The Oklasodak (San Benito, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 11, 1916 Page: 2 of 12
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THE OKLASODAK
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER II. ISIS
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<Ehr Iflklasufcak
Entered •> second-elans
August 24. 1916. at the post office
at San Benito, Texa*, under the Act
of March 3. 1879.
nnnnnttnttnannnntSit right here non far takii#r* ,frtt me into trouhla.
8 8 I should like to make the dear pub heinf placed under arrowt, can in the
---- -------■■■..- — — 8 FKITY’S MEEKLY OONPAB 8 Uc acquainted with the fact that in va*t majority of caaea be laid to the
Official Organ of the LsMVOkl* n n ca-** of r»l rropn. we've developed us# of alcohol Recognising mat an
Provisional Brigade. #8IIBBB8B#B8BBII B^me of 'he bed haymakers anyone alert mind. g^Vigoroua body, a con-
----- — \ — - fK — | . would like to pm ploy, tnd Lieu ten-1 trolled will, and aa obeedient apirit;
S. heaae M aaaon » „ Editor „ N°’ .'V* * d,d J®* ant Robt. Carle. Sergeants Hunter are the baric element* entering into
II. Preston Met alib Busin*** Mgr. r**h ,n “ 1 although he be Coughroa, and Corporal Wyant the making of a real soldier and
Lt. E. W Whitney Censor ««• very prominent by being ab ^ turn* mar {r Hilat ing | that alcohol ia the greatest foe to'
. jaont from the columna of The < k.a- # mowinj machine, and now and th»h them all, i have placed the Iran on1
Published weekljT at San lienito. 1 might state right liere that wefr ,^iicvwj u Sergeants Paatolie its use while my troop* are perform-
Texaa. in the intervst of and for the I am still alive, or you m.ght deprive >nd Wilk<.rs0n whe Wf think are ^ ing duty or. the border I believe that
but the writer's name need not be ore l wSuld have a chance -Safety I **>, W*r‘\*b,y by tWOw°f °,f my TT *** tC *hr,r horne\1^
mode public to anyot.e but Otf editor mv 4n,l for Umle S#m * twrntP Horaepowers"— clean and ntrong aa they were when
andceWor All articles *re*Sh*ored j^ * ",y ",oUo ..A,nd for mules. This is simply me give they left ”
by U Whitney of. Brigade He.d- Ith,f, "**"* *nd nicredit where credit i> (Itae. ----
Quarters well as private and perhaps selfish. I ^
_ must restrain myaelf. ano not go into Thr w»t of the boyr ruive i»een ,Seven of the nine regular army
SabtrriptUNi Prices. f, detail* kept busy too with pitchiorks and sergeants who have l*een here in-
S ingle copies, Re By mail, 5< . ’ . . , ... . rakes gathering and (oad’ng the <leb- struct in r/r various units of the bri-
Subsrription for time Brigade is in f, .. . rir I find that yocrs truly could gede, have returned to their resrpect-
..rvic, not to „c«k! S months 60c f U,\" <” "r» »~d 'tory. If t»o , , ^ harveBl nnnd .t '* .lotion,.
S.,„ price for like „ut .c-iption. <™ h .. hut .imply wd un.lcr.tond- ^ . r.om„,., nMi„ ---
-’hkVit'’vrr. ■MkaifHl'f.’hm.ic of To. f'" * hew' lit '\*'wllh 'kc O.MT,hlp. Monaco-
A.Jdresa all communications and make this very status of thing* That's s,‘»n^h was formed hem lately with mM|| c irculation. Kte.. Keguir.
r.!l checks payable to The Ok’asodak. jthr reason 1 cannot tell the tale just * membership of thirty two non- ^ by Aci of c'aagrm*
corns and men. t orporal* t.raiw ^ August 24 1912
Keller and 1 sham have hml rharyc of Oklaaodnk. pubh.h^l weekly
the preKmmarie,. rottln, the neee,- Tex., for October 1,
sary books and equipment. The in- .g.g
terest is gsowing and the need is
keenly felt for proficiency in this NTATE <>| TEXAS,
language, as most businesses even COUNTY OF CAMERON, es.
here are on the American bonier are Before me. a Notary Public in and
transacted through the language as for the State and county aforesaid,
a medium. personally appeared S. !>eane Was-
We received a 1 g supply of inaga-ison* ***•• having been duly sworn
xines from Miss Jessie Luman of Sa- ••wording to law. deposes and nay*
pulpa this week, for which we want!**1** Editor or the Oklaso-
to offer our hearty thanks. Also re- <lak- tha* th^ blowing is. to the
reived a supply of stationery from knowledge ann belief, a
Miss Ida M Canfield of 1109 N Wal-|tru<“ statement of the ownership,
nut. Oklahoma City Please accept management (and if a daily paper,
our personal^hanks for this ih* circulation), etc., of the aforesaid
Had a very interesting chat with publication for the date shown in the
the mayor of this town today, whose ;■£•*» rapt.on, required by the Act
name is very telling, and who ;e of-l°* August 24, 1912. embodied in sec-
fices are legion. His name Is F. S. tion 443; '*** «nrt Kegula j
Champion; but I must not tell too Uo™> Pointed on the reverse of this;
much this time. I might run out of forTn'if w'*:
material. He is very interesting— 1 That th* namrx *n •®lre*KM of
the length and the w.dlh- torres th* Publisher. e<iitor. managing etli-
pondingly. Shoot, to make you want bur looses managrrs arc: .
more about him, let me tell you he Publiaher, S. Deane Wasson. San
•s the mavor of Santa Maria, the Benito, Texas.
,K»stmaster. the railroad agent: and1 Kd*tor S 1>ane Wasson. San Ben
Wells Karoo man--but I am not go *t0’ ******
ing to tell you just now how it mil ^ Managing Editor. S. Deane Wasson,
hanpened ‘.hat he got his many titles. S*f Benito. Texas
He’s not connected with Standard Oil) Business Managers. I). Preston Me-
- he didn't buy them, and good C*lib- «*n Benito. Tvxas
night! The story next week 2 Tnmt lh* owner* are,
FRITZ names ana addresses on individual
MHHHMMM M M » MHH
OVERLAND CARS
J. A. GRAHAM
i
\ NIVERSAL SIR VICE
The I’nited S'ates government has
gone to as near uiuversal military
service as it is possible at this time.
It looks to be hut a question of
tiiue whc:. every ab!# bodied Am-
erican man between the ages of 18
and 45 year* will be required to
serve three years with the colors. I anything else hotter
now until other time* and other cli-
matffr mates are reached ail because of my
love of truth.
Suffice to -*>. 1 have been away
from camp for a few days on leave
of absence. This may give you the
key to the situation and save me a
whole lot of foolish queries. Thank
you! 1 knew you would understan.
If it wasn't for the linotyper or the
proofreader. I think everybody would
be happy But oh. 1 am glad that I
am out at a safe distance and cannot
hear their whispered bteasings, nor
than summer
and three years in reserve* This
will not be a bad arrangement.
The three year* with the colors
«k>e not necessarily mean that a
mai. will be required to leave his
business or vocation and take up mil-
itary training There is without
<ioubt a way to overcome this diffi-
9 culty, which to say the least ia dis-
tasteful to the American. Never
heat to spoil our languid disposition
But, rs it is. “we will always have
them with us”—so why bother about
it? When 1 can find the time I'll
take them out to a “pie meet" party,
or something or other in that line and
try to make friends with them, if
that is ever possible. I know they
will like me .but. drat it. will they
ever like my grammar? That’s
theless, with our present awakening whrrr shoe pinches the most. 1
to the necessity of military prepar want m>’ own Br,mm‘r us*> n0
edness, the American people will c- °,ker-
tnand that a plan be worked ou.. To save space I must try to give
whereby the various conglomeration you a kind of short summa *.ummari-
of state military systems hall be un of w hat has been going on since
abandonee!, and substituteel with a last time you elid se«> yours truly’*
universal feeleral systems which will name in the papers,
cffhpell every able bodied male cit-1 Had to move camp ace*ount of high
ixen to be prepared to sene his waters, from both of our stations—
country, should she need him in de- the LaFeria and Santa Maria— and
fense of her hqnor. move inland. Had quite a time of it
A citixen soldiery is a necessity. *s it happened that night had set in
In time of war it has always been before any move could be made, a!
found necessary to call uj>on the though everybody from captain tOnnnQBBBBBBBttUQB
general oitixenship for recruits. Un- buck privates in the rear rank did j, a
recruit* are trained, they his best. The water was rising fastJ-
at first are a burden upon the na- hut everything was sa**ed, outside of'
tion, instead of an asset. To over- a few gnats and laxy mo^uitoes, if
rome ths universal training mus* there ever was any of them. Coming
lie had. The national defense a'** Is up to the Kabh Ranch long after
a U»ng step tow*ard that end. When dark **e were cordially entertained by
will we Americans have the nerve |Corporal Nathan, in charge of the
to take the final step to perfect canteen, before allowed^* proceed to
our defense’ our destination, the town of Santa
O 8 tt Maria. Arriving, everybody did as
Onerml Kun,U>n, vj.it i. • c?°'d “ m*k'
,m fortable—but very few succeeded.
The next day found ourselves busy
(Continued next week.)
A BAN ON BOOZE
was ta
way a disappointment to Bullard’s
Brigade. The officers and men ex
im ixaor, * nr uiiurin anu III*. I w*- til • • a
rf “ir,7.rlTr
m
a tt
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owners, or. ..if a corporation, give
its name and the names and address-
!•** of the stockholders holding 1 per
c.*nt or more of the total amount of
stock.)
S. Deane Wasson. Ban Benito. Tex-
3. That the known bondholders,
mortgagees, and other security hold-
Under the .above caption. Major «*» ownin* or « T"*r rent or i
more of total amount of bonds, mort-
Oneral John F. O’Ryan, commanding
the New Y'ork division of troops lo-
cated near McAllen, Texas, writing
for Asaociation Men, the organ of
the International M. C. A., states
some interesting and pointed facts.
Refwrpng to the responsibilities de-
volving' upon the commanding offi-
cer, various requirements are men
gages, or other securities are: jLf
there are none, so state.)
None.
4. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names of the own-
ers, stockholders, and security hold-
ers, if any. contain not only the li*t
of stockholders and security holders
as they apT»ear upon the books of
hnn*.i (K.t rt„r „ "> n**v’* "*■ >r m.«iuvr,rxi .-..Mur t.i »>— tioned as quite necessary to be met. . ... .
•ftir,, r.ll >>»*< farmhand, in tha land in our in thr tank of moulding an army af «* but *1"’' rh'r'
mmmamrnm
were disappjynted only fn the fart due some honors some day from some ther the best interests of the men ^ ^ l^lie-f as to the rirrum-
*• * -• .... . ... — under his command by proteecting *
that the so called desperadoes did one
not prove desperate.
stances and conditions under which
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teresting historical data. The office or misc crops or truck during every
is keeping several files for histori- month of thc^ year,
cal societies throughout the country. I find myself growing more and
Back oumhers of t'he paper will be fur- more enthusiastic about the country
nished with new subscriptions free of every -lav. forgetting the past aroun,^!br^jp iV intensified arid
charge, as long as the 'papers noid here, hut I am not writing an ad for .}rocr (.s ar>
out- *">' 1»nd company, so I will just cut !5uU»d!‘«nd men addioUvl to iu u,c
jwration ha* any interest direct or
indireect in the said stock, bonds, or
under my command as well as the
'"’CorT, particularly harmful in °,h"r ,'raritiM ,h»n “ « bV
a hot climate.
Its effect u|>on tfie
all mental
him.
55.
That the average number of
r',‘ j"'"1, “!l copies of each issue sold or distrib-
chorko<l Judgment i, ul^_ throu(th thr m,„, or other.-iM..
Who
Who
Finances Oklahoma Sports?
Oklahoma Exchange
Furnishes the extras for your Mess?
Oklahoma Exchange
Who
Tries to fill your wants w hen you are ‘broke’?
Oklahoma Exchange
Who Pays You The Profits?
Oklahoma Exchange
“Buy a Coupon Book, pay pay day"
^JtrTjyu^; *,h£i* tii, moop'1 p^m!r'thrurju*o'?h«c,H
phy.iral fitnr,, of thr ,mn Thi, irw)
becomes painfully evident upon every . .
practice march. The'irien who have
l»een addicted to the use of alcohol
are invariably the first to drop from
the ranks.
“Alcohol dulls the moral sensibili-
ties of those who use it. The rea
from daily publications
S. DEANE WASSON.
Sworn to and subscril»e<f^before me
this 28th day of Septomlker. 1916.
McMURRY RICHEY.
My commission expires June 30. 1917.
Fish and Oysters
EVERY DAY
Independent Fish & Oyster Co.
A. E. WICKHAM, M*r
We furnish the Purest and Cleanest
MILK
Our Dairy is Government Inspected. Call for PURITY Milk
Wilkerson Dairy,
SAN BENITO.
TEXAS.
J
PALMS PALMS PALMS
The folks back home will enjoy having a tropica!
palm. I heae palms wall live in any climate with a lit-
tle care. We have them from 50 cent* up. Send
one home. Take one home and it will remipd you of
the days spent on the border.
GRIFF1NG NURSERIES
Phone 15 San Benito. 1 exas
Catalogue Sent on Requeat.
Tell Your Friends
At home about ut. We have the “Ye Planry"
House Plan System
McMURRY LUMBER COMPANY
SAN BENITO, TEXAS
THE CLEAR PRINT OF THE 0KLAS0DAK
Is due to the fact that it is printed in the
L.argest and Best Equipped
Printing Plant in the Valley
Have you compared this newspaper with
other border pa pew? There is a difference
THE SAN BENITO LIGHT
PRINTERS TO BUI .LARD'S BRIGADE
Water
So we improve the ways of making it. We are now installing the famous
"Loew Soaker" which removes labels, rust from caps, sterilizes and rinses (
both inside and outside. The "Loew Soaker" is the last word in cleanliness
Our Drinks Are Strongest In Both Gas and Flavor
ASK FOR THEM AT EXCHANGES and CANTEENS
San Benito Bottling Works
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