Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1918 Page: 1 of 10
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MAYES COUNTY REPUBLICAN
VOL. XI.
PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MAR 21, 1918,
No. 4
DEPOSITS
GUARANTEED BY THE OKLAHOMA
GUARANTEE LAW
American Stale Bank
A. J. DANGER, President
Adjoining Pryor Postoffice
Deposits Guaranteed
ing live stock for self protection, if
for nothing else. Mr. Langley com-
plimented the ladies on the most ex-
cellent feed those present had en-
joyed. , •
l’rof. Hillhouse of Adair then made
a motion that a committee of three
he appointed by the chair as a nomi-
nating committee. This motion car-
ried, and the chair appointed Messrs.
Nugent of Pensacola, Stanberry of
Mazie and Panter of Pryor. The com-
mittee retired to perform its duty and
during its absence, Mr. Wilson, Mr.
Langley and others entertained the
crowd with short talks.
The committee presented the fol-
lowing report, which, on motion was
unanimously adopted:
Director, George Bullen of Spavi-
naw.
Jacks, M. C. Hammer of Pryor.
Shorthorns, J. C. Hogan, Pryor.
B. Miller, Pryor
Talbott, Locust
toy Padgett—1 bushel Boone
ty white seed corn.
coun-
Herefords, W.
Holsteins, W. A.
Grove.
Jerseys, J. M. McCoy, Pryor.
Poland China Hogs, R. L. Cqchran,
Choteau.
Durocs, S. E. Adair, Pensacola.
Sheep, J. D. Allen, Pryor.
M. C. Hammer—A good donation
(Didn’t know what it would be.)
The meeting then adjourned and
all present felt that it had been good
to be there and that they had gotten
value received from their trouble and
expense of coming. It is certain that
this is the finest stunt ever pulled
off in connection with the Mayes
county bleeders and the writer, for
one is in favor of repeating the dose
at least twice a year.
CAMP TRAVIS NOTES
March 16th, 1918. How does it
feel to be picked up out of a grocery
store or a bank cashier’s cage and be
MAYES COUNTY IMPROVED
STOCK BREEDERS ORGANIZE
One of the most enjoyable events
that has been pulled off in Pryor in
years, was the meeting at the Mason-
ic Hall, Saturday night for the pur-
pose of organizing a Mayes County
Improved Stock Breeders Association,
and which was attended by close to
a hundred men from all sections of
the county.
^ Invitations had been sent out by
County Agent E. Dickerson to every-
one in the county who was a grower
of the better class of live stock and
to those who are vitally interested
in the same. The response was very
gratifying, indeed, and goes to show
that our people are interested in bet-
ter live stock.
I he meeting was called for 6:30
p. m. and the first number on the
program was a banquet served by the
x ladies of the Red Cross, and which
was fully up to the standard of
things undertaken by the Pryor
ladies. Plates were laid for ninety-
three and there was a sufficiency to
supply the inner man and to spare,
the feed being greatly enjoyed by all
who participated.
At the conclusion of the banquet,
Mayor R. A. Wilkerson in a few well
chosen words, welcomed the visitors
and introduced Jas. A. Wilson, State
Agent and Director of Extension,
Stillwater, who spoke on the subject
"Good Stock and the Value of a
Breeders’ Association.’’ H. C. Looka-
baugh of Wautonga, was on the pro-
gram to speak on the subject of,
“The Stock Business from the Firing
Line and Blaine County's Breeders'
Association.” This gentleman being
out of the state, Mr. Wilson also
handled his subject to some extent
and talked most interestingly for
nearly an hour.
Mrs. John Harrison sang a solo
which was so well received that she
was compelled to respond to an encore
which she did most graciously.
H. J. Childress, Dairy Division of
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture was on the
program for a taik on "The Value of
a Cow Testing Association.” The
train on which he was to have ar-
rived being late, this talk had to be
dispensed with.
Mrs. Lloyd McLain gave a splendid
reading and responded to an enthus-
iastic encore.
Then, as toastmaster, Mayor Wil-
kerson called on a number of Mayes
short talks, as follows:
W. A. Worsham—Said he was no
speaker and was somewhat surprised
that he had been called on, but he
was heartily in favor of forming an
organization and pledged his support
to the movement.
J. M. Green of Mazie—Said this
was a new thing to him; didn’t know
anything about it, but was for nny-
that would bring the stock breeders
together and improve the quality of
Mayes county live stock.
R. E. DeLozier of Adair—Said he
hadn’t done much for the northern
part of the county but hoped to do
more. Was interested in better cat-
tle and cattle had greatly improved in
quulity since the eradication of the
tick. The cattle industry of Mayes
county has been great, but by organ-
ized effort, it can be made greater.
R. L. Cochran, Choteau—Said if he
had known he would be called on to)
talk he would have stayed at home,
but when he got started, he talked
most interestingly on the peanut ii
dustry of 'Texas, in which he had been
engaged until recently when he came
back to Mayes county and engaged in
the better stock business. He believed
in organization and said it would rev-
olutionize the marketing problem of
the farmer, who was prepared to
raise the stuff if a market might be
guaranteed him at fair prices. He
advocated an annual sales day when
the farmer might bring his registered
stock to a central point and get the
benefit of a well organized associa-
tion in the sale of his product.
Charles Key of Pensacola—Said he
was in on anything for the benefit of
the better livestock industry of the
county.
W. B. Miller, Pryor—Said he was
present, but couldn’t tell all he knew
about the registered Whiteface cattle.
the secretary.
Co. Agent Dickerson then made a
few remarks, advocating taking the
bankers into membership, as they
were interested in the stock business
to the extent of loaning money for the
purchase of blooded stock.(He didn’t
say anything about allowing the
newspaper men to join, they being the
real boosters for every thing in con-
nection with livestock and the better-
.. -.......—uigamza- ment of lhe fanner, but we know of
tion and was ready to help. one newspaper man, who has gotten
0. W. Killam, Locust Grovel-Said useri to being ignored in this regard.)
he was a hog man and raised ’em in Airs. Harrison, then spoke for the
large numbers. Told some interest- f’C(l Cross and told of an aucton that
ing things about the vaccinating of is being planned for the 30th of
nogs for cholera. Said as much de- March, in Pryor, for the benefit of the
pended on the diet of the hog after Red Cross, and called for donations
vaccination as ■" ♦u- ..—., c.„*, .i.-— -------- _ ,, .
self. He
the war L. __ ___ _____ ^ ___________
from hogs that used to go to market responding
dropped into an army camp as a sol-
dier ? What is the spirit of the selec-
tive draft men, recently arrived at
Camp Travis? Regardless of idle
talk, take the following excerpts from
the letters of the new “rookies” to
their folks at home and their home
papers. Let them answer:
“One good thing is we have every-
thing sanitary. No uncleanliness al-
lowed and we are well fed; have pies
r ‘'f jT- „ nearly every day. Tell all the boys
General Secretary, R, b. Garrett, not to worry. It may be hard for a
... . „ . few days but gets better as we be-
i hi., committee to meet on call of I come accustomed to the change.” .
“Army life seems to agree with the
men, and from a physical standpoint,
Believed there should be an organiza-
it is wonderful. ’ The boys are all
satisfied which is due largely to an
efficient staff of officers, and few if
any would return to civil life now
were the opportunity offered.”
t “Kverthing is in the line with the
Governments policy of giving the
soldier the advantages offered by
clean competitive sport which develop
individual initiative as well as offer-
ing diversion.”
“Army life at Camp Travis is not
what most of the people at home
think it is. We are treated the very
best. The Y. M. C. A. furnishes the
boys with good music, good picture
shows, church and other pleasures
that are possible. We have plenty to
at 80 pounds. Said hogs could be pre- *
pared for market at a profit, despite
the high price of feed, if the raiser
knew his business about feeding
J. Hovvard Langley, Pryor--Said
till the livestock he had on his ranch
was his wife, two children, a little
dog and an old red rooster, but he horn bull. ” I *»„ ”c“c' «■"»« man
as Atewssyar pus tb£'Wwa- “ •
thought he would go to mi,tug w. it. Millo“rfu'”blS"Mo,;Sy,"J“^Ji^lh«,[N*l“^
Jo—-i Sas SilCSV h'SS;
Hovan & Worsham t Roo. "h<?n the fact of the matter is that
horn bud 'Vo,shara—1 Rfe- Short-, we are having a better time than
noin Dull. thpv i tin a tr inn 99
fine £S " he ha? »•**«* the! (Miss liberty Bond,
fine stock raisers had no trouble in w
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fine stock raisers had no trouble"?nT“w" Indian B,m„.f should be ‘bankful that your family
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WS.S.
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
#»SUU> BY TK1
UNITES STATE#
government
HIESE are the most Democratic Investment
ever offered the American Public. They
are a safe, simple, convenient investment
paying M compounded quarterly. Everybody
can invest some in these BABY BONDS. It is a
patriotic duty, a rare privilege. We have them
to sell.
Citizens Bank & Trust
Company.
“I have seen service in the navy
and in the army. I enlisted in the
navy and was drafted in the army.
If I had any choice again it would be
for the drafted army for one never
saw greater opportunities for a man
to develop not only a» a soldier but
as a man, physically and mentally.”
“I have no doubt that all of us find|
things different to what we were ac-
customed in civil life. For my part
have encountered rules I never knew
existed, but don’t see how this grand
army could exist if it wasn’t for
them."
"Every 'day I remain in camp I
have a growing feeling of pity and
contempt for the man who seeks by
some subterfuge to evade draft and
sendee. Now that we are here, we
are going to do everything within
our power to accomplish the pur-
pose for which we were summoned
We were ignorant before or I venture
to say without any feeling of possible
contradiction that nearly everyone of
us would have volunteered.”
“Never in the history of the world
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^ We are the only Styleplus store in town
You Will be Glad
to Meet Styleplus
These ;clothes suggest quality at first sight and
prove it in the wear and satisfaction.
Styleplus Clothes
$21 and $25
Each Grade the Same Price the Nation Over
are all wool fabrics, individual style and character
by a great designer, properly tailored, fully guar-
anteed.
The New $25.00 Grade
is the standard of values in its class as Styleplus
$21 has always been in their class. It gives great-
er variety in fabrics and models.
Shirts, Hosiery, Neck Wear, Union Suits
Remember the Red Cross Auction, Pryor, Saturday", March 30th.
PRYORS GREATEST STORE
r
We are the only Styleptus store in town
with all its great armies were sol-
diers so well cared for as we are—
housed in well heated houses, well
clothed and abundantly fed, with none
of the sufferings and inconveniences
to bear that marred the paths of all
great armies who have fought on bat-
tle fields of the world. Because of
the broad scope of our training, it
is sometimes hard to realize we are
iraining for war instead of getting
a training to make one a better man
physically and a better citizen gener-
ally.”
An .Appeal from Gen. Pershing
An appeal to women of the United
States to be good soldiers as well as
their husbands, children and sweet-
hearts has been sounded by General
Pershing, in command of the Ameri-
can troops in France. He urges them
to obey orders and assist in maintain-
ing the morale of the American sol-
dier:
“Let the women of America, like
the men, obey orders from the people
over here.
"These people know what is want-
ed and what is to be done.
"Let the women not try to work
haphazard but to do what they are
told and they will be doing all that
can be done.
'Let them write to their boys
cheerful, hopeful letters, not letters
filled with gloom. The boys here are
a brave lot and it is for their friends
in America to keep them so.”
General Pershing’s suggestion as to
the tone of letter to be written men
in the service is appropriate where-
ever the soldiers may be located. The
mothers, sisters and families at home
can serve their country and be as
brave as their own blood actually in
fighting forces by keeping their spirit
high, which makes their courage in-
domitable and assures victory in a
just cause.
Don't make the boys homesick.
Don’t make them unhappy in the idea
that you are unhappy. Be brave and
bear it, if vour feeings are such, but
don’t jeopardize your own men’s lives
by lowering their morale.
Personal Items
Homer M. Dunham, formerly of
Mayes county now in Company 51,
165th Depot Brigade, was recently
made a Corporal.
Pvt. George Baker formerly of Pry-
or, and now a soldier in Bat'terv “B”
343nl F. A. N. A.. Camp Travis,
Texas, is now in the Regimental Hos-
pital with a slight case of mumps.
1 vi. Everett VV. Headrick of Bat-
tery “E” 343d F. A. N. A., Camp Tra-
vis, has returned for duty with his
Battery after being confined in the
hospital for the last seven days with
a relapse of mumps.
Pvt. James F. Stomson, a soldier
in Battery “B” 343rd F A. N. A., at
Camp Travis, Texas and whose home
is at Murphy, Oklahoma, has been on
the sick report for the past few days
apparently due to having received too
much gas in a recent gas mask drill.
Little T. Hairston, formerly of Pry-
or, Oklx. and now a member of Head-
quarters Company, 343rd Field Ar-
tillery at Camp Travis, has been con-
fined to quarters for the last few days
on account of a badly burned hand,
which he received accidently bv spill-
ing some hot lead, while attending ca-
ble splicing school.
Pvt. Willie Gamble who is assist-
ing Sergeant Hammond at Head-
quarters 344th Machine Gun Batta-
lion stables has just recently taken a
short course in gas, and has exper-
ienced wearing his gas mask through
chlorine gas at the Gas House at
I ravis. This is the most poisonous
gas used in gar. warfare—two breaths
of which would kill a person. The
men are put through this gas to give
them confidence in their masks and to
show them thev will protect them.
The gas was about 1-5,000 which is
about twice as strong as one would
encounter at the front. Before going
through the chlorine gas all were put
through tear gas which is not poi-
sonous but onlv effects the eyes tem-
porarily. While in the tear gas all
men were required to remove their
masks to show the effect it has on
the eyes. Gamble says he never erv-
ed so much before, but that it did not
hurt his eyes long after they got out
in the air.
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Harding, L. D. Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1918, newspaper, March 21, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956560/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed May 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.