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 «B«>titow^Uyoa W, art in the
■Wd^but that id about our
9*htJ'or our
gJh.Y* M • u w day* rent away
8M,I w«t down on Uw
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®«**l n y pleasure vu being to
f hSf^eaa^i*!' mkout' -®"t-
zwlS™t7^J5 *¥HV* •**"• ••Jong
* rTSiittf my *>?Um w« •
T t Mr. I atii) have a cold aad m«v
not go Into tlta ftaxt fight The only
JM** ia a fallow hataa to so*. Ma
taSh go up m«1i* th^ llua?
hod abwa hard flgtits nd,t fellow
*?f.r fc>y*f. M tho risk must be
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No. Si. 141 w"A E-r"A K f
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0. E.' Woddi Lutaber Co.
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j. _At Tha/wnt, A. E. F.
DVr_^.,th*r-  thar and Children;
* f1U "J14* V°«   '«w linaa to lot
you know l am w l|. I have baen at
Mia front for aoma time and have
boon in every kind* of position and
•een about evary thing that pertains
to war. 1 wont oyer the top with our
company and cama out alright.
. ?®f, p*f'n,?n4 odvanced beydnd the
objective Vid hold the line. The
Mirinaa a*y they will give ft up to u*
•• being tho beat they ever saw •
over the top. We took a strong hoi
g*  considered the strongest
uong tho Hindenburg Una.
4V1 E&Jl00 *? "™ thc papera of
U * 8th.  A and 10th of Oct.
I haVe a German pi tol I took from
_Uerman officer which I hope to
briny home with me, and I hope that
wont be long. We have all the . glory
*2*t any organisation could wiah for.
Wia took a large number of priaoners,
•omei I aim oat felt sorry for. They
would come running towards us with
hand* up shouting, good comrad.
I  m writing thit letter near a
dug-out. .
• "Our artllli
Mr^anw tiehaley?* -ltot
?T !??* *® ■ let yea know that I am
•tl"t in the big game. Have been in
22le ""Ti? ft,r *bout ®> daya. I
SSt ft 'V- * «* ««'
P*1 drlvea that haa been made for a
too* Uma. Our company went through
■rtfllery and machine gun fire that
Iw''' * s,n5l8 *<►
yull tJirough. But we made our ob-
£etive and* held the. line, Uking i^y
P^*a«*. I captured an officer and
aow have his automatic pistol: it
JMJ* la   dandy. Our regiment has
for itsdf that will not
*oon be forgotten. If I go thru an-
2SfP w 1 did the laat one I
ry^'l * h cky boy. Sev-
£?yi **v* bwn righted
fw bravery. Aim our entire mrfinent
J1" J?*® 0**" * mark for diating-
0lM! of the intolMgerfe
onieera sent a message back to head-
quarter* that thedattuted infantry
waa walking kia-Jags off. I havXS
appointed platoon commander, will be
jwde aergeant as soon aa we so back
>•% BxpKt «•«
1 th"1 •°«« >ery narrow es-
— ——Jery has been giving the
OeraMna Itell all day, and they don't
fail to wnd over a few once in a while
to remind us they an still in the
—•*- The' first of our men to get
fM a friend of mine. | was
-—T-JI to him Whin a large shell fell
In the trench and killed him'instantly
"ew  y P"1 *nd over
cjjwjur fa  pieces. I buried him in the
• 4 am noW acting sergeant in charge
y .platoon In* the reserve; was re-
iwvwl from the last line or resistance
night before last We expect to be re-
lieved( and go to a rest camp in the
««rt day or two. I hav'nt had my
akoes off for 18 days. I did without
wiftwr or rood for two d&yi &nH i iAn \r
n|^rts. Jt waa Impossible to get It to arS, JS?nir« i w- r-
ua. But, believe me, w* are making up I f^ n i" fun,ber Co.
for lost time rtow. We have the roll- S Jme,8er
5JWK" right with us. I believe jJhS EHiott
our hardest time is over. Everything Dfck Pvlna
'<*** wry favorable. Don't know how p ft r™ Jn.,r
mttch of this little bit of news will h ™-<furtney
reach you, but I will have wonderftl 5' I
ftSfsw teH yeu when 1 ^ h<MB« A J JEnnf
Tlie Frit* are commencing ta send jfiJ' „ I0ok „
over some  arjre shells, so I guess I W h
irtH crawl in my hole. Don't worry I ™ Hl North
about me. I have all the Confidence of
a apeedy return home.
Write often. Bve bye
HERMAN HENSLEY
m _ _ .Ckelsaa Townahip
m S' .9*ck Lumber Co.
B. B. Martin
W. H. Lucas
£•,Woods Lumber Co.
Okla. Corrugated Iron Co.
Rnaaell Grader Mfg. Co.
O. E. Woods Lumfcr Co.
W. M. Dye
W. A. Itoeder
Bushyttead Lumber Co.
L. Nelson.^ Pay roll .
Cleo Leffler
J. A. Brown
B. S. Clifton
Olm MU.S"* T" d,p
Elmer Richardson
S. A.. Philnott
Chaa. Worford'
J. A. Brown
Ben Huff
Jim Scott
W. Browp
,C. Tucker
Wlltar'oa,D'"W,1,,,*d
J' C. Russell
Bert Hoffman, Pay roll
Collinsville Townahip
P. Haggerty
Tip A Jones
<S.I«
U.30
8.00
130.00
411.00
HAD
40.00
y.oo
70.00
128.00
82.00
90.00
12.85
44.00
18.68
4V.06
686.74
12.G0
10.00
15.00
20.00
r..oo
10.00
2.50
2.50
7.50
5.00
2.50
15.00
5.00
P**Wly shews to m
board trio following facta:
k r'1""?'  "«"• petitioner is the
duly elected,, qualified and acting
court clerk of said county und state
I and hus been n official of said county
? 6th. d®y of January. 1018:
| tlnit during the years 1913 and 101^
■up to and including the 3rd day of
January, 1015. your petitioner served
in the rapacity of district clerk of said
county und that sinco the 3rd day of
January 1015, your petitioner has
served in the capacity of court clerk
or said county. •
Second. Your potltisner further
states that during the year 1016, an
examination of the records in the cus-
tody of your petitioner was made by
a representative of the office of the
St«£ e/anu?e£ an<l in P«*t«r of the
of Oklahoma, covering the pe-
riod of time from January flth, lf)i:>
to the .list day of December, 1015, in-
clusive; nnd that n report of such ex-
amination Is now on file in the office
of the rountv clerk of enid county:
hat no examfnatiort has been made of
the records In the custody of your pe-
titioner since the tii.ie herefti referred
JX!?.*et port<o > of Collins
vllle township and the City of Col
i "n*vljk which had hitherto bci.-n de-
1 h* the Hoard of
?S^S#rB L ??fr*r' County
IS Boirtl of CommlsHionei H
I "J.1"'"* t/ounty, at Tulsa on tho aft-
ernoon of December 2nd, 1918, and
among other matters comjnv up, the
following contract was entered into-
   (ORIGINAL)
CONTRACT AGREEMENT.
Whe7«. by, special election held
on the 16th day of August, 1918, and
proclamatekm e< tho Oovsner at the
Htato of Oklahoma  s of 8ept«nber
8, 1018, the City of ColllnavilU and
twenty sections of land fummndlng
same, wore declared to be detached
from Rogers County and added to
Tulsa County, and,
Whereas, It Is necessary to deter-
mine tlm assets and Habilltiee of aaid
detached territory so that an eouit-
uble division of same may be had/
Therefore, on this 2nd day of De-
cember, 1918, in Joint session aaaem-
(Continued on page 8)
Gump    
Lambert Lumber Co.
Bert Hoffman, Pay roll
a r. <>too«a Township
2' Wooda Lumber Co.
Tom Dorsey
George Arnold
G. W. McNabb
W. A. Sltea
L. W. McNabb .
Fount Miller .v
Tom Sites
Loren Sappington
John Eaton
Arthur Britton
Ray Harveston
W. A. McNabb
J-T. Wilson A Son
W. R. Johnson
Joe Vann
15.00
35.26
282.00
27.60
15.30
40.80
731,00
COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS
51.86
13.76
22.50
10.00
42.60
5.00
10.00
22 60
23.76
10.00
11.25
12.50
66.50
23.76
88.25
6.00
25.00
20.00
7.00
19.00
12.50
5.25
6.00
8.50
17.50
31.19
10.88
51.00
69.60
61.00
4.50
13.75
erroneous as-
(Continued from pare 4
Verdigrla Township
J. Woods Lumber Co.
tim*. adviuieing u -
i±
S* wt «nd kept on
My, it is great sport to see the darnn-
hfw hmnd  «"d hoi-
hair wd I jfot their machine
jets thru my overcoat One of mr
E. J. Wimer
H. F. Stout
Claremore Implement Co.
R. D. Key .
M. L. Dale
tapasf-?'-"
► answer 4t once and k
L- Daugherty
Charley Gransche
Joe Hendrex
Ohas. Burger
Chaa. C. Mayberry
Hill-Henley Hdwe. o.
Ernest Dunaway
W. H. Wagoner
Wm. Leege
Jeas Evert
Luther Sallee
Wilmorn Sallee
F- A. Morrow
Mack Chambers
W. M. Sallee
Zack Officer
WiU Dixon
Willie Heron
Daa Harrington
Dave Walker
C. A. Montgomery
Jphn Hendrex
Wm. French
L Daogherty
i. F. Ramsey
PMe Keller
Geo. Kssnon
Geo. Maaea
John Headrox
J. T. Wflesa A Son
John Bowaid
Clarence Kendall
C. A. Ross
D. W. Lauderback
Tinker Bros.
John H, Slack
Tax complaints of    ^
sessments were examined and it was
ordered that certificates of error be
issued to the following parties: G F
Swofford, .Alex A. Dennison, F. A.
S ¥rln^e]t Chambers, S. A. Wil-
ton, G. N. Ward and W. A. Laybrook.
Reports of U. S. Jefferies, county
treasurer, John W. Green, sheriff, J
11.00 f Thurman and E. A- Haverfield,
18.00 Wty sheriffs, W. J. Eldridge, county
  clerk, for the month of November
were received and approved..
is.uv I The following order was unani
20.00 mousiy fdopted: The Board of Coun
18.80 j>* Commissioners within and for
8.001 Rogere County, in regular session on
7.00 above date, jynong other business
8.00 transacted took up the matter of au-
8.00 tnonxing the county treasurer to pur-
2.00 chnse as an investment a certain judir-
8.00 I ment of W.1 T. Taylor in the amount
14.00 ®f $1098.65 and accrued interest with
6.001 costs, against Rogers County, and af-
28.00 | to' rending the opinion of the state
attorney general in -the matter and
upon the advice of the county at tor-
ney, hereby uthoriies the county
tr5"2.P2* C- S. Jefferles to invest in
J?*??*1 ^ ^ benefit of Rog-
*f nay sinking fluids
not odtkerwise appropriated in , his
18.76
6.50
,108.00
1.15
4.00
J1.00,
18.00
40.00
68.00
12.00
24.00
20.00
8.00
6 00
.80
18.00
2.00
10.00
20.00
21.00
8.00
28.(10
ptl"M«  .er custody?
The «<JJawlng petitisa was received:
OTATt OF OKLAHOMA, County
of Rogers, ss:
   PETITION
M.00 ^^ H-seraWe Board of County
" 2 Coinmtorioaeia of safd County ano
I slate;
2.00 |. Comes now your petitioner nnd res-
  y.our PeMt'oner further
«« \l «.ue t"B te/1" of of,ice e*Pi««s
m?   u , aY °' January, 1919, and
that he is entitled to hnve an exami-
nation made of the records in his cus-
tody, covering theperioj of time, from
the 1st day of January, 1916, up to
and including the date of expiration
of the term of office of your petition-
Fourth. Your petitioner deems it
proper and to his best interest as well
as to the best interest of the cititens,
Of Rogers County, Oklahoma, that
tins honorable board cause such>exm-
ipin&tion to be made.
Wherefore, Your petitioner respect-
fully requests that this honorable
board employ a representative of the
fhif jammer and Inspector's office
of the State of Oklahoma, to make an
examination of the records in the cus-
A"ly of your petitioner covering the
penod of time last above referred to,
f"d this honorable board direct
vllei County Clerk of Rogers County,
Oklahoma,- to notify the State Exam-
iner and Inspector of the State of Ok-
lahoma. to send a representative from
i °. l make sueh examination
and that such representative be em-
ployed to make said examination as
goon after the 6th day of January,
1910 as possible.
Respectfully submitted,
C. T. M'CLELLAN,
_ . Court Clerk..
I he foregoing petition came on for
hearing before the board, and upon
due consideration the same was
granted and approved, and it was re-
solved by the board that such exami-
nation be made as requested in said
petition, and the county clerk was bv
the Board of County Commissioners
directed to notify the State Examiner
and Inspector of the action on said pe-
tition, and to request that an exam-
iner be furnished to make such nxam-
lnation as soon as possible after the
oth day of January, 1919.
At this meeting it was decided to
re-advertise for bjds for the construc-
tion of a steel bridge over the Verdi-
gris nver near Sageeyah and the fol-
lowing .notice was ordered:
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
In accordance with the order of the
Board of County Commissioners of
the County of Rogers, Oklahoma, at a
regular meeting held on December 2,
1J18, notice is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received at the
county clerk's office at the county
seat of said county, at Claremore, up
to 9 o clock A. M., on Monday, Janu-
ary 6, 1919, for the building of a steel
bridge over the Verdigris river on the
hue between Sections 13 and 14 in
Township 22 north, Range 15 east.
Plans and specifications can be seen
and are upon file in the office of the
Claremore1* Rogen County,.at
A certified check for 10 per cent of
tho amount bid must accomnany each
bid, and the Board of County Com-
missioners reserves the right to ac-1
•cept or reject any or all bids.
Bids will be opened by the Board of
County Commissioners of the stnte
uatVC6U19^9af0reSa'd 0n Monday' Jan"
For the purpose of winding up the
business incident to the ceding to
C. B. LI1 i'LEFIELD,, Manager. (• W LITTI FFirr n c
LITTLEFlELU LOAN & INVESTMENT COMPANY ' T""'
Farm Loans Cltv ICUBt^OI'R OKLAHOMA 0
Estate bought and sold°'^"urvtv^nHa"^ Th?° i .'I ol"no,l° Insurunce. Real
ar^^be?^
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