The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 23
MANCHESTER, GRANT COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1916
NUMBER 40
ITEMS OF INTEREST
ABOUT THINGS AND PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
John Mingle was a Wichita visitor
last Friday.
F. [I. Smithlsler and wife visited
Wakita, between trains last Friday.
Mrs. S. B. Fling’ has been having an
attack of rheumatism for the past
several days.
Marion Burt the drayman, has mov-
ed into the Reed house, formerly oc-
cupied by Dr. Hamilton.
A Quarterly Conference will be held
at the Gcod Hope church on March
11th and 12th. Rev. Kopp, pastor.
Clair Hamilton left Wednesday for
Webb City, Mo., where he has a good
position in a manufacturing chemists
office.
Mr. George noopes, of Pomona,
Kansas, was here on a short visit with
his nephew, W. O. Steward. He re
turned to his home the first of the
week.
Ross Helms, proprietor of the Pal
ace Barber Shop, has acquired the
ownership of a Ford car, and last Sun-
day took his family for a trip to visit
relatives 14 miles west of Anthony.
They made the trip and returned with
out any trouble.
Cordray & Son have treated their
store building to a new coat of paint
which improves its appearance very
much. There are other buildings in
town that their appearance might be
helped by treating them the same
way.
E Folger has the thanks of this
office for several sacks of popped corn.
He had attended the sale at Pjror &
Ulsh, southeast of town and did not
dispose of all he took out and being
a Koodfellow hence the office force had
pop corn to munch.
A crowd of the young people after
prayer meeting Wednesday night of
last week went out to the Watkins
home to spend several hours. The
event was plauned and carried out by
Mrs. Watkins in honor of Clarence’s
birthday. Those present say they had
a fine time
We are reliably informed that the
drillers are in Waldron, and that work
was to commence at once with no let
up at the oil well till It was definitely
known whether there was oil at the
present site or not. Go to it boys the
Journal is willing, and hopes you will
win out and bring in a big gusher.
Miss Vera Wood visited her friend
Miss Alice Downing, at her country
home, Saturday evening and Sunday.
Miss Vera says Oklahoma is a heap
bigger out that way than she imagin-
ed it was, this being her first visit to
the country since coming here last
July.
Those attending ttie farm sale at
Jasper Burt’s place northeast of town
last Saturday report that the stock
was in good condition and in the main
prices were satisfactory. We have
not been informed as to what line of
business that Mr. Burt will engage
in now that he has quit the farm
February came in cloudy and not
very cold. The 2nd, "ground hog’s
day,’’was clear and sunny all day, so
according to the old saw we were to
have six wintry weeks of weather,
this lasted up to St. Valentine’s day
when it turned oil warm and spring
like with but very little variation un-
til the last, day of the month March
came in cloudy and cool with threat-
ening rain or suo* We are unable to
tell at this time what the result will
be. But while January gave us almost
continued cold weather, the winter
has been devoid of severe storms and
might be classed as mild The roads
at this writing are in tine condition
and from ten to fifty autos are on the
fitf^ets eveyy day,
Fred Reed of Alva, spent Saturday
and Suuday with home folks.
Mrs. Roy Smith of Gibdon was a
Manchester visitor Thursday between
trains,
The M. E Ladies Aid will hold a
Food sale and Bazaar, at the Wickizer
building Saturday of this week.
Little Vaughn Smith ha3 been quite
sick for several days but is slowly re-
gaining his usual health.
Don’t forget the date of the big sale
at J. Callle Burchfiel’s Wednesday,
March 8th This is a sale of genuine
good stuff
Mrs. J. W. Smith has been having a
serious time this week with an attack
of rheumatism. Miss Mabel Heilman
is assisting her with the house work.
Ijmes Montgomery is assisting J. A.
Jacobs in tearing down and moving
the old building at the rear of the
Rock Island Lumber yard, out to the
farm.
Robt. Alsdurf has ordered his paper
changed from Seillng. Okla., to Glad-
stone, New Mexico. So we suppose
Bob has moved to that part of the
Moral Vineyard.
Louie Ritter, who has been working
at the Price Elevator forsome months
has quit to get ready for farming. We
were told he was going to work the
Wickizer farm south west of town
this season.
Some two or more years ago when
John Alsdurf died, by a mistake of
those who dug the grave he was buried
a dozen or more feet cff of the Alsdurf
lot. Last week the body was removed
to Its proper locatiou.
A phone message informs us that
Scott VVilson, who lives at Byron, and
is the father of Mrs Leonard Wood-
ring, died early Tuesday morning. We
did not get any other particulars,
only that he had been quite sick for
some time.
Mrs. Carrie A Wood has been laid
up the past week and was threatened
wit!) pneumonia, but uuder the care
of Dr. Hamilton is progressing nicely
towards recovery. If this paper does
not meet with your approbation just
remember that the head pencil pusher
lias had a lot of other things to con-
tend with than getting out a readable
paper.
F. M. Moore trustee of Spring Twp.
Harper Co with several other twp.
officers were here the first of the week
as they have been inspecting town-
ship roads and the needs of the state
line east of Manchester, Grant couuty,
should meet the improvements on
this road half way, but we have learn-
ed in years past that getting any work
done on the state or county line roads
is slow business We are glad that
Harper Co., is having a lot of good
road work done this year.
On Friday February ]5th, the
writer accepted a seat in the auto be-
longing to Mike Ohl and were soon
whizzed to the sale of Bob McKee
three miles northeast of Waldron.
Arriving at the grounds we found a
large crowd present and as the day
was fine everybody enjoyed them-
selves whether they only wanted to
visit or were patrons of the sale. We
had the pleasure of meeting Lester
Combs, of the Anthony Republican
and a large number of acquaintances
we had not seen for several years We
were also pleased to meet our old
friend John Skaggs wtio used to teach
school here, but lias been several
years cashier of a bonk in Hazelton.
Kansas. The stock at this sale
brought good prices especially the
cattle, all of which showed that they
had not been on good wheat pasture
as iu former years
TWO GOLDEN DAYS.
There are two days of the week
upon which and about which I never
worry, two care-free days kept
sacredly free from fear and ap-
prehension.
One of these is Yesterday. Yes
terday with all its cares and frets,
with all its pains and aches, all its
faults, its mistakes and blunders,
has passed beyond the reach of my
recall. I cannot undo an act that
I wrought. I cannot unsay a word
that I said on Yesterday. All that
it holds of life, of regret and sorrow
is in the hand of the Mighty Love
that can bring sweet waters out of
the bitterest desert—the love that
can make the wrong things right
that can turn weeping into laughtei
that can give beauty for ashes, the
garments of praise for the spirit of
heaviness, joy of the morning for
the woe of night.
Save for the beautiful memories
that linger, sweet and tender like
the perfume of roses, in the heart
ot the day that is gone, I have no-
thing to do with Yesterday.
And the other day I do not worry
about is Tomorrow. Tomorrow
with all its possible adversities, its
buidens, its perils, its large prom-
ises and poor performance, its fail-
ures and mistakes, is as far beyond
the reach of my mastery as its dead
sister—yesterday. Its sun will rise
in roseate splendor, or beyond a
mask of weeping clouds. But it
will rise. Until then the same love
and patience that held yesterday,
and holds tomorrow, shines with
tender promise into the heait of to-
day. I have no posession in that
unborn day of grace. All else is in
the infinite keeping of that Infinite-
Love that holds for me the treasure
of yesterday, the love that is high-
er than the stars, wider than the
sky, deeper than the seas.
There is left for myself, then, but
one day of the week—today. Any
man can fight the battles of today
Any woman can carry the burdens
of just one day.—Robert J. Burdet-
te.
FROM MR. PATTON.
How To Control Smallpox.
Small pox outbreaks in severs
counties in Oklahoma during the
last three or four weeks have caused
more or less anxiety in the differ
ent communities. Concerning this
disease, the State Commissioner of
Health, Dr. John W. Duke, said re-
cently: Personally I am opposed
to quarantining for small pox a dis-
ease which can be controlled only in
one way, by vaccination. This
latest fact is so firmly established
as to be bey ond the slighest doubt..
Consequently there is no need of
temporizing. With the remedy
known and easily at hand, it is ab-
surd to waste time talking about
protecting individuals or the public
by establishing quarantines. The
thing to do is to vaccinate. Com-
pulsory vaccination in Prussia dur-
ing the last twenty-five years drove
small pox from that country, until
the year of the outbreak of the
European war only two cases of
small pox appeared in the entire
empire. Immunity from small pox
is obtained by vaccination. Per-
sons who are properly vaccinated
will not contract, this disease. So
versons who are opposed to vacci-
nation may run the risk of having
the disease, or may escape it by the
exercise of a little common sense.'’
S. & I. CLUB.
Met with Mrs. N. W. Patton, on
February ISth was one of the most
interesting meetings the club has
held for some time, all members be-
ing present. After Refreshments
the meeting adjourned to met today
Friday, at the home of Mrs. A. E.
Deere where Mrs. T. W. Peters of
Danville and Mrs. Louisa Radke
will entertain the club
National Mil., Home, Ivans.
March 1, 1016.
Editor Journal:
The epidemic of grip has not
abated March, there is six on the
Bulletin Board. Capt. Crozier
Commander of Co. F., dropped dead
at the breakfast table Monday’.
Twenty-five to a hundred attendee
sick call every morning and the
physicians are busy all day visiting
sick in the Barracks.
rJ he Authorities say there is five
Veterans in the home over 100
years old.
Two of the Elevators in the Bar-
racks are completed, they start in
the basement and pass up through
three floors and into the cupola’s
on the roof which would be very
useful in case of fire.
Additional beds are being placec
in isle of every ward there is four-
teen Barracks and each have seven
wards and each ward 24 beds, o
feet apart, all three quarter iron
style. Good cotton mattress, two
long sheets and cotton pillows and
all woolen blankets needed. Each
ward is 70 feet long and 24 feet
wide. 12 windows to a ward, the
annex between the wards is 34 feet,
the porches at each end and one
side 5 feet wide. The Annex is pro-
vided with rockers for invalids. A1
invalids are excused from all Bar-
rack duty as the janitors of these
wards are paid a salary to care for
them.
When a member is sent to the
hospital his home clothing and per
sonal effects are sent with him anc
the chief surgeon takes charge o:
ail money, watches and other valu-
;>»ile effects places them in a strong
envelope endorsed with contents
and placed in the vault, on being
discharged these effects are deliver-
ed to owner, in case of death they
are turned over to proper party as
provided under the law and rules o
the Home.
All coffins are made of gooc
material, covered with good cloth,
side handles and nice incriptive
plate, body dressed in good suit and
the American flag and flower cover
the coffin and every consideration
given each detail, the chaplain con-
ducts service at the grave, if weath-
er is favorable, if not then at the
morgue chappel. Ail friends at-
tending are properly recognized and
cared for. A marble stone is plac-
ed at each grave with name, date
of death, and army service and the
last burial bears the total number
of burials. No friend need to be
ashamed to witness the burial of a
soldier here. J. S. Patton.
HUSBANDS ENTERTAIN.
The ladies of the S. & I. Club
were royally entertained Wednes-
day evening to a three course sup-
per prepared by their husbands at
the country home of Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Meyer. f
T. W. Peters of Danville, Kans.,
and Will Stone were on the receiv-
ing committee, to which they very
efficently served.
At eight oclock the ladies were
invited to the dining room, the
table looked beautiful, Jess McMul-
in and Frank Simmons acted as
waiters, to which they did them
selves credit, and wcre they to try
to secure position anywhere would
certainly be successful. Messrs
Patton, Meyer and Deere were sure
jusy men seeing that everything
went well. Mr. Meriman did a good
job caiing for the little ones while
there wives were having a good
time. C. M. Smith arrived so late
that all that was left for him to do
was to eat and wash dishes.
The remainder of the evening
was spent in music and at a late
lour the guests departed declaring
the gentlemen royal entertainers
and hoping they would entertain
again soon
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
HAPPENINGS OF TWENTY YEARS AGO.
S. E. Scott proprietor of the new
elevator going up at Manchester, is
expected here from Windom, Kan-
sas in a day or so.
L. C. Buckles and family arrived
Monday from Lyons, Kansas, and
moved into their new home on the
southwest of 16-29-8, held under
lease. Mr. Buckles is a blacksmith
and expects to go into business in
Manchester very soon.
A mad dog passing through the
country last Saturday was killed
by Sam Lewis. It bit a dog belong-
ing to Elon Boyer that was running
loose on the editor’s premises just
east of Manchester, and we fear our
balf-hound cur was also bitten. He
has been chained in a secure place
to await developments.
We say it without fear of contra-
diction, that Manchester has hand-
led three times as much corn since
the 1895 crop come in as any other
town in all the Cherokee Strip part
of Oklahoma. This is due partly
because of the fact that there was
more corn grown in this part and
mir buyers have led all competitors
in prices, but the main reason for
it is, Manchester has a larger terri-
tory tributary to her than any other
point in the strip where corn can
be grown with any degree of cer-
tainity.
Mr. John F. Pisar, step-son of A.
L. Misak of Harper county and
\fiss Emma A. Karash of Black-
stone, Sumner county, Kansas,
were married on February 26 in
Harper county and a splendid wed-
ding dinner was prepared for them
at Mr. Misak's. Mr. Pisar is a
very worthy young man and his
bride one of the most estimable
ladies of the community where she
lived. A neat residence hasalreadv
been erected on a fine claim south-
east of Manchester and the happy
couple are now at home to their
many friends. They have the best
wishes of 1 he Journal for a happv
and prosperous future.
NOT COMPULSORY.
Supt, Wilson states that on Jan-
uary 22nd he witnessed the gradua-
tion of the first student to complete
the high school course without hav-
ing been forced to study an ancient
or modern foreign language. When
Pres. Stratton D. Brooks was elect-
ed head of the State University one
of the first requests made of him by
Supt. Wilson was that he reorganize
the course of study in such a way
as to enable students to graduate
rom the University without study-
ing Latin or any other foreign mod-
ern languages. This has been done.
The young man who graduated at
.awton last week will be admitted
to the University. This is in line
with the policy Mr. VVilson has pur-
sued of making higher education in
Oklahoma more practical and more
Jopular.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Monday evening several auto
oads motored out to the country
lome of \\. A. Aldridge where they
spent a delightful,evening. Several
of the young people of and near
Gibbon were also present. The oc-
casion was in honor of Miss
Clarissa’s birthday.
The evening was spent in music,
games, etc. Refreshments consist-
ing of sandwiches, pickles, cocoa,
ruit salad and cake were served
and after playing a “Good Night ’
game the guests departed, wishing
Miss ( larissa many more happy
birthdays.
M. J. Roberson and son Emmett,
arrived Monday and have their
stock of clothing, furnising goods
and groceries neaty arranged in the
Feely building. They are up-to-
date business men and the Journal
extends to them a hearty welcome
to Manchester. Read their an-
nouncement at the top of this page.
The fact that the H. &S. railroad
will build out of Manchester this
spring seems to be definitely settled.
In an interview with K. W. Lattin
of this city at Hutchinson the other
day, the Hon. L. E. Walker, re-
ceiver, said they had all arrange-
ments made and would begin build-
ing in a few weeks, not later than
some time in April. There is no
doubt in the mind of the Journal
about the route to be taken by the
road. It will go over the old right-
of-way via Wakita and Pond Creek
and this will insure for Manchester
for years to come a large scope of
territory from which to draw trade
thus making this an important sup-
ply and grain shipping point.
Mr. J. J. Baker arrived last
Thursday from Nickerson, by rail,
bringing his family and a car load
of goods, as announced he would do
in our last issue. He is looking for
a claim to buy and for the present
is stopping with his sons-in-law, J.
J. Warnock and N. H. Fulwider.
He is well pleased with the country
tributrary to Manchester and will
not go more than five or six miles
frotr. here to buy land. Mr. Baker
is a good reliable citizen and has
ample means with which to shape
himself for making money here—
just the kind of men that are need-
ed to develop the resources and
possibilities of this councry. We
extend to Mr. Baker and family
a hearty welcome to this vicinity.
Educating The Rural Dweller.
The greatness 3nd prosperity of
the 50,000,000 pcop e who dwell in
small towns and on farms through-
out the country depends on what
they are able to learn. Deprived
as they are of libraries, the close
communion of their neighbors and
frequently in adequate the schools,
the young man of the small town
and the farm may grow up totally
unable to compete with the man
who has had better advantages.
For the purpose of educating these
people, the government is promot-
ing the organization of the National
Rural Teachers’ reading circle, the
primary object of which is to edu-
cate rural teachers. No movement
started recently is more worthy of
encouragement, as education can
only be attained through educators
who are properly equipped for their
work. The final plans are being
worked out by the bureau of educa-
tion in co-operation with an advi-
sory committe of state superinten-
dents and is now ready to be put
in operation, so that teachers and
educators may register at any time.
Thirty states have joined the circle
and for the present, only teachers
residing in those states which have
expressed a desire to co-operate in
the work will be permitted to join.
A complete course of reading for
the teachers has been mapped out,
consisting of non-professional books
of culture value, educational class-
ics, general principles and methods
of education and rural life problems.
The reading course is intended to
occupy two years, although it may
be completed in less time. To
those who complete 17 books within
two years from the time of register-
ing, will be awarded a National
Rural Teachers’ Reading Circle
certificate,
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