The Guymon Democrat (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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C k BAXTER, Miter eirf OVMr.
MNirtd an S«cond Claae Matter Fab-
l.t. 1S 7, at th« P it Office at
in, Oklahoma, unc«r the act *f
CMCreaa of March 3rd, 1179.
NMOIIHIOK PRICE I1M ftr V It All
PI«M. We. IK.
Guymon will not celebrate the fourth
this year. Business men are going on
a booster trip to the southeast part
of the county. In the meantime let's
think about a united effort for a fair
this fall that will entertain and bene-
fit the whole county.
It is important to think straight.
It was once said of a certain politician
that "if you should drive a piece of
wire through his head from front to
back, it would come out in the shape
of a corkscrew," because he had be-
come so crooked in his thinking.
"The thoughts of today become the
dreams of tonight, the actions of to-
morrow and the character of the fu-
ture."
had ranged from $60,000.40 to |76,-
000.00 per week for several weeks
past and this money goes directly to
the borrowers on five years' time at
5 per cent interest and is having a
tremendous effect on the rateg being
charged in the state nd already many
loan companies have revised their
rates to meet state competition by
reducing them from 10 per cent to 8
per cent in some parts of the state
and in other parts reductions have
been made from 8 per cent to 7 per
cent and 6% per cent.
Secretary G. A. Smith of the School
Land Department has repeatedly
said that it would only be a matter
of time until all loan companies of the
state would be compelled to meet the
state rates and that interest rates on
farm lands will ultimately come to
a 6 per cent or 6 per cent basis.
The present taxable farm land
valuation of the State of Oklahoma is
$461,893,325.00, according to official
figures in the State Auditor's Office.
A conservative estimate based on the
experience of many of the most promi-
nent farm loan men of the state is
that 55 per cent of the taxable lands
of the state are under mortgage. This
would signify that the value of the
lands under mortgage is $254,041,328.
The same men estimate that the
It's not because the county offices amount of mortgages upon mortgaged
are any the less worth having now J™!- averages about 35 per cent,
that there is not the fuss raised as This would mean that the *ta' mor "
, , m - a jnoriino gaged indebtedness of Oklahoma is
heretofore by the contend,ng ^rUe" | of 0kla-
but because there is little or no fault • •
to find with the way county affairs V™ has now m loans or available
have been handled. When there is j'or loans near y $7<M)C000*0. This
the least cause for a howl it can be!*'" augmented at the rate of more
heard. And the fact that both re-'than one-half million dollars per year
... , „,.p nnint is from the common school funds, and
publicans and socialists arc quiet is wnnnnn nn
prima facia evidence that things are
going along all right.
from $2000,000.00 to $300,000.00 each
year from college funds. Both of
these funds will ultimately amount to
about $35,000,000,000.0 or $40,000,-
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The state of Oklahoma will supply 1000.00. State competition has already
its own twine for next harvest if resulted in lowering interest rates in
plans oT the State Board of Affairs the state as much as 2 per cent which
i a xl !'..>• if ♦ r\ rl/t in _ ...... lirti-i'/Miioi'o nf
work out as they aim for it to do in
the next few months. Contract has
been let for $35,546 worth of twine
plant machinery to be installed at the
state penitentiary not later than next
January The capacity of the plant
will be twelve thousand pounds daily
means a saving to the borrowers of
the sfate in interest rates of $1,760,-
000. each year, and when state com-
petition brings all companies to state
rates the saving will be at least
double this amount.
The Commissioners of the Land Of-
Will Ut3 iwc1vc uiuuob.im * vummioo.uiiwn v. v..*- — -
If this is practical in competing with fice are endeavoring to so handle
the sisil trust when raw material has these funds as to bring about this re-
to be imported, what might be done
for the consumers of gasoline when
so much oil is produced in the state.
suit in the shortest space of time.
Not only are those who borrow mon-
ey of tho state at 5 per cent greatly
benefited but every person who is
forced to borrow money is also being
benefited by the lower rates being
forced by state competition.
As long as there was only sufficient
state money to supply the demands of !
those who actually lived upon and
The fact of it is President Wilson,
by his clean, able and patriotic ad-
ministration has left room for no is-
sue the Republicans can present. They
are simply dying of "hunger for office
and the grafters who always thrive . . . • -
. .. ... „. cultivated their farms all other per-
and fatten when the republicans are . , ,
.. . I sons were denied loans, but the rap-,
in power, are do>ng all they can to in-.
, 1 , , e * i , \\jidly accumulating funds went clear i
jure the good name of President Wil-1 • ... . , . ... . .
J . . . . , , beyond the demand of this class of
son. But it is not as easy to fool the ; -
„ I borrowers, hence the rules were lib-
people as it was twenty years ago,, ,, , „ , :
, , , ,, i, .1 , ,1, , leralized so that loans could be made:
and they know mighty well that they
' ^ liti\r r n« wVin hnJ tho spmrit.V nnfl
to any one who had the security and
title provided the same was not to be i
used for speculative purposes and
whenever the funds are reducd to the,
extent that there is only money suf-1
ficient for actul farmers the rules will
be re-considered and the preference |
given to those who actually farm the j
are exceedingly fortunate in having
Woodrow Wilson in the White Hou e
when the terrible war broke out in
1914 and which has drawn every great
nation into its deadly embrace except
the United States. The country has
simply made up its mind that one
good term deserves another, and so
it is going to retain the able and in-1 an
corruptible service of President Wil-'
son for another term, instead of ex- The development of this country has
changing him for one whose fitness, been more seriously retarded by highj
judgment and leadership would be an j interest rates than any other cause
experiment of uncertainty and possi- and the competition forced by the [
bly disastrous results. I School Land Department will result j
1 in the saving of millions of dollars
|each year and enable the borrowers
FARM LOANS. to pay off loans already made and will
• «■_ | also enable thousands of people to bor-
Manv people have been surprised row money and pay for a home which
at the' wonderful activity shown in action would be a, impossibility un-
the School Land Department in the j ^r the previous high rates of inter-
matter of making farm loans. For, est charged in th.s state.
the week ending June 17th all pre- j
vious records were broken by the a!- ] The state may not loan as much mon-
lowance of $107,100.00 loans by the ey on some security as the borrower
Commissioners. In fact the average desired because the state has never
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sustained any loss and under the low!
rate at which loans are made shou'd
not. Anyone desiring to make a loan i
and having good security should ad-1
dress G. A. Smith, Secretary, Okla-!
homa City, Oklahoma.
The annual saving to the borrow-'
ers of the state by reason of the ju-
dicious handling of these ffonds now (
amounts to as much as all the state
tax, county tax, school district tax—in
fact every character of tax paid to j
the county treasurers \ j
PREVENTION OF HAY FEVER, jlems, but there is no question that
| when proper preventive measures are
taken the number of sufferers will be
greatly reduced.
BA1) COOKING.
Complete Jfadlittce anfr perfect
Service n&altce this a Moot
©ceirable Sanfttno Dome
First National Bank
(Summon, ©hlaboma.
jyi/tArmfMWW vvwv^rri'Yti,*i',ri*r
What is it roughens tru,e love's
| course and makes men cuss till they
! are hoarse and leads to quarrels and
livorce? Bad cooking. What is it
I ruins love's young dream, and queers
i the matrimonial team, and makes mar>-
j ried life a scream ? Bad cooking,
j What is it comes when women pranee
I to euchre parties and to dance, and
leave the home at every
I chance? Bad cookinir. What follows
{when the girls grow smart ami say
they're wedded to their Art, and
learn some Ibsen junk by heart ? Bad
cooking. What happens when they
play the harp as well as imported
sharp, instead of frying German carp.
Bad cooking. What is it fills untimely
graves, out where the boneyard blue-
grass waves, with victims of the
kitchen knaves? Bad cooking. What
is It drives the boys from home, in
glaring, noisy dens to roam, and from
cold steins to blow the foam? Bad
cooking. Why are people taking pills
and medicine in flowing rills, and
always paying doctor's bills? Bad
cooking.—Walt Mason.
Sec the 250 pretty girls in Landon's
Legacy at the Dime Friday night.
With the advent of hot, dry weather
tens of thousands of persons through-
out the United States suffer real tor-
tures from hay fever. For a long
time the cause of hay fever was in
doubt. It was noticeable that it came
at certain periods of the year, but
there were several theories as to why
it did so. Finally careful investiga-
tion and innumerable experiments
showed that hay fever was due to the
pollen of certain grasses which acted
as toxins or poisons on the mucous
membranes of persons apparently
susceptible to the disease. On per-
sons not so disposed the pollen has no
apparent effect. Autumnal catarrh,
a form of hay fever appearing later
in the season, is believed to be caused
by the pollen from ragweed and gold-
enrod.
Until a few years ago no practical
remedies for hay fever were known.
Sufferers were advised to stay as
much as possible within closed houses
during the period when the pollen was
most abundant, or to go to the moun-
i tains or seashore, where vegetation
I was scanty. It is obvious that this
1 advice could not be followed by many
! susceptible to the disease. A com-
Iparatively short time ago an antitox-
j in named Pollantin was discovered.
iPollantin is used in various forms,
liquid, powder or pastilles. Dr. W. P.
; Dunbar, an authority on the subject,
states that in several thousand cases
treated with this antitoxin the treat-
ment was successful in about 60 per
cent and in about 30 per cent the pa-
tient was helped, but was not entire-
ly well, and in 10 per cent there was
no benefit. It has been urged that
states, cities and other communities
require the cutting down of weeds
likely to spread the pollen. Hay fe-
ver has presented some puzzling prob-
ANNOVMCEMAXTS.
DEMOCRATIC.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
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TOR TAX ASSESSOR
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W. H. <>rlnm,
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Baxter, C. S. The Guymon Democrat (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1916, newspaper, June 29, 1916; Guymon, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metapth350820/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.