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THE OKFUSKEECOUNTY NEWS 1
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The Okfuskee
Published every Thursday at Okemah Oklahoma By PICE & HINDS
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: 3
Successor to THK INDEPENDENT Entered as second class matter Sept 23 1904 at
Okemah I T postofce under the act of Congress of March 3 1897
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OKFUSKEE CO FAIR
The Okfuskee County Free Fair op-
ened Tuesday with a good attendance
ard a lively interest was manifested in
every department from the first
The number of stock entered was
not as large as on previous occasions
but the grade showed improvement hour and a goodly portion of these re-
the entires being of fine quality The turned for suPPcr- the lades reallz-
cattle show was at the yards of the about 135’00 for the day- The
Star barn and there were some ex-
cellent specimens of almost every va-
riety — dairy stock beef and all pur-
pose strains Some of the finest IIol- j
steins in the state were on exhibition
The horse show was at the 'place
commonly known as the “Mule Barn”
south of the Okemah National Bank
The entries in this department were
not very numerous but were of super-
ior quality The farmers of this
county have been making some very
successful efforts to improve the
grade of horses of late and exhibits
in this department indicate that Ok-
fuskee county will soon have as good
a grade of horses as can be found in
any state of the union
Attorney R A Hockensmith has
been here attending court this week
The art and agricultural exhibits an(j aiso looking after other business
were in the McKinney new garage matters Roy is very enthusiasms ov-
buildirig These departments were the er his new location at Tulsa and ex-
most attractive features of the fair
The textile department showed some
specimens of needle-craft which can-
not be excelled at any place and the
exhibits were displayed in ‘a most ar-
tistic style Which gave that depart-
ment a highly pleasing effect
The school exhibits were extremely
interesting Some of the drawings
give evidence of a high degree of ar-
tistic talent This department is an
indication of the efficient work being
done in the public schools of the coun-
ty and is encouraging to all interested
in the education of the rising genera-
tion -
The domestic department contained
numerous exhibits of almost every-
thing in the line of canned fruit and
vegetables and of articles prepared
for consumption This department
shows that the women of the county
are beginning to consider cooking and
housekeeping as a science and they
have already made great progress in
this line
The agricultural exhibits were a
surprise to everybody as it was the
first opportunity that the producers
of the county have had this year to
know what their neighbors and the
farmers of other neighborhoods were
doing These exhibits included corn
cotton vegetables of almost every va-
riety kaffir corn feterita Sudan
Do you get up at night? Sanol
is surely the best for all kidney and
blader troubles Sanol gives relief in
in 24 hours from all backache and
glass wheat oats and fruits of vari- bladder troubles Sanol is a guaran-
ous kinds Some of these specimens ! teed remedy 35c and $100 a bottle
can be no where excelled and equalled 1 at the drug store
in but few parts of the country
j Crowds have thronged the streets
of Okemah from the morning of the
first day of the fair and everybody j and neighbors who so kindly assisted
seemed to have turned out with the 1 us at the time of the death of our be-
determination of having a good time loved son Mosie Lee our sincere and
There were numerous stands and ! heartfelt thanks We wish to assure
booths and a number of good ttrac- each and ever one of ybu that every
tions Everybody was in a good hu-
mor dnd the social feature of the fair
alone is of inestimable -value to the
county
The correct list of awards in all de-
partments will be published in the
News next week
The Red Cross ladies of Okemah
served one of the best dinners to the
fair visitors and the residents of the
city Wednesday that was ever served
to anyone anywhere The west side
of the Wilson Grocery building was
The Greatest Safety
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BUI THERE'S SAFETY IN
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lined with roWs of tables all loaded
down with ’the very best in the line j
of eatables The room was packed
from the minute dinner was an-!
nounced until the supply on hand had I
been exhausted and “time” was called !
to allow the ladies to replenish About
350 people were fed during the noon
service was prompt and those in
charge saw to it that everyone was j
amply supplied
BOY KICKED BY MULE
Tuesday the little son of Dave Fun-
denburg who lives a mile north of
town was injured by being kicked by
a mule The boy was spraying the
mule when the animal kicked him in
the stomach It was thought for a
time that he was seriously injured
but the boy soon recovered from the
shock and it is believed that he will'
suffer no permanent injury -
pects to do a nice business after he
has become established He says how-
ever that Okemah looks as good to
him as it ever did
HAIR CAUGHT IN FAN
Saturday night Mrs Ab Dunagan
was drying her hair by the electric
fan when her hair became entangled
in the fan and she narrowly escaped
serious injury As it was she suffer-
ed a slight cut on the head but suc-
ceeded in turning off the current- be-
fore anything more serious occurred
Thomas A Whitfield of Antelope
Motana is visiting his father B S
Whitfield of Mason The Whitfields
will start next week for Arkansas
where they will look after some busi-
ness interests and visit friends
Thomas Whitfield says that the part
of Monana in which he has been is a
great country and that ther is lots of
free homestead land yet to be had
C F' Bajrd of Okfuskee was in
Okemah Wednesday attending the
fair
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express to our friends
act of kindness and every word of
consolation will be forever cherished
in our memories
MR and MRS WM A LEE
BIGHAM ITEMS
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The people around Bigham are tak-
ing a great interest in the fair
Cotton has begun to open consider-
The bucket brigade is usually made up of willing
workers but they seldom accomplish much
You can’t afford to depend upon them to save your
property when the fire starts
Any number of causes beyond your control may start
a blaze that will JtUIN you
'The modest premium on a sufficient policy is a small
' price to pay for SAFETY Now’s the time
Over
I always have buyers for good
farm land well located Am looking
especially for good 160 5 to 7 miles
from Okemah near good rural school
Must be good land — not ridge blow’
sand
Not boasting but if you want to
sell get the price right and list with
me
C E GUTHRIE
Okemah Okla
ably A good many farmers will go
to picking next week
The summer term of school at this
place closed last Friday
Don’t forget that the county sing-
ing convention will be at Bigham the
third Sunday in September Every-
body has a special invitation
Mr Flavel Racker and family took
dinner with L Z- Casey and sister
Sunday
Florence Wehunt was the guest of
Veanie Casey Sunday
Mr Ryles and family visited Joe
Burleson Sunday
Bob Taylor was up from the Fen-
tress district and informed the people
of this neighborhood that he intend-
ed to enter the fair with a watermelon
which weighs 180
Mr and Mrs C H Becknell mo-
tored out to their country home Sun-
day and spent the evening wish
friends
Sanol Eczema Prescription is the
famous old remedy for all forms of
Eczema and skin diseases Sanol ii
a guaranteed remedy Get a large
trial bottle at the drug store
INSURANCE
Room 4
Parsons’ Drug Store
SAY DONT DO THAT!
You don’t have to Don’t worry
with a sewing machine that knocks
rattles doesn’t do nice wo'rk and runs
heavy You don’t need to use a ma-
chine of that sort Do this! Trade
that old machine in on a new SINGER
— pay the difference on easy terms if
you wish A Singer with proper care
will last you a life time The Singer
sewing machine has stood the test al-
most 70 years Millions of people are
using the Singer today and are prais-
ing it
Have just received a shipment of
new Singers We have in stock the
latest improved Vibrating (shuttle)
Oscillating and Rotary Singers The
Singer store is the first door east of
the Broadway hotel in Okemah Best
Oil Best Needles for all makes of
machines
Come phone or write
R C WOMACK
Phone 365 Salesman
P O Box 323 Okemah
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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE O
HEAL ESTATE
On Execution Order of Sale
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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okfuskeY: county
No 233S
WHEREAS It appears from an order
of sale issued out of the District Court
of Okfuskee County and State of Okla-
homa bearing date of the 3rd day of
September A D 1917 to me directed
and now in my hands that on the 20th
day of February A D 1917 in an ac-
tion then pending in said court where-
in George C Gray Guardian of Henry
Gray was plaintiff and O W Green
and others were defendants a personal
judgment was rendered in said court in
said action in
favor of said Plaintiff
and again! said Defendant for the sum
of Fleren Hundred Seventy-one and 24-
100 Dollars ($117125) debt bearing in-
terest at the rate of 10 per cent per an-
num from the date thereof and for the
sum of One Hundred and no-100 Dol-
lars 4$1 0000) attorney’s fee and cost
of suit taxed at Sixteen find 60-100 Pol-
lars ($1660) and which sums were de-
clared and adjudged by said court to
be a first mortagage lien on the real
estate therein and hereinafter de-
scribed and
WHEREAS It further appears that
it was further ordered by said court in
said action that an order of rale issue
out of said court directed to the sheriff
of said County of Okfuskee command-
ing him to advertise and sell said real
estate without appraisement or so
much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy said judgment interest attor-
neys’ fees and costs of sale and all the
right title interest and equity 'of re-
demption of said O W Green arid Cora
Green In and to said property or any
part thereof as in case f sale of real
estate on execution without appraise-
ment subject to confirmation by tbe
court
AND WHEREAS I am commanded in
said order of sale now In my hands to
advertise and sell said premises
pursuant to tbe order and judgment of
said court as aforesaid
NOW THEREFORE Public notice is
hereby given that on the Sth day of Oc-
tober A D 1917 at the hour of 1
o’clock p m of said day at the front
door of tbe court house in said County
of Okfuskee I shall offer for sale and
sell at public auction to the highest
and best bidder for cash the real estate
mentioned in said ordeifor sale and de-
scribed as follows to-wit:
The West Half of the South-west
Quarter of Section Four (4) Towship
Thirteen (13) North Range Nine (9)
East I M or so much thereof as may be
necessary to satisfy said judgment at-
torneys’ fee costs and costs of sale and
all the right title interest and equity
of redemption of said O W Green and
Cora Green in and to said premises or
any part thereof as in case of sale of
real estate on execution without ap-
praisement subject to confirmation by
said court
Witness my hand this 4th day of Sep-
tember 1917
"BERRY JONES Sheriff
J L McALESTER Deputy
Sept 6-13-20-27-Oct 4
OHDFIt SETTING DOWN DATE FOR
HEARING PETITION TO SELL
HEAL ESTATE
In the Master of the Guardianship of
Andy Panoske a minor A W Noble
Guardian
IN THE COUNTY COURT FOR OK-
FUSKEE COUNTY OKLAHOMA
No 77
Now on the first day of September
1917 tbe petition of A W Noble as
guardian of Andy Panoske a minor
coming on to be heard before the court
asklng for an order authorizing said
guardian to sell the one-third undivided
interest of said minor in and to the
North West Quarter of Section 34
Township 16 North Range 8 East of
the Indian Base and Meridian for tbe
purpose of supporting maintaining and
educating said minor
‘ Said petition alleges that t lie persons
having the care custody and control
of said minor and the next nearost rel-
in ranges The old carved and and ornamented work entirely done
away with and the range from end to end a perfectly smooth
stream line design The - I
NEW IRON RIVERSIDE
being so smooth that it can be cleaned by wiping with a cloth does
away with most of the blacking and cleaning work required by orna-
mented stoves ’ -
' Many Other Features: Sanitary drop door high closet aluminoid
reservoir lid double walled oven door patent oven bottom draft
damper lids and cross' pieces and many others
Seventy-two different styles of this range and one that is sure to
suit you Come and look them over
DOSSEY HARDWARE COMPANY
LET OUR TRUCKS DO IT
To anyone moving in or out — having hauls
long or short save the cost of crating and
way delays by having us’ haul it for you
Storage in connection Phone 1-4
DOSSEY TRANSFER
atives are Daniel- Panoske and Melsey
Panoske the father and mother of said
minor and that it U for the best inter-
est of said minor that said land be sold
and the proceeds thereof applied as
hereinbefore mentioned
And the court after having considered
the allegations set forth in said peti-
tion deems it necessary that a day be
set for hearing said petition:
IT IS THEREFORE HEREBY OR-
DERED ADJUDGED ND DECREED
BY THE COURT that the 2nd day of
October 1917 at 9 o’clock a m at the
County Judge’s room in the court
house In Okemah Okfuskee County
Oklahoma be and tbe same Is hereby
designated as the time and place when
said petition will be heard
It is furrier ordered adjudged and
decreed by the court that a copy ©f this
order be served personally upon-Daniel
Panoske and a copy be served person-
ally more than fifteen days prior to the
day set for said hearing that three
copies of said order be posted in three
of the mosts public places in Okfuskee
County Oklhoma and that a copy be
published for three consecutive issues
-in the Okfuskee County New of Oke-
noah Oklahoma and that at said time
and place all persons having the care
custody and qontrol of said minor and
the next nearest relatives and all par
ties Interested therein are hereby re-
quired to he present and make any ob-
jections they have why said petition
should not be granted
(Signed) W a HUHEU
(SEAT) Judge of the County Court
Sep 6-13-20
“What!
“Yes! skidded— and it' up to you You failed
to provide the chauffeur with Tire Chains
Only good luck saved your wife from paying
the supreme penalty for your negligence She’s
on the way to the hospital painfully injured
but the doctor thinks she’ll puli' through
You’d better hurry to the hospital and then
report to Headquarters”
How strange it is that dis- expose their families
aster must come to some an? death
men beforethey realize that
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all makes and types of tires
will skid on wet pavements
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and muddy roads when not
equipped with Chains
These men do not appre-
ciate until too late that
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by failing to provide Weed death car damage and law
'Anti-Skid Chains th ey suits
All Size of Weed Chain For all Makea and all Stylea of Tire
For Sale By
The Phillbrook Oarage
t The Garage on the Hill
AND STORAGE GO
CURT JI'YC ATE OF PAHTXERSHIP
In the District Court in and for Okfus-
kee County Oklahoma v
Know All Men by These Presents:
That Will E Rose Frank Wood and
James N Gay are associated as part
ners in the business of buying and sell
ing produce in the Town of Okemah
Okfuskee County Oklahoma under the
firm name ol Western Produce Compa-
ny that said partnership is a general
partnership dating from the 11th day
of August 1917 that all of the part-
ners reside in Okfunkee County Okla-
homa and that there are no other part-
nerfe belonging to- said partnership otli
er than those above named
Dated this the 20th day 'Qf August
1917
WILL E ROSE
FRANK WOOD
JAMES N GAY
State of Oklahoma
County of Okfuskee — ss
Before me V K Chowning a notary
public in and for said County and
State personally appealed Will E
Rose Frank Wood and James N Gay
to me known to be the identicle per-
sons who executed the within and fore-
going instrument and acknowledged to
me that they executed tbe same as
their free and voluntary act and deed
- ior the uses and purposes therein set
forth
Witness my hand and official seal
this the 20th day of August 1917
V K CHOWNING
(SEAL) Notary Public
My commission expires Oct 10 1917
Aug 23 30 and Sept 6 and 13
My Car?
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The time to provide
agaInst accident3 before
agcuuai CLVWt UVIIVO to wwtvtc
they happen Don’t wait
until after the first skid
Put Weed Chains on all
four tires at the first indica-
tion of slippery going and
you will have quadruple
protection against injury
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