The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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The Granite Enterprise,
VOL. XV
Grauiic, <ire«r County, Oklahoma, Friday. January 15. 1918.
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M'COLUSTER
ASKS VIEWS
Our RtprmnUlivt Wanta to
Keep in Cluce Touch wilb
Hit Constituent*
ing the killing at quail. vie. for
flv*> )«r . mtrndiny Um time of
!** > mrtil of tea**, v«nnptliif
cot Dm from it and •
number r f thrr that I f«*l my
pimple will l*> interested in. ft ml
•Hall HidMVor t. vt<t® nd work
for IImw bill, in line with IV ThtaCjunl* farm W.Uin the
d*«im* of thone whom 1 have the
GREER MEN
HONORED
ess at nix per cent under the
provisions of the pool, and I do
not think many farmers would
aretn qtwflfy for a loan. It is
to be regretted that the officers
of that movement are not frank
enough to admit that the failure
of the pool is due to inherent de-
fects of the plan. It has not
only failed completely, but it has
indirectly cost the southern cot-
ton producers millions of dollars.
I think it can be truthfully said
that had the plan never been
suggested, several millions of
dollars would have been loaned
against cotton in the South by
many banks who subscribed to
the fund in good faith, and nat-
urally, with such a pledge be-
coming a liability, they might
ba called upon to assume, they
did not give consideration to
making direct loans as the South
ern banker has always done,
and as a result the pool cut off
the local money supply and
forced the cotton on the market.
I have no doubt the promoters
acted in good faith, but the
movement has been a serious
disaster to the South."
|h«>m*r to represent I shall try
ami neml a nhort report eaeh
oklahoma City. Jan. 9. 1914 (w epk for the paper.
Editor Knterprine: Keaprctfully—J. O. McCtMis-
It in due the people of Greer ter.
county. wh< m I imperially n*p-
recent in the lower House of the1 COTTON fOOL a MriAMTEK
l.egi*l lure, t«> report to them ■
an to what is lieintr done here mo Fort Worth. Tex. Jan. 13—
far. in our *e*«ion. Peter Radford, national lectur-
I think I never wa.n associated ,er of the Farmer*' Union, when
with a better, more enrnext and
clean net of men in any body
thnn those who compose the
preeent legislature of Oklaho-
ma. The motto ban lieen "effic-
iency, economy and speed." and
it is remarked by all who know,
that a legislature never met and
started off more smoothly and
in better shape than the present
one.
I hear a great deal of com-
rlaint among those who came
here hoping to secure a position
on account of the few employ- j
cv that were selected by the
House. We have no one to take
care of our coats and hats but [
tvu t look after them ourselves;
o" < • ime. we have a certain hook
where t;> bang them, but we do
it all by our own efforts, and
why not? We all do that way
- -at home. r -
In aranging for the printing
contract we have affected a sav-
ing of nearly .$10,000 a°, compar-
ed with the last session. We
use plain, printed letter-paper
without any fancy embossed or
lithographing work and the gen-
eral sentiment is to keep down
expenses to the minimum, and
the Governor is going to have
the hearty backing of the Leg-
islature along all lines of econ-
omy. A great many bills have
been introduced along all lines
of improvement, and especially
looking to the abolishing of
many boards, commissions, etc.,
and while sentiment has not de-
veloped far enough to know just
what will be done, I feel sure
that some very radical reduc-
tions will be made. Personally,
I have introduced few bills, wait-
ing to see if bills which I would
introduce are not brought for-
ward by someone else and then
I will get in line and support
them. I have introduced the
promised bill to repeal the mort-
gage law which is such a bur-
den on the borrowers, not only
of Greer county but of the whole
state and shall try to rush it
through under the emergency,
and teday I introduced a bill giv-
ing one year's redemption to the
owner of a farm under fore-
closure after the sale, as I feel
that it is greatly needed to help
any of those who may have been
or will be unfortunate enough to
have their property closed out
and after the sale they will have
one fuil year to redeem, thus giv-
- ing them an opportunity to save
their property.
There are a great many peti-
tions, and there seems to be quite
a sentiment in favor of passing
a law allowing the planting of
Johnson grass, and I would be
glad to hear from the people of
my county, either for or against
this matter as well as any other
matter they may have in mind.
and especially the mortgage tax
Uw. Hills have bfen introduced
for wide-tired wagons; prevent-
5 election of Officers at
State Capitol.
In the makeup the official
family under the new state ad-
ministration. Greer county has
tared pretty well, as compared
with former administrations.
A. M. McKinney of Mangum
has lieen selected as chief clerk
in the school land department,
asked by n representative of the ! w'ith a salary of $1800 per year,
press today if the farmers of the This on® the most respon*-
south would apply for loans un- 'hie clerkships in the state gov-
der the terms f $135,000,000 <*rnment but friends of Mr. Mc-
cotton ixMil. said: Kinney are satisfied that he has
I do not know of a banker in - the qualifications to make good.
Texas or elsewhere who is will- Jarrett Todd has been
ing to lend money to the farm- elected as assistant superintend
,ent of charities and corrections
at a salary of $1500. Judge
Tood has already entered upon
his duties, is thoroughly quali-
fied for his duties and will no
j doubt acquit himself with crpd-
j :t to himself and to his friends
1 here.
' Greer county's legislators
j have also been highly compli-
mented in their numerous com-
' nittee assignments in the make-
up of both branches of the leg-
7069 BALES
AT GRANITE
Good Weather this Week haa
Greatly Increased Receipt*
at this Point •
t'p to noon yesterday the ginsj
at Granite have turned out!
?ot,y bales this season as againstj
one half inches t the right of I
the fourth lumbar vertebra. The j
bullet struck the rrest of the Ui*
um and was deflected slightly'
upward, passing through the!
hepatic flexure barejy mlasing
the transverse colon, ploughed
Its way through the lower end of
the right lobe of the hepatic
gland and Mged in the abdomi-
nal wall about two inches to the
right of the umbilical cicatrix. After being delayed for sever-
No other part of the vlsera wiu Ul weeks on account of bad
injured. We are glad to make weather, the Granite Oil and
« total of a little over 2300 bales Jthit correction and to assure development company have thia
but season. |our readers that the sanitarium week succeeded in getting all
{MACHINERY
ON GROUND
Granite Company to Begin
Drilling for Oil Early
the Coming week.
The fine weather this week was in no way injured,
has given growers a chance t« | 111. Journal.
get to work again, and there j
have been '186 bale* ginned since
last report, the largest amount
in several weeks.
The advanced a little, the beat jJ. C.
paying around 7 3-4 cents, and J erick
a large amount has been sold
thi.' week. Agent Kuftenbach
informs us that over 1200 bales
have been -hipped so far. this
week.
The work has been distribut-
ed among the establishment
BUY STOCK or <;oous
Dr. C. W. Austin and Mea.'.rs.
Haynes and Jack Broad-
havec losed a deal for a
157000 stock of dry goods at Al-
tu The new store wall be in
charge of Messrs. I ra Austin
and Jack Broederick, who left
this week to take over the new
store. The-e young gentlemen
as | have been in the dry goods bus-
islature. Senear Cr-center re-
ceived no less than eight commit-
tiREFR COUNTY SCHOOL
CHILDREN NUMBER 6002
Greer county has 6002 chil-
dren between the ages of 6 and
20 years, and 4409 or 73:5 per
cent of them attend school, ac-
cording to a recent census bul-
letin. The date contained in the
report relates to the year 191o
and has only recently been m;:5i;
public. The distribution, by age
groups, and the number attend-
ing school is as follows:
Arp Total Number Attending Shi. j
6 to 9 1827 1395 |
10 to 14 2046 1951
mittees, among them being sev-
eral very important ones.
Judge G. A. Brown was sworn
in Monday and has already as-
sumed his duties as one of the
iudges of the supreme court.
Judge Brown was the only can-
didate for a state office who was
without opposition in the pri-
maries.
In addition to the above, an-
other Greer county man was
highly honored at Oklahoma
City Monday when Andrew Mc-
Cutcheon, our efficient court
clerk, was elected president of
the state association of district
clerks. The annual meeting of
this association was held Mon-
day and Tuesday, and Mr. Mc-
Cutcheon was elected president
by a handsome majority.
follows :
Tinsley & Slaton .2185
Farmers' Gin 1968
People's Gin 1638
Pottts* Gin 1043
Reformatory 235
IIE GOT HIS DOG
If you don't think it pays to
advertise in The Enterprise, you
tee. assignment*, ami Represent? 1 ^ J. E. Kurten-
tative McCollister is on six con-
bach T)f the Rock Island hear you
say so. He knows better. Dur-
ing Christmas week, Kurt lost
his dog. Now, this dog was
not one of high pedigree; just
an ordinary little old black purp,
but Kurt thought a lot of him.
After two weeks of fruitless in-
quiry and not hearing from his
iog, Kurt decided to advertise.
He did so through these columns
stating that he would pay two
dollars for the return of his pet.
incss practically all of their lives
and know it from the ground up
It goes without saying that they
will make a go of the new ven-
ture. and they carry with them
the best wishes of a host of
friends.
A PLEASANT CALL
While away on a busniess trip
this week, the Enterprise editor
found that he had a four-hour
wait between trains at El Reno
and decided to call on our old
friend. Judge J. W. Ryder, who
is now sole owner and editor the
El Reno Daily Democrat. We
'ound the genial judge up to his
ears in work, he having a plenty
to do in order to get out a news-
paper every afternoon. He
knows the game, however, and
has already shown that he can
give the people of- El Reno a pa-
- Flora, their machinery on the ground
where they intend to drill, north
of town. The first teat will be
made on Uncle Charley Loe'a
farm, just west of the Pleasant
Valley schoolhouse. Men are
now at work setting up the ma-
chinery and expect to get the
big 2500 pound drill to work
early the coming week.
The local company has one of
the best rigs to be bought, one
capable of going to a depth of
3000 feet, if desired, and they
will go the limit if necessary.
Drillers at Willow report that
they struck the finest showing
of gas that has s< far been de-
veloped in the western field, on
Saturday night. While they had
no way of measuring the flow,
they are confident that it will
show a half million feet daily,
and this too at a depth of only
610 feet.
This find has greatly encour-
aged our local men and they are
pushing matters with all their
energy in order to get things
going on their holdings.
No sooner had the paper had per that they can be proud of.
DO YOU NEED A STALK CUTTER
time to get out on the rural
routes than Kurt got results.The
notice was seen by a Mr. Haw-
r.s, who lives in the country,
and whose wagon the dog had
followed to his home. Now
Kurt and the purp are reunited
and both are happy. The genial
agent says you needn't tell him
it does not pay to advertise.
See J. T. Conatser on Dr.
Holmes' farm, one and a half
miles east of Mangum, for dem-
onstration of the Nix Stalk Cut-
ter Attachment; can be used on
cultivator, lister, or wagon. You
ran cut stalks and list at same
ti'nie. Price, $15. Guaranteed
to do the work.
Write me for particulars. I
will be glad to demonstrate the
^ chine at any time.
Till be in Granite, Thursday,
Jan. 21st with sample machine.
J. T. CONATSER, Manugum
Route four.
I have witnessed the field1
I work of the Nix Stalk Cutter
Attachment. It does the work
perfectly, does not clog or choke,
and is all right in every respect
Do you know that an editor
or a reporter for a newspaper
can in his rounds stop and ask
a hundred persons, "What is the
news?" or "What do you know?"
and ninety out of a hundred will
•say, "Nothing special." Yet fif-
ty out of that number know
something that if not found in
the next paper wiJil astonish
hem greatly and disappoint
'hem more, and perhaps make
me of them madder than hor-
nets. Don't be afraid to report
any news you may know and
thereby keep history straight.
Since Judge Ryder has taken
^Inrge, the Democrat has been
■ - mated as the official paper
of Canadian county, and also of
the city of El Reno.
Mr. Ryder says that when he
gets things straightened out
there he expects to have a stop-
ping station for all Greer county
people who will find a hearty
welcome whenever they can fintl
time to call.
Stop that Cough Now
When you catch cold or begin
to cough the first thing to do is
to take Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Hon-
|ev. It nenetrates the linirtgs
if : throat and lungs and
; •the 'vrms of the disease,
giving juick relief and natural
healing. "Our whole family de-
pend on Pine Tar Honey for
cougs and colds," writes Mr. E
Williams, Hamilton, Ohio. It
always helps. 25c at your drug-
gist.
Many disorders come from the liver
Are you just at odds with your-
self—Do you regulate Liv-
ing?
Are you sometimes at odds
with yourself and with the
world? Do you wonder what
ails you? True you may be eat
ing regularly and sleeping well.
Yet something is the matter!
Constipation, headache, nervous
r.ess and bilious spells indicate
a sluggish liver. The tried rem-
edy is Dr. King's New Life
Pills. Only 25c at your drug-
gist.
Bucklens Arnica Salve for
skin eruptions.
MUST PAY YOUR
TELEPHONE BILLS
A CORRECTION
New Telephone Directory
The new G. .alt? te!er^~~o
To Granite Telephone Sub-
scribers: A1 bills are due the
first of each month, and if not
paid by the night of the 15th
service will be cut off without
further notice.
—Bessie L. Tinsley, local
manager.
NOTICE
15 to 17 1116 816-.., , . . * ,
18 to 20 1013 24T|1D"lPer!f *°5k. 0n Mnd>'
j land. If I needed a stalk cutter
v ., . . . 11 would certainlv get a Nix At-
t our cold ta d nrrrou«—hroak it hti , ,
paw | tachment.—L. L. Reeve. Sentinel
j Ok la.
A cold i« readily catching. A run-
down y teir ii -u«*-eptihle to perm*
u we it to yourself and to others
"Edgar Hancock who was
prated on for gunshot wound in
the sanitarium at Olney a few
weeks ago has so far recovered
as to come home last Friday."
The above item appear^! in last
week's Journal. Dr. J. M. Bovle
me of the attending physicians,
has called our attention to what
he insists is a very glaring error
op tory • just been issued and shape that j mu,t have what j,
I in ' a* subscribers coming to me. On January 15tl
on the list including the
rural phones. This is a sub-
stantial increase over the num-
ber of telephones in use at this
pbee on January 1 of last year.
Salesman Wanted—To look
"f your household to fight the germs after our interest" in Greer and I in the above statement. He savs
at or.se. Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey i •• • • .. ^ . . _
u fine fr.r sotdtan 4 eoughs. It loo/- adjoining counties. Sajarv oajhe wound was not in the sani-;F(
rn* th. mucousjtopa «be reuj$ Md 'cc^ttnlAI<tn. * Addre*5 HtrrWy^rf 'm *t «1|. brff was in tllMlio-
SXr **'« j1"*' r lou ow.
Ohio.
Ask your dealer for Highland
Thomas Jefferson Flour; a3j
od as the best.
)R —Two {refh younr^
ww. Si Uh ^lYiti
j lumbar region, about one and jnery.
To those who owe me for
blacksmithing: Did you know
that my work is a labor bill, and
under Oklahoma laws must be
paid ? I have been as lenient as
possible with my customers, but
has placed me in such a
is
coming to me. On January 15th
I will turn my accounts over to
an attorney for collection, and
the costs will be added. Do not
force me to do this.
Respectfully—G. M. Wagon-
I seller.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Hof-
a boy. ^
| To Mr. and WML fl. gftff-
jmate. a girL
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