The Cherokee Messenger. (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 51, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1924 Page: 3 of 4
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The Cherokee (Okla) MESSENGER July 15 1924
THE CHEROKEE MESSED
Established In 1901 ' '
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The Cherokee Publishing Company
(Incorporated!)
8 C TIMMOX S-— — President and Editor
URSEL FINCH Secretary and Treasurer
One Year
Six Months
200
$100
Entered as 2nd class mail matter at the postoffice at
Cherokee Okla under act of March 3 1879
Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
HARD SURFACED ROADS AND TAXES
The Board of County-Commissioners of this county
have been a little reluctant to start a hard surfaced road
campaign in this county even on a small scale because of
the necessity under such a plan -of increasing the present
taxation which they are endeavoring to avert They have
however taken advantage of certain government aid pro-
jects when such projects would prove a saVlng to the tax-
payers without auy additional levy For Instance in the
bridge across the Salt Fork four miles north of Cherokee
they are using government aid liecause by this aid they
are saving several thousand dollars by such action This
bridge is a necessity and must be erected There is no
way around the matter if the people of the northeast part
of the county are to get across the river at all times Each
year the approaches of this bridge go out and each year
the county must be to considerable expense in its repair
There is a general demand for a decrease in taxes
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These high taxes for the most part are made by school
dlsriets and towns This county levy has been under six
mills for several years and is one of the smallest county
levies made by mny county in the state But the big tax
is piled up in- the various school districts and town esti-
mates and ftvies '
Alfalfa county will it is hoped be relieved of these
taxes in time by the decrease in school district expendi-
ture And a good start should be made in the Cherokee
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district' As soon as these taxes can be somewhat reduced
the Commissioners are willing to start on a government
road project on a small scale and each year if finances
will permit take advantage of the government aid mon-
ey for the building of hard surfaced roads
SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND
Alfalfa county will produce several hundred thousand
dollars more wheat this year thin it has produced for
many years past It is estimated that the average yield
over the county this year will run from eight to ten
bushels more per acre than last ynr The average price
paid for it so -far will exceed ten cents per bushel and
probably fifteen cents more than last year Monday wheat
was s Iling locally at 95 cents It has been selling be-
tween eighty and ninety cents If this price is paid long
the price will run twenty cents per bushel or even more
above last year's price While it is difficult to estimate
the actual Income from wheat this year over that of pre-
vious years it will run several ' hundred thousand dollars
more than for many preceding years The barley crop
alone will bring many thousands of dollars ' Watch us
get back to normalcy again
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Allen Singleton of Amorita takes issue with -tins paper
upon its LaFollette attitude and cites many mints and
gives many reasons why this paper is in error The article
is particularly well written and has many facts contained
in it that make Interesting reading The editorial will be
printed Just as written in the Friday edition' Mr Single-
ton may be right This paper however is of the opinion
still after reading the editorial that the LaFoUette kind
will never win or will solve the many problems confronting
the country at this time 'While MrLaFollette may be
honest inf his convictions while he may be opposed to the
interests and while he may be all tbat Mr Singleton says
he is still for many and various reasons be is not suited
for tbe presidency In the first place he believes in class
legislation He would starve and thwart all wbo do not
agree with him and advocates issues that are dangerous
to the general business of tbe country But after the
gentleman from Amorita haB had his say in the next Issue
the writer will cover the subject again and will go into
the more minute details of the why and wherefores of his
opposition
' Walt Mills whose Don’t Worry column in the Okla-
homa City Times has been greatly missed while he was
helping beat McAdoo In New York conducted the Conning
Tower in the New York World one day In on- item
Walt wrote “the density of population" in referring to New
York but not being home to read the second proof when
it was reproduced in the Times it was of court printed
"destiny" of population If Smith had been nominated
the item could have stood nicely as printed for the destiny
of the population would have been greater
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ALINE NOTES
From the Chronoseope
The Rainbow girls and Mother Ad-
visor Mi‘ Belle Owens went to Cleo
park Tuesday night for an outing re-
turning to their homes Wednesday
morning Mrs Marie Owens Mrs
Ethel Hall and Mrs Daisy YouDg ac-
companied tbe girls also
Dr and Mrs Ed Huston and baby
of Wa tonga and' Dr and Mrs Ben
Huston of Wavnoka came Sunday and
stayed until Tuesday with their par-
ents Mr and Mrs R F Huston Mr
andIrs S C Timmons and Mr and
Mrs L H Stephens
Mrs Florence Hill of Cherokee
came Wednesday to visit Mr and
Mrs George Ayres and other friends
in Aline
Vu Paid Part
A an worth over $50000000 died
last year It developed he had paid
no federal income taxts since 1910
and legally so
of his state and city yielding 41-2 per
cent
But for this he would have contrib-
uted more than $850000 toward ex-
penses of the federal gwernnlunt
Federal expenses were not one dol-
lar less because be did not pay
Who will pay th( IS5000? Why
does Congress refuse to pass legisla-
tion doing away with future issues of
tax-exempt bonds? — ElReno American
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Mr and Mrs
Wes Clark and son
and Mr and Mrs Orville Crowder and
children motored to Lamont Sunday
and spent tbe day with Mrs Crowd-
Instead he bought tax-exempt bondsler’s parents Mr and Mrs Spoon
JET ITEMS
From the Jet Visitor
Roy Krider Injured
Roy -Krider who left his desk at
the Farmers bank to help in the har-
vest running a tractor had the mis-
fortune to get the second ami third
fingers of his left hand in a par-
ing one finger being taken off at the
first joint and the otlifer one badly
mangled And the accident occurred
on the last day of his harvest and
about the last hour
Mrs White Dead
The sad news was received in Jet
Tuesday evening that Mrs J W
White aged 62 years and a resident
of the Jet comfunity had passed away
at the General Hospital in Enid at
4:15 that afternoon having failed to
recover from an operation she was un-
dergoing Burned to Death
Word came yesterday from Brink-
man Greer county that the third son
of Mr and Mrs Clark Tuttle former
residents of this neighborhood had
keen burned to death in a threshing
machine fire No details of the acci-
dent were available He was a neph-
ew of W W White and J W White
of this community
ANNOUNCEMENTS
POLITICAL
I hereby announce my candidacy for
re-nomination to the office of County
Clerk subject to the Democratic pri-
maries in August MRS EVA STOUT
For County Commissioner
I desire to announce my candidacy
(or the domination to the office of
county commissioner from the first dis-
trict subject to the demociatlc pri-
maries iu August
E E TALLEY
For County Superintendent
1 desire to announce my candidacy
for the office of county superinten-
dent subject -to the democratic primar-
ies in August
HARRY A BATHURST
For Commissioner
I hereoy announce' myself as a
candidate Tori the office of county
commissioner 'from the third district
subject to the Democratic voters at
the August primary
Respectfully
R W GWINN
For Sheriff
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the Demoratic nomination for
Sheriff of Alfalfa county subject to
the will of the Democratic voters at
the August primaries
B R HEROLD
For County Commissioner
I hereby announce my euudidacy for
the office of County Commissioner
from tin? Third District subject to the
will of thp iK-moeratic vo:erg of that
district at tlf- primary election Aug-
ust 5th flEXRY M STERBA
Announcement
herewith announce my candidacy
for sheriff of Alfalfa county subject
to the will of the Democratic voters at
tbe primary on Aug 5
AL CARLISLE
For Court Clerk
I hereby announce my candidacy for
court clerk on the democratic ticket
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Timmons, S. C. The Cherokee Messenger. (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 51, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1924, newspaper, July 15, 1924; Cherokee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1764100/m1/3/: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.