The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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To the Reader
We prone Tit only floan, rt' ablo. truthful mid
responsible adv *i tivinem.s in th« rolqnins of Tlie
Record. Wti believe and trust our advertisers to the
extent that we will Rn.irantve to our t uhserlber«
that our MverticfrM will make troo 1 all promises
mado in the columns of this paper. The reader
should extend the sauie confidence that we do to
our advertisers.
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The Prague Record
To the Advertiser
Hiwine*?." i* the occupation In which a person
i enira pd. Six u illlon heads of fund lies are en-
rap- 1 in the irtrnuiiK ln'siness in the V. S. alone and
every one of thein is ii forested in th- i>ai>«-r that
h lps them j iik. more money out of what they pro-
due*-, whil" it at the s.ii ..> time entertains and in-
structs The Kkuukp'ii policy is one of instruction
not destruction.
VOL. XIV.
PRAGUE, LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1917.
NO. 39
SEE ME BEFORE LEASING YOUR LAND FOR OIL AND GAS. E. E. LONG, Tel. 152
Thrift and Waste--
Economists say that France would grow rich on what America was'.es.
German strength is based on efficiency and efficiency is thrift.
Every other person in Japan has an account in a savings bank.
England, the richest of al! nations, produces the greatest amount of capita!
through savings.
On thrift dependi the nations progress as well as your own
A growing account in this bank is insurance of independence.
THE PRAGUE NATIONAL BANK
FARM LOANS MADE AT LOWEST RATES OF
INTEREST COME IN AND SEE US.
Outlook Very Promising
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FALLING OFF IN PRODUCTION INSURES HEAVY
"WILCCATTING" THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
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500,000 V0LUN- SALE CLOi^AT^^
T rrnc rmCT rill resP°,nset° 1telephone in
TEERS FIRST CALL " nes- ,!,e reqM!t 01
many friends and patrons who
I were unable to attend the big
I Tenth Anniversary Sale of the
j New York Store, Mr. Kolodny
[ has continued this great mer
j chandise treat over till Satur-
urday of this week. See ad'
| vertisement on back page for
j further particulars.
Washington, April 2.—Uni-
versal military service and
500,000 volunteers on the first
call was what President Wil-
son urged Congress to provide
tonight, as he asked the law-
makers to declare a state of
war existing between the Uni-
ted States and Germany. When I I rip A(j flf-
the President had finished! "ill*
speaking, resolutions to de-
clare a state of war existing
were introduced in both hous-
es of congress, referred to the
committees and will be debat-
ed Tuesday. There is no
doubt of their passage.
Neutrality No Longer Feasible i
New York, April 2.—
The American steam-
ship Aztec, owned by
| the Oriental Navigation Co.,
: the first armed ship to sail
I from an American port, was
In a dispassionate denunci- j ?un!c yesterday without warn-
ation of the course of the im- j mS by a German submarine
perial German government near. the Island of Brest, ac-
which he characterized as a j cording to advices received
challenge to all mankind and ^ere tonight by the company
to warfare against all nations, from 'he United States consul
the president declared neu- atJ*rest> France
trality no longer was feasible
or desirable where the peace
of the world was involved;
that armed neutrality had be-
come ineffectual enough at
best and was likely to produce
There were 39 men aboard
the vessel. 16 of them Ameri-
cans. Lieut. Graham and 12
American blue jackets consti-
tuting the armed guard of the
vessel were saved but 11 of
what it was meant to prevent |the crew are reported missing.
hat Congress ac-! Eleven men are tho't to
THAT this will be a year ofjers, the work of development
strenuous "wild-catting" is be- will from then on be pushed as
ing predicted by the big pro-1 rapidly as possible. It is ru-
ducers throughout the country, mored that a large number of
The production, according to [ secret locations have already
the reports of the big oil jour- been made in this territory
nals, has fallen off to such an
alarming extent that in order
to supply, if possible, the in-
creasing demand for oil prod-
ucts, that every place where
there is the least indication
of oil being found, will be
thoroughly tested out.
That this applies to all por-
tions of the "wild-cat" country
is certain. In the supposed
field or pool in Lincoln county
and western Okfuskee county,
adjacent to Prague, there is
no doubt but what a thorough
test will be made during the
coming year, and upon the re-
sults of the three tests now in
course of drilling, (the Jenk-
ins No. 1, the Bishop & Dishr
ner No. 1, and Rogers No. 3)
will largely determine to what
extent will be drilling opera-
tions in this field. Should ei-
ther of the three wells turn out
to be producers, or large gass-
m
pending the outcome of the
three tests above referred to,
and if things prove favorable,
there is a probability of 100 or
more wells being drilled with-
in the next four to eight
months in this and adjoining
territory.
The Oklahoma Star Oil Co.,
is reported to have their ma-
chinery all in for their test
west of Sparks, and drilling
will be commenced right soon.
The progress of this test in
that territory will be closely
watched.
SHINGLES, LATH ami LUMBER
Your patronage solicited and
We are at your service^^.
Telephone us your needs. £?
Amsden Lumber Company
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P. J. BARTOSH, Manager.
Prague, OUIa.
Telephone 88
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Will Issue School Annual.
HAVE EMPLOYED
SUPERINTENDENT
At a meeting of the Prague
Acts of The Legislature.
In our issue next week, we
will give the acts of the recent
legislature in a very compre-
hensive form. This will give
our readers an idea and a
history of wrhat was accom-
plished by this state body of
law-makers.
and urged that Cong
cept the gauge of battle with
all the resources of the Nation.
War Forced Upon Us
"I advise that the congress
declare the recent course of
the imperial Gerfnan govern-
ment to be in fact nothing less
than war against the govern-
ment and people of the United
States," said the president,
"that it formally accept the
status of beligerent which has
thus been thrust upon it and
that it take steps not only to
put the country in a more thor-
ough state of defense, but al-
so to exert all its power and
employ all its resources to
bring the government of the
German empire to terms and
end the war."
The president said war with
Germany would involve prac-
tical co-operation with the
governments now at war with [ running.
Germany, including liberal fi- j ed with
have been drowned when the
first boat to put off was smash-
ed. The third boat containing
the second officer and 18 men
is not directly accounted for,
but the fact that only 11 are
reported missing leads to the
belief that it must have been
picked up.
The Aztec sailed from New
York March 18, for Havre.
She was commanded by Cap-
tain Walter O'Brien.
The Oriental Navigation
Co., owner of the Aztec also
owns the Orleans, one of the
first American vessels to run]
successfully Germany's sub-
marine blockade. The Aztec
carried a full cargo of food
stuffs and general supplies
valued at more than $500,000.
The steamer was torpedoed at
night while a heavy sea was
The Aztec was arm-
two five-inch guns,
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J. O. MEYER
President
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GEO. R. SUTTON
Cashier
We received this week from
Ryan, Okla., an order for thei
publishing of the School An-
nual, at that place. It will con-!
sist of approximately 100 pa-|
ges, finely illustrated with en-! , , ,p- , .
gravings of school life at thai. RohV'p V'
p ace printed „„ a hiKl, Kra.le | & ,„TV "ml
ot book paper and bound with o, " • V , *
a heavy cloth cover. f °pyla?/s Superintendent of
j the Plague schools to teach
_ v the coming school year which
Gets Three l ears. | opens in September. The se-
| lection of Prof. McCoIlum was
MIAMI—A. B. Hitchcock, | recommended by Prof. A. Lin-
a former cashier of the Citi- schied, and we have no doubt
zens State Bank of Fairland, j but what this choice is a good
has been sentenced to threejon® and will meet with entire
years in the state reformatory \ satisfaction by all patrons of
at Granite following convict-1 our school.
ion on a charge of embezzling!
$3,000 of the bank's funds.
Hitchcock came to Fairland
from Atoka last fall. He had
been with the Fairland bank
only six weeks.
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
nancial credits. He urged the ! one forward and one aft. The
raising of 500,000 men and | ship formerly was owned by
universal military se'rvice. j the Pacific Mail Steamship
The president made it clear company, was 3,727 tons
that no action was being tak- gross, and 2,345 tons net. She
en against the Austrian gov-1 was 350 feet long.
ernment and the other nations j
allied with Germany. W\ H. Hunt is reported to
Your account is always welcome, whether it is
large or small or whether you deposit or borrow.
We have private money to loan on farm lands at
the lowest rates. Your note is made payable at our
bank and all the papers are kept in our vault. Talk it
over with us before renewing your loan or borrowing
elsewhere.
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ON FIRST EASTER DAY
Beautiful Scriptural Reading
of The Savior's Rise,From
the Tomb and Greet-
ing To Mary
Magdalene.
WAR BILL IS BLOCKED
BY SEN. LA FOLLETTE | [s still a
hoping th
Washington, Apr. 3.—At a
meeting of the senate commit-
tee, it was decided to hold a
continuous session of the sen-
ate from 10 o'clock Wednes-
day, Apr. 4, until the war bill
is acted upon. It is the purpose
of the committee tto prevent
any filibustering or delay as
was caused today by Senator
La Follette.
(Continued on page 3)
The first day of the week
cometh Mary Magdalene early
when it was yet dark, unto the
sepulcher, and seeth the stone
taken away from the sepul-
cher.
Then she runneth, and com-
eth to Simon Peter and to the
very sick man. Here's ,othe'' disciple whom Jesus
hat" he will soon be 'ove('> arK" saith unto to them:
be feeling better than he has
for some time past, altho he
again * unto their
on the road to health again.
A.
have
T. Reaves and family
moved to Prague, and
now occupy the residence
property he recently bought
of Mrs. Fred Haiev.
They have taken away the
Lord out of the sepulcher, and
we know not where they have
laid him.
way
home
But Mary stood within at
the sepulcher weeping: and
as she wept, she stooped down
and looked into he sepulcher.
And seeing two angels sit-
ting. the one at the head, the
other at the feet, where the
body of Jesus had lain.
And they say unto her, wo-
man, why weepest thou? She
saith unto them, Because they
have taken away my Lord,
and I know not where they
have laid him.
And when she had thus said
she turned her elf back, and
saw Jesus standing, and knew
not that it was Jesus.
Jesus saith unto her, W'orn-
Eighty-five votes out of a
possible 220 were cast in the
town election, Tuesday.
„ . „ , an, why weepest thou? whom
Peter therefore went forth,| seekest thou? She
and
supposing
him to be the gardener, saith
unto him. Sir, if thou have
borne him hence, tell mi
i way.
The Best At the Lowest
Price at The
New York Bargain Store
Prague, Oklahoma
and that other uisciple
came unto the sepulcher.
So they ran both together:
and the other disciple did out-j where thou hast'TaYd him, and
run Peter, and came first to
the sepulcher.
And he stooping down, and
looking in, saw the linen clo-
thes lying; yet went he not in.
Then cometh Simon Peter
following him, and went in£o
the sepulcher, and seeth the
linen clothes lie.
And the napkin that was a-
bout hi* head, not lyng with
the linen clothes, but wrapped
in a place by itself.
Then came in that other dis-
ciple which came first to the It is the hope of the school
sepulcher, and he saw, ;.nd 1 board that the new high school
believed. j building will be completed in
For as yet they knew not! time for use when school opens
the Scripture, that he must rise in September. The site for
again from the dead. j the new building will be made
Then the disciples went a-'public in a few days.
BACK FROM WEST
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Lee re-
turned home Tuesday from a
visit with relatives and friends
in Colorado and Wyoming.
While away Mr. Lee visited
the big oil fields of Wyoming.
He reports great activity in
the oil industry in that state,
and is more convinced than
ever that Wyoming is desti-
nied to become one of the
greatest oil producing states in
the Union.
Initial Number Out.
Will Move To Texas.
W. B. Francis and family
will leave about May 1st for
Texas, where they will make
their home. A short time back
Mr. Francis sold his gin prop-
erties in Prague to B. F. Whit-
more. He is one of the pio-
neer ginners of Prague, and
has been identified with tht*
ginning business of the town
for many years.
We acknowledge receipt of
a copy of The Carpenter Rec-
ord, volume 1, number 1, pub-
lished at Carpenter, Wyoming
by the Record Publishing Co.
I The paper is a neat eight page,
I six column weekly, printed on
| fine white paper and is chock-
full of good live news matter
pertaining to Carpenter and
surrounding community. The
advertisements, of which there
are a goodly number, are clas-
sy, up-to-date mechanically,
and to the point, showing that
the merchants and business
men of that thriving little city
to be aggressive and know how
to go after business. Ed. W.
Simpson, formerly of the Rec-
ord at Prague, is the editor.
Ed is a competent, experienced
newspaperman, and will give
the people of Carpenter a pa-
per that they may well feel
proud of.
Town election passed off
quietly, Tuesday, and only in
one ward, the first, was there
a contest. W. P. Shumate, the
present member of the board,
was re-elected over F. R. Vlas-
ak, by a nice little majority.
J. McElroy, state sale
'or Ely-Walker Dry Good-
of St. Louis, was here|ed home last Friday
J.
man
Co.,
the latter part of last week,
interviewing ourmerchants and
taking orders for new fall and
winter merchandise.
TAKEN UP.
One sorrel mare, weight a-
bout 800 lbs. No blemishes;
looks to be about 12 years old;
white around the ankles. Own-
er can have same by paying
for cost of keeping and ex-
pense of this advertisement.
Mary Ellis, 1 mile west and 1
mile north of Willzetta. 3tp
B. M. Kidd, the Chevrolet
agent, was a Shawnee visitor
Tuesday. He reports the sale
of two new Ghevrolets this
week.
S. M. Hunt and wife return-
Sore eyes of an acute nature
seem to be prevalent and fol-
lowing in the course of the re-
cent epidemic of measles that
swept over this county.
visit with relatives at Burlin
game, Kansas. .
It is predicted th:.t the cot-
ton acreage in Oklahoma this
year will be 33 1-3 per cent
greater than that of 111 16.
I will take him
Jesus saith unto her, Mary,
She turned herself, and saith
unto him. Rabboni, which is
to say, Master.—John xx: 1
to 16.
Mrs. F. W. Nadeau celebra-
ted her 67th birthday last
Sunday. We trust that she
may live to enjoy many more
such celebrations.
J. T. Haley, who has been
attending an automobile school
in Kansas City, has returned
home.
H. F. lies, the affable and
courteous manager of the lo-
cal telephone exchange was in M. V\. Merritt and Sam Ko-
to see us Tuesday afternoon, lodny went to Oklahoma City,
and while here placed a nice Mondaj afternoon, returning
order for commercial printing, j Tuesday.
BUY THE
BIG 10c LOAF
or
3 for 25c
and save money on your bread
UP-TO-DATE BAKERY
NEXT DOOR TO PRAGUE RECORD OFFICE.
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