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You will find all the
lcal news every day
in The Daily Express
All llie laical ue a s ly
wire every day frojQ
the U. I. Association
Volume Twenty
Chlckasha Oklahoma Friday July 18 1919
Number 170
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TELLS OF
WORK BY
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WEATHER FORECAST
: ASK BOARD
: :npnnF AN
PERSHING IS HONORED. J J J J j
KILLS MISSOURI SHERIFF
CO.AGENT
Property Owner of Grady Shows
Cost of Farm Man and Com-
pares With Good Accom-
plished. DECLARES IS MOST
UNDERPAID OFFICIAL
Cost County $05 Per Month; Se
cured Seed Wheat Cheap
Feed; Directed Farmers
in General Work.
Declaring the county agent is the
poorest paid official of Grady county
considering Iho amount of work ho
iloc:.; Jonas Cook properly owner
anil real estate man issued u. statu
J n out. today favoring the retention of
the office of county agent for Grady
Mr. Cook was ussocialo.il for a
numlicr of years with tlto Grady
Counly J "u rni bureau and was at one
lime president of 'that organization.
In this capacity lio came in direct
contact witli tlio work accomplished
'iy tlio counly agent.
In out liuiu? some of the jhlngs
aoc .nplislii'd by Iho llrady counly
agent liuring tlio past year Mr.
Cook said:
"Is Iho counly agent an asset or
u liability? Is lie a paying propo-
' silkm in dollars aul cents lo Grady
couuly?
"These are questions lo be con-
sidered in continuing his services
for the coming year.
"Hero are some facts about wlial
Die county Hgent has done the pas!
year ending Juno ;0 tri") and what
it CC" . tlio 1 1 p i n ; 1 i In n't it
Tlio agent received $2000 for the
year anil supplied his own car. Of
I his l ho county paid $(!." a month
the Chamber of Commerce of Chick-
asha $?' per month and tlio bal-
aiieo was paid by the state of Okla-
homa and the U. S. government.
"Now what did t lio agent do to
earn his salary? He secured money
Ihrough the Federal Reserve bank
to buy the seed for 22300 acres or
wheal iu die county one-fourth of
the wheal sowir in tlio couuly. Till."
acreage will produce about 1..
bushels per acre worth in round
figures $G7o000. No money could be
secured for this purpose except
through a county agent.
"The county agent ordered OJ car
loads of feed which were shipped
hero at one half Iho regular freight
rale. Others ordered 211 cars and
got the half rale. This could not
have been done except in countie?
that had county agents.
"He vaccinated last year between
;!00() and A mm head of calves anil
cattle lie was instrumental in hav-
ing ."2 farmers sow swept clover
and all such pastures arc a suc-
cess. ''Ask Oscar Early what he think:;
about sweet clover an a pasture
Ask George McMahan (!uy Baser.
Theodore SI over Thos. Jones Fred
Moser or any one else who sowed it
under the directions of Iho counly
agent.
"Ask Mr. Buchi and W. II. (iil-
kep about boo culture and where
they got tchir help.
"The county agent secured from
the Federal government Mr. Hilde-
brand an assistant who has had
charge of the Boy's club work.
Three hundred and eighty-five boys
if the counly belong to the differ-
ent clubs. The salary of Mr. Hildc-
binad was paid entirely by the U.
R. government. This free service to
the county could be secured only
Ihrough having acounty agent. The
extermination of the' army worm
and the grass-hopper received atten-
tion from the agent!"
Read the above"'"and digest it and
then ask your.sef"!':i""Is the county ag-
ent a paying proposition for Grady
county?"
SWIMMING PARTY GIVEN
The young people of the Congre-
gational church enjoyed a hay ride
and swimming party near Chickasha
yesterday evening. A large number
were in attendance at the ocacsion.
( Ily United Press.
Nevada Mo. July IS.
Sheriff Daws was shot and
killed last night by I.ee Mo-
Corniick who was caught in
the act of rob' cry. MeCor-
mick was faally wounded '
while fleeing from I lie mob
that quickly gathered follow-
ing the report of the shoot-
ing. His dealh this morning
from the wound prevented u
lynching.
i
CITY WATER NOT
SAFE; PHYSICIAN
ADVISES BOILING
That the Chickasha cily water is
unsafe for domestic use and that it
should be boiled before used in
drinking is tlio statement of Dr. F.
L. Dawson city physician.
Frank Schriiiiinger cily water
commissioner slated tins allernoon
that every slop would bo taken . to
purify the water before il Is turned
into tlio city water mains. J. chlo-
rine machine which Mr. Schriniinger
says when used properly will kill all
injurious matter in the wator lias
been ordered and is expected to ar-
ivc? in the cily some time soon.
MOORE'S FOULING
COST HIM BOUT
WITH BRITISHER
By United Press.
London July IS Jimmy Wilde is
ill the idol of Great Britain al
though il was only his desperate
gnienc'' and the fouling of Pal
twvio 'la'- ht""-1 ''mi iho decision In
last .night's 20 round bout over the
Yankee
Moore outpointed the British fly
weight champion but repeatedly
struck with his open gloves costing
him the victory. Moore s best
rounds were the Kith and 17lh and
be was fie :h at the close of Hie
(lib.
General Pershing was given a
great ovation when he entered the
stadium. The Prince of Wales nad
Prince Albert were among the IT.uO'J
attending the bout.
YANKS YEARN FOR
HOME FOUNTAIN
Paris June SO (By mail) Hot
weather in Paris has made the soldier
and sailor on leave in the French
apilal yearn for Iho old home soda
fountain. This yearning has been met
by "The Garden" on Hue Faubourg
St. llonorc. an honest lo goodness
soda fountain which has Just been
opened by the Y. M. C. A. Here
from ten in the morning until ten at
night twelve Y girls serve an aver-
age of J.2U0 soldiers and sailors daily
anything they may call for from a
phosphate to a Swiss chocolate sun-
10. II takes two hundred pounds of
.....
sugar twcnly pounds ot tresn straw
berries and a similar amount of
fresh cherries not lo mention fifty
gallons of ice cream and plenty of
chocolate and fruit juices to keep the
soldier and sailor patronage supplied
with drinks. Mrs. John T. Toler of
Atlanta Ca. and M. G. McCardle' of
Frederick Md. have charge of (ho
Y's new establishment.
In front of Iho counter recently u
lieutenant was heard to ask a group
of soldiers what they thought of the
place.
"Boy' said a doughboy privatefor-
getting rank In his earnest enthusi-
asili "it's half-way home that's all.
There are no fizz bottles for mak-
ing sodas in "The Garden." The big
soda fountain shipped from the
states is installed and a continuous
line files by it all day long.
MARRIAGE PERMIT ISSUED.
Luther Barnard age u5 and Miss
Emma Pledger age 19 both of
Lindsay were issued a marriage li-
cense yesterday by Mrs. Edna T.
Watkins court clerk.
OIL FROM
NEW POOL
Chickasha Refinery to Determine
Properties of Cement Crude;
Work on Local Plant to
Start Soon.
That oil from the Cement-Cyril
field is i. ) bo 'given a thorough test
by the Chickasha Ilefinery Interests
with a view to using that product
in the local refinery was detenu
ined yesterday affernoou at direc-
tor's meeting held in the company's
offices on the fifth floor of Iho First
National bank building. j
George A. Todd director of the
company and interested in several
refineries was present and offered
the facilities of his plant at Vivian1
La. to test out the Cement oil as!
ot gasoline content as woll as with '
regard to its lubricating properties.'
Mr Todd's plant at. Vivian is said
to be one of the largest in tlio
United Stales handling crude from
which is made exclusively lubri
cants. It is a l!)till nlant and;
'handles thousands ot barroh ot'ge118te Committee Votes Favor-
cruue daily.
Work Is to be ' started on the
Chickasha plant in a fow days J. K.
Lawhead vleo president of the com
pany stated this morning. The first
work will be tlio connection of the
water lino from Iho Chickasha wat-
er pumping station directly to the
plant. Pipe is on the ground and the
connecting ditch Is practically in
such shape that tho layii? of the
pipe may bo started at once.
Tho plant will handle Garber oil
during its first stages of operation
Mr. Lawhead stales. There is also a
movement on foot to secure some
of the Burkbumetl crude.
"Wo will handle the Cement oil
and plan to connect wit htho field
iiy"pTpe ijm!i a8 noon as-tlioro is
enough production there to justify
the expense of putting in a line"
said Mr. Lawhead. "I do not. think
there is a question about the pro-
duction corning soon They are ad-
ding to tho field's output fund sev-
eral wells now in the sand in the
Cement-Cyril distril; should soon put
the production up to a figure of con-
siderable proportions. We will give
this oil a thorough test as to its
properties and hope to be using
some of the Cement crude beforu
many weeka."
RECOMMEND NINE
FOR GALLANTRY
By United Press.
Berlin July 17. Seven American
soldiers and two civilians wero rec-
ommended for gallon! ry and bravery
during the riots in Berlin lasl win-
ter. It is presumed that Iho e men-
tioned wore attached to the Ameri-
can mission in the German capital.
SAPULPA CAR STRIKE
AGAIN LOOKS STRONG
By United Press.
Sapulpa July 18. The street cars
are again idle officials of tho Okla-
homa Union railway said. Crowds
hooted the carmen and passengers
placed hundreds of railroad torpe-
does on the track It so unnerved
the carmen that none wero to bo
found at work this morning. Motor
cars on tho Frisco wero proposed
to handle the traffic.
AVIATORS BODIES RECOVERED.
Philadelphia July IS. The bodies
of Knsign Harold L. Roehrig Pase-
dena Cal. and E. E. Ehrke Mil-
waukee Wis. pilot and chief ma-
chinists mate respectively who
were drowned Sunday when a sea-
plane plunged into tho Delaware riv-
er at the navy yard here were re-
covered. PLANE CATCHES FIRE.
Los Angeles July 18. Lieut.
Charles G. Maury of Fowler Ind.
an army aviator from Rockwell field
San Diego was killed here today
when his airplane caught fire at a
height of 900 feet and fell into aj
tail Snin.
For Oklahoma.
Tonight and Saturday nil-
nettled; probably local showers
west portion.
:
Local Temperature.
Maximum 81; minimum 07.
Precipitation: Hoporlod ut 2
p. m. .fill.
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CONTINUES
ATTACK ON
OPPONENTS
sjmmo IvTm .. inra )
K H 1111 i'lVI b HO VU
White House to Explain Cer-
tain Decisions Reached in
Paris Conference.
DANGER IS SEEN IN
ROOT RESERVATIONS
ably in the Sundry Civil
Bill; Add $6000000 Over
Wilson's Figure.
By United Press.
Washington July IS. The presi-
dent today continued his attack on
the opposition to the Leaguo of Na-
tions by calling to the While House
four republican senators who are
known to bo open-minded on- the
subject. .They are: Senators Kol-
log of .Minnesota Kcnyon of Iowa
Capper of Kansas and McNary of .
Oregon.
President
Wilson is
expected 10
follow tho sarfie llne a t-e
tfirday with Senators Colt Nelson
and McCummer when ho did not
ask them to change their positions
but told them Inside information re-
garding certain decisions that weru
reached in Paris.
Sound Out Allies.
By United Press.
Washington July J 8. Foreign gov-
ernments are being soundod out as
to their attitude toward tho proposed
Root reservations lo the treaty in
the event the senate adopts one or
all according to a leading adminis-
tration senator.
This senator who refused to bo
quoted directly indicated the belief
that if the senate adopts the res-
ervations counter reservations will
be proposed by at least one other
government serving to "vitiate the
contract."
"Daylight" Act Up.
By United Tress.
Washington July IS. The repeal
Of the daylight saving is again at-
tached lo the rider in the. agricul-
tural appropriation bill by tho bouse
agricultural commillce.
The measure was vetoed once by1
the president but. apparently an at-
tempt will be made to force it
through again.
Sundry Bill Favorable.
By United Press.
Washington July lv The senate
appropriations committee voted to re-
port favorably on I lie sundry civil
bill unchanged as passed in the
house.
The bill gives $i;iitiun(j moro for
the rehabilitation of soldiora than
was demanded of President Wilson
when ho vetoed the first bill.
ASKED CONFER RANKS
ON U. S. COMMANDERS
By United Press.
Washington July
18. President
Wilson today asked (lie senate to i The ceremony took place at the war
confer the permanent rank of gen- office. British officials made speech-
cral on General John J. Pershing es in which they warmly praised the
and General Peyton C. March and aid given to tho allied cause by the
the permanent rank of admiral on .
Admiral Simms and Benson.
DEPUTY KILLED BY BANDITS.
Cleveland Ohio July 18. Deputy
; Marshal Earnest Gray was killed and
two other deputies were wounded in
a battle this afternoon with alleged
bandits wanted in connection with
the attempted robbery yesterday of i
nn foot VnA aL- 1
an East End bank.
TO RETAIN
CO.WORKER;
Women Declare in Favor of Re-
tention of Home Demonstra-
tor; Show How Home Eco-
nomics Improved.
A communication received this
morning from a number of women of
the Friend community pointed out
that considerable has been said re-;
cently about the retention of the
county agricultural agent but that 1
the county homo demonstration agent j
has not been mentioned. i
The women signing tho statement
are members of the women's club of
the Friend district and have worked
under tho direction of Mrs. Netty
Coryell county home demonstrator in
the various phases of club work.
They poiiA out. that they have learn-
ed the latest methods of canning and
nrorvim. fond fr winter ul;c
through lhe agont as well as tho
most approved ways of handling the A "mnge me win;i last ni:'i
many other domestic problems. Baved thousands of acres by back-fir-The
communication follows: llls a 9(:ole of 1)Iazea' Of the fires
"There has been a great deal of armmtl ni lake only one is report-
agitation concerning the Grady coun- ed t0 bo out of control
ty farm agont but there has been
practically nothing said about the
county homo demonstrator.
"Now wo consider the woman agent
a great benefit to tho community.
Through her direction wo have learn-
ed how to preserve fruits and veg-
tables for winter use how to bake
better bread and how to do count-
less other tasks about the home. jjy United Press.
Through her direction there has been t;hkag()) Jlllv' 18.0na . hundred
brought about a strong community thousand building and street construe-
spirit that is helpful. Uon workerg are out under ord(rg of
"We would like for the county com- )h f...rnnn.n .....
mH8i0ners to appropriate the money
-necessary to reiain lhe county home'
demonstration agent.--(Signed ) ivirs.
S. Djkii'jfck rltrs. T. R. McCain:.'
Mrs Guy Buscr Mrs. J. A. Moore '
Mrs. George Potty Miss Clara
White." ;
"It is understood that a petition
will be submitted to lhe commission-
ers tomorrow to reiain tho county
homo demonstrator.
TO PLAY AT CYRIL. j
Tho A. O..U. W. baseball team is
scheduled for a game with Cyril
Sunday O. G. Gulihur manager of
the team announced this morning.
The game will be played In Cyril.
TULSA DECLARES
ROAD HOUSE WAR
By United Pres.
Tulsa July IS. War has been de-
clared on the road houses on the
outskirts of Tulsa. Twenty-two
raids were staged by the Tulsa offi-
cers last. week.
Charges havo been lodged against
nine operators of road ibouses and
00 gallons of liquor were confls-
caled.
CHILD PASSES AWAY.
Following an illness of several
days Mamie Reynolds 0 year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rey-
nolds died yesterday afternoon at
tho Reynolds homo corner of Ninth
street and Ohio avenue. Funeral
services were lo be held at the
home this afternoon at 2:i!0 o'clock
conducted by Uov. Alcorn pastor of
the Second Baptist church.
PERSHING AWARDED D. 5 C.
London July 18. The. distinguished
service medal was conferred upon
Gen. John J. Pershing commander
of tho American expeditionary force.
United Stattes
SCHOOL MAN HERE.
T. T. Montgomery recently elect-
ed superintendent of the Chickasha
City schools with his family has
moved to Chickasha from Madlll
where Mr. Montgomery was head
of the Madill City schools. They
are naw domiciled at 1002 South
Qavonth c4rot
Seventh street.
By United Press.
London July IS. Villi
qiuilut I nidil ioiuil ceremonies
the lord mayor of London
tendered to General Pershing
the freedom of the city today
and gave htm the sword of
honor. The presentation oc-
curred In Guild Hall at noon
and was followed by a lunch-
eon In honor of General Per-
shing at Mansion house.FOREST FIRE IS
HOLDING OWN IN
NORTH WEST BELT
Ry United Press
! Hl"'ane Wash. July IS. With 30
000 acres of foresl reduced to smoul-
dering embers several ranches burn-
Pl1 0l thousands or men fighting
; them- lhe foIet fire within a SO-
tu""a UI rporieu w lmve.
!y holding tholr own against th.' .
warlV exhausted fighters.
STRIKERS WANT
WAGE INCREASE-
ARE LOCKED OUT
. f...... lhia '
rc(un) w()1.k
The men asked for a flat increase
of 20 cents an hour The rrtiplnvri
agreed to grant them 12' cents an
-hour over the former scale and when
tho men failed to appear this morning
a lockout was established.
PLANE HITS FLAGPOLE.
By United Press.
New York July IS. One piano of
tlio squadron that attempted an easy
stugo flight from Boston to Dallas
hit a flagpole last night at Rocka-
way Beach The ship went Into a
nose dive but landed with the two
aviators unhurt.
BOTH SIDEJ
j ii
STRIKE WAITING
By United Press. j
New York July 18. Both sides!
in tho seamen's strike Is waiting'
for the other to make advances to-j
ward a settlement.
K!l i nnl !i rr lit a n .iff '.n i a I u ciofo t Ii n r
" ' ' '
are unable to get volunteers to man
six cattle ships bound for France
because of the activities of the strik-
er's pickets
ENGLAND ABSORBING
HER FIGHTING MEN
By United Pre3s.
London July 1. (By mall) Since
the armistice 2750000 British tol-
diers have been discharged of which j
number only 400000 remain unem- i
ployed.
This means that 80 per cent of the
fighting men have been absorbed in-
to industry and statisticians claim
thai this is a greater proportion than
France Italy or the United States
can show.
There has always been a certain
percentage of out-of-works -know n in
pre-war days as 'lhe mighty unem-
ployed" and experts consider that in
view of tho great influx of female la-
bor into the market prosent figurca
show satisfactory results.
"GOB" VISITS HERE.
Chas. Holder head cook on
United Statos naval transport
spending a furlough visiting his par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Holder
near Chickasha. The ship on which j iff- A H-qear-old negro girl Is in-
Holder has been stationed has made volved in the case. Henry Greg-
eleven trips to French and English ory 'ather of the girl is the com-
ports. ! . ' iiiii'S '-'-tav.
FARM MAN
TOMORROW
J
Special TTertirg of Commissioners
Set for .) o'Oc'joo:; Petition to
Be Presented to County
Board.
TJDD DECLARES IN
FAVOR CF AGENT
Savs Should Have Two; Point i
Out Grady Would Be Paying
Part of Other Agents'
Hiiull the office uf Grady county
il in agent bo maintained?
TI'h quo ii inn. which has been tho
t'.i'.iei i .f m-n h ro uiue.it In Grady
i uun.ij
u.'uo: i : pact week will l
'; ! -d i.-m nvw u i t i.pocsul uievi
ing of the board of county commis-
sioners J. A. Temple chairman ot
the board says.
Reports this afternon were that the
"pros" would bo represented by a
large delegation at the board'i meet-
ing and that petitions asking for the
retention of the county agent and
bearing the signatures of a largo
number of die farmers and land own-
ers in the county would be presented
to the comlssioners.
The board will meet at 9 o'clock
R. S. Cox county clerk stated this
morning.
George A. Todd extonsivo land
owner of Grady counly and well
known through bis business connec-
tions in Chickasha' Issued u state-
ment this morning favoring the re.
tentlon or the Grady county aenl.
Mr To-I! : (.;..(. . r-.U"v
"I notice through the columns of
your paper that thoro Is a bit of ex-
citement over not retaining tho coun-
ty agent for next year and a I am a
tax payer of the county 1 feel that
we should progress In Grady county
with our farming and stock raising in.
duHtrics to this extent.
"There is no farming community
that Btands still. People are either
going ahead or going backward. Gra-
dy county not only nays one-half of
the expense of the county agent the
rest of it coming out of the federal
and stute treasuries. We are going t
pay our part of the expense of all
i'io Min i r . -1 t i r-v i . r H-e state and
nutii
(tin:
it. I i
ai s : 10 ui the uuii-piueabive cout:
iy not getting our share of the
which we are paying to the
I: !- :.i I fe.leral governments If we
do nt keep the aent.
I own in Grady county about 3.BJ0
i-'M ui lanu wnicn is taxaole am
runnlng two rant.hes and at different
times ln hn vpar my persona tax
.
umerent but it will amount to nrac-
tlcaly one-half of my real estate hold-
ings. I have never uspd the county
agent but I come In contact with his
work and I consider him well worth
the money in fact I would like to
see two of them as I am sure that
It would be a good investment for the
county.
"It wil be Impossible for me to
meet with the county commissioners
tomorrow so I am making this state-
ment to show my views on the sub-
ject." AUDITOR TO DUNCAN.
Arthur Jones dipu'y state exam-
Iner and inspector who has been in
the cily making an audit pf the
county's records has gone to Dun-
can where he will aulit the b-iokd
of t lio Stephens county treasurer.
Ho will return to Chickasha tomor-
row vr Sunday.
YOUNG NEGRO HELD.
Arthur Wimberly a 21-year-old
negro living on a farm S'4 miles
' west of Norge. Is in the county
is J W. pending trial on a statutory
charge. He was arrested yesterday
by A. Sidney Hancock deputy slier-
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