The Yukon Sun. (Yukon, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXVIII
YUKON, CANADIAN COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1922
NUMBER FOURTEEN
LOCAL MEN (JET CONTRACT
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. MUSTANG BANKER Ml'Rl)EREl) WOODROW WILSON FOUNDATION
ADENOIDS AND TONSILS.
THE I'ORTMTRLV CLUB.
Slemp and Slukan Successful Bidders A Splendid (rowd Greets Dr. H. I". E. \\. Brindley Sho' Down in (Old Western Director Jones Says Outlook (By Dr. A. K. Lewis, State Health Miss Marie Mulvev entertained tlu'
for W aterworks Improvements. Laughbaum Sunday Evening. Blood—Killer Escape*. is Very Good. Commissioner). ■■ , , „ ,
J rn.tnitely club on ruesday evening,
The contract for the construction The hijrh school auditorium was Shortly after 10 o'clock last Thurs- Oklahoma City, Jan. 1. I. T. Jones, 1,1 l,h <ff( ,lh'''a||'llu ,)lll)ll| ht,llth havhiK as special guests Misses Rett*
of the waterworks improvements re- almost full last Sunday night when day night, E. W. Brindley, president wfetern director of the Woodrow Wil- ItT'own"iiJllniti.1"' "-v/♦ '"tT" C°X'Eth<"' HuUhis""-Kuth Wheatley,
cently voted by the people of Yukon the Community meeting'in favor c.f of the Mustang State Bank, was called so—< i-' i..u ..<• ,u:.. . ' ' ' ,opo 'Hazel Peach, Mrs. Fred Russell and
sonn Foun<lation
was on last Thursday night let to the law enforcement was ready to listen from his home by some one, and ^s campaign for all the western states,
Messrs. William Slemp and Sam She- to the program that had been pre- soon as he appeared, he was shot, tbi inncluding Oklahoma, was in Okla-
han, at their bid of $16,980, less the pared. bullet striking his heart, causing in- homa City Friday enroute to Texas.
sum of $1150.00 which they agreed to. The meeting was a joint meeting of stantaneous'death. The assassin then While here he stated that the west-
turn back to the town. This was due the Baptist, Christian and Methodist' fled, and has not yet been appre- ern states were making a strong bid
to the fact that they had misunder-, churches and the friends of Uv on- bended. for first piace in thc reecipt of thoi, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
stood the terms and the money thys forcement. It i, alleged that the murder was portion of this fund among the sev- red , Al., th,ri, ft,vcr sores or e(.2oma
turned back to the city is to be used A preliminary program of song , committed by Shelby Rcctor, a son of cral divisions, and that Oklahoma was
to pay engineering and other expen- ™as 'uj'owed by a talk by Rev. C. L G g Reotor, formerly county com
charge of this Insurance company has issued Mrs. Earl Leeper.
a bulletin in which some of the fol- Hi(,h acore ut p'r<nfressiv(, Rook WHS
lowing questions are asked and dis- mu()e hy Miss Ru(h Wheatlcy.
tusstd. ^ delicious luncheon
Is your child handicapped? Does during the evening.
was served
your child's nose run? or is it sore?
: i * * 4-u _ * rn Thorough man, who had been sent to . .
ses incident to the improvements. The , * missioner, and
subtraction of this sum left their bid he al,nufal .Ineet.m* * the Ant,-Saloon
at the real figure of $15,830.00. 'ea,;U,! °f Amerlc«. wuh" *aVe " ,h"'tv , . ' ' '
minute report of what he observed A brother of the murdered man is
The bid of the N. S. Sherman Co.
was $14,500 net; that is the town had
to pay above this $750 to the engineer,
at that meeting together with what said to have stated that he saw the
I the national speakers had said. His
report was very entertaining and in-
man who fired the shot and that it
$250 for printing and incidentals and V"'"';. """ "« "" was Shelby Rector. Rector is an Ok-
$100 to the bond company for furnish- f 1 ,l f-"°l msif, t iahoma City insurance man. and it
ing the bonds, which would have cost
into what the movement meant, and | is stated that the shootin(f of Briml.
the town a total of $14,500 bid and
$1100 expenses, making the Sherman
the character and caliber of the men I
who are at the forefront in the battle
ley was the result of a quarrel over
figures really $15,600, or $'230 less
than the Slemp-Shehan bid.
to uphold the Constitution of the Uni-
. I a note held by the bank against Reo-
around the nose and mouth Does the
one of the four western states lead- child seem dull? Docs it stand and
prominent man in ing in the western division in organi- look at you with open mouth? Docs it
nation preparatory to the campaign.' put its hand to its head as though it
Mr. Jones is very optimistic about had earachc7 Doos it Ulke cold eas|) ?
the outlook for the great success of ....... . t .
this movement, and predicts that all D°°S ,h<' Ch'ld "leep with ltB mouth
the fund will be in the hands of the open _Does il snore
national committee long before the
end of the week of the campaign
which begins January 16. Oklahoma
is making preparations to end thc
Thc occasion proved to be one of
the nirst delightful of the season in
regard to numbers present and elabor-
ateness of entertainment, and the
guests voted Miss Mulvey a most
charming hostess.
ENTERTAIN FOR DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. S, Siler entertained.
Tuesday evening, December 27, at
If the answer is YES, ask the doc- their country home northwest of town
tor if the child lias adenoids or large in honor of their daughter, Miss Opal,
tonsils. who spent her Christmas vacation
When tonsils are diseased they con-1 with her parents. Miss Siler is at-
ted States.
tor, for which Rector's car was takefi
".m. ... , . . i "R security for the amount. i . ,u
With the knowledge before them „.At th* t,oa? h« report, Rev., Immediately after the shooting L . °the/ statcs h«v<! ^"enged Okla- ' to oth"
that in the construction work done by ^oroughman introduced Hon H. T, force of about 175 m„n cf MusUu| Homa for first place and it would not <-"so- sickness.
4.u a i i ' Laughbaum, state superintendent of nrwi i , „
the Serman people some eleven years , ™ « * (1 v,un,ty started a search for Rec-
ago, one well was useles's, and about 16 . "m? . " ' eaK"c'' tor, but he was not found. Rewards
500 feet of pipe said to have been laid ^ ,the ^ering on the ^Kre{ratin(f $1,500.00 haV(, b(,„n
... subject of "Making Democracy Safe t i . ct
by them was never found, thc Town ^ lX XXT i i >. ' ana t^ers are now working
for the Wor d j on the theory that he has left the
He proved to be a highly entertain- stat"
ing and interesting speaker, and what nu i *.v e ** • ,,
Ur o ., . , . , i . !he tragic death of Mr. Brindlev
he said struck a responsive chord in. ats _ ul * 4
(ame as a shock to the entn;e com-
munity, as he held tho resn^ct ar'l
'•orfidence of the entire community.
"no deceased was about 35 years old
-nd is survived hy a wife and four
children.
campaign on that date and not to be- tain ,ittle ('UPS in which Poisonous ■ tending thc Oklahoma Baptist uni-
by
trustees, taking these facts into con-
sideration and also the fact that the
next lowest bid was from home town
men. decided that, it would be better
,(for the town to have the money spent
w• h the home town folks, and there-
fore, t •> motion by Trustee Cox, sce-
ondr ' by Trustee Compton, the con-
tract w > let t Slemp and Shefrnn.
Tlv i i'! -f the Connally Construc-
tion ecmnany of El R^o "Ts $10,000,
the t' M n to p. y or', ?1'00 for engin-
eerinj; i? inting and other expenses;
the hearts of his hearers, who ap-
plauded his remarks fi«equently.
The sneaker said that at one tim^
the slogan "Make the World S~.fe f;>
Democracy" appealed to him, but in
the light of th«' efforts of individuals
and big industries seeking to defy th. •
Constitution, ai d their open contempt j
of the Constitutional law of the land
•inil tb;- flimsy attempts made to en-!
gin it on that date. germs are developed, which are then versity at Shawnee.
arried to other parts of the body and The evening was spent in playing
imes an social conversation. After
be Oklahoma to not accept this chal- Adenoids are little red unnatural dainty refreshments were served the
lenge, and then make good. growths jnst where the nose and the young people departed for their va*
The purpose of the Woodrow Wilson thront j()in- Th('>' ston UP tho nose rious homes voting Miss Siler a very
Foundation is to create a fund, the nn^ make the child breathe through its i charming hostess.
| proceeds from which each year will mouth- A mouth breather is never
be given as a prize or prizes for ef-
forts- made in behalf of world peace.
It is something or the order of the ■ 'K,r- lI'ns's-
healthy and is subject to catarrh and
easiiy contracts pneumonia and tu-
B \!>TIST CHURCH NOTES
Nobel peace prize.
The quota to be raised in Canadian
county is only $740.00, and it. is be-
lieved that this amount will all be
given before the date fo • the cam-
paign fco commence. There are not
many m^n or women in the courty
who will refuse to give to this fund
1 < tt--r democracy safe, for the
v orld. hence the title of his lecture
lie gave many instances of effort
on the part o** brev,evs and other ^ret ie
advocates to break the barrier raised |
hy the Constitution in its Eighteenth
Amendment, and heartily scored thos'
concerns and individuals who make no!
makir«r a te 0 of $17,100. The bit' of * ' , , u
' force the 'aw by officers sworn to un-
W. A. Hancock wa^ $17,o00, less the . . , ,u r> i-« «• i i i
.. ' nold.the Constitution, he had come to
•Til '0 I- v.; s to have turned back to .. ; ,; * i r ,
^-e conclusion that before we make
the tov.n. ";-\kmg his bul ^ir .S50 nev.
Sor'e •ism h^s been made of the
action of tho boa 1 in not letting the
eont^ -t to the Sherman people, but
th'• ' oq •' f'=els thnt it has taken into
consideration the best interests of
the town th' letting of the contract,
and stete that they did not desire to
let it to a firm that had rot treated
the city ri ht hefore, and did not feel
it incumh it. i?ron them to sit as a
watch dog to see that the contractor
did his wo.k according to specifica-
tions.
Work on the improvements will be-
gin as soon as the bonds are approved
by the attorney general of the state.
There are several nrosnective buy-
ers for tho bonds, and there will be
no trouble whatever in disposing of
them to the advantage of the town.
There we e no bids received for the
construction of the city hall as con-
tractors were of the opinion that ti
hall of the sort wanted could not be
erected for the sum vo+ei—$8,000.00.1
Now there's talk of again submitting
considering the great and humane
in un< ay school fell short of 100 purpose for which it is intended, and
a3t Sunday. We hope to go beyond in. this way recognise the r ; f scrv-
the 100 mark next Sunday. rendered by Woodrow Wilson in
Group Two had charge of tho R Y : tho cause of world P^ace.
the world safe for democracy we hart | p u. last Sunday evening, with Miss1 :
Eunice Flet'k leading. Next Sunday
evening Group Three will have charge
the program with Miss Shields
Reading; subject, "The Sermon on the
Mount." We hope to organize a jun-
ior B. V. P. u. next Sunday evening,
v,fh Miss Olive Fitzgerald leading.
Those present last Friday evening
bones about breaking the law. JI pni*n,.nj i
enioven tlie musical program given
ft'° : : by Messrs. Li
Leeper and Gibson and
'THE GO A!. AHKADr
TT-•• the caption "Tho Gnal Ah " id"
Hamilton Holt, national chai man of
l)ie Woodrow Wilson Foundation, i:
sending out the following interesting
letter to members of state commit-
tees:
Lest we for'-et, in the rush of the
eleventh hour preparation for our in-
Earache is an indication of
noids, and in anv event may lead to
a running ear, which may and often
does affect the brain. Even in the
milder cases deafness may result. !
DO NOT NKGT ECT IT!
Falirged glands of the nenk are
li"Io'' with poison whioli nature is try-
ing 4o - ;vrv avrflv. The,r m^an po s-
( "ous germs in the no«e or throat, and !
'• h >n en "ied into tho system may
cause rheumatism, heart disease, or
ov. :> Inn;' or stomach trouble.
Ml th'-e «• "ulit'ons are danger-
ou .. Do not wait for, them to. get
• (ij r'*<% •?
" oeh . CIr to a doctor : t oner and go
^Hssos Phillips and Gib ^n; ahs the tensive effort on January lf>, it may
I' nlendid talks made by Mi«s Gibson.
Miss Phillip and Brothev I iOoncr We
:si->all be mighty glad when thev con
be back with lis ae:aio.. iV'iss Phil-
bp well to pause for a moment and
vee-ard the ultimate goal of our la-
bors. With all our efforts, nil ou'*
talk and thoughts directed toward
lid that here were serious
being mr.de t:> elect a c.ingress that I
■ ould laical th.' Volsteaff Act, and!
that not only was there a nationnl
i rganiz?tioon in existence with th'
sole purpose in view, but that the or-
ganization was being perfected in !las 1.etlnred to school at Bavlor thc raising of ftne million dollars ot
every state in the union, and that r0i|„Lr£> Bolton, Texas; Miss Gibsot'. mr>r<'. w<-' ore likelv to neglect the
strong efforts would be made to get | ,vi]| pr tf.r s(.hoo| S((,m K(lmond an(, fact that the money is, after all, only
men elected to congress who would; B|^her Lceper {g ]eadj tfce g. , ; , mon„. to 0,,r'real rm,
vote to nullify the Eighteenth Amend- j . ^ j L Bandy, in a meeting at our ultimate goal, is to perpetuate
ment by repealing the Volstead Act , ,.vPWoka> 0kla. and hand down to posterity, stren-rth-
"i at least makini. some ..oit of ,i We are sorry to lose Miss Lela encd and reinforced, those ideals ot
break in the dyke that would finallv Rochel( ^ has ^ g mcj|)ber of j democracy, neaee and accord for v-bi-h
overflow the country. He urged hi,L charch and onp of om. Sm,fHv Woodrow Wilson strove so ste-ul-
hearers to be alert, and to carefully „.w, tpachers hcrt> for the „a,t fivc fastly.
scrutinize the men who would ask ^ ou u i cc i ; \\yu. *■ i •
the ctv ha'l proposition, and making thcil. suffrag0 for seats in the con. h • She f VT 7 Lv of T nn thp "!th
lL .... ^ in the city, but she has bnen think- "ay of January is not a eamnaign to
To avoid
•"n til ate the
ng a windo
:fnmidlfv th<
r< om hv
vith w:'to
imerf
n- - ^
ve
TV-:
::immi'
: (}
! o'
"o • room
>m the bottom and
hor from the top.
M.-"b'—e in th? liiv-
.. --ns-el filled
'••"V on fV e heating
iv with the dry-
ented air to he
homes and of rices.
injurious t> the
•: fing of the none j
that the children
1 ?" a'', an nbund-
ance of good inilk. f u t and green
vo^( tahl"s chilv. th-t they get plenty:
of exercise in the f 'esh air and sun-
shine.
n< s of the ove*
feend in so manv
and which is so t
delicate iinside <■
and throat. S'v
have whole whoa
MRS GLOTFELTER HOSTESS
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church
ot V. edn day afternoon at the home
of Mrs. (ilotfelter. After a very in-
teresting bnsint s -ccsion, a devo-
tional meeting war. he'd. During the
'cia 1 hour a deliciou.: lunch was
rved bj he hoftei s. The Aid will
mcei eve -y lne« : y through Jan-
uary to make the ■ tries for the ba-
ar which will be r Id stvmotime be-
tween now arid Easte- Su-.'-.v, The
•■ ( will 1<'- Wednesday, Jan-
uary 11, ;it the homp of Mrs. Watt.
A CORRECTION.
\n item last " eeV stating t*hat Le#
W!>elan entertained a number of
friond:; at a p'irty at the T.akeside
Country olub, wa. in cror. The party
was given jointly by the Mead ames
Tom Kroutil, O. F. Frisbie, E. G.
Fisher and 1. A. Whelan, who en-
t i-iired with ;• dancing party on
Tuesday night of la t week in honor
ol he young peonle of Yukon who are
attending school away from home.
We are glad to make this correction
in justice to the parties concerned.
the sum $1 '2,000 in ovder that a suit-
able building may bo erected, and also that"it"'wouldbe along a"nd"ha"rd'fight
111 01' ' " ' >rure a corner lot on f0 overcome the law breaking element,
' 'l '1'* s;im" and coyld never be successful untili.;
i > dd seem to be the best <he congress, the legislatures and the
way out of the difficulty, and we feel fudges on the bench were men who
Woman's Train- raise over a million dollars to endow
ing School" at Ft. Worth. Texas, to fa Woodrow Wilson foundation. We
Tvonare herself for some kind of re-. are setting out on another stage of
fetalis work. ! that long journey along the road of
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
•
The s( rmon Sunday morning will
be opon "Fundamentals of Faith."
The. evening sermon will be the
same as was announced for last Sun-
day.
The Christian Endeavor is doing
A NEW CHIROPRACTOR.
A small boy chiropractor came
ta the home of Dr.* and Mrs. John Mas-
tcna early this, Thursday morning,
and when dad gave us the news over
the phone we could detect the ring of
joy and gladno?s in his voice. He re-
oo**t.3 the mothor and babe ar, getting
along nicely. Dr. V. Kuchar was the
attending physician.
EI*WORTH LEAGUE.
The Ladies' Missionary Society will doubt, suspicion and hatred, to the ir00(^ wo,'k an^ aU tne y°un^ people
The Epworth League will begin its
ce the law because they
stand thoroughly all the facts in the : would onnfor
St od thoroughly all the facts in the believed in the good that prohibition
ease they would not withhold consent was doing. He cited numerous in-1
1 me<"t at the church Wednesday after- ultimate goal of universal peace and church are invited to be present study next Sunday niirht, us-
^oon, at 2:30. for Bible s*udv.
brotherhood. Mankind has been trav- Sunday evening.
Brother Phillins will lead the pray- eling along that road for centuries Wednesday evening last
the
1 ing as its text-book, "John Wesley,
Jr." The study will continue for six
tt0 the town for the larger sum.! ^ t^ds \ 8trivin,t f?r . °mething better! ^ ^devo-
., , , , . * | the close of the prayer meeting, the j nfttimes not realizinir iu>;t wh it !r
ing the law, and also gave some in-'. .... . ... ,u Just wh.'t 'r
begun. We hone to feature this Ber-
ing the law, and also gave some ir-! . , , ., • . ^ Ji4, v v*" L 11
DEMOC RATIC MEETINGS ,tances of how law officers winked " ,ts r«*K",aP mo-thly; was. but always looking toward the v,ee. the coming year.
Carrying out the "grass roots" pol-
icy adopted by the democratic state
at the violations of the law.
He called attention to the fact that;
the prohibition law was being en-
j bosiness meeting annd elect officers goal it knew was ahead somewhe
nd teachers for the church and Sun- Here and there along the road of his-
I dnv school for the coming venr. tory stand great figures, men who,
central committee some months ago, forced" as""welT as~any 'other''law on . Th" Pn.8tor Sun-!'n time of crisis, pointed out the road!
precinct committee meetings for the the statute books, but said that «„/aborning ,,n Making Chr, t First j More often than rot their counsel
purpose of choosing precinct officers, lawg must be enforced and only the "! °"" '/'"'"I, a'^ ilt thc *V*" nK ser'! ,v"nt ""heeded, their words were de-
will be held Hi! over the state January rea, friends of law Bnd order shou,d «" f1"' . The P ^r will nreaeh | rded. To us. on January Hi. will he
nt the Mavview scnnol house next
13, according to the announcement of be elected to office.
Ben 1'. Lafayette, chairman of the
stnte body. Chairmen and vice chair-
men must be of opposite sexes.
A Shrewd Suspicion.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
"Your celebrated prisoner
away ?"
Only when we made our democracy
safe for the world, could we go to |
the world with the plea that democ-
racy is the thing the world should
have.
He said that the people made fun,
"ml,v afternoon at 3:30. or,e of those lone figures a powerful
You are invited to all of our ser-j solid phalanx of that tremendous
force that men call public opinion.
Hcretofo-e, these great standard
Sixty invitations have been sent
out for the men's luncheon and social
Friday night. A good program is be-
ing arranged.
Th« church has started plans for a
ore-Easter revival which will be
held by home forces and brought to a
iven the onnortuni'y to'form behind ll"S'' °" KaSter Sun,|u>''
tional meetings. Everyone invited to
attend.
THE HAPPY OWLS.
Th? Happy Owls were entertained
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Putt
Nev. Year's eve. Delicious refresh-
ments were served by thc hostess.
Special guests of the evening were
Mr. and Mrs. Georure Cos*er of El
Reno and Mr. and Mrs. Sehott of Hen-
YV. P. STANSBURY, Pastor.
Courting Cont-mpt.
Chicago Herald and Examiner.
"Repeat the words the defendant j |
bearers have always stood alone and ,lsel1'" sai<1 the lawyer for the plaint- r,0()d Svstem.
unsupported in their own time and iff 'n a case of Zander. From the New York Sun!
feneration. We are going to show the "IM ralher not,' 'said the witness ..you K,ive your husband a necktie
Good as Far as It Went.
got ()f the league when it had in 1907 From the Wall Street Journal.
said it would have a snloonless nation Thc newly elected presV nt of a | world thnt their work and sacrifice is They were hardly words to ^very Christmas?"
"Yes," said the rural jailer. "When by 1 20, but now the slogan was a banking institution was b«<ng intvo- "t least bea-ing fruit, and that man- tell to -j gentleman " "Yes; it's a snlendidly economical
he borrowed mv keys and told me saloonless world by 1930, and he said Hueed to the employes. He singled kind is another step oil its way to "Ah," said the lawyer, "then whis- scheme, because the poor dear never
somehodv wanted to see me in the that the trend of events inndicated out one of the men in the cashier's realization of the goal toward which |ler them to the judge." i Wears it. and doesn't dream that I
nlley on important business, confound that cve-i this would come to pass and c-ec, questioning him about his work, they advanced i*. 1 tt|ve him the same one year after
his pict( •, I knew he wuz up to some- that the world would be rid of drink etc.
thin'."
Before loving a new crankshaft,
let us insnort your old one. This in-
spection c sts yo i nothing and may
save you money.
tf. HIGHTOWER MOTOR CC
and drinkers in time. Those who just! "I have been here fortv vears, s"id
m' s* have it, and disobey the law to the ca-hiir's assistant, wHb eons'iien-
■ e' it. will nn3S away, an the young- tinus pride, "and in all that time I
e neration, without the knowledge onlv mud" one slight mistake."
HAMILTON HOLT. ''1'om Vo<) Doo.
The Flapper—Oh, mother, can I go,
NOTICE to the masquerade tomorrow' as a
Any kind of cement blocks for milkmaid?
foundations, buildings or building Mother—No, child, you are too
of the saloon, will cnioy the blessings "Good," replied the p",es!dr it. LtV block, and also best kind of sand for small.
brought about by the fight we a*e me congratulate you. But hereafter plastering and concrete, see Frank T. F.—Then can I •<> as a eon lensid
row making. h more careful." , Strnpek, Yukon, Oklahoma. j milkmaid?
year.
Foregone Conclusion.
From the Stanford Chanarral.
Landlady—1 don't allow any games
of charee here.
Student--This isn't that sort of a
"i.me. My friend here hasn't a chance
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