The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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STROUD DEM OCR A T
Vol. 8 *00. STROUD. LINCOLN COUNTY OKLAHOMA OCTOBER 19. 1917. tfo
STROUD. LINCOLN COUNTY OKLAHOMA OCTOBER 19. 1917.
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News From Camp
Travis-Lee H. Seiferi
Camp Travis, Tex., Oct. 10, '17
Mr. Glade C. Burton,
Stroud, Okla.
Dear Glade:
Just a few lines to let you
know that we are getting along
nicely- We got to the camp
Friday evening about 5:30 and
were greeted by many thousand
soldiers. They asked us where
we were from, what made us
come and how long we were
going to stay? So you see they
somewhat guyed us. But we all
took it good-naturedly. How
else could we have taken it.
For we looked dirty and tired
having spent forty-eight hours
on the train in chair cars.
Well, Glade, our new home is
called a barrack, it is a two story
building 40 feet wide and 140
feet long, there are more than
two thousand of these buildings
and they all look alike. We all
eat and sleep in this barrack.
We have, steel cots to sleep on
and our bed consists of a small
straw tick, two dandy wool kah-
ki blankets double. Our cots are
28 inches apart strung along in
rows.
We must retire at 9:30, as
the lights go out then. We must
get up at 5:45 a. m., dress, make
our bunks, wash and clean up by
6:00 a.m. Then the bugle calls,
we all fall in and have reville
for 15 minutes out of doors; at
6:15 we go to mess; oh my, I
wish you could see our "eats".
We have plenty to eat now but
the variety is wanting; we never
grumble if the coffee is too weak
or the beans scorched or the
soup too thin, or the spuds un-
eyed, or the light bread hard,
'cause we are in the army no\r
There were 176 soldiers in our
barracks until today, when three
were sent home because they
could not qualify for a soldier.
They were Jesse J. Cawool, As-
leary Chenault and Geo. M. Dis-
mukes, probably two more men
will be sent home this week end.
I measured all the men for their
leggings and shoes and assisted
with the measuring of the cloth-
ing Monday and the lieutendant
told us this morning that we
would probably get them this
evening. I billed our claims for
all the clothing. We hope we
shall have our clothes, as many
are anxious to visit San Antonio
which is three miles distant from
camp. We have Wednesday
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Back the Boys in the trenches
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BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND
Inquire at any Bank or Post Office.
forms.
Our army clothes consists of
two pairs of shoes; one pair is
food. I am surely proud of the
typewriting and shorthand I
learned my last year in high
it this summer. I have not drill- i score of 6 to 0
ed any yet here at all but most' In the first half no scores
of the soldiers spend eight hours 1 were made and the ball was with
daily on the "battle field in"
drill. I am proud to say they all
like drill fine and are already
boasting about their military
knowledge. There are 47,000
soldiers here and more coming
every day.
Please give my best regards
to all, especially my pupils,
should you chance to see any of
them, for you know 1 told them
goodbye when I closed the school
house door last.
Please send me the paper.
Glade, as we love to hear from
home.
Sincerely yours,
a tan dress shoe, the other pair school and I am glad I reviewed j
is a heavy mule skin, steel plate
bottom with heavy rivets ex-
posed, this shoe weighs 4 1-2
pounds each—some shoe, believe
me. We get two wool shirts;
three suits of separate under-
wear; two pair of pants; one
blouse; one hat; one pair of
leggins; one poncho; one belt:
one hat band; two towels; bar
of soap; one comb; one tooth
brush; one mirror and a kit or
eating outfit, which consists of
a folding frying pan. one knife,
one fork, one large soup spoon,
one two pint granite cup, one
frying pan cover, which serves
as a dish. This kit is kept up
by each soldier, it must be
washed and dried after each
meal and kept under our cots
when not in use. There is a
good chance for promotion in
the army, some few appoint-
ments have already been made
and with an increase in salary
as to importance of promotion
and rank.
I have been made post office
clerk for this company which is
the 64th Company, 16th Bata-
lion, Second Btn Group, 165 De-
pot Brigade. I go to the post
office twice a day for our mail,
at 11:00 a- m. and 4 p. m. and
deliver it among the soldiers.
I also put up the mail and take it
to the office. Anyone wishing
to write me should follow the
above address exactly or we will
never get it.
I am also private secretary
In a closely contested game on
the Chandler gridiron last Fri-
day. Stroud high school defeated
('handler high school with a
Chandler's team most of the
time; but they did not have the
force to get it over the goal line
on account of Stroud's defense.
In the middle of the third quar-
ter, Kirtley (left back) for the
Stroud team, on a fake play ran
forty yards through a broken
field for a touchdown. The
midget quarter back failed to
kick goal on account of the
roughness of the ground. Clyde
is the boy. that scored two touch-
downs against the speedy Cush-
ing team.
Stroud high school plays the
Euchee Indians at Sapulpa Fri-
LEE H. SEIFERT. day, October 26.
WeMumfiiilheWar
FROM OKLAHOMA STATUE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
THE FOOD PLEDGE CAMPAIGN
POSTPONED.
afternoon and Saturday after- and company sceretary for I* irst
noon off to go where we please, Lieutenant W estbrook. I. am
about the camp or to San An-j taking dictation and writing
tonio, but this privilege is not j letters on the machine and til-
granted us until we get our uni-ling claims for our clothing and
The food pledge campaign, which
was to have begun Sunday, October
21st, has been postponed by Herbert
Hoover, national food administrator,
to Sunday, October 28th to November
4th, upon request of President Wilson.
This will enable the state organiza-! dreds
* . i ! Libera-
tion to be more fully perfected anc
will cause all member-* to redouble
their efforts.
In requesting the, postponement of
the food pledge campaign President
Wilson said:
"The exigencies of the treasury
have required setting the final week
of the Liberty Loan campaign during
the period of October 21st to 28th.
This, I understand, bring* it into
the same week as the food conserva-
tion pledge campaign. It seems to
undesirable in the interests of
Hundred;- of Patriots Taking
Part in Campaign in Every
Part of State.—The Defense
Council Appeals to Citizens.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Cctober 17.—
this state is behind the American
flag.
"We expect the soldier lads to do
their part. It would be but right
that we hold them in contempt if,
when the call comes to charge, they
should lay down their guns and re-
treat.
"The call has come to the citizens
of Oklahoma to 'charge'. The charge
is to be in the form of the purchase
of Liberty Bonds. If citizens of this
state refuse to obey the command,
they place themselves in the class
with those divisions of Russian sold-
iers who, rather than face the enemy,
threw down their guns and retirMted
in disgrace."
Telegraphic reports of the number
of bonds sold in each county are to be
received by the Oklahoma State
Council of Defense at the beginning
of the last ten days' campaign, and
daily from October 28.
FOOD CAMPAIGN POSTPONED.
(Hie to the supreme importance
of American citizens giving their en-
tire energy to the campaign for sale
of Liberty Bonds, the opening of the
food pledge campaign has been post-
poned from October 21 to October
28. The same organization that was
to have pushed the signing of the
food cards will work for the sale of
bonds.
Build Bigger Barns
AN OLD SAYING
" The bigger the barn, the more
you'll work to fill it"—of course
you'll profit bv both.
Say, we have some new ideas on
barn building. Com* in and see them
—actual pictures.
We'll furnish the building plans
free. By the way, we know of two
or three who have saved money by
useing building plans. Let us save
you money.
Long-Bell Lumber Co
both these capital matters that this
should occur in any circumstance- ,
Therefore, I would be glad if the)
pledge campaign could be deferred
one week, until October 28th to Nov-
ember 4th."
In his request to Mr. Hoover the
president praised the food conserva-
tion work in these words:
"I should like to take this occasion
to impress upon you and your asso-
ciates that I in no way undervalue
the importance of their efforts. I
ask the many thousands of volunteers
in this important work not to allow
this alteration in their plans to
dampen their fine enthusiasm, but
rather to redouble their energy in this
very great branch of national service."
Mr. Hoover replied:
"We, of course, have taken the
necessary steps to comply with your
wishes to defer the final week of the
food pledge campaign. I have no
doubt that the 500,00 workers who
have enlisted in this service will loy
I ally respond to your request for a
I greater and longer continued exer.
tion. Your emphasis on the national
importance of the conservation com-
paign should stimulate our large body
of devoted workers to their utmost
efforts during the week.''
(Special)—The Campaign for the
sale of the second issue of the Liberty
Loan of 1917 is going full blast in
every county in Oklahoma, with hun-
f patriots, through the
Loan organization itself,
j through county councils of defense,
| through lodge-, clubs and churches,
working to place a bond in every
home.
Wednescuy, October 17, marks the
beginning of the last ten days of
' work, and it is expected that by far
fthe greater part of the bonds will be
placed during these last ten days.
Organized campaigns are to give
every man and every woman in Okla-
homa an opportunity to do his and
her part in supporting the boys who
are going to the trenches, to substi-
tute the loan of money for the lives
and suffering of men.
| "Oklahoma citizens MUST take
their full quota of this issue of
bonds," begins the appeal sent out
today to citizens from the Oklahoma
State Council of Defense.
The Liberty I.oan offers citizens a
profitable form of investment, the
security is the- government and the
citizenship of the nation itself. An ti
more than that, it offers citizens am
opportunity to get behind the land in
the terncfu^. Failure of America
take this issue of bonds would doubt-
less mean the prolonging of the war.
It would mean giving comfort to the
enemy. It would mean that Ameri
can citizens preferred to see more of
their boys killed rather than to in-
vest some of their money in the
bonds of their country.
"This state ha-i been classed in the|
minds of many as a slacker's state." |
Statements made by those elected to
represent the people have left this
impression. Highly colored stories of
the so-called draft riots were circu-
lated throughout the east, where
thousands believe Oklahoma citizens
are withdrawing their support from
the government. If Oklahoma takes
its share of Liberty Bands by October
27, news will prove to the world that
It is seldom you hear of any
thing getting so affectionate
with a cat that it hugs it to
death, but Burton's Reo just
wound its front wheel right
around the neck of his favorite
cat, and hugged it so tight that
the poor thing never regained
conscience and died in that ecs-
tatic condition.
Deaih Penalty For
Quillie McDonnell
Judge Chas. B. Wilson, in fix-
ing the penalty that Quillie Mc-
Connell must pay for the mur-
der of Geo. E. Arnold, gave him
the death sentence and fixed the
date of the execution for De-
cember 28, 1917.
Noah Bernard was ghen a
life sentence for the part he
played in the murder crime.
RED CROS NEWS.
The Red Cross chapter of
Stroud held the regular weekly
meeting on Friday, October 12.
No business was enacted at this
meeting and the afternoon was
spent cutting out a i making
the pajamas.
Again we wish to ake it
very plain that YOlJ are wel-
come, whether you a: ■ .i mem-
ber of the Red Cross or not.
Don't let this opportunity to
serve your country slip past you
unheeded. Don't say "i cannot
sew; I cannot knit. I'here will
be pleiity of others t , ko my
place." Just come i..nu see if
there isn't something or you
to do. Remember, we have com-
petent instructors v hi direct
all the work and t is so
much work to be dox Do you
realize that half a n.u.: u .>uits
of pajamas are wan . by the
Red Cross within the > ar! If
you come to these wc meet-
ings you will go ba« your
home happier because of. the
useful, noble ^urk w.cu which
you hitvp had your par1
Mrs. Hildebrand is tci,ducting
night classes in knitting. Will-
iam Howard Taft, ch;> man of
the central committer of the
American National Re: Cross,
states what is need >d in the
knitted garments:
One Million Muffl e.
One Million Sleeve! - sweat-
ers and One Million
Mitts.
LEARN TO KNIT.
Financial Report of T
Cash collected to d.t
Disbursements
Warrant or check No. s 1.10
Warrant or check No. I .50
Warrant or check No. 85.06
Warrant or check No. 1.85
Warrant or check No. ' .1.00
Warrant or check No. ■ 90-50
'airs of
'•usurer.
SJi.6Q-
Total Disburseme
Balance in Hand oi
Treasurer
Oklahoma Natura!
are driling at 300 feet
M 82.01
i 44.59
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TO WIN THE WAR
"We must all speak, act and serve
together.''--President Wilson.
America, in the GREAT WAR, Sxpec'r >
full and effective service from ever
individual. For each there is sort -
special duty-—to work with and for
the government:.
The Stroud National Bank standi
ready and willing to co-operate wit!'
patriotic citizens of this community
The Stroud
National Bank
J. B. CHARLES, Pres. LEE PATRICK, V>.
O. L. .STEWART Cashier.
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