Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 3, Ed. 1, Friday, January 18, 1918 Page: 1 of 10
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DlIRANT WEEKLY NEWS
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OFVIOIAIi PAP1B QF BRYAN OOCIfTT
k'OU'MK XXII.
DURANT OKLAHOMA FHIHAY JANUARY 1H 1018.
XUMBKR TABHB
Liggests Durant
Burn Only Wood
Int.v of Wood for DomfJc I'se.
Lnnller Towns of the County
ro I'slnR Very '
of Coal This Winter.
t-he iiggcstlon has conic to the
vs from sevoral bourccs that Du-
it make plan to use wo iur iv
1 fni the remainder of the. winter
i id of coal as a means ui umun
bit ton aid conservation 01 coai
... i.inairinc uhlch can use
y coal for fuel and tho county
it administrator. JR K. McKln-
" ...... In Ihn NfillH.
in a Biiiniin-i'i ' - .
'.i. ... nt till. Illo.l.
Sir. McKinney pointed out that In
I smaller towns in the county the
fraud for coal Is very light light
than in pist cars as uieiu is .
option to litlin wood wncrev.i
.11.1... ..n.i in the country dls-
lnu' tin'.
't- he reports that there Is prac-
1 v no demand for coal as most
ir.one usi s wood tor hoth he.il-
.iiul cooking purposes p can
mi reason why Durant should
utlll7e wood for fiul as well as
other towns In the fount v. save
fnr .1 possible difficulty in get-
i . in in i lie l.ilinr shortage.
'i ipb In position to Know tell m
i tin re Is ample wood within eas
line ills! inn 01 the citv to list
i i.i.. rw fnr .mir.il enis. if
.i i. ..id fur Ik.iIIiil' mid cooking
Lois i:rellent wood has been
in llib the pT-t week at tj.i.lio 1
lr fi 00 i lord and expeii-
I- fonilucted In several Ilnrant
!lti timl to prove that wood at
0 i cord makes as good and a
ijoi fuel than tlie pool coal we
bei ii gMtlng .it $S Ml a Ion
mt the onlv difference is that
me of wood especl.illv when It
is burned In coal heaters requires
a Utile more firing labor.
Durant consumes In ordinary wea-
ther between fifty and sixty tons of
coal a day and during such weather
as we have been experiencing lately
tbo consumption has been about one
hundred tons dally. If a way could
be found to induce a general change
in fuel provided of course suffi-
cient labor can be procured to fur-
nish the wood Durant would he do-
ing something substantial both to-
ward conserving coal nnd relieving
the rcalroad situation.
SIX HAYS OK SCHOOL IVSTKAO
OK MVK
The Stato Board of Education has
under advisement the matter of
muking Oklahoma schools operate
six days In the week Instead of five.
The Idea is to give the children the
same instruction In one-fifth lean
time so as to enable them to better
alii In solving the Nation's prob-
lems of production during the war.
NOW KMI'LOYIMJ UNION
1'IUNTEIW
The Typographical Journal offi-
cial organ of tho Tvpoginphic.il Un-
ion announces that the Hale-Halsell
Grocery Company has mado their
printing shop at McAlesler a strictly
union shop as against their former
policy of emplovlng non-union labor.
COAL SITUATION IMI'ltOVKI)
The coal situation locally was not
at ute Thursday at noon. The local
j arils had plenty of .so-called mlnc-
liin coal which was really almost
pure slack and would sell as much
as a ton to a consumer if he wished
it. Several cars of choice McAles-
ler lump are expected e.irl.v next
w eek.
W. I.. Townscnd Is confined to
his home this week with pneumon-
ia and Is repoited ns getting along
fairly well.
Liberty Theatre
Friday and Saturday
'DRAFT 258"
Have von uiv rclitlves in the service of Uncle Sam?
If vim hue
on't' Miss This Wonderful Production
iiar.intcfi! liittei than ' The Slackei." Friday only we will
l-ivf in enli .uliili patron a prettv little service button free with
bm. two ui tbrie stars according to the number of bojs jou
ne In Mie Armv in N.tvv
Vices only - - 15c and 25c
LiYUiEjiJ
OF COURSE
fou want to devote more time to the
ed Cross and did Vou ever realize
Ihat you could do this by installing a
Frantz-Premeir Vacuum
Cleaner
your home.
Do away with those hours of housp
leaning and cut this to minutes by
sing a rrantz-Premeir Vacuum Cleaner.
Call our nffi nA ..:il l lj
w.v uuu we win uc glciu
t any time to bring a Vacuum Cleaner
yuui nome and give you a tree
emonstration.
Remember w v fk i. c .
e FRANTZ-PREMEIR VACUUM Cleaner.
onsumers Light and Power Co.
PHONE 54
Factories East of
Mississippi Close
Khc Day Suspension to relieve Yvtjl
Famine With Preference Giv-
en Necessary Industries to
Continue Operations.
American manufacturing enter
prises east of the Mississippi river
with a few exceptions were ordered
closed for five days by the Goveni-
ment effective Friday morning tp
relievo the fuel famine which Is
acute in the eastern part of the Un-
ited States. The exceptions to the
closing rule are concerns manufac-
turing food products for necessary
immediate consumption. Even mu-
nition plants come under the rule
and after the five day period of sus-
pension Is ended alt will bo com-
pelled to suspend operations on
Monday of each week for u ten weok
period.
At the same time it is ordered
that Industry and business general-
ly that require heated buildings ob-
serve Monday as a holiday for the
next ten weeks this order affecting
factotles saloons places of amuse
ment nearly all office buildings
and all stores save those .selling
necessary drugs and foods I
Officials did not attempt to dls-
f uss the far-reaching effect of tho '
older upon the industrial fabric of
the Nation. The order Itself camo i
without warning and with the Pros-1
ident's approval.
The older preset Ibed a list of
preferential consumers in whose in-
tcrest it was drawn and they will1
get coal in the following order:
Railroads.
Household consumers hospitals
chai liable institutions and nrmy
and navy cantonments.
Public utilities telephone and tel-
cgraph plants.
Stiictly Government enterprises I
except factories and plants working!
on Government contracts. I
Vulillc buildings and necessiiv
Government. State und municipal
requirements
Factories producing peiishable
foods and foods for Immediate consumption.
May Deny Bread
and Meat in U. S.
Hill llofore Congress Would Compel
Otwonancc of Meatless mid of
WhcatlotM l)as und liar
Waste In Public Pluciw.
HOIGIIT Al.rOKI) I'LACK
Lawrence Lee tills week bought
the 1 !. acres of J It. Alton! ari-
lolnlng the citv of Durant at the
not th end of Third Avenue the con-
sideration being $700u Mr. Lee
expects to erect a fine modern home
on the piopfertv In the near future.
Mr. Alford expects to return to his
old home in Arkansas for a time
and mav decide to reloc ite here.
Till: 1'AIIM lIM)K SITI'ATIO
The News has been asked bv it
least fifty farmer friends for some
suggestion as to relieving the scni-
eitv of labor for pteparing ground
foi the oils crop but so far we hive
not met with any satissfactorj ex-
planation. The ground must h
broken to insure the best ipmiIIk in
an oats crop and the recent snow
and thaw will put a fine season in
the soil and make plowing oppni-
tune There is no doubt thai faun
help Is scarce in this lounty. and in
the face of that condition the opin-
ion has been expressed bv so called
exports that over the futility tlieie
Is no shortage
It Is freelv predicted bv nnir tint
the Government mav later on as-igu
drafted men with experience to
work on the farms of the food-producing
areas.
GRANDIW MOKGAV IIKAIt
William R. Morgan famlliarlv
known as Grandpa Morgan died
last Frldav morning at 11:3!! at
the home of his son D Morgan -it
Ninth and Hverirreen street this
citv. after a brief illness at the age '
of H2 vears. Funeral services were
held at the home .Situid.iv aftei-i
noon conducted bv Hev. Herman
Jones followed by interment in tlie
Highland cemetery.
IliUs to amend tho food lay so as
to epnpowcr the United States Food
Administration to compel observ-
ance. of whcatlcss and meatless days
or ai other measure It may pre-
scribe have been introduced In Con-
gress this week by Representative
Ltver and Senator Pomerene. act-
ing for the Administration.
A statement Issued by one of tho
authors of the bills explains the sit-
uation thus:
"The food istuatlon the world ov-
er Is acute and demands upon us
arc growing each day. With a dis-
rupted labor situation approaching
Its maximum the vital question Is
therefore conservation of foodstuff.
The Administration has undertaken
to conserve food through voluntary
agreements and has succeeded won-
derfully well both In saving and In
Mahlll7'inK prices but there Is a per-
centage of recalcitrants whom we
hive not been able to reach by ali-
peds to their patriotism We pro-
pose to reach these under this bill."
"The bill is especially aimed .it
hotels restaurants and dining cars
public eating places In such es-
t iblishmentK Rrobnbly .10 per c ent
of the food of the countn Is con-
sumed and it is In such places that
we find the greatest waste There
should be power In the hands of
the Food Administration to fix the
portions of the vital necessities that
m iv be HCived to any tine individual.
There is nhsolutelv no excuse for
anv hotel earning on its bill of fare
fur service to one pet son :i steak
which would cost $8 or $ln the
waste is too great
"This bill provides th.it the Pics-
lilt n( is authorized to issue mles and
regulations modlf.vlng. limiting or
piobiblting the soje use manufac-
ture or distribution bv nnv person
conducting a public eating place or
bv anv manufacturer producer car-
rlu dirtributor or other peiosn of
and foodstuffs feed or material ne-os-ary
for the production miniifac-
tuie or preseivation of foodstuffs or
feeds When such legulatlon Is Is-
suid anv violation of it Is punisha-
ble bv a fine not txceeding jr.. 000
oi imprisonment for not more than
lx vears xo both "
woui.watKvrr gamk imm:-
siiuvr. ix MorxTAivs
A piovision authorizing piiithise
bv the State of Oklahom i of ap-
pioximntelv 20. SOD aciis of Choc-
taw and Chickasaw Indian lands in
the Kl.imlchi Mountains for use as
a game preserve is iniliided in the
general Indian appiopii itlnii bill In-
tioiluced in Congress bv Congi ess-
man C. D. Carter ihnlrmin ol In-
House Indian Affiiis Coinmitti e it
is provided that Hie land be sold to
the State at Its .ippi.ilsid value and
this is said to aveiaee about $ ! an
acre.
The hill also iiiiludis an agreed
per f.ipita p iv mint of $-00 foi the
Choctaw Indians
WKIKIIT Mi: KlICIVI'KUt OF
ai.iia km:mii:s iiimci:
Chiif of Polite Dave Wlight h.H
lecelved fiom t'niti il States Mar-
shal U A Kllloe. .Ir. of Muskogee
notice of his appointment bv the At-
torney General of the I'liitnl State-
as registrar for the city of Durant
of all aliin enemies within Durant
as presi i ibi d bv law. An elien ene-
my as prt si ribed bv law is as fol-
lows: "All natives citizens ilenl-
7 ns or subjects ot the German Lm-
ulre oi liniieii.il Gel in in Govern
ment being inades'of the age of 11
viars aril upwards who are within
the 1'nitttl States not aitualh nat-
uializcd as American illizi ns are re-
quired to register as alien enemies"
Under the law registration ilavs
Save! SAVE! Save!
1. U'llKAT Use more com.
2. MKAT L'so more bean- und rice.
.'. FATS Uhe just enough.
I. Sl'dJAIt Use niorcbyrup.
Comply with the atioye and help us to help (he (!ov-
crniucnt. We can help you v.ith your meatless and
wheatlebs days.
Downing Grocery Co.
Phone 51 twtelephonk Phone 55
are from February 4 at 6 o'clock a.
m. until February 9 at 8 o'clock p.
m. Each aljcn enemy registered is
roqulred to have throe photographs
mado of himself bearing his own
signature and prints of his left
thumb as well as weljrht site com-
plexion and .other information tend-
ing to positively Identify the person.
Mr. Wright has designated the of-
fices of the local exemption board as
headquarters for registration on the
days named nnd all alien enemlet
should take due und proper notice.
SKNATOK OWKN HAS COTTON
HKK1 FOR niHTHIBlTION
Senator Jtobert L. Owen has been
advised by the Agricultural Depart-
ment that he will hu allotted for dis-
tribution 900 quart packages of new
and Improved types of cotton seed
during the coming season. The size
of the package Is sufficient to en-
able the farmer to mnkc n satisfac-
tory preliminary trial of the vurletv
In comparison with other varieties
now grown.
Senator Owen desires to distribute
this seed to the best advantage
among the t otton growers of Okla-
homa hut will send it onl to those
who will make use of it.
He-quests will he honored in the
order of their rt ceipt and should be
addressed to Hon. Kobert L Owen
United States Senate Washington
D. C.
KNOIiANI) - HAWKS INCIIK ISF.D
CAPITAL
The Kngland-Haynes Grocer Co
with headquarters !n this citv has
raised its capital stock from $100-
000 to $200000 owing to the in-
creased business and the Increased
needs for larger capital as a lesult
of bigger bus.ness The firm start-
ed In business only about four jears
ago. under the name of the Kng-land-Abbott
Grocer Co with a cap-
ital of $50000.00.
212 Men Called
for Examination.
Total of ao to Hat Hare Walvad
Examination. OeV the Second
Draft Call for Those Waiv-
ing Exemption Claims.
Two hundred and twelve young
men in Bryan county who have waiv-
ed all exemption and deferred olaMl-
flcatlon are called by the local board
for examination in four days Jan-
uary 17 and 18 and 21 and 22 so-
cording to notices sent ont to the
men by Chas. C. Parker chalrnian ot
tho local board.
To this time from questionnaire
that have been returned 330 young
men lit the county have waived all
exemption und claim for deferred
classification on any ground and It
is from these that tho men to be ex-
amined on the four days act are be-
ing called in fact it is thought that
the full quota for the first call of
the second draft can be secured from
those who have mado no exemption
claim although this is problematical
as no call has yet been made and
no Intimation has been given the lo-
cal board as to Just how many men
will be called in the Hccond draft.
So Tar about 1.000 of tho ques-
tionnaires have been examined by
the local hoard and tho men classi-
fied and as fast ns this Is dono each
man Is mailed a card bearing hl
name serial number order number
and slating to which ot the five class-
es he has been assigned.
Colonel Jim Tom Story tho vetex-
iinedltor of the Ilokchlto News at
Ilokchlto Is reported ns considerably
improved after a serious lllnoss.
Sam W. Stone Js confined to his
bed this week with a severe attack
of stomach trouble.
I Tt t I i1
It'll f K c! ut
The Weather Man
Isn't On Our Pay Roll
You can't get away from this cold raw January weather
and Ft bru.iry is coming and .March follows. Hut you can fix
vourself to mi et the tmerginiy In lomfort and good appearance
and with actual protiction to jour health.
ufrcarilifec6oi
vni-iTiv
Clothes
supply the needs h inilsonii ly. It may be n good overcoat with
jilt nly of collar to predict neik and eais when they need It. It
ma) lie a good all-wool Suit (all-wool will soon he hard to find)
that fits and holds its shape as long as voo wear it It may bo
t.OOl) KIIOLS WIVI'IIK CMMlKULAIt WOOL or COKDUKOV
Mllll'IS CJust got some in). A GOOD HAT or WA11M CA1'
iiosi: (ii.ovi:s m:cki:.k or siiiit'i.v
It mav Imi .Mill will uceil i GOOD HtO SI'IT CASK orTIUTNK
III eitlu r i:imi vou will find it here we loulil go on nuil tell you
of maiiv other "Good Things to Wear" vou will find here; but we
will just add that with all the qnalit and service vou get vou
will find
NO BETTER VALUES
ANYWHERE
The
Kiippt'iilieim-
rr House in
Hill. mt
Oklahoma.
1 1 1 1 linn "llPANT okuV
Udwin Clapp
lllouF. Ke-
uolds ami
J. II. Tilt
Shiies for Men
I
1st and Main.
For Iletter Sertlco.
Durant Okla.
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Evans, E. M. Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 3, Ed. 1, Friday, January 18, 1918, newspaper, January 18, 1918; Durant, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc82740/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.