Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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Mangum Weekly Star FARM LOANS
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Announcement Column
Subject io the democratic Primar-
laa In August the following per»on«
iNk the following offices;
xtrtme of th«* pendulum Ha says: I ko« Ip peddler. His brain 1* the \erl
I would -ay fight here that ball table workshop of the devil. Hack-
tcames are un-Christ like, and that no bit In g, aland«rlng. gossiping and lying
Christian can participate In them and nre not member* of Intelligent m.n Is.
retain their Christianity, but I might fake the street ioaf-r and the toutf..
K«-t tangled up with some preacher; the ccarae and ihe vulgar, and you
but. Mr. Kdltor, just aay It very low will find where they dweil."
f» r me anyway, in very small ty;»e. | No truer thought wan ever uttered.
"Well, w,.at are we going to do In The Idler and do-nothing laggard la
tbla matter? I am going to offer a|the troublemaker in this World and
Oklahoma' Huggeatlon. At the general school the greatest problem of the day la to
'election let the vclce of the votera aay put them to conatructlve work with
LOW RATES—LONG TIME.
AND EASY TERMS
Pittsburg Mortgage Mmenf
Company
W. S. YEAGER, Local Manager,
An important decision affect.ng ho whether there ahall be a reatralnt or their handa and atop their destructive
tate banking law* was rendered in• limit put on ball games or whether work with their tonguea.
state banking . ..
lua federal court at Oklahoma i it. they ahall continue as they are at the
Monday by Judge CotteraJ. The (option of teacher and pupil, and If any
People*' State bank of Kingfisher re- change Is made let the patrons In
fusing to pay the last assessment levi-( struct their trustees to Insert it
«d against all state banks by the state i contract# with teachera."
banking board waa converted into a X
FOR CONCRBHS—5TH DISTRICT
SCOTT FERRI8.
J. W. MANSELL.
FOR STATB 8ENATM
J. L. CARPENTER.
it)R COUNTY ATTORNEY
M. H. MILLS.
H. D. HENRY.
S. D. WILLIAWS.
A. R. GARRETT.
FOR SHERIFF.
S. H. TITTLE.
W. B. HENRY.
JASPER NELSON.
FOR COUNTY CLERK
W. F. HEARNE.
FLOYD McNEIL.
WILLIE KENNEDY.
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERIN-
TENDENT
D. T. COVINGTON.
PERRY JETER.
MISS KATE TERRY.
In the most elaborate opinion ever
handed down by the Criminal court
of Appeals, Justice Thos. H. Doyle
had upheld the conatutionality of the J dollars.
Oklahoma anti-trust law and of the: Best farm lands at 125.00 per acre| ernrn€Qt Lands of the United stateB>
labor law. According to the opinion iand lhe grades not so good in porpcr-. ,t ig eagy tQ gee wh£u re8pect this
rendered, the two laws are not in con- tlon. wjl] command for toe gtate He wi]1
flict and both are constitutional. Thej You will have to get a little higher. bp a on the committee and,
(opinion is one of the most important, we fear, neighbors. No such ren- ag Robinson, the pr€aent chairman, i*
ever rendered by an Oklahoma court.', dltlons as these would have met thej r€tlring at the end of this te,.m> he
It not only affects commercial condi-, requirements of the state equalization wiU be the chairman next year.
tions but defines the limits to which board iast year. j ln 190S the oklahoma Delebation
ithe state may go in controling corpor-
ations. The defsndants and the de-
fendant companies represent an agre-
' IX)R COUNTY THE AS U REK,
FRANK MEADOWS.
G. W. (WASH) HALL.
J. L. DONHAM
MILTON CARVER.
FOR REGISTER OF. DEEDS
MRS. MARY WATKINS.
JOHNY CROUCH.
FOR DISTRICT CLERK
ED. OVERSTREET.
FOR PUBLIC WEIGHER
N. B. CLAUNCH.
W. O. BYARS
WILL TROTTER.
FOR COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR
A. B. CARLOSS.
C. STONE.
H. GILBERT HEMBREE.
N. W. OVERALL.
J. R. CROOK.
GUS WILIAMS.
J. W'). (WILL) TUCKER.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
PRECINCT NO. 1
C. McAU LEY.
A. M. (LON) McKINNEY.
I. E. COWAN.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
PRECINCT NO. 3.
FRANK H. KING.
FOR CONSTABLE, MANGUM TOWN
SHIP.
BOB BLEDSOE.
CHARLEY MUSE.
J. E. ADAMS.
W. A. ROSE.
national bank and went Into the Feder-
al court to escape paying the levy.
At a recent mass met ting of cltzens
of Jackson county, In Altus, for the
It's defense was that it was no longer purt>0-« of discussing the question of
a slate bank and that It could not be j <alr amJ equjtable tax renditions, It
forced to pay a state assessment. deoid<,d tj,at the following classes
Judge Cot (era I ruled thai a national of property shouid be taxed at the fol-
bank that has been converted Is re-l |0Wij,K values:
sponsible for ali assessments levied L cajv#g y months and under not as-
against it as a state bank before
was changed Into a national bank. He
also ruled that state banka must first
pay their state assessments before
they can be nationalized.
Olahoma Is very fortunate in having
a man who by hard work and persever^
In! ance has climbed tc the ranking mem
ber of the Indian Appropriation Com-
mittee, that appropriates more than
(eight million dollars annually. Okla-
homa has more than one tmrd of all
the Indians in the United Statea. This
puts Oklahoma ln a commanding posi-
tion to secure her Just dues and this
pleases t'he Indians and whites alike.
Ferris being one of three to make up
the Appropriation bill, will be in a'l
conferences where the real work is
done and this makes Oklahoma doubly!
mere fortified and sure to be well
treated.
Ferris, by hard work and a clean
record, has accomplished In a few
Calves « months and up to one year
i old 6-8-10 dollars.
Yearling past up to 2 years old
112-14-16 dollars.
Two years old past up to 3 year,j yelrs" what uVuailT requires a much
old 12-22 doUais. longer service and Is now in a place
Cows lo-2o dollars. near the head of the Committee on
Serviceable horses or mules 50.100j pubUc whJch controls and ])ass.
es legislation governing all the Gcv-
a. secured the passage of the Indian Re-
The Star mis week chanced to get etriction Bill removing the restric-
hold of the Lubbock Avalanche, » . tions on approximately nine million
gate wealtia of many millions, and the newspaper of splendid proportions: acres of land or nine sixt€€nths of
officials of corporations, if convicted. 1>ublislied at Lubbock, Texas, and ia\he who,e area of the east sjde cf the
may be punished by imprisonment of .perusing its columns our eyes fell up-1 gtate thereby giving the Indian con-
from ten days to ten years in the peni-l0n the following article in its editorial; tro, of (his own affairs> making him
tentiary and by a fine of from $10 to. department that seemed so true and
$10,000. | to hit the mark so nearly and com-
.X | pietely that we clipped it and here-
Opera House
Friday, April 5th
The Alumni Association of
The High School
Presents
"Men, Maids and
Matchmakers"
t
An Up to-Now Comedy in Three Acts
Full of fun and interest, and one that will make anyone glad
they have seen it. •
SPECIALTIES rendered between acts, and music furnished by
High School Orchestra. This play is under the capable direction
of Mrs. McIntosh.
Decide Now to Attend
Tickets on Sale Monday at P. O. Store
A boy was accidentally struck by a J with reproduce it, crediting the Ava-
"foul" base ball at the consolidated tenche tiherefor:
school north of Blair last week, fromj "You will never find a busy man
the effects of which he died immedi.; meddling with other people's business,
ately thereafter. Naturally much dis-|ncr one who is well versed in general
cussion has since been indulged in re—science. A well sorted mind has not.
garding the rougher and more exciting the room for gabbing, nor has the
games practiced in Che athletic de- mind of a busy man space for the
partment of our schools and universi- need of tale bearing. Education and
ties. One cf the extremists had the business pre-occupy and lift humanity
following to say in last week's Blair above such low and debasing deprav-
Progress and clearly shows the other ity. It is the idler who becomes the
® •
Roys, next Tuesday is election day.
%&d the socialists will get you if you
don't watch out!
X
We want to now serve notice upon
those railroads having terminal points
4nd facilities both in Chicago and Gal-
veston to get ready for the rush of the
Ctreer County oat crop. It is surely
coming.
X
Why can't Teddy let Taft alone
long ■enough to allow the big, fat presi-
dent to sit for a while on the weather j
lid? There's been a cog slipped or a'
mix-up somewhere in the wea:her de j
partment that should be fixed at once, i
X
A man was overheated at Chickasha I _
latt week and died immediately after ^
with s;in stroke. Within forty-eightI®
hours another report from Chickasha 0
conv( ^
bad i to <i' itfa. Thi
report 41* Mt my whether or not,®
they were both the same man. £
X |
Amid the confusion of the presl-jj
dential contest, while Ta/t and Roose-: W
▼•it are firing all the naptha in the £
republican magazine, let no man who _
•Incerely desires reform I*k station j ™
forget that ttie one burning issue of ^ Q
the year is the revision of the tariff, a
The election of either Taft or RooaeJ™
**Jt means ti* defeat of reform legis-1 0
Ifctlon Taft baa been president for j
three year* and tariff has not been
Wilwl Root if tt waa pmUmt tar V
tec-e than «e*n ream, and nooe bora {g>
if wooaaa can even |»m Roosevelt's
>»*itio« on the tann «smum Twm
ts Bo bop* far lartfV rHe-n save thm «
th> at deaorrt'i- legtstaUsa + -•
i
Copyright 1911
Michaels, Stern & Co.
Rochester, N. Y.
! THERE IS A REASON
How of'eu h \
mmiv .i ft'
Wl
fh^t -t »i-nient in
. n isem^n t». but we
i ne* theory
„ . t ... . t th Prices 25 cents, 35 cents 50 cents
independent citizen and at the
same time placing nine million acres * —.
of land on the tax rolls so the fair,
new State of Oklahoma could move
forward, have school houses, good and "entered" a claim two miles north township board and as road overseer
roads, good streets and modern im- of Reed. Like other early settlers ibe possibly was the first person in
prcvements. This has made it pos-'he went through all the frontier ex- the county to build a modern, up-tr-
sible for Oklahoma to ,increase in periences, consisting mostly of priva- date, well-drained road over a rough
wealth, population and importance be- tions and hardships, such as are real- and hilly section of country, such as
yond the hopes of the most enthusi- ized only in new countries. By dint is found through the brakes south-
bstic Oklahoman. of hard work, perseverance and frugai- west of Mangum. For years this
x | ity he has carved out a position in stretch of public highway had been a
J. E. (UNCLE JIMMY) ADAMS FOR Oreer county that any citizen might thorn in the side of the people of Man-
CONSTABLE, MANGUM TWP. well be proud of. gum and everyone who had to travel
- ' - i Mr. Tucker is the owner of a good it. Seme four or five years ago Mr.
Last week the Star placed the name farm and has proven himself to be a Cowan undertook to solve it's diffi-
of Uncle Jimmy Adams in it's an- good farmer. He is not only in the culties and when he was through with
noancement columns as a candidate farming business, but is also one of it no like stretch of road in the coun-
for the office of constable in Mangum the county's best stock raisers. He ty has given less trouble.
township, subject to the democratic is a man of practical ability and prac- Mr. Ccwan is essentially a man who
primaries in August. j tical experience. He knows and un- has the common weil at heart. He is
Tncle Jimmy is one of t'he old derstands a business proposition. He a large taxpayer, a successful business
timers in this country, having farmed, Js acquainted with the value cf both man and is intensely practical in his
worked the stock business and filled real property as well as personal. every-day actions and dealings. He is
the office of deputy under both Mr.! Two years ago Mr. Tucker was elec- broad-gauged, liberal and considerate;
Tittle and Mr. Nelson. He is pleas-'ted assessor of Jester township and yet, with all, he has the shrewdness
a mt and agreeable; possessed of a big/se^ed one year in that position waen and good business judgment of the
sympathetic heart and numbers his the new county assessor law deprived best of them, and if elected to the
friends by his acquaintances. | him of his second year. However, be- to which ihe is aspiring there
He is possibly as well acquainted fore assuming the duties of the office is none that will be more anxious and
with the county and the people around "PO11 his own responsibility, he acted ready to safeguard the interests of the
Mangum as any man living here. He as a deputy under the former assessor taxpayers.
believes in the golden rule of "fair and during the two years he has ac- Mt- Cowan never ran for office be-
play" and has a strong fellow feeling quired a thorough knowledge of the fore. the aforementioned local places
for his fellow man. j clerical work of the office. Hie served having come to him unsolicited. His
The man that beats Uncle Jimmy those people to their entire satisfac- family is in Mangum receiving the
will hnve to develop a speed that will «on and it is because of their hearty benefit of our school while he; is out
'cause Mm to realize that he has been
to a race.
X
W. A. ROSE FOR CON-
STABLE, MANGUM TOWNSHIP
The voters of Mangum township
will have the opportunity of support-
ing still another one of our well known
and prominent citizens for the office
of constable in the person of W. A.
insistence t'hat he has been persuaded on the ranch looking after his inter-
to enter the race this year. est there; which Interests he is ready
.Mr. Tucker never made any other to loyally place upon the shoulders
political effort, and being one of the of others at which time he can give
county's leading taxpayers he believes necessary attention to the duties
in the practice of the utmost economy of the office. Mr. Cowan asks your
in the conduct of the affairs of every fair consideration at the August elec-
office. His splendid record on the tion*
school board in his district speeks x
well of his ability as a broad-guaged, The socialists have asked the dem-
April 2nd, 1912. at four different
places in the city and to last all dav
and the socialists are requested to be
and show cause why they
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_ conservative official and he will try ociatic city administration to come
Rose, whose name was placed in the'ln every was to brinS to bear the out to the court hou8€ ^"day night
announcement columns of the Star same Policy in the management of the and shcw couse why they should not
iast week, subject to the democratic affairs of the assessor's office of Greer b« turned out of office. The sugses-
primary in August ' county. The voters of this county tlon ls a g°od one all right, but they
Mr. Rose has been ten years in the' *»uld consider well Mr. Tucker's ^ve the wrong date. The meeting
county, a portion of which time he has *'aim. f°r thlS purp08e Wi" * he'd T"esday'
engaged in farming up west on Elm y_
and the remainder of the time he 'has |. g. COWAN FOR
spent in and around Mangum. He COUNTY CCMMISSIONER. present
came here from Fannin County, Texas. == shQuld ^ aerlousIy considered at all
and is numbered among our best clti- The Star this week is requested to in connection with our city govern-
zens- announce I. E. Cowan as a democratic ment
He never asked for an office before, candidate for County Commissioner
and feels that if entrusted with the of precinct number one, subject to
duties of the office of coastable he the action of the August primaries.
will conduct it's affairs to the entire For twenty years Mr. Cowsn has
satisfaction of the people and with been a citizen of Greer county. Dur-
credit to himself. |ng thjs time jje hag watched it's de-
He asks your kind and careful con- velopment from a wild and unsettled
sidreation when yo>i cast your vote ocw country to that of one of the fair-
next August. Qgi an<1 mcgt productive lands in all If >ou want up-to-date wall paper,
————X the great southwest. And no one has at a live and let live price. look < ver;h
J. W. (WILL) TUCKER FOR contributed more nor exerted greater big stock at Watts Music Store. A
COUNTY ASSESSOR, effort In this growth and progress P*r cent discount will be Riven
===== than Mr. Cowan. I you if you buy of us in March, li»U',
In tbe announcement columns of He first settled upon the very place *»d tell us at the time of purchsse
the Star this week appears the name be now calls home and wtikrh hss been that you ssw tfbis add in this paper
of Mr. Will Tucker, of Reed, for the to him a home indeed. One of the
office of Cosnty Assessor, subject to best farms in the county: It's location ROOM TO RENT —One furnished
the democratic primary election In being about 7 miles south of Mangum.. room, south front. Modem In every
August it has yielded for It's owner an Income "*ay Fhone 3«2
Mr Tucker has a wide sad favor- that has made htm Independent ®»-tf. MRS R. D. FISHER.
«ble aceoalnteaceship la this county Mr Cowsn Is one of the most pnhllc —
tm his vtctattr sad ae«c*fcwikcod spirited men la tae> eoatKr He pos- Those wanting to sttend Mui
o- f ts • larger degree tbe •■»!* deeenes the dtaUartioa more Pleinmons* night school should meet
nnd confidence of the pssgle 'has any o»l»er of be tag the connty s ber at (he commercial schuol rooms
• —t «c*rs he cams mod roads advocate at well Ja <g,^Tgiplm. Friday.
**<-* a nsnnty Tanas *s t • "fiWr "*As —
PLEASE REMEMBER
That the Culture Club wil! meet
with Mrs. Valena Jacobs, on North
Oklahoma Avenue next Friday after
noon.
member of the*Sooday or* Tnesday *««en^ass~ at TTl»
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