The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1914 Page: 1 of 10
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The Hennessey Clipi
VOL. XXV.
The Hennessey Fress-Demoerat Consolidated with The Hennessey Clipper January 15, 1914
Entered at the l'o*tothce at Hennessey
Oklahoma, as Second Class Mall Matter
HENNESSEY, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, JULY 2;j. 1914
' Subscription Price $1.00 a Year in Ad- I
vantv ♦ Months 50c. :i Months 25c I
No. 7
Trying to Get Over the
Fence
Come out and
Yon cannot miss
to Hennessey's
'PHAT is what they are doing.
* near about it Sunday evening.
the place. Just follow the crowd
Original Big Open Air Meeting.
Our Motto. Preach the truth about folks
no matter whether it helps or hurts.
More than five hundred people attended our
service last Sunday evening.
It is very evident that we are still on the
job, when the number attending' our services is
more than one-fourth of the entire population of
our city.
If you can enjoy good music and can stand
to hear facts preached, we want you to come.
ROBERT l. EE PAYNE, Pastqr
Illegal Voting is
Serious Offense
Elector Who Voles OulofHis
Own Party Held a Felon
Grand Jury Convened
the second grand jury in this
county since statehood was called
in District Court Friday morning;
011 |>etition signed by over one-hun-
dred taxpayers of the county. The
instructions by .Judge Steen were
very broad and left the jury free to
return indictments for any crimes
committed in the county. Special
attention was called to the liquor,
gambling and prostitution laws.
They were also instructed to inves-
tigate rumors of the so-called grain
trust, in restraint of trade. It is
claimed by some that the grain
trust is responsible for the low j
price of wheat and high price of
, finished product. The jury is in
charge of the County Attorney
Following is the jury: W. H Ang
elo. Foreman, D. H Barrackman,
j John Robinson, L. M. Sorden, J T !
Ketch, John Hauser, Henry Smith
Lee Ballinger, W. F. Peter M Ben
I son, Perry Clements, Win Dunn -
Kingfisher Free Press
The jury closed its session Wed-
nesday without taking any action.
Free Lessons With Piano
From this day the Conrad &
Krieter Piano Co., will j^ive one
term of lessons (20 lessons) with
every piano sold by their agent, J.
J. La Valley. The company has en-
the "grandfather" Miss Ne,tie Liddle as teacher
thn huoic ,.<• at thls IK" t Remember, also that
you get 50 per cent ofT the list
price. We still handle the old re-
liable pianos—the kind that I have
sold for eight years in Hennessey.
SI A rEMENT—OFFICE OF COUNTY ASSESSOR
qualified under
clause furnished the basis of the
prosecution against him on the
charge of attempting to cast an ille-
gal ballot.
In disposing of the case Judge r eiri years m Hennes
Doyle calls attention to the election y ™stn,ment guaranteed 25
law passed by the last legislature yeaFS' - save you the ex
years, we also save you
which makes illegal voting a'7elonv f?"Se ()f a travelill£ man and big
and he holds that' in the meaning n ent se" on easy terms.
An elector who votes, or attempts ()f the law it is illegal for the mem ?nre a. ter" s and tone and
to vote, in the primary elections of ,jer (,f we party to vote, or attempt workmansf,1P we <-an compete with
any party other than that of which t0 vote, in the primary election of anyone- '! •' La Valley, factory
he is a member, runs the risk of be- another party. ' representative.
ing prosecuted for a felony, disfran- The opinion is regarded as of un-' News of Father's I WI.
chised for ten years and given a usual importance at this particular! Harrv Neal re ' 1 T , , f
penetentiary sentence of not more time inasmuch as it has beencharg- the week the newi nf lhJ i •
than three years, according to laws ?(i that an attempt would be made father John i i '
d,ed by J* Thorn,, H. Doyl, „t •" « .i, prim,,, f,„ „,elX*
the criminal court of appeals, in an — — inanciioril. Canada,
For
I1 arm Loans and Insurance ■*<
mitchell & pepin
At Hennessey State Bank
opinion recently attirning a ninety
day jail sentence imposed on Joe
Bell, a negro, who was convicted for
attempting to cast an illegal ballot.
In the primary election of 1912,
Bell presented himself to vote in
precinct two of Lincoln township in
Seminole county, but failed to stand
the test applied by election officers
as provided in the "grandfather" —
clause of the constitution. Dispite of one party to vote with another.! July 13th Mr m„,i
his disqualifications Bell continued if this is done it will constitute a 1 the rioe old r qj rea('hed
his attempt to vote and demanded felony, according to Judge Doyle had been in /ear8, .
a vote. i .1 ,ieal,h lor several
hta^tth.tvot SltS Attends Nte's Wedding
simony given before a United wedding of her niece, Miss Laura George, of Glandfield Canada Mrs
th f K hOI!!"i"SSIOner'i V R"tha Short to Mr. Ray Tompkins, of, McKee. of Ryn.al Canada Mrs
that he had been m the state only j Salem, South Dakota, at the home Amos French and Mrs Reed both
ten months at the time he attempt-, of the bride, at Malvern. Iowa, on !of Hamilton Canada "
ed to vote, rhe constitution re- July 15th. After an elegant wed- kT '
quires that a person must be in tha ding breakfast, Mrs. Horn was one1 Notice of Change in Voting
state one year before he in a quali- of the wedding party that went Place
bed elector. [overland in touring cars to Whiting, Official notice of chance in u„t
Bell was prosecuted m the county jPierson and Sioux City, Iowa where ing place in the p
court of Seminole county on a charge the friends of the bride had prepar- (South Precinct) in n l j rt'r""'!.
of attempting to cast an illegal bal-jed a series of entertainments" i, Hen "Ley7mm he „U dtvZil m
tot for the reason that he was not a honor of the occasion. | the building loca ed on n l
J"al'hed voter. His admission that Due to the prominence of the 136, on the west side of South Mam
he had been in the state only ten contracting parties, the wedding ar-1 and formerly occupied bv
months at the tune he attempted to j rangements and the entertainments ! lach restaurant A e Lanf
vote and the further fact that he that followed were elaborate and Sec'y County Election Board
demanded a ballot after being dis-1 beautiful. I Hennessey, Okla Jnne30 ?9R
Condensed Statement of
The Farmers and Merchants
National Bank
hennessey, okla
Pursuant to Call of Comptroller of the Currency, June 30, 1914
Resources ■
Loans and Discounts. $ 109,602.69
Bonds and Warrants. 3,945.12
Overdrafts 1,024.89
U. S. Bonds (at par). 25,000.00
Banking House 6,500.00
Other Real Estate 3,379.26
Five per c't Redemption Fund 1,250.00
Cash in safe and other hanks 54,118.08
Liabilities
Capital Stock .$ 25,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 2.528.05
Circulating Notes . 25,000 00
Deposits 152,291.99
Totai.
L. A Ferrei.
$ 204,820.04 Total $ 204,820.04
The above statement is correct. Floyd e. Felt, Cashier
Directors
r. H. Staggs i. J. Cashion C. 0. Cashion Benton States
Fi.ovd E. Felt
Chas. k. Steti.er
Ir takes some time to get any new law in smooth
running order and this is especially true of a law as un-
popular as the present County Assessors Law In 1912.
this law tirsi became effective in this state and has
caused a great deal of dissatisfaction Prior to the above
att ihe township Assessors assessed all property both
real estate and personal at (terhaps from one-fourth to
one half of the actual value thereof. Now, all property
both real and personal must be assessed at "irs fair
i cash vai.ui1 estimated at the price it would bring at a
fair voluntary sale in the language of the statute of
oklahoma In the 1912 assessment (the first under the
new law) the farm values were taken and established
almost entirely by Deputy Assessors unacquainted with
the I.trin lands of the county, and as a result many
latms were assessed too high and many too low in
value, and a fair basis of valuation and equalization
was not obtained In taking the 1913 assessment, I
appointed as my deputy in each township, one of the
(''est men obtainable lo do the assessing, with instruc-
i lions to raise or lower the valuation of any farm in their
j township from the 1912 assessment, in order that a!
just and equitable basis of valuation might be estab-
lished one farm with another, in their township. In
* ««> a fairly good and satisfactory assessment in
1.11,1 was realized. I believe that only seven persons
appeared before the County Board of Equalization in
their three days session, to make complaint of their as-
sessment In this assessment not onlv was the quality
of land taken into consideration by my township de-
puties, but also the location of each farm, the distance
from market and railroad connection, and the quality
and condition of the roads. In making the 1914 assess-
ment the same method was employed, the same town-
ship assessors doing the work (when obtainable) with
like instructions to further equalize land values where
necessary, and to lower valuations for the principal
reason that owing to short crops and few land buyers
farm lands were not increasing but if anything de-
creasing in value No farms have been assessed in
this office but have been taken as above stated by my
i ep.itnv ! his years valuation shows a reduction of a
little over One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars
lor the entire county, some of the reductions being as
follows:
i ark township about $40,000. Reserve township
about $45,000 River township about $15,000 Cimar-
£o.,o'rs;lUl> about 9SOJOOU. Logan township about
, *rrr l"wilshii> about $40,000. Omega town-
ship about $.>5,000, a ten per cent reduction being made
from the Inures sent in by the deputy assessor; also a
ten per t ent reduction on horses and five per cent on
mules and cattle. Skeleton township about $38,000
and live per cent on horses and cattle. Sherman town-
ship was reduce ! by myself and deputy about $49,001).
union township by myself and deputy about $'19 001)
Lynn township about $30,000, five per cent added to
mules and a reduction of five per cent on cattle
Lacey township about $38,000 by myself and deputy'
Kingfisher township about $40,000, bv myself and de-
puty, and also a reduction of ten per cent on horses
twenty percent on mules and ten per cent on cattle For
est tovv'iship about $20,000. Harrison township about
?m.>,00(), by myself and deputy; horses reduced ten per
cattle live per cent and mules raised five percent
Hennessey township about $31,000 and horses reduced
ten per cent and mules twenty per cent. Grant town-
ship about $.14,000, by myself and deputy, and horses
reduced fifteen per cent and mules five per cent. Ex-
celsmr township was reduced by myself and deputy
about $48,000. Downs township about $40,000, being
lowered from the figures submitted by my deputy, $1.00
per acre and a reduction of ten per cent 011 horses and
? , L !,ve, ,)er °.ent on Coronado town-
ship about $32,000, and a reduction of five per cent on
horses and ten per cent on mules and cattle Center
township about $26,000, and cattle raised ten percent,
j Cooper township was lowered fifty cents per acre be-
sides reduction made by my deputy, in all $28,000 and
iui n,s,es '"w,re(' ten ,,er c-ent' Columbia was reduc-
ed $1.00 per acre from the figures sent in by Deputy
Assessor Hart, iu all about $30,000. Banner township
was reduced by Deputy Assessor Ridgley and myself in
all about $38,000. A reduction was also made in cities
and towns as a whole Comparing the averaged assess-
ed valuation of the land in this county and Garfield
con'"y' V;1'Uj p,er acre ,tlis county is a little over
$20 per acre, and that of Garfield county a little over
$ |JP' ane 1 he 'arin lands of Garfield county alone
not including cities or towns, are assessed at something
like one and one-half million dollars more than our en-
tire county. Iu quality of land, these two counties are
generally supposed to be about alike. Our present as
I sessed valuation is low, and will compare favorably
with vother counties 111 the state. If the State Board of
Equalization will accept our present valuation and not
raise the same, our county will have a low just and
equitable assessment. I have been fortunate iu having
a line 01 of deputy assessors to do this work and I be
"eve tbey have used their very best judgment in i*iviriii
j every man an equalized value with his neighbor, so
| that each one will only pay his just proporion of the
1 taxes. A lair equalization of the land is all your as-
sessor can give you, and I believe that the basis of
values as now established in this assessment cannot be
i unproved upon to any great extent under the present
I law.
!. a great many people are not familiar with the way
111 which taxes are raised and made, and perhaps a
little law on this matter will be of general interest to
I the public. I he voters of each school district, each
I township, and each county make their own taxes
through their various boards which they themselves
elect. No responsibility rests on any one else.
Section 7 S78 Revised Laws of Oklahoma, provides,
that each board of county commissioners, each mayor
and (ouncil of each City or the Officers exercising like
powers, the Board of Trustees of each Incorporated
Town, the I rnstees of each Township, the Board of
Education iu each City, and the Directors of each
School District shall meet on the first Monday in July
each year, and make an estimate of the amount of money
actually required by them for the fiscal year, etc., Blld
as soon as completed; certify the same to the Excise
Bourd of the County.
Section 7379 (County Excise Board created)
1 here is hereby created in each County of this State an
Excist Board to be composed of the following officers,
to wit loamy Clerk, Counts treasurer, County Judge
C ounty Miper.nieiHle.it and County Attorney, who
shall perform the duties as herein provided without ad
di.ional compensation The County Judge shall be
t hairman of the Ba ,rd and the County Clerk Secretary
Section 1380. Duttes of the Board and Tax Levies
Hi1 • Lxc.se Board shall meet at the County Seat on the
last Saturday of July ol each year lor the purpose of
exainnum: and passing 01, the estimates submit-
td to them Ik each lownship. School District County
Hoards etc for the necessary expenses and amount of
money that each of said Boardsrequire for the fiscal year
essioti l.aws ol 1913 limits the various levies as fol-
lows ' ounty levy not more than four mills City lew
not more than six mill- Incorporated Town not
more than foui nulls, townships not more than one and
mill Th" , '•slri''1 l('vy nor morc than five
inins. I hese lev ics cannot be increased except by hold
mi, a apeciul Election as provided for in Section 7381
Kevised Laws ol the State of Oklahoma
Section 7377 provides that the State Auditor
shall transmit to the County Clerk of each County a
sta ement of the I taxation required for the gen
Equalization ^ by tht' StHte (>f
W hen all estimates for various purposes are ex-
r!!!!!l^ '/.'"j aPP^'ved by the sai.l Excise Board of the
County ( f found within the limit of levies as provided
oru,saHlSess.on Lawsof 1913)said levies are themcer-
! tified by the C lerk 0! said Board to the County Assessor
to be extended by him on the Tax Rolls of the County'
ne t,ounty Assessor has nothing todo with the amount
i! L,v*e!; S!S i ta,xes T U,?de by various Boards as
;< ' v. stated, and are based on the amount of money
that each Board mi st have for the fiscal year for the
purpose intended, and the levies to raise the required
amount of money for each Board is fixetl by the Ex-
< ise Hoard Each one of the various Boards must have
nn. required amount of money, he the assessed valua-
i iion large or smali As an example, suppose that
lveJrHl f'rhIt,,i '""8t have $50° for lhe "irrent
iS ,, th.f t lhe.^iB'UBtion m that School District is
Il7 I , W(" le!' ",ke a levy f,y ,he Excise
yard ol two and one-half mills to raise the $500
But suppose that the valuation in that School District
shoutd be only $100,000 It would then require a levy
of five nulls to raise the necessary amount. Thissame
rule applies 10 each Township and County Board
Should the County Board require $45,000 for the nec-
cessary expenses of the year and the County was as-
sessed at a valuation of $12,000,000 it would take almost
a four mill , m lixed by the Excise Board, to raise
that amount However, should the County valuation
be $15,000,000 n would take only a three mill levy
fixed by the Lxcise Board to get the required $45 000
Foo.uZ US l° the S,il,e Tax The Sta'c Board of
Equalization meet, just as all other boards do and es-
timate the amount of money needed to run the State
for the fiscal >ear, and what proportion of said State
l ax each County must pay They then fix the amount
Of their levy. .Suppose that they fix a levy of three
nulls and that th. valuation of this County is $12,000-
and our proportion of the State Tax the Board
says Kingfisher C.'ouiny should pay, is $45,000. On the
above valuation a three mill levy will only raise $36 000
so 111 order to get the amount required ($45,000) they
must raise our valuation to $15,000,000, which they
would do. '
,i , - am'?" 7:>'17' Kevise(J Laws of Oklahoma, provide,
that All taxable property both real and personal, shall
be listed and assessed each year at its fair cash value
estimated at the price it would brinc. at a fair volun-
tary sale. Your Assessor and his Deputies have
taken their oath of office to make and return to the
County and State Board a valuation based 011 the above
Law. II they have followed the law as above quoted
then no one can have a quarrel with them for doing
their duty. h
How many farmers in the County would take in
cash today the face value of their assessment on both
real and personal property? How many property own-
ers in the cities and towns would do the same?
Certain persons have knowingly made a great
many misstatements in regard to the salary attached
to this office, same being a fee salary based on the as-
sessed valuation of the County. In 1912, the entire
salary of thip office drawn by County Assessor Black
burn was $3740.8(5 out of which he had to pay all the
expenses of deputy and clerk hire, the amount to ine
unknown. In 1913 the entire salary drawn by me as
County Assessor was $3479.71 out of which for the pay
of deputies, clerk hire and other expenses of the office
1 expended between $1500 and $1600. For the year
wi" draw on the present valuation the sum of
Ji.j.jIO, out of which I will pay the same amount of ex-
penses as in 1913, leaving less net salary, than is
drawn by several other county officers.
These figures can be verified in the office of the
county clerk
I an a Candidate lor a second term in this office.
I have never believed that misrepresentations, insinua-
tions and mud-slinging ever heated to elect any man to
an office. On the contrary. I believe that people ap
Predate a fair and decent campaign. The nominees of
the Republican party at the Election 011 the 3rd day of
November next, will need the support and assistance of
every Republican voter in the county in order to be
elected. Therefore no candidate running for office 011
the Republican ticket can afford to do otherwise than
conduct his campaign on his ownjqualifications, and in
a fair, manly and decent manner. For myself, I do not
desire to be nominated or elected 011 any other terms.
I cannot make any |>ersoiial campaign and will be un-
able to see very many of the voters of the county; but
if 1 am deserving your support and a second term in
this office, vote for me August 4, and it will be appre-
eiated. 1 have been ti resident of Kingfisher over six-
teen years, and am well known to most of the voters of
the county. It is the last time that I will ask for any
, office. The people elected me to two terms in the Reg-
. ister of Deeds office, and if they should nominate and
elect me for one more term in this office, they have
honored me enough.
Respectfully submitted to the Voters of Kingfisher
; County. F. D DAKIN, County Assessor.
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