Cherokee County Democrat (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 30, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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CHEROKEE
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY AND COUNTY
PUBLISHED BY THE ARROW PUBLISHING COr~
Sqccmim t« The Tahlequah Arrow and Herald
TAHLEQUAH, OKU., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1918.
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EGiSlATISN Will
MP WIH WAR
Cities and towns all ovbr the conn-
try are enacting legislation to com-
ply with Food Commissioner
Hoover's meatless and wheatless
days request. Such action is vitally
essential In winning the war. It
protects the patriot who is doing hi;,
best by Assuring him Hs portion of
the meat and wheat which otherwise
might be hoged up by the indiffer
nt, not caring citizen. Tahlequah
has but a very few who are inclined
he indifferent and their inclina-
Ion should be righted even though
force be required. The butcher-
shops should be prohibited in sell-
ing meat on meatless days as well as
the Jjakeries wheat products on
wheatless days. The butchers ind
bakers will welcome such legisla- the war? They at the front are help-
tion—the people generally will up- j 'ess to help themselves—when you I
plaude an ordinance that is nothing eat meat on meatles days or wheat
The American House Manager Is
today a member of the army Hint
ts fighting to save democracy In
the world. More than 11,000,000
managers of American lioinea
hare enlisted for the duration of
the war and pledged themselves to
support the fighting men by the
way they buy, cook and serve food.
Food will win the war, and these
women will help to win it. Amer-
ica must send feod to Europe.
The armies cannot hold out If we
fall to send It. Only certain foods
(Copyright by I.tfe I'ub. Co.)
C urtr*y of L.lfe and Charles Dana Gibson.
can be shipped—those that pack
the most food value into the small-
est shipping space. These foods
are wheat, meat, fats, sugar. We
eunnot eai ilieui ui.il send them
too. We cannot eat them and
send others. We must send these
foods, and in order to do that we
must eat other foods ourselves.
The American House Manager
will see to It that no food comes
Into her home that does not do its
full duty under her management
In winning 'lie war.
THRIFT CAMPA18N
COMES TO COUNTY
"Hie Tlirift Campaign has reached
4feerokee County. It is the biggest
■oat Important organization yet
launched In America's fight for de-
cency—with the possible excep-
ttoa *f the Army and Navy. For the
Thrift Campaign intends to see to it
&at Ataerica produces enough and
•vea enough to keep the boys la
Sighting trim in the French trenches.
The Thrift Campaign Intends to eu-
t Hat the $8,000,000 Americans who
<re at home into a business army to
Keep the 2,000,000 boys and more
in the var game as long as the kaiser
continues to menace the peace and
(bertles of the world.
* And it all begins with twanty-fivo
oents. First produce one quarter:
second, buy a Thrift Stamp—lending
tie money to Uncle Sam; third, when
you have bought sixteen stamps, add
f.12 and buy a War Savings Certlfl-
•ate, stamp costing $4.12, and hav-
ing 4 per cent compounded annually,
which means $5.00 January 1, 1923;
tourth, take your War Savings Cer-
•Ncate Stamps, paste them to your
•ard until they make twenty, anc'
*adtinue until Uncle Sam owes you
$1,000, If yo« want to, but he will
aot borrow from anyone more than
$1 ,000 as these are- the most favor
able terms offered.
But do not forget, it takes only
^ wats to start, and the U. S. A.
Government begins to pay interest
When you have J4.12. You can cash
ki sooner on u 3 j«r ce.. sis.
And also, that whL'j the gove-n
uent wants is to enlist every man.
vomin and child who is left in
America In the army of producers
and savors. Every State is organ-
fced; every county is organized, and
every school district is expected M
Be organized. If your district if
everlooked, you ought to feel Insult-
ed, and make yourself haard froir
Mr. J D. Crew was called last
week to Oklahoma City to take
oharge of the Thrift Campaign in
•herokee County. There he m~t
with about eixty other men, similar-
ly drafted, received instructions and
erders, and returned ready for bun-
to<*s.
In turn he summoned a number
•I sltlreru of Tahlequah to act as his
wiblnet, or 'a# "ambassadors" In
reaching the entire sounty. The plan
finally agreed on, and one very much
like the plan for other counties, was
to name a tqfcn to represent him in
each school district In the county,
each representative having from
three to four districts for which he
ia to act as Mr. Crew'B agent. Each
district la expected to organise with
its own officers and leaders, and
tfcea the work will be begun In real
earn eat. Tour dintriet will be ex-
ported to get la the game with Its
•w offleeiv at once. An "ambassa-
dor" from Unele Sam and Mr. Crew
Will «I1 —on. '
When thla aonntry ronnda up the
allen enemlea, will that alee include
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INDIAN APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSED BY HOUSE
Washington, I). C., .Tan. 24.—The
Indian Appropriation Bill just pass-
ed by the House contains many items
of interest to Eastern Oklahoma. It
appropriates $186,000 for the super
intendent for the Five Clviliteu
Tribes; $85,000 for probate attor
neys; $276,000 in aid of rural
schools, in lieu of taxation of home-
stead and restricted lands; $36,000
for the Cherokee Orphan Training
School, in addition to reapproprlat-
ing unexpended balances made im-
mediately availably for repairs and
Improvements to the school; a per
capita payment of $200 for the Choc-
taws and ChlckasawB, which meant
disbursement to the members of
these two tribes of $5,420,600; a per
capita payment of $100 for the Sem-
inoles, which means a disbursement
of $312,500 to this tribe; and all
the money belonging to the< Creek
Tribe, except $50,000 retained for
current expenses, as an equalization
payment to the Creeks. There is to
the" credit of the Creeeks, $2,145,000
which means that there will be paid
out to them $2,095,000 with accu
mulated interest All these various
items make a total of $7,828,300 of
Indian funds to be disbursed among
the members of the several tribes
which Is a distribution of practically
all the funds now on hand belonging
to them.
The affairs of the Cherokee trib
have been wound up. The affairs of
the Crf/"k tribe, with the exception
of the sale of some town lots, th
the disposal of thejr capitol buildin
at Okmulgee, and some allotments
Involved in litigation, wllll be wound
up with this payment. The Seminole*
will have a little money reserved b;
treat/y for school purposes. Con
gress recently passed an act pro
viding for the sale of the coal at;u
asphalt lands in the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Nations. These lands
must be reappraised and offered for
sale, tfhich will require three
Tour years.
This Is an excellent record for
Congress in winding up the affairs
of the Five Civilized Tribes. More
legislation has been enacted during
the past two years, distributing
tribal -funds and looking to the
winding up of these matters, than
has been enacted In twenty yeors.
The Cherokees were the largest
tribei of Indians in America. They
were the last to make an agreement
with the United States and the first
to have their tribal affairs wound up
completely. It will be remembered
that Congressman Hastings was the
Inst national attorney for the Cher
Oke« tribe.
There Is also an itqm In the bill
appropriating $15,000 for a perma-
nent commission to the Five Civil-
ised Tribes in Oklahoma, for the pur-
pose of Rearing applications and re-
moving restrictions from members
of the Five Tribes.
•(tM to
SAYS HE MUST
HAVE HIS MEAT
A prominent man. ill Tahlequah
was recently heard to remark. "You
can do without your meat if v >u
ward to, hut I've got to liava mine "
The man truly thoui$it he would
die without his regular meal of |
meat. If he did not he Is lacking 'n i
patriotism bb any and all of us are |
more or less fond of meat and If set I
before us under normal conditions i
could relish it two or three times a
day.
How about the lads at the front?
Are not their hardships entitled to
any consideration? Have'nt they
sacrificed everything near and dear
to them for the Fane of humanity |
Don't thiyy expect you and me to t'.o
our bit back here to help them win
more or less than a bullet in tht
kaiser's brain. Let's help kill tlv
Kaiser.
SOME SLIPPERY THIS WEEK
A coltf wave on the very heels of
down-pour of rain Sunday car^e
near resulting In a repetition of last
ear's ice-covered town when con-
siderable damage was dona to the
trees, telephone and electric light
wires in this vicinity. The cold has
been extremely disagreoable and the
frozen rain and snow has caused
many an uneasy step to be taken. In
fact the town has been very niuclt
musically inclined as one had to "C
sharp" or taka the consequences and
•B flat."
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on wheatless days you are no better
than the man who would robe the
baby of Its milk simply because tiie
baby was helpless to protect itself.
Thel boys at the front need your co-
operation—the people at home need
you ns an example to pattern after—
he a Hooveriie—talk Hooverisin and
help Mooverlze Cherokee county.
MBS. H. B. JEFFREY DIES
Mrs. H. B. Jeffrey died at the fam-
ily home, on the west edge of town,
at 5 o'clock this morning of euremic
plson, follow the birth of a son.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at 7:30 at the
home and the party will leave im-
mediately for Springdale by auto,
where Interment will be made, that
being her childhood home.
Mr. Jeffrey and fami'y moved
here less than two years ago from
Oklahoma and here many friends in
this city who deeply sympathize with
the bereaved.—From Siloam Springs
Dally Register, Tuesday, Jan. 8,
1918.
INFANT DIES
The baby boy of H. B. Jeffrey died
about 6 o'clock last evening and the
body was taken to Springdale, Ark.,
for interment beside the mother who
died Tuesday of this week.—From
Siloam Springs Dally Register, Sat-
urday, Jan. 12, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Feld weut to
Saint Louis Saturday for a few days'
visit with relatives and Incidentally
to purchase! a spring stock of goods
for Max's Sample Stire.
PROCLAMATION
Many causes have contributed to
create the necessity for a more In-
tensive effort on Ika part of our
people to save food in order that wfc
may supply our associates in the w r
with the substance vitally nocessary
to tltem in these days of privation
and stress.
The reduced productivity of
Europe because of large diversion of
man power to the war, the partial
failure of harvests and the elimina-
tion of the more distant markets for
foodstuffs through the destruction of
shipping places the burden of their
subsistence more largely on our
shoulders.
The food administration hah
formulated suggestions which if fol-
lowed will enable us to meet this
great responsibility, without any rial
Inrefftenlence on oui part.
In order that we may reduce ou~
consumption of wheat and wheat
products by 30 per cent—a reduc-
tion imperatively necessary to nro-
vide the supply for overseas
wholesalers, jobbers and retailers
should purchase and re-sell tc their
customers only 30 per cent of the
amounts used In 1917.
All manufacturers of alimentary
pastes, biscuits, crackers, pastry
and breakfast cereals should reduce
their purchases and consumption of
wheat and wheat flour to 70 per cent
of their 1917 requirements and all
bakers of brqad and rolls to 80 per
cent of their current requirements.
Consumers should reduce their
purchases of wheat products for
#iome preparation to at most 70 per
cent of those of last year or when
buying bread, shuld purchase mixed
cereal breads from the bakers.
To provide sufficient cereal food;
homes, public eating places, dealerp
and manufacturers, should substi-
tute potatoes, vegetables, corn, bar-
ley, oats and rise products ani'i Lie
mixed bread and other products of
the bakers which contains at admix-
ture of other cereals.
In order that consumption may be
restored to this extent. MONDAYS
and WEDNESDAYS should be ob-
served as .jkheatless days each week
THE MODERN SPIRIT
The modern spirit of coope^aEn,. tb.e
which animates all successful business, pre-
vails in the organization of our Federal re-
serve bank. " _ _
We own stock In it. We re^r^
cash in it. We have a voice in electing It*
directors and through th'em in choosing its
management. It is our bank, and its resources -
enable us at all times to meet the legitiniato
banking requirements of our oomnninity.
You, in turn, can cooperate with us in
maintaining the Federal K|eH0rve «ankin ;
System and at ,the samu time share in itp-heu-
eflta and protection by becoming one of our
depositors. ' •
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
TAHLEQUAH,
OKLAHOMA
Capital it Surplus $100,000.00
D. O. SCOTT. President, L. L. LESLIE, Cashier.
D. W. WILSON, Vice-President, H. C. MOORE, Ass't Cashier.
and ONE MEAL EACH DAY should!
be observed as wheatless meal. |
In both homes and public eating
places, in order to reduce the con-
sumption of beef, pork and sheep
products, TUESDAY jhuld be ob-
served as nieatloss day in each week.
ONE MEATLESS MEAL should be
observed In each day; while in ad-
dition, SATURDAY in each week
shuld further be obset zed as a day
on which there should lie no con-
CHOCK BEER IS
CAUSE OF MURDER
Cherokee county was the seen#
of another murder the first part of
last week the result of a chock beer
debauch. The fray occurred at the
sumption of pork products. I 0,,,tUe Ute Tttrta, west
A continued econocy in the nse; °J Eureka. As we lear it a numbet
of sugar Will be necessary until later j"f men> T° 'h
in the year. father and erhapB others got to-
It Is imperative thai all waste and gether and made about forty gallons
unnecessary consumption of all, of cho®k bi(^r
sorts of foodstuffs houll be rigidly, some time the first of last weeh, the
| drunken . rtjvel occurred whan all
present, drank the chock and became
eliminated.
The maintenance of H.t health and
strefflgth of our own tfEnple is vitally
necessary at this time, and there
should be no dangerous restriction of
the food supply; but the elimination
of everj- sort of waste and the sub-
stitution of other commodities of
which we havo mote abundant sup-
piles for those which we need to
save will In no way Impair the
strength of our people and will en-
able us to meet one of the most
pressing obligations of the war.
I therefore, in the national inter-
est, take the liberty of calling upon
every loyal American to take fully
to heart the suggestions which are
being circulated by the food admln-
Istr*:.*:'; and of begying that thev
fi;ll, wed
I am confident that the great bt.dy
cf our women who ha'e labored so
loyally In co-operation with the food
administration for the success of
food conservation will strengthen
their efforts and will take it as a
part of their burden in this period of
national service to see the above
suggestions are observed throughout
the land.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House, Jan 18, 191 f.
STAW
PERSISTENT
BE PERSISTENT IN
YOUR SAVINGS
He who persistently saves a small
amount from a small income, or dur-
ing periods of hard times or adver-
sity, will be well intrenched in the
saving habit, when the income grows
larger.
THEN FINANCIAL SUC-
CESS IS ASSURED
W« par 4 par mt lmuraot oa Savings.
DEMONSTRATION DELAYED
The fruit tree demonstration
which was to have been held at var-
ious points in the county this week
has been indefinitely delayed and
will bo held at a later date.
ADMINISTRATOR
CflS TfltGRIM
THE FIRST STATE BANK*
DEPOSIT* GUARANTEED
Copy of telegram received by T. 0
Graham, food administrator of Cher-
okee county from Hon. Stratton D,
Brooks:
Mr. Tom O. Graham;
Food Administrator of Oklahoma.',
Instructions from Washington are
that sales of flour by millers, retail-
ers, and other dealers should be lim-
ited to twenty-four pounds to city
customers and ninety-six pounds to
country customers. Maximum prof
It for wholesalers In flour shall not
exceeed fifty cents per barrel; ant',
for retailers selling in original mill
packages shall not exceed one dollar
per barrel. For retailers selling
amounts less than original mill pack-
ages gross profits shall not excerd
one cent per pound. Any profits in
excess of these Bhall be cause for in-
vestigation under excessive profit
clause of Food Mil.
Substitutes for wheat flour mtiK
be sold at no more than reasonable
profit over actual purchase price of
the particular goods, sold without re
gard to market or replacement value
at th* time of sale.
Pleas* see that this annowMement
1* given publication la all papers in
ymmr county and call to attention of
millsrs, wholesalers and retailers.
Signed. BROOKS.
inebriated. It is said that while
Torax was dead drunk, lying face
down on the floor Spencer plunged
a knife into his hack. At first the
wound did not seqm serious and the
matter was kept, quiet seveTW toys.
Saturday the victim of the stall .be-
came serious and he news was tele-
phoned to the sheriff and couaty at-
torney, who together went to eh«
home of Torix and found U« Ijiwr
unconscious. Floyd 8pencer was ar-
rested and brought in and placed in
jail to be held awaiting develon-
ments. Torix lingered until Monday
night when he died leaving to (be
people of the county the expense and
disgrace of another murder trial as
the result of a dunken debauch,
WMf CMITDO
MWajpttP?
Just now Vncle Sam asks all pa-
triotic Americans to concentrate .or.e
thing—War Savings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps.
The Government must have the
necessary funds with which to carry
on the war and protect the lives of
our "boys"—yet, to protect us here
at home too. These funds-can be
safely drawn from but two sources-
increased production and increased
saving.
It is splendid to see the patriotic
efforts of our farmers and our fac-
tories to increase production. And
now the Government has provided a
simple, practical way of increased
saving.
Hy means of the Thrift Stalnp any
of us, even a small child can start
saving and can lend Wis saving to
tho Nation. The Thrift Stamp costs
25c. Tile post office, any bank and
many stores sell Thrift Stamps
When you get yoyr .first-Thrift
Stamp you also get a Thrift Card,
which has places for sixteen of
these Stamps. When the card Is
filled, add'12c and get a $5.00 War
Savings Stamp" which bears'"inter-
est at 4 per cent compounded Quar-
terly.
We must back up tho boys who
are fighting for us. Every on*'s
savings count. Start today, buy
Thrift Stamps or War Sirvlngs
Stamps every weeek.
SWEETHEART OF
_FHE DOOMED
The above is the title of a show to
be given at the Sequoyah TUeiaire oa
the evening of February 12 the. net
receipts to go to the Red.Crqse or-
ganisation and will he aaelstaA by
Tahlequah'* best loeal talent. Tbo
cause 1* on* in which ** am all In-
terested, th* entertainment i* oae
that will b* such that a)t..*Ul *nj*y
It and should b* on*.af.lh< be*t pa-
tronised shows *t th* mann,
uiiwr.
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