The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF MEDFORD AND GRANT COUNTY
VOL. XX
MEDFORD, GRANT COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1913
NO. 36
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AUTOS AND PIANOS
WEREiDERVALUED
SEVERAL ASSESSMENT IN-
CREASES ARE ORDERED
Commissioners Have Nearly Com-
pleted Work as Equalization
Board.—News of County
Court House
The county commissioners sit-
ting as a board of equilization
expects toviinish their work today;
and adjourn. Besides making a
few reductions of individual as-
sessments and issuing citations to
appear and show why there
should not be raises in a few
cases, the board made a number
of general increases and reduc-
tions, to equalize the assessment
between the various townships.
These were principally on live-
stock, automobiles and pianos.
\The following are the orders:
1 liberty
Mules raised 20 per cent, autos
40 per cent, pianos 33 1-3 per
cent.
valley
Cattle raised 10 per cent,
Pianos 100 per cent.
DEER CREEK
Horses raised 10 per cent,
autos 25 per cent, pianos reduc-
ed 10 per cent.
MEDFORD CITY
Horsesv raised 20 per cent,
pianos 40 per cent.
MEDFORD
Horses raised 10 per cent,
mules 20 per cent, pianos 150
per cent.
NUMA
Horses raised 10 per cent,
mules 20 per cent, pianos 150
per cent.
RENFROW CITY
Horses raised 20 per cent,
autos 10 per cent.
FAIRVIEW
Horses raised 20 per cent,
cattle 10 per cent, pianos 50 per
cent.
HICKORY
Cattle raised 20 per cent.
JARVIS
Autos raised 50 per cent.
BANNER
Autos raised 33 1-3 per cent,
pianos 20 per cent.
- HICKORY
Mules raised 10 per cenU
NASH CITY
Autos raised 50 per cent, mules
40 per cent, horses 50 per cent.
PRAIRIE
Mules raised 40 per cent, cat-
tle 35 per cent, autos 200 per
cent, pianos 100 per cent.
COLDWATER
Cattle raised 10 per cent, pianos
200 per cent.
GORE
Horses raised 20 per cent,
mules 30 per cent, cattle 20 per
cent, pianos 60 per cent.
WARE
Pianos raised 100 per cent.
WAKITA
Horses raised 30 per cent.
BRYAN
Cattle reduced 10 per cent,
pianos raised 50 per cent.
LAMONT
Cattle raised 20 per cent, autos
50 per cent, pianos 33 1-3 per
cent.
LAMONT CITY
Horses raised 20 per cent, autos
50 per cent.
ALFALFA
Horses raised 5 per cent, mules
40 per cent, cattle 20 per cent,
autos 40 per cent, pianos 33 1-3
per cent.
SALT FORK
Horses raised. "10 per cent,
mules 50 per cent, cattle 10 per
cent, autos 100 per cent, pianos
20 per cent.
RENO
Horses raised 5 per cent, mules
10 per cent, cattle 10 per cent,
pianos 10 per cent.
BERRY
Cattle reduced 10 per, cent,
autos raised 10 per cent, pianos
50 per cent.
POND CREEK CITY
Mules reduced 20 per cent
autos raised 20 per cent, pianos
raised 10 per cent.
JEFFERSON CITY
Pianos raised 50 per cent,
horses 20 per cent, autos reduc-
ed 5 per cent.
MANCHESTER
Horses raised 30
cent, autos 50 per cent.
MANCHESTER CITY
Horses raised 10 per cent,
autos 25 per cent, pianos 30 per
cent.
The following have been cit-
ed to appear and show cause why
their assessments should not be
raised: F. J. Gentry, Pond Creek
Mill & Elevator Co., V. H. Harm
and Moss Hamilton, Pond Creek;
owners lots 9, 10, 11 and 12 in
block 7 Medford, Medford Mill
& Elevator Co., Farmers Nation-
al Bank, Pond Creek; Long Bell
Lumber Co., Medford, Jefferson
Renfrow and Wakita; Blackwell
Mill & Elevator Co., A. Setter-
green and John Nolan; both ele-
vators Numa; Houston Lumber
Co., Medford; and Wetmore
Lumber Co., Wakita.
Marriages Licenses.
II. R. James, age 23, and
Myrtle May Ritter, age 20, botli
of Eddy, Oklahoma.
W. E. Livingston, age 29, and
Margaret L. Halley, age 26, both
of Pond Creek, Oklahoma.
Lawrence Obrey, age 24, and
Frances Schneider, age 20, both
of Medford.
Mike Alvan Mehler, age 33,
Pioneer, Ohio, and Mary Adeline
Troxel, age 26, Caldwell, Kansas.
E. E. Darling, age 24, and
Maude Cochran, age 24, both of
Lamont.
Taxes Delinquent Soon
JThe time for paying the last
half of the taxes expires June
15th, and that being Sunday,
Saturday will be the last day
for taxpaying before the penalty
of 18 per cent per year applies.
Hubbard Committed.
Sheriff J. F. Laraison return-
ed the first of the week from
Harper with A. E. Hubbard, who
was ordered committed by Judge
Bowles for contempt for failing
to pay the attorney fees and
costs in a divorce suit that was
compromised. Mr. Hubbard and
Sheriff Lamison went to Perry
Wednesday to see Judge Bowles
about the case.
Sheriff Lamiton returned Tues-
day and reported that Judge
Bowles had released Hubbard,
giving him until July 21st to pay
the costs.
School Appointments.
Superintendent John Williams
ts announced the following
school appointments:
Emery Kirk, director district
40, vice C. P. Mitchell resigned,
both of Wakita.
W. E. Mitchell, director Dis-
trict 123, vice C. H. McKinnan
resigned, both of Eddy.
J. W. Treabow, treasurer Dis-
trict 74, vice R. L. Dobbs re-
signed, both of Eddy.
C. R. McCombs, director dis-
trict 74, vice Chris Ilolle, resign-
ed, both of Eddy. y
Paul Burnett, treasurer Dis-
trict 13, vice Fred Deitz, resign-
ed, both of Manchester.
E. I. Rogers, director District
52, vice Mrs. Wm. Jones, resign-
ed, both of Numa.
RAINFALL AN INCH
JUNIOR CHAUTAUQUA IS
TOJEA BIG FEATURE
It is to be Organized Next Week.
—Program For First Grant
County Chautauqua Out
Miss O. Kugle, representative
of the Redpath-IIorner Chautau-
qua, who was here, this week art
nounced that one of the big
features of the Chautauqua was
to be the Junior Chautauqua, a
feature that none of the other
bureaus have. Trained play
supervisers, who know and un-
derstand boys and girls, and ath-
letic men, who know how to
teach games to boys and girls
will be here. There will be
stories and games and picnicing.
A great play festival is planned
for one of the days of the ehau-
tauqua. Certificates are to be
issued to the boys who meet the
athletic requirements of the Na-
tional Playgrounds association.
Miss Kugle desires all the
children of Medford and vicinity
to meet at the school grounds
on Saturday, June 21st, when the
Junior Chautauqua. will be or-
ganized.
Helen B. Paulsen is the gener-
al supervisor of the Junior Chau-
tauqua. The Chautauqua mana-
ger is Guy C. Kiddoo. and the
program for Medford follows:
SATURDAY JULY FIFTH
Afternoon: Fraternity Glee Club
in full concert.
Evening: Fraternity Glees.
Everett Kemp, monologist,
and entertainer in interpre-
tative readings.
SUNDAY JULY SIXTH
Afternoon: Sacred concert by
Grace Lewis Company, Miss
Lewis, reader; Gretchen
Scheidt, contralto and Wil-
liam Roller, violinist.
Everett Kemp in Sabbath
Day interpretative reading.
Evening: Grace Lewis Company.
Rev. A. M. Reitzel.
MONDAY JULY SEVENTH
Afternoon: Killarney Ladies in
a program of Irish music.
Chevalier, the German Magi-
cian. f
Evening: Rita Rich and the Kil-
larney Girls in a full even-
ing concert.
Clias C. Gorst, the Boston
bird man.
TUESDAY JULY EIGHTH
Afternoon: The Victor Serenad-
ers from Venice in Italy.
Congressman J. B. Aswell
of Louisana.
Evening: The Victor Serenad-
ers.
The Caveneys in a Novelty
program.
WEDNESDAY JULY NINTH
Afternoon: Imperial Guards band
of Italy.
Frederick Dale Wood of
New York City.
Evening: Big closing concert by
the Imperial Guards Band.
POND CREEK CITIZEN
TRIES SURGICAL OPERATION
Pain in Side Led Carlyle Gold-
smith to Take Out Intestines
—Doctors Were Late.
36 J. T. Watson, Manchester
37 H. C. Thrall, Florence
39 W. P. Lacy, Wakita
41 W. Baty, Medford
45 E. B. Bluinenshine, Renfrow
46 John Massie, Renfrow
48 A. L. Brown, Nardin
52 O. M. Elmore, Renfrow
53 P. II. Reimer, Renfrow
54 S. P.. Ridings, Medford
56 John Hula, Medford
When he tired of waiting for
the doctors who Were to operate
oil him for appendicitis, Carlyle j 57 C. F. Geier,*Medford
Goldsmith, a farmer living east 60 I). A. Yarnell, Sand Creek
oi Pond Creek, began the opera-j 69 J. S. Wilson, Medford
t , ?e wa? offering 70 Frank Harris, Deer Creek
72 Adam Hohman, Deer Creek
74 S. W. Meade, Eddy
terribly from the pain
right side and had waited two
hours for the surgeons, Dr. Ross
Hulen and F. P. Hulen. lie
whetted his pocket knife until it
was very sharp and then had j
his wife boil it.
Goldsmith then stripped him-
77 Wm Schmitz, Jefferson
82 J. A. Haws, Jefferson
83 S. A. Biby, Nash
92 C. B. Mulkey, Lamont
93 O. T. Rarrick, Lamont ,
94 C. W. Hardwick, Lamont
self and had some clean sheets 100 Sallie Wilson Jefferson
jpread on the floor. He washed j 101 No change until after bond
his hands in a solution of car- issue is completed.
bohc acid and when the surgeons | H. F. Wilkins, Pond Creek
arrived had opened a place about; 106 C. H. Dver, Pond Creek
four inches wide in his side. The 108 W. P. Mills, Nash
farmer had taken his intestines I HO Mrs. S. E. Skaggs, Nash
113 J. C. Longley, Pond Creek
116 IT. L. Dewitt, Pond Creek
117 H. E. McBride, Hunter
123 Swan Olson, Eddv
124 C. F. Aebi, Jefferson
C. 1 Louis M. Best, Jefferson
out and they were in a dishpan
that was being held by his wife.
He had been unable to find the
appendix.
The physicians finished the
operation and Goldsmith will re-
cover. The doctors credit him
with going at the job in a re-
markably intelligent manner.-
Wichita Beacon.
DO YOU WANT A BAND?
Mr. Goldsmith is a son in law
of County Commissioner John R.
Robberts. Mr. Robberts says The first rehearSill of the
exaggerated " 18 S°,n organized^ band took place
If So It Is Time For You
Get Busy.
SOME FINE MELONS.
To
to
B. E. Dick Sends a Crate
Heasty Brothers.
Ileasty Brothers received a
crate of Cantaloups Monday from
B. E. Dick of- Raymondville,
Texas, with Mr. Dick's compli-
.ments. Mr. Dick wrote that the
melons were not as good as last
year but they were dandies. He r j
also told of a recent fishing trip one at the D. _
on the coast in which 80 fish the merchants show'the
the D. & II. Store Tuesday night
and a good band is in prospect.
Dr. Antle and wife, Miss Over-
land, Mr. Winfield, A. L. Young,
Mr. Hunter and R. O. Dewing,
were down from Renfrow taking
part. The local boys at the re-
hearsal were Harry Stiles, Roy
Moss, A. L. Lindbeck, Willie
Fuss, Dwight Spray, Joe Staede-
lin, Leland Davis and Mitchell
Heasty.
It was decided" not to circulate
a subscription paper but to place
& H. Store. If
were caught in five hauls, one
weighing 50 pounds and two 40.
The Medford Jurors
Eastern Grant County Received
Soaker.
The gauge at the -Grant Coun-
ty Bank shows the rainfall
Medford since the first of June
to have been an inch. There was
enough rain to measure on five
of the first nine days of the
month, and falling as it did with
continual cloudy weather all of
the moisture went into the
ground. In the northeastern and
northwestern portions of the
county the rain was much heavi-
er than it was here.
Recital Monday
Miss Marjorie Primer's re-
cital which was set for Monday
evening was postponed until next
Monday on account of the in-
clement weather. She will pre-
sent the "Rose of the Rancho."
A fine entertainment is certain.
Paw Knows Everything
Willie—Paw, how can you tell
i when a man is loaded.
per cent, Paw—By the way he shoots
mules 30 per cent, cattle 20 per.off his mouth, my son.
CROP CONDITIONS
Everything But Early Wheat in
Fine Shape.
The rains and cool cloudy
weather during the past week
have been a great benefit to
late wheat and oats. The rains
came too late to benefit early
wheat as the harvesting of it
had commenced when the rains
came. Some wheat is turning
out fine.
Corn is in very fine condition
all over the comity and the rain
will be of great benefit to the
growing corn crop. It will also
insure another good alfalfa crop
to tjie farmers.
If the rest of the crop season
will be as favorable as the past
week, the farmers will raise com
and kafir enough to make up for
what they lost on the wheat by
dry weather.
Miss Dort Gets Degree.
proper
interest and volunteer the nec-
essary support there will be
weekly concerts this summer,
but if they do not the matter
I will be dropped.
John Soucek and E. M. Mossi
returned Tuesday from Enid | SISTER-IN-LAW
where they were summoned for ENDS HER LIFE
the jury duty in the federal court
Mr. Moss was excused for the Ross Meador CaUed to Ni(jk
term. Howard Reed had been
previously excuscd. Soucek was son> Kansas> by Death of
excused until June 20th because I Mary Meador.
of illness in his family and will Ross Meador was called to
have the pleasure of participat- Nickerg Kansas, to attend the
ing m the Booster Shoot Mon- Wral ^ f- M
day I R Heas y had been ex- hig sister.in.law who in a fit of
cused tor two days as he was L dency due to continued ill
at Wichita, ■
witness m a case at. wicnua. i health end*d her Uf there Mor,:
Roy Hutchinson remained to d The Wi M R T
serve on the Grand Jury lor ten d*
days or two weeks. J. F. Thomp-
son is serving on the Petit Jury
and will be held for a longer
time.
CLERKS QUALIFYING
gave the following details:
Mrs. Mary Meador, 39 years
old, tied a towel round her neck
yesterday while alone in the
house and choked herself to death.
She was despondent over con-
tinued ill health.
Judge and Mrs. T. P. Rensliaw
and Miss Effie Renshaw return-
ed Wednesday from a visit with
the Dorts at Wichita. They at-
tended the High School gradua-
tion exercises, Harry Dort being
graduate. They also attended
the closing exercises at Fairmont
College. Miss Blessie Elsie Dort i 26 J. C. Burford, Deer Creek
graduated and was one of tlie| 29 J. W. Bartlett, Medford
five in the class of twenty-eight
to take honors. She is an A. B.
now. She took the honors in
Latin.
List of Newly Elected School
Officers.
Returns have been received,
by County Superintendent John Wichita with a lo
Williams from the elections in when his wife diet
most of the school districts, j learn of it until he returnedf
those that have not sent in the
NEWS FROM THE
COUNTY NORMAL
EIGHTH GRADE COMMENCE-
MENT JUNE NINTEENTH
Dr. J. H. Brooks to Deliver Com-
mencement Address.—Agri-
cultural College Teachers
To Have Charge two
Days.
County Superintendent. John
W. Williams has completed all
arrangements for the Eighth
Grade Commencement. Follow-
ing the custom in the past these
exercises will be- held at the
County Normal which is held at
Pond Creek this year. The pro-
gram and presentation of diplo-
mas will be held in the audito-
rium of the Pond Creek school
house on June 19th, 1913, begin-
ning promptly at 10:15 a. m.
Dr. J. IT. Bowers, Professor
of Pedagogy and History iri the
Oklahoma State Agricultural and
Mechanical College, will deliver
the Commencement address and
present the diplomas. Dr. Bow-
ers. has given excellent satisfac-
tion throughout the state by his
splendid addresses and Superin-
tendent Williams is pleased to
be able to secure his services.
The diplomas have arrived at
the Superintendent's office, and
the Superintendent has been
busy signing them up. The class
this year is the largest in the
history of the county, being com-
posed of two hundred five bright
boys and girls. This is Grant
county's best crop this year and
we certainly feeljiroud of them.
HAVE CHARGE TWO DAYS
A. & M. Teachers Are Coming
to Normal.
County Superintendent John
'W, Williams has waived, word
that the staff of lecturers sent
out by th^ Extention Division
of the State A. & M. College of
Stillwater will be in Pond Creek
to take charge of the County
Normal for two days, June 18th
and 19th, 1913. Tlihj staff will
be composed of experts in the
subjects of agriculture and do-
mestic science, and a representa-
tive of a State Normal Sehool.
Their visit will be of great bene-
fit in preparing our teachers to
better teach the subjects of agri-
culture and domestic science in
our schools next winter, and any
farmer who possibly can should
by all means be present at these
lectures. This school being held
on the same date as the < 'ommon
School Commencement will en-
able many of the graduates and
their parents and friends to take
advantage of the lecturers. ^
this
returns should do so at once as
the excise supplies must soon be
sent to the newly elected clerks.
The following is the list of substantial increase in the ton-
clerks elected last week, where jnage of freight handled for Med-
qualification papers have been ford for the past year. This is
filed in the superintendent's of- indicative of the increased busi-
fice.
4 H. A. Garver, Caldwell
6 T. E. Downing, Caldwell
8 G. H. Naylor, Wakita
9 J. E. Gard, Wakita
12 E. R. George, Manchester
13 Mrs. L. Radke, Manchester
15 O. J. Hardin, Gibbon
17 Z. T. Mohler, Wakita
18 R. B. Russell, Renfrow
19 L. E. Riley, Renfrow
20 Jos. Semrad, Renfrow
21 W. M. Hull, Renfrow
22 Chas. Havlik, Caldwell
23 G. W. Wogoman, Caldwell
24 E. P. Glasscock. Hunnewell
25 TI. R. Hiatt, Nardin
NORMAL NOTES.
Twenty seven enrolled
week making the total 128.
Miss Lula Wiley, model in-
structor is giving her little folks
Neighbors found Mrs. Meador's drill work preparatory for Flag
body in a wash room while it vet Day exercises next Friday,
was warm, but life was extinct. I John W. Williams, countv
Mr. Meador was absent in superintendent visited the nor-
load of stock mal this week. He seemed very
:1 and did not favorably impressed with the
progress of the normal.
Prof Cowen is somewhat • un-
der the weather'' and is being
relieved of his work in Ortho-
graphy, Miss Jennie V. King is
acting as substitute.
We understand Rev. Peyton
has agreed to give us a talk be-
fore long. Rev. Peyton is great-
ly interested in school work and
we are assured of an eloquent
address.
Most: of the schools of this
county have contracted with
their teachers. However, there
are several teachers who have
good deal of experience,
corn-
Good Freight Showing
The Rock Island has shown a
ness that is being done here.
Wins Penman Honors.
Among the certificates of pro-
ficiency issued by the American
Penman, the journal devoted ex-
clusively to penmanship, and an-1 had
nounced in the last issue of the and are successful are bein
paper is one to O. N. Parrett of pelled to step back
Medford. He is a graduate
Wichita Business College.
30 D. II. Cattenberg, Medford
31 W. W. Dial, Medford
32 O. S. Matson, Wakita
33 Grant Harris, Wakita
nd let the
of | under-bidder have the job. We
believe in encouraging our would-
— | be teachers and can't criticise
The Big Shoot. them iu the least for wanting a,
school. We all had to begin.
Everything is in readiness for But as long as our school boards
the big booster shoot in Medford will give preferance to the inex-
Monday June 16th. Ten thou- J perieneed teacher because of the
sand targets were unloaded Mon- paltry sum of a few.dollars sure-
day and placed in the trap house, ly there could be no other rea-
Manv notable "shootists" will
be present to show the amateurs
how it is done.
son) just that long will onr
schools be below the standard.
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