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Official Paper of Ellis County Devoted to the best Interests of all the People in the County
VOL I!
ARNETT ELLIS COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MAY 23 1919
NO 47
NEW SLOGAN OF “
MEN ON THE RHINE
THE SIGN INVISIBLE’
COZY THEATER MAY 28
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MOilE DIVISIONS TO
COME HOME SOON
Archangel Mayl8— Arrangements
are under way to begin the transpor-
tation to England of the 329th Amer-
ican infantry within 10 daya time
' Washington May 19— The fourth
fifth sixth and seventh regular divis-
ions have been released for return to
the United States General Pershing
notified the war department today
The four divisions are to sail from
France in June The 90th and 81st
divisions also will embark that month
A PLEASANT DINNER PARTY
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f Mr and Mrs J A Logan enter
tajned some of their friends at dinner
on’ Sunday May 18th in honor of
' their cousin Clarence Knaus of Enid
who was here on a short visit to his
parents and friends
Mrs Logan " had' prepared a most
sumptouft"' dinner 'to which' all did
ample justice 'except Mack Leslie
whose appetite seemed to be on the
decline but we are glad to say tbat
he y&s able to enjoy a fragrant
“havana” after dinner
Mr and Mrs Logan entertained
their guests in a most pleasant man-
ner ami everybody enjoyed the occa-
- sion to the fullest extent -
Those present were — Dick Collins
and family Mack Leslie wife and
daughter Bert Sneary and family
Milton Leslie and family Mrs Dr
Leslie and son of Blackwell E C
Knaus wife and son Clarence re-
turned to Enid on the night train to
resume his position - as book keeper
for tile Alton Mercantile Company —
One who was there
A complete stock of Acme repairs
at Irwin’s
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COZY
SATURDAY
NIGHT
MAY 214th 1919
Chapter 17 of the
‘Great Secret”
“The Missing Finger"
and
William S Hart
IN
“Double Crossed”
Doors open 800 p m
Show starts 8:15 p m
Farm for -Rent
On account of the death of
the renter will rent farm known
as the John D O Freed place
seven miles east of Arnett 80
acres in pasture good house
fenced and cross fenced all out
buildings good Must rent at
once References from -renter
required Address
Leo A Haas - ‘ v
Clinton Oklahoma
Special prices on headers and bind-
ers mail your order in today or call
“No51 Shattuck Oklahoma -
' I8TICE
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' To Modem Woodmen of America
Every member is urged to be' present
at our regular meeting night of May
24tbwhen we will vote on the Rate
question Business of ImpprfanCe—
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ARCHIE BENNETT
WRITES OF TRIP
Annecy’ France
' April 20 1918
Dear folks at home
Sunday evening and Easter Sunday
too and here I am jn Sunny France
on a furlough
This has been quite a day for me
even if I am a long way from home
will tell you what I have done
First I went to the Y M C A
to Easter Services one of the secre-
taries gave a very fine sermon We
went to Aux-Les-Baines this after-
noon to see that famous show “Lets
Go” it was fine it was held in the Y
there which is in a big Casino which
at one time belonged to Harry K
Thaw we were billed to go to Aux but
by good fortune we got to come here
Annecy is a place of about 14000
people it is mainly a summer resort
many tourists come here every season
it is located at the foot of the Alps
Mountains just a short distance
from Mt Blanc and is on a lake
called Lac-De-Annecey which is
famous for many things Hannibal the
noted warrior led his army along this
lake when he crossed the Alps and
came so near capturing Rome and St
Bernard’s home was on the banks of
this lake also Harry- the Great the
man who crucified Christ is buried
here ' 1
There is a big bell factory here
they have just finished making the
largest bell in the world it weighs 24
ton is ten foot high and' is to he hung
n the ’ ' Jeanne-De-Arc temple gt
Rouen also saw a set of bell chimes
which consisted of 29 j bells and it
makes very good music ' -The
Y Secretary took' a bunch of
us up to the Alps we went part of
the way by train and then took an
electric car which took-ua up to Cha-
monix a town at the -foot of Mt
Blanc and on top we could see over
hto Switzerland and Italy
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Yesterday we took - a bicycle tnp
out to a big suspension bridge and
uphill all the way and it sure was a
pull' coming back t we coasted nearly
all the way ' ’ ”
Well folks I must close now hope
you have had a very pleasaht Easter
Your son and brother
Archie L- Bennett
MICKIE SAYS
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PRINTING NE TURN OUT
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PfctftS ©AN AH NtOHT
Fred H Young son of Mr and
VIrs D W Young arrived Thursday
night having received his discharge
rom the army He was accompanied
lome by his sister Mrs J W Green-
ield and two children of Lyndon
Kansas and his friend Miss Mary
Walters of Rich Hill Missouri Mr
Young enlisted in the Air Service at
Kansas City Missouri November 29
1917 and saw 14 months of active j
service in France the ' remainder of
the time was spent at Kelly Field j
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FEDERAL ROAD HONEY
: CAN BE -MET BY STATE
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Six million dollars of money appor
tioned to Oklahoma by the federal
government for rood construction dur-
ing the' next two years will not be lost
according to a statement made last
night by Fred Parkinson State Exam-
iner and Inspector The statement
shows the amount of money which
may be raised by the state and the
counties
Under the present highway laws
according to Parkinson the state and
county governments may raise 84-
95936252 diving the fiscal year end-
ing June 30 1920 Under the feder-
al laws and regulations this money
may be used to match federal aid
which for the next two years amounts
to $6000000 During the ' fiscal
year ending June 30 1921 the state
and county governments may raise
the same- amount as next year Par-
kinson says
Parkinson bases his statement upon
the highway law passed at the in-
stance of Gov R L Williams in 1915
by which a one-fourth mill recurring
tax is levied annually upon all prop-
erty in the state for use exclusively In
the construction of highways 'under
the supervision of the state highway
department mid the boards of county
commissioners This money is avail-
able to the counties if they raise an
equal amount
The legislature provided at the spe-
cial session of 1916 that the counties
may make for road-building purposes
levies of from one-fourth mill to four
mills according to the population of
the county This levy Is authorized
in addition to the maximum amounts
permitted to he levied for current ex-
pense purpose
Since the defeat of the $50000000
bond proposal there has been much
speculation as to road construction in
the state during the next year and as
to whether the federal aid money
would be lost
A special session of the legislature
has been declared necessaty if the
federal money was not to be lost
Parkinson declares however that the
calling of the legislature would do no
good for appropriations made at the
recent session total approximately
$10000000 The raising pf this
huge amount Parkinson says will
absorb every dollar of the states pos-
sible revenue for the next fiscal year
at least no surplus being left that
could be appropriated for roads un-
less some of the liberal appropriations
were repealed or-decreased
Since a careful reading of the stat-
utes has shown that Oklahoma can
avail itself of the federal money the
situation is very much clarified and
road construction amounting to at
least $24000000 during the next two
years is assured Parkinson believes
In capital circles it is confidently be-
ieved that the counties will join
readily in the road construction pro-
gram — Oklahoman
We publish the above extract from
ihe Oklahoman to show our readers
that the Federal and State Aid mon-
ey is going to be - used and if Ellis
County wishes to obtain her shore it
will be necessary that some steps be
taken toward seenring such share re-
membering if we do not do this our
automobile taxes and our share of the
oil and income taxes will be used in
those counties weich do take advan-
tage of the State and Federal Aid
Read the above article and see if
you don’t think we should get busy
NOTICE oR TAX DEED
To D Vi DeShane
' Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned is - the owner and holder
of Tax Sale Certificate No 794 issued
by the Treasurer of Woodward
County Oklahoma Territory on No-
vember 20 1907 for the delinquent
taxes for the year' 1906 upon the
whole of Block L in Sears First’ Add-
ition to the Town of Shattuck Ellis
County Oklahoma
That unless redemption is made
from such sale of the said lands and
and Lots within Sixty daya from the
date of service of this Notice a tax
deed will be demanded and will issue
to the uudersigned as provided by
law '
- - Robert T Har?eY
‘ ' 0—-t rf CrUM a 7C4
3 DIVISIONS TORE-
MAIN IN OCCUPIED’ AREA
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v Coblenz t May 15 As soon as
the Germans sign the peace treat the
American army of occupation will be
reduced to three divisions the First
Second and 4Third which' wfflYcmain
on the Rhine "until some other dis-
position is foade of the American
bridgehead Orders have already
been issued for all fhfe Pther American
divisions to be ready to move' opt of
thie area before June 1
General iPershing is desirous of
taking the first and Second divisions
bock to the United States with him
when he sails - for home in July that
the Americans will be represented in
the army df occupation after the sign-
ing of the treaty by a single division
3 G3ITUARY
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Rqy Clarence Rumfelt son of W
L Ruqafefl was born at Sligo Miss-
ouri’ Decetaber 0 1892 died at 1506
t69th 'Street Chicago Illinois
May 5 1919 feged 27 years 4 months
and'29 days He leaves a father three
sisters and two brothers his father
and sister Virgie of Lodegrass Moq’
tana two’ sisters Mary and Mrs
Laura Remington of Chicago Elmer
of Norfolk West Virginia and Everett
of Shattuck Oklahoma besides a
host of other relatives and friends a
throng of sorrowing friends assembled
at the beautiful Hope cemetery in
which he was laid to’ nest The Bap-
tist miarr of - that place spoke the
Words of comfort to the bereaved
family
Roy made many friends in Chicago
where he made his home for several
years
Roy said he knew he had to go
was ready and willing to go bid bis
father brothers and sisters goodbye
May the Lord bless the bereaved
ones in their great sorrow — A Friend
' A SURPRISE
’ ! A very pleasant ’surprise was given
in honor of Geo H Elmore at his
home Friday evenjng Mr El-
more -has just recently returned
from overseas service the evening
was spent in a social good time music
and singing was the feature of the
evening enjoyed by both young and
old Later in the evening cake and
Ice Cream were served until I say
everyone was quite ready to quit
The first table was set in honor of
generation of soldiers Mr R Plum-
mer serving in the year of 1865 Mr
F Z Truax and Bruce Garringer in
1898 Geo H Elmore Clarence Han-
nan and Oscar Miller in the present
year Those present were:
Levi Dunnihu and family Zeno
Truax and family G C Gaisford and
family Cliff Gaisford and wife C I
Danner' wife and mother Will Lon-
den and family Will Gaines and
family Bruce Garringer and family
Will Harrell and family Mr Garrin-
ger and wife Ola Truax and family
Neut Aspaugh and family Mrs J A
Rider and family Geo Rider and
family Frank James and family Jim
Robinson and family J R Roper
and family Chas Hahn and family
Dave Skulley and family C W Sher-
rill and family Charley Taylor and
family Mrs E Hibpschman Fred
and Lloyd Aspaugh ' Mr Hetzler and
son Glen May Moss and sister John
Baker and family Horace Smith and
sister Harry and Ella Kretz Oscar
and Hazel Miller Cecil Ona and
Goldie Sample Frank Beumer Clar-
ence Hanan Waynoka Okla Mr
and Mrs Paul miller Enid Okla
Mr and Mrs Geo Bradberry Wood-
ward Okla They all departed at a
late hour having had a very pleasant
evening — One who was there
Mrs' Robert Scott and Mrs Ellis
Wells spent the latter part of last
The Recruiting Service U S Army
is in receipt of the following appeal
from the men on the Rhine where it
appears that the buck private’s pay
will buy most anything:
“Come Across Boys! Come Across!
Now is your chance to replace your
silver chevron with a gold stripe Wc
of the Third Division who have serv-
ed thru the campaigns from the
Marne to the Argonne and are now
reveHing on the Rhine will welcome
you We would regret deeply leaving
this land of boche and snow Never-
theless we do not wish to appear
selfish
We know there are thousands of
young men in the States who ore
ratin' to come across We know be-
cause we read of men who wept salty
tears when the armistice was signed
because they were deprived of doing
their bit over here
We are willing to give them a
chance to win that gold stripe Of
course things are a bit slow now No
longer do the G I cans blooey around
us Heinie no longer comes across in
his bombing machine with the tail-
gate wide open Those little surprise
attacks at dawn are no more Going
over the top to cosh in in front of
the boche machine gun nests is but a
memory
Besides the chow has changed
Cam-willie and hardtack wti past
Goldfish is almost unknown But if
you can carry on under these hard-
ships and disadvantages why — Come
across boys come - across i Still
Rhineland has ft’s advantages Even
after July 1st Germany bos no pros-
pect of going dry— not so long as the
Rhine flows and you can smoke
cigarette here without hiding behind
the barn as if you were committing a
deadly sin-'
And think of this: — One dollar good
U S is worth five francs five - francs
are worth ten marks so a buck pri-
vate instead of getting 33 dollars per
month receives 330 marks ‘
Some moneyl 330 marks will buy
anything in Germany So come
across boys! Come across! ' It’s a
great life if vou don’t weaken and
win a gold chevron
NOTICE
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All who are interested in cleaning
up the Arnett Cemetery before Dec-
oration day will please meet there
Tuesday 27th bring shovels or such
tools as you desire- to work with
Don’t forget the date and make an
effort to be present This is impor-
tant J J Henry
Chairman of Town Board
OBITUARY
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Passed to the higher life Wednes-
day May 14 1919 James H Collar
aged 72 years 5 months and 8 days
He leaves a wife one son and two
daughters who will sadly miss him
Funeral services were conducted at
his home Thursday May 15th by
Bro Clifft
If mistakes have been made
You should not condemn
But with kindness and love help up-
ward again
Thus proving you practice as well
as preach
True brotherly ' love the Christ came
to teach— Contributed
D P Zimmerman and family' of
Boiko Oklahoma are here visiting
their daughter and family Mr and
Mrs N E Hutchens -
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Remember the Memorial Day Ser-
vice at the Church Sunday morning
at eleven o’clock All Civil War
Spanish American or European war
soldiers are urged to be present Spec-
ial music 4 '
Synopsis — Dr Robert Winston a
deeply religious man loses his faitli in
God - following his mother's ilcatb
caused by an operation he bad per-
formed '
- He goes to the wilds of Canada to
forget his loss— falls in with bad com-
pany drinks reviles religion and be-
comes despised by all decent folks ex-
cept Jeanette daughter of Rev Rene
Mercicr Jeanette is sought in mar-
riage by Lou Baribeau factor of a big
trading company who robs his custo-
mers and is hated by alL ’ Baribeau
lays violent hands on Jeanette and is
badly beaten by Lone Deer a giant
Half breed whose eyesight and life are
threatened as a result of the fight
Knowing Winston to be a burgeon
die Rev Merrier tries to get him to
operate to save Lone Deer’s life and
eyesight The doctor fears to take
another life in his hands because he
renounced the Almighty During a
spree he had stood off a band of ruf-
fians who wanted to bum down the
church When urging him to perform
the operation on Lone Deer the Rev
Mercicr tells him of this act and part-
ly convinces him it was God’? band
guiding jiim at a time when he knew
not what he did Convinced tbat
Divine power is still paramount he
perform es the operation — then in an
agony of suspense goes outside the
cabin and entreats God’s help Lone '
Deer’s life is saved and Winoua Ins
sweetheart takes him away with her
God’s grace in granting his prayer -brings
a change of heart to the doc-
tor’ who finds happiness in the hoped-
for love of Jeanette Through ei-
dence given by Chin Loo a Chinese
laundryman and Bad Nose an In-
dian hunter Rev Merrier succeeds in 1 '
having Lou Baribeau imprisoned for
shooting Lone Deer Monihan the
tough river boss who led the ruffians
in their attack on the Church is also
gathered in by the Sheriff
As the picture ends Dr Winston
turns and says to Jeanette and her
father — “And the fool said — there is
no God”
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all of our kind
and good friends who came to us iu
our great sorrow and sickness of our
kind husband and father
Mary H Collar
Frank J Collar
Ellen Gilmore
Helen Ward
CARD OF THANKS
Ye wish through the columhs of
this paper to express our heartfelt
thanks to our many friends who so
kindly responded to our aid dur-
ing the sickness and death of our dear
husband and father ’
May the Lord bless each and all of
you and may the time be in the far
future when you may be called upon
to suuer the loss and bereavement
that has come to us ”
Mrs Nellie McCall and familt
Mr and Mrs Roy McCall '
Mrs lucy Walck and family
Mrs Cora Null
KOTICE TOJIREDITORS
In the matter of the estate of O C
Tice Deceased 0
All persons having claims against '
O C Tiee deceased are required to
exhibit the same with the necessary
vouchers to' the undersigned ’ duly
appointed and qualified Administrator
of said deceased at bis office ' in
Arnett in the Countv of Ellis and
State of Oklahoma ' ' within -' four
months of the date hereof or the
same will he forever barred ' - ' '
Dated the 8thday of May 1919
W C Tyler Administrator of
the estate of O C Tice deceased s '
Mrs S L Rankin and Mrs A E
Nichols were Gage visitors Monday’
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Albert Yelton of Grand visited
with his sister Mrs S L Rankin
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