The Cordell Beacon (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1917 Page: 1 of 10
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V
glitovicai Soci«tf
VOLUME XX
NEW FIXTURES INSTALLED
C. R. Thornton, the druggist, has
this weefc installed an almost com-
plete set of new furniture and fixtures
in his drug store. A fine new foun-
H„„ . _ ~ t*in w,th new medicine cabinets, toi-
More wo.k Done Dunng Past Week let goods and tobacco cabinets. Every
Makes Headquarters Committee | thing is in mahogany and presents a
Enthusiastic for Success I fine appearance. The store has been
The Ozark Trail Short Line route' ™n°deled s°me' the Par«tion having
through Beckham, Washita, Caddo and 2lLIT"Ir 1°™ ** r6ar aDd 86t
Canadian counties has undergon a'! , ^d 8 mU8ic roora ,s be"
greater improvement the past week arranged f°r In a ba,cony in the
than at any period since wSrk blgan ° bU|!dine- " W,H be 8everal
«n >n„i. i 14 j j , ays before all the store will be com-
Hunareds of plete in its „ew a{t,re Qf remodeljng
Cordell
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER, CORDELL, OKLAHOMA,
on the route last fell.
men and teams have been busy on the
stretch of road from Carter to the
Canadian river and the road is now
furniture and fixtures, but when com-
pleted it will be one of the most mod-
the
NOTICE OF SCHOOL TRANSFER
looking „ke . ihoi,™,.'™5 "
finishing touches are being put on the |
road and if no inclement weather pre-
vents, it will be in splendid condition
for inspection on Friday, June 8. j *
Automobile loads of Short Line' A11 hearings of school transfers
boosters have gone out from Cordell j wi" be in the county superin-
every day since last Friday and have tendent's office Monday, June the
been getting all the work possible do-' llth> beginning at 9:0 0a. m. If there
nated along the line. Some members is 110 objection in the district from
of the headquarters committee have wh,ere the transfer is made, appli-
been oat over the line every day and jcants need not appear.
Albert Eaton, Co. Supt.
SOUTH Pint Uf
featimated that Four Inches Fell South
of Town. Bridges and Roads
Washed out and Damaged.
DAY; MAY 31, 1917
Number 4«.
jUHHiiia
MEW WI tltOP HCWIIlllPEBfECl
Farm Lo.„
am Making Preparations. Mill
Is Building Warehouse
Great preparations are being'made
Asspciation Makes Application for
Loan of $32,600.00.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
CORDELL 5:*SENTINEL 4
[ For the second' time this season
Cordell defeated Sentinel Sunday af-
ternoon in a hotly contested game of
ball. A good crowd from here wit-
nessed the game and Sentinel turned
out a large crowd of rooters who
tried very hard to cheer their boys
to victory, but the game ended wi(Ji
the score of 5 to 4. in favor of Cor-
dell. Farmer Thomas, whose special-
8EGMS JIM II
Two Excellent Programs Daily for 5
Days. Committee Appointed Has
Sold Many 8eason Tickets.
The summer chautauqua program,
which has been provided for Cordell
tMen in'that ^ now by^^^d SZJSJ'k Th*Was™a bounty 'National Farm
allen In tha section of Washita coun-.the 1917 wheat crop. Hardware deal Association, the organization of ______
ty in several years visited a scope of ers report that they a-e selline a Whi°h WaS 8tarted some time ae° ty 18 catching, reversed his position
country between Cordell and Rocky number of new binders'and hJLr* here' has been Perfected and held a Sunday and did the twirling for the .
and extending several miles east last and are endeavoring to eet a *ooh meeting with Robt. Steele, secretary, jlocal te^ and all those who wit- * t0 be glven twice dai'y tor five
Tuesday evening from seven until ply of binding twine on han.i last Saturday afternoon, to complete!nessed th« game praised his work yS WlU begin on Wednesday, July 11
nine o'clock. Beginning south of to*, there will be L Iho^e H^e. the °^^n of the association very higly. « -- - —
mX and eXtending ^ expected to begin about Monday T* ^ application for the !<>***•
miles south or more, the heaviest fall June 11. "Sam A. Cain of Cordell was elected
is reported. The njin extended west Th„ rnr.B„ _ . 'president, D. D. Walker of Dill and
and north only a few miles but some' buildintr a laree firerf °mpan* 18 Henry E. Kliewer of Korn were elect- j Announcement was made this week
rain was reported east as far as the g 3 large- flreproof warehouse ed dirfirtora tn «„ . WeeR
county line. a few yards we8t of the mill. It will board.
r have a capacity of twelve thousand
eil^T 8°Uth °f tBWn fr°m f0Ur t0 bushels and il * the intention of the The 8ecretary was ordered to draw
taSL „f Sayf !!lat Ut l6a8t f°Ur company t0 U8e it storing milling ^ Federal Land Bank of Wichila-
inches of ram fell in two hours and wheat and that they will put away Kan8as' for the money- which has
QUlte a hit nf r . . J 111 yui a^vay , ^ ,
DEDICATION SUNDAY
•
ed directors to fill vacancies on the j that the new Church of Christ build-
j ing would be dedicated next Sunday.
The opening services will begin at
10 o'clock and preaching at 11 a. m.
and will continue until Sunday night,
July 15. The White-Myrfs Chautau-
qua system which tarnished the pro-
grams for last summer will again pro-
vide the programs this summer.
The Chautauqua committee held a
meeting a few days ago and a com-
mittee of them have been selling tick- *
ets this week. The tickets good for
each program are selling for $2 for
town in front of the Green farm and 30 feet high!
are watching carefully and directing
<he work that has been done and that
which is still to do, and they are all
enthusiastic over the chances of the ■
Short Line being designated as the i
official route. .
It is the intention of the committee
to push the work of completion as
rapidly as possible. They say that
more than fifty teams with drags to
smooth the roads have been pledged |
for use the last few days of the cam- j
paign and in fact this dragging work "
is already in progress. What is The city council at a special meet-
needed. they say, most, 1b that there! VS hel,d last Friday night let the
be no let up and that the work of i contract for the construction of the co,mtry five miles wist of town, neith- the state.
Ill
SEIIIER urns
Oklahoma City Concern gets Contract
at $4O.0G0. Will Begin Construc-
tion Work at Once.
, u, . L luttl lut3y WU1 Dul away _ -w- W. Freeman. Dinner will be
quite a bu 01 damage was reported to the best grades of wheat thev h.iv rinr. been aP!)lied for as loans at this time, served on the ground. After dinner e season- The committee lost money
roads. hHrie-ea an#) "■ T .io «_ a.j ■ •• there will be singing and a get-to-10n 'be Chautauqua last year, buf
gether meeting and preaching again |they believe they will do better this
at 8 in the evening. Preaching serv- year" The town people ha?.; support-
feiciuco ui wuctu ine> duv Qur-
roads, bridges and some to growing i„g the season for milling purposes This A8SOCiati°n ls regarded by all
crops and gardens. The newly mado This -Warehouse is being built of con- th°8e wh° have given the farm loan
mi on the creek three Allies south of crete and is round, 25 feet in diameter subject close 8tudy as the best plan
that has been offered, the farmers of ices will be conducted through every!ed very "herally so far but no at-
•— — aiiu ov xeet nign. The elevator is — « <•-
washed out and a number of other being raised 14 feet higher that the whole country as a means of .pay-! everP evening next week. A cordial mp;8 have ^n made to soil season
thia rno ,1 „ , WO UUU . " i-j .. tifkpta tn lunnl. .u_
needed.
The organization was started some
are (wo months ago and many farmers
EMMS OFFICE
IS
lotDcu it icec nigaer so tnat — !. .
Places in this road was reported dam- wheat may be transferred with the ing °ff existing "mortgages on their j invitation is extended to all.
aged by washing holes in the road elevator machinery. This new store- fams and 0btain money at five per'
next to bridges or culverts. County age warehouse wUl be completed in a C8nt intere8t for as long time as
ZZSSZZ*"?-"-* feW days- C0ntrict0r Art Strickland
to lork Wednesday on Wiese roads re- has charge 0f the work.
thfmhft,leD? and/TCtS t0 ^ The Cordell Milling Company
da n g0 shape in a few aiso completely overhauling their gin are said to be now making application
here and are installing four new gin for becoming members and get mon-
A very fine rain, but not heavy stands in preparation of taking care ey t0 pay °® loana witb next fall.
enough to do any damage, was report- of the cotton crop thi3 fall. Their Any farmer of the county wanting 'Nev* Head .of County Schools Assumes 'haVe time t0 play in the hour and a
ed from the country southeast of gin plant when completed will be one information as to how to become a| Duties With Determination, 1half that is all°tted to them. They are
town. The rain ilid not reach the nf the nm«t mrkHoi-n in hi« -• member end eet some of the ^nvern-i Enerav and En kiiai<«_
tickets to people of the country. '
The program this year is said to be
far ahead of that given last summer.
Of the ten numbers to be given, six of
them are musical and the other four
win be interspersed with mus.o. The
opening numbfcr will be Castelucci's
Milano Serenader, a company of six
who play all the Instruments they
and {
the
smoothing the line be continued right 'sewer laterals connecting with the
up to the day of inspection and then nmins to the Municipal Excavating
they are willing to rest the case with j Company of Oklahoma City for the
the inspectors. | lump sura of $42,200. The bids were
— 1 received in an open meeting and were
Geo. Haynes did some very com- based on estimates furnished by the
mendable "dry" dragging on tlie east Benham Engineering company. There
road last Monday.^ , were a number of construction com-
* | penies placed bids on the work, but
in the neighborhood of twenty-fl\e the Oklahoma City concern was con-
farmers with their teams were at sidered by the council as the lowest
work on the roads between Cordell and best bid.
&nd Dill Tuesday. This was Trull i
work-.ll « U.«
# # # j company who was present at the
t.a . , „ meeting, stated after it was made
h.I \Z K M, naSt fr°m COrdeI1 known that his company had been
has been beautifully graded . this awarded the contract ^ wark
TUT*** ^ th* lat-als W0UM b^" at Lee j
and I!"" , 8 °n ^ eaRt' The rompa y 18 shipping two ditching
*nd rb ^er wi" «et bU8y on machines to CordeFl and they expect
this stretch Friday and Saturday. 110 get at the work Immedte J,"1 1
„„ _, . rush it to completion during
(h°"e fi°° ij Wh0 1,ve8 a,ong s'immer months.
the Trail said to the writer the other! .
night: I have donated five dollars for' K ! i""68 Con8,n,et,on company
road work on this road, and feel that *2j'000 ^ntract for eon"
I am repaid In the work already done I 8,rurtin* and euttlnK "> two large
I have nine quarter sections bordering "?Wer ma'nB an<1 the buiIding of a
along the road." O. you five spot '"SP°Sal P'ant h8Ve practlcally com"
. , # " | pleted their work and will be leaving I
Every time a Cordell citizen is tak & "h°rt time Thelr work was i
en over the Short Line for the first Very Batisfactory t0 c°oncll and|
time, right there a Trail Booster is ^ °°Ut tbe c(mtrmct ta good I
made. It is in so much better shape ' m6'
than was expected that the enthusi- A sD<,t'Ja! sewer tax wltl be levied
asm begins to ooze. This was espec- on a" ProPerly of the ci^y aDd the
•ally so In the case of Judge Ash last *42,200 contract let last Sa<uru«y
Wednesday night. | night will be paid for in three annual1
• • • payments of one-third each and the [
H. F. Toliver has quit the banking alm,un< <U'alnst each lot will be ap-
business, that Is he has for the pres- Proxlmatel-v *-'1 Payment of this
ent—till June xth-inspectlon day of annual tax will be made to the|
the Ozark Short Une. He can be County treasurer at the same time
found most any* here along the road olher ,axe8 are ,0 ** P®1*1-
at any time by any one. . | I
reach the of the most modern in this part of member and get some of the govern-1 Energy and Enthusiasm lone of the most noted musical aggre-
ment money/ can obtain same by j j nations on the Chautauqua platform
writing or talking with the president Albert Eaton elected last fall as i a"d *** 8Ure t0 please- The closing
Miss Bess Craig who has ben cash- or secretary. 'county superintendent of schools sue- 'number will ,be the world famous
me hfU and Wind acc°mpan- ier at the Dixie Shoe Store, is now | reeding J. M. Wallace who has faith- iScotcfc K"ties Band of Canada of
er did it reach further north than
Bessie and was very light at That
ied the rain through the territory teaching piano with Miss Lela Caila- Mrs. Jeff Miller left the first of' AiHy filled that position" for "tour twenty pleces- This famous band has
w ere t fell but no damage was re- way. Miss Ruth Stone succeeds Miss the week for an extended visit with years, assumed his duties last Mon- p,ayed aI1 over the world and was the
ported from this source. Crale at the Dixie h«r «nn*«t at I day. He is taking the position a few favorlte at the Panama-Pacific Expo-
days early on account of Mr. Wallace 8it'°n 1915- The lectures of which
Craig at the Dixie.
her sonlat St Louis.
. _ ^ ! therford. , brother of Bob Taylor, who will ap-
: REGISTRATION DAY
Mr. Eaton is very well known
Next Tuesday,
June 5th.
"Male persons wbo shall have attaned their twenty-first
birthday and shall not have attained their thirty-first birth-
day on or before the day set for refistration by the Presi-
dent must register."
Every Man Is Expected To Do His Duty
*
EXTRA SCHOOL LEVY ~
DEFEATED TUESDAY
AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE
ispection committee starts on its 24-
„ reputation as a ,|ay trip on June 1st. there can be no
chiffonier is fast gaining ground delay If the fast schedule that
D. B. Ntekel driving a Ford run-
about and accompaiUed by Frank
Kliewer and Bill Dodson ran into a I
new Maxwell-car driven by Homer!
Opponents of Schools Get Busy and Parnell. two miles west of Rocky |
Turn up Majority of 46 .Votes
Against Maintenance Fund
pear on the second night with a musl-
the teachers of this county having ? ^ " V Adara9 of Cal1"
!been a teacher himself for the past ■ f° **** °D the leCtur#
jflve yeay in the county and enters W"' "PPear
upon his work as county superintend- J T * P°We" Wh° ^
ent full of energy and enthusiasm, it i Community Building."
can also be said that he is very popu The ent,ro Program will be an-
Iar with the teachers and enters. th%, " Ti ^ WheD m0re
office with an almost solid backing of' " t0 DUm-
all those who are most interested In j *eD'
education. Miss Mary White, cler j
for Former Superintendent Wallace, I THE MEMORIAL DAY BATTLE
will remain in the office as clerk for '
Kir. Eaton. Schools of Washita com. | In the Memorial Day battle which
^ . ty have made great progress the last was scheduled for the benefit of the
J 'I! uT! Ule DeW 8Uperinteaa- Boy Scout8 ,he representing the
I rl >h l° h8Ve them C°" FatS defeated ,he team ^Presenting
^ nnue that progress and development, the Leans by a score of 10 to 4 When
J | In taking the office he issued the the time arrived to call the game
l° thC P€0P'e <:£ Deither ,eara had a representation
, i k ° Fat8 and Lean« Present, there be-
I L I aMUIUil,g 11,6 duttles ^e of- ing a number of Slackers on both
i of county superintendent I wish "idea and the
management announced
to express my sincere appreciation to that.they would fill up the ranks of
the voters of this county for the con- both sides with the best material thev
fldence they have so generously giv- could get. hence three or four regulars
en me. In this day of perif our were drafted into the service by eacn
minds are apt to be turned somewiat We. The Fats used their regular
from the trend of education which to Pitcher. Harve Dorney. and h* went
GET 11 INSTRUCTIONS ~ fc6r«S5fi;
. day' *rB "Shttog a batUe of brains with three hits. A good siaed cro«
_ , , _ as "® worda This progressive, witnessed the game and enioved
f0,l45r ^^oon. Both cars f Rtpre^nted at M.st- '"dustrial age demanA mental pre- fun and tbe Boy Scoots organlzat on
warn mrllv ,< •>, ■ . mi Tm«l i... _„„l. ' organization
L. R. Strong's
were badly damaged and Parnell
—— received a bruised shoulder, his wife
The election called about the first a cut on the head and Bill Dodson a
has j of May and held last Tuesday for the > severe cat oa the arm.
•ng Tuesday when Instructions
and Supplies Wtrt Given
parednesa such
- - The Parnell car was soina north
headquarters at for the maintenance of Cordell schools and *
the world has reallied a neat little sum from the
.never known. Without preparing the paid admissions to the game
coming generations would mean sur-j
| rendering them to those who are !
Tbe meeting of the precinct reg. j willing to pay the price. The school I
| trars of Washita county was held ; system Is one of the most vital funda-' "
so I .m sin I A#h0Wer of r"'n ,e" the
SHOWER LAST THURSDAY
Past few days. He made the boy, ac y Z fl„7o ,h. a« roe"ia.nten.nce of (V.rde.1 schools and the Nickel car coming east.' IT"", °f WMft,U <OUB" was held "T tem is one of the mosi
knowledge Wednesday night that his . 1 def«"e<W ^ a majority of forty- Neither car could set the other „ Tu""UJr « t «e court house mentals of our existence. ™ .....,
special bumpty.bump treatment had time for ten. lets ^Tlntart I 1° ,k>D "" ^ 'he h,,W,*clk n the road ar that ,r0m " ,0 " oVlofk- Pr" ll< m11' l^'t'n<C your earnest cooper.. f!"0,h. ,he count> ^ Thar*
the i ^ J° " * dty '°,e fon ^ '■ • " Parnell undoubtedly * pMdnCl of ,he thirty three in the dun to make this school term the'f^f?"* The ra,n WM hea*'
, , . i „ ! Wl", , en,ed and a number U " "id dld «°t "Cited When he saw the Nickel ■ "** ^Presented at the Meet-, crowlning regime ^ the whools of * •outhwe« west lrtirts of
be tired and need all (he rest and not take enough Interest In the ele, car coming and suddenly brought his'1"" wMct WM pMS,dwl OTer by Coun-, Washita county .the count3r ,0 d« a *reat deal of
I they can let. Anv honnitfllitv I fWlfl tn vnfM and Kill MM* #««. .— . _ I fv R*«iatM- t I ti .. KOOfl And If a«t.n<l^i -- - - . ..
our friend Markwell backed off
boards.
A very commendable action by the Lhown thl win ^ JT 1? VT ,0 T°,e "nd V"y «« 'top in tbe middle of thei" R**Mnr R ^ . My predecea^r. Mr. J. M. Wallace.!*0^ * ! north a.
couniy commissioners. Is 'in having ,4 „ JtelD, hl "nT^ * Wh"6 'b< b'* *°,e wa'" Nickel was too Afu,r lh* meeting *es called to!'" du much credit for the high de-j, * " thre* m"M north °f
oak planks placed on th- bridges ment but simply aa a! ^MrW ou,"r,n* t«"^«®ry of the) close 1o sfop and the Ford struck th- ,,rd«r a discussion followed on of efficiency h^ has hmu<ht ^W° *°. nl° ML The •'""•""•J
lengthwise. This work has begun on appreciation - - " ««pryalon ^[dl*g^t- Maxwell, knocking U over and throw-1 l«« tona that would be presented to a, <"" '« <be s« hoola of this county. n toeh " Sentinel. A
the road east of (ord eli It will not' ment I. * ^ ? 7°.? .^ard In* the occupants out Friends came j,he r*«l* rart. All questions were ani1 'he condition of the official work shower fell southeast and
only add to tbe life of Ihe bridges, but
possibly to the lives of the cltlseo-
shlp. The bumps received In bridge
approaches are often more painful
han a caae of tbe gout.
tor the l« vy S5. against 35; Ward 1 along In a few minutes and brought 1 looh,,d "P ■nd answere.1 In the pam l^{ me ask you «mn to make the I °f ,0WD-
I f fir 1 I aualnnt 't * ti'. _ ■ 4 S la a P ... _
_ , |f°r.2i' W4rJ ,f f°r and h,f P*"' and Par Phl*« ">*«" c« ona which was Issued ,flke county superintendent your 1
The road meeting called to be held 30; Wanl 4. for 19. against nell went back to Hohar- for repair, * « • «'ar l ep.rtmen.. The instruc and feel ,h.t you are welcome'
at the rourt house Tuesday night did OfMylng territory, for I against Parnell lltes at Butl-r and was visit- ,,on" relating to the dntlee of regis- '■ '■« whether business
not materialite because of the storm.
w „ . Tb® principle object of the meetlna
r. K Penn and wife went to Am.- ^'a lh* of K ,K
' who made the trip to Ainarillo
—going over tbe Central route and
returning over the Short Line. !(• re-
rillo Sunday morning, over the Short
Ine. ret iff ulna Monday night' Frank
ays that from the Tesaa- line west
-. zTZT.T"":
Total for the levy 1M; agalnat Ing at Hobart. He was on bis sy 'u*,i°n officers were read carefully n°t-
demanda or!
j the levy 234
The election brought as much Joy
to those who had defeated the levy
aa It did gloom to those who favored
It. According to estimates aa pub-
lished two weeks ago by the board of
education there will not
home when the accident oci
qyretL
* PEC BOUND OVtR
The preliminary trial of Ova Peck,
be enongh ,on °r Mr "ml Mrs. A A. Peck who
l>al every foot has been contracted
1 trsl route was In pretty fair condition! m"™** maintain the school more ,l1f0 •outhwest of Cordell
DUNCAN MAN LOCATES
... A,O0«> Wer of Duncan. Stephens
It was brought out a! the meeting that my best wishes for tbe best, M'on,7- waa here the first of the
the registration of Indians will be un- i schools in tbe state. I am. | week and announced that he had de-
gentlemag at Lookeba
There la
ho Is a Short Line booster. Hie
sine Is Warren and he Is In ih
'levator and se.-d business When
li- 'iitjens of |..,okeba h<-can solv-
ing funds, he tuld them to get all
iey rould from the other merchants
the town, and that he would dou
• «he amount Not only bss hr
ne this, but he has spent a large
mount of his time thin spring In
ring road work done
When tbe Oaark Tralle official in-
at thia time, conaiderabyly better, than
that of Ihe Short Line. However the
nnworked portion was in Wheeler
I county, Tejas. and the road through
that county waa all under contract,
mnd waa being rapidly put In ahape
I '' his part of the route la all heavy
| sand, and the work under way la
| < laying He said when they left
stretch of road that It waa aa
t smooth aa pavement; their Anishlnc
. work is done with a twelve ton roller
Messrs A. M Heels. L. It. S'rong.
1 A, It. Ash and R. B. Macdonaid want
I Continued 00 Page lo.)
than five months If that long, and It Is mllea. was held Moadsy befor.. Ju
rler tbe direct supervision of the Com
mlssloner of Indian Affairs and those
precinct registrars In this county who
may have Indians living within their
voting precinct between the ares re-
quired. will not register them
Mnted that several of the teacher*
tics
of Ptare Coker Peek
who had not signed contracts will a=k rh«|Wd with perjury and only . few
lo b« released from their agreementa * "••*«* were placed on tfce stand ,lh0ttld „ ,h.lr • .
Hlth the school board unless some ■"'1 the defendant was hound over t Lwe J t ,1" °n
provision I. made «„ maintain a nine .rial in ,he district court Hl.'^„ , ?k ,
mon,Its' school. bond « which he ! Z their own judgment
It wss rumored Wednesday that a mad,> *n,l was rviaa*<d. TIim .... _Uli II w s' "hi P,<
petition would be circulated snd pre-1WM 'he result of the arrest of Oklaim.'Li.. **°" - ,
sente<| 10 the Hoard of Rdnratlon at ""videon. charged with giving whi* j * °
their meeting next Monday night ask ^ Ttarfdaou entered a glen of Th" fo"ow,,,« ^'•♦«*th>n places
Ing them to call another election end hie plea wa« hacked up fey ta* <h* t'W,r w,riU •
Those who favor the extra le y. or at ,b<' evidence of Arthur (INH.
1eaat many of them, believe that liy officers elate, was attempting to
getting out and working they ng roll protect Harbison an.I 11 1a
up a good majority tor the levy
Yours very sincerely. 1 cW*d «o locate in Cordell. He Is
Albert Raton. Co. Supt tor the Bankers Life Insaranco
| company and will hare aa hu terrl-
UNCLAIMED LETTERS f'"ry >n«l Waablta counties He
'hM • tomlly and will move them here
pie following la the list of un ' "• "oo" es he can find a suitable
A number of other important quee- letters remaining in this po«t. ^" l«lence. He Is a brother-in-law of
(Iona were dlecussed >nd It was offl<e for lhp week ending May Jo.j * W. F. Lee. Mrs. Miller and Mrs.
sgrewd thst all precinct registrar* ",7 M,#' Mo"le Howard. Mr. Brook ^ ^tag
nounc«l Ward No. 1, Lee Bros Lbr 1
Co.; Ward No. 3, Fanners 'National
d No. 3. Frank Penn s of-
Kraut. lyovall * Jones. Miller Ktnv
berlin * Co.. L. V. Morris. Mr Tig
Maurse. U C. Nix. Miss Mien Oweu.
VlM Rose lee Rork. The Thorn woo.)
•weenlout for the Poaltry r,rd Mr fhas. Welch. Cn
less theee letters are called for by
June 13. they will be sent to the
dead letter office on June 13
H. C. Hubbard. P. M
marriaok LICENSES
The following marriage Hi
have been granted by Court Clerk Oa-
blrn since laat week Claud ( Baker
aged II and Viva A. Smith axed 1>,
*j«h of Hobart P j quiring aged U
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The Cordell Beacon (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1917, newspaper, May 31, 1917; Cordell, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc185033/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.