The Times--Record (Blackwell, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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/\Happy and Prosperous New Year to You
And our heartfelt thanks to you for the splendid business
that you have given us in 1911.
J We are entering upon a new year ( 1912) and we purpose,
with your assistance, to make it the most all ’round satisfactory
year in the history of our business.
c We fully realize just how much the measure of our success
depends upon our ability to satisfactorily serve you and to the
end oi bettering our service we shall labor unceasingly,
«ff Service improved in every way where improvement is pos-
sible, better goods where possible and prices as low as possible.
c Into 1912 we enter with every effort put forth to make you
realize (and realizing patronizing) that-this is the store that
from everv standpoint merits your patronage.
tf Again for a splendid business in 1911 we thank you and
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COST OF SCHOOLS
Trifle More Than 2 Cents a Month
Per Thousand Dollars’ Valuation
Oklahoma City, Dec. 22.—The cost
«r maintaining for one year all of the
fourteen state schools, which would be
eliminated by the adoption of the
Aiken bill is only 26.8 cents per $1,000
of valuation of property in the state,
according to figures which have been
prepared by M. E. France of the state
examiner and Inspector's office. In
other words, If the value of a certain
piece of property Is $1,000, the owner
of the property pays 26.8 cents per
year, or a little more than two cents
per month in the way of taxes for the
support of the fourteen institutions.
The ow ner of property worth $1,000
pays annually a fraction more than
two cents for the maintenance of each
of the university preparatory schools;
a little more than three cents per year
each for the Alva and Weatherford
normals; a fraction more than 2
cents per year each for the Ada and
Tahlequah normals; less than 2
cents per year for the school of mines
at Wilburton; about two and one-
fourth cents annually to the mainte-
nance of the girls college at Chicka-
Bha; a little more than one cent per
year for the support of the Pan-
handle agricultural school at Good-
well.
The assessed valuation of all prop-
erty in the state for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1012, is $1,326,840,833.
The rate of levy for general revenue
purposes for the year is 1 3-4 mills.
The total appropriation tor all the
schools which the Aiken bill aims to
eliminate is $356,000. It requires a to-
tal of 26.8 cents on each $1,000 of val-
uation to produce this amount.
Of the fourteen schools included in
tue Aiken bill, the two preparatory
■chools get $65,000; the four normals
$140,000; the school of mines, Wilbur-
ton, $25,000; I. I. and C.. Chickasha.
$30,000; five agricultural schools $17,-
000 each and one agricultural school
$11,000.
The total required to conduct the
nine state schools not eliminated is
$389,000, or a total tax of 37.16 cents
on the $1,000 valuation. For the main-
tenance of the two penal institutions
of the state. $252,800 is required, or a
levy of a fraction more than nineteen
cents on a valuation of $1,000.
Toakawa News
Mr. Taxpayer, no one needs u> tall
you that your taxes ars too high, but
he la a demagogue who tails you that
the state schools are the cause. It
is a downright insult to your intelli-
gence when those who know better tell
you to abolish 14 state schools, for by
so doing you will lift the tax burden.
Your state schools cost approximately
20 cents on the $1,000 valuation. There
isn’t one man in twenty who pays 50
cents per annum to the support of
these 14 state schools included in the
Aiken bill. You need not take any
man's word for it. You certainly have
sense enough to read your tax re-
ceipt. By the way, you just stick a
| pin there, when you hear Aiken or
! any one in favor of the Aiken bill tell
you what you really pay as an indi-
vidual for the support ol these schools.
1 Not a word has one of these fellows
had to say of the state school tax oi
1 $1,000 valuation. lx>ok at your tax re-
ceipt. Read it Honestly, do you
think if you take this state school tax
off you would realize the difference?
But suppose you abolish the schools,
would you have any guarantee that
even this tax would be taken off?
' Certainly all of it would not. The
I Aiken bill supporters argue that we
| must pay more money for the remain-
ing schools than we are now paying.
Then a part, if not all, of the 10 cents
taken off your tax would necessarily
be retained. The 10 cents referred to
is the state school tax now per $1,000
valuation to the support of the 14
schools. The 20 cents referred to is
the total tax for all the schools. The
whole scheme is an effort to take
advantage of the general protest of
high taxes, and the pinch of hard
times due to crpp failures, and fool
the people into destroying state schools
by the cry of high taxes.
Read your tax receipt- 1b not your
highest tax a school district tax? They
would fool you by telling you to build
consolidated rural schools. They say
high taxes and in the same breath ad-
vocate a system that would increase
your taxes 50 per cent. We are in
favor of consolidated schools when-
ever *e are ready for them. Oklahoma
Is ready for such schools when Okla-
homa has built good rock roads—not
before. Besides, at least three-eighths
of Oklahoma never will be ready for
such schools—due to the topography
of the country. You could not carve
a single district 25 miles square where
such a school would be a success out
of the entire coal belt.
It Is regrettable—this scheme to de-
ceive yon. Never were opportunities
so inviting for the blatherskite to
blather; sever were times better for
the ssees to Jump into the limelight
ao4 got a hearing while they bray.
Put this down in your note book:
Any man who tells you that to abol-
ish all the state schools would relieve
you of your burden of taxes is either
ignorant in the matter, or he does not
tell you the truth. Dike Dean Monett,
he either knows or he doesn’t know.
If he doesn’t know, he is inexcusable
and it becomes your duty as an Amer-
ican citizen to kick him where the
goat butted the father of Peck’s bad
boy.
and 2c to the common school fund.
In conclusion Mr. Cann says: “If
you will carefully consider the above
tax assessments you will readily see
the part the county commissioners
are responsible for creating is but a
small part of your tax, being $1.52 on
each $1,000, of your assessed valua-
tion, for which it is the unanimous
mtion of the present board of
county commissioners to put that $1.52
’nto good substantial road improve-
ments.”
Plenty of Opportunity.
June is a good month in which to
marry, but there are 11 others that
will do.—Judge.
Chas. Roberts
Physicians.
More About Taxes
County Commissioner L. A. Cann,
in a letter to the taxpayers of the
county, and especially of his district,
informs them for each $1,000 of as-
sessed valuation they pay the state
$2 and the county $3.60.
In Ponca City the city tax on each
$1,000 of valuation is $0.60 and the
school tax is $9.SO, total $25.
In Blackwell the city tax is $15.80
on each $1,000 of valuation and the
school tax is $10, total $31.40.
lu Newkirk tue city tax is $15.80 on
each $1,000 valuation and the school
tax is $5.60, total $27.
In Tonkawa the city tax is $14 on
each $1,000 valuation and the school
tax is $10.60, total $30.20.
In Kaw City the city tax is $6 on
each $1,000 of valuation and the
school tax is $9.40, total $20.
In Cross township the township tax
is $1.40 on each $1,000 of valuation
and the school tax is as follows: Dis
trict 71, $9.80; 72, $5; 73, $4.20; 70.
$3.20; 56, $4.20; 57, $2.80.
In Miller township the taxis $5 on
each $1,000 of Valuation and the school
tax is $5.80 in district 90 and $8.60 In
district 91.
In Round Grove the township tax
is $1.80 on each $1,000, and the school
tax is $1.40 in district 69, $3.20 in dis-
trict 70, $4 in district 58, and $2.20
in district 59.
In Waltham the township tax is $2
on each $1,000, and the school tax is
$3.40 in district 52 and $5.40 in dis-
trict 53.
In Kildare the township tax is $3
on each $1,000, and the school tax Is
$5 In district 1. $160 in district 35,
l $2.20 in district 36. and $4.20 in dis-
trict 56.
In Dong wood the township tax is
‘$2 20 on each $1,000. and the school
j tax is $4.20 in district 73. $5 in dis-
trict 54, $4 60 in district 74. $9 40 in
district 84, and $4.20 in distict 85.
Of $3 60 county tax on each $1,000 of
assessed valuation. 90c goes to the
salary fund. 50c to the court fund. 21c
to the supply fnnd. $1.52 to the road
and bridge fund. 20c to the contingent
fund. 25c to the poor and insane fund.
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McDowell, T. H. W. The Times--Record (Blackwell, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1911, newspaper, December 28, 1911; Blackwell, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1139347/m1/2/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.