Oklahoma State Register (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 39, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma State Register
•LOKKT PAI'ER PI BLISHKD COHTINfOrBLY IK OKLAHOMA
TWENTY-NINTH TEAR, No. 3.">.
GUTHRIE OKhA., JULY 15, 1920.
FARMER LABOR PARTY
NOMINATES CHRISTENSON
FOR PRESIDENT
Chicago, July 15.—Parley P. Chris- |
tinien, s.tii Uk. City, !t*y.r, ni "• TKl.l.s «0TAK1
nominated as the presidential candi- I MM H1WIISIO
date for the new farmer-labor party
by its convention at 2:30 o'clock this j Dr. J. W. Duke was present at the
morning, i'hristenien, a member ot Rotary at the luncheon at the lone
the Committee of Forty-eight, was j Wednesday, and told the inside his-
chosen on thq second ballot. ' tory of the Democratic convention
and how near the oklahoma delega-
Christensen wa selected over Dud- ! l(on rame ,.puttlng.. Senator Owen
ley Field M&lone of New \ ork by a . over "There never was a time when
vote of $192.o to 1,1.6. the proper break appeared, but Sen-
The "farmer-labor party" was thejator Owen at one time came nearer,
name chosen by the convention of the .being nominated than was revealed to
new political party here tonight. 1 the world in press dispatches. Thla
can be said for Oklahoma's candidate,
Governor Edwards Christens Flying Boat
The new party, it was decided at !
j that he was considered the biggest
man of the candidates, but had done
too much for the public to be avail-
able. And Oklahoma can be proud of
him." Dr. Duke had as guest ('apt.
Arthur B. Coleburn, of Nirwalk Con-
necticut a personal friea 1 ot over
thirty years. Capt. Coleburn is a phy-
sician and has just been
out of the army as allanes and psy-
chologist, at the head of the depart-
ment passing on the qualification of
soldiers when drafted and now when
the night session will operate until
August 1921 under the labor party
constitution. A draft of* a new con-
stitution was referred to a conference
committee, to be reported on next
year.
At 11 o'clock tonight, with all other
work out of the way, the convention
proceeded to nomination speeches for
presidential candidates.
R. H. Harland of Washington, pre-
sented the name of Dudley Field Ma-
lone.
New York delegations staged a brief I
demonstration when Catheryne Simms I
of New York city presented the name
of Henry Ford. She explained she j
had first tried to offer the Detroit |
manufacturer to the single tax party j
but received a cold reception.
Her speech was halted several times I Band. and the cltizen9 tan ex^ect
when delegates booed and hissed. 'some good music.
E. D. McDougal of Kansas, placed ! Frank announced a second
Parley P. Christensen of Utah, in',*3™ of baseball between the local
nomination, and T. H. Lunde of Illl- i ??anta Fo team and Coyle, which will
liois, offered Senator Robert M. La- Pl&yed at Lb* latter city next Sun
Follette. (,a>" The Sanfc* Fo's wm bc ln bt
trim and over their "stage fright,
says, next time and play
IM.ACKS SKRVIC K H« Vt PIRTY I'lll,!. . FIUKMI OF SC'HOOt I. VM 1 KSSES.
_________________ —.
4 $1.50 Per Tear
YOU SHOULD REGISTER-
LIST OF REGISTRARS
WHERE YOU CAN DO SO
i.ions < i l it i;r< mn i
I MUM. t IT
The registration books in this
ounty were opened on the 14th of
July and will close on the 23rd. Ev-
erybody over 21 years old is u legal
At Friday's luncheon the beautiful voter an,j should register
silver loving cup offered by the White Women can vote in Oklahoma for
Jewelry Co. to the winning team in i IX\\ offices, including the President,
tfie tug of war contest held at the I it is to their interest to register in
fair grounds July 5, in which the | order to show that the franchise
Lions wfr« victors over the Rotarians, [granted thern^ was not thrown away,
occupied the place of honor at Presl- i Those entitled to vote must bte
dent Ix)ckwood's right and was great- American citizens, be residents of
ly admired by the redoubtable Lions, oklahoma one year, six months in the
Ensign hart Andress of Dallas. | county and thirty days in the precinct.
Texas, was a guest and spoke on Sal- i«;Very person who will have complied
vation Army activities. Among other wjth these dates by November 2, If
things he informed the club that (hey register, can vote at the pri-
Thursday he and others had organ- j maries August 3rd.
ized the lx>gan County Advisory Hoard , Those who have changed their resl-
of the Salvation Army with Frank H. ] dence from another state, or from
Governor Edwards of New Jersey christened the "Aeromarine," a new ten-pas;
the Aeroniarlne Plane and Motor company at Keyport, N. J. The governor used
christen the boat—the largest civilian passenger-Hying boat in America. This photograph shows the giant motor)
and cabin of the "Aeroniarlne."
n:i:i> chickens m ttermilk.
It is declared that the Guthrie
Creamery has about a thousand gal-
MCST PAY UP <; VS HILLS.
Corporation Commission Issues Ord-
ers to Tbose Who Hold Hark.
He has been stationed at Fort leaven, j daily. This could he used in feeding
worth. He was greatly impressed with i hogs and chickens. In regard to feed-
Guthrie and Oklahoma. j tng it to chickens, the poultry exten-
Reymond Muse Ryder, of San An- j sion superintendent at the Stillwater
tonlo, Texas, was present. He is the j
«ow musical director of the Guthrie
solidation. upon which an election
was called. They wanted their names
off. Mrs. Farrell ruled that they
would have to come in person and
take their names off one or the other
Okalhoma City. July 10.—The state 1 petition.
corporation commission ordered today, General district school trustees
Agricultural college writes the fol- that users of natural gas who have election took place all over the county
lowing to E. Cook, of this city: ! withheld payment pending settlement last Tuesday.
"At the request of Mr. Wiley ask- of the rebate for low pressure last j
ing for information on how to ^t?ed winter must pav their hills in full be.
milk to poultry will say that the feed- fore July 15. In appealing to the state
ing milk depends upon whether you supreme courtvthe gas company has
Gresham as president, and the Lions'
nger Hying boat, at the plant o president, C. L. lx>ckwood, as vied
ii bottle of real champagne ti ))resldentj with a fuU 1)olir,| of dl.
rectors, of which Lymon Gray is
t reasurer.
Fred W. Green, 11 T. Hansford,
Vernon \Y. Haws, Otto Featheringill
one county to another in Oklahoma,
or from one precint to another, must
register.
If a certificate of registration has
been lost, another can be pecured by
making an affidavit to that effect.
The following is a list of the pre-
and Donald I). Lamond, representa- cinct registrars, whom you must hunt
FALSI PRE V( III It J Mi l l).
are using it for growing stock or executed a bond of $." 0,noo to assifre
laying hens. 1 believe for growing payment of the rebates in cases the
,ter j stock it is best to mix it with ground ,1(,,.js|on ls the Fl1me a that of the
The nomination, coming after re-
peated assurances that LaFollette
would not tun took the delegates by
surprise. The demonstration was
short lived. William Rodriguez of
Illinois, one of the leaders in the
labor party, seconded the nomination
of the Wisconsin senator.
Robert M. LaFollette jr., appeared
on the platform and announced that
his father had informed him over the
telephone that circumstances had
arisen which prevented him from ac-
cepting the nomination by this con-
vention and moved that it be with-
drawn immediately.
J..A. H. Hopkins, chairman of the
national committee of the committee
he
feeds. Do not feed this slopy but just
corporation commission.
game.
The local Rotary is invited to be I
the guests of Oklahoma City Rotary
annual fete at Bell Isle on the 27 th
of July.
CHALMERS GIFFEN BUYS
OUT BURTON BROS.
better Iin a erum,)l>' s*ate- For laying hens ,
would use it as a drink. Of course, -.t
is necessary to feed it in clean ves-f CRESCENT CITY CONSOUO\TFI>
sels, earthen vessels preferred. SCHOOL CONTEST
"I am sending you a bulletin on !
feeding which I think will be of some ;
help to you. Milk is the best and j Many Crescent neighborhood citi-
most economical feed you can possi- /.ens were before Mrs. Cora Farrell,
bly find for chickens. In experiments county superintendent, protesting
(jig By Goods House In Hands
Energetic Young Man.
that have been carried on, it has been against consolidation of certain dis-
found that hens which have been fed trlcts with the Crescent school. It
milk have made a profit of $1.28 each seems that many persons have signed
Chalmers Glffen la t week pur-
chased the Burton Bros. Dry Goods
house and the Larson Sisters have
taken over the milinary department,
of forty-eight, moved the formal with- ] Mr E]bert p„rton soId out onier
drawal of the name of Senator La-
Follete and the convention sustained
his motion.
to again go into partnership with Mr.
Rucker at Duncan, now the new old
field.
SALVATION ARMY
BRAVCH ORGANIZED
A branch of the Salvation Army
was organized here, with the follow-
ing officers: President F. S. Gres.
haim; vice-president, C. L. Lockv
secretary, Fred Green and treasurer
Lymon Gray. The following were elec-
ted to membership on the board: Dr.
J. M. Barker., C. C. Smith, C. R. Bur-
ton. Dr. C. S. Petty, Fred Sohl. Addle
Lee I-iowther H. E. Derwin and Judge
A. H. Boles.
Through the vast organization of
the Salvation Army in the coutnry, it
is thought social derelicts and all the
downfallen can be better looked after
than in any other way.
GEORGE TYLER WINNER
OF KITCHEN CABINET
Mr. Giffen has been a resident of
Logan county for twenty years and
until a year ago, when he attached
himself to the Burton Dry Goods Co.,
was manager of the Houghton general
department store of Coyle, where he
acquired a large acquaintance and
was very popular. Mr. Giffen has had
large experience in business and be-
lieves Guthrie has an unlimited
future, that is the reason he desired
to join himself with the city's growth
He is a young man. full of energy
with all his life, before him and will
prove a great asset for the city.
The Larson Sisters—Miss Ida and
Miss Anne Larson—have been in the
millinary business in Guthrie for many
years and hav© prospered and grown
all these years. At first they started
alone, on East Oklahoma Avenue, near
the Bath House. A few years ago they
Sheriff Robertson has in jail one
Carpenter, who posed as a confederate
preacher in teh marriage schemes of
Harry McNamara, with many allias.
Carpenter officiated as minister In
the marriage of Ester Hogan of Mul-
hall, who married McNamara in th^s
city. Sheriff Robertson is offering $2.1
for the capture of McNamara.
tives sent by Guthrie Lions, are at-
tending the international convention
of Lions clubs being held in Den-
ver. Colorado this week. Oakland,
Calif., is a strong candidate for the
j 11)21 convention.
M rHRll M <•!;<►! S IV BAD
IN POM'A CITY
Ponca City, July 13.—Atrrur L.
Xvells and Willie Jackson, two Guth-
rie negroes who have been working
here for the Maraud company, have
been held for $2,000 bond each in the
Kay county court on the charge of as-
sault with intent to kill upon J. M.
Carlisle. The latter was also working
for the same company as a represen-
tative of an Oklahoma City weather-
" strip company when he had trouble
County Attorney Dinwiddle states
that Carpenter is an early day Logan
county boy and has a long record of
jails and pentltentiaraes. His first of-
fense was rape, south of Guthrie al-
most twenty years ago, when a boy
j with the negroes, one of whom struck
1 him over the head with a metal plane.
!
per year over those not fed any milk." both petitions, for and against con- of 70.
CONGRESSMAN HERRALD THE ONE HOPE FOR REPUBLICANS
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION
AGAINST CITY BUYING HONRS
up to get your certificate:
Legislative District No. 1.
1—Antelope Twp. precinct 1; Chas.
Howland, Pleasant Valley.
2—Antelope Twp. precinct 2; Frank
Martin. Coyle.
3—North Cimarron Twp.; C. H.
Ecknuin, Coyle.
4—South Cimarron B; J. A. Stark,
Meridian.
5—Bear Creek Twp.; J. T. Cruce,
Guthrie, R. F. D., !>.
6—Guthrie Twp.; Rosella Hutchins,
Guthrie, Route 8, box 25.
7—Guthrie City, Ward 1, precinct 1;
Teague Ray, 816 East Cleveland St.
8—Guthrie City, Ward 1, precinct 2;
Nellie Hamilton, 723 East Vilas.
D—Guthrie City. Ward 2, precinct 1;
A. ii. Brown, 212 East Oklahoma Ave.
10—Guthrie City, Ward 2, precinct
2; J. M. Kroeger, 109 East Warner
Ave.
11—Guthrie City, Ward 3, precinct
1; D. A. Hunter, Corner Harrison and
Broadway.
12—Guthrie City, Ward 3, precinct
Frank Pieratt, Corner Oklahoma
Judge Swank has granted
temporary injunction against the city Avenue and First.
commissioners purchasing the Beggs 13—Guthrie City, Ward 4, precinct
city bonds with the $75,000 sinking 1; j A Nelson, 708 West Noble.
fund. While the money in the bank l4_Guthrie City, Ward 4, precinct
only draws 4.3-4 percent and the bonds |2; Maud Daniels, 615 West Harrison,
his seat, but is not taking his priv- j draw 6 percent, the bonds are said not j 15_Guthrie City, Ward 5, precinct
ilege on the floor of the senate. to be worth more than 90 cents on the j to be f„Ied
.. . .. nA 'dollar in the market. They were pur- ; 16__Iowa Twp., L. E. Johnson, Route
Congressman Harreld has the ad- the bn)k(,r R E„. ; ]
vantage of having been appraised in j ^ ot oklahoma CUy | ' 17_gprlngyale Twp Weaver w>
I Wilson, Guthrie. Route 8. f
CALL FOR DEMOI HA ll( Legislative District No. 2.
COMMITKK MEETING j ig—i^Bron Twp.; Thos. Hi'obs.
The Democratic County central | ^|Uijjaut Route 2.
Ml Ilia iriona nf comraittee is hereby called to meetf 20—Cedar Twp. precinct 1; Robert
gressive and liberal in his ideas or . n.ithrio nn
7 « 1 ♦: it «o. onH vaia«^ ut the cIty hal1 ln ^',,th^ie• on salur L. Hancock, Navina, Route 1.
legislation. He was born and raised , ^ aftern00n at 2 0,clock> July mh
in Kentucky and was elected county L_
attorney in a democratic county.
When he came to Oklahoma he set-
the state as well as the nation as
measuring up to the size required by
the national legislative assembly. Ev-
erybody knows by now that he is any-
thing but a radical and yet is pro-
mereged their business with Burton
At the second weekly free drawing j Dry Goods Co., and now have brought
in which fine kitchen cabinets are j the millinary department outright,
being given away by the Retail Mer- They are-said to be the finest -m-illi-
chants Association of Guthrie, held j nares in the west. Last week they
bought the fifty foot front two store
rooms on Harrison Avenue, one of
which is occupied by the Highland
Theater, paying $12,000 spot cash
down, which shows tha{ they have
faith in Guthrie.
Saturday, the lucky number was 5558,
held by George Tyler, son of A. P.
Tyler residing three miles east of
Guthrie. The young man had re-
ceived this ticket with a purchase of
goods from Gardner & Soehl, clothiers
on West Oklahoma avenue.
Sinvilar kitchen cabinets will be
given away by our progressive re-
tailers every Saturday until the Free
County Fair is held. For details see
the announcement of the retailers rel-
ative thereto in this issue of the State
Register.
tied in Ardmore to practice law,
though he knew it was a democratic
city and county. This shows that as
a citizen, he is not afraid of demo-
cratic communities, but prospers in
them. Still, his parents before him
and he have been life-long republi-
cans.
The fact of the matter is the only
time Congressman Harreld plays poli-
tics is when he thinks public service
will be bettered by it. He believes
I that if there is any use of using any
pending In the Supreme Court, ^"s;pnergy jn Republican politics in Ok-
decided. Being under the fierce pu iahoma n0w, it is for the purpose of
winning elections, not to create a
j to take up matters of reorganization,
re-election of chairman and secretary
and tranact) other matters of mo-
ment to the party. All Democrats, as
well as committee members, are urged
to attend. Walter Wilson, chairman.
A .A. SMALL TO SPEAK
HERE SATURDAY
Hon A. A. Small of Tulsa, Republi-
can for United States Senator will
speak in Guthrie next Saturday. July
machine to control federal patronage.
There Is a sort of national justice
that Congressman Harreld should re-
ceive the nomination for the United
states Senate. He is the republican's
"mysterious stranger" In Oklahoma
—the "Man on Horseback." It is be-
cause of his unexpected congressional
Fourteen Republicans have filed for spective of mere partizanship. Such
United States Senator, to succeed was his act in voting for Berger to
Gore, which shows that they must' retain his seat until his case, then
think there is a possibility that a
republican can be elected. If so, the |jc Hght becaU8e of h)g astonishing
question is, Who has that statewide election, he was criticised by some at
publicity and character that will ap- the time, but has since been sustained
peal to the democratic voters (for j)y tjie United States Senate in Sen-
a republican to be elected must get ator Newberry's case. His vote for
democratic votes) and be elected? *Berger was simply that he should not
That man is undoubtedly Congress- be deprived of his seat to which he
man J. W. Harreld. He has the pres- was elected by-the voters of his dis-
tige of having been elected to Con- trict until the highest tribunal of
gress In the Fifth District, a demo- justice should pass on the case, but
cratic district, and the ability to win that he should not participate in that victory that now fourteen republicans
is always an asset, especially under body, or have rights td the floor of have the courage to run for nomina-
circumstances where it was not be- the House. This is exactly the attl- | tion for \ nited States Senator. Tie Is
lleved any republican could win. Since tude held in regard to the republican not only entitled to his reward of
entering congress^ he has been ac- member, Senator Newberry, of Mich- setting a successful precedent, but he
cepted in that body, in so short time, igan. whom the United District Court should be nominated because, all con-
bv members of both parties as a man found guilty of gaining his seat by ditions considered, he is surer to re-
of Independent thinking, of real abil- purchase of votes, and whose case is peat that precedent with more surity
17th, (He is an eloquent talker and j ity, and the courage to stand for now before the Supreme Court on than any other candidate.
should have a large crowd. what he thinks Is right and just, irre- appeal. He has not been deprived of , (Political Ad.)
Market Bulletin: No. 1 Wheat, $2.40, f. o. b. mill. GUTHRIE MILL & ELEVATOR CO.
Cedar Twp., precinct 2; V. G.
Cullen, Crescent. Route 3.
22—Crescent Twp., precinct 1; John
F, Harmon, Crescent.
23—Crescent Twp., precinct 2;
Claude Hart, Crescent.
24—Iron Mound, D. H. Sheihing,
Guthrie, Route 4.
25—Lawrie Twp.; T. M. Hutcherson
Guthrie, Route 10.
26—.Marshall Twp.; H. D. Hearn,
Marshall.
27—Mulhall Twp.; W. H. Mathews.
28—Oak View Twp., (to be filled.)
29—Orlando Twp.; H. R. Morris,
MOTOK III'll M. l AltKIKIl EXAMI-
NATION.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exami-
nation for the County of Logan, Okla.,
to be Jietd at Guthrie, Okla., to fill the
position of motor rural carrier at
Marshall, Okla., and vacancies that 0rlando
may later occur on motor rural j 3o_sPring Creek Twp.; John Corn-
routes from post offices in the above- | W(,j| Navjna j{0Ute j
mentioned county. The salary on mo- 3]_springer Twp.; E. J. Murphy,
tor routes ranges from 11,500 to $1,803 | Guthrie, Route 7.
per pnnum. The examination will be 32—Rose Hill Twp.; C. O. Bocox,
open only to male citizens who are Mulhall.
actually domiciled in the territory j 33_WoodIand Twp.; Cora E. Win-
supplied with mail by a post office in Rard Guthr|e Route 2.
the county and who meet the other ;
requirements. THERE IS COPPER XEAR PRAGUE
The appointee to this position will |
be required to furnish, maintain, and I A) H,xon traffl<j mana(?er of ,he
operate a modern motor vehicle with ; ^ gm)th and Western wag ,n 0uth.
a carrying capacity of not less than ^ oyer n.ght Tup9(IaJr and says they
S00 pounds and a cubic capacity o ^ progpectlng fm. cf)pper npar pra.
not less than 80 feet. Applicants must ^ „u ^ „ said Mf
file with their applications a state- ^ ^ ^ a company ^
nient of the equipment they will be t . . s
1 1 iously tearing up rock just south of
able to provide In the event of ap- i .. . _
1 , ,, . our road track, two miles from Pra-
pointment. Applications should be j
. gue, with full faith that there is cop-
forwarded to the Commission at
.. , . per in paying quantities there.'
"Washington. D. C., at the earliest
Vracticable date.
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