The Mangum Mirror (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 10, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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Twice-A-WeekI
REFLECTS THE SENTIMENT
OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE
YOURSELF AS OTHERS SEE YOU
Vol. I
Mangum, Oklahoma. Tuesday, April 10. 1917
No. 7
BRAZIL SEVERS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
IMEMCMi LINER DEW TORI STRIKES
HI FULLY BEACHED PORT
IH SIFETY
British Drive Yesterday Captured 9,000 German Prisoners. Con-
stant Hammering Is The Policy Which Has Been Adopted
By The Nations Warring Against Germany
0. U. BEATS MANGUM
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and meatless day each week
Big Munitions Plant Blown Up This Morn-
ing. Explosions Shock Country
for Miles Around
COURT HOUSE CHATTER
DLL DAY MEETINC
HUNDREDS WEHE KILLED III THE CHEAT 0IS1STER
Special to The Mipror.
Rio Janerio, April 10. — Brazil of-
ficially severed diplomatic relations
with Germany today as a direct re-
ply to the sinking of one Of her ves-
sels.
Special to The Mirror.
Galveston, Tex., Apr. 10.— Martial
law has been declared in Guatemala
as a result of the activities of German
agents'along the Mexican border.
Special to The Mirror.
London, April 10.—The American
liner New York struck a mine a few
miles out of Liverpool but was able to
make port without casualties. It is
reported here that a big drive by the
British captured nine thousand Ger-
man prisoners.
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Both The Granite papers positively
state that that hustling town willraise
thfc$500 which has been assesed to them
for the completion of the Trail across
Harmon County. In speaking of this
particular stretch of road the Eagle
(The latest publication there) says.
The road in question is 26 miles from
Mangum, and 18 from Wellington, at
its nearest points, and it will be seen
that our help in fixing it up will not
benefit other towns any more than it
will Granite, as some selfishly assert.
Special to The Mirror.
Chester, Pa., Apr. 10, 12:30 p. m.-
An explosion in the shrapnel building
of the Eddystone munitions plant here
this morning killed scores of women
and girls who were employed making j
time fuses for shrapnel. The death done a jot jn the past but we can do
loss is variously estimated at from (more in the future. Remember also
50 to 250 with at least 300 injured. The j that*we have a good opportunity to
plant is a branch of the Baldwin lo-
County Superintendent Kate Terry
is as busy as a widow woman with 11
children this week. A mass of office
work which had piled up last week
while she was busy with the state-wide
school rally and preparing for the
parade here, is receiving her atten-
tion. She is also getting ready for
the regular county examinations which
occur as follows: Common school ex-
aminations April 12-13, at the follow-
ing places: Brinkman, Midway, Gran-
ite, Blake, Headquarter, White Plat,
Plainview, Hester, Deer Creek, Bloom-
ington, Reed, Willow, Hackberry,
Thompson and Yellow canon.
Teachers' examinations for county
certificates will be held in the, office of
the superintendent, Apr. 26-27-28, com-
mencing at 8 a. m.
Jailer Counts and wife took Mrs.
Mattie Rollins to Fort Supply this
morning. Mrs. Rollins resides 10
miles northeast of Mangum and was
this morning adjudged insane.
Judge T. P. Clay, Court Reporter
Kim and Mrs. Kim returned Saturday
from Ellis county where Judge Clay
held a weeks term of court.
The trial of J. F. McMurtry for kill-
ing of Oscar,More was held yesterday
before Judge Carpenter and resulted
in his release on the grounds of justi-
fiable homicide.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
J, W. Blackstone, age 30 to Ester
Mangum has already spent $2,600 in | Johnson, aged 18, both of Mangum,
actual cash on this road, and now pro- The ceremony was performed by Rev.
poses to give three dollars for every I E. S. Elkins, of the Church of Christ,
one that Granite gives to fix up the Walter L. Owen, aged 21 and Lucy
road. It is a typical "no man's land" I Allen, aged 18, bpth of Granite.
yet it is as important in securing the | W. J. Best, aged 26 and Miss Anna
Ozark trail as is the seven miles west; Bell Cheek, aged 20, both of Mangum
of Granite, or those east as for that
matter. Unless it is fixed up and in
acceptable shape the Central route
stands no chance of getting the official |
mark —that is rather blunt but is the
fact.
Don't overlook the fact that we have
two small
fires saturday
the countrv for miles around.
ACTIVITY III OIL CIRCLES
Saturday morning was a busy time
test Mangum out-she promises to | for the fire department, about 8:30 an
comotive works. The explosion shook j ™lse $'Uo °ur $L ^hls is °nly alarm was turned in and the depart-
barrier in the way of favorable con- ment made record time the home of
sideration by Colonel Harvey. What j wm Douglas. Fire had originated
we have «x>nt in the past will be ; in one of the closets and had tho de.
naught if we do not put on the finish-; partment not been onc of the best in
I ing touches. Dig deep, and leave the
The oil men here are putting a punch big ones in the sifter. ^ adjoining would have been
into their work in the last few days j as the wind was blowing
which is expected to tell the story in Mrs. W. A. Douglas, who was form-, Hardly had this blaze been placed un-
this field in a few weeks. Work has erly with J. D. Curreathers, has moved j dor eontrol when another alarm was
commenced on the Lowe farm, east of her dressmaking department to the turned in and it was found that a fln.
Willow, and the driller is under con- Davis Dry Goods Store, where she had broken out in the kitchen of the
The Church of Christ at Mangum,
Oklahoma, will hold a special meeting
on the Fifth Lords day of this month,
' will have dinner on the ground and an
all day meeting, we want neighboring
congregations to be with us on this
day and help to make this a great day
for the upbuilding of the cause of
Christ. The public is cordially invit-
ed to be present at this meeting, there
will be some of the best speakers in
the southwest part of the state present
to address the meeting, and some good
song leaders and we are sure you will
enjoy every minute of the time.
DR. AUSTIN HURT
While on his way to visit a patient
east of town last evening Dr. Austin
was quite severly bruised by being
thrown from his car at the turn a half
mile east and south of town, It seems
that the doctor was in a hurry and
tried to turn the corner a little too fast
One front wheel broke down, the car
turned on its side and he was thrown
clear of the wreck sustaining several
bruises. He picked up his emergency
case and proceeded on foot without
waiting to have the car taken care of'
but another car picked him up and
took him home after making his call.
He is feeling the effects of his accident
to day but expects to be fully recover-
ed very shortly. Brinkman Courier.
An immense crowd saw the home
nine go down in a hard fought battle
with the Oklahoma University nine
yesterday afternoon, to a scon* of six
to one. The gaiuo was interesting
from start to finish and full of bril-
liant plays by the home men. Up to
the fifth inning it looked like the Man-
gum boys stood a splendid chance of
beating the visitors, the score stand
ing 0 to 0 up to that time. Then the
superior training and a run of luck
gave the O. U. boys the lead.
Umpire Paul Carlock called the
game promptly at 3:30 with a battery
for the home boys consisting of Win
frey and Faulkner, later Faulkner
was succeeded by Overton while Endle-
man relieved Winfrey.
The game was originally scheduled
for Saturday but the high winds and
dust storm caused its postponement
until yesterday. The visitors were
well taken care of by the Mangum
boys and are high in their praise of
their treatment. Mangum has a strong
teaifc and it is believed that with proper
support they will put up some splendid
games this season.
Mrs. Alice Ragsdale, of Oklahoma
City has accepted a position in charge
of the ladies' ready-to-wear depart-
ment of Jas. L. McGee & Co. Mrs.
Ragsdale was formerly with the Paris-
ian in Oklahoma City and is consid-
ered exceptionally competent.
AUSTIN AT HOLT S
Frank D. Austin, formerly assoc-
ciated with his brother in the firm of
Austin Dry Goods Co-, is now with
the new C. J. Holt store, in the men's
department.- Altus Democrat.
H. E. Oakes returned Saturday from
a business trip to Oklahoma City.
me good roads
the ice plant
Manager Chambers of the Mangum
Ice and Electric Co., has been busy
for the past week with a force of men
who are completely overhauling the
ice plant here. New amonia and new
steam condensers are being installed,
a new cooling tower is being erected
and the entire plant plaeed in first
class condition for the seasons run.
This plant has a capacity of fifteen
tons and is expected to run at full ca-
pacity the entire season.
CHANGES IN FACULTY
At a meeting of the school board
held Saturday, the following appoint-
ments were agreed on: M. P. Smith,
city superintendent of schools and A.
H. Burris, principal of the high school.
These appointments will be confirmed
at the first meeting of the school board
held in May.
l parade
i grand success
Hundreds of People Braved the Dust
and Wind. 700 Children in
Grand Parade. Many Very
Attractive Floats
Ladies' $1.50 Shirt Waists on sale
Wednesday and Thursday for only
$1.15. C. M. Stone & Co. It
Mrs. W. E. Barker is quite seViou9ly
tract to complete the well.
The Russell Petroleum Co. of which age. as in the past
Hugh Matoy is secretary and treasurer
is hauling the timbers for an 82 foot
derrick to the site of the new bore and
will commence construction next week.
This compaay has t3,0BD acres under
leases.
will appn-ciate her customers patrOn- Mecca cafe, the fire catching from the
Phone 115. 2t
STOCK SHOW APRIL 10
Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Campbell re-
turned Thursday from Jacksonville.
Texas, where they went to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Campbell's sister. Miss
Willie Harris. Tbey were accompan-
ied by Mrs. Rupert Van W aggoner
who will return the latter part of the At a special meeting of the (
■eek. of I'miiwn last night
consisting of Messrs. Latch. Tovnmd
C ol. 8. T. Bidwei I, of Altus, was in and Rj drr were appointed to solicit
the city Monday on business. prices for the best stock shown.
heat under the bottom of the range.
1 The damage here was only slight but
Douglas' loss was heavy as practic-
ally all their clothing and fuf-nitun
was ruined by smoke and water. The
' loss however is covered by insurance1 '
< Hie of the biggest events in the his- Too much prai,e cannot be given to almosl
tory of Mangum will be the big live tj,e fipp boys for their splendid work
stock show and Breedey Convention m% in both'case* a false move or a
which will be held here next Monday. frw minutes delay would have meant
The big wholesale houses of the state a tire which would hare been fanned
hare donated supplies for a banquet bj tho howling wind which raged, into
for SUn people which will be given that , conflagration which would hare
n serious.
"The Ozark Trail boosters who think
Hollis is asleep on the job can get a
different idea from the following clip-
ping from Harmon county papers;
At a good roads meeting at Hollis
last week more than $2000 was raised
for good roads work in Harmon coun-
ty
ashes wben it comes to good roads or any
£ale- other proposition which will develope
their city and county." Duke Times.
"LeavingHollis the road was fine
and in good shape for several miles.
The bridge over Sandy had been
completed and ready for the approa-
ches. This is a good steel bridge with
concrete butments and is one of many
now being put in on the different roads
of the county. North of Sandy bridge
where a short time ago the sand was
ible, the road has !>een
clayed and is in fine shape.
The hill at this end of the river
bridge has been cut down and is in
fine shape.
L«t us hope that the work continues
until every road in the county is in
first class shape."
John Meredith
sick list.
is reported on the
Ladies' $1.50 Shirt Waists on sale
Wednesday and Thursday for only
$L 15. C. M. Stone & Co. It
H. D. Henry, accompaiedby his son
Donald, went to Hobart Monday.
W. W. Wade of Reed Rt. 1, was in
the city Monday with a load of fine
hogs for the market.
ARRESTED EOR FURGERT
In spite of ono of the worst dust
storms which has visited this country
this season, the grand finale of the
week of activity among the schools of
tho county, can be pronounced a suc-
cess. It is estimated that the parade
which started promptly at noon con-
tained seven hundred children and
was over half a mile long. The town
was crowded with hundreds of child-
ren and parents who did not have the
nerve to face the howling wind aud
flying sand and it is believed that had
the day been favorable that at least
two thousand would have been in line
as intense interest had been manifest-
ed over the county in the daily meet-
ing at tho various school houses.
The parade which formed at the high
school building was headed by F. A.
Singletary, carrying a large Ameri-
can flag, then followed in the follow-
ing order; 12 members of the Ladessa
W. O. W. in full uniform, next the
handsome float of the Lovett Furni-
ture Co., which was in the form of a
battleship carrying five beautiful
members of the domestic seiaace class
and a number of articles carried by
thatstore which are used in every
kitchen.
Docorated automobile of Hannah's,
"The home of the Victrola"
Five automobiles loaded with school
children.
The Senior Class float, represent-
ing a United States soldier in front
of his tent, on guard,
Five cars loaded with school child-
ren.
The B. M. Davis float, representing
the boy scouts.
A handsomely decorated float of
the Sophs.
Auto loaded with students.
Decorated jitney of the Peerless
Printery and Book Storp, showing
school library.
Handsome float* of the Oklahoma
Home Lumber Co.
Float representing complete farm
life, by Hamilton Hardware Co. This
float showed almost every feature of
farm life in the minature. A girl op-
erating a cream seperator, boys work-
ing in fields of real vegetables and an
other devoting all of his attention to
two hansome red pigs in a pen.
Fifty pupils of Brinkman schools in
eight automobiles, followed by the
three heavily loaded wagons of the
consolidated school carriers.
Dean with a handsome float, two
wagons and two cars.
Annie Laurie with twelve loaded au-
tomobiles
Browns big motor truck, decorated
A car of "suffragettes"
Six loaded autos.
Reed high school with eight cars.
White Flat with boys in uniforms
and girls dressed as red cross nurses,
followed by seven loaded cars.
Miller Flat with three cars.
Some idea of the number of child-
ren who were actually in the parade
! can be obtained from the list of regis-
j trations at Sessions Book Store. He
had offered a cash prize for the school
outside of Mangum registering the
largest number of pupils. The follow-
ing is a list of the number registered by
the various schools:
White Flat 158. Brinkman 127, La-
dessa 54, Blake 36, Annie Laurie 29,
Marie 28. Gyp Hill, No. 2, 23, Miller
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pre.iou.lJ been locked u„ ed . d.,l.Dce ol S, t U .
by the ofttc* r* here on requests from The other awards are not available
the TVxas officials. He was one of j at this time as there seemed no way to
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Mrs. A. He-ssion
in Elk City with her
Mrs. M. T. Allen,
today.
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who enlisted bere in the ar-1 ascertain the exact percentage off
xnpan v formed last Sunday
and in a few more days would hare
been on his way to honorable set-vice
of hi* country instead of facing the
possibility of serving a sentence.
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direct with th*
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taking the matter
various schools
position to make
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Ryder, J. W. The Mangum Mirror (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 10, 1917, newspaper, April 10, 1917; Mangum, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc280967/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.