The Cordell Beacon (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1918 Page: 4 of 12
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The «nthuaiaam already armwed will
■at tall off; oo the contrary It will
OfctaliMM Makee Pine Showing m kpow "d "n™ toton*. sweep.
In* every Met Ion of the lUte.
flPMt Liberty Leon Drive Get*
Under Way.
Oklahoma City, April 10.—Th«
treat Third Liberty Loan drive haa
opened with a rush 1b Oklahoma and
there la every indication that all
record. will be broken and that tbia
*tate will make a splendid showing.
Under the director of the State
Council of Defense all the machinery
of the county council* and school dis-
trict . organizations haa been placed
at the serried of the manager* of the
loan and In thl* way it has been pos-
Bible to bring the subject home to ev-
erybody.
Famous Men Coming.
The camiialRn. which began Apr'I 6,
la expected to continue four to aix
weeks J. H. Gordon, of McAlester,
Is to charge as State Chairman and
the state haa been divided Into eight
districts, each diatrict being divided
Into counties Dtirng the campaign
Secretary of the Treasury McAdooj
will speak In the state; so will Char
ft IISEMIM health'
SEE
THE BLONDER
A MOTOR BAKERY.
A wheeled, electrically driven army
bakery, with a crew of only live men.
turns out six thousand loaves of
bread per hour. The inventors are
James and J. H. Oarvey. of Loa An
geles.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
A. E. Larsch and wire to Q. C.
Beaty. S 1-2 nw 3-l -l , $1,000. O. C.
Beaty and wife to J. H. McCarther.
S 12 NW 3 9-IH. $2.:i0fl Thos. F.
Nice and wife to D. Montgomery, 8
1-2 SE 29. W 1-2 SW 26-8-16.
J. A. Bannister and wife to Bun-
nie O. O. Hopkins, Pt SW 3-8 29.
$1,800. W. A. Bright and wife to
John H. Ford. L1IB 40. Cordell, $50.
G. W. Hodgen* and wife to R. W. Rod-
gera. L 1 NE NW 30 and E 1-2 SW
19-9-20. $5,000.
R W. Rodger* and wife to J. A.
Evans, E 1-2 SW 19-9 2d. $2200.
•Two Bottles of Tanlae Did Ma Mora, |t I, ••iievad hTat They Saa the
Good Than (varythinf Elaa - Blunder Thay Committed When
Ma Saya. They Drove Us Into War.
The EDISON
TONE TEST PROVES
that Thomas A. Ediaon has perfected an instru-
ment that Re-Creates the human voice An
Edison Re-Creation differs from a talking machine
reproduction in its fidelity to the human voice
and the music of human-played instruments
Every music lover knows that the talking
machine merely imitates, but
Ik NEW EDISON
R+Cremtes the human voice with such fidelity
that no one can distinguish between the singer
and the New Edison.
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C. R. THORNTON
Cordell, Oklahoma
Americanism
And The Third
Liberty Loan
Hot conquest, terror, blood and iron; but high
motors sad foariess sacrifice shall win for the
world a lasting peace and freedom.
That our boys on 'the line' may press confident-
ly forward, they must fed behind thorn our
united support; must know that America is
pouring out freely its energy and its materials
for victory quick and sure.
Let us each do "our bit"—and a little more.
You are invited to come to this institution and
inbscribe.
The State National Bank
CORDELL, OKLAHOMA
W. F Taylor, Pres. L L. Hull, Gash.
After I had spent every cent real Dispatches of April 6 say that near-
lied from the sale of my home, and |y ,11 tha Gorman papers received at
several hundred dollars besides. in Amsterdam have long articles devot-
try in* 10 recovar my health, two hot- ed lo ,he anniversary of the entrance
ties of Tanlac did me more good than of the I'nlted States Into the war
everything else put together, which Many of them speculate as to the
certainly was a wonder to me." waa wl.dora of dragging America into the
the statement made recently by Rob- war. and some think It was unwise
ert A. Land, a motorman on the El The Tagll.che Kundachan says:
Paso Electric line, who lives at 1013 "Germany lost her last chance t
San Antonio street. El Paso. Texas, keep the United tSates out when she
My health gave way five years failed to prevent President Wilson's
ago." he continued, "and I began to reelection because of his antiGer
go down hill so fast that for four man leanings, but It is well to re-
ears I wasn't able to do a lick of member that Mr Wilson will soon
work. My stomach was In such an come forward with another peace pro-
awful fix I had to force down what position.1
little I ate and nothing gave me any The undertone of all the comment
nourishment. Evan the raw egg. and leads one to believe that they see
milk I lived on soured on ray stomach the blunder committed when they
and I would be almost choked with drove us Into the war
gas and my heart acted so strangely
I was afraid something was wrong Daylight Saving and Gardens.
with It. I have been a railroad man .
ever since I waa able to work and Oklahoma City, April 10—Accord-
was exposed to all kinds of weather, in* to reP«rts to the State Council
but I was so full of malaria, and my of Def«",a® 'rom every part of Okla
system had been weakened so by five homa •he daylight saving plan has
•pells of pneumonia during the last rps"I,8«l In a great Iscrease In the
four years, that If I got wet In a "'""iber of home gardens. Thousands i
shower the least bit it laid me up °' householders are employing the
several days with a cold extra hour of daylight In grooving
"Well, sir. It was the greatest sur- veS«taMes. thus saving money, galn-
prise I ever had the way Tanlac took ,n* health, increaslne food produc-
hold and began to straighten me out t,on *nd he,Ptog win the wnr.
right from the start I kept on im-
proving every day till now I have MITTEL EUROPA.
such an appetite I am ashamed to
eat enough to satisfy my hunger and '*erhaps we could have kept out
I can enjoy my meals tor the first of ,he w*r wi,h 'he centra! powers,
time In year. Nothing nnrts me any but ,f we had d0"" so- we rou,d not
more. I sleep like a log and get up in !h,ve scaped It for long. Prussia
the mornings ready for my Job. I lonK slnce determined on world pow-
work ten hours a day without getting! er The "nbltion of the Kaiser, and
tired like I did before and am strong- at of the nillltary and the ruling
and more vigorous and have gained 1" to dominate the world. To
In weight. Why. I have been soaked1 arcon,P"Bb this they hesitate at
to the skin several time* during the no,l,,ng: no scruple. are in their
past two weeks and It didn't hurt me ' wa> Their object is to fill their *ub-
in the least. 1 Intend to keep up the ! Ju&atwl peoples with terror, and ac-
treatm-nt some time longer and I am ron>Pllsh their objecta by force. This
so grateful for what Tanlac Is doing! Pursued In their armies. The
for me that I want everybody to private soldier Is the subject of a
know If | tyranny that makes the blood boll
Tanlac is sold exclusively la Cor- '° he#r of M- 11 carried to the
dell by C. R. Thornton. In FOss by! common people through the soldiery.
Wright A Brad field, in Rocky by City A Ptv*llan must give the sidewalk t o
Drug Store, la Sentinel by Houaer; * aoM,er. «nd must turn oat for him
Pharmacy, h Colony by Colony Drug °n th* highway. If a soldier strikes
Store and In Dill City by Dill Dmg Ihlnl h" ^are not resent it. it Is with
Co. i such a government that we are new
st war. A government in which the
MATTM OP CONCERN Individual la Just a pawn In the game.
TO ENTIRE STATE '■ hla Hag Day address. President
■ .Wilson quoted from Maximilian Har-
Oklahoma City, April 10—The fol- din In the IMe Zukunft. these worda:
lowing resolutlor passed by the "All Morocoa la the handa of Ger
tSate Council of Defease, la of Thai m nJr: German cannon on the routes
Interest to the enti state- to K*jrpt *Bd 'J« "man troops
The government Jf the United " <h" ****** would
State, has called upon Oklahoma to / *. 7Th" °' ^
^ lu • • • When we fan put . ,000.-
""7 Te" °f German soldiers Into the field we
food for the people of this state and „hall be able to dictate to Prance the
feed for the livestock on the farms conditions upon which she raay pre-
so that it may not be neceaaary for aerve the empire of Northern Africa,
us to call for the use of transporta New France. • • We do not
.ion facilities so greatly needed in rteslre compensation either in Huei
SU^'y'"f <T *rn"M or on the Congo We have enteral
The United State. Department qf upon , gtniKK!e whJrh the „take u
Agriculture, through lu direct repre- ,he |>ow,.r aml fllture of the u,rman
sentatlvee in the agricultural exten- Empire" (Die Zukunft. Julv 2#
slon work throughout the state has The reading of that quota-
formulated a definite program of pro tlon Klvpfl U8 , t.onceptlon of the
ductlon based °n curate knowledge ,errtbleness of the German lust for
of what should be done The e.sen- power Such a thing I. Inconceivable
,e*«nre of ^ in our government, and it take* a
ma • r otton Acreage. long time for American* to awake to
No, more than one-half of the cul- 8llch . ron(Htlon. but lt upon Ult
tlvated land on any farm should be We are actlI>1Iy wlth „ Kt.
planted to cotton." pry oun,e of enerf?y and every ^
Supplemental to this recomme da- ...urce must be summoned to combat
tlon and of equal Importance with It ]|
are following recommendations
"There should be a garden on ev-
ery farm sufficient to .upply home
needs, consisting chiefly of products
which may be stored in their natura!
state or canned for winter use.*•
"There should be planted on every
farm not less than 1 acre of can.- or
Sudan graaa for each head of horaes
and cattle on the farm. __
"Corn should be planted only on pre.erve the valuables
land where corn produced a crop last Thw door„
were entered to
'T f°r ,h'" y"ar re ' h fh* "Hit No, a door was
o er land being planted to kafir. broken and !h«- combination was
milo, or feterlta for grain for f.ed, worked The )anl,or had lock.nl all
and to peanuts for feed and sale fhe ^ ,cft ,h„
Every elfor, should be mad- to There Is not a cr.tch n a .lo,.r ...
Increase poultry production and to furniture
produce on every farm a sufficient j The
""Kadi^CBOfSiBe
Prios has little to do with a Bargain; it is value you ars looking for. If yonj
W a low prios tor cheap goods you do not gain anythii*.
Tha soiling price of goods is based on Coat. Besides the actual cost of nsrj
chandiss from the wholesaler, cost also includes "overhead expenses, wfcialj
vary with conditions.
The merchant who does a credit business—even a thirty day credit business—
hss to add to the cost of his goods the expenses of book keeping, collections,
and lost accounts.
The merchant who delivers goods must add delivery costs—there is no way to
avoid it. If you believe that the saving of all these costs do not make a differ-
ence in the selling price of small items, just compare our prices with those of.
other stores.
A diaesaved now-day, counts. You must have grocTies-^rery time yon buy
them hers, you 81VI. Try it and prove it for yonreelf.
Fisher's c£r£d Grocery
1. S. niSUEB NOT
10 LOSE MICE
Inability to Personally Apply Provid-
ed for in Act, Saya Secretary
McAdoo.
'i< iuries may not be named except by
the insured. Whei. he prisoner Is
released from camp the beneficiary
or beneficiaries may then be deterra
Ined by him. If the insurance should
mature l>efore hla release, it will be
payable under the laws of intestacy.
Persons applying for insurance on
behalf of a soldier or sailor have no
greater rights with respect to Insur
ance than the soldier or sailor him
self.
GLASS IN
THE SOLDIERS' FOOD
Secretary McAdou announces that
American soldiers and sailor, held In ground
German prison camps before April 12.
1918. will not be deprived of the ben- ____
eflts of I'nlted States Government Ground glass haa ben found In
war Insurance because of their ob- nine different articles of food that
vloua Inability to make personal ap- weer shipped to the commissary of
plication provided such application the Nintleth Division at Camp Travl*
Is made in their behalf. I Fifty members of officers families
I'nder a Joint resolution of Con- and enlisted men have been made
greas, approved by President WlUon. nick from the effect, of It.
application for Government Insurance Investigation of the presence of
may be made on their behalf by any ground glass ha. been made for sev
person within the permitted class of e«| weeks. First ecort. to locate It
beneflciarlea under the military and failed aad persistent report* from tha
naval Insurance law. Thia class In- laboratory at Fort Sam oHuston raid
eludes wife, child, parent, brother or that there was no glaas found. Theae
slstor. "Child" Include, stepchild, reporto mused the Inveetlgation el
an acknowledged Illegitimate child, the laboratory, which 'bowed that
grandchild, and child legally adopted there were one Austrian, two Ger
six months before October «. 1917. mans and a Turk among the rhemhita
"Parent" includes a father, mother, assistants. These men were dealt
grandfather, grandmother, stepmoth- with .the report saye.
er, and stepfather either of the per- The ground glaas was la standard
son In service or of his wife. "Broth- brands of goods. Including one cer-
er" and "slater" Include brother or eal breakfast food, sausage, peanut
Slater of the half blood aa well as butter, canned goods, meal and flour.
those of the whole blood, stepbrotb
er and stepsister and those adopted TURKISH BRUTALITY.
Any of these relative, may appl - to
Washington n U l ">at "nee the middle of
Washington. D C for Insurance on last August more than moon
n k *" 8°,dler or Greeka living in Turkey either have
Mllor held n a German prison camp been killed by the Turks, or have
" ""h ™' O, '
tlon may be made by letter or by Forward'
, telegraph. '
Under the Joint resolution passed For Sale Good Piano. See Emma
by Congress the beneficiary or bene- Dysart at the post office.
TRJUN MEN El TEtH-
101 EMMIE
Bulletin Number Eight Will be Bsed
For Educational Purpoaea in the
Public Schools.
I war emergency course to train
selected men for machine-shop occu-
pations, blacksmlthing, sheet metal
working, and pipe fitting has been
prepared by the Federal Board for
Vocational Education and will be dis-
tributed to the srhoola throughout
the country. It is known as bulletin
No. S.
The board Is acting with the War
Department In preparing these cour-
ses of study and in dealing with the
Stoto authorities la charge of the
school work.
RAW COTTON TO SPAIN.
The War Trade Board haa granted
licenses for raw cotton to Spain In
quantity sufficient to load several
Spanish vessels. Thia action ptovMsn
cotton necessary te till the normal re-
qulremeato or the Spanish mills.
Under (he agreemeat with Spain
that nation permits free export to tha
allies of retrain commodities In re-
turn for which the United States per-
mKs. so far aa consistent with Its
conservation policies, the export to
Spain of neceasary suppHea of cotton
and other commodities to cover gen-
uine Spanish requirements
There are now four times as many
vessels In naval service as a veer
ago The estimated pay of officesu
and men In the Navy for the flrwt
year of war was tl2S.000.000
The Most Important Piece of
Furniture in Your Home
BAD A8 THE HUNS;
ROBBED A CHUrCH
The First Presbyterian church at
Oklahoma City was robbed Easter
night. The offerings of the morning
and night services were placed in the
vault, which was placed m the church
like )400 or ison.
SOLDIERS
■upply of dairy products and of pork
for home consumption."
County and school district coun-
cils of defense are directed to see to
It that every effort Is made to com
ply with these recommendations.
adapting their application to differ-
ences In local conditions existing A,,orney J°bn A Fain ordered the
ARRESTED
ENEMY
aliens |
On Monday United States District S
throughout the state.
A Patriotic Duty.
arrest of Frani L. Wallow and Peter I
Jensen. United State, aoldlers,
Failure on the part of any member stationed at Camp Doniphan l.aw
of the council of defense or any In- ton, Okla. The district attorney had
dividual fully to comply with and the arrest made on a presidential
carry Into effect these recommenda- warrant. They are said to be Oer-
tlons Is obstructing the moit efficient man enemy aliens and were serving
prosecution of the war and I. Indl in the aviation service They are
rectly lending aid to the enemies of confined In the county Jail at I<awton.
this nation
" '* ordered by the State Council PRESBYTERIANS ELECT.
of Defense that this recommendation t
be endorsed and that eounty and Sunday the Presbyterians held
school dl.trtct council, of defen.e be their annual congregational meeting
requested to co-operate In enforcing at which time they elected four new
this program and that failure on the officer^
part of land owners or tenant, to C T. Murrell and V. L. Prlbble
comply with this order shall at cnce were elected ruling elder.
be :cported to the State Council df H L. Rlgsbee and r<1 Wheeler were
Defenae. elected deacons.
As iiiilicult'd In tin- arrow* in the illiihlra-
ti'in, tliere are two positive, constantly cir-
culating currents of air in flie Automatic
Refrigerator.
One in tlie food chainl>cr always lip
Oue in the ice chamber—always jfoinn down.
There are no opposing currents to meet and
divert them.
The air ill the food chamber ascends and
carries with it all the muiaturc, pases ami
odors from the foods, lt goes clear to the top
of the food chandler, where it finds an open-
ing lending into the ice chamber. It enters
Is the Refrigerator. For upon your
refrigerator depends, to a Isrge ex
tent, the quality of your food dur
in* the hot weather. And your food
is of the greatest importance. The
right kind of s refrigerator save*
waste—and saves money, too. The
Automatic
Refrigerator
automatically and positively furn-
ishes the right kind of cold, dry air
circulation—absolutely free from
moisture, and insuring the best re-
suits with every food. Odors . f
foods, such as butter, onions, fish,
cannot mix in the Automatic. Eight
perfect insulating walla guarantee
your safety with an Automatic -
saving wasted food and doctors'
bills.
the ice Chamber through thia opening and
deposits nil the odors, gases and moisture
in a condensed form upon fhe ice. Comiiitr
in conflict with ice purifies the air.
Il. inc thus purified, the air then descends
and enters the food chamber at the bottom
ready to perform its function again
The partition which separates the food and
lee chambers in the Automatic being solid
the air cannot take short cuts from the food
chamber into the ice chamber, leaving the
upper part of the food chamber without eir
dilation.
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C. E. THORNTON, Furniture and Undertaking
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Anderson, A. W. & Macdonald, Roy B. The Cordell Beacon (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1918, newspaper, April 11, 1918; Cordell, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc270029/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.