Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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MAYES COUNTY BIPUBLICAH
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Iijes Ciunty Repoblicai
L D. Harding, Editor
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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1917.
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FROM OKLAHOMA STAKE COUNCIL OF DtTfNSF
OKLAHOMA AWAKE!
Oklahoma is awakening to the fact that America is at war. We
showed it when we flooded banks with subscriptions to the Liberty Loan
in the eleventh hour, and over-subscribed our quota.
BUT THIS IS THE BAREST BEGINNING.
We were asked merely to lend our money last week, at a fair rate of
intereat, and with the best security in the world behind it. We will be
asked to GIVE soon. We will give of our time and money, we will give
of our family and friends, many of us will give with our lives.
We are fighting a defensive war, just as truly as if the Teutons
were already devastating the fields of Oklahoma instead of the fields of
Alsace-Lorraine. Had Prussian science found a method of coping with
the British navy, von Hindenburg's generals might already be plotting
systematic destruction for America as they have plotted and executed
systematic destruction over Europe.
WILHELM’S ARMY MUST NEVER REACH OUR SHORES.
They have boasted that America will pay. WE MUST PAY. And
we can either pay the price of victory and freedom or we and our child-
ren will pay the price of defeat.
What we must do NOW is -to shoulder the task of the struggle,
throw the full weight of our strength and resources behind our govern-
ment and stop the toll of destruction and death just as quickly as possible.
The longer we wait to do this, the fewer of our sons will return.
The louder may be the cry of women and food.
Those who can join the colors now should go. The regular army is
calling for men. The navy is calling for them. Even our own national
guard is 700 men short of war strength.
But those who go to the front, although they make the greatest sac-
rifice, fight only haif the battle. Nations are fighting now, not ar-
mies merely.
The farmer is fighting for his country when he produces an extra
bushel of grain, the mother when she saves an ounce of bread, the labor-
er when he leaves a task well done, the office man when his increased ef-
ficiency releases another for the front, the factory or the farm.
The war will not stop business. It must not. We must produce,
transport and manufacture more than ever before. Half the world is
depending on us now, and our future depends upon how well we supply
them.
Every day’s delay means a sacrifice eventually of more lives and
more money.
RED CROSS WEEK.
America is raising $100,000,000 for the Red Cross this week, one
dollar for every man, woman and child. National officers of the Red
Cross have allotted $500,000 to Oklahoma. This is less than we should
raise. Figure the population in your own county. That will give you
the amount you should raise.
Become a member yourself, and explain to others the work of the
Red Cross.
Every home should be visited. That home is laggard that does not
sipport at least one membership.
Canning Vegetables.
Preliminary preparation for “cold-
pack" canning.
Secure a clean washboiler or oth-
er vessel having a tight fitting cov-
er. Provide a false bottom of a
hoard with inch holes bored about
six inches apart each way. Partly
fill the vessel with clean water so
that the jars will be covered. Be-
gin heating the water so that it will
be hot when your jar9 are packed.
Have your glass jars clean, scald
and leave standing in hot water.
Place new, heavy rubber rings in
hot water. Water used for canning
should be pure, soft and free from
strong ndneral matter.
Blanching is done by putting the
prepared vegetables in a cheesecloth
sack and boiling the required num-
ber of minutes. Cold dip by plung-
ing the sack of blanched vegetables | panied the Garreta to Kanaa8 City
into cold water and drain quickly. > Wednesday, where he will undergo
In canning peas, beans or corn, L„ operati0n.
speed is highly important. Usei
vegetables that have not been gath-' Dewey Moore, who is working at
ered more than five hours. Blanch,' Vinita, spent Sunday in Pryor,
cold dip and pack one jar at a time.;
Don’t let vegetables soak in the cold
Bribery.
Last night a thief broke into Jap
Smith’s barber shop, stole some raz-
ors, went into the cleaning ant
pressing shop next door, stole a pair
of good pants and left his own.
Then he broke into Frazier’s store,
stole some candy and several other
articles. He then hied himself to
the jungles to recuperate after his
strenuous labors.
He rested too long. City Mar-
shal Whitaker got onto his trail this
morning, chased him about a mile,
and caused him to surrender. The
Marshal landed the thief in the city
bastile, where he is now resting at
the city’s expense. Most of the stol-
en property was recovered.
Master Paul Purdy, living on the
j Graham farm east of town, aecom-
Furniabing money for the Red Cross is not making a donation,
is doing our duty.
Let’s over-subscribe the Red Cross fund.
LET’S FILL NATIONAL GUARD.
The Oklahoma national guard needs 700 more men for war strength.
Many communities have sent liberally of fheir young men. Others have
not done their share. Two million people will watch the work of “our
own regiment.’’ Adjutant General Earp has been calling for men for
weeks. Tan men should be sent from every county in the state within
five days.
It isn’t necessary to make a Trip to Oklahoma City, Enid, Ada or
Tulsa in order to take the physical examination. Any physician in Okla-
homa will examine you free. If you pass, wire Adjutant General Earp,
Oklahoma City, collect, and he will wire you transportation. No married
men are wanted. The guard calls for single men between 18 and 45.
Patriotic citizens in every county should help recruit the guard.
SAVE GARDEN SEED.
Every family in Oklahoma must strive to produce its own food, this
year and next. Let nothing waste, and above all else, save seed from
the garden. If your radishes and spinach and mustard and lettuce have
more seed than you can use next year, gather it all anyway, or permit
your iess fortunate neighbor to do it. It’s a crjme to waste anything
now. Only slackers will do it.
Y. M. C. A. AT TORT SILL.
The Red Triangle, the sign of the Y. M. C. A., is already working
among the lads at Fort Sill. Those in charge will notify citizens through
the Council soon just how each can help most. In the meantime those
who send parcels of any kind to the fort must send them express pre-
paid.
PLANT FEED CROPS.
Plant feed crops after grain if the condition of your land will per-
mit it at all. If you haven’t teams or labor or seed to do it, permit
some of your neighbors to use the land. FEED AND FOOD WILL
HELP WIN THE WAR. Patriotic citizens should see to it that no land
lies idle unnecessarily.
CHILDREN COME FIRST.
Many dtiee in the state have failed to vote extra levies for a nine
dip.
After packing vegetables in jar,
adjust rubber ring and place cover
on allowing for escape of steam.
Place at once in canning vessel. The
first jars will not be affected by the
extra cooking. The vessel should
be filled with jars so they cannot
upset. Place a strip of cotton cloth
around each jar to prevent break-
age. Do not crowd the jars.
String beans, wax beans or peas,
prepare as for cooking, having beans
an inch in length so as to pack nice-
ly. Blanch five minutes if young
vegetables are used. Allow a little
more time for older products.
Cold dip and pack in hot jars.
Add one level teaspoonful of salt
and fill jar with boiling water. Ad-
just rubber, partially tighten cover
and place immediately in the cann-
ing vessel.
Boil two hours (counting from
time water boils hard.) Remove
jars and tighten covers immediately.
Stand jars upside down in a cool
place where no draft strikes them.
SWEET CORN.
Sweet corn requires much care.
Select corn just between the milk
and the dough stage. Blanch five
minutes and cold dip. Cut the corn
from the cob with a sharp knife and
pack at once in hot jars leaving i
inch space. Add one level teaspoon-
ful salt, If there is not enough
milk in corn to fill the can add boil-
ing water. Adjust rubber ring,
partially tighten cover and place
immediately in canning vessel. Boil
three hours, follow same directions
as for beans.
Store in a cool dry place and there
will be no spoilage if directions are
followed implicitly and jars are air
tight. A good grade of new rub-
ber rings are needed to keep their
shape through the boiling period.
The above receipes have been suc-
cessfully tried out by a lady in this
immediate vicinity and she gives
them for the benefit of others who
may not know how to conserve food
that often goes to waste.
He's A Fixer.
The writer took Walter Hairston
out to the N. W. Harris farm Satur-
day afternoon to doctor up Mr. Har-
ris’s binder, which had gotten tired
and refused to do business. Walter
screwed up a nut here and there,
loosened a tension or two, shook the
machine up a little, and the blamed
thing started up and worked like a
new one. If there’s anything in the
farm machinery line that Hairston
can’t fix when it gets out o’ whack,
he hasn’t run up against it yet.
Notice—The charge for ferrying
automobiles at the Markham ferry
has been reduced from 50c to 25c,
16*2t B. M. Murray.
Among Onr Neighbors.
The city of Henryetta digs down
into its pocketbook for $57,000 to
spend on a new city hall.
A man can be a slacker in civic
pride the same as trying to shirk
bis war duty.—Indian Journal.
Vinita Leader: Cutting off ad-
vertising may reduce expenses, but
so does cutting off your windpipe
reduce the cost of living.
And still the "flour problem" oc-
cupies the attention of the Chelsea
and Adair sheets. The two' editors
ought soon to have the price regu
lated.
Chelsea’s socialist barber was ar
rested last week, charged with being
a slacker. He made quite a big
fuss, claiming exemption on account
of age.
Vinita Journal has reached the
conclusion that an indifferent "don’t
care” citizen is a greater menace to
a community than an out and out
knocker.
"It does not follow,’’ avers the
Enid Events, "that because a man
can write a most intelligent column
of garden hints, he can go out in
his back yard and raise a garden.”
A certain exchange wanted to
know what had happened to the Lo-
cust Grove boosters. Bro Barnes in
the last issue of the Times, was very
accommodating, He gave out the in-
Old Suit Wanted!
Have you an old suit that you
intended throwing away? Don't
do it. Bring it to us—we want
it.
We want to dean, repair and
press it for you, and make it al-
most as good as a new suit.
Your Appearance
Counts Much
The well groomed man gets
the attention of the public. He
has a confidence that nothing
but a correct personal appear-
ance can impart.
Again, don't throw away the
old suit. It will look like new
when we get through with it.
We Clean ANYTHING
For ANYBODY
Gus Gerhart
TAILOR
formation that the critters are tak-
ing a snooze,
A Checotah man, recently return-
ed from a visit in Arkansas, reports
that Arkansawyera are patriotic in
the extreme. At a street show he
attended, the band started to play
“Little Brown Jug”. Immediately
everyone in the tent stood up and
began to shout. The Checotah man
explains that the natives always in-
sist upon "saluting” thus whenever
the national air Jr played.
Hay Shippers!
SEND US YOUR HAY!
Also,
Grains,
Seeds.
Milo Maize,
Kaffir Corn,
If you have any hajr, grains or
seeds to ship now or in the near
future, let as know.
We will keep you advised of
market conditions and best time
to ship. WRITE US
C. J. PHILLIPS CO.
447 Pierce Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.
Member Merchants Exchange.
Those Nerve Rack-
ing Headache
can be relieved, by
PROPERLY FITTED
GLASSES
If you suffer from
headaches see
N. E. PARKER
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Lowest Rales - Liberal Terms
months school, according to reports. P. P. Claxton, national commis-
sioner of education, has sounded a warning to America that they must
not let the war interfere with education for the children until the na-
tional defense demands it. Besides the interests of your own children,
the best interests of the nation demand that the next generations do not
suffer by having their school work interrupted.
THE WAR LORD’S AMBITION.
Our day must and will come, the day of Germany’s splendor, the
day of groaning and lamentation, of gnashing of teeth and tearing of
hair in London and Paris, in Rome and Washington, in all the capitals of
the accursed of God.” From mg Nachrichten. I
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CUP ARB MAIL THIS COWPQfS TODAY
F.M.Watts
try The Whitaker Baths
If you have Rheumatism, Sore
Eyes, Eczema, Old Cores, any
kind of Skin Diseases or Stom-
ach Trouble, come and try the
Radium Water Bitlis
l Hot or Cold)
They'll cure you. Large Swim-
ming Hool of Radium Water, in
connection. Everything remod-
eled. Rooms for light house-
ketping at $2.50 to $5.00 per
week, everything furnished ex-
cept fowls and table linen.
Come and Be Cured.
Fourth ol July Picnic.
At Whitaker’s Park, Pryor, night
of July 3rd and all day the Fourth.
Come and camp on the grounds and
have a good time.
atkmThne!
—time for rest and
recreation; time for you
to get away to the cool
northland, and enjoy to
the fullest all the charms
of the great outdoors.
Attractive low fare*
for tickets with liberal stop-overs
and good until October 31st. are
now in -ffect to lake, mountain and
seaside resorts.
This year, more than ever before,
you will find ‘the greatest comfort and
convenience in your trip
via
IhcKajy
—Us trains are finer than ever
—its tracks are smoother than ever
—its schedules are shorter than ever
For particulars see or address
0. P STEVENS, Agent, Pryor, Okla.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
All Kinds of 1'ORD Accessories
and Especially
TIRES
We have a large stock of Tires, at
January Prices.
At the Fults Garage.
Pryor
n
Salina.
G. C. PRATT
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Harding, L. D. Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1917, newspaper, June 21, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc957305/m1/4/: accessed April 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.