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RENFREW’S RECORD
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7*A« Most Thoroughly Rood Newspaper in Woods County
VOLUME 17.
ALVA. WOODS COUNTY. OKLAHOM \ FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1918
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OKLAHOMA WILL ASK FOR
WHEAT SEED LOAN
Oklahoma will ask the federal gov-
ernment to loan wheat seed for the
planting of an acreage of at least
523,000 acres of land this fall as this
state’s part of the appropriation of
A PUZZLED WOMAN
ASKS ABOUT SUFFRAGE
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JUST AMERICAN
A woman from Australia writes:
"1 am puzzled ’to account for the
fact.*that the United States is the
'only English speaking nation that
has not enfranchised its women,when
$5,000,000 which will be divided among your country is offering the blood of,
several states. This will constitute
in excess of $1,500,0*3.
Tis decision was reached at a con-
ference held last Saturday by the
Oklahoma State Council of Defense
when over one hundred; delegates as-
sembled from the wheat growing
states to hear 'the conditions under
which the loan will be made and to
^ confer writh L. A. Estabrook, repre-
sentative of the federal government,
who explained it.
No loan will be made to farmers
who have made crops jn the pasit two
years or to men who have credit or
cash with which to buy seed wheat.
The applicant must have two succes-
sive crop failures on land which in
, the opinion of the county agent and
other members of 'the local investigat
ing committee, is capable of produc-
ing a wheat crop undder normal con-
ditions. While the original intent was
to loan to farmers making wheat
* crop failures a liberal construction
will be placed upon the ruling so as
toi nclude failures in cotton and corn
crops. A, loan not to exceed $3 an
acre will be* made on not to exceed
100 acres of land, making a maxi-
mum loan of $300 per farmer. Smaller
loans will be made. The applicant
must make a sworn statement as to
his failures, the amou|; of land
owned, the value of his livestock and
equipment and the acreage sown and
yield on his land last year. Notaries
should not charge fees for this ser-
vice. The notes are due in 1919. When
the application is made at Che local
bank an investigating committee will
visit the property and verity (ike fact*
when the application wtil.be forward-
ed to Estabrook with the approv-
al or disapproval of.the investigator/
who will probaMp be ei»(r«T the c*pn-
its finest sons on the altar of world
democracy.
“New Zealand led in giving suf-j
frage to' her women, years ago, and1
has reaped the reward by having the I
lowest infant death rate in the world. \
Our own Australia followed, then
England and Canada, whose govern-
ment put the bill through without a
recorded vote against it, because her
soldiers—those wonderful Canadian
soldiers—insisted that ft be done.
“I understand that your suffrage
.bill went tjiru the House with barely
a two-third majority, and that it is
held up in the Senate. I should be
interested to know more about the
situation. You know we have beer
led to believe that American men are
ideal in their treatment of w uikm
Is the trouble wTh the women? Din’t
they deserve to be trusted? Or is .'the
vaunted fairness of your men. all
camouflage?”
In answer to the letter of the wo-
man from Australia, we did not our-
selves" understand, until our entrance
into the war brought to our startled
realization the fact that in the effort
of our men to be fair and just to the
poverty-stricken products, of auto-
cracy who came to our shores, they
d'i not sell—but gave—their birth-
right, into the hands of people who
only wanted the material gain which
uor liberal laws allow. Thus w4 have
a dangerously large element which is
Imbued with the autocratic ideals of
the kaiser. Many of these people
have only ms# out their first papers
eir intention of some
citizens, and are^jrjt-
ry service, yet lt»ey
can.yote. This fact accounts for the
Just today we chanced to meet—
Down upon the crowded street;
And I wondered whence he came.
What was once his nation’s name.
So I asked him, “Tell me true,
Are you Pole or Russian Jew,
English, Scotch, Italian, Russian,
Belgian, Spanish,Swiss,Moravian,
Dutch or Greek or Scandinavian.”
Then he raised his head on high,
As he gave me this reply:
“What I was is naught to me,
In this land of Liberty.
In my soul as man to man,
I am just American.”
—Author Unknown.
WANTS TO BE AT THE FRONT AN HONORED CITIZEN AT R^fflT,
Somewhere in France, 7-17-18 Died, in Alva Oklahoma, at idD
Dear Folks: o’clock p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1918,
1 will drop you a few fines today., Mr. Henry H. Brunstetcer. after •
1 am feeling fine and hope this will few days’ illness. .Jlt.^
find you the same. Received a letter) Mr. Brunstetter had for SOO£
H’fr.
from papa and he said he had gotten j months been subject to severe ,
All male parson* who have
reached their 2Iet birthday since
June 5, 1918, and on or before Au-
gust 24, 1918, must register on
August 24, 1918. These'men should
consult with local draft boards
ss to how and where they should,
register.
MACK HIATT ENJOYS
ARMY
LIFE
___________under obligations 4lier coa-
ly agent or a banker. The applicant stituencies- consequently against
will also sign an agreement to cob-
tribute to the guarantee fund the
sum of fifteen sents per bushel in
excess of ay ield of six bushels to the
acre, with a maximum of $75. This
will insure the government against
losses where crops are failures.
When the application is approved'
by Mr. Estabrook it is turned over
'.o the Federal Land B ink which in
turn will notify the local bank which
then makes the loan to the farmer
for the purchase of the seed1 and
which will allow him a ; light margin
for other expenses. Wren the seed
is planted the Federal Land Bank
assumes the loan and the govern-
ment takes all the chances.
The Oklahoma State Bankers as-
sociation has agreed to. finance the
country bnks in making the loans.
The Tulsa banks have also offered
aid to any bank needing funds for
this purpose they io be reimbursed
when the loan is made by the Feder-
al Land Bank.
In cases of farmers who haven ot
had failures for two years but are
;n need of seed We country banks
are expected to "ivy to secure these
loans from the War Finance Corpo-
ration in case they are not able to
meet the demands for loans.
A meeting of bankers and county
councils will be called in all the
wheat counties in order that the
matter may be fully explained and
the farmers willb en otified 'that the
applications rae not ready for them
at the banks.
State Agent James A. Wilson of
the Uriited States* Depaifment of
Agriculture pledged the full co-op-
ciation of the extension departmet
in this work. Beckham county repre-
sentatives declared that they would
finance their own farmers. The loan
is available to farmers in other coun-
ties outside of the wheat belt..
suffrage. "The German-American At
liance passed a resolution to the ef-
fect that “Our German women do pot
want to vote; woman suffrage would
mean prohibition; we must work
against suffrage.” tho our countrv
needs the vast amount of grain and
sugar which the brewers are alowed
to use, as well as the large quantities
of' coal, tho women are told that
they can win the war. by saving these
'things.—Mrs. C. H. Brooks, President
Kansas Suffrage Association, in the
'Wichita Eagle.
CLAIMS RIGHT TO
GODFATHERSHIP
The following cordial welcome to
Oklahoma boys in Camp Fremont is
from Jesse J. Dunn, former fellow
townsman and ex-Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
Jesse alwayslikes to meet the “folks"
/ • Oakland, Cal., Aug. 15, 19W
Mf. J. ff. Renfrew, Alva, Okla.
Dw Me- Renfrew:
Base Hospital No. 70, Ft. Ontario,
N. Y„ Aug. 14, 1918.
Renfrew’s Record,
Dear Friends;
For some time I have been plan-
ning a letter for you but it seems
tha't time goes fleeting when there is
much work to be done, and I assure
you that we have plenty of itd uring
the time that we have been here. We
have spent three months of very in-
tensive training along our line of
work in the Medical Department.
We were assigned to Base Hospital
No. 70 on June 14th, 1918, at Fort
Riley, and on Monday June 17th, we
started for this camp. We were glad
to get away from such a hot place
to dq, our training. Our trip from
Riley took us through Kansas, Mis
a letter from me. I ain sure glad to
hear it.
The weather is rather bad lately.
It seems to want to rain all the time.
I am working hard at times now,
helped load ammuntion yesterday
and it takes the sap out of you
but why kick about that I would
rather be with the battery on the
front
France celebrates July 14 in great
style July 14 means the same as
July 4th means to us.
I got a letter from Irene the other
day but not much news. I also got
one from J. R. Griffiths 2 Clarendon
Road, Sketty, Swansea. South Wales
Do you know them? It is a brother
of Mrs. Ella A. Evans, Enid Okla.
I have heard you mention her nam,e.
I haven’t gotten that annual yet
that the hoys sent me but it might
come soon. I am anxious 'to sec it.
I know it will be good.
I am hatching along with a few
other boys and I am going to go
down to help fix something to eat
Two of 'the men do fine cooking.
Did yon ever get any insurance
papers stating that I have taken out
insurance? My LibcrtyBond is paid
for this month and it will come to
*
so keep it for me.
I guess Alva has changed since I
saw her lastt. It sure will be good
to see a United States town after
being over here so long. All the
towns are old I have seen some build-
ings that are 13centuries old and they
are still being used btft took like they
are liable to fail any minute.
Yea I . have heard from England
and wrote the other day.
I am glad to h**r that the wheat
can yote. This iact accounts for the wrfJL a... rf-tha Record *Furi> Indians, Michigan, crop is going to fee good, as that helps
large number of Vgislators they id? j TZS . Urg» contingent yt <*fe»s«hg the river at Detroit apd tftor timJePiser.^ _
tacks of bladder trouble and qh'’$ot- ’ |
urday his suffering became
thaff it was decided that
be removed to the hospital whfre 0^
operation was pedformed. Thi*a'g|g
gave temporary relief aod.pt hie
vanced age he wasu nabje to
come the disease, and Tpesday
ing he painlessly an<jlt
passed into rest, surrounded*
wife and children.
Henry H. Brunstetter was borjgJn .
Austintown, Mahoning county,
Mar. 17,1837, and here be groWjUp.^
receiving a good education in
common schools and at Mahq^C.,*
Acadamy at Canfield, Qhio.
Bee hose school teaching as a ®jrc>-tij
fession, which he followed with
exception of the Civil war perioifi (qr. *
nearly 48 years. He VH marrifcffftp ^
Miss Nancy A. Pennell at M«iDp9^4(.
tamia, Trumbull county, OhfoTf^ift
March 1, 18()0. October 10, 1861, tM.»
enlisted at Austintown, in Co. F. (Iff '
Ohio Inf't. He was severely wqggM*
ed on the second day .of the glut,
battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 7th,
1862,and in consequence of his..:
he was honorably discharged,
recovering from his wound* he
enlisted, this time in the 12th
Cavalry.
In the battle of Mt. Sterling, ]
June 1864, Mr. Brunstetter ,apd
his comrades were captured by
Confederate raider General -
Morgan, but after five days 1
rpllyd as prisoners of war
tpw»{4 the rivet. *«
Augusta. Ky, Soon after-tot
IsTmrkf received hil l
While he was in the atmjr Mt I
ed tgjie took care of the
tpd forked hr the hMse'i
___ _ _ _____
id ts the bodora and at-i stwthTed at|a,on* tke Lpke OtAario shore in New
Camp Frcutout for training. Camp
Fremont is something like twenty
ssUea-aouth of San Francisco and ap-
proximately thirty miles from Oak-
land. Direct telephonic connections
York to this place. It-wap certainly
one wonderful trip all the way and
were treated royally all the time.
Practically all of the time we have
been here »t has been pleasantly cool
THREE WOODS CO. BOYS MAR-
TYRS TO HUMANITY’S CAUSE
GALBRAITH—EDWARDS
Miss Eunice Edwards and Mr. Fred
Galbraith, both of Dacoma, were mar
ried, Wednesday, Aug. 14. The bride
is the youngest daughter of Mrs.
Mary Edwards, and is a most accom
plished young lady. She is one of
Woods county’s best teachers, having
taught several years in this county
She is a student of Northwestern.
Mr. Galbraith is a prosperous young
farmer. He is in the 1918 registra-
tion class and expects to be called
th s fall to his country's service.They
left for a three weeks’ trio to Colo-
rado. Many friends extend hearty
congratulations to the happy couple.
Three Woods county boys have al-
ready fallen in the great war for the '
tights -of man. The fi«^st to fall was
--------------Monday, who unlisted
in a Canadian regiment and lost his
life in the storming of MessLnesRidge
The young hero was born south of
Alva, but when about 12 years of age
reomved withh is parents to Canada.
He was a grandson of Cptain J. C,
M’cCary of this city, who fought un-
der General Scott in Mexico over 70
years ago and is still hale and hearty
at the age of 90 years.
Milton Hobbs, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Hobbs of this city, enlisted in
the navy and was reported miysing
when the Lake Moor was torpedoed
and sunk in English waters by a Ger-
man submarine last spring. The third
to die was Lloyd Vorhies, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Vorhies of this city,
who lost His life by falling from
his airplane in France. July 11th.
Mrs. Hemans, in “Graves of A
Household,” written during'the wasr
of Napoleon, speaks touchingly of
'he boys who died for their country:
“And on<t, the lone, blue sea hath
one,
He lies where pearls lie deep,
He was the loved of all yet none
O’er Ills lone grave may weep.
And one, where Southern vines are
dressed
Lies with the noble slain.
They v,Tanned bis colors 'round
his breast,
.On a blod-red fild of Spain.”
exists between the two points, andidurm* the ^ and co,d enou*h
this letter is written to you to -the I s,eeP between woolen blankets dur-
fend that informaion may be conveyed | !"g the n,*ht- We have been ,ivin*
o these boys of my whereabouts here, i,n tents a,t of the time and have ««-
My office is located on Broadway in [ioytA il very much- A,mos‘ like a va‘
Oakland', and my office telephone jcat,on As stated> we are directly on
number is Oakland 610. My residence !the, lake shore of Lake Ontario, for
phone is Merritt 665. I wlth,n a «ve minute walk from , our
I clhim the right to the godfather-1 ‘en* d°or we can wash our hands in
ship of these boys while they are here i a. e On,ar'°- We never get tired of
and knowing tha-t they or their par-‘ g0,nf. down t0 the lake fron* a"d
ents will receive the Record, I want watch'n8 the boa‘* come and go,how-
to say to them that if there is any- eLver' the bl* boats are 8one now into
thing while they are stationed here.th<; Government's service and We see
Chat I can do to contribute to their | on[yu coal barKes and smaller craft,
happiness and welfare that I shall 11.,There ar,e many thinKs that 1 would
-esteem it a very great privilege to do. 1 e *° te* you we are forbidden
so, and that I should take it as little;!0 g'Ve, anythi"K of a mfl'tary value
le»3 than a personal affront if one i,n our etters, and of course that just
of'them weres ick or in trouble and.what are most Crested in just
of them were sick or in trouble and i oow‘ u* some day we will come
better close. j
As I said before I...am not so tyf||
satisfied back here is I was at thjt
front, but I guess someone has to
stay here and I happened to be th*
Unlucky one.
Will close this time as dinner ft
ready.
Lots of Love,
BROUGH.
P. S. Some mail has arrived and in
papa’s letter stated that he had re-
ceived insurance papers.
Pvt. Brough N. Tanner, Battery B.
1st A.A. Bn. (C.A.C.) A. E. F..
A.E.F.
help. Say to them that my office here lho“ezand have a ,on*- ,on* storY
tell. Some day we are hoping to get
out of here on our way over there,
musL be their headquarters, and let
none of their parents or kin folks
presume qr dare to come to this re-
gion and not call and see me. I keep
in my office an Oklahoma register,
wherein the names and California ad-
dresses of all Oklahoma people are
registered, thus enabling them to
find each other when arriving here.
I am overjoyed and thrilled with
delight to . see the splendid patriotic
service that bas been and1 is being
rendered by the citizenship of Okla-
homa, I wish that you would convey
the information contained in this let-
ter to the boys, as I would indeed love
to he of some service to them.
With all good wishes to you, I am
as ever
Truly your friend,
JESSE J. DUNN.
OLD WOODS COUNTY
TEACHER ON VACATION
C. L. Hallem, a pioneer teach-
er of old Woods County passed
'through Alva Monday while return-
ing from a trip to -Colorado. He has
been in the lumber business in Law-
ton for several years. He was dis-
--j appointed on learning that his old
Miss Fern Wel-h has been em-jfHend. E. .Madison, lived near Ford,
nloved to "eafF th<* roming year in Kansas, as he passed 'through that
Nowata, under Trof. Oav F sk. super- town and would sure have hunted
intendent of schools there. I Ed up. Mr. Hallem also recommcnd-
_ 1 ed that the Albert Pike Highway be-
Mrs D E 't'h-ma- I-** tween Freedom and the Kansas State
for a two weeks’ yls-’t with her son, hne north of Lookout should receive
D. L., and wife in OU»hnmst Citv. some additional grading.
for every fellow s anxous to go now.
Our opinion changes a great deal af-
ter we have been in the service a
few wfeeks, and we soon like it. To
those fellows who are yet to go, 'they
must not worry for really one -does
like it after the first three weeks
-have gone by. The quarantine period
is the one that 'tries one’s nerves.
Of the 62 fellows who left Alva on
May 27th, there are only five here
in Base .IJospital 70. Six fellows came
to Fort Ontario, but one was trans-
ferred to General Hosp'Ual No. 5, lo-
cated here, so only 5 Alva boys will
go across with.Ba.se Hospital No. 70.
The names are as follows; Charles
Dyer, William Easterling, Sain: Rine-
hart, Clarence Benjamin, Mack Hiatt.
The young man transferred (vas Win.
B. Coin. From the papers from home
the Alva hoys are scattered to all of
'the camps in the U. S. It may he our
good fortune to meet some of them
when we start across.
I am hoping that everything is go-
ing well with you, and that the hot
weather has not been too trying. I
wish that you could have enjoyed
some of the cool weather that we
have had during this summer. W'th
this I must close, wishing you the
very best possible during the months
i'o rome. Some day not too far away
I hone to walk into your door and
tell you some of our experiences.
As ever.
MACK HIATT.
NOGGLE-MASON
A beautiful wedding ceremony took
place Wednesday, August 15, at 9
o’clock, at the home of Mrs. J. W.
Mason, 923 Seventh street, when her
daughter, Miss Laura, was united in
marriage to Mr. Silas S. Noggle, Rev
E. C. Anderson of the Methodist
church, officiating.
The wtedding ocurred in the pres-
ence of a few relatives of 'the bride
and groom after which elegant re-
freshments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Noggle will leave {n a
few days for a wedding journey wbjc^
will take them to Colorado Springs
and Canon City, and other Colorado
points, after which they will reside
at the groom’s farm home a short
distance southwest of this city.
FORBIDS SALE OF LIQUOR
ON TRAINS AND IN STATIONS
The United States Railroad Ad-
ministration issued the following:
Washington, Aug. 12,—General Or-
der No. 39.—The sale of liquor and in-
toxicants of every character indin-
ing cars, restaurants sad railroad sta-
tions under Federal control shall bz.
discontinued imnietV d e!y. (Signed)
W. G. McAloo, Director General of
Railroads.
That is the word with the bark or,
That is an o- Jer that will meet the ap
proval of the American people. Tt is n
war measure, nu»t it is a step in the
right direction and will remain after
‘.he war is w r The American people
never take a 1 aekward step.
»nd .mother, North and.
duriftf Ike Civil tor. While tSefir
benllt fought die Wattles which eeUtt1
jo l imited natioh which noW'st&tte
as ithe foremost power “In the Fitfta' *
meot of man, The Federation of fte ~
World ” Nr. Brunstetter taugM We-
firsts chool in 1857, and the laft ltriW
in 1905. He taught school In The- '
Stales of Ohio, Illinois, NettrSsksg •“
Missouri, Louisiana and Oktiatidftig/ *
He kept II of the records and r(yfa-“■*
tera of all of the scnools and school
children that he taught and, ir file"*
of all the school certificates;that he
received, .r ,, /V;, . , ‘ 7
Soon fter the opening of th$£her-
okee Strip, the family &Hne:«ff,om
Missouri to Woods county An# lo-
cated some miles northwest of Rtvm,
but 'they havel ived in this city, for ■
many years. Mr. Brunstetter had a
blamelessl ife and has always .been
an active member of somec hurch end .
a great Sunday School worker, hay-
ing been Sunday School superinten-
dent in most of the neighborhoods
where he had lived. For .many years
he and his wife have been member?
pf (he Seventh Day Adventist church-
Mr. Brunstetter is survived by jjiis
•ffid wife, who for more than - SB .
yell's has been the sharer of his joys
md sorrows, and three sons, and one
daughter, namely: Shermn, of Ran-
ter Springs, Kansa; Will pf ..Alta.;
Wesley, of Bartlesville, and, Mra- tW: .
C. Jphnson of Fulkner, Wood* Qo.,..
and many grandchildren.
Funeral services were heldr at the.-; j
Christian church, Thursday morning;.,
at 10 o’clock, conducted by the pastor
Rev. E. V. McCormick, after which
the remains were lar.t to rest in the
A. O. U. W. cemetery.
A good man is at resit. The bereav-
ed wife and children have the deep-
est sympathies of hosts friends
in their hour of sotr,p$.
Sargent Harry Dunning, son of
Mr. ami Mrs. H. H. Dunning, passed
through Alva Sunday on a troop
train from Ft. Barry, Calif,, for tht
eas't. He wrote Mrs. A. H. Tanner
from Wichita saying he watcht^for
a familiar face as he passed thrapgl
but saw none. His wife followed or
____ j the regular passenger train about *
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hays returned |hours b‘;hind.the troop train. They
from a three weeks’ trip to Buena bad a few m,nute9 v,s,t ,n Newton
Vista, ami other Colorado points. *10wcver*
They enjoyed their trip very much.
Mrs. W. M. Bickel and son Beryl Mrs. Wm. Ackerlie came home l»»t
returned Sunday evening from a Thursday from a three weeks visit
weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs Elmer ^ith her daughter, Mrs. Mathilda
Wilson at Blackwell. I Lee, and family at Freedom.
v i.,„. jiwh.-tire
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