The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, November 30, 1917 Page: 3 of 10
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Ma it Chester Journal.
VOLUME 25
MANCHESTER, GRANT COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1917
NUMBER 27
TWENTY YEARS AGO
HAPPENINGS OF TWENTY YEARS AGO.
The Rock Island ra’lroad has at
least put an end to the great confu-
sion wh:ch has ever been prevalent
over the naming of Pond Creek and
Enid.. Pond Creek was called
“Round Pond” and Enid “South
Enid.” Hereafter it will be Pond
Creek and Enid, much to the satis-
faction and delight of the people of
those towns. The change shoiild
have been made long ago.
In response to inquiries the di-
rector of the Oklahoma experiment
station expresses doubt as to the
success of spring wheat in the terr-
tory, except under very favorable
circumstances. It has been tried to
a limited extent and moderate suc-
cess has been reported ripening la-
ter, spring wheat would be in more
danger of injury from unfavorable
weather than winter wheat. It is al-
so more subject to injury by
by chinch bugs. If tried it is advis-
ed that it be sown as early as prac-
ticable in the spring.—Guthrie Lea-
We have received a circular from
the Pasteur Vaccine company
showing results of innoculation
with the Pasteur Vaccine for pre
ventive of blackleg among cattle.
The animals treated during the last
two years number about 72 000
head The average mortality from
blackleg among stock not vaccina-
ted is 10 per cent; that among vac-
cinated catlle is one-third of one
per cent. As the disease is caused
by a germ which the vaccine de
stroys it is hoped that a general a
doption of this preventive may e-
ventually entirely stamp out the e-1
vil.—Texas Stock Journal.
Editors, are the first to hear of
gossip or scandal, indiscretions of
men and women, things unfit for
publication, intrigues, clandestine
meetings, night buggy rides, young
girls gone astray, flirtations of mar-
ried women, amours of married
men, and in fact all neighborhood
scandal. Editors generally know all
the naughty “linings in a communi-
ty. no matter how 5secret« If one-
half they hear was published div-
orce suits would follow in some ca-
ses, social ostracism in others, shTit
guns and gore, imprisonment,
lynching, desolate homes, shame,
humilation and misery. The edi or
learns fljuch of the shams and hy-
pocrisy of life, and it is a wonder
that he believes in anything on
earth or hereafter. People who a-
buse the editor the loudest some-
times owe their standing in society
to his forbearance.—Ex
Attorney U. W. Smith and fami
lv moved int;o their new quarters
pn Quality Hill last Saturday.
A. G. Hohl and family arrived j
from Raymond, Kans., Tuesday
and will make their home here. Mrs.
Hohl is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bacon.
X -
Mrs. Simmons and children re-
turned Sunday from a two weeks
visit with relatives near Attica .Mr.
Pearson brought them over and re-
turned home Tuesday.
J. Viertheller, who went back to I
Illinois, this fall is home again and
reports having had a good time.
Andrew Zigler and L. Wenke left)
again for Elinwood, Kansas.
Thanksgiving day was observed
by some of our folks. Some celebra-
ted it with shooting matches, etc.
••'Ome with a feast of turkey and pie,
while some entered into the true
spirst of the occasion and had a
feast of better things by the giving
of thanks to the Great Giver of all
good things, both spiritual and I r u . „
temperal. May God help us always • * "otj8een &ara McMullln
to keep the day thus. ' S'"Ce ™ , anded here but 1 think
Harry Williams and Brant Morgan
A. Starks, S. L. McMullin, C bave seen a few times. I have
C. George and many others inform seen Fred ®utz only twice since I
us between the hours of 12 and 2 o’ bave been bere'
clock Thursday morning an earth- 1 tb‘nk *9 Pretty certain that
quake shock w'as felt in this vicini- ra0st us w‘b a free tr*P-
ty which caused the windows and to France before next summer, a
doors of the houses to ratlte and I good many of us will be there by
the hearth to tremble as they had tbe first of APriL
never witnessed before. The shock' * kke tbe tra>n’ng much better
lasted oolv two or three seconds than 1 expected, everything is made
and most people who are accus- 38 inter—in£ as can be.
tomed to sleeping sound did not re- r°^ay w'e were taken out about
alize it. miles from camp to the east side
a 40 acre patch. This patch con-
A contract has been entered into tained small timber and cactus and
between the citizens of Manchester no grass. Near the west side of
and the Mendon Creamery Co. the patch were stationed seven of
w hereby their creamery plant is to our boys which were supposed to 1
be moved to Manchester. A little German guards with you. We
money is yet to be raised and a few boys were to try to get by these
teams for hauling a load each to- guards without being caught. There
ward moving the building and ma- were °nly a few that got by, about
chinery. If you feel disposed to U out °f 5- I started into the tim-
help, call on S. B. Fling and make ber, had gone only a short distance
yourself known. It is expected to when some one shouted Halt! I
begin the work at once. looked around and there in the
• , . . bushes lay* a soldier with a big
' u ' J' w ™°U 13 visiting her rifle pointed right at me. It scared
mother at McPherson. Kansas, this | me at first. I told him what com-
Dedication
Methodist Church
Manchester, Okla.
DECEMBER 2, '17
President F. E. Mossman
Southwestern College
Will Deliver the Dedicatory Sermon
BASKET DINNER IN BASEMENT
Everbody Invited
ITEMS OF INTEREST
ABOUT THINGS AND PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Gladys Craven and mother are
riding in a new buggy.
Mm. Emma Yoder is reported
sick at their home west of town.
Mr? AT? McAdams was down
from Anthony the first of the week.
G. F. Simmons is building an ad-
dition to his cottage in the south
part of town.
Mrs J. J. Warnock is remember-
ing her nephew, Earl Warnock, at
T t Sill with a thanksgiving box.
Mrs. A. J. Beatty and Mrs. Tillie
Hendrick were guests of Dr. and
Mrs Galloway of Anthony, over
Sunday.
nesday and will continue this week
Everybody is cordially invited to
I attend.
Leonard Woodring received a
letter from his brother in France
Wednesday. He says he is doing
[ fine except a little cold.
A Sack social was held at the
Mendon school house Wednesday
night for the benefit of the hoys in
the trenches in France. Thr total
amount cleared was §48.00. This
will be used to buy tobacco, cigars,
and other useful articles for the
soldiers. It will be sent in care of
Chester Woodring to be distributed
among the boys of his company,
j We feel that we are doing some-
thing which will please the boys as
well as anything we could do, for
this is somethingtheycan hardly get
along without and it seems te he
the hardest thing to get.
Those who spent Sunday at Ch as.
Bennett’s were; Messrs and Mes-
dames John Hime, Joe Williams.
| and John Meier.
There was a pie supper at the
Hope school house Friday and ev-
erybody who attended reports a
good time. The amount cleared was
I somewhere near §82 00.
Frank Potter is going to shuck
corn for Jewel House on the Cot-
terill place this week. •
The Watkins families are enjoy-
ing a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Rich-
ard Clemison of Warrenton, Missou-
ri. Mrs. Clemison is a cousin of Mrs.
Watkins’s.
F.H.Smithhisler reports the com-
pany that isdrilling at the oil well,
east of town, expect to begin drill-
ing at the west well 'within the
fifteen day3.
J. H. Marr and wife and son
John, were over at Byron Sunday
morning. Dr. Xapolean came back
with them.
week.
pany I belong to so he let me go as
he was a guard looking for men
of another company. I went on
c ime I my Way’ crawling through cactus
down Wednesday and says he »v land bushes on hands and knees
Mrs. L. P. Ferguson is visiting
her brother, Chas, Fielder, 5 miles
west of town. Her husband
down Wednesday and says he ex t ‘‘uu hneeb
pects to locate. His business is run- !?r ab°Ut ^ yard8 and final|y 80t
I through all right.
ing a restaurant.
LETTER FROM CAMP TRAVIS
Camp Travis, Nov. 21,1917.
To the Journal
Dear Friends and all:
. I am well aid feeling fine.
Really I enjoy myself just as though
I had good sense. The drouth was
broken last Saturday night bv a-
bout one inch of rain which was
welcomed by everybody. Sunday
was cool and rather dreary as e
have been quarantined for about
a week. There is a case or two of
mumps aiul measles in Cos! B and
C but none in Co A so far.
I have not seen some of the boys
for several days but I think they
are all getting along as well as can
be expected.
I get the Journal every week and
believe me, I look for it just like a
letter from home. I received the
package which the Red Cross sent
me, and wish to take this means to
thank them. Just keep up the
good work ,:s the housewife (as the
package is called) is something that
ever) soldier needs.
W? haven’t received our ma-
chine guns yet but we are about L my picture8
We are quarantined at present
for measles. I am sending you one
ready for them.
If there is any one who would
like to hear from me just write me
a letter and I will try to answer as
\ .M. C. A. paper and envelopes are
free.
Yours,
W. Morgan.
G. F. Simmons, J. W. Mallory,N.
W. Patton, and H. R. Swaze atten-
ded a Shriner Ceremonial at Wichi-
ta last I riday, the first two return-
Brant Morgan, one of our boys j ed b r*day di?ht,in Mr. Mallory’s
at Camp Travis, will be made hap- car‘ ^esrrs- Patton and Swaze re-
py by recieving, a Thanksgiving turning via rail the next day.
E. E. Loffland and family were
in town Monday, enroute to their
home at Pratt, Kansas, they had
been visiting W. Cutrigbts near By-
ron. Mr. Loffland says people are
enthusiastic over the oil prospects
near Byron.
As ever your friend,
Lester A. Beatty.
Sgt. U.
Letter From Inez, Texas
(Formerly Salem)
Inez, Texas. Nov. 17, 1917.
Editor Journal:
- . Mr. and Mrs. Z. Cl. Scott an-
Cmnp Travis, Nov. 15, 1917. nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter Martha Rebecca to Glen T.
Walton on Nov. 17, 1917, at the
home of A. G. Scott. Mr. Walton
is in partnership with Arthur in a
dairy at \ ictoria, Texas.
Mr, Orville 31ye,1
Manchester, Okla.
Dear Friend:
I rereived yo ir letter yester-
day and wa§ certainly glad to hear
from you. We aie certainly having
nice weather down here. Some of
the leaves have just begun to fall
from the trees. We have /had only
one rain siuce I have been here.
Now as to what kind of a cake 1
like best, I can not say, I like
all of them real well except the one
At last we have had a good rain.
Pastures are very poor and water
scarce as the wind has not blown
enough to pump and streams are
dry. This part of the state has
suffered from drouth this year, all
crops are light and feed very scarce
and high. Prairie hay is selling at
box from home.
Mrs. A. Jordan and father from
Ashland, Kansas, were in town
Monday ;they had been visiting near
Millard, Oklahoma.
A fire at Driftwood, our neigh-
boring town southwest of us, last
Saturday afternoon destroyed two
dry good stores and the bank.
Mrs. Watkins and son Clarence
accompanied Mr. and Mrs Clemison
as far as Wichita Monday, where
they will visit the E. A. Watkins
family a few days.
Mrs. W. M. Plunkett and chil-
dren came down from Anthony
Saturday, to visit T. Christians and
Manual Collins’s families. Mrs.
1 luntvett will have charge of the
singing at the revivals that are be-
ing held at the Sunflower school
bouse by tbe Church of God peo-
ple.
.... wen me on3 0 —
that I got here. It is the only cake j * 8 00 at baler
that « ur cooks ever baked for us Scott and Norris both had good
and I think they forgot to put any | crops of peanuts,
sugar in it. I certainly would ap-
preciate a rake all right,
Eight Salem boys volunteered.
The draff has taken two more, and
more expect to follow.
Mrs. Gertrude McClaflin is teach-
ing near Port Lavaca, has eight
month’s school, has Frankie with
and is housekeeping in the teacher’s
home.
Walter Farnsworth and family
and 1 om Wright and family have
moved to Imperial Valley, Calif.
J- H., C. K. and S. E/Scott are
still in the Valiev.
Mrs. Z. G. Scatt.
The second number of the Ly-
ceum Course will be given at the
Opera House Wednesday Dec. 5th.
Dr. Bollinger is said to be one of
the best lecturers on the road. Do
not fail to hear hi u. Seats on sale
at Simmons, store Mondav. Dec
3rd.
Mrs. Tom Koehler and Mrs. An-
drew Zigler returned fron Wichita
last Friday. Those ladies had ac-
companied Mrs. Zink and four chil-
dren to Wichita and had them
placed in tha St Frances Hospital.
This family his had more than
their share of bad luck. About two
jears ago the father died leaving a
wife and eight children. The family
moved near Amorita where they
toek sick with Typhoid fever. Two
of the children died. Those good
ladies went to their aid by having
them placed where they would be
well cared for.
Pleasant Valley News
Mrs. Charley Bennett is on the
sick list this week. She took aick
Friday evening at her daughter’s,
Mrs; May Potter, and Mr. Bennett
brought her home in the car Satur-
day evening. She is much improved
at this writing.
A revival is being held at Friends
charch. conducted by Mr. Jones,
tb^ new paster, They b«gan Wed-
Nov. 26, 1917
Editor Journal-
Dear Sir:
Mv attention has been called to
an article in your psper of Nov. 23rd
in reparrl to the burning of feed afc
the farm of ,T. o. Robinson in which
von 017 *nme (German) sympathizer
or T w w was the cause. Now wo
will g-rant it mav have been some I.
W w nr someone that wanted to
b»jn tbe Kafsor hnt when yon say
German, it looks to the American of
German, that you are getting a little
bit like Insinuating that some of them
are responsible for the burning of the
fodder mentioned. Now Americans
of German descent of south Manches-
ter would like it to be known that
they are above anything like the ar-
ticle referred to, insinuates, and they
are for Uncle Samuel first, last aud
all the time, and from my intimate
acquaintance with them I know that
they are all Americans. These people
haling from the same fatherland
across the sea, come with the same-
early training, same traditions, lan-
guage, national feelings, and customs,
not to mention the praiseworthy
pride regarding the history and in-
stitutions of the land of tneir birth,
it is wise to let, them enjoy all these
and even to admire and encourage
them in so doing, for if they have no
patriotism for their native land, they
could not be expected to have any for
the laud of their adoption. This
country has nothing to fear from pa-
triotic souls that hale from abroad.
Time/circumstances, education, and
our national atmosphere moulds them
all into one great American people
During the Civil war thousands of
these Ameicans of Germ an birth and
I descent gave their lives for the cause,
and during this war it will be the
same and might say that the motto
of these good people wili be,
Our fathers bequeathed us honor
And the glory of toil and song,
And the deathless joy of longing
And hearts for the battle strong,
And our faith, and our land, and our
woman,
And the children that round us rise
And by god’s grace we will purge (the
race of wrong, lest their glory dies
That a fairer land tjhan our fathers
planned
May for our children rise.
America.
The parties referred to as objecting
to last week's article have unnecessar
ily distorted its merning. The article
was & protest against the sympathiz
ers of the kaiser organized to
destroy the things necessary for the
•uocessful prosecution of the war.
Go to Jim’s Place
Go to Jim’s place first door west of
Post office for Chile, Hamburg, Soup,
aud short orders. Manchester, Ckla.
tf
Remember the lecture course next
Wednesday. December 5rh
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Phillips, W. E. The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, November 30, 1917, newspaper, November 30, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc497784/m1/3/?q=technical+manual: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.