The Medford Patriot-Star. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 88, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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President Wilson Says:
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Buy a Liberty Bond and
help win the war.
We have bought
$25,000.00
We have helped our friends buy
$16,000.00
Let the Home Bank
help you buy yours
GRANT COUNTY BANK
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COURT HOUSE NEWS
COMES FROM GUTHRIE
TAX ROLLS READY
Amt wop <(), i|, iiclHitT Ini*
•mult* tin HNiinl wont year
In waking Hu- av'i^Miicut niu
getting Uu- twx roll* ready, Jit*
■*ixl Ii!h deputy Roy Biiik-Ii have
foinpU-tnl tbo li»t* and have
Iihmii ready to torn over to the
I rumm er with the execpljon of
entering th.* Western Union Te|c
?r.iph Co. <iiMeiunu<nt TIk* nssoa
»or iiNN written the state auditor
fuitr timet* for thu* awcstmont
but has not recoined jt. |t j®
doubtful i.‘ any other Oklahoma
count n-a have their roll Is uu lit: ar-
ts. (onijdetcd at thin time.
Kev. Peter Parker, who haa
returned fnmi tlm ,\f. R. (Jon/er-
at Kl Reno «tat<* thnt Rev.
!* h 8,(,ry « ho «u*uwda him
here rumen from Guthrie ami » u
ungMy fme matt. He hu« a wife
T* Parker will move to Drum
njfht next ttiek.
ORDER OF LIABILITY
JOB FUTURE DRAFTS
Rule* for OloMifioatJoa of Thoaa
Registered Arc Had*
Public.
No. 88
REFECTS BIO SHOW.
Secretary Goldsmith of Poultry
Auociation Haro.
TAXING! EXAM
h C. Goldsmith, secretary of
tbs Grant County Poultry As«o
juation w«a here from poM
(.reek Wednesday soliciting nd
vertianijf for the premium lint
whieh he is getting out f0r (In
uultry show'.
. ^<*w is io he held in p0J„(
rank December 3rd to 8Ui. .Mr
Ooldinuth expects ft thousand
kV 1—a ..lutmiuui
The following are hero taking 31'f Cu""l,V al’i)r"Pallet
« examination for teachers cer j..... f *bow, under-the nm\
RENFROW
£fefAr z>.<z «
Urr and began working Monday
Mrs. item. Puckett «f Ft Smith
Arkaiwas amd Miss Fanny Moort
Z Hyton, Texan, are here f(>r
f" w vWt with th«ir
to*1 Mrs C. M. Jacobson.
Mrs Bertlm Metcalf ami Mrs
Royal Opera House
MEDFORD. OKLA.
ThisWeek Skating Friday
and Saturday also Satur-
day afternoon from 2 00
to 6:00 P. M.
Next Week Skating Mon-
day, Thursday and Sat-
urday.
"iehtoZ.,r.eAe VW"*
Air. and Mrs. Willi* Black are
preparing to move on the J. W
Itescr farm one half mile east of
town).
Mr. and Mrs Frank Vickers
and son Frank Jr. of Jet, Okie,
horna, and) Mr and Mre H Onwm-
Irnght of Capron, Oklahoma,
came up Sunday and spent the
i—y at the Sander home. Mr
\ tekeis is, a brother of Mrs San-
der.
M.in. Gilson of Shawnee, Okla-
homa apart the weekend with
her daughter Fern Krouee.
Mrs R. A. Patterson, living
rtmt of town has, rented the S
\ ,TfCil property recently- va-
cated by C. B. Dibble and is pro
paring to, mow to town soon,
Miw Ethel Mosburn has return-1
I <H t(> “eh home <nfter an e-xtend-
**1 visit xvitill her parents J, \y
! Krser a nd funnily.
Chrirf Larson J® hauling sand
...v iuiiuwhik are new. taking
the examination for teachers cer-
tificates in County Superintend-
ent Williams office.- (Ren pat-
ter«m, Caldwell; | p Freedman,
i}} a Jl 111 Will Leona ixl, Deer
Creek; A C CVaighead, Pond
■-reek; F L Taylor, RentfroW;
Julwi II. Dickson, Caldwell;
Myrtle Turner, Caldwell and
Golda Mead, Lamomt.
in
w'v- Snyder of Butler
Munourt, is to be the judge.
TO BUILD ADDITION
Santa Fe Has Material and Crew
Here
All of the material for the nd
- dition for tlie Santa Fe d*-j>ot is
APPOINTMENT , l>,ui ,lh« crew arrived in
-- eliurgc id’ J. & Devamy (>f Wei
»“P«rin^dent John W. a« bTh‘ work ut
Williams has aj>iK>intc<l A Cl , 1<30U i» to be built
mi the part of the present
Washington. Ot. 22,-The five
cla^itiealimm into whieh men
a uniting dmft will be provided
under the new nguhitiona ap-
prov«x| by president Wilson
have become imblic much Intfone
tin- tune planned by tho provost
marshal gen owl’s office and arc
hew published ;
The elassiifieation#» are an fob
!ow*» »i*d alow every mam r<g-1
Mter«| to which class he In-lmga I
ami in what mxk-r tho different
cluAKifnations will be called ‘ o
service.
Class 1.
1. Single men without denend-
mit relatives. f r
Marriwl meai (or widower
ith children), who habitually fails
to support Ivjs family,
.’j- Married men dependent on
wit* Dor auppoirt,
f: Married man (or widower
with children), not usefully en-
gaged, family supported by in-
come imlepoiident of his lalwr.
p' Moii not included in any|
otlu-r description in this or other
classes. I
6- Cnskilled labor.
Class 2.
I. Married man
I Prove
Your
'Loyally
[Buy a,
|Bond
of
IburGovernmenr
. tm* oestand v
S AFC ST INVKSTMKNIv
IN THC WORLD
SCCONO UDCRTY lOMC^'
191?
Williams has api>ointe<l A C i
Craighead, Pond Creek, „9 direct JS.' ‘2®.^ lM,rt the pre#m<
tor in district 87 succeeding Mr L'- ,.01' a waating room and
Hough am. freight warehouse is to be extend
_ X, /eet to the west, A brick
A SAD CASF pHatform is t(> |,o built 0n the
-- ’ and on the east
I>. B. McCracken of Medford Tl^B<»sterr cPh
'vils adjudged insane Thursday matt.w !„f 9,uh t<)nIi ,,lc
afternoon and is to, be taken to will. ^T10,1 ’'aprovement up
.......
-• ^ man oa* father of In# j, .
motherless children, usefully em I Medford,
ffaged, but family has snffieiejit
income apart from his daily
5SS 11 valley
2 “ .«WWr«,| Mi* Qrve NorAJoh .p^t SM-
way li'iirhl. ut II li
First National Bank
Word
Oklahoma
wife can support. heroeK decent-’ , ** G,:fl('P SorWlu‘ *I*nt &
iy and without hardship. | IJ a ?w'nn‘n ’«■
“killed farm toboror on-
ffiigwl in necessary industrial en-
terprise.
4. Skilled industrial laborer
repeated
MEDFORD 21—WAKITA 0
Mns. E. Mi. Broekus’
(Air WoJton-, is visiting
j Bradens ho-ni* this vve*.k.
ATTENTION RENFROW
RED CR08S CHAPTER
For Tuesday We have se
cured the newest “Blue
Bird” out entiled
The Love Girl"
We will also run a new J|b<>forc November 1st. Therefore
L. Ko. Comedy, making 7 I ,w !le'xt meeting will be
reels in all. Remember £j£j%£
from every committee and a full
bttendamc el
Mrs. Ii W. Reed,
Chairman.
Medford Hijgh School defeated
> ukita «t Wakita Wednesday
aucrooon at foot bulk Amos
r; tad ley I.um the fAr t]j(,
we run the big features
°n^y—Tuesday night of
each week.
Wednesday and his
threats to kill oir barm.
Mr- McCracken came to Med-
( hnrf Larson i® hauling sand i?rd alj0,,t ten years ago from
and getting ready to put m. Newton, Kansas, with consider-
i*mw building on his lot wilicre :A1f,mam.y, which he invited iD.arternoon -.t W
the £itv destroyed tho buldiinp ,w-de P'’°p«'|y and1 outside pr0 fluid lev l,«I’ bw , Amoe
some time ego. m!perty which be platted tor addi- rIS ,'rfdlt .f0r the
Mns. E. M. Broekus’ brother tl0ns- He encumbered the pro- the 1...H i I.- , i"T! (JroPPmg on
Mr WpJt/vn. u. pcrties, met with revemvs "li tl,e ,ine» after a
at tfK into the courts ami blocked,
great ddal about his t-oubles the \ vr , ^ i^'V th°
His halluciriaS'icm xvas -that a „ LZJ ?:Ufi‘'' ,loWn- Clark
baud of lawyers, including praeti- Lewis' f°r ,h€ next 0I1«-
«,% .11 thi bar of^ rSi C W"«“ H
anxl a judge or two, were band- Tim i. j.- . *
ed together with a number of follows- SS ^ ]in<>d u® f®
ojher proimanent citizens to dea- Bowl«' Set U
troy the lives <iik! nroocrtv mfliAu i- ’ imk• td*t‘k-
the rest of-the people 0f ?Med- Hea(t^hl6rib!ag’r.R‘a'lck,inan and
ford. He made Veats That S ^ 1^ 11 D^>
account of his failure to get iu^I,F- H'umti
t.ce in the oourto and the altf. j baik,‘ EmhJ'LS The
It is necessary that wei have
the annual election of officers
before November 1st. Therefore
We have a big road show
preaching
afsfci£||s=as®
2nd., entitled ll continuing over Lord’s Day and
«n I ?i r-k 11 at njgiit by II. J. Hoodf. All that
rannandle Pete” fp mtM,f!.ad i!i the go^i,
| (Romans 1:16) please attend, as
we have nothing else to offer.
,(h».!». ,w-« «*]*» SL’£^ C4 S'
minister the law himseW
destroy the “murderers.”
In 1913 he horse whipped- D L
Clme on the streets 0.f Medford.
Wednesday morning he entered
the law office- of Mr. Breeden
Mr. Breeden had no trou-|S as. „+• .. •’ rr —
and carrying 0£ the ma'tfoiiL ?/’*vf;1’on 11
' mto"lges
• 1
300 Barrel Capacity
HIGHLAND
iiim.
blc picking bian up a:
him outi of the -office.
, Mr. MoCracken demanded a
jury trial before the insanitv
b-oard and conducted the exami-
nation, of the witnesses. H-'s
wife attended court with him.
. Mr. McCracken is well read,
m a fine, man and rational on
all subjects except hi® troubles.
The ease is a sad1 one especial Iy
on aecounit of the aged wife, and
it is to be hoped the treatments
will result in, .a cure.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
_NpX!' Sl,hday i,s tho day
*“■wkhmt *?**'■
no trou- S. as a dav of n
A SURPRIZE
We give ear to tales about
flour of the Highland type?*
Much the better thing to do
is to buy Highland itself.
-f - * ' - A -
Tuesday night members of the
Christian Church and Sunday
school pulled a complete surprize
on Mr and Mrs. Will Heasty
who are moving north of Gald-
wielj. Mr. Heasty wa® presented
a leather upholstered oak rocker
and Mm. Heasty with a beautiful
piece of cut glass. The guests
brought wienies with them and
the wienies were roasted in a
big bon fine in the street.
I DEATH OF
PAULINE F0RE8MAN
be delivered at. the Chris-
ehurch both morning and evening
Hi tie evening the pastor will
speak of life Y M (’ ^ War
eouuail held, at Tulsa last. Fridav
. the Bible "School and Endeav-
or meetings- will be held at the
segumr fuouTs.
. Jhe subject at Junior is Con-
ndtring the Poor. Every Junior
i® urged; to be present as this
£edTBa%- °ffcterS Wdl ^
Intermediate subject, Mini.sKr-
ml? to Christ, Matt. 25:31-46.
Everyone heartily welcome to
all servuees. Sunday evening
ext should especialh- interest
V-ou, come. W. E. Powell,
Pastor
NORTH TEST LOCATED
On W.
C. Long’s Farm NW of
22-29-7.
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«.* Jh‘^3
J. H. FUSS, Medford, Okla.
Panliinie, the youngest daughter
at Mit and Mrs W. A. Foresttutn,
died Tuesday at the Enid hospi-
tal, where she had been taken
for fin operation, but death re-
sulted before tlie surgeon® had
■a opportunity to operate.
'Panline Forfestnan was born at
Wakita August 9, 1904; died at
Bnad October 23, aged 13 years
H months and 14 daj s. Brides
W parents, three sisters. Misses
Bthel, Lola and Blanche of Col-
umbus. Ohio, and three brother*
Harry Foreman 0f Enid and
Charles Wayne of Wakita, mourn
her untimely death.—The Waki-
la Herald.
The location for the oil test
north of town to Ue made by
the^Levick^Stc'ison people, wa’fi
made Tuesday, being on the Will
U Long farm, the northwest
quarter of Section 22. township
, range 7 -in the northeast cor-
carter, 210 feet
»»uth of the north line and 400
wesrt of M. a. Clark s house.
. JMr L®vick is loosing no time
‘n e?Ding things to moving The
derrick was taken down Satur-
J?f-V a,*!d Tuesday-three big auto
frucks (began hauJiug the stuff to
the loea^. They expect to
t»ye the dernck up by Soturdav
night ot tins week arid if alt ws
well they vvll spud in befoik
Nw-ember 1st. Their contract
eall® to be drilling by January
but the ho|p will be wejl
feilfil0" ,,,at “■*-
engaged in nccessaiy agrioultur-
enterprise.
Class 3.
1. Man with foster children
dependent only labor for sun-
port. j 1
2. Man with aged, infirm or
invalid parents or grand par-
ols, dependent on daily labor
tor support.
3. Man with brothers and sis-
ters incompetent to, support them-
selves, dependent o-n daily labor
©upport.
4. Co-unity or municipal 'offi-
cers. j -
J- I1 iremen or policemen,
6. Necessary artificers or
H-wkmen in arsenals, armouries
.iifiiu navy yards,
7. Neeeesary customs house
cl-erkjse.
8. Persons necessary in tra-ns-
missionl of mai l®.
9. Necessary employes in ser-
vice of Uniiteid/ Stlnt-cs.
10. Highly specialized adminis-
tratuve expeirts.
11. Technical or mechanical
experts in industrial enterprises.
12 Highly specialized agricul-
tural experts in agricultural bu-
reau of state or nation.
13. Assistant or associate man-
aiger of necessary industrial en-
terprise.
14. Assistant or associatei man-
ager of necessary agricultural
enterprise. ■
Class 4.
1. Married man with wife
(and) or children (or widower
with child,ren) dependent o-nlv
labor for support and no 0t-heV
avauTble^ ade*Iuat'e support
2. Mariners in sea service o,f
merchant or citizens in United
States.
3. Heads of necessary industri-
al enterprises.
4 Heads of necessary agrieul-
tural enterprises.
^ ' Class 6
Class five is made up -of the
physically unfit men o-f the other
• our classes.
"pout Sunday at John White**.
Mr and Mrs G. McConnell and
sou-* motored to Wichita Thurf
day. i
Endn Dantol1'^’'® °^U;W S, • Lou“ I>rilJman went to Wish-
anxl Suiulav -it loTn^irf^1^, ^ Sat'UJ'tl<,•', t(> ki» mother,
Mr i AI , h Kub>a-, «'ho is in the hospital there
Alva Okfalima °8^1 ;of Mr a"<1 Mrs Joe- Miller gave a
^ ’ f^,hcrei vK»iBuig partj' at their home Saturday
aT:;i E “r 7";!P
and Mrs Ej OsheLl and " Vemie
•'lulkej- sjMuif Sunday evening
alt- L. F. Norm an®
«- ti. r. iMonnans) | HAWLEY
Mr and Mrs Cullen Mulkey and 1---—I__|
daughter and Mr and Mrs Fred I Georg*.* Roderick h-as been ciit-
Mulkey and daughter returned , ting fodder for John Gilley
vSr».i/;x s
.> -«• Willi.
returned home Friday evenatng hji Jlcssengcr and family Rov
fter vmtmg a few days in Kan-! Neese and wife, Rov Bachcr and
tirki,V Inifc’ Johj1' Gil% «»Kl iSS j32
i-Ui t-is ilillbraut spent Sunday Henson and) Geo,i-ce R,nA»*r;i.b-
amd Monday with his parents. “
cilva F\irni&h snont
Elva Furnish spent Friday
night with Ida. Shrubshall
nitWrt _______i__ r*. .*
" wii-iii utmvy Bflia w.iae, t
Benson and) George1 Roderick.
Mrs. Verda Haskins spent
few days last week with
B'ltli Rc-d,crick while Pearl
Mrs
was
eiu. warn iaa bliruhsliall. Kuth Rc-d,crick while Pearl *
yuite a number of Rich Valley helping JoJi,n wash melon seed
"ffLSrt!! Fl'«,n.V •«»»». ISJW am. moved Saturday)
moring on the * ‘
LETTER FROM TRAVIS
Camp Travis, Texas.
Mr and Mrs O. McConnell and
sons and Mns Gault McOonnell
motored down to Enid Saturday
to attend the Riugling Brothers
snow, j
Ida. Shrubshall is doing Mrs
Myrtle Whites house work this
iweelc -as Myrtle has a felon on
her lhaud. |
Letba Hardwick is staying
wo-th her aunt Mrs A. Jy. Jolin-
son this week,
. Air and Mrs II. Lyons stayed
ait Wi. _ Sefctergrecns and took
care of things while Mr Setter-
green and wile were- awav
Mrs. Shrubshall and daughters
Jake
ro®a oreek Friday night. near Byron
Ernest. Shrushall spent Sunday They ar-e nio1
with Orlando Furnish. ' Warner farm south -of Hawley'
Mr and Arm n nr.,./w„„>i __.j Bert. Wilson lately moved from
the Warner farm.
fat
on
Jennie Tripp spent Saturday
and Sunday with home folks
Wall Dale sold a bunch of
lings to Bales and Summers
Thursday.
The pic supper at. Hawley Fri-
day night, was) a. success. Nearly
twenty dollars was captured
Raymond; Kent left. Tuesday
for Wichita to get hi® eyes doc-
tored by a specialist.. His fam-
ily will foLIow in a few days.
Tom Estes i® on. the sick List.
Nick Theifes helped John Rod-
erick wash melon seed Monday.
FARM BARGAIN
Q00D FARM, one-half in cultivation, one-half in
pasture. This land belongs to an estate and
that nW1 nff,d t0 86,1 within the next few weeks so
that final settlement can be made. For further ir
formation call on us.
—I. H. Ruth <fe Co
m-
v“"l< llovib, icxas.
. October 21st, 1917;
Nothniig out of the' regular rou-
tine happened the finst of the
week. The last three days have
been devoted to instruction in
uae and handling of the rifle
The boys have made dummy
bayonets today, a stick about six
feet Jong with a ball of rags tied
on the end. These are used to
geb used to the drill Part of
the boys were issued rifles todav
“■nd the rest will be equipped
*xme tune this week. It begins
to look like they were getting
ready for business.
We have never bean ’issued our
coats yet and if the weather con-
t»ue® getting colder we will need
an- overcoat or to, When it
cold down he-tfe you surelv
aware of the fact
is
fire
Sail your bon« to Long
J
Will
more
• • ..
; Money! Money! Money! !!
i » « •
Let us talk to you about that
Farm Loan. You will find
our rates reasonable and our
terms liberal. See us to-day.
ABSTRACTS
We have unexcelled facilities
for abstract work of all kinds.
:: P. H. Albright & Companu
" I. R. HeaStv. TsirnI &
U probably have something k ‘ / K hJ^tZh u ^ORipai
of interest, to teU next we^f | /- Heaity. Local Mgr. Medford. Oklahoma
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