The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-12-05

III snsh vital importsncc 10 the tsSpay-
ere ~ ,bi. coun'y. A. nm srrumsn', IL
has shou, q. mach stability ~ = house
or card; =. a basiness P'ormi'ion for
the taxpayer, there 10 nothing To u; No
q fake, u IL 4 success.
Tsxravrr, lister. They nay "rhe
rennval IL tie county seat to the rcn.
ter 81 the county j. the only practical
solution or the problem Of kceping the
county undivided and in one boly.'
Properly interpreted II means, Guymon
being over co miles iron, tho center Of
r p,rula'i"t, the "nly hope oe bnoming
tho town, !, TO attempt 10 BULLDOG. the
taxpayer. into moving the county sea,
to thcn. They say i, is ~he only
I,rae,ical s"luiion of tho problem" F"
Mr. Taxpayer. who has heard Of any
imminent problem or danger to the
Taxpayers until these Guymon sprcnla.
tors G. mmenced circulating petitions
Tor = special election Tor the purpose Of
moving the coun y sca'p II tho Guy.
mon boomers can show Any cause for
alarm. other than their pccuniary inter
eats. they must rely IN Ury shadowy
Imagination. Beaver county could nm
posriLly DO divided until the mex, scs-
500 Of the Legislature, moro ,hsn .
vesr from the present iiae. Aud be.
fore the usx, session Of tho legislature
,hsvo will he . general elestion In the
county at which time the question Of =
removal Of the county seat could 10 lie
termined without sny additional ex-
pensc to tho taxpayers Of the county.
But no, tho Gnymon boomers Go no,
want TO wsit aud save this expense.
They desire the taxpayers to blow 10
the county funds on this wheel Ut for.
tune, in which no ono will b. ben, fitted
excep. the Gaymsn Town Compsny.
They say they will give $500 sod =
site for q court house. They do no,
say that they will Luild q oourt house,
but that ,hsy will give $500 and the
site. This very propos,:ien Is enough
to pu, the tsxpay ev on their guard ~
to whs, to expect IL Guymou should
once get the county seat. The very
next demand will bs for u $4,000 court
house. or possibly more expensive one.
Their argumeu, W u be that il will sdd
psrmaucy To the e"uuty scat and pre-.
vent the county from being divided
For the very ro~ou that Beaver has
never attempted 10 boom At the ~.
pcnsc ofihe taxpayers, aud demand al
.xpensivs court house, the Guyn,on
Herald say. "it il q dssd town.
They claim Guym"u 10 be . boon'inr
twn. Past history Of boon t-wus In
the west is ,hn, they Try TO boom at the
expense Or others. A public building
ID slwuys the irst scheme stared t.
boom q boom Town. They get the
buildings, tho town Company resps the
harvest from sale OF lots AID the tag.
payers in the county psys the freight
The motive Tor the present agitation
OF the county ssst question Is explained
in the above statement. l, is simply =
town company, five out Of siy Of whose
directors IRE non-residen.s Of this oouu
~. attempting to bo; nj = town and
makc money out Of il for themselves 81
,hs rxpenss Of the taxpayers of thi.
| county. 1t is simply this ahd no'hing
else.
Then. just q few words about ihs,
$1,000 donation. Will thst be = drol
in the bucket towards the expenses Of a
special election. the removal OF ihs
couoty records, the building of a new
e.urt house aud Jail and u ,housand
and rne other expenses. TO ssy nothing
of probably several thousand dollan
expenses 10 cour, costs IN case illesa
voters are brought down the rairoac