The Duke Times (Duke, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1918 Page: 3 of 6
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WTCHF1KL0, Local Ageut. Duke. Oklo.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS
About People ond Things of Interest
Could Boy Among Saved.
Odie C. Aiohwy of Oould wo*
•ork for every wqomo lo u»»n
«">•»«*>• eurruuodieg community
wo oak you lo bring > iot
ihimnlea end bo with us every
Monday aod Thureday after,
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A shipment of wool la especfd
moetonydey All knittera «r.
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For beat form loaoa see
Ptrry.
W. 8. Pool and family ware
Altua yesterday.
Mra. Tom Buohanon boa bean
vary aiok ibia week.
Tom Buohanon and family
viaited near Mangum Sundav.
B. E. Darby and John Mc
Cully wera in Altua yesterday
afternoon.
Mra. 0. W Marshall is said to
be very siok at her home north-
east of town.
If you are down and out try
Tanlao. Sold by Duke Drug
Store.
Emmitt Looker has been suf-
fering this week with an attack
of tonsilitis.
School tablets, pencils, pencil
boxes, drinking cups at R. L.
Darby's.
T. H. Kizziar returned Mon-
day from Clanendon where he
had bee'n on business.
W. T. Fraze and family have
moved to Alba, Texas, where
they will reside in the future.
R. P. Richardson of Red Hill
was here Tuesday and made The
Times office an appreciated call.
Heating stoves, cook stoves,
pipe, etc. You had better buy
them now.—R. L. Darby.
Now is the time to repair your
cistern. See or phone me for all
kinds of repair wcrk.—R. L
Jackson.
I — wwi
i r or insurance, and farm loan a I aooidania and pernap* death,
aaa A. L. Perry.
P. A. Hawkina of Prairie Hill
waa hers Tuesday doing soma re
pair work on hia oar.
George Grnmlinjr made a busi
ness trip to Chickasha and other
Oklahoma points this week.
I want to buy your hides,
•»<»( Ik. m>M rMKI»4 I.ub, I h".7p '^.VloiTof
tha iraotport Tuaoanlo that was work
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•evsral timea over. Buttor, egg-,
Six Wont Governorship.
.'here are now six active o.n-
Ji'iaioa for governor—Judge J
H. A. Robt-r'on, State Treasurer
W. L. Alexander, Frank H.
Gault, president of the state
furs board of ag.iculture, Ex-Con
and poultry.—W. W. Maples iKressman Wm. H. Murray, Rep
Found:—Pair of gold rimmed re«»«»tive W. A. Durant and J
classes in case. Call at Time* McColiister. All except ~
office, pay for this
them.
Du
ad and get rant and McCollister have madt
| statewide campaigns and are
well known to the voters of the
I state.
John Marshall has been here
'his week from Camp Travis,
Texas, visiting relativss and old
fr,end8* I Subscription Price Reduced
O. T. Thompson and P. L J The subscription price for tfe
Ramsey were among those of the Wichita Falls Tribune has again
New Hope community here
Wednesday
R. L. Sledge and wife of Cot
tonwood were here yesterday
an made The Times office an
appreciated call.
par oofo, and iapnovotf load
ia kigfc oo MOOO par ooro. Ao far
•m.iooaaoaiM vara koto,
mi I did. Hove a jo* oi
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tfiaoior oi AHoa from wh«*«» I "H^ra le ptooiy of valor lo irri
•*»y will no ekippod to kood | ««>k ik#uo«k ik# aoauo^ oa
t|oonora al m Looia. I wo do ool hove aov roia U»rua«k
Wiik koapjiol bad aklrto now jon»otbs, o«i ikatola
uod»r auo»troa«ioo. ood oo or I o*ooily plaoiy of role durtog ioa
»toi»r to roiae ihe tardana The
vetoioolao ore eartaioljr fioo tfe
eoo'i t*i aoootb to eol ood aim.
ply eoo'i pat enuook slaop It lo
thr muai oooderful olimoie aoy
wia evar aaw. The doya ore
Juet Ilka epring.
The Mvrra Neva-u oMontoloe
are only 3fl otil*e eoat of ua
Th»y at* capped with enow while
Uie foot kill* are green. I wool j
lo go up lo the m untoioa lo the1
summer ond kill o deer ond!
bring in o b»ar if I can oat run
it. Game of all kinda is plenti
ful in the mountains.
We all like h»r» fine eepeoi«ll>
the ?hiidren, as they oan gc out
and pluok an orange any time
they want one. There ore 18.000
acres of orange# around Undeay
and it is certainly a sight to aee
them.
Moat every one haa .begun to
irrigate as we ..ave had /ery lit
tie rain thin season It certainly
is lots of fun wading mud with a
pair of rubber boots on.
I have nbt said that everything
is sunshine and roses for there
are drawbacks to every country
But me certainly don't have
blizzards and sand storms. As I
don't want to worry anyone vill
close. As ever your friend,
W. E. Wilson.
Hirs ill wi
uvrtaory
our* tonac mo irp
A. F. a A. M
M*»|« Ar«4 oo*t third Tooo*
aoy aighi* of eooh soolk
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inn. t. rarfMon, aac
I. O.O.F. No. 136
Meeia every Saturday
nivhi. Vialiore vel*
come at oil meetiopa.
oacaa o. uw, n. o.
MA* VI* SMITH, asatCTAMT.
w.
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nies. Cakes, fanoy work, oalve*.
pig*, horses, goats were among
the tbinga auctioned, snd one
*Kg haa brougnt «0. This eg*
has been sent to the Altu* socie-
ty for exhibition, and to aee if
Altus can do as well in making
it bring in money for the so
ciety."
"Duke has the distinction of
having the person of J. H. Bur-
nett who beca ne a patron or life
member by the contribution uf
SICO 00 ••
or THE
mo. one
Meets every flret and third
Monday night.
Visiting oiemhere welcome.
OAOVIN SMITH. C C.
w R. TIIURMAN, CLKRK.
Bailey of this place, wrltea bar
parents that while her husband'a
eves are in oritioal oondition aha
• hinks he will be able lo leave
his room before very long.
The many friends of these ex*
onlient young people will join
'he Times in wishing for Mr.
f'ook speedy recovery.
heen reduced and is now offered
for S2 50 io Nov 1, with Sunda
edition, $2 00 without 8unday.
Why wait for a traveling solici
tor to take your subscription
when you can obtain the paper
u \ft it j , j from a home man? We have the
Tn oh t e""C 8andwi'e ,eft exclusive sgency for this excell
L wh'l ^ n-,,A,'l°T T" "°l da*'y PVer and can ,ake
- . ey wi I spend a few | yOIJr eubacription any time —
The Duke Times.
W. E. Wilson Writee.
Lindsay, Calif., Feb. 7, 1918.
Editor Times and friends of
Duke:—As my eyes are so I can
see the oountry I will write a few
lines to the paper in regard to
what I think of the country. I
think it is alright so far as I
know, but of course it will take
a lot of money to get started as
unimproved land is from $200 to
Buy a bottle of Tanlac and
note the difference in the way
you feel. 8old by Duke Drug
Store.
days visiting their son, Cecil.
Mrs. Luke Roberts and child
ren of Hollis were here Tuesday
enroute home from Olustee where
they had been visiting.
You must hurry if you want a
225 pound 6 months big type
Poland China male pig. Only
one left, —-Elmer Amburn.
Duke Times and the Semi-. , K . . ,
Weekly Farm News both paper J R J . / DJ°hl
for one year ,1.75. We rep're-1^" Baar-
sent other publications. '
Duke Boys Classified.
The following registered men
of Duke have been classified as
follows:
Class 1 A. Wm. Holley, Clar-
ence MoGuffin, Arthur M. Smith,
Henry Kraus, Sim Setoff.
Class 1 E. John R. Holley,
Harry Lee
Confined to His Room.
S. A Cook of Arcadia, La , is
reported to be confined to his
room and will be forced to re-
main indoors for several weeks.
Mr. Cook's eyes have failed him
recently and he is under the care
of a specialist, and Mrs. Cook,
who was formerly Mi^s Grace!
When in
SI f»i .
SoH by R. L. DAR8Y
E'mer Amburn reports the
sale of a Poland China hog last
„IDVT,imn week 5 months and 12 days old
FIIRNITTTRF^ FURNITURE' that weighted 225 pounds. This
rUKINlIUKE. Let me supply i8 indeed a good porker and it is
your wants. Will save you [doubtful if he can be equaled
money.—R. L Darbv. ! elsewhere.
Class 2 A. Ivan (J. Sollee.
Class 2 C. Paul R. Onan, I
Luther E. Nunn, John DeWitt
Cate8, George Stout.
Class 3 J. Rjy Tays Wileman
Class 4 A. Arthur Middleton.
| In 1&61
History Repeats
Itself
at the beginning of the
couldn't sell fann lands,
touch them.
Civil War, you
Nobody would
real*
no
In 1867 real estate had increased in ralue 100 to 200
per cent.
In 1897 before the Spanish.American War.
estate was dead. It couldn't be sold.
In 1904 it hod increased 100 to 400 per cent.
la 1917 when we ore entering the (ireat War.
one wonts farm lands.
1 whwi th* i® °Ter. real estate should in-
crease 100 to *110 i*r cent.
The wor can't lost forever Bay loods now L<* as
tell yoa obnat o tract you need
Rose & Hicks,
Tyler Items.
Rev. Grimes filled his regular
appointment here Sunday morn
ing and afternoon. There was
good attendance at each service
A basket, ball team has been
organized here and is considered
eomewhat strong. Look out,
Prairie Hill! We are after you.
The resolute farmers are pur-
suing their yearly task of pre
paring land regard ess of the
unfavorable conditions now pre
vailing. This is good proof of
self • confidence, will- power,
hopefulnese and pereeveran^e.
Especially is this true on days
like last Friday.
Our Council of Defense was
.very enthusiastic one end- favor* |
a very noble effort of all to be
loyal end patriotio in all govr-n- j
mental uad rtakings
Col. leeee Wheel r bee enid out j
and noveo tn Ar«anaaa, l*aurt. 1
severe! dieappointed widows and j
old matde.
J »hn MeNeoar, wife and enaf
of Tipton ware gweete of Mra
W Asdmos Sun4ay aferw v _
R*v. OrtM end wtlo arara
w Seenm3[ mecha«"C3 and let them help you
out We will always try and locate and adjust all
your troubles at the least possible expense to you and
we at all times guarantee our work and ask you in
return tatell us should your car not come up to your
expectabons after we have turned it over to you. We
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Order your CHEVROLET CAR Now. We are agents
for this wonderful little car.
FORD SEWICE STATION
R. H. MITCHELL Proprietor
Phone 17
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Thurman, W. R. The Duke Times (Duke, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1918, newspaper, February 15, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc405036/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.