The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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TTTTC LEADER, GUTHRIE. OKI.A., 1'IH USDAY. .It'XK 21. liH''.
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TAX ROLLS 0
COUNTIES ARE TO
BE EXAM NED
Oklahoma City, Okla, >tine 21.—
Resinning today the state hoard of
equalization will consider the tax rolls
of the several counties as they are
received, acting as a board of equaliza-
tion between the counties. In addi-
tion to this duty the board will he en-
gaged in assessing public service cor-
porations for a period of several
weeks. The street railway systems of
the state will probably be assessed
next week and tentative valuations
fixed for electric light, gas and power
companies. Following these will come
the pipe line companies nnd the trans-
mission companies. On the public
hervice corporationa there has been a
great deal of expert work by C. Ii.
Plttman and 1.. E. Cahill, appointed
under the terms of an act of the recent
legislature, and the result of this work
will be shown in the tentative assess-
ments that shall be imposed .
Interest In Tax Rate. ,|nn. 8Q aB aQcomp,l8h the bPBl ro.
A great deal of Interest is being mllt3 fnr th(, pubi|n welfare. Not one
shown in the probable tax rate to be (1(l|lt of deficiency has been allowed or
fixed by the board of equalization af- permitted by mo since the adjourn
ter the valuations shall all have been ,nont ()f the legislature.
encics during the legislature when it
became necessary to make deficiency
appropriation* for the maintenance of
institutions like the asylum, peniten-
tiaries and such institutions until the
close of the fiscal year, and also to pay
outstanding obligations against the
state. In addition appropriations were
made for buildings Jike the Science
hall at the State university, an abso-
lute necessity, and a building at th*
Central State Normal school at I'M
mond, also a necessity, to meet the
crowded condition of that school. In
addition, an appropriation for $100,000
was made to buy the Insane asylum at
Norman, also a necessity. Tin Vinita
insane asylum is filled with patients
and can not receive any more. The
insane asylum at Supply is also
crowded to its capacity. The asylum
at Norman only is available for receiv-
ing new patients, in order to have
good government we must have the
actual, not the pretended, support of
the people.
"Unless It Is absolutely necessary to
use an appropriation it will not be
used, especially if it la to bring about
a deficiency after the available rev«n
ues are taken up. We are going to
adjust the stale affairs in a prac tical
way, ascertain the available revenue,
and then apply this revenue under the
appropriations as made by the legisla-
WILL SEEK EOR
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17.000 STUDENTS II
Oklahoma
More than i
|the majority
son;', preparing to \>
i in 1 Ik summer terri
City. Okla.. June 2-
oven thousand students,
of them teachers or per
re enrolled
■ Ma; • edit
made. There in certain to be some in-
crease in the total values of public
Even where deficiency appropria-
tions were made, as for instance for
service corporations, but the increase SUninier normals, we are not permitting
will not be very great, owing to a
number of circumstances. One of
them is the fact that oil companies are
to be assessed on production instead
all of these appropriations to be spent,
but we are putting a limitation on
these expenditures so that not over 60
per cent of such appropriations shall
MOST UNIQUE
■ probable ~ — —.
of on ad valorem basis, and this will j)(, ntllizod, the other 40 per cent being
cut off a considerable valuation f(,rjsaVed"
consideration in fixing the tax rate,
although, u the productton tax ahaii Llv.vtH.LMA ,tHnuwteg the Uv-
be upheld. II will add somewhat more I A Sunless vegetable conipc:u,!.
to the revenues than was obtained] Any child can lake it safely. As',*
from that source under the ail valorem Mill© l)rug and Stat'y Cu
taxation system.
While the assessment has not pro
reeded far enough to afford
basis for a calculation of the probable
tax rate. It is likely that the rate will
be as high as the constitutional limi-
tation, or 11 1-2 mills on the dollar.
This will be a considerable advance
over the rate of last year, which was
1 3-10 mills. It is due to the increased
amount of revenue that must be raised
and lo the fact that there is no surplus
011 hand in any of the funds that is
likely to be available, as was the case | rington, Illinois. Johnson, with
last year when the exceedingly low shotgun drove a govern-'iient agent off
rate was made. his premises when the agent was look
Must Raise $3,308,022. ing for eases of foot and mouth dis-
State Examiner Fred Parkinson has ,,a (l.
prepared for the governor an analysis ^he decision follows:
of the revenue situation, in which he | •-nlfl fact is this defendant Is i
estimates that the sum necessary to fartncr W)10 rPI1iS from another man
be raised by ad valorem taxation will t|,at ,lt til(, t|nlP 0f this offense there
be 13,308,022, estimated revenue from waf) ]|lrgp nllm1)er of m,.„ goinl.
Chicago, June 21.—Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Landis of the United States
district court, who once assessed
fine of $20,240,000 against the Stand-
ard Oil Company, imposed one of two
cents against Henry Johnson of liar
-five
met a. Okla., June 10.—■Thirty
thousand dollars In greenbacks
Iwil under a boulder whi h ov« r
bang, the railroad track at liald
>l>, Colo., a coring to Harry
ithodes, former cowboy and Indian
Bcout who has been on tin- border for
fifty years, and Rhodes will leave
during the present innnth for Colo
iado. a< < mpanicd by his duu to
spend several months, if r.-cessary,
hunting for the treasure. lie made
the announcement recently and ays
he will spend the suu.nier on foot in
the mountains, his former haunts.
The not) was put there by out-
laws, says Rhodes, neanj twenty
years ago, and until recently he has
maintained that It would ne practi-
cally impossible to locate the mon-
ey. lie has hanged his mind, how-
ever, an dbelieves ho has -oived the
problem. Ho says there «s no doubt
but that the .and. rocks and other
debris have washed against and
around the boulder, making it more
difficult to locate.
"This 000 was obtained in a
rich nan] a ado by a band of outlaws"
s::i<! Rhodes recently, "but It became
necessary for them to cache the pap-
er money for t ie time being. They
climbed the bluff, put the money in
a cleft in a ro k. and then with crow-
bars. turned another boulder on top
the deft. The money wa- wrapped
in a piece of buckskin and then en
. a.- "(1 in oine copper. 1 know that
ll hatf never •beefci recovered,i and
perhaps It may never be.
"A banker, living in Winfield, Kan.,
paid $l .">00 to one nan wno claimed
to know the location of "ie green
backs, for a map that purported to
show where the money was hidden.
After almost a year's search, how-
ever, and believes lie has solved the
futile. Many others have tried to
find the money during the past few
years."
Rhodes started life as a freighter
out of aldwell, Kan., when but 10 ^
year- old. driving a team of mules <
for his father. The team boss was.
mill Doolin later to become an out-!
law leader in Oklahoma territory
I rational Institution
jports just received
trdlng to r«
Supt. Ii II
Wilson. This is an in. rease of alnto: t
five thousand over the summer enroll
racnt nl 1012; the < nrollmcut for the
; wo years are respectively, 7,071 and
" According to the reports receiv-
ed, about ' ■* per rent of those who are
attending the ses
are doing full < red
leading to graduation
usual record. The ei
by institutions is
Tahlequah Normal,
null, Kdtnond Normal. L'.'Jl-; Mva
Normal, 647; \da Normal. 850;
oils tint summer
work, that is work
This la an tin-
roll men t to date
University, Hi,
>7; Durant Nor
Kdtnond Normal. L'.'JI-
1I7; Ada Normal,
Weatherford Normal. >'41': Toiikawii
Preparatory Kchoi.l. 'tis, and Clare
mo:e Preparatory School, 208.
: (iporiutendent Wilson is pending on
the school laws to the county uporin
tendenta as fast a they are received
from the printer. Advance copies have
Ix < ti mailed to all county and city
superintendents. Tie county superin-
tendents will distribute the books, one
to each school board and one copy to
each teacher. Supt. Wilson requests
school officers and teachers to secure
a copy of the school laws from the
county superintendent and not write
to the state superintendent for such
copy.
LIV-VER- LAX
relieve troubles re-
6rd . ! I iVer. Pl<
perfectly harmless
Stat'y Co.
i guaranteed to
It lug from a dis-
sant to take and
Llllie Drug and
GORE ON CHAUTAUQUA CIRCUIT
Senator T. P. Gore, who has been
visiting in Lawton left Monday morn-
ing for his work on the Chautauqua
circuit, lie will be on the lecture
platform for seventy days, delivering
one lecture each day. He will travel
alone and during tiiis tiuie will cover
points in Iowa, Missouri, Colorado,
Nebraska and Texas. His lectures
I will net him $.">00 ea h. or $:'.',000 for
the 70.
LIV-VER- LAV tones up the sys-
tem. stlmurates the Liver to work In
harmony with the other organs. Clur-
anteed to igve satisfaction. Lillle
Drug and Stat'y Co.
about the country doing things to
other people's icattle," said Judge
I Land is.
J "One of these, armed with a squirt
gun and other pahaphernaiia. ca. i e to
1 Johnson and was going to do sotne-
j thing to his cows. The building of a
I dairy business is not an overnight
job. Johnson armed himself with a
fixed 'shot gun, a gatllng gun, a howitzer or j
and drove off the!
WIDOW OF ERNEST
ELLIS GETS 53,BIN)
No need for calomel with its nause-
ating c fronts. LIV-VER - LAX is
happy In results. I.lllie Drue and
Btat'y Co.
LIVVLR-LAX! Heller than cal-
omel. No bad eff'-ls. Ask Lillle
Drug and Stat'y Co
other sources $1,250.000, mailing total
revenue to lie required $4,588,022.
The sum of $2,924,411 was taken us the
basis for the levy of last year.
One added factor this year Is the
one-fourth mill for the state highway |
department, which is in excess of
former levies, and which was impos
ed by act of the legislature. The com
moil school fund levy will be one
fourth of one mill, a levy that is
by law. This leaves a possible levy whatever it was
of 3 mills for general revenues that intruder.
figure being the limit beyond which1 "Vow. besides the facts in the ca,
the board niav not go under the con- the court must consider the inaniH r UUtMK a -•
' criminal It has to deal with. I was a fireman in the «... ploy of the
they | Santa Fe at the time of the accident
is not yet known whether it will be. wen
able to do so. kuired by workin
Other Sources of Revenue. | hours a day. lie had worked for
The sources of revenue that are not twenty-eight years to care for him-
included In the tax rate are uncertain. I RP]f nn(j family and had acquired a
It Is believed by State Auditor K. 1 lierd of twenty < attic.
Howard that he ought to get $200,0001 "still, be resisted a government of-
as a result of the income tax. Tlii
Attorneys for Mrs. drace K. Ellis,
widow of Ernest A. Ellis, who was
killed by a Santa Fe train at Enid
early in the year, compromised a
000 damage suit today, receiving f!L-
000 for the widow. All icost of the
case and att meys Tees were also
paid by the defendant company.
The widow of Ernest Ellis lives In
ss y>. x rc ft y. x r*. vi x k ft *
v RURAL ROUTE THREE.
I « sfi X m T X X K S X X X « A
I Clyde Denny went to Lovell, Tues-
jday, to assist his brother in the har-
vest fields. •
to make the levy less than this, but it looked at the hands of this man;
covered with large knots, ne- "e stepped from his engine onto an
Sixti.n to eighteen other track and was struck by an
Several of the boys went to Lock-
ridge, Sunday to attend the baseball
game.
j Mrs. Aggie Thomas went to Pied-
mont, Tuesday evening, to join her
husband who is located there.
| Earnest Denny and family of ('res
.cent, were over Sunday visitors with
bis mother, Mrs. L. N. Denny.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander took Sun
engine. Both legs were s(
I he died the night following-
red and day dinner at the Joe Ilansey home.
I (let rid of t'iio groucii. ;
I LAX maiie.1 the sun shine
Lillie DrtiK and Stat'y i'
I ficial charged with a certain duty and you about LIV-VER-LAX.
estimate is based upon the returns r0l,rt must uphold the honor and
that, have been made In the federal • diKn|tj. of t]1P United States govern-
government in this state on the fed- mo*n^
eral Income tax. The stale's share of. „]( ^ n)0 dutv of thjs t() Im.
the 2 per cent gross production tax, ^ ?u(,h a stlnRlng rine tbat de-
estlmated upon the experienc e of last m n ]|kp Mm w(n U(,V),r
year, ought to be over $700,000. y * I rommit the offense again.
tax Is in litigation, however, and if it
should be defeated, the revenues fnm, ^ ^ |U,rpn(lant |)(, nnf>(J throe months about 40,000 soldiers in
that source would be upon the f0n|s withont fosts.. ibe Turkish army operating in the
ad valorem basis and would doubtless , . ollr, listened to the OHi district of trans-faucasia, have
be less The ot ot is '« ! conc.udlng remarks with open been disabled by dhease. Tims weak-
factor in the amount of this tax, us ^ , ened, the army has been forced to give
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SPOON L.E.B. POCKET TOOL KIT
(Illustration shows only sorao of tlio Toolsl
[Name of Paper] Tool Kit Offer
A Pocket Tool Kit as Necessary as Your Knife, all tor $1.00
IV-VER
brighter
will tell)
Lawrence Hailey visited friends at
Excelsior, Saturday opening and Sun-
day.
Llllie Drug and Stat'y <'o. Knows
about LIV-VER LAX. Von need it
'or your Liver.
'it is the judgment and sentence of Tiflis, .lutie 22. During the last
two rents without costs."
Those in < ourt listened
judge's concluding remarks with open
.1 «i «.n,i..,.iinn of nil j Touths. Johnson was not. present
well as the production ot on. .. periou8 activity on this front.
Items that have gone to swell theUd a aUlff and a ew„«per report-
amount to he raised by taxation are.er ?pUt the rine between them. ^ ^ ^ epidemic, which ai-
m form in the appropriation bills of | ready has a foothold in the province of
Just what you need to tone up your Van and lias claimed a number of vie
system. Ask I.lille Drug and Stat y titii3, will spread among the refugees
T!ie American hospital in the city of
Van is overcrowded and lacks proper
medical assistance. Following the en
trance of a Itusslan army into Urumia,
erecinw nc nccryni v nr,!i'1 *rn I'csia. Russian omciais
JLuJIUIi Ur HuuUViD:.! mv Slirated complaints of the tortur-
• inn of t'hristlans by Persians during
Special to tho Daily i.eader, _ the s;cge of, 1 nimiah by Kurds. In-
Oklaoma City okla., June 23.—It. formation was obtained that Persians,
is likely an extra session of the leg- taking advantage of the panic among
if
the last legislature. They include con-
siderable deficiencies that have been
accumulated for several years; a mini-1 f0.
ber of new buildings that the state bad
to have, an insane asylum that was
absolutely necessary and miscellaneous
appropriations add to the sum to be
secured from the general revenues to
the extent of about $"...r>00,000.
Statement From Governor.
Governor Williams is confident the
tax rate will be less than the maxi-
mum limit. He gave out the follow-
ing statement aB to the work of the
board and the scope of the appropria-
tions:
"Relative to deficiencies, 1 have
heard a right smart about that recent-
ly. I heard considerable about defici-(
MIY CALL EXTRA
Ii HARVEST
Pittsburg, Kan., Juno 22.'—fBeer
kegs are helping save the wheat crop
in Cherokee county. The kegs art
empty.
M. -If. Sn !.;ra.-s, a farmer, worked
out the scheme for converting the
kegs into an additional wheel for
binders and precenting the miring of
the machines in fields 'muddy ho-
of the Incessant rains. The device has
proven successful and other eommun
ltles are adopting It.
The county attorney at Columbus
Ivan., says ho will approve of the
shot iff giving farmers kegs st ored in
the county jail here.
•feature will be called for Soptem r Christians, stole hundreds of young
lo enact grandfather election laws, women and children and placed them
Governor Williams refused to mal:■ in harem. Three hundred Persians
: t.bli comment today, but intimate 1 thtu nerusod made confessions and
lo close friends that an extra session icvcaled the hiding places of the vie
may be necessary.
time.
IN EVERY HOME there are tacks to be hammor-
eil, sen ws to In* tightened, a stick t<> b-- sawed, a
I■ ie .• of leather to bi punched. This kit 1* the
beat Johnny-on-tho-spot for tinkering.
SPORTSMEN. Hern's something new for that
Fishing Kit. Files for dressing hooks, screw driv-
ers for your reels and guns, brad awls and ream-
ers for repairing rods, Ilea for tents, straps
and pat ks, and a pair of tlshnrman's tweezers fur
lino work on flies, lines and leaders. Over 10,QUO
kits Bold to Sportsmen. Get yours NOW.
AT THE SHOP Haven't you ever missed the lack
of a good email tile, a brad awl, a bather ncrdlo
or • i reamer. You should get one of theao
MAltVI:L KITS and then you will alwuya have
tho right tool.
AND THE DOY3 A veritable treasure-ehf-1.
Thirty se\tii polished and tempered steel tools,
caeh with a practical and detinlte purpose. Ln-
eournge the constructive teiiUciiey that is in your
boy. UIvo him this kit.
CUT SIX COUPO\S AND MAIL TO THIS PAPER WITH $1.00
SPECIAL TOOL KIT COUPON
(".lip Six ((>) of These Coupons. Fill in your Name and Address and send or
bring to this Newspaper office with $1.00 and the 'lool Kit will be sent you
direct by the manufacturer! prepaid.
NAME
ADDKESS
Oklahoma City, June 22.--Five per-
sons narrowly escaped death last
night about. 7:1". when an autamo-
bile, in which Attorney Clustave A.
Krlckson and four women were rid-
ing, collided with a Frisco switch en-
gine at the interse tion of .South Rob-
inson and the Frisco tracks.
The women o eupanls of the aut-
niobile were Mrs. Alia May ilaker
and Miss Nellie Baker, III!) West
t^tli street; Miss 'Minnt" Mc'Can.
North Broadway, and i.Mrs. Fan
nie Pt'ttigrew, ! il West Fourth street.
iNone of the five people in the car
were injured, although the machine
dragged for a distance of about
fifty feet into the >ards of the rail
road.
The automobile was badly wished
up.
According to statements made by
Frisco employes at the yards, Krixon
was driving bis car south on Uobin-
son at a moderate rate of speed. As
he approached the railroad crossing,
these employes further ftat.e, two
flagmen gave alarm signals, indicat-
ing that a train was ( oniing. Krixon
did not stop the car and as he grew
nearer the track he carve near run-
nin;; against on<* of the watchmen, if
is said.
Krixon is a lawyer with offices in $„ 047 ()00
the Patterson builillng. Hp rcniove.fl
lie re a r.hcrt t'lm a?" from Guthrie.
Total acreage of wheat in OWlalio-
ma for 1 ft 1 Is acres, accord
inn lo a statement compiled Monday
liy President Frank M flaull of the
state board of usriculture. Tills es-
timate is liasnt upon MPOrti re eiv-
ed by the board from lis crop cor
respondents in the various counties.
The estimated yield that acre
n^e will be ir./MXI.tniu tiusbel- The
estimate,I price of tbat mneii wheat
at harvest time is Riven at Jt",.000,<)l>i>
The Statement propated by Mr.
On nil and which tains interesting
information oonceniinir other Krain\
with tlu exception cf barley and rye,
which is not included, follows:
Estimated number of acre* of
wheat in Oklahoma in lB'l'i. 3.017.0<>tl.
Estim ated number of acres planted
to oats in Oklahoma in 1H1 ■">. 1,321),000.
lEstimated yields of wheat from Hie
it,047,0O0 acres planted to wheat, 1
ooo.otio litiahelB.
Estimated sale price of wheat at
about $1 per bushed at threshlns
time, $1.",.000.000.
'Estimated sale jirice of oats at about
threshing time. ^26.400,006.
Grand total ot moneys received
fron the sale of wheat and oats in
tor,, $71,400,000.
Estimated cost of harvesting the
017,000
Arthur Ford, slayer of J. A. Lips-
comb was brousht hack to this county
I, I ni. it by Sheriff Sherwood and
lodge,I ill the KOtinty jail to await
trial. He was captured at the homo
or a brother in Topeka.
LIV-VER-LAX relieved all I11h of
the l.iv, r ,iid .Stoma, h Get It from
l.illlo ln-iiB and Stat'y f'o.
BffltT GETS SIX
VERBS AND fl FINE
Bloemfontein" Jlm^ ^2 General
Dowel was sentenced today to six
years in prison and fined ten thousand
dollars.
LIV-VES '-AX. '> harmless--not a
dtvidlv poison like calomel. Any
child Is sale and happy by the use of
LIV-VER-LAX
OFFICERS SHE HEED
Is your liver inactive'
LAX will wake it ti p.
and Stat'y Co.
LIV-VER I
Lillie Drug,
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove's
The Old Standard drove's Taste
less chi.l Tonic Is equally valuable
a General Toni because it contain--
tho well known tonic proportion or
QlM.NiINK and IILON It a ts on the
I,ivt Drives out Malaria. Knr' :<•
tho Wood and Builds up the Whole
Syster. 60 cents.
New York, June 18.—Police assort l,or
t , «• , Estimated erand total ot cost tor
that George McAghon, found dea-t
Ilcnry Trotter and Robert Williams,
Langston darkies, charged with con-
re of wheat at $1 per acre joint robbery were held for ttial by
j Justice Ilurllngame yesterday, after
Estimated est of harvesting the a hearing. Thoir preliminary was *et
acres of oats *1. . '00 j for June 3 tii Williams gave bond
Total ost of harvesting wheat and but Trotter, imable to do so, wa.i
its $1107 000. I placed in Jail.
Eftimaied cn t of threshlns !.7.M .- i The men arc charge,I with kiioek-
000 bushels of wheat and oats, at 7 ing down the city i .trshal at Langs-
ton and the.i robbing him of his re-
bushel. $6,JMfi.OOO.
• ith Mrs. Harbara Cornelius, yester-
harvestlng and threshing wheat and
dav, killed the woman and then shot oats, 1 .-1.1,000.
Mrs. Cornelius had receive 1 Estimated value of wheat nnd oats
• (1 in Oklahoma. $71.400,000%
balance of money for value of
In sorbin* wisdom, thou art wise, crop left in the hands of the produc-
- Boj-Azul. I eri!, WO,187,000
.itmsc
Utter from McAghon.
volvi r. Raymond Williams and Wel-
sye Moss, arrested at the same time
on the same charge, were dischargc.4
at the hearing.
Wake u;> your liver. A laSy Liver
brings on the worst of diseases. Take
LIV-VER-LAX now. Lillie Drug and
Stat'y Co.
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