The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-07
All In the Family"
Or Why Ed. Oberholser Believes a
Public Office is Private Snap

Public Ottce IS a Private Onap
That the financial affairs Of Logan county arc bad shape no
man will deny.
That the administration Of county fiscal matters BY oberholzer
Wolfe and Fves during the three has been rotten
man will deny
MyP county '0dy ne A'''''''Asd county ne state
Because an incompetent county board who seek to enrich
themselves and their families at the expense of the county
This board recently made levy Of $4,000 for next
he levy has been high The county has been heavily
III debt Who foots the bill? The tax payers
Have examined your tax receipts? Schemng politicians last
a said the reason taxes were high was because Of ecodhat
he Haskell administration Of affairs blame That
false and the lie to death three weeks The state in
Logan county tre Look your receipts Its the county
tax that's higher than back The has nothing do with
# Roads bridges and schools and uanderng Of money has caused
this $4,000 levy in Logan county.
each month from the road and bridge fund.- and the balance Of the
day the poor and insane fund.- with detailed statement of what
work done They drawing salary fixed by the legislature
after they had been elected and qualified They have allowed salary
warrants to the other county officers the same basis
This amount they have drawn to the limit each month The law
INSANE.
Instead Of guarding this last fund they have ROBBED IT BY
TAKING $3.50 A DAY FOR EACH DAY IN THE YEAR, IN
GUIDING SUNDAYS except the five days each month"; when
they take $500 per day from the road and bridge fund All this has
been going on addition to the many suspicious bridge contracts
while the unfortunate poor the county look for themselves
in old HOvEL on the banks of the Cottonwood creek
The law fixes the salary OF the three County Commissioner in
this county $4,000 year. while they drawing salary the
basis $4,000 year under law passed by the legislature and which
not applicable to them during their present term of office In
addition this fixed salary they draw $500 DAY for five days in
The above facts fully set out in the State Examiners report
and can be seen by calling for the report file in the
County Clerks office
we don't know Of other county the where such
utter disregard for law and the tax payers interest exists and
MADE 100000 LEVY
The amount taken from the POOR AND INSANE FUND
ALONE, during the past three years. by Oberhoe Wolf
Favors would buy farm and build comfortable house which
20 take OF the unfortunate Of this county These three
county commissioners have just made levy Of about 100000 the
tax payers Of this cop.ty for the next year.
Within the last lew days they have barganed for six cheap lots
the south end Ct Broad for $4,000 which build
oolored county high school This further and perpetual
DE- IN on the tax payers of this county for all time
Recently the Mayor of Guthrie appointed separate coored
library board for what known Excelsior Library after being
OBERHOLzER FAMILY GRABBING $1,000
Two of the COUNTY GUARDIANS OF THE POOR AND
INSANE FUND Obolser and Favo (colored) this time
asking be reelected order protect the feeble minded that
for them On Nov s. Out of salary $3.50 year. allowed by
law Obcrho and his family and relatives have managed draw
about $4,000 and this is outside of any bridge toll
You will find three good the Democratic ticket John
stand pledged along with all the other county candidates. redeem
this county from such highway piracy
VIII you 0ges politics and help elect them on Nov 81
since statehood all Of which time Obehoer county commissioner
up to September 1910, the following
Daughter -Maxey Oberhozer Williams, from
Statehood to Sept !, 1870 (as
Deputy Co. Treas, placed in the Of
lice by request OF her father, L.
Oberholzer er---.-------.~-~---~--~----~ ~$2,23oo 90
Son-in-Law: Paul Williams Gas tax erret) SzyoIS.2I
collecting bacl, taxes)
$4,000 Total ------~..~-~--.---~----. 2,20S Fl
Sister Mrs Netie Blodget, cook at Jail, from
Dec. 28, 1908, to July 10, 1910 board
and and-------~------------------~------ 567 90
T. j Obcrholzer:-As salary --.------~~~- SO
OF this amount SG7o4s drawn
by him out OF the Poor and Insane
/ - Fund. Us he pauper is he
~ insane0
Oberlolzer family: Total -----~~-~~~$S, 100. II
as BY order Logan County Democratic Committee.
]. B. FAVOR, Chairman.
Shall We Place Logan in Line'
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