Adair County Democrat (Newspaper) - August 13, 1937, Stilwell, Oklahoma Most pfbi Advertising Population 1369 Elevation 1200 VOLUME 40 ADAIR AUGUST 13, 1937 The County Official Newspaper NO. 21 WARM WEATHER HERE FOR THE WEEK SCHOOLS TO OPEN HERE AUGUST 30TH Stilwell has experienced its With barely the uncomfortable weather this summer wpA crew which has been repairing beginning Sunday of this when the here will be rushed in the mercury has gone beyond the 100 oMet t0 everything in readiness mark each the nights date have been fairly pleasant and cloudy August 30th. skies promise relief by the end of the A new teachers have No matter how hot it it will not interfere with the aa the small grains have been laid by and the corn is However showers throughout the balance of the summer would insure fall DEATHS Hazel Acorn 16, of died Monday from an illness of undetermined which lasted only twenty-four Burial took place Wednesday under the directions of the Roberts funeral Mrs. aged 70, of died She was buried Wednesday near Siloam Springs at the Johnson Roberts was in charge of Mrs. S. E. Cline 72, who resiled west of Watts died Wednesday and buried near Arkansas Roberts was in charge of the 4-H'ERS TO On Monday August 9, at 6:30 the Adair County 4-H official delegates left Stilwell for Stillwater for the annual 4-H For the first time the official delegates went in a school was made possible by school board of - Fourteen of the delegates were from the Stilwell School Six were from Westville and two from R. County and Elizabeth Home Demonstration Agent are in charge of the during the McSpadden drove the bus. TAG AGENT RESIGNS A. W. Sanders agent tendered his resignation to the state tax commission office It was accepted and A. Dornbrack Justice of the made bond and sworn in Monday Mr. office is in the northeast corner of the Mr. Sanders purchased a new Plymouth car and he and his family left for an extended vacation it. OAK GROVE MAN BUSHWHACKED A man giving the name of Joe Ross from the Oak Grove community was to Dr. Church's office for treatment for shotgun wounds Thursday Although given the tetanus his condition was not thought to be His assailants have not been Mrs. Cleburn Woodruff of who has been visiting spending the week end with Mrs. Ed Woodruff of Casino Singer been added to the teaching personnel with a new superintendent and principals of both high and grade E. B. the superintendent of has lived here for two months and has become with the townspeople and school He resides with his family at the Mayes home northwest of Coming here from Locust Grove where he served in a similar capacity for the past three years he has held teaching posts also at Webb Shidler and other teaching classes at Northeastern and A. and M. He received his life diploma from Central State Teachers College at his Bachelor Master's degree at O. as well bb one year of residence work on his Doctors Wilson who has been engaged as principal and science teacher is a graduate of and has almost completed his Master's degree at O. U. He comes here from Bixby where he has taught for the past nine coach and is an Adair county He is a graduate of Westville high and Northeastern where he made an outstanding record as a football player and He has established a good record as coach of Bagley high school during the past two He developed football teams and his basketball teams won the tournament sponsored by the A. J. band and social science is a graduate of East Central State Teachers and has attended two summers at Oklahoma A. and M. College where he is working toward his Master's has ten the past two years at where he developed an outstanding Mrs. Maud A. English and including public dramatic readings etc. Mrs. Bingham was an instructor in the speech department in two of the State Teachers Edmond and She left Northwestern to take training in a. conservatory at her graduation she became a professional dramatic reader on Chautauqua and Lyceum She also taught five years in the Shidler high she turned out some excellent debate and dramatic A. B. Grade school and Mrs. Jennie primary need no introduction in because both have been teachers in the Stilwell and are known as successful Following is a complete list of the high school education E. B. Superintendent and H. H. J. W. Vocational Coach and A. J. and Mrs. Marjorie Mrs. Maud A. Public Miss Marie Vocational Home Mill Lillian Fred Elementary A. B. Miss Lasco Verna Edra James Social Mrs. Mrs. Ina Miss Juanita Miss Gladys Miss Jewell Mrs. Jennie LEE INTRODUCES PROFITS Josh Lee of Oklahoma fired the opening gun this week in his legislative campaign in the U. S. Senate to take the profits out of war by introducing in the upper house a measure designed to draft the financial resources of the nation on a graduated scale according to individual introduction of the the Senate Lee explained its workings over 88 stations of the Columbia Broadcasting system network frm a room adjoining the Senate chamber in the Capitol The Oklahoma Senator ask for support of this because it would increase our national defense by placing financial resources at the disposal of the government in times of it will promote peace by removing the war profits it will equalize the burdens of a The provides for determination Of federal funds necessary to meet a war emergency and allots to person an amount which he will be required to lend to the calculated on a basis of individual Apportionments would be assigned on a percentage similar to the graduated Income laying the heaviest burden on those with the The government could draft whatever amount is necessary up to five percent on all net wealth over and ranging up to 75 per cent on wealth over 1100,000,000. Bonds in convenient sizes would be issued and person would be required to buy the bonds in the a- DAY PROGRAM POTATOES AND FERTILIZERS following is the program for | An interesting experiment has just County Poultry Day which been completed with 20 acres of b| held August two miles northeast of to start at 10:00 a. at well on a tract of land operated by Fair grounds in E. G. M. Supervisor of the Adair | IF Slip o' the By Vida en the Pen mount alloted to him on the graduated The bonds would be payable on the option of the with a due date after 60 would pay one percent and would not be tax The also provides in lieu of the bonds could be bought with personal adequately se bearing six percent - Congress the power to an army of men by and does not have the power to raise finances for a war by the same will remove the incentive for possibility of making profit means of high interest In the last it necessary for the government as high a four anl quarters percent interest to coax enough money out of hiding to finance the Lee said that Treasury department figures show that the government has paid out 12 billion dollars In interest payments on World War bonds Chamber of 10:16 a. Dr. Olds the and 10:46 County Muskogee Housing and 11:10 a. Russell F. American Poultry 11:40 a. H. E. Poultry 12:06 Basket Concert by the Stilwell School 1:00' p. A. I. Field Indian 1:4^ p. H. H. Hogan of the Hogan Poultry Improvement 2:15 p. George Former Adair County 2:40 p. J. Agricultural Instructor J. F. Indian Testing Arthur Resettlement Charge of Judging Prizes will be awarded to the first three places in the judging This poultry day is an effort on the part of the Extension the Indian Vocational Agricultural Teachers and Resettlement Supervisors in Adair County to further the interests of poultry Every one interested in poultry raising is asked to attend this all day Bring a basket lunch and enjoy the Very truly M. R. County Agent Ruth Robin Singing with the Phil Harris in Casino at Pan American Exposition the place Leah recently risen to New Casino attractions are the Four bats and and Charlotte and Johnnie Broderick in in the stops the show every ' star of and Jarrett sing the theme precision chorus of Chester is as charming and accurate J. M. White spent Tuesday in Fort County Garden which in turn is part of the State Welfare The 20 acres of Irish Cobblers averaged 40 to the It must be remembered that this is a good yield for upland soil and should not be compared with potato yields in river bottom H. B. Guthrey says he'd like to know what Bob Burns would look like after he attended a family A former fireman was arrested somewhere in the east for turning in three false Wouldn't that guy make a fine political In Arkansas a farmer was In an effort to determine the value ed for driving a 1912 car with 1912 of Mr. Lay had 120 loads of barnyard manure applied to 4 Each load averaged approximately 1 This would then account for approximately 30 tons to the In turn these four acres yielded 320 or an average of 80 bushels per The remaining 16 untreated yielded a little under 30 bushels per Placing a value of per ton on the barnyard manure the cost per acre on the four treated acres would be Figuring the cost of potatoes at a low of 50c per why the treated acreage would return a profit of approximately per acre net Mr. Lay is planting 10 acres back to the Bliss variety and 4 acres will go in on the treated Results of this experiment will be published as soon as The potatoes grown by Mr. Lay and his assistants were turned over to the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation for This particular project was mentioned in a state survey recently as the largest relief garden in M. R. County Agent TEACHERS MEETING TO BE HELD IN STILWELL Stilwell will be host to the Adair Meeting which will be held August 27th 7dr of organizing a county John B. president of Northeastern at Tahlequah has been as a The which is in charge of A. J. Emerson promises to be interesting and license Wonder what he been doing with his relief A stranger in town was all around at the A wise guy asked him if he'd seen the electric lights He they'd turned 'em out I got Charging her husband with Mrs. Isabelle Mitchell of Mount N. who weighs 230 sued for when he bought a midget The difference in our town between poverty and affluence seems to be that if you get drunk and belong to the former class you are taken to but if you are fortunate enough to be rated among the you are merely escorted SPANISH-AMERICAN VETERANS REUNION AT VINITA BAND SCHOOL BEGINS MONDAY There will be a Spanish-American War Reunion at September 3. Headquarters will be at the office of A. R. at which Exhibits of Spanish-American war trophies will be shown in the are asked to come and bring their uniforms and There will be a 50c banquet at a two block There will be no just a good visit and the singing of the war A. R. A. J. is starting a band school next 8:30 a. at the high At this time the marching band will be There will be a special class for the Everyone who expects to enroll for band this year is urged to attend for the bandmaster will have more time to spend with the beginners than he will have when school MARRIAGE LICENSES E. Gilbert 69, Baron and Ida Garrett 64, Culla Talbott 29, Stilwell and Ruby Holt 18, Warren McMillen 25, Goodwell and Virginia 26, C. R. 28 Stilwell and 44, Sam 22. Watts and Mildred 19, Vera 18, Stilwell and Lloyd 21, Ark. Buy Now While the selection is good and the prices select your winter men's and women's suits pay a small and at your con- METHODIST CHURCH Sermon subjects at the Methodist 11:00 a. God or Biology as the Basic of 8:00 p. An Idea of Baseball Applied to the A revival meeting will begin Tuesday August 17, at 8:00 p. with Mrs. C. L. Liggett doing the Mrs. Liggett up in Stilwell as Delta and married Mr. a Stilwell They are welcomed back to preach to those who have known them so long. L. C. BROTHERHOOD MEETS IN CULBERTSON HOME Leo Fellows has marketed some fine fruit this Last winter he wrote several articles for our paper on the care of fruit and we are quite sure that a part of the credit for the Adair county bumper fruit crop is due to his timely Mrs. John Chuculate of Bunch returned home from Prairie Grove on her way to recovery following an Ray Burnett spent several days last week visiting in J. W. Cunningham is one of the peach growers who has produced some prize beauties this they were Targe in size and perfect in several being He presented us with one which weighed fourteen The sheriff's office has moved to the northwest corner of the third floor of the which is the same level as the No reason has been offered but we wonder if maybe there were too many loafers in the old and if the portly sheriff's force figured they needed the for R. L. Taylor left us a fine basket of tomatoes with the request not mention him as a prominent farmer and good citizen of worry that style of journalism went out with bustles pompadours at the turn of the But we have our own private opinion of a tiller of the soil who can produce such fine looking tomatoes and also the generosity of a nature which seeks to share them DIVORCE GRANTED We will hold them for you and by the time you need them they will be yours at no extra handling n OKLAHOMA The Men's Brotherhood of the Baptist church met at the A. B. Culbertson Tuesday with fifteen members Entertainment was furnished by the Men's Delicious were Mrs. Florence Willis and daughter Mrs. Lenora Miss Hazel Sanders Of Goose Texas came in last week for a visit with Mrs. B. G. Mrs. J. Sanders and other - Miss Ef fie Caviness made her home for year with Ella taken sick Malaria last ffc moved by to her home In Tahlequah Monday i/f o ' Mrs. Harry Winsor and Elizabeth left visits ini points in Oklahoma enroute to 3frbm where they will return in about twb Mrs. Aurelia Yocom of former resident of was here Several days tWiT week looking after h v Catherine Smith was granted a divorce from Jess Smith in the district court She was awarded custody of the Evelyn Sanders obtained a divorce from Chester with her maiden name Edward Winter was granted a divorce from Florence and Paschal Rains from Violet We are always glad to know if anyone reads this and we are glad to be but what gets our dander up is. an editor to clip out six or sevett paragraphs which we have sweated and use them for Miss Elizabeth Woodruff School class with a picnic and swim at Baron Friday Those who participated Evelyn Eddie Virginia Julia Doris Church and Catherine Due to an error at the our was placed in another will try to have it sent to in for next
