The Wellston News (Wellston, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1918 Page: 2 of 6
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THE WELLSTON NEWS
Or. H. M. WILLIAMS
PHYSICIAN AND SUNOKON
Office ‘Phone No. 34
Wells ton, • • • Oklahoma
FARM LOANS * INSURANCE
Heat of Kutca. Term* *n«1 I'rUilrffi
I AI Hi l HANOI K ,
School Faraitoro and Sapples <
I. N. HALL
Phone 1N4. Chandler, Ohio 1
NO WAY TO EVADE
THE INCOME TAX
EVERY GOOD AMERICAN EARNING
PAIR LIVING WILL HELP TO
PAY EXPENSES OF WAR.
RETURNS DUE BEFORE MARCH
Prssta ■ Irak ■ 0
Put r Irak ■ 0
Drs Erwin & Erwin
Physicians and Surgeons
Spsdaltissi Nervous and Moots
Dissssss, and Inlsrnsl naUdus
WBLLSTON
Office Phone tOI
Residence Phones
Frenis B Erwin ---------..14
Pat* P Erwtn_______________ST
Wellston Produce Co
ON THE BAILEY CORNER
Wants To Buy Your
Cream & Poultry
Highest Market
Price Paid In Cash
Phone No. 74
TAN-NO-MME
The Mines
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(•i fcsiel
si she ■iss
i te she ahiae velvety
Dsfau} whkh is dn>
jhsMis leenmie and ptoaoieq in
IsAm. Used jiihr she day h is
> the Swa and Wind,
t he see seen rae o hsh
AM deniere iR
Ms, and St-OR
When you send in
your “help wanted**
ad, read the “situa-
tions wanted** at the
same time.
CJ Read the “Situation
Wanted” columns,
Mr. Business Man.
CJThis column is the
ladder of the discon-
tented ones—for discon-
tent nine times in ten
spells ambition.
Just the young man
your business needs may
be appealing to you
today.
^JTake a chance on the
“ambitious employed.”
{J The classified page
throws out a drag net
for your lost articles.
Out of many hun-
dreds of these ads an-
nually printed, scarcely
ten per cent of the
finders claim rewards.
flThere are many
honest people in the
4} When you send in
your “help wanted*’
ad, read the “situa-
tions wanted** at the
same time.
Heavy P*naltl*a Provided for Failure
to Flit Thom—Government Official*
Will Be In Every County to A**l*t
the Taxpayers.
Washington.-—"Mu*t 1 pay an In-
coino tax 7“
lliai t* il»e question that thousand*
of Amort fan* are asking. The answer.
In a general way, Ilea lu «hl» state-
ment :
Kvery unmarried person hating a
nei Income of Fl.iAk' or more. Hint ev-
ery married per>»»M or head of a fam-
ily having an Income of $2,000 or more
must flle a return These returns must
he In the hands of the collector of In-
ternal revenue In the district In which
the taxpayer Stvea or has his principal
place of boMncew between January 1
and March l I VMS.
The man a ho think* to evade thla
tax Is making a scrums error. Revenue
officials will he In every county to
check returns. Failure to make a cor-
rect return wlthtn the time specified
Involves heavy penalties.
-Net Income" means gross Income
lews certain deductions provided for by ]
the act. The law defines Income as
profit, gam. wage*, salary, commis-
sion*. money or Ita equivalent from
professions. vocations, commerce,
trade, rents, sale* and dealings In prop-
erty. reel and personal, and Interest
from Investments except Interest from
government bond*, or state, municipal
ton nahtp or couuty bonds. Incomes
from service as guardian, trustee or
executor; front dividends, pension*,
royalties, or patents, or oil and gas
wells, coat land, etc., are taxable.
Normal Rat* la 2 Par CanL
Tha normal rate of tax la 2 per cent
on net Income* above the amount of
exemptions, which Is $2,000 In the case
of a married person or head of a fam-
ily and $1,000 In the case of a single
person. A married person or head of
a family la allowed an additional ex-
emption of $200 for each dependant
child If under eighteen years of age
or Incapable of self-support because
defective. The taxpayer Is considered
to be the head of a family tf he ta
actually supporting one or more per-
sona closely connected with him by
blood relationship or relationship by
marriage, or If his duty to support
•nch person Is based on some moral
or legal .ddlgatlon.
IVbt* ascertained to be worthless
and charged off within the year and
taxes paid except Income taxes and
those assessed against local benefits
are deductible. These and other points
of th# Income tax section of the war
revenue act will he fully explained by
revenue officers who will visit every
county In the United States between
January 2 and March 1 to assist tax-
payers In making out their return*.
Officer* to Vlalt Evory Locality.
Notice of their arrival in each local-
ity will he given In advance through
the press, banks and post offices. They
will be supplied with Income tax forms
copteo of which may be obtained also
from collectors of Internal revenue.
The bureau of internal revenue Is
seeking to Impress upon persons sub-
ject to the tax the fact that failure to
see this official In no way relieves
them of the duty Imposed by law to
flic their returns within the tlm* speci-
fied.
The government Is not required to
seek the taxpayer. The taxpayer la
required to seek the government. Per-
sons tn doubt as to whether they are
subject to the tax or not or as to how
to make out their return*, will readily
understand, therefore, that a visit to
this official may mean the avoidance
of later difficulties.
The penalty for failure to make tha
return on time Is a fine of not less
than $20 nor more than $l.tX*\ and
tn addition NO per cent of the amount
>f the tax due. For making a false
or fraudulent return, the penalty Is
a fine not to exceed K'W or not ex-
ceeding one year's imprisonment, or
both, tn the discretion of the court, and
In addition 100 per cent of the tax
evaded.
As ta th* Farmers.
The number of farmer* who will pay
income taxes has not been estimated
by the government official*, but It 1*
certain they will form a large peccru
rage of the tviXX'UXX' persons assessed
who never before have paid an income
tax. The average farmer doe* not
keep book* but tf be avails himself of
the service* of government experts
who will be sent to aid him. tt »1U not
be difficult for him to ascertain the
amount of hi* net Income.
The farmer t* making out hi* return
assy deduct depreciation tn the value
of property and machinery used iu the
conduct of hi* farm, and loss by Bru.
storm or ether casualty, or by theft If
not revered by insurance. Rxpenwe
actually Incurred la farm operaliow
may be deducted, but not family or liv-
ing expense. Produce raised on the
farm and traded for groceries, wearing
apparel, etc, 1* counted a* living ex-
penditures and cannot be dedwcteA.
Ratarto* p*M by the state or a polit-
ical subdivision of the state are ex-
• mpt, A fa nicer hosting the >eh of
county supervisor for Instance. Axes
not have to Include hts salary tn hi* tu
ow tax return.
TWO DOLLAR WHEAT
This Price Will Hold For Some
Years.
A well advised commercial authority
gives tt aa his opinion, “an a slow,
descent may he counted on in the
prices for grain when the war ends—
It may take several years* to restore
the world’s stock of foodstuffs to nor-
mal there Is good ground for confi-
dence In the outlook for rapid devel-
opment In agriculture.”
If this be correct, it follows that
the profession of farming will mate-
rially Increase its ranks In the next |
few years.
Today, the price of wheat Is set by i
the Tailed States government at $2.20 ,
per bushel, and In Canada the price j
has been set at $2.21. This, of course, |
Is less freight and handling charges
which brings the average to the farm- 1
era at about $2.00 per bushel. This
price will pay so long as land, mate- !
rial and labor can he secured at rca- ;
sonable prices. It remains for the I
would-be producer to ascertain where j
he can secure these at prices thnt will
make the production of grain profit-
able. He will estimate what price he
can afford to pay for land that will give
him a yield of wheat wldch when sold
at $2-00 per bushel, will return him a
fair profit. laical and social condi-
tions will also enter into the considera-
tion. Finding wluit he wants he would
he wise to make ids purchase now.
I,mid prices In same portions of the
country are low, certainly as low as
they will ever he. City property and
town property will fluctuate, but farm
property will hold Its own. The price
of grain Is as low as it will he for
some years. Therefore It would be
well to look about, and find what can
be done.
There are doubtless many opportu-
nities tn the United States, especially
In the Western States, to purchase
good agricultural lands, thnt will pro-
duce well, at reasonable prices. If the
would-be buyer has the time to inves-
tigate. and that 1* needed, for these
lands do not exist in any considerable
area, he would bo well repaid. NY>t
only will ids land certainly Increase in
value—the unearned increment would
ho an asset—while under cultivation he
can find nothing that will give better
results. He will at the same time he
performing a patriotic net. a needful
act. one that would meet with the food
controller's plea to increase agricul-
tural production and assist in reducing
the deficit of TN million bushels of
wheat reported by the ^controller.
In addition to the vacant lands In
the United States which should he
brought under cultivation. Western.
Canada offers today the greatest area
of just the land that is required, and
at low prices—prices that cannot last
long. Kvon now land prices are in-
creasing. as their value is daily becom-
ing more apparent, and their location
desirable.
As to the Intrinsic value of land
In Western Canada, hundreds of con-
crete cases could he cited, which go
to prove that at fifty and sixty dollars
per acre—figures that have recently
been paid for improved farms—the
crops grown on them gave a profit of
from twenty to thirty per cent and
even higher, on such an Investment.
One instance, is that of a young Eng-
lishman. unaccustomed to farming be-
fore he took his seat on the sulky
plow with which he does most of his
\\<vrk. after allowing himself for
his own wages last year, made a profit
of $2,200 on a $20,tXX) Im estment. His
total sales amounted to $N.T00 and hi*
expense, which included the $1,000
wages for himself, was $S.50C«. The
interest was ll** per cent.
To the man who does not care to
buy or who has not the means to pur-
chase. but possesses wealth in his own
hardihood, his muscle, and determina-
tion. there are the thousands of free
homesteads of which he may have the
pick on paying an entry fee of ter.
dollars. These are high class lands
and adapted to all kinds cf farming.
Send to your nearest Canadian Gov-
ernment Agent for literature, descrip-
tive of the splendid opportunitiee that
are still open in Western Canada. Adv.
5
« STATEHOUSE BREVITIES 4
Fir* Insuranc* Rates Lowered.
A revision of fire insurance rates
that will result in sweeping reductions
lu premiums in many classifications
and increases in others was made in
an order Issued by *be state insurance
board.
The largest reduction will be on
fire-proof buildings, on which the rate
Is lowered 35 per cent. Reductions
also tiro made on all brick mercantile
buildings and their contents.
Frame buildings bear the brunt of
what, increases are made. In the past
frame mercantile buildings have not
been bearing their proportionate share
of the risk Involved, according to Wil-
liam R. Samuel, secretary of the
board. The new schedule also pro-
vides for higher rates in unprotected
towns. The effect of the change will
be to encourage the erection of brick
and fire-proof buildings and to en-
courage towns to provide fire protec-
tion.
An average reduction of 6 per cent
is made on all brick buildings, not in-
cluding contents, in all class towns.
A decrease of 25 per cent was made
In the rate for brick buildings oc-
cupied for manufacturing purposes,
including garages, bakeries, black-
smith shops, printing establishments,
theaters, bottling works, box factories,
candy factories, clothing manufac-
turies, creameries, cheese factories,
canning factories, cold storage plants,
feed mills, feed stores, ice cream and
Ice factories, mattress works, paint
works, machine shops, llvefiy stables,
wood works.
The rate on the contents of brick
buildings in all classified towns was
reduced on an average of 15 per cent.
Publio buildings, including schools
and churches, will get a reduction of
10 per cenL
Frame mercantile buildings in all
class towns will pay an increased rate
of 12^4 per cent, and frame resi-
dences In unprotected towns will pay
12H per cent more. A new farm
schedule was adopted which will re-
sult In a lower rate for brick or stone
farm buildings. Frame farm residences
were increased 10 per cent, and frame
barns and outbuildings will pay an In-
creased rate of 25 per cent.
The new schedule provides a great
decrease in exposure charges In pro-
tected cities. In the past the charge
for two exposures, that is. where a
residence was within ten feet of
houses on both sides, was almost as
much as the original Insurance charge.
Under the new schedule a charge can
he made only for one exposure, the
nearest, and the rate for this exposure
was cut 50 per cent
Reductions would hare been much
greater on some classes but for the
fact that a new-term rule is put in
effect- Where formerly three years
insurance was allowed for the payment
of two annuals, two and one-half an-
nuals will be allowed and where five
years' insurance was allowed for three
annuals, four annuals will be required..
investigation of Farm Rentals.
The Fair Election Case. An investigation of the reduction of
If the state will file a motion for a ,fhrm rentals by the school land de-
Judgment on the pleadings in the “fair partment >s 10 I*e roade by Fred Park-
election law” suit instituted by the re-J^nson' ?!ate examiner and inspector,
publicans, the motion will be sus- j Parkinson has served notice on Gov-
talned by District Judge Oldfield. thejernor " illiams that such an lnvesti-
latter announced following a hearing 1 nation would be made
Prisonar Attends Church.
A copy of ona of the strangest docu-
ments ever Issued to a convict is 00
file in the office of X. M. Crook, state
pardon and parole officer. Governor
Williams is the author of the docu-
ment and it provides that Dr. J. S;
Gray, who was sentenced to the state
penitentiary for life on a murder
charge, shall have the right to leave
the prison each Sunday and go to Me
Alester that he may worship In the
church of hia choice.
The case of Gray is one of the
strangest in the annals of Oklahoma.
A veteran of the Civil war, in which
he was wounded seven times, a news-
paper man and a practicing physician,
he was for twenty-three years a resi-
dent of Oklahoma. It was after he had
lived his three score and ten years—
had reached the age of 71—that Dr.
Gray fell Into the pith that took him
to the state prison.
It was in 1914 that he shot and kill-
ed Simon Cochran, one of his tenants
on a farm in Bryar county. Accord-
ing to Gray the trouble which led to
the killing was caused by Cochran
tiansporting liquor. Gray’s defense
was that he shot in self defense, but
the Jury found him guilty and his pun-
ishment was fixed at life imprison-
ment.
At the age of 72 he began serving
a life term in the ■penitentiary. Ef-
forts were made to get him a pardon
but the final result was a commuta-
tion of his sentence to twenty years,
which was slight so'ace for a man 72
years old.
Dr. Gray has not missed a Sabbath
at church since he was committed. He
has gone to all the churches in Me-
Alester, as be says he likes a change
of preachers occasionally.
Save Your
Cash and
Your Health
CASCAR&g QUININE
>omS>'
Th* standard cold cure for >0 _
tablet form—safe, turc, no opiates
■ ctaree cold in 24 hour®—crip in S
Money beck if it fail®. Get the
wit* Red top and Mr.
Hill'® picture on it.
Coet® lea®, five®
more. ®*vc® money.
S4 Tablets for 25c.
At Any Drug Store
Cuticura Soap
Ideal For Baby’s Skin
Watch Your Calves-
At the first Indication of sooure or
cholera give them
I3r. Dev Id Roberts*.
Calf Cholera Remedy si?o»
For scours In cattle, horseb and hogs.
Used and recommended by thou-
sands of dairymen and stock owners.
Reed the Practical Home Veterinarian
led tor frw book lot ot Abortion In Cow®.
___ If no dealer In your town, write
|r. Davit Rotor!®' V®!. Co., 100 Oraod Avenu®. Waukesha, Wfc.
W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 3-1918.
He that lives upon hope will die-
fasting.
With a man an effect must have lt»
cause; with a woman it must have its
because.
Democratic Committee Meets.
Resolutions adopted by the state
democratic central committee before
adjourning ignored the suggestion of
Alger Melton, committee chairman,
that the committee recommend to the
legislature the ratification of the con-
stitutional amendment for prohibi-
tion.
The resolutions presented by the
resolutions- committee made no men-
tion whatever of prohibition and no
further attempt was made to have
the committee urge upon the legisla-
ture the ratification of the prohibi-
tion amendment.
Candidates were warned In the res-
olutions to refrain from indulging in
a character of campaign that might
result in personal ill reelings, division
or discord among democrats or which
might divert the attention of the state
from the one great purpose of win-
ning the war.
The national and state administra-
tions were indorsed without qualifica-
tion.
Weak, Falnty Heart, and Hysteric*
:an be rectified by taking “Renovine" a
Heart and nerve tonic. Price 50c and $1. Ml.
His Present.
“Well, wifle, today’s my birthday.”
“Oh, goody—goody! Can 1 have a.
new hat, dear?”—People’s Home Jour-
j aal.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle off
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature off
In Use for pver 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria.
According to Evidence.
Mrs. Bilson (sentimentally)—It's love-
that makes the world go 'round.
Mr. Bilson (a lawyer)—No wonder it
gets dizzy.
By the Court Calendar.
“Edgar?”
“Yes, mother.”
“What are you children doing?”
“Playing royalty. I am a knight off
the Garter, and Edwin is Saturday.”
“That is an odd name for royalty.”
“Oh, it is just n ifickname on ac-
count of his title.”
“What is his title?”
“Night of the Bath."—Youngstown-
Telegram.
in the case.
Judge Oldfield granted leave to Sec-
retary of State Lyon to re-file an
Surprise was expressed by some of
the commissioners, who asserted, that
reductions of rental on some farm land
answer to the original petition brought were entirely regular. F. M. Gault,
arainst him by R. L. Robertsen of I President of the state board of agri-
Comanche county. (culture, said reductions when made
If the state elects to file the motion, j k&d been on the advice of appraisers,
as the court suggested, the republi- j aud that a report by the state exarnin-
cans fight in the lower court in this ; er and inspector could sr-eompUsh
action will be lost, and the next pro- j nothing more than the opinion of one
eeedings would be to appeal to the ‘se* °t appraisers as opposed to anoth-
supreme court or drop the case. j *r-
Judge Oldfield stated that the plain- j R. H. Wilson said few reductions
tiff did not have a cause for action in had been made so far as he knew and
this case, but another form of action that the amount involved was small,
would be necessary to get a hearing most of the reductions being made to
in court. If the state does not file the;avoid court action which would have
motion suggested. Judge Oldfield said ! entailed more expense than the
the case would be set for trial at j «.tnotict involved,
which evidence would be introduced.
First Patriotic Christmas.
A woman's club at South Bend hire®
a professional story-teller to entertain,
the children at a Christmas party.
The Christmas story of the birth off
Christ was told, and the narrator be-
gan to quiz the children about the-
story.
“What did the three wise men see?”
she asked.
“They saw the shepherds and the
star in the east," said a little girl.
“Very good; and what did they
hear?”
“They heard the angels singing,”■
was the answer.
“What did the augels sing?" Nobody
seemed to know. Finally a little boy's-
face brightened and he sprang to his-
feet and almost shouted : “They sang
‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ 1"—In-
dianapolis News.
This case was begun against Lyoa
Unpatriotic Notaries.
War U«e of Cattails.
High explosives require *0 much
Cotton in their manufacture that ex-
perimenter* ha\e been casting about
for a substance to replace it.
It remained for Charles G-vsrd. a
Denver inventor, to discover that the
fl.vss of cattails can be substituted for
, guncotton In the making of ammuni-
tion.
Germany, it i« reported, has for osme
time rvliod upon cattails to take the
place of cotton i nihe manufacture of
explosives.
Nn Carrd ta t *0 14 tVr*
o.yTtf XT 1
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_ V.D,* t r»*o CDstxivr tam
w. rtN IV* I i-A. X riuuwjv o —■
ft ma -v a ■* **. Aia-
Lixlng is becoming *0 expensive that
it will »vr. be placed on the luxury
U*t.
Pt. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for a laxative, three for a cathartic. Ad.
shortly after the general election of Notaries public who exact a charge
November 7. 1M«. In which Propqsi- j f3"0111 draft registrants for taking their
tiou No. 7S. commonly known as thei0*^* on 'iuei'>i°nnaitfs have pulled
Fair Election law" was submitted to jdown ^ lre of *tat« officials upon
the voters. This law would have put j
on the state election board one repub- A notary public has a legal right to
lican and one socialist member in ad- j a charge of 25 cents for each
dition to the democratic member. j time he affixes h:s seal. He has a
_ I monU right to nothing, tn the opinion
of Governor Williams. AdJ. Gen. E. H.
Rule On Prices Announced. j Gipson and Major Eugene Kerr.
The cotton division of the food ad- Two notaries p> blic, Charles H.
ministration at Washington has Is- J Harp of Walters and A M Milam of
sued a rui:r.g to the effect that all Morris, have been cited by Major Kerr
sales of cotton seed meal consisting - to appear before him January 1$ and
J of less than ten tons may be con-jfhow cause why their commissions as
s dered a retail sale, for which not ; notaries should not be revoked. The
exceeding $2 5$ per ton above the < citation alleges that these men not
igroed wholesale price may be only charged for affixing their seal to
I charged, and any quantity of ten tons j questionnaires but obtained more than
or more shall be considered a whole-j the legal fee
sale proposition, and the buyer of in some instances, according to Ma-
th* t quantity shall not be charged i jor Kerr, notaries have obtained as
more than the agreed price, plus dray-' high a* $1 5 and to take the oath
age or cartage. qi registrants.
There *s
“Body"
Io
Instant
Postum
and
taste.
“snap" to its
It doesn't pay to bunko a wena*
whose Cady asset is t p*i of gab.
Realities are above theories.
WE Gm»Utt4 Eytfifc,
iWwnd h Mawtnj * M
ye*t LroJ-oi «a Bats'*Eyas
, At T*» tw*r*v « t*
t.. sm*. • bw*
Ceunty Judg* Met Be Democrat,
la th* event of the resignation of
Jedge Standevest. county Judge of Tul-
sa county, a democrat w:n have to be
named ta his place, according tc an
opin oa given George R Reeve*. co«t»-
ty attorney of Tnlsa county by Attor-
ney General Fhee'ing Mr Reeves, tn
\ a tetter to Mr. Freeling said Judge
Slanderer's reeignatie® was probable
Judge Star ->ver. js a demo, rat- The
> stam’cs provide that in event cf the
j ieath. res'gVLR.tjtva or removal of an
j ''retire officer that h s successor
I v. -• v. -1 same political party.
War On Spoiled Eggs.
Shipment and «ale of spoiled egg*
jin Oklahoma I* to be reduced to a
j minimum by a campaign soon to be
begun by the state health depart-
ment Pour Inspectors, three of whom
are in the employ of the state and
lone tn the employ of the federal gov.
ernment. are the agent* through
which the campaign is to he carried
on They will ho stationed at the
principal egg*hlpplng points In the
state and nil Inspect any Intrastate
shipments made from that p’acei
j Spo led eggs will be confiscated.
Try a cup and
notice the charming
flavor and substan-
tial character of tKi*
table beverage.
Postum is a true
“man’s** drink, and
women and children
delight in it.
'Hm’> a Reason”
for POSTUM
Sold by Grocers
Everywhere!
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