The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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The Gra nite Enterprise,
VOL. XVil
Ciramtc. iirccr Oiuntv, Oklahoma, Friday, January 5. 1917
No 3S
WOTIIEK Tt'KNH HONS
INTO COt'NTY COURT
Mr*. Ut* C~smi WU. I'Mbk to Cm-
I ml Hot*. >M Mahr UrlihowL
live fact that the road* were AND-CLAY HtHIACK
THEIR road*. and that THEY ik ADOPTED For
were individually responsible for oz MiK Tk.UL
(heir maintenance. And this wa*
juat the add«>d force needed to The Ozark M-eting*ht Okla-
WCTB HAVK A FAR*
MIAN AIMOCIATION HHP.
WILLIAMS WOl'LD
AID DILINQUENTft
of
give the movement nn impetu* homa City laat week was attend-
Elvie and Stanley Campbell, that nothing could atop.
ed by (J. M. Brown nnd B. F
age 10 and 8. respectively. aorw . We know of a fellow who Vlin Duke member* of the Exe-
Mve;rrbz'zUn*i\zcu,iv"Con,m,'"f ,rr,hto,dir-<*- ***<* *««.■ *«***>■
take stock to the amount of five
per cent of hi* loan and he can
j in no case be responsible for any
Granite. Okla.. Jan. fl, 1916 graft at the maturity of every K#ror «i«> Mudrn •
Editor Enterprise: .mortgage. pioymrat Bureau fee
Why nut organize a farm loan U ha* been often said that Bo7>
Association at Granite. The Fed' amount of hin stock. Bank stock —
era) Farm Loan Tanking Law ih more than ten per cent of the Boone William*, warden
following their arrest on a have been able to find thu meeting was th" determination
charge of breaking into F. C, blasted thing. of the character of surafce for
Thompson^ residence and steal- |t in this feature of communi- roads competing for the Ozark
ing two watchea, and taking a ty co-operation that murt be j|ark.
bicycle from a student at the fostered if our roads are to be Resolution* were adopted
France* Willard *cbool, nnd made what we would liave thcin thereby it was agreed that
committing other depredations, Each and every citizen must be Sand-Clay surfacing would l>e
and Harlin Camphe'l, a 5 year fully aroused to HIS responsl- acceptable and in f:,ct Col. Har-
old M>n, were surrender--.1 to bility—not merely to pay hi*
vey plead in strong terms for a
Judge Carpenter Friday by the taxea and give his few days of r0ad-way tint would not bono
Mother, who juede an aOidnvit work each year, but to shouder tjie country through which it
that ihe wai uxyibte to pi-ovide hi* full share of responsibility r>a8HeM. |{t. want* this trail to
food, clothing an 1 fuel to keep and never let up until every road h,, • monument to the entiment organizaion. , , . , , , .
frr.m Y... i., r ,ni • u- * I i a moDuinuK tiuuiK iw regard this as being the bewt automobiles or other luxuries are ill, or dependent, and such
tfu-m from su leui'if. ano. In«. m his community is a good road that "Free w 11 offering* to the ireuaruinwMiwiiK wuwi . .r
inal rrec 11 °,J*r,n*s lu law that ever wa8 paased bj- the but must be used to pay on the ' other financial aid as the board
American Congress for the farm i land, pay off old mortgages, pur j of directors of the society would
era of this country. The fact {chase of stock or permanent im- deem advisable-
that it was largely patterned^ provement*. A number of citizens of the
after the rural crcdits laws of; I have a copy of the law, some state, according to Mr. Williams.
some of the European countries,}bulletins and a primer of in- have signified their willingness
sk*piag on our rights if we did vestment that is almo*t univer- j,
not gi-t busy and organize a sally sought for and the old law fair*, a defined plan for the or-
Farm Loan Association at that a stock holder i* responsi ionization of a society to aid
Granite. One of the banks will blc for twice the mount of the discharged prisoners and crim
be opened up at Wichita. Kan., 'stock held by hiam pplies here inal delinquent* throughout Ok-
and will be he bank that the and no one is responsible for lahoma. The purpose of the or-
people of Oklahoma will do busi- j more than that. ganization. according to Mr. W'il
nes^ with. The interest rate cannot bi1 Hams, will be to open an office
There is going to b« opposi-'over 6 per cent nnd 1 hope that Bt Oklahoma City which will ra-
tion o the organization but thi-t J it will be less. I really think that ccive lints of those to be di >
should be r.n incentive to pro- j it will be near 5 per cent than charged a few weeks in advance
ceed rather than to discourage!6 per cent. The money borrow and to procure for them post
ed cany>t be used for buying tions; to aid them when the\
three boys will be stnt io ;he Many communities have got common KOod marks the highest
l\>r.ish orphvj'a honu.. where up a sentiment that each and type of citizenship."
they will be schooled and reared, every citizen shall give one day this the writer agress. We
Night Patrolman Lindsay re- out of each month to voluntary have so far made the njad that
cently arrested one of the boys, labor on the roads. This is an we adopted as the Ozark
and found some of the plunder auxiliary to all other good road Trail throueh thi;- ountrv large- r . .u u c. i . . f
had stni-n ti10 mvt i .. i.- t \ i u i lurougii ^ . jaws that have be< n in effect for structions as to the benefits and to contribute sums ranging from
they had stolen. The next day working facilities. And the :>lan i - kv the • . <-."'orts of wiai.na\e ut.u . , . 4I_ , . ,, ■ „
PKuf u-..o i 7 , . . .. -' • Ul more thn a hundred years and1 operation of the ait and would $25 to $100 each to finance the
Chief of Police Hays captured as carried out in these commun-' njblic tr'nt ■; -hi and i* i-- to nunureu 1 i* . , ^ r lL • . • x- \<
tho „nA 4U v. i j i i-j i. P"0110 I' 1 u Droven to be what we a be glad to meet aPany of the societv in its infancy. If the
the other boy and turned them lties has worked splendid results ^ hoped that the spirit of mut- pro\en io ut «*. .««! ^
over to the juvenile di%*ision of in the improvement of the high- uaj helpfullrt will bring to-
the county court. Both boys
were too young to send to the
state training school at Pauls
Valley; the orphans home at
Pryor was filled to capacity, so
Judge Carpenter permitted the
boys to go to their mother's
home at night and report to him
during the slay. Every day the
boys could be seen loitering
around the county court room.
Since beinjf under arrest the
t'.v.# boys hive stc^n several ;u'-
t:cies. On3 j-.; isir of rol-.r
skates and at another time one
of them wasdiscovered trying to
effect an entrance in the rear of
any of the society in its infancy.
hope this will be for us is one of j local schoolhouses with th>- society proves a success, an an-
the unanswerable arguments in j farmers to discuss the law and nual appropriation would be
its favor- Another one of the'the advisability of organizing asked of the legislature to main
,ion , if ♦„ u- . r , strongest arguments in its favor' an association. I am sure that tain the organization.
Of rfffiripnev and : ^ " highway for the purpose . , thgt by following the amortiz-■ Mr. Hill. Mr. Briggs and others. "While other states have so
l . 0 . aclR^ . ation plan provided for the mori who have studied the question cieties similar to this, where
Let us miikc a holliday and get y6ur f,jrm wilj ^ j would be glad to do the same, the leading manufacturers have
is road completed in short or ^ just a years ^ you| The trouble is that it will take; give employment to discharged
must pay a part of the principal! enough at best to get action j signified their willingness to
every time you make an interest' and the sooner the organization prisoners passing through the
decide for himself how much of made the better it will be hs | office of the society." Mr. Wil-
th-; principal he may pay enoli applications have already gore- liams says, "the one which we
*«ys. gether the whole community for
If all communities will organ- mjjes on each side of this im-
ize on this plan, work it up
a maximum
keep the enthusiasm at white
heat, it will be only a short wtuie this road completed
until they awake to the fact that der Let us show that we have
their road problem has been emerged from barbarism and
solved- desire highways worthy of an
. —— I advanced civrHfcatwj.
OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT* I
payment and the farmer may >n by the thousands.
K. C- COX
See the opening announce- Last week we asked that wag- T ... , .. . , .
ment of 'Squire John Willis, who ons be donated for the purpose J5ar., m ^ eaC
h now located in his new build- „f surfacing the road. We have bIk,uM arrM«B 40 pay th" ■
ing. The 'Squire now has one had no rcsponces, from which
of the most attractive hardware we take it that wagons have
stores in the county. It is large gone out of style. The farmers
YOl.'R FARM LOAN
the Starns hotel at 4 a- m- For j and well lighted, and will be fit- have become so prosperous that
their age the boys have shown'
a strong disposition to commit
larceny at every opportunity.
Before making an order to
place them in the home at Cor-
nish Judge Carpenter has been
trying to find a home for the
boys with farmers, in order to
*eep them in the country where
the mother could pay them oc-
casional visits.
Friday the mother was in-
structed to take her sons to Cur-
reathers Mercantile Co., where
the county would pay for new
and complete outfits of clothing
for them. The boys will be sent
to Cornish within the next few
days—Hobart Democrat-
mortgage in five to ten years,
but he may take as much asj
forty years if he chooses to do
so. A very serious mistake that!
OZARK BOOSTERS MEET
THE HO ADS OF 1917
ELECTRIC THEATRE
propose for Oklahoma would in
some particulars be more mod-
ern and progressive than any
now in existence.
"It would be the purpose of
the society to visit jails and the
The regular monthly meeting workhouse of the state to pro-
too many farmers are making I the members of the Granite' pose plans for more modern
now is to get into the habit of! branch of the Ozark Trails As- methods of operating them, to
just paying the interest and re-! sociation met tTuesday nigh aid misdemeanor derelicts as
newing the mortgage when it with a S°°d attendance. well as the felony prisoners, and
comes due. This is just what The matter of hard surfacing; to keep a statistical department
suits the loan men as that en- roac^ ^rom North Fork to j and visitation system that would
ables them to get in a full sized the corner west of town was differ somewhat from any simi-
each farmer was individually taken UP as work now be- lar institution."
Can be renewed on good terms responsible for each loan made j fore this organization. B. C.
for five, seven or ten j^ars. by every member of^his local as- j Caddel is now at work putting.
Plenty of money, quick se* ice. sociation but this is rediculou ; j c'a>' ant* gravel on the road lead- DEATH OF LITTLE CHILD
CHANGES HANDS H' Malo-v' Postoffice build- as well as an erronious iden. j in£ to his farm, and estimates!
ing. Mangum, Okla Each farmer or borrower mu?t jthe cost hard surfacing at j Frances, the little 14-months
j about $3000 per mile. At this j old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.
rate it will cost in the neighbor- B. Burnett died Wednesday
ted with every convenience in had we asked for automobiles
the handling of the goods in his no doubt we would have been
line. A modern freight eleva- overwhelmed with them.
tor, the first ever installed in
Granite, will aid in handling the
goods that are kept in the sec-
ond floor. Give the 'Squire a
call at any time. He will be
glad to see you.
It will be but a short time now
until the rigors and storms of
winter will be past and the prob-
lems of a new year will be before
us for solution.
One of the most important of
these problems will be "What of
our country roads in 1917?"
The year 1916 witnessed the well.
greatest impetus to road build-
ing that has ever been known in
our history. Government, state.
county and municipality all
awoke and attacked the problem
with vigor, and the results i
many instance* were most grati-
fying.
But there was, the past year.
another elemer „ in the solution
of the good road problem that! lee. a girl.
heretofore had been lacking—! To Mr. and Mrs. Luther Ba.
that of community co-operation, ker, a boy.
In many part* of the country To Mr. and Mrs Pert Will: .
the importunities of the good a girt.
roads advocates had their effect. To Mr and Mrs Otis Ko-
and the PEOPLE awoke to the wards, a boy.
Hatten McRee has bought the,
Electric Theatre from Mrs. Bes-'
sie Tinsley and is now in charge.
Mr- McRee is one of o^ mo^
progressive nnd wide awake
young men, and it goes withoi.l
saying that he will have onlv
the best in the show line. Nex".'
week he will have for the entire
week a company of twelve peo-
ple the "Kriterion Kommedians"
staging a splendid comedy each
night. Monday the opening bill
will be "The Telephone Girl," i
lively comedy, and one well
worth seeing.
Mr. McRee is starting out
A packed house greeted
the "Montana" company Wed-
nesday night, which was a good
attraction, and, aided by the ex-
cellent music of the Granite Or-
chestra, gave entire satisfaction
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde John-
son. a boy.
To Mr. and Mrs J. A. Grave-
hood of $3,000 to take care of morning of an attack of pneu-
; Granite's portion of the Ozark j monia. Several weeks ago the
| Trail. Committees were appoin-1 little one was badly burned, and
j ted to take up the work of se- while the wounds eventually
. curing donations for this pur-: healed, she had been gradually
; pose, and they will get out to- growing weaker. When pneu-
| day. Be prepared for them, as i monia developed she had little
| theyU are devoting their time j strength with which to combat
; free of all charge, and every j the disease and passed away af-
j property owner in this part of j ter a brief illness. The funeral
the country should be willing to j took place Wednesday afternoon
give his part | with interment in the city cem-
The committees will report to j etery, a large number of sorrow-
j an adjourned meeting next Mon- j ing friends and relatives attend-
| day night, at which time every I ing-
j one interested in invited to be j The bereaved parents have the
• present. ' sympathy of a host of friends
j in their sore bereavement.
j County Commissioner Stim- :-
; son informs us that he expects'
to have the county road gang
CARD OF THANKS
! here Monday to begin work ofj We desire to extend our heart-
putting the road east of town in ! felt thanks to kind friends and
shape for hard surfacing. • neighbors for aid and sympathy
during the illness and death of
No matter how we may cuss' °ur beloved little Frances. May
the cold weather, we will rave He who can reward you. we can-
j just as heartily at the heat next: not.
j summer. Mr. and Mrs. B. B.Burnett.
Evangelist J. M. Martin, of Dennison. Texas, at the Pres-
byterian Church, who will assis t the pastor in the Revival ser-
vices to begin Sunday January 7th You are invited.
I want your chickens, butter | From the number of bills pil-
r.nd cream. See me for the very pd up on our desk one would
best nrices on these products. I. never think there was a short
| J. Ward. age in paper.
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