The Beaver Herald. (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 48, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 12, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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BEAVER BEAVER COUNTY OKLAHOMA THURSDAY .MAY 12 1910.
No. 48
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Beaver Swept
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Fire Monday Honing
THE DREAD OP MANY YEARS
AT LAST COMES TO PASS
Local News.
Tho Heiiai.!) for all thu latest nows.
Our Entire Business Block in Ashes In Less
Than Two Hours
It has been said ''Tho unexpected
always happens." Not so In tho caso
of tho conflagration of early Monday
morning. For may years tho warning
has been echoed in tho ears of every
resident of Beaver; in speaking of fires
"our time Is coming" thus it was that
tho conflagration which has just swept
ovor us and laid bare one entire busi-
ness block was a surprise to no one
and on every hand could bo heard the
remark "well it 1b no more than I ex-
pected." At about 1 o'clock Monday morning
J. W. Monsingerand Warbas Provost
who had been sitting in tho Menainger
Studio went to tho Postoffico with some
mall. Depositing tho samo in the mail
box thoy started on down tho street
when Mnnsinger stated that ho smelled
smoke and upon investigation it was
found that the entire interior of tho
"Top" Thomas barber shop was in a
blaze. Tho alarm was quickly given
and men women and children were
soon on the sccno with buckets tubs
and every conccivablo receptacle for
water but the fire had gained such
headway that it was out of the question
to attempt to chock it. By quick work
much goods were saved from tho build-
ings but tho buildings themselves were
a total loss and tod ty only the charred
embers and crumbled cement walls are
Ijft to mark the spot where a number
of prosperous establishments once
greeted tho eye.
Had it not been for tho fact that the
night was a calm o ao it is beyond ques-
tion that tho wholoi town would have
now been but a heap of smouldering
juins. As it was it took heroic work to
save tho oast sido of tho stroot Tho
gentle zophyrs of an ideal night was
fanned into a stiff breeze by tho intense
hoat of the burning buildings and at
times tho flames swept almost across
jb(r street and more than onco r wafc
" PPfhought that in spite of tho desperate
effort to save them that tho build.'ngs
on the east side would go too. Burning
shingles were carried to adjoining rod's
and alloys and a cloud of sparks sottled
over everything but tho attention of
tho vast crowd was turned to protect-
ing tho east side of the street and bj
soaking tho roofs and fronts of theN
buildings and shielding them with sat-
urated comforts and blankets and keep-
ing a strict watch of alloys every
email blazo was controlled before it
gained headway.
A more heroic crowd of mon and
women never turned out to baffle the
fire fiend and too much cannot bo said
in honor of every one of thorn. Not a
shirkor waa in tho crowd. The man who
did not own ono cmts intorost in tho
town worked alongside tho fellow whoso
every interest was at stake and never
stopped until fhe last ember was extin-
guished. Sjbe origin of tho fire will probably
F.J Biulsnll was n business viBitor
from Mndteon Saturday.
Representative A V. Toolcy was n
Beaver cnllsr Saturday.
Slates tablets chnlk and nil school
supplies nt Tracy's Drug Store.
Mrs. Nettie Brown is still on the
sick list but is doing well.
Dr L. S. Munsell Is under tho
weather this week.
Mrs. A. E. LIghtfoot has been quito
sick tho past week but is improving.
MORTGAGE RELEASE Blanks for
jale at the Herald otilce In any quan
tity.
May Stone hns had the "swell heiul"
over a case of the mumps the past
week.
never bo Known except tnat it sianea
in the barber shop. Just how it started
is not known and can only be conjecture
Undor the circumstances wo cannot see
that anyone is to blame except that our
town is and always has been a fire-trap
with practically no protection and it
is only another' case of "locking tho
barn door after tho horso has been
stolen." The firo has come and son.o
of our people have felt it heavily. They
have tho utmost sympathy of all and
we aro sure that their losses will bo re-
membered and shared as much as pos
sible by tho good people of Beaver who
escaped. It has been a sad lesson for
Boaver nut let us profit by this object
lesson and install bettor firo. fighting
faeilties so that in future we may not
suffer a repetition of this dire calamity.
So far as wo were able to learn the
losses were about as follows:
J. D. Niles cement store bulldng
total loss value $2000. Insurance $1000
W. N. Stafford stock of merchandise
in above building total loss value
$3000.00 no insurance.
Journal Printing office owned by V.
T. Qtiinn total loss value $2000.00 no
insurance.
O. J. Loofbourrow bakery and moat
market buildings total loss value
$600.00 no insurance.
D. R. Vatson bakery loss about
$500.00 no insurance.
G II. Rush meat market nnd house-
hold goods total loss vnluo $750.00 no
insurance.
J. O Stono pool hall and building
total loss value $1000.00 Insured for
$300.
G. Strueli building occupied by "Top"
Thomas barber shop total loss value
$200. no insurance.
"Top" Thomas harbor shop fixtures
total loss $300 with m insurance
J. W. Savage and Dr. L. L. Long
building ocoupied by Dr. Long loss
$200. no insurance.
Dr. L. L. Long medical books in.
truments etc. loss $300 no insurance.
Johnson & Davis loss $50. no insur-
ance. Gso. Metzger building occupied by
W. C. Prazor loss $100. no ineuranco
W. C. Frazer loss in law books
abstract blanks oto $300. no insurance.
V. Watson photograph gallery par-
tial loss $200. no insurance.
Henry Meesc building ocoupied by
O. D. Smith & Son total loss value
f!500. no insurance
) D. Smith & Son stock of morch-
anoW value .flO.OOO. Insurance $2000.
TotalMoes except about $2000. worth of
badly' mixed stock but not damaged by
fire oAwater.
J. O. JIodgo offico building value
$1400. total loss insured for $000
Tho.q. pKBraidwood.lossof $150. in
abstraot bl.Mika and miscellaneous pap-
ers. Dr. J. A. filler dentist loss $100 or
$150 covorcd by insurance
A. 8. DicksoD loss of $75. in law
books papers ovio. no insurance
Claude T. SmirJi loss of $75 in law
books papers cti. no insurance.
Beaver Countv 'il building fixtures
A number of cases of measles are re-
ported in tho community. All nre ro
covering nicely.
Mrs. A. G. Thomas was quito sick
the past week but is improved at this
writing.
DRY GLEANING DYEING and
PRESSING. Call on Mrs. W. II.
Robertson nt tho millinery store. tf
Polities are wnrming up. The "poli-
tical lmndshuke" is on in full blast.
Kissing tho babies is next in order.
Jim Baker was in from- his Ilibbs
farm Saturdnv. Ho reports wheat
(K h Standard mjjj
I DrPRICE'S Jm.
lira tab ORAM rH
L Baking Powder H
wSSSl I5 use a protection and a M 9HJ
lUCS guarantee against alum iiHKFsfiuUl
A touch of rheumatism or n twinge
of neuralgia whatever the trouble in
Chamberlain's Liniment drives away
the pain nt onco and cure tho com-
plaint quickly. First (implication
gives relief. Sold by V O Tracy
looking fine and not badly is
rain. '
needof
FOR SALE Horses nnd Mares.
Well worth the money. Enquire of
V. II.DANir.L80N Beaver City. Okla.
4-'8 5-32t
Sweet "William An old buggy enn
A Bcavor County Ringing Convcn-.
tlon will be held at Gray Oklahoma
the Inst Saturday and Sunday in May.
All singers nnd singing societies are
requested to bo present. Send in your
selection as soon as possible to go on
program to R. L. Crowd) Balko
Oklahoma.
Tom Weaver of illhh who sold out
recently and wont to Illinois has ro-
turned to Beaver county to stay.
Thoy will return. Wnlcoinc homo
Never hesitate about giving Chnm
burlnin's Cough Remedy to children.
It contains no opium or other narcot-
io and can be given with Implicit con-
fidence. Ac n quick euro for coughs
and colds for which children are sus-
ceptible it is unsurpassed. Sold by F
C Tracy.
bo.inndo-to lootflilTc liatv byiapplylng j ' r
Gloss Blnk lVrma-W on the scaring. Subscribo for the IIkualo $1.00. '
Sold by F. O. Tracy.
Glinmhorlaiu's Stomach ami I Ivor
Tablets will clear thn nour stomach
Hvueten the breath and create a
healthy nppolito. They promotn the
How of gnstric Jiiir.li thereby inducing
good digestion Sold by FO Tracy
Post cards of thn big Uenvor fire fur
sale at Monsl.igers Studio.
Beaver
Got yoitr punt cards of
lire at McnisingoM Studio.
the
Mrs. Boiihia Currixr. of Ashland.
is a guest of hor sisters Miss Adolia I
Alborsand Mrs. B. 1. Russell this
week. She also visited her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Albors of Six Milo.
Mins Pcsc'iHn Carlisle of Ploriswai
a Bcavor cuJldr Wednesday.
II. M. Unlink and family were Beav-
er shoppors Saturday. f
O. A Ittrhruu is among the new ad-
ditions to our lUt the pneL week.
Tho Presbyterian Church is being
remodeled and ro paired to soma uxtout
this week The coiling will bu rained
and arched and tho plain windows will
be replaced by stained glass. About
$150.00 will be expended in repairs.
This work will add greutly to the com.
fort nnd appearance of this edifice
Keep Out.
All wolf banters aro warned to keep
out of the .1. K. George pasture.
W. R. Olmptkah Foreman.
John D Rockefeller would go. brqkn
if ho should spend his entire i neon in
trying to prepare a bettor medicine
than Clhumborlaiu'n Colic Cholera and
Diarrhoo Remedy for diarrluieai dys
entery or bow el complaint s It is lim-
ply (impossible; and so ay every oW
that luis u.d it Sold by F C Trapy
Mr. Thomas states that ho was not in
tho' shop after 8 o'clock Sunday.
His wifo was in the shop about dusk to
get a bundlo of soiled towels. Neither
of thorn had a firo of any kind in the
building. R. E. Judd an employee of
tho shop in company with Mr. Booley
went in tho shop between 10 and 10:30
p M. to get a deok of cards but he
states that he did not light a lamp nor
strike a match nor does not know that
Seeley did so. Mr. Judd states they
were only in the shop long enough to
procure the cards and that ho know-
where to put his bands on tbam and
that thoy then want to Clifford LowiB
room at tho White House hotel. Bo
that as it may tho firo originated and
in consoquoticq proparty to tho vrtluo
of over $25000 has gone up in smoke.
and furnituro total' loss value $5000.
no insurance
Sheriff D. P Millerpersonal proper
ty in jail building $160. loss no insur-
anco. At this time Bomo nre undecided but
for tho most part those in tho firo dis-
trict aro located temporarily in other
quarters and will oontlnuo in business.
Wo trust that from tho ashes of wo't
Beaver a bigger acn" better business
hinr.1.- will ri nnd that in tho early
future the buildings of tho east sido of
thebtreetmay bo re-plaoed by more
ntih'c.inHnl fill'UCtUrCS BO that thOfO
need bo no ro-occurranco of tho dire
oalamifcy that has just befallen us.
It takes a bravo heart to faco tho
triala or loss unflinchingly but the men
and wocoen of west sid Douglas avenuo
aro macle; of tho kind of stuff that
knows no failure nnd they will riso
again in spito of adversities
Detwilor "Tho Land .Man' may be
aeon at the lnw office of A. S. Dickson
in the Hodge building Seo him for
any kind of a land deal.
Miss Laura Mackey returned to
Beaver Friday last after a ten days
visit in tho eastern part of tho state.
J. W. Savage and wife are occupying
tho Bulick property until the comple-
tion of their new homo which they will
soon construct in South Beaver.
Foley Kirtnoy Pill? aro antiseptic
tonic and rostorativo and a prompt
corrective of all urinary irregularities.
Refuse substitutes. For walo by F O
Tracy.
Frank Maple Is having tho Savage
proporty which ho recently purchased
repaired and remodeled this week and
will soon occupy tho H.tiuo with his
family.
Foley Kidney Pills contain in con.
ceutratcd form ingredients o estab-
lished therapeutic value for tho relief
and cure of all kidney nnd bladder ail-
ments. Sold by F C Tracy.
A severe hail storm did much dam-
age in eastorn Kansas last week. Fruit
and gardens were riddled groat dam-
age was felt by thu greenhouses in the
loss of glass us well as plants.
Thu splendid work of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets is daily
coming tn light No such grand rem-
edy for livor nnd bowul troubles was
ever known before. Thousands bless
Ilium for curing constipation sick
headache biliousness jaundice and
indigestion. Sold by F C Tracy
L. 51 Larson called at this office the
past week and renewed for tho IiKiui.it
ordering salnc sent to his now home nt
Florence Grant county in future.
Mr. Larson and family dopurted for
their new homo Tuesday of this week.
QUALITY COUNTS
If you buy Hardware from us you get the QUAL-
ITY and at the RIGHT PRICE
We are always at your service with a full and
complete line of
HARDWARE
Everything usually found in an up-to-date
store
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all my all my Ab-
stract Outfit. Now
RtaE open for business in
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Implements Wagons Buggies
the Dr. Alunsell building north
of the Bank
Beaver Co. Abstract Office
WALTER C. FRAZER
Bonded Abstracter.
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CARTER-TRACY HARDWARE CO.
Beaver Oklahoma
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