The Fargo Republican (Fargo, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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THE REPUBLICAN FARGO OKLAHOMA
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STATEHOUSE BREVITIES
Farmers Are In Nsed of Money
"Whether a normal wheat crop—
121768 acres — will ho planted this tall
H aoToa countlea In woatern and
northwoatorn Oklahoma la a problem
which deepite the many solutions ad-
ranced remain aa much an anomaly
M it did three month ago In a letter
to President J W Cantwell ot the A
and M college Col C H Hyde of the
State council ot defanae write that
the situation la serious and demands
gulch action
la theae counties — Beaver Beck-
ham Cimarron Hills Harper Roger
hillls and Texas — one-sixth ot Okla-
homa's whoat crop normally Is raised
A protracted drouth last winter and
this spring prevented the production
St any grain except in scattered local-
ities The farmers in these counties
having had no revenue this year are
In sore straits for money with which
to purchase seed
A proposal to place funds of tho
state school land department on de-
posit In banks In these counties at one
time seemed to have solved the prob-
lem Investigation however revealed
that these deposits legally could not
exceed the capital stoca ot $10000 and
the limit of $10000 already is on de-
posit with most of these institutions
Banks are not permitted to make
loans for more than six months and
consequently are not In a position
to render assistance
Mr Hyde proposes that inasmuch
as the war is to be woiv by the last
loaf of bread the war department can
handle the situation
A conference of members ot the
state council of defense will be held
early next week to determine whether
a meeting of farmers bankers and
state officials shall be held to provide
a solution for the situation
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Gasoline Tlcketa Are Poasiblity
Gasoline tickets to curtail unneces-
sary use may be In use In Oklahoma
within a month untess there la a great
voluntary decrease In the use ot gaso-
line for driving -pleasure ears accord-
ing to J M- Aydolette chairman ot
the state council of defence
“The conservation ot gasoline Is on
of the most important questions with
which the state council has to deal’
aald Mr Aydolotte Gasoline is to be
an Important factor In the war It is
needed! to drive vehicles of war on
land aea and in the air
“Extravagance in tne use ot gasoline
may mean a prolongation ot the war
Each gallon of ‘gas that is burned In
joy-riding and pleasure trips may
mean just so many more lives as a
war sacrifice"
The state council ot defense Is mak-
ing every effort possible to obtain vol-
nntary economy in gasoline The
members believe it will be necessary
to issue gasoline cards and allow a
man to purchase so much gasoline
a week a check being kept on the
amount used
Hoads Called nO To Pay Stats Tax
Six railroad companies were noti-
fied that they should qualify to do
business under a law passed by the
sixth legislature The law authorizes
foreign corporations to do business in
the state on the payment of a fee of
one-tenth of 1 per cent of the amount
of -the capital Invested within the
state
A law replaced by the new measure
required foreign corporations to pay
a tax of one-tenth of 1 per pent ot
their entire capital stock In order to
do business In the state This tax the
corporations refused to pay and their
action was upheld by tbe supreme
rourt
The roads notified wer the Atchi-
son Topeka A Santa Fe tbe Fort
Smith A Western the Chicago Rock
Island A Pacific and the Missouri
Kansas and Texas Notice was also
sent to the American Express Com-
pany The Frisco has paid its tee
Earp’s Salary Held Up
General Earp draws $1800 a year as
adjutant general The last legislatura
appropriated $700 a year to pay the
salary ot custodian for the capitol and
stipulated that the place should oe
filled by the adjutant general
Howard contends that it la unlawful
for Earp to draw pay aa custodian ot
the capitol because It is unconstitu-
tional for the salary of an officer to
be Increased during hla tenure and
also maintains that it is unlawful for
a man to draw salaries from holding
two state offices
A similar situation caused the turn-
ing down of the salary ot Doctor Long
who as dean of the school of medicine
of (he University ot Oklahoma re-
ceives $250 a month from the state
The sixth legislature provided that the
university hospital director should
serve as medical advisor to the Indus-
trial commission and that he ehouid
receive $100 for this service
The bill making this provision spe-
cifically provided that the act should
not be unconstitutional but Mr How-
ard says this makes It none the less
so The bills making tbe appropria-
tions went into effect July 1
Cantonment at Ft Sill Begun
The work on the national guard can
toment to be erected at Fort Sill was
begun with the breaking of ground 1
where the buildings are to stand
Daniel Breck of the Selden Brack Con-
struction Company of St Louis Is
here with a large force of men super-
vising the work A call has been sent I
out tor all available labor In Lawton
and vicinity for use In the construc-
tion of tbe camp Improvements on
the railroad spur running from tbs
Rock Island station at Fort Sill were
also begun
Corporation Asesssmsnta Raised 1
A hike of $10000060 In the asj
sessed valuation o pipe line com
panles over last year has been made
by the state board of equalisation
according to aa announcamsnt of a
oompllatlon ot public service corpora
atlon assessments The increase lei
more than $0 per cent
Public service corporations last
year were 'assessed at $265613 436J
This year the assessment la $282297
737 an Increase of $1$ 28230L
737 an Increase ot $11282301
Every group of ntllluee will pay
taxes on a greater valuation thla year
except Pullman companies '
A comparative statement of the as
sessment made by the board of equal-
ization for 1917 and 1916 follows:
Railroads $202995472 pipe lines
$50746397 public utilities $11746-
460 street railways $5720726 toll
bridge companies $62500 telephone
companies $9842242 Pullman com-
pany $1047000 Tatal $282297737
Railroads $200702098 pipe lines
$39975579 public utilities $10089
279 street railways $4867350 toll
bridge companies $37500 telephone
companies $8841550 Pullman com
pany $1052080 Total $205615436
Federal Agents To Check Incomes
Special field agents will be in the
field after August 1 to check up the
citizens of this state liable to payment
ct federal income tax Hubert L Bo-
len collector of Internal revenue said
Those who are delinquent receive
incomes of $3000 to $4000 it is
thought and failure to pay has chiefly
been because the trouble has not been
taken to figure up what the Incomes
are-
Mr Bolen said that such delinquents
are liable to payment of a penalty of
$1000 for their failure but that In all
cases where settlement is made
promptly and good cause is shown for
the negligence hevwlll recommend to
the commissioner of Internal revenue
that the penalty be not assessed
Payment of the federal tax on the-
aters pool halls and the tax which
doctors and dentists must pay is due
this week after which a penalty of 50
per cent Is attached Pool balls are
taxed $5 for each table doctors are
taxed $1 each and theaters are taxed
on a graduated ' scale according to
seating capacity and population of the
town
Appellate Board Perfects Organisation
Dr John W Duke Guthrie waa
elected chairman ot the appellate ex-
emption board for the western district
of Oklahoma at lta first meeting R
E Stafford was chosen secretary
Immediately after the organization
of the board waa perfected the board
adjourned to' meet again oik receipt of
instructions from Washington Be-
sides Doctor Duke and Mr Stafford
the members of the appellate exemp-
tion board for the western district ot
Oklahoma are C H Parker of Enid
J H Whltehourst of Sayre and Ollie
S Wilson of Oklahoma City AN mem-
bers of the board were present
All three appellate exemption boards
ot the state held their meetings Tues
day oard No 1 of the eastern dis-
trict met at McAlester and Board No
2 at Holdenville
The Ray Shortage
The school land commission which
has come to bo a clearing house for
capitol quarrels had an airing of the
Claude Ray shortage case when Gov
ernor Williams demanded a nltemlzed
list ot the claims against Ray's bonds
men
It was stated that a list of claims
against the surety companies would
have to be filed by August 19 the ex-
piration of the 90 day time limit Th
governor said the state examiner and
Inspector’s force had been working on
Ray's books for months and that there
was no prospect of a report In time to
file it He called Colin Valentine dep-
uty examiner and Inspector in charge
of the Ray Investigation Into the
meeting
Charter Issued Keep increasing
An Increase ot 268 per cent In the
amount ot revenue turned Into the
state from his office la shown by the
annual report of Secretary of State
Lyon In the fiscal year which ended
June 30 revenue totalling $28936068
was collected by Lyon Tbe greater
part of this waa from charters tbe
amount from this source being $272-
73687 There were 985 more instru-
ments of record filed than the year
1916 and 1827 more than In 1915
The report shows the total expenses
of the department last year to be $14
43001
48 Million Barrel Oil First Months
During the first six months ot 1917
Oklahoma oil wells produced 48750
000 barrels of olL In the same period
of time Kansas oil wells produced only
13525000 barrels or just slightly
more than a quarter as much as was
produced In this state
The gas output in Oklahoma for that
length ot time waa 1207000000 cable
feet Approximately 95600000 cubic
feet of gas was produced In Kansas
from January 1 1917 to June 80 1917
and for the same time Arkansas gas
production was 32000000 cublo feet
Troop' B Paseee Federal Mustsr
Troop B First Oklahoma cavalry
underwent a rigid federal Inspection
ast week at the armory Colonel
Tate of the Fifth United States cav-
alry who Is Inspecting Oklahoma
troops conducted the Inspection Th
troop went through two hours of dls
mounted drill Including the manual
of arms and foot movements Follow-
ing this are arms and equipment of
the troop wer inspected The men
were also examined as to the'r knowl-
edge of the esre and adjustment ot
their rifles and revolvers
WhaA-Vifell
Women’ Will
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MODES ADAPTED
Designers of apparel for stout wom-
en are confronted with two problems
one to make accepted styles becoming
to full figures and the other to create
styles exclusively for them The first
problem takes most of their time and
thought for all Women like to dress In
the mode and the perverse modes con-
tinue to be designed for the Bllmness
of youth But specialists are doing
more than their bit toward making life
happy for women whose figures have
rounded out to the fullness of matron-
hood Just how successfully they can de-
sign becoming clothes ls'set forth in
the costume of wool and satin shown
In the picture The underskirt and up-
per part of the sleeves are of satin the
overdrapery ot serge and it might be
of any of fhe more substantial woolen
fabrics Every line In this model
The American Red Cross Is organ-
izing 30 base hospitals and preparing
the equipment supplies and personnel
for them The magnitude of this un-
dertaking can be glimpsed when we
consider that each unit -has 23 sur-
geons two dentists 50 graduate
nurses with assistants and attendants
making up 250 persons for the 30
units 7500 persons trained to care
for the wounded
Besides the permanent equipment of
these hospitals with the moat modern
appliances for the care of the sick
and for surgical cases it is necessary
to provide great numbers of articles
that are quickly consumed by a hoe-
pltal In service such aa bandages
splints pads drains garments worn
by the wounded and all aorta of surg-
ical dressings These are called con-
sumable hospital supplies and these
ere the things that women are mak-
ing and will continue to make while
war lasts Every' woman can help In
this work In some way Not to do
something Is a confession of indif-
ference or of cold-hearted lack of
sympathy or of selfishness — a betrayal
of cheap character that dishonors
womanhood i
But Indifference often springs from
lack of knowledge and not from cold-
ness of heart Red Cross headquar-
ters have been deluged with letters
from women all over the country of-
fering to help In any way they can
For their benefit one of the important
chapters of the Red Cross has Issued
s circular of Information concerning
the work of base hospitals and In It
a vivid picture la painted of the ex-
periences of the wounded soldier from
the time p falls until he reaches a
base hospital Here be must be given
Dress
Waa:
TO FULL FIGURES
shows careful thought on the paH of
its creator The straight hanging satin
skirt adds nothing to the size of the
hips A little carefully disposed full-
ness in the overskirt straightens the
line from bust to hips and the pockets
are placed where they will not widen
the figure By extending the over-
dress Into points at the aides an al-
most straight line Is achieved from
neck to hem The point on the deep
cuffs makes the sleeves shapely and
the narrow collar and short shoulder
seam' lessen the width of the shoul-
ders -
Rows of small buttons on the sleeves
and on the front of the overdrapery
center the eyes on straight lines Sou-
tache braid makes a dignified finish
and with the pockets proclaims tbe
designer's allegiance to prevailing
modes
every available assistance to recovery
briefly this circular tqiis us that
when a wounded soldier is too badly
injured to drag himself to shelter be
lies on the field or in the trenches
until army Utter bearers can reach
him They carry him back to a first-
aid station located In any- available
shelter— :in a wood — behind a hill or
In a trench or dugout or tent Here
surgeons stanch the flow of blood put
splints on shattered bones and dress
wounds so that the soldier may be
moved to a place back of the danger
son
lie is carried by the ambulance col-
umn to one of the smaftl field hospitals
set up to the rear of the fighting lib
The field hospitals are usuaUy housed
In tents with capacity for temporary
cafe of 123 wounded who lio on
blankets or tarpaulins on the ground
Further back pf the line there are
evacuation hospitals each designed to
receive the wounded from three field
hospitals But none of these are
permanent resting places or equipped
with appliances of s real hospital The
wounded man must be sent still fur-
ther away from the danger xone ta
aome place where he will not have to
be moved even If the army Is forced
to retreat He la flnaUy taken to a
base hospital with all the equipment
of a regular military hospital Her
he has the best of care and may re-
main until the base hospital Is filled
when he Is again transferred to
permanent interior hospital to com-
plete his recovery It la the base hos-
pital that gives him bis chance foi
life
SHADOWS
Au 39-11
Lawton
P F COMINtt tVBNTO
Cbmaneb eeunty hlj
8pt 4-7 Kingfisher county fnlr Kins-
Other Sept 4-7 Mnjor county fnlr Fnirvlow
Sept 4-7 Fontotoc county fnlr AA
Sept 4-7 Trl -county relr Supply
Sept t-S Bryan oountv fnlr Durant
Sept t-S Jackson county fmr XUu
Sept I-S Sequoyah county fnlr Vtnn
Sept 19-15 unit county fnlr J alter -n
Sept 11-11 Cuoter county fnlr Thornes
Sept 11-11 Okfuskee county fnlr
Okemah
Sept 12-15 Caddo county fair Ana-
da rke
Sept 12-15 Orady county fair Chick-
tehs HepL 12-15 Jefferson county fair Ryan
Sept 12-15 Pittsburg county fair Me-
Sept lt-lk m strict fair Mallow
Sept 11 -IS Blaine county fair Wa-
iting Sept 12-15 Craig county fair Vlnlta
S-pL 16-15 Cherokee county fair Teh-
quah Sept 13-15 Johneton county felr Tleh-
mtniro Sept 1516 Carter county felr Ard-
more Sejit
Reno
Sept 17-19 Hughes county felr Hol-
denville Sept 17-11 Mclntoeh county fair Eu-
faulu Sept 17-19 Wagoner county fair Wag-
oner' sept 17-19 Woodward county fair
Woodward
Sept 17-22 Pottawatomie county felr
Shawnee
Sept 18-19 Oklahoma county fair
Oklahoma City
Sept 18-20 Woods county fair Dacoma
Sept 18-21 — Rogers Counay Fair Clare-
more Sept 18-21 Logeq county fair Guthrie
Sept 18-21 Ottawa county fair Miami
Sept 19-22 Cadao county fair Ana-
darko Sept 19-22 Beckham county fair Elk
City
Sept 19-22 Kiowa county fair Hobart
Sept 23-25 Ktamlchi valley fair fall-
nine fept 27-29 Haskell county fair Stlxler
Oct 2-6 Washington county lair
Dewey
Oct 1-6 Nowata county fair Nowata
Oct 1-6 Tawnee county fair ' Hallett
Oct 4-6 Mayes county fair Pryor
Oct 24-26 Garfield county fair
For tha first time In two yearn the
the Stephens county Jail Is without an
occupant '
R H Wilson state superintendent
of education will not resign his place
to accept the presidency ot the Central
Normal g
Tent shews are now charged $25
per day tor showing in Clinton The
city has tightened up its peddling and
license ordinances throughout -
After two years abssne from tbe
state during which time he has turned
evangelist A1 Jennings the celebrated
beater-back’’ has returned to Okla-
homa City
The Rogers county Red Cross chap-
ter with headquarters In Claremore
is going -to furnish equipment tor nine
beds In a hospital at an expense of
$45 per month
Foreman 8tephna - a young boy
farming Just west of Claretnore scored
what is believed to be tbe biggest oats
yield from twenty-two acres In Rogers
county this year His grain averagad
98 1-3 bushels to tha acre
“Oklahoma guarantees double her
allotment ofv $25000" la the message
Oklahoma City Knlghta of Columbus
sent to the national K ot C committee
in charge of raising a $10000000 fund
for social welfare work among Amer-
ican soldiers In France
The coal miners of Oklahoma em-
phatically favor government control
of the mines as proposed In the food
bill before congress The operators
almost as emphatically do not Thoss
facts developed at McAlester when
opinions were asked for In response
to an inquiry from Senator Gore
Building permits to tbe value of
$715611 during July has brought
Tulsa’a total for tha first seven
months ot tbe year to $5574612 In-
cluded In th July list are permits fof
forty-five residence averaging $4000
Fred Howell 24 years old who came
from Durant to McAlester to Join troop
C Oklahoma national guard was
killed Instantly when an oil automo-
bile truck ran over him
Claud Hlngey 27 years eld former
member of tbe Tulsa police depart-
ment who sprang Into notoriety last
summer when be killed “Broken Nose"
Bob McKee and his brother Jim
Hlngey 20 years old well known In
sporting circles as a boxer were
drowned In the Verdigris river two
miles south ot Catoosa An uncle of
the victims narrowly escaped death by
drowning whan he attempted to rescue
the victims ot th treacherous stream
An attempt to disbar Samuel
Hooker commissioner ot the Okla-
homa supreme court and Elmer F
Fulton former congressman aa a re-
sult ot a suit growing out of the Sen-
ator Gore trial waa blocked through
the decision of George Ramsey su-
preme court referee recommending
dismissal Judge Ramsey declared the
charges "wholly unwarranted with no
evidence to Indicate that either had
been guilty ot the slightest mlscon
duct” The charges were preferred
by 8 P Render who financed the
Gore-Bond case then refused to pay
until sued by Rose N Ltllard his at-
torney who was represented In the
suit by Fulton and Hooker
Shortage of material -has delayed
the oonatructlon of the pipe line to
Oklahoma City announcement ol
which waa made aome time ago by the
Empire Pipe Line Company but work
will be started before long accord
Ing to a repreaentatlvs of the Doherty
Intereata which owna the Empire Com-
pany The line will be extended to
Oklahoma City announcement of
where it now serves an Empire re
finery from the Auigusta (Kan) field
It Is the intention of th Doherty In
tereets to extend th pipe line to ths
gulf
University of llotro Dame
NOTRE DAME INDIANA
Offers Complete Course la Agriculture
Full courses also la letters Journalism
Library Bcleaoe Chemistry Pharmacy Medi-
cine Architecture Commerce and Lew
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CVV A MD- Is not recommended for
D 11 Ailir- everything but If you
DflflT have kidney liver or
IvwU X bladder trouble It may
be found just the medicine you need At ’
druggiata In flfty-cent and dollar alces
You may receive a sample size bottle of
thla reliable medicine by Parcel Post al-
so pamphlet telling about It
Address Dr Kilmer A Co Binghamton
N Y and enclose ten cents also men-
tlon thle paper
Come to Montana LSTbTwrf5
Inc lit and nap BA Abbott tta AwoomUMaate
Experience Is a high-priced teucher
It keeps a man hustling to pay the tui-
tion fees
Happy is tha home where Red Cross
all Blue ia used - Sure to pleaie All
Ball
grocer Adv
The more innings a man has th
more he enjoys his outings
THIS 18 THE AGE OR YOUTH
Yoa will look ten year younger if yoa
darken your ugly grizzly gray hairs by
wing “La Creole" Hair Dressing— Adv
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Narrow Escape
Out of breath with the perspiration
running down his cheeks and puffing
like a grampus Sandy reached his
wbode He hud run as he had never
done before
“Mac his “auld freen" was aston-
ished at Sandy’s condition “What’s
wrang mon?" he Inquired “You look
as If the very de’ll himself had been
running after you"
"Hoots” said Sandy “I’ve had a
narrow escape frae ruin"
“You dlnna sae so” said Mack
“Yes” replied Sandy wiping his
brow “A wis standln’ listening tae a
band playin’ an’ all of a sudden yin o’
the players came roon wl’ his hat col-
lectin’ Ma conscience Mac A’ve had
tae rin like the mischief tae get oot o
his way" '
She Understood
The teacher was giving a talk on
coins of the realm and they had been
through the entire range from pennies
to double eagles One little girl was
singularly inattentive Her gaze was
fixed upon a playful sparrow on the
window sill and she had no thought
for coins
Suddenly the teacher placed a half
dollar on the pupil’s desk and de-
manded: “What’s that 7"
“Heads” came In Instantaneous an-
swer — Harper’s Magazine
Some men go abroad to complete
their education Others marry
A Perfect Day
should end— as well as
begin— with perfect
food lay—
Grape-Nuts
with cream
A crisp delicious food
containing the entire
nutriment of whole wheat
and barley including the
vital mineral element
so richly provided by
Nature in these grains
Every table should
have its daily ration of
Crape-NuUb
‘There’s a Reason"
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