elector* ami tax pa« trs of
A* the jUc t "ti of
not we the !«fk
**jt ! fur the bu:ldtng of
boU*e. ia «> 41 to lie voted
wish to exprtw my individual opiti
km through the column# of ,our TprTitory of oklahoma
paper. Mlfiil * • *hat it, Greet County
voice* the will • "iaj'*it> "t thi*4 f ion.
Greer Countv « kl hor,;a Territory
tsit day presented and file!. **id
petition hemg a* follow*
March 3*. 190;
m
of thi
had **>* defect which caused that
that there are three thiug* to be
considered in the «>aW of bonds'.
Firrt. the amount of the Ixmd*.
Secx>nd. the lenjjth oi time they are
to run
the proceeding* incidental to their
i*«uance. That i*. !*>nd tor a
large amount to run for a long
ca«e it 1* ha«ed ou high taxe* and
tht isu-t that the man from whom
we will bierww the money will
exact "hi* pound of fle*h." Great
tre<* i* laid on the fact that the
: interest on the miuj eces>ary
Third, the regularity ot. 5 lino w,u amount in the thirty
vear* that the bond* will run to
nearly a* much a* the principal.
Were" the statement true it would
aill lie no argument. But a re-
count y.
6%m"l expedieecy, aa
a «jue*t ou of economy, a* a sue*-
lion • >f *elf interest, -hould vote
for the bond mmu ' After careful
consideration I am fairly convinced
To the Honorable Board of County
Commi—loner- of Greer County,
oklahoma Territory.
We the undersigned qualified
elector* and tax payer* of Greer
, , ( County. Oklahoma Territory, re-
that unlet* we d«> voter bond* for ..
, , *pecttnlly petition your Honorable
the lnnlding of a court hou-<- the J _A
legislature of thi* territory will
take our action a* an expression of
a desire 011 our part for division of
thi* county. The legislature ha*
for two sessions refused to divide
the county for the reason that its
1 taxable value* are not sufficient to
I support two county county gov
large 4UIUUIH W • - O I — —P
time rtrfectlv legal, free from any centlv published statement that it
time pencv , . , runs lo S;(.,500 is a slight error in
defect or incumbrance, alwa>st*rar cakmlatiou. 20-30 4 per
alow rate of interest. Now. the cent bonds backed by Greer county
, , 1 are tilt edged and will without
conrt house Vond*. [*ing e doutA ^ at a considerable pre-
largest amount and to run for the | miUni
longest time, and if issued there The commissiooers are averse to
. (unnecessary expenditure and can
being no doubt as to their ItK^lity. J rdier<i upon to make the best
I do not hesitate to sav to the vot- terms and w hen the bonds are
crsofth,* county lha. they v.,11 the 6eur« «,I1 be auw-
nallv changed and we should find
readily sell at par. bearing onlj 4 i ourseive5 with enough premium to
per cent interest. This 7 per cent jt^e !I)tcre>t for several years.
figuring is unfair and misleading j 7ht gentlemen who are laying
and should 1* rejected for its in- so much stress on the immense
consistency. Bv stating to you 1 earning capacity of money are ad-
. ,, , ___ j vancing the very strongest social- lon 1 nere suieiy uuiiu
that these <*w . pe i jstjc argument in tavor of the abo- 0my in renting property-
cent instead of 7 per cent as some t jjtjon 0| au interest There is no
would have you believe. I as conn- denying the fact that the citizen,
tv treasurer have the selling of the county or commonwealth that has
tond„. and I non- publicly state toideahng, with the money lender ha.,
r ... occasion to know by actual expen-
the voters ot Greer county that if ;ence that hfc Is compelled to sweat
these bonds are voted they shall Inumerous extra drops to pay the
not leave my office without they
are to bear but 4 per cent or less.
In other words I will not sell them
and the court house will not be!
Board to call and order a special
election and submit to the j>eople
of the county of Greer, the <jue«-
tion of the issuance of bond* in the
snm of seveutv-five thousand dol-
lars. in a *erie* running from twen-
ty to thirty years, for the purpose
of erecting a court house on the
EILER'S
Pig Pavillicn
Ten Nights In
Room Co.
a Bar
ernments These conditions, we public square in the town of Man-
must remember, wrill be materially gum for Greer count v. as provided |
altered two years hence, then our jn chapter X1I PaKe ni of the
taxable values will have almost if _ . . , lV, _
not quite doubled what they are Ses*'° Laws of Oklahoma. 189,.
now. 'on account of the large quail- your petitioners praying that a
tity of land which will then be on vote be taken for the issuing of the
the tax rolls, and the legislature above amount of bonds.
will have no such excuse for a fail-; : apptanug that said petition is
ure to divide this countv, if we . ,
have expressed ourselves in favor *>>' more than one-sixth of
of county division, by voting for the qualified electors and tax pay-
the proposed bond issue, while the ers of said county as shown by the
vote for" the bonds would forever last preceedir.g enumeration of
put at rest this question of divis county Sow before deter-
,on. There surely cannot be econ- { . to ca]1 >uch tie;tion the
unsuited . "
30-Pe0ple-30
Two Special Cars. Superb Band and
Orchestra. Special scenery. Snakes, Dra-
gons, Calcium effects, high-class specialties.
,411 the latest subjects in moving pictures
between acts.
Will exhibit at Mangum. Wednesday
May 20th. Watch for the grand street
parade positively the largest and most
omv III ICIJllII*; WVHtin uu.iuiivu .
for' the purposes for which it is following statement is ma e upon £0m0|pfp ComDflnV OH the VO&d.
rented, unsafe from fire, and we the records, showing the assessed j CUIIiyiClC VUlliyauj v
'numerous extra drops to pay the
other fellow for sitting in his cush-
ioned chair and watching his stom-
ach and his money grow. Still
men will continue to resort to bor-
I rowing, when they are caught short
built from the proceeds of this bond | until the interest system is abolish
sale if no bidJs made for the bond'
for 4 per cent interest or less.
John Norton. Treasurer
' ed which is hardly probable until
t after the moon changes at least once
| If it is a business proposition to
; borrow money when you need it
A* To The Court House. and can't steal it, it will continue
, . • j to be done, and if the voters of
Most of the progressive ^ Greer don t think it a busi-
thinking people will. I think. aSret:jness proposition they should and
w:tb me that a court house is very J wjn Vote it down. If 011 the other
badly needed by Greer couutv. i hand they realize that for an addi-
Now I do not expect to influence \ tion of $1,800 per year to the $1.200
the vote of a single man on this j they are now paying as rent, they
question I only desire to give what! can build a structure that will be a
I believe to be a few good reasons. credit to the oldest and grandest
why we should make a good strong county iu Oklahoma and save their
united effort to build one. I travel valuable records from the danger
about over Oklahoma quite exten- which constantly menaces them
sively and am constantly surprised now they will vote for the bonds
that the great resources of this,on May 16th.
countv are so little known and
have had a very costly fire lesson) valuation of the taxable property
.and without sufficient vault room wjthin the county, as shown by the
j tor the safe keeping of the rapidl> jast aDnua] equalized assessment
increasing important public records ■*
of the countv Again, the proposed roll of taxable property within said
bonds will run for twenty years at county, taken for the purpose of
four per cent and we will have to taxation and in force and effect at
provide for the interest only, dur- this time, together with all out-
ing this period, whichwill cost the standj indebtedness of everv
tax payer not to exceed six cents. * ^
on the'one hundred dollars now.)class and character, whatsoever. *
and a decreasing ratio as the taxa- and the cash in the hands of the <
ble value of the property of the j county treasurer for county use. i
county increases, so that at the end | with the aD10unt of the bonds pro- i
!of twenty years less than six cents ^ ^
Remember Tl\e ' Date
Mangum Meat Market.
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Wanted: Good farms.
39-tf C. L. Talmadge,
Office over First National Bank.
when, as I very often do. lift up my
voice in its praise I have an atten-
tive and interested audience, and I
am very often asked about the town §
and what kind of a court house we ~~~ ~~~ *
have. This seems to be a way they j W"te Geo. H. Lee, Little Rock,
have of judging of our methods and Ark., for information concerning
advancement, and nearly all will the low rate to Savannah, Ga.. via
tell me what kind of a court house' the choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R.
their countv has
I will not dwell on the utter im-
R.. on account of the Southern
i win noi u cu uu me uuci . _ , . ,
possibility of conducting the affairs Baptist Convention, which meets
of the county without it or of the May 7th. 4i-6t
fact that we will scarcely feel the "
1 , v- " 1 •« j posed to be issued to-wit:
011 the $100 valuation will provide ; r
both the sinking fund and interest 1 statement.
for the remaining ten years of the j Asses8ed valuation of taxable
J bonds. The interest of every a ti-: - ... __fi
, zen. near or remote from the build- j P > • 4. / 4. / /
ing, demands a careful and consid-j cash in hands of co. treas.
: erate estimate of the evidence in I Salary fund A ^4,045.16
j the case, as we have seen, county . Court fund B 3-392-19
j division stares us in the face two > ContiBgen| |nn<i C 3,129.33
vears hence, unless we show our t , rk . . .l. -.
1 desire to keep our county together |" UPP - u ~~ ^
j by erecting a much needed public i Poor and Insane fund E 87160
! building at a point which forbids, Road and Bridge fund F 3,793,71
division. ! County School fund G
1 The legislative mind is and I gating fund H 443-34^ by publication in the Mangum Star
should V* a reflection of the wishes | ToUl ^$17,053.30 and in the Sun-Monitor, two week-
ana demands of the people and we! % , t
cannot hope to keep our county in I cocnty indebtedness. ly newspapers of general circula-
tact if we express our desire by our j Bonded Indebtedness $20,000 tion published at Mangum, e
votes for division, which ' would I Judgment '5.3'9 county seat of said county.
mean two court houses, two jails. Calender 16.891) G. W. Briggs,
two sets of public records two sets Warrant
of officers, two sets of bonds don- Total indebtedness $53,038; .
ble taxes and poorer public build- TotaI ;ndtbtedness. less ' Clerk
cash on hand $35,984.70
of bondi
Fresh and barbecued meats always on hand.
Dressed chickens and turkeys in seasons. A
share of the patronage of the town solicited.
First door south of Slaton &. Smiley's.
Phone Xo. 126.
Mangum Meat market.
241.43 tion of issuing said bonds be given J and 20th, 1903. the Rock Island
'System makes a rate of $45.00 for
the round trip from Mangum to
either Los Angeles or San Francis-
co going and returning via direct
routes, or $56.00 going or return-
ing via Portland. Tickets will be
S~~ Chairman Board of Commissioners, jsold May 3rd and May 12th to 18th
S. E. Echols,
difference in our tax if we build it
as those tacts are two well known
and established to need repetition,
and I think little need to be said
about county division as I believe
there are but few citizens of Greer
county that would for a moment
consider cutting up this young
giant into a few pigmies to make
room for a few more sets of would-
be county officials and in that man-
ner saddle a burden of taxation 011
the people that would stagger even
our unexampled prosperity Sup-
pose we raise a tew thousand dol-
lars and expend nearly all of it at
home among our own workmen and
dealers in Iniikling material using
oar own most excellent ?Hiilding
stone, will we not feel that the
n one\ expended is til! circulating
among and that its ns«r tn this
oMintv during the year* that the
hoads are maturing will improve
v:m.h the ooort boo* it«lf'
Again there a citi«« of this
>>jtmte who dl not take pride is
Subscribe for the Star.
Amount
posed
Total
And now
pro-
75,000.00
51 to.784.70
upon
of said petition it is determined
Doi't bq trash
Pay a little more, and you'll get
the worth of your money-. Many
of thecheap'' filled'' Watch Case*
are made to ielt, not to a ear. The
Jas. Boss "ZT Case
has been made for 30 years, and
7000,000 have pro\ed ihe r
worth. It is guaranteed to wear
S \ears—mam have been worn
over jo years. By this mark
you know them
\\> recommend this ea*«.
THE 2 DOCS
ings—a sure means of diso<uragiiiR
capital and enterprise 111 either
county Wealthy, large ounties
attract wealth, railroads ar.d man-
ufacturies. Then let us lav aside
local bias and jealous preji: lice aud
do for our Krcat county md for
ourselves, that which we v.ould al-
ways do in our own private busi- a"d ordered by the Board ot Loun
ness transactions vote for the in- ty Commissioners that it is to the
terest of the countv for our own. best interest of said county to erect
for progre^-. development, the en- a house therefor, and that a
couragement of weathy enterprise , , , , .
and manufactories, then will our ^!a' dectlon ** and the samc
vote lie characteristic of the broad hereby called to be held in the
minded and liberal people of the manner prescribed by law on Sat-
great county of Greer which has nrday the 16th day of May 1903.
made her well and favorabiy known
far and wide
Yours for the interest of Greer
county and the bond issue
W. P. POX ie*.
Reed <). T.
County and will be good for return passage
till July 15. Stopovers will be al-
Flovd McNeill, deputy. lowed both going and returning.
For full particulars inquire of C.
Excursion Rates. r ^
For the reunion of the United D. Harrington, agent.
For the Oklahoma Interdenomi-
4051
Dr.
Dr. Warner.
Wmi
nasci m #### on i a
For the
Territorial
tion to V* 1
May i2tb
makes a ra
trip frt tr.
he *oid \la
for returis j
C. tJ
at all the voting place* in Greer
county :or the purpose of voting
upon the question of the issuance
of bonds in the -um of seventy-five
thousand dollars in a series run
annual n^eti^" of the n,n« frwn t,rrt,t>- to thirt> vcarv
Coa: I leaders' As^cia- fcr th<r °{ a ™urt
bouse on the pubik: square :n the
town of Mangum for Greer county,
as provided in Chapter XII Page
III. oftbeSe-waon LawsofOkla-
iei i art Lawton O. T.
the Rock lilao'i System
of $4 ; s for t he rund
f.nviir T.< ^ets will
i Jta and wil l«e goo<!
' :i M 1 ;th
H* a:x<m>s, Agt.
1 su or
And it
He «i «i
■' Confederated Veterans to beheld
consideration ^ New Orleans. La.. May 19th to national Sunday School Convention
" 22nd. 1903. the Rock Island Sys- to be held at Enid. O. T May 19,
tem makes a rate of $15 00 for the to 21, 1903, the Rock Island Svs-
round trip from Mangum. Tickets tem makes a rate of $5.20 for the
will be sold May iMh and iSth and round trip from Mangum Tickets
will be good for return passage till will be sold May 18th. to 20th and
May 24th Those desiring to re- will be good for return passage till
main longer can secure an exten- May 22nd
sion to June 15th by depositing For the Annual Encampment of
their tickets with the joint agent at the G. A. R. of Oklahoma to l>e
New Orleans on or before May 24. held at Norman. O T.. May 19th
For the General Assembly of the to 21st 1903. the Rock Island Sy*-
Presbyterian Church in the 1* S. tem makes a rate of $4 95 for the
A to lie held at Los Angeles Cal..
Mav 21st to June 22nd. 1903. ami
the meeting of the National Asso-
ciation of MasteT Plumbers of the
I'nited States to 1* held at San
Frucioto. Calif.. May wtb and
22th. toot ami the National Coun-
cil of the Junto: Order of t'mted
round trip from Mangum. Ticket-
will I* sold May i#th to 21st an 1
will he good for retnrn passage t "
Ma^ 23rd.
C P. H* kinoton, Agent
s ordeted that t - day* no-
. e ectson r.pom the que*-
\mencmn Mechanic- tn
San Fraaovn. Calif..
Mas
TsTst e*
I hate the Mangnm citv tax rol-
in my office and am ready te coi!e«'
the taxes of 1902. doe in said cit^
corporation Noims.
TreworeT
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Echols, R. C. & Townsend, G. B. The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1903, newspaper, May 7, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc281231/m1/2/: accessed June 6, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.