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MIAMI RECORD-HERALD
FRIDAY FEB?20f 1920 i yl I
Jury Excused for Day When
Judge Can Find No Cases
Judge S C Fullerton ot the Otta-
wa county district court is having
his troubles this week"
Two weeks ago the Judge ordered
Sheriff Nell Harr and Karl Sweera
coart clerk to draw the names of
forty men to serve as Jurors when
Jury trials started in court Monday
February 16
Bright and early Monday morning
the forty prospective Jurymen re-
ported and took tlifelr places in the
court room 'or one-half hour or
more they sqt patiently and heard
Judge Fullerton explain the duties of
Jury service This concluded the
Judge said lie ‘would hear excuses
Several of the forty men addressed
the court and explained why they
could not serve some giving business
reasons family Illness and the like
A few were excused and then Judge
Fullerton turned the pages ot the
civil docket and called the first case
which had been set down for trial
Then' the court called the second
then the third then the fourth then
the fifth and on down until he had
called the tenth case Whereupon
the court looked till expectantly
The court ware a iflribje(llbpk ’I'
Attorneys lnvofved: in the various
cases presenfjd eacyis y(iy’ 'l)e
cases could not be'tried at this time
Some of the' case wejit by default
and there were divers and other rea-
sons t
“This being theAUegt we will his-
miss the Jury- untitdko'clocA-Tuesday
morning when “if 18 hoped' the docket
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COOKED FOOD FOR
15 ILL FAMILIES
Fifteen families have been served
with soups and cereals by the United
Charities Association of Miami
Thursday the association sent out
a call for women volunteers to pre-
pare light foods for familiet 'hose
members wera ali stricken with the
flu Thirty-five Women responded
and tendered their services The
Boy Scouts have been delivering the
foods at the meal hours i
Whenever ' a family Is -reported
down soups and cereals are supplied
the first two days arid then rice and
crackers are added After the fifth
or sixth day “fruits and jellies are
sent 7
The Spitting Habit
“Spitting is ‘ forbidden" Why?
Because we are so dainty that we do
not like to see people spit? By no
means There' Is a much 'better rea-
son The North ' Caio'lina Health
Bulletin had a clever cartoon recent-
ly showing itow' “(he Germans did
it at Chateau Thierry and how Car-
olinans do It at home” The former
killed about a thousand men from
North Carolina by machine guns the
latter killed 13644 people last fall
und winter by sneezing in each
other's faces and spitting ' For that
is the way influenza Is carried
Germ diseases that live in the mu-
cous mebrane of the mouth such as
flu bronchitis' pneumonia scarlet
fever diphtheria' measles are spread
by "swapping ’ ge'rftis” '"ThF sprtvy
that we send oijt in rtiikiiiE i& carfeid
about two feet it ordinary conversa-
tion and the sputum with which we
adorn the sidewalk -drying scatter
death — literaHv-’-wherever it flies
iDon’t think' that ‘because you are
well you are pot a source’ of infec-
tion We all carry this and that dis-
ease in our mouths most of the time
only we are too well tq fall victims
to them ourselves But another may
die of these very germs or conser-
sely someone may seed the air with
something that lavs us low
It is wise not to stand too close to
people while talking to them or to
face them too directly It is not only
'Impolite to cough or sneeze without
a handkerchief it is attempted homi-
cide And until we learn this we
shall be the victims of throat and
lung disease and any new scourge of
this nature such as the flu will find
us ready victims ' '
WEDDED IN' 1 !!
iVV ASKS DIVORCE'
Julia Heaps who was married to
Charles Heaps oil July 2 1899 Tues-
day filed suit" in’ the Ottawa county
district court'-for a divorce
She allegesVhat on March 1 1914
her husband abandoned her and has
not contributed to her support but
lias given small amounts toward the
support of the three minor children
She asks the custody of (lie children
Wife Meeks Divorce
' Charging that her husband Wil-
liam D Bidwell adandoned her Mrs
Carrie E Bidwell Tuesday in the Ot-
tawa county district court tiled suit
to be divorced! The -ouple were mar
l ied April 6 1914 at Webb City Mo
and that ho ilbnndoned tier Oct oliel
1 1919 Tlieri'fs ohe clilld a" (laugh
ter ” - '
will be in readiness so that we can
proceed to trail with some of the
cases The Jury filed out of the
room and the lawyers too Jim
Triplett the court bailiff shouted the
customary “Hear yea heur yea the
Honorable District Court of the Coun-
ty or Ottawa State of Oklahoma
Stand 'adjourned jintll 9 ‘ o'clock
Tuesday morning” C
: The Judge retired to his chambers
" Bright and early Tuesday morning
the Jurors reported’ a'galn" The court
called the first case then he called
the second the third und'on down
to the seventh cafe
Judge Fu Benton looked up expect-
antly Them he summoned Bailiff vantage of the new opportunities and
Triplett and ordered hint to summon j establish themselves in a new town"
at once as many members of the Otta- I Mr Brooke said
wa county bar association as he j “Already a moving prcture concern
could - ! has asked and has been given an op-
One by one the lawyers filed In tion of a good location and also some
and when fifteen or twenty had re- people interested In vaudeville thea-
ported Judge Fullerton mounted tojters in larger Oklahoma towns have
the bench and informed the members I made arrangements for the erection
that he had called them together in: of a theater A merchant In a neigh-
the hope that the civil docket could j boring town has signified his Inten-
be straightened out so that cases
eouid be submitted to the Jury ' Sug-
gestions passed quick arid' It Is be-
ilieved that the docket is so adjusted
that a' cpse qanr be tried topiorrow
in his chambersthe Judge-said that
Unless some cases'-were prepared so as
to enable one to 'Be tried Wednesday
morning he proposed to excuse the
members of fhj Jury foitliree'or four
days and "bunch the cases so thatjhe
court oould make some headway
SIMPLE RULES FOR
KEEPING HEALTHY
WITH OTHERS ILL
There has been so much said and
written concerning pneumonia and jn-
fluenza that it would seem there is
nothlpg left to be said on the sub-
ject 'Some of the theories advanced
by scientists are conflicting and
many' eminent men jof the medical
profession are not agreed as to pre-
vention transmission and treatment
and some of the means of prevention
used last year such as Jhe mask
rigid closing of schools -and public
placeB have practically been thrown
into the discard during the present
epidemic But (here are a few sen-
sible and harmless precautions and
preventive measures which science
and the whole of the medical profes-
sion concede to be highly efficacious
iit the prevention 4 of these terrible
diseases and which any' individual
can observe and carry out without
any great inconvenience
Therefore as the pneumonia sea-
son is here both individually and as
an aftermath to the influenza which
also continues with us the State
Health Department wishes to reiter-
ate with added emphasis the great
Importance of the observance and
putting into practice these simple
precautions and preventive measures
Your safety and immunity to these
disease depend upon keeping your-
self :at 1L times in perfect fighting
trlra-u-up to "the standard of physical
fitness "
' 10 (re‘tain this high standard of
physical fitness I would prescribe
and recommend the constant observ-
ance of the following
"Never cough loft sneei'a without
the use" of a handkerchief to do so
aids the spread of the disease:
“Never spit on the floor as the
dust spreads germs higher than the Arkansas rate it was
“Avoid undue bodily fatigue and not high enough and therefore was
mental depression i discrimatory The readjustment of
“Be optimistic cultivate a tran- these rates from Memphis it is be-
quil frame of mind it aids digestion 1 lieved has tended to affect the rates
and is good for one at all times to Oklahoma from other eastern and
"Avoid exposure of the body to ex-
tremes of heat and cold
“eKep the body clean by frequent
bathing thus aiding in elimination
“Eat regularly of plain nutritious
diet
“Keep the body clean by frequent
“Livo out in the open air as much
aa1QasiWa'4Ud always keep a plenti-
ful supply of fresh air in tire sleep-
ing room
“If you have a gold a lingering
cough -or' feel below normal -physically
in any way consult a doctor"
' ' h H Brown Here"'--1
R H Brown formerly engaged in
the real estate business in Miami
who is now operating ati automobile
livery business at Desdemona Texas
a recent oil boom town arrived in
Miami Saturday tor a tew days' visit
with friends
Eggs Von- SO Cents
Ho ye egg lovers Ye busy ones
who have discontinued' their use be-
cause of the cost! According to a lo-
cal dealer In “hen trait” the high
cost ot egg eating la still on the de-
cline the eggs haying dropped a dime
during the Past week They are now
selling “'at B0cents Brice about a
month ago was 90 cents-’
Promoters Want to
Erect Hotel in
New Rail Town
Promoters are negotiating with the
officials of the Oklahoma-Southwestern
Railway Company for a location
in the new town to be established be-
tween Okmulgee and Bristow for a
ne "wfour-story and strictly modern
hotel according to an announcement
made Monday morning 'by Ra E
Brooke of theMiami Mineral Belt
railroad who is in charge of the new
townsite
' “Since the announcement was first
made two or three weeks ago that the
builders of the new line proposed jto
establish a new townsite along the
right of way of the new road we have
received a large number of letters
from persons who desire to take ad
tion of moving his stock of goods to
thV neW town and we have applica-
tions torn several churches grocery
and other meraiitile establishments
“It lias been rather surprising the
large number of applications we have
received and when we announce the
opening of the new townsite' which
will' probably be around about the
first part of March We have been as-
sured of a large population the first
week or so and prospects of a grow-
ing population”
Mr Brooke said that Joe Frates
Sr formerly general manager of
the Frisco system one of the build-
ers of the new road proposes to make
the new town an ideal residence town
and that every facilities will be prd-
vided to attract persons who desire
good homes
BIG INCREASE IN
FREIGHT RATES IS
ANNOUNCED HERE
Effective Monday all class freight
rates between Miami and St Paul
Minneapolis St Louis Memphis Pe-
oria and Chicago were Increased
approximately eight per cent accord-
ing to advices received Saturday by
Jake’ Sewell traffic manager for the
Miami Mineral Belt railroad from
F A Leland of St Louis who is
freight rate supervisor for the federal
railroad administrator for the south-
west The announcement ot the increase
in not orily one particular class of
merchandise rates but In all class
rates came more or less as a sur-
prise at this time The railroads are
to be turned back to their private
owners March first and it was be-
lieved that in order to make up de-
ficits under private operation It wae
believed that the railroads would
resort to the various state and fed-
eral commissions and request higher
rates The Increase however com-
ing while the roads are still under
federal supervision contains more or
less of an element ot surprise
Mr Sewell said the Increase in all
probability is a result of a recent de-
cision in the Memphis-Arkansas case
which was decided in Arkansas’ fa-
vor -It was contended by the shippers
that the rates between Memphis and
Arkansas and between Memphis and
Oklahoma points was some little
northern gateways
Mr Sewell said that the increase
on class freight between Miami and
St Louts and Memphis is nine cents
on each 100 pounds To lsrge ship-
pers especially ore shippers this In-
crease will amount to big sums He
said this Increase amounts to about
eight per cent and that the same pe-
eent of increase also applies to the
other gateways
The increase affects all lines in the
southwest
Child Hus Operation
- Margorle Burr young daughter ot
Mrs Trella Burr was operated on
Thursday at the Miami Baptist hos-
pital and an abcess which had formed
on the child's right Jaw was removed
The bone abcess formed as a result
of an ulcered tooth and was quite
painful The little girl is rapidly Im-
proving Table $1000 Claim
The claim ot A Scherer for 1000
damages from the city because the
city constructed a storm Bewer
through some of his porperty In the
McWilliams addition was tabled for
an Indefinite period when It came up
for discussion at the meeting Monday
afternoon of die city commissioners
ELECTION DATE
FIXED NEXT WEEK
At1 next Monday afternoon's meet-
ing of the mayor' and the members
of the board of city commissioners it
will be definitely determined as to
what date Is to be fixed for the call
of a special bond election to vote
bonds for the construction of a sew-
age disposal plant as demanded by
the state and for the extension of the
city waterworks system Thik was
decided on at the meeting of the city
officials held Monday afternoon
At Monday's discussion it was de-
cided tct issue six per cent sdrikl
bonds' which one-fifth will be pray-
able every five years
At a meeting to: be held March 1
the bonds will be sold’ to the highest
bidder City Clerk Young was in-
structed by the mayor and commis-
sioners to advise various bond com-
panies at Oklahoma City Kansas
City Wichita and other places so that
representatives of these concerns can
be here to bid for ih e bonds
Dr Hatty Si Lucas in charge of
the United States Public Health Ser-
vice in Ottawa county Monday after-
noon submitted to the surgeon gen-
eral of the United States Public
Health Service at Washington "a"
“progress report" which covered he
Public Health Activities In Ottawa
county during the last seven months
and also includes the work ofjth-
Ottawa county Chapter ot the Ameri-
can Red Cross and the work done br-
other county agencies
The phases ot the work is as fol-1
lows:
Total number ot educational lec-
tures given -t — — '23
Number of pieces of literature
distributed i 2772
Sanitary Inspections (private
homes) l87-0
Sanitary inspections (schools)
20
' Sanitary inspections (stores and
markets)- — 1-— 206
Special Inspections (food- pro-
dufct places) -J-- ! 29
Number ot sanitary toilets in-
stalled : ' 2049 ‘
Public Health Nursing
Total number ot typhoid inoc-
ulations ' 218
Total number ot children exam-
ined - 736 '
' Total number of school children
defectives 176
Total number ot visits to cases
of communicable diseases 149
Total number ot talks given to
groups of persons 45
Total number ot visits to give
parental care 18
Total number of visits to ex-
plain and demonstrate infant
hygiene ! 34
Dr LucaB in his report states that
during -the month ot January Miss
Margaret Davison visiting nurse (or
be the guests ollhonor and U Q-j the Red Cross Chapter In her inspec-
James the master of the lodge basjon an(j examination ot school chil-
arranged a very t fitting program I jren n juaIni found 47 who were !n-
which is to be observed tested by scabies The children so
Mr Stewart Is now 82 years old infected were excluded from school
and a section ot the special program and their parents notified and also
is to be given over in celebrating his Instructed as to these children their
birthday and to observe the long care and the treatment for them
MINING DISTRICT
SHORT OF WORKMEN
Joe Hutts former' chief of police
here who Is engaged in sinking
shafts for Miami mining men on prop-
erty near Picher asesrted Saturday
i night that Ottawa county at the present-
time Is shy approximately 3000
workmen
fit is Impossible to get any help
at this time" Hutts said- “Voti Can
offer men special Inducements in the
wayof additional pay and then you
can't get them The whole trouble
Is that Ottawa county and especially
In the mining district Is Just short
about 3000 workmen”
MASONIC LODGE
WILL HONOR ITS
VETERAN MEMBERS
Miami Lodge No 140 is to hold a
special meeting Friday night Febru-
ary 27 in honor of men who are pio-
neer members of the fraternity
Van Stewart O H Sweem S B
Dobson J L Lamb George W Fin-
ley who have been affliated with the
Masonic lodge toy qiauy years are to
years which he has been a Mason
Mr Sweem only recently celebat-
ed his fiftieth or Golden Wedding
Anniversary and hia brother Masons
will also honor him Both Mr Sweem
and Mr Stewart are among the oldest
Masons in this section of the coun-
try The session is to open at 7:30
o’clock and the first order of busi-
ness will be the conferring of the
Master Mason's Degree on R J Tut-
hlll After the celebrations refresh-
ments are to be served
Farmers’ Society
Will Meet Feb 23
James Lawrence county agent
said Saturday the Ottawa County
Farmers’ Co-operative Organization
plans to begin their educational cam-
paign for members February 23 j
It is arranged to have the meetings i
eld in the various school houses and I
members of the organization who en-1
rolled when the society was formed j
last Saturday will be the speakers
and will tell the aims of the organiza-
tion The society is to be incorporated
for $30000 and it is planned to eith-
er buy or to construct a grain eleva-
tor in Miami this spring
Joel Hunger a Visitor
Joel B Suagee after a week's
visit with friends and relatives left
Friday for the Osage nation his
home where ho is interested with fhe
Barnsdall Oil Company Mr Sun see
is one of the old time Cherokees and
expresses admiration at the wonder-
ful growth of the city having been
born and reared near Grand river'
almost 50 years ago He says Miami
can truly lay claim to the Gate City
of the West
Mr Suugee is tb3 brother-in-law
of C C Harner a well-known resi-
dent of this city
Dollars uml Cents
Counting it only in dollars and
cents how much did that last cold
cost you? A man may not always
stop work when he has a cold but
perhaps It would be better if he did
It takes about ten days to get com-
pletely rid of a cold under the usual
treatment That time can be much
shortened by taking Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and proper care ot
yourself in fact a bottle of this
remedy in the house is a mighty good
I investment during the winter and
spring rnonthB
SANITARY WORK BY
HEALTH SERVICE IS
SHOWN IN REPORT
Government Bureau Here In-
spected 1870 Homes During
Seven Months
SCHOOLS ARE VISITED
Visiting Nurse Watches Over School
Children and Halts Spread of
Communicable Plsenaes—
Work Kducntlonal - j
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The parents were further instruct-
ed that these children were not to
return to school without first obtain-
ing from their family physician a cer-
tificate to the effect that the chil-
dren were entirely free of the infec-
tions for which they were excluded
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Small Damage Done
By Fires During
-Last Two Months
Thefte was a record breaking num
ber of -fires bi Miami during Decem-
ber and January according to a re-
port filed Jlonday aftecnoon by H E
Mark well -iire thief with the mayor
that we were not alone and that we'
and board of city commissioners Ler n country f trieds‘J
Accorafirg-tb tile chiefs report fhe — - ‘
amount of damage done at all of eKirERIFF HARK HAS
fires -was approximately $450 "(hyp Lj - M jAlL-HEKR 'HKAtM'HOTVl
the property involved ha a lofal I
valtie-6f''16671)0-“ri‘'-'- '
In answBflng the-' seventeen alarms
the flfp trucks covereij a total of 101
blocks 411(17 650 feet of' hqse was
USed : 14 I -I: 9- gc
The -ehlef reported that all mem-
bers of tin Hepartnferit are' now com
pletel'ftri'iformefl ' M
MRS "ft LOGAN DIES
After long illness
The body of Mrs R Logan 73
yearS old -who died Friday at ftet-
home at Hockervllle following a pro-
tracted Illness was sent to Fort
Worth Texas Saturday afternoon
where- burial was made- Sunday
Mr and Mrs W II Logan and R
Logari' tlfc husband a-coinpanled the
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body
Mrq Logon was born and spent her
girlhood in Kentucky She Is sunriv--ed
by several children Who live In- the
slnte’M Oi-egmr ' '
WAR fiRIDES RECEIVE' ' " ' 0
SAME COURTESY GIVES ' ’
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Amerioa homes are extending -the
same tiVj-1 (1 i ty (a ()i e FreiiLit ft-Ives
ot returned soldiers that dhe dough-
boys “rf-qejlfedj'froru 'tflje grjefiLtui
French -families with whom' they
were’JJiJjUled according to letprs
receiwsdo by -American Red Cross
' Liquid Borozone Is an efficient
healing remedy for human or ani-
mal flesh It mends - a severe
wound sore cut or scratch In the
shortest nopaible time Price 30c
60c arid 120 Sold by Jackson
Drug Co"' ’ '
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Gas Electric
100 to 300-TON CAPACITY
LANDRETH MACHINERY CO :
$ : a v ir
5 Largest Stock cf Second-Tland Machinery ! I
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"What would nave Decome of us
poor little French strangers all alone
in the strange country without even :
knowing enough languuge-to make
us understand?" writes one of these
brides “Thanks tp the Red Croqs we
were ’not separated and everything
was done for our comfort to show US'
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' Sheriff Kail lrt a r s ’ "t a jj&
cljancdspna Jail jSpliv’efy atjthe ijt-'i
taka fcgunitir Jail JVM ' 09)
'J Reading the' account in thft Stlnday -"ileysp'a)er8
about the’ Jail deliver at '
thecoupty'Jalf gt‘Tulsa Saturday
when seventeen prisoner sawed- thete
way- to freedom Sheriff- Harr tar me-
dlately had his deputies search’ this'
jaii: t7
Nothing was found however
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Back In Jail 7
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Johnny Stephens) a -trusty -at the
Ottawa county jail who walked away
a few weeks ago wds takdn Into 6us-’
today Tuesday at picker by U ' fl
Jenning3 deputy sherlt(uand return-
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Rhftde "lilhnd' Red eggs foV'shtflng'
Mr 'Rflmrfnrf‘(Da'wson('t'rtmite iA -
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WANTED-nTe heat from ewnr of
gqod farm for tale t State cash prOce
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