The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-04

Or How the Oberholser Family Has
Grown Flush on the Proceeds Of
the Taxpayers Money

will deny
That the administration Of county fiscal matters by oberhozer
Wolfe and Favers during the past three has been rotten no sane
will deny
Logan county today heaviest county the
Why3
Because OF an incompetent county board who enrich
themselves and their families the expense Of the county
This county board recently made levy 100000 for next year
The levy has been high The county has been SO heavily
in debt Who foots the bll2 The tax payers.
Have you examined your receipts Sheming politicians last
fall said the taxes high because OF
the Haskell administration OF state affairs to blame That
false and the lie death in three weeks The state tax
Logan county fle Look at your tax receipts It's the county
that's higher than cats back The has nothing do with
it. Roads bridges and schools and quandeng Of money has caused
this 100000 levy in Logan county
each month and bridge fund and the balance Of the
days Of each month INCLUDING SUNDAYS the Of $Iso
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
to the other county officers on the basis
This they have drawn to the limit each month The law
Ec9 'nfn SPENT sfav II IN hFR TIE POOR AND
INSANE
Instead of guarding this last fund they have ROBBED IT BY
TAKING $3.50 A DAY FOR EACH DAY IN THE YEAR, IN
CLUDING SUNDAYS except the five days in each month when
they take $500 per day from the road and bridge fund All this has
been going addition to the many suspicious bridge contracts
while the unfortunate poor the county must look for themselves
in an old HOVEL on the banks Of the Cottonwood creek.
The law fixes the salary of the three County Commissioners
this county $4,000 year. while they drawing salary the
basis of $4,000 year under law passed by the legislature and which
is applicable them during their present term of office In
addition this fixed salary they draw $500 day for five days
The above facts fully the State Examiners report
and be by any calling for the report file in the
County Clerks office
We don't know of any county in the where such
disregard for law and the tax payers interest exists and
shown in this report
MADE A 100000 LEVY
The amount taken from the POOR AND INSANE FUND
ALONE during the past three years by Oberhoser Wolf and
Favors would buy farm and build comfortable house which
to take OF the unfortunate Of this county These three
county have just made levy Of about 100000 the
tax PAYERS Of this county for the next year.
Within few days they have barganed for six cheap lots
the south end OF Broad street for $4,000 which build
coored county high school, This further and perpetual
drain the payers OF this county for all time to come
Recently the Mayor of Guthrie appointed separate cooed
library board what known Excelsior Library after Sng
advised by the city attorney that unwarraned by law
OBERHOLZER FAMILY GRABBING $1,000
Two of the COUNTY GUARDIANS OF THE POOR AND
INSANE FUND Oberolser and Favor (cooed) at this time
asking be reelected order protect the feeble minded that vote
for them Nov Out OF salary Of $3.50 allowed by
law Oberhoer and his family and relatives have managed draw
about $4,000 and this outside Of any bridge toll
You will find three good the Democratic ticket: John
ONel Jim Murphy and Jim Lewis for county commissioners who
pledged along with all the other county candidates. redeem
this county from such highway piracy
Will you forget politics and help elect them on Nov. 81
The family of F. J. Oberhozer collected from Logan county
since statehood all OF which time Oberhoer county commissioner
up to September 1910, the following amounts:
Daughter: -Maxey Obeholzer Williams from
Statehood to Sept 1910, Gas
Deputy Co. Treas. placed in the of
flee by request of her father E j.
oberholzer --.---------..-- $a,a3o. 90
son-nIaw: Paul Williams las tax ferret) $aors.2I
collecting back axes)
$4,000 Total -,-.----.D- 226s Fl
Sister: Mrs Nette Blodgett cook JAIL from
Dec %, 1908, to July 10, 1910, board
f J. OberholzerAs salary S. lor SO
OF this amount $Ir7o45 drawn
by him of the Poor and Insane
Fund (s he pauper he
/ nsaneO
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