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Duriij Put Week
' Paring the past week the fol-
lowing have paid for The Tribune
and they have the' thanks of
the publishes r
H R Dodd ‘ $ 2 Isaac Deck 91
N W Trefrvn ‘ lO D Stewart 1
J S Richardson 2 E F Randol 1
R J Sterrett 1 t
Fiaet $100 ui Casts
The usual week-end brawl was
pulled off Saturday night which
resulted in the arrest of the
Weeks brothers Jim was drunk
and bis brother resisted an offi-
cer Zeke attempted v to help
Jim outof the difficulty by hold-
ing different men who had been
deputized from helping ’ Mar-
shal Keller Each johe of the
men was arranged before Judge
Ross who fined them $300 - and
costs which amounted tp $900
apiece “There must be an end to
these 'stunts’ in Thomas” said
Mr Keller “and the quicker the
‘bunch’ finds out that I am mar-
shal of tnis town the better off
they will be”
Du’t Delt
A Kansas editor tried the ex-
periment of telling the truth the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth in his paper It is said
that he was immediately taken
to - the hospital for treatment
after publishing the following:
' The bride is an ordinary town
girl who-don’t know any more
about oooking than a rabbit and
never i helped her mother - more
4 thad three days in her life She
is not a beauty by any means and
- has a gait'likh a dock The
groom is an up-to-date loafer
who has been living off " the old
folks and don’t amount to shucks
no how They will have a hard
- life while they live together
Moral:— Never try 'being a
Kansas editor nor telling the
truth
SaallFiit
An alarm of fire from the Chas
Parks residence near Kennard
'Cottage brought out the fire de-
partment Wednesday morning at
8 o’clock The hoflse is occupied
by W H Hurlbert and the fire
caught fim a match that had
been dropped in a closet Cloth-
ing was damaged but there is
little loss on the dwelling
Official Tata as AacMmat
The official vote ' on the re-
cent amendment to Article 9
Section 9 of the state constitu-
tion was certified to Governor
Cruce last week by the State
Election Board The vote was
as follows: 46602 for and 41768
against giving a negatfte ma-
jority of 4894 ‘
Hiaritl Servlet
Memorial services will be held
at the Christian Church next
Sunday afternoon at 280 o’clock
The sermon will be preached by
Rev C M C Thompson and
' there will be appropriate music
All are invited -
if the Clean Rapert
On another page will be found
the census report of Oklahoma
towns and cities' Cut the re-print
from The Tribune and keep
it for future referenee
' Prime TkaatreTkarsfay Rikt
Come out and see the life of
Moses at the Princess Theatre
Equally good for old and young
May 25th i " - f
Picnic at Sckaal Building ail Exerdae
at the Opera Heuar
Commencement exercises will
be held at the Opera House Fri-
day night May 26th An inter-
esting program hds been arrang-
ed Rev F EL Gordon will deliver
the class address' He will tell
you something worth hearing
Show your interest in the school
by attending '
Admission 10 cents for 'all
school child ren over ten years of
age All others not members
of the public school 15 cents
The proceeds will be nsed to de-
fray the expenses of the enter-
tainment t
Don’t forget the picnic at the
High School building Friday
Everybody come and bring yoar
baskets well filled
Wkirlwiad Iadiaaa Cesriaf Satarday
For the first time in the history
of Thomas a genuine Cheyenne
Indian ball team will play The
Travelers here next Saturday
afternoon The boys come from
Whirlwind Mission and are an
extra good lot of players Rumors
of their many victories have been
beard in Thomas and it took Man-
ager Wesely a long time to nerve
himself up to the point of accept-
ing their challenge However
the locals believe ’they can show
the Indians a few points they
don’t teach across thqrivpr As
the attendance has been very
light -during- this - season it ’ is
hoped this game will draw a large
crowd Unless more people go
in the future Thomas will be
without a ball team in a very few
Weeks ‘ -
- Night WatduMU Needed
Since the recent disastrous
fire in Thomas talk of a night
watchman is revived A mer-
chants’ police is as necessary as
insurance and Thomas cannot
afford to be without such an offi-
cer Fifty men in Thomas could
well afford to give $1 per month
each for a night watchman
There is security in this and
property owners will not be in a
nervous strain sleeping with one
eye open By all means let’s
employ the night map to patrol
the business district - at least
Pass the subscription list and
don’t slight The Tribune
New Livestock Trail
The Frisco railroad has in&ug
u rated a fast special livestock
train which leaves Thomas every
Sunday morning at 11 a m for
Oklahoma City ' This service is
a great help to stock shippers as
the train will arrive In the new
Oklahoma marketat midnight' of
the same day
Fall hew ScaffeM
J M Vanansdell while work-
ing on the Ossie Hearing resi-
dence on west Broadway fell
from a sixteen-foot scaffold last
Wednesday afternoon While
no bones were broken Mr Van-
ansdell has been unable to leave
his room sines the accident
APiakSatarfayv t
The students of Miss Bessie
Campbell’s sad Miss’ Myrh Hen
dryx’s rooms held s picnio on
Deer creek Ssturdsy afternoon
Their Instructors acted as chap-
cross All the pleasures of pic-
sicking were enjoyed
Editor Select Site far Pensaseat Beau
at Hedidic Park
It was s grand 1 meeting that
the editors of the Oklahoma Press
Association held at Cbickasba on
May 19th an 20th There were
no disappointments but there
were great and pleasant sur-
prises all through the best meet-
ing that was ) ever held in the
new state The attendance was
larger than J ever ‘ before and
there was not a dnll moment in
the entire proceedings Many
of the editors brought their
wives and families in order to ed-
ucate them in the way in which
country journalism is made suc-
cessful -
The many entertainments pro-
vided by the citizens of Cbickasba
were vmore elaborate than the
visiting editors had ever enjoyed
before on a ' similar occasion
The balls receptions banquets
automobile rides and other hospi-
talities were lavish in the ex-
treme Neither pains nor money
were spared to make the editors
enjoy themselves — and they did
The Association is indeed in-
debted to Editors Ged H Evans
J W Kayser Bryce Smith and
the following splendid citizens of
Chickasha: B B Bridges chair-
man J B Burton J R Aber-
crombie J R: Callaham C M
Fechheimer F R Linton C
Schlotterbeck B F Johnson A
8 Gilkey J C Good T H Dwy-
er Dr S O Marrs Dr 'C P
Brown" "R ITI-Thweat “A
Cochran W T Phillips W H
Gilkey J O Burgett J L Olive
J D Buie’ J W S peake J A
Temple and Roy Maxey
- Chickasha is one of the moat
beautiful cities in Oklahoma and it
is made up of some of the best cit
izens on earth ' They are a pro-
gressive generous lot who believe
indoing things — and they do
Every editor In the state today is
indebted to the -magnanimous
ipirjt of hospitality that exists ia
Chickasha In fac’ the editors
were so much impressed with
the beautiful town on tbe Washi-
ta that every one 1 o( them vow
they will return -there soon to
become better acquainted ' with
these excellent peopler
The following officers were
elected for the ensuing - year
President Horace Shepherd of
of the Altus Times first vice
president George Smith of the
Chandler Tribune second vice
president' Mrs Frank" Russell
of the Hunter News third vice
president M C Falkenburg of
the Miami Record-Herald sec re
tary and treasurer EL 8 Bron-
son of The Thomas Tribune
executive committeee first dis
trict Ed Ingram' Kingfisher
second district J Kavanaugh Al-
va third district A L Kates
Claremore fourth district Jesse
G Curd Hugo fifth district
Mrs Lucy Eastman Chattanoo-
ga national committeeman John
Golobie Guthrie
There was only one thing to
mar the pleasure of some of the
editors and that was when the
poet laureatesblp was wrested
from CoL pisxfente Dongles of
Muscogee and Hon P P Duffy
of El Reno The mag who won
the honor was sprang at the last
moment and was a “dark borne”
in the ' poetical horison He is
Mr John Hampton Williams of
the Hollis Tribuae and pa his
All SeMien Ledge Chsrckca ail Citi-
xeu Invited to Participate
In obedience to a custom estab-
lished by our comrades fathers
andfriends setting apart the 80th
day of May in each year as tbe
day On which we should decorate
the graves of our departed com-
rades and friends and that we
may -better observe and perpetu-
ate this custom a cordial invita-
tion is extended to all old soldiers
of the blue and grey! Spanish-
American war sehools churches
and officiary of the city secret
and benevolent orders and all
citizens of Thomas and vicinity
with their arms laden with flow-
ers to assemble at the Woodmen
hall at 9 oclock Tuesday morn-
ing May 30 The line of march
will be formed under the direct-
ion of the marshal of the day D
V Mayfield assisted by J C
Bender as follows: Band school
children under direction of Prof
Harris soldiers city officials
societies and citizens Arriving
at the cemetery short addresses
will be made by Rev L W Scud-
der and members of tbe M W A
The decoration of the graves will
be unde the direction of Isaac
Ogden and C Warren Scott
At 1 :30 the firemen will give a
drill at the corner of Main and
Broadway after which the follow-
ing program will be rendered in
tb&opera boose begining prompt-
ly at 2 o’clock:
Bong Choir
Prayer L--RevC Mi C Thompson
—LHon WillU Oooke
(Capt J T Riley
Song i -r Choir
Address: Hon R A Phillips
Song Choir
Benediction Rev D L Doub
brow rests tbe crown of the mu-
ses Col Douglas and Mr Duffy
fought hard for the honor but
when they had passed through
the fire of the Gridiron Banquet
they were vanquished
On May 21st tbe editors went
to Lawton and from there to Fort
Sill A Concert was given by
the post military band Tbeciti-
zens of Lawton provided a hun-
dred automobiles and took their
guests twelve miles northwest to
the famed Medicine PArk where
a sumptuous dinner was served
by the generous people of Law-
ton among whom were Senator
J Elmer Thomas Editors John
Shepler Victor Spaulding and
E L Greagory
'After looking over the splen-
did water and scenery at Medi-
cine Park tbe editors held s brief
businesa session and concluded
to erect a permanent club house
at the foot of Medicine Park the
highest peak between the Rocky
and Allegheny mountains The
building will cost $10000 and is
to be a meeting place for the As
sociation in the future Many of
the editors signify their inten-
tion of erecting summer homes
there (
Every member of the press is
indebted to the Frisco Railfoad
Company and especially to C O
Jackson the whole- souled end
efficient' passenger agent Tbe
editorial special from L Wtop to
Chickasha and return was ran on
perfect time and the feditora
were greatly pleased Mr
Jackson is one of the best rail-
road men in the Sooth west He
is a square dealer and he expects
the seme kind of treatm ent from
his fellow
Ream Filth frea the Alley ui Ex ter-
aiaate Bern Peetx
‘The laud was corrupted by
reason of the swarm of flies ’’says
tbe Book of Exodus referring to
the plague of these Insects ik
Egypt' The common house fly
has followed mankind since the
dawn of history He lives only
where man has made his home”
writes Eld ward Hatch Jr in the
Survey ‘Though the sacred '
writers had some appreciation of
the prestiferous nature of the fly
it is only comparatively recently
that we have learned that we have
learned that he deserves the title
of the most dangerous animal on
earth
“The people of this country
spend over $10000000 annually
for screens to protect themselves
against flies and mosquitoes The
monetary cost to tbe nation be-
cause of the fly even without the
infinitely more important consid-
eration that should make each of
us guard the health and life of
ourselves and our families forms
an effective argument in favor of
the extermination of the fly pest
“For the fly plague need not be
endured as a visitation of Provi-
dence -It may be stamped out
by the systematic adoption by in-
dividuals and by the public of tbe
method of cleanliness Thh fly is
born in lives and thrives upon
filth If no filth is allowed to ac-
cumulate jq a house or its neigh-
borhood it will ' not be troubled
by flies- for they do not ordinarily
stray-far from— their ’"breeding
places and their sources of food
In s thoroughly clean neighboor-
bood they cannot live in the face
of screens preventing their ac-
cess to food and in tbe absence of
manure heaps and other reept-
acles for filth in which to deposit
their eggs”
Iwpievea WitkAfe
James T Riley reached his
seventy-fifth anniversary last
Monday Mr Riley is as sound
mentally and physically as he
was thirty years ago -He looks
no older than many men do at 50
years Mr Riley is the “town
lot” man and he is a veritable en-
cyclopedia so far as the city of
of Thomas is concerned He is
hale hearty and active and bids
fair to be in business many more
years
Cdebntiea at Watoaga
The old soldiers of Watonga
are going to have a' big time on
Decoration Day 1 Post Com-
mander J El Gifford has the af-
fair in charge and he extends an
invitation to everybody Speak-
ing a camp fire and music by the
Yukon Drum Corps are some of
the principal features of the en-
tertainment They are prepar-
ing for a large crowd
Held Grecery Neves
B F Stutzman announces that
the Model Grocery stock will be
moved tomorrow to the Bess - A
Hunt store four doors north
The Model stock will be kept
there temporarily or while the
burned building is being repair-
ed Float Cettos
'“Plant ootton” la the slogan
sent out by the State Board of
Agriculture Cotton was planted
in Osage County on June 9th
Ootton planted in Washita Coun-
ty on May 23th made a net profit
of $2380 per acre
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