The Leedy Times And Herald (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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THE LEEDEY TIME
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VOL 16 NO 3-
LEEDEY DEWEY COUNTY OKLAHOMA THURSDAY JULY 31 1919
PER YEAR $150
Big Government
Exhibit To Be At
The State Fair
Oklahoma City July 29—
Six government departments
demanding a floor space of 9000
feet to display exhibits in will
show at the State Fair and Ex-
position at Oklahoma City from
September 20 to 27 this year
These exhibits will be more elab-
orate than has ever been sent
out before and have been assem-
bled with a view of educating the
people to take advantage of the
various services the government
lias to offer - -
Included in the six depart-
ments will be a great naval ex-
hibit showing war trophies from
the battlefields of France and
many of them never before shown
in this country The latest
weapons of war and methods of
war and naval departments in
their various activities during
the recent war will be displayed
The Agricultural Treasury
Interior Commerce and Labor
departments will also have inter-
esting exhibits
'Great Improvement
Program For The Ok-
lahoma State Fair
Oklahoma City July ' 29 —
Greater and more extensive ex-
Aibiua bigger and better enter-
tainment program and more in-
- werCMuhg ’educational' features
than was ever shown before will
feature Oklahoma's Victory State
Fair at Oklahoma City which op-
ens on September 20 and closes
September 27
Expenditures totaling more
than $125000 are being spent in
an improvement program during
the summer months to make the
State Fair this year the greatest
in all history A new Liberal
Arts building to house exhibit
of manufacturers jobbers and
retailers has been erected at a
cost of $100000 This building
I has interior dimensions of 188
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Tho Ford One Ton Truck is one of the
sure business utilities and likewise just as
big a necessity on the farm Farming is
surely a business proposition wherein puc-
cess depends upon economical methods with
up-to date machinery The Ford Truck
will prove a great economy on the farm
The marvel is “how the farmer has got a-
long without it all these years” It is a
servant that serves always ready and al-
ways economical Price $550 without body
f o b Detroit
Leedey Auto
O C Brown
by 200 feet and contains 37000
square feet of floor space and 110
display booths It is one of the
most modern Fair buildings in
the United States
The old exposition building
will be used as an automobile
building and is being arranged
for that purpose An education-
al building has been provided and
a girl’s dormitory in connection
with the State Fair school is also
a reality this year Other build-
ins have been remodeled and re-
arranged on the grounds new
concrete walks and driveways are
being built new street paving
put down and the grounds beau-
tifiedin carrying out the improve-
ment program
Not only has the management
of the State Fair spent more in
improvement but they are spend-
ing more for the program during
State Fair week than ever be
fore The total premium money
exceeds $31000 offered for the
best exhibits in the sixteen de-
partments The entertainment
program is far more expensive
than it has ever been before
Their Idea of Luxury
An old farmer says the Edin-
burg Weekly Scotsman who by
hard work and parsimonious hab-
its had got together a little for-
tune decided that the time had
at last arrived when he was just-
ified in ordering a family car-
riage 1 ‘
1 He went to a carriage builder’s
and described in detail the kind
of vehicle he wished to buy
“Now I suppose you want rub
ber tires” said the carriage
builder
“No sir!” replied the old farm-
er in tones of resentment “My
folk ain’t that kind- When they
are riding they want to know it”
Church Notice
A A Ewton a minister of the
Church of Christ at Tecumseh
Oklahoma will begin a series of
meetings at the Church of God
inLeedey Oklahoma July 30
1919 Everybody come
Company
Manager
From Roy Walton
June 29 1919
Dear Folks:
Things areTiappening so fast
in Paris that I guess I had bet-
ter tell you about them before I
forget
Last Wednesday night when I
reported in at the garage the
Sergeant told me I was off that
night and was going on a trip
Thursday morning in a Cadillac
as an extra driver
We were to start at 7 a m so
thp other driver by the name of
McDonald persuaded the cook
to give us our breakfast early
and believe me I want to start
on a trip every day or two for to
start us out he gave 'us steak
French fried potatoes also cof-
fee with milk and sugar in it
The others got oatmeal and ba-
con the coffee minus milk and
not very much sugar
Our party was ready to start
shortly after seven and consist
ed of three members of the Peace
Conference and as one of the
men was married and his wife
happened to be in Paris it was
only natural that on a pleasure
trip to see the “front” for her to
go along They were all young
and jolly and that made it pleas-
ant for we drivers A short dis-
tance out of town a break be-
ing to tight we stopped to ad-
just it when we got ready to
start the starter declared a strike
and absolutely refused to turn
the motor oyer
Me said “If any of you can
speak French we will telephone
for another car or a mechanic to
come out and fix it as we have no
crank” As we happened to be
in a small village they went in
seacli of a phone Now getting
another bar did not appeal to me
at all for I wanted to see Verdun
so looking through Mc’s tools I
I found an adjustable wrenefc
that looked like it would make a
crank and it did- And thanks
to the “hurry” the French were
in they had not phoned yet so we
started on our way reaching
Chalons for dinner
It was quite a change from our
mess hall so we enjoyed dinner
very much The French usually
have several courses and group
the food in ways that we never
saw before and everything is
well cooked or “cooked to a turn’
as Mrs Cumberland expressed
it
The car gave us no more troub-
le so we reached Verdun about
five o’clock Most all of the
buildings have wound stripes
some there is not enough left for
the stripes but the town has not
suffered in comparison to some
of the smaller villages to the
northwest of which not a wall' is
left standing
We visited the city under Ver-
dun where the people lived dur-
ing the bombardment and where
many of them live yet
It was rather difficult to find a
hotel as not much work has been
done at rebuilding The houses
all have oiled paper windows
That night when we turned in
Me was the first to try the bed
out Do you know what the
French beds are like? They
would lure a fellow home before
taps and keep him after reville
They are aoout two feet thick and
soft as a cotton pile usually cov-
lered with sheets then a blanket
over that a counterpane then
they have something that re-
sembles a feather tick being a-
bout four inches thick and filled
with feathers
Me began something like this
“Oh boy ! this is great Wait un-
til I get home and get a bed like
this the first fellow that gets me
up before ten o’clock will get
etc” Suddenly he said “tuck
my feet in will you I cant keep
them in” Investigation show
ed tbe reason he was two layers
above the sheets So thereafter
any argument between Me and
any of the rest of the party was
settled by “How do you know
when some one has to put you to
bed” or something similar
Early next morning we drove
aver north of Verdun and then
followed the old front up as far
as Dune There is a strip of
ground about 10 miles long and
3 to 5 wide just north of Ver
dun that looks as if every square
inch had been churned by shells
Nothing is left but shell craters
and trenches flowers and grass
are fast covering the sears ex-
cept where the soil is gummy and
the shell holes have water in
them Barb wire entanglements
are everywhere and in the old
trenches dugouts and scattered
around is the wreckage of war
packs pieces of guns uniforms
helmets belts bayonets tele-
phone wire trench spades and
picks shoes some with part of
the owner still inside bones of
various parts of the body gas
masks duds shells loaded and
empty hand grenades etc The
rest of the party picked up some
souveneirs but I like souveneirs
of pleasant places and notof such
a graveyard as that field was
That afternoon we visited the
Argonne and ran iuto Chalons by
night
There is no doubt but that the
U S Soldiers turned the battle
tide so that the Allies were able
to say “Sign here” but I think
anyone who has seen the battle
Inspire
Confidence
Nothing inspires confidence like a good Bank Balance
Money is not all but it goes a mighty long way in the time
of need If you are not already one of our customers
come in and get a pass book and watch your balance grow
We Do Not Believe
That a dollar is one’s best friend but we do know that
they are very convenient to have it where you can get
ahold of them in the time of need
We are both State and County depository why not yours?
Capital and Surplus $1320000
The First State Bank
Leedey Oklahoma
C A LaRue President
E T Sumrall Vice-Pres
Camp Grounds For
State Fair Visitors
Oklahoma City July 29 —
The Oklahoma State Fair and
Exposition has arranged to ac-
comodate several hundred camp-
ing parties on the grounds dur-
ing the thirteenth annual State
Fair at Oklahoma City from Sep-
tember 20 to 27 and applications
are already being made for res-
ervations and tents The site is
well shaded with native timber
a heayy coating of grass and well
watered and lighted Camping
parties may use sites without
cost except a campers ticket
which cost $2 Many farmers
have indicated they will spend
their vacations at the State Fair
with their families
The Church of the Brethren
will begin a series of meetings at
the Rhea school house on August
4 J H Morris of Oklahoma
City will conduct the services
field where the French made
their stand north of Verdun will
not use that common phrase
“We won the war” bat will say
“We helped win the war”
Saturday we started early
reaching Paris in time to go out
to Versailles for the final act
The city is all decked out in flags
banners etc and Saturday night
every one was down town but
they did not celebrate much I’ll
have to tell you about- it -some
other time as this is getting to
be more like a book than a letter
This is a busy place just now
with peace the Allied games the
4th a big K C circus here July
1 to 6 and the French fourth
similar to ours on J uly 14
The more I see of France the
better I like “Paree” Paris will
will be worth staying in until af-
ter the 14th anyway -ftf course
we will be here until peace is
made with Austria Turkey etc
and perhaps the League of Na-
tions Well I must close
With love
Roy
lift
Frink Mitchell" Cashier
Ida M Neu Ass’t Cashier
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Bradshaw, A. C. The Leedy Times And Herald (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1919, newspaper, July 31, 1919; Leedy, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1756510/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.