The Calumet Chieftain. (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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J C. Clayton, Editor and Prop. Calumet, Oklahoma, Friday, Jan. 22 1915
Vol. 6 IVo. 26
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Local and Personal News H
Grain Market
Tha local grain market for Cal
umet as follows;
Wheat 1-25
Oat3 - 46:
Corn, shelled - 74c
Corn in car, 79c
Alfalfa hay, per ton $12 0''
Prairie hay per ton 9.00
Strayed or .Stolen
From Coyotes place, two black
mules, branded I. D. on left
shoulder, also gray iicrse with
same brand. Reward for return
or information leading to recov-
ery. John Creany.
3t Darlington, Okia.
Horse and R"ggy f°r Sale
A perfectly gentle family driv-
ing horse, blooded stock, also a
storm buggy almost as good as
new. See, Mrs Wren Moores.
: Messrs. Lee and Inlow, insur-
this ance men of Oklahoma City, are
making their regular weekend
Mr. Garland was here
week visiting his children.
Mr. J. D. Hostetter is still sick stay in-our town in the interest
at his h me northeast of town.
Golden Utt, of Elk City, is the ;
guest of nis father, Mr. N. B.
IJtt.
T.ie El Reno Do noerat came
o.it with a new head dress this
we 3k.
of business
The thunder, lightning and
little rain storm which came up
unexpectedly last Friday night,
caused those attending the liter-
ary to hustle toward home.
Every outdoor sport invites
your "Kodak." Add to your
Miss Virginia Lucas visited j winter's pleasures with a Kodak
friends at Geary the latter pc.it
of last week,
Mrs. I-I. A. Todd returned Mon-
day ni/ht from u visit to her sis-
ter at Chickasha.
Kill your rats for loets. Death
to rati is guaranteed at
Calumet Dane. Co
Miss Carpenter of El Reno was i
hire, VVuJ.1e.3jay, instructing \
her elass i;i mu ic.
The farmers are generally pret-
ty busy plowing and getting
ready for oats sowing.
Mrs. E. Grass is spending the
weeic with her son, Robert, and
wife, in Oklahoma City.
Arthur Barron spent Saturday
and Sunday in Calumet, the
guest of his brother, Walter.
Fine Jewelry, Watches and
Clocks. All standard make.
Calumet Drug Co. ,
or Brownie,
you want.
We have just what
Calumet Drug Co.
Max Durand who has been at
Morrison, Ok la., working for a
Gin Co., spent a few days with
his brother sam. He left this
week for Gutherie OKla., to seek
employment.
Dr W. R. Miller, C. E. Mench
and Leslie Thompson attended
the Geary —Bridgeport ce! bra-
tion at the new briJge, between
the two points, Wednesday afte r-
noon, they made the trip in the
Dr's. car.
mission of the kind in the Unit-
ed States.
Calumet is growing rapidly.
A number of new buildings are
being erected and others rue be-
ing planned. The ring of the
hammer is pleasant music
i Ed Emberson purchased the
building formerly used as a lime
| and storage house in the Calu-
met Lumber Co. yards, from L.
T. Samuclson and is moving it
to his property, in the west part
of town, where he will convert
it into a barn.
Quakes continue to be felt
in Jtaly since the big earthquake
in which so many lives were lost
lately, and the whole country is
in a state of excitement as those
rescued and uninjured are afraid
to return to their homes and take
up the duties of life.
Prof Mutter of El Reno who is
instructing a class in band mus-
ic at this place got his pupils to-
gether for concert music Wed-
nesday night, which was their
first class meeting. Le thinks
they are progressing nicely, but
are sadly in need of some new
instruments.
I am engaged at present in a
meeting at the Penns baker
schoo: house and will be thus en-
gaged until the end of next,
week. 1 will, however, fill my
Birthday Party
Mr. Taylor, south of town, cel-
ebrated his 70th birthday last
Sunday with a dinner. A very
pleasant time was enjoyed with
the following guests: Mr. and
Mrs. McCann, Mr. and Mrs. Cus-
tard and Mr. and Mrs. Milten-
dorf. Mr. Mittendorf celebrat-
ed his 70th birthday on Monday.
C. E. Society Reorganized
The Christian Endeavor Soci-
ety was reorganized last Sunday
evening and the following offic-
ers elected: President, Burrel
Gambel; vice presidet, Walter
Barron; secretary treasurer, Le-
ona Patrict; organist, Blanch
Samuelson. They will meet at
the Auditorium every Sunday
evening. All who feel interest-
ed in the work are invited to
come and help them in their
work.
( hieken Day
New Waik
Hop Lilly brought us a pac* age 1 country engagements, pleaching
Wednesday which he asked us 'at Bethany next Sunday morning
not to open until he had left arK' at ^e(l Rock i i the evening,
town. We are glad he did not! No Saturday evening service,
ask us to wait longer, for it was
a spare lib. We certainly ap-
preciate his thoughtfulness and
it "tastes mighty good."
Mr. W. S. Ms Go.van is having I can supply you with anything
a cellar and a well dug at his in the building line that you need
property in the west part of lor a first class house or barns.
t nvil I Give me a call.
adv. Steve Knight.
1). W. Hodbs.
Wanted One of the large
magazine publishing houses do-
The walk to the depot is com-
pleted and turned over to the
public, who will long have occas-
ion to remember Mr. J. N. Bleigh
and his efficient helper, I. O.
Johnston, by whom the enter-
prise was generaled. Mr. Bleigh
desires that we thank all who
contributed either by money or
labor in the construction of the
walk and assures them that he is
very grateful to them lie also
wishes to ask the boys or any who
might be so thoughtless,
not ride on the walk with their
horses.
Thursday and Friday of last
week was chicken day in Calu-
met. C. E. Mench having ship-
ped a car of poultry on Friday
afternoon. A large number of
the farmers took advantage of
the occasion t« dispose of their
surplus stock Something like
$1283.96 was received by the
poultry raisers, the largest
amount ever paid for poultry at
this season of the year in Calu-
met, and considering the season,
it indicates that the piultry bus-
iness is on the increase, and well
it should be, for the ' Little Red
Hen" plays a very important
part in the family income, furn-
ishing not only the necessities
but some of the luxuries of life.
'Notice to Farmers
Dr. White, National Veterina-
rian, will discuss veccinatior,
sanitajy met hot's of raising and
feeding hogs and other methods
of handling hogs, at the school
Auditorium on Wednesday, Jan-
uary 27th at 7:30 o'clock. Dr.
White is an authority on hog
cholera, and will demonstrate,
his methods with Btereoptican
slide. The lecture is fiee and
every one whocan possibly do so,
should take advantage of this
opportunity. S- P. Sackson
county agent for the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture will be
with him.
New Restaurant
Having disposed of my inter-
ests in the pool hall, I will open
a short order restaurant in the
sires to employ an active man cr|Seth PhcfFer building one door
woman in this community to!south, on Monday, January 24th,
handle a special plan which has
proven unusually profitable.
Good opening for right party.
Address with two references,
W. O. Mit< ;ieU an attorney < Publisher Box 155 Times
from Oklahoma City was trans-j Frank O'Toole has been about ; N ^ y Cj '
acting business in Calumet, Mon-j the busiest man in town lately! "• ' '-
(jay, | getting Lis building painted, pa-I WeprmteJ circular letters for
pered, and ready for the restaur-1 the Rev. G. W. Hicks this week,
ant which he will open for bu.-i- describing the Christmas festiv-
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C. II. Weber, one of our sub-
stantia! farmers, called last week
and and renewed for the Chief-
tain.
If you need anything in the
way of doors, sash, lath, shin-
gles, cement, lime, rock or sand.
Call on
adv. Steve Knight.
French L tughlin made his lit-
tle daughters quite happy this
week by presenting them with a
new piano.
Mrs. Ed Armstrong presented
us with some delightful dough-
nuts Saturday which were en-
jiyed very much.
Rev. G. VV. Corporan will fill
his regular appointment here
Sunday, both morning and even-
ing. Everybody invited.
Mrs. C. H. Todd and little
daughter Thelma, went to El
Reno to spend a few days with I
her father, who is right sick.
Seneca poultry powder will in-
crease your egg product by keep-
ing your poultry in perfect health
Sold by the
, Calumet Drug Co.
Chieftain $1 per year.
ness Monday.
Keep your hogs andcattle in a
healthy condition by using Sene-
ca Stock Powder. There is none
better, ask to see the formula at
Calumet Drug Co.
The school board had a fence
built around the school yard last
week to protect the young trees,
recently set out, from stock.
They had styles built at the en-
trances instead of gates.
Mrs. Ed Wilson departedrMon-
day evening for Riverside, Cali-
fornia, where she will make an
extended visit with her parents.
She will also spend some time at
the exposition before returning
home.
Peter W. Collins of Chelsea
Mass. will deliver his lecture on
The Menace of Socialism in El
Reno on February 5th. Mr. Col-,
lins is a well known writer as
well as a lecturer. For a num-
ber of years he was editor of the
Electrical worker. He was
appointed by the govenor of PI.
on the Industral Commission of
that state in 1908, the first com-
ities at the Calumet Mission,
north of town. Because of their
interest to our readers he kindly
permitted us to piint tk< m in the
Chieftain. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks
have done much good among the
Indians since their residence here
and are highly estimated by all
who know them.
Mr. D. V. Tantlinger, promot-
er and manager of 101 Ranch
Shows, and moving pictures, is
stopping at the Todd Hotel this
week. He is here signing Indians
for the different branches of the
101 shows. He has about 25 and
expects to secure that many more
by the '2lst of the month, when
he will start with them for San-
Francisco, where the show is
now and will be located during
the exposition. Mr. Tantlinger
is a very interesting gentleman,
having traveled over the most of
the world in the interot of the
shows.
where I may be found at .all hours
ready to furnish you with any-
thing to eat that may be had in
the local markets, and will cook
it to suit you at any time day or
night. Our speciality will be
Good Coffee. Give us a call
and we will try to please you.
Frank O'Toole.
Bridge (lelchration
Geary and Bridgeport held a
joint celebration Wednesday, on
the opening of the new wagon
bridge across the canadian near
Bridgeport The celebration was
in the nature of a picnic. Speak-
ing by prominent men of the
state, band music and male quar-
tette, parades and dancing on
the bridge and a big basket din-
ner at noon. This bridge is on
the'line west from Calumet and
will be traveled by many this
season enroute to the exposition |
in California. A bright spring
day made the event a very de-
lightful one. |
FOB SALE
A run about wagon for sale
at a bargain. Enquire at this
office.
Pic Supper
7th and 8'lh Grade Notes
The basket ball boys went to
Concho last Friday afternoon to
play them a game of basketball.
The score was eighteen to twen-
ty in favor of Concho. This is
getting better all the time and a
little i o e practice is all that is
needed.
Our room had a Polar Bear
freeze Tuesday morning and a
Turkey RoastTuesday afternoon.
These nice, warm days make
us wish we were out of school
so we could enjoy the bright sun-
shine.
Square root and cube root are
testing our minds these days.
Poultry Notes
Mrs. J. C. Harris sold 108 head
of Leghorns that brought her
$■10 87, she sold the largest num-
ber and received the largest
check.
Mrs. Theodore Mittendorf sold
14 hens that weighed 84 pounds.
Mrs. P. McGrath sold 17 tur-
keys that weighed 200 pounds,
for which she received $32 50.
The heaviest single hen was
sold by Chriss Anderson and
weighed 7i pounds.
The following is the numbtr
of pounds of poultry purchased:
Hens, 8871 pounds; young cock-
rells, 1,999 pounds; old roosters,
] 681 pounds; No. 1 turkeys, 661,
pounds,No. 2 turkeys.GG pounds,
cull turkeys, 28 pounds, ducks,
17 pounds, only 4 guineas.
The amount of food required
The Band Boys will give a Pie , lor L^'s < a:' 01 chickens was 500
Supper on Friday night, January
29th. The proceeds to be used
to purchase instruments. Every
body is invited to help the boys
pounds of chops per day.
i < acher - FAarninatiou
Teachers examinations will I e
held in El Reno on Jan. 28, 2'.)
in their effort to get a good band I ar)f] 30 instead of Jan. 21, 22 and
for Calumet. ,'Zi, as previously announced.
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Clayton, J. C. The Calumet Chieftain. (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1915, newspaper, January 22, 1915; Calumet, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc167868/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.