The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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CHE GUYMON HERALD
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Established 1890
J. Q. DENNY, Editor and Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION
One year, in advance $1.50
No paper discontinued until arrear
ages are paid, except at the option ol
the publisher.
Entered at the Guymon, Oklahoma.
postoflRre as second class mail matter.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 19K.
The Herald wishes all its readers
and friends a happy and prosperous
N«w Year. May peace, happiness
#lect Hall informs us that he ia al-
ready busy looking into the affair
and is endeavoring: to work out some
means of relief. One idea he has in
mind is to let the finishing of the
work by bid and the contractor to
receive his pay for same as rapidly
as the state road funds will meet the
The man who can conscientiously
sanction the automobile tax law, is
conscientiously, politically or other-
wise lopsided.—Texhoma Times.
These are only a few of the things
that could be said derogatory to this
infamous law. The easiest way for
our senator to square himself with
obligation. The newly elected com- the people is to get it repealed at
misaionera will probably meet with the present session.
the old board next Monday, and may
be installed at that time, but it is PROPOSALS FOR PEACE BY
likely that no further business will be] GERMANY SHOULD BE
transacted until the following day ENDORSED
owing to the fact that Monday is s
l«gal holiday. There is much unfin-
and prosperity be yours throughout i hed business to come before the
the year 1917.
Texas county's valustion for 1916
is approximately $11,000,000 The
county levy this year is 2.7 mills as
compared with 3.2 mills in 1915,
showing the levy to be the lowest in
the history of the county. Tba state
levy is also lower thia year, being i The Automobile Tuei
next meetng of the commissioners;
many bills have been made; and
many little technicalities of the
county's affairs, all of which it would
seem only just and proper ?hr the d!^
board to straighten out before retire-
ment.
'2.0 mill* ft* Compared with 8.5 mills
in 1916. Total state and county levy
for 1916 is 4.7 mills. Guymon pays
the |owest combined statev county,
municipal and school district tax of
any incorporated town along the
Rock Island in Oklahoma, the total
levy in this town being 24.4 mills,
or $24.40 on each one thousand dollar
valuation, Tyrone pays $25.60 per
$1,000, Hooker pays $26.80 per $1,-
000 and Texhoma pays $53.80 per
$1,000. From this fact it would
seem that Guymon could, by a alight
Ihcrease in the municipal levy, soon
have a sufficient fund to make it orte
of the pretty spots of the Panhan-
dle, and this after purchasing the
light and water plant at a nominal
figure. But such can never come
about as long as a factional fight
exists. The happiest day this town
can ever know is when all factional
animosity is laid aside, the hatchet
We hear numerous and varied ar-
guments concerning the State license
which is being taxed ppon the auto-
mobiles, motorcycles and traction en-
gines. We hsd our opinion of this
law from the first and that opinion
has not been changed. One paper, of
course democratic, tries to defend
the system by comparing It with the
taxes, in which it says that the li-
censes are cheaper than county taxes
would be. A very poor argument
/or such a rotten piece of law, indeed,
*That paper aay . and it is one of the
substantial papers of the county,
that a $1,000 car would be taxed
$55.00 in Texhoma or $25.00 in Guy
mon. That difference may exist.
Consider what Texhoma owns in a
municipal way, and it is worth the
price, too. But, back to the subject:
Suppose a farmer owns a $1,000 car
and he lives in a community where
powers would be obliged to negotiate.
So it is not a matter of specula-
tion whether England, for instance,
is determined to go on with the war.
but a matter of speculation whether 1
Russia, France or Italy determines
not to go on with the war.
And in that, we think, lives the
lively hope that the war will soon end.
In spite of the constant declara-
tions to the contrary, we are well in-
formed that the people of Russia sre
heartily sick of the war. Disaster
in battle and official incompetence
and callous brutality have brought
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Res. Phone 290
DR. ROBERT L. OWENS
Res. Phone 90
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The momentous event of De-. 12, | to a condition of hunger, riot (
ought to be the beginning the end "d revolt. The Czar at this very
of this dreadful war. moment is hiding under the protec-
The important thing i. not the rea.«- iioa °[
onableness or the unreasonableness' L J
of the Herman proposals.
The vitally important thing is that
peace proposals have been officially
made by one of the warring groups.
No one familiar with history would
expect the terms finally agreed upon
to be the terms first submitted by
abia and is as much a fugitive from
his capital as his companion, Ferdi-
nand of Rumania. Russia is more
than ripe for peace.
The King of Italy was forced into
this war against his will and against l
the almost unanimous sentiment of
the financial and business interests of
Italy, by a jingo campaign financed
from abroad and conducted by wild
one group.
There will be negotiations and, . ...
dickers and trades until each power J rnap'^dists an sentini«uutjul« yf (foe
has obtained as much as it can hope' ^'^inunzio type. The people of
to get and lost as little as it can
reasonably hope to get off with
losing1. AH that is on the knees of
of tho future.
The concrete, important, momen-
tous present fact is that Germany and
her allies, after two ycara of success-
ful defense and offen«9 and in the
very hour of a great and decisive vic-
tory in Rumania have offered to ne-
gotiate peace on terms that certainly
constitute a reasonable base for ne-
gotiations.
The tentative proposals of Germany
are that Germany, France, England,
Belgium, Italy and Turkey shall
neither gain nor lose territory, but
retain the same boundaries they had
I
buried and every man puts his shoul-! much as the license, is it just and
der to the wheel and all push to-1 proper to mak^1 him pay as much as
gether. We believe it a timely sugges- (he people of the town who have
tion also that the day is not far off j had the advantages which they voted
when such an event will become upon themselves and for which they
quite necessary, and it will be well j are willing to pay the price? Is it
for all contending parties to give this
suggestion due consideration in the
the taxes would not amount to as jn July, 1914; that Poland and Lith-
uania shall be released from Rus-
sian domination and re-established as
independent kingdoms; that Rumania
shall return to Bulgaria the Dob-
rudja which Rumania stole by
treacherous abuse of • Bulgaria's
equal taxation? Then, again, is it | weakened condition after the second
coming to the point where people are I Balkan war and that Serbia shall be
willing to give the outsiders all of j incorporated in the Austro-Hungar-
the proceeds if they can get off at i ian Empire.
In scrutinizing a summary of the J half price, in preference to paying! Thus only Russia and Rumania lose
Italy are heartily sick of the war
which has brought them only suffer-
ing and tremendous debt, and it is I
certain that both the government and
the people would embrace a proposal
of peace gladly, perhaps with a
salve to national pride in Africa.
The French people deeply feel |
that they have been made to endure
a grossly unfair share of the burden j
pf the war, They have suffered the ;
loss of three times as many Men as j
has England and they have incurred
a huge and crushing debt of nearly
fifteen thousand millions of dollars.
No people among the allied people so
clearly recognize the tremendous
meaning of the Rumanian victories, j
and they blame this disaster upon the
incomprehensible and indefensible
stupidity and lack of effective mili-
tary aid on the part of Great Britain.
We think the French people are ready
to negotiate.
That both the new English govern-
GROCERIES and MEATS
KEEP UP THE PEP. THAT IS SUCCESS.
THE GUYMON PEOPLE PUT THE PEP IN
US BY PATRONIZING OUR STORE, AND
TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION WE ARE
TRYING TO KEEP THE BEST GOODS THAT
MONEY CAN BUY.
IS™" W. E. EUTSLER SKS
Hardware and Furniture
Cooking and Heating Stoves, Coal Oil
Burners and many things you need dur-
ing the cold weather.
UNDERTAKING GOODS
Langston Hardware Co.
WK LKAI> IN LOW PKICK8
GUYMON,
peace of every nation in the old last. Last year the county levied
world. i f°r school purposes in the various
That cannot be too weightily im- districtsthe total sum of $101,839.82.
This year the total amount required
valuations and expenditures of
Texas county tyr the past few years
and comparing taxes for 1916 with
those of previous years, it is evident
we have had an efficient and con-
servative set of officials in many re-
spects, and had the commissioners
escaped balling up the matter of
road work just prior to the recent
general election they would have
brought their terms to a close with
an exceptionally clean slate. Just
who is to blame, however, for the
condition of some of the roads lead-
ing into Guymon iB a hard problem to
solve, it would seem. The errors
made have been shifted from one
pair of shoulders to another until it
looks possible that the responsibility
might rest on more than one official
for home enterprises and paying a
little more? In this there is room for
argument, of course. They will say
that his money does not remain out
of the county, but comes back to
be applied to good roads. True
that probably a little of it does. The
intention of the law was not so bad,
but is it being complied with? How
much of the ninety per cent of these
receipts does the county get? When
a fine is assessed, or costs, etc., who
gets that? This money belongs to the
county and the people thereof. They
have made it by the sweat of their
brow and we do not believe in any
system that will permit some hungry
political pet coming in and taking it
away from our people "just because
the law permits it." It is a rotten
the commissioners, the county engin- J proposition. The state department
eer and the state highway commis | has no right to handle the business
sion, all being involved. The latter, of the counties. It is not right for
it seems to us, is just as responsi- that department to take matters into I moderate and will not listen to any
ble and perhaps more so than anyone hand and make it cheaper for some | proposals that would seem to put
territory and Serbia loses existence
as a nation.
No mention is made of cash in-
demnities, which it is evident that
none of the powers could pay, since
all are practically bankrupt and war-
ring and existing on credit and paper
money. It is reasonable to assume
that the Allied Powers, if they do not
refuse to negotiate, Will come back
with demands that Russia sacrifice
no territory; that the Dardanelles
be made an open strait; that Belgium
receive a recompense and that Serbia
retain its national existence and in-
dependence. These would probably
be the counter demands of the Allies.
Anything much further than these
demands would end peace negotia-
tions before they really commenced,
for it is sure that the people of the
Central Empires would consider their
government's present proposals too
to conduct the schools will amount
to $121,953.16.' The total amount
of taxes to be raised for all pur-
poses in 1916 in Alfalfa county is
$319,730.66. Last year the total
else, for approving a pjoposition that | while others have to pay more than
could not possibly be carried out with I they would in straight taxation. Who
the funds in hand, while on the other j ever heard of an inhabitant of
hand it is claimed by some that had
the money been used more conserva-
tively it would have went much
farther and the roads could have been
left in much better condition. Nev-
ertheless, it is undeniable that the
road north of town is in a deplorable
state and that the business of the
town is made to suffer therefrom
Just how it can be remedied is a
question that will vex the minds of
the commissioners-elect perhaps for
some time to comqi Commissioner-
a town owning and operating
a traction engine? Who gets the
worst of it in this respect? When-
ever the counties of the state get
so that they cannot attend to their
own business with all of their high-
salaried officials, it is time to close
up and turn the whole matter over
to the State department and by the
time all of the professional politi-
cians got a whack at the pot we
would all be ready to close up shop
them in the light of the vanquished
instead of the victors.
It is useless to prophesy what at-
titude the governments of Russia,
France, Italy and England Will take.
But it is certain that the conditions
now are such that it is no longer a
ment and the mass of the English j pressed upon the minds of our people.
people are anxious to continue the We have been amazed to see how lit-
war we fully believe. England has tie this vital truth seems to be com-
suffered comparatively little, except prehended by our government at
in her pocketbook. She has done the Washington and by the press and the
most of her fighting by proxy. The people generally.
men who have died in the trenches in Now, the only way in which the amount raised was $332,586.08.
France, on the blood-stained Gallipoli balance of power can be maintained The county budget this year is as
peninsula; in the defeats and failures in Europe and the freedom of the follows:
of two great offensives, and in the seas to all peoples can be maintained County purposes $ 75,782.21
minor disasters in Serbia and Mes- at all, is the conclusion of peace while ! State purposes 48,551.50
opotamia have been chiefly Austral- there is any balance of power left to Municipal purposes 73,483.79
ians, Canadians, New Zealanders, be maintained and any freedom of (School purposes 121,953.16
Scots, Irish and wretched lives that the seas left to be saved.
were brought from India, Egypt and And it is our manifest interest as
Africa. The people of England itself well as our high and solemn obliga-
have not suffered one-sixth the j tion to humanity and civilization, to
loss in battle and trench fighting exert all our might and influence,
that the people of France have suf- I and even a measure of pressure and
fered. j compulsion might bring peace speed-
In the meantime, England has so 1 ily to Europe.
used her sea power as to extend her Any other course now would be
trade all the time not only at the a crime against the world; against
expense of her enemies and of the the past, the achievements of which
neutral nations, but actually of her are menanced with destruction;
own allies, until the profits of her against the future, which is threat-
financiers and over-seas traders are ened with burdens impossible to be
the greatest they have ever known, borne; against our race, which is be-
As long as the other peoples con- ing spoiled of its youth, drained of
tinue to beat themselves to pieces and its life blood, bankrupted of its riches
neutrals submit to the destruction of and left weaker and weaker against
their peaceful commerce, the press the day when the yellow hordes will
and the rich men of England will be storm down upon the white peoples;
patriotically for war. But it is not | against religion, against science;
in human nature for the other peo-
ples to submit much longer to con-
ditions that ruin them, while benefit-
question of whether one of the Allied ting a nation which has always main-
powers will refuse to quit, but a
question of whether one of them
will agree to quit.
If eifher Russia, France or Italy
determines to withdraw from the al-
liance and negotiate peace terms,
then Teutonic victory becomes so
and would go to places more civilized. I certain that the remaining allied
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Tombstones
Granite and Marble
MONUMENTS
<J Sole distributors of Montello and
Salida Granites.
Hutchinson Monumental
Works
ORAN KELLY, Agent
Herald Office
against civilization, against God and
man.
And specifically, and selfishly, if
you wish to so consider it, we are ab-
Total $ 319,730.66
Baptist Church
Please bear in mind the Fifth Sun-
day meeting begins Thursday eve-
ning at 7:30. Rev. H. B. Carson of
Tyrone will preach. A watch meet-
ing will be held Sunday night after
the regular service. A program is
being arranged for the occasion.
You are cordially invited to be pres-
ent.
A. V. PENDLETON. Pastor.
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tained its isolation from other na- solutely confident that any other
tions and frankly built up its power course would be disastrous and far
and its riches at the expense of all reaching and almost suicidal mis-
nations. i take against the interests and the
For these reasons, we think there safety and the future prosperity and
is good reason to see the proposals peace of our own dear country,
of the German Chancellor given con. In the crucial hour, the counsel of
sideration by France, Russia and humanity is the counsel of self-in-
Italy, and a strong probability that terest.
one of these powers will force its We have the fate of the world
allies to meet the German proposals trembling in the same balances in
with counter proposals, which would which our own fortunes and destiny
mean an armistice and eventual tremble, and well will it be for us
peace. j if the scales incline in the direction
As to our own concern in the mat- of mercy and peace.—San Fran-
ter, it is sure that peace is in every | cisco Examiner.
way desirable to us, not alone on the
grounds of natural compassion for STATE TAXES LESS
the huge agony of the peoples, but
also on the grounds of material self- Alfalfa County Will Not Contribute
interest. So Much to State This Year
If this dreadful war is prolonged,
either Russia or Germany will emerge ' State taxes will be considerably
the undisputed master of continental lower in Alfalfa county this year
Europe, and either the British Em-1 and the amount that the county is
pire will be wrecked or England will required to raise will be about half
rule the seas with a power which the amount raised last year. The
can do as it pleases with the rights total amount raised in Alfalfa county
and commerce of other peoples. List year for state purposes was
And whether Russia or Germany 1 $81,560.00, while the contribution
masters the continent, or England is this year will amount to only $48,-
wrecked or achieves a tyranny of 551.50.
the seas, our situation in the world The total amounts of taxes raised
would become intolerable and we will be about the same as last year,
should finally have to stake our all in In some instances there was a de-
ft colossal war that would shake civ- crease in the amount asked and in
ilization and its probable fall. other cases a raise was made. This
The balance of power in continen- is true of the demand for school pur-
tal Europe and the freedom of the j poses. The levies of the various dis-
seas are as essential to the United | tircts in the county is twenty thous-
States as they are to the safety and and dollars higher this year than
Presbyterian Church
We are expecting great things of
our services next Sunday. Coming
as it does, on the last day of the year,
we believe it to be an opportune time
for laying out plans, for the coming
year. The sermon will be appro-
priate with the occasionf after which
the Ordinance of Baptism will be ad-
ministered to such candidates, infants
and adults, as shall be presented;
new members will be welcomed and
the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
will be celebrated. A very cordial
invitation is hereby extended to all
GEORGE T. CLARK, Pastor
TOMBSTONES
When you wish to purchase ft
monument, tombstone, grave marker
or anything in the way of grave
decorations, see Oran Kelly, at the
Guvmon Herald office.
T. L. Hobbs, one of the progres-
sive ranchmen and wheat growers
of Hansford county, was looking
after business affairs in Guymon
Saturday.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
No hunting allowed on the J. K.
Hitch ranch on the Coldwater.
HENRY C. HITCH,
Now Lookout.
When a cold hangs on, as often
happens, or when you have hardly
, gotten over one cold before you con-
; tract another, lookout, for you are
liable to contract some very serious
disease. This succession of colds
weakens the system and lowers the
vitality so that you are much more
liable to contract chronic catarrh,
pneumonia or consumption. Cure
your cold while you can. Chamber-
lain's Cough Remedy has a great rep-
utation. It is relied upon by thous-
ands of people and never disappoints
them. Try it. It only costs a quar-
ter. Obtainable everywhere.
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