rilli KIOWA CHRONICLE
GOVERNOR
Governor Wil
Gov. Robert L. '
judge for the Easterr
M. E. Trapp will auto
BOCHE
BEf
With tho American l
•►-After three iluys of t
the German sprint; off«
the Crown Prince st
100.000    men, heating
the American and Ki
Geo. Koch ordered
French coupter-ofl’ensl
At the end of the lirst
which was along a fr
■from Soissons to (
netted the largest
tory, prisoners, hoot)
casualties, of any o
•war by either side, in
The American troc
all before them by la
noon and had proceet
cavalry was thrown i
the American head
■were well inside the
the Germans had lick
The American troo
just south of Soissot
4.000    prisoners. Fit
ibeen counted and tl
chine guns.
Large Numbers i
Northwest of Chat
Americans captured
of prisoners and an e
quantity of munitions
Tho captures soul!
thfe way of stores w«
Included some airpl
enemy was unablt
swiftly did the storm
through. Many prls
guns still remain to
On the line south
American troops car
jectives in the secern
same dasit as the tir
ing farther than had
The enemy was rc
most part tied befo
advance abandoning
and ammunition. On
along the line was
offered and at thesi
mans were attacke'
bayonet before whit
steadily.
The American
Givray. reporting tl
town headquarters,
message:
"Met Boche on 1
ance. Sharp tight,
and ran like hell,
troops.”
Reach Heights Dor
Thb allies have
■the line of Belli
Chouy. Villers Helo
the height- dom
More than 20 villagi
French cavalry ha
the Soissons Chafe
to openings made
American forces
ress made up to
about ten ktlmoete:
than six milhs.
Showing the eff
training, the Ame
forward swiftly am
Nothing seemed ti
ctaly in the regio
to the south of tha
Light and heavy
•up as the troops
•after each barrage
the American guns
enemy's rear area
with both the for
Teserves endeavor!
It was open wi
attending excitem'e
gaps mads by heav
the French caval
down those in thei
Teriific Lose
Terrific loses w
3>oints ot, the ene
Georgia Work Bi
Atlanta.—Carryi
ing it applicable
may be tempora
ment on account t
employers, the si
bill passed the hi
Ibill, w hich makes
persons between
•male and female
useful or product
live and one half
the war, passed
It now goes to ct
The Kiowa Clmmiele
OFFICIAL Cm I* MM K
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No discount except on yearly eon-
i racls.
i 'ard of Thanks 2.V
I iesolulions, lie ]>i-r I in ■ ■ •
i luirehes, lodge- A socle! •
admission is charged locals
line, display ads lift per Inch
Full page ads $17.f>0
i hurch notices free.
All ads run and charged fi
ordered discontinued
a luo’f*
lc per
No ■ ouununieation of any kind will
Ik published utiles*, signed bv 'lie
party sending it in.
I'o suco'sslully finance the i\ur
it is necessary that owners of
Iiilx.'rty bonds hold their hontls if
I toss i i d •■    Where for any good
' reason it is noee.ssar
j to turn their hoods
i they should sock tl
j their hankers.
Liherty loan bonds art erj
desirable iuvostiucuts, and oralt.y
individuals arc u-uig various
means to si cure them from own
nrs not familiar with stock values
tnd like matters. One* method
us to oiler to e\i luui;.' for Liber
I ty bonds stocks or bonds fd
doubtful organization* represent
cil .is returning a much higher
iiico*--" * t!;r bi aids.
'1 Here arts various oilier meth-
ods used and likely to be used,
-nine of the gold-brick variety
1 mil others less crude and prob
ably within the limits of the law.
i
cept for money and at market
value should he scrutinized care
fully The bonds are the safest
of investments and have nontax
able and other valuable features.
To hold your Liberty loan
bonds, if possible, is patriotic
To consult your hankers before
: selling; them is wise.
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Who Should Register
As long as there is a hospital
ship to he sunk Von (Aipelle ar-
gues that tile (loruni11 sulni, iritn
is still a success.
The soldier's demand for Ins
cigarette may lend to the rat mi
ing of tobacco among' civilians,
the war industries board an-
nounced. Investisfiitioiis art nn.\
under way to determine the
amount of tobacco that must in*
conserved in this country to sup
ply tin* needs of the soldiers
Because the card system Inis
been abandoned, don't, get tin-
idea in your eocoaiiu! that you
•au make indiscriminate pur-
chase of Hour. The allowance
remains six pounds p rcapitn
per month. The. food udminis
Lrator is simply putting the puli
lie on its honor. Abuse it and w>
shall go hack to the card system
agai n.
Now comes aid sister Ituscli,
who lias just returned from a
trip to Germany, hobnobbing
with the kaiser and assures us
i hat she has great gobs of loyalty
for the IT, S. A. Who believes the
old lying huzzy- it’s too thin If
the federal investigator proves
anything at all it clearly proves
that the $100,000,000 or more ol
German securities bought in tin
United States to help the kaisei
win the war over brave lads that
are leaving these shores to make
this world a tit place to live m.
were largely taken by her ill-
gotten gains m tho operation of
ast breweries of the Busch fain
• lies owned in the United States,
she ought to have every cent she
thus owns .confiscated by this
government and made to take in
washing for a living, the old
hoifor. llartshorno tSun.
<v> lahtied voters v. hn registered
in liilt) and have not moved from
their precinct nr county will not
be required to register. AH
young men who have becom* ol
age since the la-l general e • ■ ■ ti• ■ ii
in liilli, all voters who have niov-
v ii to til* stale m:ii tli. registra
lion period preceding the general
election of 1 MIG and who have liv
ed in the stale a year, the county
six months and the precinct o't
day's and all voters who have
moved from one county to an
other in the state should register
Voters who have moved from
one precinct to another, hut have
not changed c< unties, should see
their old registration officer and
get their certificate of registi
lion transferred to (he precinct
in which they now reside. Pre-
einct registrars on presenta’ion
of a transferred certc.icat* will
issue a new certificate' c uif inn
ing to the law.
No registration for change ol
politics can be made at this t m
The time limit on this sold of
tiling closes I'o days before a \
given election date.
A. 1*. Lee has been appo ntcil
rogist ra r for Kiowa.
completed until
Subscribe for the Chromci'
■! ihi for ,M eight page papers,
Must Insure Sailors.
The appearance ol the German
.submarines in American waters
hive caused Secretary McAdoo
to issue an order requiring all
American shipowners to have in
sured the lives of the officers and
crews of their vessels trading in
Atlantic and Gulf waters. M
fishing vessels are excepted.
Heretofore this compulsory
suranee applied only to Aim r m
vessels trading between the
United States and various Eur>
peau and certain designated Afi
can ports.
The rates the Treasury charges
for the insurance varies from
half a cent per $100 of nsurain-i
for Atlantic coastwise trips to i;.
cents per ?100 for siemncrs
rossing the war zone.
More than "0,000,0u officers
and sailors on American mer-
chant vessels ai c already under
the protection of the Govern
ment marine insurance.
Patton -Shipley
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot EeCtitfl
local applications. m they rannoi r*..ci»
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only one way to cure < intrrha! rf- ft.* sa
ia by a constitutional r* n.<*
ana that
catarrhal
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iM-afnaa la caua* d by a
fly
In-
flamed condition of th» inucoua nu c *
an Tub«- When this tutu 1
hat
Mr Millard Patton of the Five
Mile neighborhood and Miss
Mamie Shipley *>f lingers, T. x is,
were man ic I at Belton. Texas,
on Friday, July* 19, 1918.
The bride while visiting a
brother in the Fivi Mile neigh
he groom, which
the marriage on
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Inflamed you have a rumbllr.c boil a or 1. 1
perfect brarln*. and when It la cnt;r.
perfect hiarlnc. and when It la tnt r. .
4 L«<d. Deafness la the reault VnN'ea the
Inflammation can be reduced and thla tub*
r atored to Ita normal condition 1.. nr v
a of
— be destroyed forever
d* afnraa ar© taun-d by cat.irrh which
an Inflamed condition of th m *aoub aur
'ace© Hail'd Catarrh Medlop . *rt» hr j
Many eta
the blood on the mucous aurfa • a of the
system
W« will give One Hundred Dollar# for
any case of Catarrhal Deafneaa that cannot
h> t-red by Hall'a Catarrh Medicine Clr-
t u.ara fre* All Drurglate 76c
CHENEY ± CO. Toledo. O.
j borhomi m
culminated
j Friday la si
M r. T 1 ’att >n went a ith his
• s''ii mat i car unit shv. ; 1 at
tile knot was pia p-rly Led
Their many ! rmods extend eon
. gratuiations and The Chronicle
; wishes them n. ueh happiness and
prosperity on their sim ■ f matri-
mony. May their bark sail
I cal my
n an iiN.ii and .steel | ^
-titute. tl:rough its sub-coin-!^
nutlet- i.ii scrap iron and steel,
has unpeah'd to the I nited States
I 'u Administration to aid in its |
work of gathering up the waste
scrap iron and steel of which
l,her*' is supposed to he a consid-
erable quantity at the coal miuos.
Tin I * is a great shortage of
scrap iron ami steel and it is said
; hut there is a large tonnage of
this material lying neglected at
l11• * i-'ia! mines duo partly to the
inlilTerenee I the mine owners
and, to some extent, to the short
ego nf fin s m which to haul it
away.
Tho uppo.c of the American
[run and Steel Institute is to the
mine owners to use their patri-
otic efforts t > get this waste ma-
teria! to market 11 believes that
the regular labor at the mines
could lit* used for thi
between times for tin*
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How Much Do You
Owe Us?
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YVe Need it to Pay Our Bills
is purpose, f
monetary &
derat i
would be in
Christmas (living
.Should be Discouraged
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Friend Subscriber, it you owe us a dollar, or two
any sum, we need it to pay our nyvn bills created in
the Chronicle for you to read.
dollars,
Ulblislii
la* following letter was re-
, ,1 from Mr Chester 11 West-
Secretary "f the StateCoun
f Defense :it Oklahoma City,
yve ask* that you give pub
, la
' cil
; which
| licdv
“The Ultlahoiua Stale Council
■ l Defense desires to give warn
ing to all merchants and tnatiu
i,ii Hirers in tlie State of Okla
1mm.i of an intensive campaign
against Christinas giving which
will be launched in September.
“Christmas giving, which in-
volves the purchase of gifts,
should be discouraged, as re-
lieving to that extent tin* present
heavy burden placed upon labor,
transpi tati >u and oth >r re-
sources «.f the Nation and also as
being in harmony with the pre
£ ions announcement of the Coun
cil nf National Defense, the Okla-!
Iimna State Council of Defense
and the Advisory Commission
urgiuo thrift and economy upon i
the country.
•This campaign will ho pushed
\ igi rously at tl c present tune,
but the object of this announce-;
mentis to advise the manufac-!
turn- and merchant now in order
that they may intelligently plan;
and buy* f >r the i Jhristmas sea-
i
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$
slop ll)
bank a
\\ i* do not think for out* moment that when you
enough to think it over you will force us to go to the
borrow money yvilli which to meet our bills.
Our bills must be paid, whether you pay yours or not <)
represents dollars where your subseription represents cents.
bill-
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You t an pay u> \y it hunt borrow ing. without even feeling
It is bin a bagatelle to each of you. a matter of a dollar or tv
Hut there a few of you in arrears, and it would help me out wt
derfully if we had what you owt* owe us.
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shall we pay our creditors our own money - that which y
pay iis or shall wt* go to the hank and borrow and pay intere
because you don’t pay u>
> very truly.
\\, T. Yoakum
Follow Up Pledges
For \V. > .Stamps
viary I’ittsburg Co. <'
Defense.
thrift]
•'Follow uj> the pledges.
This i) die at note s
the county chairmen by Stale
Director George \V. Barnes o:
the Oklahoma War Savings Com
mittee at the conclusion of the
special effort to obtain pledges 1
invest in War Savings Stamps
during the remainder of the year
“Remember, your w • rk is no!
Subscribe for Chonicle $1.00
pc year, strictly in advance
Ail the local happenings, besides
an intersoting continued story.
nyWar
I Saving
Stamps
Obituary Resolution
Let the Chwoncle dc
Next Job Printir
Fools Traveling Public
very penny
pledged is paid,” is tho adtnoni
I,ion given these chairmen. “Set-
that every p! Ige is fulfilled
The state War Savings Com
mittee proceeds on the theory
that an unredeemed or repudi-
ated pledge is merely a “scrap of
paper"' unless it material / *s into
cash. Tho Treasury Department
cannot use promises to pay:
j these pledges .viil he of no vilse
I to the government until convert-
od into cash payments f U ,r
•Savings Stamps.
“Every man. woman and child
who subscribed for future pur-
chase of War Savings St a mps did
su because they were earnest in
their desire to really save and
help not only the government,
but themselves " the state i in
mittee declares "Only in ex-
treme eases v\h. you Ii mi that
j more than a gentle reminder is
necessary." the county chairmen
are advised.
The building j fining The Lhr m
vie office on the north some sev-
eral years ago was occupied by
Uncle Sam as Kiowa’s postofliee
On the front awning still hangs
the old postoffice sign and it is
quite amusing at times to notice
strangerswalk up and
to enter nr deposit mail in mail
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Tuesday evening The Chronicle
man noticed a man walk boldly
up with letter in hand and after
informing the gentleman the
p istofflee was located in aiiotln r
block farther up the street, he
remarked:    “This must be u
ii- an postoffice” mean
ing bv this remark that it was a
dead i lie.
No etf irt has been made to re-
move these old landmarks and it
is probable they will still remain
tli stranger until
ill” building is renovated and
m eh mv- r to more useful service.
To the [’resident and Members
of Sub, Order No. 10, A.H.T.A., 1
C'elestinc, Oklahoma
vYhereas, It has pleased A1-;
mighty God toeail from life our j
brother, Eli Luker, who was a I
worthy member of our Sub. Or J
dor, No bi, A ii T. A Hro. Eli
had also answered the call of Ins
Country and was in training at
attemp' Camp Travis that lie mightassist!
in making ti e* w *rld safe for good j
people to live in, but lie met ai
stronger enemy than the I’rus
--iiia and went down conquered, j
“But Jesus shall reign till this
enemy is destroyed.'
Res'i’ived Further. Tint a copy
of these resolutions be sent, one,
to the bereft family, one to the
News Capital and one to The,
Kiowa Chronicle. Our soldier;
boy. goodbye!
(1. T. Hardin.
A B. Boling,
L. E. Brickelt. > c.
AI e x a n d
IS WINNING
Tell Us The News
Plain Sewing.
1 want Plain Sewing to du
irk. See Mrs M
Farmer, S mth Main Street.
IVe are desirous of getting
a good, live, local paper, and
;[' ANYONE
Died
Eloped
Married
Embezzled
Left Town
Had a Fir'*
Had a Ba by
IIail a I ’art v
Sold a Fann
Has B, i ii III
G it Divorced
Came to Town
I lad an Operate u
Committed Murder
Ha> B>-' u ArrcsU ii
lias Bouuhl a Hoini'
Had an Auto Smash
Fell from an Aeroplan.
Is Sued for Breach of Promise.
THAT'S NEWS - PHONE ha
ut j
to j
do this we must have the co-op-
oration of our friends. So if!
you have some om- visiting you. |
and yem an* not ashamed of
them, tell us about it. If you
make a visit to friends or rela-
tives and they are not ashamed
of you, you will confer a favor!
if you phone or tell ns that also;
Newspaper men are not pus-
essed with a spirit of divination j
;::d cannot read the minds of
people, so tell toll us any item of
interest that v iu may know, and :
thereby assist us in getting out a -
better paner. Help us and we’ll
help you, Phone bo.
(.ud said:    Let The e he
L'ght. and there was light.
This being true we humbly ask,
••For God sake let there be rain
1 to cool our feverish brows.
This campaign for the Dec
nomination for Governor has cryt
into just one issue , to-wit :    ' ■ S
STANDARD OIL GO’S DEN OIL COMI
GET POSSESSION OF OKLAHOMA GOVI
That a great majority of th<
object to Standard Oil domina
clearly shown by the rapid deve
of the Alexander vote. We are
sured, beyond reasonable doubt
Alexander majority in more than
counties. Every day the people
alizing more clearly the danger
attempt to slip Robertson in und
of this overwhelming interest
war, and every day the Alexander
growing.
Oklahoma is not going to cor
unbelievable folly of nominat
governor a man who is the att<
record for Standard Oil at the
is nominated. Naturally, it is
to Alexander—the only candidat
opposition to oil domination
spoken.
Alexander is winning. Alexan
win because in this kind of a c:
ought to win.
Alexander for Goverm
1 '*'hucul .Livi-i-tisement