The Peoples' Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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Just Ten More Days Of
Great Sacrific Sale
The Peoples' Voice
On Saturday night, January 8th this great
sale will close. We want to sell more goods
during the next ten days than we have the
past two weeks. The stock must be reduc-
ed to a certain amount before we can turn
it. To bring it down that amount and do it
within the next ten days we are going to give
30 PER CENT & 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT
On everything in the Dry Goods De-
partment. 30 per cent off on'Dry Goods,
Clothing, Notions and Furnishing Goods and
25 per cent off on Shoes. To the friends and
customers who have been trading with us for
the past fifteen years we can truthfully say
that we believe these discounts will bring
good, reli ble merchandise to the lowest price
ever made in Norman. Visit our store dur-
ing the next ten days and see if prices are
not w&v below value.
Think of IT
A pair of $4. shoes for $3
A pair of $2.50 shoe
for $1.87
A pair of $2. shoes
for $1.50
$2.50 worth of m
Dry Goods
for . . \
$6.00 vvsirth of
Dry Goods
for
S4.20
SI .75
Don't Wait Until The Opportunity Is Past
F. J. McGINLEY.
'THIS IS'AN AGE OF GRAFT."
Troy, New York, Die. 30.—"The
age of patriotism has yielded to the
age of commercialism. I'pprrinost in
the human mind today is not the
stars and stripes, but the Hollar mark."
Such was the declaration of Su-
preme Court Justice Wesley O. How
ard in an opinion today reducing the
compensation of members of a com-
mission appointed to appraise dam-
ages to property resulting from the
construction of the Xshokan reser-
voir in Ulster county, which is to
furnish a water supply for New York
City.
"While the commission furnish. -
avenues for the reckless escape of
many dollars, there are other chan
nels of leakage and waste fully as ap
palling," said Justice Howard. "It is
greatly to be regretted that 110 pul>
lie enterprise can be projected and
consummated without this appaling
ing loss, called graft. Graft is not
necessarly an illegal expenditure of
money, but it is that unnecessary
wasteful use which characterizes the
construction of every public venture.
At the least, 40 per cent of all the
money appointed for public use i>
lost in graft. All things could be pos-
sible if this frightful leak could be
stopped—roads, canals, libarirs, asy-
lums and hospitals.
"Graft is a product of our times
and institutions. It is the people who
are responsible. I'hcy expect graft,
and even spoils and booty, to deplete
their resources whenever any great
undertaking i> ventured by them; and
they look with complacency, and tol-
eration, and indifference at ravages
upon their property. Graft is as much
an element to be reckoned with in
computing the cost of a public struc-
ture, as is cement or lumber. It has
come to he a matter of course—this
rake off—a loss recognized by all who
make estimates of cost in uch cases.
| \ public structure built honestly
would be a freak."
WHAT DID HASKELL DO WITH
MONEY GIVEN HIM?
I lie people of Oklahoma and Texas
will remember that several months
ago Governor Haskell issued a per-
sonal appeal to the people for money
with which to fight Roosevelt and
Hearst.
As a result this "pan-handling" the
governor was enriched from the pock-
its of the people and Senator Bailey's
friends in Texas to the amount of
$-',51)0.
Of course, this money was donated
outright to the governor, and there
was no reason why it should be audit-
ed or accounted for later, but the peo-
ple would like to know, nevertheless,
what the governor did, as he has quit
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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
Entered at the postolllce, Norman, Oklahoma
or transmission through the malls as secoml.
clasa matter.
JOHN S. ALLAN Editor
James A.. Cowan
OF MOORE, OKLA.,
Who only a few years ago placed his name before the
Loan Companies of the East as "THE FARMERS
FINANCIER" has made arrangements whereby he
can make FABM LOANS, making the mortgage di-
rect to the capitalist without the middleman assign-
ment in the consideration. He is making some good
loans in Cleveland and Oklahoma counties. The
money is ready as soon as the papers are approved at
his office. If you desire a Farm Loan it will pay to see
James A. Cowan,
The Farmers Financier.
OFFICE: Up stairs over the Hank of Moore.
Moore, Oklahoma
fighting both Hearst and Roosevelt
long ago. Did his attorneys, employ-
ed to defend him in his town lot in-
dictments, get it as a retainer fee?
If the school land board will tell,
however, who is getting all the mon-
ey illegally spent in the state school
land department and who has got it
ever since statehood, the people will
probably not press the governor for
an accounting of the money he "pan-
handled" from them.
Perhaps Bryan's Commoner will
quit asking, too, why a former treas-
mhLefhill his'rep^'nj Cleveland County Abstract Co.,
the money received as such treasurer
and how it was expended.
(INCORPORATED)
YOUR NAME ON THE LIST?
Is your name as an Oklahoma vot-
er on the campaign list of United
States Senator Robert L. Owen? If
so, your name is for sale by him to
whiskey houses, cut-price mail order
concerns and to any other corporation
that would like to have a mailing list
covering the entire state of Oklaho-
ma. The Guthrie Daily Leader, Sen-
ator Owen's official organ on this
side of the state, is carrying the fol-
lowing in its want column:
FOR SALE—Senator Owe n's cam-
paign list of names and addresses.
Address 'Kat,' care of Leader."
We have often wondered why and
how it was that so many "booze"
companies get hold of our name and
beseige us with advertisements of
their wares. No doubt this explains
the whole matter. Now, the question
arises: On which side of the prohibi-
tion fence does Sen. Owen stand?
And also this: Can Sen. Owen claim
any distinction of upholding the in-
terests of his own state when he al-
lows the names of those who elected
him to be sold to Kansas City and
Chicago mail order concern which
drain the state of the money which
ought to be kept at home and spent
towards the development of the in-
dustrial and commercial activity of
the state?
Abstracts of Title
Conveyances Drawn
Money to Loan
M. F. McFarland, Pres.
Hoy C. Smith, Sec. and Treas.
Norman, Oklahoma
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REAL ESTATE, LOANS
RENTALS, i
INSURANCE
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I State Investment Company j
HASKELL TO FIGHT
FEE SYSTEM
Oklahoma City, Dec. 23.—What is
believed to be the opening gun in the
fight to place all county officers on a
salary basis was fixed by Governor
Haskell Wednesday when he sent all
county attorneys of the state a circu-
lar letter asking full data on the sal-
aries and fees received by county of-
ficers, the fee lists charged, and the
payments made deputies and other
help.
The governor may recommend the
passage of the county officers salary
law at a special session which it is
rumored will be called in the spring.
There was agitation for the law dur-
ing the last two legislative sessions
but the district clerks and register of
deeds' lobbies have been powerful
enough to squelch the movement.
Prominent clerks have stated that
the movement would be almost im-
possible to defeat at the next legis-
lature. The governor realizing the
popularity of the move, will attempt
to have the law passed as an adminis-
tration measure, it is believed.
SURETY COMPANIES
WILL SETTLE CLAIMS
Guthrie, Okla., December 23.—Sec-
retary Ed O. Cassidy of the school
land commission announces that he
was official notified by the officers
of the Southern Surety Company of
Muskogee last evening that a check
' would be mailed him this morning in
l the sum of $25,000 to pay the amount
! of the company's bond given as surc-
| ty for the school land deposit in the
, defunct Farmers' and Merchants' Na-
, tional bank of Tulsa. Secretary Cas-
! sidy also states that the Commerce
Trust Company of Kansas City which
j gave a $20,000 surety lonu on the
I state deposit will send a draft for the
amount on January 10. The United
States Fidelity Causalty Company of
Baltimore which also was surety on
the state deposit in the sum of $25,000
has asked for a few days additional
time to investigate the claims of the
state, but has indicated that the claim
would be settled early in January.
I I
|A Happy New Year!
To You.
SMITH'S i<
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Allan, John S. The Peoples' Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1909, newspaper, December 31, 1909; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118297/m1/4/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.