The Harper County Democrat (Buffalo, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1916 Page: 1 of 6
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£I)c Harper (SauntDemocrat
VOL. 10
BUFFALO. IIARPJfill COUUTV, OK.LA., FKIDAV. SKPTKMBKl! 29, 1910.
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THE OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
A Good Advertising Medium
Large and Growing Circulation
FOR FARM LOANS
ON GOOD FARMS.
COOL
YOU GET ALL YOU
BORROW. NO DELAY
J 0 B V R I N T I N C
We can do it in good order.
Let Us Figure With You
SOCIALIST ROUTED
COMPLETELY
If you will figure the amount
of money spent each year under
the old system for temporary re-
pairing for a period of twenty-
T. , . I five years, it will be found that
Kumrads 1 O O k to the total will equal about one
the Brush before
Mighty Witcher
In Their Desperation
Sacrificed a Poor Little
Woman on the Altar
of Humiliation
When W. C. Witcher, the able
anti-socialist debater came to
Harper County for a series of
lectures at the solicitation of the
democrats of Harper County, „„,1C W,I1K lul. uiem, ^ oonci
issue is the Plan adopted the
'and one-half times the amount
of the proposed bond issue and,
of course, there is no comparison
in the results obtained by spend-
ing the amount of money derived
from the bond issue all at one
time on the roads and bridges
and getting them properly built
with proper grades, drainage,
etc., than by spending say 1-25
of that amount each year for
repairs that will probably wash
away after a year. Then why
not have the use of the roads
while paying for them? A bond
challenge, to butt-in and to mis
represent, as of course, was to
be expected. For years the so-
cialists have honey-combed Har-
per County with speakers of
every calibre while the demo-
crats and republicans of the
county did not molest them in
their meetings. The socialist
spell-binders hurley challenges,
ridicule, and condemnation at
both republicans and democrats,
bu£“ho one interfered or at-
tempted to interrupt their meet-
ings. As soon as Mr. Wi cher
arrived the socialist poliiical
acroba's of the county imme-
diately hurried to the scene of the
first meetings and clamored for
a division of time for no other
than to consume a portion of Mr.
Witcher’s time. They just sim-
ply could not sfand it to have
any man make a series of antL
socialist lectures without inter-
fering ana annoying him, how
ever, they underestimated Mr.
Witcher, as he was equal to
every question. At Laverne
the socialists put up a little
woman, Mrs. Corngold, and
Witcher let her down as easily
as possible in the hope that he
would again have an opportunity
to meet her or some of the other
leaders at Buffalo last Saturday.
The socialist political reprobates
at once began to howl that
Witcher was afraid to meet Clark,
Hamilton or Corn-Cob Enfield.
The committee in charge of the
Witcher meetings gave Morris,
Whalen, Cochran & Company to
understand that Witcher would
divide time with any of these
socialist orators if they would
but produce the men. Instead
of producing a man of any
prominence or abili y they per-
sisted in hiding behind the little
woman at Laverne to her humil-
iation and their disgrace. The
little woman did her best but she
was frank enough to admit from
the platform at Buffalo, Satur-
day that she did not possess the
ability as a speaker or philoso-
pher to cope with a man like
Witcher. She did her best but
demonstrated that she knew
little about the philosophy and
world over by states, cities,
counties, townships, towns and
school districts for the raising of
money for making public
improvements. It is the fairest
and most equitable way. The
non-resident has to pay his part
the same as the resident. If a
man after paying his part of
the tax for the payment of the
bonds for a few years sells out
afld leaves the country, his suc-
cessor begins where the former
left off and pays his part of the
tax. while the latter is receiving
his part of the benefits of the
roads and bridges. The rate of
interest on the bridge bonds is
5 per cent and on the road bonds
6 per cent as fixed by law and is
the cheapest money that ever
comes into a township. This
money from the sale of the bonds
is brought into the township in
a lump sum and is paid out in
the township to home labor used
in building the good roads and
bridges, and remains in the
township for an average of about
twelve and one-half years, or
half the length of time the
bonds run, one twenty-fifth
of the amount being collected
each year to apply t iwards th®
pa \ ment ot the bonds when uue-
This money as it is collected and 1
accumulates in the sinking fund !
draws 4 per cent interest and !
this earning of the sinking fund :
reduces the net interest cost, so
that the use of this bond money
actually costs the township 3 1-2
per cent. When a township can j
get money for building roads 1
and bridges at a net interest!
cost of 3 1-2 percent it would
surely miss a great opportunity
if it didn t get this cheap money
and build a good system of reads
and bridges. The cost of paying
er touch, and thereby promises a
better neighborhood feeling; en-
courages attendance at school,
church and entertainments; pits
the country into closer touch
with the towns and cause rural
mail routes to be extended and
improved and probably new
routes to be established; saves
part of the wear and tear on
teams and vehicles and the ne-
cessity of using so many horses
on a load and makes possible the
hauling of larger loads, reduc-
ing the cost of hauling crops to
market, and last but not least,
has a tendency to make life on
the farm more attractive and
thereby keeps the boys and girls
contented on the farm.
The bonds ought to be voted
on October 14th.
in Ellis County, out of $8 80 i worth of assessed property in
We charge that Albert Cochran
is not fit or qualified to hold of-
fice in this or any other countv.
his own name.
Come again Mr. Cochran. We
w’ant you to deny that you never
We charge that a poor old crip- I made good with that poor old
who -p*td your
COCHRAN DEFRAUDED
OLD AND CRIPPLED MAN
pled man paid his taxes for him
and that he has never made it
good. We dare him to deny it.
We defy him to deny it. We de-
fy him to show where we have
had misstated the truth in a sin-
gle instance. We have part of
the evidence in our possession
and we are on a hot trail for
more. We charge that Cochran
lied when he said that the coun-
ty attorney had won twenty
cases in the past eighteen months
and we can prove it by the rec-
ords, and that he has never won
any cases of any consequence
that were contested. It is true
'hat a few who have been
j charged with crimes have plead
guilty. We charge that Morris
has tried three different times to
get a case into court and made
a miserable failure all three
cripDled man
taxes for you down in Ellis
county.
P. S.—Who was that poor old
crippled man down in Ellis
county, who paid a fellow’s taxes
to the amount of $8 80 and that
fellow has never made it good?
Do you know who that sucker
was Mr. Cochran?
The Socallcd “fair
Election Amendmanl
This Probably Explains! times, and that the cost each
Why the Socialist Can-
didate for Assessor
has His Property in
His Wife’s Name
and Only Paid
31c Tax es
j time fell upon the county. We
dare you to publish the list of
state cases tried and the ones
that Morris has won.
We did not say that Cochran
and Moore were the main boot-
leggers in Laverne, and defy
him to produce the man who will
Albert Cochran, socialist can- isay that we did* We know dif'
didate for County Assessor, and ferently’ We have be™ ad-
prince of liars who wrote that V1Sed who the bootleggers were
article in the May Record enti- and we have plenty of good men
tied, “A Liar Out for Represen- who will back us up when need-
tative” and whose standing ed. But in as much as Cochran
where he is best known is no js so arrogant and defiant we
better than that of his comrads „ ,
who have taken to the brush, “ ’
says: “Shower right down :l,able c,t,zens at Laverne and
Throw your reck, and throw it Rosston class Cochran with the
quick and hard. I do not live in booze peddlers and Moore as one
a glass house, neither is there of their customers. Right here
anything in my past that I de- we might tell a lot more but we
sire to hide. ’ will await their future actions.
Cochran dares us on and that Yes, Mr. Cochran, I said that
is just what we expected he a criminal liar was no better
woutd do and wanted him to do. | than any other criminal, and I
He was the first to butt in where will even add that he is worse
he ought to have kept out. He than most of them,
cast the first brick and dareing- Cochran indicates that we
ly asserts that he does not live have recourse through the courts,
in a glass house. Let us see if Great recourse we could have
he does. We charge that Albert through that tribunal with a
C 'chran defrauded a poor, old socialist county attorney and
crippled man, who resides down against a man who has $8.0t>
O
science of socialism. Witcher, the interest and principal of
laid down fifteen indictments!these bonds will be $4 80 on an
against the fundamental princi-
pies of socialism all of which she :a,' u *'°n $L0O0 tor
completely ignored, for the rea- *he first year, and this gradually
completely ignored, for the rea-
son, it is evident, she knew
nothing about them. Mr. Witch-
decreases till the average annu-
al cost for both interest and piin-
-
w.v.... ..... - wouui uulu interest aim pi in*
er propounded to her fiftten cj| combined would be $325
(Continued on page 2.)
ABOUT ROADS
AND BRIDGES
per year on an assessed valua
tion of $1000, or $4 88 per year
on assessed valuation of $15< 0,
or $0 50 per year on an assessed
valuation of $2000 The aver-
age farm in this part of the state
is assessed at about $1000 to
The plan of building good $15u0 The time saved in mar-1
roads and bridges by township keting one crop with good roads
bond issues when figured out bau* ®ver would amount to
will be found to be the cheapest *‘mes l"e of any
.... mHn s sha,e of these bonds,
as well as the surest and best t^de. w.th the syst-m of good
and practically the only way to mads and bridges properly built
get good roads and bridges in the prrsent annual tax formain-
the near future. taining the roads and keeping
In the first place, enough them up could be reduced to a
money cannot be raised under minimum.
the old Bystem of levying annu- Good mads save time in mar-
ally a Lax and spending the keting crops and in going t > and
money for temporarily repairing from tuwn; makes the various
the worst places, tc build much parts cf the communities more
permanent roads and bridges accessible and puts them in clus-
Ont quality—
■n any sty Us and
1 !//—'llnth or
•uatiyut Ugs.
W-' with a Reputation
Has “first call” on ths crop funds!
Tlirrr can l>c no more urg^nl nr important (or angr
Pome than *JTa«J range. No other thing ha* to much to Jo
v. nh the health of the family and the well-being of the wife.
The Majestic thonM hare "flrat call" when T°n mmr tn rnnafcter a
cooking range, (or it baa be*-o tbo ft renm.t quality ranee fnr a
Quarter of • century, .lust a» certainly «« ynij bare pmret] the
economy o! buying (he heat In farm machinery, you will flrx) It
3*r» to .«*> Ikr Ut raw. Tbe txxly ot the ila)e*Ue la renuioo
charcoal iron which reai«ta mats time* longer than rteel Iti too
and jrmroea of malleable Iron are uabraakabla Ita joint* are . .ala
T eolfl rlreUng—all tbe heat ia bel l in tbe oren.
maintaining pertect hating temperature with ball tbe fuel other
tangee require. Heavy aaheatoa boanie reflect beat onto all ear
•*»<>fTy«r»*ln« «ll top and bottom
~m,nt r*me hail •* much htel earwig
W*1* ““ fern, j lonerr then ertttoary mac**, tbe MftMfe
bout to uneonalcd record lor economical rang* tcrrica
LH CD
Tbt Hajeacir hat
tucb at tea lame
r other iapoitaat adr aotarca j
• Ptaca. an-cor per U-raMoo
Coma and ere the Mafeattc at one more and
Jctua abow why S la tbt ham range threat-
as
Sold by
■Temple’® Dep’t. Store.
From the Daily Oklahoman:
The people of Oklahoma will
be asked at the November elec-
tion to place the entire machin-
ery of the state in the hands of
politicians who are without re-
sponsibility to the people; who
are not even responsible to their
parties as a whole, but who owe
their party preferment to the
controlling faction of their party.
Further, the people will be ask-
ed to tie the hands of their leg-
islature and therefore, to muz-
zle themselves as regards the
enactment of any further elec-
tion laws.
That is what the socalled “Fair
Election Law’’ means which the
Socialist party, by intiative peti-
tion, will submit to the people of
Oklahoma for aihiption next
November. Associated with the
Socialists in this scheme is an
element of the Republican p?rty
which apparently is as ready to
overthrow representative gov-
ernment as are the Socialists.
It is not believed that the sober,
responsible citizenship which
makes up the greater part of the
Republican party is in sympathj
v ith this revolutionary proposal
or that it will support it. Cer-
tainly, if the Republican party-
looks forward to a future of real
usefulness in this Stata, if it ex-
pects ever to become the domi-
nant party of Oklahoma and,
along with the responsibility of
dominance, expects to have the
prerogatives and powers with
which to fulfill its trust it wili
renounce this flagrant effort t<
pervert popular elections into
f tests of mere political strategy.
1 The present state electioi
board consists of three members
The secretary of the senate,
who is elected by that body, h
exofficio a member. The other
two members of the board arr
appointed by the governor; ont
from the dominent party, the
other from the party casting the
next highest number of votes
The line of responsibility to the
people of an election board s.
constituted is clear and distinct.
First, the secretary of the sen-
ate is representative ina-inuci
as he is chosen by the senate, ;
representative body. Similarh
th® other two members of th.
troard are respon i be to the {*> 1
pie, being appmoted by the gov-
ernor whose commission comes
direct from the polls. it is fur-
ther required that the governor’.-
appointees to the election hoard
shall be approved bv the senate
8>uch is our present elect ion
boa»d, and down through the
different political units, county
and precinct, this same direct
line of responsibility to the peo-
ple runs straight and true.
The Socialists propose to sweep
ail this away and set up in its
stead a party mechanism oper-
REPUDIATED henry lues
Morris and Whalen Both
Say that the Beacon-
Light Must Do Their
Bidding or Get Out
of the Party
Somp time ago Morris pnh|i>-h-
®d in his paper that Henry Lo.-k,
editor of the Beacon-Lighi, a
socialist paper at Laverne, w< uld
orobahly he kicked out of the
party and his red card taken
from him, because Luck hap-
pened to cross tfce county attor-
ney in some manner. Whalen
says Luck is a coward and a trai-
tor to socialism and admonishes
him to join the capitalists and
quit being on the fence.
Read what Whalen says to
Luck:
Buffalo, Okla. Sept. 1916.
Mr Henry Luck,
Editor Beacon-Light
Laverne, Okla.,
Please stop the Beacon-Light.
You are a coward and a traitor
to the cause of socialism when
you allow that lie of L. D. Smith
to have space in your paper.
Join the capitalists and quit be-
ing on the fence.
W. W. Whalen.
What do you voters who claim
to lie socialists but have no red
cards think of thai ? What do
you think of the socialist cry of
kkkb SPEECH? The above letter
is a good example of socialism.
It is in line with the doctrine
preached by the founders and
leaders of that movement. To
oe a real socialist, a red carde •.
vou must be bridled and harness-
ed and made to work just like
higher-ups HII you. and if you
do not you are subject to he ex-
pelled from /he party and dubbed
a capitailist. Every man who
cherishes his independence and
considers himself a free
inoral agency, according to the
socialistic doctrine is a capitalist.
1 scoundrel and a hypocrite
Whalen says that no socialist
paper should publish anything
except the socialist side, that the
oublic should only he dished out
one side of any question and that
'ide snail be the socialist side.
The socialist editor who dares to
print the opposite side is called
a “coward and a traitor”’
Wonderful system of indepen-
lence and freedom!
But that is true socialism, not
the kind you have been taught
periiaps, but the kiud that i»
known as “International Social-
ism.’’ Is that what you want?
Do you want your liberties abol-
ished and your hands tied behind
our back?
Whalen also says that I, !>.
Smith’s article was a lie. How
does Whalen know? Was he
ort sent .’ Was In- also on l e
inside? If no one tint Morns ami
S ith were pr»-.*eiit how m-i s
Whalen know wimped? v\ e .0
•tot pretend to know, but only
judge the ma't»-r by the reputa-
tions of the two men and tin ir
varacity for tilling me truth.
Everv_time a socialist opens
ns mouth he makes a fool of
mmselt and the people are be-
coming more and more disgust-
ed. They pretend to stand for
free speech and a free press and
then come out and repudiate it
when it suits them.
Under socialiem there can be
no independence of thought, no
ireedom of action, no political
liberties, but aii must be domi-
nated and controlled by a poiui.
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Adams, E. Lee. The Harper County Democrat (Buffalo, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1916, newspaper, September 29, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc941305/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.