The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 10, 1904 Page: 5 of 8
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THH OKJ.AtlOMA STATE CAPITAI, TTKftoAY MORVINf!. MAT in,
RAMSAYS
OKLAHOMA'S LARGEST DRY GOODS MERCHANTS.
MAKES STRONG
ARGUMENi
Solicitor Asp Appears Be-
fore Railroad Assessors
There Were More
Genuine Bargains
Sold at our store yesterday-the first day
of our great May Sale—than was ever
sold by any one store in Guthrie before.
The people of Guthrie know what to expect
of us at this sale and they wore not clisap--
pointed.
When we advertise
BARE FULL SHARE
Contends Tha Railroads are
Assessed Hiehcr Than Other
Property r Governor
Says Not
MEETING OF
UNDERTAKERS ! ^
Third Annual Convention
in Session Here
■PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
"k
. 4Hc
15c lawns for
7^c lawns for .• * .
ioc lawns for
25c Wash silks for •
$1.25 Black Voile for ; .
. 75c Colord Sicilians for
20 per cent off on Rugs and Art Squares ,
2.s per cent off on Muslin, Underwear, and Kimoms.
l/i off on all shoes in the house -
You knew that we meant just what
we said and we had the goods to deliver.
TI
5 (-11111 nines
j The board of railroad assessors,* ol
| which Governor FerguSBft, Secretary
Grimes and Auditor Baxter are the
1 members, met yesterday afternoon in
| the office of Governor Ferguson, and
' heard the final arguments from the
attorneys and tax commissioners tor
y a 1 the various roads: The feature of the
© . * • ♦ meeting was the brief, exhibits and
♦ The neonln of (inthrin knmv whnt tr> nxnnrt 2 j.arguments presented by Solicitor II K.
j Ah]) of the Santa Fe, to prove that rail-
! roads are assessed at a higher rate in
j Oklahoma than other property. Among
1 the arguments set forth was one thai
railroads were assessed last year at
from 25 to 31 per# cent and rolling
stock at about 40* per cent," while
larm lands were assessed at from one
sixth to one-tenth of their value, and
moneys at from one-twentieth to one-
seventieth of their value In the differ-
ent counties.
After hearing the arguments ihe
board discussed the assessment and
decided to defer action until they could
hear from the assessors in the various
counties. It Is the object of the board
to assess the property of the railroads
at a rate corresponding with the as-
sessment* of other property througb-
, out the territory. With this in view
they intend to take "ho action until*
j they can ascertain with certainty tho
, ratio of the assessment to the actual
cash value in the different counties.
| With this info'rniation, they expect to
assess the railroads on an equality
O I with other property.
ft I OOVERNOK FERGE'SON TALKS.
*| .When asked if in his opinion the
j railroad assessment had been too low
Lin-the past year. Governor Ferguson
► ! said last night: "Yes. it has been top
'' low Railroad property has not been
>' assessed as high as other property. Mr.
I Asq had a very ingenius brief, but
j he' was way off in both his premises
I and conclusions, l^ast year I took the
► i matter up .with the different counties.
£1 and from careful investigation aseer-
5 ! tained that lands, moneys, personal and
r other property returned, was assess-
i ed at a little in excess of one-fourth of
>lits value, while the railroad property
f was assessed at less than one-sixth.
In his estimates of the valuation of
► the line Mr. Asp was in error. For in-
5 stance he took the actual cost of con-
j> struction as the value of the Santa Fe
. lines, whereas these properties are
: worth much more now than they wore
from' even for to six years ago. This
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"It is the object of the board to
equalize as nearly as possible the rail-
road and other assessments. I could
not say now whether one-fourth or one
fifth of the actual value would be too
high or too low This cannot be de-
termined until we 'hear from the va-
rious counties. We Intend to learn the
per cent of cash value, at which prop-
erty is assesses in each county. We
will then strike an average between the
various counties, and th.is average will
be the percentage qf actual value at
which railroads are to be assessed this
year."
BEAR MORK THAN THEIR SHARE.
The brief tiled by the solicitor of the
Santa Fe covers the entire field of tax-
ation with comparative statements
based upon authentic and verified
statements of fact, making a compari-
son that shows the proportion of lax
paid by each of .ihe principal sources
or revenue to the territory. The brief
recites that from the facta presented
and of which proof is filed or found
in the- offices of the territory there
con be no question but that the body
of the property* of the territory Is not
assessed as high relatively as railway
property. It Is recited that the rail-
way companies of the territory have
borne their full share apt! more than
their full sharp of the hu'rdens of tax-
ation and that until such lime as oth-
,er property Is assessed on a higher
hasis than any valuation that has ever
been fixed in.this territory the valua-
tion of railway property ought not to
'Baking Powder
I ABSOLUTELY PURET
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Convention Will Continue Today 1
# and Tomorrow an Interest-
ing Program Will be
• • # CarriedOut
in Te
u! 10 '
11 to
ed ye
I Kamsay Bros. Cloods €o.
I GUTHRIE, - - r OKLAHOriA, •
There is a quality added to the
cake and biscuit by the 'Royal Baking
Powder ' which promotes digestion.
This peculiarity of " Royal" has been
noted by physicians, and the.y accord-
ingly endorse*and rccommend it.
Royal Baking Powder is used in
baking by the best people everywhere.
' I •
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK..
•lock culled
ItoblRtui of out
So tar twenty-nine meinb.
khoi lutlon nn- in iittfMiduru«
irctlng Is bel
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panics In the territory, in regard to
other property it Is stated in the brief
"while as to some clMSM of property
the discrepancy would not be so great
as it is between moneys and credits,
merchant's stocks etc.. still the'rela-
tive values of the actual property and
of its assessed value as to other clas-
ses of property, can. in*my opinion, be
demonstrated as not having been as-
sessed at anything like one-fourth of
its va'lue."
ARRIVE °0N SPECIAL
..I Ktlim >iid
Tulsa. | T.*
:lv..,;?l Ij.s
la trying to aocure the road fur Shawnee
and wartta the promoters to "follow the
survey made by Oklahoma parties two
yearn ng<•. After completing the line to
Outhrle and seeurlng the connection with
the Fort Smith and Western, a coal road,
lie I i.Ink< It will I"'.a better propu-lt Inn
to <bull4 over the?old nmj to ioimwa
than to build from Kliiglkxher to Okla-
homa City. It would give the same ad-
vantage* In connections with the (.'hoe-
taw, also a coal road, ho Kav . and would
OOnMCt larger oitMHI and give blttW all
routid connections.
the
• wed by a pray. .
First Mt thodlst
nc Htiothn Hun*
w Mowbray ol
.it i T.i'L V
e.. \\ .Mowlu-av .. f
•nt T. s Roblson do- |
Id re-«i urter which the *
>i meet thin morning
ii' remainder of the
i led out todgf
M|H>ke of the past
tIon and tha OUtlOOk
he prominence given j
lie by ieducing toe de.
Grain Men Investigate Condition
of Oklahoma Wheat Find-
ing it Favorable •
With fidelity Its i
Ogulsed. welcomi
ed gratetuliy by
public that w... v
that hnd it not
, born of a few o
in our calling, an
1 of our territory
mendable seal u
High Sania Fe Officials Visit JK1"!,.""IVs,1™'
Guthrie and Eastern j"
deKCiimlnatiiig
PAUL MORTON'S PARTY
f the adv.
fd thilikei
L of eltizel
Oklahoma Lines
s
vlio wltii tin
lid spirit of pOftaeH.slon.
. talent and money to
may more perfectly pre-
ourselves and our urgaulzaion.
e following are hose in attendance:
and Mrs 1, M Dolde. Stillwater
New ton, Perry. I, F Frail. Mnsko
I T.; I, M. Frail. Oklahoma city;
Lindsay; II F Meyer,
The World's Fair
is Open
It's the biggest tiling of its kind tliisiound
globe of ours ever saw—-greater tlian'tlie Chica-
go, Buffalo and Paris Expositions combined—
more beautiful than anything ever before cre-
ated by man,.
You can't afford to miss it. Reduced
rates are already in effect
From Kansas City Mo. the}- arc:
60-Day Ticket . * . « . . . . ' * $IO OO
Season Ticket I i.OO
Full information at this office or by address-
' ing>
jgn
J.-A. Stewart,
General Agent *
kansas City, Mo.
A special train was run over the
Denver, Enid & Gulf yesterday 'front
Enid, bearing A. S. Flack of the Mid-'
land KJevator company, a Minnesota'
company with a strjng of a hundtpd
•larators in Kansas, and a party of Ob*
.ahoma grain men. Mr. Flack has been
looking at the wheat in northern
Oklahoma as well as thai along tl>o
line of the Denver, Enid & Gulf, and
he estimates that with favorable con-
ditions until harvest in this section
there will be from eighty to a hundred
per cent of a crop. When* informed
as to the conditions in other parts of
Oklahoma he staled that, he was of
the opinion^hat Grain Inspector Prout-
ty was about correct in his recent es-
timate that .Oklahoma wcyild harvesP
from fifty-five to sixty per cent of
her usual crop or from twelve to fifteen
milVion bushels.
Mr. Flack, of course, saw the section
of Oklahoma in which the wheat i.s
looking the best, but he says that fie
has seen nothing better in Kansas,
while the wheat in Ohi« , lihnoi-. and
flndiana will not 6ompara with It.
There will be a shortage all over I be
country, he says. Speaking of Okla-
ma Mr. Flack said: " A jraai a oM I*
nes'iui mills did not knoW that Okla-
homa was on the map and last year
I hey secured over a million bushels >>f
Oklahoma wheal, wftile this year iln;.
want more Texas millers were of
course surprised last year, as I hey have
been able to secure Oklahoma wheat
at their own price for years. 'J'hev
now have competition antj Oklahoma
will gain by It.* 9' _ ^
Besides Mr. Flack there
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Hnblt Cured
in Three Davs
llran^h Offlesai
1SK l)earl>ora Sfi.
Cblosgo. 111.
Dr. J. J. McKANNA,
CAN YOU TALK?
E I- Derrick
land Valley railroad i
and killed bv Jam
during a quarrel
lequt'ltlon. ,... —
UiSMK'ret at your owuborne '.t t« u wi/ ihroash
Tho Lorin do Lorma Kyitsir.
it telt'CultivdUon in ">•
Art and Science oi Thought •nn Talk
Hw yoa vr wnntort rerymnrh tosjf Mmetlilns
rmrilcuUrlj woIIsqj foil > >ur ih. ieut (nil l.nmiiut-
IiiKly flat Ucauaeol your t>overty of apesciiT
Self-Cxpr««tlon Is tho Seoret of Power.
If you ars on* of theaa who think, you kiiow that
7 You Laotr^tuw raJuub'eaui U power would b«t whan
talking poii business, tai.kinq in society.
TALKIKd on YOU* FEIT. TALKINO in YOUR CLUl
1ALKIN0 FOR SOCIAL ORACP- AND CBAR*
My !T.tim dlTtda* talk Into aaetlona •nd rtduoai. U lo
• n « . t •.lUnee. ll U .|.i.l« pr nlMbU tliat you tie> not
bvliava t lit* ran bo dane. I do i..> oara what y.-n bell«*a
Soar iiBm'a enVprti-t"!card «ni tend 11 to
1 - 111 .nd van nee In rrVurna li'tla «on tha
W?*.rs3l"i SwuSwJ".''miVSSirt
•iiaaeh y«u *111 ba *lad to liava H. onra^fora
taa |>raaeni adili". of thin fraa book It ashaurteiS
Addra.* ILORIH DC LORME.
•oluVia. tOO Waakla-tao tu. CMltAOO
The value of the property of the
Santa Fe is shown and the amount of
4 valuation for taxing purposes is shown
4 to be in excess of 26 per cent. The
} statement shows that rolling stock was
i assessed all the way from 14 per cent
4 to 108 per cent of cost.
JL | LANDS LESS THAN ONE-EIOHTH.
+ It was shown that In Kay county
I I farm lands are assessed at less than
I I one-eighth of their cash value; in No-
T ble county at less than one-seventh: in
4 i Logan county at less than one-sixth;
♦♦♦♦♦♦ in Cleveland county at one-fifth: In
- - Woods county at one-seventh; in Paw-
nee county at one-fifth; in Pottawaio-
enntrartnr on the Mid- mje county at one-fifth; and In Ok-
oad at Muskogee, was lahoma county at one-fifth.
Carter Haturday MONEYS ASSESSED FAR TOO LOW
ftr wage? -php showing is made that in 1903
- the entire value of money general
. credits and merchant's moneys and
~ credits returned for taxation was on!>
$1.000,000, while reports on file in the
office of the hank commissioner for
the month of December. l!t0:j. showed
that there was deposited In Ihe bank'
over twenty million dinars. From
this he argued that monies and cred-
its were assessed at nothing like their
proper value.
Individualizing the brief shows that
moneys are assessed in Blaine county
at less than one-thirty-ninth tuelr ac-
tual value; in Kay county ai one
twenty-second; In Noble county ai one
forty-seventn; and in I.ogan county at
one-seventieth.
The brief also seta forth facts and
figures to prove that railroad property
Is assessed higher than bank pre
Braekc
Paul Morton, and his party of high
Santa Fe officials were in Guthrie a
short time Sunday afternoon. It was Kdm.
originally plafaned to arrive in Guthrie
on the loilj ami remain here EQORt'Of Redei (
the day, but when at Arkansas City Nut i'n
Saturday night telegrams from Chi- ' •■'>. T"
cngo were received which made it
necessary "to abandon the proposed trip tl
through Oklahoma and Texas. How- m: iii>
ever a hurriqd inspection trip was
made over the new Eastern Oklahoma
lines Sunday, and the cities of Guth-
rie and-.Shawnee were favored with
short stops. i.
As the party was not expected on
Sunday -nolhing was prepared for h
their entertainment. They were met
however by W. H. Merten. General '
Agent T. E. Purdy and a representa-
tive of the State Capital and were si
shown over the city. Every member ot , ^
the party expressed himself as well ,.
pleaded with tKe new lines and with ti.
Guthrie. .They had not expected io 1
iiiiii such a*city and pMWfl man) o< o* J]
pliments on the paved streets, new ter-; ,.i
mlnala and nA)dirji bnlldUigt. •
In the party were:
Paul Morton, second vice-president,
Chicago; \v.*M. Middle, general freight
traffic manager. Chicago; J. EaGm man, u
assisKiant general freight trafth man-
ftger,* ' 'im ago; George T. Nicholson, . <t
general passenger traffic manager, Chi-
cago; W. J. Black, general passenger |(
nr. Topeka; .1 K. Hurley general
supeRntendent, Ttfpeka: H. A. Tlee,
division superintendent. Arkansas
City: *and Mr. Harris, a grain dealer u
of Chicago. •
H L. '
end ricks
Yuko
Dii
Tin
r. Tulsa. T S. Koi
W I •
Tile. \v K Patters
I T.; T. E. Hinlth, HIih
Keep the Balance Up.
• •Mi truthfully snid that
of the even balance of
•rloim trouble N'obodj
! ' . k.'< ,J#I 11 i> ll.I I.I lie I I I
Kill t I.ISC 11 ppot It. '■!
■■■■ileaat ImprgUM
debility
In keeping up thfl
pariv J. J. Cunningham, traffic numa- ..
ger, d. e & d John oy issues tow charters
superintendent; c. B. Welle "i Crea-1 • m'
cent and J. II Lyons, Clin.- Goltn. \\
F. demons and Wm. Dandels, all of
WINE of
CAKBIJI
FOR WOMEN
MEN AND WOMEN
IV" Big H for un
d i«c hai aaa, I u flitui 11
Irrltatlona or tile.
of niticoua incinbran' ■
Pninl M. and not aitrin-
cool or poi onoui.
Sold by Urunliiii,
or aant iu plain wr«rpar,
pr aa. prapaid. for
t oa raqueat, and the property ol iuer' laniilt' t im-
BILL POSTERS MEET
SECOND ANNI'AL CONVENTION OF
SOUTH W EST K It N A SSOC l ATI ON.
The Southwestern Association of
Bill Posters and Distributors, compris-
ing Arkansas. Oklahoma and ihe In-
dian Territory, hold their scond ft i-
nual convention at the Eagle club
rooms in this city beginning «• >r-
row. They convene, ai nine o'clock lti
the morning. President W. It. Burnitt
of Ardmore arrived" Inst night and ex-
pects from thirty to forty lull poster#
to be in attendance af the meotlng.
The meeting will prdbably last two
days and the sessions will be of a
business nature. Officers for the en-
suing year are to' be elected tomorrow.
TWO on. companies inooetpo" ,
rate eiuht notaries ' #jj
Charters were issued,'yesterday by \
.fit" following corporations.
The Victor oil and gas company of
Red Fork. Indian Territory and Okla- t
lioma (31 ty. Oklahoma with a capital
stiK k of one hundred and fifty thone
end dollars The Incorporator! at"
w k. Rhode, Ov'L. Bland, anti K 0. i
Brown, all of Bed Fork* and g. Pear-
son anjl B. M- Simpson, of Oklahoma ,
Cl t
Th
Prague oil. gas and coal <com-
of Prague, with a capital stock
Shawr
UenjH
' Wants Guthrie Connectio
n-J CUrdy. tnnyor <>f HI.:, v
j< en at Klngllsher lu cons
of fifty thousand dollars
corporaioi. are Geo. It Sutiun. I. M
Barrett. J. O. Meyer and I 1). (Jritnes,
h 11 of Prague, and W. B. Davis of Ar-
lington
• Notarial oommlwionfl «were issued to
the following persons:
. \v. i'. Hutnhani. of Tecumsehi Pot-
tawatomie county.. . •
Herbert s. Crane, "i Bhawnee, Pol
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