The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-14
LAWYER SAYS AS MANY MORE PEOPLE WOULD CUT THh1
METROPOLIS IF THEY HAD TRAVELLING EXPENSES,
AS 1T Is PRACTICALLY BANKRUPT
FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ABOLISHED
City Spending S2340oo Year For Liquor the Money Going
10 Cher States-Courts Turn Down Proposed Bend
Issue. kecessitatiag The Begging Of $3.50 From
Each Ciiizen-Diseass Plague ROigns

sioaers inform us that the city Is
practically bankrupt. They have i'm
posed an annual street tax OF So pei
capita. they propose, and will i'm
pose, monthly tuition fee uron ever,
boy and girl attending the publ,
schools Of the city. They propose
placing n tax or license fec on ever!
owner Of private COW, and are con
side:ing increasing the amount o
licenses on businesses and professions
generally.
Tax Values Go Up.
in addition to al OF this, tax value:
on rec. estate are being raised to sucl
an extent as to amount TO almost con
hscGtion. Take Third avenue, between
Fifteenth and Twcnty-second streets
aGl o-e can count thirty.odd vacant
stores. 1aKc Fourth avenue, between
r!ttoenth and Twanty-seCcni streets
and one can count more vacant stores
Take First avenue, between Fifteenth
and Twenty.second streets, and the
vacant stores are still greater in mum
ber On 1Wcnt!eth street, between
Avenue 7 and Tgtwiler Hotel, our
main {! 2yoJEnrare, there are nearly
- yaccu. rtures. Take Second ave
nGJ, pon.eea Fifteenth and Twenty
second streets, and the number Of va
cant stores win crowd the 100 mark
In the Age-Herald OF the l7,h IN
stant the startling information Is
given that the census OF school chill
dren in Greater Birmingham which
has just been completed Is nearly
5000 less than the school census OF
two years ago, which indicates a losf
OF approximately 10000 people from
the population of Greater Dirming
ham during tho last two years, Gnd
there are 5000 more who woul
leave IL they had money enough tc
get out OF town
WhGt are the cause32 WHITTIER arc
we drift!nsY Th.Ah It over.
MATT IL. MURPHY,
"737 First National Bank, Birmingham
Horo's Another Letter.
The following is from the Baltimore
Sun
To the Editor OF the Evening Sun.
Sir;--Just to give the friends OF pro
hibition and the Baltimore public az
idea Of what prohibition does for .
city. ! was in Birmingham, Ala, q
short time ago and these are a few
OF the facts | heard: The city is
bankrupt; It tried another bond issue
but was SO much In debt already thai
the courts would not allow It TO &c
through, The city tust had TO have
some money, so the officials sent col
lectors from door to Goor to got $3.50
from each male over q years OF age
Just think OF city having TO collect
money that way! And now some peo
pie are taking legal steps to stop thla
collection 4
In every city that Is dry" 1t is the
same story, And the merchants in all
lines will tell you they can see nc
benefit to business; II just holds lis
own as before the city went dry.
Birmingham is also having ar cpl
demic OF typhoid and tuberculosis, It's
public hospitals filled aud nc nonay tC
run them with. Doctors and nurseG
are going unpaid
Dear people OF Baltimore. make Il
your business to see that this neye,
happens to our city.
! am not in tho liquor business. but
In the manufacturing jewelry business
". IRVING BLOOM.