The Mangum Star (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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Quality Gas, Oil and Tire Service —CLAY HALL
THE MANGUM STAR
VOLUME XXX.
MANGUM. GREER COUNT*, OKLAHOMA, JULY 5, 1917.
*4
MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION*:
BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR
^as come to my attention that
ttv • many weeds on various lots
anrfv. p0 in the city of Mangum;
i and I ai.. reminded that these
! weeds are a constant source of annoy-
The big seven dav Chautauqua,ance. ani| a menace and detriment to
which closed here today wa/pronuon- health as well as the civic beauty
cea a decided success by all who at-'0 T ...
tended, and is praised by all those who THEREFORE, I, as Mayor of the
attended the programs. There were a- City do lwrebj declare Tuesday the
bout $1600.00 worth of season tickets tenth of July as Weed Cutting Day '
sold despite the fact that most all of H "otlf/ all people living within the
us put in our time working and boost- c,ty limits of the city of Mangum to
ing the Ozark Trail. This means that;™* all weeds on their premises and
with the proper advertising and a i their property, and notify all persons
thorough campaign a Chautauqua in who [al1 to do so, that the city will
GREAT ROAD GATHERING MAKES
HISTORY-WE WIN THE BIG TRAIL
good roads and Ozark Trail conven-
tion last week. In the parade there
was an estimated aggregation of 4500
automobiles. It was miles and mile.;
i , , , , - long- One could stand at a given point
Mangum should net us several hund- cut the same and charge them upon and *atch the procession pass by for
red dollars. The onlv disappointment' the tax rolls as other taxes are asses- hours at a time.
in connection with this year's chautau- ; sed against your property.
qua is the fact that so few came in j ^ ven under my hand this oth, day
from the country. The program was]0' 19*'-
simply great—immense, and thosel BORDER, Mayor.
who rai'ed to sret the benefits missed! ————_
a rare opportunity for making their I ™ ACKER RESIDENCE BURNED.
There were perhaps fifteen thous-i Small had thrown cabbage at his
and people at Amarillo for the great | northern road by stating that one
could sit on the low water bridge at
Bridgeport on the northern line and
wash his feet in the water in the river
without any of the ordinary inconven-
iences of river foot washing.
lives more useful, efficient and happy.
There were six lectures and any one
of them is well worth Lhe price of the
tvhole program when judged by the
good derived. There was not a single
bad number and we hope no one wi.l
fail to attend next yeur. At Tuesday
evening's program a vote was taken
and the whole audience voted practic-
ally unanimous in favor of a renewal
of the contract for next year. The con-
tract will be made in the near fixture.
Two of the greatest numbers of our
program were "Little Women" and
"Pinafore". Each of them held the
audience entranced for two full hours
and are entertainers of the class that
lift one on to a higher plane from
The residence of Chas. M. Thacker
was burned ' Sunday afternoon and
much clothing destipyed belonging to
H. M. Thacker, and Tillman Thackter
also lost several valuable books be-
longing to his medical library. The
cause of the fire is unknown. Clyde
Baxter who was living in the house
Judge Small of Wellington was el-
ected Vice President of the Ozark
The tent city with its myriad of lit-' Trails Association for the State of
tie canvass houses and all the larger' Texas. Floyd Thompson was chosen
ones provided for the various divisions' Vice-President for Oklahoma, R. H.
of the "trail seekers" and the two j Whitlock of Rogers, Ark., was elected
big convention tents, reminded one for his state, and M. D. Lightfoot for
the Mangum boys and were as fol-
lows :
| "Ozark, Ozark, Ozark Trail,
j Harvey, Harvey, Hip Hurray."
Another burlesque on the fast auto
run made by the Altus Ford racer. It
I was:
"Jitney, Jitney, Toot, Toot, Toot,
! Lost its rep on the Scenic Roote."
| Still another was given just to en-
liven the occasion and get back at a lot
of the Northern boys who brought
shovels to the convention in their
autos, and because it was rumored
that there was still just a little sand . jicaj -r , -
ihis wiy:n the northem ,'otuls:" ffoes in the Bank,so when.
"Northern Rout?, Northern Route, Jversity comes he is
Have to carry shovels to dig tiiem- i CP£\r<?cI jOP IT•""*
colvoc iWlf
The Man with Money
has his money safe
that this was a great and unusual
gathering for some magnificent pur-
pose that had inspired th^ minds and
souls of men with an enthusiasm and
fire fed by some holy purpose so great
and good that surely it had sprung
from labor and been kept burning by
a zeal such as burns the dross from
human nature and purifies the indi-
with Judge Thacker also lost most of v|dua!' the social and the government-
hi9 clothing. Ial umt w"lcb lays hold of the labor
Mo. Vice Presidents wore also chosen
for Kansas and New Mexico.
On Friday afternoon the reports of
the inspection trips was made by Col.
Harvey. He began at Springfield Mis-
souri and took each section and eacA
route on the section and described the
roads by means of a chart. After
shewing why certain roads were bet-
ter than others he would announce the
particular road on that section of the
CHAUTAUQUA AT GRANITE.
J^rl!;w^h„LP„"!'l°Se' " WaS the | Trail that would receive the official
'markings. Those were the most in-
Ozartc Trail Convention.
There were five segments of this
The big five day Chautauqua pro- proposed Ozark Trail represented ai
gram starts at Granite, Monday next i this convention. By far the greatest
and lasts five days. This is to be a j and most enthusiastic portion of the
series of entei-tainments well worth [crowd was from between Okla. City,
which'he"never"decends. *They were attending. The White and Myers j and Amariilo. More than half of the
either worth the price of a season
ticket.
A contract was made Thursday for
the Horner Chautauqua again next
year. Everybody was so pleased with
this year's program that it was. easy
to get another contract. Some of the
boys were rather backward about sign-
ing up until folks about town began to
show their anxiety about the matter
and then it took only a short matter
of time to secure the names of more
than forty good men on the contract.
Chautauquas are always good and we | crowd present was from Oklahoma,
hope many of our peep's all over the There were large delegations from
county will take advantage of the up- the routes between Tulsa and Okjaho-
ift it will bring them.
TO TI
ON BRIGHT LIGHTS
ma City. East of Tulsa there were
good delegations from the Joplin and
Tulsa lines and from Henryetta and
Miami especially live delegations
tense and dramatic moments of the en-
tire convention. Mr. Harvey dealt as
kindly as possible with those losing, in
a most masterly manner. It was al-
most as absorbing to note the great
manner in which he handled the dif-
ficult situation confronting him, as it
was to hold one's breath listening for
the decisions. Finally when it came to
our part of the road, and placed be-
fore the audience the chart showing
the various advantages of the lines of
road between Oklahoma City and Am-
were present, for the purpose of se- arillo the great majority of the con-
. : .,,, The City Commissioners inform us
HIGH SCHOOL NOW At CREDITED j t|ley have plans under way to secure
curing the next year's convention at
their towns. Chanute, Kansas and Bos-
well, New Mexico, also sought to
have the next big Trails convention
come home to them. It will be held at
Miami, Oklahoma.
July 3rd, 1BJ.7.
Clerk of the School Board,
Mangum, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:
This is to inform you that the State
Board of Education at its meeting on
June 26th, approved the recom;Hernia-
tion of our •committee on affiliation,
that your high school be fully accredi-
ted with( the University of Oklahoma.
I understand that the official notice
of this action will be regularly sent to
you by the State Examiner and inspec-
tor.
I wish, to congratulate you upon
reaching this point of progress in your
school, and to express the hope that
your community will be increasingly
inspired from year to year so that the
educational work wil 1 enjoy much
growth and prosperity. If at any time
the university can be of service to
you, you have only to call upon us.
Sincerely yours,
STRATTON D. BROOKS,
Presf ol the University.
RED CROSS FORMS AN OR-
GANIZATION AT GRANITE.
On last Saturday evening the Greer
county Chapter Red Cross was repre-
sented by Mr. and Mrs. B.,L. Tisinger,
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Janeway, Mr. rind
Mrs. B. H. Squires arid Mr. and Mrs.
B. E. Davis in an organization meet-
ing at Granite. The address of the ev-
ening was delivered by Judge Tising-
er. Those present speak very highly
of the Judge's pulpit oratory and pro-
nounce the address a very masterly
one in the cause of the Red Cross and
its great benevolent purpose. A very
enthusiastic organization was perfect-
ed at Granite.
BOGUS REGISTRATION
NUMBERS CIRCULATED
A lot of excitement was caused to-
day by the circulation of a lot of num-
bers said to be numbers drawn from
the lists of various precincts in this
country for the drafting of the army
under the system under which regis-
tration was made. Our fellows here
got busy. It was found that Louis
Tittle, Ralph Winchester, Jesse Jack-
son, and even our chief manager of
the St^ars print work, Litch Townsend,
was among the list. It developed later
however, that the list was bogus and
originated at a ball game in Illinois.
It spread like wild fire. The registra-
tion numbers go by counties from one
to the total > number of the county.
When the numbers are selected they
will be by counties.
ICE CREAM FREEZERS-
We have the famous quickfreezing
| Frost King. Guaranteed by the makers
| to freeze quicker than any other. We
guarantee to sell them cheaper than
any other. What more can you ask? "
We have all si7.es. Blalock's.
Great enthusiasm prevailed at all
, . ... . , „ i times. Most of it however was furnish-
machinery within ninety days for in- , , - , , , XT .. .
. ... • ... , , . . . ed by the Central and Northern routes
stalling a municipal electric light j a J
plant. The wire will be secured
vention sat tense with expectation, for
was not most of that crowd from one
of these lines? He told of the great
work of this western Oklahoma, and
ended by lauding the organization, ef-
ficient work, and the contract for a
fine steel bridge across the South Ca
nadian won for us the Ozark Trail.
When the announcement was made
that our route had won, another great
demonstration was made. The boys
as both felt confident of winning the
soon as possible and before the sum- much'enfhusiTsm^v^alTo continually j Placed R- A- Singletary on their shoul-
mer ends they hope to hava the city effervescing from the folks over about ders and carried him about the tent.
lighted entirely by a municipal plant
which will also furnish power at a
much lower price than we are now
paying. Instead of paying all the way
from nine to sixteen cents for light
and power we will, under the munici-
pally owned system get the sajne and
better service for less than naif the
price. We suggest that all who would
like this saving aid and encourage the
city officers in putting over the deal
and urge them to do it at once. We are
continually being lambasted because
we have no street lights. This is the
way to get them. The bonds will be
sold at once. If these folks who have
delayed this matter, will get busy,now
that dalay can no longer avail them,
and if they will quit supporting the
company that has shown its enmity to
the city by refusing to aid in boosting
a movement for the good of Mangum
and Greer County by refusing to blow
the whistle when requested to do so,
then we will be a united town and will
grow and prosper as never before.
The plant will cost more now than it
would have cost two years ago. But
who is to blame ? Not the city com-
missioners; it is the fellows who have
delayed the sale of the bonds by in-
junction, and who have kept the city
in abeyance to a company that has
overcharged us every day of the de-
lay. We have been under their sub-
jection long enough. Let us go into
business for ourselves and make a
profit for Mangum, and get ' better
service too.
RUSSELL WELL GOING.
The drillers are at work on the
prospect well at Russell. The bit' was
set to pounding Tuesday and will not
stop until it strikes oil or goes so
deep there seems no hope. This com-
pany is however mighty hopeful and
confident of striking the real oil of
richness. They have begun work with-
out selling any stock except to the or-
ganizers. They wish however to en-
list several of our Mangum leaders
in their enterprise and are now of-
ering some stock for ^ale.
County Treasurer Louis Tittle took
charge of the county financial affairb
Monday. He lias been deputy during
the past term of Mr. G. W. Hall ami
we are sure will be just exactly fitted
to make Greer tounty one of the best
Treasurers we have ever had.
STRAYED from my farm south of
Mangum, one span dark bay horse
mules, wearing halters, weight about
850 each, 10 years old. $10 reward for
information. Notify E. L. Nichols,
Mangum, Okla. Route 2. 8-ltp.
1917 Model FoFrd for Sale. See Ho-
mer V. Heatly. 3-3t.p.
Tucumcari and Las Vegas, New Mex.
When the time came for nominat-
ing the various routes which had
built roads and were present to secure
the right to the Ozark Trail mark-
ings, great dramatic situations and
tense excitement was very ev'rient on
all sides. Much elegant oratory was
indulged in. Favorite gifted speakers
nominated the routit by proclaiming
much real and - imaginary advantage
possessed by their trail sector*. It
was at this time that our own beloved
and patriotic delegates who hav; all
along been afire with a zeal for these
great improvements, showed the en-
thusiasm that enabled us to win for
the Central Route. Large delegations
from Chickasha, Hobart, Mangum and
Wellington and many other towns a-
long the Central Route totaling an ag-
gregation of a thousand people wav-
ing flags, with four brass bands and
shouts and yells arose after the speech
of Judge Small ai Wellington nomina-
ting our Central route, and for many
minutes marched about the big tent.
They carried Small on their shoulilei'3
and never was a more thorough dem-
onstration made of enthusiasm ana
glaflness for work accomplished ttian
this Central Route showed because of
the benefits they believe -in sight as a
result of the work Col. Harvey ha3
led them to do. Judge Small made a
great < speech. He was followed by
Whitenurst of Sayre who called our
proposed Canadian bridge on the
Central Route at New Castle an "Air-
castle" bridge. He also pulled a great
joke by declaring the wind and sand
Likewise they lifted S. J. Buckner
high in the air and gave him some
rousing cheers.
A leading feature of the big dem-
onstration was the spectacular en-
trance of Clay Hall into the big con-
vention tent driving his car which
made such a great record in the Ok-
lahoma City-Amarillo race with time.
The boys took Clay on their shoulders
and carried him blushing about the
tent amid the shouts and cheers of all
present without regard to route or lo-
cation. It was evident that the name
of Clay Hall had become a by-word in
the convention crowd. He was given
ovations everywhere. He was ad-
mired for his bravery and skill even
by those who feared to hear mention
made of the wonderful record he made.
The real feature of the whole con-
vention was the parade given by the
Central route people on Friday even-
ing -after the convention closed. Many
had gone home but there were enough
left to form a parade in double column
two blocks long. The Hobart band
led and to their music the procession
marched to the rooms of Col. Harvey
in the home of one of Amarillo's mil-
lionaires""" who had donated beautiful
quarters to the father of the Ozark
Trails while he was in Amarillo. This
great procession was out mainly to
entertain themselves but folks in
Amarillo declared the parade the fea-
ture event of the Convention. There
was music, singing, dancing, yells and
speeches. Each person in the parade
wore a red, white and blue cap furn-
ished by the Mangum Chamber of
selves out.
Sand, Sand, Sand."
The Central route and Mangum . .
well, was very fortunate in securing L/hen he is BROKE. "Troubles
recognition at the convention. Judge j
Small of Wellington and Floyd Tri >m- j
son of Oklahoma City, two of ou. very
best friends. were chosen Vice I resi-
dents for their states. Then when it
came time to elect officers for the
Central Route, W. F.. Hearne was
chosen President and R. A. Singletai y
Secretary of this route. Mangum did
not solicit, nor did Mr. Singletary so-
licit, the office of secretary, but was
elected by other towns. He cast his
vote for Raymond Tolbert of Hobart,
who has done great work as Secretary
in the past several months.
We received our honors on this route
as did all other routes, only condition-
ally. We must build our roads all
along the line strictly according to^i
the Ozark Trails specifications within
sixty days or the markings will not
be made but will be given to some oth-
er route. The Commissioners of Greer
pours." It seems that evefry-
y by putting some of your
Of all the worries and care
lebt. You can prevent them by
fford to put into the Bank now.
>ney in OUR bank.
zfest.
E STATE BANK
county have agreed to make our part ya.
of the road meet all requirements 9^7
within the time specified. eflje
who
l en-
1 21,
SUMMARY OF THE
WEEK'S WAR NEWS^
MANGUM LODGE DIRECTORY.
A. F. & A. M.
Mangum Lodge No. 61
1st and 3rd Saturday Nights.
Visiting Brethren Welcome
A. C. COMSTOCK, Master,
W. O. WATT, Secretary.
EASTERN STAR
Mrs. J. H. Boatright W. M.
.. 4 B. W. Waters, W. P.
^.s1' Mrs. Maggie Bradsha.v ...Secretary.
* ln" Meets Every Monday Night.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
A. R. Garrett H. P.
C. C. Hayes, Secretary
Meets First Thursday nights.
B. P. O. E.
H. Reynaud Stroube, .. .Exalted Ruler
land
anty
1, at
. Dr.
Meets Second and Fourth Thursdays.
w. o. w.
A. L. Freeman C. C.
L. A. McCollister Clerk.
Meets First and Third Thursdays.
I. O. O. P.
Eugene Perrett, N. G.
C. C. Hayes Secretary
Meets Every Monday
\ REBEKKAH LODGE
Miss Kate Davis N. G.
Mrs. Lillian Evans Secretary
Meets every Tuesday
M. W. A.
blows worse on the Central than on Commerce, many also carried flags,
the Northern route. He tleclared thatj The yells were prepared by some of
WOMEN'S FOOD CONTROL PLEDGE.
I am to join you in the service of food conservation for our nation
and I hereby accept membership iit the United States food adminis-
tration, pledging myself to carry out the directions and advice of the
food administrator in the conduct of my household, insofar as my
circumstances permit."
Number in family Po you employ a cook?
Have you a garden?
Occupation of head of house ,
NAME
Address Street City State
Cut this coupon out and mail it to Food Administrator, Conservation
Division, Washington, D. C.
The Mangum Star.
The past week has seen less dam-,
age from submarines .than any .like |
period for some tiir.a. Fifteen large . | Homer Heatly Secretary.
ships and five small ones were sunkljf 1 " J
Several of the divers were sunk by I
American and British Destroyers. |.
The Greek Government broke off is^er'
relations with Germany and Greece •' *'
will soon be in the midst of the war.
The Germans are now melting up the
church bells and using them for can-
non balls and gun barrels. '
Brazil has joined her navy with that1^.®!^
of the U. S. in running down German".. ..
sea raiders.
Lloyd George, England Prime Min- oie]r
ister say6 we have driven the Ger-, care.
mans under ground and they are for-— "• —
ced to use the methods of an inferior^Bo" b ^itner
army. They are driven to the lastoKi jM. Hartman ••*••••••••••*•;* 1K *
stage of using methods of fighters361' Meets Wednesdays before the 15 oi
who are in a position of weakness. Times 6
Kerensky the young Russian war^ I
leader is today the idol of all his peo-'* | Percy Powers • • C- C.
pie. He personally led his army to a ] Louis Nicholson K. of R. and S.
great victory and captured 18,00(^r ^as Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays.
Germans. He is a jew less than thirty,rothcr |
years of age. He is ranked with Wash- j j. ^ j bottle o£ Sanol for 35c.
ington Mid other great liberty cham- Sanoi i8 a family remedy. Sanol is
pions Russia has astonished theiumber absolute guarantee. Rem-
world by her quick and efficient activ- Route! ^ ^ it Sanol it is au right,
ities against the Germans in the east,nroute | . $1 at drug store .adv.45-tf
after so long inactivity and so soonjaVton,1
after the complete reorganization of Ozark
her government and the army. exas.
After several fierce attacks against
the French near Aisne, the Germansevpning
retired with great losses and abandon-on
ed the offensive. In an airplane attack 0f
on Harwich England the Germans
lost two machines and others are
claimed to have been so severely dam- ™
aged that they could not reach their ^ ^^^.^.
destination.
K of P.
Your Telephone Bill was due the
first of the month, and if not paid by
the fifteenth of the month the service
will be discontinued. Please Jo not
cause yourself and us inconvenience
by neglect of this obligation.
MANGUM TELEPHONE CO.
UNION MEETING.
IEN
Dealers in
and Grain
BRINKMAN, OKLA.
At the Baptist Church, Sunday night,
July 8th, at 8:30.
Music Selected.
Invocation Rev. Roper
Music Selected.
Scripture reading Rev. Hill.
Music Selected
Address Rev. Fay.
Music 1 Selected '8 I Lead.
Short talks to the point.
Music Selected 4
Benediction Rev. Ingold
All churches have dismissed theif .
Sunday evening services and will join
rPss? church!* ^produce COMPANY
chief address will be delivered by Rev.
Fay of Anadarko, who is the official,QU tll(J Following Prices:
organizer for the Red Cross Society. °
The Chandler Six with a fifty horse|g pjer pound 7C.
power motor. No sand too d cp noi . ij 1 "■ n~
Hills too Steep. H
Prof Milton Butler is now eount>. , .
superintendent. We "ike the way h«
tukes hold of things. Milton is one oiV
our own boys and grew up among the^gg-
people he is to serve. He knows how
well we love good schools and wil^UIl.
make every effort to give us just whal
we want.
pounds per pound 18c
.8c.
,5c.
........ 20c.
, wo gu#*~OJ"tee the toijl price.
y Eggs, Hides and fyityber.
Mnngui^rojpn.
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