The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 57, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1907 Page: 1 of 4
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THE SHERIFF’S TAX BOOKS ARE IN A TERRIBLE CONDITION
l IA I n ♦ HAn 4- \ T a. I ~ A. _ J I l r f ^-v ««• — _
People’s Interest Neglected While Officers
Have a “Good Time.”==flartin Holding
Over $15,000 of Tax Warrants
on Which He Has Nev-
er Reported.
A cursory examination of the]
books of the county treasurer
discloses a deplorable state of
affairs in the sheriff’s office in
4 the matter of the collection of
taxes.
By law delinquent personal
taxes are turned over to the
sheriff ,oifthe 25th of March of
each year and these warrants are
valid only for 90 days. If the
sheriff collects the warrants dur
in$r that time he should return
► *be money to the county treas-
urer where it is distributed to
the territory, county, township
school districts. Every day that
the sheriff holds out the money
the above named governmental
districts are deprived of the use
of the money.
If the warrants are not collect-
ed it is the duty of the sheriff to
return them at the end of 90
days, when they become you
and the county treasurer can col-
lect or can issue an alias warrant
to the sheriff. After 90 days
neither the sheriff or treasurer
can legealy collect a tax warrant
until it is returned to the treas-
urer.
The treasurer’s record shows
that Mr. Martin has made but
partial returns on the warrants
issued to him in March 19o5 and
has held them for two and a half
years when he should have re-
turned them within 90 days.
In March 1900 the county
treasurer of Lincoln county
turned over to the sheriff about
1500 warrants of 1905 taxes,
amounting to $8,836.96. On Sept.
14, 1906 the sheriff made return
on $2,010,33 and still has unac
counted for the sum of $6,226,63.
In March of 1907 the treasur?
er turned the last half of 1905
taxes to the sheriff amounting tp
$1,400.16. Not a dollar has beeq
returned to the treasurer.
In March 1907 the treasurer
turned over to the sheriff 1906 tax
warrants to the amount of $7,-
308.59. Not a penny has been
returned to the treasurer, al-
though the warrants became
void the 25th of last June.
The records in the sheriff’s
office are in such a horrible shape
that no one can tell how much
the sheriff has. Mr. Smith and
Mr. Burris visited the sheriff’s
office and asked for the records.
CaptaiD Beasler, the present
deputy, showed us every courte-
sy but acknowledged his inabili-
ty give even approximate inhu-
mation from the books. When
asked why the books were in
such a shape he could give no
answer except that he had been
there but a short time and sup-
posed the former deputy had
failed to keep a proper record.
Now who is to blame? Above all
sheriff Martin. He is financially
responsible and should (see that
the work of the office is perform
ed. Ignorance is no excuse for
this has been going on for over
two years. Next the county
treasurer is to blame. He should
make the sheriff report ,and keep
him checked up. What about
those guardians of public safety,
Jake and Dave Why have they
allowed, this to goon and on?
Meanwhile school districts and
townships are doing without the
money that should be in their
treasury.
SALT LAKE CITY
Uv Oco|(. M.'t'ormlrk
IT SOUNDS GOOD
To Everybody
HON. C. N. hpSKELL
Democratic nomino^for Governor
Vlr. Haskell will speak at Agra*flondav, Aug.
26, at 12:30 p. m. and at VVellstorf at 6.' p.m.
log broken while riding the bron- flCMflPDJlTin \
^ho at Meeker Friday'died last lf£lrlUwlin I Ilf
Young Mr. Flowers that got . SPEAKING
his arm broke in getting a ball I ‘ A
h riday is geting along nicely.
Chandler, Route 3.
Mi. and Mrs. Austin Spence
of Osage Nation is stopping with
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iMrs. Rsusell for a short time.
The crowd Sunday night at
the Congregational church was
unusually large and Rev. Ham
mer had the best attention ex-
cept a few boys, who seemed to
be dry and had to visit the well
pretty often.
A bunch of our young people
attended the Indian stomp at
Meeker Saturday. They report
a good time.
Mi. and Airs. Ed Gerardy re-
turned from Edmond Friday.
Mrs. I della Morder died Aug
ust 12. She leaves a husband
and four children to mourn her
loss. The remains were laid to
rest in the Forest cemetery urn
der the auspices of the Rebekah
lodge.
Air. and Mrs Wrile.v Gualtney jThe Democratic Candidates Will Ad-
have returned from a weeks visit: dress th£ Voters of Lincoln coun-
at AIcComb. ty at Following Places.
Payson Items.
Well, prospects are good for
rain which is badly needed.
Rev. Tober and wife closed a
series of meetings at Payson
with a number of additions.
There was an Indian lady died
at Meeker Sunday with old age.
She was 103 years old.
J. T. Gualtney and family vis-
ited at the home of W. W. Chris-
tian Saturday and Sunday.
; There was a protracted meet-
ing begun in the grove two miles
west of Payson Monday night.
Air. Mrs. John Oldren visited
Mr. and Airs. J. T. Christian
Sunday.
Warwick Route 1.
There is considerable com-
plaint of cotton shedding the
small bolls. Some say their cot
ton has already been damaged
almost half.
! The stock in the pasture on
the old Hugh Sellever place is
infestied with the “ticks.” The
owners of the stock are applying
remedies.and every precaution
used to keep the disease from
spreading.
Airs. Dolly Dunaway of Ton-
kawa visited her parents, A1 r.
Mrs.W. Al. Grand staff'last week.
She retuned home Tuesday
morning.
Airs. W. Al. Grandstaff is
afflicted with something like
rheumatism.
The . Misses E’hel and Eve
Christy of Sparks, nieces 'of Al r.
Airs. W. H. Christy, have been
visiting at the Christy home the
past week.
EvaNotson gave a lawn party to
a number of her friends .Monday
evening. 'I he accosion was her
thirteenth birthday. Ice cream
was served.
F. M. Pool says he can hardly
imagine that is hotter than
fruit coining time in Oklahoma.
Aliss Alinnie Brady is reported
sick with fever.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earnest
Turner, a boy on last Wensday.
Charles Christy made a trip
upintoOsage county last week.
Monday, August 26 at Sparks.
Tuesday, August 27, at Sac
and Fox Agency. ‘ •
Wednesday, August 28, Dunk-
ard School House District 68,
South Fox Township.
Thursday, August 29, at Wells-
ton.
^1-iday, August 80, at Fallis.
Saturday, August 31, at Buck
School House, Chandler Twp.
Every body come out and hear
the eonstituli >n discussed by
its defenders. Ladies cordially
invited. All speaking at 8 p. ni.
Union Items
More rain neeeded.
Several from this neighbor-
hood are attending the meeting
at Happy Hid.
Rev. Mendenhall has beou very
sick with typhoid fever but is
recovering.
A. J. Aliller’s sister and hus-
band are here from Kansas City
visiting relatives.
Joe Matlock came home from
a seven months stay in Kansas.
He says Oklahoma is far ahead
of Kansas in <* erything.
Miss Belle Spehcer i.s improv-
ing slowly.
i d filler ‘"'4 Everett
Wright and t.i«*ic families at
tended a family n union at Frank
Miller’s in 0,k Grove distr.ct
Sunday.
Lucius Anderson and family
Chandler were visiting Air.
Walls Sunday.
Continued from Ton-day.
1 he bents of the roof are com
posed of a lattice truss and rest I
upon 44stone pillars, each 3x9 ft.
in size and fioin 14 to 20 ft. in
height. The gallery wl i -h ex
tends around the building 3 ft.
from the wall except at the west,
is 4iso ft. long by 30 ft. wide
1 lie entire building has a seating I
capacity of neraly 10,000. It has
j -ll doors, most of which are 9 ft.
wide and all open outward, so
that the entirt audience of, 9000
or 10,000 c.in gain egress in
about 4 min. In this respect the
j building is certainly without
rival in thfe world. It possesses
acostic properties unequnlod b.v
any other structure in America.
Its enterior construction is so
perfect that dropping a fan or a
whisper can be heard at a |
distance of over 200 ft.
In tlu* west end of the taberna-
cle is the, great pipe organ. It
J was built under the direction of j
Joseph Ridges 80 years ago but i
has lately been remodeled. The
I Iront towers have an altitude of
48 It. and the dimensions of the
organ are 30x33 ft, 1. nas 110
slops and accessories ind con-
tains a total of over 5000 pipes
ranging in length from \ inch to
32 ft. It comprises 5 complete
organs.
The different varieties of tone
embodied in this instrument
rep esen t leoi chestra, unitary
band and choir. It is blown by j
a lOtiours powei electric uidter.
The organist is seated 20 ft.
from the instrument, which
Places him well among the great!
choir of 550 voices.
The present organist is Prof, j
J. J. McClellan, the choir leader
Prof. Evan Stephens.
On Tuesdays and Fridays they
give an organ recital for the
benefit of tourists. We attended
a recital last Tuesday which was ,
indeed grand. The doors were
thrown open at 5.10 and the vast
crowd went up into the gallery
and the great doors were closed j
and no one could leave the room
during that one hour of recital
when just as promptly at 610
the doors were opened and the
] multitude in a few minutes had
i entirely disappeared.
Assembly hall is built of gran-
ite most of which was left from _____
the building of the temple. It!
is 120 ft. long 68 ft. |wide and is made copious notes o' this ineet-
130 ft. to top of the tower, rising 1 inK and if s»5iw'e w,,ul<l Permit,
from center of the building.|COU,dtGllthenaiTieofeve,'yPer
This hall will accommodate 30001 SO" ttlat lleliv'ered an address
peopleand is used when they have tllat cIa-'’r *{ut wil1 on|y mention
small audiences. In this build 1 a toW "f t,le most prominent,
ing is another tine organ built by ! cor.tinuwi in r,e.u i»»ue
Utah artisans. Other buildings
retu mod
j^O liiiman being
is out of the
reach of the blan-
dishments of the
EDISON PHONO-
GRAPH because
it is such a human
thing itself. It of-
fers so many kinds
of amusement in
so many amusing
ways: its enter-
tainment is so en-
tertaining: its fun
is so funny: its
musi c is so music-
al and its conver-
sational is so con-
versational that it
fits in everwhere.
Have you an Edi-
son Phonograph in
your home? If not,
do you realize that
for a small amount
of money you can
own a Phono-
g r a p h, the uni-
versal entertain-
er?
Mr. Edison says
that he would like
to see an Edison
Phonograph in ev-
ery home. So
would you if you
had ever really
heard the Edison.
CORBIN & LYNCH
DRUGGISTS
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just east of Temple block are the 8 Ressie ,{uck returned
Bee Hive, Gardohouse or Amelia frT G,utllrif wh,ei'e sll«
r „ 1 : a IlUld been attending the clmutau-
paiace, Lion house, Tithing office j nua for the past few days.
; buildings, Desert News office,‘ ----
etc. erected many years ago by! Mrs. A. Al. Taylor, daughter
Brigham Young. Still farther of C. Downey went to Jenn
east passing through Eagle gate lnKS- <?k,ahoma where she wil!
». <■„.<■ toth. k™ w£E Iwfr-w l~».
liriuliHm You„k lip buried i„ Iiatin„ ,
los own private burial grounds, i harness and wagon for sale see
together with three of his wives R. Owens,
and two children. No imposing ~ "
i structure marks his resting i <• R-v- Teinming is here
Place,- the grave is surrounded intend on business,
by a high iron fence and thesev. Thepe wj|| be ft meeti at the
era lots oy another iron fence. ]court hnuSH on Saturday a. 2p
Nothing but grass covered the|m. to se, about establishing a
ground, not a flower was to be canning factory at Chandler. It
seen. I here is a statue of Brig will lw under the auspiees of Th(>
ham Young however just east Fruit Growers association but
and south ot the Temple block. every body is urged to be
It was our good fortune to be ; presnt
at the Mormon services on Sun ; _.
day at quarterly conference and i For Sale,
all the high officials of the church , My school land base located
were present. Services began I N VV i Sec. 33 in McKinly Town
promptly at 10 o’clock a. m. in | ship.
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Smith, G. A. The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 57, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1907, newspaper, August 23, 1907; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc915137/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.