The Dacoma Mascot (Dacoma, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1918 Page: 4 of 8
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B. L. TISING
Justice of the Supreme
R L. 'Tlsingor,. of Mnnguin, Cirwr County, «
pointed Justice of the Supreme Court from the I\
to .succeed Justice < has. M. Thacker, deceased.
He Is n candidate for Justice Thacker's unc
will of the democratic voters of the district nt the j
anil asks that be he permitted to hold for thtj unexj
he was recently appointed.
He did not solicit the appointment, but accept
him, gfvlng up his private practice ns a lawyer an
The appointment was in line with any lawyer's at
and his friends ate proud that he was considered
He submits to the fni mil tilled democratic voters ct
counties of Beaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Dcwe.v,
Roger Mills, Texas, Woods and Woodward, tlu
qualified and as competent'hs other a Spirants, Ids c
considered by them and he should he nominated f
Justice Tisinger Is a native of Georgia and n
•accept Ion of the two years la* was Mayor of the (a
ago. lie has mover before sought or held public otlie
engaged fit active practice of the law for over
years of iWr i have been in <!re‘ r t'ouidy. lie v*
Qf Greer t *>.iuty as to Ids standing' as a citizen.
h id his tpi: litl* itions for the office ue now holds h
aetpiai: •: ne** an I to any Jiidpe 1 cf >te who : he h
i lie so'ii i, . \lu support of tin* muddied voters
priai , y , sai a a’d asktt that 1 u l>o nominal od
lor the uiii*:.p*real (ornt of tluj which he nov
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Sanders Disc
OUR FIRST MILLION :™^mis m »h«m
IS SAFE OVER SEAS ^
REMARKABLE RECORD IS
MADE IN TRANSPORTING
TROOPS TO FRANCE.
HUN U-BOATS FAIL TO SCORE
On a Single Eastbound Transport-
Quartermaster’s Department Pre-
Preparing to Clothe 4,000,000
Men Next New Year’s.
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Washington.—American troops sent)
overseas numbered 1.019,115 July 1.
I’he first ship carrying military per-[ Lord Rhondda, who until a month
•onnel sailed May 8, 1917, having on aflo was British food administrator,
I oaid base hospital No. 4 and mem- died la»t week. His death was partly
hers of the reserve nurses corps. due to malnutrition, due to his efforts
General Pershing and his staff to 8et a 0ood example to his people in
Rahed on May 20, 1917. The embarka- economi2ing on food,
tio^s in the months from May, 1917 I —^
.o and IncUdlnK June, m8. .re a. SHIPBUILDING RECORD BROKEN
1917—
May . ..
• une
July
August
131V—
Ja nuary
February
March .
Marines'
Aggregating
The total number of troops re-
turned from abroad, lost at sea and
casualties is 8,165, and of these, by
ieuson of the superbly efficient protec-
tion the navy has given our transport
system, only 291 have been lost at
sea.
Thirty Divisions Abroad.
30 524
::g259 230,400 TONS COMPLETED
. . 48,840 ;
IN JUNE.
•. 1,718 September
.. 12,261 October
..12,988 November
. 18,323 December
...46,776 April .......117,212 -—
• .53,811 June ........276.372 Whlch ,s More Tonnage Than Ever
. .’. .V. 1019’115 ' WaS Bui,t by Any Nation,
In One Month.
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OKLAHOMA STATE H
Corp. Martin 11. Betty, Hooker, se-
verely wounded.
prlv. Thodore L. Monroe, Alt us, se-
verely wounded.
Briv. Mont Bennett, Foteau (ma-
rines); severely wounded.
Cited for Bravery.
Lieut. Miller S. Pond, Enid.
the roll of honor. shadows of cop ig ev
July 28-Aug. 3, Paws’
Stillwater. '
Sent. 11-13, Atoka Co<ty fair
Sept. 1.-20, Uecknam^unty t
City.
Sept..12-14, Djalne Coi^y fitlr,
Sept,
iarko.
SHIP PRODUCTION.
United
States
January ........... bb.ou/
February ..........123,625
March ............1 /2,bi 1
Substantially, thirty divisions are March .............172,611
APr‘l ..............160,286
M»y ..............263,571
June ...............280,400
Great
Britain
8/,802
150,075
20<J,t>1 I
252,511
169,000
297,274
Washington—Ship production in the
now in France ready to meet what-
ever move the German staff has in
preparation.
Some of these divisions already
have been formed into the iirst field .........
army under Major General Liggett, United States in June amounted to
others are holding trench sectors at 280.400 deadweight tons, making the
important points along the battle line total 1918 production to date 1 084,679
and still others have been broken up tons.
nrLul—. W“" lh<> f're”“h ,nd Jbe Jlme whloh at
the rate of 3,364,800 tons a year, is a
And so when the German thrust new record for the United States and
comes, the Americans will be called is the greatest output of ocean-goin^
upon to play no small part in meet-! tonnage ever completed in any one
. ng lt‘ j month by any nation.
Secretary Baker wrote the president! It comes within 15,000 tons of the
that the supplies and equipment in world’s record for shipbuilding made
1’ranee for the million men who have by the British shipyards in May but
(tone Is shown by latest reports to be which included all classes of vessels
adequate ami added that “the outuut ne u,„ „ .
of our war industries in the country is totaled 262 960 ton °Utp.Ut’ St?el s|1!ps
showing marked improvement in vir- 1 ti 'lt nim T,™ Y
™ ~ ™V:innoIn^nTZ\t Sot
Secretary Baker said he disap- |rJu”Ly^
pro%od of speculation as to the future ors had not made reports on them to
,n‘°'hp8 !!) troop movements, declar-, the shipping boards statistical depart-
ing ho did not desire to have “past ment.
performances made the basis of spec-! .,
ulation for the future” • , An amazinK growth in output was
As reserves for the million and ?‘?,C Jb>' ,deTtai’ed f‘SUres for the
more now in France, more than an-j f We6kS °f June'
other million are now in training in | ln the nrst week s!x shiPs of. 24,430
the United States and three million deadweIsht tons were delivered, the
American soldiers will be under arms se<‘ontI week ten more of 64,732 tons
by the end of this month, while infor- were ad(Ied. and in the third week the
mation recently furnished to congress a'era8e ^or The month was made one
by Brig. Gen. R. E. Wood, acting quar- a clay by the completion of five ships
termaster gejieral, disclosed that his totalillK 61,260 tons. De;iveries in the
department is planning to clothe week totaled 129,978 tons, which
in IJ? t Vl £1 T'o ♦ 7 fiA.1 6AA *___
Allen Wright of McAlester has been
appointed attorney for the Choctaw
nation by Major Victor M. Locke, Jr.,
principal chief.
Lena Gaeddert was expelled from
the summer term of the Southwestern
State Normal school because of dis-
loyal utterances she is charged with
making.
E. L. McBride, charged with disloyal
utterances and hailing from McCur-
tain county, was put under bond by
Judge Humphrey in U. S. commission-
ers’ court at Hugo.
Both Representatives Chandler and
Thompson of Oklahoma will be mem-
bers of the congressional party of ten
who will visit the European battle
fields in July and August.
Sampson Momintubbi, a full-blood
Choctaw Indian, was drowned near
Little River in McCurtain county,
while rescuing a small hoy who got
beyond his depth while in bathing.
A windstorm three miTes west of
Kinkfisher badly damaged two farm
houses, blew down a barn and killed
eight horses. The barn and horses
were the property of H. W. Scotts and
valued at $5,000.
Daniel Stone and Mrs. Rena Beck,
his daughter, were shot and instantly
killed at Blanco, in Pittsburg County.
Perry Tucker is held in the county
jail, charged with the crime and
awaiting preliminary hearing.
At a meeting of the Bristow council
of defense it was decided to close all
places of business in the city that are
not a necessity. A shooting gallery,
negro barber shop and soft drink es
tablishment were closed at once.
More than 100 young men of Alfalfa
county, single and neakdy alt farmers,
who were placed in deferred classi-
fication on account of their vocations,
have been reclassified and assigned
to Class 1 by the western district
board.
12-] S, Caddo Cjity fal
Canadianrounty
%ity fa
,nty fi
Sept. 12-15, Carter
more.
Sept. 24-28, Choctaw
go.
Sept. 10-13, Comancj Cour
Lawton.
Sept, n-14. Cotton C*ity fa
Sept. 12-14, Custer Covty fair
ash'iPt y"12, Grady Coujy fair,
uS<?l>t. 11-14, Greer Co|ty fai
lefS°Pt' 12'H’ Ha*kell entity fa
Sept. 4-7, Jackson Coi»y fair,
Stpt. 12-14, Johnston Cmty fa
omingo.
Sept. 11-14, Jeffersorl Count
Ryan.
klrkPt Ruy cou;y fair
Sept. 13-14, Latimer Cmty fa
burton. J
Sept. 12-14, LeFlore Ofnty ft
tea.11.
Sept. 17-20, I.otran Coity (C
Valley fain, Guthrie. t
Sept. 12-14, Love Coun* fair
ca.
Sept. 5-7, Marshall Cou;y fair.
Get. 2-4, Nowata Count! fair, i
Sept. 17-18, Oklahoma fun tv f,
lahoma City. T ‘
h usk'a °saRe Couty fair
Sept. 6-20, Pottawatom, Coun
.shawnee.
10-13, Stephens Cotity fai
■ rkdi'1 Tillman Couiy fair
■)nerPt' 2r,'2S’ Wagoner Coity fail
I icivey 24_2S’ Washington Count
Waukomis21, Waukomis Cmmuni
coma.1' 1T'lf'’ Wor>ds Couty fa
Four captains and ono.first
nnt in the medical res vv corp
army have been appoint^ fro;
homa. The captains arpJamt
ling McAllister of Saptpa;
Anthony Walters of No*ita-
, Henry Wetzel of Sapuln, an,
| Alford, Oklahoma City. ’Jie fi
tenant is Robert Leroy prow
I Haileyville. y y
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STAn* HOUSE BRiVi'I
4,000,000 men next January 1.
Heavy Calls Next Year.
I is a* th’e rate of nearly 7,000,000 tons
a year.
General Crowder recently told the ' vY1'6 ,Bame Srowth baa a‘so been
senate military committee 'that Class fTrom monthuto month- The
1 registrants will he exhausted by the ? 1 June. ."aS ,hree tlmes that in
first of the year and added: J-muary, which amounted to S8.5071
“Everybody expects heavy calls to °n8‘
be made during the first six months -----*
of next year ” Belgians Taxed Five Dollars Dally.
Mr. Baker said it is worthy of men-! Amsterdam.—The war contribution
tion, that the month in which German which Belgium has to pay to Germany
submarines were operating off our says the Les Nouvelles, has been
coast was the month in which we raised from $10,000,000 to $12 000 000
made the record number of ship- monthly. This is equivalent to $150 3.
Dients. head or $5 a day.
Wiley Williams, 38 years old is dead
and W. C. Driver, 72 years old, its in
jail at Ardmore, charged with mur-
der. Williams was shot from ambush
as he rode on horseback to a gate
entering his premises. The two men
were formerly partners in the cattle
business and Driver claims WiLiams
owed him a sum of money which he
refused to pay.
An eastbound Frisco passenger
rain struck a farm wagon driven by
A- L. Chaney of McMillan, near Ma-
dill. Mrs. Chaney and baby were
killed and Mr. Chaney and his 6 and
13-year-old daughters were so serious-
ly injured that there is little hope for
their recovery. Another daughter and
son were in the wagon, but their in-
juries are not thought to he serious.
Tbe state council sf
through the efforts of the bun;
Pd in McIntosh county, hsi dis
Liat a woman living in Gern
The owner of 1,200 of knd
county.
More than a million head of cattle
In Oklahoma will be available for
• laughter for the use of the army and
navy as the result of an order issued
by J' P- Cotton* director of the meat
division of the United States food ad-
ministration, changing the weights of
cattle for the killing pens. Reduc-
tions on the carcass weight of cattle
for the army was made to 435 pounds
and for the navy was lowered to 450
pounds.
Governor Williams ha i*
proclamation officially detfchin
j teen sections from the nd-thw
nor of McIntosh county )ind
mg them as a part of Okiiulgt
tv. Both McIntosh and! Oi
counties have held elections l
the transfer.
The state Board of Affairs a
the printing of ballots id *
supplies for the primary to 1
in August. The aggragateicos
work amounts to $5,150, {hie
increase of several hundred
over the cost of printing iinatei
fhe primary four years ago.
printing concerns, two in' Ok
City and one in Guthrie, gjot t
tracts.
Gideon Morgan, who flledjas 1
dale for the democratic nom
for congress from the First i
has notified State Senator W.
j Alister, secretary of the state <
board, that he desired to wi
jand not have his name placed
[democratic primary ticket. F. (
maker of Tulsa, also a flem
for the democratic nominktio
graphed Senator McA’ia*^
idesired to withdraw from Ihe
lib worthy .of a special trip to our place. We
will show you the plow and prove to you dll that
is ciaiqied for it, if you will give us a chance.
Its the most wonderful plow made today, and we
want you to see it. Come in at once. \ ou will
certainly iind it greatly to your interest.
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FI N AN CIA L ST ATE M F. NT
for the Town of Dasoma, Woods county
Oklahoma, for the Fourteen months be-
g ning May 1st. 1917, and ending July
3rd 1010
Received from County $742.36
Received froni linensf*s SO.00
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-PHONE 492
Alva, - - Okla
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Total ‘
Warrants paid
Bal. July 4tlv, lOit-*
$822.35 - • f
$780.82 i “
■11.53
Total ^ $822,35 i
1 beriLby certify that to the **est of my)
knowledge, ilia abov’e siateinent i '[
correct j v !
' S, \V. Henderson, Clerk
CLYDE LONG
City Dray *»»«* Transfer
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