Shawnee Daily Herald. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 168, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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FOUR
THE SHAWNEE HERALD, SATTRDAY, JANUARY 22, 1910.
MORNING EDITION.
THESHAWNEE DAILY HERALD
BY THE STATE PUBLISHING CO
VICTOR E. HARLOW, Managing Editor.
I their joint personal note. These men should be
reimbursed, and the school should be sustained
upon the basis originally intended. The other ]
I is the appropriation to pay the expenses of the
Crazy Snake campaign, amounting to $6,380,
which were paid by Colonel Hoffman and are
| still being carried by him nearly a year after!
the campaign closed. The state will be very
slow to approve new appropriations, but these
two points certainly justify action.
What the Editors are
Saying
A VAGABOND AND HIS SERVICE.
Entered at Shawnee Poatoffice aa Second-Claaa Mall
Matter.
WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM.
/N view of the amount of forcible language
■■ and expressive that have been
Bj carrier per week io use(] jn discussing high taxes in Oklahoma, and
One year $voo j^e general attempt that has been made to hold
Biz month* 2.oo the state administration responsible for the in-
Three months l.oo creased amount paid this year some remarks
One month 40 made by State Auditor Trapp in his letter to
the assessors of Oklahoma, accompanying his
eastern advertising representative—e. Katz, pamphlet of instructions, are quite interesting.
Temple Court, New York City, and United States Ei They are as lollows:
press Building, Chicago.
TELEPHONES.
Managing Editor 275
City Editor 804
Business Office 278
TO THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA:
8hawnee announces her candidacy for the per-
manent seat of government of Oklahoma, subject
to the will of the people.
The various county officers who are paid
by fees are very much in evidence at the capi- j
tal, and will probably do all they can to save:
their bacon. But their chance is slim. They
are foredoomed to feel the knife in that most
sensitive of all spots—the pocketbook.
The fact that a majority of the members of
the legislature requested that the special sea
sion be called places responsibility for the ses-
sion upon the members. It is now up to that
body to show one of the greatest exhibitions of
speed ever pulled off, and justify the calling o*
the session.
CODIFYING THE ORDINANCES.
DO you know what the city ordinances are?
Do you know how to find out what is the
law regarding garbage collection, milk inspec-
tion, building sidewalks—or any of the thous-
and and one things which are covered by the
ordinances?
No, you do not; and neither do a dozen oth-
er people in Shawnee. There is no code, no pub-
lished collection of the city ordinances.
Even the councilmen do not know which <
ones of the six hundred and fifty ordinances |
passed by this and previous councils are in j
force; they do not know whether a subject of
new legislation has not already been treated by I
previous councils, and does not need attention
at all.
People violate the ordinances every day be-
cause they do not know what they are; officers
ignore violations every day for the same rea-
son.
The council should take up this matter and
rectify the condition existing. Have the ordi-
nances codified and put into such a form that
the citizen or officer who is interested can find
out with some degree of ease what the law
really is.
It is true that the city has no money, and
cannot well afford the expense incident to such
a work, but it is inconceivable that any mu-
nicipality can be well governed without a means
of ready access to the laws.
One of the last acts oi every legislature is
to make complete arrangements for the collec-
tion and publication of all the laws passed by it.
Every officer of the state and of every county
is kept supplied with full information as to what
the law is, in order that he may act intelligent-
ly in the conduct of his official duty.
Similar conditions should prevail in the
cities. At reasonable intervals, revised and
complete codifications of the ordinances should
be made, both lor the information of the officers
and the public. And as soon as possible the
present council should make arrangements that
will serve to place the ordinances now in force
in Shawnee in a form that will make them easily
available for those who need to know them.
The people continue to talk about the con-
dition of the city finances. No one has yet said
that anything savoring of moral turpitude has
yet occurred in connection with city business,
but a good many Shawnee people cannot under-
stand why it is necessary for the financial af-
fairs should be in such a tangled condition. J
That improper payments from some of the
funds have been made is unquestioned; it is
true that the city received tho benefit of the
money, but the law prohibiting such transfers
is very explicit, and they should not be permit-
ted. The mayor should take enough time to get
these matters in hand and present them to the
council for correction.
"Of the total cost for the operation of
state government since statehood, so iar as
it concerns the individual tax payer, about
one-half has been raised by general ad va-
lorem taxes. The other half being: paid by
special taxes on large corporations and min-
ing industries and other incomes, which I
deem a wise provision of law, equalizing
the burdens of taxation, and giving to the
Oklahoma tax payer an advantage enjoyed
by the tax payers of but few other stales.
"The state board of equalization, of
which I am secretary, after ascertaining
the sum of the various appropriations made
by the legislature for the maintenance and
support of the several state departments
and instittuions, and deducting the estimat-
ed amount to be raised by special taxation,
such as the corporation and mining taxes,
etc., as above mentioned, found it neces-
sary to make a levy of two and oue-fourth
mills for state purposes. An additional
levy of one-fourth of one mill was made
by the legislature for aid to the common
schools, no part of which is for state pur-
poses.
"The income and inheritance tax are
new features of our revenue laws, from
which the state has thus far received but
little benefit, but which will no doubt be-
come important factors in the raising of
revenue in the future. The administra-
tion of revenue laws is of vital importance
to every tax payer in the state, and it is
therefore incumbent upon each and every
officer having to do with the making of
levies, and charging and collecting taxes
to guard carefully the absolute necessities
for the carrying out of their government.
"It will be found by a compilation of
the records of the several counties that the
average levy of ad valorem taxes for the
several municipal subdivisions of the state
will show that 92 1-2 cents of every dollar
paid by the tax payer is for the administra-
tion of county, township, city, town and vil-
lage government, and 7 1-2 cents for state
government.
"As it is apparent that a very large
portion of the funds to be raised by gen-
eral ad valorem taxes is for the administra-
tion of local government the respective
boards charged with the duty of making
and certifying the respective levies should
be extremely careful in ascertaining the
amount necessary for the maintenance of
the respective municipalities before fixing
the levies. In doing this, each item of
actual and necessary expense for the ensu-
ing year, also the necessary amount for
sinking and judgment xunds, if any, should
be actually ascertaiend. From the total of
the above items should be deducted the
amounts to be raised from sources other
than general ad valorem taxes. The levy
then made should be based on the total
equalized taxable value of the respective
municipalities, and should be sufficient to
raise the amount needed, and no more.
"Owing to the fact that practically all
the railroad companies; also the Pullman
Company and the Western Union Telegraph
Company failed to pay taxes charged
against their property by resorting to the
Uinted States court, the state has been
greatly embarrassed, and for this reason it
was necessary for the state boar dof equal-
ization to make a higher levy than it would
have made had these corporations paid their
taxes.
"Knowing the manner in which the
state has been embarrassed, I can readily
realize the embarrassment to local munici-
pal government by reason of the non-pay-
ment of these taxes.
"As a matter of information, I desire
to say that I, as state auditor, am a de-
fendant in suits brought in the United
tSates court involving the payment of more
than $8,000,000 of taxes, part of which be-
longs to practically every subdivision of mu-
nicipal government in the state. And, now,
that the needs of government must be met,
you can readily observe that such litigation
places an extra burden upon the individual
tax payer.
"It will be observed that the great cor-
porations have filed their cases in the Uni-
ted States courts, thereby thwarting the
power of the state courts, and restraining
the state and municipal officers from per-
forming their duites in the collection of the
taxes charged against such corporations."
It is evident from the foregoing, which is
Two appropriations at least asked for by
Governor Haskell in his special message are
necessary. The school for the blind was given
an appropriation of $40,000 by the last legisla-
ture, but by an error somewhere among the authoritative, that only seven and one-half per
clerks, the enacting clause was left off the bill cent of the tax paid is state tax. Anyone with
as engrossed, and it consequently failed to be-1 an ounce of brains will quickly recognize that
come a law, though passed by both houses and no line of reasoning based on the facts will hold
approved by the governor. The school has been the democratic state administration responsible
conducted without an appropriation by means for the great increase in the other 92 1-2 per
of the kindness of the members of the board of cent, all of which is for local purposes and levied
public affairs and the board of regents of the by the local authorities without any reference
school, who borrowed the necessary money upon whatever to the state government.
A vagabond once stopped at a wo
man's door to ask for a morsel to
eat. He was a veritable patch-work
man—his clothes wei) ragged, and
a face once good and strong, had be-
come emaciated to match his attire.
All in all, be was a "knight of the
road" of the strongest characteristic
type, with no apology to make for his
lust of useless leisure.
The woman was as loquacious as
the occasion should demand, and
wanted to know, of course, what pride
was wanting to bring dilapidation to
a creature who should, in his middle
age, have been shining as one of the
best ornaments of human society, in-
stead of being a misfit jewel, with the
dazzle gone, among his kind.
She wanted to know what service,
If any, the outcast had rendered to
his day and generation; and last of
all, she wanted to know his name,
if he still assumed to hold cognomen
rank In any identical sphere.
And it so happened as a chance
that this traveler introduced himself,
unconsciously, as one of the famous
men of his time, though the value of
his personality was not to be realized,
Just then.
Time-rtho early part of the nine-
teentn century.
This wanderer told the woman that
he was known to many as "Apple Seed
John," without he himself attaching
any special significance to the title.
And so he was known from the
Hudson to the Ohio, because wherever
he went he planted an apple seed.
John was fond of apples. When
ever he was given a sample of the
luclous fruit, he never threw the core
away, as most people do, but careful
Iy preserved the seeds, and as he
treaded his way alone the newly cul
roads through the wilderness he here
and there planted the seeds.
In his wake hundreds of trees grew
to perfection, and many an orchard
in western Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana had their start from the seeds
strewn by this unique Individual.
In Spain there used to be a law that
every traveler eating fruit as he Jour-
neyed along should stop long enough
to plant the seeds, and for many
years all the roads In that sunkissed
clime were lined with peach, pear and
apricot trees. The fruit of these trees
was for the refreshment of other trav-
elers of the kind, and wa-s permitted
to be gathered only by them for their
immediate wants.
When Virginia ceded to the general
government the territory northwest
of the Ohio river, 640 acres, or a sec
tion, out of every sixteen sections was
set aside for school purposes, and
the legislature provided for the leas-
ing of these school lands for agricul-
tural purpose®, and stipulated that
the lessor should plan annually a sti-
pulated number of pe«ich and apple
trees.
This was before any conservation
theory, such as is engaging our at-
tention today, was taught.
In some of the states carved out
of the territory mentioned it was also
provided that the lessor of the school
lands should not cut down any of the
timber trees growing thereon.
Thus it will be seen that long be-
fore the day of Roosevelt and Pinchot
our present leaders of the policy of
conservation, "Apple Seed John," a
wanderer, with no place to pillow his
head save a mound of earth, was the
first apostle of systematized tree
planting in this beautiful land of the
free.
We hope that our army of tramps
will take this lesson seriously to
heart. Some of the old ideas are the
best, after all. Much is being done
to improve the highways of the coun-
try. and every vagabond that follows
their picturesque course can render
real service to the land of his birth
or his adoption.
If along the highways fruit trees
were planted so as to make a refresh-
ing shade during the hot summer
days. It would be a delight and not a
punishment to travel along the coun-
try roads of America.
PLANT A SEED!
There used to be a story in our
school books of a New England vil
lage that was famed far and wide for
Its beautifully shaded streets. In the
summer time it was like a forest. All
this beaut:' and comfort came from
the benevolence of one man who, on
dying bequeathed to the trustees of
the village $5,000 to be invested and
the proceeds expended In planting and
caring for shade trees along the
streets. Thus, for nearly a hundred
years, this man's gift had annually
planted a hundred or more trees In
the village.
If we would, we could all become
fores*era.
Here Is where a beggar can become
a useful man. While the profligate
from out or the palace is scattering
far and wide his earthly goods, the
homeless man with not even a hovel
to call his own can do a more useful
service and a more honorable one by
PLANTING SEEDS.
A dollar wasted in dissipation is
gone for good, but an Insignificant
seed, cast at the side of the highway
will bring forth abundantly f"r the
good of the race.—State Capital.
O
THE WAR OVER THE NATIONAL
SONGS.
Anybody who is not satisfied «'l"
the verdict of the chief of the dlvls
Ion of music In the library of cor
gress that "Dixie" is the most popit
■ lar of our patriotic songs has perfect
| right to write a better one and cil'
| for a new ruling. That there are sev
i eral who are not at all pleased wltb
! the unofficial decision Is being made
evident. Letters of protest are ponr
] ing in on the judge and with a cnn
' slderable portion of the population h<-
has suffered in Inverse ratio with that
popularity which he says "Dixie" ha-
attained.
It Is never profitable to volunteer
to settle a dispute as old as this one
over the merry lilt of the southland.
Too many people remain who once
sang "Dixie' In derision and preferred
| to march to that same quickstep of
| "Yankee Doodle" which Mr. Sonneck
says it has supplanted in popular es-
teem. It is too early to be saying
that it has right to be called a na-
tional song. The statement carries
offense to too many who think well
enough of "Dixie" as a tune, but are
prepared to resent It being rated as
an expression of national patriotism.
| It may be dripping oil on the trou-
bled waters to explain that no of-
( ficial action has been taken, as some
appear to believe, to elect a national
song. The present dispute grew out
j of an official task undertaken by the
j chief of the music division of the II-
| brary of congress to trace the his-
j torical evolution of the four songs
j which have been long competing for
| national honors. "Dixie" Is not In-
cluded in this search: It is not even
mentioned In the official publication
giving the results of the quest. The
recognized candidates are "The Star
Spangled Banner." "Hail Columbia,"
"America" and "Yankee Doodle."
Of these four there would be no
j question about which one would be
adopted if it were not set to such
a difficult score. When played by
band or orchestra there Is none to
thrill in comparison with "The Star
Spangled Banner." It is the one that
most arouses the spirit of patriotism,
brings the largest lump to the throat
and the most moisture to the Amer-
ican eye; but it requires a trained
singer to lift that wide-ranged old
tune of "Anacreon in Heaven" to
which Francis Scott Key adapted his
patriotic words, and the average au-
dience halts at the attempt to "join
in the chorus." In the army and navy
the order recently promulgated will
serve to fasten the best loved of tunes
on public fuctions, so there seems no
cause for the war over "Dixie" to go
farther.
National songs can only he born
when the hearts of the people are
greatly stirred. Each entry has been
the product of war time, was seized
and popularized because It expressed
the sentiment that was strongest in
the national heart at the time, and
each is equally dear in the patriotism
of the people. Probably some day,
should the occasion arise to give it
voice, we will have another, one all
can lift la unison and know as the
great inspirer of national pride. Until
it comes, why should we not go on
singing and liking them all, each in
its way, treasuring In kind the spirit
that called each into being?—Tulsa
World.
EXAMINATION OF
Just Heart to Heart Talks
We are so bubbling over with enthusiasm for our
work that we must talk about it. This space has been
bought that we may tell you in a simple plain way
about our methods of 'plain old fashion banking' and
what we can do for you.
Read these talks, they will be helpful to you and to us
BANK OF COMMERCE
AT THE BECKER
Just One Night.
Thursday Evening January 271h
The Record Breaking Play.
Frederick Thompson's
Big Production.
POLLY OF THE CIRCUS
Exactly as presented one solid year at the Liberty Theater,
New York City.
Circus Trick Dancing Talking
Horses Ponies Mules Dogs
A REAL CIRCUS ON THE STAGE.
Gowns, Acrobats, Tumblers, B areback Riders.
Prices 75c, $1.00, $1.50, Boxes $2.00.
Tickets on sale at the OW L DRUG STORE, commencing Mon-
day morning, January 24.
A. E. Medearis
Real Estate
Have some bargains in both city and
farm property. If you want to sell,
buy or swap call on him. Room 3,
over Harryman's Drug Store. Phone
1139.
SEVEN OF THE BOXES HAVE AL-
READY BEEN OPENED BY
LAWYERS.
O.K. TRANSFER
COMPANY
Storage Warehouse handle all
kinds of hauling.
Heavy padded vpn for furni-
ture and household hauling.
Nothing too large for us to
handle satisfactorily.
104 West Main Street
Phone 409
The opening of seven ballot boxes
and examination of ballots cast in the
recent county seat election occupied
the attention of Custodian George M.
Southgate, at Tecumseh, yesterday.
Shawnee was represented by Judge J.
H. Woods, while Attorneys McLain
Taylor and G. A. Outcelt appeared for
the Tecumsehites.
Seven out of 51 ballot boxes were
opened and the votes inspected yes-
terday. It is expected that at least
five days will be consumed before all
of the Taoxes will have been examined.
BANNER
Electric
"Auto"
PRESIDENT WILL
HAVE
SHAWNEE, OKLA.
FOR SALE
"♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦
The Wingefield lots in the
200 block, N. Broadway, $3,000
per lot. Easy payments.
No. 709 N, Broadway, 5 room
residence. Easy payments.
Price $1400
Block 13, Wyant's Second Ad-'
dition. Price $1600
40 acres 2 miles northwest
of Rose Garden Addition, $60
per acre. A bargain.
If you want a residence or a
call and see me for bargains,
farm call and see me for bar-
gains.
R. WYANT
213 N. Broadway.
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE RE
JECTS ALL BIDS FOR A. & M.
COLLEGE HEADS HOME.
Special to The Herald.
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 21.—The board
of agriculture at its Stillwater meet-
ing unanimously voted to reject all
bids for tho erection of a home for
tho president of the agricultural col-
lege on the campus at Stillwater
and decided not to re-advertise for
bids. The board let the following!
contracts. Broken Arrow district ag- j
ricultural school building, G. W. j
Buoy, Broken Arrow, $20,763; Law-
ton school, John A. Johnson, Okla- !
homa City, $22,056; Goodwell school, j
John A. Johnson, $10,810; heating
and power plant, A. & M. college,
Stillwater, Georgo Erlchson, Ard-
more, $14,690; pipe tunnel for heat-
ing plant, Stillwater, John A. John- |
son, $6,700; farm barn, Stillwater, ;
John A. Johnson, $9,887.
Buick Output For 1910 is 43,1oc uars
If you place your order for a
Buick now you can enjoy your sum
mer vacation to a better advantag*
at home than you have abroad in th -
past. The 19i0 Buick models are all
being contracted for now, place yout I
order now and make sure that you j
get a 1910 model Buick.
You get a car, not a promise.
At the
Folly Theatre {
NEW STATE TRANSFER
R. F. McFarland, Mgr.
We move pianos and guarantee
careful handling. Padded van fo'
furniture and heavy freight wagont
Phone 900.
GORE AND CREAGER LOSE HOPE
OF SALE OF THE SEGRE-
GATED LANDS.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Senator
Gore, chairman, and Congressman
Creagor, secretary of the Oklahoma
congressional delegation, doclaved
there is no prospect of the govern-
ment buying the segregated coal
lands and tho Creager bill must be
j«mended in this matter. A ronfei-
onco called for tho purpose of dis-
cussing legislation looking to the
winding up of tho affair? of the
five tribes. At this conference liar-1
niony prevailed. Opposition devel-|
oped a.;ainst '.ho proposed forest re-
serve, on tho claim that it would
prove injurious to towns in the
t eighborhood. The proposed reserve
embraces 133,000 acres. Senator
Gore will call another mooting next
week.
It Is best, however, not to take1
your money out of the present banks j
in anticipation that the Postal Savings j
Bank is going to be established right
away.
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I PAINT
ALSO DESIGN
BUNGALOWS
SMwnM Ohla.
1231-2 North Beard
Over Harry Johnson's.
Friday & Saturday
With Matinees.
Comedian
DOWNING & DOWNING
3000 FEET ON
NEW PICTURES
Singing, Dancing and Talking.
Faust in Grand Opera.
Marriage of the Cook.
Victims of Circumstances.
The Judge's Ward.
ILLUSTRATED SONG.
"Silver Threads Among the
Gold."
Music by Orchestra.
Special Matinee For Children
Saturday.
A bag of candy given each
Child.
1
A BANK'S FIRSTDUTY
is to its depositors. The business of this bank Is conducted
this basis, which is, in truth,
SECURITY AND CONSERVATISM
Safety is considered before profits.
We feel justified in asking you for your banking business, as-
suring you always, courteous treatment and satisfactory service.
THE OKLAHOMA STATE BANK
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