Marietta Monitor. (Marietta, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1918 Page: 4 of 7
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Courtesy : Cleanness : Honest Service
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My line of staple and fancy groceries embraces
everything that can be found in a modem stock and
all the best obtainable brands You know our motto
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Courtesy : Cleanness : Honest Service
JE Monroe
MARIETTA - OKLAHOMA
Local and Personal
Mrs Gaines Mitchell and
Chrystine Robinson visited
their mother Mrs J E Robin-
son who is in the hospital at
Sherman last Sunday
‘ No long tedious waits when
' your abstaets are compiled by
the Jordan Company and you
have the assurance of know-
ing they are right when made
by this Company
A card was received last
Saturday by Dr D Autry that
his son Omri who is in the
Navy had landed safely over-
' seas Omri was here a 'few
weeks ago and his many
friends at this place will be
glad to learn that he made the
trip “over there” in safety -
For Refrigerators and Ice Cream
Freezers go to W T McCarty’s
Hardware Store
Leon Peterman who is tak-
ing a course in Meteorology at
the Texas A & M College at
College Station preparatory’
to entering the service of Un-
s cle Sam has been here this
week visiting his parents’ Mr
and Mrs H T Peterman and
other relatives and friends
For a Service Car call Os-
car Boling at Enas & Lofton’s
saddle shop Phone 113
McCarty can supply yo
with any class of furniture
that you might want for his
stock consists of the better as
well as the cheaper grade of
furniture
A G Warren of Cross Hill
' was a visitor here Wednesday
'He informed us that he had
received a card from his son
Emmett that he had arrived
safely overseas ' Emmett was
in the training camp at Camp
Bowie for several months hav-
ing enlisted in the National
Guards of Oklahoma before
the United States became in-
volved in the war He also
saw service on the Mexican
border
For all kinds of Vulcanizing
see the Marietta Auto Co
They have installed a new ma-
chine '
Ed Glass of Waco has been
here this w’eek the guest of J
A Davis and family
Hear Rev C E Wagner at
the First Christian Church
next Sunday night
1 C I THOMPSON
Livery Stable Feed and
Wagon Yard
When in need of a nice rig give us a call or when in
town to spend the night put your team in our yard
Service Car in Connection
All calls answered promptly day or night Just
north of J W Scanlon’s store PHONE NO 154
BOYS AND GIRLS IN WAR
KOYS and girls of America are helping '
produce food for the world In recognf
lion of thier highly-important contribu- '
lion to civilisation the OKLAHOMA -STATE
FAIR AND EXPOSITION ia
giving $7166 is premium and prize to
the youngster of Oklahoma this year
who exhibit club work A new dormitory
and dining room has been built at a
coat of $S000 to care for them Write
now for the annual premium list giving
in detail the manner in which thit $7366
is to be distributed And above all doat
forget to attend the
OKLA STATE FAIR A
EXPOSITION
Oklahoma City
September 21 to 28 1918
- 'Miss Clem secretary of the
Retail Merchants Association
has been ill this week H R
Shine of Gainesville is looking
after her work in the office
during her illness
z For Peter Paul’s and Alle-
gretti’s package candy go to
Carl Robinson’s
Miss Willie Frederick of
Henryetta who had been em-
ployed at the Jordan Co’s of-
fice as abstracter for some
time having resigned her po-
sition there returned to her
home at Henryetta last Satur-
day She will take a course
in a business college at Hen-
ryetta Miss Willie made many
friends during her stay in
Marietta who regretted very
much to see her leave
Dr D Autry went to Ard-
more Tuesday to hear the lat-
est election “dope” ‘
Erskipe Armstrong shipped
four cars of fat cattle to mark-
et Sunday ’
John Scott of
was a business
Monday
Thackerville
visitor here
Roy Heisler of Ardmore was
here Saturday visiting rela-
tives a
CLASS OF 1918 IS
CALLED IN DRAFT
Provost Marshall General
Crowder Monday telegraphed
E H Gipson adjutant gener-
al directing that during a five-
day period beginning August
26 7000 Oklanoma selective
service men be entrained - for
Camp Pike Little Rock Ark
‘ The provost marshal speci-
fies that only white men and
men physically fit for general
military service are to be
entrained during this five-day
period The call is to be so
allotted according to the in-
structions that the - required
number of men will be taken
from Class 1 This will include
men from the 1917 ajid 1918
classes according to the ad-
jutant general
According to General Gip-
son before this call was re-
ceived there was a total of
about 10000 men in Class 1
of both the 1917 and 1918
classes When this call has
been completed only 3000
men will remain in Class 1 ac-
cording to figures in the adju-
tant general’s office
This is the first contingent
of Oklahoma selected men to
be sent to Camp Pike Hereto-
fore men from the northern
Missouri valley states' were
sent to the Arkansas training
camp for instruction
THE FUEL SITUATION
Ada fkla Aug 5 1918 —
That citizens of Oklahoma liv-
ing in timbered sections may
be prohibited from buying
coal this winter by State JFuel
Administrator P A Norris
is the gist of a statement giv-
en out from his office today
Mr Norris hopes that it will
not be necessary to make such
rigorous rules but the coal
may be available in sufficient
quantities to keep all the peo-
ple warm and those citizens
with wood around them ought
to be able to protect themsel-
ves without using coal
The United States Fuel Ad-
ministration at Washington
has suggested thht in those
States where a plentiful sup-
ply of wood is available the
sale shipment and distribution
of coal for domestic purposes
to persons residing outside of
cities or incorporated towns
may be prohibited except un-
derspecial permit
State Fuel Administrators
are advised that if they find
as a result of prohibiting the
use of coal outside of cities
excessive prices are demand-
ed by wood dealers the deal-
ers should be dealt with under
the authority conferred by the
Lever Act
The authority for prohibit-
ing the sale shipment and dis-
tribution of coal to domestic
consumers it is pointed out is
contained in the order ap-
pointing State Fuel Adminis-
trators to office
NOTICE TO WOODMEN
I have been advised - by (the
Head Clerk that my report
must be sent off by the' 5th of
each month To get my re-
port ready by that time mem-
bers must pay their dues be-
fore the 5th day of epch
month
FRED ENAS
Clerk W O W Lodge
For a service car in day time
phone me at George Smart’s ' Over-
land Service Station' at night phone
me at my residence All calls given
prompt attention Oscar Cochran
J O Tipps and Tom O’Neal
two prosperous farmers of the
Lebanon community were vis-
itors here Tuesday In speak-
ing of crop conditions in - his
community Mr O’Neal said he
had a fine crop of corn and
with a rain in the next few
days there would be lots of
cotton raised!
USE FOR DOGS IN WARFARE
Regular Schools In Franco Established
to Teach Animate to Scout
for Wounded
Were it possible for a man to wan-
der through-certain areas of France
a licre she is Bliarpening her weapons
of war she would chance on the
strangest sight of the many strange
ones the conflict has produced Here
in big pens he" could see hundreds
of animals collected for their course
of training Not one of them but
has passed his medical test before a
board with a special jury They are
in the hands of their drillmasters
learning war’a lesson
Perhaps strange cries would reach
his ears — weird yelps - and howls
such as never even disturbed his mid-
night slumbers These would be
calls to be used in special cases when
the dog is doing duty out on No
Man’s Ijind
And then if the ' visitor should
stand and watch his eye would pres-
ently light on a soldier lying limp on
the ground with a dog sniffing round
him Perhaps he would see the dog
after a while drag the cap from the
soldier’s head Tr the identification
tag from his wrist and run off with
it to his master This dog would be
no other than a candidate for the
Bed Crosslearning his duty as scout
for wounded soldiers and fetching
the evidence from a body he found
— a live body Dead men don’t
TOunt — People’s Home Journal
PATHOS IN HIS -IGNORANCE
Remarkable Lack of Simple Knowl-
edge Shown in Experiment Which
Ca uxed Man’s Death
Oh June 22 1774at Plymouth
England a man named John Day
lost his life in a manner singularly
exhibiting the great ignorance of the
simplest physical facts which pre-
vailed at the period Day fancied he
had perfected a plan by whieh’he'
xi tild remain below watery at any
icptli and without any communica-
tion with the air for at least twenty-
four hours returning to the surface
s lienever he thought proper
His machine was merely a water-
tight box attached to old metal by
ueans of screws After entering the
dox and dosing the entrance the
vessel was sunk Day was provided
with a lied a match a taper and a
bottle of water The contrivance
was his tomb through went of knowl-
dge now possessed by every child
The British Magazine of Arts
Sciences and Literature a preten-
u'ous periodical of the time gave
four probable reasons for the failure
3ut does not allude to the most pat-
nt one — the want of air
NOT NEARLY GOOD ENOUGH
An American Red Cross worker
Jehind the British front after a re-
lent battle tarried to hear a British
najor mounted on a wagon tongue
iddressing the men of his battalion
The men had finished a night’s rest
lfter three days of the hardest kind
f fighting recounts the Red Cross
nan and the major was announcing
Aat they were “going in-’ again that
lay
“There will be no withdrawal We
ire not going to give an inch” de-
lared the major “I want to see yon
5ght harder than you ever fought
before I don’t want to see yon hang
jack like you did the last time
“Why dammit men” shouted the
major “in the last fight you only got
sight to one ' You know you ought
:o hare done better than that 1”
TIRED OF IT
“Do you really believe there is a
nan who wants to take the sweet-
less out of life?”
“I should think the man who has
o censor the soldiers love letters
Iocs
- WHAT HE WANTED
“Can I interest you in a piano-
player?’’ said the agent at the door
“No” replied the man of the
souse “but if you know a good gar-
len weeder I might be interested”
KEEPING PACE '
She — I see where the government
ia going to make women's skirt’s
ihorter
He — That is just what has hap-
pened to the men’s purses
A SUCCESS
“How did your nejr gown impress
hem athe garden party?”
“Oh it knocked them cold-' Not a
woman present would admit that sha
liked it” ' tT-r-nr‘1
HAS THREE VITAL REQUIREMENTS — -
PROMPTNESS AND ACCURACY BACKED
BY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
OUR WORK MEETS EVERY TEST YOU
WILL FIND US PROMPT AS WELL AS RE-
LIABLE ’
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Lands Loans and Real Estate
The Jordan Company
LIVESTOCK MUST
BE SAFEGUARDED
Oklahoma City Okla Aug
7th — The saving of livestock
has become one of the most
important charges of the Ok-
lahoma State - Council of De-
fense Reports rendered at
the conference of’ railroad
managers and the State Coun-
cil at Oklahoma Cityedisclos-
ed the fact that the rceent
campaign against the ' killing
of livestock by railroad trains
had resulted In a decrease of
from twenty to forty per cent
on most of the lines while one
road reported almost one hun-
dred per cent
The recent drouth has add-
ed to the worries of livestock"1
owners and railroads and the
State Council has addressed
urgent letters to all railroad
managers that in view of the
fact that cattle are breaking
all restraint in escaping from
dry pastures that especial care
be taken to keep fences along
the right-of-way in' good re-
pair Over 4000 cattle 6wn-
ers will be warned against the
danger of turning stock into
dry pastures and also to keep
their fences in repair as cattle
are now seeking the green pas-
tures and water along the rail-
road tracks
Mayors of cities will be ask-
ed to pass herd laws where
such laws are not already in
effect
A memorial to the Tenth
Federal Reserve Bank at Kan-
sas City will call especial at-
tention to the necessity of
practically refinancing the cat-
tle industry in Oklahoma as
under present conditions many
of the banks are obliged to call
in most if not all of their cat-
tle paper
Railroads in operation in
L T BURTON Undertaker
MARIETTA OKLA
LICENSED EMBALMER No extra charge for trips to’
country Large assortment of funeral goods Motor or
horse drawn hearse
Open day and night Next door to Jordan Co
I Agent for Gainesville Marble Works
Picture Framing Cut Fldwers
E T KISSELBURG
MANUFACTURER OF ’
Tinware Galvanized Steel Tanks Well Casing Etc I
have no rent to pay no hired help to pay and can save
you money on well casing flues or anything in the sheet
metal line
FROM TENNESSEE
Halls Tenn July 30 1918
— As everything looks so "fa-
vorable for a -bumper crop of
every thing to make people
happy in thi3 county I could
not be still after reading the
letter from my friend living
at Grave Yard Bluff It made
my heart leap with joy and I
thought how they could enjoy?
a few of the good things of
Tennessee- after those berry
pies were gone if they were
over here to eat strawberries
and cream and could have
plucked from the long table
that was spread on the banks
of Forked Deer river ' on the
4th of July the big cat fish
strown along the table free to
all '
We live in the hills of Tenn-
essee where God has smiled
on us with everything to make
for happiness' They would
come out of the Johnson grass
and share the pleasure of our
dear Savior who died to set aU
men free among the blooms of
clover j
Crops of all kinds that go-
to make men happy are here
with the best of people to en-
joy around us We live in Dy-
er county eight miles west of
Halls on the river Forked
Deer People are well to do
and certainly enjoy life
Many of our boys have
crossed over to help keep ns
free May God bless and pro-
tect them When the Kaiser
is dead we will kill the fatted
calf and go on rejoicing
For fear of this finding its
way to the waste basket I had
better ring off with many
thanks to the dear old Monitor
for finding its way to my home
and to my friends left behind
Marietta’s old timer -
’ J P S
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Choate, Henry Willis. Marietta Monitor. (Marietta, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1918, newspaper, August 9, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1753309/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.