The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. 7
STROUD, LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA JUNE 8, 1917
Old Fashioned Fourth
of July Basket Pimic
Never, since the time of the
first Fourth of July, lias our
great Country been called to face
such grave issues as today; so it
is eminently fitting that the com-
ing; anniversary of our Nation's
birth should be observed in a
manner to impress all with the
worth and obligation of citizen-
ship and of our vital relation to
the world-struggle between Au-
tocracy and Democracy which is
now in progress. Her.ce the
people of Stroud and vicinity will
be given an opportunity to have
a part in this event by observing
the day; and to the end that all
things may be in proper shape,
the following committees have
been selected to look after the
affair:
Arrangements:—W. A. Hadley
Hugh. McConnell, Forest Lumm,
H. C. McSpailden, W. A. Long.
Grounds:—J. R. Hardin
Program:—H. E. Brill, Geo.
Clarkson, R. J. Miller, W. B.
Logan.
Amusements:—Basil E, New-
ton, J, C. Comer, Thos. G. An-
drews, J. F. Nicholsan, 0. K.
L'nglesbe, 0. N. Buchanan.
Transportation: —A1 Foushee,
Roy Alspaugh, Elmer Bowman,
Geo. Rhoades, I. J, Cawood,
0. T. Hubbell.
Financc:—Mrs. A1 Foushee,
Mrs, E. E. Emery, Mrs. J. F. D.
Walker, Miss Ruby Buchanan,
Mrs. Roy Spurgeon.
105 Register oil news
One hundred and • five young r ^ °kl;;homa Natural Gas
len registered in Stmnd T„" ! C°" are drlllln^ at 1900 111
I sec 6-15-7.
men registered in Stroud, Tues-
day between the ages of 21 and I
]31, to meet the call of the govern-1 . company in their
j ment for military duty, should I tP,3t ln ^ 22'i4"7 are drilling at
their country need< | teet>
Fifty-five farmer boys register-! The Sinclair Co., who have
ed at Old Stroud. i spudded in on their test in se^
3000 or more will be the regis-! 19-15-7, are starting a hole large
ter of Lincoln county, I enough to set the 20 inch casing.
And the register of the state ! A car load of ten inch casing has
will be more than 200,000 for been u' loaded here to be used in
Oklahoma.
OZARK TRAIL
And the register of the United
States will run over ten million
ready
call
The
this test.
The Monitor Co., in sec
are down 2600 feet and are
to meet their country's ting the 8-inch casing,
day passed quietly in
, The new Ford car of S. P.
Stroud, all the business houses i Harmon was stolen Monday
closed at noon and the balance of, night. Mr. Harmon has been
the day was made a holiday. I tracing down all clues obtainable
There was no trouble of any but so far has "been unable to
kiml and the young men came' secure any light on its disappear-
torth in typical American sprit, ance. Mr. Harmon was keeping OJi ,
ton Seel bef°re tHe registra"i car some Uittle distance from1 as sTashinK off/thesis, fill-
;his residence in a barn on the s fog the hollows and grading
Smulin property and its theft and crowning the entire trail.
V e want to insure the inspec-
tors right now that when they
strike the Lincoln line the other
side of Stroud they may expect
trail work booming
As the time of final inspection
of the official route of the Ozark
Trail grows near, work and inter-
ests in the trail throughout Lin
coin county, at least, is at its
height.
As a result of a meeting of the
Chandler commercial club held a
couple of weeks ago the business
j men of Chandler have dug up the
(.-lo-< ti(jy sum of $6,000.00 in cash,
while the road boosters of Stroud
have come through to the tine
of about $5,000.00 The board
of county commissioners have let
the contract for contruction of
concrete culverts and bridges
wherever required along tie pro
posed routes and at this writing
a gang of men and teams with
graders slips and plows are busy
set-
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I mi ,. , I was no difficult manner. Since
J nere will be preaching both .u • <■„
. 1 , the taking of Mr. Harmon s car
Imorning and evening at the ., , ■ , , „
L , . * , j there has been a grand rush for
I Baptist Churcn, at the usua • e ti, tl. ,
,, r „ „ . , n, (insurance from theft by auto
'hour. R;v. C. V. Herrin of Ok- .T , XI . ,
1 owners. Mrs. Anna Newton who
i . /->•. . .. uwubis. iuro. nuirnxiewion w no
lahoma City will filll the pulpit i • , ,
, . . .. , . , K i writes this insurance says she has
unrl otroyunno ic lmntnH r•-* Lnnw
and everyone is invited to hear
him.
The M. E. Church, South, will
1 hold the usual services Sunday.
1 Sunday School at 10 a. m. Preach
I ing at 11, subject, "Gout" The
l evening subject, "The Only Cure
'for Gout."
been rushed with applications
for this kind of protection by car
owners.
I. J. Cawood is treating the
inside and outside of his second-
hand store to a coat of paint and
other improvements to his place
of business.
■I
The MEANS-ANDERSON CO MP A "JY
Coming to Stroud Chautauqua July 7th t ' "th
to rolt along the best stretches of
road on the state, and this stret-
ch traveres the country.
Furthermore, we want them to
know that this is but the begin-
ning for now that we have built
this road we are going to im-
prove and maintain it. More
than that we are not uoing tn
stop with the trail: we are going
to keep up the good work untill
we have a road just as good a-
cross the country from North to
to South and then begin the work
of improving the laterals.
The people of Lincoln county
realize the great value of good
roads and we ase bound to have
them.—Chandler News Publicist
Ross Aikire and family accom
panied Geo. Castiller to Oklahoma
City Sunday, by the auto flroute
returning to Stroud Tuesday.
Ira Stinson and the Curry boys
caughi a 100 lb of fish- on their
fishing trip Wednesday. They
just about exceeded the game and
fish limit in a one days catch,
Rav. W. B- Logan will conduct
services in Stroud, Sunday at the
Presbyterian Church. Preaching
at 11 a. m. and Sunday School at
the usual hour.
SchildkreVs Orchestra Coming to Chautauqua
The tail end of a rain, hail and . The editor was up to Cushing I
wind storm, hit Stroud late Thurs Sunday, and was bemoaning our1
day afternoon, considerable fate, on account of the way trains 1
small fruit being knocked from run, th^t we would have to stay !
trees, garden truck patches blowball night and not get back to
ed over, limbs of trees broken , Stroud until Monday noon, when \
many window glasses were lo! and behold! along came I.
knocked out in the business sec- J. Cawood in their new Maxwell
tion. A large plate glass win- j loaded us in, and made the 22
dow of the Stroud State Bank miles in a jiffy, setting us down
was.smashed, a large frame sign and at home in Stroud at supper 1
in front of the C D. Haynes con- time.
fectionery was pulled down, the
Inman Novelty shop lost a large w ,, T„ , ,, .,, TT
show window. Cropsnorth and1.. ■ 1^02, f-ither of Mrs H
east of town were damatred by, £ BIand.°f .d'c,i at
J 1 Drumright, June 4th, at the age
of 78 years. The body was
The Christian Church was
packed to the doors last Sunday
evening with people to enjoy the
Children Day exercises, rendered
by the Sunday School. Much
credit is due those preparing
such a nice program in such
a short space of time given in ar-
ranging for the occasion. A
collection was taken for orphan
children.
the hail and wind. However the
good rain that has fell has helped
everything.
o —
The Christian Church Sunday
School held their picnic at the;—
Morrow Grove, Tuesday. Being1 and friends,
escorted for the day's outing in body was escorted to Stroud cem
brought to Stroud, and where
funeral services were he'd at Jie
Christian Chuach. presided over
by Rev. Newton, the local pas-
tor, in the presence of relatives
After which the
Dr. Chas McLarty and fam ily
motored oyer from Blaine County
for a weens visit with ftiends.
They now live at Geary and re-
port crop conditions fine out that
way.
cars. A large number of little
folks enjoyed the occasion. Late
in the afternoon many grown
folks joined the pic nic-ers and
enjoyed a supper spread.
O. L. Stewart and
Mr. Harold Stewart
Kansai, returned to
after a two weeks
family and
of Parsons,
their home
etery where the body was laid
at rest beside the wife, who only
passed away a few months pre-
vious. Many Stroud people ex-
tend their sympathaties to the
bereaved relatives.
I Jess Payne and wife and Ike
Payne of Wichita Falls, Texas
i motored to Stroud Tuesday, to
visit relatives.
Miss Marie Newton arrived
Monday, joining her parents
in this city to make her home at
the Christian Church parsonage,
completing attending the school
year at Columbia, Mo., high
school.
Ransas points with relatives
Mrs. Anna Newton and daugh-
ter Miss Francis, are enjoying a
sojourn in | visit this week with relatives
from Kansas.
Clarence Greenwood has gone
to Tulsa, where he has accepted
a position in a refinery.
L. C. Wood and family are pre
paring to start on a long auto
trip within the next two weeks to
South Dakota, where they will
visit with a daughter.
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Salt Creek
Everyone in this neighborhood
is enjoying chopping cotton this
fine weather.
Robert Howard who has been
working away from homa re-
turned Sunday for a weeks visit.
^ Rebecca Read went to Sparks
Sunday to visit relatives.
Mrs. Mack Peterson ha? been
sick witn the Malaria fever but is
much improved at tnis writing.
! Hazel Morrow visited at the
' Murphy home Saturday
i and Sunday.
, Jessie Selby went to Stillwater
Sund, where she will attend
school this summer.
| Tom Guin who has been quite
sick is slowly improving at this
j writing.
Mrs. Pearl Woods and children
called on Mrs. Hopewell Monday
evening.
M. E. Church
"The World's Great Man—
His Message" is the topic of the
sermon for the morning hour.
"Profit and Loss" is the theme
for the evening hour. These are
both plain, practical sermons
and would be enjoyed by those
who want more than mere words.
' 'The High Grace of Loyalty,' is
the Ep .vorth League topic for
7:15 p. m. This is a timely sub-
ject and will offer opportunity
for general discussion.
The Crucifixion of Jesus, as
and until that is r ;
public improvements th
much money and labor
stay in the back ground.
H. M. Nichols, a farmer
nis-hed
take
should
Binder Bargain
If you really want a real
I binder bargain write to n:e at
once for full particular*. I have
a 6 foot McEofmick Grain Binder
with both pair? of trucks. It has
cut only about seventy-five (75)
acres I will guarantee there are
no broken or badly worn oarts
told by John, who was an eye *nd replace any faulty-parts
witness, is the Sunday-school! r ,
R. S House, The Implement Man
Bristow Ok la.
lesson for 9:45 a. m.
To all of these services we
cordially invite-all not engaged in
church work elsewhere.
H. E. Brill, pastor-
More About Road Bonds
Editor Stroud Democrat
I have read the articles in your
paper by Thos. G. Andrews and
Dr. J. C. Burton, Am glad to
see the matter in which we are
all interested discussed.
I believe a great majority of
the voters of this township and
the town of Stroud will
When you have Bad:;- <> the
liver or kidneys are sure io be
out of gear. Try San.! it. does
wonders for the live- ;ir-neys
and bladder. A trial 35c bottle
of Sano! will convince you. Get
it at the drug store.
Ordinance No, :22
le III
.evised
* Town
be find
night
An ordinance amending S ^etinn
of Article III of Chapter Five of
the Revised. General O nices
^>f the town of Stroud, O,. homa,
agree 1916 by striking out a i „rtion
with me when they consider it in I thereof: Be it ordained the
a'l its phases. I do not think it Board of Trustees of the Town of
wise in the taxpayers or voters Stroud, Oklahoma:
who do not pay tax, to vote fori Sec. 1. Section 2 of Art
an issue of bouds of the amount' of Chapter Five of th
called for at this time. j General Ordinances of th
We may be able to make a bet- j of Stroud, Oklahoma 19 : c
ter bargain, as Dr. Burton has the same is hereby amended by
pointed out, in the future. But striking out therefrom all of
there are other good reasons why j the second paragraph th reof so
we should vote against a bond 1 that said Section 2 shall r->ad as
issue ofany kind just now. - follows: No permit shall be is-
In the first place we have just sued for storage or keep in- for
entered the great war and no,.sale or use of gasoline Vnzine
man c^n tell what the end will be. or naptha exceeding six hundred
There is one thing we do know, j (600) gallons in quantity save in
we do not want to see the Re-1 underground (buried in ground)
public of France crushed and we j metal tanks, with no openin g for
must see the war ended right, drawing off contents below the
We should not burden ourselves! level of the ground, but to be
with taxes that can just as well drawn from by pum; s. Such
be avoided. The war will take: tanks shall be constructed of steel
good dr iron galvanized or pair.ted and
and of suitable thickness and weight
nor- andshali be provided with a fill
for and vent pipe, so arranged that
building bridges and everything, that the fill pipe canno bo open-
that will be used in making good dd without opening the vent; and
roads cost more now than they i also, these pipes shall be provid-
will in normal times. From an jed with a screen near the '.op and
economic standpoint it is a very ' terminating in an iron cover,
into milirary training a
many of our young men
labor will be higher than in
mal conditions. Material
Woman's friend is a Large
Trial Bottle of Sanol Prescription.
j6 klack heads, Eczema
and all rough skm and clear com-
plexion. A real skin Tonic. Get
a 35c trial bottle at the drug
store. 6
bad time to make expensive im-
provements. This does not mean
that the good roads movement
will stop: We can continue just
about as in the past. Our roads
are better th?,n whe ; I came
here seven years ago, and if the
men can be spared from the avo-
cation that must be carried on
at all hazards so much the better
The world is short in food stuff
which shall be kept locked.
W. A. Hadley
President Board of Trustees.
Attest:
A. L. Alspaugh
Clerk
(Seal)
First published in Stroud
Democrat, June 1, 1917.
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Ragland, J. H. The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 1917, newspaper, June 8, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc121270/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.