The Duke Times (Duke, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 18, 1918 Page: 3 of 6
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FARM LOANS
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for Dm* mat# In ■mminiiii jo* ill
rbna Iomm ar» going to b» a utile* tora lu <*.
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b advanced within i abort Mm*. j» if ton mmi
lam |4at» « lata <« your lira jfufkid Mtor in
•boat It tmtj moo Wo u« oow Mif ■ Bod
abnormal enodltlmi. m4 raooov for farm laono I*
gull* lu b»» lllllo tig bt witbln o (»v voika.
no autmer yoo mk<* iMplkiilui for i loan tbo
warner yoo 011 bar* yoo l<too ipprovol and no*
cur* yoor m*m*y
W«* will In* triad to ••splalo oor proposition aod lo.
||»v» we mo a l«ai a« (|nl«k aa aoy on* 8ea»
it* at «w*,
ROSE & HICKS..
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS
About People and Things uf Interest
R L DARBY
Wo do job printing.
Soraen wirt, See E. L. Darby.
For boat farm loan# •••»• A L.
Parry.
M. L. ^maMing is moving to
the R. C. Hallow Uim ibis week.
U. I. di'k of Blake was among
the bueineiM visitors here lfon«
day.
FOR RENT—Good four room
boune in beet part of town. Well
and oietern. Sea M. B Wampler.
J. C White who bae been very
aiok lor the past ten daya ie said
to be improving quite rapidly at
this time.
J. K. Nunn from north-east
of town was trading bere Wed-
nesday and left a fine saek of
oanialoupes at The Times office
for which he bae the thanks of
the entire force.
Born:— To Mr. and Mrs. Hen-
ry Cates Sunday night a fine
girl. Henry is at Camp Oiz, N.
J , in the "Sandstorm Division"
and has been apprised of the fact
that he is father.
Several families here have re-
ceived letters from their sons in
Pranoe within the past few days
and all of them tell of the ?ains
of the allien and the determina-
tion of the boys to go "on to
Berlin."
L. L. Payne and family who
left here some time agrraud stop
ped for a time at Texarkana,
Texas, have moved to Fouks,
Arkansas, and have ordered
The Times to come to that »d
dress Mr P««yne is w.>rkine h<
his trad*' at that place and writes
he is getting along fine.
Call and pay your subscription
W. W. Maples hande in bis re
newel this week and is in good
standing for another year
E. W. Clins, an insurance man
of Oklahoma City, was trsnsaot*
ing business here Tuesday.
Tne obildren of U. Phelps and
wife who have been very siok are
recovering nioely at this time
Tom Edge of Altus visited
Sunday with his fsmily and ths
family of Chas. Hessler near
town.
Mrs E G. Wilson left Monday
for Lavidson to attend tbe bed
side of a niece who is said to be
very low with pneumonia.
John Glazier of the Blake com.
munity waa transacting business
in Duke Monday. He sold a fine
bunoh of hogs hsre for a good
long prioe.
Miss Vivian Douglas, teacher
ot the second and third grades,
returned to her home at Altus
Mundav and will remain at home
until school re-opens.
Several letters have been re-
ceived from boys who are over in
Fr .nce stating that the Duke
boys are all well and doing fine
and are all in fine spirits.
Mies Viva Harris, sixth and
seventh grade teacher in the
public sohool, returned to her
home at Mangum Monday where
she will remain until school re-
opens
R B. Haney left Sunday for
Bowie, Texas, where he will
spend a few jays visiting bis
sua in Uw, A G Summers, who
is said to be very siok at his
home 'here
ft.
obobavo
days are as* o aa wipfwrtag
aow. Tbeir baby baa aaao oary
boi la oow said lobofo
Mr. Maodavaoo la
aMoacarofiba Baker (Ho aod
staaaaea bollo oaiag very
io bta feauly baa olao
a vary earlooa matter at tbe
glo.
Last Friday while elaadlag la
(root of taa Duke Drug (Mora II.
N. Waltera tall agaiaet tbe largo
plate glaaa door aod broke
through completely demolishing
tbe entire door Some of tbe
boys are tsaoUog to know bow
Dink maaagee to aaaure any-
thing of ao strong a natura ein<a
wa are ail vioUme of auab a
totret. Dint will nave to do a
bule explaining.
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fate baa a aa a great laeb to
«be eaoaty afoot, boi I as gtod
to ae able m serve oor
to tbia earn*
that aoat all
lo tbia vnrb |
Ree»»ee< fully,
Boo Crawford.
' uuaty Ageot, Jaakaoo, Oblo
m—i IWi IWWr rai
m jgOTKBX'S low fer the arte one
|VI never Ola The constant. eteeSjr
beet of this remarkable hester h a
never fttib* Mend when economy end
•von beat day end n%ht are a nioiiiMy.
It paye to investigate.
Cote'sOrigaal Hot Blast
s
Glo Roporl
Up to tbia morning 900 bolaa
of cotton had been ginned barr
The price of cotton rangee from
20 to 80 cents par pound aod all
of it la beiagaold
For Hale—Oood top buggy .and
harn»ss. See Mm L 8 Robin-
eon
WE WILL BUY
And pay the Highest Market Price fur everything
under the nun in
Iron and Steel Scrap, Scrap Iron,
Brass, Copper9 Zinc, babbitt, Lead,
Auto Tires, Inner Tubes, ail kinds of
Rags, old Sacks and Dry Bones.
(Bones Must be Dry)
Burnside Junk Co.
Offices at Duke, Hollis, Mangum, and Willow, Okla.
For Trade.
Two good houses and lots to
trade for work ttook, cows, farm
ing implements, etc. See A.. J.
Darby at Darby's Grocery, Duke.
Oklahoma.
WANTED
Men of thitf country who are interested iu i»ecnr*
ing several month* work at good wages should inves-
tigate tli« working conditions, wages and offer of the
Homer*take Mining Companv of I>«r1, South Dakota.
Tbia is the largest gold miue iu the world, and
baa benii in operation 41 years Liviug expenses are
low in Lead, a t»wn of 8<NM> population. and MNi
men can secure employment at once Men who wish
togo will be furnished transportation and advanced
expense money Tbia ia a good opportunity for a
man to spend the winter aud early spring at profit-
able labor and return here with »ufllcieiit money to
finaure a crop "r particular* call at
The Times Office
What HasBdtn Accomplished
The following letter from
County Agent, Ben Crawford, to
Mr James A. Wilson, Stillwater,
Oklahoma, shows What has been
accomplished for the farmers o:
Jackson county in securing seed
wheat and mating it possible for
many farmers to sow a wheat
crop that otherwise would have
been forced to leaye the country
to find some kind of employment:
*'I take pleasure in reporting
to you the toial results of our
governments seed wheat loans
for Jackson county, as given to
me in our oard index form t>y tbe
Federal Land Bank of Wichita,
Kansas.
We reoeived 521 applicatione
Of these 477 applications were
approved by Mr Eaaterbrook, as
shown by tbeir filt-s. 26 appii
cations were rejected In w et
oaeee rejections were because of
failure to ebow two crop failuree
18 applioatione have been loet in
the maile or failed to be returned
when eent out for oorrec ion
The total amount of money ap
pli-d for ia applicatione approv-
ed equate S02.115 0U. Total aoree
to be eown to wheat ae ebown by
applications equate 32829
Third Liberty Loan
THE ENEMY
WE MUSr MEET
By William Allan White
Wabave saved to tbe farmers
io Jeeaeoo eouaiy ia interest oa
TUaanosst
Una dwabte tOa
AlMtl
iMi. While, editor, author and Kins of
1-16 war and ail cl iu> many angles while
■.-it an extended visa to me varioua uattW
une$ uf the Allied armtea.>
UacK ot liie German lines every
ounce ot food is conserved, and dia-
.l'lbuted with (airly equitable pre-
cision, every yarC of cloth is num-
bered and is entered into tbe war
. trengtb of tbe empire. Every penny-
weight of German coal Is bandied
mm scientific care, and tbe one end
und aim of all this autocratic control
ot food and clothing and heat is the
w inning of the war. There is no other
purpose in the German mind. Every
German mark id a German aoldier;
every grain of goid is doing Its full
fhare to work out that indomitable
iuri«se.
Here in America we must realize
tbat the war will not be non on any
iiont. but In our own hearts TJiia is
« clash of civilizations. We must Ue-
rlop in our hearts a democratic pur
4«»se as strong a;:d aa carefully direct
jo as this autoi-i. tic purpose or Ge;
uiany. We., too. niti i make oldiers
cf our corn stalks make defenders ot
t.ur wool and coco.i and silk, make
every pound of toa! an America:',
pound, and we must make bulleta of
<-ur pennies if « e fai! to develop thfi>
democratic purp<<«e in the e*e to e\e.
knee to knee, tand to hand, struggle
on tbe from. »hi-:h. after all. onl>
reflects the -tter.grh of our cotivic-
Ikm. then our civi:isatl3B wilt go
down. To fall to support onr soldier*
"'Itii anntunlttiu. ■njth «o:>d. v 1th
othtug. wt»h r.*!. will weaken them
•>r the great cooT'lrt at »le great m«v
.••et»». i!»rt that w«nketitn< will 'om«*
obi our hee-ts ti honw If l1'
toe If we are »ln» n ith nor 'ia*-
.ul sn->port of -he m»n Tlie U'.i
IxMa farnfcib*. oa with the m |< «a
>wee etavere r*r prur'K-ally
ocr perpoM >«r rerrtonam wn t»
r eaeved k; oa* per'o tn K-e tenr !
Ue Likertv Ltu. Wlat we ie I «
■W country Ie this time cf see.! vilj
or tore «r tbe fr>eSnw an*
ratWe kntfM ft Is at »ta?:e IS
■wtarratlr »yr|eee ef Cemaat. •
m
tkrtniei'i as
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8ioue the rain the roads
are lo very bad oondition in some
places a>d 'he rural narriere
have nad oo aldaraoie trouble
during the peet week making
tbeir rounds The woret place
reported ie on Route 2 about
five tnilee north-east of town
This plsce oould be repaired in a
verv ehort time if it were dona
now, but if another big rain
romee soon the carrier will be
loro*d to change hi< route and
leave tbi* portion of the route
without service until repaire oan
be made.
Pay Your Subecrition
The government in a recent
ruling concerning the conserva-
tion of print paper has recom-
mended that all subscribers who
are as much as three months in
arreas be discontinued from the
mailing lists of all newspapers.
We have not mailed out state-
ments to our readers because we
knew times were *o hard and
The Duke Times
PattM Every Friday
f R TRUMAN, Ubr sad ftsa
Entered in the poetoffioe at
>uke Oklahoma aa aeeond class
nail matter
■Subscription Price, One Dollar
par year in advance.
TCLC^HONK NO. 61
money so scarce that it would be
almost useless to do so, but we
will ask all who are behind with
their accounts to call and settle
as soon a possible and
save the expense of mailing out
statements. There are a great
many behind with their sub
scription accounts and unless
they are paid soon they will be
dropped from the list. Tbe
wishes of the government must
be complied with
YOUR
AUTOMOBILE
Is made on scientific principles and
should give you good service every
day in the year.
Some Cars are Better Than Others
But if all parts of a car ar** in go<xi workiug
order—properly timed awl adjusted—yon
are assnred nv*-ry particle of service your
car can possibly give. Adjustments are my
specialty My years of experience wiil all
makes of oil aud gas engiuesand their work-
iug parts makes me familiar with every lit
tie piece of their mechanism aud 1 believe I
rau get every ounce of euergv out of your
engine tbat is possible to secure.
will
Oils, Gas, Casings and Tubes
be Carried in Stock
J*ee me for all antiaiohit** *ri*v*!*<»rie«*. ml
.aud gas free air and Mtorair~ \our busi-
ness will he apprw4'iai*-d hy^n»-.
O. T. Service Station
E. J. ANDERSON. IV
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Thurman, W. R. The Duke Times (Duke, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 18, 1918, newspaper, October 18, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc404473/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.