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VOL XX
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MEDFORD AND GRANT COUNTY
MEDFORD, GRANT COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1913
NO. 25
JUDGE BIRD PUTS
COURT TERM OVER
FELT THAT FARMERS NEED
TIME FOR THEIR WORK
Continuance Has Been Asked in
Many Cases—Marriage Li-
censes—News Around the
Court House.
3 w^'a^hiinttTV JOE SMITH IN WASHINGTON
ON POSTOmCE MATTERS
Barber, NE14 and NEV4 Sep. 31-
29-5 $2,450
Edward A. Myers to Edwin M.
Brown NW'4 bee. 20-27-6 $8,000 j Manchester Man is Boosting His
Cemetery Deed. j Son, Henry Brewer and
Mount Pleasant jCemeterv As- [ Delzell.
sociation to E. 0. Brewer, lot 3
CHAS. WILLIAMS LOSES CONVENTION^ APWL IUMIIUITY DfFIKFn
LEG UNDER SHEET CABM E So
block
tery
Because spring farm work had
been delayed by weather condi-
tions, attorney "Walling had been
called to Texas and continuance
had been asked in a number of
cases, Judge J. W. Bird adjourn-
ed the session of the county court
called for Monday and dismiss-
ed the jury. It is probable that
there will not be a term before
May.
The following are the jurors
who were relieved from service:
J. A. Elliott, Wakita, Twp.
Frank McGibbon, Wakita Twp.
Fred Taylor, Fairview Twp.
E. E. James, Banner Twp.
W. D. Wliitniore, Salt Fork Twp.
G. L. Ransom, Ware Twp.
J. J. Gibson, Coldwater Twp.
W. L. Weed, Jarvis Twp.
. J. HaTrdin, Berry Twp.
A. W. Jennings, Bryan Twp.
J. W. Bartlett, Hickory Twp.
G. T. Bobbett, Alfalfa Twp.
Ray Corder, Reno Twp.
E. J. Springer, Fairview Twp.
S. A. Hardesty, Manchester Twp.
John Gaede, Medford Twp.
A. C. Scouten, Medford Twp.
W. A. Shipley, Dirego Twp.
A. C. Lewis, Wakita Twp.
Marriage Licenses.
W. R. Hill, age 37, Kansas
City and Mae Andoi'ton, age 43,
Cleburne, Texas..
Frank Morgon Straughan, age
20, and Hazel Violet Stewart,
age 18, both of Wakita.
Henry G. David, age 24, and
Francis Walker, age 18, both of
Pond Creek.
W. J. Small, age 23, and Hazel
Wagar, age 18, both of Nash.
District Court.
Philip II. Roe vs. Simon- M.
Roe, mechanic's Lien on lot 9
block 38 Pond Creek in the sum
of $70 and interest 10 per cent
from date.
Rock Island Implement Co. vs.
J. E. McClure et al, suit for re-
covery of money in the sum of
$532.35, interest and attorneys
fee. Summons issued. Stephenson
attorney.
Frantisks Pishney • vs. Anton
Pishney, suit for divorce, restrain
ing order issued.
2 Mount Pleasant Ceme-
Quit Claim Deeds
F. F. Jantzen to John A. An-
derson SE14 Sec. 28-28-5 $1
Miscellaneous Record
Former Medfordite is Hurt in The fourth annual convention
Kansas City.—Reported as l(>£ t,ie Woman's Foreign Mission-
Doing Well.
ury Society of the M.- E. church,
will be held in Medford, April
tann Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Ausher- ?th. an.d ?th. Everybody cordial-
fre- man received a telegram inform- ft. mvite?' "°me and help make
And ing them that Mrs. Ausherman's 15" "Z,Ia °"e fo11/ to b,<?
y M. son Charles C. Williams, had ZT \ ' Tu trom
Dan been run over bv a street car °VJr ,tl'e / lst™t-. > and
Who do you think will land
the postofflce, is a question fre-
quently heard in Medford.
the answers vary from TIenn
Brewer, J. W. Chism and
Cline to "1 don't have anyISunday .
idea" and a dark horse. such serious injuries that it was £0U ,w|!" 1,1,88 il tmit- ,Wi
The uncertainty as to the ac-1necessary to amputate his right program next week.
V r r wact I J,1011 the eovecnov would take on J leg just below the knee. Another
\ j */• * 1 ^ congressional (.listnet bill tolcfirrftin WcdnGsclftv {innoiiiiccd
tffjxrsx
evening and received
attend both evening sessions, or
Watch
101 o ~ 'v "* iv/ i..( jicjvl jir, yy imams iormeny uvea 111
r'nuntv Pnm-t w i\i Postmaste''' The general belief Medford and run a cleaning and
Af,.n 1 Mt"|was that if the bill became a pressing establishment here He
-Mullen, decree confirming sale ot iflvv (...... 1,L .>- .. , :
NE of NW and SW of NW See ! Congressman Scot) tenuis >0 years old and has a wile
17 26 4 W e g say 111 nam' and bab>v> oi£ht months old.
a al ir,S the postmasters in Grant Mr. Williams attempted to
Jg6
II. Asher to the Public, affi-
davit in re title to the NE'4 Sec.
24-25-4.
J. II. Asher to the Public, affi-
davit in re title to the NE'4 Sec.
3-25-8.
County Court.
Estate of Asliur Chase, deceased, j take*"what wf
attempt
county. Otherwise Senators R. board a street car which was
L. Owen and Gore would proba- hauling a trailer but slipped and
bly control. fell to the tracks. The trailer
By getting in the race early ran over him. The Kansas City
Brewer and Chism grabbed most
of the endorsements of the coun-
ty democratic organization, Cline
became active later and had to
Journal gave the following ac-
count of the accident.
"Returning from a visit with
his wife, from whom he had been
„_j n ,. , ... . I ■ • « nuui as left. The candi- separated. and after making a
and filed UJ eT Drennan^attv™ °! 4ates are 11C)t 8,10 uinS tlleir en" reconciliation 011 account of their
and tiled. J. 11. Drennan atty. dorsements and
STEWART A WITNESS.
BALLARD BY SENATE
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
MUST STAND TRIAL
Impeachment Trial Continues for
Week Because of Illness
—Lemon Has Capitol Bill
—Legislative News.
By a vote of 38 to 2 the sen-
ate Wednesday sustained the
house impeachment committee's
demurrer and overruled the plea
Called to Wichita in Harvesterj°f State Insurance Commissioner
Trust Case. I Perry Ballard for immunity. Bal-
| lard s attorney then asked for a
Frank Stewart, of Stewart continuance of the trial for a
Brothers Hardware, was called hV(,,<k 011 the ground that Mrs.
to Wichita Wednesday to appear Ballard is sick in a hospital. The
before the referee as a witness I continuance was granted.
Capitol Bills.
in the action being brought
against the International Harvest
ing Company, under the Sher-
man anti-trust law. Implement
dealers all over the southwest
are being examined.
GREAT CONVENTION.
In re guardianship of Hicks,
minors, application for release
from bond filed, hearing set for
March 31, 1913 at 10 a. m. A. C.
Glenn, attorney.
State vs. Ed. Barrington, in-
formation filed charging defend-
ant with jumping board bill. De-
fendant arrested, entered a plea
of not guilty, hearing had and
case dismissed.
In re estate of Frederick Eick-
lioff, hearing set for April 7th,
1913.
J. N. Jackson vs. John Zeiler,
motion to adopt report of referee
filed and motion to set aside re-
feree's report filed.
Frank Smith vs. W. C. Brad-
field, petition for recovery of
money on bond and damages fil-
ed, $323 and interest. Summons
issued. S. P. Ridings, attorney.
MRS. AUSHERMAN
QUITS COMMERCIAL
Darland New Proprietor Pro
mises to Maintain Hotel's
Standing.
Mrs. M. T. Ausherman retires
and Guy Darland is the new pro-
prietor of the Commercial, Med-
ford 's leading hostelry, through
a deal closed up by F. C. Purdy,
"the land man" of Sterling, Kan-
sas, Monday. The management
of the hotel was proving too big
a strain on Mrs. Ausherman and
consideration for her health led
her to give up her Jj'ase.
Guy Darland has been making
each is wearing eight months old babv, Charles
an "I am sure to win" smile. C. Williams, 25 years old. a tail-
Brewer's stock picked up soineior living at 1227 Holmes street,
when it became known that for-1 attempted to board a west bound
mer representative Joe Smith of jty>rtheast car at Lexington and
Maneheste
Two Capitol bills were intro-
duced in the house Wednesday.
One is by Lemon of Grant, Hill
of Pittsburg, Curtis Woodard,
McCrory Vosburgh and King
and provides that $476,117.84. re-
0m" g s-si as
Represented. Illnd sjlaU bec0J avajl ble "as
Miss Blanch Fowler, Miss Edna a Part of the capitol building
Porter Smith, C. T. Frack and appropriation as soon as the con-
J. G. MeKelvy, who attended the I t,,a^t is let. The total amount
not set out
Manchester was in Washington. I Brooklyn avenues at 1:20 yester- State Sunday School Convention r° be appropriated is
He is supposed to be there in the!day afternoon rrnd fell beneath at Oklahoma City last week rc-|in tbe b>U-
interests of the candidacy of his the wheels of the car which crush port a most pleasant time 'and
son Earl for the postoffiee at ed his right leg below the knee." interesting program This is the Township Offic<
Manchester of Henry Brewer I third convention 'Mr. Frack has I
here and of editor Delzell at 1 tpaAOTe t>v *fintm amm*-. attenrWI At Mm mitcut im Bills are beinar in
here and of
Pond Greek.
FIRE DOES DAMAGE.
Warranty Deeds.
W. J. Mulinex to E. G. Yoell,
NWy4 Sec. 28-28-7 $8,000la success of the Ox Yoke resjtau-
Charles G. Long to Lizie. Deck-1 rant. Mr. Purdy has handled
er^NW1/^ Sec. 28-25-6 . . . ,$7,f)00 several deals here, has a good
F. S. Chambers to L. A. Card.
lot 5 block 43 Lamont .$25
Frisco Townsite Co. to L. A.
Card, lot 6 block 43 Lamont, Ok-
lahoma .. .. .: $22.50
"F. II. R. Frobenius to A. J.
Frobenius et al, NE14 Section
34-28-5 $3,000
Adam H. Barfoot to Robert D.
Farra, NE*4 Sec. 25-26-5. .$1,200
F. W. Tatum to Arthur Avery,
understanding of Grant county
affairs, and was desirous of main-
taining the high standard of the
Commercial hotel, both in the in-
terest of the city and of the own-
Buildings and Machinery Burned
on Red Cherry Farm.
Fire about 3 o'clock Friday
morning destroyed the barn and
grainery on the Red Cherry
farm belonging to 1. JI. Ruth,
destroyed the fruit wagons and
some feed and farm implements.
Mr. Ruth's loss is the fruit
wagons and about $250.00 in the
REPORTS EXAGGERATED
tyEr. Clark Says but Little Small
Pox at Caldwell.
Office Bill.
attended. At the outset lie was) fills are being introduced in
tlie only representative from the *be legislature dealing with Gov-
Mr. S. S. Clark and Contractor
Grimes were down from Cald-
Vell Monday making arrange-
ments for the remodeling of the
Patriot-Postoffice building, so
that the Patriot will have its
office entrance 011 Main Street.
While here Mr. Clark was ask-
ed about the report in general
circulation that there were a
er Mr. Kiddoo. Finding the high. ....
class service Mr. Darland was Pes blocking up a tract
giving in his,restaurant, Mr. southeast of town. Grant coun-
Purdy recommended the leasing . ®I.n£ m au uncertain field no
of the hotel to him and the deal reliable company would incur tin-
was closed last week. Mr. Dar-1 fxpense ot drilling if plenty oi
part SWl/4 Sec. 23-28-7. . . .$3,500 land taking charge Monday. ,and could 110t be liad >n a body.
F. J. Krittenbrink to Bertha With Mrs. Darland he is now lf ol1 or ^fls was not found the
L. Biggs Ni/2 of NWi/4 Section running the hotel. company would bear the loss
J\J 111 LUC ,
buildings. The feed in the barn [ hund,'etl cases of small pox atl
and grainery and the implements Cftldwell.
belonged to W. II. Wilson, the "The reports being circulated
renter. Mr. WTlsons boy had are absolutely false" said Mr.
been burning dead trees in the ark. "In all there have been
orchard and it is thought the;but 12 cases at Caldwell, most of
fire started in this way. I ^'em among the railway mail
— — , [clerks, but two new cases were
MAY DRILL IN MAY. | reported last week and only
j two more persons have been ex-
Depends on Ability to Block up I)0sed- There is 110 excitement
j^ggg and the situation is well in hand.
! There is 110 fear wliatever of a
C. N. Ernest, who has been (further spread of the disease."
taking oil leases In Grant county, —
states that enough progress has STRASBAUGH IN CHARGE
been made that be feels certain
there will be drilling this year'Succeeds Frank E~. Welker
in the county. - All depends on 0 . ,. .
whether the leases may be block- Socialist_Editor.
ed up so that enough land may ,. ...
be had under lease in a body to! E. JVelker. editor ot
warrant the company he rep res- , «y -^vT' * uwst,*[!e-
ents to make the'expenditure for fesshl1 Socialist paper in Okla-
drilline homa, announced ui the last, is-
Ile has nearly enough in a 8116 that he would retire and that
block west of Medford and has
county. This year besides the
Medford delegation, the following
from the county were in attend-
ance :
Irvin Craighead, Nash; Mr. and
Mrs. Percy Wiles, Miss Miller
and Mr. Foster, Lamont; Mrs.
Miller and Mrs. York, Jefferson;
Rev. Engle, Wakita and Rev.
Bandy, Pond Creek.
Mr. Wiles of Lamont was elect-
ed a member of the state execu-
tive committee.
9-26-5 $4,200
I. N. Elliott et al to Samuel W.
Miller, 10 feet off south of lot
"I will do my best to run the
hotel so the people of Medford
will be proud of it as they have
2, all lot 3 and 5 feet off north been in the past," said Mr. Dar-
side of lot 4 in block 7 Walkers land.
Add. Medford $1,400 f Mr. and Mrs. Ausherman have
II. Naughter to Frank Evans. | moved back into their, home.
lots 13 and 14 block 48 Lamont.
If there was a find others would
receive the benefit.
"I hope to get the leases block-
ed up so drilling may begin in
May. It may not be possible but
I hope it will be. All depends
on blocking up the leasers. Find-
ing of oil or gas would be a
Oklahoma $5,500 BUSINESS CHANGES
Lawrence E. Brain, Adminis-
trator to M. L. Thomas, lot 21
block 25 Pond Creek $2001 Edward Pishny, owner of the
M. L. Thomas to F. P. Hulen. I furniture store at Deer Creek,
lot 21 block 25 Pond Creek. .$205! was in Medford visiting and
Sam P. Ridings to F. P. Hulen, transacting business Wednesday
lot 23 block 25 Pond Creek $100 and Thursday. IJe had just
J. L. Godfrey, Administrator, j bought out the stock of glass of
to G. W. McMullen. NE of NW the Citv Drug Company of Deer
and S\Vvof NW 17-26-4. .$1,520! Creek. * M. E. Wilkinson, who
Lewis Straka to Treat Wells. \ has run the drug store for years,
NEV4 Sec. 15-27-5 $1;and was for awhile postmaster
great thing for Medford and
Howard Strasbaugh would suc-
ceed him as editor and manager.
Recently Mr. Strasbaugh com-
bined the Grant County Social-
ist with the News and became as-
sociated with Mr. Welker. Mr.
Welker announces that lie will
probably take up lecture work
and will retain his home in Gol-
try.
FRUIT DAMAGE SLIGHT.
Grant County Still Receiving
Lots of Moisture.
HIGH GUNS AT CALDWELL.
Strider and Hardy Attend Week-
ly Shoot There.
John Strider and Dr. I. V.
[Hardy of the Medford Gun Club
were the guests of the Caldwell
Gun Club Monday afternoon.
Professionals Gregg of the Win-
chester and Gross of the Dupont
were guests as was also Dr. Antle
of Renfrow. The Medford sports-
men report a fine time, say they
were treated nicely and that
Caldwell has an excellent and
well equipped shooting ground.
Gross broke 65 of 75 and
Gregg 62 of 75. Strider was the
high gun among the amateurs
with 60 of 75 and Dr. Ijjtardy and
Dr. Antle came next with 57
each out of 75. Caldwell's crack
shots got off bad, Caldwell who
usually does much better leading
with 34 out of 50 and Miller com-
ing next with 49 out of 75.
'ruor Crime's pet scheme oi' abol-
ishing township officers and con-
solidating county offices. It is
proposed to lift the responsibility
off the shoulders of the legisla-
ture and place it 011 the people
of each county. Lemon and
others have introduced a bill
providing for the calling of an
election in any county on a peti-
tion of ten per cent of the peo-
ple to decide whether the town-
ship officers in such couuty shall
be abolished. It is proposed to
deal with the abolishing and com-
bining of county offices in the
same way.
No Opposition, No Office
The Patriot is in receipt, from
Senator Curren, of an act passed
by the recent regular session of
the legislature abolishing the of-
fice of police judge in cities of
less than 12,000 populatioli. I'ond
Creek is the only city affected
in Grant county and j. F. Dar-
rough had filed as a candidate
for election as police judge. He
was unopposed but is elected to
an office that 110 longer exists.
The act provides that the mayor
shall perform the duties ot' police
judge.
BEAT CONSOLIDATION.
Manchester Voted Yes but Farm-
ers Said No.
Article 9 Again.
Among the bills passed at the
recent session of the legislature
is one again submitting to the
people the question of the repeal
of Sec. 9, Article 9 of the con-
stitution which has hampered
railroad building by prohibiting
the sale of domestic roads to in-
terstate roads. The bill provides
for an election August 5th. 1913.
CRUCE APPROVES BILLS
Grant county was visited by
AT DEER CREEK Grant county," said Mr. Ernest.Isnmv storm I uesday night,
111 ] driven by a cokl stitl wind from Ljon of
the north. Farm work has been
Manchester City district by a
vote of 91 to 36 declared in fav-
or of the consolidated district
school, but the proposition was
defeated by the outlaying dis-|0"e creates Fund for Benefit of
trict, No. 12. The vote there Dumb Animals,
was 28 110 and 11 yes. A bard «
fight was made on the proposed A,,um«f ll(> '!llls that ,1;m' been
consolidation in the eitv of Man- a1PI)I'°V,'<l y Govm,or ( " :ri' a™
chester on the ground that the th® fo,,o;v 'g:i
city would bear the great share! Acceptance by state m *1.000
of the expense for the construe- to be P,aced 1,1 a Muskog.-e bank
Medford Markets.
Corrected each week on Thurs-
day morning.
Wheat
NEggs, cash,
Biuch interferred with and there 1
Eggs, trade, .
Butter, trade,
Butter, cash,
Hens, .. . .
Kafir corn, ..
Frank II. Crawford to Myron there, recently sold out and is j Com,
Crawford, lots 21. 22. 2:*. 25. 26. opening a drug store in Black-lOats.
27 block 54 and lots 26, 27, 28. | well. Mr. Wilkinson is a popu-J Hides
29 block 45 Nash .-.$10llar and expert druggist and is Roosters .. .
('iirtki Stockton to Thomas M.lsure to make a sueeess. Mr. I Butter fat,
_ new high school build- f 4 P';r «>ent compound interest
ing but the vote showed the senti f01' 2;1° -™s and at th. expira-
• .... , f . + „ .nicut one sided V the citv in |;on ot that time to be used for
is still some oats to plant. But ,-,vor of the propositioil' aml the benefit ot horses, mules and
the rain and snow that has inter-, 8trwngly agaillst it ^ the C0U1J other dumb animals.
ferred with planting has placed L whepe it was supposed tllJ Bill permitting summoning ot
the ground in perfect condition Lon8olidated s„hool id^ had t|1(Jsra d Pet,t jurors by registered
and wheat and oats will make a|stron«est hold mail.
rapid growth. [ b ' [ Bill providing for stat * tpies-
Bridge Bids Returned Jio"s t0 be su,)niit^d on s.-parate
_ j ballots.
45.When inquiry was made of Geo. Finding that the cost of the Bill authorizing guardians and
,. 6 ^ erian and others they claimed 1 concrete bridge on West Chero-1 executors to mortgage propei*-
-40 that with the possible exception kee Ave. would be greater than ty of wards in interest .> estate.
•19;Of the apricots there had been|tliey had anticipated the city J Bill requiring witnesses in
.051 but little damage and that the trustees returned the bids for criminal cases to be examined in
.28 cold had done the apples good. J the construction of the bridge to presence of defendant.
the rain and snow that has inter-
♦77
.13
.14
.20
-17 J It was feared the cold weather
• 11 had done much damage to fruit.
p. , . ~ a ,, r> . . • -mi. cold natl done the apples good. the construction ot the bridge to presence of defendant
Elsenrath, lots <, 8. Nunia. . . .Jl Rogers, ot tamer, is moving to Cows, ' 05| Because of th,- storm Wednes- th.- bidders unopened. The mat-1 Bill barring Greek I. *t< r fra-
I IV viMrr.J° .D,iI,)wr (to run tlle store j Steers. ( tt day the rural mail carriers could t.-,- will be taken up again wh.„; temities and se.-r.-t ..-i.-tiis
Laughnn, NE'/4 32 and NK',4 Seejthere. jHogs, 8.50 not make the trip. .money is more plentiful. from Oklahoma high sc. . .Is
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