The Ralston Tribune (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1918 Page: 1 of 10
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Remember the Po'-^Hc Rally at the Opera H afternoon,
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ORRIN L. BROWNING
Editor and Owner
'l He Ralston Tribune
$1.50 the Year in Advance
STORE COil FOR NUT
MUTER ItmiS' ADVICE
Fuel Administrator Urges All
Householders to Fill
Bins Now.
Ralston, Pawnee County, OklAomn, Friday, April 12, 1»1S
Volume 11 Number 42
County Farm Labor
Agent Appointed
FARM LABORERS
The County Council of Defense,
working under its proper authority, has
appointed a Farm Labor Agent in this
county, to get together those wanting
work and those needing help. We now
have many calls for men, so see me and
list your ability so it can be used to help
raise and save food crops, and help feed
the world. A great good can thus be
done by the workers and you will be
paid good wages for your time.
FARMERS WANTING HELP
Should list their needs and the wages
they can pay, with the County Judge
who has been appointed Farm Labor
Agent for this County, and efforts will
If you use coal you had better order it
early, is the advice of P. A. Norris,
Federal Fuel Administrator for Okla-
homa. Orders should be placed for the
entire year’s needs. If you are not able
to get coal through the regular ctaalers
you should communicate with the Fuel
Administration.
“Conditions are such that we cannot - , , ,
insure delivery of coal next winter," Mr. be nod. to -cure you eueh help,
Norris -id, nnd a cnsumer must lay in . S,l»f * C. Edm„ter,
his supply this Summer if he expect, to Farm Labor A*ent’
keep warm. Our coal and transportation MesdamesS. A. Hertzler, A. M. Harry,
facilities must be used next Winter for p M. Garner, and Jos. Henkel went to
taking care of our soldiers and other Tulsa, Tuesday, to attend the annual
government needs. Our mines are now convention of the Order of the Eastern
PATRIOTJCJUIEETING
To Be Held in Ralston on
Sunday, April 21st at
3*00 o’clock p. in.
There will be a big free patriot-
ic meeting held in Ralston on Sun-
day, April 21st, at 3:00 o’clock p.
m. The meeting will be held in
the Opera House. The speaker
will be announced later. A good
address will be given; let every one
come, and m ,ke this the greatest
meeting of the kind ever held here
The building should be filled to
overflowing. Remember the date
and let nothing interfere with it.
S3." j T HI n 0 LIBERTY LOAN
cu^rrdrive m UNBER WAY
the Standard Chautauqua System that . __________
the dates for Ralston are June 17-18-19. , . c
Synopsis of Program Famous Men to Help State
The Old-Fashioned Girls, in songs and
stories of ’61. Big hit on our “A” cir-
cuit last year. •
Rudolph’s Swiss Singers and Players,
native songs in Alpine costumes. Sue- |
ready to serve the people of this State,
and to neglect to buy is not safe.
“If you have storage space for your
year’s supply lake it all in now. If you
haven’t, try to mike space. Fill up
every space you can with coal, until you
have enough to keep you warm until the
last of next Marck If you order now
and take all the coal as soon as you get
it, the min a will be kept running this
Summer, and there will be enough coal
td go around.“
Don t Bile Off More
Than You Can Chew
Star. They will return, Fiiday.
There will he special music at the
Christian Church, Sunday evening, by a
quartette from Fairfax. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Quimby, from out
Grayhorse wav, were in towi , Wednes-
day, doing some trading.
Mrs. Chas. Teter returned home, Sun-
ElllbllLT SME
It is one of the discouraging things in
life that a fair name, build -d by several
I decades of rectitude, conscientious living
and square deali. g, can be besmirched
and even destroyed, over night, by some
groundless lie set afloat by a long
tongued woman or foul-mouthed man.
it is unfortunately true that even pro
fessed followers of Christ will believe
evil of a brother and condemn him un-
neard rather than to go to him frankly
and learn who >er or not he has com-
Here is a word of advice for the bond , the Bend, were shopping in Ralston,
purchaser. Don't bite off-more than you 1 W ednesday.
can chew. Your government doesn t j q g Hardy, from near Hominy, was
want to “strap yourae or run in transacting business in Ralston, Wednes-
flnancial difficulties trying to pay for a j ,
bond. Buy one small enough so you i
day, after spending several weeks in the i n jaed tiie w 0 s and if lie has beg him
Fairfax Horpital. j to fordd(C3 the way of evil. Many a boy
' and girl are ou the road to hell to-day
Mrs. J. W. Burns and daughter, from jjecause Pharisaical church members cor.-
o Upn/1 wptp 'ilinnninor in RflUtnn . #_•
will be able to pay for it ;r. the allotted j Mrs. JMark Evans, _
time without having to borrow money town, is report_ni sick by Dr. Gayman.
demned unh aid ant. gave no friendly
word of warning when the first step from
the straight and narrow path w as taken
“Go Over Top” in Whirl-
wind Campaign.
The great Third Liberty Loan drive
cessful opening day company for the j has opened with a rush in Oklahoma
past three summers. there is every indication that all records
The Allpreas All Star Company, a mus- will be broken and that this state will
ical organization, before the public the : make a splendid showing. Under the
past three years. J direction of the State Council of De-
Ur. Cyrus S. Nusbaurr, a headliner on ’ f nse all the machinery of the county
our big circuits for four years. Now do- < councils and s< hool district organizations
itig . pecial government work in the army has been placed at the service of the
cantonments. j managers of the loan and in this way it
N.wton Wesley Gaines, rapid fire ora- has been possible to bring the subject
tor, tne tninker, humorist and interpre- | homo to everybody.
ter • Famous Men Coming
Thomas Elmore Lucey, poet, actor and The campaign, which began April fi, is
humorirt. Big success on our “A” cir- e7 pec ted to continue four to six weeks,
cult m iulo. j. A. Gordon, of McAlester, is in charge
These program features make us en- .,s slaLe Chairman and the state has
thusiuatic and comment of tne rare treat been divided ti to eight districts, each
you are to enjoy tins summer. district being divided into counties.
Notning mo/o patriotic, outside of L)uring the campaign Secretary of the
shouldering a rille or nursing in hospitals Treasury McAdoo wi’l In the
could ne conceived than the holding of a stale; so will Charlie Chardin, best
patriotic chaUtttuq.. . season and speed- known of all “movie" sf n^s, INance,
ing up war act.viues. 'ihe time to be- and other voter: t j o' th" Brb.jsh and
gin working for a great chauta ique. sue- French tro * r. rerrlv 'on of the
ce»s is right now. most pro.nil ei.t men of the state. The
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visit with their daughter Mis. J a off;r- t' - 'tv it vil grow more
Lamb rso.i of Arlington Col. : i d t . r intense, sweeping *!'very section
Some of our young f.dks attended i o' the o.
dance in the Pleasant Valley neighbor-
hood Saturday night. , , ,
We ..ro having somerathtfrc’ l 1 at til's Pnl notic ! iilly ^
writing wish it would -warm up n..d no- '
give us some ruin.
to meet the obligation. Its value will
represent your saving for that period of
time. If your circumstances won’t per-
mit of you purchasing a $1,000 bond, ..
buy a $500 one, or a $100 bond or one No ;J and teU it tQ us
for only $50. Don’t complicate our al-
ready complicated financial problem by
assuming a debt you can t pay.
It is pleasent t* h..v« the things you
do properly appreciated. Now thcic’s
mg .south of ^ of .the pstr e ie rally la*:
Sunday afternoon: The Tribune gave
• Miss Edith Brown is now assisting in the affair a nic* litl,e f”* ^rtiament
the First National Bank. i position in a page, with little flags all
t around it—and the County Chairman
If you know a bit of news, call Phone 1 bays we never gave any notice of the
meeting, whatever, on top of that, the
_ , _ , . . * speaker of the day told the audience
Miss Rosalee Roether was quite sick ^ u_ v„.i uk™„ it thn
the first of the week.
Mi. nnd Mis. Chase went to Pawn
last w i ok to hear the Christian S ne.ie
Isctuie.
Mis. Salsburg went to P r. w r.
Wednesday tohaarthe GnriJtian (sclem*.
lecture.
To- r«'i rrll. . vh' ' * r 1 el'’at
th1 i;. s’.io' audi*.' bir-*. w Svrjdny.
r ft t n, ’ict so Tvr'l rt*ended as it
x-' i 1 M, been, ref more t'-'rn fifty
• ! , irg r,,f" d- - ce.
Jas. McSpadden has recently purchas-
ed a Ford runabout to be used ini
delivering goods.
C. C. Carter is among those sick, this
week.
that ig he had his way about it, the
newspaper men should be interned, along
with the alien enemies, until the end of
the war. Just to prove what a forgiving
cuss we are, however in this issue we a-o
-- cuss we are, however in this issue we art
I Paul Shattuck is very sick, this week, advertising another rally for the 21st
’ Everbotiy make it a point to be there.
EVERYONE MUST HELP.
War* cannot be fought without money, and upon th* Treasury center*
•very financial demand upon the ,r
The rich of this country cannot alone meet the needs of the Nat on,
the men of the country cannot do it alone; the women of the country
cannot do it alone; but all of u*. the people of the United State*, diere-
oarding partizanship. forgetting eelflsh interests, thinking only of th*
supremacy of right and determining to vindicate the majesty of American
idesla and *ecure the safety of America and civilization, can do the great
and aplendid work which God haa called upon ua to do
W. G. McADGO.
Secretary of the Treasury.
If twenty men see an accident, no two
of them see it alike. Every one of them
will tell a different story although they
all are s.rictly truthful men. BUT when
the newspaper man tries to get the exact
facts in the c. se and report them, every
one of the twenty men will agree that
the reporter is an unmitgated liar, be-
cause his account doesn’t agree in every
detail with every one of their’s.
T1 r ‘ • a • i r:~i * a* 1 th* '".Ik
made by M’.r. 1U. P f" r'\ o“ ’ ^ ree.
\ a • tn.....e’l°rt indeed. "mk
o' tr:1.' ' • '’ ’re- was entirely too
ppr-irri I o bn ? V - -1 •, i It
may ho o • rvnd n pnT»ire In making
» ‘r> b"v Liberty
e t' tHrk that
i 1 er t..lc« r:,ti’'«ly too dark h
lr t rr litir.'loi rro't rm-
Mr. Coop* r attended the speak: gut we -'o lot a ^ **
Pie...... it Vakey Sunday. ^P'' ^ w thr ‘» rfwa-
Mry. Cocper who ha, keen aick the ' [ocVv ' u!’ unt'’
past v *ek is better. W;’r * ov‘ r*
HQkN N/VY EuMINKTESTiASTI-
Mib. McCullough spent th - d. y with
her daughter Mrs. Ed t^uilieii k. •. Tuc ;-
day.
John M :Fudden u..d J v:\ Ward'ow
attend.:a the dunce Saturday nig.it.
Mr. Brandenburg made u fly ing tr'.p to ' e ’ r . ’ ',!
his f^rm in Grant Co this week. Bon s. i • "
Geo ge Harris wa'#quile sick the h «t ^r-
of tin week but is alfight n <w. v.ev
This is the season ol the year when a
chap dons his summer ones and then
spends the next three weeks wishing he’d
kept his winter ones on.
/Vif//=*/ucFfftdE OuftExPOrfr Foot) CrocffyS
N CITY nn«l country more war garden* are needed lhl» year
tin,n «*vt.»r before. Patriotism prompted 2.000,030 American*
to plant cart lens Inst year, a* cording »« eatltnute* of the
Colted Siuies Depart meitt of Agriculture. Transportation
facilities of life nation will be stmined till* year linullng uiunl-
lions of wnr and food* for the Allies Die surplus foial ere-
nled by home gardens will help In the railroad problem. And
the nuMon will eat leas of the goods we must export— wffeut,
meat. Eaia and sugar. Every hoy himI girl that helps with the
gai'den is helping win the war. I.cuilets of Instruction In
garden making tuny la* secured from ihe Depart incut of Agriculture at \\ wait-
iugtvu, upon request, without cliurga.
Ed Quillens cnildren are nearly all sick
bftby Anna Bell and Ruth being quite j
Mr. Ilostrreyeis are having their
share too Lev i hurs Jay the bauy drank ;
some coal oil anu came near dying for a .
while anu the next day Jay fell from t!i»
hay lol't and broke his shoulder blade |
wlucli was set by Dr. Gayman; he is
doing as well as could be expected ior
such a bad fracture.
Quite a number of our people attended
th. show at Ralston Satuiday among
thim were: Mr. and Mrs. Chase and
family Mr. and Mrs. Sanders and family
Mr. anu Mrs. Powell, and the Cooper
boys.
Quite a number from this neighborhood
went to Pleasant Valley Sunday to hear
the patriotic uddress and singing: «11
en o/ed a treat.
Mrs. Brandenburg is very much im-
proved is able to l>e up und around the
house at present hope : he will continue
to improve. .
Alva Butes and sisters were vi»itir.g
their sister Mrs. John Riddle Sunday.
Alva sports a brand new Chevrolet; look
out girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Anson are enjoying a
fuctrto&K j* arrXxmteH/P
vCKIKS 111 the Ameri-
can navy lire classed
ax the best fed body
of men In the world.
In the ships galleys
every effort Is made to
elimlnnie waste.
In the upper photo
one of the cooks on th*
North Dakota I* oper-
ating a meat slleer that
cuts haenn with the
least |N»selble wastage,
for fighter*. lta«,on Is
laid y needed In th * allied amdes ami
navies. The allied need* In |*ork prod-
uets are IHMSKMlOO pounds monthly,
three times as much as before Ihe war. i
Anotherwnsieellmlnutoro® the North
nnkota Is the potato |*eeler. shown In'
the lower photo. Nothing Is lost ex-
cept the acluttl potato skin.
There Is m sufficient quantity of (to- less wheat.
tames In America for greater use l#
every home and f*n all needs of army
ami navy. * Eat more potato**, eat
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Browning, Orrin L. The Ralston Tribune (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1918, newspaper, April 12, 1918; Ralston, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc907496/m1/1/?q=led+zeppelin: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.