Oklahoma Weekly Leader (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1920 Page: 3 of 4
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OKLAHOMA WEEKLY jgADEB. TOIT^DAXDE( 1 \\UWM g 1!'-"
3AL MOMENT
WILL BE INTERESTING
National Lecturer Ketchum Will
Speak Tuesday; Every Farmer
and Business Man Should
Hear Him
National Lecturer John t . K t<h
um, of the Grange, will tin prin-
cipal 3j>oaker at the annual stat ■
meeting of tin- Patrons Husian dry
Oklahoma, commonly known as the
Grange, which will meet in (lutliri
December 21, 2- and '£?>.
The coming uf the ('.range to lluth
rk\ Is considered a great honor, i
many cities asked for it There will
bo seven hundred visitors here dur-
ing tiie meeting, including the d -l>-
gates. All subordinate lodges In th
state will send accredited d«-!> . '•
as many as desire from each l"d?e.
outside of 'the delegates eloc.U'd, may
attend the sessions.
Every business man in tin* city win
is In sympathy with the 'arm
should make It a point to attend t >
sessions All farmers of the county
should attend the sessions Mar.v « l
them are members. Tl e open me t
ing of the Gran-" will be on Tut s
day evening At that time Nat ional
Lecturer Ketchum, will deliver an in-
teresting and Instructive address th:"
no farmer or business man shou' 1
miss. All meetings will be h Id in
Che A. O. II. W. hall
The service of conferring the Sixth
deigree Mi^Ill take place at Mason''
Temple on the evening of We n sdnv
the 24th. It Is a most beautiful and
Impressive service. All local grange
should witness it.
Anyone who has a room for rent
for the occasion, will please phone
47 and register it.
MANY NEGROES HERE
North Io?an Farmer B'y Siy?
He Did Not Kill Holmes; j
Claims It Was An
Accident
iargt
wan
I tut 1 States ever has the
: iv > afloat, uo nation will
.adertake the Job of Binkiug
l oa tiul thai
hen when h
lt -f sounds
he: cackle
t one a cat
ie lays an
no more
when sh^
of when
r have a white way and
i aristmas, too.
That
any, is
| When
| terial an
; will b r
candy appetite, f
whetted.#
of building ma-
ir conies down there*
,1 building activity
pri
la said that thinking takes time,
no wondci then that thinking is
,-t r: !,,!• tlu-r not enoufci
to think and ^ to the movies.
; Ohmtma
eyebrows
a wliib' "'ie runs across a
doesn't want anything fo'
but a pair of fashlonab e
i,nif s tli-3 season, if -over,
joy of being the father of
is at flood tide.
Farmers are now oooi;\lainfcng ol
depredation# committed the oov
oies and the •wolves t,\>ui.ty com-
ml>aloners ha*, e placed a heavy
bounty ou the scalps of wolves.
*
A polecat wandered into the sacred
precincts of the county <ourt hou« >
yesterday and proceeded to distrib-
ute his perfume Someone s; oke )f
the matter to County Clerk Est us and
he stoutly denied visitation of a
! polecat cow tend in© that the odo-
p«rm«&ting the court house interior
was fumes coming from 1* ' •'
i the basement.
1 —... . ——{&
; Merchants all rej>ort g*>od business
The Christmas roslh this year has not
1 been so burdensome to the storee for
K
tiie reason that the people be$an du*
ing th«* heavy part of the Christmas
shopping early
— H
Jake Douglass say* the people of
the country are not buying but tha:
is no indication tha' a j ntc is loom-
ing "They ar«* merely waiting for
more attractive price Ickets." he
says.
«
I Cornstantlne says he has no ba*d
' feelings toward the allies Hew much
does he iwant to borrow?
STATE AUDITOR ISSUES
rl ha"
sh "ildn't l.«
din
: > dimpled chin she
unhappy. Maybe her
ded.
——
. a. Gray says th(
is to keep of: th<
hilosophy o;
other fellow s
It took many years to bring pr>-
hlbhion in this country. Which is
sufficient answer to hysterical pec-
ple who fear blue Sunday laws ar
.>*oing to be brought about by th
simple twist of the wrist.
,
i-\ .r fiy would take his own
this country would soon get
May:
Many negroes are here today as
witnesses or spectators in the Flem
raing preliminary hoarin . being hold ,
in the court of Justice lfar-is. Flem-I
ming is charged with U liin ■ Wash-
ington Holmes last Sunday night, i
during a scuffle for an automatic ,
volver followinv* services at th
Znon church. Both are negroes an 1
live in north Logan near Crescent.
Flemming admits that the revolver
was discharged and that the bullet
from it caused the death of Moines. I
but he denies that he intended to do
the dead man harm. "We were fool-j
ing with the gun and he tried to .
grab it from me and it exploded " is
the explanation made l>y Flom.niin:
wfhen he was arrested. On this,
ground the defense will plead the
case. Many witnesses have been
heard and it will take all day befon
the .teat'mony is all in.
FARMER CHARGED WITH
m o\\ \ wiikvs
ITartnian "OhrlstimM
comes but once a year, but once a
vcar comes .. toner In middle life
than iluri . the i-bildhood period or |
ho; .' art :><■. ti.>!i "
■Twould do much harm to abolish
the kind of paper money the soviet
government has wished on Russia.
s nm-1 Comp.'rs Is a fine old
gentleman with an acute oat. He can
hear tfce clanking- chains of sla\erv
long before other* sense the feol-
■ , ii i not peace and liamd-
ness in til. world.
Cork won't, sink, but It would have
boon better had she been named As-
bestos.
"X" is ail right as a voting charac-
ter, but It should not be '.sed to de
form the word "Christmas"
Neglected Claims Will Be Can
celled If Not Cashed Before
Next Session of the
Legislature
Oklahoma City, l>.* Ui>uie'-s
of state warrants Issued by the *tat«'
auditor in payment of state oblign
lions or persons holding warrants la
lieu of claims filed against the
*tate are urged in a letter of Frank
C. Carter, state auditor, made
public here today, to place the. e
! warrants in his hands between no v
I and the convening of the Hiigh^h
legislature early in January, in or-
der that he may offer them to the
lawmakers for an appropriation to
cancel payment# rnlcs* the«e war-
rants are filed with him before that
time, Mr. Carter says payment will
be annulled.
That section of the stat - consti-
tution which deals with stat' war-
rants and tN'lr paym nts declare
that all orders or warrants issii d by
the Mate auditor in payment of obli-
gations of the state that shall, fo."
I any cause remain outstanding <*r
unpaid for a period of one year
after funds are available for thoir
payment, be deemed revoked and
cancelled. The auditor is then in-
structed to make "proper entry vi
the records of his office and notifv
the treasure,, of the stat*- of su«-h
entries or cancellation and order the
warrants revoked.
The treasurer wiSM r}>t |^ay anv
warrants after such period has ex
[dred and entry made, Mr. Carters
letter declares.
'•n *l vr.t
■a
'eeo
i!7p' the Ghosts
n
... a aicturo of a film actreis
I . osturne she made her
;1 cos of ^10. She is labeled
00i/ but, of course, is not a
id-- If she were she could
a film star.
Thirl'- n more days of nuail shoo
ing. Have you hail yours?
Why is it a woman gflvee her hus-
band a pair of house oliippers for
Christmas and then expects him to
take her out to the movies ever/
evening?
■ M
Jake I)ou?l>as8 has lea'i \l the oid
Massey farm and will raise bloodel
horses and cattle.
£
Manager Scarden of the lone has
popularized his dining hall by inaug-
urating the 40-eent noon-day luucn
es. Under th ' present able manage -
ment the Tone is fa9t beoom'ig
kwown as one of the very best ho-
tels in the state
«
Japan won't disarm until Uncle
Ram throws his gun In a well Then
what ?
A silk shirt Isn't legal tender any
more.
IS KINGFISHER MDN CITI-
ZEN OP THIS COUNTRY? i
E Young Was Born In
Russia and Wishes To '
Know His Political
Status
When a stoekrrnn f vds a scrub, ghosts of the scrub's
neglected ar.d . t rvt'd 'noestors sliare his food with
him. Fanciful a ; this may sound, it is none the less true.
A purt'-br'.-d shows more {fain in tender, well-
f;avcred meat from IQD [younds ot teed, because, with
generations of ..-ood bret.dim. and good feeding back of
him. he is hanna a '>y none of the scrub's ghosts.
fhe pure-bi >d in the feed pen is an economy to the
stockman. From the pure-bred come choicest steaks,
juici st roasts, at low t cost to the consumer.
If you're not yet convinced that
l urc breds can tnakeyou mone\ you
should u.ai The Country Gen-
tleman and learn what registered
cattle are doing for fanners ail over
the country. Successful breeders and
feeders everywhere are enthusiastic
readers. It's not preachy, but it's ac-
curate. fair and interesting, and it
does a thorough job of presenting op-
portunities for greater profit. Just
You've noiii'L-J li v f;1 •'*••• h-d
steer of gc,od breedin , \ill oilai out-
weigh and ut ..v.-11 a c i. fed scrub of
the sr ne .M'.e
pre -'at i n row iv.arj;in
growing cost and th
With the
between th
rnarkta pric )f I c!. . s \our duty
—to yi'urself. to your lamiiy. to your
community—-to ra- t only t!u- ani-
mals that make the beef that brings , — — „ . w---
a price that pays y a a profit on $1.00 brings 52 issues, full of practi-
your investment*. Don't w aste f.ood cal helpfulness and wholesome in-
corn on poor steei s. spiration.
Oklahoma Shorthorn Breeders Association
K N. jJRITTAN, Secretary, vVuukomis, Oklahoma.
THE COUNTKY GENTI-1 MAN. r
I'm Rlad to act y«'. l usln- , : j
for one year, fifty-" v i • a - . Th« m
(My Name)—
(My Addrt ss) .
:loll«r for a subscription
MARSHALL NOTES
J E Young, of Klngfifiher county.
has always considered himself aa
American citizen, but recently h"
hasn't been sure abount il He has
written from Clin'on. Ma., present-
ing his case *o the attorney genera'
of Oklahoma and asking to be inforn
ed as to his political status. Youir v ■ —
was born in Russia in 1*92. If is
, . . . . , Llilh (.irassman was scruulfd
parents brought him to American in
1(93. A few yean later h. father <"" : the vel3l \
took out h's fi"st naturalization pa- ' 1 nl,l i lo
tvrs. but died before obtaining furth- *vi 1 1 *1
er paners. His mother then took Just
out her flra- papers, but she alio sally
And hrrr'
\ .-idvert
(State)
~5M WiTI'
Vac;
and tf
and ei
3rd.
linn for fJuthrle school pupil3
uli'-rs will begin next Friday
intil Monday, Januar.'
Christmas is the melting :pot in
which •!> 'Iro" i~ melted out of hu-
man hearts. Have you (lid your olt
toward the poor?
Christian cantata at the First M.
E. church next Sunday eveninR. Riv.
C.-Jlan will rfve an addreiB on H«mrv
\'an I>yko-8 story of the "Other Wise
Man."
A letter wtis recol v*vl today from
W. Conner, 432 Bast Second Street,
Daj-ton, Ohio, asking for -work as a
cook or chet". Sayt he has two
.il'cnt the onl.' thiruB non' both cooks, who can do
pastry or second AIJ ore out of
rwork and wanit to coime to Oklahoma
and can pive rofernnces.
'
< i
Charges of turning property with
intention of defrauding an Insurance
company were made against S. CI
Baldwin of f,ramified tliis week hv |
John T. Hamlll. assistant state fi" j
marshal. Baldwin was arrested anlj
released on I2.-500 bond. His prelim'!
Inary hea'ing will De on December _ ' I
Baldwin is alleged to have burned j
wheat s acks on ills farm on August ;
t, causing a loss of aiicu' $ .^00. Hh
111 said. 11- lived for a time near
Crescent City.
\RVIV OFFERS CH WIS
I OH I HI N(. M \N
Ceor.-e A. Cos: has charge of th
recruiting off'ce in Onthrl". hla he-id-
quarters has been est il-l sbed
room 125 Federal building, where he
will gladly meit any young man win-
desires to know more a-l-out Uncle
Sam's big army and its posstldlitie-
One feature of the peace time arm>
that Is worth vliile kno>vii's is Uu
19th and 20th fi"ld artillery. This
unit of the arm" holds many !I(>'- ,;
bllltlea for the young man who would
Ftudy motor machinery. Th- two
units are moorized and ex""-rs each
the young man who jo-ins this divis-
ion all the intricacies of the g:isolin
prooelled motor power.
Other features: Truck driving ca
pentry, painting, bookkee: in--, sten-
ography. typing, electricity, radio
telegraphy, mapping, baking, blac1;
smU-h-'ng. plumbin'T, mu«ic a^d sur-
veying. All of thesd thi'^^s ,ir
taught at the educational vo-ntlona
( tralmler schools at. Cnmp .lackson
South Carolina.
F. rgi
In the way of the dollar regaining I'a
purchasing power.
a
An • -! winter means danger for
the fruit cm: V cold winter from
now on will insure a bumper crop of
Blbertas. Buds are on the tre-sa
riglht now.
J Frank I-aux, of Bristow, formerly
of Guthrie, has become a lawyer.
He has quit the Jones Bros. Oil com
pany and formed a law partnership
will Louis Loeffler, also of Bristow
«
,, A new picture show for Harrison
being ready to receive taxes. They 11 proposed. The old Ge n" Htari
went no further along this line, a"
she married an American citizen.
Henry Meif*r of Kingfisher county.
Young was nln«> years o'd at th*
time. He lias never left the XIn'ted
S a:es since he was brought to th's
country by his parents R. E. Wood,
assistant attorney general, undertook
to answer the query, af'tr a thorough
study of the authorities he has come
to the conclusion that the marriage
of Young's mother to an American
no1 only made her a citizen of this
country but also naturalized her son.
Judge Wood today wrote Young
that, in h s opinion lie was a citizen
ot the United States.
Thi^r
about ti
•thing almost uncanny
roper county officials not
plenty when th 'y now UHPd by chestunt Bros, has been
leased, it is saM Mrs Jack Hornor
Harry Lloyd and others are interest
ed in the new show
probably tak
are ready.
$
Saturd'iv was a bir day for Outh
rie merchants and all report liavinff
had a wonderful business.
i- Col. Shan Is was about to
sally forth after recovering from a
particularly bad case of smallpox,
his little i on came dcivn with the dis
ease, which means ten days mere of
solitary confinement 'or the colonel.
Albert Simpson has the smallpox.
He waited until everybody els*.' «;ot
w.-ll so he could have them all alon«
nr.TfHNKf) soi un its to
All) l\ ( l\1i: \\ WE I K.II
Aprtio pie is best when made of
mm 'es. T'lum pudding is not worth
while when the rum is omitted.
Major Roy Winton arrived home
f'om Washington. D. C. lsst evenip?
and will spend the holidays with his
Vnrents Mr. and Mrs. J 1* Win on
h,l<; Kast Noble.
PROVEN FIE' I) IIHUVIV;
NEARER TO Gl'THRIE
Church Notes
T!ie Methodist church is preparing
a Christmas program to Ik> give-
Christmas eve. A tree .handsome'v
decorated, will furnish the scenic
setting to a well prepared program
Everybody welcome.
i The Christian church will have a
J tre^ and program, Friday evenine
I As *his church never does thin s i v
halves, all who attend th'- exercis e
here can expect a good time.
j The Methodist folks will have, i
21—Detectives recepitlon at -he churel, New Years
eve. the program beginning with a
big d'nner at 7:''.0 Invita'ions have
been issued to the members and
fri- nds of the church and their
faml'ieit
New York, Dec
and "strong arm" men of Now York's
police force combed thr city today
under orders to round u.) every sus-
pected criminal while former com-
m'sslonod officers of the army, navy
and marine corps launched plans for.
an organization of 3*1.000 arm- d men ;
to aid in curbing the epidemic ofi Join The Army
crime which Is sweeping the city. | "Casey" Jones, alias Lewis June
The New York chanter of the Mill- and Edward Kanebl enlisted in t.ie
tan- Order of the World War called army Tuesday.
upon the former officers to ar.u The boys worked for "<"m
themsel-ves. and at the same time an du-ing the World V ar ant n
JANUAHY I? TO N
IS IHRIFT WEEK
Expositions To Be Opened In
Many Cities Third Week of
the First Month of
1921
New York, Dec 20 — National
Thrlif W -k eoninilttee, with the co-
operation <>f the savings division of
the I'nited States treanuryj depart-1
nient and thirty seven other organ!#* I
at ions, will sponsor "own your home" I
ixposttion in many large cities 1
throughout the country during the j
week of January 17 to next, to
aid in solving the housing problem,
according to announcement made to- 1
day by Adolph Lewisohn, < halrmar, . j
The American institute of archi-
tects has approved a national com
petition with prizes totaling $15,000
for best plans of small, economically
practical houses and bungalows. O i
Thursday. January 20, "own your own
home day" of 'he fourth national
thrift week, a concentrated effort
will be made to urge men of -small
means and the foreign-bom to build
and own homes, as a practical Amer-
icanization feautre of the program.
New York and Chicago will con-
duct "own your home" expositions
I later on a large scale. The Chicago
j exposition will be held March 20 to
Vp il 2, that in New York. April 16
to 30
pair,ting which is of special interest,
• ailed "An Iowa Clak." was done by
Mrs Kroeger. It hag attracted mucti
attention and favorable comment by
its marvelous effects of light and
shade. j
game They wer" good soldiers
then and will he good soldiers now
We might remark also that th-s
Is 1:" peeond K:moh! boy in the arnv
THADDEUS MARTIN BURIED
AT DUNKARD CEMETERY
MRS. KROEGERS ART EXHIBIT
Much credit Is due Mrs. J M
Kroeger on the art exhibit at Burton
Tiros store. There are about seventy
five paintings and drawings shown
whl h represent three months'
works of twenty-five of her pupils
f--om various pointH in Oklahoma.
No man is willing to pay ten dol-
li■■ a r"h: .1 turkey unless it \l \ltr l< ll lil inni>.| —
him that much to get it in a ' ' | nounced plans for a meMlng tomor-
1 The proven oil field is drawing | row night, to «h,lch Mavor Hyla.i,
v. ' closer to Guthrie. A test being made j Police commissioner Enrirht and
After Christmas comes N«w Year's on a location between WeMon anl Governor Smith were invited Armv ;. .. _ - JoIn,„ sev
' ,v„ will -,I1 settle down and Wawick. on the line of the Ft. SmlM off'cers from headkuarters at Gov-, SJ".
' r .he Fourth Of July to came. Western railroad. 2« miles east wnor-g island also were asked to at-, -ml months aco. T
L'. iust one thing a^ter an- of Guthrie, was broueht in yester- tend.
from the cradle to the Bravo, day. It 1s not know how Mg a well The day's record of crime was
v jH yet but it is a fact that oil in marked ,by Sunday calm Outside or
.r;:, vtss
^1;:;'%:; vacation will taft until new shallow field for Oklahoma and crime* were r«ported. Early In the Martir. who died a^
, as the trend Is this way it Is certain day a Third avenue cafe was entered were held this morn g t
•* to reach lx)gan county soon. and three men held up the bartender, from the home o
I liater three men were arrested and ce*ased, O. R. Martin, r^as
: 1 • toAccr 1 ,)w> rrim.. Thev were Buria! was at the Dunkard graveyaH camereno of Mexico City, Katharine
,wt hav). to he^r"dsvitr-ST i — r,,f °rri" r °f z'z v,rer«
|.,g you-: women s kid parties. I „imn was I deceased was 76 years of aee; he:, i0uUe Payne of Duncan, Espfl-ama
was an active and aggressive cltizin , ^ndreau of Cuba and Gertrude Ves-
The town class ♦a-
DEALS IN DIRT
J L McCaramon, Jr , to Paulina
Stoolfire, lots 21 and 22, block 18,
t'rescent t'ity, liiOO.
F. I. Saddler to First Baptist church
lot 3, block 76, Kast Gu.hrie, 1350.
Sandy Shanaban to William and
Cora Keefe E half N'E 35J17-3w, $3,000,
J E. Coleman to Laura Coleman,
lots 19 and 20, block 7, C. H. Guthrie,
$1,100.
Floyd M. Nugent to Phebe E.
''Nugent lots 1 and 2 and S half NE
2-19-2W, $1.
Jerry K Marker to Randolph M
Moss, lots X and 9, block 18, Orlando,
$M0.
Evelyn U Oldham to Nancy B. Wil-
ton, lot 10, block 40, West Guthrie,
$1,000.
Susan O. Dickens to 11. E Kanaga,
SW 2*7-15-3w. $'>.000.
lycna Gathers to Anna McGroske/,
lots 1, 2 and 3, block 2«, Meridian.
$1,000.
Anna P. Johnston to Isaac Preston
lots 9 and 10, block 72, C. H. Outhrie,
$200.
Adelaide Lawrence to E. J. Cham-
pion, NE 34-15-dw, $I.MH).
W. I). Green to Joe Bussard, blocB
Navina, $260.
M. I) Leser to George Brass. 50
acres of SW 28-17-2*. 6.000.
I^aura B Allen to CharleB S. Clark,
lot 11 and part of 13, East Guthrie,
$4,760.
EMERSON FREED
John It. Emerson who was con-
victed of the crime of assault with
intent to commit murder and who was
UKiauoimt. luivuw ™ —
Cuba and Mexico. The college da-.s (sentenced to serve eight years n *
was represented by M ss Margaret ; state penitentiary is a free •
Patterson and Miss Vinita Cannon of,day. When sentence ™°
Henrietta. Miss Katherine Shanahan Emerson, his attorney. •
and
Miss
Mi«,
Ros^
Genevieve Manor of Sapulpa
Julia Baconrine of Pawhuska,
Macgie Morrel of Fairfax. Miss
HIubaugh of Medford. Aurora
fic on the Hungarian rai'ways was
When a turkev gobble survives Monday ordered suspended from De*
Th.„. - iv'ng be must feel like a re- cember 23 to January i. owing to the
HAAKON VISITS BRITISH RULER "~> —" ' . . ,|
London. D«c 21.-King Haakon to his early years, a kind father of Enid.
priev«d criminal a Chrlstmaa v>-1 'sck of coal
ppoaches.
There aTe fifty-four kinds of money
in the Tlnited States.
. I A Kansas City policeman resigned
R. m. Chilcott has returned from because he was assigned t*> a muddy
Kansas business trip. twat-
ard rrown Prince o'av of Ncrwav. faithful friend. He belonged to the|r,lld , ML, Eva Flitch. M'««
arrived In london Monday on a visit Dunkard faith. The funeral service Klrtnatrick, Miss Mary Roger.. Do y
to King c.eorre and Que-n Mary. was simple and Impressive. A large Mnv Martin. Flora Lee Sm-th UicHe
numb°r of relatives and friends were: Mitcbel', Belva Enlx (Helen Reld, Leo-
Leader classified Ads. Get Results, present. jnard Bruce and Grace Halstead. One
appealed the case to the criminal
court of appeals ot the state To-
day, a mandate rerersing the decis-
ion ias received by Mr. Judge Oary.
The county attorney dismissed tiie
case and Emerson is once more l
free man. At the time of his con-
viction EmerBon wa. postmaster of
the little town of lnoomum He hid
always been considered a very good
citizen and the excessive penalty as-
sessed by the jury for the slight of-
fense was a surprise to all in the
court room when it was announced.
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