The Star-Gazette (Sallisaw, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1915 Page: 3 of 6
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FRIDAY OCTOBER till
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NOTICE !
There will be a
meeting of the
Cotton Seed Pro-
ducers Association
at Sallisaw Oklahoma
Saturday October 23 1915
'
at two o’clock p mM in their
office in the Fraternity build-
ing bach member is purged
to be present
I That Big Meeting Wednesday f
FRANK Kliltli President
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Ralph Peters
On Railway Mall Pay
A controversy has been raging tn the columns of the
preis between the railroad and the Federal Post Office
Department over the question of proper compensation
for handling the United States malls Mr Ralph Peters
Chairman of the Railway Mail Committee when aslced
to state the railroad side of the controversy to the
American farmer said In part:
“The railway mall pay question will bo settled — and
settled permanently and with Justice to all concerned —
as soon as the American people realize that the whole
subject while seemingly complicated and technical bolls
down to a few simple points of fair business dealing
which no one need be a rate expert to understand
“The first is that the Post Office Department weighs the malls and re-
adjusts the pay of the railroads only once In four years This compels the
railroads to carry the Increase in the mall tonnage during the Intervening
years without pay— manifestly an Injustice In the case of a rapidly growing
business One consequence has been that last year the railroads carried fully
half the parcel post for nothing
“A second point Is this: In addition to' carrying the malls the rail-
roads are required to operate many traveling post offices for sorting and
distributing the malls while In transit But the Post Office Department pays
for such post offices only where they occupy whole cars and pays nothing
la the many cases In which it merely requires the use of post office apart-
ments In combination cars although such apartments differ from the full
railway post office cars only In size More than 4200 apartments of this
character have been fitted up and are maintained for the exclusive use of
the Post Office Department Failure to pay for them has been an especial
hardship to the smaller roads on which the Department does not find it
necessary to utilize whole cars
"One last point: In thousands of Instances (though not In all) tho Post
Office Department requires the railroads to carry the malls hack and forth
between railroad stations and post offices but pays them nothing for this
extra service beyond the rates covering the rail transportation The rail-
roads have no choice but to perform this additional service gratis or refuse
to carry the mails at ell
“Now for the remedies the railroads ask: They do not ask to have the
malls weighed daily or to have each shipment weighed and paid for sep-
arately as la done tn the case of private shippers They merely ask to
have the malls weighed and the pay of the railroads adjusted at least once
a year Instead of once in four years They also ask that apartment post
office cars be paid for at reasonable rates according to size Lastly they
ask that the Post Office Department ceaso to require of them free messenger
service between stations and post offices and either relieve them of this
service or pay fairly for It These are the reforms the railroads ask of Con-
gress They gladly lay these reforms before the public confident that they
will eppeal to the common sense and fairness of American voters’’
Buttling unmnd like a hickory nut
in a half bushel measure MeNubb
occupied one hour and eight minutes
of the time set upai'l for tho funeral
services nl the final resting place
of “Old Folly Per Cent'' just pre-
ceding the noon hour Wednesday
lie bemoaned the fuel (hat he was
unable to exhibit to the assembled
multitude the miraculous powers of
Ibe Christ but being shorn of Ihcse
attributes be uidiesilulingly pro-
claimed himself leader of the musses
and will) bis usual bull frog voice
ami tadpole intellect said:1 “I will
lead till you folks have lo do is to
follow'1 A( Ibis magnificent display
of gall and egotism a fw cheered
md many laughed
He opened his address by paying
bis respects to the editor of the
Evening Slur und the Shir-Caselto
which clearly indicates that the fel-
low during Hie hours of sober re-
flection and quiet thought really
has lucid Intervals during which ho
thinks upon sensible subjects even
if he is not able lo solve them ami
arrive nl correct conclusions The
fact that MeNalil) is a human being
is forever set at res! — he admitted
il frankly during his speech He
denied Hint he was playing polilies
but said that he was paying a dcbl
Hint he owed tho people'
We know that Mae conliiiued lo
draw the salary ns county allorney
for six months after having admit-
ted over his own signature Hint
his usefulness to the people was a
thing of the pnst We also know
Hint lie is now uml lias been for
some months past drawing Hie sal-
ary as probate judge mid Is spend-
ing his lime making speeches to
boost his own political 'aspirations
Therefore we are clearly convinced
that he is correct in saying that he
owes the people a debt bill wc
are equally 11s clearly convinced Hint
many of Ihem will not be liolly
pieaseil will) I ho idea of having Dial
debt paid in hot air and political
Ininc
Mac gave Ihc crowd 1111 inside
view of Ills character when he re-
lated a slory in which he told of
an incident in which he approached
two little hoys silting io a wagon
in front of the Sallisaw Bank &
Trust Company and told them that
“Ihc meanest enemy that lliey had
on earth wns their daddy” Any
mail who will tell a child such a
Ihinjj ns Hint Is capable of teaching
men lo violate their contracts and
he is even capable of going fiu’llier
if he felt that it would be lo his per-
sonal profit to do so
His unfairness and insincerity was
further displayed by his attempt lo
place the-editor of Hie Star-Gazette
in Hie class Hull favors usurious
contracts We arc as much op-
posed lo usury ns McNabb Is and
MeNubb knows il We will sin-
cerely hail the day when usury is
n thing of Ihc past in this count!'
because it will be a glad day for
Ihc people as a whole McNabb will
at heart regret thar day because it
will necessitate him getting a new
political hobby horse to ride
The difference between McNnbb
and the editor of the Star-Gazelle
is that wc want lo see the result
accomplished with honor lo the men
who bring it about which can and
will be done Mac wants it brought
about in Hie dishonorable manner
which lie advocates because he
know that any man who Is light-
bended enough In follow such
course is ulso light-headed enough
10 follow his political leadership
Mae displayed his utter disregard
fur the truth when ho said: "When
Williams heard ubout me he said
lie was going to call a special ses-
sion of the legislature lo enuct a
usury law” 'The facts are that the
governor has never yet said Ilia! he
was going to call nil extra session
of Hie legislature for any purpose
and if he docs call one it will be
for Hie purpose of cmirling a sub-
stitute for the grandfulher clause
which has been declared uneoiisli-
hiliomd and not lo in any manlier
interfere with our present usury
statute
His sell’-coneeil and self-praise
became almost sickening when he
blatantly proclaimed that he was the
only honest official in the eounly
and said that every other man who
ran for an office had lo rub up
against the forty per cent outfit to
I "'in
! 1 1 is elforls lo belittle uml besmirch
j llu fair name of Senntor Blassin-
jganie were ns silly und uncalled for
as limy weru corrupt No man In
Hie Fifth legislature left il with a
cleaner record and a more high re-
gard of his fellow senators than the
senator from Sequoyah county and
Mao’s chagrin at him is because Hie
gentleman lias been rflised to be-
lieve that it is not honorable for
11 borrower to pay hack less than
In1 borrows
Judge Ellis
Judge Ellis followed MeNubb lint
liix talk was decidedly short and
from our foeation In the crowd xve
were unable lo hear what he had to
say
“Rube”
The next speaker made the most
sensible talk of the day At this
writing we are unable to give his
name
j We enquired of nl least a dozen
i men in llu crowd for Hie name of
! I lie speaker but none could tell us
lunylhing other llinn that lie was
known by (he nickname of “Bubo”
He may go by that name alright
I but is not such a “rube” as the
name would indicate He did not
agree entirely with the editor of the
Star-Gazette blit his manner of dis-
agreeing was respectful and his ad-
vice In his hearers wns to organize
and lo be sure Hint they themselves
were right before they attempted to
right the other fellow He warned
them against following the lend of
McNabb or any other sclf-nppoinUd
leader and advised them lo choose
for themselves llicir own lender
The redeeming feature of “Buhe’s”
talk was that it was plain to he
seen that he was sincere and that
his speech was not being put forth
as an asset to any political aspira-
tion We have a keen respect for flint
kind of a man whether wc agree
with him or not
W D Slater
The meeting wns closed by a few
remarks from W I Slater and 11
was with considerable regret upon
our part that be deemed the lime
too short for him to say what be
rea'lly wanted to ' Slater does not
agree with the Slur-Gazette in all
its teachings hut he is another Ilian
who abhors dishonor and fearlessly
advocates a high standard of man-
hood His teachings are so far in
advance of Ihti McNabb ideas and
his purposes are so much more laud-
able (hat we entertained an earnest
desire to bear him express himself
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
'All teachers desiring lo take Hie
regular quarterly examination for
Teacher's Certificate lake nolicr
that same will he held ul Sallisaw
Oklahoma beginning at 7:1a on Hie
morning of October 28lh and con-
tinuing through Thursday Friday
and Saturday October 28 2'J and
'10 11)15 If you expert (o lake this
examination it will be necessary for
you to be present at the opening
hour There will he n closed sea-
son on Tcmporury eerlillcaley be-
ginning on ubovc dale except in
eases of extreme necessity
It Is iny desire to exhaust Ihc list
of worthy teachers before outside
teachers are given employment in
Sequoyah eounly
J II DODSON
County Sup’i of Schools
4s Amies rim 2221
Think of It! You can file on a free
32'l-acre homeatead In Wyoming for
$22 uml buy 1 (50 acres of Government
pasture land adjoining for $125 per
acre These lands are good for mixed
farming dairying and atock raising
Get one of these homesteads before
tluy are all taken up Write today for
free Government lands folder The
Burlington Railroad employes me to
help you locate My services are free
S B Howard Immigration Agent Bur-
lington Route 70 Q Bldg Omaha
Nebraska wit
WILL MEET AT FORT SMITH
” 11 1 ' f
The Medical Association of the
Southwest sclerting Fort Smith as
the meeting place for next year and
electing officers adjourned its an-
nual meeting at Oklahoma City af-
ter a three days’ session Kansas
City Mo and Hoi Springs Ark
jwere eager conteslanls for the eon-
jvention place of next year hid Fori
k-Smilh secured the most voles
The officers elected arc: Joe Bcc-
jtoo Greenville Texas president
i S Sutton Kansas City Kails K
H Marlin Hid Springs Ark J A
j Walker Shawnee S G James Knn-
i sas City Mo vice presidents F
i H Clark Fl Hcno serretary-lreas-urer
Dr Clark xvns re-eleeled and
he is now serving In his tenth year
Members of the executive committee
are J H Ridel Suline Knns St
Cloud Cooper Fori Smith Ark W
A Ball Wanctlc Ok E II Skinner
Kansas City Mo and F H Carey
Dallas Texas
MORE OKLAHOMA
HOME OWNERS
The school land department has
just closed the sale of lands in the
twelfth sales district The last of
the sales was made in Noble county
during the past week There were
1313 tracts of land in this district
and 1151 tracts were disposed of
The land in the district was ap-
praised at $439534050 and sold for
$445528050 bringing in excess of
the appraisement $59940 Dispos-
ing of the 1151 tracts means that
there are that nutuy outre actual
home owner now than when the
aale began All of these tracts wart
under lease and the lessee purchased
his lease in nearly every instance
1'he department will begin the'
sales in the thirteenth district on
November 4lh at Faii view in Major
county and close the sales to Ok-
lahoma county on December 16th
The stale fair grounds appraised at
$48000 is included in this sales
district
A NEW STATE BUILDING
Aiiiioiiuei incut lias been made by
Hie honed of nlfaiis that it will re-
ceive bids on October 27th for the
eoiistruelioii of Hie new Inbrutnry
building at Hie stale university at
Norman An appropriation of 1 00-
1)00 was made liy the last legisla-
ture for the building
SETTLEMENT NOTICE
AH parlies indebted to the Slui1-
(iuzelte or Evening Star must muke
settlement of their account on or
before Nov 10 1915
If you can’t settle with the cash
come anil settle by note or due hill
so as lo flnnlly close the book ac-
count By pay ing strict attention
to this notice our debtors can save
both themselves und us the unnec-
essary trouble of doing business with
a collector
WE HAVE A SPOT CASH CUS-
TOMER FOR A SMALL FARM
NEAR TOWN MUST BE WELL
WATERED '
GUTIIREY & BLASSINGAME
NOTICK OK WARRANTS PAYABLE
’ Sallisaw Ok la Oct 13 115
Notice ia hereby given that the coun-
ty treasurer of Boquoyah county oan
pay the following oounty townehlp
and school district warrants:
Cosaty
Court Fund — To and Inoludlng war-
rant No 10 1914 and 1913 aerlea
Contingent Fund — To and Including
warrant No 4S0 1914 and 1915 aorta
Salary Fund — To and Including war-
rant No 210 1914 and 1913 terlaa
Poor and Insane Fund — To and In-
cluding warrant No 151 1914 and 191C
series
Supply Fund — To and Including war--ant
No 81 1914 and 1915 aerlea
Tick Eradication Fund— To and In-
cluding warrant No CO 1914 and 1916
aeries
TowaehlnJ
Akins — To and Inoludlng warrant No
16 1914 and 1915 aerlea
Rlackgum — To and Including war-
rant No 2 1915 and 1916 aerlea
Campbell — To and including warrant
No 5 1915 and 1915 aerlea and all of
1914-16
Gans— All
Hnnson— All
Muldrow— All
Price's Chapel — To and Including
warrant No 14 1914-16 eerlea
Redland— All
Rokind — To and Inoludlng warrant
No 191914-15 aerlea
Rocky Mountain — All
Sallisaw— All 1914-15 series to and
Including warrant No 5 1916-16 series
Vlan — All 1914-15 aerlea to and in-
oludlng warrant No 6 1915-16 aorta
School District
District No 25— All 1914-15 aeries
District No 26 — Warrants Nos 3 and
(
District No 35 — To and Inoludlng
warrant No 47 1914-15 series
District No 39 — To and Including
warrant No 9 1914-15 series
District - No 43— Warrant No 11
1912-13 series
District No 46— Warrant No 36 1914-
15 aeries
- District No 54 — Warrants Nos 42
and 45 1914-15 series
District No 68— Warrant No 1 1911-
14 series
Respectfully submitted
R F CAMPBELL
dAwlt County Treasurer
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fo a good small or creek
farm near town if price is right
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Guthrey, E. Bee. The Star-Gazette (Sallisaw, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1915, newspaper, October 22, 1915; Sallisaw, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1839174/m1/3/: accessed July 11, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.