Pauls Valley Sentinel (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1904 Page: 1 of 16
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VOL. I.
Pauls Valley Sentinel
"WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL, WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT."
PAULS VALLEY, IND. TER., THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1904.
NO. 2.
BONDS FINALLY SOLD.
Voted in June, 1903—Over Nine
Months Ago.
WHY THE LONG DELAY?
How Much Would the Town be Winner If the bonds Had
Keen Sold Nine Months Aio?
The original issue of $25,000 not be-
ing sufficient to complete our water-
works system, an additional issue of
$18,000 was voted by the people in
June 1903, about three months
after the present administration went
into office. No effort outside of ad-
vertising these bonds for sale was ever
made by our city officials to dispose of
them, until about three weeks ago,
when it dawned upon the reformers that
an annual election was approaching,
and that the people might begin to
ask what had been done. About that
time R. J. Edwards, a bond broker
of Oklahoma City, came to town and
made an offer for the bonds. It was
accepted. We do not know the ex-
act figures, and it is probable that the
money will in a short time be realized
from them, our debts be paid, and
our fire department organized.
We call the attention of the people
of Pauls Valley to the fact that on No-
vember 28th, last, F. R. Fulton & Co.,
bond brokers of Chicago, made an nffer
for these same bonds which was a
higher one than was actually paid by
Mr. Edwards, that the offer was con-
tinued from November 28th, to about
January 20th this year and that it was
only withdrawn when the Chicago peo-
ple found out they could get no reply
from our authorities touching their offer
to buy.
If the present regime is capable and
anxious to advance our welfare, why
this delay? The SENTINEL asserts it
to be a fact that had these bonds been
promptly sold as the $25,000 issue had
been by the former administration, all
the waterworks debt would now be
paid, a practical fire company orga-
nized and equipped, and that the peo-
ple of Pauis Valley would be saving
thousands of dollars which now leaves
the town to the big insurance con-
cerns, not to speak of the protection
such a safe-guard would be to human
life.
As a practical example let us see:
The rate of insurance on one of our
largest hotels in the city is $6.05 per
hundred; the amount carried is $4,000.
This aggregates $242 per year. With
the waterworks in proper shape and a
good fire company, this insurance can
be had in a reliable company for $2.70
per hundred, which would aggregate
$108, thus makinga saving to the hotel
of $134 per year, not to speak of the
protection to life and the satisfaction
! one has in knowing his property is
comparatively safe. The taxes paid by
this same hotel is, say $60. Deduct-
ing that from the $134 would leave a
•margin of $74 to the good, from this
item alone.
Every man in Pauls Valley who owns
insurable property would be affected
proportionately in the same manner.
Citizens, lay aside your political pre-
judice for a while and think this mat-
ter over. See if you won't find that
we are correct in our conclusions, and
further see if the present administration
has not wilfully neglected to secure
this much to be desired end.
MERCHANTS WILL CLOSE. THE CITIZEN'S TICKET.
City election will be held April 5th.
We the undersigned merchants of
I Pauls Valley agree to close our stores
1 at 7 p. m. from Monday, April 4th, to
September 1, 1904, except Saturdays.
The Freeman-Sipes Co.
A. D. Burch •
M. M. Gubin
J. T. Home
E. G. Hightower
H. Blank & Company
A. J. Hallum
The Lion Store
E. L. Kendall has purchased an in-
1 terest in the Gents Furnishing Store of
E. G. Hightower. Mr. Kendall has
had considerable business experience,
he is well-known in Pauls Valley and
i we wish the new firm much success.
An Interesting Mass Meeting
Held Last Evening.
THE BEST MEN WERE CHOSEN
Platform of the Citizen's Ticket.
The candidates on the Independent Citizen's
Ticket deeming it proper that the people should
know their views on the subjects of vital importance
in the conduct of all municipal affairs, make and
declare the following platform:
We favor better schools and school houses for
rich and poor alike and for all sections of the town.
We favor better streets.
We favor equipping the fire department.
We favor improving the parks.
We favor the repeal of that odious ordinance
giving the appointive power to the mayor and
council of the offices of City Attorney, City Mar-
shal and Treasurer, and pledge ourselves to restore
to the people the right to elect their officers.
We favor the repeal of the ordinance giving
the mayor the veto power.
We favor encouraging the maintenance of a
live and active Commercial Club, and in encour-
aging in every way the bringing of outside capital
to the town. Therefore we condemn the vicious
attacks made by political schemers on the credit of
our town for the purpose of boosting themselves in-
to office.
We favor the repeal of the ordinance creating
the office of Tax Assessor and Collector and would
require the Marshal to perform this service and
thus, at least, earn a part of his salary.
S. J. GARVIN E. P. BAKER
W. J. HARRIS GEO. TERRY
H. M. CARR A. M. FOSS
G. M. WILLIAMS
Announce Themselves For the Good ot Pauls Valley
Above all Olber Considerations.
Last evening at an overflow mass
meeting of the citizens of Pauls Valley
an Independent Citizen's Ticket was
nominated and placed in the field, for
the various offices to be filled at the
coming spring election. The house
was filled with men of all parties and
shades of political belief, there
were no lines drawn, everybody sub-
scribed to the sentiment "for the good
of Pauls Valley, above all other con-
siderations." The meeting was called
to order by Mr. Carr, when Moman
Pruiett was made permanent chairman.
The following named gentlemen
were unanimously nominated:
Mayor, S. J. Garvin; Recorder,
Walter J. Harris; Aldermen, E. P.
Baker, H. M. Carr, A. M. Foss, Geo.
Terry and G. M. Williams.
There were several enthusiastic
speeches made in which the unpro-
gressivenes of the present administra-
tion was thoroughly aired, and held up
to the gaze of everybody. The meet-
ing was chock full of splendid enthusi-
asm which turned itself loose every
few minutes in wild applause. It is the
belief of everybody that a strong ticket
was nominated, and its triumphant
election is a foregone conlusion.
L. C. KENDALL SHOT.
At 6:30 p. m., Tuesday evening
B. L. Webb, a prominent merchant of
Norman shot and in all probability killed
L. C. Kendall a well known citizen of
Norman. It appears that Kendall
came into Webb's store, commenced
talking to him about a bill of goods and
a dispute arose whereupon Webb drew
a revolver and without a word shot Mr.
Kendall through the abdomen. It is
not thought that Kendall will live
through the night and the community is
stirred by the occurrence. Webb has
been sick for the past two months and
many say that he has been queer
for some time and that he was not in
his right mind when he did the
deed.
Mr Kendall is the father of Clyde
Kendall and brother of E. L. Kendall
of this city and advices received by
them is that Mr. Kendall can't live.
J. A. Taylor and Ira Mitchill were
here from Wynnewood Tuesday.
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