The Eldorado Courier (Eldorado, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 17, 1917 Page: 4 of 9
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a ' located at Leon Spring*. Texan
The proper uae of a hammer ia | He is a graduate of the Texaa
to drive a nail.
State University. and it a son of
Dr. S. H. Landrum at Altus.
Make thi» town better and it
will get bigger itself.
The man who livee only for
himself will aeon be living alone.
The landlord won't care how
much noise the children make if
you own your own home.
building of steel and wooden
ahips for the war is seriously
crippled through lack of labor.
Latest authentic information
gained points to the necessity cf
H. .» editor of the tail, «nt,loy,n«
Texan, .be d..ly peper i..ucd by, ™»'» «h« 'h'"a
the Stale Lnivereity Uet yeir. »« J
and mad. quite a reputation u a •""» <hrM ,hou»nd in ,h* ,,rd*
(Iu«.t and foreeful writer. '"with eontraeU already let and
beat wage* thai nave been known
in the Paciflc Northwael and per-
haps the country.
Earl Hoelu lo Traiaiag Caaips
Earl Hooka, who some time
ago made application for a place
L -j | in the officer's training corns.
According to the Associated j has b« en accepted and will leave
press the government will take t August 25th for Leon Springs.
over this year's wheat crop if
necessarv in order to conserve
the supply and reduce food costs
to the consumers. Eliminating
trading in futures and fixing
their prices are features of the
program.
Texas, where he will begin his
training. His work in the State
University will no doubt be large*
ly to his advantage in the drill
work, and hii clear head and ex-
cellent habits will conduce to his
promotion.
It has been intimated that an- Comaiiisioaeri Court Doings
other "Liberty Loan" will be jj,e commissioners court was
called for soon and the success: jn 8e88jon at Altus the first cf
cess which met the previous ap- (the week. Among the thinars
transacted was authority for the
peals to the people encourages
the hope that this one will be
met ever more promptly than
the former loan.
certain to be placed in the near
future, it is stated by the ship-
builders that from 20.000 to 25.•
000 men should be employed by
the close of this year, or early
next year. The work in on
hand to give this employment
and the demand for ships is
growing greater every day.
The development of an in
dustry of this magnitude so sud-
denly has resulted in drawing
practically all of the available
men within immediate reach,
and already the shipbuilders of
the s ate are urging laborers
from all parts of the West to
take positions in their plants.
Appeals are coming from na-
tional officials and all the leading
business men of the East for all
seaboard states to concentrate
publication of bids for several
bridges and culverts to be con- -.
structed in this county. The their supreme ene«i« upon the
matter of public printing was up
Have you seen abetter spirit Janj tj,e contract was awarded to 13 declared
than was manifested at the pa-1 Altus News. The usual ac-
rade last Saturday evening? And} COunts against the countv were
did you ever see a bunch of presented and orders on the
young folks behave better? If I county treasury for their pay-
you were not proud of them you j ment authorized.
should go off by yourself and j state raise in taxes
siiuuiu ku un "y jvu.-v.. | me suite raise in t3X6S On
ask yourself what is the matter ian(]s 0f 25 per cent was reduc-
with you. You need medicine, j e(j t0 jq percent by the state
! board after the commissioners,
Owing to a number of commu the county attorney and tax as-
nications, news items and otber sessor visited the state equaliza-
features having been received tion board at Oklahoma City.
late in the week we are forced to
hold them for next week. Items
that can just as easily be handed
in Monday should not be held
till Wednesday night or Thurs-
day morning.
The state board refused to lower
the rates on horses and hogs.
The articles of James W. Ge-
rard are attracting international
attention. This is the first time
the people have been permitted
to take an official peep behind
the diplomatic screen of German
intrigue and criminal audacity.
These articles show us the bit-
ter intensity of Germany's ha-
tred for Americans and Ameri-
can institutions.
According to Provost Marshal
General Crowder thirty per cent
of the men drafted for the na-
tional army will be called to
the colors September 6, another
thirty September 15. a third
thirty on September 30. and the
remaining ten per cent as soon
thereafter as possible. Arrange-
ments must be made to enter-
tain the vast bodies of men need-
ed for service.
The Roberts Business College,
Altus. Okla., trains its pupils
for good positions and then
places them in one, or your
money back.
T uesday Afternoon Study Club.
The Tuesday Afternoon Study
Club had a call meetinar this
k and paid each child who
had entered the flowerbed con-
test $1.00. Those receiving the
prizes were Vivian Williams,
Ruth Patterson, Myrtle Knox,
Clara Phillips, Lorena Knox.
Zola Foster and Lillian Currie.
The course has been selected
for next year's study, compris-
ing the magazine, "The World
Today" and the citizenship
course, embracing " Women's
Place in Government" and Ame-
rica in Ferment"
duty confronting the nation to-
day and on every hand it is ad-
mitted frankly, despite the op
tomistic statements made of the
position of the allied forces, that
unless ships are built by America
at a pace absolutely beyond the
present program the effective-
ness of the United States in the
European War will be largely re-
duced. Germany is counting im-
plicitly upon destroying more
ships than are built to prevent
America from participating ex-
tensively in the war. The sub-
marine program is making more
rapid progress than the ship-
building program. For these
reasons the federal gover-
nment is putting the build -
ing of ships a3 the primary
patriotic duty of the people of
the country, and urging every
person who can aid in the work
to take it up with as much sense
of duty as if they were enlisting
in the army.
America's food, munitions,
arms, and men cannot reach Eu-
rope without an adeauate eup-
plv of ships. Best authorities
declare these should be built of
steel and wcod as rapidly as the
forces of the country can be
marshalled for the work.
In the emergency every man
who has any mechanical or arti-
san skill whatever is being
adapted to some part of the ship
construction, wherever he de-J
sires to work. It has been nec-
Brwl'i
Brunk'a Comedian * hav# been
here thia week Showing nWrhtly
under their tent emet of Iho
the Courier office. They snrrv
twenty-five people, a band of
twelve piecea. an orcheatrm. and
a full repertoire of excellent
dramaa. It ia unuaual for a
company of thia atrength to
apend a week in a town of 1200
people, aa the expenaea of aala
riea and miscellanies uauallv
are too heavy for the income.
They have Altua. Lawton. Ho-
bart, and other larger towna on
their itinerary, and are making
Eldorado aa a fill-in date.
Captared aa Araudillo.
Sunday night the doga of N. N.
Murphy of the Shepherd's Val-
ley community became greatly
excited at something that was
in the yard and when Mr. Mur-
phy went out to investigate he
found what he took to be an
o'possum walking along, ap-
parently unconcerned about the
attacks of the dogs. As the dogs
did not seem to be able to hurt
or irritate the animal Mr. Mur-
phy struck it on the shoulders
with the poll of an axe. killing
it. Monday he brought it to
town and it was viewed by a
large number of people who had
never seen an Armadillo, which
the animal proved to be. It was
about a foot long, was covered
with a scale from head to tail,
and weighed apparently about
twenty pounds. In the center
of the body were nine bands
which allowed freedom of body
DASCOMB-DANIELS
LUMBER COIMNY
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LOANS ANP INSURANCE
Choice buaineaa or reaidence property for aale. or money
to lend on good real property. If vou are not located, let
me locate you. The propoaition that I have will juatify in-
veatigation.
Fire. Life or Tornado Insurance in the beat companiea in
the world written by me. You are the one who is risking
everything you have when yoi^are not insured.
J. T. BLACK Eldorado. Oklahoma
movement. The animal is na-
tive to warm climates, and this
is probably the first seen in this
section. Its flesh is esteemed to
be a great delicacy.
Greer Streetman Enlists
W. G. Streetman. our efficient
deputy county treasurer, left the
first of the Week for Fort Sill
where he enlisted inr the army.
Greer has been in Ho'lis about a
year and has made a host of
friends who will miss him very
much, but are proud of him for
volunteering his services to his
country. Luck to you, old boy I
-Hollis Tribune.
Mrs. Pearl Snider of Louis
was in town Monday.
Notice
In regard to the Red Cross par- — - — - ,
ade incident in which I have been essary to teach labor to do class-
connected wish to state that it ^ Qf woric it has never under-
was not my intention then or at | taken A|| the facilities
n has just ~««|giS£55S=E?5 £*^r£*£>^*£e
the Continental Ct njziess pawd L j ^ret that the in-
foliowinsr resolution Fe*»ru- JCident wa<* thought of in any
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it be recommended t> the sever.I J C. Jcn:s
When you pay more than Fisfc prices,
you pay for something that does not exist.
No Wonder
This Man Smiles!
LIE has found a real Non-Skid
11 tire—one of the few tires
with tread so constructed that
it actually protects against dan-
gers of wet pavements and
muddy roads. And the price
is fair and right.
Fak Tires For Sale Bu
Service Garage
Weddle Bras. Proprietors
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Thacker, John Riley. The Eldorado Courier (Eldorado, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 17, 1917, newspaper, August 17, 1917; Eldorado, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc403014/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.