The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-09
SONG or COWBOY
GIVES WAY To PIANO

II ihuAtH JHhl AlltRllNA III INV NA"NN
auditors Office from the most con-
seryatiyc Of sources the state tax
rolls, dealt a death blow to any rem
nants Of the idea that the West IS.
Wild and woolly.
The records Of other states are not
available but surely oklahoma is well
Ito the front in her requirement o.
some OF the Injuries of life and
pleasure according 70 Auditor Tramp )
compilations.
Should the aeGete Fastener who
visits this frontier state long for the
strains of "Forty Eve Minutes From
Rroadway," or "Lordy, Mister John
sing. lie Didn't Come Back there
are 22.G7S pianos from which hc can
evoke these familiar Eastern strains
Even farofr Harper county whica az
cording TO the cowboys. 'jines the
Rockies on the north Death VALLEY
on the west and Greasers on inc
south" can supply n Of the lnstru-
ments from which 'PaaderwhisHy
drew his fame and Oklahoma county
could SOW him 2,G3l or The same
Nmskoeee county has l,005 pianos,
Kay. 057. and all the others Of the
- counties ar average of about 5oO.
Furthermore, it is evident by com
harrison OF Tho 1910 figures with the
statistics Of 1909 that during TIE last
wear tha state Increased the number
lof pianos Within her boundaries by
\ 400 Instruments: and that the TO-
tai value this year of all pianos with
y IN the state. on the tax rolls, Is S2,-
/ i3O7 .4S0 Since the actual cost ol
these insirumcnts was doubtless
from two to four times greater than
thn value al waich they were assess
ca for taxes. it may easily be seen
( that the state has invested probably
six million dollars in pianos alone.
Riding IS also, as compared wit1
walking at least, a luxury, and tho
auditors "sumptuafy' statistics show
that the State now has l,970 AUTO.
mobiles, yaluei at SS95,7l7, which as
/ sessment. is about one-third OF what
the machines could be bought for;
and 1865 carriages and other pleas
lure vehicles, valued approximately &c
s2.l77,755. The humble wagon, of the
farmer, milk wagons, drays, automo-
+ bile trucks. and other vehicles Of
labor or necessity are not included
n these Statistics.
The statistics for 1910, in this diyi-
sion, show great increase over 1903.
The number OF automobiles Climb q
from GSS to 1870, and the pleasure
vehicles otaerwise increased about
2U,t00 in number.
Therefore, since the aggregate Ok
lahoman has Transported lis Eastern
friend from the depo, In 1870 auto
mobiles and 94,GS5 other vehicles OF
luxury to his home which contains
22,GIS pianos and approximately The
same number Of other musical nstru.
mcnts-our Fastener is not surpris-
ed when be observes that his West
ern Aost is wearing diamonds and
iewelry with an assessed valuation OF
$5i4,942 and the amount of diamonds
and ieWelry which WAS not assess
cd, added 20 the actual value OF tnat
assessed would PROBABLY make ,he
total three million Nor is he sur
piised 60 find on the dinner table
go.i and silver plate OF an assessed
valuation OF Si4,3S2.
Oklahoma county leads in diamonds
and jewelfy with an assessed value
oi $lO0,SiS: gold and silyes plate, f6-
29o and l05g pleasure carriages: tpz
automobiles Muskogee county comes
next, with iewelry and diamonds val
ned at }279S6, gold and silver plate
s6.0G4. Pittsburg county has $500 Of
diamonds and jewelry; Tulsa As IT,.
tglg. pttsburg county-w ich con-
tsins the city OF MeAlester-also mas
S4,i00 of sold and silver plate.