The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 58, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1924 Page: 1 of 7
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The Cushing Citizen
Largest Circulation
in Payne County
Official City Paper
for Cushing
VOLUME XV
CUSHING OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MAY 22 1924
NUMBER 53
BRITISH FLIER
CONTINUES
HIS FLIGHT
(Py United Press)
LONDON May 21— Major Mac-
Laren the British round the world
flyer left Calcutta for Ayah Burma
according to advices from the form-
er city
The British- flier so far has had
little or no trouble on his trip and
the British are confident that it
will be a success
— o
PAYNE COUNTY ROAD BOND
ELECTION
WHO CAN VOTE
From the county attorney and
various law firms we are informed
that any person qualified to vote
in any general election can vote
in the election to be held June 9
1924 In other words if you are
elegible to vote in any election you
can vote on this issue
MAINTENANCE COST— PAVED
ROADS
When we have completed the pav-
ing and hard-surfacing road pro-
gram for Payne county the tax-
apyers of this county will have
finished their job as far as these
roads are concerned It will cost
approximately $7500 per mile per
year to maintain these roads but
the State of Oklahoma will pay the
bill Keeping these roads in per-
fect condition according to gov-
ernment specifications at all times
indefinitely after construction is
completed will not cost the citizens
of Payne county one cent
HARD-SURFACED ROADS IN
OKLAHOMA
Payne county dirt roads are ack-
nowledged to be the best dirt roads
in the state and that fact places us
n the main travelled highways of
the state Can we afford to sit by
and loose this prestage this artery
of trade this steady income which
this traffic brings us?
Here is what the other counties
of the state are doing:
Tulsa county: $1750000 has been
voted for paved roads and they al-
ready have 114 miles of concrete
highways in the county
Washington county: Has voted
$75000000 for hard-surface roads
and they have completed 15 miles of
concrete roads and lias three other
projects now under construction
Creek county: Has voted road
Londs aggregating $115000000 and
has 12 miles of concrete roads com-
pleted and two other projects under
ccntsruction
Oklahoma county: Has a large
road bond issue and a systematic
pet-work of concrete over the en-
tire county
Rogers county: Has voted $050-
00000 in bonds and will have con-
: Vaction work under wuy within
the next two or three weeks
Stephens county: Has voted $800-
Wonder if Gov
Gov Cameron Morrison of North
Thomas G MrIeod of South Carolina In
some duys to business and pleasure
LILLY HOTEL
PARTLY DESTROYED
BY FIRE I
A fire at the Lilly Hotel was dis-
covered by the neighbors agout 3:00
this moring and the alarm was turn-
ed in before the occupants of the
building were aware that they were'j
in danger The siren was sounded
and it was only a few minutes be-
fore the firemen were on the scene
The fire which had started in
the center of the building had made
considerable headway before it had
been discovered It origin is un-
known however it is believed that
it caught fire from a defective wir-
ing in the second story Although
the fire had made great headway
it was confined to the upper story
of the hotel and the adjoining build-
ings which were only a few feet
away were not greatly damaged
due to the splendid work of the
firemen Water damage to the un-
burned part of the building will
amount to almost as much as that
actually destroyed
Many of the occupants of the up-
per story escaped with only their
night clothes those of the lower
floor were more fortunate most of
whom were able to remove their be-
longings One of the parties most concern-
ed in the loss O R Lilley was out
of town in Stillwater he returned
this morning Mrs II W Kelley
had only leased the building two
weeks ago and her loss is consid-
erable she having put in a stock
of groceries and other articles
The loss is partly covered by in-
surance 00000 in bonds anii is building a
very comprehensive system of good
roads
Garfield county: Is voting a $1-
00000000 bond issue to be used in
the construction of a little over one
hundred miles of hard-surface roads
to be used with federal and state
aid This will connect all the main
towns in the county
Okmulgee county: Lincoln county:
When these two counties have com-
pleted their present program of
concrete roads all the principle
towns in their counties w‘ill be con-
' nccted and one need not leave the
concrete to go from Oklahoma City
to Muskogee through these counties
j ‘ Kay county: Has 5 miles of con-
crete road under construction at
this time and more planned
Noble county: Has $24000000
i now available for use on hard sur-
face highways this year
j rawnee county: Is busy on the
plans for several miles of hard-
surface!! roads to connect Cleveland
j and ’Keystone
Logan county: Plan to build a
’ section of the Tulsa-Okluhoma City
highway from the Logan county
line northeast of Edmond through
Guthrie to the Payne county line at
C'oyle and to build a four mile ex-
tension of this road to Pleasant
Valley
Payne county: Our county What?
???: Let us build a hard surface
road connecting the principle towns
in the county and adjoining on to
the Creek county ad Logan county
roads
Morrison Said It
Carolina (right) chatting with Gov
New York where they were devoting
HARD-SURFACED ROADS COST
i ESS THAN DIRT OR CHAT
There is no question about Payne
county’s having some of the best
dirt and chat roads in the state We
are proud of these rouds and we
have a right to be because they
represent the time money and labor
of years They represent the untir-
ing labor of our founty Commis-
sioners and the unfailing support
of the citizens of Payne county
However these roads have cost
us much money but not a dollar
more than they are worth and in
fact they represent the best invest-
ment Payne county has ever made
If we had any way of getting a
figure on the amount that our good
roads have made Payne county in
the way of a return on our in-
vestment we would find that the
profit has been many times over the
cost
Now in passing on from general-
izations we come to some actual
figures on cost and maintenance
of the roads in Payne county In
the last five years not including
the first five months of 1924 we
have spent on Payne county's roads
approximately $144218184 which
amount is money spent in building
and maintaining both combined
Now again coming down to con-
crete facts we find that during the
year of 1923 we spent on the very
loads that we now propose to hard-
surface tile amount of $1300000
cost us last year on an average of
$16500 per mile to maintain these
roads which we propose to hard-surface
Now we find that we have spent
in the last five years move than
half again as much as will be neces-
sary to complete the hard-surfaced
program But this initial expendi-
ture of almost a million and a half
was and is necessary as a prelim-
inary to a hard-surfeing progrm
Was it not for our splendid dirt and
chat roads we would Le forced to
spend much more than will be re-
quired at this time Therefore this
money has not been wsted but will
simply tend to lower the cost at
this time by scattering it over a
longer period of time
The greater part of this $1442-
18184 has been spent on very roads
that arc to be hard-surfaced and we
will continue to spend u great part
of our road money oh these high-
ways just so long as they are not
built in a permanent way
By hard-surfacing these roads we
will be relieved of maintaining them
and will have this money to use in
improving and building by-roads in-
to communities which ut the pres-
ent time have none to speak of at
all These roads will run to and
connect with the hard-surfaced
rouds making a permanent net
work of county and state’ roads
While we spent approximately
$16500 per mile last year for main-
tenance purposes on theso highways
this amount could have been saved
had tho roads been liard-sui faced
Cleaning Time in Washington
j as the state would have maintained
them and assumed til the cost and
at the same time it would "have cost
them approximately i $7500 per mile
to maintain them making a retuc-
1 ion of over 50 per cent in cost of
maintaining Therefore where it
costs us $10500 per mile to main-
tain a dirt road or chat road it
costs the state on $7500 per mile
to maintain a hard-surfaced road
Therefore in looking at this pro-
position from the standpoint of
tccncmy we come to 'only one logical
conclusion and that is to take ad-
vantage of this great saving in
maintenance which is offered by
hard-surfacing and do it at this
time while we have a great property
valuation in this county and the
lest dirt roads in the state as a
foundation to work on
HOW DOES HARD-SURFACEI)
ROADS PROFIT BOTH RURAL
AND TOWN CITIZENS AND
DOES IT PAY AS AN
IN VESTMENT
The question may be asked “Does
it pay as an investmen and does it
j p rofit both rural and town citizens”
j Of course this is a question that
can best be answered by the indi-
vidual himself However there are
many ways of looking at any ques-
tion and to get the correct ans-
wer one must first' get the correct
view point from which he will draw
: his conclusions
Now taking the matter of wheth-
j tr it profits both the rural and town
citizens We take it first that you
are a taxpayer If you are not a
taxpayer then you could not heap
but profit as the project costs you
nothing and you have nothing in-
vested on which you could expect
a return Therefore the citizen
wiio is not a taxpayer has all to
gain and nothing to loose cm this
hard surfacing program That
should clear up any question in the
mind of anyone who is not a tax-
payer if he is trying to analyze
the question as to who will profit
I y this hard-surfacing
Now returning to the citizen who
is a tax payer ami will necessarily
lave an investment upon which he
must expect u return The first
question to Le answered is how
much will his investment amount
to This can only bo answered by
taking the amount of his assessed
valuation in thousands and multi-
plying it by approximately $210
D a B B
Q)v iifoit CfCnow
THAT CUSHING IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THIS
ORGANIZATION THAT IT IS A HOME INSTITUTION
SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED AT
THE DIXIE STORES COMPANY
8 BUSY
" WHERE MOST
a a b n a a
10
which will give you the amount that
he will pay in as an average for
the twenty years The highest
amount being $262 per $100000
dollars and the lowest approximate-
ly $156 per $1000000 of assessed
valuation Now let us make a con-
crate example qf this explina-
tion Suppose you have an assess-
ed valuation of $300000 Then the
amount -that you would pay in any
one year would be three times $216
or $648 which amount represents
the amount of your investment
Now is this hard-surfaced highway
worth $648 per year to you
Again at this point you must turn
back to the particular facts and con-
ditions surrounding your case How
can this new investment in the
form of hard surfaced roads be
made to serve me IIow can I use
them to better myself Will they
enable me to market my products
more easily and cheaper Will they
give me a wider range of markets
at which I may sell my products
Will they enable me to reach the
county seat at all times of the year
by automobile? Will it be possible
to drive by truck or touring car
to Tulsa Oklahoma City or other
points at all times of the year?
These are only a few of the ways
in which you would profit on your
investment and should one of these
or any one of the thousands of oth-
er uses be made applicable to your
needs then it has been a profit-
able investment for you and you
have gotten more back than you
put into it
So the question of who will profit
by the hard-surfaced roads and will
it pay me as an investment reverts
itself back to where you started
and then the question must be de-
cided by getting the correct view
point and considering the different
advantages to be gained in each
instance However we can be safe
in saying that at least 95 per cent
of all the citizens of this county
will realize a profit on their invest-
ment and both the rural and town
folks would be materially benefit-
ed Mr and Mrs Jack Hutton of
Cleveland returned to their home
Tuesday after having spent two or
three days in this city the guests
of Mrs George Myers 317 South
Central
Mrs John Foster and her son
Charles transacted business in Still-
water Tuesday
STOKES
PEOPLE TRADE"
RECESS TO BE TAKEN
IN DAUGHERTY
INVESTIGATION
(liy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON May 21— Plans
for a temporary recess in the Sen-
ate Daugherty investigation have
virtually been agreed upon and the
committee in charge has ordered the
preparation of a partial report for
presentation before the end of the
month
The hearing will be continued
without intermission during the
next few days in an endeavor to
clear up several lines of inquiry to
be dealth with in the report upon
the authority of former attorney
general Daugherty The oredrs
were given by Jess Smith his close
friend and companion and were tak-
en atad obeyed by the burau of in-
vestigation of the department of
justice Lewis J Bailey its former
acting chief testified before the com-
mittee “Everybody up there understood
that they had to do what he told
them If they were like me they
figured that they had better take
his orders or look for a new job”
Bailey said
For your health’s sake! Use
plenty of orangeade and lemonade
now Sunkist oranges 19 for 25c
And best quality large lemons 21c
dozen at the Quality grocery now
Phone 98 We deliver free and freely
CONFEREES -AGREE
ON FORM
OF TAX BILL
fPy United Preaa)
WASHINGTON May 21— Senate
house conferees reached an agree-
ment on final -form of the tax bill
Agreement provides democratic nor-
mal and surtax rates but eliminates
the provision for full publicity in-
come tax returns and substitutes
house flat twelve one half per cent
proposition in tax for graduated
scale in senate bill Report to be
submitted to both houses tomorrow
Conferees believe Coolidge will ac-
cept the bill and leave raising reve-
nues needed to meet bonus financ-
ing to next session of congress
NOTORIOUS BANK
ROBBER CAPTURED
IN CHICAGO
(liy Associated Press)
CHICAGO May 21— Earl Webb
24 alias ’Skinny’ Barger who is
wanted in connection with four
robberies of banks in Oklahoma
was arrested early today
The detectives are said to have
found in his possession $30000 in
bills with a wrapper which is thot
to be part of the $25000 taken from
banks
The police said that Webb ad-
mitted that he robbed the Mer-
chants and Farmers bank at Catoosa
the Tulsa State bank the Collins-
ville State bank and another bank
in this stale
Demonstrating
“Mlll is to your limly what coal Is In a locomotive” says llcaltli Commis-
sioner Buntieseii or Chicago The photograph shows him running a locomo-
tive using lumps of dried milk us tliu only fuel The milk showed about the
same energy value per pound ns eoal The photograph Is part or u publicity
campaign u encourage Cliienuoana to drink more milk Cor tliolr health's sak
OFFICERSHOT
BY BANDITS
HID BY BANK
( Tty United Press)
PRAIRIE GROVE Ark May 21
— The posse are searching for three
bank bandits who shot and seriously
wounded Charles Sirchficld deputy
sheriff in a gun battle near here
yesterday when the officers stumb-
led across the trio hid under the
bank
Another deputy had his hat shot
off The bandits robbed the First
National bank here Monday anil
escaped with $3500 after forcing the
two bank officials to lay prostrate
on the floor
Miss Alma Paul left Monday for
Los Angeles California where she
will spend the summer months
CLASS DAY
EXERCISES AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Class day exercises will be held
tonight at the Baptist church be-
ginning at eight o’clock The class
history will be read" and other'
presentation of the gavel will be
made to the junior( class This sym-
bolizes tho privilege that the sen-
iors posses the ruling in all school
affairs and the gavel will be pre-
sented to Herschell Walker junior
president by George Self senior
president
The Ivy Oration will be made by
James Harriman this symbolizes
that the spirit of the class of ’ ’24
is to live id grow with the school
The severing of the class ties'vill
also be made by the president to
the seniors The sophmores hava
made ‘a'chaln of 'green- and Hr hue
flowers which will be bound about
the senior class and when cut it
symbolizes that all class ties are
broken
CUSHING BOY GOES
TO WEST POINT
Frank Hosch a graduate of the
Cushing high school has been ap-
pointed as a cadet to West Point by
Congressman F B Swank through
the efforts of the school and of the
business men N of this city Hosch
has successfully passed all examin-
ations educationally and physical
an-i has been notified to present
himself at the Military academy on
July 1 for admission
Tho young man has many friends
who will be glad to learn of his
good fortune
W A Stanley of 306 East Broad-
way left Tuesday for Brownwood
Texas where he was called by the
death of his brother Ed
Mrs R M Boudiner returned
Monday from a short visit with
friends at Guthrie among whom was
Mrs Nannie Hay who is in a
sanatorium there She is in a crit-
ical condition Mrs Boudiner savs
she no longer recognizes her friends
the Power in Milk
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Green, E. M. The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 58, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1924, newspaper, May 22, 1924; Cushing, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1750729/m1/1/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.