The Medford Patriot-Star. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 87, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 23, 1917 Page: 3 of 6
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MEDFORD, GRANT COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TUE8DAY, OCT. 23, 1017
President Wilson Says:
The time h$s come to conquer or sub-
mit. For us there is but one choice. We
have made it."
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
COURT HOUSE NEWS
RENTFROW AN AVIATOR
Pond Creek Boy Now Has Rank
of Sergeant
Frank M. Rentfrow, a brother
of Miss Laura Rentfrow of the
Grant. County Abstract Company,
was home a few days last week
on a furlough from the Kelley
Aviation field San Antonio,
Texas. Frank now bears t he title
of Sergeant. His squadron will
be sent, to New York this week
to await transportation to. France,
lie has passed the mental and
physical examination for a flyer,
lie will stay with his squadron
but wiJJ take his training in
franco. ITo will be given the
rank of First Lieutenant next
summer.
McDaniels here
Oscar McDaniels, former comi-
ty prosecutor at St Joe, Mo., who
wan so’much in the limelight rec-
ently through the murder of hiis
wife, was here Friday visiting
County Attorney' Ed Falkcnberg
and in the interest of the Camp-
bell Lyneth estate ease. lie was
tried at St. Joseph and acquitted
of the murder charge. It. was
claimed that the prosecution was
a political one.
Sell your bonea to Long, tf
Now! is the time to
Build Silos
We have Crown one-piece Fir
Stave Silos in our yard that you can
haul on two wagons and erect in
two days. And the price is a bargain
Thomson Lb’r. Co.
300 Barrel Capacity
HIGHLAND
We give ear to tales about
flour ‘of the Highland type?’
Much the better thing to do
is to buy Highland itself.
Farm Loans
5 V* Per Cent.
NO COMMISSION-PRUDENTIAL 20 :1
YEAR AMORTIZATION PLAN
Straight Loan Annual Interest. Privilege to pay off $100 \I
or multiples [part or all] at any Interest Paying
Time without any noticeWrite
| The Doming Investm’t Co.
* Oklahoma City, Okla.
: Or call on Local I II DIITU MEDFORD,
I Correspondent, !■ Il> HU IVI OKLAHOMA
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8ION THE PLEDGE
Tho County Food Conserva-
tion committee met at the Court
House in Medford Thursday,
plans were discussed for the
thorough organization of Grant
County in tho groat nation wide
campaign for pledgee for the
.Food Administration which in to
lie held during tho week from
October 22nd to November 4th.
Every mam, woman and child
over the age of twelve in the
United Stated will be asked dur-
ing this week to sign the. follow-
ing pledge:
“To the Food Administrator•
“I am glad to join you im the
service of food conservation for
our nation and I hereby accept
membership iu the United States
Food Administration pledging
myself to carry out tho direc-
tions and advice of the Food
Administrator in my home insofar
ns my circumstances permit
..............Signature.”
There are no IVmh or dues to
be paid. The Food Adlministra
lion wishes' to luivo as members
-all persons over the age of 12
years.
An von© may have tho house
card of instructions, but only
those signing pledges are. entitled
to a membership window card,
which will be delivered upon re-
ceipt of the-signed pledge.
The county chairman Mrs C'. A.
Dow <f Pond Creek lias appoint-
ed. the following city chairmen
who will have charge of the cam-
paign in their respective cities :
' Pond Creek, Mrs Geo. Marquist
Medford, Mrs T. L. Neal
Lamont, Mrs Courtney
Wakita, Mrs I O Trask
Jefferson, Airs Morrison
Miuichester, Rev. Aller
Ronfrow, M rs C. M. Jacobson
Deer Creek, Rev King
Nash, Mrs Dr. Love.
The teachers of the rural
districts will be asked to secure
pledges from each of their pu-
pils'-over 12 years of age; and
through the pupils to ask each
man and woman in their district
bo sign the pledge. All city sup-
erintendents will! be asked only
bo secure pledges from the pu-
pils attending their respective
schools.
Amy person refusing to sign
will be reported to) tho Food Ad-
ministration. ' ^
The county manager,, Sabert A.
Hott of Medford W’ill send out
all supplies find receive daily re-
ports from the local workers.
Tho county committee wild meet
again at the court house in Med-
ford on Monday October 22nd
at 3 P. M. All city chairman
and others interested in this mat-
ter are asked: to be present.
County commissioners Emerson
Randels, Frank Oollinsi and \V. S.
Robertson went to Wichita Mon-
day with a view of buying anoth-
er grading outfit for the) county.
County Superintendent John W
Williams announces the appoint-
ment of J. W. Mounts ns clerk
of District No. 104 to take the
place of G A Hergert, resigned.
Frank L. Taylor has been em-
ployed to beach in School .Dis-
trict No. 17. George Spekfie
who was emiploj'ed to teach this
school, resigned two weeks ago,
School started again Monday.
Ella Erdmann, Mildred Bales
and Persia Finney were teachers
who called at the county superin-
tendent ’s office Saturday.
Jim and Charlie Cink of North
Jarvis township and Joe Brue.v
of near Bluff City, Kansas, were
callers at the county superintend-
ent’s office Thursday. All are
odd neighbors of Superintendent
Williams.
TWO ARE RELEASED
Stolen Gar at Fort Worth Not
Identified
Sheriff Frank Hamilton, Sam
Wright and S. W,. Hoiningtom
have returned from Fort Worth
where they went in hopes at re-
covering either the ear stolen
from Mr Wright or the one
stolen from Mr Howington.
Neither identified the car stolen
as theirs. "
Sheriff Hamilton got on the
track of the stolen car through
a letter written by Eva Aehjey
of Calumet, Oklahoma, to OHn
Edwards a Rock Island- brakemsn
at Caldwell. Edwards is a son-
in-law of Mr. Hoieington of
North Bluff township whose ear
was stolen July 16th. The Ashley
woman and Edwards were ar-
rested. Edwards stated that
Paul Rn.vccr, another Rock Is
land brukommi, had stolen three
or four cam, admitted that ho
hod knowledge of the theft of
the ©aw, but contended that he
had no* king to do with tho thefts
knowing only what Ralcor had
told him.
Mr. Edwards told the officers
wheiro one of the Fords had been
disposal of at Ft Worth to-a Mr.
Holliday. Sheriff Hamilton went
to Ft Worth and located the car.
Mr. Holliday admitted that the
oar was probably stolen and of-
fered to turn it over if Mr.
Wright or Mr. Ifoisingtou could
identify it. Neither identified
the ear and Mr Riggs of Cald-
well is now going down to see
if it is his ear.
The officers have not been able
to locaite Raycer. Edwards and
Eva Ashley have been released.
BUY AN ENGINE
The county eommiwionors, at
Wichita Monday bought a new
60-120 Twin City Engine to pull
the road planer. They also bought
am! Adams grndrtl
NEW LAW FOR TEACHERS
The touchers examination the
last) of the week is the last, to be
held before the new law govern-
ing requirements for teachers be-
coined* effective. After tliis ex-
amination applicants must have
high school training before they
will be eligible to take examina-
tions for teachers certificates.
The new law is effective the
first of tho year. %
ONE IS REJECTED
Word has been, received here
Hiatt Martin August Volknwin of
near Medford Inis been rejected
by the medical examiners at
Camp Travis, Texas; Although
the. Local examiners were instruct-
ed to give the government the
benefit iof all doubts, and the
governimenit made allowance of
10 per cent to cover medical re-
jections at the t raiding camps,
Volk main is the. only Grant
county boy to fail on the physi-
cal: tefjts at. Camp .Travis up to
date. lie has bad eyes.
Secretary E. II. Breeden of
the local exemption board argued
the. Jefferson school cat# in the
supreme court at Oklahoma city
the last of the week. He says
nothing definite is known at the
capital as to the date of the de-
parture for the balance of tho
first National Army, but the im-
pression: is that tho rest of the
conscript army will be sent to
the training camps before the
tenth of next month. Thirty-
seven more go from here.
PATRONS ORGANIZE
School patrons met at the high
school auditorium last Thursday
might and organized the Medford
Patrons Club with J. G. McKelvy
as the temporary president and
Mrs W. E. Jackson as the tem-
porary secretary.
The following committee was
named on by-laws, Mesdanies
Loder, Merritt, Thacker, Hopkins,
Cottier, I. R. Ileajsty and Elder.
The committee named on enter-
tainment follows: Miss Loi-aijve
Early, Miss Davis, Mrs C. W.
Stephenson, Mrs C W Be a tie and
Miss Cireetkmore.
It is the intention of the or-
ganization to, work with the
teachers for the betterment of
the schools. Prof Hopkins made
a good talk presenting the ex-
cuses from 93 pupils. It is the
intention of those in charge to
have a speaker here during the
winter to talk to teachers and
parents on different phases of
school work. The meeting ad-
journed to meet on the call of
the entertainment committee.
RED CROSS MEETING
All of the Old Officers Were Re-
Elected
Tlie regular meeting of the
Medford Red Cross Chapter was
held Monday evening at the high
school auditorium for the re-
election of officers. The old
officers were unanimously re-
elected for-the ensuing year.
Rev J A. McKeeman, president,
gave an interesting synopsis of
the work done by the local chap-
ter and the branches throughout
the county,.
Interesting reports were read
by Mrs C H Look wood, Mire W.
E Brewster, Gladys Cougher and
G H Rhoades. They will h«
printed as wg have space as
they show the great amount of
work being done by the Red
Cross in the county.
It is time to look after your
stove for the winter. Stewarts
will gladly order repairs, set up
or repair your stove. Adv.
M. E. ASSIGNMENTS
Rev. Parker Goes to Drumrlght,
Oklahoma
Rev. Peter Parker, who has
been tho putftor of the Metlio-
dist church here tho last year
was assigned the church at Drum-
right, Oklahoma, hy the annual
conference at El Reno. Rev. E.
E Story is to bo the new pastor
here. Rev. L. I) Corning, former
minister here lias been Lrajisfcr-
red from Hinton, Oklahoma to
Sapulpa.
Other assignment* that may
bo of interest to our readers toil-
low: (
Brainan, O V Beal; Billings,
G A Strouse; Deer Creek, W.
1) King; Jefferson C E gears;
Ijnniont, Don H. Lag rone; La-
liomin, (ji>o.rgo Cochran; Luoien,
0 W Brown; Manchester, J M
Allor; Nardiii, T B Cave; Nash,
•Tamos Kendrick; Pond Creek, G
F Buicrly; Salt. Fork, V. M.
Johnson; Wakita, A. M. WaLLock;
Hawley, J I) Niles; Loveland,
11 li Heaton; Hinton, J. L Pat-
terson
HE CELEBRATES HIS
EIGHTY FIFTH BIRTHDAY
Hiram Hawkins on Saturday
eolebrated his eighty-fifth birth-
day. He is a veteran of the
civil war, serving with the Union
army as a member of the Second
Colorado Infantry and is the old-
est member of the local grand
army p<xst.
All of Mr Hawkins eight child-
ren except two were here helping
him celebrate the occasion, Mrs.
Miller of Portland, Oregon, be-
ing unable to be present, but
Jess Hawkins of the southern
part of tho state will be here
later.
Those present were Mir and
Mrs Will Hawkins and two child-
ren of Kingfisher; Mr and Mrs.
Henry Hawkins and five: children
of Jefferson; Mr and Mrs Amos
Hawkins and two children of Jef-
ferson; Mr and Mrs 0 F. Haw-
kins and two children of Garber;
Fred Ilawkins and two children
of Garber; Fred Hawkins of
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No. 87
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SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
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Medford,
Oklahoma
Rev. Dodson of Climax, Kamsaf, niece, Mrs Hiram Burnett Satur-
preached at the Baptist church nig|,t. ;
Monday night and will preach
again. Tuesday and Wednesday
nights of this week
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank all of our
friends aad especially our neigh-
bors for their great help and sym
pathy and the many acts of kind-
* Tom Mills returned Monday
night from Illinois where he has
been visiting relative* the past
ten days. 1
W. F. Hendricks and family
were guests at the Dave Biby
home Sunday.
' Timothy Grove and wife and
ness during Mr Tracy's long ill- bal)y won> gautB flf. th<, ForrCSt
Mis L Tracy Martin home Sunday,.
OBITUARY
Lucious Tracy was born Oc-
_______ ^ ...... w tober 12, 1838, at Bombay, New
Bard,' New” Mexico a^djime Par | York. He was married to Minnie
rott, husband and two children of Selledcir on Juno 22, 1872, at,
Medford.
PLAY GOOD GAME
The Medford High School foot
bail team made an excellent
showing against the strong Mar-
shal foot bailers. The visitors
are real state championship con-
tendere hut were able to win
over the locals by only three
touchdowns, 21 points.
BLACKWELL COMING
The Medford high school foot
ball team and the Blackwell high
school team will play here Friday
afternoon a't 3:30.
Fine line of patterns in the
new 1918 line of wall paper. E.
L. Estes Furniture Co. Adv.
Mr and Mrs Henry Weber and
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Weber and
Martha and Marie Wel»er autoed
to Wichita Saturday- to spend
Sunday- with Dora Weber who is
in the hospital there recovering
from an operation for appendi-
citis.
Mrs. Hattie Blood and daugh-
ter, Miss Floy', of Bingner, Ok-
lahoma, spent Friday night with
R. C. Wood and family. Mm
Blood had been to Manchester to
visit with her sister, Mrs L. F.
Woodring and other relatives.
W. A Black was here from
Gore township Monday to meet
Tom Mills who was returning
from a visit with his parents at
Vandalia, Illinois.
Dave Yameil, living sixteen
miles west of Medford is driving
a new Maxwell ear bought of
Stewart Brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Stewart
motored up to Wichita Sunday.
W S Long went to Wellington
Sunday.
Miss Hazelle Stoat returned to
Hutchinson Monday morning to
resume her school work after a
week end visit with her parents
Mr and Mrs H. W. Stoat-, and Mr
and Mrs J. F. Bolte and daugh-
ter Pearl of Alva, who were also
week end visitors at the Sloat
home.
Stanley Brown of Blackwell,
visited Mias Daisy Fmk Monday.
Dr. J. M. Blood, dentist
DR. I. V. HARDY
PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON
Onr First National Bank
■vta Ptwmt *t OftlM ami
II. D. Cox and wife visited
Sunday at. Grandpa Howlands.
Several from this vicinity went
to Enid Saturday to See Ring-
ling Bros show and did not get
home till rather late. The .show
diil not start until four o’clock
when it should have been at 1o,
on account of a wreck at El
Reno which delayed their trains.
EJsworth Horn,baker and fam-
ily moved to Medford Saturday
to take charge of the Busy Beo
Cafe. We wish them success in
their new undertaking.
.W. A. Black and family were
___,, pleasant callers at W. II How-
A surprise was given in ^j^^Aye^S family and
" Con Da in, wife and children
spent Thursday eve at ELsworth
Horn-bake re.
Leavenworth, Kansas. He had
lived, on his farm continuously
since the opening of the strip.
Mr Tracy was kind and consid-
erate of others in all his actions
and his -loss is keenly felt by
many friends.
HAPPY HOLLOW
oif Mr. Els worth Ilombaker an
family at the home of their
daughter Mrs1 Renu Bron Friday
night before they moved to Med-
ford. About 75 of their neigh-
bors and school friends of Miss
Ruth were present. Refresh-
ments were served and an en-
joyable time was had by all.
Mr R. Ragin and family ea
FROM LAMONT NEWS
ed' on ELsworth Hornbaker and
family Wednesday eve.
Dave Biiby and wife were the
guests of Mr and Mrs Jesse Biby
last Thursday,.
Rev. Ilogan was the guest of
Mr Hiram Burnetts last. Thurs-
day night.
Mrs. Belle Rexroad of Gage,
Oklahoma, was the guest of her
John A. Conner, one of the old
settlers of Lament, died Sunday
. October 15th at the age of 69
II- years, 8 months and 29 days. Ho
was a member of the Masonic.
Lodge at Lamont.,
The Lament high school foot
hall team defeated Wakita high
school 28 to 3.
Lou Rade-r was caught in a re-
volving shaft and quite seriously
injured, fifteen stitches being
necessary. He is getting along
better,.
FARM BARGAIN
/^OOD FARM, one-half in cultivation, one-half in
^ pasture. This land belongs to an estate and
will need to sell within the next few weeks so
that fmal settlement can be made. For further in-
formation call on us.
-I. H. Ruth & Co.
:: Money! Money! Money!
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.
II P. H. Albright & Company
I. R. Heasty. Local Mgr. Medford, Oklahoma
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