Kiowa Co. OK - Mountain Park Herald - November 8, 1917 USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Phyllis Rhodes wprhodes@cox.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcribed by Phyllis Rhodes wprhodes@cox.net June 1999 Transcribed by Phyllis Rhodes wprhodes@cox.net June 1999 NAME INDEX FOR THE MOUNTAIN PARK HERALD NOVEMBER 8, 1917 Abbott Abbott, Boyd Alexander, George Astor, Maj. Waldorf Baker, Graden Barnes Bodenhommer, Mr. Bohan, Col. Ed. Bohan, Ed Bolew, Altie Box, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Box, Willie Bradfield, Miss Hazel Bramblett, Col. Ora Brannon, Carl Brannon, Felix Brannon, Hester Brannon, Joe Brannon, Kenton and family Brannon, Thos. and family Brannon, Tula Brewer, Bill Brewer, Misses Britton, W.M. Britton, W.R. Britton, Mrs. W.R. Burns, Mrs. Annie L. Burns, Nathan A. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. Will Capps, E.W. Capps, Mr.and Mrs. G.H. Capps,Wm. G. Carley, Clyde Carter, Sylvester Cheny, F.J. Christensen, Leon Cole, Leon L., M.D. Combs, Dora Combs, Tony Conlin, Mrs. Catherine Cook, G.F. Cook, Mrs. F.G. Cook, Mrs. G.F. and children Cook, Rev. H.H. Cooksey, Mr. Cooksey, W.A. Crawford, C.L. Cunningham, Sylvan Dale, Dr. Dale, H.P. Dale, Prof. and Mrs. J.M. Dale, Newton Darly, Chas. and family Davis, Ophelia Davis,Mrs. Deck, Bartin Decker, W.M. Denham, Joe Green Denison, Miss Mildred Denison, Miss Muriel Drew, Clarence Drew, Ferren Edmunson, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fae Ferris, Delbert Ferris, G.A. and family Ferris, Mrs. Garland, Joe Garner, Joseph C. Gilnack, Raymond L. Gray, A.J. Gray, Miss Estell Gray, Mrs. Greg, Miss Anna Mae Griffin, Homer Haley, W.C. Haney, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Haney, Flora Haney, J.R. Haney, Robt. Harris, Clifford L. Hart, Mrs. C.H. Hedley, Helen Helner, Amelia Helner, Margaret Hembree, Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Henderson, Leonard Henderson, Richard Hensley, Ed Hibbitts, Dr. Hibbitts, Mrs. Hines Hogue, Doris Hogue, Mrs. Hooper, Arthur Lee Hoover, Miss Leota Hoover, Mrs. Hoover, Weldon R. Huddleston,Virgil Hull, Mrs. J.A. Hunt, Geo. Hutton, Glen Hutton, J.D. Jackson, Alice M. Jackson, Dr. B.F. Jackson, Clarence R. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Joffre,Marshal Joffre,Mme. Jones, E.F. and wife Jones, Mrs. Nelson Jones, Nelson Jones, T.J. Kidd, Willie King, J.W. King, Mrs. W.P. Knox, Mrs. Will Knox, W.G. Langford, Claud Laurie, Annie Lea, F.C. Lea, W.S. Leddy Lorance, L.P. Lung, Mrs. B.C. Mancher,Mrs. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Martin, Mrs. Annie Mathews, Capt. Philip May, C.H. and family May,Mayme McFarland, Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Meek, Miss Leslie Meek, S.W. Miller, Mr. Mitchell, Prof. Montgomery, Mrs. F. M. Moreland, Samuel H. Mosley, J.W. Neese, Mrs. Nelson, Ercel Nelson, Roena Nichols, William A. Nixon, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Nunn, Martin C. Owens, Mr. and Mrs. Walter and family Owens, Mrs. Wates Owens, Walter Parker, F. Parker, J. E. Petty, Anis Petty, John Petty, Sam Pinkley, C.H. Polk, Mr. and Mrs. Bick Polk, Buck Polk, G.W. and family Polk, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Polk, John Potts, Mr. W.A. Preston, Dr. Preston, Dr. C.R. Pretty, Arline Ramey, Clarence Reed, Alex Reed, Imogene Richman, Charles Rogers, Rev. W.D. Roland, Walter Lee. Rose Bud Rowan, Rev. Ryands, Robert Salmon, Arthur Lee Sarver, Dollie Sarver, Maud Schaeffler, Chas. Schreffler, H.A. Schweikhard, Jacob Scott, Mrs. Annie Scott, Russell Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Sherman, Gerald Shrum, Ed Shrum, Will Siegfield, Leah Smith, Goldie Smith, Homer Smith, Lizzie Smith, S.D. Smith, Wait Sockwell, Thomas P. Southern, Mrs. Reecca Standley, Clarence Starck, P.A. Stout, Rev. J.D. Stout, Rev. U.N. Stripling, E. Stripling, Mrs. E. Sunshine Tabb, Lewis Tanner, Mollie Tanner, Mr. Tanner, Opal Tatman, Mrs. Ella Thomas, M.J. and family Thompson, Mrs. Tom (Red Headed) Trailey, Miss Margaret Treadwell, Boarden Treadwell, W.T. Trotter, Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Trotter, Marvin Tulip Vance, Louis Joseph Vaughn, Alvin Wadel Waldron, Henry Watson, V.O. Weaver, Alice Wegner, Ed White, Mr. and Mrs. M.F. Wilburn, W.A. Wilson, Curnell Wilson, Mrs. Lizzie Woods, M.A. THE MOUNTAIN PARK HERALD NOVEMBER 8, 1917 MOUNTAIN PARK HERALD Published Every Thursday at Mountain Park, Kiowa County, Okla. Alice M. Jackson, Editor and Publisher Entered as second class matter May 29, 1906, at the Post office of Mountain Park, Oklahoma, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Display Advertising 15 cents per column inch on first page; 12 1/2 cents on back page and 10 cents on inside pages. Readers 5 cents per line. Subscription $1.50 a Year. $1.00 if paid in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 8, 1917 Vol. 16 No. 28 "Read the Herald and be happy." WAR TAX AND THE MOVING PICTURE Section 700 of the law provides for a tax as follows: One cent on each ten cents or fraction thereof paid for Admission, to be paid by person paying such admission. One cent for each child under 12 years where admission is charged for such admission. The exhibitor may not charge ten cents and turn 10 per cent thereof to the government. He must collect 11 cents or he must His admission price 9 cents.. Of course, on a price of 9 cents, the patron has to pay 1 cent for tax, thereby making the total tax 10 cents. For each child under 12, 1 cent must be collected, whether the admission charged for such child is 5 cents or 50 cents. If the admission is a fraction of 10 cents above 10 cents, for instance, it is 15 cents, the tax to be collected is 2 cents, if it is 25 cents the tax is 3 cents, etc. FAREWELL HOMEFOLKS At last the nation's called us, To delve into the fray, We left you for Camp Travis, On a Bright October Day. We hate to leave our hometown And friends we hold so dear, But we'll make the best of it, With a hearty, ringing cheer. This war stuff ain't so lovin' We like it, well, not much! But we see 'Old Glory' gleaming, And we must whip the Dutch. Then hurrah for San Antonio, And bully for the flag, We're off to catch old "Hindy," And then, the Kaiser gag. When this old war is over, And Wilhelm's lost his goat, And old Tirpitz full of sorrow, For his little "subby" boat, Then we'll sail the great Atlantic Under the red, white and blue, Homeward bound in all our glory "Just a-comin' back to you." Your Soldier Boys INTERESTING LETTER FROM CAMP TRAVIS H.P. Dale received the following letter from his son, Newton Dale, who is at Camp Travis: We have been pretty busy for the past two weeks, but we get two evenings off each week besides Sunday, and by getting a pass can go to town or any other place we want to. I went to town yesterday evening. Lew Weaver and I caught a car and went around through the infantry barracks; saw Clarence Standley drilling and yelled at him but don't think he heard us. I am in what I think is an extra good branch of the service. It is the field artillery headquarters company. We have well arranged barracks with a YMCA building conveniently close, where they have Sunday school and church on Sunday, speaking, music, picture shows boxing, wrestling and other amusements during the week. We had a big regimental field meet last Wednesday and each battery and company was represented. There are at present four batteries and two companies in our regiment, but is not complete, as we should have six batteries. Our company got second place and would have been first if we'd had a little more training. We are going to pull off a big stunt nest Wednesday night in our barracks in the way of a dance. The YMCA man has arranged for about 100 ladies to come out from San Antonio, and we are going to have supper and pull off one worth while. We have a fine bunch of officers and they are doing their best to keep things lively. We have good food, as good as you would get at any ordinary hotel and every- thing kept spotlessly clean. Should the first lieutenant come into the kitchen and see a fly he would give every one in the kitchen a week extra fatigue duty. I bought $50.00 in liberty loan bonds on the installment plan and have Three months to pay for it; $9.00 in November and $20.00 the nest two months. I think every man in the company except four or five subscribed to the loan. Send some back numbers of the Herald as it does a fellow good to get news from Home. Newton THE PATRONS OF MOUNTAIN PARK SCHOOL No pupil will be excused on First Mondays without previous written permission of parents. In case pupils were out of school at this time their work will have to be made up. Parents are request to help enforce regular attendance. SCHOOL NOTES Dr. Dale of Hobart, assisted by Dr. Preston examined the School children Tuesday for eye, ear, nose and throat trouble. Mr. Cooksey, who has been appointed manager of conservation of food for Mountain Park and outlying districts, gave a program Friday afternoon to stimulate interest in this campaign. Roena and Ercel Nelson, Imogene Reed and Alice Weaver, of the High School, who have been out for some time, have returned to school. Mrs. Hoover and daughter, Miss Leota, visited school Friday. The teachers urge that pupils not only attend regularly but that they also be promptly on time. CHANGES IN DRAFT DON'T EFFECT FIRST CALL The changes in the draft regulations, by which registered men will be divided, into classes according to occupation, etc., does not have any effect on the first call, according to announcement from the war department. MOUNTAIN PARK BOY ADVANCES IN ARMY Russell Scott, a former Mountain Park boy, has been rapidly advancing in the army ever since his enlistment. He enlisted in the aviation corps at San Francisco march 22, 1917, at the age of eighteen. After two weeks training at Fort McDowell, Angel Island, he was sent to Camp Kelly, San Antonio, Texas, where he is now working in the machine shops. On August 16, he received the commission of corporal and September 16--just one month--he was promoted to sergeant. He bought $100 worth Liberty Loan Bonds on the second call. We expect to hear of him going higher at no distant day. He likes army life and advises all the boys to enlist. DISTRICT BOARD ALLOWS CLAIMS Final action on exemption claims of 75 Kiowa county young men was received at Hobart on Wednesday of last week. Those from Mountain Park are as follows: Sylvester Carter, Weldon R. Hoover, Arthur Lee Salmon, Joe Green Denham, Samuel H. Moreland, Clifford L. Harris, Walter Lee Roland. The following exemptions were received from the district board last Friday: Jacob Schweikhard, Robert Ryands, Clarence R. Jackson, Arthur Lee Hooper, Nathan A. Burns, Thomas P. Sockwell and William A. Nichols. TO SELL BUFFALO Col. Ed. Bohan, of Snyder, received quite an honor a short time ago in being awarded the privilege of "crying" the sale of the second buffalo ever sold at auction in the history of the United States. The sale will take place Friday, November 9, at 2:00 p.m., at the buffalo headquarters in the forest preserve near Cache. The buffalo is a big bull, a very fine specimen, and weighs 2200 pounds. TWIN MOUNTAIN NEWS By TULIP Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Trotter were guests of Mrs. Thompson Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L.E. McFarland attended church near Cooperton Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Nelson Jones visited Mrs. Neese at Cold Springs Monday. Mrs. Annie Martin returned to her home at Ft. Worth Thursday, after a pleasant visit here. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Edmunson of Roosevelt visited their place here last Sunday. John Petty can be seen riding around in a new Maxwell and wondering why the young ladies don't take liking to him. Mr. and Mrs. Will Burton visited at the McFarland home last Thursday E.F. Jones and wife spent Saturday with Nelson Jones. Quite a bunch attended the show at Mountain Park Saturday night. RICHLAND NEWS ITEMS By FAE Altie Bolew is visiting the Misses Brewer this week School will start at Richland next week with Mrs. Annie Scott as teacher. She is a fine teacher and everyone should help her to make this the best school we have ever had here. C.L. Crawford and Mrs. J.A. Hull bought three fine Poland China hogs from Bill Brewer Tuesday. TO TRADE FOR CATTLE I have a nice place of 160 acres that I will trade for cattle. If you are out of feed now is the time to talk. L.P. Lorance, Mountain Park, Oklahoma. CAPTIVE ESCAPES FROM ASYLUM Arline Pretty, the heroine of the Vitagraph Serial, "The Secret Kingdom," by Louis Joseph Vance, performs a daring feat in the sixth episode, "Human Flotsam," which is at the Glenwood Theatre on Saturday, November 10. In the story Miss Pretty is held captive at a private asylum. In order to effect an escape she is forced to climb out of a third story window, catch a rope which the hero, Charles Richman, drops from the roof and slides down to the first floor of the house next door. To add to her difficulties she is forced by the story's action to wear high- heeled black satin evening pumps and an elaborate chiffon gown, so her feat was by Chas Richman, who holds the rope from the roof, admitted he was frightened nearly to death when he felt he held the player's fate in his hands. One slip of the rope on my part would have meant certain injury," he said. "Although it wasn't a very pleasant experience," said Miss Pretty, "I'd do it again. Anything for the sake of movie realism, you know. Don't fail to see this thrilling picture at the Glenwood Saturday night. REV. J.D. STOUT NEW PASTOR At the annual conference of the M.E. Church South, held at Clinton last week, Rev. J.D. Stout was assigned to the Mountain Park charge. He comes well recommended. Rev. U.N. Stout has been assigned to the Snyder Church. Rev. Parr, our former pastor, has not taken any work yet for this year. ADVERTISEMENT: People on rural lines, LISTEN for general ring. We have in transit, Oats, Hay, Corn and Coal. A discount when taken from car. THE ELEVATOR. ADVERTISEMENT: Businessmen know the advantages of a savings account with a good reliable institution like this one. They know that systemic saving promotes prosperity. And they know that money deposited in this bank has sound protection. If you haven't opened an account with us yet, do it now, before you forget. Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow. The Planter's State Bank. ADVERTISEMENT: Meet Me At the Mountain Park Mercantile Company Saturday at 9 a.m. BIG EVENT. Pittsburgh--Testimony before the State Workmen's Compensation board brought out the fact that Mrs. Catherine Conlin, a widow, of Homestead, has five sons in the new National army. Two other sons are under the draft age. Scranton, Pa.--While playing around railroad tracks, George Alexander, aged 12 years, was dared by playmates to climb a pole and touch an electric wire. On reaching the top he grasped a wire carrying 2,000 volts and his dead body fell to the ground. A BEATUY SCHEME: "If you say 'peas and prunes' it will make the mouth pucker prettily." "Can't say it has had that effect on the waitress at our boarding house. She's been announcing those dainties for years, too." HAD A HARD BUNK Some of the returning New York young men who have become officers at Plattsburg tell amusing tales of life in barracks, as lived by citizens unused to army conditions. One of them concerns an inspection of quarters made by Capt. Philip Mathews, U.S.A., during which a sleeping candidate made an amusing error at the wrong time. At the end of the barrack bunks, upper and lower, were small cards upon which appeared the name of the occupant, the number rifle and the number of his bayonet. They were known as bunk cards. Incidentally the bunks contained tough mattresses and no springs. Coming along on an early morning inspection, Captain Mathews rapped on the side of a bunk from which the registration card had disappeared. "Bunk card!" he roared. A sleepy voice within answered: "You bet it is--darned hard." HARTFORD MAN MAKES RECORD When a man can take 100 commercial checks, list the figures on them and add the totals on a machine in one minute, twenty-two and one-third seconds, he is doing something. Introducing Raymond L. Gilnack, clerk of the Fidelity Trust company. He's the man. He made this records, a new high mark, in the adding machine center of the Hartford (Conn.) chapter, American Institute of Banking. There were sixteen entered. Gilnack's system was perfection in itself, as he economized on finger motion and even eyesight. Manipulating the checks with his right hand, he planted the thumb of his left hand on the corner of the adding machine, using the thumb as a center, with his fingers as many radial, covering the whole keyboard and striking the keys without the sign of an error. This on the electric machine. Hartford Times. TRANSYLVANIA Transylvania was never a state, but there was once a colonization movement and a settlement under that name which aimed at the formation of a state, but which failed. The movement began just before the beginning of the Revolutionary War under the leadership of Richard Henderson of North Carolina. Henderson was a lawyer by profession, judge of a local court in North Carolina and a shrewd land speculator. In 1775 he and some associates made a treaty with the Indians by which they ginned, or thought they gained, title to a body of land comprising more than half of the present state of Kentucky. When independence was declared Henderson and his associated planned the organization of a state to be called Transylvania. The plan had considerable backing, but it was opposed and defeated by the state of Virginia, which claimed title to the whole of Kentucky. Henderson made as good a show tithe the Indians that Virginia granted him 200,000 acres. He died in Hillsborough, N.C., January 30, 1785. A son of his, Leonard Henderson, became one of three judges of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. CLIMBED THE FENCE: A stock speculator just back from his vacation says that while in the country he narrowly escaped being cornered in a very lively bull movement. Boston Transcript. OUTFLY THE BIRDS: Marvelous was the flight of an Italian aviator from Turin to London, 656 miles, without a stop. No bird known to the ornithologists could have made such a flight in seven hours and twelve minutes. Italy is in the van when it comes to airplanes. Brooklyn Eagle. INCONSISTENT TEACHERS: "And how do you find school, Howard?" "Rather difficult, sir. The teacher's inconsistent. In English composition we are told to be original. In arithmetic we are all expected to get the same answer. PUTTING IT UP TO HIM: "I BOUGHT Liberty bonds a few months ago. Now you want me to buy again. "Great Scott, man, you bought beefsteak for your children a week ago too! Are you going to make them live the rest of their lives on the memory of that dinner?" DIAMONDS: Diamonds are seldom marked down low enough to enable short people to reach them. ST. PAUL St. Paul in 11 years has had 49,878 births and 26,219 deaths. ADVERTISEMENT: Schaeffler Furniture and Undertaking Co., Snyder, Okla. ADVERTISEMENT: Abbott's Garage ADVERTISEMENT: Vegetarians Don't Read. If you wish to have fresh meats the year round, you must patronize us. CITY MARKET. ADVERTISEMENT: Leddy, The Tailor. Phone 54, Mountain Park. ADVERTISEMENT: Ed Bohan, Auctioneer. Phone 123 or No. 2, Snyder, for Dates. ADVERTISEMENT: $100 REWARD. Hall's Catarrh Cure--offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. F.J. Cheny & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists. FARM LOANS a SUBSTANTIAL Farm Loan Company has established a Local Agency at Mountain Park. If you want a farm loan quick see me before applying to others. J.D. Hutton. FEED FOR SALE 1455 bundles of Feterita, Kaffir corn and cane for sale. 5 1/2 miles east and one north of Mtn. Park. Homer Smith. BEING A DEAR DAD by Helen Hedley. (A short story. Not copied.) THE WAY OF IT: "So the old miser is ill. Are his relatives expecting the worst?" "Hardly that, but they're hoping for it." SLOT ON THE LIGHT: The Kaiser still insists on occupying a place in the sun. "Oh, well; let him pass for one of the spots." LITERALLY: "So they wanted to draft you? Did they succeed?" "No, sir. I came out flat-footed against it." NOTHING TO SAY: Mrs. Brown (to neighbor)--I am not a woman who talks about my neighbors. When I can say nothing good of folks I say nothing. CURE: "Do you claim any permanent cure at this health resort?" "Oh, yes; we've got the same manicure we always had." A PROOF TO THE CONTRARY: "Electricity was not well known to the ancients." "Why wasn't it? Didn't Noah have arc lights?" ADVERTISEMENT:MORE FOR COTTON. When you want it ginned, don't forget us, for we can give you the very best of service and turnout. V.O. Watson ADVERTISEMENT: Leon L. Cole, M.D. Specialist. Lawton, Oklahoma ADVERTISEMENT: Chas. Schaeffler, Licensed Embalmer, Undertaking & Funeral Directory. Day Phone 96. Night Phone 42. Snyder, Oklahoma. ADVERTISEMENT: Dr. C.R. Preston, Physician and Surgeon. Office in Trader Building. Office 55. Res. Phone 24. ADVERTISEMENT: FRISCO TIME CARD. No 610 North Bound, 6:26 a.m. No. 611, South bound, 7:45 p.m. ADVERTISEMENT: P.A. STARCK PIANO CO., Chicago. ADVERTISEMENT: GOODEATS CAFÉ. Leon Christensen, Prop. ADVERTISEMENT: Public Sale. Having sold my place and am going to leave the State, I will sell at public auction at my place 5 miles west and 1 mile north of Mountain Park, 5 miles west and 3 1/2 miles north of Snyder, 1 1/2 miles west and 5 1/2 miles south of Cold Springs on Monday, Nov. 12, 1917. Ed Wegner, Owner. Col. Ora Bramblett, Auctioneer, E.W. Capps, Clerk. THEIR OPINION: "What do Jobbs' friends think of his running for office?" "They think it is a standing joke." BAUXITE FROM DUTH GUIANA Bauxite was discovered about 14 months ago by a mining engineer on private properties situated on the Surinam River, four hours' journey from Paramaribo, Dutch Guyana. The area over which the bauxite deposits have been found and which discloses various outcrops, is 100 kilometers long and ten kilometers wide (62 by 6.2 miles). It is not yet possible to give any idea of the amount of bauxite within this area. The Bauxite Company now operating seems interested only in the highlands and hill deposits. It is in possession of the most suitable land.--Commercial Reports. ADVERTISEMENT: Dr. B.F. Jackson, celebrated physician, handed down to posterity his famous prescription for female troubles. Now sold under the name of "Femenina." Price 50 cents and $1.00. LOCAL NEWS Fresh fruits and cigars at Goodeats Café. Two large front rooms to rent. See S.W. Meek. Furnished rooms for rent. Inquire at Herald office. G.F. Cook sold his Ford car Monday to Alex Reed. W.C. Haley of Roosevelt was in the city Saturday. Mr.and Mrs. G.H. Capps are spending the week at Oklahoma City. E. Stripling will go to Lawton in a few days to take treatment for rheumatism. Mrs. G.F. Cook and children are visiting her parents at Fort Cobb this week. Prof. and Mrs. J.M. Dale visiting relatives near Headrick Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Box returned Sunday from Oklahoma City and other points. Misses Mildred and Muriel Denison of Hobart, spent Sunday here with relatives. W.A. Wilburn spent Sunday here with his family, returning to Lawton Monday. Postmaster Joe Garland, of Frederick, was here on business a few hours Wednesday. Rev. Rowan, of Olustee was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Jackson Saturday and Sunday. Little Clyde Carley is spending the week at Davidson with his father, who is station agent. J.W. Mosley has returned to his home at Lawton after a two weeks visit with his daughter, Mr. W.A. Potts. Mrs. Ella Tatman, who has been here for the past month visiting her son, Boyd Abbott, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.F. White, departed for her home at Tulsa Saturday. Mrs. C.H. Hart, of Topeka, Kans., is here, the guest of her niece, Mrs. B.C. Lung. J.E. Parker, who lives north of town, returned Friday for a trop to the Texas Panhandle. Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Hembree, who have been at Stigler the past four months, returned home Monday. Mrs. Rebecca Southern left Wednesday for Oklahoma City, Sapulpa and other points to visit relatives. Ed Hensley came in from Wewoka Saturday to attend to business and visit with old friends for a few days. The girls were busy Saturday getting folks to sign the Federal food administrator cards. Only a few failed to sign them. Mrs. E. Stripling returned home Thursday from Hobart, where she has been taking treatment for the past month. Miss Leslie Meek departed for her home at Ft. Cobb Monday after several weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. F.G. Cook. Boarden Treadwell, who has been here for a month visiting his brother, W.T. Treadwell, left for his home in Alabama Thursday. Mrs. W.P. King and little son J.W., of Oklahoma City, are the guests of her sister, Mrs. W.R. Britton, this week. They will return home Saturday. H.A. Schreffler, an advertising specialist of Oklahoma City, is here this week assisting the Mercantile Co., in putting on their big sale. Word has been received from Clarence Ramey that he has joined the navy and is stationed at Pensacola, Fla., U.S.N. Aerial Station, Co. No. 7. Glen Hutton, who is at Camp Travis, has been quite sick since he was vaccinated and has been in the hospital for the past two weeks. He is able to be up now. W.R. Britton returned from El Paso, Texas, where he was called on account of the illness of his mother and brother. His mother was much improved, but his brother was not improving. Out of the 250 examined two weeks ago by the county board, forty-four failed physically, three of them being from Mountain Park as follows: Joseph C. Garner, Willie Box and Martin C. Nunn. The Red Cross will serve dinner at the Busby sale on Tuesday, November 13. Members are requested to furnish at least one pie. Leave contribution at the residence of Mrs. Annie L. Burns not later than 10 o'clock on the morning of the 13th. If you wish the BEST COAL phone 46, say HOW MUCH. WE find the drayman, HE puts it in your bin. SIMPLE, isn't it. W.S. Lea, of Richland, Mo., left Tuesday for points in Texas after several days visit whit her brother, F.C. Lea, depot agent here. The former is depot agent at Richland. At Your Service At All Hours, Night And Day. If No Response from Office, Call At Residence 40. ELEVATOR. Ed and Will Shrum, Clarence and Ferren Drew returned Tuesday from a ten days trip to Camp Travis, Ft. Sam Houston, Galveston and other points of Texas. They met several of the homeboys at Camp Travis and received warm reception from them. They made the trip in Mr. Shrum's car and report the crops down that way poor. CAN THE REGENERATED SOUL SIN? The above was the interesting subject discussed at the Baptist church Wednesday night by Rev. W.D. Rogers, pastor of the church, and Rev. H.H. Cook a former pastor of the church. Rev. Rogers confirmed that the regenerated soul can sin and Rev. Cook denied. W.A. Cooksey, W.M. Britton and Claud Langford were the judges, but they failed to decide the winner. It is talked that they will continue the discussion at an early date. A WOMAN LAWYER by Henry Waldron (a short story. Not copied.) BEEF IN BRITAIN Since the war began beef has risen in price 112 percent, eggs 78 percent, fish 138 percent and moil on 62 percent, according to a report just published by the special committee on the production and distribution of milk of Great Britain, of which Maj. Waldorf Astor, P.P., is chairman. The committee says it is bound to take cognizance of the fact that, before the war, the import of milk products, including butter, cheese, margarine, condensed milk, etc., into the United Kingdom had been increasing year by rear, rising to a total value in 1914 of some $38,000,000 pounds. NEW NATIONAL DISHES Gerald Sherman, superintendent of the mining department of Phelps Dodge & Co., told this one: At a miners' union meeting held at Bisbee at the time there was an attempt being made to unionize the camp, the question rose as to whether Mexicans admitted to the union should be allowed to work underground. One speaker opposed any such thought on the grounds of difference in economic equality of the Whites and Mexicans. Waxing warm to this subject, he shouted: "How do they live? You all know. What do they wear? You all know. What do they eat?" (Voice from back of hall): "Chile Killarney and torpedoes."--Engineering and Mining Journal. BASKETBALL NOVEMEBER 9TH A double header basketball game between Mountain Park schoolboys and girls teams and the boys and girls team of Headrick, is to be played here Friday night. Come out and see this double header as there will be "pep" from start to finish. The Headrick teams are said to be good ones and an interesting game is expected. HE NEED NO CONCOLENCES American Soldier Representative of Nation in Battle for Defense of Its Liberties, Says Writer The American soldier is not a person to be pitied or to be condoled with. He is the chosen representative of the nation in the great battle for the defense of those liberties for which his ancestors fought, and which they secured through centuries of struggle, says the Christian Science Monitor. No one dares to be sorry for Washington or for Montgomery, or for the farmers who fell at Lexington. But there is a strange feeling for pity for those unknown British soldiers who fell by Concord Bridge or in the Middlesex woods because their cause was a lost cause and a bad one. And so no one need ever pity any soldier in the armies of the republic, even should he leap "the golden stile." Principle makes its demands incessantly on the men of women of the world, and, if they are wise, they obey those demands, no matter where the demand may take them. ADVERTISEMENT: School Children get your tablets, drawing paper, crayons, pencils, slates, at the POSTOFFICE BOOK STORE. ADVERTISEMENT: Our Sale Continues. We have decided to continue Our Sale until next Saturday night. Come and get some Great Bargains. We can save you money on ? you need. THE PEOPLE'S STORE. THE WAY OF IT: She--This new writer's style is just killing. He--I've notice he murders the king's English. ADVERTISEMENT: FAIR, ISN'T IT? We want your business if we can save you money. Isn't that fair? All we ask is that you compare the price and quality of our goods. Our regular prices are lower in many instances than present cost on the same goods. Come and see. BARNES, BRITTON & CO., Mountain Park, Oklahoma. ROCK DALE NEWS By Sunshine Still dry and dusty out this way, but cotton will be all gathered in this community soon. Mrs. Wates Owens sister is visiting her this week. Homer Griffin and Delbert Ferris were the guests of T.J. Jones Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Martin visited near Cold Springs Sunday. G.A. Ferris and family spent Saturday night at the A.J. Gray home. Chas. Darly and family and G.W. Polk and family were town visitors Saturday and stayed for the night show. The dance at Walter Owens Wednesday night was enjoyed by every one present. It would take all the capital letters in the Herald office to print the names of all those who visited the A.J. Gray home last Sunday. As foodstuff still soars among the clouds in a financial way, we certainly sympathize with Mr. Gray. Mesdames Ferris and Gray visited Mrs. Hogue Sunday. Little Doris Hogue, who has been sick the past six weeks, is reported no better at this time. Some of the boys were out hunting Saturday night and they must have had some luck from the scent they brought back with them. Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Polk, Mollie and Opal Tanner spent Sunday at the Buck Polk home. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Nixon are the proud parents of a fine boy. Mr. Tanner was Sunday visitor to Roosevelt. CENTERVILLE NEWS By Red Headed Tom M.A. Woods passed through Centerville early Monday morning. Our people are getting all the apples they can and are canning all they get. Prof. Mitchell made a trip to Lawton Sunday, intending to return in the evening but owing to a break down did not return until Monday noon. Mr. Miller is up again after an attack of fever. Dr. Hibbitts made a professional call near Blair Tuesday. Geo. Hunt and Alvin Vaughn made a trip to Sentinel Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Burton attended the lyceum attraction at Snyder Monday night and report an interesting program. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Shepherd attended church at Mullins last Sunday. Mr. Bodenhommer was here from Snyder Saturday. C.H. Pinkley was out Sunday in the interest of food conservation. He is always ready to do anything he can for the upbuilding of the community. The young people enjoyed choir practice at the home of Mrs. Will Knox Saturday night. Miss Margaret Trailey was the guest of Miss Anna Mae Greg Saturday. Miss Hazel Bradfield returned home Saturday. Misses Margaret and Amelia Helner called on Mrs. Hibbitts Sunday afternoon. W.G. Knox' sister from Ft. Worth, Texas is visiting him this week. NOTICE In accordance with section three (3) chapter 179 session laws of 1913. Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the taxpaying voters of each municipal township, on the 10th day of November. 1917, it being the second Saturday in November, at 2 o'clock p.m. for the purpose of electing two members of the County Fair Association. The law provides that when a majority of the municipal townships in which not less than twenty (20) tax-paying voters, have met in mass meeting and elected two members of the County Fair Association, the County Commissioners may. at their discretion declare this law in full force and effect and shall proceed to appoint two members of the county Fair Association in any township that has failed to elect such members of the County Fair Association. The place for holding township meetings shall be: Hobart township, Hobart at City Hall; Dill Township, Lone Wolf, at City Hall; Harrison township Gotebo, at Wadel's store; Mountain View township, Mountain View, at Parnell's store: Marshal township Saddle Mtn. Store; Cooper township Cooperton. City Hall; Otter creek township, Roosevelt, Wait Smith's office; Mtn, Park township, Snyder, First National Bank. >From personal observation and visits to the various townships and county fairs, I find their success depends a great deal on the interest the merchants and business man take in their, I find the farmers, as a rule, ready and willing at all times to bring their exhibits of live stock and agricultural products to the fair if a suitable place is provided for them to show and display their products. F. F. Parker County Ag't. STAR VALLEY NEWS By Annie Laurie Everyone seems to be pulling boles now. Dora Combs spent Wednesday evening at home. M.J. Thomas and family, who recently lived on Tony Combs place, moved Monday. Lizzie Smith spent Friday and Saturday at home. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Haney are staying at the Robt. Haney home since their sale. S.D. Smith made a business trip to Hobart Saturday. Star Valley school started last Monday. Quite a number from this vicinity went to Mountain Park Saturday and Monday. Flora Haney spent Saturday night with Goldie Smith. Mrs. Lizzie Wilson departed for San Antonio, Texas Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Owens and family and Leah Siegfield spent Saturday night at J.R. Haney's. W.M. Decker building a big seven-room house which will help the looks of the place a great deal. Quite a bunch spent Sunday at the home of A.J. Gray. Mollie Tanner and John Polk spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bick Polk. Homer Griffin and Delbert Ferris spent Saturday night at the home of T.J. Jones near Roosevelt. Mrs. F. M. Montgomery spent Sunday at Tony Combs. Curnell Wilson spent Sunday with Sylvan Cunningham. Anis Petty spent Friday evening at Sam Petty's. If it is agreeable with the editors we would like to have each Correspondent ask one question each week to be answered by other correspondents the following week. (We do not object. Ed.) Marvin Trotter and Miss Estell Gray were escorted back to Mtn. Park Sunday evening by a Lamb like pair. Nice School Slates of good size for 15c and 20c at the P. 0. Book Store. Slate pencils 6 for 5c. COLD SPRINGS ITEMS By ROSE BUD Dollie and Maud Sarver spent Sunday with Tula and Hester Brannon. Thos. Brannon and family visited with Kenton Brannon and family Sunday. Lewis Tabb was the guest of Carl Brannon Sunday. Bartin Deck and Graden Baker spent Saturday night with Felix and Joe Brannon. C.H. May and family were guests at the Hines home Sunday. Ophelia Davis is suffering this week with a decayed tooth. Carl Brannon spent Saturday night with Willie Kidd. Mayme May was the guest of Mrs. Mancher Friday night. The dance at Virgil Huddleston's Saturday night was well attended and all report a nice time. Mrs. Davis' sister is visiting her this week. For real insurance, see E.W. Capps, at Planters State Bank. Money to loan on farms at reasonable rates.-Wm. G. Capps. SMART: Many a man at the age of 50 wishes he was half as smart as he thought he was at the age of 21. ADVERTISEMENT: That grim white specter Pneumonia follows on the heels of a neglected cough or cold. Delay no longer. Take Mansfield's Cough Balsam. Price 50c and $1.00. PRUNE GRAPE VINES IN FALL Work May Be Commenced as Soon as Leaves Begin to Fall-Cut Back to Buds Wanted for Fruit. As a general rule, the pruning of grape vines may be commenced as soon as the leaves drop in the fall. If the wood is to be used in starting new vines, it is best to cut it from the vines, before freezing weather comes. When pruning in the fall or during the winter, the vines should not be cut back to the buds that are wanted for fruit. A few weeks before the buds start the vines should be gone over and the extra buds cut off. The second pruning should be done before cold weather is over for if put off too long the sap will ooze from the wound and injure the vines. Should the vines be pruned in the fall down to the buds wanted for fruit, some of them might be winter-killed and the amount of fruit expected cut short. If vines are laid down and protected during the winter, the pruning may be all done before they are laid down in the fall. Some vineyardists do not prune till the latter part of winter or early spring. In this case the pruning may be done so as to leave only the buds wanted to bear fruit the coming season. But, vines may be safely trimmed any time between the falling of the leaves in the fall and the beginning of sap flow in the spring. PLANT FRUIT TREES IN FALL. Practice Is Recommended Where Winters Are Not Severe-Root Ends Become Calloused. Generally speaking, fall planting of fruit trees is to be recommended in regions where the winters are not severe. This is only in a general way of course where fall planting has been done in past seasons with success, it is usually safe to continue it. One advantage is that severed ends of roots must become calloused before they start to grow, and this callousing will proceed during the dormant period if the roots are protected in the soil or in suitable storage. This makes them ready to begin growth as early in the spring as the weather will permit, if they have been set during the fall or winter. The earth becomes settled firmly around the roots, the soil is seldom dry during winter and in favorable seasons there is more or less root growth during the fall after setting. These all combine to give the fall set tree an advantage. A QUESTION. My cousin who lives in Kansas City never drinks, smokes or wildcats around at night,'' boasted, old Riley Rezzidew, who was just back from a visit to the Big Burg. "He never plays a game of chance, never goes to burlesque show, and --" "He don't hey?" interrupted Burt Blurt. "Then what difference does it make to him where he lives?"-Kansas City Star. LATEST IN TORPEDOES. A torpedo with a corkscrew course has been observed. If it misses the portside it turns and strikes the starboard; sometimes on missing there it even turns again, striking the port side. The ship's officer unaccountably omitted to add that after the explosion the fragments reunite and return to the submarine as a complete missile ready to be fired anew.-New York Sun. MISSIONARIES SLAIN Ten Malekula Christian teachers in the New Hebrides Islands, who recently went into the bush to preach Chris, to the wild tribes, were attacked by the bushmen and six of them were killed. FOR CIGARETTE SMOKER Enough matches to light all its contents are attached to a recently invented cigarette box. GOOD LUCK It's one thing to wish a man good luck; it's another to do something to help him get it. DAINTIES Even an old hen may appreciate a toothsome dainty. Kirtland, 0. Will preserve building used in 1940 as Mormon headquarters. LAY DOWN ALL GRAPE VINES All Young Vines Will Do Better for Slight Covering of Earth-Prune in Mild Weather. It Is a safe plan to lay down all grape vines, the hardiness of which has not been tested, and, indeed, all' young vines, whether hardy or tender, will do all the better for a slight covering of earth. Young vines that have been pruned should have the earth drawn up around them and one or two Inches of coarse manure spread over the entire border. Pruning may still be done in mild weather and the wood saved for propagation if needed. Leave one to two extra buds on the canes when pruning at this season. This will prevent the topmost buds being killed if the winter is severe. In the spring these extra buds must be removed. STORE WATER-CORED APPLES Fruit of This Kind After Three Months Storage Found to Be In Satisfactory Condition. Water-coring is most frequently found in Baldwin, Northwest Greening and Gravenstein. Leaving the fruit on the trees too late, thus allowing them to become overripe causes water coring. It is believed that this is due to cool weather checking the respiration from the leaves, while the roots continue to absorb a large amount of moisture. The fruit in consequence becomes overloaded with moisture. Storage of apples in this condition has been found to entirely eliminate water coring. Water-cored apples after three months storage were discovered to be quite normal and possessed good keeping qualities. JOFFRE'S VALET DID WELL While on American Tour With the Noted Marsha, Amassed Fortune of 25,000 Francs When Marshal Joffre went to the United States he took with him a body servant who was to act as his valet. The man formerly had served in the family and there was nothing said about what pay he was to receive until the journey was over, when the marshal asked him what he owed him. "I couldn't ask for any pay in view of the petit fortune that I have brought back with me." "What little fortune?" asked the Marshall "You haven't been speculating?" "Mais non, monsieur de Marechal, but there were times when I could be of service. People who wanted autographs, and those who wanted to see the chambers occupied by Monsieur le Marechal, and those who sent notes and massages.'' "I understand," said the marshal, "but, if I may ask, how much did you bring back?" "Eh, h'en, Monsieur le Marechal, about 25,000 francs." It is Mme. Joffre who has let the story out. She has told it to some of her acquaintances in the American colony in Paris, who repeat her assurances that it is perfectly true.-Brooklyn Eagle. WHAT HE SAID "So it was a wheatless dinner?" "No. I said witless." ADVERTISEMENT: Coveted by all but possessed by few--a beautiful head of hair. If yours is streaked with gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can restore It to its former beauty and laser by using "La Creole" Hair Dressing Price $1.00.