The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
REPUBLICAN MACHINE
HAVE ROORBACK
IN COURT HOUSE
New Building a Monument to Burke and
Favor--Tell Tale Letters Advising Build
ing and Rental Plan--How the Present
County Board Bilked Logan
County Last Year.

addressed letters to many of the tax
payers OF Logan county and received
replies from nearly ALL
Among those who answered the
letters OF the board and commended
the court house plan were the follow
ing: w. A. Frasier, +. H. Greer, G.
n. Perkins, Judge A. H. Huston, NJ. +.
Whipple, ]. B. Beades, l.. ~ Beadles.
A. c. Carlin, c. ii. Lee, F.. +. Hough-
ton, Miles Allen, s. Il. Seely, l. B.
Levy, j. w. Duke, Joe n. Norris, j. W.
McNeal, U. c. Guss, j. X. Cottingham
D. X. Fegan, Robt. Sohlberg.
McNea's Letter.
Mr.. McNeal's letter is as follows:
y. ID. Burke, Comr First Dist,
Guthrie, Okla.
Dear Sir: have your letter OF
July 18th and in answer to your Ques-
lion will say, that as a tax payer
favor the building of an adequate
court house. ! had thought $lj0,00O
would build an adequate one This OF
course | had in mind to put into the
building, which would make the an.
nual rental about $13,O00.00 year as
| computed the interest / believe 1t is
The cheapest and best way to secure
a court house. To get the benefit Of
low rate bonds, they must be long
time. This would mean that eyentu-
ally we would pay far more of the
tax payers money by the time the
Gonds and interest for say thirty years
mas run, then we would have to pay
little higher interest and shorter time
woodward county built court
house on the rental plan The face of
The contract was $4l ,000. At the
same time Kingflsher built court
house, which was perhaps a better
finished building, but not quite SO
large, in payment of which they issued
$4,000, thirty year bonds. bearing
per cent interest. You can readily see
that their building will cost the tax.
payers $4,000 instead Of ST 900 when
i is all paid
Yours very truly,
J. W. McNEAL."
Guss's Letter
Mr. Gusss Letter is as follows:
Hon. j. d. Burke, Comr. First Dist,
Guthrie. Okla.
Dear Sir: ] beg to acknowledge
receipt of your letter Of July 18th. IN
reference to a court house. VIII say.
that | would be in favor of court
house on the plan suggested. provided
The county did not pay to exceed Z
per cent on the Investment, and also
provide ii did not raise our taxes too
high levy during the ten years the
contract is to run. am not sure but
what it would be a better plan to vote
bonds, as bonds by this county, II
they could be issued, would sell on
about a 4 l-2 to 3-4 per cent basis.
and would be quite saving to the
county.
Very respectfully yours,
U. c. GUSs."
O. r. Pagan wrote:
Hon. J. D. Burke. City, Dear Sir
Your letter of the End asking me what
| think of tho plan to build a court
house for this county on the plan out
lined by you in your letter is at hand.
| desire to say that | give it my un-
qualified approval. | think II a dis
grace that this county has no court
house. To build one on some plan in
the immediate future is a necessity
II we would hold the capital | also
think the terms proposed are reason
able. ! therefore urge the commits
sioners 10 accept them at once and
proceed at the earliest possible date
TO the erection OF a court house and ]
will at all times support this action
II they do. To have this court house
In course OF construction when the
constitutional convention meets is
very important and urge early action.
Yours truly,
o. r. FEGAN.''
Mr. coftinphaw n his letter 70 the
board said that sl50Oo0 court house
shonld be built but he feared the
| county board would be charged with
| extravaganza.
Mr. chas Lee. 1T rosle. said Il
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