The Press Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1896 Page: 4 of 8
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Prcs? Democrat.
Entered u> mi-, .is* rti;i11«• r ax
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By It. H E lis a Eli
TERMfc - - dl.DO i'Kr yisaii
Tor Statehood.
The following communication in
the Wichita Eagle, from the able
pen of Sidney Clark on the mate-
bood question, in worthy of your
uareftil perusal:
In .the discussion now going on,
thorn who are o|,potied to statehood
and,lor one reason or another, pre-
fer to remaju as a dependency of ihe
federal government, are attempting
to convince the people that finder a
state government .yie taxes jvould he
Inruely increased. his noticeable,
however, in piaking this assertion
they neglect tu sjip|M>rt i,t by the
nt*rearary facts, li this syme class
ol men would taue the trouble in
examine the history <>f ihe |,e«
stales in the jears following their
admiMHion into the {Union, the\
would hooii find out how badly the\
are mistaken, .and 11 they would go
further and investigate the reckless
mm e t ravage-lit a;stem of taxation
which is fostered by territorial rule,
the\ w ould cease to lie prophets of
pr 1 nd see that self-government
ia oar only salvation.
mie i inink it would be wise to
reate one state out ol' Oklahoma
•■•nd the territory occupied by the
live tribes, or, if that cannot he
-one include the Chickasaw country
in the state ol Oklahoma. 1 am not
tie of those who are willing to be-
i Ule the resources of ttie present
?rritory, or undervalue the capac-
i y <>f iU growing jiopulat^on to es-
lblish toere a great and prosperous
commonwealth. It is clear to nie
Jiat in showing the alarming con-
dition of affairs w luc.li exists in the
h'diar. Territory, congress will be
brought lace to face with the ques-
tion whether a seperate government
nhall be established there, or the ter
i itory united to OKloboma in single
statehood. II'congress decides to
provide for a seperate territorial
government for that section, then
all ho| e for sidgle «iat. hood w ill lu-
ll an end, aud ev« ry interest of our
people* will, in my judgement, be
•''observed by ,the prompt admission
of Oklahoma as a state. Taxes w ill
be largely reduced, ojy,educational,
' Ikii liable and jienal institutions
will lie properly established and con-
dueled; our financial standing vast-
ly improved, our common sellout
«ysl< m perfected, and the whole
body of oiif people lifted from a
condition of political vassilage and
liuhserviency to a condition of man-
liness and independence.
Now about the cost of a state
government for Oklahoma iu c<>m-
jiaiison with the cost to the people
if tin- present territorial establish-
ment. The governor reports the
.i vy for 1H!)5 for distinctive territo-
rial purposes to be #1 17,825, and
'hir at a time of extraordinary tinan-
• sial depression when prices are lo\v-
:r than >-ver before in the history ol
hi country. Compare this levy
villi the cost of the state govern-
■neiit for Kansas fir the years 1801,
-Hi-.! md 1 Mii.'t, when prices were
nearly double jvliat they are now,
d-i wiien .the legislature of that
itate held annual sessions
LUMBER!
Will be
Closed out
At 50 per cent
Less than
Market price.
PARKS & PRIOR,
There can be no just objection to
our admission to statehood on ac-
count pi insufficient territory. Ok-
lahoma has i n area of 39,030 square
miles. There are twelve states of
the Union of this area. The six
states of Rhode Island Dclewve,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Masua-
i;husetts and New Hampshire coip-
bined, are 5,4 10 square miles small-
er than Oklahoma. We have a pop-
ulation of 275,000. There are sev-
en stales with a less number. The
combined population of New Mex-
ico and Arizona, both of which are
ready for st^tehooi', is 70,7,37 less
than Oklahoma. Of the tl,iiri v-one
stales (that hfcve been admitted since
1701, only t^ree had a population
in excess of 1,00.000 by tlie census
previous to admission, viz: Main**,
128,895, California. 101.597, ami
Kans^, 107,017. «v the census
alter admission, only six out ol
the thirty states bad a population
greater than the present population
of Oklahoma. The total assessed
vm,Ination of Oklahoma for IHD5, is
$3$,000,000. This is >18,000,900
more than tl^e assessed valuation of
Florida, iuo,re than twice as much
as the state of Montana, one-third
greater thap Utah, and nearly tw ice
as much as the state ol Washington.
Surely, in view of these fact*, no
citizen of Oklahoma ought to 4eny
the capacity of her people to sup-
port a government to their own
choice, or question the desirability
of our prompt admisssoii as ^ state
for rtco.iomic reasons alone, if in
the wisdom of congress it should be
decided not to enlarge our present
boundaries.
• Hynn's Tax Bill.
Dennis Flynn lias introduced a
bill in the house legalizing the as
sessnient and lpvy of taxes on
personal property on the various
Indian reservations in Oklahoma
au/1 for other purposes. The bill
In 1801 _.T, ....
"he state government of Kansas com j r.*$d* as follows.
'4, Hst I, or 833,004 less than ,thej Be it enacted by the Senate and
'-lie territorial goverjypept House of Kenreseniatives of the
>!' Oklahoma for the present year. United Sfates of America in Con-
.ii Ifovi it cost S1O0.043, or 817,- gross assembled, That the assess-
"h>> less, and in 1868, it cost *b>9,- j ment and levy of all taxes hereto-
or 4.^o,'.l50 less than ttye ^.axpay- fore made of personal property
-r.< ol Oklahoma will pay jn this located on Indian reservations hv
our Lord 1895 for the priv-j the local and proper authorities in
' u. \of being ruled over by a feder i the Territory of Oklahoma are
ii offices responsible only to the | hereby ratified, confirmed, aud
' l i e of the appointing power at | validated.
A'a-'fingtou. These .figures show j Sec. 2. That the proper authori-
t if the present rate Jof taxation j ties in the Territory of Oklahoma
jpport a territorial government j are hereby authorized to assess,
.3 UKlnhoiua should be continued | levy, and collect a tax, in harmony
i three year*- more, the cost would with the provisions of the Territor-
•uiount to ?<. 53,475, or 1)81,742 ial statutes, of said Territory, upon
^iiore than it st, at ar prices, ti " '
upport ihe state government ol
Kansas Tor the same lei gili of lime.
1 might enumerate the tost of state
ill personal property located,
kept, or owned by citizens of the
United States upon any Indian res-
ervation within said Territory, to
governments in all the stales that the same extent and under the same
jjave been admitted since the latt j rule that the property of other citi-
var, :n comparison with the cost of j zena ol said Territory is assessed,
(witiriil rule, with the sane gen! Sec. 3. That this Act shall take
<r*j result*, hut this i-not neces- effect and be enforced from and
.i;e,-y. Statehood is in the line of alter its passage, and all other acts
•""vimy, inc reased prosperity, j and parts of acts inconsistent with
prewr confidence at home and the provisions of this Act are hereby
s.iM'-ao Rsd reduced ta^a'.iori | repealed
Cotton and Castor Beans.
Editor Times-Democrat, Pawnee, O. T.
I would like to say a few words
through your columns to the public
on what will bring in money. As I
am not a subscriber to your paper 1
do not know whether niy letter will
be recognized, but it it is I will
come again with a little better
advice and letter next time.
My subject is, what a farmer can
raiae that will bring him in bit
i!io;iey. If he never has raised cot
castor beans or flax let him try
it nex,t year. I have never bail any
experience in cotton but I have in
the other two above named articles
Will say that in castor beans there
is gqpd monty at a yield of ten
bushels per acre. That is as good
as ten dollars per acre. Flax at t,
yield of umIjI bushels per acre will
make pix dollars per acre. And I
have been watching the yield of cot
ton thirty miles south "of here in
Lincoln county 9ml we are but little
north of that. We will try and give
von facts and flgtiresof that eoun'v.
First von purchase the seed for ten
acres, which is fivebvshels at a cost
ol fifty cents. We wjJI not sav arlv
thing jibout the farmer putting it in
and tending it. I).9 it the same
corn with the exception of planting
it thick ainl chopping it ou . Nexi
we come to the picking which i-
worth fifty cents per one hundred
pounds in the seed. We will put
the average at throe-fourths of :i
bale to the acre, while in Lincoln
county it \?as estimated at one bale
per acre, which would he in the
s.-ed tvelye hundred pounds. The
cost at fitly cents for picking would
amount to $6, aud the baling f'ir
that amount would be $2.«2i. mak-
ing in all for ten a ,res *86.7o. Now-
then we will figure this cotton nt
last year's price, which was verv
low, bring six cents per pound, or
$225 off of ten acre1*, givinrr the
farmer a profit of 25. Enongh
money to pay for twenty acres and
♦38.25 left to pay him for te"din*r
it, and he can pay for bis farm with
cotton end hire it taten ea-e of,
providii g we don't get, free homes
which \our writer hopes for. If
we do 1111 have onr claims to pav
for we aie that much ahead Think
over it, farmers; inonev is the erv.
and if we can get it and bv doing
so can help our conntv paper out
n-e will have money to get home
news.
If this n isses the waste basket I
will come ; gain.
G. W. Fooi.kkoxo.
Crystal. O. T.
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Go To
6. H. Block
TIIE RELIABLE PIONEER
LUMBER MERCHANT
For the best grades of all kinds of
Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blind Odd Fac-
tory, Work, I'ement, Plaster. Hair,
Building Paper. JJaints. Oil, Hard Oil,
Colors in Oil, White Lead, (live us a
,qdl and be treated right.
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CD
Best Grades. Low Prices.
A re we
Not ltiaht
Wo make friends
of our customers
and customers of
our friciid.s.
Transient trade
Is nil rlKl«t for
superstruct u r e,
but a steady cus-
tomer Is the foun
dationofa busi-
ness—that's what
we have worked k
for. We havegiv- J
en prices which J
have attracted 2*
you a n d treat- 2
mont which will
hold you—doing 3
this we disprove %
the old statement J8
that "there 1* no •2
friendship in bu- *2
siness"—a man
hud better try to
get along with-
out friends.
tour H'rony
In thinking
that because we
carry suchluxur-
ous Furni.ture
that you can not.
find t he price you
want to pay.
Furniture
We desire to say totne pubic that we have
the largest and most complete stock of line
FURNITURE in Hennessey or Kintflli-h-
er County, and
At lowest Prices
We also do In all its branches.
Undertaking,
Hearse in connection. Call and Ret our
prices jnd Inspect our stock. South End
Main Street.
Binding & Felt.
Red Front Livery Stable,
W. T. HAVARD, W. E. MALALLEV, J. 11. HARDY
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HA YffBD MULSLLEY & CO,.
Proprietors
FIRST CUSS BIGS. I I I I OPEN DAYS SIGB1<
tfeBSSKSit
tSPECTACLL'SJ^
PROTECT YOUR EVES.
Mit. H. Hiiisciiheiiq,
Ihe well km vii cj.e exj en of 30 EH street,, New
ink i i ( i.t ( |,m Mint. St. Li uis. Mo., has in-
V.'i'Vl • . Il'ir,kJ'Vls,i'M'M ,'"r ,lis ('L''°hrated
. '""ctuchs md cje plasses. and
< ui.\ 1 < ii i<)i.Mfl is pmiii ntiifl. n, that any
; ,i' i i!", n««o^s-si ry in,. i,:ii tier how scratch-
«( llehiiMf. .iiej nill Muni, i the ;>;ir!y with a
li-iiT',1 iiln'.^ ir*PS' lr<\)f.( ,lilr>!<'. K. A. Dinkier
satisfy themselves of the great «.^ ItIoWu on a" wto
low in use, to call arid examinp theifiat tiie store of F A Dinkil"/ «1 ". 'T
'eddlenrsnSuppiiedT' KPnUiM"',,nless 8tan,Ped '•Non-«di:,,1Keable>K -
No
Hennessey Roller Mills.
M. D. TAIT, Prop'r,
.Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Flour, Meal and Feed.
lid-Highest Price paid for Good Milling Wheat.
Your orders Solicited,. Hennessey, ()■ T-
A big wolf drive took place near
the Cherokee iiue. fifteen miles eist
of here, today. A territory of half
the township was driven, about 150
sportsmen tak ng part. Eighteen
coyotes and s< veil gray wolves were
'>il'ed. A number escaped by one
line disobeyiii< ihe orders and clos-
ing in too qui k, A rouorar was
routed by the doors, txit escaped.
Several cattle 1 ave been mysterious-
ly killed in tlmt vicinity this winter
nnl the presence of the cougar ex-
plains it. A hunt will be made for
him.
The
P ress-Democrat's
Job Stock
Is tlie most complete
ever brought to Hennes-
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