Cherokee Weekly Messenger. (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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CHEROKEE ALFALFA COUNTY OKLA THURSDAY JANUARY 10 1918
Volume 21 Number 23
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HEW BRIDGES AND
ROADS FOR COUNTY
rCotnmiioners Will Spend About
$20000 ou Bridge and Road-
ways Tki Year
At their regular meeting this week
the board of county commissioners
passed resolutions for the expendi-
ture of about $20000 for bridges and
: roadway work to be done in Alfalfa
-county this year the work to be done
by the day labor system no bids hav-
ing been received from their recent
advertisement for same aside from
bids on the steel which have been re-
jected Next week this paper will
'publish the locations of the work an-
ticipated together with the estimated
amount of cost
WASwing!e was chosen chairman
of the board for the ensuing year
and G J Roberta elected as purchas-
ing agent for 1911
The Amorita - Herald was chosen
mss the official county paper for the
year and the present janitor D Ford
araa elected to succeed hmiself at a
-salary of $50 per month
The board also employed S A
"Hott of Bedford Okla as county
- engineer and S W Hill of Cherokee
Assistant from ‘the present date to
July 1 1' 1918 the salary each to
be $5 per day and expense for each
-day’s services performed
After the auditing of the usual
-grist of bills the board adjourned to
meet February 4
7 CAPITAL STOCK BOOSTED
'Keeping right in line if not a step
or two in' advance of the times the
Bank of Cherokee this week announc-
es that the capital stock of their in-
stitution has been raised from 516--000
to $30000 a boost of jut 109
per cent a fact rather unusual' as
-ordinarily such increases are made
- gradually but the vast amount of bus-
iness and the amounts of deposits
and the surplus as shown by their
recent financial statement every way
- justifies them in making this sub-
stantial increase That the present
-management is demanding recogni-
tion through their conservative and
progressive methods is further dem-
onstrated by the fact that recently
the Bank of Cherokee was appoint-
ed as a Reserve Depository for all
state banks
Their present corps of employes
has been found inadequate to keep
the growing business right up to the
minute and as a result Mr E D
Emmell now assistant cashier of the
State Bank of Helena will become
associated with the Cherokee firm
on January 15 Mr Emmell is a man
well known to Alfalfa county people
and will need ho introduction to
Cherokee folks and that he will make
a valuable addition to this bank’s
present force of accomodating em-
ployes is assured by reason of his
good record in our neighboring ‘own
of Helena The Messenger extends
to Mr Emmell a harty welcome to
-our city
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
Sheriff J R McCrady returned
Tuesday evening from Oklahoma
- City where he had been attending
-the state conference of the peace of--fiers’
association the organization
‘being capitalized at $5000' This
-action was taken following the con-
- ference of eighty-five officers All
- peace officers of the state are ex-
peted to join the association which
‘ has as its chief purpose the recovery
of stolen property chiefly automo-
biles The association will have a com-
mittee before the next legislature
' to try to have enacted automobile
registry laws which they believe will
make it impossible for a person to
obtain gasoline for stolen automo-
biles Mr McCrady is a member of the
association and heartily approves
enactment of automobile registry
' laws
Iri
ANOTHER BLIZZARD
This morning the weather man fa-
vored this section with another bliz-
zard the wind driving direct from
the north and snow flurries filled the
air The coal situation has been re-
lieved in this city and now let er
snow This is about the steenth
brand of weather we have experi-
enced during the past week the sud-
den changes being rather hard on
those who are susceptive to colds
DEATH OF J M MOORE
James Fowler Moore was bom
near Dardanelle Ark November 16
1850 :
His father died when he was only
a small child leaving his widowed
mother with three children Martha
James and Jerome
When he was about fifteen years
of age they moved to northern Miss-
ouri where they continued to live
until 1871 coming to eastern Kan-
sas and locating near Altoona Kans
It was there his mother died
He was married to Lucy Matkin
April 26th 1876 To this union was
bora one child Maude who lives to
survive her father About the year
1882 he with his family moved to
Barber eounty Kansas locating near
Kiowa where they Ivied until this
country opened for settlement
For several years the family lived
on their farm south of Kiowa but
sold and bought the Calvert 'farm
near Driftwood It- was here April
10ttC 1907 that his wife died She
was an invalid for years before her
death and his love and devotion was
unequalled
Since his wife’s death he has spent
the winters with his daughter Mrs
J C Stearns at Stockton Calif
but the summers he spent with his
sisters-in-law Mrs A M Nash and
Mrs F M Fisk of Alva He left
here for California the 1st of last
November and passed away Decem-
ber '28th 1917 at the home of his
daughter
“Jim” Moore as he was more fam-
iliarly known was of an admirable
character honest and straightfor-
ward in all his dealings ever ready to
lend a helping hand He was indeed
a ‘Triend to' Man His friends
are numbered by the scores
He was ready for the summons
"It is enough come up higher" and
he is now with his loved companion
and all the loved ones gone on be-
fore He leaves to -mourn his loss
his daughter son-in-law and two
grand children Jerome and ‘ Helen
Steames besides a number of nieces
and nephews
‘‘O Death: Where is Thy Sting
0 Grave: Where is Thy Victory?
1 have fought a good fight
I have kept the Faith Henceforth
There is laid up for me a crown
Of righteousness which the Lord the
Righteous Judge shall give me"
Funeral services were held at In-
gersoll last Sunday January 6th
conducted by F D Camp and the re-
mains were laid to rest in the Keith
cemetery
NORTH OKLAHOMA STRONG
The Northern Oklahoma district
in the Red Cross membership cam-
paign shows up very well and would
seem to contradict ' the statement
from the governor that this end of
the state are slackers for the re-
turns show that we are more than
100 per cent good according to the
quota laid down at the beginning
According to the complete report to
state headquarters by R W Thomas
district manager the counties of
Blain Alfalfa Garfield Noble Kay
Grant Major and Woods show the
following results of the patriotic
work and the patriotic signing- up
shows for itself whether or not we are
slacken
County Quota Mem Pet
Blaine 4067 5650 135
Alfalfa I 4009 5029 125
Garfield 262 10056 122
Kay 6249 6653 10
Grant 6856 6000 8
Wciodl 3864 1200 81
Total 40379 41356 1001
THE NEW GROCERY
J W Engle came out the latter
part of last week with a window dis-
play of new and up to the minute
groceries that indicates that he is
going to give the people a run for
their money in the way of good
things to eat Last week he announc-
ed that he would patronize the Gar-
rett delivery system thus his service
will be in every way all that can be
secured elsewhere 'This stock is an
addition to his meat market hence
his line now takes iin about every-
thing ef interest to the housewife
when thoughts of a hungry hubby
demands her attention to this part
of the daily grind
Tuesday morning the world out-
side was covered with a coating of
sleet that made perambulating with-
out chains a very difficult task
Many falls were registered by those
upon the streets but none of a ser-
ious nature reported Non-skid
shoes proved very popular and in
some instances skates were used to
make going “somewhere” an easier
task
FIGURING THE INCOME TAX
THE FARMER MUST PAY
Facts and Data on the Law Requiring the
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Payment of Income Taxes That
All Farmers Should Read
The attention of the Messenger has
been ealled to the fact that there are
few farmers in this section who have
yet figured on the amount of income
tax they are required to pay the gov-
ernment in many cases the delay be-
ing the result of not knowing how to
pay where to pay or what to pay
and for the information of the Mes-
senger readers we print the follow-
ing information that will be of great
help to those who are in doubt on
most any point covered by the in-
come tax laws -
Do I have to pay the U S govern-
ment an income tax
That is a question every farmer
should be asking himself It means
the saving of money and trouble to
do so
The answer in the cases of most
Kansas and Oklahoma farmers is
"yes" — you do have to pay an in-
come tax
For what period of time do I have
to pay?
The answer is: For the year Jan-
uary 1 to Dec 81 1917
Whom do I pay?
The answer is: You send by bank
check draft or postoffice money or-
der the amount of your taxes to the
U S Internal Revenue collector for
the district in which you live if in
Kansas to W H L Pepperell at
Wichita if in Oklahoma to Hubert
L Bolen at Oklahoma City
When do I find out exactly how
much I have to pay?
The answer is: This month Janu-
ary 1918
What do I do during this month to
find out how much I have to pay
The answer is: You have to write
to the Internal Revenue Collector of
your district and ask him to send
you two income blank reports if he
has not already sent you two
What do I do with these reports?
The answer is: Fill one of them
out Get the aid of your banker if
you do not understand it After fill-
ing out the report copy it on the oth-
er blank report to keep as a record
with your own papers Then send
before March 1 1918 the report first
filled out to the Internal Revenue
collector oF your district
When do I pay the taxes which it
is determined by the figures in the
report that I have to pay?
The answer is before June 15
1918 You will be notified before
that date by the Internal Revenue
collector of the exact amoant of the
taxes shown by your own figures and
verified by him you are to pay
Th Tax Dodger Penalised
What will happen if I don’t get a
blank income report and send it to
the Internal Revenue collector by
March 1 1918
The answer is: If you are even a
day late without having gotten be-
fore March 1 1918 permission from
the Internal Revenue collector al-
lowing you to delay making your re-
port or thirty days on account of
sickness or absence you will have to
pay 50 per cent more than what your
taxes figure
What will hapnen if I fail to note
ary report at all and do not nay the
income taxes due the government?
The answer is: When an internal
revenue officer finally finds out that
your income was taxable and you did
not pay the taxes he will report you
to the government The government
will then prosecute you and i: will
cost you deal Penalties of from $20
to $1000 of imprisonment are pro-
vided by law 50 per cent of the
taxes due additional to the original
amount of taxes assessed will le lev-
ied on you for your failure to file
your report on time without written
permission for th® thirty day exten-
sion 100 per cent or double the taxes
will be levied on you if you inten-
tionally evade the taxes Imprison-
ment Btares that person in the fa-:e
who makes a fa e and fraud dent
report
Does everybody have to make an
income tax report?
The answer is: No
Who Has to Make Tax Report
Who does have to make an income
tax report?
The answer is: Every single per-
son having a net income for 1917 of
$1000 or over and every married per-
son having a net income for 1917 of
$2000 or over is required by law to
make such a report
Who figures out what my net in-
come is?
The answer is: You yourself do
but you do it according to rules and
methods laid down by the govern-
ment How do I figure out my net income
according to the government require
ments?
The answer is: Send for the in-
come tax reports study the informa-
tion given on them and fill out ex-
actly as the instructions say
How can I figure out about what
my net income is?
The answer is: Put down the total
value of all your crops disposed of
in 1917 the value of all livestock and
their products disposed of in 1917
the value of all profits on trades
sales and exchanges made in 1917
the amounts of all rents dividends
and interest received in 1917 Add
these sums all together and you have
what the government calls your gross
or entire income From this gross or
entire income you are allowed to
subtract all necessary expenses act-
ually paid within the calendar year
in running the farm not including
any personal livirg or family ex-
penses After you have subtracted
these expenses (called deductions by
the government) from the entire in-
come you have what is called your
"net income”
Is an exemption from this net in-
come allowed me?
The answer is: Yes You are al-
lowed an exemption of $1000 if you
are single or 2000 if married plus
$200 for each dependent child under
18 years of age or $200 for each old-
er child if he or she is incapable of
self-support because mentally or
physically defective You are allowed
(Continued on Page 3)
87 YEARS YOUNG
Among our large and growing fam-
ily of readers to the Messenger who
called since the first of the year to
renew is Mr Abe Demott a resident
of Cherokee for several years and of
the western country since 1883
coming to Kansas in that year from
Indiana where he removed in 1850
from his birthstate — Ohio Mr De-
mott is now 87 years of age and
talks of incidents of half a century
ago as though they were happenings
of but yesterday He is an old sol-
dier perhaps the oldest living in this
section of the state He enlisted in
the 59th Reg Co B Indiana Volun-
teers in 1861 and served four years
at the front fighting to preserve the
Union Being past 30 years of age
at the time of his enlistment it is not
surprising that he recalls with vivid
memory many of the incidents in the
life of Honest Abe Lincoln even long
before that martyred man was called
to the president’s chair At the close
of the war he returned to his Indiana
home and remaining there a few
years took Horace Greeley’s advice
to go west and grow up with the
country coming to Kansas where he
was married in 1887 to “the best
woman in the world and I still have
her with me” to use Mr Demott’s
own words
When the present conflict yrith the
kaiser is mentioned the "spirit ef ‘76’
chases wrinkles from his brow end ie
big evidence of the material in his
being that prompted him to shoulder
a gun in ‘61 and ita with regret that
today he is unable to march out with
the "boys" to do or die for the coun-
try he loves so well
Here is our best wish that Mr De-
mott and his good wife live m$ny
more years in the happiness of old
age and that this old veteran’s sun-
set of life may be brightened with
the victorious return from European
battlefields of the Stars and Strjpi
the emblem of Liberty hew$s in-
strumental in making for the great-
est nation on the face of the globe
ALL PUFFED UP
Perhaps you have passed some of
your former friends on the street
this week and they treated you with
about the same respect that a Jew
would receive at an Irish wake Per-
haps you wondered the reason for
the snub No Oswald its not New
Year’s resolutions that is causing
these fellows of yesterday to appear
as bloated bond holders of - today
The government income tax man has
been in Cherokee and a few of the
fellows have found out that their in-
come last year reached proportions
whereby they fall in line with Henry
and Andrew and Jawn D and this
is the cause of their wearing a No 10
hat and a No 4 shoe
Uncle Sam is only interested in
one’s income regardless of what one
spends should his income be within
the thousand dollar mark right then
and there he’s a subject and no doubt
some of these boys who feel sort o’
puffed up couldn’t buy a ‘betger
sandwich if beef was selling at ten
cents a carload
Cheer up though — its great to
have a reputation — even Charlie
Chaplin has one
NAGEL IN BAD?
It is rumored that bisbarment pro-
ceedings are to be preferred against
Pat Nagel the socialist and well
known attorney at Kingfisher alleg-
ing that Nagel exacted a fee from
registrants when called upon to help
them out with their questionnaires
Whether the allegation is true or not
remains to be seen and as this sort
of work has been looked upon as be-
ing about as much out of place as to
yell "Hurrah for the Kaiser” in the
midst of a Liberty Loan meeting
men who are found guilty of such
tactics will no doubt be handled with-
out gloves
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Have you ever taken a copy of the
Messenger and compared its typo-
graphical arrangement with that of
other papers published in this neck
of the woods? If you have it is su-
perfluous for us to dwell on the sub-
ject but if not try it the result will
be self explanatory An ad regard-
less of how well written loses its
effect if the display has all the ear-
marks of having been erected with
an ax Our job work receives the
same careful attention and with your
rext order give our office a trial
You’ll be pleased
In the Basket hall games at Car-
men last night Cherokee won one and
DEPOSITS IN THE
NATIONAL BANKS
Two Banka in Cherokea Show la-
crease but Carmen Bank ka
4
'- Slight Decrease
On Monday of this week the comp-
troller of the currency issued a 'all
for the condition of el! National
Banks of the United Slates at the
close of business December 31st
Bank deposits in Alfalfa county
where there are only three National
banks with the exception of the Car-
men National Bank shows an in-
crease This is exceeding well as
most banks at this time of the year
show a decrease due to the 'people:
drawing out money for the holidays
taxes and corporations usually de-
claring dividends at this time of the-
year State Banking Commissioner J
D Langford decided hot to oall for
reports of the condition of the state
banks because it was only a short
time prior that a cal had been nude
November 20th The following' table
show$ the deposits of the three Na-
tional banks of Alfalfa eounty on
December 31 and on November 20’
Dee 31 Nov 20
Carmen $ 45220000 45340000
Farmers 44437096 42078390
Alfalfa Co 315b6620 29253747
GRANDOLEUM TEST CHANCES
During the past week a change
has been made at ' the Grandoleum
test nine miles north of Cherokee
The Grandoleum OQ and Gas Com-
pany hsve purchased the string of
tools from the drilling contractor J
W Jennings and by mutual agree-
ment surrenders his contract and the
company will continue drilling oper-
ations At present the test is down
oboist $200 feet and it is the inten-
tion of the company to resume drill-
ing as soon as the weather will per-
mit Mr Jennings contract called
for a depth of 8500 feet and the
company states that they will at least
put the test down that far' and fur-
ther if necessary
BAPTIST REVIVAL MEETING
Rev J L Bandy and H E Ho-
gan missionaries of tho Salt Fork
Valley Association are conducting a
revival meeting at tho Baptist church
in Cherokee The meeting began
Monday Jan 6th and win continue
up until the 20th Everybody is cor-
dially invited to attend these meet-
ings These men are laboring for
the uplift of the people of Cherokee
and vicinity and it is earnestly hop-
ed that the attendance will be large
and that much good will be accom-
plished Come everybody and do
your part for the Master — The Pas-
tor FLICKENGER— MUSSEN
Mrs Emily Flickenger and Dr J
M Mussen two of our well known
citizens completely surprised their
many friends by being married last
Friday The ceremony was perform-
ed by Rev A B Grossman at ber
home in the presence of a few friends
Mr and Mrs Mussen are among
our most worthy citizens having re-
sided in the community for a long
number of years and their many
friends will join us in wishing for
continued happiness and prosperity
R
SEIZED CAR OF COAL
F F Linden local fuel adminis-
trator confiscated the car of coal at
the oil well south of town on the C
B George farm The same was
weighed up and sold to the town peo- '
pie and farmers in thousand pound
lots There was no coal in town and
many people were in need of fuel—
Jet Visitor
If you have received the yellow
slip and have not remitted do so at
once or this is your last paper
1
Karl F Krippendorf of Wyoming
visited with H L Krippendorf and
family the latter part of last week
He left Monday for Enid to visit
with his mother and sister who live
at that place
Burton Freeman prominent farm-
er in Parsons Township was in Cher-
okee Wednesday attending to busi-
ness matters Mr Freeman is agent
for the Service Supply Company in
his locality and his connection with
I them necessitates his coming to
J Cherokee often
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