The Calumet Chieftain. (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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THE CALUMET
J C. Clayton, Editor and Prop. Calumet, Oklahoma, Friday, Mar. 24 1916 Vol. 6 No. 34
Local and Personal News
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Grain Market
The local grain maikct for Ca'
timet is as follows:
Wheat $0 90
Oats - 85°
Corn, shelled...... 57c
Corn in ear
Kafir Corn per 100 lbs 65c
Cotton seed per 100 lbs
Webster's Garden Seed,
received by express.
Mencii's Store
Mar. 16 ]916
Cash Poultry Market
Hens
Springs
Stags ...
Old Roosters.
Geese
Ducks
Eggs
Rut tor .......
Hides
Cream No. 1
Cream No. 2
Mrs. Rhoda Morrison of El Re-
no was the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Moore the
latter part of last week.
Miss Myrtle Jesse from Saint
.$5 25 | Louis is visiting her grandpa-
rents. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mil-
ler, north of town.
Mrs. Moore from, Kan-
sas, was the guest of Mrs. Ella
. 12iCarrigan and Mrs. C. E. Mench
.12! the first of the week.
Pure Water
Why not have yourcisters
filled with pure water from
the Downey Springs.
Call
J. F. DOWNEY.
Elreno, Okla.
Phone L. Y. 35.
.09
Miss Sadie Stearns returned
Mrs. Kate Houser and little
grandson, Clyde Hale, came up
from Chickasha last Friday night
and are guests of her daughter,
Mrs. J. C. Clayton.
J. J). HOSTETTER
\ Prominent Citizen and Edu-
cator Passes Awav
It becomes our sad duty to re-
cord the death of our friend. Mr.
J. I) Hostetter, which occurred
at the family home miles north-
east of Calumet, last Friday af-
ternoon, March 17th. 191(5, aged
G3 years, 9 months and 14 days.
Although he had been poorly
since the first of the year, his
death was due to pneumonia.
His intimate friends had realiz-
"^'2; last week from an extended vis-
it to her sister and other rela-
AO I
ir tives at Wichita Kansas.
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17 Garden Seed just received.
oj mench's Store
31 Mr. Sherman Hostetter and
family of near Okarche attended
t he funeral of Ws uncle J. O. Hos-
tetter in Calumet Sunday.
Hobart suffered a $£00,000 losr
from fire Tuesday, while a lire at J
Paris Texas, destroyed 7,500
ba'es of cotton on the same day.
Mr. C-. W. Cruzan presented
us with a boquet of orange b'.os-
s tms from his farm northeast
They were beautiful.
Ladies our 9 years of experi
ence in buying Millinery for you
M. C. McCifferty of Enid was1 should be of value not only in
Millinery at Mench's.
Miss Blanch Samuelson spent
the week end with homefolks.
James Gardner called this week
and renewed for the Chieftain.
James To.Id has been suffering
from an abt.es on his hand.
A McCray rewnewed hiasub-|0f town
scrip lion to the Chieftain thk
' week.
Our streets are being graded ■ e(j for some tjme that his days
and smoothed and travling will jon earth would be few and were
be fine. 1 he roads out of town grieved because of their person-
are pretty good since they have ai joss and for the sorrow which
received some needed attention.j Would come to the family circle,
Horace Wilson spent the latter] which was soon to be broken,
part of the week with his parents While they understood lull woll
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Wilson, and that his passing would mean the
attended the class social held at j opening of a greater life wheie
the Mench home Friday night, j sickness and separation could not
... ! enter and that he was ready to
If it isn t an Eastman it is nt
a "kodak". We sell kodaks and
kodak supplies.
Calumet Drug Co.
G. V. Underwood of El Reno,
was a visitor at the Chieftain of-
fice Monday. He is the son of
P. E- D. Underwood, known as|
answer the summons, athough
he shrunk from the thought of
leaving his happy earthly home
and loved ones.
James David Hostetter, son
of Sherman and Mary Hostetter
was birn near Ladoga, Indiana,
June 3rd 1852. On the farm of
ducted by Bro. F. II. Lash, pas-
tor of the First Christian church
of El Reno, who offered beauti-
ful words of consolation from the
Word of God to those who mourn
and hope for those who would
accept hid word.
The floral offerings from
friends and orders were beauti-
ful and showed the esteem in
which our friend and brother
was held. The body was laid to
rest in the beautiful I. O. O. F.
cemetery.. May our Heavenly
Father comfort those who an1
bereft of husband, father ai <t
friend.
the El Reno American "tramp."! his parents he grew to manhood
i learning many valuable lessons
I from nature and nature's God,
which helped in the building of
visitor in Calumet tms
a busi
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Egan oi
Geary were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Crowley over Sunday.
Mrs. R. N.Thompson attended
the play in Calumet Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H.W&llace at-
tended the play
price but more so in style.
Mencii's Store
Colonel Horn is a new subscri-
ber to the Chieftain. A number
of our Indian friends find the
Chieftain interesting reading.
In this issue of the Chieftain
will.1)3 found an a juncemsnt ofJ.
M. Carter as a candidate for the
here Saturday office of sheriff of Cona<han coun-
night. j ty.
Miss Lela Moberly is staying
with Miss Carrie Moms this
week.
Fresh Garden Seed
Mench's Store
Mr. Chas. Bullock] departed
Thursday morning foishis home
at Curvo, New Mexico. after a
short visit to relatives! in Calu-
met.
Bill Andrew put. guttering on
Ed Armstrong's house this week.
With .1 new cistern just comple-
ted, Ed is ready for the weath-
er man to turn on the water
works.
W. A. Clovis who has return-
ed to his farm northeast of Calu-
met from Omega, called Thurs-
day and renewed for the Chief
tain.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for the
kindnss and sympathy shown us
during the illness and death of
of our husband and father, and
especially do we thank the Gos-
pel team, Masonic Lodge, Ladies
Guild and each individual friei d
for their manifestations of sym-
pathy in our bereavement.
Mrs. J. D. Hostetter
Harlan Hostetter
Meiikle IIostktter
Eston HosteTter
To i)eu;..< n'tie \ liters
A meeting will be held at the
school Auditorium on Saturday
afternoon March 21th at 2o'cloek
for the purpose of electing dele-
gates to the county convention
j to bo held in El Reno April 1st.
L. T. Samuelscn, Cen. Com.
Entertained
the noble character he possessed.
Anxious to bo of service in the
world and possessing a love for
knowledge he began teaching
the public schools at the age of
20 years and for nineteen years j
he-did what he could to teach i ^ more pleasant evening 1 : m
lessons of truth and develop up- j nnt ije^n sp«mt in some time by
rightness of of character in those t'ne youngsters of Calumet th;.n
under his instruction. For ten j wag ev)joye(] nt the home of Mr,
years he held the position of Su- aru] ^jrs (j p; Mench on the 01*
perintendent of Education of | casjon 0f the 17th, by the form-
Hen Jricks county, Indiana. His
ers Sunday School class and their
Mr. Clovis is building an 1 l°nS career as an instructor I friends. Each lad brought ll
addition
house an'
his pr ope
f two
otherw
ty.
rooms
-e improving
Messrs. E. E. Brewer and Den
son from Geary were in Calumet
Tuesday.
A P. Mar bury of CI Reno was
looking after business
met this week.
M D. Myers and M. R. Cope
Of El Reno were business visitors
in Calumet '1 uesday.
G-urge and Ike Hurst on route
2 renewed their subscriptions to
the Chieftain l ist week.
was the first day, of
wind
If you have not found your hat
for ppring, go to M> r.cii's. i Wednesday of the death of his
A pie supper little grandson, which occurred
k Dale school | at the home of its parents Mr.
Pi3 ftps!
will be held at R
to his ! veloped in him a desire to inves-
tigate questions of controversy
that he might be able to render
, , 1 iust decisions and when convinc-
Mr. D. T. Jones received word ; efJ (hat hy wag
| his convictions with all the ardor
' of his nature.
j On May 2oth 1870 he was uni
house on Saturday night Marc!
20th for the benefn of the Beth
any church.
Mr. and Mrs Clins. Teck en-
tertained a number guests
in Calu jta t Wednesday evening in hon-
of the former's brother, Willi*
Teck.
For Millinery 'of st;. !o r.r.r'
quality see Mench's
.Mr.nt.d Mrs. Jim Day and
family witnessed "A Southern!
Cinderella" in Calumet, Safcur i
day night. They were very much ,
spring an .j the wind and sand j pleased with the performance,
man waged war with a vengence , J (jt Fredrick, Miss Mary
See our Iheof Millinery before] Frederick and litt.e Elizabeth
buying elsewhere.
•and Mrs. Lonan Jones at Lola, tP(] j 11 rnarriage
South Da'ro'a. 1 \t
If
ou nee
dock we In va it. If you want
good jewelry call and see our
line. Our goods are standard
make and all guarantc-d.
Calumet Drug. Co
Eston H jstotter who was call-
lass to suit his taste and the spit-
it of the occasion, as Irving
would put it.
, Green was a color very mm h
right, stood to. ja evi(ionCe. The home beii g
tastefully decorated in green,
each individual wearing some
symbol of bis Celtic heritage,
and even refreshments were ser-
ved in green. Many games and
various kinds were
on
to Miss Olive
ay Mitchell. To this happy
a food watch or ! union were born Ihree sons,,
Morrris B , Harlan Orr, James contests of
Eston and a daughter. Mehrle. enjoyed during the evening. The
The eldest son, who holds a gov- arrangement and condueting of
ernment position in the Canal : which showed careful and taste-
Zone, was unable to present at
the demise of his father.
He confessed his faith in Je-
sus Christ and united with the
rjnt 01 tno 1
loath
:ul preparation on the part of
the host and hostess. One of the
contest much enjoyed was a pie
guessing contest .in which ti t
thor will leave the latter j Christian Church at New lloss, winner received as a prize,a pi
.uesdav
The Mercantile ^toke.
The brickwork on the Dr. Mil-
ler building has passed the first
story and is rapidly rising up-
ward.
School books and school sup-
plies of all kinds at the
Calumet Drug Co.
Mr. and Mrs. James Longmire
of El Reno were the guest3 of
Mr. C. H. Todd and family a few
days this week.
Mrs. EJwina Gillette of El
Reno spent Saturday night and
Sunday with her parents Mr.and
Mrs. M. Carnahan.
1 Pie re?-, Mr?. Robert Giyckerrand
little sen, Oland were t.!ap we k
end guest at the Edison Ranch.
Millinery. The seiner - 1 bu;.
the greater the assortment.
Mexch'" Store
Mrs. Belle Patrick and daugh-
ter, Miss Golda of El Reno came
out to Calumet Sunday to attend
the funeral of Mr. J. D. Hostet-
ter and for a visit to relatives.
of h
paVt of t';• * k to renew his 27 ydars ago and has since j Refreshments were served
studies ii- A. and M. college ]jVed a faithful life for his Lord ; a late hour and all depart*
at Stillwat' i. and was an ofneer in the local 1 thanking the host and hoste
Mrs. Belle Razey from Enid congregation to the end He j for the evening of merry-maki-
was here this week looking at | was an active member of the; and pleasure.
farm property for which she is Masonic and Knights of Pythias
thinking of trading. She was
Team For Sale
A good team of young horses,
mares or mules for sale. Call on
C. L. Seamands, 4J miles south-
east of Calumet. 2t
well pleased with Calumet and
the surrounding country.
A big line of school tablets,
drawing books, pencils, crayolas
rulers and every thing in the way
of school supplies at the
Caluket Drug Co.
orders and the local Gospel Team
On account of facing health
he moved to Stratford, Texas,
where he resided for three years
Coming to Calumet. Okla , in
1911 lie purchased the farm
i which has since been the family
; home. So well pleased was he
| with Calumet and the friend-
The property in the east part gftjpg formed here that he was
of town owned by Mrs. Rosa content for this to be his home
Small and occupied by Mr. and jn ]jfe anf] hi3 resting place in
Mrs. Goss, is being improved by death. That he was held in
the addition of ,t.vo new porches, ' hjgh esteem by his increasing
a cistern and the interior re-dec- cjrcle of friends was manifested
orated. The woodwork is being ' by the large crowd in attendance
done by Ed Thompson while the r.t the funeral services.
Andrew boys are doing the ce-1 The funeral services were held
ment work. at the Methodist church, con-
One who Was there
Bal>\ ( hick Feed
t am prepared to supply y
with feed for your young chick -
I also have cane seed for sale
my feed store.
D. T. Jone>
Fcr Sale
About 400 No. 1, 7 foot Boi
D'Ark Post 18c each. See D. P.
Underwood, at the Calurr r
Broom Works.
A. R. Marbur\
"Babe" Jones toak a car •'
horses, which were shipped .
from Denver, to Oklahoma CH
Thursday.
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Clayton, J. C. The Calumet Chieftain. (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1916, newspaper, March 24, 1916; Calumet, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc167984/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.