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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
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LIVESTOCK MARKET
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Kansas City Stock Yards. Nov. 80.
Cattle receipts today were 1000
head. following 25.OO0 yesterday.
The market was steady to strong On
good killing cattle. including COWS,
steady on other cattle, including the
stockcrs and feeders. Hogs today
5000 head, market highec. top
$3.50. Sheep and lambs today
1000: market 10 to Is higher. top
lambs to killers $l7.5o.
beef Cattle.
Steers fed 60 days and having good
quality. sold at $1325. and cakrd
Westerns at $12.S0. Lower grade
natives and Western sold down tn
$N1j: Colorado beef steers AT ~ so
a 1890. Choice to prime finished
steers are being held back to ret the
premium that usually goc' to the
"thristmas cattle" The new zone
system of loading for market, aided
hy car shortage on all lines. II prov
ing effective In distributing the run
through the week. Montana cows
sold at $S.25 today. 100" lbs. aver
age: Colorado hcif"iI $50, best
rai!ve cows $40: most ot III" rang"
COWS $6.75M $40, ranners shade
stronger at $4.5b + so
StWkrrs and Feeders.
More soft corn Is coming To the
surface each day. and owners of tn"
same are sending In hurry calls for
feeding steers. which cost $3.4oM
90. An Oklahoma order for some
of this soft corn was filled her.
yesterday at 90c II bushel. but the
handlers do not guarantee good con
Gition on arrival Rest stock steer
nr. firm at $SM $50, w"ighty stock
steers sometimes $40 or better: and
plain stOckcrs weak at $7M SEQ,
Hogs.
Outside order buyers Eel - :" ~
per cent of the hog. whi"h makes
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list insertion Nov. 16, 1917.
.rd insertion Nov. 80, 1917.
State OF Oklahoma,
Bryan County,
Before W. s. Shannon. Justice OF
the Peace. District No. l.
A. S. TUCKER
BAYLOR CARREL.
Said defendant, Baylor Carrel.
will take notice that on the 1st day
of October. 1917. an order of at
tachmrnt for the sum of $lO.9b
was issued by the above named Jus
tice Of the Peace against his goods
I'm the above entitled action and that
said cause will be heard on the
Iath day of Dee. 1917. mt 1000
A. NJ W. S. SHANNON.
Justice OF the Peace.
II. II. LODEN.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
) d. o o 8 o o . 8 o o 900 4
Is, insertion Nov. 8. 1917.
ith insertion Dec. Z, 1917.
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF
LAND UNDER FORE.
CLOSURE


CLOSURE
<.,ice is hereby given, that In pur-
.i..nr,. Of an order of sale issued out
., IN. District Court of Bryan Coun-
- oklahoma. on the Sth day Of
<.u.mber. 1917. in an action where
GO n. V. Wheeler was plaintiff and
.r.An Hatcher. W. c. Hatcher. Lin
ro Ltrper Company, a corporation,
enterprise Butchers Supply Com
ra,y. a corporation, First National
r.r, of Boswell, Oklahoma, W. O.
Ws,nack. c. A. Bilbo. International
-n,r Company. corporation. Brad
,,.v Metcalf. Caddo National Bank,
s,ngcr Brothers. and Paris Grocery
company. we're defendants. directed
, ne. the undersigned sheriff of
Hrran County. commanding me to
..,y npon and sell. without appraise-
mrn,. according to law. the follow
nr described real property, to-wit:
The North Half te) of the
%orth Half th.) of Section 1G,
Township Five (5) South, Range
Eleven I'D East of the Indian
Meridian. containing 1G0 acres.
more or less. according tn the
''h'''''' SUI 'es '"'''''
aid lands being situated in Bryan
county. Oklahoma. to satisfy Judg-
mcnt ana decree OF foreclosure in
favor of said plaintiff and against
said defendants. susan Hatcher and
" C. Hatcher. obtained and made in
,aid Court on the eth day of March.
1917. for the sum or S3,14l.2l. and
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iic outcry. to the highest and bcs,
bidder for cash, subject to the con.
iirmation of said County Court Of
Bryan County, Oklahoma, on the Sth
day OF December. A. d. 1917, at tn,
nour OF 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at the from,
door of the Court House building, IN
the City Of Durant. Bryan County
Oklahoma. all the right. title, inter
est and estate of the said minor in
and to the following described reaI
estate and premises, lying, situate
and being in Bryan County, Oklaho
ma, tO-wit:
Homestead.
The We of NEi, of SE4;
SCI, of NEIL of SELL: and
SEA of Sci, of Section II:
MEL of NEh of Mel, of Sec
tion IA; Township South.
Range 10 East. containing 50
acres. more or less. according to
tn" United States Survey there
of. all in Bryan County, State
of Oklahoma.
Surplus.
ne SN q ol NV u Of SE
of Section "a. Township :
South, Range 10 East. Ne of
NV Il of Nell of Section !:
SEA of Me-, of Mel, of See.
tion Ii; SELL of Sci, Of NEi,
of Section IA: South l9.30 acr..
of Lot ;, in Section IL: and Lot
/, in Section -, all in Town
ship \ South. Range 10 East:
and tn" Southwest 1921 acr";
of Lot |. Section 8. TOWNSHIP
South, Range II East. in BRYAN
County, Oklahoma, containin?
l0".ll acres. more or less, ac-
cording to the United States
Survey thereof;
upon the following terms and ronli-
tions. to-wit: Cash in hand upon
the execution and delivery Of 'hc
proper guardians deed.
Dated this the 2r%h day of Ncyc'h-
her, 4. ID. 1917.
j. W. PRrITT.
Guardian.
by tTTERBACK 4 MarDONALD.
Attorneys for Guardian
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RUB.MY-Tl

Will cure your rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps.
Collie, Spra;ns, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, StinGs OF Insects
Etc.sAntiseptic Anodyne. used in
terna!ly and externally. Price 25r
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Don't forget Bryan County's frs
Poultry show under the new Sta''
Poultry Law ii be held In Duran'
December 3. 6. and :.
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list insertion Nov. is, 1917.
Bird insertion Nov. 80, 1917.
In the Matter of the Estate of Abe
F. Winter, Minor.
NOTICE OF SALE or REAL
ESTATE
Notice is hereby given. in pursu
Ance OF an order of the County
Court of Atoka County. Oklahoma,
made on the 9th day of October.
1917. that the undersigned Guard
ian Of the estate of Abe +. Winter,
minor, will sell at public sale to
the highest bidder. subject to con-
firmation by said Court. on Satur-
day. the Isl day of December. 1917.
al 1870 o'clock y. M. in front of
the Court House door at Durant,
Rryan County. Oklahoma. all of the
right. title, interest and estate of
the said Abe F. Winter. a minor, in
and to the following described real
state situate in the counties of Bry-
and. Choctaw and stephens. State of
oklahoma. to-wit:
Located in Bryan County, Okla.
The NEi, of the NV of the
SW "A, and the NW'i of the
NEA of the SWH. and the Sc
l., of the SEh of the SWI,. and
the SWH of the SWh,. and the
Sig of the NJ. of the SWA. and
the NWL. of the NWA Of the
SWi,. and the Me-, of the NE
J., of the SWi,, and the Me-
of the SEA of tho SWi,, and
the SWA Of the SEA Of the
SWh of Section 13. Township
South and Range IL East;
and
i'Watcd in stephens County. Okla.
The FL: of the SWh. and
the FL. of the VIZ of the SW
y. and the SWi, of the SW',
Of the SWH OF Section II,
Township North and Range
West: and
The NEi, Oess reservation
for railway right of way) OF
Section %. and the SEA of the
SCI, of the SW', Of Section
II. Township 6 South and
Range IL East
Said real estate will he sold or
m" following terms and conditions
'o-wit; Cash on confirmation OF
sale nv said Court and tender o.
'inardians deed
Dated this Sth dav Of November
lal7. JOHN WINTER.
Guardian
BY GORDAN FRYER.
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County OF Bryan.
In the County Court.
NOTICE OF FINAL. SETTLE
MENTS
Notice is hereby gi""n that the
following guardians ard alminis-
traitors have filed their fin reports
ami petitions for distribution Of -.
tates. and asking to he DISCHARGED
Said reports and p";ir.cn for dis
tributiOn of real estate will come on
for hearing at the October 1917
term of this Court. on the li:h day
Of December. A. ID. 1917. 1T the
hour of 10 o'clock a NJ. of said dav
1t the County Court room in TIA
city of Durant. Bryan County. Nk
ldioma, and all parties interested
A'!l APPEAR o nor bcfor' said ia.
and file their written objection "a
said reports and petitions fer dis ri
lltion of estate. If tho ,l"sir. 10 oh
i.ct To the confirmation ,L'i f
Administrators.
1898. C. B scarborough. Fn"ruto,
of John Scarborough. Dcc'd
1897 Il. - Lemon. AL NJ. "f AnAn.
ia Dillingham; n9r'd.
1850 Gray Nichols. Admy, ii o"
born Jones. Decd
iNi>. Carrie Anh"r-rn Ad.n'x u'
ll.ny And'rEnu. Deed.
Guardians.
"A. 4. W. Moore. Gdn. "f Ad"u
Colbert, a Minor,
352. J. II. Holland, Gdn. OF Tatun
johnson. IA Minor.
561. 4. Neely. Gdn. of Hunter, Ed
gar and l.as.ic Cowan, Mi
nors.
753. Sam J. Bacon. Gdn. Of vi
Bacon. Minor
753. Sam j. Bacon. Gdn. of Bale!
Bacon, a Minor.
75S. Nancy A. Hodges. Gdn. oI
Elisha Hodges. Minor.
lO4a. Putwood Billey. Gdn. of d."
wet Billy, Il Minor.
llN3. Horace Pistubbec. Gdn. u
Matte and Sclah pistubbc"
Minors.
ills3. Horace Iistubbc", Gdn. u
Maggie Pittman. nee PiS'nb
bee. Il Minor.
| ! -. r.. ". lIlll0. ''ll va .NpIh ~
Dills. "A Minor.
1915. Gray Nicklcs, Gdn. of Glen
LeF'lore, "A Minor.
1898. Emerson James. Gdn. of It."
vada Jewell James. "A Minor
1854. T. A Adcnck, Gdn, of Ann
May Gertrude Adcock, a Mi
nor.
lG3l. r. A. Adcock. Gdn of Orial
Adcock. a Minor.
1913. T. ID. Love. Gdn Of Mario'
Frances Love. a Minor
l6i3. +. d. Love. Gdn of Tia L"v"
Minor.
l643. r.. ID. Love. Gdn. of Felix !
Love. Minor,
lG9S. Ben Ingram. Gdn. of chris
tine Ingram. a Minor.
1867. Mrs. Mamie Stuart, Ghn. o
Lilly. Neona and James Sid
ney Stuart. Minors.
1924 r. 4 Hardago, Gdn. Of AmFl
Ia Stephenson. a Minor
Given under nv hand and officin
seal at Durant, this III" 2l-t day o
November. \ D. 1917,
,Sean W. a JONES.
Court clerk
BY Mabel Linda, Deputy
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ls' insertion Nov %. 1917.
7rd insertion Dec :. 1917.
state Of Oklahoma,
County Of Bryan,
IN tho County Court in and for Said
County and State.
IN re Guardianship OF HESTER
fR'lTT. n Minor: ]. W.
PRtITT. Guardian.
No. 1856.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
Notice is hereby given that in pur-
Slance Of an order of the County
ourt in and for BRYAN County,
STATE of Oklahoma. made and enter
20 on the goth day Of November, A,
u. 1917, in the above entitled and
numbered matter, the undersigned,
~ the guardian of the person and
waite OF said minor. will sell at pub
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rust economize and save in the
a1Me. You wealthy automobilists
must curtail your extravagances and
u the Automobile Manufacturer be
zee to make trucks and cars for the
Government You society women
nust realize that 1t Is vulgarity and
almost treason to keep an army Of
workers making your clothes when
hey could he doing useful work for
h" Government You children must
lelp with the Homework and free
nen and women to Heht and pro.
luce goods needed by the Country.
We must get together for greater
efficiency.
We must save or perish.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-23

units for the construction of wat
channels. the laying of heavy pipin
and the loading and unloading of ms
terials. No fewer than 20 officers an
$500 experts are employed on tx
French front in France in this highi
important work. while the number I
labor units they can call upon to al
them is almost unlimited.
These men have cleaned $500 well
contaminated by the Germans in thel
retreat and have laid over zoo mile
of water pipes
From the water supply centers me
tor trucks, each carrying three bar
rels containing 500 quarts apiece, max
several trips daily to points as nea
the front lines as possible, where the
discharge the contents into cistern
To these cisterns the mules and dor
keys attached to the battalions occu
pying the lines are led each night an
are loaded with small barrels Of wa
ter. one on each side of the saddi
with which they make their wa
through the communication trenches
the thirsty troopers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-23
Testing High Explosive Shells

From the Popular Science Monthly.
II you wish to test the hardness Of a
apple, the most natural way is to pres
down upon it's surface and note the in.
denton Of your thumb This is sinpl
and conclusive evidence. The Frenc
government employs a very similar ties
to prove the hardness of it's high ex
plosive shells.
To secure the maximum of destruct
iveness, it is important not only tina
the steel projectiles should be of Ger
tain hardness but also that they shout
not be too hard. After the casing ha
been roughly formed and followed out
the shells are subjected to what i
| known as a heat treatment" by which
the steel is brought to the correct hard
ness. To make doubly sure, the she'll
are tested in a Brine1l ball testing ma
| chine.
| This machine tests the hardness d
| the she'll exactly as your thumb test
! the hardness of the apple. 1t is fitte'
f, with a small, hardened steel ball. whicl
| is pressed into the shell under speci
fled load. The indentation made b!
| the ball is mea sured. and if within GER
tain limits, the hardness is correct.
not, the shell must be further treated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-23
A New Hejira

Fro mthe Christian Herald.
One of the first evidences of the new
Orient which Is emerging out of the war
is the establishment of an independent
kingdom in the former vilayet or prov
ince of Hejaz in Arabia Hejaz is the
most important of the eight political d.
visions into which Arabia Is divided, by
reason of is possession of Mecca and Me-
dina, the "holy places of Islam; and 1t
/ is Ell Hussein Ibu Ali the grand shereef
or emir of Mecca and hereditary keeper
of the holy places, who has become King
Hejaz after leading a successful revolt
against Turkey and declaring his indie
pendence. The grand shereef of Mecca
has always welded great influence in
the Moslem world, and his decision to
take the side of the allies in the present
conflict has had very important effect
gulf littoral, all of Mesopotanlia as far
throughout the east.
The Arabs were never fond of their
Turkish rulers, whose administration was
neither very efficient nor very just. OF
toman control in Hejaz was largely
maintained by the payment of an annual
subsidy to the keeper of the holy places.
When. therefore, British diplomatic
| agents, on behalf of their government
| guaranteed the protection of the holy
places Ell Hussein Ibn Ali, as we'll as the
| Emirs and Imams who recognized his
commanding position. decided to throw
off their allegiance to Constantinople.
! The new kingdom, 1t should be under
! stood, does not embrace all of Adabia.
| which has an area of about 100000
square miles, but only Hejaz, the size
of which is between $4,000 and 100000
| square miles. But Hejaz is the most i'm
| portant region both on account of its
possession Of the holy places, and the
/ fact that a greater proportion of the
| country is fertile Most of Arabia's mil
lion square miles consists of uninhabta-
BILE desert. but there is plenty of good
land which only needs more settled
! condition of affairs for the creation OF
| thriving and prosperous communities.
Practically the whole Of the Persian
as north of Bagdad. the Red Sea coast
of Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula. repre-.
senting huge area of the Mohamme-
dan world. have been detached from the
Influence of the Sultan of Turkey, as the
recoi1 of the plan to swing the weight
Of Islam against the allies. The estab-
ishment of the kingdom of Hejaz is the
first definite political change which
marks this great reversal of fortune In
the drama of world conflict on the east
ern stage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-23
WATER SUPPLY ON
/. FIGHTING FRONT IS
IMPORTANT TASK
Special Companies Are Or
ganized to Look After
This Very Vital Part
of Work

French Front, December 5.-tCorre-
spondence. )-NeSst after a plentiful
supply of munitions the provision Of
water for the troops in the trenches
is the most important task facing the
staff of an army in the field. When
the correspondent Of the Associated
Press, following close on the heels OF
an attacking force, arrives in the front
lines. where the troops are engaged IN
consolidating their newly conquered
positions, he is most welcome when he
has with him well filled water
bottle.
The soldiers during the advance have
generally exhausted their supply, have
lost their water bottles on the march
over the ground torn up by shells, OF
perhaps have seen the water squirt out
as q bullet passed through the tin
gourd. Despite their physical exhaus-
ton and nervous tension, the troops
must contine to fight and sometimes
for days after an attack it is i'm
possible to bring water or food up to
them even during the night withou1
thu sacrifice OF many of the lives OF
Even behind the front lines, in the
cantonments and villages where the
troops in reserve or at rest are quar-
tered, the supply of water for both
men and horses is surrounded will
many difficulties, since large quanti-
ties are needed for both drinking and
washing, and these are not available
in country communities. Also the
numerous small locomotives of the net
work of narrow gauge railroads con
sumo immense amounts.
The closest study has been giver
to this question by army engineers
and with the progress of the war they
have developed an excellent system OF
supplying the needs of the army in
this direction. Special companies of Of
ficers and men have been organized
into what is called the army water
service. Each army composed Of sew
eral army corps now is provided witt
a superior officer in command of sew
era, other officers and a company o.
expert well sinkers, borers. plumbers
and pump erectors, to whom are at
tached, acccSding to the Importance
of the work to be undertaken, labor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-23
Opium's Successor in China

Gertrude Emerson. in World outlook.
Though opium has come to an off
cial end in China, a new danger Is
threatening the land, which, unless
stringent precautions are taken, Will
become an event greater menace to
public welfare. This is the nypodermic
injection of morphia.
For this foreigners alone are respon-
sible. The first record of the importa-
ton of the alkaloid was in 1892, when
1861 ounces were brought in. BY 1903
this amount had increased to the APP
palling figure of 106,14S ounces. That
year a prohibitive tax was placed on
the importation, and imports accord
ing1y fell off, but smuggling began,
and greater quantities today are max
ing their way into China than for
merly.
The supply of morphia was shipped
first via the North German Lloyd to
Kobe, Japan; later by registered mail
or parcel post on the Trans-Siberian.
The chief wholesale firm in Japan i'm
ported in 1910 $3.50 pounds, equal to
two and half tons, of muriate of
morphia, in the form of powder, crys-
tails and cubes. Chemists in Japan deal
with this wholesale company, or with
other native firms.
The purpose of the import is not
| for home consumption. With the otfi-
cial sanction of the Japanese govern
ment the lnorphia is bought by Jap
anese chemists for export at once to
Manchuria 1t should be stated that 1t
| is possible to get morphia into Chi
| nese territory because of the indie :
| pendent foreign postoffice services,
| and the refusal of Japan to permit
/ the Chinese authorities to examine an,
packages that come in drought the
| Japanese postoffice.
The successful retail distribution of
| the morphia goes without hind
rance of any kind. 1t is administered
in the form of hypodermic injections
| by local medicine men, both Chinese
and Japanese, at a charge of to
cents. A quarter of a grain is suffi-
cent to produce the desired narcotic
4 effect but larger doses are OF course
administered. From the better class a
i fee of 10 cents can be secured. One
] ounce will give from 1000 to 1000 in
tections. The solution, usually very
| dirty, is injected with hypodernic
syringe made of glass, metal or even
bamboo.
The serious effects of morphia may
be understood from single statement
of the president of the National Med
ical association of China: More thar
half of the regular jailbirds OF Man
churia show needle signs all over theil
bodies" The authority in question goes
en- to say that professional beggars
are everywhere victims of the habit
and that thousands of poor people die
in the large cities during the wintel
months, partly from cold. but princi
pally from inability to work on &C
count of their morphine habits.
The alarming spread of the use o
morphia in place of opium demands
of the joint cooperation of foreigi
powers in the matter Of regulating TIL
manufacture and export OF the drug
China has freed herself from the coil
of one dread enemy; she must now roo
out the second. Civilization demand
/ that she receive the unselfish supper
of the enlightened nations of boil
/ east and west.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-23
"The Brown-Eyed Grip


BY Private Howard Donaldson, Company
G, Seventeenth infantry, Chickamauga
Park. Ga.
1t was drawing nigh the hour of night,
AS we sat around the camp fire bright;
drew a picture in my mind,
OF the brown-eye girl 1 left behind.
In this picture can see the day,
When I kissed her good-by and went
away.
My lonesome heart it pinned and p.ned,
For the brown-eyed girl l left behind.
That sad day when left town,
took one last look in her eyes OF
brown
said to her mother, she's the ony one
of her kind,
The brown-eyed girl I left behind.
Oh, say, old pal, it's hard to part
From the one you love with all your
heart,
SO want you to try and keep up the
grind.
And help the brown-eyed girl and others
left behind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-23
Best Color for Uniforms

From the Popular Science Monthly.
Our khaki suits are good. But "horf-
zon blue the color which the French
use for their uniforms, is said to be
better still.
Against certain backgrounds it is
altogether invisible from a distance.
The reason for this is that it is the
color of distance. An artist painting
a landscape puts his objects back by
washing them over with a mixture of
white and blue, the horizon blue. This
makes it appear as If there were air
b etween the objects and our eyes, SO
that the objects themselves appear in
distinct.
The uniforms of horizon blue make
the wearers appear, If not actually a
part of the landscape, at least consid-
erably farther away than they are. And
since a man is recognized by his shape
| rather than by his color, the blending
of his clothes with the color of the
horizon helps his camouflage consid-
erably.