W. P. Price, of Cisco, brought
us a half bushel of sweet pota-
toes Saturday. He said a man
—------- who tried so hard to eat a goose
Entered at the postoffice at Idabel, Oklahoma, as second class mail matter, and failed needed a few sweet
potatoes to help him bridge over
until turnip greens and poke sal-
ad budded out. It is a good
thing to be remembered by our
friends, and Mr. Price is one of
those kind of men that believe
in helping those who try to help
themselves. Thanks, brother, if
the Gazette is better this week
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
W. J. OLD, EDITOR AND MANAGER.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Display ads—15 cents per
inch, flat.
Local ads 5 cper line, nothing
charged under 25c.
ANNOUNCEMENT
We are authorized to announce the
following candidates for office, sub-
ject to the Democratic Primary Elec-
tion:
FOR TAX ASSESSOR—
J. M. POST, Re-election.
sub-
INCREASED 50 PER CENT.
The Gazette’s subscription list ...........„.....„ ......
has increased this fall 50 perjjust contribute it to the nutri-
iiltr ! finn nf fhooo uu'oof nnfotnoa
THE
THE
HAUT TON OF
BARNYARD.
The Miami mining district,
you may remember, started out
a year ago with the avowed in-
tention of producing $15,000,-
000 worth of zinc and lead ore in
1917. They didn’t quite reach
mucoocvi Lilia lttll uu per1 .lllbl CUIIMIUUUJ II IU LIIC UU
cent and is still increasing daily, j tion of those sweet potatoes.
This is due to the fact that we    -
get out twice a week and give
the people the news. We have
never had a solicitor in the field
for the Gazette and all the sub-
scriptions we have received have
come unsolicited. It is our in-
tention. however, about the first
of February to put a solicitor
m the field to give the people
an opportunity to subscribe for
the best paper in the county,
without any inducements other
than a good country paper. The
time has come in McCurtain
county that the > people depend
on the home paper for" informa-
tion, and the man who fails to
advertise will find his business
The Wagoner Record, edited
by our friend. Geo. Foster, one
of the leading publications of
the state, has changed fronts
with his paper. . He declares
the paper henceforth will be
independent in politics. Won-'
der what brand Geo. was drink-
ing during Xmas that brought
about such a change of heart?
Well, Geo. Foster is an able ed-
itor and a wise man changes his
mind while a fool never does.
Alright, Geo., we will try to
make room for you in the Dem-
ocratic party.
aucj uiuii l quite reacii .    'Y111 niiu ills
the mark, missing it by a scant ja losing game. People are go-
million. largely because of a,inS to look for the advertise-
blizzard that had no business i ment of the local merchant in
camping below Mason and Dix- his home paper, and if ho foils
on’s line. Still fourteen million to find it he is going to pass un
dollars, extracted in a year from that merchant. Just watch our
an area which only yesterday Prediction and this time on*
slumbered serenely under indo- .'ear hence fhe tale will ho
lent suns, is a considerable ac-    J—--- -told.
complishment. It has sufficed
to give Miami a conspicious po-
sition on the map of achieve- thj”£w t£|any Pe°P!e stop to
The editor of the McCurtain
Gazette is a very sincere sort of
a fellow. He admits in his paper
last week that he got full-full
to the brim—but it wasn’t even
beef, wine and iron, the stuff
that intoxicates some of the
denizens that inhabit LeFlore
county. ......
direc
HFr »    „    Banja ana was''Riled with good
HELP ..UNCLE SAM SAVE. thlnl& to eat for at least once
f ’in hjs
Still they come—new
scnptions to the Gazette.
——
Broken Bow is to have a new
hank.
My Tuesdays are meatless /
My Wednesdays are wheatless
I grow more eatless each day.
My house, it is heatle3s,
Mv beds, they arc sheetless.
They all have been sent to the Y. M
C. A.
The bar rooms are treatless
My coffee is sweetless,
Each day I grow poorer and wiser
My stockings are feetless,
My trousers are scatless,
My God! How I hate the Kaiser.
First pub. Dec. 15 Out Jan. 15
Notice By Publication; Mortgage
Foreclosure.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA, McCurtain
County. SS.
In The District Court.
Silas Tushka, Guardian of Rosa
Tushka, a minor, plaintifT, vs. Fan-
nie Leggett, Administratrix of the
estate of J. M. Leggett, Deceased;
and Fannie Leggett, H. P. Hosey,
Woman Pruitt, Laura Hosey, Un-
ion State Bank of Shawnee, Okla-
homa, John Leggett and Mrs. John
Leggett, Defendants.
Said defendants John Leggett and
Mrs. John Leggett, yill take notice
that said plaintiff Silas Tushka, guar-
dian of Rosa Tushka, a minor, did on
the 12th day of December, 1917, file
his petition in the District Court in
This state has seen fit to require all industries em-
ploying skilled or unskilled labor, which in any manner
might be termed hazardous to protect its workmen by a
Workmen s Compensation Policy, and fixing a penalty for
lack of such protection of $50.00 per day.” Whether requir-
ed or not, it is a policy which all reliable employers should
carry, whether private, co-partnership, or corporation.
We will be glad to explain its benefits.
Barton R. McLendon & Co.
General Insurance.
M ass? Mb F2** 22?. 22 5
lTd IfJjedwith good' 'JSTLrf&to! /Tt*
Is newsp
teau {News.
r career.-
ment and hope.
Turn now, if you will, from    ’Cl u,1    nignest cienomi-    *. , r
that roaring, swirling tumult    n“t10/] made. It    is a fact. Conse-    blve merchants    are seeking
called Miami, to our own former    Ouently people    who place two    an °PPortunity to    locate here,
hotel de ville, that is to say, our    f "cen* stamps    instead of one    and C0ldd suitable    buildings be
erstwhile city hall. Gathered f"'°-cen.t stamp on a letter are s,ecured not less than a half
there now are the aristocrats 0f: increasmg the cost to the    ---------- ”
mere now are me aristocrats of .....„ '■'lc vosi io tne gov- d?zen strong firms would enter Lemrett for    V.......
our barn yards, gay-coated, scar-    °n the post ' Idab€‘ (at °nce‘ Somebody is tain mortgage securing a promisor
let-crested roosters that strut in ce’ a"d the people who cover, £°\nS to but up some buildings note for $800.00 made by j m Lee
conscious pride; along with them    a j. P°s.t package with    ano " hen the move starts at    . • ■    g-
the queens of the seraglio. We’re    afsn\a denomination stamps in-    ^east a half dozen new bricks are
talking about the seventh an-    ? j?d ,of us.lnS one of two of    £°in£ up. Idabel is one of thp
John Leggett and Mrs. John Leg-
aL^at Sa'd <tefentlants.
John
and Mas. John Leg-
gett musl'Vnsver said petition filed
herein on or before the 2S& day of
January, 1918, or said petition Will be
taken as true and judgment render-
ed in said action against the said de-
fendants John Leggett and Mrs. John
Leggett for the foreclosure of a cer-
OUR ICE!
Is as pare as the parest—Is as cold as
the coldest—Is as good as the best.
Oar bottled goods are superior to any you can buy
always pare—always fresh. Prompt deliveries.
Phone 20 for all hinds of bottled goods and ice.
LOSS OF $25,000
, IN FIRE
AT HOPE
--■
Business Building
Interior of _____________
Wrecked in Early Morning
Blaze
>'*
son at
talking ___________
nual poultry show.
note for $800.00 made by J. M. Leg-
gett, deceased, on the 2nd day of
March, 1914, with interest thereon
from date until paid at the rate of
hio-h    . u,le OI lvvo Of r up- laaDel ls one Of thp from date until paid at the rate of
iai poultry show.    high denomination to make up best towns in the state and the 8 per cent per annum Ju !• f
_ "'ere ,a Pleasanter assign-    i^ge squired, outside business men know it. I for $50.oo as attornev's fe°eT;a
ment to discuss the dash and i e ®u|lt\ oi an act of thought-    ~    I    mortgage    bearing d»to \r u ,
charm of our barnyard chivalry {f“nesl ln!niicaj to conserva- 0"e thin£ sure, if an editor is > U>14, and given ami mortgaging the
and beauty, but in this practical £ \d^-rt1ment requests 0 be Punished for all the lies 1* | following described lands s.tuatL in
age people want facts expressed publ^ 1° tbink of this here- bas toId ab°ut other people, he McCurtain County Oklahoma to lit
in terms of dollars. Well, every a^e?’raiJd 1° do its best to help ,has 8°} to do some suffering of NEu Ii cru ?;    ‘ ,
age people want iacts expressed ir    »»nK oi this here-
in terms of dollars. Well, every    aad to do its best to help
bodv knows about Miami and out Lnc,e Snm
the treasure evolution buried
there. But how many of us
know that the roosters and hens
of Oklahoma produce more mon-
ey yearly than even marvelous
Miami? That is the fact, just
the same. In 1916, for example,
our poultry products reached a
total of $13,000,000, while the
value this year, though the offi
o-nt tn Hr,    • T ,    . unty’UKla,loma, to-wit:
The government has urged u ", uJ'lpa:'clonable lie. Wheri a”<! of xwy sw
retail merchants to further re |he said "Irs- So aad So is awl tion 21. Town*hin in c„„
Uuce the
he said Mrs. So and So is an"! tion 21, Township
excellent lady, well, he didn’t! 2~ East.
made each day^nd tS^are k"™’’
being made to purchasers to1    '------.——-----
carry their own packages In ^nd now Jeanette Rankin
several of the larger towns of wa"t!,t.° befome a senator. The
the state only one daily delivery • !ng you know tbat mod-
is now being mad» -------est violet will be neenino cn.
10 South, Range
And Adjudging that default has
been made in said mortgage in fail-
ing to pay the interest on said note
and failing to pay the taxes on said
lands amounting to $70.40 and addi-
V    u - °ne cla,|y delivery 3    J    lnal mo«- lan,,s amounting to $70.40 and addi-
now being made bv grocery 1 .X . f4 Wl11, be peeping co- tional sum as penalty and that plain
r. “d ,h"! -hin %r-    thc whl‘e House,"* h.,. . ,i„"
............... UKiahoma.    .• and ordering said premises to be sold
,K!i,ffle,^..U!fLC0"Slder' ^appraisement, and the proceeds
. , r‘•nougr. tne om- ~ ----- maue oy grocerv . V, ”
cial figures are not yet complied s£ores and tben only when pur- qU^t,la,h y at
runs several millions beyond muSes a^re^ate $2.50 or more ~P.k!.ahoma-
that aggregate.    |he scarcity of help in 111 li
Hfl tinf Wl    _____ i 1 •    dpmiinflc! f llof          ,
— Enterprise, afterward
the. Abilene Qazette and then
taken over. -By the Reflector.
Have been a subscriber all these
years. I wish all my pickinson
county friends a prosperous New
Ye§r with best of health in
191 A.. Many of my old friends
have passed away since I left
in 1913. We are well and send
best wishes.”—Abilene (Kan.)
IOC cggiegate.    ^ ‘"-““•ivy neip in 811 lines    c    consider- J 'Vito appraisement, and tl
Do not misconstrue this com- flernands that everj- man whose1?” , baaut.v cake since we saw i applied to the payment of
panson. It is far from us to i?r'‘?es carl be dispensed with i • j }bere will be no peep- suit, taxes, and attorney
disparage the gold-terraced <-e ie*eas6d from commercial du- Ing done from the outside. ; forever barring and force
deeps of Otawa countv. Every- Ue-S’ ,and ^be Times predicts c u *    •
body knows that Miami is 'a nr„ the. delivery system will be insni^dh°vMth
wonder. What we are trying to pr‘ cflCallyr abolished within »?!?Led Wltb
impress on van i. th.t ev.‘ ^i another year, if tho    tl0P
♦ ie cost of
Hope, Jan. 8.—The Brac>
building, occupied by the Battle
& Crosnoe Drug Company on the
ground floor and offices above wai manes. —ai
was gutted by fire this morning1 Weekly Reflector.
about 1 o’clock. The fire start-1---
ed in the office of Dr. Don; The many friends of Sam
Smith and soon spread to the Stanley were verv glad to see
offices of Drs. Martindale and | him step off the morning train
Walter Galison. The entire flopr Monday from Camp Travis, San
of the drug company store was Antonio, Texas. Sam is about
flooded by water and damaged 35 pounds heavier than when he
by smoke and the prescription I left in the summer. He is in
case, with valuable files, was | the artillery and is getting along
destroyed. Dr. Smith is out | fine, likes -the w’ork and states
of the city and it could not be conditions are excellent at Camp
learned how much damage he j Travis. He only had a three
sustained. The files of Battle flays leave and was compelled to
& Crosnoe contained 140,000 start back Tuesday noon._Val-
prescriptions. which cannot be Hant Tribune,
reproduced. Several of the ph.y-!    —~--rr--
ThSu“ormin.?%i',SX W,TR0 ™R0WER WOUNDED
insured. The fire is believed to Herbert Voweii, i. w. w. Agitator,
have caught from defective wir-    —- ■ - - • -■
ing. The loss is estimated at
$25,000.
BROKEN
RAPIDLY.
Aleo Fired at Detective.
an exalted devo-
to the truth as when his
oxner year, jf the wa    “Vi' me irutn as when his
•ucs.—Clarksville Times    i'V^. baPP.ens to ask him howl
if    ------ i *. she looks in her new clothes._1
Ex.
s..ILSj10Urd never have been
i s,ni ,ea. tt means ruin to the
impress on you is that the Ok-
lahoma hen is a bird. And her
crimson-plumed paramour—as
SHS    - - -
bird, too.—Oklahoman.
Several of our citizens here
of redemptior, in or to said premises
or any party thereof.
F. M. BROOKES, Court Clerk.
I „    ^'Ikinson, Deputy,
j Geo. T. Arnett, Atty. for Ptf.
First pub. Jan. 5 Out Inn i *,
Order for Hearing Petition to Sell'
Real Estate by Guardian.
several oi our citizens here ,. If a !Pan be worth a half mil-,.18^221 oaiesoTcottoTg^nned^^n‘In the~mattw'orthe '',uatr0lafn'I
away theM,.ml fold.    useful «££*, ^ U(Un wa, ba!e, , I
J. M. POST.    l|3?dlun’ ®d the) Oon’t «lt &wr. and to“ to1 «u.rui.n”f‘th.""'®. trtlnd
1 „♦?:? '    ,ldle man in the sleep, but put your ad in the I ,n!med war<J, an<l filed herein his pe-
-    -    1 tition to sell the real estate of said
Tulsa.—Nine arrests were made andi
linu- wit i in tit n* mass ot paperB und other evldenc«'
HUM WILL nUIl.D.were seized In a raid on the state
---------- headquarters of the I. w. W. Three
From plans now being consid- arrests after a gun battle at midnight,1
ered will spring one of the best »nd lhe previous arrest of three oth-
towns here within the next few *rs brings the total number of I. w.
years to be found in the south-: W- SU8Pec|8 arrested here since the
eastern part of the state. | blow,ng'up of the residence of j. Ed-
gar Pew, vice-president of the Carter
OI Company, two weeks ago, to fif-
teen.
A man giving his name as Herbert
In today’s paper will be found stato ^    1 l—    1,1 ™ s"1’' “Ul pui- y°ur aa in the I "“"J, “lu ,,,e? nere»> his pe-
ent j- m--
for re-election to the office of I labor will
county tax assessor, subject ofiploved in a Pon!?Sed as unem-    —————    And It appearing to the Court from
course, to the action of the Dem- countv    ^hlcl? the u Ther® 1S not a vacaat business! petition that it is necessary that
ocratic partv.    ounty councils will be asked to, house in Idabel. People come! nf L irTf®1*.?r some portion thcre-
Mr. Post is n,u. —k:. !?ke by . the Oklahoma State’here every day seekinga hou”e titta SSLS' re8S°n8 in Said
DeferWP TllIC nnn I tfl nrw>n O KllOin/mn    I Tm to AVI'
No part of the state has more
or better farming lands than
SdtthlrI<}?"fng B.r0ken BoV\'i A man giving h., name as Herbert
and these lands are being settled voweii but believed to be Earl Gor-
and improved very rapidly. Far-; don. m resisting arrest by city De-
mers are coming here by theltectlve Wilkerson hurled a small bot-
tle containing nitroglycerin at the
officer and fired 03 him. The bottle
failed to explode and the bullet
missed. Voweii surrendered after be-
ing wounded in the leg.
From Voweii and two companions
who asserted they were members of
the I. W’. W. were taken a number e(
eeps sad a length of fuee.
dozens every week and are buy-
ing farms. Soon there will be
no vacant land about us, but all
of it will be producing some-
thing.
lis assures a substantial and
growing town.
_ Jt this is not *11. Good
roads leading into Broken*Bow
and* through this kont;,, wj|]
T,
fas
— wpetion .....
soon be a reality^ Style ' state
vui. rost is now serving his c,..„.;i n .    c•> uuy see
third term and is as famailiar, Cl unt... Defense. This cen- open a business,
•ft % l»nd    u l S    cither to- „ -m--
child with his toys. In the last hbe    — ■ — -------Kwv...,    ------ — —
primary Mr. Post had three op- “““J.?”1 °,r.scn‘ to,the,are Koing to have to hustle or
ponents and received more
votes than the combined oppo-
sition. He is one of the most
courteous men in the county and
draft and exemption! Some of our business people
JreF,t or 8ent to, the -are going to have to hustle or
state council and by that body i some new firms are going to
forwarded to the local boards. i °Pen in Idabel.
to straighten out any tangle in wise. Thus Tuns the old saw
your land numbers. The office and thereV, more in it probablv’
ot Tax Assessor in this county than many of us are’willing tn
never paid very much profit to;admit. Rushing firings s 8aH
J    MrtUp2t sT1 tTiri«htif :not carrL tear But
worked four mrsflfve™ t ?°T    in their mad desire
scant living. He haf lots of 1^    ',n si^ht- av-
friends in all parts of the coun- ’ *ud°    thJf c,ass be]ong8
ty and he asks them to still i • °d ady, wh° ,went to the
stand by him for two more '8tairway and yelled opstoirs to
years.    more „ ^grown-up daughter, “Sally!
—    Sally! Git up! Here it is four
o’clock Monday morning; to-
Mesas*
More nice fat hogs have been
butchered this winter than for
several years past in McCurtain
county.
IT IS ORDERED, That said peti-
tion be and the same is hereby set
down for hearing on the 4th day of
February, 1918, at the hour of 10
of said day, at the
r?? cy n??u^ room of McCurtain
County, Oklahoma, at which time and
place the next of kin of said minor or
any person interested in said minor’s
estate, may appear and show cause, if
any they have, why an order should
not be granted for the sale of so
much of the real estate of said minor
as is necessary for the reasons in said
—    1    ‘.‘V ““rr ,or lne reasons in sanl
county airS-'nil°uo to'thJoi"    ORDERED. That
portance    1 SSMSlflSf!,
meat.    j of which shall be at the Court H<
I—. .....—— — --    ^.«u.ilouse
-- i where said hearing is to be held, and
A    man    is certainly    unfortu-    a vc,op? JTr!?,alfe "erv,ed    tbe
n&tc    who    Hrs lost    hid    PvnairvKi    next of kin of s&id ward and    all oth”
°    1 •    ft 8    eye81«h.t-    er persons interested in the estate of
\V e had several in    our    city this    ! said ward residing in the    County,
week.    I with postage prepaid at least four-
-    teen days before the hearing of said
the reason people know an petition,
editor better than other men is I IT ,s FURTHER ORDERED, That
because he tftlkR mim> nnH ia c°Py of this order be published for
uecause ne laiKs more and says two successive weeks in the McCur-
les8,    tain Gazette, published in McCurtain
Some folks like to dictate a fseTl/’ Oklahoma j. D PARKS>
man s religion so long as they    County Judge,
can themselves deceive the peo-
ple.
band had crossed the street
when she saw the dog in the
path of an automobile. She ran
to save the dog and was struck
by the machine and instantly
killed. Her neck was broken.
The dog jumped to safety.
Some folks imagine their re-
ligion is all right when they
are liberal donators. But
sheep’s clothing is hard to wear
in these times.
highway will be\buUt jttom
Smithville here and other good
road plans will soon be perfect-
ed.
Business men of Broken Bow
are starting into a new year
this time with a vim to make the
town a town of progress instead
of lying idle. At least a dozen
new bricks will be built this
spring and summer and a new
bank will be added to our busi-
ness realm. Just watch Bro-
ken Bow come out of the kinks.
—Broken Bow News.
BUYS BANK STOCK.
R. C. Newton of the Idabel
State Bank, who has served this
bank for the past few years as
active vice-president, has bought
the interest of F. H. Wright,
and becomes president
It is
monied ______ „ ____
more business houses.
DR. CHAS. A. HESS
DENTIST
time for some of our ’
men to build a few Office Over First National Bank
IDABEL OKLAHOMA.
School. Hlatbj^Not Pro-German.
Tlte state, boartt of educatloa
passed Ju$»men%n MVera' Modem
and Medieval Hiltety, a text book
used in the Ok'ihoma City high
school and other schools of the state,
finding that statements In the book
are no more pro-German than may
be found in other histories. The
board refused to recommend that
the histories be barred as school text
books. A school of telegraphy recent
ly Installed at the University of Okla-
homa wa« approved by the board.
High Masonic Dsgree to S Oklahomans
McAlester.—The 33tl Masonic de-
gree, honorary, was given to five men
here. W. E. Halley, W. M. Essex and
J. B. McAlester of tbia city; Daniel
M. Williams, Guthrie, and O. M. Tread
way, Hominy. ThlB meeting was call
ed for the candidates In Oklahoma
who could not take the work at the
supreme council session In Washing,
ton In October. D. M. Halley, sov
ereign grand inspector general, had
Mr Newton ta, made nun, ZE Stt.    b“
ricmls here and hie bank today i Inna in in. outbrie and the south Ho
ranks nmnno-    koa+    .—h*._____    . .
ranks among the best in the
county. He informed us he
would re-organize soon and elect
a board of directors. At pres-
ent there will be no change in
the bank.
This will make the Idabel
State Bank officers all home peo-
Is J. J. Schneider Oldest Reflec-
tor Subscriber?
J. J. Schneider writes from
Idabel, Okla.: “Forty years ago
I began taking the Kansas Ga-
zette, published by V. P. Wil-
Alester valleys attended the seeeiou
Starling Arrested on Robbery Charge.
Okmulgee.—Jenks Starling, bank
robber, who Is wanted in four statet
on various charges, was arrested at
Morris by Deputy Sheriff W. L. Rob
belns of Okmulgee and Is being held
here until the claims of all officer!
who want the man have been heard
Starling is wanted as the leader ot
a band of burglars who robbed th.
safe of a bank at Olenrose, Texas ox
”ct.°.?*r„18' ^cording tor the official!
of tho Texas State Bankers’, Assoda
tion, which sent an officer here. Ha Is
•>•0 wanted In Missouri and Illlnoia