Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 308, Ed. 1 Monday, December 31, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA MONDAY DECEMBER 11 1917.
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Starts Last Lap of Year With School
Filled to Capacity; No Vacancies
in Dormitory
SIXTY-FIVE COUNTIES
ARE REPRESENTED
Easy to Compute Receipts for Year; Ail
But Three Students Return'; Many
Applications Received
The only reason that tbe Oklahoma
College Tor Women will have no more
students for the second semester of
the present school year which opens
Jan. 3 than were enrolled during the
first semester is that there is no
room to handle any more. Nellie
Sparks hall the dormitory is lull to
Ha utmost capacity and there are 91
pupils boarding in private homes in
Chickasha.
Every boarding student attending
the college during the first semester
will return for the second with the
exception of three. Two of the young
ladies were married during the holi-
days and the family of one student
for business reasons moved to Nor-
man Okla. This student will attend
the Oklahoma university during the
second semester. Two of the;e
piaces m iome oyaxivs uan win uo
filled by young ladies from Spire
Okla. They have teen boarding in a
private home in Cbiqkasha awaiting
an opportunity to tecum accommoda-
tions in the dormitory.. The .other
vacant place will fee iilled by one' se-
lected from those on" the waiting list."
The quota of Nellie Sparks hall is
132 boarding students and it has
been full since the day it was com-
pleted. The enrollment of boarding
students is 20 less than last year for
the reason that that number were
accommodated in a house adjoining
the campus. During last summer
this house was sold and is now used
as a boarding place for a number of
the faculty.
Receipts Computed. . . .
President G. W. Austin does not
have a hard time figuring the income
derived from Nellie Sparks hall. He
simply multiplies 132 by 18 which
of dollars charged each student for
a month's board. JJe then multiplies
the result by the number of months
in the school year . The answerl isr
the total revenue from the dormitory
for the year. H . cm make these
calculations in advance for there
never is a vacancy for a day. In the
event af student leaves the place is
filled by another from the waiting
list. In the business office at this
time there are 40 applications for
accommodations in Nellie Sparks
hall the makers of rvhich applica-
tions refuse to take their deposits
down. These deposits date back as
far as last summer. In addition
there is a list of 30 applications re-
ceived during the Christmas vaca-
tion by letter telegram and tele-
phone. ! . "
No Delinquent. "Board Bills."
There is another feature about Nel-
lie Sparks hall. The business office
has no trouble with delinquent "board
bills." The sun never sets on the
close of a calendar month leaving a
cent due for board. Every boarding
Btudent trips daintily up loathe cash-
ier before the close of the month
and leaves tha sum of $18. Not that
they would not do this in the absence
of an iron clad rule; but there is a
rule to the general effect that if
there is a delinquent "board bill" at
the end of the month the owner of
that bill loses her place in the dormi-
tory which will be filled from the
waiting list. It might be well to
mention that none have lost their
place for this reason.
65 Counties Represented
Oklahoma is we'll represented at 1
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(Continued from Tag foyr.)
Boy With "Rainbow
Division" "Writes to
Chickasha Relatives
Mr. and Mrs F. II. Linton of this
city have just received a letter from
Mrs. Linton's brother Lee Tully who
Is well known in Chickasha and who
is now serving in France with the
"Rainbow Division." The letter fol
lows :
Somewhere in France
Dec. 1st IS 17.
Dear Mother and All:
We arrived at our final training
camp night before last tired out af-
ter three days trip on the train. We
spent Thanksgiving on the cars
which by the way are some cars
nit about fifteen feet long and it
being Thanksgiving naturally we all
thought of home mother eats and a
foot ball game. Reality however
ON OF LOCAL MAN
HELPS IN CAPTURE
OF SUB PRISONERS
This early in the war tfiune Chick-
asha has turned out her first hero
in the person of Warner F. Courtney
son of M. F. Courtney president of
the Farmers State bank.
Warner F. Courtney was one of the
crew of the United States destroyer
NiholKon which craft is given joint
credit with the destroyer Fanning of
capturing the first German subma-
rine prisoners ... .-
The detailed account of the action
shows that the Nicholson played an
important part in the engagement it
1 ;Sfng... eyidpned that the shots .from
tTie guns of the .Nicholson brought
the Germans around and caused their
surrender . after both the destroyers
had dropped bombs on the U-boat.
The American destroyers were con-
voying a merchant vessel across
when they sighted the periscope of
the German undersea craft. Both
dashed full speed ahead toward the
spot. As the Fanning crossed over
the sub which had submerged a
"depth" bomb wa dropped. The
I Nicholson followed and also dropped
a bomb. The submarine was hit and
boon ..came to the surface. . Three
shots from the Nicholson took effect
in the body tha sub and the Ger-
mans surrendered.; - Their boat was
linking and the crew whs compelled
tp leap into the sea and swim toward
tha American bpats to keep from be-
ing carried. rdown with their wrecked
ELKS GIVE
LUNCHEQJ
TOMORROW
There will be doings at the Elks
club rooms tomorrow iu celebration
of the New Year. . The festivities
will be in the form of a luncheon
served from. 10 o'clock' in the morn-
ing until 2 o'clock in the 'afternoon.
Preparations have been completed
and a corps of cooks that would rival
aq army "field kitchen outfit will be
oh Jthe job to do' themselves proud.
The members" and' invited visitors
will be served delicious' " steaming
oyster soup and Jcoffee according to
the announcement of "Bill" Comer
secretary
'
THE. WEATHER
For Oklahoma.
Tonight fair and warmer in
west portion.
Tuesday fair and warmer.
Local Temperature.
Maximum 40; minimum
1?.
found us eating canned Willie and
hard tack which is the most disgust-
ing thing about the army to us. We
all took it good uaturedly laughing
and joking and comparing notes with
each other as to what we were do-
ing one year ago that day so you
see it wasn't as bad as if we had all
been "J. Fuller Glooms." Uncle Sam
always gives his boys a big turkey
dinner on Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas but we missed out on account of
being en route. The boys who were
in camp and settled down got theirs
O. K. and enjoyed it very much.
We are located in a small village
not far from the front and can at
night hear the big guns firing their
(Continued on page 3.)
crsft s
Lihes were thrown from the Ameri-
can ships to the struggling Germans
and they were hauled on board. One
German sailor's strength was exhaus-
ted and he was on the point of
drowning when three of Uncle Sam's
boys instead of turning their guns
on the men in the ' water J.:tuped
overboard reached the drowning Ger-
man and brought him safely to their
boat. Tha dispatch states that this
prisoner died from the effects of ex-
posure shortly after he was taken
ahotrd the American craft.
The last letter received by Mr.
Courtney from his son. he was en-
joying a .rest in London. .He had
then' been on the water for several
months without leave.
Almost immediately following the
declaration of war against Germany
Warner Courtney who was at that
time iu Shenuantown Pa. enlisted
in the navy. He was assigned to the
Nicholson at once and has been on
that craft . ever since. Whether or
not this is tha first brush with the
Boches the Chickasha boy has been
inri& not known as the censors tor-
bid tha carrying of such Information
by letter. - At 'any rate history will
record the fact that a Chickasha boy
aided in the capture of 'the' first Ger-
man subniiarinW prisoners tah.-sa 1b
the war Warner Courtney is doing
his bit.. : y ; ' ..
THOUSAND DIE
INI BIG 'QUAKE'
IS ESTIMATE
By United Frees.
Washington Dec. 31. One thous-
and are dead as the result of the
Guatemala city earthquake was the
estimate furnished the state depart-
ment in a cablegram from the Cen-
tral and South American telegraph
company.
Forty per cent of the houses were
demolished. The American legation
and consulate were wrecked. Mar-
tial law is in effect. The inhabitants
are quitting the city
1500000 RAILWAY
EMPLOYEES TO GET
SALARIES RAISED
ly United Press.
Washington Dec. 31 McAdoo is to
pay 1500000 railroad employes more
money. This was definitely agreed
between President 'Wilson and the
leaders of foar great brotherhoods
and will cover the Increase for all
employes whether they are brother-
hood members or not. It will not
meet llie full 40 per cent increase de-
manded by the men but the agree-
ment is assured
TWO WORDS
TELL STORY
IN FIELD
"Nothing Doing" Covers Situation in
Southwest Chickasha District; Cold
Weather Puts Crimp in Operations
SMALL ERUPTIONS
AT GORTON WELL
Spouts Water from Gas Pressure at In-
tcrrals; More Trouble; Old Star and
Fortuna No.2 Mark Time
AS far as the actual oil and gas
development is concerned the opera
tions in the Chickasha district during
the past week can bo completely cov-
ered in. two words: "Nothing doing."
There are two reasons for -this.
First: Christmas week when all the
workmen and owners who mld do
bo were away for a few days' rest.
Second: The cold weather: has put
a decided crimp in anyone or any-
thing that started "piddling" around
any of the locations.
At the Gladstone location 400 yards
from the Fortuna gasser In 31-6-9
the drillers made a determined effort
to work but the weather hovering
only a little above the zero mark
drovo them to' cover within a few
hours"1 and 'practically nothing was
done
Gorton Interesting.
Probably the most interesting spot
in the entire Hold Is on the Wade
farm in 2-5-9 where the Gorton cas-
ing is sitting on wrhat the drillers
believe is the "cap rock" covering
a good oil sand. Practically nothing
has been done at this location since
the gas pressure cleaned the well of
1200 feet of mud more than a week
ago. The best information obtaina-
ble from the Gorton is to the effect
that they have again encountered
trouble from a parted casing.
Their attempts to remedy this have
been fruitless and since the weather
turned so bitterly cold the' drillers
have been compelled to practically
go Into hibernation to await a gener-
al thaw. The gas that accumulates
in the well at intervals becomes so
strong that it throws water up Jnto
tha derrick house and into the der-
rick: timbers. :. The freezing weather
sooi); changes this water into sheets
of ice rendering it practically Impos-
sible for the men to work.
I Marking Time.
This marking time is evidenced at
the I. W. Williams and the Fortuna
No. 2. At th? latter location in 6-5-9
thev got no further than the spud
ding In of a water well when the
cold weather put al! operations down
and out. At the Williams well
which is the old Star outfit on the
Kusuller farm la 32-6-9 their gas
line for fuel from the Fortuna gasser
Is complete and everything is in read
iness to start operations as soon as
the weather man sees fit to slip in
a few warm days. Until that time
the "West Chickasha front" is froz-
en up and there will be no drive in
evidence
Oil State Active.
Word comes from Ninuekah where
Is located tbe Grady county well of
the Oil State Petroleum company
that they are braving the wintry
blasts and are continuing operations
foffbwhig the completion of their wa-
ter line to the Washita river a dis-
tance of two miles. The well which
is -being drilled with a rotary con-
sumed all the water In tVi immediate
neighborhood Including a couple of
perfectly good stock wells and a
small pond near by grew smaller and
smaller until there v.as nothing in
the way of dampness there to tell
the story it was then that tt:e op-
erators were forced to lay a pipe line
to the Washita river. The drill is"
down a matter of about 2800 feet
The contracted depth is 3000.
Miss Isroa Stultz left today for Ok-
lahoma City where she will be the
guest of friends over New Year'
ENGLAND'S LOSSES LIGHTER
THAN ANY MONTH SINCE AUG.
By United Press.
London Doc 31. Groat Britain's
casualties for December were the
lowest reported for any month alnco
August. Compilations show that 80-
034 officers and men vera killed
wounded and missing.
ARGENTINE SHIP PAMPA
AGROUND; CREW RESCUED
By United Press.
Washington Dec. 31. The Argen-
tine training ship Pampa is fast
aground In a spot off the Atlantic
coast navy messages state today.
The crew was taken off. It Is con-
sidered uncertain whothor the vessel
can be rescued.
DEATH OF MRS. GRIGSBY
Mrs. II. L. Grlgsby died this after
noon at 2:05 at her home 1427 Ore-
gon avenue after an Illness lasting
several weeks. She was the victim
of a stroke of paralysis yesterday
from which she did not fully recover.
No funeral arrangements were an-
nounced today.
LIGHTLESS
NIGHT IS
A SUCCE
'Main Stem" Dark; Ideal Territory for
"Sirkllp''Min;No Electric Signs
Window Lights or Clusters
Laat night was Chickasba'u econd
"lightless night." It was a success.
The first ono last Thursday night
was a half hearted affair. There
were electric signs flashing up and
down tho main.' stem and on certain
side streets as if there had never
been a decree for .a lightless night
gone forth.
Last night was. different . About
the best place in town for the work
of a "stick-up" man would have been
right on the "main drag" where us-
ually the. lights from the show win;
dows make it a veritable "white
way." There was not an electric
sign flickering from the Rock Island
depot to the city hall and all the light
emanating from the show windows
would have illuminated a peanut
roasting establishment poorly. Evea
the arc lights along the streets took
on a sort of ad expression as though
tuny too wanted to give a couple of
winks and call it a night Indeed
the guy who : first thought ot " this
lightlesa night business would hava
been proud of Chickasha last night
Mr. Shafer o the Electric romp-
ay made a statement today relative
to the lightlesa nights In which he
called attention to the fact that the
merchants here had not been observ-
ing tho nights that have beon desig
nated as "lightless nights" in the way
in which the fuel administration in-
tended that it should bo observed.
"I notice that In your article yt
did not make it as plain as it should
hare been made that merchantt are
not supposed to use any window
lights on these nights. Of course
this ia really working against our in-
terests in asking that this should be
done but the fuel administration has
asked that this should be done and
we want to see that the order la ob-
served as near as it Is possibla t
do 60.
"There are supposed to be no win-
dow iiphts left on during Thursday
and Sunday nights. Also there are
supposed to be no cluster lights left
burning.
While the lightless night Will
amount to very little in saving fuel at
ibis particular place. When wa tak
into consideration that a like amount
is being stved proportionately in ev-
ery other city then we can begin to
reaiize the extent of the savings that
will bo made. But after all it In Baid
tke effect of the lightless night will
not be fait to much because of the
saving of fuol but the moral effect
will be the real benefit resulting from
theoidcr. If people can see as Vicy
will be able to do that the city is In
darkness because wo ar at war the
war time spirit will be felt more
thnu ever and it will accomplish un-
told B'-'x'. ' .
Washington
to Decide Court
Martial Cases
By United Tress.
WaHhington line. 31. To prevent
further executions such as the Hous-
ton negro rioters with a review at
Washington the War department or-
dered that all cases excopt In the ex-
peditionary forces be vluod at JVaah-
lngton. ONLY ONE DELIVERY
MADE ON NEW YEAW8
Postmaster G. W. Barefoot announc-
ed this morning that the post office
would ba closed tomorrow excopt
during the hours from 9 to 11:30 a.
m. During this time the stamp gen-
eral delivery and money order win-
dow! will be open. There will bo one
delivery in Chickasha but none over
the rural routes. Mall will bo receiv-
ed and dispatched as uBual.
FINANCIAL
CONDITION
OVE PAR
Chukasha Eaters New Year With Cleanest
Sheet ia History; Wifer Department
Shows Big Revenue
'Chickasha as a city Is in ft better
financial condition than it has ever
been before in its history" City
Treasurer Clark anounced this morn-
ing when asked how this city stood
financially at the beginning of the
new year. Not only is there mora
moVey on hand at the present time
than has been in the city treasury
for some time; but more has been
paid on the city's indebtedness than
has been taken care of in many years.
At present the city has f 230o0O de-
posited in the various bnks in the
city together with $25000 invested in
government bonds. Besides this
amount to the city's credit I327.0M
has been paid on the paving taxes.
In the water works department
which pays the biggest revenue to
the city outside of direct taxation
the .collections have far exceeded ex-
pectations. "For . the first six months
of the fiscal year; our collections have
been far greater than we expected
tbetn to be: We eestlmated that for
tho " year the collections from this
department would amount to some-
thing like $250'W but up to tbe pres-
ent time the first etx mouths of tbe
fiscal year we have already collect-
ed $15000 in this department. This
has exceeded our eatimates about
twenty per cent" Frank Scrlmager
water commissioner saif this morn-
ing. All of tho other departments are
nearer on a self-sustaining basis than
they have ever been before and city
officials and employes: believes that
unUss unforeseen circumstances in-
tervene the same financial showing
will be made for tho next year.
When asked if there was a probabil-
ity of a decrease in taxes so far as
the city is concerned it was stated
that there would likely be a decrease
in taxes If no more bonds were votod
for the coming year. "If bonds are
voted as ft seems probable they will
be taxes can not be reduced as soma
of the salaries ot the city employes
have been raised and these together
would naturally cause a slight raise
In the taxes. However the valuation
on the real estate will be the same
this year as It was for the last year
and this together with the excellent
financial condition of the city Toni
no doubt cause taxes to decrease If
bonds were not voted" one official
said. ' 1
In summing up the financM condi-
tion Judge Clark said "We re in a
better condition than we have ever
been. The interest on all outstanding
bonds have been paid and we are in
an excellent shape financially.''
O. E. Steel returned today from
Oklahoma City where ha has been !
ca business for the past fW dsys
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REPLY TO
Answer Made When Terms of Central
Powers Fs'Iy Reccind; OScial Data
Shows Serieas Conditions
HERTLING HELPED
SELECT CONFEREES
BretfLitiYsk Conference Adjoarned
Temporarily: Agreement So Ee Sc&aslt
ted to Both CoTernments
By United Frens.
"Rome Dec. 31. Tho French aro
assuming the offensive tor the first
time ii the Italian war theater and
have gained a notable victory. Tha
war office announced the enptura of
1399 prisoners. .. - -
Berlin Admits Successes
By United Press.
Berlin Dee. 31 The French
iu-
fantry succeeded in penetrating parts
of the German 'positions arotiud Mon
te Tomba today's official sttaemeist
admitted. It is said that this Dra
tha first official news that tha
Fretaeb were fighting on the iuliaa
front.
Hunger FSnehei Tuton.
By United Press
Washington Dec. 3t.-Grmny la
In a worse position regarding food
than thifc government had believed
for some time past. Official data
collected by American government
exports from sources la touch with'
the Teuton's problems Shows this
conclusively. The ' government Is
withholding the specific facts. Tb
hunger pinch may account tot tha
persistence of tha Coraim patda
movement.
To Make Reply
By United Press.
London Dec. 31. Tbs iMenf
to seriously reply to the Teutonics
peace terms announced at tha Brest-
Litovsk conference accenting to the
best. information today. Tks answer
that is planned will not b niada un
til tha German terms ar tuliy to-
ceiveC ' "' "
Concession by K!f-
By tMted Press.
WaKhlngton Dec. 31. Tfc islser
agreed that Chancellor Hurtling
should participate ' in setsetiug tha
representatives to the Brflflt-Lltovsle
peace conference according to fcatata
departments dispatch from Copenha-
gen made public today. Though tha
step is the first recent one that give
a showing of a stronger democratic
representation in Germany It is re-
garded as insincere.
Beach Agreement
By Uniled Press.
Amsterdam Dec Sl.Tha BvasV
Litovsk conference adjoutaed tempo-
rarily today with further agreement
looking toward a separate peace be-
tween Russia and Germany ready to
be submitted to both govei -.iment.
The agreement Is that the Russians
would withdraw from the Occupied
positions in Austria Hungary. Lithu-
ania Courland and other parts of
Russia the people are granted! tilo op-r-urtunity
to decide their own future.
Bolshevik! Fight CcwacVc
By United Prsan.
. Tokio Dec. 31. FK-r; a f!..'. Ct
Irkutsk between the BclchevllcS aa4
Cossacks Is la progress accoriiicg to
dispsttehes received here Tha Bol-
shevik! is reported to hava murder-
ed the French consular ajsnt
two French cilLi?us and t9 ton a 14
said to be ia flame.
Destroy fort Petar.
By United Trmtk
Petroprad Dc. 3 ! .1 ! . '
Hon of Fort Peter t4 It" -' '. If $
J yCoiii'SttH ci ? . i f J t )' (
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