The Yukon Sun (Yukon, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1915 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME XXIV.
EXCLUSIVE NATIONAL NEWS BUREAU SERVICE IN THIS VICINITY
YUKONv CANADIAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY. l'HCEMBKK 1 , 191
NUMBER
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Work on the township road
northwest of town will soon com-
mence, A. S. Perry being the
bidder for the building of it
The bridge will be built under
rr.as entertiinment Come and
enjoy yourself and help a good
cause along.
Mrs. Brownlee and Mrs. Court-
ner spent Fri lay with Mrs. Jack
the supervision of the county | Smith.
commissioners. The road will \V. A.Gregory was an Okla
extend from the Shell Creek ! homa City visitor Monday.
bridge across the river, and! Messrs. Edd Smith and family,
will be raised four feet. Mr. John Halbert and family, Thrs.
Perry's bid was 9'c per cubic [ Halbert and family, and Mr
yard of dirt. The dirt will be j William Woodside and daughter,
brought from the adjoining fields | o f Silvercliffe, Colorado, were
some of it being brought quite a I dinner guests at the home of Mr.
ways. This road will be a boon E. N. Winkle Tuesday.
to farmers living north of the
river during the high water sea-
sons. Yukon especially will de-
rive benefit from it. Following
are the names of those who con-
tributed to it:
L. H. wn -$10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
W. L. nipson
J. T. Webber
Seymour Siler
Allen Hodgson
C. D. Barrett
J. W. Faulkner ...
I. Da\rts
Jack Smith ...
James Smith 25.00
Ed Smith 5.00
L. Smith 5.00
J. Ulrich .. 5.00
A. A. Johnson 10.00
Chas. Moch 5.00
James Santin
J. F. Dobry
E. Siler
J. Moch
Carl B. Ulrich
Stair Bro.
John L. McKee
A. S. Perry 15.00
First National Bank 25.00
Yukon National Bank
Yukon Mill Grain Co.
Mulvey Merc. Co
Bass Merc. Co
Ben Stafford
T. C. Cox
Dr. Kucher
A. L. Erown
Hambleton Motor Co.
Johnson & Addington
Tom Shacklett... ..
C. N. JcfTres.-
Quarterly Conference will be
held at the church, Friday night
and Cmmunion Sunday morning.
Rev. Ludy, of Oklahoma, will be
present and preach morning and
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A Bickford
will leave Wednesday for the
western part of the state where
10 00 they will visit relatives for the
5 00 1 coming month.
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Frisco News Notes
Monday visitors at the Barrett
home were: Mrs. Hancock and
children, Mrs. Mary and Lena
Arendt, of Yukon.
Those shipping hogs from
Banner on Tuesday night were:
Thompson Bros, Harlow, Knox,
Faanklin and W. L. Thompson.
5.00 ^rs* Mingos, of Oklahoma
5.00 CitV. visited at the James Ulrich
5.00 h°me from Friday till Tuesday.
5.00 Julius Webber was an Okla-
>.00 ^oma City caller on Monday
5.00 ^1- Davis is installing a new
2 50 i "g^t plant purchased from J. H.
' Ulrich.
C. D. Barrett and family and
25.00j^rs" Hancock were in El Reno
25^00!laat Tuesday.
,.00 Those shipping hogs from Yu-
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SCRIBERS WILL EE A BITTER PAPER
j'Tv. fO
11 o ii-
I homa City, spent a I
I this week visiting home
20.00 '<on on Wednesday were: Hen-
15.00|ir'c^s' ^rown« Barrett, Martin,
5.00!
10.00 i
3.00
5.00
2.50
10.00
5.00
THE SUN'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT
visit. Her sister has been quite
sick since she came but expects
to be able to start for her home
the latter part of the week.
Fred Oshman's brother is mov-
ing here from Weatherford.
Rock wood
Dr. McRee 2 00
Flag Store 2.50
E. E. Sanger 2.00
Roy Burson 2.50
Strader & Shade 3 00
S. S. Sanger
S. M. Gloyd 10.00
A. Kroutil 50
J. E. May 5.00
Roy Compton 2.50
Roy Selement 10.On
C. A. Newkirk, 2.U0
H. H. Fleck .. 1.00
C. M. Asbill 1.00
Harry Goodall 5.00
Roy Gibson 2,00
Merle Bates
Jim Yanda 3.00
John Knox.. 10.§0
Yukon Township 400,00
Richland Round-Ups
Mr. and Mrs. John Knox at-
tended the meeting of the State
Bankers Association at Oklahoma
City Tuesday.
Mrs. Courtnier and Carroll
were shopping in Oklahoma City
Monday.
Mr. Coi, returned from Okla-
homa ('it; Mc nday.
The LuJi>.'? Aid society held an
all-day mcv g at. the parsonage
Tuesda iiting being the order
of the day
Rev.
Smith
Davis, and Ed Smith-
Ira Hayes delivered some corn
to Howard Pendleton the first of
the week.
Dr. Selement spent Monday-
night with Carl Martin.
Joe Dobry and family spent
Sunday at the paternal Dobry
home.
Geo. Holtman, of Oklahoma
City, and Seldon and Dennis
Brooking, of Yukon, called at
00i the L. H. Brown home Tuesday.
Mrs. H. E. Watson went to
IndianiaTuesday to spend Christ-
mas with her father.
Mrs. L. C. Harlow is quite
sick.
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Water Wagon on the Job
Yukon's water wagon will be
on the job permanently here-
after. Arrangements have been
made with the firm of Compton
streak and called it a KNOCKER.
This product was so fearful to
contemplate that He had to make
something to counteract it, so He
took a sunbeam and put in the
heart of a child, the brain of a
man, wrapped these in civic He will 1 i v e on the
pride, covered it with brotherly | place this winter.
love, gave it a mask of velvet Mrs. Borden and daughter,
and a grasp of steel and called it i Miss Helen, were El Reno visitors
a BOOSTER: made him a lover \ Saturday.
of fields and flowers and manly We are very sorry to write of
sports, a believer in equality and ! the death of Mr. Vandever, who
justice, and ever since these two died December 5. He was Mrs.
were, mortal man has had the IR. E. Steele's father and has
privilege of choosing his associ-' made his home with her for a
ates.—AUTHOR UNKNOWN.
Taxes Are Due
Taxes ar« now due and can be
paid at the First National Bank.
number of vears. He was a
good Christian man and was
loved by all who knew him. We
extend our heartfelt sympathy
to the breaved family. Her bro-
u i.c i -i .. LU lM<:: oieaveu larnny. ner oro-
r irst half can be paid any time *i j r m
unf r , ! y tlier arrived from Texas a few
before January 1st.
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District No. 8
Mrs. Shuff is quite i 1 I having
been sick about five weeks.
Mrs. B. Flack gave a turkey
dinner in honor of her sister,
Mrs. Smith, and husband, of
Illinois, also her neice and
nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Flack, of
Kansas City. Her guests have
been to the World's Fair and
stopped off to make her a short
minutes before the funeral on
Wednesday, December 8th.
Two bazaars were held at Pied-
mont last Saturday. Mrs. C.
Cranley held one and the Chris
tain ladies held the other. Both
did well.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Long have
returned from a three weeks
visit to Beaver Co.
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Local and Personal
Mr. Eugene McComas, ofOkla-
S.'JO | and Compton to haul the water
wagon over the streets when-
ever needed from now o n.
This will make life much more
endurable during the windy
weather of Oklahoma.
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Taxes Now Due
I axes are now due. You can
pay them at the Yukon National
Bank. First half can be paid
any time before January 1st.
BITS OF NEWS FROM ELSEWHERE
w day;
folks.
JUST ARRIVED—A com
plete lint of South Bend watcher.
See them. Frank Svejkovsky.
Mrs. Judd Woods, of Bristow,
Okla. viMtrd a few days la:
week v. th Mid J II. Nelson.
For Sale Fresh milch co 1
! with heifer calr' three weeks old.
-Bass Mercantile Company.
I hos • wishing free wo*id < l!
the Ransberger farm, west of!
town, see J. L. Summers, Phone i
X55. 2t. pd.
Strayed on Stolen-Two I
Jersey h iifers about three weeks j
ago from the Frank Boyd place, j
For Sale Three stands good j
Italian bees in g >od shape. In-1
quire Zack Crabb, phone W 151
2tpd4!)
Mr. and Mrs. A. Carpenter, of
Solomen, Kansas, visited with
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Nelson this
week.
Marshal Slemp helped Sheriff
Clark escort three convicts to the
State Penitentiary at McAlester,
this week.
Quite a crowd attended the
play "It Pays to Advertise"
at the Overholser Theatre Mon-
day night.
Miss Clara Stafford, of Okla-
homa City, spent a few days
this week with Mrs. Harley
Brinkman.
John Wilcox returned to his
home in Henryetta, Tex., after
a short visit with his sister, Mrs.
Bess Hendricks.
Buy Yukon property of L. M.
Spencer for your Christmas
presents. One-half price and
easy terms. Phone 22.
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In another place in this issue
'"1 he seen the !.•••>• ■ of the
Modle 1.) Mergenth dt Linotype
machine which the Su . i ■ instal-
ling this week, l'he machine is
brand new, c>miny here direct
■ i led it. a givat exoense. It
"■'II enai, us give' Yukon a
better paner both as to news
and in appearance for the Sun
will have a "new ss" every
week. Which, In new piper Ian-
guage, means have ne>\ type cv-
'•< v we K to ill.'-w„.i |lave
never seen such a m ;e.ii.ie, or the
ena racier of work n y (| ,, this
sounds strange. Hpwever, if you
will call after wo get the ma-
ch.ne runsiiiig w<_* will bj gl id to
explain and demonstrate. It is
a gteat machine an,i i'ue Sun is
pioud to aud it to it ,s magnifi-
cently equipped plant.
Booster Vs. Knocker
When the Creator had made
all good things, there was still
some dirty work to do, so He
made the beasts and reptiles and
poisonous insects, and when He
Weidensaul and Edd had finished, He had some scraps
re calling on Rev. Wei-! that were too bad to put into the
kle at Mt. Zion Monday. 1 rattle-snake, the hyena, the
There will be a box supper scorpion and the skunk, so He
given at the Brownlee home put all these together, covered it
Thursdftx night for the purpose; with suspicion, wraped it with
pf raisi.". funds for the Christ- j jealousy, marked it with a yellow
Harrisburg, Va.—Virginia Mc-
Donald, said to be the only four-
legged person to reach the age
of 5 years, died of tonsilitis re-
cently. She had four perfectly
developed legs and four arms
and was normal mentally.
Springdale, W. Va.—W. R.
Smith found a freak potato in a
garden. It had grown through
a silver pipe stem band, and pro-
jected about three inches on both
sides of the band. The band is
embellished with a relief bust of
former President Taft.
Walnut Ridge, Ark.—Bobby-
Watson, a baloonist, fell from a
height of 500 feet when he cut
loose his parachute at the end of
a baloon ascension at the Fall
San Francisco, Cal.—M i s s
Pauline Turner of Bremerton,
Wash., entertained the Rotary
club of Rochester, N. Y., by
singing over the long distance
telephone. The club members
in Rochester were furnished in-
dividual receivers and a special
line was leased for the service.
Buffalo, Wyo.-Mrs. Martha
Early, 94, at the wheel of an
automobile, recently made a six-
ty mile trip from Sheridan to
Buffalo.
Clarendon, Ark.—The Misses
Sloan, one 85 and the other 83
years old, made their first rail-
road trip the other day when
they visited relatives in Okla-
r?nf«fa!; He fel'on't,he sheet iron! homa. The women are very
four and ^bounded0 off8 to*? h e fceble. neither has ever married
ground. He was picked up with1 an(| had never seen a railroad
a broken leg and several broken I train until they made their first
ribs, but will live. | trip.
Mrs. J. H. Nelson attended
the Reception of the W. C. T. U.
given by Mrs. M. V. Mulvey at
Oklahoma City last week.
FOR SALE—High grade
Short Horn milk cows; also three
Duroc Boars ready for service.
F. E. Roy, phone XY 555.
Leslie Carter, o f Oklahoma
City, has just finished up the
wiring of the new Mill Office.
W. D. Bently, of the A. and
M. College, Stillwater, Okla.
visited with his son, Arthur
Bentley, a few days last week.
For Sale—We "have a com-
plete acetylene house lighting
plant. We will sell for !, the
cost and give terms.— Bass
Mercantile, Co.
W. M. Friedell has returned
to his home in Joplin, Mo., after
a few days visit with his sisters
here, Mrs. Sam Majors and Miss
Agnes Friedell.
The Pricilla club met at the
home of Miss Elsie Cox Tuesday
night. Refreshments of cake
and fruit salad were served. All
report a good time.
Call at the New Drug Store
when in need of anything in the
drug line. Mr. Glass, our regis-
tered druggist, is here and will
be glad to wait on you.
StrayedorStolen—Oneyear-
lirig red heifer, two months ago.
Branded "H" on right sholder.
Notify Frank Horlivy Yukon,
Okla., and receive reward. 3tpd2
FOR SALE—1915 Briscoe tour-
ing car fully equipped. Electric
lights, eletric starter. First
class condition, Like new. A
bargain.—J. H. Nelson, at the
Yukon Mill. 48tf.
Mrs. Matt Smrcka received the
sad news Wednesday that her
dfeughter, Mrs. Joe Hlavaty, was
Learn I he Business
What business.
The auction business.
There was a time not many
years ago when an auctioneer
was not appreciated very much.
io day it he is a good one, he
is a modern up-to-date business
man, and sells the highest values)1
from railroads and its rolling
stock down to an old brindle
cow
Its the best business without
any Capital invested that a man
can tackle today, and its a cash
business.
Col. Gutelius, of El Reno,
Okla., the live wire in the pro-
fession, cries sales all over this
country and is a busy man today.
He teaches the business.
Some who started a short time
ago are now selling. Get into
the class that starts Monday
Dec. 20th, and cry a few sales
this winter.
The Colonel has the clean
method that gets the money and
never owes any one an apology.
Its a wonderful system. Quite a
number will be in this class.
Do you want in? Write, or
'ome and see, and be convinced
Yours for Business
J. P. Gutelius,
El Reno, Okla
Locals Continued
very sick in the hospital Colo-
rado. She left for her bedsile
immediately.
Mrs. M. E. Glotfelter under-
went and operation at the VVes-
leyan Hospital at Oklahoma City
Monday. At this writing she is
getting along as well as could be
expected. Dr. Blesh performed
the operation.
The quickest, the easiest, the
best silver cleaner. No rubbing,
no scouring, no scratching. Will
not injure the finest silver or
gold. Sold exclusively in Yukon
by Frank Svejkovsky. Just out.
Come in and let us show you.
John "Bud" Wilson, head
book keeper in State Treasurer
Alexander's office is spending a
short vacation with home folks
and incidently is going in quest
of the feathered tribe.
For Sale—A first class heavy
farm or carriage horse. You
can have your choice of three
ways to buy this horse, will take
a good milk cow, sixty day note
or spot cash. Price the same
anyway. Don't wait until spring;
horses will cost twenty-five dol-
lars more than now,—O. F.
Frisbie, Yukon, Okla.
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