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THK KXIl) DAILT EAGLE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1000.
THE ENID DAILY EAGLE
Published every evening. except Sat-
urday, and Sunday mornlnf?, by The
Eagle Printing and Publishing: Com-
pany.
I. I)ItlTMMOND Pre*, and Mgr.
The Eagle reserves the right to re-
ject any advertising matter It may
deem Improper. Copy for display ad-
vertlnements must be In the office by
ten o'clock a. m., to Insure publication
In the current issue.
Address all communications to the
Eagle or the Company—not to Indi-
viduals.
In ordering
paper changed,
well as new addr
great work of the future.
Frank Kirk has made good, lie
has done more than any other Enid
man thought he could do. In spite
of much opposition at home he has
given the city a wonderful boost for-
ward while others who were being
greatily benefited by his hard work
and shrewd planning were throwing
obstacles in his way. It is high time
for Enid men to lay down their dif-
ferences with Kirk and get behind
him. They owe it to him now and
they should be ready to pay what
they owe. If they do not they may
regret it a very long time, for the
Enid stock show without Frank Kirk
would be well night impossible. What
the stock show is Frank Kirk and a
few loyal men who staid with him
made it. Doubtless Kirk is proud
of his achievement as he haR a right
to be but there are other cities that
glad to have Frank
Dally by Mall.
Per Month 40c
Three months $1.00 would be verv
Six Months $2.00
One Tear $4.00 Kirk manage a slock show for them
and Enid could do such a thing, by
Per Week Br 10c I continuing the old policy of bicker-
Three Months (In Advance) $1.20 ing and personal opposition, as in-
One Tear (In Advance) $4. GO . , . . . . . ,
_ j duce him to let some one else try 10
Eastern Representative, William D. run 'he Enid show. The way to avoid
Ward, Tribune Bldg New York City. .SU(,j, an outcome forever is to do
Western Representative, Robert E.
Douglas, 706 Marquette Building, Chi- I what any Other city would do under
cago. the circumstances, where its busi-
— lenss men had ordinary brains, get be-
•oTEI;£plV>iNKS,« Bu",nes" No. hjnd the man who made the show
•° editorial and news departments,
No. 711.
THE PAST WEEK AND ITS
SONS.
The week which closed In Enid
and help him make Enid.
The past week has shown that the
pavilion and the annual stock show
are very valuable ndjuncts to the
People's packing plant and will go a
long way to insure the success of
that proposition. Hence in helping
the former the latter is also being
helped.
The past week also proved that
Enid has men who know how to en-
tertain visitors in the city so as to
last night was one or the greatest In ,eave wUh them pIea8Bnt memor|es
I he history of the city and In many of the apent hera an„ (,BUge
ways surpassed any previous seven them lo speak „ „ wor„ wher.
days in point of importance. With- 4Un„ , .i
... . , ever they go for the young metropo-
out qualifying the statement in the m, , , , , ...
« , , . I'8- This is advertising worth hav-
least The Eagle is prepared to state „ . ♦ • , . , . . ,.
, , ' , ing, and those who entertained the
on the authority of every stockman . .
, , . . visitors in various ways and on a
who visited the Enid show that the . . . ...
. .. iA. , . , ,'large scale starte a movement which
live stock exhibition offered the pub- • . ,
ii,. k.. has ,onK been needed in this city and
which will grow with the years.
One of the first acts of the mayor
and commissioners should be, in The
Eagle's opinion, to make public a de-
tailed statement of the city's finan-
cial condition. the obligations
against it, the amount of revenue,
etc., and to make such a statement
In a way that the ordinary tax payer
will understand the problems which
the new officers have to face. This
should be done In justice to the out-
going administration, in justice to
the incoming commissioners, and in
justice to the people as a whole.
Tomorrow marks an epoch in tli
life of this ctly, a date that will be
looked back upon. In a sense the
new form of government is an ex
periment, but it has made good in so
many places that The Eagle expect
it to prove a boon for Enid. At least
as long as the city is careful in the
lection of her officers it should
so prove. No form of gQvernment
however perfect will prove a suffi
dent bulwark against the negligen
and indifference of the citizens them
selves.
Let's give the commission plan
fair trial and we will soon find that
the city is being sufficiently benefit
ed in many ways we had not thought
of before the new charter was adopt
ed.
UNCLE WALT
The Poet Philosopher.
IMKNZI TO THK ROMANS.
The expense account of W. H
Soarff in his race for mayor show
how much advertising a man can get
in Enid for a small amount of
money.
Every member of the railroad
committee should attend the meet
ing which has been called for Mon
day night. This is exceedingly im
portant.
lie by this city this year excelled any
other live stock show in the world. |
not excluding the English Uoyml of
London, the International of Chica-
go, the American Royal of Kansas
City, or any of the other famous
shows which the world talks about.
Unless all the exhibitors absolutely
distorted the facts, which they had
no reason to do, this is true, for
everyone of these exhibitors who had
been at the other shows mentioned
voluntarily and enthusiastically join-
Many other things might be said
about the past week, but this much
must not be left unsaid: No effort
should be spared to do everything
possible in the twelve months Inter-
vening between the show that closed
l«st night and the show that will
will come next year to make the 1910
exhibition even better than was this.
With the street car line to the pavil-
ion, new structures erected to ac-
ed In giving Enid the first place for ,orao<I ,<> which this year was
Towded out of the big building, fin-
ishing touches put on the grounds
and interior of the pavilion, and oth-
er improvements much needed made,
the 1910 show can be a world beater
that will establish Enid securely in
the front rank of live stock centers
and draw hither untold wealth and
energy. Here is a wonderful oppor-
tunity bofore the city.
THE NEW CITY GOVERNMENT.
the year 1909.
Such an accomplishment is the
greatest that has ever taken place in
the live stock wonld. That a city of
twenty thousand people which has
been in this kind of business but five
years should attain to such an einl-
inence almost passes belief and must
make the older and many tlmos lorg-
«-r cities of the country stop and
think about what is going on here.
The stockmen were aljo agreed
that the Enid stock pavilion is by
a good margin the largest stock pa- of <'°urse very gratifying to
pilion in the world. It is larger than The Eagle that the long fight for
the Chicago pavilion which has been , commission government which was
one of the chief sources of pride of started in this paper three years ago
that city, «nd was built after twenty , has come to so successful a conclu-
years efforts. It is almost twice the 'sion and that the new officers will
Hize of the Kansas City pavillion enter upon their duties tomorrow,
which was built this year and con- While it is not meant to minimize
cernlng which the enthusiastic Kan- the efforts from many sources and
sas City papers have had so much to from other papers to effect this
say. And Kansas City was twelve much desired result, and such efforts
>ear* getting that structure. Yet were apreciated by the community,
Enid has advanced in three years yet It seems but a few days ago that
from a tent show to the greatest the first articles on commission gov-
stock show in the greatest stock pa- eminent, consisting of an analysis in
vilion on earth. Such progress has several chapters of the I)es Moines
already called forth unstinted praise plan, were furnished the Eagle by
from the breeders of fine cattle and W. Scarff, who had just come from
horses who have been visiting here. Des Moines, and were published,
and as the truth of the situation is There was then no interest in the
more generally understood it will matter locally at all and the articles
bring praise from all parts of Amer- ( w6re read but little.
ica where the live stock industry has
I «itr if«u uui mue. Rut as constant
dripping wears away the stone so
constantly calling the attention of
the people of Enid lo this form of
. , government annihilated their Indlf-
stock show than any other one f„m„ „mp ,he (lemnn(1 ,)e_
gained a foothold. Enid will receive
more actual results this year in an
advertising way from the recent live
source. Every live stock paper in
the country will have something to
(■ante general for the change.
. . _ , i The Eagle believes that good set
say about Enid and _the_ reader will of clty offleprs have be„„ clloa„n an(|
get a new and entirely different idea
of the place from what he has held
before.
Perhaps the greatest results from
the show will be in its effect direct-
ly on Enid men. It is a fact that
does not admit of dispute that Enid
men have failed to appreciate the
greatness of the project which has
that the city will be well managed
by them. But the people should not
expect too immediate results nor set
too high a standard for these men
to live up to. They enter upon their
duties greatly handicapped and with
a vast amount of detail work to per-
form in organizing the city which
.v ... ,heir "uccessors will not have to face.
^, 7, u " ar<'s,PS, of "• however, they take
thi m. ,', H ' <=on'Pr«hen.lon of ,he rpln8 at a tlnle when the
the magnitude o the task attempted fund8 are |n an exoeealngIy depIeted
1 , ? alm°,8 SC0,,0d at ,he when there Is no money In
possibility of carrying to fulfillment 8,Kht ln many fMll<u untll after the
the promises which have been made next levy in July 1910,, is available,
by those associated In this enterprise, and other funds have Indebtedness
. ow t ese men. one and all. must against them which cannot be mot
get down and take off their hats. ,.Ven then. To run n cttv without
If they are as good citizens as most revenue Is a hard task. The purpose
of then, are credited with being they of the commission form of govern-
wlll acknowledge that they see the meat was largely to relive the city
light and instead of knocking on the from this state but new form cau-
live stock pavillion, the big show and not be said to have had a fair trial
the possibilities for Enid of this en- until past indebtedness has been paid
terprise they will confess their blun- off and it is running on its own re-
der and gladly join ltands in the cord, not on that of the ward system.
The University Club promises to
prove a valuable factor in the city
life in the future. Good clubs can
do much to forward the interests of
any community and the personel of
the University Club is assurance that
fche organization will be a force for
everything that helps Enid.
Kansas City defeated the efforts
of the Metropolitan street railway
company in what appeared from a
distance to be one of the most flag-
rant attempts to deprive the people
of their rights which has yet been
put on record. The franchise ask-
ed. a twenty five year extension of
the present franchise which expires
sixteen years hence, would probably
have been worth twenty-five million
dollars to the Metropolitan and the
people could have whistled for theirs
until 1951, before which time most
of them would have ceased to pay
their nickles to the corporation. It
is estimated that the Metropolitan
spent $200,000 trying to get the
franchise. Kansas City has a right
to feel proud of the splendid major-
ity against it.
The Eagle again moves that Gar-
field county establish a god roads so-
ciety and get busy. This talk is all
right and helps, but what is needed
now is organized effort. Fifty miles
of good roads should be constructed
in the vicinity of Enid next year,
most of it by townships voting bonds
to provide the necessary funds. This
can easily be brought about by or
ganization. If some one does not
take the matter in hand before the
first of the year the Eagle will have
to sugegst those fitted for carrying
out this project. Organize and start
things moving.
A Famous <*rand Duke Dead.
Canes, France, Dec. 18.—Grand
Duke Nicholaievitch. the fourth son
of Emperor Nicholas I, died here to-
day. He was born in 1832.
$100,000 IS ASKED
(Continued from page 1.)
In her stirring call she declares
that recognition is due from:
1—Every wage-earning woman,
for removing the stigma from Econ-
omic Independence for Women.
2.—Every college woman, for
blazing the path of higher education
for women.
3—Every professional woman, for
the opportunity to enter the fields of
medicine, law, the ministry, journal-
ism, professional nursing, etc.
—Every woman appreciating the
meaning of social liberty—the lib-
erty to follow her own inclination as
responsible human being. The
right of women to organize, (the club
movement), freedom to travel, free-
dom to speak and act.
—Every woman enjoying prop-
erty rights the legal right to ad-
minister her own affairs. Every wo-
man recognizing the right of a wage-
earning wife to her earnings.
6—Every mother knowing the joy
of living under a parents' equal guar-
dianship law—and vice versa, every
woman who recognizes the tyranny
of any other form of legal guardian-
ship. a
7—The women teachers of the na-
tion, for specific championship—that
the quality of service rendered, and
not sex. should determine the posi-
tion to be occupied and the amount
He stood erect, and having
seen that artists for some
magazine had sketched him
in his proper pose, he cleared
his throat, and blew his nose,
and said: "Hi, Romans, you
are slaves! You've not the
price to buy your shaves! The
good old sun's still on the
turf, and his last beam falls
on a serf! Great Scott, my
friends, is freedom dead? O
whence and whither do we
tread? I view the future
with alarm! We tremble
'neath the tyrant's arm, and
ye may tremble, sons of
Rome, until the muley cows
come home, but you will still
be in the hole, unless some
fiery, dauntless soul, like me,
shall lead you from the
wreck, and soak the tyrant in
the neck! And here I stand
to cut the ice! I'm ready for
the sacrifice! . I'll save you, if
a Roman can! As candidate
for councilman, I ask your
votes, and if I win I'll swat
the tyrant on the chin. I'll
represent the fourteenth ward
and represent it good and
hard, and drive the grafters
from their place, and kick
the tyrant in the face! Cor-
ruption in our Rome will die,
if you'll support your Uncle
Ri!"
—Walt Mason.,
Copyright 1909, by George
Matthew Adams.
of salary received.
8—Every woman recognizing the
justice and morality involved in
"equal pay for equal work."
9—Every woman believing in a
single standard of morals.
10—Every enfranchised woman in
recognition of services rendered to
secure her birthright of American
Independence.
11—Every man and woman who
resents the rating of American wo-
man's opinions, in all but four states,
with those of the criminal, Idiot and
minor classes.
12—Every American man, who
recognizes that his right to self-gov-
ernment obligates him to gain for
American women .tlie protection and
development which free government
insures and which our National slo-
gan implies In "equal rights for all
and special privileges for none."
Miss Gordon has a notable reputa-
tion for getting results. It is due to
her more than to any one person
that the Louisiana constitutional con-
vention in 1898 gave to all taxpaying
women in the state the right to vote
in person or by proxy on all questions
of special taxation that were sub-
mitted to voters.
And it was Miss Gordon who im-
mediately led the movement for
better system of sewerage in New
Orleans and carried the question by
the votes of women. This is only
one of the many reforms in which
she has been the prime mover.
BAPTIST EDIFICE
DEDICATED TODAY
DH. MYKON W. HAYNES OP (HI-
CAGO WILL DELIVER THE
MORNING SERMON.
The beautiful First Baptist church
on West Maine street will be dedi-
cated today. Dr. Myron W. Haynes
of Chicago, one of the most famous
divines of the denomination, will
preach the dedicatory sermon which
will be the feature of the occasion.
Dr. Haynes has a national reputa-
tion as a pulpit orator and It gives
the loral church great pleasure to
have him here on this auspicious
event. Dr. Haynes has been pastor
of a Chicago church seventeen
years. Prior to that time he was
pastor of the wealthiest church in St.
Louis.
The new edifice is one of the most
beautiful, and in some respects the
most beautiful in the southwest.
While the exterior is attractive in de-
sign and appearance it gives little
idea of the beauty of the interior
where a carefully worked out color
scheme, excellent lighting arrange-
ment and costly decorated windows
combine to form an effect most strik-
ing and harmonious. All Enid peo-
ple will be pleased with this church
when they see the interior of the
main part. One cannot describe the
beauty of the windows and the
furnishings to do justice to the edi-
fice. The structure has been com-
pleted at a cost of approximately
$50,000, and after looking it over
yesterday Dr. Haynes said that it is
the finest church building for the
money expended that he had ever
been called upon to dedicate.
Special music will be rendered at
the morning services. In the after-
noon the ministerial alliance will
have charge of the service at 3 p. m.,
and there will be special music by
an orchestra and on the pipe organ.
Dr. Haynes will preach again at 7:30.
The church auditorium will seat
about 1,200.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
TODAY LOOKS BACKWARD
rwenty-flive Million Persons will
Study the International Sunday
School Lesson for Dec. 19,
Which Is a Review.
Because all truth is of God, all
servants of truth work in partnership
with Him.
When a man gets to the point of
glorying in sufferings it is beyond
the power of earth to hurt or stop
him.
Every great cause needs Aquilas
and Priscillas, as well as Pauls and
Peters.
A great passion is needed to save
self from smallness; let Christ be
that passion as he was Paul's.
The kingdom's frontier which Paul
pushed outward is still expanding. 1
Present-day chapters of the Book of
Acts are being written in China and I
India and Korea and Africa.
Neither sunlight nor truth can be
bottled up or monopolized. If Chris-
tianity had not spread beyond the
bounds of Jerusalem it would not
have been true.
CODE COMMISSION
WANTS MODE MONET
SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLA-
TION I-: UIMiED BY PIE COUNT-
ED imiUADE.
C. E. THOUGHT-STARTERS. -
Ideas for the Young People's Meeting
of Dec. If)—"Our Christmas
Uifts"—Matt. 2:1-11.
A trading of trinkets is the devil's
parody upon Christmas giving.
The children carol about the
house the refrain learned in Sunday
school—
"For don't you think that giving,
Is just the best of living,
When everybody thinks of all the
rest?"
This may not be very elevated poe
try, but it contains the heart of
Christmas. The message of the man-
ger is give—give—give, even with
the lavish lovingness of God.
CAUGHT THE OLO MAN ALSO
Johann Schriber Follows In the Foot-
steps of Some of the Younger
Generation.
SHOWN GIVES $5,000 BONO
Ending An Appeal Of His Case the
Oklahoma City Horse Denier Is
Out On Bail.
Sherman Shown, the Oklahoma
City horse buyer who was convicted
of horse stealing last Friday morn-
ing in the district court, will be sent-
enced at four o'clock Monday after-
noon.
There was no district court yester-
day, Judge Garber having declared
adjournment until Monday.
Shown will then be sentenced and
he trial of cases will be resumed. He
is now at liberty under a bond of
$5,000.
The term of district court which
has continued for a period of eight
weeks will probably close Dec. 23d.
Try some of that good, "St. Char-
les Coffee" today. 20c to 4 5c per
pound. Best coffee packed in Amer-
ica. Moores Grocery, sole agents.
Notice to Real Estate Men—Lots
2 and 13 in Block 10 is withdrawn
from the market. Dec. 19.
2-19-1t.
F. V. SVYMBERSKY.
Another Uncalled For Expense.
Guthrie, Ok., Dec. 18.—While
Frederick Judson. of St. Louis, who
the democratic papers annouuee to
be a prominent democrat" is busy
pocketing money out of the Okla-
homa funds in watching this state's
interest in the 2-cent passenger fare
cases in St. Louis, the elected attor-
ney general of Oklahoma who has
bousted himself of being big enough
to cope with any corporation on
earth, is assuming the duties of the
arious county attorneys and prose-
uting minor liquor violations over
the state. What was West elected
for? And why, then, it is necessary
to spend $15,000 state funds, raised
by direct taxation, in the employ-
ment of Mr. Judson? Can West and
Haskell explain?
For a year past the Sunday schools
of the world have been studying the
history of the beginnings of organ-
ized Christianity, as it is narrated in
the Book of the Acts. The lessons
began with the ascension of Jesus
and the descent of the Holy Spirit.
Thenceforth, until now, human be-
ings have been the visible factors in
the progress of this largest, most
widely diffused and most powerful of
all organizations.
The history began in old Jerusa-
lem. Then, after the stoning of
Stephen, the scattered Christians
carried the Good News widely.
Smitten with blindness while on
an errand of violence, Saul, the arch-
persecutor, saw Jesus. That was a
red-letter day for human history.
Thenceforth this brilliant Pharisee
from Tarsus became the central fig-
ure among the early disciples; and
the world recognizes him as the
chief interpreter of the new religion
and the foremost human factor in the
development of Christianity.
Bewilderingly varied was Paul's
subsequent career. He became
Christ's knight-errant. His restless
activities brought him into uncount-|
ed adventures and hardships; and he
probably is the most versatile char-
acter in literature. Toiling as a
tent-maker, preaching to Greek phil-
osophers, stilling mobs bent on his
destruction, withstanding Roman
rulers, confounding Jewish scholars,
he ever contrived in season and out,
to tell the story of the Crucified. He
made four great missionary journeys,
and it was he who carried to Europe
the gospel that civilized our savage
ancestors. He died a triumphant
death at the hand of the monster
Nero. The thirteen books that he
wrote, not to mention his speeches
in the Acts record, constitute a more
influential part of the world's im-
mortal literature than all the classics
combined.
What It Means Today.
It was a new truth which those
early Christians had received from
Jesus that turned the world upside
down. The victorious power of sim-
ple truth is a lesson which these ma-
terial times need sorely to learn. If
the church today relied less on or-
ganization and wealth and material
power than upon the truth of which
she is custodian her achievements
would more nearly parallel those of
the apostolic days.
The irresistable, triumphant fig-
ure of the crucified Christ looms
large in the Book of the Acts. He
then began, and is still continuing,
to subdue all powers beneath his feet.
Rome, Greece. Judea, Europe—all
have cried "O pale Galilean, thou
hast conquered!"
Glints of Let<sou Truth.
Faith fructifies in fearlessness.
The ultimate proof of religion is
a transformed character.
No message is worth proclaiming
which isn't worth suffering for.
Unlettered fishermeu became
world leaders when they linked their
lives with Christ. "I can do all
j things in Him that srrengtheneth
Since his return from the Father-
land several weeks ago, Johann
Schriber, a patriarch of a notorious
family, has revoted a large part of
his time to an effort to secure the
release of his son from the county
jail, where he is being confined for
a long term for Illegally disposing of
liquor, bdt he now has troubles of his
own.
Johann is more than sixty years
old and has a real Santa Cluas
growth of whiskers. Nevertheless,
he is quite spry and several days ago
Chief Thrasher heard certain reports
and kept a watch on Johann. Before
the first streak of dawn yesterday
morning he donned his gum shoes
and set out for the Coyle rooming
house.
He made a search of the place and
found Schriber and Lena Mack, an
alleged bootlegger, in the same room.
Miss Mack gave a cash bond.
Thrasher failed to take a bond from
Schriber and he spent the remaining
hours of the morning until police
court convened in the dingy city bas-
tile, much to the discomfort of the
wealthy Johann.
Both pleaded not guilty in police
Guthrie, Ok., Dec. 18.—Another
reason for the special session of the
legislature to be called soon by Gov-
ernor C. X. Haskell the ntate code
commission can't complete it's work
without an additional appropriation
from the taxpayers' money.
Thirty thousand dollars for the
code commission was appropriated
by the last legislature! Yet this is
not enough! After working eight
months, only $7,000 remains, and it
is admitted by the state administra-
tion and even by the members of the
code commission that the sum will
be far from sufficient!
It is announced that this Is a great
work, and it will be impossible for
the commission to complete it's work
before the middle of next summer,
or in other words, at the rate they
have spent the peoples money thus
far, it will take at least forty thous-
and dollars more to complte the
work.
Yes, there must be a special ses-
sion of the legislautre!
"I remember," said a southern Ok-
lahoma citizen today, after hearing
that the code commission is out of
funds, "the story was current last,
sumer that the commission was told,
summer that commissioner was told,
ployees, that the administration
would stand behind them for an ad-
ditional appropriation. It's against
the law to create a deficit, so let's
watch the call for the special ses-
sion."
County S. S. Convention.
On Monday the Garfield County
Sunday School convention will open
in Waukomis. Enid will send a
large delegation to the convention
which will last through Monday and
Tuesday. Waukomis people have in-
vited all to attend and are making
extensive preparations for the event.
TO CONDEMN SIGHT FOR HOME
HE LOST HIS POCKETBOOK
Settlement Not Having Been Effected
Feeble Minded Home Location
Is Up to Chamber of
Commerce.
Condemnation proceedings will
likely be instituted by the Enid
Chamber of Commerce the coming
week to gain possession of a quarter
section of school land north of the
city on which it is proposed to locate
the state home for feeble minded. It
will only be necessary to get a quar-
ter section of the land to start work
on the home, for which there is now
court and their trial was set for 1:30 available $25,000. The northwest
Saturday afternoon, but continued by quarter of the section, a quarter mile
agreement.
lAIILL NOT KEEP QUIET
ON THE HIGH TAKES
A TEXHOMA MAN RAISES A KICK
BECAl'SE HE FEARS SILENCE
WOnil BE DANGEROUS.
Texhoma, Ok., Dec. 18.—Another
man is dissatisfied with the amount
of taxes, state and other, he will be
compelled to pay the county treas-
urer, unless some action is brought
to enjoin. He is V. B. Christopher,
one of the well known farmers of
this locality, a property holder in
town and a stock holder in the First
National bank. .
He is not a politician or notoriety
seeker. But an honest citizen who
would like to leave something to his
children when he leaves this world.
And therefore he feels that he don't
want to pay over all his earnings to
keep up an extravagant state gov-
ernment.
I want to do something to get re-
lief from these exorbitant taxes,"
says Mr. Christopher. "Just what is
the be6t method to get this relief ev-
eryone is demanding, I can't say at
this time. Whether a petition signed
by the taxpayers and presented to
the governor of the state would help
us, I don't know; or whether it
would be best to employ a good law-
yer and take the matter up in the
courts. At any rate we must have
relief. My taxes on a piece of town
property are three times greater this
year than last. On this property
last year the laxeB were only $9. This
j'ear they are $30." "
"Some people think we ought to
pay the taxes and say nothing about
it," continued Mr. Christopher, "but
I am pot in favor of this. If we don't
kick now we have no idea how much
we may be called upon to pay next
year. And I think we are doing the
country more harm by saying noth-
ing than by making a strong com-
plaint. It is certain taxes will not
be reduced now or in the future if we
keep silent about it. The excessive
taxation this year is ruining the
country."
Mr. Christopher Is Just another of
the hundreds In this community who
are complaining about the burden-
some taxes heaped against their
property.
east of Nort Enid and on the south
side of the road, is favored, it is
said, as the home site. Eventually
the home will have the entire section
and will make a garden out of it, the
inmates doing the -work. Enough
money has already been promised by
interested parties to put up the
amount necessary to bring condem-
nation proceedings. At Friday night's
council meeting the committee ap-
pointed to arrange a settlement with
the lessees reported they were unable
to do so, and the next step is the con-
demnation authorized in the bill
passed by the last legislature.
Our Advertising Stunt.
Pinkley, the up-to-date furniture
man, has made arrangements with
the Galesburg Piano Co., to present
to 500 of his customers, free of
charge, a dollar music book and a
purchasing check, good for J150.00
^ on any new Lombard Piano at reg-
j ular factory prices. This is just like
'getting money from home. Lombard,
the best and sweetest toned instru-
ment on earth (regardless of name
or price.) Cash or terms to suit.
Come and investigate.
JOHN F. KINSELY,
12-191 Tt Factory Salesman.
II" you act-
ually desire
to buy your
goods to the
best advan-
tage you'll
read every
a d v ertise-
ment inThe
Eagle this
morning.
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