The Oklahoma Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 1915 Page: 2 of 6
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THE OKLAHOMA DEMOCRAT. ALTUS, OKLAHOMA
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Tilt OKUHOM* DEMOCRAT
Stephen W. Johnson, Robinson &
Hamilton, and Eugene Powell,
Publishers.
EUGENE POWELL
Editor and Buainess Manager
large proportion of the 1914 crop waa
bold by the Oklahoma p/oducer for
from 62 to 65 cents per bushel. Some
farmers are reported to have nold
their 1913 crop* aouie time ago at
11.25 per bushel. The most conserv-
ative grain dealers have estimated
that the market for uew wheat will
atart considerably above one dollar.
I The harvesting of this big crop will
; make an extraordinary demand for
Entered as second-class matter i b°r """l «he state department of la-
February 1, 1908. at the Postofiice bor u alreaa>' makln« 111 ^n «•
^ ii. i i. * . -i distribute to the harvest fields six-
>t Ahu.. Oklahoma. undtr act
Congress March 3rd, 1879.
ORDER FOR HEARING PKTITION
Well, anyhow, It Is uot the first time
that spaghetti and bock beer have
rose up and revolted against each
other—either In Europe or this
country.
It is more than probable that the
report of Duval West. President Wil-
son's personal investigator of condi-
tions in Mexico, will only be to quick-
en our watchfulness and make more
patient our waiting.
In the County Court In and for
Said County and State.
State of Oklahoma. Jackson Coun-
ty, ss.
In the matter of the estate of Jaa
ETAOl SHRU SHRD CMFWY CMFW
In the matter of the estate of James
B. Jackson, Deceased.
The petition of H. B. Rellenger as
administrator of the estate of James
B. Jackson, Deceased, having been
hands. In 1914 the department had! presented to this Court, praying that
Its first experience in a large way In {an order be made authorising said pe-
providing help for the w heat growers, j tltioner to sell the whole or so much
distributing about fifteen thousand' and such part of the real estate de-
men to the harvest fields. With last j scribed in said petition as the Court
year's experience, the department ex-1 shall Judge necessary and beneficial
pects to be able to meet the greater
demand this year with greater ef-
ficiency—Harlow's Weekly.
prof. McClelland will leave.
The close of the present school
j year terminates the connection of
I |>rof gert McClelland with the Altus
For what ex-Congressman Hobson schools as principal for seven years of
condemns President Wilson in unbri- the High School.
died criticism the rest of the country The news is received with unfeign-
gives praise and thanksgiving. But ed and universal regret. Prof. Mc-
then, the people are not supposed to cielland came to the Altus schools
know what to do or what man to ^itli Superintendent Decker seven
follow. years ago—the period of time during
which our school has evolved from a
At this time of year when the very ni0(jest institution to one of the
smooth-faced youth of Europe is being verj. (jegt gystems in the entire state,
called forth to take their place in the, -p0 jjjs work and methods are due
trench. American colleges and high jR great par^ ^e thoroughness of the
schools are turning out a new clas->' worjj jn our high school, which is
to recruit the corps of industry, sei- sentjing: boys and girls out into the
ence, art and education in this glori-j wori^ ag weu equipped and prepared
ous land of promise and peaceful ag the g,-a(juates of any similar insti-
pursults.
The calling of thirty thousand Ital-
ian reservists to the colo-s in Europe
ought to open the a situation for
many of us.
tution In the country.
But It Is not only on our schools
Prof. McClelland will leave the Im-
press of his work and influence. The
absence of himself and wife will be
sorely felt in the social life of the
No, Brother Beavers, we are not on cjty And owjng t0 ^is eminent qual-
the wrong side of the fence as re- jtieg mlnd and character, his work
gards the fair proposition. Quite the|in the fraternal and church organiz-
reverse, and we were confident in the^atjong 0f tjje cjty has been of special
correctness of our position before; va]ue
we-fcast our penchant. And that isn't | a Cjtizen. who would be an asset
all—we know the sentiment of the anv town, the writer takes exceed-
people of the county in regard to the ;ng pieasure jn commending Prof. Mc-
matter. The Oklahoma Democrat1 ciella.t d in the very highest terms. At
stands for the interest of every town all times gentlemanly and courteous
and community in the county, and ac- and mo(jest and immaculate, his daily
cording to the suggestion of the Ori- example has been a great source of
ental Progress man, it will boost for inspjration to every young man and
the Jackson County Fair Association vm)ng woman tftat has come under
at Blair if he will support the Jack- hig supervision during his
son County FREE Fair at Altus. What here
say you Beavers? | it is announced that Mr. and Mrs.
— — McClelland will leave in a few days
In the light of the lessons of the for Kansas City where they will make
present world war. a comparative their fUtUre home and where he wfll
study of the national debt and wealth engage in business.
of this nation and Japan banishes the The wjshes of the entire city for
Yellow Peril, into the limbo of forgot- tllejr future good fortune and hap-
ten bogies. According to a recent ar- negg f0ji0W them.
tide by Samuel G. Blythe. the nation-.
al debt of the United States is onlj , THE CLASS OF '15-
about one billion dollars, and behind ^ thg clagg of twenty-four young
at public sale, and It appearing to the
court from such petition that it is
necessary to sell the whole or aome
portion of such real estate for the
purpose and reasons mentioned in the
said petition; therefore, said petition
will be filed herein and a time ap-
pointed for hearing the same, and It
Is hereby ordered that Friday, the
Eighteenth day of June,, Nineteen
Hundred and Fifteen, at the hour of
Nine o'clock A. M. of said day, that
being a day of the special term of
this Court, appointed for the hearing
of said cause, be and the same is
appointed as the time when all per-
sons interested in said estate are di-
rected and required to appear before
this court to show cause why an or-
der should not be granted to said pe-
titioner to sell so much of the real
estate of said decedent as is necess-
ary. And it Is further ordered that :i
copy of this order be posted in three
public places in Jackson County, one
of which shall be at the court house
in the City of Altus, and that a copy
of the same be personally served on
all persons interested in the estate,
any general guardian of minors and
any legatees or devices and heirs of
the deceased who are residents of
Jackson County at least ten days be-
fore the time appointed for the hear-
ing of said petition, and that copies
of this order be mailed to all persons
Interested in said estate as legatees,
devices or heirs of said deceased and
any general guardian of minors ao
interested with the postage thereon
prepaid and further that a copy of
this order be published in Tbe Okla-
homa Democrat, a weekly newspaper
published in said Jackson County, for
( two successive weeks and that the
labors' first publication shall be at least fif-
j teen days prior to the date of said
hearing.
Dated this Seventeenth Day of
Mav. Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen.
J. M. WILLIAMS,
County Judge
Dabney & Thorpe,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
(Seal.)
it a national, wealth of approximately
ladies and young men who will re-
one hundred and sixty billion dollars; dip]omag Qf graduation from the
while the national debt of Japan is ^ ^ tomorrow nlght
The Oklahoma Democrat joina*the re-
•hile the national
over one and r one-quarter billions,
, 1 ne UKlBUUllia 1/CUll/viav
practically a tenth of the total wealth Qf their {riendg -n extending
of that nation. We imagine that
those figures have the effect of mak-
sincerest felicitations on their auspi-
cious beginning of a broader and
(First published May 20, 1915.)
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 0*
LAND UNDFR FORECLOSURE.
. rauuw urtiinniiif- ^ ^ -
ing certain Imminent Peril is to feel un- ^ ^ q{ Me in aU Ug
comfortably lonesome. ! variety of interests and avocations.
this
PREPARING FOR OUR
!And while we fain would fill
GREATEST HARVEST sPace only with words of high praise
and congratulation, yet we feel that
Present prospects indicate that Ok-jwe would fall short of the whole duty
lahoma will harvest this year the 0f a friend should we fall to sound a
greatest crop in her history. The warning against the siren seductive-
government estimated at the first of ness of the happy thought that "I am
May. 1914, that the 1914 crop would a graduate'' The finishing of any cur-
be thirty-five million bushels. It was riculum of text-book study but marks
actually forty-eight million bushels. a step, and a short step at best, to-
With a proportionate difference in ward the goal of highest attainment
this year's May estimate and the act- possible for a human soul and mind,
ual yield the 1915 crop will amount to Yet we do not depreciate the high
sixty million bushels, which is nearly school diploma. It is a mark of at-
three times as much as the biggest' tainment that should form the object
crop prior to 1914. The acreife in of every boy and girl in Altus and
the wheat countries is larger than jackson county.
ever before and the wheat area has The present graduating class is the
been greatly extended. The counties largest in the history of the High
in the southwest part of the state, the School. And it is a body of fine
central, southern and eastern dist- young men and women, many of
ricts have greatly increased their ac- whom have shown marked ability as
reage. With an average yield equal' students during their four years in
to the yield of 1914 the crop may go High School. Great things are ex-
even above sixty million bushels. jpected of them all. and it will be the
The price is likely to be nearly pleasure of their parents and friends
twice as much as the price paid for to watch their career during the com-
the first 1914 wheat marketed. A ing years.
j KEEP YOUR MONEY AT HOME (
Our Choice Flour is sold by all merchants. J
? You can get it at the right figure. You i
I can get the right price for your grain and I
I all grain products at our mill. !
Notliy is hereby given that )n pur
suauce of an ■ •••" of sa'e If sued o't
of the District Court, cf .p.ckscn coun
j ty. State cf Oklahoma., on the 15th
clay of May, 1915, in an action wherein
Julius Burtschi was plaintiff and E.
H. Stroud and wife, Mamie Stroud,
and Mrs. Belle Patterson were defen
dants, directed to me the undersigned
Sheriff of Jackson County, State of
Oklahoma, commanding me to levy up-
on and sell the following described
property, without appraisement. Lots
nine (9) and ten (lOi in block sixteen
(16) in Julian's Addition to the town
of Altus, in Jackson County, State of
Oklahoma, to satisfy a judgment and
decree of foreclosure in favor of said
plaintiff and against said defendants
obtained and made in said court
the llth day of December, 1914, for
the sum of $1,093.73 with interest
thereon from said date until paid at
the rate of 10 per cent per annum, and
costs accrued and accruing in this ac-
tion and attorney fee as provided in
said judgment in the amount of $100;
I will on the 25th day of June. 1915,
at the hour of 2 o'clock p. ra.. of aald
day. at the front door of the court
house in the city of Altus in aaid
County and State, offer for sale and
sell to the highest bidder for cash,
the said property above described, in
the satisfaction of said judgment in
the full amount of principal, interest
costs and attorney fee.
Witness my hand this the 15th day
of May. 1915.
J C. FORD.
Sheriff of Jackson County, Oklahoma.
By R. F. (ioodloe.
Under Sheriff.
Dabney k Thorpe.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
LEGER MILL COMPANY
Altms, Oklahoma
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION
TO SELL REAL ESTATE
THOMAS W. ROSS
In the Countjr Court Within and i
for Jackson County, State of Oklu
boma.
In tbe matter of the Estate
James N. Thomas. Deceased.
-In-
.V. R. Stroud having filed his veri-
fied petition for the sale of real est-
ate described In bis said petition for
the reasons in said petition stated; It
Is ordered that said petition be and
the same is hereby set for hearing on
Friday, the 18th day of June. 1915. at
9 o'clock A. M. at which time all poi-
sons Interested In said estat? are re-
quired to appear and show cause, If
any they have, why an order should
not be granted for the sale of so much
of the real estate or said defendant
which is necessary for the reasons in
said petition stated. It Is further otd-
ered that a copy of this order be post-
ed in three public places in Jackson
County, one of which shall be at the j
court house door; and it further ap-
pearing that many of the names and
residences of the heirs of said dec-
edent are unknown it Is further or-
dered that a copy of this order be
published for two successive weeks in
The Oklahoma Democrat, a newspa-
per of Altus, Oklahoma, and that a
copy of this order be mailed to such
heirs whose names and post office ad-
dresses are shown by the petition to
be known to the administrator, and
that a copy of this order be person-
ally served on any heir resident In
Jackson County, Oklahoma, unless
such service is waived.
Dated this 17th day of May, 1915.
(Seal.)
J. M. WILLIAMS.
County Judge.
"THE ONLY SON
By
WINCHELL SMIT
Author of Brewster's Millions
H
n
election proclamation.
Wl—mi \om Need • Oeecral Task
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grovr'i Tuteka*
Chill Tonic is equally valuable ac a
General Tonic because it contains tbe
veil known tonic properties of QUIXCfB
1 IRON. It acta oa tbe Liver. Drives
; Malaria, Ranches the Wood and
By virtue of the authority vested in
me by the constitution and laws of
the State of Oklahoma and pursuant
to a resolution duly passed by the
Mayor and Council of the City of Altus
in the County of Jackson, State of
Oklahoma, at a regular meeting there-
of held on the 17 th day of May, 1915,
public notice is hereby given that a
special election is hereby ordered and
proclaimed to be held in the said
City of Altus, Jackson County, State
of Oklahoma, on the 1st day of June,
1915 for the purpose of submitting to
the qualified property tax paying vot-
ers of said City the following pro-
osition:
The proposition of issuing a nego-
tiable bond of the City of Altus,
Jackson County, Oklahoma, to the ag-
gregate amount of Ten Thousand
($10,000) Dollars for the purpose of
providing funds for purchasing nec-
essary lands for public park purposes
and improving and beautifying the
same and erecting the necessary pub-
lic buildings thereon; the same hav-
ing been declared a necessary public
utility, to be owned exclusively by
the said City of Aitus and to be de-
voted to the public use for the pleas
Will be shown at
THE WIGWAM
Tuesday, June 1
public use for the pleasure, recreation!
and enjoyment of the inhabitants of
said City, and the levy and collection
of an annual tax sufficient to pay the
interest on said bonds as it falls due.
Woman Cures Horse Colic
The men were away as usual. The
horse was bad. A lone woman could
not "drench" In the old way. She call-
ed up a neighbor and her men were
and also to constitute a sinking fund away_but; <We haTe Farrls ^
for the payment of the principal there- j Remedy ^ you dn)p Qn ^ honje,3
of within twenty years from their' e„ say9 Mrfl Nelghbor. So she
date, said bonds to be dated on thelcame QVer and dropped Farrig Co„c
1st day of June, 1915, and to become, Remedjr on the horge.8 tongue ^
due on the 1st day of June. 1935, and the horse wa8 we„ wheQ the men
bearing interest at a rate not to
ceed 6 per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually
□
□
YES.
NO.
(The voter will indicate his prefer-
ence by stamping in the square in
front of the word "Yes" and the word
"No")".
The polls at said election will be
ure, recreation and enjoyment of the. open at tbe bour of six o'clock in the
inhabitants of said City, and the levy j forenoon and will be closed at the
and collection of an annual tax suffi- jl0ur of seven o'clock in the after-
cr.me home. Moral: Get Farris Col-
ic Remedy so the women can cure
horse colic. We sell It at 50 cents a
bottle on the Money Back Plan. Owl
Drug Co.
Chiropractic is the scientific and
drugless method of removing the
cause of disease. Natural results-
Health. Investigate. It stands the
test. Consultation and spinal analy-
sis free. Dr. Adella 8immons, North
Side Square.
cient to pay the interest on said bonds
as It falls due, and also to constitute
a sinking fund for the payment of the
principal thereof twenty years from
their date, said bonds to be dated on
the 1st day of June, 1915 and to be-
come due the 1st day of June, 1935,
and to bear interest at a rate not
exceed 6 per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually. Said election Is to be
held at the following places in each
ward, towit:
First Ward in the City of Altus,
Howell building.
Second Ward in the City of Altus.
Bailey building.
Third Ward in the City of Altus,
Felley building.
Fourth Ward in the City of Altus.
Orr building.
The following persons are* hereby
designated and appointed judges and
clerks to conduct said election:
First Ward: Jack Shelton, judge;
R. Lanham, judge; H. Earl, clerk;
Tom Jackson, clerk.
Second Ward: Joe McClaren, judge;
G. D. Goodner. judge; L. A. Pelley.
clerk; P. P. Steele, clerk.
Third Ward: C. C. Mansfield,
judge; W. Y. Feely. judge; W. Z
Mitchell, clerk; W. C. Jones, clerk.
Fourth Ward: Tom Whitt, judge;
Will Hensley. judge; D. C. Oliver
clerk; T. A. Banks, clerk.
The ballot to be used at said elec-
tion shall be substantially In the fol
lowing form
SHALL THE CITY OF ALTUS in-
cur an indebtedness by issulns its
negotiable coupon bonds to the aggre-
gate amount of Ten Thousand (10.0«Oi
Dollar*, for the purpose of providine
fnnds for the purchase of necessary
lands for public park purposes and
mproving and besot if ying tbe same
Ad ersrtias tbe necessary public
buildings thereon, said public utilities
to be owned exclusively by the said
City of Altus aad to be devoted to the I
noon. All persons who are qualified
property tax paying voters of said
City within the requirements of Ses-
tlon 27, Article 10 of the Oklahoma
Constitution, shall be entitled to vote
at said election.
Given under my hand and seal of
said City of Altus this 6th day of
May. 1915.
(Seal.)
S. E. HICKMAN.
Mayor.
Attest:
J. H. Jackson, Clerk.
Cure Hog Cholera
The word "cure" Is seldom used In
connection with hog cholera. Why?
Because of the frequent failures. But
we use the word "cure" and guarantee
that B. A. Thomas Hog Powder will
cure 90 hogs out of 100. The record
today is a little over 95 out of every
100. so we guarantee 90.
We don't care what others may
think or say. We know what we are
doing and will sell you B. A. Thomas
Hog Powder, guaranteeing that It will
save 9 out of 10 hogs. It Is medicine
—straight medicine. It Is because It
Is straight medicine that it cures 95
times out of 100. For sale by Owl
Drug Co.
hollis postmaster weds.
On Thursday evening, at the home
of Mr and Mrs McCaleb. Mr Luke
Roberts, the Hollis postmaster and
Mrs W H Phillips were married.—
Olustee Democrat
CmCHESTERSPILUS
Mk.t A-4 T—' •
We will trade for your old Furni-
ture. See us before you sell or buy;
we can aave you money.—Goodman-
Floyd Furniture Co.
WhMMver Yon Need a Ops era! Toalc
Take drove's
The Old Standard Grove's TssSaleis
chill Tonic is equally valaable as a
General Tonic becauae it contains the
well known tonic propertieaof QUINIKS
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
ont Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Bnilds up the Whole System. 90 easts.
It Rises to All Occsstoss.
The quality of oux breed sod
rolls is well known to our old pa-
trons, but in this thriving com-
munity where welcome strangers
are locating among us every day,
we feel it only just to these new
comers that we tell them where
the best si to be had If you will
remember to order from
ALTUS STEAM BAKERY
anything or everything known to
thc Beer's art you will make no
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