The State Journal (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1912 Page: 3 of 7
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Friday, July 12, 1912
THE STATE JOURNAL
Mulhall, Logan County, Oklahoma
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Pigs For Sale. j conveying the real estate, build- died during the month.
Two 60 pound pigs for sale, ings and property to the board of Cyclone victims numbered
Inquire of Kuhlman. I education of the city of Guthrie? eight
Garkscrt
BY MISS SMARTY.
Cotton chopping is nearly over.
Ertel and Ada Barnes were
Guthrie visitors Saturday.
S. J. Ussary and family spent
Sunday at Mrs. McAnnally's.
J. M. Briles and family have
some relatives visiting them from
Iowa.
Mahala Reynolds is making her
sister, Mrs. R. Sylvester, a few
weeks' visit.
Several of our Clarksonites at-
tended the party at A. W. Bis-
hop's Thursday night.
Ernie and Laura Ussary, Roe
Domstead and Leo Hopkins cele-
brated the fourth in Perkins.
Mrs. Will Hewitt and daugh-
ter, and a friend of the family
accompanied her, returned home
-ru u u C U . I The committee each pledges There were four suicides.
The High School P . , himself personally to use his best Six persons were the victims
We, the Committee appointee effortg to secure the adoption of of homicides.
at a mass meeting of citizens of, eachoftht recommenda. Twodeaths resulted from
Logan county, heldI at 1the i y ^ to personally Bupport Pellagra.
Hall in Guthrie on July 2, 1.1-, 1 passage of the leg- Contagious diseases manifest-
havins had under c.Mulerat,«n. J ^ m,„„-
the present status of the Logan men(jet]
We further report that it is
our judgment from information
county high school and the pro-
and 1
spent this week with home folks.
Estella Bocox and Mrs. Earl
Bocox spent Sunday at the Chas.
Myers home.
Miss Birdie Schaal spent Thurs-
day, Friday and Friday night at
the C. J. Plumer home.
C. J. Plumer and son Walter,
and Miss Opal Gordon called at
the Schaal home Saturday after-
i noon. , - , , .
i mi mt i o j cedure necessary to adopt m or-
The We come Sunday school ....
. , * , * ., ,, , . , der to relieve the county ot the
celebrated the fo"rt\^^raJ: maintenance of the same as a
,ng a picnic in Mr Gilmore s 8chool, make dis-
grove. A large crowd attended ^ <)f ^
and all reported an enjoyable '
time' _ j the same, submit the following
Poverty Ridge report:
by gloomy gus We are of the opinion that no
,r. , , t i final disposition of the school or
Tom McKinley ha, returned | ^ ^ made ^ ^
from Idaho. ; jg further state legislation au-
thorizing the same. To this end
we recommend that the county
It is no longer "Gloomy Gus,'' [ hi$?h school be disestablished and
but "Smiling Gus." j the property be conveyed to the
Charley Hanson and wife gave lxjard of education of the city of
a dance Saturday night. Guthrie, the county to pay off
Mrs. Oscar Meador's mother is the bonded indebtedness as the
I here from Texas, visiting. J same falls due from the sinking, of public health of this county,
! , , ,. fil, f I fund levies already provided for. | hands us the following, which is
Somebody s dog got h.s fiirof fund le«u* ^ (he ttken (rom thc month|y health
foregoing results, we recommend j bulletin issued by the state board
that the board of county com-1of health:
the county
chil- IV"KerB election board to submit to
electors of the county,to be voted interesting facts relative to con-
ed in the state were reported as
follows:
Diphtheria 33 cases, 3 deaths.
Scarlet Fever 35 cases, 1 death
0 deaths
cases, 12
obtained from taxpayers through Smallpox 98 cases
out the various portions of the Typhoid Fever 45
, county as well as of the city of deaths
, . , ,. , . . I Guthrie, that the adoption of the Tuberculosis 160 cases, 76
liquidate the indebtedness against recon)mendrtkJB. we here make deaths,
will meet with approval of a Pneumonia 245 cases, 124
large majority of the taxpayers deaths.
Mrs. Hudspeth called on home
folks Sunday.
of the county.
Respectfully submitted,
F. O. Lutz, Guthrie.
W. H. Matthews, Mulhall
A. B. Wood, Mulhall,
0. B. Acton, Mulhall.
J. E. Douglas, Guthrie.
Jno. H. Burford, Guthrie.
Summary of Vital Statistics.
For April, 1911, there were
recorded 2,140 births and 704
deaths. During that month 251
children under the age of six
years died.
Selected Short Sermons.
The tighter you seal up love,
the sooner it decays.
The want of appreciation
Monday- I Somebody's dog got his fillof:Iuncl levies aireouy i"""™™ 'i. . .
Grandma Cormican is making, out of those storeo in Mr. In order to accomplish the taken fiom
her friends in Clarkson aifew ; w caVe, Saturday.
weeks'visit. We understand she ^ ^
is to leave for Indiana soon. j and roasting | missioners request
Summary oi vnai rphe want of appre
Dr. Childers, superintendent cheapens every possession.
-mt,, Don't walk wilfully and trust
God to keep you out of the pit-
falls.
Mud throwing doesn't require
ears at William Morris' Sunday.
Ruraldale Items
Mrs. Ella Nininger and
dren, who have been visiting at
W. H. Carriers,returned to their
home in Guthrie, Saturday. by bluebell
Mrs. Ella Nininger and chil-1 pre(j Fallin spent Sunday with
dren of Guthrie, are here visiting Willie Orr.
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. There are plenty of ripe
Carrier, and other relatives. ! j)eaches now.
Orson Cordis has purchased a j \ydi_ we had
new buggy from Harris & Son.
Too bad, girls, but it seems as if
only one girl was permitted to
ride in it.
- Will and Cassie Carrier, Aurie
some more fine
rain last Friday.
Mrs. Ed. Lewellen spent Sun-
day at Roy Lewellen's.
heal™: • • , fu good aim: keeps at it and you are
. State Statistics for the month * ^ ^ somebody.
the of April, 1912, show some very q{ ^ )jfe (,e.
— , /nteresting facts relative to con- ^ ^ q{ yQur
upon at the August primary elec- ditions in Oklahoma thouirhts Marcus Aurelius An-
tion, two propositions viz: | There were 2,798 births and thoughts.
^a"H,heShe°d"nty!™ntt"h reP°rtS ! Religion in common acceptation
h'Second00 Shall the trustees of! A new record was attained is the most J™1
thp 1 otran county high school be when 55 pair of twins were asset, and the multitude keep
authorized to convey the high officially recorded; 53 pair were safety away from contam.na io
school property to the board of born to white parents and 2 pair by touch with lite.
education of the city of Guthrie? to negroes. "Whatsoever a man soweth
If a majority of the votes shall Three sets of triplets were that shall he also reap should be
be in favor of these propositions, born to white parents. written on every square toot ot
who
make a
the
Mr and Mrs. Bert Gumm spent then this committee will prepare Of the total number of deaths prison wall surface,
Aune Sunday at Jim Rooney's. and present to the next legisla- recorded for that month 291 out.
Barnes, Will, Orson and Bertha • , ., t ture a bill authorizing the trus- children under the age of six It is only tools
Cordis and Ed Carrier and wife, I Clarence Gray andwife spent ^bill author ^ ^ were victims. This is 32 per cent mock of sin. ^e sensitive
spent Wednesday evening at E. Sunday at W. K Gra^^ continue the same as a county of the entire death rate of Okla- highly strung, the
A.Henderson's. j E. W. Blakestey • high school at the end of the lahoma for April.
Quite a number of the boys spent Sunday at Ed. Coultc . year jn 1913, and immedi- Three persons whose ages were ..... _ thr..|dom
went boating on the Cimarron Miss Ona Lewellen spent^ Sun- thereafter execute a deed more than one hundred years know its ai. y,
the men of good intentions, weak
will and strong passions-they
its
last Sunday. ' They run the boat day with Miss Ida Baumgartener.
with Will Cordis's gasoline en- Quite a few people celebrated
gine, which proved quite success- the fourth of Ju>y on the Cimar-
ful and was good sport for the ron river.
boys. Will Park and children and
J.B.Nininger, wife and daugh- Nellie Detwiler spent Sunday at
ter, and J. H. Neher, of Guthrie, Chas. Wisner's.
and Mr. Crumpacker of McPher- Mr an(j Mrs Cal Bressler and
son, Kansas, celebrated the 4th chj\dren visited at Roy Ken-
at Clarkson. Mr. Crumpacker nedy's Sunday.
was here in the interest of the Mrg Ireton of oklahoma City
McPhersou college. ! .g here visjting her son, Will Ire-
District 46, Rfd. 1. . ton and family.
by uncle josh | Miss Beeda Crigler of Orlando,
Stacking grain is the order of js visiting her sister, Mrs. E. W.
the day around here. Blakesley and family.
Miss Dahlly Schaal took dinner j Mrs Will Hoag and children
last Monday at E. L. Mills' spent last week with her parents,;
Mary and Lina Rawlings spent Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wisner.
the 4th with Ida and Mary Jeff-1 Mr. and Mrs. E. P, Wilkerson
ries. 'and daughters Clemmie and
Harvey Griffith Is up from ] Nannie, and Miss Beeda Crigler, ;
Oklahoma City looking after his i spent Sunday at Leo Anthis . j
property here. A large crowd attended the
Mrs. Geo. Fultz and Carolyn preaching services at Antioch
called on Mrs Geo. Jeffries, Ida1 Sunday and Sunday night. There
and Mary Monday afternoon.
E. L. Mills is running for the
nomination of county assessor
subject to the primaries in
August.
The miny friends of Mr. and
Mrs. John Green of Orlando ex-
tends them the sincere sympathy
in the loss of thair daughter,
Miss Maggie Green.
Some of Carolyn Fultz's little
friends helped her to celebrate
her fifth birthday last Tuesday,
July 9. The afternoon was spent
in games and a general good
time. Those present were: Mary
Jeffries, Ruby Duehning, Mabel
and Margaret Devitt, Herbert
Mills, Leo Devitt, Walter and Syl-
vers Schaefer. Refreshmente of
ice-cream, cake and bananas
were served.
Welcome Notes.
BY HL'ITLKR
A fine rain Friday afternoon
and night.
Miss Atha and Edward Gordon
were six additions by baptism.
LOCAL NEWS
Mis<* Madolene Louther of
Guthrie is the guest of Miss Mil- j
dred Boedecker.
Mrs. Anna Wise came yester-!
day from Guthrie to visit Mrs. j
Arthur McMillian.
Winfield Runyan of Topeka,
Kansas came Tuesday to visit his j
aunt, Mrs. E. E. Richardson.
Ed and Ben Boedecker have
bought ii urge store at Medford,
Okla. and will take charge at
oliee.
Born, Thursday morning to
Mr. and Mrs. Lorrain Barnard
of Guthrie, a six and one-half
pound boy. All doing nicely.
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Engine
FOR SALE
$50
Buys
Fresh Vegetables.
You can have fresh picked]
tomatoes, beans, corn and cu- j
cumbers by leaving your orders. ;
Garden, north Mulhall, "under,
the elms."
Mrs. A. B. Wood.
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first-class Gasoline Engine,
with Pumping Attachment Included.
By a consolidation of the Newspaper
Plants here, The State Journal has an
extra Gasoline Engine, horse power and in first-
class running order which we will sell at the above price.
Time if desired. There is a pumping attachment goes
with this engine, which makes the outfit suitable for the
farm.
Call at our office in Mulhall and examine the engine and
see it work.
The State Journal
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Connty Central Committee to
Chairman Goodrich has i*l
a call to members of the Ld
county central committee to i
at Guthrie, Saturday, July
1912. It is the purpose to n
this the starting of the camp
of 1912 for Republican victor
Logan county, and all Rep
cans are invited to be pre
and lend their influence tc
cause of Republicanism,
meeting is called for 2:30 Sj
day.
reality.*—Basil Wilberforce.
After all, what is htinu
but one vast crew plowing inj
and the same vessel —the
verse, o'er that mighty ocel
life, bound toward a com|
goal—perfect unity with
and what a pity it is that
few oarsmen are so tied to
oars as entirely to overlook
all-pervading plan. - ArthuiJ
Richardson.
As to Work.
It was Thomas Carlyle
said: No matter how benigl
there is always hope for the
who actually and earn
works.
People who do not actually
earnestly work are pauperi
themselves. Physical ability
mental inclination to work
continue working are ar
God's greatest blessings,
people have been made wel
work, hopeless people hoi>|
,Sad, colorless lives have
: tinged with the glow of intJ
and enthusiasm, and cheel
' existences have been made
I lime.
But many people believe
work when they are not honl
entitled to the belief. Thev|
in so many hours a day ws
on customers in a store or t(]
in a ditch, but they do it un
ingly and disinterestedly an
thev cannot claim they actl
and earnestly work.
For real work, the kind Cfj
meant, includes interest in
you do, no matter what
Toiling in a ditch may be h|
elevating if it is performed
an intelligent, persistent s<
for the easiest, quickest,
thorough way of accomplij
greatest results with least e|
if it is carried on with a
mined plan to give value reel
to your employer and steadj
provement to yourself.
The right kind of work t
happiness. It is a necessity
poor, a luxury to the rich i
boon to the sick and unfortu|
Get to work.
Congressman Bird S. Mel
has introduced a bill in conf
providing for the sale of|
5,000 acres of land. The
is the surplus land ol
Chilocco Indians in Kay c<
Under the bill eight and
quarter sections are to bd
and one section is to be do)
to Kay county for a poor
These sections are valued atj
$20,000 to $30, tKK) each al
present time. Selling thej
quarter-section tracts, 30 fal
will be provided with farmj
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