The Okemah Ledger. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1917 Page: 2 of 12
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f AGE TWO
THE OKEMAH OKLA LEDGER
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2 1M7
THE OKEMAH LEDGER
OKEMAH OKLAHOMA
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CASTLE
ADVOCATES WATER
TANK ON EVERY FARM
M B Castle who has been devot-
ing a greater portion of his time the
past few years to his farms north of
Castle has a theory which he be-
lieves will solve the “hot wind" dam-
age in Oklahoma during the Sum-
ner Mr Castle advocates the build-
ing of a large pond on every farm
in Oklahoma from the Kansas line
through to Texas and then on south
to the Gulf through Texas Mr Cas
tie’s theory is that the winds sweeps
ing across the hot dry country north
(from Texas across Oklahoma wilt
pick up sufficient moisture from the
nany bodies of water that the fierce
burning heat will be cooled and our
corn crops will not be burned up
JNot only will the hot winds be pre-
-vented but each farm will have
plenty of water for stock and places
to raise fish for domestic use
Just recently the government in
its “Weekly News Letter” gives this
line of work attention and in an ar-
tide says:
"If the water which goes to waste
on the farm in times of plenty were
conserved for times of drought gar-
dens and fields might be saved from
failure and live stock from a sacri-
fice market Farm reservoirs store
water of streams pumped water or
run-off water until it is needed A
widely increased interest in pump
irrigation has created a demand for
storage facilities to retain the water
lifted by the pump overnight and to
provide a large irrigation? stream or
-the following day That farmers yho
contemplate building reservoirs may
le properly guided in the work a
stew publication Farmers’ Bulletin
828 “Farm Reservoirs” discussing
the various types and details of con-
struction recently has been pub-
lished by the United States depart-
ment of agriculture
Vs of Reservoir Should Determine
Type
“The use to which the farm reser-
voir is to be put should determine
the type of construction according
to the writer of the bulletin If it is
intended to ffse any part of the
stored water for drinking or even
for culinary purposes the entire sup-
ply must be kept free from polution
while if the supply is intended for
irrigation only the purity of the
water need not be considered If a
reservoir is intended for both irri-
gation and the watering of farm ani-
xnals care should be taken in plan-
ning and building so that damage can
not be done by the trampling of
stock Problems of building— how to
locate a reservoir when a concrete
lining is advisable how to “puddle”
an unlined reservoir how to build
inlets outlets wasteways embank-
ments and how to protect the res-
ervoir — all are discussed and illus-
trated in the bulletin
Sources of Water Supplies
“The most common source of sup-
ply for farm reservoirs is the well
from which water is raised to the
necessary height by a windmill gas
engine or electric motor The flow
from springs lakes flowing wells
and small creeks forms another
source qf supply Also in that bor-
derland between humidity and arid-
ity known as the Great Plains area
and throughout the arid region the
so-called “dry creeks” carry consid-
erable water at times Part of this
run-off the specialist declares oftert
can be led into reservoir and stored
for watering stock and irrigating
land In the Atlantic and East cen-
tral states and in fact throughout
the entire humid region water to fill
farm reservoirs generally can be ob-
tained readily at low cost from
spr'ngs lakes streams and shallow
wells Bogs or muck beds which
abound particularly in the Atlantic
coast states often can be converted
at smatl cost from mosquito-breeding
grounds into serviceable reservoirs”
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS—
HAVE A LOOK!
FENTRESS
NEWS
HENDLEY’S
AUCTION SALE
Of Registered
Shorthorn Cattle
OKMULGEE SATURDAY
DECEMBER 8 1917
1 o’clock Sharp Corner Grand
and Fifth Street
Forty-five cows and heifers
some Scotch and Scotch Tops
Twenty bulls from 1 year to 18
months old some Scotch and
Scotch Tops
Red Roans and Whites
Okmulgee Co is Above Fed-
-eral Quarantine Line
JOHN HENDLEY Owner
PERRY OKLAHOMA
D S Smithhisler Auct
Enid Oklahoma
' School is progressing very nicely
with about 40 enrolled Miss Anna
Armstrong will begin as assistant
December S
Rev J E Aiken rendered a very
able sermon to Fentress people
Sunday morning and evening After
the sermon a collection for state
missions was taken and $28 received
This is just double the apportion
ment for last year and the people
feel very grateful indeed There
was a good attendance at Sunday
school which convenes every Sum
aay morning at 10 o’clock and to
which every one is heartily wel-
comed J C Lewis was in Henryetta Mon-
day transacting business
Misses Vernie and Verdie Bass
spent the day with friends at Big-
ham Sunday
Mrs Grover Finks and children
who accompanied Mrs Knight to
Claremore returned with her the
latter part of last week Mrs
Knight is reported to be no better
tmd in a very critical condition
F M Casey who has been visit-
ing his son in Castle- returned home
Saturday 1 ? r -
Lorene Limpus was the guest of
Miss Jewel Benson Sunday
Mr and Mrs W M Motley from
McComb came out Sunday for an
extended visit with Mr and Mrs
J S Lewf?
Miss Mayme Tapley spent the
week-end with her parents in Oke-
mah Mr and Mrs A M Bass and fam-
ily visited with relatives and friends
at Bigham Sunday
160 acres— Northeast quarter of
21 13-9— located just 2 miles north
of Mason Okla About- 90 or 95
acres now under high state of culti-
vation and it is stated that some
£0 or 55 acres of that in cultivation
is choice alfalfa land — remainder of
the cultivated land bench timber
land There is more of the tract
tillable and good soil too Ordinary
3-room Ibox house and another set
cf old buildings are used for cribs
sheds etc There is a good well of
water and the place is fenced and
cross fenced Part of the pasture
land has been used for mow land
though it has been grazed the past
two seasons
I am informed on good authority
that this is a good piece of dirt and
really a bargain at
WITNESSES IN THE
i HAMMONDS MURDER CASE
The following witnesses from Wei
ty attended superior court Monday
s witnesses in the Hammonds mur-
der trial: '
Lon Gibson W M Shelton Frank
Shers J N Jones Nelson Keck
Mrs Mollie Smith Irene Smith
Charlie Smith Haskell Smith Art
Gooch J C Jones L Bozarth J A
Stiles V B Carroll A A Orrell
V I Craig S D Smith ' S L
Thornton J R Reames Dave Baker
Tom Baker J R May O C Jack-
son Mrs Laura Hunter Lillie Hun-
ter W: H Williams W: R Jones
J R Walker W M Curry G R
Curry G W Self Mrs John Hill J
A McKenzie A B Bozarth R E
McKenzie v ‘
Also the following from Castle: -Henry
Gooch C P Fine W H
Fine - Andy Starkey R' H Dugan
Bennie St Cyr
DIZZINESS IS ANNOYING
As Many Okemah Peopla Know Too
Well
When the kidneys are weak or dis-
ordered they fall behind in filtering
the blood of poisons As these poi-
sons attack the nerves the result is
only $6500 00 in spells of vertigo just as
SOLDIERS
THANK
LADY FOR CAKE
This place ought to carry a loan of j Hrwnicennesa will make a man dizzy
$300000 without any difficulty from the poisoning of alcohol Diz-
ziness headache ' backache and
Okemah Residence Property— One bladder trouble are all signs of weak
whole block 300 feet square A very or disordered kidneys and should
good 4-room dwelling house city n°t he neglected Use Doan’s Kid-
water in the yard ' good concrete I ney Pills the home-endorsed kidney
cellar good roomy sheds This Is remedy: Read this Okemah resident’s
the property now owned by Mr Wltatement: ’
W McGee and if interested you can Mrs Marion Coplin Okmulgee
see Mr McGee or your humble ser- Ave says: “I think Doan’s Kidney
vent Mr McGee has priced this I Pills are just fine Another of thp
pioperty to sell and therefore if family as well as I has had good
you want to pick up a good buy 1 help from -them 1 1 had a steady
believe this will fill the bill Mr Me- ache in the small of my back which
Gee would 'consider taking in good seemed to fairly draw me over baeje-
team of mules wagon and harness ward My head ached terribly and
i 1 1 would become dizzy and nervous
And thar ye air If you want ’em My kidneys were sluggish' and when
get busy Do not delay Do it to- 1 would take cold it would settle on
day Quit paying rent for you know my kidneys and cause - tae a good
the Lord gives— the landlord taketh deal of annoyance I bought Doan’s
away C E GUTHRIE Kidney Pills at the S F Smith
Okemah Okla Drug Store and they surely helped
me Doan’s quickly relieved the
trouble and it has been lasting”
Price 60c at all dealers Don’t
simply psk for a kidney remedy —
get Doan’s Kidney Pills— the same
that Mrs Coplin had Foster-Mil-burn
Co Props Buffalo N Y'
SLICK SHOWMAN SHORT
CHANGES FARMER BOY
E G Leeper a young man living
12 miles west of Okemah came in
to the show Monday afternoon and
bought a 25 cent ticket tendering in
payment a $50 bill The ticket Seller
very ceremoniously counted out to
him five $5 bills and 24 $1 bills ask-
ing him if that was right He then
took the money in his hand and
counted down the ends of the bills in
the young man’s sight and handed
them to him but held out three of
the-$5 bills without the young man’s
noticing it '
Leeper went to Dunlap’s store aft-
er the show to make some purchases
and there discovered that he was
short on his change and at once no-
tified Undersheriff W O Green
who had the boy swear out a war-
rant before Esq W J Lawrence and
after supper they went to get the
man but he had got wind of trou-
ble and left or hid
The manager was found and In-
formed in no uncertain way that the
show was not to be moved until the
stolen money and costs were paid
At first he was inclined to be a lit-
tle defiant but Mr Green soon conj
vinced him that busines had opened
up in earnest and he made gooJ like
little man
Moral: Don’t show a traveling
Veil1
That laagering Cold
is a steady drain on year
physical stamina It in
poverishes the - blood
distresses the digestion
and exhausts your vigor
It affords a fertile field
far serious infection aud is
likely to become chronic:
You Needn’t Suffer
from it if you will take Peruna
and use prudence in avoiding
exposure Peruna clean up
catarrjial conditions' Thous-
ands have proved this to any
fair person Get a box of the
tabieta tpday— prove it
self
uuneu louay — prove it your-
ii self Many
M i prefer
liquid form
wrtPVrca Both are
J food
good
w At your ding
gists
mratnu
cobpajtt
3
MU-
y
fail to attend and those interested
in our public schools will find it in-
stranger any more money than ou -
mean to pay him teresn and nstruct‘ve'
OKFUSKEE COUNTY
TEACHERS’ MEETING
The Okfuskee county teachers’
meeting will be held in Okemah Fri-
day and Saturday December 7 and
8 beginning at 9 00 o’clock Friday
morning An elaborate program hat
been prepared and an interesting
session is expected
President J M Gordon of the Ada
state normal will address the meet-
ing at 1 :00 o’clock Friday
Saturday forenoon Prof John E
Swain of the A & M college will
talk about "Boys’ and Girls’ Club
Work” a subject that should secure
a large attendance of the boys and
girls at this session
The meeting will close Saturday
night with an address by Hon S L
O’Bannon to the school boards of
the county which promises to be
well worth hearing x
Altogether considering the num-
ber of able teachers on the program
along with these special features the
meeting gives promise of being “the
best yet” The teachers should not
MORE CATTLE DYING
IN BEARDEN TOWNSHIP
Pete Rogers of Bearden township
was in town Tuesday attending
court and reported that he had lost
six head of cattle this' fall and
thought that their deaths was caused
by smut in the corn stocks He was
in hopes that the rain which fell
luesday morning would be suffi-
cient to wash the smut and dust from
the fodder and no more cattle
would be lost
There la nor Catarrh In this section
of the country then all other disease
pat together end for years It waa evp-
posed to bo Incurable Doctors prescribed
local remedies and by constantly falling
to euro with local treatment pronounced
It iscnrable Catarrh Is a local disease
greatly Influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and thereforo requires constitu-
tional treatment Hall’s Catarrh Medi-
cine manufactured by FJ Cheney A
Co Toledo Ohio Is a constitutional
remedy is taken Internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mueous Surfaces
of the System One Hundred Dollar re-
ward is offered for any case that Hall’s
Catarth Medicine falls to cure Send for
circulars and testimonials
FJ CHENEY CO Toledo Ohio
Sold by Druggists 75c
Hall's Family Fills tor constipation
t
or
KENNEDY’S?
Uf THE COUNTY COURT OF OKFUSKEE
COUNTY- OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the Estate of WiUiam
Tiger Minor Peter Knight Guardian
No 487
George Tiger Minor Homer Gray Guard I
ian No 1038
Probate No 1129
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE v
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Camp Bowie Texas Nov 25 1917
Mrs Berry Jones Okemah Okla:
Dear friend —
We receied the cake and sure
did enjoy it You ought to have
been here to see the looks of grati-
fication and gladness come over the
faces of the men when they learned
that it was a gift from a loyal Oke-
mah lady We certainly thank you
for the cake and am sure could you
have been here you would think that
this letter of thanks and appreciation
is rather a tame manner of express-
ing our appreciation compared to the
way us fellows pitched into it and
ate it
The men are all in good spirits I
We are as you are aware pretty
comfortably housed in our winter
quarters Our new men we had just
received a short while before yon
came are getting along nicely
Again thanking you for your nice
gift and expressing the appreciation
of the entire company for the favors
you have shown us I remain
Yours very truly
TOM HUSER
Member of Cassion Co No 1
GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER
Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by a disordered stomach
and inactive liver such as sick head-
ache constipation sour- stomach
nervous indigestion fermentation of
food palpitation of the heart caused
by gasses in the stomach August
Flower is a gentle laxative regulates
digestion both fn stomach and intes-
tines cleans and sweetens the stom-
ach and alimentary canal stimulates
the liver to secrete the bile and im-
purities from the blood 25 and 75
cent bottles Sold by Palace and
Liberty Drug Stores
Glenn Skinner and Jack Durkee of
eleetka were here Sunday ming-
ling with friends
Public notice i hereby given that pur-
suant to an order and decree of tale made I
by the County court in and for Okfuskee
county Oklahoma on the 25th day of Sept
ember 1917 -the undersigned Peter Knignt I
as guardian of the estate of William Tiger
minor and Homer Gray as the guardian of
the estate of George Tiger minor will at 2 1
o'clock p m on the 30th day of November
1917 at the front entrance or door of the I
building used as a court house In the town
of Okemah in said county sell at public
sale to the highest and best bidder or bid- I
ders and subject to the confirmation of
said sale by said County court all of the
rteht title claim interest and estate of the
aid William Tiger and George Tiger minors
in and to all of the following described rea
estate and premises lying and sttuate
Okfuskee county Oklahoma to-wit:
The southeast quarter of the north
west quarter and the northeast
quarter of the southwest quarter
and lot three (3) all in section six
(6) township eleven (11) north and
range ten (10) east of the Indian
base and meridian containing 119 77
acres according to the government
survey
Said sale will be on the following terms
and conditions to-wit:
Cash in hand ten per cent payable on the
day of aale and the remainder on confirma
tion of sale
This the 1st day of November 1917
PETER KNIGHT and HOMER GRAY
Guardians of the estates of William Tiger
and George Tiger Minors
C W Brewer Attorney for Guardians
First published November 15t3
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF OKFUSKEE I
COUNTY OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the Estate of Anderson'
Berryhill and Alice Berryhill minors
Joseph Bern hill Guardian 1
Probate No 249
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Public notice is hereby given that pur
suant to an order and decree of sale mad
by the County court in and for Okfuskee
county Oklahoma on the 16th day of Oc
tober 1917 the undersigned Joseph Berry I
hill as the Guardian ot the estate of An
derson and Alice Berryhill will at 2 o’clock
p m on the 30th day of November 1917
at the front entrance or door of the building
used as a courthouse in the town of Oke
mah in said county sell at public sale to
the highest bidder or bidders and subject to
the confirmation of said sale by said Coun-
ty court ail of the right title claim inter-
est and estate of the said Anderson Berry-
hill and Alice Berryhill minors in and to
all of the following described real estate and
premises lying and situate in Okfuskee
county Oklahoma to wit:
The southwest quarter of the north-
east quarter of section thirty-three
(33) and the east half of the north-
west quarter of section thirty-four
(34) all in township eleven (ll)
north and range ten (10) east and
The northwest quarter of the north-
east quarter of section sixteen (16)
township ten (10) north and range
ten (10) east of the Indian base and
meridtan
Said sale 'will be on the following terms
and conditions to-wit: N
Cash in hand payable on approval of sale
This the first day of November 1917
JOSEPH BERRYHILL
Guard an of the Estate of Anderson Berry-
' hill and Alice Berryhill Minors
C W Brewer Attorney for Guardian
First published November 15 t3 i
X - 1 I X f - V
I will hold a sale of personal property and offer x it for sale
at my farm 1 1-2 miles south and 2 miles west of Okemah 1
mile south of Greenleaf Bridge and 1-2 mile west on
Thursday Dec 01917:
' : Commencing at 10:00 o'clock a m
9 HEAD OF HORSES AND MULES
1 Sorrel horse 3 years old weight about
800 pounds
1 Bay horse 3 years old weight about
1000 pounds
1 Sorrel horse 2 years old weight about
900 pounds
1 Bay mare 4 years old weight about '
1150 pounds
1 Span mules 12 years old weight about
2300 pounds
2 Mule colts about 5 months old
5 Extra good milk cows all giving milk
11 Heifers from 8 to 14 months old
2 Steer calves 10 months old
1 2-Year old bulL
1 Heifer calf 2 months old
HOGS '
1 Brood sow with 7 pigs
1 Sow weight 175
3 Shoats yj7
f FARM IMPLEMENTS
1 Wagon 1 rubber tire buggy good as
new 1 top buggy good as new 1 set
single harness 1 set of double harness
1 walking cultivator good as new 1
1-row cotton and com planter 1 sec-
tion harrow 2 12-inch breaking plows
1 240-egg incubator 1 Duval separator
in use about two months 2 10-gallon
cans 1 saddle bridle and blanket
6 Tons of good prairie hay
50 Bushels cora)
100 Bushels of Cats
TERMS OF SALE:
On all sums oi $1000 and under cash in hand On all sums over
$1000 a credit of 11 months will be given purchaser to give note drawing
10 per cent interest with approved security I reserve the tight to pay pur-
chaser 2 per cent and retain property if the price bid is unreasonably low
J S
L Medlin of Tulsa'
week on business
was here last
J B VAN PELT and B W WILSON Auctioneers
A J MARTIN Clerk
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Gaston, O. C. The Okemah Ledger. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1917, newspaper, November 29, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1862072/m1/2/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.