The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. 6.
THE ALTUS TIMES.
FORMERLY THE LEGER TIMES.
Altus. Jackson County, Oklahoma, Thursday, October I, 1908.
No. 38
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AXNE mistake men often make is not hav-
^^ing clothes enough. They seem to
think two suits of clothes bought at one time,
or two overcoats, would be extravagant.
The fact is, if you buy our Hart,
Schaffner & Marx Clothes
two suits or two overcoats at a time would be
economy. A raincoat seown here, or a fancy
fabric overcoat for daily wear; and a black or
oxford overcoat for dress occasions; a fancy
weave suit of some new color and pattern for
business, and a black or blue serge for changing
occasionally, and for dressier times; every man
ought to have such an outfit.
You'd find it economy; and the clothes will
all last longer if you don't wear them contin-
uously; get them pressed occasionylly.
We want to see our customers dressed right.
We'll take care of it for you if you'll let us.
This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx
clothes.
OLIPHINT-NIX&CO
The One-Price Clothiers.
KENNEDY AT
ROSWELL, N. M.
Talks Interestingly of the Altus, Boa-
well 4 £1 Bus Bailroad—Sur
▼ejonia Field.
Edward Keuuedy, promoter
and president, H. H. Fielder,
chief engineer, aud A. B. Thurs-
ton, assistant engineer, arrived
in Roswell Sauday night from
Altus, Okla., and this moruiug
stated that they were here to be
gin the permanent survey east
for the Altus, Roswell & El Paso
railroad at once. Two other as-
sistant engineers from Altua and
another from El Paso are ex-
pected today or tomorrow, and
six men with experience in sur-
veying will be selected iu Ros-
well. A corps of twelve engin-
eers will be organized to do the
surveying.
The railroad men are guests at
the Gikesou, and will make that
their headquarters until called
out on the liue. In conversation
this morniug Mr. Kennedy said:
"All the arrangements have
been made to begin the actual
eoustructiou on the east end, be
tweeu Altus aud Hollis, Oklaho
ma, 88 miles. I expect to have
trains in operation there to
handle this fall's crops, and the
shippers are holdiug with a view
to this.
"Dirt has been moving at Lub-
book, Texas, for tan days. These
are facts material, the truth of
which can be easily learned, if
anyone doubt. And these tbings
go to show that we are doiug our
part in the contract. I under-
stand that Roswell also haa done
its part
necting link between all eastern
poiuts aud this sectiou of the
territory of New Mexico, and is
calculated to be of the greatest
advantage toward the develop-
ment of some of the best aud
most fertile country to be fcuud
auywhere. The propos9d route,
from start to fiuish, passes
through uoue but a rioh soil, pro-
ducing all farming commodities,
and the traius, once running,
would give Roswell and all others
along its line a through road to
St. Louis and the East, aud a
quicker delivery by many hours,
siuce the liue is direct and eaves
approximately 200 miles. Those
of you who have been incliued to
doubt the materialization of this
road oan no longer hesitate to
aay that Mr. Kennedy will do all
he has promised. Through bis
untiring energy and capable ap-
plication, he cannot poesibly fail;
therefore, yoi may expect soon
to flee the steel stretching toward
Altua."—Roswell Daily Record.
"HE'S GUILTY"
SAYS WEST
same day the governor left the
state to go to Deuver the Prairie
company started its trespass.
This, I believe, was prearranged
4*Mr«>«n the governor and the
'Prairie company, as the Prairie
company ruahed the laying of its
pipe lin« during the absence of
the governor from the state.
'I wired the governor on the
first of Jaly, asking whether he
had given the Prairie compauy
permission to build their hue.
His reply evaded my sole ques
OFFICERS MAKE
A GOOD HAUL
Booth Side Alley and Outhouse Toned
Up a Piae Rest of Dranks and
Alleged Bssdsgcers.
Ned McDaniel aud J^ee Hemp-
hill made a good haul of bootleg-
gers, drunks, etc., in the alley
» „ , ^ | back of the south side of th*
tiou, aud iustead of answeriug it, ("qnare Saturday afternoon about
he said that he was satiftied that! 1-80. Persons in that vicinity
the Prairie compauy would not I had noticed the seeming popular-
violate the law. | lty of a certain outhouse in the
Between the 22nd of April I neighborhood during the day.
and the 2nd of July Governor j where men bad been visiting iu
Attorney General Says Roosevelt Lett
Haskell's Standard Oil Rascality
Down too Lightly.
Mr. Fielder, the chief engineer,
stated that with the corpa of
twelve eugiueera, the linebetweeu
Roawell and Lubbock could be
located inside of sixty daya, but
that he expects to start out an-
other corps cloeely fel lowing this
on preliminary work. Farther,
Mr. Fielder said:
The Aline, Roswell * El Paso
President Roosevelt's state-
ment concerning Governor Has-
kell's alleged Standard Oil con-
nection seems to me a very mild
rebuke," declared Attorney Gen-
eral Charles West, wheu shown
the President's letter to W.J.
Bryau by au Associated Press
representative. Mr. West's state-
ment in fall is as follows:
The President's statement as
to the Prairie Oil aud Gas Co.
suit is lees than the whole mat-
Haskell received no advice from
me as legal adviser, as to the
matter, and if be had received ad-
vice from his assistant attorney
generals he did not do me the
honor of admitting the same to
me.
"When he heard of the bring-
iug of the suit he directed the
acting governor to order me to
dismiss the suit and indulged in
iusoleut language to the effect
that he would not tolerate auy
proceedings by me except at his
direction. The use of this iusnlt*
iug langusge regarding me, to-
gether with "his sudden change of
twos and threes, and emerging
therefrom with very suspicions
actions, aud phoned for an offi
cer. It required some time for
the officers to arrive, aud daring
the interval a nice little game of
craps had been going on.
On arriving at the spot one of
the officers bid in a closet, aud
developments were not long in
comiug. As a direct result of
the haul Sid Baito, W. R. Woods.
Q. C. Covington and C. B. Archer
were arrested for drnnkeness
Barto pleaded guilty and was
given |10 aud costs. Two casee
against Minot Adams aud two
heart between April and July [against Ben Brown, son of Joe
evidences that some very deep Brown, and one agaiust Frank
and controlling motive of a per-'johnson and W. E. Archer for
ter in ite whole iuiqnity, because
on the 28rd day of April I bad in»
formed the governor that the ac<
tion taken by the Prairie com-
pauy waa illegal and should be
enjoined, and that I had brought
au iujauctioo suit. At that time,
April 2Vrd, the governor agreed
with me aa to the illegality of
action and approved the
soual nature was back of his
tion.
"The only person that the pro-
hibition > uit could help is the
Staudard Oil company, and that
he hazarded as much.ashe did
for them after his sudden change
of heart supplies the necessary
factor for any intelligent man to
reckou whether the .governor of
Oklahoma has a leauiug toward
the Standard Oil company, and
therefore the president's state-
ment seems to me a very mild re-
bake."
—» - —• • wvvavu auu appiUTOU I Iltf fm vr"1 ▼
railroad is a direct line and oon-1 bringing of the mj auction. The and I see
Your clothea are the true index
of your character. Get one of
Frank Light's new fall saits made
to your measure and you will be
properlt dressed. Prioee <80.00
violating the prohibition law
were also docketed, and there
will probably be more develop-
ments at the trial of the cases.
it Was a Big Crowd.
It looked like a real, old fash
ioned circus day in Altus Satur-
day. There was no great attrae
tiou, other than Miller Bros, big
sale, but the people were here
from all parts cf the count}*, and
the business streets were crowded
all day long. Iu the afternoon
such a large crowd was aasembled
on the saat aide that it waa al-
most impossible for one to fore*
his way throngh on the sidewalk,
and the same condition prevailed
ou the southeast corner and south
sides. AHae is eartaiuly a good
business town and is getting Let-
ter all tfc« tin*.
ESCAPED PAVING TAXES
What Governor Haskell's Veto sf the
Revenue Bill Did for Stsndard
Oil Compsny
Pew perions la Oklahoma suspect-
ed that the general revenue bill
passed by the last legislature was not
law. The discovery lately that this
bill had been vetoed by Governor
Haskell came as a tremendous sur
prlne. Contrary to bis custom, Oov
ernor ifAHkell failed to write s speech
Hiving hi* veto resHons.
Governor Haskell certainly found
nothing of which to boast in the sit-
nation reuniting from his veto of the
general revenue bill. In this ii)
utance silence was golden—for the
Standard Oil company.
In territorial days the revenue
lawn, still iu force In Oklahoma,
made no provision for returning oil
pipe linen, gas pipe lines oil leases
and other property of this kind for ad
valorem taxation as there was prac-
tically no property of this kind In old
Oklahoma.
Statehood brought the vast oil and
gas Industries of Indian Territory.
The last legislature in passing a new
general revenue bill took special care
to reach the oil and gas properties
for ad valorem taxation. Governor
Haskell had much to say about the
"noble conduct" of the Standard Oil
company when its child, the Prairie
Oil and Gas company, gave in mil-
lions of dollars' worth of property
for taxation.
Governor Haskell's veto is said to
have lost the state 140,000 in taxes
from the Standard Oil company, and
a total of 1300.000 in taxes on all
classes of property not enumerated
in the old Oklahoma law. This mon-
ey would lighten taxation that must
now be borne by the farmers and
other citizens of the state. The
Standard escapes its ad valorem
taxes.
DEMOCRATIC EXTRAVAGANCE
What It Is Costing to Run the State
School Land Department
The state school land department
has put the lid upon information that
would give the public the number of
employees who are being paid out of
the school fund. Recently when 192
special school land appraisers were
appointed. Secretary Vfarr of the
school land board flatiy refused to
give even to the democratic press
representatives the names of the ap-
pointees or the number appointed.
This kind of information is legit
imate news and the people are enti-
tled to it.
However a careful investigation
into the affairs of the school land de-
partment has developed some facts
which the present administration will
not dare to dispute. One of the most
significant of these is that there are
at present 143 employees of the school
land department, all being paid out
of the school fund.
Summing up the totals a fair idea
may be obtained of what the school
land department is costing the school
children of the state under the plun-
dering methods adopted by the demo
cratic state administration:
Heads of departments annu.
ally $ 13.900
Special appraisement 61,200
Regular annual appraisement 14.400
OCice force, per annum 39.600
Printing, stationery and other
expenses 10,000
■spied** Haskell'* Comparison of
Oklahoma Taxes With Kansas
State »■' cordi tu Kauuta fetve sot
tb* lid on ti)sen, and tbs treasurer of
Shawn** county, Kansas, gives io Ok-
lahoman. a statement tlist *ntii*!jr
disprove* Governor Haskell'* ooo
itateoient that Oklahoma'* taxes ar*
lower than thou* »f Kan in v
Tb* Haskell platform, adopted
the Democrats at Tulaa a oouple of
weeks ago/points with (real pride
th* TAXBH of Oklahoma when com-
pared with the taxes In the atat* of
Kansaa and specifically gay* that Ok-
lahoma'* expense is LESS THAN
THAT OK KANSAS.
This turns out to be on* of Has-
kell'* Invention* for the purpose of
decelvina the Oklahoma tax .payer*.
The state levy for Oklahoma by th*
Haskell legislature was upwards of
! 1-2 millions. The' rate of taxes re-
quired to raise this 2 1-2 million la
a il»Me over three per cent in tb*
cities of Oklahoma, including the elty
levy, in Oklahoma City a person Who
has fl,000 will pay upwards of $31.00
taxes next year. In Topeka, Kansas,
on |1,000 he will pay f 16.56. accord-
ing to the following letter:
It will be »een that th« coat of
government in Konsaa I* oaly on*
half what it i* in Oklahoma and Kan-
sas has long been known as the worst
tax ridden state in America.
The sta>te of Missouri has never
run much above half the tax rat* of
Kansas. The method of valuation ts
Just the eame in Kansas as in Okla-
homa as will be seen /ran th* letter.
The letter is self-explanatory and It
certainly Is conclusive proof of th*
extravagant use of funds in Oklahoma.
Topeka, Kans , Sept 11, 190S.
Curtis E. Wells, Esq.,
Oklahoma City, Okla.:
Dear 84r: We ere assessed In Sbarw-
nee county upon the full lace valu*
of real eatate and all personal chat-
tele, stock, bonds and cash in hand
are assessed at their full face vain*.
Until thi* year our city real estate
was is sewed at -from 33 1-3 to 60
per cent of it* real valu*.
The 1908 tax rate is <1.56 per hun-
dred. and In the great majority of
cue* the 1908 tax in the city of To-
peka will he lower than the 1907 tax
was Farm if«y» ha*, under the new
method of assessing, grown la valu*
upon th* tax roil four to six time*
the figure of 1907.. In my judgment,
the farmers of Shawnee county will
pay a little more tax in 1908 thaa
they did on 1907.
It le a hard matter to explain la a
letter our method of taxation, hut if
you will writ* to Samuel I. Howe,
chairman, of the tax commission, Capi-
tol building, Topeka, Kansas, he will
Send you in pamphlet form a copy of
our tax law.
Very truly,. >
STANLEY MEDLICOTT.
Treas. Shawnee county, Kan.
Total annual expense pf the
school land department ..8139.100
This expense exceeds by over 8100.-
000 a year the cost of administering
the school land department under the
territorial form of government when
the acreage of school land was prac-
tically the same as at present.
HOW BAILEY GOT SOAKED
Ohi*
Lawyer that Sued Governor
Haakell Makes Statement
Judge J. P. Bailey, 0f Ottawa, Ohio,
who with Dan M. Bailey is suing
Charles N. Haskell, formerly of Otta-
wa, but now (luvernor of Oklahoma,
for $9,900 attorney fees which they
claim due them several years from
Haskell for attending to various cor-
poration suits for him, was greatly
surprised to learn that in his answer
to the Bailey suit. Haskell claims to
have paid them in full.
On the contrary Judge Bailey de-
clares that the ouly payment he has
ever received from Haskell, during
his several years as attorney for
the promoter, was a check for 81,000
In a case against one Broadhead. "Af-
ter receiving this cheek tor 81.000."
says Judge Bailey, "I invested H |t
Haskell's solicitation in a telephoae
company he *as promoting down' in
Texas. After putting the check Into
th* business, the company went into
th* hands of a receiver, and under the
law I am liable for doubl* the amouat
of my stack. In addition to th* fl.OOO
check, therefore. I shall hate to pat
la an additional 81.000 to satisfy the
cos&paay's creditors."
Wanted.—Good girl for geuer-
al housework in a small family.
Apply to Mrs. Otho Williams. 2t
Oklahoma Citizens Kick on Taxed.
Do the people of Oklahoma, wheth-
er they are farmer3. laborers, bankers
or -other*, want Oklahoma faotrieo
taxed out of existence? This la th*
question ixing <wktd by a citizens'
committee from Oklahoma City that
recently visited Guthrie for the ex-
prets purpose of protesting again*
the high valuations placed on proper-
ty by the stele board of equalization
for taxation purposes.
For instance, the actual valu* to
credit* waa Increased by the atat*
board 900 per cent. The following
Is an example:
A brick manufacturer fn Oklahoma
City does business on rather a large
scale, cirtng employment to many
working-men. He makes a brick that
can be used foe paving and sidewalk
piftposes. a* well as for hutWiag.
Naturally he doe* a considerable cred-
it business. He Is compelled to do
so, because his competitors do and
because it ie the -way business is con-
ducted by the business world.
This brick manufacturer in Okla-
homa Cltv. when tax paying time be-
came due. had due him from custo-
mers a tctal 810.000. in going
over his books he ascertained that
perhaps 81.500 of that amount could
not be collected. He gave his credits
truthfully to the assessor as 89.000.
The state board ©f equalisation In-
creased th* valuation of credits in Ok-
lahoma county 900 per cent. That
means this hriek manufacturer must
pay 81.620 on a 9-times inflated valu-
ation—an actual vaUAtioa watered
alne times by « democratic state
hoard.
fall Stock Now Opens.
Frank Light, the merchant
tailor, has received his stock of
fall and winter suit patterus, and
you will do well to see them be-
fore ordering yoar sait. Largest
and best stock in Southwest Okla-
homa. great variety, styles and
patterne, made op n ider a guar-
antee to he right iu fit, nuke and
fiaioh.
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Shepard, Susie W. & Shepard, Horace W. The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1908, newspaper, October 1, 1908; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc403514/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.