The Aline Chronoscope. (Aline, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1917 Page: 1 of 13
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VOL XVII
ALINE ALFALFA COUNTY OKLAHOMA OCTOBER 2(5 1917
NO 42
Goods with a Pedigree
We are showing a splendid line
for Men and Boys Prices right
New line Men’s and Boys’
Suits Some splendid values
Look them over before you buy
We know you will be Pleased
-
Our Underwear stock is full up
for Men Women and Children
Buy now while stock is complete
Ladies Misses and
to wear also made to
Headwear
Ladies Misses & Child
rens headwear in great
variety both in Price
and Quality We can
sure fit your heads
Overshoes for everybody Don’t let your
feet freeze-
Big pkg White Pony Oats only 25c
IF
YOU NEED ANY TREATMENT YOU NEED THE BEST
TREATMENT! I E YOU NEED
OSTOPATHF
DOCTOR HOLDCROFT
PHONE 61 DAY OR NIGHT
PATRONIZE THESE ADVERTISERS
They deserve it
Goods with a Guarantee
Childrens Coats ready
order
CAPS
Our display of Mens &
Boys Caps is great In
fact the best we have
ever shown
w -ft
BUY A LIBERTY BOND
Aline Banks Have Subscribed For Bonds
By Thousands
The second Liberty Loan cam-
paign is nearing its close and
although it has required some hard
work it will be over subscribed
The people ot Alfalfa County were
aBked to raise $323700 More than
this amount will be bought but at
this writing it is impossible to say
just how much more-' ' '
The banks of Aline bought $18
000 worth of bonds $1000 by the
Aline State Bank and $17000 by
the Bank of Aline The State Bank
has sold 600 dollars worth and ‘he
Bank of Aline has sold about VOOO
dollars worth The bondsare ex-
pected to be ready for delivery al-
most any day now
Both bankers say that people who
are having very little to say are
coming in and buying every day
which shows that they are the kind
who do instead of the kind who
talk These people realize that the
money must be raised and that
without the money the government
cannot exist and without govern
ment we have no country
Ghas Edward Bussell says:
If a man now says "My wages
before my country or "My balance
sheet before my country" or "My
class or creed or association before
my country” he is not an Ameri-
can America is in peril No
question is worthy of consideration
until we settle the question of wheth-
er democracy shall live Dem-
ocracy hangs by a thread Its ex-
istence depends on the union and
utmost determination of the United
States of America
Are you an American? If so do
your duty Buy a Liberty Bond
See your banks Arrangements
can be made s6 that yon can meet
the payments The men in the
various camps throughout the
United States are buying by the
millions of dollars worth Aie you
going to let them fight the battles
aud finance them too?
- STORIES OF THE TOWN
BY FARMER JONES
You will notice that the writer’s
name over "Stories of the Town”
has been changed Tnis was done
because some people were confusing
it with the writer of "Old Timer
Sayings" — Editor
Talk about Aline being a market
town here are some of the products
that have been shipped from here
last week: cattle hogs apples
wheat broom corn besides butter
eggs and poultry The money paid
out here for these producte are not
available at this time but it will
run into a sum that is astounding
The price of all these products of
the Aline country are extremely
high with the exception of cat-
tle and it haB filled the banks
with deposits double the Bmount
they have bad for vearB Maybe
the farmer is not receiving 1 hie
money but the accounts at ihe
banks say that be is
Dr Lile and wife are in Chicago
this week are stopping at the Con
gress hotel one of the best inChica
go In a letter from him it is evi-
dent that the Doctoi is getting
a little touch of high life and inci-
dent the high cost of living down
on Michigan avenue He Bays that
iliree eggs costs 85 cents toast 40
THE FOOD PLEDGE IS NECESSARY
A large portion of the people Beem
to have the idea that the Food Con-
servation CuLpaign is an effort to
to cause the American poor man to
have less to eat Nothing could be
farther from the (ruth for it is plan-
ned to have exactly the opposite ef-
fect The principle aim is to stop
all waste no matter how small and
surely no one will object when
thousands are starving in Dractical-
ly all European countries And its
second aim is to Blightly change the
diet of a person in a way that will
conserve certain kinds' of food of
which there is a shortage either ac-
tuator anticipated This will work
'a hardship on no one and the chang-
ed diet suggested by the Food Ad-
ministration will likely be more
healthy for ninb out of ten persons
then their present diet
The armies in Europe will be fed
aud wiil be well fed you may rest
assured of that When I say the
armies of Europe I do not mean our
army alone but also the armies of
our allies This is absolutelv nec-
essary to win the war Youma
rest assured that the armies will not
feel 8Dy lack of food until the very
luBt and for this reason the food
campaign is not really an attempt
to save food for the army but one
effort to see that you and I have
sufficient
Sign the card live up to its re-
quirements and feel that you are
doing your duty
cents a bite and t6a 25 cents a swal-
low The writer has bad a little
experience at' the Congress when
prices were supposed to be reason-
able and the acouracy of his
statements are not doubted i It
is just a question at this hotel
of how much nerve the waiter
has and just how far his conscience
will permit him to go with these
prices Most of the waiter’s con-
sciences are elastic however
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I
Garnett Fields has come from
Fairview to assist his father S B
Fields in the store Daddy is not
feeling the very best owing to the
fact that he has applied himself too
closely to bis business the past year
or so or since be moved into his new
location Garnett who has been
court clerk and register of deeds in
Fairview for four years has excel
lent (clerical ability and will be a
big help to his father " Here’s hop
ng that Daddy will get some much
needed re3t which he richly de-
serves and should take uuder auy
circumstances
y
The Aline country has more stuck
in it at the present time than for
many years past Hogs however
are a little scarce Many herds of
cattle have been brought here from
Texas this fall and have found ready
sale to the farmers here It is
mostly an experiment handling these
long horns but with good feed (his
winter they will probably make the
investors some money
There ought to be a more staple
market for the former in selling his
hogs and cattle The average far-
mer is unfamiliar with the actual
markets at the principal points and
there should be some method de-
vised whereby be could be assurei
of receiving these market prices
minus a reasonable sum fur shipping
He ought to be able to look at the
market report one day aDtj after
deducting a certain per cent for
snipping bis grade of cattle till al-
most to the dollar what his live
stock will bring This Mr Hooy-
sbould take in hand !
IS STILL GOING DOWN
Slill Drilling By Side of Pipe Line Which
Was Lost Some Time Ago
The Aline oil well is still going
down at a slow rate owing to the
fact that some time ago the drill
pipe was broken off about one hun-
dred and fifty feet from the bottom
and it was necessary to drill Ibis
distance at the side of this pipe over
again" However this distance has
aboui been completed and probably
will be past the old- bit by the time
this is in print Then it is that the
company expeots to get a good
showing within a short distance
Geologist Hatch says that oil is go-
ing to be found in this hole and iB
practically staking his reputation
on it after looking over formation
at the bottom of the hole
When the bottom of the broken
pipe is reached the hole will be
down 2100 feet The contract callB
for 2500 feet but Messrs Scarritt
k Yrooman are coming to Aline
this week and it is likely they will
make arrangements to go on down
if nothing of a substantial character
is found at the contract depth
Auto Wreck On Carmen Road
Mr J B Hector driving an auto
struck the rear end end of a carriage
occupied by Mrs Smith Shumani
while returning home from Carmen
aat Wednesday afterooon The ac-
cident occured just two miles north
of Aline No one was injured
Mr Rector stated that he sound-
ed his horn before attempting to
oass the carriage but Mrs Shuman
evidentjy failed to bear it and pul-
ed directly across the road iu front
of him He cut to the rigut as
quickly as possible and succeeded in
missing the team and almost missed
the carriage entirely ' The car ran
into the ditch wrecking the front
wheel
Soldier Sow Aids in Food Campaign
"My soldier sow is doing her
rart in ihe Food Pledge campaign"
said Hamp Green a prosperous far
mer living near Carmen "On Oct
16th she had her seventh litter
which numbered 17 She is doing
her part to whip the Kaiser by
helping the nation feed the soldier
boys She seems to have had a
Rooseveltian idea of what was in
the future when she farrowed the
first time Starting with 13 her
litters have numbered respectively
18 20 15 15 16 and the last 17
I believe tbis record beats them all"
said Mr Green "If not I would
like to hear of one that surpasses it '
Some month or so ago a youug
lady by the name of Cora Frazior
from Grauton was brought here
suffering from a severe case of ty-
phoid fever Her case was very
severe owing to the fact that she
was then in the fatal stages of the
illness She waB turned oyer to
Dr Ed Huston who had just come
home as p graduate of the state
University This being his first se-
vere case of tbis kind all his efforts
and his learning at the university
was brought into play add alt the
latest remedies nurBiug appliances
etc that had been taught him dur-
ing hia four years course The
young lady finally recovered aud it
is not onT a good recommendation
for modern methods and the state
University but for the young doctor
as well
PROCLAMATION
t t
WHEREAS the success of our
soldiers in France and Belgium and
the perpetuity of the principles of
democracy demand united and con
certed action' upon Hie part of every
citizen in our land and
WHEREAS our success will de-
pend to a great moasnre upon our
' - t
food supply and
WIIEFEAS ' our Natiou having
been called upon to feed the world
finds its food supply insufficient to
feed our people our soldiers the
allied soldiersi as well as the mil-
lions of starving women and children
of Poland France and Belgium
and
WHEREAS the President of the
United States has designated the
week of October 28th to November
4th as National Food Conservation
Pledge Campaign Week and has
made a special appeal to our people
to carry out voluntarily the direc-
tions ot our Food Administration
iusofar as circumstances permit
and
WHEREAS the problemof food
conservation will be solved very
simply by elimination of waste and
by substitution of certain foods
which we can (me and our Allies can
not and saving those our Allies
need such as wheat beef pork
sugar and diary products substitu-
ting corn vegetables poultry and
fish!'
WHEREAS the schools of this
State constitute an enormous work-'
ing medium fojrthe conducting of
tbis Pledge Campaign and realizing
the importance thereof to our Na-
tion NOW THEREFORE I R II
Wilson Superintendent of Public
Instruction of Oklahoma under and
by vistue of the authority vested in
me by the Constitution and laws of
this State do hereby set apart one
rlay during Pledge Campaign Week
to be known as "School Pledge
Day’’ to be devoted exclusively to
assisting our Government in th'B '
great work and I hereby desiginale
Thursday November 1st aB Said
day and I earnestly request every
County Superintendent City Super-
intendent and Teacher in the State
of Oklahoma to devote his entire
day or until all have beou enrolled
to the work berotofure outlined by
me to the County Superintendents
and then requesting the assistance
of all teachers and pupils in the en-
rollment of their neighbors parents
and acquaintances Let no one
fail to respoud to tbis request
In testimony whereof I have here-
nnto set my baud ami seal
Oklahoma Oklahoma on the
22nd day of October 1917
j R H Wilson
State Superindent of
Public Instruction
Drug Store Broken Inis
The Aline Drug store was broken
into last Monday night and some
jewelry aud other muff taken proh-’
ably to the amuiiut of fifty dollars
or more the exact amount may
never be ascertained Entrance
was gained ! by whittling through
the door so' as to turn the night
lock
This is the second time duiiig
the past year that this store has
been robbed
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Aline Chronoscope. (Aline, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1917, newspaper, October 26, 1917; Aline, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1744437/m1/1/?q=aRCHIVES: accessed June 10, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.