The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-03-05
ANSWER TO ATTACK ON TOWN.


rhe Forgan Enterprise of January
goth contains an article under the cap
ZION, Letter From Cheyenne" signed
by j. w. McMurtry, which is inter.
preted as dirty thrust at Cheyenne
and her much loved Short Line rail
road II is so lengthy and our space
so limited that it is impossible for us
to reproduce the mess, which Is pur-
ported to be facts and figures concern
ing the building Of the Short Line ard
the financial condition of Cheyenne.
Mr.. McMurtry mentioned in his
bunch OF free advice the voting OF
100000 worth OF water works bonds by
the people Of Cheyenne for the purpose
Of piping water from the soft water
springs south OF them Yes, MacL,
the people Of Cheyenne did vote
100000 worth OF bonds for this purpose
and the money will be spent for this
purpose only. The town council has
bond furnished by the contractors for
like sum for the completion OF their
contract When this system lie COM
pleted it will be one Of the best II not
the best in the state aid we are well
pleased with our trade, and II has ab-
solutely nothing to do with the rail
road.
he also states that this railroad has
cost the promoters over hundred
thousands dollars, Well, Mack US
ually doubles things, so II you will
divide what he says by two and then
take the rest with salt, you will have
something like the right result. He
also mentions an injunction which was
flied in district court against these
water works bonds above mentioned
We wish to say that this injunction
was tiled by man who owned no prop
ertJ in the town. All the property
formerly owned by this individual has
been decided to Mr. Humphrey. man
ager of the Carroll Brough & Robinson
wholesale grocery house at Clinton,
oklahoma, for an account that he
owed them. 1t was considered ss a
fight against the town by business en-
emies
This letter Of Mack's was evidently
Intended to discourage the people OF
Beaver City, who are attempting to
construct n road from that place to
Forgan, The people of this county
know Mack too well to pay any stten-
ton To him ald his advice, and more
than likely the people of Beaver City
will ignore what he has said concern
ing the Short Line.
Mr.. McMurtry in closing his letter
which he says was requested by one OF
Forgsn's business men, assumes the
role OF an experienced financier and
give this as warning to other towns
not to attempt to build a railroad to
connect with any other road. We have
never noticed In history where Mr.. Nc
Murtry was ever connected with any
railroad building. Yet he claims in
his letter to have been requested TO
give his experienced advice on this
subject OF railroad building. II sounGs
reasonable doesn't il? With such
knowledge concerning various projects
as this honorable gentleman above
mentioned seems to have and with
mind OF such magnitude, it seems un-
just and inexplainable that the name
OF McMurtry is not on the same line
with the name OF Rockefeller in the
financial world. The only plausible
reason that we can devise for this not
happening is that he has given Others
the benefit OF his advise, not reserving
the product OF his sterile brain for him.
self We suggest that Mack, qualified
as he is, offer his services TO the Great
Northern. The Union Pacific. or some
other noted line that would appreciate
him. OF course this ia only q sugges.
tion. Ae might have ambitions along
other lines.
In conclusion we wish TO say that the
Cheyenne Short Line is now so that