The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1912 Page: 2 of 10
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WHAT OKLAHOMA CITY PROMISES
Tins map taken from official record*
In the State t-and Department alio**
the lixatlon of the «.r.O acres of lan.l
which Oklahoma City aeeka to unload
on the Mute In lieu of the free million
dollar < apltot ImlldlnK ahe promised the
people but failed to build. Thla land In
kft *' uttered tracts from 2 to 10 mllea out,
mij< h of It nc arer Britton than Oklahoma
(Ity. la inrwtlv In ravlnea and brakea and
haa t«en put In the handa of a private
truatee t<> tender to the le|tlalatur«> In
lieu of the million dollar capltol building,
free rental*, and all other promlaea and
agreement by Oklahoma City.
The ixmmlttee puta a valuation of
$1.400,<t00.f|0 on thla land, hut R II. Oard-
■e- 11 director of the Chamber of Com-
merce. tcatllled It waa worth lea* than
|120.(I00. and Fred Gum, prealdent of one
o( the la meat loan companlea In okla-
homa city, a wore It worth but $13,000
aa a l<.an baala and |«5.000 aa a real
eatate ape< ulatlon. Poor aa thla land la,
the> hold It through a private truatee
and fall to turn It over to the atate.
Oklahoma City haa never made a move
to build a capltol building or keep her
other promlaea. and ha« not turned a
■ingle dollar nor an a< re of land >>ver to
the atate. 4
The claim by oklahoma City that Guth-
rie prevented them from building a capl-
tol building la a mere baby play Wonder
who la keeping them from paying the
940,000 u year rent?
If the capital ataya In Oklahoma City
the taxpayers must put up a million or
more dollare at onre for a capltol build-
ing or continue to pay $40,000 or more
rent each year for many yeara to come.
Circlea ahow diatance aa crov* flies—actual distance bj oad one-haif more
What Guthrie Really G ives
This is a Real Building
Erected In 1908 by citizens of Guthrie at cost of $150,000 and oc-
cupied by th" State fret for 2 years. Thla builutnK with four blocks of
ground In the heart of the city deeded fr<e to the State.
No dream, no protnlae. no capltol on paper, but a real building on
real ground, worth half a million, free to the taxpayers. This l.ui'ding
will do for the state until the taxpayers are relieved of their pn .«• nt
burden of debt and taxation. Guthrie also deeds to the State a *20,000
Executive mansion and offers Logan County's magnificent new Sir.0.000
Court llouse rent free, as well aa guaranteeing all moving exp< ns"s.
What more could the people ask? No expense or appropriation of
any kind for many years.
Vote YKS on the capital location and settle the matter for good.
Respectfully submitted to the Taxpayers of the State
The Capitol Committee, Guthrie, Oklahoma
CAPITOL BUILDING AT GUTHR
H. T. SWEARINGEN, Chairman.
FRED L. WENNER. Secretary.
OVER
OKLAHOMA
A Hussion named Samuel Hablno-
vIt/, located at Tulsa, wants to
change his name to Samuel Travis.
Can you blaine him?
| sulky rake, two cultivators, a riding
plow, two walking plows, a harrow
and a <Ubc harrow. Since these ma-
| chines were used last they have ne\-
er been disturbed, hut peacefully
stand where they were last unhitched
from, the cultivator shovels still
sticking In the ground, anil the bind-
er and mower with the grass and
weeds growing up In the cutter bar
and sickle. If this is not a premedi-
tated case of wilfully throwing away-
good hard money, we don't know
what it is A day's work with a few-
poles and some cornstalks would
make a water and weather-proof shed
Over in the First district they
claim Hird McGuire came down from
Kansas City last week to pay h'8
taxes and It looks like they've that would be worth many dollars to
proved It on him. i this man or any other of the men
who have negected to attend to the
The l'nlted States department of I matter of saving a few dollars evety
agriculture reports that the 1912 year by caring for the farm tools
crop of tobacco In this country w ill I that cost so much. Vinita Leader
amount to 97ti.OOtt.oOO pounds It i
will be a relief to smokers to learn
that there will be at least enough of Silo jags are the latest thing now:
the fragrant weed to last us all win- For weeks the Hutchinson, t Kati-
ter. i al,d county authorities have
| been trying to find out where all
Last week Postmaster General i the drunks have been coining from.
Hitchcock, under a recent authorize- Every night intoxicated men would
tion of congress increases the salaries j be picked up on country roads around
of about 4'j,ooo rural mail carriers. Hutchinson. The police, the county
The compensation on standard authorities, state spotters and Anti-
routes, averaging about 30,000, is| Horse Thieves all have been trying
' to Hnd out where this forbidden
raised from $1,000 to $1,1 on a year,
with proportionate Increases on
shorter routes This Involves an ad-
ditional cost of about $4,000,000
a year, and is the second general in-
crease in salaries during the present
administration. When the rural de-
livery system was started sixteen
years ago the carriers were paid
$200 a year.
If a man were to tear up or throw
away a $:>0 bill or two or three of
them, people would account him as
crazy, and the keeper of the crazy
house would be called upon to as-
sume charge of hltn. In the coun-
try between the north and south
Craig county lines there are men who
are throw ing away much more than
$.">, and people don't have much to
say about It On one farm between
Welch and Vinita there is over $200
thrown away, or being thrown away,
In the shape of a hinder, mower, a
booze has been dispensed. But there
is a solution at last. The farm hands
who have been found on a tout got
their lo<|Uor direct Irom the distil-
leries and the said distilleries are
running right at home. Sucking sap
not cider through straws harvest
hands and apple pickers around
Hutchinson have been getting a reg-
| ular supply of liquor from the silos
on the farm. The discovery has
been made that the Juice from the
fermenting corn in the silos has the
same exhlleratlng and oh-be-joyful
effect created by the more expensive
brands from Louisville and Peoria.
All that is necessary is to punch a
little hole through the bottom of the
silo, big enough to admit a straw
and poke the straw through the hole
and suck away. Then when through,
plug the hole with a stick. This is
the way it is done. And It makes
beautiful jagB.
Little Things for a Home
You'll And our stock of
houaehold necessities to be
complete, priced right and
of durable quality. Can
there be a higher recom-
mendation?
Star Mercantile Company
fliiymoa'i fait
Ortemry
Guymon. Okla.
To Build or Not to liuiltl a Court
House
In another column you will find a
proclamation from the chairman of
the board of county commissioners
of this county calling for a vote on
building a court house, at the No-
\ember election. Petitions have been
circulated to which have been ob
talned enough signers to plate this
question on the ballot, and It will
be up to the people to say whether
they want to put up a building ol
their own or pay for a building in
the course of a few years and own
nothing, as will be the case if our
county officers have to stay in their
preseut location. Texas county uow
pays oue between $1,200 and $1,500
annually for office and court house
rent, which is almost enough to pay
the interest on a bonded indebtedness
or $;!0,000, which Is the amount to
be voted on. This amount Is for the
court bouse and jail, both of which
are badly needed. In the procla-
mation you will also find a statement
from the county treasurer, showing
the exact financial condition of the
county at this time, and it shows the
county sufficiently prosperous to
vote several times as big a bond is-
sue as the one called for.
Thirty thousand dollars will not
put up a building that will in any-
way equal the temple of Solomon, but
it will put up a court house and Jail
that will be a credit to Texas county
for years to come, and be plenty
large enough to satisty the people in
the meantime. We haven't figured out
how much the interest and sinking
fund will raise the taxes, but it won't
be so very much, neither have we
tigured out how much the county
would lose in case lire should break
out in the Summers building at Guy-
mon. over which the county offices
are now located, none of them be'ng
provided with safes or vaults, but
have an idea that It would require
several times the amount of the pro-
posed bond issue to replace the rec-
ords and tixtures.
Don't take the Advance's word for
it, we are not trying to persuade the
voters which way to vote, but think
about these things real seriously, and
don't let a slight Increase in taxes
scare you into voting against a meas-
ure that will prove a benefit to ev-
ery citizen and property holder in
the county. We will have some more
to say about this matter between
now and election time. Hooker Ad-
Heal Kslate Transfers
Furnished by Mitchell A Paris, ab-
stracters, Guymon, Oklahoma.
J. C. Shell to W. A. Gauerke, NWJ
17-14-14. $1.00.
Jul'a Becker to H. G. Bardwell,
lots 16. 17, 18, block 25, Hooker,
$1,200.
R. H. Martin to Claud Henderson,
NW1 29-5-16, $2,500.
J. C. Shell et al to C. R. Cady 8WJ
23-1-12, NEi 27-1-12, $1.00.
W. C. Donaho to W. J. Channel,
SWi 12-2-13 $4,500.
Bertha Johnsou to C. F. Rose,
lots 13, 14, 15, block 26, Hooker,
$125.
Dan Haslam to N. P. Newman.
SWi 33-6-19, >2.800.
A. L. Prentiss to R. N. Bee, NEi
29-6-11, $1,500.
W. H. Sharp to G. W. Bickford,
SWi 1-3-10. $1,500.
E. V. McCully to P. W. Hamilton,
NEi 32-2-13, $2,000.
J. W. T. Hill to C. E. Brown. EJ
NEi and WJ NWi 4-4-15, $1,000.
C. E. Brown to E. Jrmyn, same
land. $1,125.
E. H. Harrison to VV. 1). Youtsler,
lot 4, block 11, Optima, $67.14.
Aaron W. Guthrie to Llyod D. Wal-
ter. NEi 17-1-12, $1.00.
W. \\. Haywaiu to Altoona State
bank, NWJ 13-5-15, $4,500.
Harm Burma to Geo. >v. Traster.
SEi 24-4-14, $1.00.
R. M. Evans to R. G. Keller, SWi
19-1-15, $2,000.
Cap Sowie to A. S. Hudiburg, lots
5 and ti, block 26, Guymon, $325.
H. F. Ridgeway to Eve Rldgeway,
lots 10, 11, block 15, Guymon, $3Cu.
L. F. WhiteBearver to J. F. McAfee
SWi 5-1-11, $1,200.
W. I). Furbr et al to G. B. Brown,
lots 12, 13, block 18, Texhoma,
$150.
J. D. Garrison to Emma C. Pontow,
lots 13, 14, 15, blo.k 7, S-Z addi-
tion to Guymon, $150.
Martin Mohler to P. A. Craig,
SWi 15-6-11, $800.
J. C. Shell to G. N. KrouBe, lots
13, 14, block 33, N. Park addition
to Guymon, $1.00.
A B. Ray to J. S. Welgel, NEi
18-6-16, $2,500.
C. M. Gilpatrick to J. P. Gilpat-
rick, SWi 20-4-18. $3,000.
B. F. Hale to C. E. Parks et al,
lots y, 10, 15, 16, block 20 Latham
addition. $362.
Maggie sVinter to J. C. Shell, NWi
17-4-14, $l.oo.
M. E. Phllpott to H. F. Braley,
SWi 22-3-19, $1,2500.
James E. Breslin to William R
Hyde, NWi 2-4-13, $100.
N. F. Mclntyre to C. L. Lemons,
SEi 9-3-19. $3,000.
W. C. Terry to F. L. Mann, lots
It, 15. block 11, Texhoma, $l,25u.
Inter-State L. & T. Co. to Maggie
Winter, lot 13, block 31, Guymon,
$17.50.
M. C. Ma'n to Florence Geyrnan,
WJ SWi 18-3-12. $1.00.
Ida King to the state bank of Ot-
tawa, Kansas, SWi 15-2-13, $:!,500.
R. V. McCutchan to James O. Bar-
row, NWi 1-1-11. $100.
W. J. Livingston to A. L. Flucasrd,
NWi 2." -3-10, $2,500.
E. J. Albroght to S. M. Haynes.
lots ti -12, block 10, Hooker, $75.
J. 11. Goertzen to J. R. Bolin,
NWi 9-3-18, $1,500.
J. 13. Marshall to S. B. Weir. NEi
4-5-11. $4,400.
Joseph Holuian to Mary C. Frack,
part of block 30, S. Tyrone, $300.
T. R. Goodman to J. L. Kinsey,
lots 7-8, block 28, Texhoma, $100.
L. L. Boynton to G. H. Sweet, lots
7, 8, 9, block 9, Harwell addition to
Texhoma, $150.
Leon Haas to Will M. Kelly, SEi
11-4-10, $640.
J. F. Nutt to J. E. Jones, lots 3-4,
block 52, Funk addition to Guymon,
$1.00.
J. E. Kennedy to Walter Davis,
lot 5, block 9, Olson addition to
Goodwell, $50.
H. P. Bradford to J. E. Kennedy,
lots ti-7. block lo, Kelly addition to
Goodwell, $100.
lx)itisa I)ix to I. 11. Hoskins, SEi
2-4-19, $1.00.
Eliza Ingle to W. C. Hess, NEJ
10-2-10, $1,500.
J. W. Fulton to J. C. Brady, lots
1-2, block 7, Kelly addition to Good-
well, $70.
F. W. Lowe to W. E. Lowe, SEi
21-6-17, $1.00.
I. A. R. Hays to G. C. Mabra, NEi
32-4-15, $1,500.
J. B. Felts to C. A. Walker, SWi
1 0-4-1 S. $ 1,500.
Henry K. Kusch to J. A. Welch,
lot 9, block 11, M-M addition to
Hooker, $200.
Joe McCune t al to J. E. Gelst.e
lots 5-6. block 14. Tyrone, $400.
V. B. Bock to Mrs. J. A. Weatherly
lot 24, block 10, Texhoma, $525.
Cora L. Brown to J. E. Seltsinger,
lot 16, block 24, Hooker, $500.
J. A. Robertson to E. D. Keen, lots
5-4, block 34, Texhoma, $20.
H. H. Hass to J. L. Kennedy, same
lotss. $60.
Andrew J. i'dell to H. Pauls, NEi
22-5-16
E. T. GUYMON, President I. E. CAMERON, Cashier.
CHAS. SUMMERS, Vlce-Pres. G. W. BLAKELY, Asst. Cart
THE
City National Bank
Successor to
THE BEAVER COUNTY BANK
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
(POSTAL 8AV1NG8)
COUNTY DEPOSITORY
Every facility consistent with good banking extended
our patrons, and painstaking and courteous treatment given
to the details of all business committed to us.
* /
I. L. ENNI8
Town Poperty for Sals
Ennis Loan & Realty
GUYMON. OKLA
BARGAINS IN OKLAHOMA AND TKXAS PA RMS AND
RANCHES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT UNEQUALLED
IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR FARM OR
TOWN PROPERTY LIST IT WITH ME NOW
FOR SALE
A few good, young teams of horses
and mules. 29tf
C. A. HITCH,
Guymon, Oklahoma
A CAR LOAD OP
FLOUR
THE KELLY'S FAMOUS.
IRAND
In addition to this we have
just added a Complete Line of
GROCERIES
RRADSHAW'H WAGON YARD
North Main Street, Uuymoa
S. E. Stidham to C. W. Duncan Si
NEi NEi SEI section 33; SW'i NWi
34-6-17, $1,600.
Big Jo Lbr. Co. to Henry Cromley,
lots 1-5 and 20-24, block 25, 8. Ty-
rone, $2,000.
J. C. Shell to Harry Clark, SEi
12-4-11, $2,500.
J. M. Kennedy to S. T. Pottlnger,
lot 24, block 10, Texhoma, $350.
B. J. Morrow to A. W. Flanagan.
SEi 12-2-14, $1,100.
Oliver Jones to George W. Beach,
lots 3 to 9. block 8. Texhoma, $1,250.
Erwln Belst to Guy S. Speakman,
NWi 35-5-19. $4,000.
James Welser to F. Young, lots
6, 7, 8, 9. 10. 11. block 5; lots 19,
20, 21, 22. block 9; lots 29, 30, 31.
32. block 17. $106.
M. E. Young to Nadyne Young,
lots 29 to 33. block 9. A. & M. ad-
dition to Goodwell. $1.00.
Same to Chas. Burnett Young, lots
6 to 12. block 3. $1.00.
Same to Maurice Young, lots 19.
20. 21. block 9, $1.00.
J. F. Hoffman to M. D. Kimberly,
SWi 2-5-19. $2,800.
Kdna Brown to S-Z L. S. Co., Si
NWi; lots 3-4. 5-2-14 $850.
SALE DATES
Make your sale dates for Rabbit
Foot Bill at the Herald office. All
dates promptly filled and bills print-
ed while you wait—and not long to
watt.
Stop! Look! Listen!
We are putting in a large supply of new Lumber and
Building Material and will soon have one of the largest
stocks In the Southwest We can supply any kind of a bill
no matter how large or small. It will pay you to figure
with us before buying. Estimates cheerfully furnished, per-
sonally or by mall. All competition fully met.
Phone No. 157.
POND &T COMLEY CO.
Successors to the
Texas County Lumber Co.
Guymon, Okla
Builders
and Shelf Hardware. Tinware, Enamelware, Stoves, ajid
Ranges. A fine line always on hand.
WE CAN INTEREST YOU
with our splendid line of Hand-made Harness. Shoe and
harness repair shop In connection.
Mathews Hardware Co.
Second Door South of First National Bank
GUYMON, OKLA.
Paint!
and use
MONARCH
Just received a big line of the famous Monarch Paint,
which to rain or sunshine is Impregnable. Don't fuss, fume
and fret over which paint to use. Order MONARCH PAINT
today. The men of the brush like it.
Big Jo Lumber Company
One-half block west of
City National Bank
* 9
LUMBER
Building Material
Coal
ROCKY ALE LUMP ^ #H.OO
M(H>EKHKAD NUT f7.BO
Star Lumber Company
Guymon,
Oklahoma
t.
Wilmeth & Whaley
l<nnri, Commercial and Live Stock
AUCTIONEERS
23 years' actual e\per|eHfe
Will cfy sales at any spot in Texas County
any day.
Make Sale Datci
at the
Oayaos Herald
Office
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