The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, May 22, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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OHM
LEADER
VOLUME THIRTY TWO
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, MAY 22. 1922.
NUMBER THREB
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Bottoms Store
Yes,
Thank You
Call Again
| Bottoms' Store
Lexington, Oklahoma
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Alumni Banquet
The Alumni of Lexington High
School met Saturday night at the
high school auditorium for the pur-
pose of initiating the new graduates.
An enjoyable time was had and all
took the initiation in fun. The fol-
lowing graduates were initiated:
Misses Bernice Black, Beatrice
Bottoms, Mildred Keller and Marga-
Rebekkas Elected
Officers
Moore Launches Into
Hard Surface Roads
At Big Meeting
Immediate Action on Proposed Bond
Issue Is Urged By County Road
Boosters At Moore
Mrs. Stein Entertains
On last Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
Stein entertained the Baptist Ladies
Aid Society at her beautiful home
east of town. After a pleasant hour
in studying the scripture lesson deli-
cious refreshments were served con-
sisting of cake and fruit salad. All
members are requested to attend
these meetings. You are missing a
treat when you fail to attend. Let's
all go next week to the home of Mrs.
C. B. Threat where the society will
be entertaned.
Park Opening
On Friday evening, May 26 we in-
vite you to join us in the Annual
Opening of our City Park and Pool.
There will be speaking and music.
Come out and spend an evening 'in
the open—take a plunge in the pure
clean water. Visit with your neigh,
i bor and let the kiddies enjoy them-
j selves. Watch them swing.
| Refreshments will be served by the
J Lexington Commercial Club Band.
The City Dads.
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| School Is Out |
and
Spring is Here
Missionary Society
A large membership of the Rebe-
kahs were out Tuesday night and the
officers for the ensuing six months
elected are as follows. Noble Grand,
Mrs. E. A. Denison; Vice Grand, Mrs.
T. W. Keller; Secretary, Mrs. Alex
Minor; Treasurer, Miss Fay Claunch;
Bottoms, iVlliarea iveuer anu marga- ' '
ret Lisseaur, Messrs. Arthur Gabriel Capta.n Mr^ Frank C-launch Mu-
Bernice Booker, Robert Garrett, John s.cian Mrs. Ben Burke Officers ap-
Oliver, Furman Puryear, Aubrey P« ted were Warden, Mn. A. C_Ste-
Moses, and Edgar Hardwick. vens; Conductor, Mrs. Frank
The following officers were elected Chaplam, Mrs Custer
for the ensuing year: Arthur Sher- Burke; Ins.de Guard, Mrs Chas.
man President; Miss Maude North- L'sseaur; 0uts.de Guard Mrs Mc-
cutt Vice President; and Miss May Ewen; Right Supporter Noble Grand,
Hackler, Secretary and Treasurer. I Mrs. Ben Burke; Left Supporter No-
At a late hour refreshments of ble Grand, Mrs. Tomi Reed Right Sup-
sandwiches, punch and cream were porter Vice Grand, i is. . . . mi ,
servecj [Left Supporter Vice Grand, Miss Lora
All departed looking forward with Williams.
much interest to this time next year.1 ~
j Notice
Mavor Walton Here ! A bis day at wlilow view Sch00'
Mayor wdium nere [House Sun(layiMay 28th. Meeting at
Saturday a large crowd assembled 10 o'clock for class work. '
at the city park to hear Mayor Wal- a' 11 o clock an a l- ' "
ton of Oklahoma City speak. Mayor vited, especia y c urc' m ^
Walton spoke at length explaining the will have a message
platform of the re-construction lea- us there.-W. L. Lurry, P. W. Book-
gues. 'er*
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1 Just a Reminder j
With intentions of launchng into
the county hard surfaced roads move
ment in a fashion that will spell vic-
tory for the proposed bond issue of
$600,000, about thirty good roads
boosters of the Moore vicinity met in
spirited session at a luncheon in the
Moore school building Tuesday after-1
noon.
Besides boosters from Moore rar-j
ious other school districts in the north
end of the county were represented at
the meeting. The meeting was called j
by the Moore unit of the county goods i
roads association for the purpose of
getting the opinion of taxpayers on j
the proposed hard-surfaced roads
program for ths county.
N. E. Wolfard Is Speaker
Prof. N. E. Wolfard, assistant pro-
fessor of civil engineering who j
teaches highway engineering in the [
University of Oklahoma, gave a short
talk to the members in which he set
forth pertinent facts to the members The ladies of the Missionary society E
concerning the proposed $600,000 met in regular session Tuesday) May r
county bond ssue. The folly of pro- ig with Mrs. Lillian Sherman. Les- =
crastination was touched upon after son opened with song, "Throw Out E
the speaker recounted incidents of the Life Line." Lesson from Voice z
surrounding counties now getting was taken from the third chapter of E
dollar for dollar of road money Mark. Those present were Mesdames z
matched by federal aid. Ethndge, Higbee, Collins, H1111! | M11! 1111III ■ 11111111111111 i 1111111111 i 11M111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ri 1111II111 il
"Let's get our share of the federal Strong, Boughman, Shockley, Moses,
aid," was the opening statement of Blanton, Milt Sherman, with Mrs.
the county engineer. I Clark and George Belew as visitors.
Let's Get Our Share of Aid j _
"If a man offered to give you a Ladies Altar Society
dollar for every dollar you expended _
to improve your farm or business, | The Ladies Altar Society met on =
would you not make every effort to Thursday afternoon at the home of E
substantially meet his proposition? Mrs. Walter Black with sixteen mem- =
"Listen! There has been approxi- ^ bers present. A social afternoon was |
mately $8,000,000 of federal aid mon-1 greatly enjoyed by the followng la- =
ey spent and contracted for by vari-jdies: Mesdames Henry Tarp, FredjE
ous counties in Oklahoma for road im- Girioux, Arthur Brosseau, Neal =
provement on this basis. Cleveland Smith, Barbara Sennis, John Schmitz,| =
county has secured none of this sjm Morrison, Louis Feuerborn, H. E
money because it has no funds with H. Menke, L. Ule, Carl Schmitd, John E
which to match federal aid. A bond Prown, Carry Oliver, Adeline Bros- ~
issue will place us in position to bid seau, Miss Marguerite Feuerborn.
for our share of these appropriations Additional guests were Mrs. W. S.
ts they are made from year to year. Gray. Mrs. Black served an icejE
Is the Band Issue Too Heavy? 'course. The society adjourned to =
"You say we can't stand the bur- meet with Mrs. Henry Tarp, June =
den of a bond issue at this time. The' 2nd.
bonds in all probability will be 25 j —
year 5 per cent bonds. Six hundred PLANTS FOR SALE
thousand dollar bond sisue will mean .
only an average tax of 3.3 mil,|'on the Tomato plants 30c a hundred, $2.50
per 100. Conkling farm at Helsel,
Oklahoma.
KODAKS
For Fishing and
Vacation Trips
Palace Drug Co.
Arthur Sherman, Prop.
LEXINGTON
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Alvin Barnett I
Look over your pantry
shelves-see what is need-
ed and-
ORDER NOW
I M. P. Frazier
| . Phone 27
LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA
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1921-22 valuation to liquidate the
same. Now look up your tax valua-
tion and figure what it would cost
you per year. Say you own 160 acres
of land valued at $22.61 per acre in-
cluding improvements; a team of
horses valued at $95.66; a team of
mules valued at $104; two sets of
harness, wagon and carriage valued
at $49.54; 15 head of swine valued at
$50.00. Total $4,103.35, your tax
would be $13.54.
"Now say you decided to market
10 hogs weighing an average of 250
pounds each. The market report
showed hogs were up. On the mor-
row you are going to start to market
but a drizzling rain has started dur-
ing the night and the roads are im-
passable for a couple of days. By the
time you reach the market hogs are
off a half a cent. Your loss is $12.50
Good Roads Are Cheaper
"Good roads would have nearly
paid your tax on this deal.
"Good citizens, reflect on the reduc-
tion of the wear and tear of your ve-
hicles, the increased loads you may
pull and the added comfort of an im-
proved road and you can figure a re-
turn orth many times the cost.
"The above mill rate was computed
on the present valuation of Cleveland
county. Now it is a conservative es-
timate, that with improved roads the
valuation of the county would in-
crease at least 50 per cent within the
term of the bonds, thus the mill rate
wiuld be reduced 1-4 in the late*
years of the bond life. *sc.
'Now is not the federal government tajn
offering you a dollar for every dollar
you invest? Indirectly to be sure,
but isn't this true?"
An extra generous and good lun-
cheon was served to the road delega-
tes of Moore and vicinity, Wolfard
says.
Road Meetings To Be Held
Moss meetings will be held in othef
communities of the county for th?
purpose of arousing interest in the
roads movement and for securing the
support of the other parts of the
county, good, roadg committeerutjn
stated. The following schedule has
been arranged and meetings will be
held" in the schools (rouses.
Stella, May 22; RobinScw, May 23;
Schwartz, May 24; Log, May 25, and
A Trip Over Norman
HOT BARBECUE
Bring your bucket and get some gravy. We make no ex-
tra charge for gravy
For washing of your better clothes we have Lux,
Naphtha. Ivory and Crystal White Soaps
Fels
"Tot roast of beef with macaroni
Prepare a three pound pot-roast of beef. Cut up one
slice of bacon and fry out the fat. Chop together one me-
dium size onion, one small green pepper and fry in the fat.
As they begin to brown add the beef, turning It so that it
will be well browned on all sides. Add one cup of water and
one quart of canned tomatoes, which should be put through
a sieve. Salt and pepper to taste. Simmer gently for three
hours Half an hour before meat is finished boll one-half
pound MACARONI until tender, drain and pour into sauce
surrounding the meat. Let cook ten minutes and serve with
American cheese grated over all. This will serve six per-
sons.
I|)KA$—'"Ideas grow senile and slumber and sleep and die
and lie In their graves for ages. They come again in the
garb of use to slaughter and to slay; to Inspire and to lib-
erate. Ths death and resurrection go on forever. In time
there is nothing new nor nothing old. There is only the
rising and falling of the infinite tide. It is the idea in the
garb of use in active operation today that counts for today.
Those that will count for tomorrow also must be In opera-
tion today. One Idea In active operation is worth a hundred
in the grave." You have an idea you will trade at Barnett s
some time. Why not begin now?
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1 BANK STATEMENT |
Under date of May 5, National Banks had a call =
for statement. The State Banking Department did not E
make a call for that date, but we are pleased to pub- E
lish a report of our condition at the close of business, =
May 5th, 1922, feeling that our customers should know E
our strong financial condition. =
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts
Overdrafts
Furniture and Fixtures
Bonds and Warrants
Bills of Exchange
Cash and Sight Exchange
$45,202.08
4,495.14
42,541.23
$120,084.30
634.60
2,500.00
With a party of friends we drove ,=
over a large part of Norman recently E
and we will confess to a feeing of j E
pride in our county seat. We are sit-j = |( Hill Illlll I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIhT
uated very fortunately here in Lex-
ington, to be so near the State Uni-|
versity. When one has to go miles ||
to acquire certain advantages, and its
costs a lot of money and time to pre-
pare for such a journey, some way!
it seems to many more alluring, but' s
right in our dooryard, you may say is E
Norman, holding forth her abundant \ =
advantages to all. When a hard sur- —
face road is a reality and not a fan-| =
cy, then but a few moments will be =
required to travel to Norman. Schol- s
ars owning cars, can spin to school E
in the mornings and return home at jj
night at less cost than they could pay E
board and room rent. j E
Going through the university |E
grounds was more than a pleasure, j r
The beauty of the Adminstration j =
Hall covered like a castle of old with E
beautiful ivy changing color from j s
light to dark green as the morning j E
breeze waved the foliage to and fro,|s
was a delight to behold. The other j E
building standing like silent sentinels
beckoning to the youth of our land toiE
take advantake of its offerings;
seemed to say to us in passing, "Be-js
hold all you who enter in, take cour-jE
age, with our strength we will sus-|s
n you, with our knowledge we will j E
enlighten you and when our minis- j ^
tration is ended we will send you forth s
prepared to properly do battle wth
the world. The new Masonic dormi-
tory near the 0. U. attracted our at-
tention, and made us realize that we
were not living very far away from _
a thriving little city. With the State
Hospital, covering acres of ground, x
and other public properties, Norman ^
is a county seat that any county; E
should be proud of. Many beautiful s
homes are also to be found in Nor- E
man, and with the many shade trees =:
and carefully kept lawns, presents
92,238.45 §
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock
Surplus and Profits
Deposits
Bills Payable
Re-Discounts
$215,457.35 E
15,000.00
9,192.29
191,265.06
NONE
NONE
TOTAL
$215,457.35 E
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The Above Is Correct,
R. A. Franks Cashier.
Robt. M. Evans, Vice President.
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Clothier, May
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26.—Normap Trans- 3
FARMERS STATE
GUARANTY BANK
CHAS. GREEMQRE, President.
ROUT. M. EVANS, Active V-Pres. .
R. A. FRANKS, Cashier.
J. B. HACKLER, Aist.-Cashier.
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Denison, Mrs. E. A. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, May 22, 1922, newspaper, May 22, 1922; Lexington, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110959/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.