The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-26
Territory Of oklahoma
Kny county.

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IS.
Kay County.
w. =. Smith, being duly sworn upon
his oath says; | live at Ponca City,
Oklahoma, and have cattle in the
Usage reservation. have been living
for seven years at Poncc City, and
have kept cattle in the Usage and
ponca reservations by the thousands
each year for about seventeen years.
In or about the year 1901, B. s. Nc
CURE now delegate 10 Congress, talk
ed with n number OF men holding cat
tie in the Usage reservation, includ'
ing myself, and proposed that II we
give a sufficient quantity OF money he
would get the tax assessment on cat
tie I'm tho Usage reservation reduced
so that the taS upon them would not
exceed the court and territorial tax
ct low valu, ton. We met him at
Cedarville, Kansas, and there fully
talked over the matter, and gave our
checks amounting to about $500 for
that purpose. The checks were made
payable to him or some other person,
but they were given for that purpose,
and if ! am not very much mistaken.
II was there agreed that g should go
with Mir Howard Ross TO Arkansas
city. and there would be paid the
money on these checks, and / ufider-
stand he did go there with Mr. Ross
and did get the money ON those
checks.
Some months after That llyself and
the other cattlemen were notified to
come in aud pay up our taxes upon
the original assessment. A committee
was then sent down 10 Pawnce. j
was one of them. We met Mcguire at
Pawnee. and talked over the situation
with him. and he said he had not been
able TO do the business as he had
promised. and insisted that it would
take 81 i.Sc0 more 20 DO the work. We
then gave him $1,000 more az Pawnee.
After thai the assessment was cut
| from what it had bccn, down very
low. but ! do not know exactly how
much the cut was, ! do not remem
ber Just how much lower, think 1t was
about one-half what they had been.
AT the meeting at Cedarvale, among
the cattlcmen were the following per
sons or members, or representatives,
of the firms as now remember, and
the Gmounts contributed by or asses
scd to each OF them were as set op.
positc their namos, towit:
Geo r. Hume. Austin TeH,.. $4,000
H. w Moselay, Lampassas,
| Texas ............... EOVUV
Berd & Mertz, San Angelo,
Texas ................... @OV'VV
W. f. Smith. Ponca City...... 10000
Adams & Shafer Cedaryale,
Kansas ................s.. AVV'oV
lT.I. Glare, CedarVale, kan.,.... 3OOOO
Sol Myer, San Angelo, Tex,.. 10000
Myers & Childers, San Angelo,
| Tex, ........-.....!.-.. AVV'VV
N. n. Hargis, Fort Worth,
! Tex, ..............+.. 1UV'VV
Lassater e. Noble Tulsa, (. IT,. 10000
Woodly & Vance, Fort Worth
Tex, ................... EVO'VO
Collins & Wallace, Bartlesville
I. 7. ,................' EOV.VV
Naylor & Stonebraker, Kansas
! CITY. Mo. .....,...,,.,.. ZVV.0O
! Gus Whiting, Pawhuska, Ckla. lbOOO
Lucan & King, Pawnuaka ..... 2OO.OO
IL. c. strlbbling. Llano, Tex. 10000
Leahy & Kygcr Pawhuska. l00'Ve
| H. y. Morledge, Fairfax, Okla. 5O.OO
Jcnks. Blocker, San Angelo
Texas ............., ,..''''' l1V'DV
Dick Russell, Fcrt Worihr,.. lOOOe
Tex ...-..'....' ..-.'--..'' Avv'vu
G. w. Sloan, Ponca city, Okla DO'vV
Lee Russell, Fort Worth Tex, 2OO'UU
Dick Russell Fort Wortn,
x. II. Moseley Dano, TcXp.-.. 10000
The committee al Pawnee who had
the conference with M McGuire
there and paid the money, included
In NJ. stonobraker, Sol Myer and my
self. as ! now remember. A VIII mol
be positive that each person or firm
II have named was present or repre-
gented at Codaryalc but that Is my
lbest remembrance and am positive
that large number Of these mer
\ were al Cedarville ard know the facts
4 Mr.. Mcclure was great deal abou
Tho Oklahoma legislature Of 1903, anl
talked about using hia influence WIZ
the legislature to have tho quaran
tine bill liked as the cattleman want
cd IT,
Many Of the cattlcnen had made
contracts la regard 10 the next sea
son for pastming their stock ana IN
. II bin might be so formed or 20 defeated
as 10 practically ruin a number o
them. lie wanted $4,000 ger using hi
influence in our behalf but reiuse'
60 receive the money IN ck'ahom
/, Territory, and demanded thai an
money paid must be- paid outside IN
Torritory - was then arranged ina
! the committee should meet him wit
tho money at the Midland Hotel a
! Kansas CNy We mel him there, an
D the money was paid him at kansa
+ city, TO The best of NY recoiieclloi
J, So J. Mcrtz was tho man who paid hii
y The money Tho committee consiste
]. Of n. t. Mcrtz. sol Myer, II y ,Bton
advice to the Age DE-
sgs brings iniI.'milies. such Is slug.