Oklahoma State Register (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 40, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1931 Page: 1 of 10
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Oklahoma State Registera
GUTHRib, OKLAHOMA. No. 3(5.
>1.50 Year
OLDEST PAPER
PUBLISHED
CONTINOUSLY
IN OKLAHOMA
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FORTIETH YEAR Decembefi, 1931.
PLACES SERVICE
ABOVE
PARTY POLITICS
Still Queen of the Cowlwy Saddle
New Christmas
Santa Claus, for the second conse-
HAS GOOD YEAR
the state. One Is locat.
sale In this community
CHARITY GRID GAME
TC WVTT SlTTDDADTrn
to the local commissary.
the
Credit With a Sadie
at the show
fringe of the
the
the
the
1-4 mills below that of a year
check of the budget approved
excise board revealed Thurs-
paper,
write
Your
the
orASSISTANT ATTORNEY
GENERAL IS SPEAKER
very
bare-
FEDERAL AGENT
TO TALK PAYING
ON , SEED LOANS
1136,
over
Wed-
after
she has been awarded a special prize
in the club contest at the Oklahoma
State Fair, held at Oklahoma City this
year.
goes to the Oklahoma state unit; and
60 per cent comes back Into local
schools and Is used in conducting the
clinics by state and local physicians
among school children.
The fund also provides for the pur-
chase of milk, apples and other neces-
sary foods that tend to build muscle,
bone and brain, for those children that
are deprived of such advantages at
home.
The Oklahoma unit of the national
Largest Attendance Present at De-
cember Auction Wednesday
Dec-
I in
. ex-
■ at-
i theAnnual Iteport of County Achieve,
nients released This Week
his famous
leading per-
The show
agent,
achievements of., the
are the piecing of 16
members, making over
Guthrie's and Logan county’s I
de- ember sales and trades day, held
in- Guthrie Wednesday, December 2,
the (.eeded all previous records for
tendance, and volume of sales at
FORMER GUTHR1AN ADV ANCES
IN PENNEY ORGANIZATION
city as it
funds avail-
find a man-
city govern-
CLUB GIRL RANKS IN
NATIONAL CONTESTS
Guthrie’s uuem-
Reductlon In Government Expense
Lowers Guthrie’s Taxes
TRADESDAYIS MERIDIAN CLUB
RECORD BREAKER
nearer states.
Music for the entire day's program
was furnished by the Mulhall band.
Man/ former residents of Mulhall
were back to mingle with old friends.
A large crowd of Guthrians were in
evidence.
Many barbecued buffalo sandwiches
were dispensed among the crowd.
George Buchele drew the buffalo head
and Ruby Flannery won the hide.
Among the prominent state citizens
observed at the rodeo were Major
General oy Hoffman and Herbert K.
Hyde, United States district attorney.
The closing event of the day was a i
series of boxing matches which were j
held in a special ring, in the evening, i
ADVALOREM TAX
IN an LOWER
IN NEW BUDGET
The regular monthly auction, held
tinder tlie auspices of the Guthrie
Chamber of Commerce, at the fair-
grounds south of the city, was under-
way a half hour before noon,
nesday. It was not ended until
darkness had fallen.
Total cash receipts will be
near the $2,000 mark, which wasPromotion to the important position
as manager of the J. C. Penney Co.
store in Wichita Kansas, was given a
former Guthrie boy this week.
Donald D. Hoag, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Hoag, D03 E. Harrison,
7. overniuent Representative To Be In
County Neat Saturdayprimarily to con-
caustic and semi- i
the councilmen cuttv® >ear. baa ca,lad ®ar,y at the of'
flee of the Oklahoma State Register, in
Guthrie, and left >40 in cash to be dis-
tributed to the ten boys and girls that
i send in the best letters telling him
what they want him to bring them tor
Christmas.
Old Santa is just as generous this
The latter classification may Y®ar aa b® waa *aat| *n aPlte of tb® d®‘
cotton. If the farmer
cotton in a bonded
handle through the
association, the g >vern-
allow 8 cents per pound
The canning record
shows 1,147 quarts of fruit, 570 of
vegetables, 175 of meats, 217 of jellies
and 212 of pickles, making a total of
2,331 quarts canned. A canning budget
was exhibited by the club at the com.
munity and county fairs.
The exhibit of fruit and vegetables
at the community fair won $23 in be exchanged
prize money. At the county fair their script in turn, may be turned over by
exhibit of dresses placed with three the laborer to the comissary tor food,
seconds and one third, while the can- clothing, fuel and other necessities,
ning budget was awarded one second
and two fourth places, with $23 more
in premiums.
The Meridian club was winner of
farmers who have
in repaying the fed-
for loans secured
have an opportunity
Mulhall Puts On Successful
Buffalo Barbecue And Rodeo
Sam I-attimore, from the office of
■ the attorney general of the State of, '-v missed at the sale a month ago. Pre-
Oklahoma, will be the speaker at the vailing prices were slightly lower this
weekly meeting of the Guthrie Lions , month, however, which may tend to
• cash receipts near the
former mark, although number of ar-
ticles sold was greater.
One stockman pointed out that “not
one liog that was sold failed to bring
the prevailing market price.” A large
number of head of livestock was sold
weeKiy meeting ot rue outline uiuub ■■
Club, to be held at the Ione Hotel, on hold the
Friday noon.
Lattimore is assistant attorney gen-
eral in the office of J. Berry King, ac-
cording to Dr. R. F. Ringrose, in
charge of the Friday program.
“Good Government." in which busi-
ness men of the state are vitally in- on ,be block.
terested, will be the subject on which Guthrie business men assisting in
Lattimore will talk to the local Lions, ,be conduction of the sale were Ben
Ringrose said. Large attendance Is an- Boedecker, Lawrence Stork of
l ticipated for the meeting.
Meridian farm women's club has
made an excellent rec< rd in club ac-
tivities during the past year, accord-
ing to the annual report issued from
the office of the Logan county home
demonstration
Among the
Meridian club
quilts for club
old clothing for a poor family, send. COMMISSARY GROUP
ing plants to friends confined to bos- ----
pitals and sending sprays to four fu-
nerals, assisting parent-teachers as-
sociation witli school work and send- will be aide to furnish 400 days of la-
ing canned meats to an orphans home, bor this winter to
of the club Ployed, it was estimated at a meeting
of tlie committee Thursday afternoon
at Hie city hull.
Tlie committee expects to have
available funds totalling $6,000 which
will make it possible to pay 1.50 per
day for the 4000 days labor.
Script, issued by the committee,
for labor. The
Lucille Mulhall
For years Lucille Mulhall, daughter of the late Oklahoma pioneer, !
Mulhall, lias been recognized as tlie clinmpioi^ lad) roper of America
tlie death of her father recently, Lucille decided to do her part to keep tlie
spirit of tlie west alive. She lias been one of tlie outstanding attractions at
recent Rodeos at Mulhall. Oklahoma. Her trick and fancy ropine proved
lier ability to hold her title.
the
Lintz store, Ed Koch of the Contin-
entlal Oil Co., Dr. R. F. Ringrose, W. the 1931 garden contest in the coun-
F. Burt of the Fairmont Creamery, ty. ~
IS WELL SUPPORTED Jlm Kennedy- E- M McIntyre, E. E.Brown of the New York Hardware
cashier of the
HAS FUND A VAILABLE
Guthrie’s commissionary committee
Guthrie's 1931 Christmas health
seal committee expressed the wish on
Thursday, the day which marked the
opening of the annual sale in this
community, that “this little token of
bad health prevention will continue
its conspiclous position on the outgo,
ing letters and Christmas packages of
Guthrie and Logan county this season
as usual.”
The twenty-fifth annual sale of
Christmas Health Seals, of a new de-
sign, opened December 3. Members ot association has been able to assist in
the local committee are Chairman tbe sponsoring of two tuberculosis
Ralph M. Davis, W. A. Greene, Loren anatoriums in
A. Hutchins, Mrs. Irene Sloan, Mrs. A. ®d at Clinton and the other at Tala-
P. Kidwell and Mrs. L. F. Foster. h,na-
Funds derived from the annual sale Bulk of the
are pro-rated into three divlslone. Ten this year as In the past, will be con-
percent goes into the maintenance of ducted by mail. Quantity of the pur-
the national association; 40 per cent chase will be left up to the individual.
Brown of the New
and Melvin Johnson.
First National Bank
Extra helpers were P. W. Gifford,
W. T. Utz, Ray Stewart, and Albert
Bohn. Checks were being Issued den contest, 15 in food preparation, 12
Thursday to those who sold articles *n clothing unit, 1 and 3 In house fur-
at the auction. The financial end is nlshing.
handled through the Chamber
Commerce.
Total proceeds of Guthrie’s first
charity football game this year reach-
ed the $335 mark, according to ap-
proximate figures released Thursday
by the officials of LeBron Post
American Legion, sponsors of the
event.
The game, between Guthrie high-
school and Edmond highschool elevens
was played at the fairgrounds south
of Guthrie Wednesay night. '
Guthrie aggregation was victorious by
a margin of one point In the 7 to 6
struggle.
Guthrie’s lone touchown was made
by Webber Merrell in the third quar-
. ter, after a 52 yard run. Edmond
scored the touchdown which almost
INSURE CHRISTMAS MAIL DISTRIBUTION tied the score in the final minute of
--------- play, but failed to kick goal.
do not enclose letters in parcels; pack Proceeds from the game will be dis-
articles carefully in strong, durable tributed to charity through the var-
containers; parcels may not exceed Jous organizations which sold the
100 Inches In length and girth com-. tickets. The Legion post’s share in
bined and the limit ot weight of the ticket shale will be about
fourth class or parcel post matter is which will probably be turned
70 pounds for all zones.
Post offices will make every effort
to handle the Christmas malls with-
out congestion and delay, but owing
to the enormous volume this can be
done only with cooperation of
public.
Letter* To Be Nent Te Santa’s Mail
bag At Register Office
Reductions in operation expense of
Guthrie city government, through the
Logau county excise board's drastic
slashes and earlier reductions by the
Guthrie city council, will reduce the
ad valorem tax on city property more
than I
ago, a
by the
dag.
In the past the city government has
been using the full 6 mills, maximum
allowed by law, for operation. The
budget allowed by the excise board
will necessitate an ad valorem tax of
only 1 3-4 mills.
Other expense* of city government
will be realized from other sources,
Henry Derwln, chairman of the ex-
cise board, pointed out.
Under the levy of 1.7523 mills,
which the city will collect in ad val-
orem taxes for municipal expense for
the current year, only $9,522 will be
raised. Were the levy set at 6 mills,
on the same assessed valuation, the
city would collect aproximately $33,-
114 in ad volorem taxes.
Other funds necessary for the opera-
tion of the city government will be
rasied through the police department,
water department and other sources.
The excise board has approved abudget of approximately $63,700 for
the city. The city council, under a
revised estimate, asked tor $71,058.52.
Tlie original estimate called for $80,-,
795.
Reductions in practically every
partment, aside from police, are
eluded in tlie budget approved by
excise board.
Derwin expresse the opinion Thurs- farmers' auction, trades day officials
day that the city ad valorem tax said Thursday.
could be completely eliminated in the
near future. This would be attained
through the retii ment of bonds
against the city.
the holiday season the
volume of United States mail increases
200 percent, according to the postal
department.
For that reason, the postal authori-
ties point out, early shopping and
mailing offer the safest insurance for
delivery of Christmas presents, cards
and letters by Christmas Day. It is
a physical impossibility to handle this
great mass ot mail matter efficiently
and promptly within a few days.
Information and mailing require-
ments, of general interest, are given
by the postal department as follows:
Prepay postage fully on all mail
matter; Parcels may be marked “Do
Not Open Until Christmas,’’ this be-
ing permitted in order to encourage at Lafayette, Ind., informing her that
early mailing; Christmas seals and
slickers should not be placed on the
address side of the mail; address atl
matter plainly and completely In ink;
Special Award Given
Evilene Park, Mulhall 4-H club girl,
is in receipt of, a letter from the Amer-
ican Shropshire Registry Association
ogan county
■ Ki difficulty
government
•ipmic will
a.scusH repayment with a govern-
ment representative here Saturday,
December 5.
Everette It Veetch, assisant seed
loan agent, will be in the offlc-s of
the county farm agent, J M Ivs, in
Hie federal building ail day Saturday.
Veetch has requested that all who
are apparently unable to make pay-
ment to call at that time for a dis-
cussion with him The loans were to
lie repaid by November 30.
The majority of the Logau county
loans have been paid up promptly, it
was pointed out Thursday. Slightly
over $5,000 was loaned by the govern-
ment to Logan county farmers.
Loans were made by the government
last spring for the purchase of seed
and feed for livestock. Tlie money
was to be used for no other purpose,
Tlie government is making a special
proposition in connection witli the
loan, where the debtor is in possession
•>l a quanity of
will store
warehouse,
marketing
ment will
credit on the debt.
The price is well above tlie cc.tton
market and assures the farmer that
lie will be able to cover Hie loan, and
at tlie same time be assured ot any
price increase which may follow while
Hie cotton is in storage. Under such
an arrangement the cotton must be
of at least a fifteen-sixteenth inch
staple.
Approximately 70 Logan county
farmers took advantage of the federal
seed ami feed loan plan last spring.
One pint of preserves from the
canning budget of the club placed first
in state fair competition, In the Logan
county canning budget.
The club entered 14 members In the
county farm women’s ward Improve- <iu,1,rle’ ,ook over tbe niauagemtnt of
ment program. 11 members In the gar- ,he Peuney Htore in Kansas’ largest.
city Monday November 30. C. C. Hoag
is manager of the Penney store in
Guthrie.
Tlie young man lias been manager
of t lie Penney store at Lawrence,
Kansas, for the past two years. He
was formerly a student at the Uni-
versity of Kansas, at Lawrence, where
he was captain of the tennis team,
until bis graduation.
Navlna-Mplhall Game
Navina boys’ basketball squad will
meet the Mulhall quintette on the Mul-
hall court on Friday night, December and
4. he Mulhall team won over Arcadia, Ark.
by a score of 19 to 18 at Arcadia last
week. The Mulhall girls lost to Arca-
dia by a score of 23 to 13.K. Sherman, 34, Detroit, Mich., TOWNSHIP BOARDS TO MEET
Helen H. Hurst, 21, Ft. Smith, WITH COUNTY EXCISE GROUPJUIU ,
The MARRIAGE LICENSES ARE
ISSUED TO NINE HEREj Florence Dreessel, Logan county 4-
H club girl, was awarded another hon-
Marriage licenses were Issued in or In national competition this week
Logan county during the past week to at the National 4-H club congress at
tlie folowfng couples: Chicago, according to word received
Claud Galuska, 21, and Virginia here Thursday.
Wheeler, 20, both ot Coyle; Ralph
Peters, 23, and Juanita Bruce, 21,
both of Cushing; Ralph Aubry, 22, and
Oleta Harris, 18, both of Oklahoma
City; C. C. Childers, 26 and Roberta
Foster, 24, both of Oklahoma City;
M. W. Baker, 22, and Iona Kingkade,
20, both of Oklahoma City; Hubert
Roberts, 21, and Virgil Orr, 15, both
of Edmond; Troy Weaver, 45, Still-
water, and Genevieve Paul, 28, Langs- 10 the show this year for outstanding Churning
ton; Buford Davenport 23, and Verna work.
Phillips, 18, both of Chandler; and
Lyle 1
Each Wednesday, following a Tues- $40 IN PRIZES OFFERED
day evening session of the Guthrie city ■ „ Z ~ . ....
council, Guthrie’s daily newspaper
carries one to three columns of 8-
point type, printed
vey to citizens the
caustic remarks of
during the session.
Comparatively insignificant jibes
directed by one councilman at an-
other, or at their humble servant, the I
city manager, often resemble Bill,
Murray—J. Berry King repartee'
when they appear In cold black and
white. ’
come nearer describing the attitude of pression, leaving one big check for $25
the councilmen at their meeting this ,t0 b® 8lven t0 tb® b°y or 8irl writing
week as they launched an “opposition tb® TerY beat letter of tb® ten winners,
attack" on the police department, Saata’s check for $25 for the grand
program of City Manager Geddes. prize, went to Hazel Cover, of Mar-
The average citizen, reading recent eball, last year.
stories of Guthrie’s municipal admin-' Hazel was only 14 years old but she
istration activities, under the city ! wrote a fine letter to Santa Claus, in
manager form ot government, must! care of the Oklahoma State Register,
wonder what kind ot government it is.' and told him just what she wanted tor
There is one assurance in evidence. Christmas, what she wanted for her
however, and that is that the city mother, father, brothers and sisters,
manager has little to say about the and her Sunday School teacher,
actual management of the city’s gov-! Christmas morning she found $25 In
ernment, in a true sense of the term, her stocking. Nine other prize win.
under the city manager plan as it is ners shared in the Christmas awards,
worked here. Which is exactly as Someone is going to win the big
some prefer under existing conditions, prize again this year, for a few mln-
Councilman Welch, for instance, be-1u^®8 effort in writing to Santa
lieves that Geddes should consult the Claus, and nine other someones are
council every time he gets ready U>i8oln8 to win the balance of the prize
appoint a man. Councilman Adams money. Everyone has a chance and
believes that salaries of employes Santa wants every boy and girl, under
of various departments, supposedly 15 years of age in Logan county, to
under the city manager’s guiding write him this year,
hand, should be fixed according to tlie Santa Claus got his contest idea
wishes of the councilmen. in fact,
Christmas Health Seal Sale
b.e.u.« u» empiw, v.n™. Launched In County Thursdaudepartments are not receiving exact-
ly what the two couneilmen think they
should have.
If the city manager doesn’t “man-
n”«" the dtv affairs as they should
be managed; if the police department
doesn’t function efficiently; if the fire
department doesn't give adequate pro-
tection; if Hie water department isn't
operated satisfactorily; if the city
manager isn't capable of determining
the respective salaries of city em-
ployes and running the
should be run, with the
able, the council should
ager that is capable of
ment
If, on the other hand, the city man-
ager is able to boast of the above
faculties, why not let him actually
manage the city affairs without bi-
monthly harrassing and importunity?
Guthrie voters believed that such a
program was embodied in the city
manager form of government before
they approved it at the polls
There is no place in the ilne-up for
a city manager under the council-
management form ot government. It
Logan county’s twenty-one township
boards are requested to meet with
the county excise board, at the court
house, Tuesday, December 8, it was
stated Thursday.
Checking of estimates preparatory
to figuring levies for the current fis-
cal year will provide the subject for,
the conference. The meeting will be-'
,tn early Tuesday morning.
management lorm ot government, u A large crowd> e8tImate(1 at more
would be better to reduce the salary ,han nne thousand per8onSi was in
of the manager on down to one dollar MulhaU Saturday> November 28> to see
a year, with tlie other couneilmen, al- the rodeo perforniance8
low him to sit in on the official meet- ground8 on the northren
Ings without the power of a vote, and town
let the city clerk lake cure of all du- „
.. .< .. . Charley Mulhall and
ties beneatli tlie dignity of the mem- .
. .... . . . ! sister, Lucille, were the
bers of that august body. , .
, ... ■ formers at the rodeo.
But that isn t our idea of the man- , .
... . . grounds adjoin tlie paved highway and
agerial form of government. . A ,many passing motorists stopped to see
. 'the trick and fancy roping which was
A friend, of ordinary means, remark- ,
unuorwav
ed today that he was in far better
shape financially than he was a year ^,l® car Pafkcil on the show
ago. A majority of men working on Krou,ld8 carried a New York state 11-
salaries are in the same condition, icens® and another bore a California
A year ago this man was head over IaK' ethers were in evidence from
heels in debt. He owed the “butcher,
the baker, the candle-stick maker” and EARLY SHOPPING AND MAILING HELP TO
they were all urging him to make fur-
ther use ot his credit. He could pay 1
whenever he was ready. A new radio,. During
a new car, other luxuries were en-
(Continued on Page 10)
Santo Wants Girls And Boys
To Help Him Select Presents
H>d. <;.lhrk Cr..d«l WIU
round of Guthrie stores to see it they
had plenty of toys and gifts tor every-
one in Logan county. He saw so many
good things, new toys and handsome
gifts for father and mother and pres-
ents for everyone else that be just de-
cided a letter from every Logan coun-
ty boy and girl would help him to de-
cide what each one should really have
for Christmas. ‘
Rules of the contest as, arranged by
Santa Claus, provide that the letters
must be addressed to SANTA'S MAIL.
BAG, care ot the OKLAHOMA STATE
REGISTER. The letters must be in the
office by 12:00 noon Thursday, De-
cember 24.
Three disinterested judges will se-
lect the winners.
Twelve Guthrie merchants have list-
ed a large number of gifts on the con-
test page of this issue of the Register,
and here is where to select some ot the
gifts you want for yourself and your
friends for Christmas. You can also
select gifts not listed on this page but
at least four gifts from four different
firms on the page must be mentioned
in your letter. For instance, if you
want Santa Claus to bring your father
a radio for Christmas, just name
kind of radio advertised and list
firm where it can be bought, and
address.
Winners of prizes will be announced
in the first edition of the Oklahoma
State Register issued after Christmas
day, and checks will be mailed imme-
diately to the ten winners.
Now turn to page 8, in this
read the rules carefully, and
your letter to Santa’s Mailbag,
letter must not be over 150 words In
length. Neatness will count.
Ward Jndgee State Show
Charles Ward, Guthrie, is one of the
judges at the first Oklahoma state
poultry show this year, held at Mus-
One Mulhall merchant displays this kogee from Tuesday, December 1, to
sign at his place of business: “We Sunday, December 6.
gladly give credit to persons over 85 Wards hold and American Poultry
years of age if they are accompanied Association judge’s license and has
by their parents.’’ had wide experience in judging birds.
Divorce Decrees Asked
Alberta Mabry filed suit for a de-
ui.. n—'v v cree ot divorce and property division
Dlace in 12 ' / a«ain8t A J' Mab^ Strict court
cording tn th.8.8 CaDn ng exbIbit> a®- here this week. Robert Cooksey filed
entered in the *“”OU“cement' 8h® 18 suit for divorce from Cinderella Cook-
entered in the home Improvement di. 9ey
vision, results of which had not been ..
announced GUTHRIE MARUTS
The 4-H club congress is held tn The following prices for term pro-
< onnectlon with the International | duets were quoted in Guthrie by the
. vestock show at Chicago. Robert Fairmont Creamery Company, Thure-
ar2’ ^aVlna.Club boy’ won a trip day, December 3.
—’ cream --------------28o
I Sweet Cream ................ 27e
Farm Run Eggs .....18c
Eggs, Graded .. 14c, 18c, 22c
Hens, Light, 11c; Heavy 14c
Cocks, ..._ |<]
Heavy Broilers lie
Leghorn broilers
Stags--------------7q
Ducks, full feathered and fat 9c
Geese $0
Hens. Turkeys, 9 lbs and over 18c
Old Toms ijo
Turkeys, No. 1 Young Toms, 14 lbs.
and over _________________ ijc
Turkeys, undergrade half price
<HEY SAY A DOLLAR
’goes FARTHER “THAK
IT USER To, BUT IT
SURE TAKES ITS
Time about comin’
PACK
TUninkiing
It Over!
By J. M. D. Jr.
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