The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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THE MANCHESTER JOURNAL. MANCHESTER, OKLAHOMA
HEWS OF THE
STATE CAPITAL
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AP-
PROVES 3 OKLAHOMA
ROAD PROJECTS
HEWS FROM STATE OFFICES
What the State Official and Depart
ments Are Doing—lterr.3 of In-
terest About the State
Government.
Three state road projects on which
the government will expend its 1911
and part o£ its 1918 federal aid ap-
propriations, have been approved at a
conference between Max L. Cunning-
ham, state highway engineer, and J.
D. Fauntleroy, engineer in charge of
the Sixth federal aid district of which
Oklahoma is a part.
One of the projects will result in
three miles of paved road being built
from the Santa Fe tracks on Twenty-
Forgsry in Ray Case,
Checks, which bore the signature of
Horace Wilson, former chief clerk of
the school land department, have been
found to be forgeries, according to a
statement made by Governor Will-
iams, which presages startling dis-
closures in the school land depart-
ment.
On the basis of checks purported to
have been signed by Mr. Wilson, by
which some of the defalcations of
Claude Ray were made possible, the
attorney general had been instructed
by Governor Williams to sue for re-
covery on the Wilson bona. This was
done while Mr. Wilson was in San
Benito, Texas.
Upon hearing of the governor’s ac-
tion Wilson returned to Oklahoma
City and was shown the checks in
question, among which was a check
for $52 which was cashed by an Okla-
homa City clothing firm. He asserted
that he had not signed the checks and
has convinced Governor Williams and
other members of the school land
commission that the cnecKs were forg-
eries.
An investigation now' is being con-
ducted by the state to determine who
signed the checks. Handwriting ex-
^STATE NEWS NOTES’!
SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.
Nov. 19-Feb. 23, Agri. and Eng. short
course, Stillwater.
Nov. 13-Jan. 12, Dairy school short
.course, fc> ml water.
Nov. 24, Footoall, U. of O. vs. Kendall,
Norman.
Nov. 29, Football, A. & M. vs. U. of O.,
Oklahoma City.
Dec. 11, State Bankers’ Association, Ok-
lahoma City.
Dec. 11-15, State Poultry Show. Elk
City.
Dec. 27-29, Poultry enow. Enid.
Heart of the
Giver in the
Christmas Gift
np 11 INK a little while before setting
I out about the line in which the
tastes of your friend run. You
will save yourself a vast deal of trarnp-
ng through crowded shops.
Sleeveless sweaters are all the go
for girls. Lay in a supply of becoming
Solutions of
The Christmas
Gift Problem
third street, in Oklahoma City, past.
the state capitol and .put to the Union j Perts havfi bti™ placed upon the
soldier’s home to be built by the state
near Northeast lake. Each mile of
this road will be of different material,
as the government desires to experi-
ment with different kinds of paving.
Cement probably will be used for one
mile, asphalt-macadam for the second
mile, and another kind of material for
the third.
Fifty thousand dollars more will be
spent in the construction of the bridge
over the South Canadian at New-
castle, south of Oklahoma City, on the
Ozark trail as a result of the govern-
ment’s approval of the project. It
was intended at first to spend $150,-
000 on this bridge, but $200,000 now
will be used, and the bridge will be
larger and better than first planned.
The third project for which govern-
ment aid will be obtained will be the
construction of a mountain road in
McCurtain and Pushmataha counties.
The road will start at Broken Bow
in McCurtain county, will run north
to Bethel and then east to Antlers in
books of the school :ana department
and have been furmsned the checks
in question. The investigation has
cleared Mr. Wilson of any responsi-
bility in the drawing of the checks, it
is stated.
It has always been contended bv
thos8 in close touch with the Claude
Ray case, that Ray had a confederate
in the school land department who
aided him in getting away with more
than $16,000 of the state’s money. The
present investigation is expected to
determine w'ho that confederate was.
Ray now is serving a five-year term
in the penitentiary for his defalca-
tions.
Texas May Adopt Our Depository Law
The Oklahoma depository law may
be adopted by Texas in the general
reorganization of that state’s affairs
following the removal of Governor
Ferguson. This is the information
conveyed to Fred Parkinson, state ex-
aminer and inspector, in a letter from
Business men and physicians of No-
wata have started a campaign for the
establishment of a municipal hospital.
John Mackey, a farmer living near
Westviile, claims the largest pumpk n
to be raised in the state. It weighs
fifty-five pounds.
W. N. Hampton, 80 years old,
hanged himself in *he barn loft near
Dover. He left a note explaining
that prolonged ill health was the
cause of the act.
W. C. Rogers, the last chief of the
Cherokee and Delaware Indians, died
at Skiatook of pneumonia. He was
72 years oid, and one of the most in-
teresting figures in Oklahoma.
Mrs. E. B. Lawson last week was
elected president* of tne Oklahoma
Federation of Woman’s Clubs, suc-
ceeding Mrs. Tom Hope of Ada. The
convention wras held at Woodward.
The 500-ton Bilharz mill No. 1 at at
the Bluebird mine, near Commerce,
six miles north of Miami, was de-
stroyed by fire. Officials of the Bil-
harz Mining Company estimated the
loss at $100,000.
Edward Haesig, 22 years old, who
lived with his parents on the H. F.
Wolfe lease in the Blackwell oil field,
was killed when a wheel of his auto-
mobile broke while traveling thirty-
five miles an hour.
F Christmas giving were regulated
by common sense and affection
there would not be so many per-
sons in the shops these days sighing to
themselves, “Ten more presents and
only $5! How will I do it?”
Begin with the baby. Crochet In sin-
gle open stitch a circle of bright wor-
sted, cord, silk or coarse thread, just
big enough to cover a rubber bouncing
hall. Run a drawstring through the
edges, tie the circle to fit well over the
Pushmataha county by way of Ida | the state comptroller of Texas, who
and Pickens. This road will be used
by the government as a post road.
The government has $115,139 avail-
able for state aid in building roads
requests that a copy of the law be
sent him.
Not only does the depository law.
which is original with Oklahoma,
this year. Next year, twice this throw a wall of protection around
amount will be available, and in 1919 ! state funds, but it also is a revenue-
three times as much money will be | producing measure. When the work
spent. This money will be matched | jng of the law becomes generally un-
dollar for dollar by the state, and will j derstood it will be copied in other
be employed on road projects agreed j states, it is predicted by Mr. Parkin-
upon by the state and federal govern-
ments.
In all it is estimated by T. F. Hens-
state treasurer’s office,
charge of the depository.
which has
Enough has been saved by the in-
terest on daily balances to more than
ley, publicity manager for the state pay the entire cost of operating the
highway department, that $9,204,350
will be available by June 30, 1921, for
new road work in Oklahoma. Of this
money $1,727,175 will come from the
government, and the same amuont
will be put up by the state in order
to obtain the government aid. pursued in the marketing of cotton
The state has appropriated $1,000,- ,s,eed. by \he Oklahoma Cotton Seed
000 for next year, and the counties <CrUshers A8SOClatl0n will be welcom-
Crushers Welcome Investigation.
An investigation of the methods
lmnwi<m
SUM'S*
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D..
Teacher of English Bible In th* Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
fCopyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 25
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
which will receive this money must
match the state’s money dollar for
dollar, making $4,000,000 in all.
The constitutional provision for one-
fourth of a mill state tax for road
purposes will make up the remainder
of the $9,204,350. In addition to this
the state will obtain more than $5,000,-
©00 for the maintenance of roads from
the automobile license tax.
ed by the crushers according to a
resolution which was unanimously
adopted. The members of the asso-
ciation say that they will not only
welcome the proposed investigation,
but that they will lend their every as-
sistance to any investigating commit-
tee.
The large number of fires which
have occurred in cotton gins this sea-
son was also discussed at the meet-
ing and all members of the associa-
lowan AppaintecJ Stillwater Chemist, tion present agreed to take every
The enrollment of the Oklahoma A. precaution possible to prevent others,
and M. College has fallen off only 10 While no definite charge was made,
per cent over last year, accoruing to the members of the association
a report made to F. M. Gault, presi- agreed that if the fires were not of
dent of the state board of agriculture.! incendiary origin that it was strange
The enrollment for October was 1,006,: that as many as five gins in the same
against 1,119 for October last year, town would catch on fire in one day.
Many schools in the country have had -
a greater decrease in attendance this [qet profjts of State Fair Total $26,825.
year on account of the war.
G. P. Plaisance of the Iowa State
Following a long established and
observed custom, f, as Governor of
the State of Oklahoma, hereby des-
ignate and proclaim Thursday,
November 29, 1917, to be set apart
as a day for Thanksg:vtng, and call
upon the people of this State on
that day to meet at their usual
places of worship in order that
they may there render thanks to
Almighty God for the manifold
blessings enjoyed by us.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand ana
caused the Great Seal of the State
of Oklahoma to be affixed at Okla-
homa City, this 14th day of Novem-
ber, A. D. 1917.
R. L. WILLIAMS,
The Governor of the State of
Oklahoma.
wool and, between knitting for the
marines, make sister a beautiful slip-
on, with a tasseled belt. The picture
gives a good model.
Aprons, “like the poor, are always
with us,” and many women like noth-
ing better. Attractive designs in chaf-
ing-dish aprons, with perky little pock-
ets, can be quickly and successfully
made by even the girl who is not es-
pecially clever with her needle.
If you are clever handling tools yon
can make an elegant hand carved tab-
oret for cigars or a couch-side reading
bull and then attach a long, bright
string.
Or make him this adorable jacket
and cap of white cashmere, the other
variations being creamy silk and white
linen. On the folded hack front em-
broider tiny forget-me-nots to match
those down the front of the jacket.
Hemstitch the cap strings and scallop
all other edges.
For mother make several skirt hang-
ers. Purchase a five-eent skirt hanger,
next a five-cent pan of gold water-
color paint. Carefully gild the two
wooden ends of the hanger. Then wrap
the wire portion of the hanger with
narrow pale blue ribbon. This will
.cost five cents a yard, and two yards
will be necessary and provide for bows.
Grandma will like a knitting bag
crocheted in fine macrame cord, which
Sixty-one head of Poland China and
Duroc Jersey pigs brought a total of
$1,894.50 at the first sale held at Shat-
tuck under the auspices of the Ellis
county boys and girls club, organized
by J. I. Bunyard, county agent. The
highest price paid for one animal was
$82.50, a Duroc sow owned by Goeffrey
Gibbs of Shattuck.
An amended petition in the noted
Marland lease case, brought by Gov*-
ernor Williams against the school
land commission and Marland’s as-
signees to prevent the leasing of oil
Following the most successful sea-
son in the history of the Oklahoma
College has been appointed station gtate Fair association, profits of $26,-
chemist for the Stillwater school to
eucceed C. K. Francis, who has re-
825.20 for the 1917 year were reported
at the eleventh annual meeting of
chmr«is7ryBfield°. being‘th^XlKtockholders and directors of the or-
coverer of the presence of manite, a
powerful explosive in ensilage.
Two Women Granted License.
ganization at the State Fair grounds.
J. M. Owen, president of the associ-
ation for the last year, was re-elected
at the meeting; Sidney L. Brock, re-
tired merchant, chosen vice-presi-
meeting of the state embalming board.
Among the applicants were two wom-
en. Those granted licenses were; |
Wilkin-Hale State bank, treasurer.
Mr. Mahan has been with the fair for
Norman E. Mitchell, Quapaw; Thomas 11 numbet of >(.irs.
Edwards, Oklahoma City; L. F. Stockholders elected the following
Cowdy, Nowata; John D. Bryant, I directors: J. M. Owen, C. G. Kerr, J
Durant; .T. J. Turner, Yukon; Eugene T. Wilkin. Sidney L. Brock. J. F. War-
Perrett, Man gum; Lincoln McKay, rfin- A. M. t.ustin, Joseph Huckins.
Oklahoma City; A. W. Brewer. Po- Jr' J H- Everest, John M. Noble,
teau; A. C. Chaney, McAlester; Clyde 0rin Ashton and I. S. Mahan.
Hockor, Picher; Emil Reg’.in, Chand- The receipts for the 1917 fair, ao
ler; Karl Duddleston, Nowata; C. L. cording to a financial statement ren-
Reese, Hominy; C. W. Share. Alva; dered -at the meeting by a public ao
Mrs. Bertha Arnold, Claremore and ! countant. were $92,691.28 and expend!
Mrs. Tom Currie, Pittsburg, Kas. I tures, $66,136.08.
Earp a Good Manager. i Juror Can’t Impeach Jury Verdict.
Oklahoma made the best record of A juror may not impeach the ver
any state in the Union on the seiec- ,lict of :l Jury on which he has served
tivo draft, producing soldiers at an the supreme court held in affirming a
average cost of $2.31, according to a decision of the Tulsa county district
message received by Governor Will- court which had denied James Egan a
lams from Provost Marshal Crowder, judgment against the First National
The carrying out of the selective hank of Tulsa. Egan sued the bank
service act. has been largely under the for $3,500 which was the amount of
supervision of Adjutant General Anoel: a check lie had drawn and on which
Earp. District and local boards co- he asserted the bank had been in-
operated with him to hold down ex- structed to suspend payment. The ap-
ponses and much o* ::ie work done peal was taken on statements which
was voluntarily contributed without a member of the jury made that the
expense to the governmdbt iury’s verdict was reached improperly
lamp as hubby’s best Christmas gift.
Use sweet gum wood and select a good
design. Get a carpenter to put it to-
gether for you and give it a coat of
stain or shellac for finish.
Little handmade handkerchiefs of
colored linen are a novelty and very
simple to make. Either a wide or a
narrow hem is pretty, and it should be
hemstitched. They should’be twelve
inches square. In light pink, pale yel-
and gas land under the preference I low or gray the linen comes in a fine
right, was filed by the attorney gen- quality at about 85 cents a yard,
eral’s office. The prmcipal point in All sorts of cases are so convenient
the new petition is a request that the t0 keep tidy a top bureau drawer or
court enter a judgment in favor of
the state for all oil and gas produced
leases since the
to tuck in a week-end trunk. Raf-
on the contested
leases expired.
Walter Payne, a farmer living in the
eastern part of Grady county, was
arrested by Deputy United States Mar-
shal James Dillon, charged with be-
ing connected with I. \V. W. Dillon
seized fifteen high-power rifles and
100 rounds of ammunition on the
Payne farm. Payne was brought to
Thickasha and bound over to the grand
jury under a $2,500 bond.
Every shipment of fat steers made
from the ranch of C. T. Barringer, a
few miles east of Ringling. has topped
the market in Oklahoma City this
year. Four hundred steers have netted
Barringer an average of $116 or a total
of $46,400. The Barringer ranch,
which is managed by A. C. Culbertson,
contains 1,000 acres and on it this win-
ter 200 head of steers are being fed.
A private irrigation plant installed !
last year by A. V. Goodnight of near j
Chattanooga, bids fair to dispel the ]
fear of drouth. Last year he sold
$800 worth of potatoes, tomatoes and
other vegetables grown on five acres
of irrigated land. This year he has j
sold $310 worth of turnips and toma-
toes and over $1,000 worth of cotton
grown on a small area. He has raised
sufficient feed for thirty head of stock.
In a fire that aestroyed the home of
J. T. Hicks in the Iieeldton oil fields, j or tjle chines© straw that comes
is lined with cherry-colored silk so her
knitting needles won’t poke through.
The fringe is a big addition, as the cut
proves.
We have always known of hand em-
broidered and initialed kerchiefs as
gifts for all male members of our so-
cial circles. But the Idea of providing
men with plenty of big, gay sports
kerchiefs is new. You may buy by the
yard fine linen in sports colors and
hemstitch them yourself, or you may
Mrs. Hicks who was confined to her
bed with a serious illness, was burned
to death, and the little son of a visit
ing woman lost its life. The fire
started from the gas stove.
John Dorsey, McCurtain county
commissioner, whose clothes caught
fire from a stove near which he was
standing in the county court house
at Idabel last week, died of his in-
juries in a Paris, Texas, hospital.
Dorsey’s bed was enveloped in
flames.
around tea boxes makes good material
to fashion them out of. The one pic-
tured has a ribbon bow strapped by
three quaint ribbon roses. , buy two-tone kerchiefs and then make
A boudoir cap with a frill or ruffle is red, blue, yellow and green monograms
easy to make. It consists of a big cir- in the corners, just like those iu tl.a
cle and the ruffle section. Or n bigger ' pictures. Men love to flaunt these gay
circle can be usid and shirred three or
four inches from the edge to form the
frill. This circle should measure about
twenty-five inches across, end this
measurement allows for a half-inch
hem around the edge.
mementos.
Just copy his signature, transfer it
to the corner of a handkerchief and
embroider wkh the “over-and-over”
stitch. This makes an individuel gill
which will please any man.
A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING.
LESSON TEXT—Psalms 103.
GOLDEN TEXT—Bless the Lord, O my
soul, and forget not all his benefits.—Ps.
103:2.
This Psalm is man’s response to the
goodness and mercy of God. It ex-
presses the joy and gratitude of a for-
given sinner as he worships before
God. There is too much in this Psalm
for one to ntternpt to set it forth, so
we must be content to display some of
its most prominent notes.
I. Man's Entire Being Should Sing
God’s Praise, v. 1. The true worship-
per praises God with every faculty of
his being; his Intellect, emotion, de-
sires, affections all unite in praising
Jehovah. The entire being responds
In a song of harmonious praise. Some
praise God with their voices but not
with their hearts; some with their in-
tellect but not with their affections;
some with their emotions but not with
their wills. That praise which involves
the entire being alone Is pleasing to
God.
II. The Benefits Granted, w. 2-fi. The
Psalmist exhorts man not to forget all1
God’s benefits. This seems to be need-1
ed now as well as then, for most of us I
are better at remembering our troubles l
and adversities, our losses and our sor-
rows, than we are at remembering our
mercies and blessings. It would be a
good thing for some of us to keep a
record of the good things of life and
see that, after all, our blessings out-
weigh onr burdens. We have more
days of sunshine than of clouds, more
joys than we have of sorrows, more
hours when we are free from pain than
we suffer with pain. If God were
as forgetful of us as we are of Him.
life would be uard indeed.
(1) Forgiveness of sins, v. 8. In
forgiveness we are freed from the
curse of sin and Its blight and burdens
are removed. We are not only for-
given, but we s re healed of sin’s dis-
ease ! not only freed from the burdens
of sin but of its effects, so that we do
not go after the things of this world.
To be saved for heaven means that
we are saved from the world.
(2) Redemption, v. 4. We have
been saved by Christ giving Himself
as a ransom for our souls.
(3) Satisfaction, v. 5. When God
redeems, He so thoroughly renews the
man that the good things which he
gets from God satisfy him. His bless-
ings are so real that he finds satisfac-
tion in God. Men and women of the
world are reaching out after fleeting
things. They are ever grasping after
something, but nre never satisfied. Not
so with the redeemed soul; he finds
absolute satisfaction in the things
which God gives him. Worldings may
be satiated, but God’s redeemed alone
are satisfied.
(4) Executing judgment in behalf of
the oppressed, v. 6. He is always on
the side of the oppressed. God under-
takes for his own, and sooner or later
He will mete out justice to all. There
is a reckoning day for the world com-
ing. Those who have done evil shall
suffer loss; those who have done good
shall be rewarded.
III. Attributes of God for Which He
Should Be Praised, vv. 7-18. ^hese
attributes have been displayed in God's
dealings with his chosen people.
(1) Merciful and gracious, v. 8. He
is slow to anger and plenteous In mer-
cy. An example of his mercy is seen
in the father of the prodigal son run-
ning to meet his son and kissing him.
A very little thought will make very
evident how God withholds his anger
nnd waits patiently for an opportunity
to extend his mercy.
(2) He will not always ‘‘chide,” w.
8-12. When God forgives he forgives
forever. Men say they forgive, but
how often they “chide” and “keep
anger." God has not dealt with us ac-
cording to our sins, for, as the heav-
ens are high above the earth, so great
is his mercy toward them that they
fear him. So really has God forgiven
ns that our transgressions are as far
removed from us as the East is from
the West, an incalculable distance.
(3) He is compassionate and tender,
w. 13-14. This reveals God's fatherly
heart. He fully knows our weakness,
lie does not deal with us as though we
were strong. He knows how weak and
fallible we are through the fall. It is
consoling to know that God considers
our “frame”; He knows that we are
,“dust"
(4) His mercy is everlasting, eternal,
! w. 15-17. Man is at best transitory.
but God is eternal. The one who rests
his hopes in God is eternally safe.
This should encourage us to lean not
upon man but upon God.
(5) God Is gracious to those who are
in covenant relationship, v. 18. If we
would enjoy these blessings revealed
in God’s attributes we must be God's
children. His mercies are restrictive,
only bestowed upon his own children.
IV. A Call to All the Universe to
Praise the Lord, vv. 19-22. Since God
is such a wonderful Being, He should
have universal praise. His kingdom is
over all; his Lordship should have
recognition.
The true conquerors are often those
whom the world calls the vanquished.
—Max Muller, /
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