f The Okfuskee County News
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Successor to THE INDEPENDENT Entered as second class matter Sept 23 1904 at
Okemah I T postoffice under the act of Congress of March 3 1897
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A German officer recently captured was asked what he
thought of the Yanks as fighters His response was that he didn’t
think very much of them He said they were “rude and disre-
spectful” and related the incident of his own capture as example
It seems that he and several of his men were in a dugout when the
charge went thundering by About the time they thought they
were safe the door to the dugout was thrown open and a doughboy
appeared with a grenade in each hand “He came slowly and de-
liberately towards us calling us and said if we didn’t get
a move on and surrender he would bounce a pop-pop on pur bean”
The prisoner went further to say that this Yank showed no more
respect for a (German) superior officer than he did to a private
Now isn’t that a horrible slam on German Culture ? That lad must
be chastised severely
o
Mary had a little “flu”
Not very very bad
And brother Bill he had it too
So did Maw and Dad
Mary had a beau to come
But Mary said ker-choo
She lost her teeth her hair her gum
- Her beau got scared and flu
o
An American scouting plane recently sighted a train loaded
with German supplies A bomb was dropped in front of the train
and one behind it The cavalry was then communicated with
dashed up and captured every German in the train That isn’t
exactly getting them in a hole or anything the account of it says
they were simply between two big holes
o
There’s one thing certain Germany doesn’t have to surrender
She can just keep on fighting stopping high explosives machine
gun bullets and the like until she takes the count and that won’t
be very many rounds at the best
—o i
If one of your best friends meets you on the street and calls
you Carrie Nation or John Barleycorn or something you are ad-
vised not to be surprised as your friend has simply had the flu
Scientists claim the disease affects the memory to a great extent
o
Rumors had it a few days ago that the kaiser had his trunks
all packed ready to make a get-away We don’t know just where
Bill is going but it’s a safe bet he isn’t headed towards the United
States -
o :
Senator Owens and six democratic representatives from Okla-
homa are sure to return to Washington to help President Wilson
finish his war program
o
If one will stop to think how Germany is bounded on each side
by vast armies one is bound to think that Germany is bound to
surrender
o
: We don’t mind having folks hand us things occasionally but
we do think that Spain should have kept her old influenza all to
herself
— o
“The little old Ford kept chugging right along” but evidently
it isn’t going to chug fast enough to land Henry in the United
States Senate
— o
History repeats itself for the twenty-second time — Uncle Joe
Cannon goes back again
o
Have you got your Christmas package ready to mail to the lad
over there ? Surely you will attend to that
o
Germany’s word may be as good as its bond and at that not
be worth anything
o
Here’s a safe bet : that Germanywill either be in peace or in
pieces in a comparatively short time
o
General Foch is personally of small stature but notwithstand-
ing he is at present the biggest man in Europe
o
Bids for peace according to specifications are in order but we
understand that the specifications do not call for a German peace
o
Germany has lately been the Land of Promise and France the
Land of Performance
o
President Wilson’s home town is reported to have gone repub-
lican and voted “wet”
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LIGHT VOTE POLLED
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president pro tem of the senate de-
feated by former Senator Ball repub-
lican and Representative Sherley
democrat of Kentucky chairman of
the appropriations committee defeat-
ed by Charles F Ogden
Ford Runs Behind
With the results incomplete Henry
Ford was running behind Truman H
Newberry former assistant secretary
of the navy his republican opponent
for the senate in Michigan
Joseph W Folk former governor of
Missouri and former chief counsel for
the interstate commerce commission
running for senator to succeed the
late Senator Stone was defeated by
Judge Spencer the republican nom-
inee Names of twenty-eight- senators
elected follow:
Alabama — Bankhead dem Arkan-
sas Robinson dem Delaware Ball
rep Georgia Harris dem Idaho
Borah rep Illinois McCormick rep
Iowa Kenyon rep Kansas Capper
rep Louisiana Ransdell and Gay
dems Maine Fernald rep (elected
last September) Massachusetts
Walsh dem Minnesota Nelson rep
Mississippi Harrison dem Missouri
Spencer rep Nebraska Norris rep
New Hampshire Keyes and Moses
reps New Jersey Edge (long term)
and Bayard (short term) reps North
Carolina Simmons dem Oregon
Mulkey (short term) rep Rhode Is-
land Colt rep South Carolina Dial
(long term) Pollack (short term)
dems South Dakota Sterling rep
Tennessee Shields dem Virginia
Martin dem '
“Uncle Joe” Is Winner
In the election for the house former
Speaker Cannon was returned to his
seat from Illinois for what will be his
twenty-second term Meyer Londan
the only socialist in the house was de-
feated by former Representative Hen-
ry M Goldfogle a democrat
The loss of the socialist seat how-
ever was offset by the election of an-
other socialist Victor Berger of Mil-
waukee who defeated Representative
Stafford a republican Berger previ-
ously served in the house and at pres-
ent is under indictment charged with
having violated the espionage law
Senator Walsh of Montana has de-
feated both republican and independ-
ent opponents
In California Governor Stephens
republican candidate apparently had
defeated Theodore Bell who ran as an
independent
In Colorado Senator Shafroth dem
was having a close contest with
Phipps republican with the latter
leading at latest reports
In Delaware a republican senator
and a republican congressman were
elected
Borah Runs Behind
In Idaho the election of the republi-
can ticket is probable but Senator
Borah has run behind his party The
race between Senator Nugent demo-
crat and Gooding the republican can-
didate appeared very close
In Indiana the republican candidates
for congress either had been elected or
were making very close races
In Minnesota Governor Burnquist
republican was leading in a five-cornered
race
Stanley May Be Beaten
In Kentucky the republicans claimed
the election of John T Hasswell over
Governor Stanley democrat
In Nevada incomplete returns show
Senator Henderson democrat has won
over Representative Roberts republi-
can with Anne Martin the woman
candidate for the senate running far
behind
The Rhode Island republicans elect-
ed a senator and all three republican
congressmen
In South Dakota the election of the
republican ticket was claimed
Vermont returned republicans to
congress
Wyoming results were slow in com-
ing in with Senator Warren and Rep-
resentative Mondell republicans lead-
ing West Virginia showed the probable
election of Davis Elkins republican
to the senate but the vote in the con-
gressional district was close
In Oklahoma a light vote was polled
throughout the state with the excep-
tion of the southern counties The en-
tire state democratic ticket is elected
The election of Robertson is claimed
by 35000 majority
The election of all the democratic
Candidates for congress in the state
is claimed wtih the exception of Hyde
in the eighth who was defeated by
Dick Morgan the republican incum-
bent In the First district the demo--crats
are claiming the election of
Howard over T A Chandler republi-
can incumbent
Woman suffrage received a ma-
jority of the votes cast but it is
claimed that the amendment is en-
dangered by the “silent” vote 1
In the county a remarkably light
vote was cast and it is estimated that
the total vote was over one thousand
MONTHLY CROP SUM-
MARY FOR OCTOBER 1918
The prospect for a full crop of cot-
ton is 36 per cent The prospect last
month was 39 per cent and on the
same date in 1917 the prospect for a
full crop was 59 per cent The esti-
mate of the average yield of lint cot-
ton per acre this year is 84 pounds
Last year on the same date the esti-
mate of lint cotton per acre was 71
pounds The average planted to cot-
ton this year was estimated at 2770-
000 acres or an increase of 1 per cent
over last year’s acreage Our pre-'
liminary estimate of the total produc-
tion for tjie state- in bales of 600
pounds each is 465000 bales as com-
pared with last year’s production of
851000 bales
There is an increase of 17 per cent
In the acreage sownto wheat this
fall as compared with that sown in
the fall of 1917 The preliminary es-' in the States are
timate of the 1919 wheat acreage is Well how is everything there ?
3291000 acres The condition of suppose you have a good crop this forth across France’ It must never be
wheat is 86 per cent In some coun-' year I would like to have been there ! sad of America that she left her task
ties where the acreage has always ' and worked this year but there will half done" General Dupont continued
been small the incerase is more than 1 never be another such a chance to see “We owe everything to France and
100 per cent General rains during ( France as we boys have had this sum- our men will have to stand by until
the past month have been of great mer and I am in hopes that we will all they have done what they can to set
benefit to wheat and the acreage may be home before another summer I her on roads to restoration and while
be increased some on this account over comes they stand by over there it is going
the present figures I Well Tom you wanted me to send J to be tremendously important we stand
The average yield per acre of alfalfa ‘ you a lock of my French girl’s hair
this year is 21 tons prairie hay 6 but I find most of these girls are most
tons and peanuts 21 bushels per acre ' too shy for me to even get a lock of
Last year the average yield per acre hair for a souvenir Ha! Hal
of same crops was: Alfalfa 22 tons J I would tell you the route I have
hay 9 tons and peanuts 28 bushels been over but it seems to be against
The farmer still has qn hand from ' the rules but I haven’t been to Paris
this year’s crops 62 per cent of corn yet and I sure want to see that place
16 per cent of wheat 37 per cent of before I come back There is a lot history of other wars can overstate
oats and 83 per cent of milo maize of good towns in this country but they ! their importance in the period of de-
and kafir He has consumed and mar- Jack a lot of being up to date One mobilization The civil war destroyed
keted 7 per cent of wheat and 7 per place I stayed the house and barn ' careers of hundreds of promising
cent" of oats during the past month were built together and there were young men It turned them back into -
two families and their cows and hogs civil life weakened and purposeless K
CAPTAIN WREN ORDERED and chickens and rabbits were all in This war must not do that Boys who
TO REPORT SUNDAY the same building and 15 of us boys have sacrificed so much to win it must
’ stayed in the same building We sure come back stronger and better men
Captain T H Wren has received his J had some time you can bet especially 1 than when they left I found war
the officers’ training corps The cap- when those hogs would squeal and we J work agencies in France laying states-
call to report at Camp Fike and enter wanted to sleep but we found it was manlike plans for this trying period
tain will be inducted into the military hard to sleep when the shells were Every hut in France 'is to become a -service
by the local exemption board ' flying also so I think I could enjoy a university class room on the day peace
He is tinder orders to report at Camp quiet place now for awhile and I have is signed Under direction of leading
Pike Sunday j not been in any lively places either ' educators and business men fhom this
yet from what they tell me but this is country the boys will be given every"
Regulate the bowels when they fail I
to move properly- HERBIXE is an
admirable bowel regulator It helps
the liver and stomach and restores a
fine feeling of strength and buoyancy
Sold by E E Parsons
short of the normal voting strength of
the county In the 1916 election 2537
votes were east for sheriff fa this
election only 1500- votes were cast for
that office
The lightness of the vote polled in
this county is accounted for by reason
of the fact that over 500 of the voters
of the county are on the fighting front
in France and scattered through the
training camps in this country and
the further facts that with a few ex-
ceptions there were no Contests a ma-
jority cf the democratic candidates be-
ing without opposition and there is
also raging in the county at the pres-
ent lime an epidemic of Spanish in-
fluenza The result of the election however
is that sir the democratic candidates
are elected with the exception of J W
Butler candidate for county commis-
sioner in the First district who was
defeated by B Geren his republican
opponent
The contest for sheriff between Ber-
ry Jones democratic candidate and
Ben Cochran republican was rgmwrk-
ably close considering that this is con-
ceded to be a democratic county by an
overwhelming majority The official
count shows that Jones was elected by
a plurality of 70 votes
HVJf U1 IU VUICS
It is understood however that the
election of Berry Jones means the dis-
missal of the charges pending against
him It is stated that an agreement
was entered into between the attor-
neys for Sheriff Jones the assistant
attorney general and Judge Crump to
the effect that if the sheriff was vin-
dicated by a re-election by the voters
of the county proceedings against him
would be dismissed
A surprise was sprung on the voters
of the county on the morning of the
election when it was discovered that
the name of W H Dill republican
candidate was not on the state ticket
which left W N Barry without op-
position A B Burris republican candidate
for judge of the superior court was
defeated by John L Norman the pres-
ent incumbent by a vote of 809 to 524
In this justice of the peace district
W J Lawrence was re-elected without
opposition
ular bowel movements lead to
: constipation and a constipated
ills the system with impurities
VE is n Teat bowel regulator
ifies the system vitalizes the
nd puts the digestive organs in
porous condition Sold by E E
SHERMAN BIKER NOW
IN FRINGE WRITES
LETTER TO MR GAMP
Says Sweet French Maids Are Too
Shy to Get Any Locks of Hair for
Souvenirs — Sleeps in House With
Family Cows Hogs and Chickens
t '
A E F Co G 140th Infantry
August 26 1918
Mr T P Camp
Kind Friend: — How are you? I am
o k Just enjoying myself fine and
seeing a lot of the world but they
won’t let us go to town or at least
they haven’t for awhile I’ve been one
trip to the front and back to rest for
' a few' days now We have a nice place
for a rest camp here but these camps
j are not fixed up anything like the ones
bad enough for me
From where I was on the front I
could see the snow-covered mountains
They look twice as large as any I
have ever been on so far I should like
to go over there and roll snow balls
awhile though it is not hot here by
any means just about right for tem-'
perature I think
I believe the hardest job I have
tackled is to write a sensible letter
since I have been over here but if you
will excuse the mistakes I will ring off
for this time but will you send me
the Okfuskee County News at my ex-
pense to' this address please?
Yours truly
SHERMAN M BAKER
Co G 140th Infantry' Am E F
GOD GIVE US MEN!
God give us men! A time like this de-
mands Strong minds great hearts true faith
and read" hands
Men whom the lust of office does not
kill
Men whom the spoils of office can
not buy
Men who possess opinions and it will
Men who have honor — men who will
-not lie
Men who can stand before a dema-
gogue And damn his treacherous flatter
ies without winking!
a men sun-crowned who live above
the fog
In public duty and in private think-
ing °
For wbile tbe rabble w!tb theirthufiibT
worn creeds
Their large professions and their lit-
tle deeds —
Mingle in selfish strife lo! Freedom
weeps
Wrong rules the land and waiting
4 Justice sleeps!
1 — J G Holland ’
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TWO YEARS REQUIRED FOR
DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY
New York Nov 6 — At least two
years will be required to complete de-
mobilization of American forces in
France according to estimates of al-
lied military leaders General T
Coleman Dupont who has just re-
turned from two months visit to the
high officials in each of the allied gov-
western front where he conferred with
emments brought this estimate back
as the minimum expectation of army
officials “Military officials have been
urging us to think in terms of a long
war” said General Dupont "and now
they are equally insistent that we be-
gin to accustom ourselves to thought
of long demobilization There is an
immense task ahead of our forces
when peace is declared As one of our
generals said to me ’Tell the people
! ba®k home it will be two years at
J leasti before they see us all We have
educational advantage Entertain-
ment and recreational work will be
largely increased for with the coming
' of peace not merely part of time but
all of the time of our boys will have
to be provided for United war work
agencies will need every cent of their
$170500000 Yes and millions more
They "will need to send thousands of
additional workers women workers
particularly for the influence of one
good woman in representing Ameri-
can homes over there is more potent
than influence of any man can be no
matter how capable If the American
people stand by' through demobiliza-
tion as they have through the months
of fighting our army will have made
the most splendid record of any army
in history Men in it wil come back
not deteriorated by hard experience of
war but strengthened more efficient
more resolute better more useful and
more successful in every way” '
General Dupont’s views are en-
dorsed by military leaders of the '
United States and the allied nations
1919 WAR GARDEN
CAMPAIGN OPENS
Oklahoma City Oct 16 — Inspired
by the notable success which attended
the war garden program last summer
and the necessity for increased food
production in the state for the dura-
tion of the war the Oklahoma State
Council of Defense has already
launched a war garden campaign for
the coming year Dr A H Van-
Vleet formerly of the University of
Oklahoma has been appointed direc-
tor of the garden bureau and instruc- -tions
are being issued to thousands of
teachers throughout Oklahoma! calling
on them for early and effective organi-
zation President Wilson estimates that the
“United States School Garden Army”
will increase the available food sup-
ply to the value of a quarter of a bil-
lion dollars n J