The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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the lexington leader
The Lexington Leader
THE OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington, Oklahoma as Second Class
dim11 matter.
HEX D. JONES, Owner and Eimtok
Subscription Rates: $1.00 per Year. 6 months 50c. 3 months 25c
Strictly Cash in Advance
THE Lender lias just received an
advertisement from a Chicago firm
I soliciting iTilers fur aeroplane trim-
mings and repairs, offering a liberal
| discount. For the next three da>t
we will receive orders at our office,
and to our Mibscribers will be given
. benefit of the discount. Fix up
your aeroplane before spring.
-A 1 'reinntn re Announcement
The Sunday Oklahoma carried an announcement that J. B. A. Robert-
son has aspirations to become the next governor of Oklahoma, although
the campaign is two years distance. Ribertson is sending out in his
personal mail clippings from a western Oklahoma newspaper calling on
all to witness his great sacrifice in his campaign against Williams, and
his wonderful work in re uniting the Democratic party in this state.
Also the gentelman has had the weekly with the said editorial to send to
all other weekly newspapers a copy of the issue containing the editorial
with the faint hope that the arti.de, which was heavily blue penciled,
would be given advertising by the state press. R ,bertson hopes by this
means to Bcare off all other prospective candidates by saying: It's mine,
I seen' it first."
Here are a few excerpts from the editorial which Mr. Robertson is
mailing out:
"The one man who was responsible, more than anyone else, for the
election "'Governor Williams was his nearest opponent in the primary,
Judge J. B A. Robertson, rhe spendidly effective campaign Ribertson
made for Williams and the Democratic ticket, comprised not only un-
qualified support of Williams, but a review of the accomplishments of
the Democratic party in the state and a comparson of conditions under
Democratic and under Republican rule. Judge Robertson has fairly
earned the 1918 nomination (or govenor. Not only that his candidacy
u satisfactory to the rank and fi!e of the party over the state. If he
should be nominated without serious opposition, the party would enter
the campaign in a solidified condition that would make its triumph the
following November inevitable. For these reasons Democratic newspap-
ere and Democratic leaders over the should refuse to give encourage-
ment to candidates of men who have n > claim upon the governorship.
Let the Democratic party play good politics in Oklahoma once, and see
if the result will not be gratiying."
Mr. Robertson approves the sentiment in the editorial or he would
not be sending it out in his mail, showing that he is blind to the real
situation in ihe Democratic party. His candidacy is favored by a small
per cent of his former admirers, but he has lost favor as a leader of the
people. His opening the campaign at this early date when the nation
is facing such a gnve situation shows his lack of wisdom. The launch
ing of Ins campaign now insures that he will have opposition, and warm
opposition. Ill the last campaign the Williams-Robertson fiasco ruined
the latter gentleman's chances of ever becoming Ihe governor of Okla-
homa, and it matters not how many editorials he sends out in his per-
sonal mail it will bolster up his cause very muoh. His bitter denounce-
ment of Williams and his method* up to the last days of the campaign
when he changed his tactics and accepted defeat so gracefully came near
splitting the Deinocraiic party and causing the election of Fields. So
apparent was the .leal of R.bertson to pull off and let Williams win in
order to gain Williams' support in the 1018 campaign that many good
democrats voted for Fields and came near electing him. If he thinks
lie haa earned the nomination he is going to have a spendid time col-
lecting his earnings When the time comes for Democrats to select a I
new governor for Oklahoma there will be a new man come forward who'
can fill the office with dignity and honor, lie will be capable and his
past will not be littered with withdrawals and traues. More than likely
he will be new to politics as politics has been known in the past, and
last, but not least, lie will have a sense of fitness. There is a time for
all things. This is not a time to talk of political ambitions.
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NEXT thing we known the agri-
cultural expert who advised f irmers
to plow the snow under will lie try- V2r
ing to organize calf clubs among
the chorus Indies. ITJ
The Favorite Ha'cMs Every
I , Fertile Egg!
Eggs cost too much to waste by
improper incubation. You can not
get better results than you will se
cure with the Favorite. These ma-
chines are fold with a guarantee lo
hatch the largest possible per cent
of the fertile eggs. Easy to operate,
easy to clean, sanitary, and econo
mical in operation. We have sold
many of them and have not had a
unsatisfied customer.
Money invested in a Favorite is
well spent. See the machines at
our store and you will appreciate
their superior qualities. Edgar J.
Kellar.
B. Y. P. U. Program
Bible Study Meeting.
Leader of meeting, Albert Elliott
Bible Readers Quiz. Ethel Elliott
Scripture Reading. Itura Strong
Jewish Customs, Verle Northcuti
Jewish Customs and the Church
at Antioch, Jennie Higbee
The Decision about the Gentiles,
John Robinson
The Qnei-tion Discussed at Jerus-
alem, Pearl Corbett
Circumcision and Infant Baptism,
Jala Grogan
Biblical Way of Settling Difficul-
ties, Pastor.
You Can Buy From
RACKLEY
on the Easy Payment
Plan or on Fall Time
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Call at Uuckrr's anil see Ihe
many bargains they have to offei
all next week.
I B. H. Ractley I
* PURCELL, OKLAHOMA ®
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THERE is another pseudo politician who has ambitions to become
the next governor of Oklahoma, hoping to step up from the school de
pirtmeut. Hint is R 11. Wilson, State Superintendent of Public In-
eiruction. He is carrying out a well planned scheme for political ad-
vertising and m my unthinking country editors are falling for his junk.
If B ib Wilson is forced to p i.v b ick to the state ail the money he has
spent for postage sending his dope to country papers, to school teachers,
to county superintendents, and to countless others, it would keep him
* luisted" for a thousand years. He is too wily to come out and say in
his literture that he is running for governor but he manages to have his
name inserted enough times to keep the voters from forgetting that he
is by far the most important gent in the administration or Oklahoma
City. The dope Wilson sends out—or all that reaches us-is about the
sorriest we have ever read. This is another political cabbage bead that
is due to feel the blighting frost of unconcerned voters two years hence.
SOME members of the legislature represent Oklahom i counties and
some represent state institutions.
All Kinds of Flower,
Garden and Field Seeds
In Bulk and Packages
Garden Seed, Onion Sets, etc.. will be limber
this year than usual, and 11 e suppl\ will lie limit-
ed. Also the demand w ill be greater <i iny to
everybody planting larger uardens n. en- down
the high cost of iviittf. Determine wmr needs
and come in and let us show uni wh.ir we lta\e.
Alyin B arnett
We have it, we'll £et it or it isn't
in t'mn
Phone No. 11
Prompt Service
Where It Started.
Shortly after the coroner's jurj
brought in its verdict, one of AdamV
neighbors slipped into the office of tin
Eden Daily News and cornered the
editor. "Now for goodness' sake don't
put anything about this little affair ir
the paper," he said. "Cain always ha."
been a good boy, and this little occur
rence will not amount to much. Any
way he's had his lesson. The famiiy
will patch It up, if you give It ti
chance. Adam has been a pretty re-
spectable person most of his life, and
my wife snys that Eve Is sick over it.
Now, for the sake of the family, please
keep it out of the paper."—Etnporiu
Gazette.
Use Frog Legs in Wireless Telegraphy
TJie latest tufn of science in tin
electrical Held Is to the utilization ol
animals Instead of metal* for the pur
pose of recnnli" ■ , taken f'-n—
the air. Coin,, buck to th <. • i
days of electrical investigation, It wits
not^d that the savants experimented
with frogs' legs, so 11 " practice was
taken up in connection with wireless-
telegraphy. It Is found that by con-
necting the sciatic nerve of the frog's
leg with the microphonic circuit of the
receiver, an ideal detector is obtained.
One end of the leg Is fixed to a base
and the opposite end connected vC-ith
a pivoted lever so as to record on a
slowly revolving paper-covered drum
the contraction of the muscles caused
by Ihe electric impulses. In experi-
menting along this line it also has
been discovered that the human stom-
ach is extremely sensitive to electric
shocks aud that it will better detect
light shocks than any galvanometer or
similar device now in use.
First Published Jan. 26, '17.
Notice if Dissolution
In the District Court of Cleve-
land County. Stale of Oklahoma.
In Re- Dissolution of The Ban-
ner Oil and Gas Company of Cleve-
land County, Oklahoma, a Corpo-
ration,
Notice is hereby given that on
the 25th day of January, 1917. the
Banner Oil and Gas 'Company, a
corporation, filed its verified appli
cation in the District Court of Cleve-
land County, Oklahoma, praying
of the northwest quarter of section
eight (8), township six (6), north
of range one (1). west of i he Indian
Meridian, Cleveland county, State
of Oklahoma, running thence east
four hundred seventy (470) feel;
thence north at right angles eight
hundred eighty-four feet (884);
thence west at right angles fifty
(50) feet; thence north again at
riulit angles eight and two fifths
(8 2 5) feet; thence west again at
right angles four hundred twenty
(420) feel; llience south eight linn
lor an order of the Court dissolving |llrei) ninety-two and two fifths (892 I
joining from in any manner setting
up or asserting any ritjht, claim
title, interest or estate therein, ad
verse to this plaintiff.
You are further notified that if
you, and each of you fail to plead,
answer or demur lo the petition of
the plaintiff, herein tiled, on or be-
fore the 19th day of February, 1917
ie facts and allegations of said pe-
tition will lie taken as true and
confessed and judgment therein reti-
red as prayed for in said petition,
together with all other equitable
1
-aid corporation, undersigned Clerk I 2-5) feet to the place of beginning
of said Court, was ordered and di-
rected by said Court to give thirty)
ys notice to all persons interested I
Hl Forbearance.
"Well—ha ! ha ! —Colonel White
says, In this letter of recommendation,
that you are a worthless, lying incom-
petent, dishonest, drunken cumberer
of the earth, and—" "Uck! I)o de
ruhnel specify all flat? Uh— well, sah,
Je geu'leinan 'poses a pow'fnl sight o'
confidence in m6. He organises dat I
•enid say suppin' 'bout him, too. sah,
but he knows I won't do It,"—Kansas
City Star.
Earthquakes.
There Is no limit, except the size
of the continent, to the distance of
the origins of earthquakes from the
ocean. Earthquakes occur in the mid-
dle of Asia, and probably tie- strongest
earthquakes on record in the United
States occurred In the Vfivuthenstern
part of Missouri lo the years 1811 and
1812. There is less information as to
the altitude, but li is probable that
earthquakes occur very high In moun-
tain ranges. A very severe earthquake
nn July (!. nil2, occurred In the neigh-
borhood of Mount McKinley, Alaska,
apparently ut a very high altitude. No
exact figures can h<* given.
written objections, if any they have,
to said dissolution, at any time
within thirty days from the day of
the first publication of tnis notice,
as provided by law.
Witness my hand seal of the Dis-
trict Court allixed this 25th day of
January, 1917.
(Seal) Jim Stogner,
A. Hutchin, Atty. Court Clerk
And declaring that his title there-
to is valid and perfect, and that
you and each of you have no valid
right claim, title or interest there-
in, and perpetually barring and en-1
N itness my hand and the seal of
the District Court affixed this 3rd
day of January, 1917.
Jim Stogner
Court Clerk
Hutchin & Rnrke,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Playthings for Lions.
Superintendent Anthony McNally of
the zoo tells me he decided to give Jim
and Babe, the two big Hons in the
roundhouse, Something to amuse them-
selves with, so the other day two wood-
en spheres about the size of the
old-fashioned bowling balls were
received. These were very gingerly j
placed In the cages. From the mo- '
ment the big natives of the Jungle got
their first glimpse of them no three- I
ring circus ever held anyjivelier pro-
gram. As a cat plays with a mouse, I
so did they knock about the halls of
wood. The latter are Indestructible, j
however, and try as bard as they may
tb# Hons cannot tear them to pieces.—
ISoston Post.
Homer1* Soldier*.
The Greek kilted troops, the Eu-
zones, bea. a variant of a name which
was given to troops in the days of an-
cient Greece. Euzoaol, meaning well-
girdled and so glrtup for exercise as
kilted men are, were light troops or
even the heavily-armed hoplitai, but
without their weighty shields. At first
however, the term, as in Homer, was
used only regarding women, the "zone"
being the lower girdle worn by them
about the waist, lint by nn easy and
natural transition this came to mean a
man's belt. Then, as the belt support-
ed the short skirts, kilted men were
called well-belted.
Value Of Fair Dealing
Only those who believe in and practice
square dealing survive in the business world. If
we had not always given honest prices we would
not be in business here today. Our record is a
monument built on honesty, cemented by sincerity
and dedicated to the many friendships won by fair
dealing
j. c. dowdy
Gents* Furnisliintrs
(custom
Brill
Bring your wheat to Purcell and lot us make
ou.
mill^j
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flour for you. We absolutely guarantee a good grmloof H,,m
We will keep on hand at all limes a supply of chopped wheat,
| corn chops, flour, Bran and meal.
Mat Qznient's Custom Mill
■ Phone 118 Purcell, Oklahoma
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Jones, Rex D. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1917, newspaper, February 9, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110763/m1/4/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.