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Vol. X:
THE DOVER
DOVl'R. KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. JULY _!5.
X
No. ^19
A BIG RAIN.
Farmers Are Now Happy >
and Are Busy Planting
Cow Peas and Oth-
er Late Crops.
Prospecting For Cil.
Isaac Stevens returned FiiJav
KYi'ning i* 1 << 111 ti lliret1 months trip in
tho oil fields of southern Illinois.
He lias Imil VI Mis of experience in i
nil work nuil lias tieen scut here, U" |
| Hart Munck spent Suluulay and
1 Sr.mlay at the country home of bis
| nephew, 1M, east oi lvinnti ii«-r.
j frank Uartson rami' ' fri'm
I Norman to spend iMtturdav .-veiling
iiul ^untlay with lil* uiany friends.
L. I'uls and tin- mill each shipped
1 ,r i l lu':;s Oklai.. :na l'it>
■ - -IT ■
|M?ROV;:.*.ENT or NATION'S WA
TCRVVAY8 0? INTER-5T TO
EVE3Y CITI1EN.
COTTON STILL SAFE. •*.*«.« ...vest,8 te lor wl)
m tins pan of to., countiy a>" * ;1V r. C SnmU
The Rain Thursday E\en- ^.aeavormg u. organize a c,inip.iu> ^ ^ cMilt io \\ tll!;, liM. .mm
ing Brought the Smile to w.i,.k test a.-iu near Hover t« fin.I ^ ^ (
the Parm T'S Faces That out for a i-crtalnty whether we are
W Off Most'in ami gas belt or not. A | W. V. All.,, a r,pre,native -I
Wo.lt COISC O . imm|>gr „t „tl>er tucn who have Imd ; the OUahuinaniv lnw-. v. as her,
of Them too Busy to En- j |n ( r ^ m „u : Saturday afternoon until Moil
tertain Reporters. >rntnrv sec;r. lothiuu U« topogra- .I .V li>i,:,iti- nllcr til." cireiilalinii "I
• After a .Iroutli tliat had i-ontinn..11 ,,liv of this section indicates oil. tlial paper al tins place.
suite late i i February, with tlie « 1 ■■ - * " ——
ceptiou of some very li-lil showers.
iiii.I a siege of intense I.eat Unit lias
Uol been equaled in this latitude
since weather reconls liave l.een kept
Hi lbs state was lu. lieii last i lull's
day evoniiijj anil night by between
one ami two Indies ot rain, since
when wo have enjoyed only ordinary
Biiuiiiicr temperature, which seeuis
cool and pleasant to that preceding
the rain.
Hope lias sprung up anew in the
hearts ol the farmers that they may
yet make at least part of a crop, es-
pecially roughness, aud they have gone
to work Willi energy and viui to plow
and plant cow peas, sorghum, Kafilr
com ami corn. Some fields of corn,
where it was planted late and kept
well nuil frequently cultivated, has
stood the drouth an I heat rcuiaraably
well ami has taken a new lease of
lite, taken on that dark gricn color
w hich betokens vigor and will make
sunie part of a crop jet.
Cotton seems to have withstood j
the drouth and heat better than any |
of the other Held cri ps grown here, (
as uiuub of the He. cy staple plant j
was not materially injured and will j
let make a fair crop should the sea ;
sou prove favorable I rum now on. j
Grass lor lalt pasture and alfalfa)
will he materially lienelilted
turuicrs desiring to sow wl
lull sown crops can now plow their
land and prepare it lo receive the
bee.!, a tiling that was imposalblu to
floiicloiv ilie rain. 'I r.e heat had
been «<> intense so long mai no one,
not evell :i lover, It'll v.rll bill llo\\
sinee ioiiilihons nre more normal,
«veryo e seems more liuoyuiul u;nl,
in I letter npirits.
OUUe
Cp-X*
I'OtfS).
Our seventeenth serns-an-
nual cash, cost and clear-
ing ss.le is now running.
Con t i n lies u n 151 SAT iU R DAY
NIGHT, JULY 29th.
This sale is of great impor-
tance this year, because it
extends the buying power of
your doSJars, when the dol-
lars are rather scarce. Ev-
ery thing of Summer
GOODS at ACTUAL COST.
belnils'; j LOGAN SNOW & MORl ON Co.
3 ' Kiajisshsr
L
A. IT. r.eeolier and wife arrived
here from Orlando Tuesday even-
ing, liaviny driven over for a few
days visit and to look after business
intcrosls*.
A lelier from r -:uk-
lVif\ti aii'i Ktiner slntes lliey sue
getting settleil once more ami Unit
crops ale line inul fruit plentiful in
tlmt portion of Illinois.
Get your coficc at Beenir.n
Korcv 's. They will grind i
VITAL FACTS ARE PRESENTED
Cost cf Ccttir-a Grain ta NtrrVst
rliMy R.ducod Trr;ush Shlpm.nt
Ly W;ter—-e"cf:'.3 Distributed Alt
Over the Ccuntry.
\ou may not know It—you probably
dca'i -but tt la * waiter of tmportiuie.
tj luu tt. Jtlicr tha ivai«rw >; of tt*
t nite.l i .atea r« hawoveil cr uot - i
uail this is true r.o matter who you ;
tr«f, what your busluets Is. or what I
ja:t ot ihe eountry >00 live la. It
r.:uy be that you arc a faruu r a:nl y>u
u'l me t.:at It 11 QonseiK. to say
I hat tt can make any dlfl.reac. to
joa whether tha waterway, of th
eountry are lau roveit or not, b?cau.o
you live away out west, mil*, away
from any river which Is navigable now
*r ever will be.
! Well, I admit that It la not as «asy
to sue as the uralu elevator down at
your railway station, but tlie benefit :
Is there Just the same - a real, sure- ;
enough, ilollars-anil citnts bcoetU. \V -
terway. have already be.n of tremtn-
«tous advantaje to the farmers of tho ,
country and their further Improve,
ment will tiut more money Into your |
yopk.t. and those of your neighbors, j
Take grain for an Illustration A
large rait of the gratu ralstd In the
country is shipped av.ay from the |
place where It Is grown, some for use j
In the eastern stutM and soir.o fur ex-
; pert to Europe. Under these cuudl-
t tlons tho price ot grain Is not flxed
.t the nearest railway station Your
wheat, for Instance, Is worth Just what
It will brlnz in Liverpool—less the
font cf getting It there. You can nee
i at once tiiat It makes a whole lot o!
| difference to you how much It costs
! to send your grain to New York or
Liverpool—and there's where the
waterway conies In.
Where Economy Come. In.
1 In IU0S the average cost of carrying
wheat from Chicago to Uuftalo by lake
■ way one cent a bushel, while the cost
by rail to New York was It." cents—
■ almost twelve times us much, aitlKnlgh
the distance Is Ihe same. But grain
which is to go all the way by water
must be transferred to canal boats at
Buffalo. Little canal boats drawn by
i mules cannot carry stuff as cheaply
as bit ships driven by steam, so tho
1 through rate by water was six cents
a bushel, a little over half as much
BANK OF DOVER
Dover- Oklahoma.
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00.
We invite von to make this bunk vour headquarter*
when in town. We are here to serve the people of this
county. Come in and visit with its. We are always
«lad to talk with you. May be we can be of service to
vou. May be you can help us. We do not allow am
bank ill the country to serve vou better than we; ot
course we do not practice any wild-cat schemes, but we
l:iok after our customers' interests m a way that is
most profitable to them and at the same time protect
our own interests. Start an account with us, \vhetlier
lartre or small, and you will be convinced 01 what we
have said. Our deposits are OUtttlftNTtED. ^
can't lose a penny.
We will make out your legal papers, make you a farm
loan, write your Insurance, sell or trade your farm or
property. Come in and see us.
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A. MITCIIUI.L,
President
C.
3. Sherwood,
Cashier
Cioi.ni'H Smith,
Bookkeeper
Box Springs.
7-10 1011.
Kvrybi.ily is hni'py. NV,,>? i
Well, we luive hail r""' r:,m-
Mr. mul Mrs. Sweel.er entertain-
ed Will 11ooil all'I wife "£ lleini.s*
sey SlinJny.
l.utlier e.i.l«ley mi'l faoiity Mm-
dnyeil ut the Imtne i>I Wi'd Jell-
Die!: I.roves an.I Ah"' i^etirs
l',e< Willie will have eliarge t l :
tin; ('..vie ei.Ui.il !iiu tins season. j
A ear of liav arrived llm lirst «>l !
tlie week Ir.iill Caldwell lor L. 1'ills :
Miss Klieii Lawter Mninluy niii.l. i
The July Woman's Home
Companion
O. C. Weaver, will
all .lay yuesls Mmulay at llie More-
Ill-all liollle.
Mesilaiues Higgins anil Lmis wer.
l Mei. -■ i1'.- . i >",iestA Momlay IIIUTIlOull ol' Mrs.
caile.l at Uie lioine ut Susie Mal ke jp K||ui,ri.ri
Tim J ill v Woinau's Home Compan-
ion contains tlie ilrsl of a series ot
aiiieles describing Intimately the
tk tup out iuio lilt* country iiour Kiel, jjjlrlh m.<1 of some of our most famous
women Nintfers The Hist Article lt
'* u li ' Lillian Nordica. Other artists
a uusnei. a "lllt """
Frcsi, w m
rn hand at St'.ov.deil li l.lii-i a,°raKe. was lower than the rail rato
1 I /■ .. . aft lllltf Iiul Oil t :!6 S 11
o
ble's.
Tuesday Evening Party.
Tlie nicnilior* "f .Mrs. C.eorgc
Miller'^ Sun.lay seliool class hail :i
most otijoyalilo imrty ami pieuio
1'ueslay cveiiin;t - ii Mr. aivl Mrs.
l\ 1). Mauk's luvyii. There were
nine couples present besides several
children, making tlie ntimher lil!.
Stories uf their early experiences in
Oklahoma were rclatnl mul intteli
cnjiyed. A must p,datable supper
was served, lliere being fried cliiek- |prices.
en and all 1 be good things to no- ; |)r Viheent and family anil J. A.
romp my it. Those who are not
attend ng Sunday school are not]
only missing the benefits derived
therefrom but are also missing
there pleasurable little events that
drive dull care away.
irage, ----r-
by f 2 ccnts u busliel. On tue snl -
I mcnts from Lake Superior th® UlKer-
Mrs. i>. Mauk spent a couple | t,nce ^reat;«r stlil.* lnee Duluth Is
or .lavs in Kill-Usher the latter part \ less than 10t «i"«* '"'her
. ; York than Chicago Is y waicr auu
of last week as the guest ol uer sis , ^early miles farther by rail, hut
Ut. : no comparative rates a.-e published.
~ >'"'T ; ;T
afternoon wttli Mrs. .lolm >lilit'i i t:itjon are not confined to t e grain
Mrs. Werner and Mrs. W. I. Moore
were I'Otli in atlcnilanee that day.
. ■ . | jirs Werner and ilau^iiter, Mrs.
it Willi the gasoline engn.e. ^ Jiuore, spent Friday in Dover
1 hev sell gasoline e.i^m. • W(.ru <liiutcr gnosis <>f Mrs. Don
and you call grind vour teed, ! N, , ^ ( l An
run the washing machine and, ^ Mj|lpr>
use one to an ad\ ant.ige in j n
ways. See them for) Ice Cream Soda, Icc Cream
Mrs. Talkington expects to leavi
lllaekforil and latnily spent Sunday
at the T. t,'. Smith home. 'I hoy
went out in the Dr s. car.
Mrs. Kinder, with her two daugh-
ters and a swn, came in Friday even-
ing on Ho from Nashville ami went
out to Kiel the same evening to visit
. 1 uimii^ti'ii v .ipvv. • ,
week or ten days for an ex-1 a daughter and a son living there.
and all cold drinks at Suowdeii
&. Gibble's
Dr. Anglin decided the weather
was too hot to wear even a \ aud\ Ice
beard, so had the barber relieve
him. We saw linn out in his auto
several times before realizing who
he was. Now it he'll have his mus-
tache taken otf the transformation
will be com j lete.
tended trip to West Virginia. Mr
Talkitiglon's mother is in very poor
health and is very desirous that
she should bring the little folks and
and spend some ti me with
her. The weather ts so much
pleasanter, too, there than hero
and crops are line.
Frank lloiieh has left Lincoln,
Nebraska, for Uiiiivpcg, Canada, in
the interests ol the International
Harvester company. He reports
crops in splendid eoLdition and the
wheat will make an abundant
yield if nothing fnrthef happens to
it
Bcw ©arness Sbop
Beechcr's Old Stand.
Just received a nice line of new double and
single harness, collars and pads. Kepair
work neatly done. nmpr
J. N. Jones, Proprietor. ^ '
First published in tho D. vcr Tioyn J.ily Cth 1311
TOW NSMIP B5T2A1 ATI*.
w...xs>cniic;l balance on han;lof tho levy f i
auj previoiw year or yearn [or current cxik-'Wh;
purposes (e;ishon hau.l u^aiiist wiiio i Hi :rt arc
no warmuts or claims outstanJins) $730.00
Cstiuutted current exponsas for eniulnff flsju
year. filoW.'Jw
J^lary of townsliip odlcers. i.t0
ury oI roatl sui*ervisurs, 250,0. y
lloads l«W.w
I Prldffes. culverts, r/iO.OO
Townsliip supplies. Ct.'o.oo
The uno int to be raisetl for the ensulnsr yea"
after (tcitiictini; uncx;ien.l?.l balancs. ♦ lx .o.
We the ikmrii of diroutors o Chnarro
ship. Kingfifchcr County, do hertby certify
that the above estimates were ma le by the
Township Board a^ a meeting held on the ::rd
dyy of July. Mil. ^
tSiffned) O.8. VanOnndy, President,
John Miller, t'lerk,
t'. D. Mauk, Treasurer.
Roard of Directors of Cimarron Township, ivii:c-
lisher County, Ck lahoma.
farm 'loans
Are not made here,
but yon can siet the
'beat jewelry, cut'glass,
clucks and watches of us.
hennessey
holmes BROS.
0. ]£. Snowfcen
proprietor of tlie Restaurant and short or
der formerly owned by Prank Lain.
WE ar.k a continuance of your patronage
and desire to make new customers and friends.
Come anb see us.
First published in the Doves News July 61 h U'll
KSILMATE Oi: SUM COL DISTRICT
NO. 51.
To the Exdse Soard of KinsflsherCottnty.Okls.
| Unexpended balance on hand for any previous
year or years for current ex|tense pttnwsei-
1. cash on hand n«ai:ist which there aro no war-
rants or legal claims outstanding.
Total
Amount needed from pcncral fund.
For salary of teachers «t hree.) 13W.no
For repairs 100 00
" I For janitor i two. >
For other item* i incidentals.)
Total needed lMG.OO
Less amount from other sources and co -h
on hand .WW
Net an*.aunt needed from general fund levy 1246.00
tse the trustees of Distridt No. &1 do hereby
certify that the above estimates were made by
the Hchool Board at a meeting held on the
Third day of July 1C11.
Signed.
C4. b. VanGnndy, ( lerk
t:itlon, uic u«i
shipped from cities on tho lakeB, but
extend to practically all tho grain
produced. The total production of j
tho five principal esreals wlioat, ,
corn natr-, liar'.cv and rye— ilurlns the .
pa t 40 years, wis <> er 120.0(.-0j>00,0n0
bushels. If the avcrase udilltlon jo
the value of tills vast volume of grala
vou five cents a bushol. anil that
faeir.s n moderate flsur.. In view of
; .o facts stated above, the Iota Is
more than ?r.,000,000.000-nearly all of
which has gone into tho pockets of the
farmers.
Uut while the beneficial effect of the
waterways extends to a surprising dls-
tanco, a waterway close hy exerts a
very much more direct anil powerful
tnfluenco than one a Ion? way off. if
the Great Lakes and the Erie <-anal
have increased the value of grain all
over the west, what do you suppose
would happen If the Mississippi. MIs-
goarl. Arkansas and Ited rivers were
bo improved that boats could run ev-
ery day In the year unless hindered
by ice?
Mcney Needsd for Work*
The National Rivers and Harbor*
congress la working for the improve-
ment of the rivers, harbors and woter-
wavs In all parts of the United States^
Chairman Alexander of the rivers and
harbors committee, says that S3.50.00i .-
«0 will complete every project which,
has been begun or has been recom-
mended by the army enslneora. Five
hundred million dollars would prob- •
ablv ilnlsh up all ot these and all tlio.
, new projects which will be surveyed
'-1 and adopted within the next few years.
The average annual production of
the live principal cereals, which dar-
ing the last ten years has been 4,151,-
000 000 bushels, has been steadily In-
creasing ani will jrciahiv cont.aue.
to increase for some time to come.
The complete Improvement of all
our waterways would Increase the
value or every bushel of grain pro-
duced by at least live cenls—my own
opinion is that It would be more than
that.
But let us be on the safe side. Sup-
pose we spend a billion dollars on
waterways Insterd of a half billion;
suppose that the production of grain
remains as tt Is Instead of Increasios;
and suppose that the price of grain Is
increased only 2V4 cents a bushel In-
stead of five
Even so. with production stationary,,
th, expense doubled and the benefit
eut In half, the whole 1.000.000.0<l0
would be returned In less than ten
years in the increased price of grain
aleae.
Sunday. |
Uu r.'iinl aii'l family visit*'! at
Uiu hoi.iMof A. I.. Muyt-x tiumlny.
Dr. Vinci "t «'as cnllt'il out t"
Cluiil.H William* iSaltinlay to
1,otii.se Oaks.
lvl' Mauri;. wifo ami iil>'P Math-
ew ' *pfiit tlif Uli lllu A'
Mayes liuim;.
Mm. I.uoy Ui'lglfy ami cliililrcii
relumed U> llover hutui'lay.
There «n a select picnic at the
home of Charles l.«n« H"' ll1'-
They hull a li-li >'iy mid ''• cream
mi.! a real ol<l-fasliioiie.l Uli.
There were lOli'ulo dinner mid all
report a good time.
Mr. Benson and wife entertained
John McIntosh and family, Will
J, tt and wife, Art Altizur and fain
ily
the ltli.
One of the j.lcasant affairs of the
wetk was lhe house parly given hy
Mr<. l.ulher Ridley for her sister,
Mrs. Lliey Kidney. Thuse in at-
tendance were: Charlie Long and
wife, Harvey IJcnsoii and wife ami
Will Jett and wife. Ice cream and
cake were served and at a late hour
nil returned lioinu reporting a tine
lime, ^
Missis Alary I'uls, Lenora Hums
Ktliel Cole ami Helen <lra\ are at
toiull.'iu normal at Kiugllslier
who are lo lie included ill the series
.ire: Mary ti irilen. lltf.ssie Abolt, Kin-
mv lieslInn and Scliinnann-lleink.
' Tli" July t'oinpanlon coiiliilns 'a
■ number ol ;ir!Icles which convey 111-
1 iui'iual ion ut value lo iiousekeetiers in
ilie summer seasun. Among iliese aro
I articles mi "Ilow lo Cook Summer
■ VeK.ilatilea'1 mul ''tlooil SalM<la fur.,
i Suuiiner."' These articles ill udilltlon,
1)V Merrill, tlie I lemicssev : l" numerous coiurlbulluu to Hie rasa.
. .. J i ' mii, iiotisf .t ui. Ihiiu-j decuraiicii ana
dentist IS here every 1 licscl.13 .1 |ujit.|..lfM]l.piirlments, Uiuke a (treat,
UOll't forget it. I collection ot useful and interesting
l'res Willie mul Albert lliair are read it in- , j|
at work repairiut! Hie south pin and Tliein are len stories in the ni'ir'bar,
iriaiuw it in shape for llie colt-ii! which are varied ai il ciitertulniuB. ,
iSJine of llie contributors 011 llciidn
cr"l'- | are: Zona (/ale, Cliarlea llattell Loomf
lo litis olllce
Reports are coining to linn oOloe (iraooS Klcliniond, .lennctte 1jN|
tliuL a ti(iuibet* « 1 |MM*ptu ill tlie etiuii* | (J X uii«l A M NN illluiiibou tunl Muiy
try tire luivitiir all their eliickctts J llusl^Jugs.
will be
Kvjui«;elienl
llev. Cior-
Htok'ii.
Hciiumbrr there
ti 111<tli avrviera :il the
chureti Sumlay evuniu^
ton will i reueli.
I a \rt - Alter h several days visit here
•ind "lLirvcy Benson and wifol jim ltlacKlord mul tvilo lay
evening returned to their home iu
Oklalioma City.
J. \V. Williams, who travels for
llie l'awnoii-Carpenter l-'ruit Co.,
lias changed Ins date lor coming to
Dover and now comes on Monday.
Ed I'uls recently closed a deal
A special feature Is the color work
In the July Coiii|miiIoii. <>no notablo
Illustration in color is a full pane re-
pioduction of a paiiitiii(r by F Ifop-
kiusoii Sniilli cntllleld "The Leaning
Tower of San Cnslello."
"Ilo Wonion Want, to Vote," "Ten-
nis and Caiineins," "My Ilappieest
Vacation," aid " Ihe Canvas Villa"'
are llie subjects of lurther interesthtg
contributions.
"The Doctor's f'aRe," contains ad-
vice by all eminent physician as 10
bow lo keep well iu summer.
Charles Staplesnnd wife wereh<*a
^ from Hennessey Sunday visititij;
mtli T. O. forney wlierehy | relatives anil with W. P. Kimerer
the foiincr becomes the owner ol ! mid wife were dinner guests at til®
three lots in Lascrucea, New Mexico. Wtlderman home.
LiltU Louise Oaks returned Mon
. ,, v , dav evening to her home in Okla-
^^T^jlioma City after quite a lengthy
visit here with her gra::dpcrent8.
Clms. I lusted atid wife wero down
from Lacy spending'*"' 4th at tin '
home of A. L. Ma.ws and Mrs
Maves and son. FratiS, returned
home with theiii on Wednesday j
and stayed until Friday. \ , |
Uwis Juhnron was here frirf?
Kingfisher one day the first of me,
week.
Mrs. Hewitt and daughter, Mis?
Illaiiche, were Saturday visitors in;
Kingfisher.
Mrs. Ilnrve Jameson, accompa-
nied by Mrs. George Jameson of
Okeene, were here here from King- j
fisher the liist of the week visiting!
Mis. B. F. Watson.
This week we printed bills announ- j
cing a celebration in House s grove, | _
east Of here, in which the colored|
people of Banner, Excelsion, ' Union |
and Columbia townships will com-
memorate tlie emancipation of the;
Slaves on the llaylieu Islands 111 j
IS01.
TI,co. Little who has heen living j
in the Mi?« Minnie Fletcher prop-,
ertv in the west pur t of town has
secured a good pos.tion in a mill at
Kingfisher and luH week moved his
family there and Levi Caddis o
Hennessey now oc-.-upics the p.'acr,
moving 10 il 1 uosdsy.
WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY
vS„ Bi:
Wnlehmaker and .Jeweler.
Special allenlinn given lo fine walclies.
All work (juaranleerl.
U. *W. HILL.
En PfLS.
dover LAND CO.
Farm Loans and Insurance,
Trading a specLalty in veal estate and stock.
HILL S? PULS, Dover
n
5
A
[-{ainipocks
This is the t'mc of year to
enjoy <3 siring in the ham-
mock. Get one at Saur.s
Drug Store in Hennessey.
The price is right.
I
| SAUR'S Drug Storet Hennessey,
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