The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1918 Page: 5 of 8
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nOWATA WEEKLY STAR
Alfalfa Case Milo Grass Beads Saad Corn
an y thinf you wan£ to plant you will find at
Our Gordon Sood Department is now
plot and you will find just what you want all
aaada are dean and fresh Seeds are not aq
cheap this year as they have been but you will
find that our prices are just ns cheap as good
seed can be bought
t ’
t
Nursery Stock
Peach Pear Plum Trees Grape Vines
Berry Bushes Rhubarb Roots any thing you
want in the Nursery line
—
Poultry Supplies
Mixed Feeds Ground Bone Meat Scraps
Oyster Shells Baby Chick Food Pratt's Poul-
try Remedies and Regulators
WATER POLLUTION!
WILL BE STOPPED
FARM LANDS
OIL LANDS
I buy and sell land What have
you to offer?
Topeka Kant March 9— (Spec-
ial to the Star) — Assiftant Attor-
ney General King of Oklahoma and
County Attorney C F Gowdy of
Nowata county Oklahoma were here
today consulting with the attorney
general relative to the pollution of
the water of the Verdigris river by
the Kansas refineries whom it is
alleged dump refuse into the river
which makes the water unfit for use
As a result of the visit of the
Oklahoma officials the attorney gen-
eral announced after the confer-
ence that he would send a man to
Coffeyville this- week and that he
would order such steps taken as may
he necessary to remedy conditions
Both Coffeyville Kans and No-
wata Okla get their water supply
from the Verdigris river and it is 111
ft!1 StiftST "KtHIIFOOD will win the war
dam at Coffeyville and the water
above the dam is not running over it
which shows that the pollution of the
water at Nowata Okla is from the
Coffeyville refineries which dump
refuse in the river below the dam
The refuse which pollutes Coffey-
When you think of Seed— Think of Lnnning's
Lanning Seed Co
Temporary Quarters Opposite
laterurban Depot
PHONE 291
MERCHANTS HELP
WATER PROBERS
Assistant Attorney General C W
King of Oklahoma City who is here
getting evidence in the matter of the
pollution of the Verdigris river met
Thursday night with the members of
the Retail Merchants’ Association for
the purpose of hearing what the
merchants had to say about the wa-
ter delivered to this city with the
Verdigris river as the source of the
water supply
The pollution of the river water is
a question upon which all of the mer-
chants could speak with authority
and from personal experience and
they gave the assistant attorney gen-
eral all of the facts which he needed
The association passed the follow-
ing resolution: uia
RESOLUTION x
‘WHEREAS The condition of the
water of the Verdigris River flowing
from within the State of Kansas in-
to Oklahoma through Nowata county
and from which the City of Nowata
obtains its water supply has become
polluted and contaminated to such an
extent that said water is i rendered
unfit for use for domestic purposes
and
WHEREAS The health of the citi-
zens and community is endangered on
account of the pollution of said
stream and
WHEREAS The fish in said stream
are dying in large quantities
NOW THEREFORE We the Re-
tail Merchants’ Association of the
City of Nowata in regular session
do hereby express our graye concern
over the situation and request that
the proper authorities take imme-
diately appropriate action toa ascer-
tain the cause of the pollution of
said stream and adopt such measures
and take such proceedings in court
or otherwise as the case may war-
rant to abate the cause of the pollu-
tion of said stream in order that the
free use of its water in its natural
condition may be enjoyed by the com
inunities affected
Adopted this 7th day of March
1918 in regular session
NOWATA RETAIL MERCHANTS’
ASSOCIATION
This morning Assistant Attorney
General King and County Attorney
Grody left for Kansas to trace
the trouble to its source and
get additional evidence to present
when the matter is taken into court
The state officer took with him s
sheath of affidavits from citizens of
Nowata as well as farmers who live
near the Verdigris river
WINDOW BOX GARDENING
Now that you have decided to have
a garden you should at once make a
window box and sow seeds of cabbage
cauliflower collard tomato pepper
egg plant celery and lettuce if you
want to grow these crops and give
them a very early start in the spring
says today’s bulletin from the Nat-
ional War Garden Commission
From three to five weeks can be
gained getting these cropsreadgfor
the table over waiting until spring I MAKE VALUATION OF
comes and planting the seeds out- MISSOURI PACIFIC
doors - '
To make a window box take strips i Tva
This is garden week for Oklahoma
Every family should grow a garden
ville’s water supply is alleged to be I During the three and a half years of
dumped into the river at the Neodesha I warfare the Allied Nations have
refineries I drained their agricultural resources
The attorney general stated that I to a point where productive possi-
since J EL Bennett a former county I bilities are now at a minimum The
attorney of Nowata county Okla I world’s shipping facilities are so in-
agitated the matter several years ago adequate that the European food
until the present time the attorney I supply must necessarily come from
general’s office has had complaints America as the land from which ship-
of the pollution of streams by the re- ment can be made with the least tax
fineries on the ships left available by subma-
marine warfare The time require-
Assistant Attorney General King I ment for shipments from Australia
and County Attorney Gowdy left this! and other remote countries are such
city Friday morning for a trip into I as to be prohibitive America is the
Kansas to locate the source of the one place upon which the Allies may
pollution of the water supply of this I depend for the feeding of their armies
city When they reached the dam at and populations To enable America
Coffeyville and found that the water to do its share our Home Gardeners
did not reach the crest of the dam must realise that they are War Gard-
and that the pollution must be from I enerS( and therefore vital to the suc-
the Coffeyville rdfineries which dump ceM of the armies This means that
refuse below the dam taey left at it u the patriotic duty of very fam-
°r Topeka ?“ ily in Nowata county to grow a gar-
with the attorney general of Kan-1 den
1 TOOLS
Not many implements are required
“roid’ nili j!!! fh C‘‘y tom° MnectorotionUn tae" morning! Madecommo" tring cord to stretch be- they could possibly use
ow for Delaware to continue threxP America for fifty-two I tween two stakes for marking off resulted To prevent this loss in seed
the largest possible amount of food
with the smallest possible outlay of
seed and labor To this end the War
Garden of 1918 should be devoted as
far as possible to those crops which -are
the most useful for food and
which the chances of failure are least
to be feared
In the selection of vegetables for
the garden preference should be giv-
en to those having high food value'
In the order of food value some of
the best known vegetables are:
beans peas corn potatoes parsnips
onions beets carrots squash greens
turnips cabbage radishes and toma-
toes J WHEN TO PLANT '
The following vegetables should be '
planted now beets lettuce onion
sets and onion seeds parsnips peas
radishes spinach cabbage and tur-
nips Small planting of early vege-
tables can be made and then covered
on cold nights However light frosts
will not injure such plants as peas
onion sets and seeds kale lettuce
spinach etc
DON’T WASTE
In many communities last year
there was an over production of some
vegetables that had to be used during
the growing season Many people
grew more of these vegetables than
Much waste
For watering a rubber hose fertilizer garden space labor and
up your I or watering pot is needed A hand food stuffs every one should give
deep— -one-fourth
seeds and one-half for larger ones I working with him at the present thelfor return of dog or $2500 reward
u 1 — - 1 Call J J
ltd-ltwp
Scatter the seeds in the row using I following engineers: E 8 Ryan Clfor conviction of "thief
fine sand or rich soil and press down I G Schalfli H D Gilbert B M Lan- Smith at 61
the soil again with the board Now I dine A H Kemman J P Swift and
water carefully so there will be noH Belford W A Christian of Cht
leaking and set the box in a warm I Cago senior road engineer of the cen-
place It must be watered often I tral district with headquarters at
enough to keep the ground slightly I Chicago and C W Pifer viaitod Mr
t vegetable I ra®“lc general health and throwing off the cultivator or wheel hoe is useful es- special attention to the selection of
potting soil I Tins valuation is being made in ac-1 disese Especially useful in lung I peclally in a large garden and saves crops Plant sparingly of those
rich soil be-cordance of the act of congress of trouble asthma croup bronchitis much time and labor in turning small things which must be used as they
4L1ji I I G I Q tlVAinJlHM a I 1 ’ t A t Vx a I - - — u ItflxL 1 1 -11 I 1 A ftl A m
easily handled
M I ft ta ta 51 1 jSvk‘S
with manure or rotting ki I racmc
matter mixed in Good
for house plants or the rich
low a decaying log is fine for this 1 1913 providing for a physical value-
purpose Press down the soil with a I tion of all property of the railroads
small piece of board to make it I For three years 60 crews of 12 men I LOST OR STOLEN — Shepherd
smooth and level leach have been working on the val-L has brown and black back white
You are ready now to sow theluation of trackage and roadbeds ondlring around neck small white strip llv
seeds Mark out rows 2 inches apart there is at least another year’s work h forehead three smaU white spots d with a view to the production of tuce radishes etc
and one-fourth to one-half inch ahead The chief engineer of the I I0n right flank right ear split end u — — — — L— —
for very small I C C party is H Beard and he has Af tail clipped off $500 reward1
furrows With simple attachments it mature and plant liberally of thoee
is used for stirring the soil and re- things which may -be saved for win-
dog j moving the weeds ter use by canning drying or sorting
SELECTION OF CROPS Make small plantings about every
The Home Garden should be plant- two weeks of such vegetables as let-
ROADS ARE VERY BAD
J W Caldwell of
I Gasoline company is
CLAUD GOWDY JR
(Contributed)
Claud Jr the youngest son of
Mr Bnd Mrs C F Gowdy who was
I taken seriously ill Saturday night
I with meningitis was relieved of his
the Childers I suffering this morning at 4 o’clock
authority for I when the death angel called his gen-
moist If a piece of glaM is laid over I Beard’s party Tuesday for the pur- the statement that the roads leadingltle spirit home
ImK wanir P08® of checking UP th work- out of this city within the city limits Little Claud was born October 12
When the seeds begin to sprout set) ® Pollock has charge of the in- are the worst he has ever attempted 1 1911 fn the few yean that were
the box in a window in the sunshine tets of the Missouri Pacific and all to drive over
o I of the work of the commission is sub-
When the plants are an inch or1
-A ufu Vif J’wnih thinned out mitted to him for approval or disap- GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER
two high they should be tinned out 1 proal w I has been a household'remedy all
to stand 2 inches apart so they wul Inver the civilized world for
grow stocky Those thinned out may
oe planted 2 inches apart in other
window boxes
About two or three weeks before
As the men make their homes on over the
the two cars for months at a time than half a century for constipation
Sh'r-n' ’fts-r s FSSSSsft
l s — Ti - I accompanies such disorders it is a
his he endeared himself to all who
knew- him He was faithful at school
and his place in Sunday school was
never vacant unless sickness prevent-
ed His little classmates as well ns
the teachers will feel his loss keenly
Mr and Mrs Gowdy have the sym-
pathy not only of the church but of
the plants may be transplanted to comfort of the engineers There is a ' M for ndigea- the entire community in this hour of
the garden set the box outdoors part kitchen and a first class cook a Mn- “ nerVous dyspepsia and liver “ve trial Their many friends
of the day to harden them off so they ing room and sleeping quartera The b bringing on headache com- would have vied with each other to
will be able to stand the cool nights car of Mr Pollock has been fitted up ’of food palpitation of heart fender assistance and comfort but
without injury Water the box well ks a social center for the crew and I anBd other symptoms A few the nature of the disease forbade
before the plantl are taken out to at night they gather there before re- doses of August Flower will relieve them A token of the sympathy of
a a il a tLala Iti I xt ! I ® 1 t fll J I —
make the earth stick to their roots in I tiring
transplanting I Mr Pollock says that the crew in
Now is the time to ge busy! Write I city bag or(tanized the First
to the National War G?rden Com-1 nittin g Unit of the Interstate Com-
mission 210 Maryland Building I merc Commission At night the men
Washington for a free garden Pn")r Lather in Mr Pollock’s car and knit
and organization suggestions This I weatera for the soldiers The unit
paper has areanged for you to 8 Mhas ent several sweaters to the front
these by sending a 2-cent stamp and 0thers are nearing completion
The crew now in the city makes
the valuation of the track and road-
bed and other crews will fo'ow nil
specialists in their line and make too
valuations of the other property of
the road to the last broom and cus-
pidor All of this information is bound in
books ond forma a permanent rec-
you It is a gentle laxative Sold
by Cook Drug Company
“Given up by five doctors my
only hope an operation I rebelled on
cutting me open as I am 75 years old
A neighbor advised trying Mayr’s
Wonderful Remedy for stomach ------ n
trouble I got relief right away I ord cf the Interstate Commerc Corn-
had not eaten for 10 days and was
as yellow as a gold piece I could
have lived only a few days but for
this medicine’’ It is a simple
harmless preparation that removes
the catarrhal muscus from the intes-
tinal tract and allays the inflamma-
tion which causes practically all
stomach liver and intestinal an-
ments including appendictis
mission It will p'eve of great value
shov'd the government ever decidi
ti nennt-nently teke over the rail-
roads of tne country
LAID TO REST
(Contributed)
The funeral of Mrs W H Du-
men One laney was conducted Saturday mor-
dose will convince or money refund-1 ning March 9 at the home of ner
ed Pioneer Drug Store
SERVICE AND QUALITY
These are two cardinal principles of this 'S
drug store — our customers MUST be sat-
isfied both with the goods purchased and
the class of service
IF SERVICE AND QUALITY COUNTS
WITH YOU GIVE US A CALL
A & A Pharmacy
“The Nyal Quality Store”
Day 53 PHONES Night 389
sister Mrs T B Campbell on
West Seneac Street About forty
friends being present Wm S
Hamilton of this city an old friend
of Mrs Dulaney had charge of the
service and according to the wishes
of the deceased as expressed before
her departure the service was brief
After tiie exercises at the house the
body was taken to the Nowata ceme-
tery for interment
Mrs Dulaney was Miss Claire Jus-
tus who will be remembered by many
in this city as a former teacher in the
Nowata schools for some two or three
years For the past few years her
home has been at McAleBter A few
months ago she went to West Texas
to try to regain her health but the
trip was of no avail
She leaves a husband and one
child her sister Mis Campbell of
this city and a brother Ralph Jus-
tus of Ochelata
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STRANGE TONGUES
By Walt Mason
I do not take the Choctaw
Times for which I used to spend
my dimes it’s published in my
native tongue the Choctaw
and since I was young I’ve
taken it and read its page but
I have quit in my old age I
also stopped the Monthly Fluke 9
the many friends is shown in the
many floral offerings The funeral
services were conducted in the No-
wata cemetery where the little body
was laid to rest
and whites on other matters pending
in the courts and in congress
Every effort is being made how-
ever by the law abiding people of the
county to comply with the requests
of those in power as the March pay-
ment in this county is largely de-
pended upon by Indian mixed blood
and white farmers to buy seed for-
spring planting Hundreds of aczesi
will be idle during the season if the-
payment is not soon made '
A ’delegation from this county
now in Washington has been ap-
prised of the action and headed by
John Palmer is contemplating man-
damus proceedings against Commis-
sioner Sells to test his right to with-'
hold money belonging to the Osage
which their treaties provide shall to
paid them
A court of inquiry has been or-
gaqized by the county court and se-
cret agents have been placed on the
trail of every man suspected of boot-
legging r
MAY ENFORCE INDIAN PAYMENT
a journal couched in Volapuk
and canned the Esperanto
Sphere that I have read for
many a year For in these times
all loyal skates should think
and talk United States When
people come from foreign
shores and knock for entrance
at our doors they ought to
learn the tongue we speak and
drop their Latin and their
Greek they should forget the
lingoes learned where freedom’s
beacons never burned and
when they join the U S gang
they ought to learn our helpful
slang In times of peace I didn’t
care I saw strange journals
here and there all packed with
bughouse tale and screed that
no sane citizen could read “If
hyphenated gents” I thought
“prefer to read that kind of rot
to reading honest English
prose it’s their own lookout
heaven knows” But now it
makes me tired to see a mon-
grel country of the free and I
would have all delegates chirp
nothing but United States
With foreign languages 1’iA
through I’ve stopped the Eski-
mo Bazoo
by George
Copyright 1918
Matthew Adams
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Pawhuska Okla March 8 — The
withholding of the special bonus pay-
ment which was to nave been at the
Osage agency in this city this week
has perhaps caused more comment
than any action of the interior de-
partment for months That Osage
Indians residing in Kansas City Jop-
lin Bartlesville - Tulsa Arkansas
City and elsewhere are not included
in the order for withholding the pay-
ment is taken by the citizens of this
county as an evidence of insincerity
andjinjittemptJtooerceJoth)sages
SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE STA1
BUY LARGE RANCH ’
John H and Wm Keith of Lena-
pah have purchased the Dan Lowrey
ranch two miles from Lenapah The
tract contains 430 acres of bottom
and pasture land and will make an
ideal ranch The ranch will be stock-
ed with thoroughbred white faced
cattle and will be managed by Wm
Keith
EGGS FOR HATCHING
From the laying strain of White
Orpingtons Mrs R L Stratton
Box 204 Delaware Oklai 6-2td-4twp
o
FILED IN DISTRICT COURT
Chas A Etchen has filed suit in
district court against William A
Willson and others The plaintiff
asks $700 costs and attorneys fees
Make Your Dollars
Worth More
The dollars you earn are worth what you make
them Spent foolishly they buy only regrets
Invested thoughtfully in a savings account at
this bank they are worth 104 cents You deposit
the $1 and we add the 4 per cent interest
’ EVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN THAT WAY 7
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DEPOSITS GUARANTEED I
First State Bank of Alhiwe
O C CHAPMAN Cashier
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Norton, J. T. The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1918, newspaper, March 14, 1918; Nowata, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1713081/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.