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THE CLAREMORE PROGRESS h
VOLUME XXVI—NO. 37.
county's ouota fiore
thaf; double last
CLAREMORE. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OCTORKR 3. 1918
Inside of County, >1.50 per Year Outside of County, $2.00 per Year
l.ach Person Musi Take Their .Shart
of Bonds, No Surplu. Has Been
Figured l'< r This ( ounty
DON'T WASTE WOKKKKS' TIME
When You tiet Your (Juota C ard "Ma'.
t neck and H:i>e It Read;., 10 I'er
I ent l'<i Be Required
W hew! Rogers county's quota for
the Fourth Liberty Loan is $407,500.
This amount is *27,500 more than
double the quota assessed to rogers
county for the Third Loan. Hut it
must be forthcoming.
To make the quota ouch individual
must take his share of the bonds as
indicted by tin lat.ng committee ot
the VVur board. No surplus has been
figured in this county, Therefore, it
an n.lmdual or u number on individu-
als fail down und tail to take their
quota assessed, the couuty s quota
will lie short just that much.
Monday afternoon the war Board
.completed the work of mailing out a.i
of the individual quota cams. When
the mails have completed tiieir mis-
sion each individual in the coumy, us
sessel .^100 or more, will know what
his or her assessment is. That will be
the amount expected if the county
makes the quota.
It is desired impressed at this time
not to waste the workers' time by ask-
ing for needless explanation. All un-
derstand what is expected. Each in-
dividual is asked to mak * out a check
in full or 10 per cent, as the case may
be, soon after the quota cards are re-
ceived. It will then be a simple mut-
ter for the solicitors to gather the
checks when they come around on
Ihe canvass of the respective dis-
tricts. Make all checks payable to
"Fourth Liberty Loan."
Ten per cent of the amount of bonds
bought will be required us first pay-
ment. The other payments have been
arranged by the government as fol-
lows:
20 per cent Nov. 21, 1918.
20 per cent Dec. 10, 1918.
20 per cent Jan. 10, 1010.
:<0 per cent Jan. ::o, 1010.
All payable with accrued interest in
installments to be arranged with the
banks.
Here is an item of interest in con-
nection with this bond drive. There
were sold in Rogers county during
the first six months of 1918, 400 auto-
mobiles at an average cost of $1,000
each. What, $409,000, mostly for
pleasuure. How much for humanity
and suffering nations and peoples
How much for civilization and peace
for all time will the people feel called
u|ion to expend?
It is estimated that the cost of
these cars and the upkeep for a year
would produce the county's quota of
$407,500. America loves her luxuries
and will spend. Yet better still does
America love her lioys and she will
-spend to the bitter end. Help make
the quota in a hurry. It will be a
small matter if all put their shoulders
to the wheel and help roll the loan
far over the top. May we carry the
loan as rapidly as the boys are carry-
ing our standards in the face of dead-
ly fire.
Help the county go over the top.
Buy your share.
The actual canvass for subscrip-
tions will begin on the morning of
Monday, October 7th, and continue
until we are "over there."
Buy from solicitors.
war exhibit train at
collinsville oct. 5
On Board This Train Are Many War
Exhibits, All Newly ruptured, Hat -
ing Arrived at Hoboken. Sept. 12
10TH RESERVE
TRICT
DIS-
I'art of Exhibits Hut a Few Weeks
Ago Were Raining Shot and Shell
On Our Boys in France, Still
M uddy
Fund by tii* Oanai* Coprrtakt ISM
"What do you want, more of these or more Liberty Bonds?" asks a \ ir correspondent. The striking picture
is a mute plea for the greatest barking a Liberty l,oan ever had.
"That picture will be one of the
most descriptive of the whole war,"
said a well known war correspondent
when it was taken. "It should be
published everywhere, spread broad-
cast, for it drives home to our people
the need of backing up our boys to
our last resource, our last penny, if
necessary.
"We must look this war squarely
in the face. We must expect casual-
ties. of course—many of our boys
must be numbered with the wreckage
of war—BUT THE BETTER WE
BACK TIIEM UP HERE AT HOME
THE FEWER CASUALTIES THERE
WILL BE OVER THERE.
"The best equipped and best train-
ed men suffer the least losses. That
is a military axiom.
"We are going to carry this war
to the Hun. We are going to beat
him to a finish, and do it as quickly
as possible.
"We must have the most men, best
trained, to do it. They must have
1'ie most guns, shells and other war
i' |iiipnient, then we will win and
iffcr least.
"It i: Ihe people's money, sub-
-I'libed lo Liberty Bonds that will
train the most men and send them
out best equipped to win.
"Tell the people to look weel at that
pcture. Tell them to think, and when
they do, ask them this for me:
WHAT DO YOU WANT. MORE OF
THESE HOYS IN THE WIRE. OR
MORE LIBERTY BONDS?"
A CALL FOR HELP
The Red Cross Commissioner of
France has cabled that the hospitals
are in urgent need of supplies. So a
plan has been arranged, known as
"The Linen Shower," asking each
family to contribute one article or a
set of articles of household linen for
their reserve stock. Claremore has
been allotted:
75 bath towels 19x38 in.
150 hand towels 18x30 in.
200 handkerchiefs 18x30 in.
75 napkins 14x14 in.
50 sheets 04x102 in.
The articles must be new or sub-
stantially new and should be strong
rather tnan of fine texture, owing to
the poor laundering facilities abroad
together with the constant usage the
articles must be subjected to. The
Red Cross Room in the City Hall up
stairs will be open Friday and Sat-
urday afternoons to receive these con-
tributions. Come, Claremore, go to
your linen closet and respond with at
least one of these articles in the re-
quired size given. This shower must
close Saturday p. m. Thanking you
in advance in liehalf of the Red Cross
of America.
MRS. O. S. WEBB
Chairman of Hospital Garments.
MISSIONARY PROGRAM
The Christian Missionary Society
will give the following program Fri-
day night at 8:30 in the Christian
church:
Song.
Bible Study -Amos—Mrs. M. F.
Chryst.
"A Message From Headquarters;
An Urgent Call," Mrs. N. S. Carter.
Solo, Doris Hays.
"The Present Crisis and the Call
of Christ," J. W. Corwin.
"Women and Children in Africa,"
Winifred Clark.
Solo, Gladys Cook.
"Women in the Scriptures," Mrs.
Turk Moore.
"Testimony of a Young Man in our
Argentine Mission," Mrs. N. D. Twee-
dy.
Duet, Guitar and Harp, Turk Moore
and Wilfred Carter.
Roll call and business session.
Song and Benediction.
progress to print
names of bond buyers
The Amount Bought Will Not Be
<<iven But Roll of Honor Will In-
clude All Who Buy Even $50
Bond
COMPLETE L1ST~"A SOUVENIR
After Drive Is Over All Names Will
Be Printed and May Be Kept as
An After-The-War Souvenir
The Progress expects that Liberty
Bonds will be sold in every home in
Rogers county. Uncle Sam has ap-
portioned to us the neat little sum of
$407,500, and we are going to buy that
much and more.
Every person who buys all the
bonds he or she can is doing u real
"bit"' toward defeating the Kaiser,
and entitled to the credit of doing it.
Their name should have a place on
the Claremore roll of honor, and The
Progress proposes to put them there.
While we are confident every home in
this community will be represented
by at least one name in this roll of
honor, we are in hopes that for very
many of the homes the names of each
member of the family will be included
in the list. We would like to see this
roll of honor contain the names of ev-
ery man and woman, every boy or
girl in Claremore.
This roll of honor will be print-
ed in the Progress, and the only way
to get on it is to buy at least one
bond. We do not propose to print the
amount of bonds you buy, because it
would be unfair to those who can buy
only a small amount, and the person
who can only afford to and does buy
one $50 bond is entitled to just as
much credit as the person who can af-
ford to and does buy a much larger
amount.
The name of every real, 100 per
cent American—and The Progress be-
lieves all the people of Claremore are
that—will be found in this Claremore
roll of honor buyers.
Beginning with the first issue after
the sale of bonds opens. The Pro-
gress will begin printing the names
of purchasers, giving in that edition
all names that nave been reported to
the sales director up to the day before
the paper is issued, and in the daily
the names of all buyers of the day
preceding. Each following issue will
contaii additional names of purchas-
ers, and this will be continued up to
the time the sale closes and the names
of nil purchasers have been printed.
If you buy a bond and do not find
your names in the issue of The l*rog-
ress following its purchase be sure to
report it to this office at once as it
would not be fair to our town to have
the name of a single bond purchaser
omitted.
After the close of the sale we will
print the complete list on one or more
sheets in a form to be preserved und
prized in every home in this communi-
ty. Copies of these sheets should be
sent to vour friends and relatives, and
especially to former townspeople as
they will greatly appreciate them.
Leave orders for the number of these
you may want at The Progress office
before the sale closes.
PERTINENT AND EMBARRASS-
ING FACTS
As chairman of Red Cross Publici-
ty, I have been asked to take in
charge the drastic failure which now
attends the work in the Surgical
Dressing department, und say pub-
licly that which is necessary to bring
to the work those who for any reason
have evaded, neglected or escape ! il
during recent months.
Only one-half of a shipment has
Iteen made by this department in the
last two months. During June and
July, two shipments per month were
made. We all know the weather has
been warm; that YOU and YOlJ were
away having a good time. But the
fellows "over there" are just going
on and being wounded in the srime
piteous way as in June and July, ex
cept that it now takes newspaper col
umns to carry the list of casualties,
whereas it previously took but inches.
In the name of patriotism, and
your God, and your home, and per
chance your own boy "over there,"
will you not return to this work?
Soon I am to have the entire list
of those enrolled for Surgical Dress-
ing work. But for the present 1
shall submit only the following, rep-
resenting recent attendance of work-
ers:
Monday nights, under Mrs. Ship-
ley, an average of eight.
Tuesday nights, (supposedly East-
em Star) average three.
Wednesday afternoons, open to all.
an average of about one and one-half.
Wednesday evenings, open .to all,
(prayer meeting night) average five
to six.
Thursday evenings, Baptist unit in
charge, a poor, and wholly unrepre-
sentative showing. I MUST NOT
give the numbers.
Friday evenings, assigned to High
School students and Christian Endea-
vor, average of six to ten.
Since there are approximately 150
ladies enrolled, and I have here been
able to name but one whose work is
conspicuously good. I repeat thut 1
have much yet which I can say.
OPEN TO ALL applies to each and
every night and Wednesday after-
noons; but used in the foregoing tab-
ulation, it means that no special body
or society is sponsor for that session,
nor any individual whose efforts have
lieen noteworthy, in point of results.
Let this stir you to an interest in
this work which you have not felt be-
fore. Call Dr. Bassmann at once!!
Yours respectfully,
DICK O'BANNON.
Publicity Chairman.
individual quotas
save been received
Little Dissatisfaction Over Rating
(•iven by War Board, Many Will
Bti\ More Than Assessed
FRUIT STONES
Figures, briefly recited, tell many
people more than thousands of words.
I must reach all with this message
about Fruit Stones.
200 Peach Stones will produce Car
bon sufficient to protect ONE SOI.
DIER from German Gas. 7 pounds
of Nuts will do the same.- 200 Peach
Stones, therefore, equal safetv for
ONE OF OUR BOYS.
Save the Pits, the Stones, the Seeds.
Call them what you will, but Save
Them. Respectfully,
DICK O'BANNON.
tf Chairman Publicity.
Mrs. J. W. Roberts has returned
from u few days visit at Muskogee at-
tending the fair and visiting relatives.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION
County examinations for teachers'
certificates will be held in the County
Superintendent's office October 24,
25 and 20.
AYRES K. ROSS,
37-8t Co. Supt.
Buy a War Savings Stamp.
THE NEXT WAR
| ALL TPV TO TAKE FULL QUOTA
This Must He Done, No Surplus Fig-
ured in County, No One Must
Fall Down If We Go Over
Individual quota cards have been
received all over the county from the
Rogers County War Board. The peo-
ple now know how much their share
of the Fourth Liberty Ixian will be
aii'l in almost every instance the rat
nig given by the Rating Committee
of the War Board was satisfactory.
In a great many instances persons
believing themselves rated too low or
at least lower than they wanted to be
I in going to buy more than the
quota assessed and in a number of
cases double the amount assessed by
the War Board.
This is a fine spirit. If everybody
does his or her share in this loan
there will be little trouble in rais-
ing the quota of $467,500. And it is
up to everybody to do their share for
no surplus was figured for Rogers
county. The county's quota was di-
\ uled on a mathematical basis from
the census cards showing the finan-
cial ability of each individual to take
bonds The county's <piota has been
distributed among the individuals and
it i - now up to the individuals to make
the quota by taking the amount of
bonds assessed as their share if pos-
sible. Herein the people of the coun-
ty must not fail. Let us help the
boys on to Berlin.
What Is The Liberty Loan?
It's forts and it's ships and it's shin-
ing guns,
It's souadrons that sweep the sea.
It's all of the circling band of steel
That shall keep all the home shores
free.
It's grub and it's warmth for the sai-
lor lad
Far out on the wintry foam;
For the brave jack tar, as he fights
afar,
It's the srood old "Money from home."
What Is The Liberty Loan?
It's rifle and helm and it's bayonet,
It's shovel and shard and shell
For the soldier boy in the olive drab,
Out there on the edge of hell.
It's the soaring wings of the whirring
planes
That battle on high alone.
For the lad who is daring "Over
t here"
It's the good old "Money from home."
What Is The Liberty Loan?
It's succor and life for a bleeding
world.
It's the glimmer of Peace at dawn.
It's the strength of a mighty arm to
strike,
It's the gleam of a great sword,
drawn.
Rut, more thun all, it's the pledge of
love
To the lads whom we call "Our own."
To the boys on land, afloat, on high,
It's the good old "Money from home."
By Ralph E. McMillin.
THE YANKEE DUDE
Carrying a large exhibit of war tro-
phies captured by American soldiers
in the last big drive, a special govern-
ment exhibit train will leave Kansas
City on Septeml>er 20, to tour the
Tenth Federal Reserve District in
support of the Fourth Liberty Loan.
The train will arrive in Collinsville
•over the Santa Fe October 5, at 7:00
a. m. and is scheduled to leave at 9:00
a. m. The train will be at Tulsa Oc
tober 4, from 4:45 p. m., until C>:00 a.
m. October 5.
German howitzers, minnenwerfers,
seige guns which a few short weeks
ago were raining shells on our troops,
French machine guns and field pieccs,
some of which had been captured by
the Huns and re-captured by our boys,
as well as shells and all manner of
relies which show as nothing else can
what our men are going thru over at
the front.
The trophies are all newly captur-
ed, most of them having been landed
at Hoboken on September 12th and
{ rushed to Kunsus City, arriving there
less than four weeks after they left
the front lines in France. Many of
| the pieces still have the mud of the
I trenches adhering to their wheels and
l all of the guns are well camouflaged
| Following is a partial inventory of
material carried on the exhibit train:
| I German howitzer.
i I 150 MM. German field piece.
1 77 MM. German field piece.
1 Floating navy mine.
2 French canteens.
2 French bayonets.
2 Austrian non-com's trench knives.
:: French marine daggers.
1 German helmet.
3 flags.
1 Curiesseur's armour, French.
1 French rifle barrel, damaged by
shell fire.
1 French knapsack with equipment.
2 Dragoon's swords.
1 empty knapsack.
" O. D. hand grenade bags.
1 can trench food.
1 set barbed wire stakes.
1 French rifle.
I gas shell.
1 new type French shell.
t shell rase.
1 set barbed wire staples.
1 set pup tent stakes.
1 German tool box and tools.
1 set cartridge dins.
1 large shell case.
1 German machine gun fire control
box.
1 French trench spade.
2 gas masks, new type, French.
1 hi I rench rockets and fuses.
1 Lewis machine gun.
Lewis gun magazine holders, full.
1 piece artillery wheel
I French mitralleuse.
1 compressed air bomb thrower,
aluminum base.
1 compressed air bomb thrower on
bipod.
7 assorted shells.
:i flying pigs.
L mortar for flying pigs.
2 aero bombs.
1 German rifle stand.
:: pear -shaped grenades.
7 egg grenades.
2 pineapple grenades.
1 short cylindrical grenade.
1 French liquid grenade.
.'{ long cylindrical grenades.
1 American infantry equipment
"C."
1 1917 American rifle.
1 cartridge belt.
1 bayonet.
1 Colt machine gun.
1 Colt gun tripod.
2 machine gun boat mounts.
1 Oerman rifle.
1 German bayonet.
MANY ATTEND THE REUNION
AT TULSA
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McBrayer, Mr.
and Mrs. Buford Carden, Mr. and
Mrs. George Walkley, Fred Bortle, O.
F. Montgomery, Clarence Bell, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Kates, Mr. and Mrs.
A. V. Robinson, Arthur Robins, J. C.
Lipe, Henry Shadley, Rev. T. M. Hun-
ter, W. T. Taylor, J. W. Bishop and
daughter, Selma and Eloise, Mr. and
Mrs. L. T. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Tom Kight, Miss Mable Sneli, Ellis
Eaton, R. F. Murphy, T. L. Sul-
livan, George E. reezell, and Mr.
and Mrs. J. Hurt Flippin, were among
the Claremore people to attend the
Confederate Reunion at Tulsa Thurs-
day.
FRUIT STONES
Figures, briefly recited, tell many
people more than thousands of words.
I must reach all with this message
about Fruit Stones.
200 Peach Stones will produce Car-
bon sufficient to protect ONE SOL-
DIER from German Gas. 7 pounds
of Nuts will do the same. 200 Peach
Stones, therefore, equal safety for
ONE OF OUR BOYS.
Save the Pits, the Stones, the Seeds.
Call them what you will, but Save
Them. Respectfully,
DICK O'BANNON,
tf Chairman Publicity.
A Claremore girl o'f my acquain-
tance wears a pin with nine service
stars. Not nine brothers--nine sweet-
hearts. The real war will start when
this one is over.
"They're dudes," the German junker
cried,
"They cannot fight, that's true."
Since then he's had cause to decide
What the Yankee dude'U do.
OLD STUFF
11. O. Hurst and son. Morris, and R.
A. Atkisson motored to Tulsa Friday
to attend the reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McClure at-
tended the reunion at Tulsa Friday,
going down on the early train.
The Cavaliers and Round Heads in
days gone by were satisfied to gaze
on some wayfaring sheep, but
To tell the men of this great age,
Who delve in life's behalf.
What, pray, was "Mary's little lamb,
Compared to Mary's calf?
an interesting letter
from s. e. gilkeson
Shank Says the Huns Are On the Run
And Will Be While Pretty Wea-
ther Lasts, Knockout Next
Summer
ALLIES HAVE THE CARDS
Tells of Exrellent Meal Enjoyed. Is
Still Interested in World Series
Baseball Games
(Editor's Note:—Here is an inter-
esting letter from S. E. Gilkeson,
France, to his sister, Mrs. Webb Lit-
tlefield. Shank has many friends in
Claremore ond for their benefit it is
herewith printed in full.)
Somewhere in France, Sept. 4, 1918.
Dearest Elmira:—We are still back
in the rest area but look to leave here
shortly for another sector in the line.
We sure have the Boclie on the run
ami before long the annex will hit
tlieni a natural and are going on thru,
believe me. We sure had some excit-
ing times on the Champagne Sector
July 15-18 and Chateau Thierry front
from the 25th of July to Aug. 10th.
The Huns sure high-tailed it. The
dough hoys would charge across a
wheat field still uneut for the Boche
machine gun, rest in the edge of some
timber, would fall down where tW
Boche would get the range, then get
up yelling and make for them. Fritz
would throw his helmet as far as he
could and, you talk about running—
he would sure make tracks, but at that
he wouldn't be fast enough.
Haven't had my vacation vet and
don't expect it until later on this fall,
for as long as the weather is good we
are going to keep pushing them back.
We sure hold the cards on them and
by next summer we will 3iue give
them the knockout.
Not long before the quail season
will be in. Sure would like to be there
to knock a few.
Bet Bill B. 100 frances on the World
Series. I am taking the Red Sox of
course. Haven't followed them close
this year though; think they are weak
in left and on second. I don't like the
looks of the Cubs tho. I have lots of
faith in Ruth and Bush in a short
series. Guess Webb and Judge J. are
on the Sox too.
How do you like your lace? The
piece you got is the prettiest I have
seen over here. It came from near
Baccarat, where that kind of lace is
made, all made by hand.
Am sending you a couple of pictures
of myself, not very good, but guess you
can make me out. Am sending all to
mamma and she will give your's to
you.
Elmira, the weather is grand over
here now, hot in the sun but cool in
the shade. I sleep under 3 blankets
at night in my pup tent.
Last r :ght I had a fine supper
Sgt. McIntosh, Corp. Walker und my
self scouted around, got 3 steaks, a
dozen eggs, potatoes, butter and
French war bread. Mad an old lady
over in a town about 4 kilometers from
here cook same They sure can cook
them. We had plenty of bierre and
de latit with it.
Walk to a village about two kilotue
ters from here every morning for
Paris Edit, N. Y. Herald and then to
town about four kilometers from
here every night after mess to drink
some bur—you can sit at the table -
out in front under the trees and watch
the people promenading. Next to our
table last night was a party of bo\-
from the good old U. S., a few drinks
in them, and of course trying to sing
A Long, lx>ng Trail a Winding," etc.
Then there was a bunch of Tommies
and Canadians and of course the set
ting would not be complete without
theever-bouyant French. We stay un-
til about nine, then hack for camp and
in bed before taps at 10:00 p. m.
Sure would like to see a good thea-
tre or picture show. Could even enjoy
Chas. Chaplin. On our way back we
stopped in front of French barracks
and rather enjoyed hearing one of
them playing on a badly used violin.
"Madoline," a piece every Frenchman
knows—know a little of it but can't
parley vous all of it.
Well, Sis, I will close for this time
Kiss my baby for me and tell her dad-
dy will see her some of these days
and play with her. Love to all.
Your devoted brother,
SHANKLIN.
Sgt. Shanklin E. Gilkeson.
Amb. Co. 167, 113 S. T„ via N. W„ A.
E. F. France.
LEW RIDDLE HAS INTERESTING
OLD NEWSPAPER
Lew Riddle, barber at Ott's Barber
Shop, has an antique newspaper which
he is showing to his many interested
friends. It is a copy of The Vermont
Union, published at Lyndon, Vermont,
and bears the date of March 28th,
1873. The copy was 45 years old the
28th of last March.
It is an 8-column paper and carries
considerable news matter as well as a
liberal amount of advertising. The
make-up of the paper is good, the
news neatlv arranged and the ads at-
tractively displayed. In the news items
are accounts of two executions, the
victims having been found guilty of
murder.
Mr. Riddle secured the paper in 1881
while working In a country newspai
office as devil. He got it from the
files and as the date 1873 was the
year in which he was bom he filed the
paper away ns a souvenir. It is well
preserved altho almost a half century
old.
L. S. Dunaway, representing the
Arkansas Gazette, of Conway, Ark:,
passed thru the city Friday afternoon
enroute home from attending the re-
union at Tulsa. He is the man who
published the book containing the life,
character and speeches of Senator
Davis, of Arkansas.
W. P. Johnston is in Oklahoma City
attending the State Fair.
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