The Weekly Democrat-Chief (Hobart, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1919 Page: 1 of 12
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I HE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-CHIEF
official Pnnpr nf Kiowa Countv. Largest and Oldest Bona Fide Circulation ot any Publication in The County.
NO. 50
HOBART, KIOWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1919.
VOL XVIII.
OLDEST COUNTY OF-
FICER IN SElCEiSS
different times nine years and fuw
months.
Mr. McMillan took office the first
January 1, 1903, and served
_jusly until October, 1007. He
■ came into office again on January 1,
1915, and served until July 7, 1919.
| In all this long service, Mr. McMillan
,has ever been alert to the best inter-
J. J. McMillan Retires from the ^ STttaTTtta
Board of County Commission- board.
ers After Being in Office Nine) Coming to Kiowa county in Octo-
WARNING TO TAX
Years and Four Months
ber, 1901 from Clinton county, Mo.,
Mr. McMillan can be classed as one
| of the pioneers of the county. He
'settled on a farm .3 miles south and1
' 1 mile west of Lone Wolf, and en-
Oomplying with the recently en-1 gaged in farming until about 18
acted law changing the term of the months ago, when he sold his place,
county commissioner's to commence and went to live with a son. Re-
with the beginning of the fiscal year cently he moved to Lone Wolf, and
instead of the calendar year, the old ja now engaged in business there.
board of county commissioners con-. —:
sisting of A. H. Rogers, Snyder; J.
J .McMillan, Lone Wolf, and C. W.
Foster, Mountain View, convened
Monday morning and wound up their
affairs, after which McMillan and
Foster retired from the board, giving
way to J. E. Watson of Hobart, com-
missioner elect in the first district,
•and Wm. Underwood, of Mountain
View, commissioner elect in the sec-
J Jim Kidd Taken Into Custody at
Portwocd's Farm Wednesday
on Complaint of Thelma Tiner
14 Year Old Girl
• > ■
is
HELD ON CHARGE
EXCESSIVE CHARGES
ARE INQUIRED INTO
Two Men in Boston Sentenced Greer County Threshermen Are
to 18 Months Terms and
Heavily Fined for Attempts
to Defraud Government
"Tax dodgers may take warning
llaled Before Member of Cor
poration Commission for Col-
lecting Bonuses off Farmers
In response to complaints from
Jim Kidd, harvest hand, was plac-
ed under arrest Wednesday morning
ed under arrest by Deputy Hartzog
ing, where he was working in the liar
vest field, and is charged in an in-
formation signed by Thelma Tiner, 14
year old girl of Cold Springs with
rape. He was arraigned before Judg?
Carpenter in the county court, plead
not gui|^y and made bond in the sum
of $1,000 for his appearance at a pre-
liminary examining trial August 4.
Kidd is alleged to have assaulted
Thnlma Tiner, a 14 year old girl who
lives in +he vicinity of Cold Springs,
on Sept. 27, 1917. FolloWtog the al-
leged1 assalt he escaped from the
' I T M'MII I AN county and eluded the officers. The
1,1 , ' . _ i girl came to Hobart and lodged a" com
Who retired from ooard of County, laint agai„st her assailant, but the
Commissioners, July 7, after serv-j officers were never able to get track
ing 9 years and 4 months j of hjm until a day or two ag0 when
Prior to taking office the commis-1 th heard that a man of his descrip-
innw' bonds with County ^ w&g assist;ng p0rtwood in har-
sioners filed their bonds with County
Judge Carpenter, where they were
approved and after singing the con-
stitutional oath, became the commis-
sioners for Kiowa county.
Their first official act on conven-
ing was to organize the board. This
was done when Underwood moved
Mr. Watson become chairman of the
board; the motion was seconded by
Mr. Rogers.
C. G. Keiger was re-appointed as
county engineer for the two-year
term, beginning July 1, 1919 and end-
ing June 30, 1921. The appointment
of deputies in several of the offices
were approved, as was surety bonds
filed by the banks of the county des-
ignated county depositories: In nam-
ing the official depositories in con-
formity with the law, every bank in
the county was named as follows:
F. & M. 'National, City Guaranty,
Home State, Hobart; Orient State,
First National, Lone Wolf; Bank of
Gotebo, First National, Gotebo; Bank
of Mountain View, First National,
Mountain View; First Bank of Roose
velt, Roosevelt; Planters State Bank,
Mountain Park; First National, Kio-
vesting his wheat. Wednesday the
officer went out and made the arrest
There is said to be no question as to
the identity, although Kidd stoutly
denies that he is the person wanted
or that he is in any way guilty of the
crime imputed to him.
In view of the nature of the of-
fense the case will be followed with
more than usual interest.
j, UUUgClo liiajr vanv *-• in i vw . —
by the eighteen months prison sen- j Greer county that threshermen were
tence imposed on William A. Eng- charging farmers excessive rates for
lish and John H. O'Brien, Boston threshing wheat and accepting bon-
wool merchants who pleaded guilty uses, the Corporation Commission
to conspiracy to defraud the Govern- (held an inquiry in Mangum Tuesday
.nent of Federal income taxes," sai& for the purpose of ascertaining the
Oommissioner of Internal Revenue facts in the caw.
Daniel C. Roper, today. | County Attorney John T. Hays of
It is and will be the policy of the cjty wag requested by Corpora-
Bureau to pursue tax frauds re- tion Commissioner R. E. Echols, to
lentlessly. This is the only course conduct the examination. Judge Hays
possible in justice to the man wh0, COniplied witk the request and was
honestly pays his share of the com—on |iand t0 g,jve the desired assist-
mon levy. ance at the investigation.
"In the checking up of returns, | Aboufc twenty-five farmers and five
evidence to show fr£ud ~ threshermen were summoned and
lowed by a thoroug an ^ 1 gave testimony in regard to the cost
investigation which, though it ™J o{ threshing and the amount the
require years, will be threshermen were charging for their
the persons involved ...e brought to R deyeloped that the custo_
the facts theVeSreau will urge the'™^ rate char*ed was 30 cents a
imposition of the extreme penalty. | bushel. It also developed that a num-
p 1,,. ber of farmers had paid bonuses in
"Taxpayers who have not met ^ ^ ^ thre8hed
their full tax requirements, should Qne farmer who had
not wait until discovery is made by & crop ^ $5Q0 tQ induce a
a revenue officer. There is £>"ea thresherman to move to his crop
difference between the self discover ^ ^
ed tax dodger or tax delinquent and ~ . .. .. „ lln c
the one discovered by our office. The! During the investigation evidence
time for compromise is before dis- was produced showing that the aver-
covery by a Government official. 'age machine would thresh from 800
"It is our determined policy that to 1000 bushels of wheat a day or an
wealth shall not influence to prevent average of about 9001 bushels. It was
wilful tax dodgers from going to also shown that the total cost of ope-
jail. The big and financially able rat.ng such a machine was aPproxi-
must be treated in the same way as mately $135 a day. At the rate of 30
the sfnall wilful violator, and hence cents a bushel this would leave the
compromises through money will be thresherman a profit of $lo5 a day.
rejected." I Commissioner Echols held1 that this
*'The Boston wool merchants, who vvas excessive and that any bonus that
it was alleged attempted to defraud might be charged would result in the
the Government out of about'95 per jssuance of an order prohibiting the
cent, of tax due, started business in' conection of more than 25 cents n
1913 under the firm name of English bushel for threshing.
and O'Brien. The business increas-1 jn regardi to the practice of giving
ed rapidly, largely on account o^ the; &nd accepting bonuses, the Commis-
war conditions. . 'sioner stated that criminal prosecu-
"As brought out by the court, in tiong wou,d be instituted to put a stop
1917 English and O'Brien filed re- ^ evjj practices.
turns showing a total „P+wo Gpart>! It is alleged that a conspiracy has
and indl^ ^aXT1°. investigation been entered into among the thresh-
ners of $109,000. p ermen for the purpose of exacting an
it was found that the true tax of the, ov^.+onf ^ thpir services>
fore, after, or simultaneously with
the pendency of said criminal actioa.
Judge Hays is making a close study
of tho question, not only as it affects
Greer county, but as it affects Kiowa
county, for it has come to his atten-
tion that threshermen in Kiowa county
are accepting bonuses, although there
is no complains that more than 25
cents a bushel is being charged for
threshing.
He further says he will prosecute
all persons who either give or ac-
cept bonuses, if evidence of the fact
is brought to his attention.
Several years ago, it will be re-
membered, before harvesting began,
a meeting of the threshermen and for
mers of Caddo, Kiowa and Greer
counties wus held here and they a-
greed upon rates for threshing and
for labor. The threshing rates were
fixed for the three counties at 25
cents a bushel for independent thresh
ing and 12 1-2 for dependent thresh-
ing; six dollars a day for teams and
$4.50 for labor. These rates have all
been exceeded, for $5.00 a day is be-
ing demanded by harvest hands and
in some instances more than $6.00 for
wagons and teams. And the rate for
threshing, considering the bonuses
paid, is in excess of 25 cents.
These questions will be inquired1 in-
to by Judge Hays and where there is
shown to be a violation of the law he
will institute criminal prosecutions.
TO ERECT MONUMENT
Board of County Commissioners
Renew Contract for County
Agent—Also Provide Fund
or Assistant—Cover County
IKE MECHANICS
CULBERTSON AT MILLS
Roy Culbertson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. Culbertson, has advised his
parents of his safe arrival at Camp
Mills, after a long service in Europe
with the A. E. F. He expects an
early discharge and will then return
home. Roy was a member of Co.
M., 59th. Infantry of the 4th. division.
Dr. Miles returned from Mangum,
Tuesday, where he had been with his
son, Jones, who underwent an opera-
tion for hernia at the Border hospital
Jones is doing nicely.
WWtffitheaietirSement' of J. J. Mc- Alva Perkins left Wednesday morn-
Millan the county loses its oldest ing for Oklahoma City, where he has
official that is in point of service.. taken a position with a jewelery firm
Mr. McMillan has served Kiowa coun- His family will soon join him at his
ty as one of her commissioners, at new location.
Time To Start
i
Now when the young men
are receiving fine wages is
the time to start that Bank
Account.
The sooner started
quicker it will help.
Opportunity for Thorough In-
struction in Automobiles and
Airplanes Offered Now—En-
listed Men Can Fly
Permission was granted1 to _F. B.
Minnix by the board of county com-
missioners to erect a soldier's me-
morial on the court house square, pro
viding no cost is incurred against the
qouhty. The monument will be a
fine one, it is said by those in a posi-
tion to know, and will be erected to
preserve the memory of the Kiowa
county men who lost their lives in
the world war.
A new contract was entered into by
the board with the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, renewing the county's
contract the coming fiscal year for
a county agent and assistant. The-
agent's assistant was recently dis-
continued on account of a shortage
in the fund providing for this work.
To give the county agent the needed
assistant, the commissioners, by res-
olution, voted to discontinue the of-
fice of the County Home Demonstr:>
tor.
The county will pay $130.00 per
month on the salary of the countv
agent and $70.00 on the assistant's
salary. O. W. Talley, present county
agent will probably be reassigned to
Kiowa county, and will have his as-
sistant open an office at Snyder to
cover the south end of the county.
The board of commissioners believe
more good can bo accomplished by
giving the agent an assistant than by
etonitSnyjiing the home demonstration
work at this time.
the
The City Bank
it was found that tnc true 1 exorbitant rate for their
partnership ^nd defendants and that in pursuance of their agree-
was ,$1j,37 ,8:17.4, . j| earnings ment are demanding more for thresh-
attempted to conceal their earnings ^ ^ ^ tQ Thc
by keeping two Jn the 'books law governing these cases is found in
by making f"ls® would be check- the following sections of the Revised
which they Planf^j;UkLbev al 0 Laws of Oklahoma, Section 8235 Pro-
ed by revenue agents, lhey aiso
falsified their inventory at the end.viaes.
of 1917 by approximately $1,000,000 "Whenever any business, by reason
"When arrested English and O'- of its nature, extent, or the existence
Brien employed an able army of of a virtual monopoly therein, is such I
counsel, and endeavored by every de-.that the public must use the same, or
vice to escape punishment. Offers its services, or the consideration by
in compromise of more than $1,000. it given or taken or offered, or the
were suggested to the Commissioner commodities bought or sold therein
Tf Internal Revenue and refused1. jare offered or taken by purchase or
When arraigned the defendants sale in such a manner as to make it:
Pleaded guilty to a charge of con- of public consequcnce or to affect the
stiiracv to defraud the United community at large as to supply, de-
States and represented to the court mand or price or rate thereof, or said
that the highest possible amount they business is conducted in violation of
could raise by "borrowing and. other- the first section of this article, said
wise was $1,500,000, which, in addi- business is a public business, and
tion to the amount already paid', they subject to be controlled by the State,
offered to pay if not sent to prison, by the corporation commission or by
Thev declared they would be able to an action in any district court of the
raise but a small part of this amount State, as to all of its practices, prices
if a prison sentence were imposed. rates and charges. And it is reoy
"A fine of $10,000 in addition to declared to be the duty of any per-
the prison sentence, was imposed up son, firm or corporation engaged in
on each of the defendants. Civil any public business to render its ser-
proceedings will be begun to collect vices and offer its commodities, or
the income and excess profits taxes either, upon reasonable terms with-
due and the 100 per cent additional, out discrimination and adequately to
assessment provided for by law. j the needs of the public, considering
the facilities of said business."
REED DISCHARGED j Section 8228 prescribes the penalty
for such violations, and is as follows:
The preliminary trial of E. J. Reed! «^ny person who shall violata any
of Snyder, who has been in the county ^ provjsjons 0f this article, or
jail for the past four or five days, takg part> Qr aid( or advise in any
charged with burglary, was held this guch vi0iation. or who shall, as offi-
morning before Justice of the Peace cgr manager, director, agent, servant
Sam Payne. After hearing the evi- or 'emplovee. 0f any firm, corporation
dence in the case, the court held that or associati0n, knowingly carry out
it was ound insufficient to warrant in &ny the stipulations, purposes,
binding the accused over to the next prjceS) rates or furnish any informa-
term of the District Court, so dis- t}on^ knowingly, to assist
charged him from custody. • ~-
The Air Service gives thorough
instruction in automobile and air-
plane mechanics, cabinet making,
carpenter, - blacksmith and many
other trades, also book-keeping and
auditing and maintains schools where
an equivalent of a High School edu-
cation is given. Also to all men
passing the requisite mental and
physical examinations pilots training
is given so that you will not only
I construct airplanes but will have the
Iprovilege of flying them.
j The conquest of the air is but in
its infancy and already planes have
I flown across the Atlantic in less time
'than it takes to travel by train from
jhere to Kansas City.
The early pioneers of this state
counted fifteen miles a good days
journey, but the airplane has covered
1 a distance of one fifteenth the cir-
jcumference of the globe in that time.
Daily Mail Planes fly from New
{York to Chicago in six hours, the
|fastest train taking twenty-two and
all of us assembled here today will
shortly see the tim? when a letter
mailed in New York one day will
reach the Pacific coast the next.
The Government gives you food,
clothing, medical attention, free
theaters and moving pictures, also
athletic sports along with your edu-
cation and pays at the rate of thirty
to one hundred and twenty-five dol-
lars a month while teaching you a
trade that will make you independ-
ent for life.
The term of enlistment is or.c and
three years. Ages 18 to 45. Men
under 21 need certificate of consent
from parents.
Think it over and come over to
Post Field and enlist.
SOLDIER-STUDENTS ORGANIZE
Washington, July 8.—The organi-
zations of men in training, describ-
ed by District Vocational Officers in
their recent conference at headquar-
ters of the Federal Board for Voca-
tional Education, are indications of
the progress in the rehabilitation of
disabled service men. The purposes
of such organizations are to promote
fellowship among the vocational stu-
dents to encourage high standards of
scholarship and to assist in every
way the Federal Board and the col-
lege authorities in their efforts to
make of these injured mn useful citi-
zens.
The Gamma Sigma Alpha (Govern
ment Students Association) at the
State College of Iowa, located at
Ames has over fifty members, all
if , Purged disabled solfVers. Hie
president of the club lost his left arm
at Chateau-Thierry, but he gained a
lot of experience and1 is using it for
the (rood of his fellow students. The
Alvoko Club is made up of Federal
Board students at the State Agricul-
tural College at Ft. Collins, Colo-
j rado. There are twenty members in
this club. Other such organizations
are to be found in other institutions
where disabled men are being train-
ed.
I When a man with a handicap be-
gins to look out for "the other fel-
,low" real progress has been made in
his own case.
! Mr. and Mrs. George Meyers of
Farmer City, 111., arrived here Tues-
day night to spend a few days at
their farm west of town and to visit
friends. lUiey formerly resided in
Kiowa county.
in carry-
iargea mm nvm tuowuj. jng out such purposes, or in pursu-
j Reed was charged1 with burglariz- ance thereof, in violation of said pro-
, ing the ice plant at Snyder. He ad- visionSi shall be punished by a fine of
' mitted that he entered the plant thru nQt legs than fifty dollars, nor more
1 an open window, but not with crim- than ten thousand1 dollars, and by im-
(inal intent. He was caught while in priSonment not less than ten days,
the building. ; nor more than ten years, at the dis-
Icretion of the court; and each days
I Mrs. Albert Gerlach retunied to|vioiatjon of the provisions of this
Bessie Wednesday, after a visit here article shall constitute a separate oj-
with her mother, Mrs. Fannie Ingals- fense. And any sum which might be
be. I assessed as a fine by way of punish-
' ment for a crime, as herein provided.
I Mr and Mrs. W. F. Hancock left may be recovered by the State as a
Wednesday for Mineral Wells, Texas,' penalty in civil action in addition to
where they will remain a few weeks or irrespective of, the assessment and
, on an outing trip. assessability of said fine, either be-
The Model Farm
Land carefully tilled; barns and buildings in order;
machinery well kept; live stock pure-bred and healthy
The farmer himself a man exemplifying efficiency
and progressiveness in his methods.
Managing his financial affairs on a sound, busi-
ness like basis.
A checking account in this institution will do this.
FARMERS & MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
Hobart, Oklahoma
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