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RENFREW'S RECORD
Vol. 1 1
ALVA. WOODS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. MAY 3, 1912
No 25
The Wichita Business Association is
(ioing Visiting.
It is going to take a Trade Trip
■beginning the morning of May 13
and ending at the close of the week.
it will have a special train of Pull*
man cars, its own diner and baggage
cars, and will carry literature and
advertising features.
Eighty business men of Wichita,
representing various commercial
and manufacturing lines, will be on
the train. They want to visit with
the towns and people along the way,
having a good time, talking a little
business, and inviting everybody to
come up to Wichita and see what a
good place it is.
A stop will be made as long as
conditions and railroad schedule will
permit. This will vary in different
places from ten minutes to half an
hour.
Night stops will be made at El
Reno, Alva, Amarillo, Dalhart, and
Pratt.
The line of march will be south
over the Rock Island by way of Wel-
lington, Caldwell and on down to
El Reno; doubling back by the way
of Alva and on through the Panhan-
dle division of the Santa Fe to Am-
arillo; thence by Rock Island to Tu-
cumcari; and up to Herington on
the Rock Island and home again by
way of Rock Island to Wichita.
The trade boosters from Wichita
•want to see as many people on this
trip as possible, and to have as
friendly a visit as the time and cir-
cumstances will permit.
This train will visit Alva Tuesday
night, May 14, at 5 o'clock, remain-
ing that night and leaving at 6:15
AVednesday morning.
MAI* OF NORTH AMERICA.
United States Geological Survey Is-
sues New Map of Continent.
How many people would guess
that the Atlantic end of the Panama
Canal is on the west coast of Pana-
ma and that the Pacific end is on
the east coast? Look at the map
and see how the east coast of the
Isthpus becomes a west coast. Al-
though there is nothing new’ in the
publication of a map of the conti-
nent of North America, it is worthy
of note that the United States Geo-
logical Survey has just issued a large
map of North America, 28 by 38
inches, in three colors. This is
probably the most accurate general
map of its character that has yet
been published and is particularly
well adapted for school work. It is
on a scale of 158 miles to 1 inch,
which is sufficient to show in consid-
erable detail the major geographic
divisions, such as States and prov-
j inces. Colorado thus extends 2 %
I inches east and west and Cuba 4 M
inches the longest way. The map is
sold by the Director of the Geologi-
cal Survey, Washington, D. C., at
the nominal price of 20 cents a copy,
or at a discount of 40 per cent in
case as many as 25 maps are order-
ed. This wholesale rate covers
simply cost of paper and printing.
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Counsel and Advice is Sought.
“Elmer France is rapidly becoming recognized as
one of the strong men in the state—his counsel and ad-
vice is sought for because it is at all times backed by a
trained and unselfish intellect. "—Daily Pioneer, Apr. 23.
Let’s see, wasn’t it Elmer’s “counsel and advice
backed by his trained and unselfish intellect” that
suggested the plan to hold a rump convention and rob
the Woods county democracy of representation in the
state convention last February?
Lest we forget, here is the list of the rump dele-
gates;
J. R. Gamble, Pete Connelly, M. E. France, R. S.
Goodno, Dr. A. J. Butts, Hodd McConkey, D. S.
Woodson, Steve Stecfi, Floyd Miller, Perry A. Monroe,
W. J. Parsons, W. D. Wilkinson, J. E. Kavanaugh.
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KAKI,Y KANSAS INCIDENT.
Recently Mrs. I1, p. Elder died up
in Kansas. she was 8S years old,
and had lived In Kansas since 1857.
Her husband, P. P. Elder, now 87
years old, Is still living. P. p. Elder
had been prominent in the territor-
ial days and border war struggles up
there.
J. AV. MAXEY DEAD.
As stated In last week's Record,
J. \\. Maxev, well known here, died
suddenly in La Junta, Colo., Monday,
April 2 2. He died at the residence
of his brother, Charley Maxey. The
retnuins accompanied by Mrs.-Maxey
and her mother, Mrs. Winter and
DAOOMA TELEPHONE MEN’ HERE
AY HAT THE RECORD CORRE-
SPONDENTS ARE DOING.
The following is a summary of
the work done by the correspondents
of Retyrew's Record, as news gath-
erers for the first four months of
1912:
Number of Neighborhoods hea;d
from in January ........... 47
Number of neighborhoods heard
from in February ......, ... 47
Number of neighborhoods heard
from in March ............. 41
Number of neighborhoods heard
from in April .............. 34
Number of letters received in
January .................. 99
Number of letters received in
February ...........94
Number of letters received in
March ................... 19g
Number of letters received in
April .................... 7g
Mr. O. L. Glasgow, president of
the Dacoma Telephone Co., and Mr.
J. M. Bonner were in the city
Thursday- to raise funds from the
business men to build one-half of an
open free line from Alva to Dacoma,
Dacoma meeting Alva half way. They
met with the commercial club
Thursday evening. The club unan-
imously approved the proposition
and President Gascho appointed a
committee, consisting of Louis Mill-
er, L. Schuhmacher and J. P. Ren-
frew to assist the gentlemen in so-
liciting the funds. This is a good
measure and will do much toward
promoting good will between the
communities. The business men are
responding liberally as we go to
press and there is no doubt but what
the money will he promptly raised.
FIRE TEAM OCT.
CHAUTAUQUA TIME
IS APPR0ACHIH6
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Outline of Program for the Big
Event almost Completed.
an-
but
WEEK OF JULY Mi
No^ all the speakers can be
nounced at this time perhaps,
Chautauquas this year are forced to
hold back on their big men because
of the elections.
There will be a grand featuring of
music and entertainment, and all the
big speeches that can be rung in.
The band is in Italy right now. It
is the same band that made the en-
N'Oiri'HWESTERN FACULTY
ELECTED.
The State Board of Education has,
without a single exception, elected
the present faculty of the Northwest-
ern Normal School for the coming
year. This is very gratifying to the
friends of the school. It show’s that
President Grumbine and the teachers
have conducted the great school in
such a manner as to meet the ap-
proval of the board and that the
dissensions and conflict of authority
that have at times marrld the rep-
utation of the school, are things of
the past.
The following is an amended list:
Grant B. Grumbine, president;
Wm. Hugh Wood, professor psychol-
ogy and director of training school;
G. W. Stevens, professor of biology;
A. G. Vinson, professor of geogra-
r\v and agriculture; E. A. Herod,
On Thursday evening, April 23th,
the fire alarm sounded and the fire
was soon located at 319 Center
Street, at the home of W. W. Brand,
the U. S. Express agent. Consider-
able damage was done to clothing,
building, rugs and furniture, but the
fire boys soon had the fire under con-
trol. Mr. Brand and family were
away from home at the time and
tire Redpath-Horner Chautauqua1 .. ,
. 4 professor of mathematics; Mamie
tour last summer, and because of a j ,, „ . , „ ■
a a . .. McCulloch, professor of English;
demand everywhere, they are brought I . T ... .. , . t 8 , ’
i 1 . t. , Reea Loving Watt, assistant profes-
back. They have rehearsed in Italy
. . , , ,sor of English; Minnie Shockley, as-
all winter and nrpnarpH an onticoiv I ;*
sistant professor of English; liettie
have no idea how the fire originated.
Fire Chief Howard’s opinion is that
Number of letters received in | the fire originated among the cloth-
four months ..............371 ling from a lamp or match and that
Number of items or locals re- [the fire was smouldering for
ceived in January ........ 1354 time before it broke out.
some
---------- He values
Number of items or locals re- I the damage to the building at $80.00
ceived in February ....... 1364 and to contents $260. The building
is owned by Manly Young of Jesup,
Number of items or locals re-
ceived in March..........1570
Number of items or locals re-
ceived in April........... 1128
Total number of items receiv-
ed in four months ........ 541c
March appears to be the banner
month for correspondence, but that
month had five issues of the Record.
April shows that spring has come
nnd that our correspondents are get-
ting busy putting in crops, making
garden, raising chickens, etc., and
have less time to hunt items.
We hope to hear from our corre-
spondents just as often as through
the winter months, even if they do-
not have so much to write about.
Iowa. The property was fully in-
sured, but still it is quite, a loss to
Mr. Brand.
SHAW—BUCHANAN.
Married at the home of the
‘bride’s parents, Judge and Mrs. I.
B. Lawhon, of this city, by Rev. Le-
Roy Thompson, Mr. James O. Shaw
-of Kansas City, Missouri, and Miss
Stella Buchanan, of this city. Mr.
Shaw is a successful business man
and the bride is a graduate of the
Northwestern and one of Woods
county’s most successful teachers.
The newly wedded pair have hosts
of friends in Alva and Woodward
county, who wish them a long and
happy wedded life. They will make
itheir home at Liberal, Kansas.
HON. MILAS LAKSATER HERE.
Milas Lassater, State Insurance
Commissioner, under Governor Ha3-
keil, was in Alva last Thursday and
I called dn the Record. Mr. Lassater
'is now State Supervisor for the
Equitable Life Insurance Co., of
New York, and he visited Alva with
A. R. Shultz of El Reno, who has
recently been* appointed manager of
the western division of Oklahoma,
for the Equitable. Mr. W. W. Carlin
the real estate man, has accepted
the local agency for the company.
Mr. Lassater has a position that
suits him better than a state office,
one that pays better and has the
promise of more permanency. He
was a member of the constitutional
convention from Pauls Valley and
visited his old colleague, Dr. G. N.
Bflby, while here.
BOB EWING OF SUPPLY HERE.
Bob Ewing, Steward of the State
Hospital for the Insane, at Supply,
was an Alva visitor last Friday. Mr.
Ewing is a pleasant gentleman to
meet and he is making good In the
.institution at Supply,
all winter and prepared an entirely
new program under Victor's direc-
tion.
Sibyl Sammis MacDermid is the
great Chicago operatic soprano. She
was four years with the Metropolitan
Grand Opera Company of New York
City, and has sung with some of the
largest symphony orchestras of the
world. She will be accompanied 'by
her distinguished husband, James
G. MacDermid, the composer. Mr.
MasDermid is the head of a large
musical publishing house in Chicago
and has ritten much of the music
Mrs. MacDermid will sing in her
Chautauqua recitals. He is an ac-
companist of rare ability.
Ruth Bowers, the violinist, has
played some in Eastern Chautauquas,
never in the West. She is the great-
est violinist of the Chautauqua plat-
form, and is the Maude Powell of
the Chautauqua.
There are seven musical compan-
ies—one for each day of the Chau-
tauqua.
Mrs. McIntyre of the Harmony Con
cert Company, Is a former soprano
of Victor Herbert's Orchestra.
Laurant, the illusionist, is the
highest paid man in his line. He has
equipment that jcost several thous-
and dollars. He is right now build-
ing new equipment and a special pro-
gram for the Chautauqua.
The Raweis Company are three
native New Zealanders.
Belle Kearney is the greatest wo-
man lecturer and author the South
has produced in this generation. She
is the only woman that has ever pre-
sented any measure before a commit-
tee of the United States Senate. She
has traveled in every civilized coun-
try on the globe, and many that are
not civilized. She has lectured in
many foreign countries and in every
State In the Union, including Alaska
and the Island possessions.
The children's department will be
in charge of Mrs. Helen Bradford
Paulsen of the University of West
Virginia, a woman of national fame
as an expert on cfaildrne's play.
There" will be two programs each
day, afternoon and night.
The Chautauqua is managed by
local men, through the co-operation
of the Redpath-Horner System.
There are more than a hundred
and thirty Redpath-Horner Chautau-
quas.
A. Brown, assitant professor of Eng-
lish; W. E. Sloat, professor of for-
eign languages; C. S. Warren, as-
sistant professor of foreign lang-
uages; Lawrence C. Yeardlev, pro-
fessor of manual training; Charles
D. Johnson, professor of physics and
chemistry; Grace Stegall, professor
of art; Sarah Crumley, professor of
domestic science; Henrietta Pyle,
professor of public school music;
Ada B. Woodward, professor of pi-
ano; Florence Fallon, critic teacher;
Blanche V. Bussey, critic teacher;
Lula A. Eddy, critic teacher; Pearl
Crawford, critic teacher; Jane H.
Abbott, librarian; Vanessa Kite, sec-
retary; Wm. Vetter, engineer; O.
L. Valentine, janitor; A. L. West,
janitor.
Frank S. Wyatt, professor of his-
tory; H. Clay Fisk, assistant profes-
sor of mathematics.
Later has was a leading pop- j Mr. Charles Maxey, arrived In Alva
ulist statesman. A man of strong over the Santa Fe Saturday at one
points, resourceful and every ready j o’clock p. m. Mrs. Laura Brooke of
in debate, he had not received an Muskogee, and her uncle and aunt
early education and his use of the! Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Mathews of Ei
Kings English was often a source J Reno, arrived some days before.
Funeral services were held at the
residence of Ike McHenry, west
I lynu Avenue, on Sunday afternoon
at one o’clock, the sermon being
preached by the Rev. LeRoy Thomp-
son, pastor of the Presbyterian
. - church. A large congregation • of
one of the doors over which was in-) relatives and friends were presenl
scribed the motto of Kansas, "Aft
Astra per Aspera.” The Duke paus-
ed to read. Desiring to help him
out Speaker Elder chimed In,
"Them words is Latin."—Watonga
Republican.
of amusement even to his friends.
While Eider was speaker of the
Kansas lower house years ago, the
Duke Alexis visited Kansas to hunt
Buffalo, with Buffalo Bill. Elder
was showing the Duke the sights in
the Kansas capital. They came to
TWO PIANO RECITALS.
Miss Nina Beers will give a piano
recital in Assembly Hall of the North
western, Monday evening. May 6th.
Miss Marguerite Fennessey will
give a piano recital in the Assembly
Hail, Tuesday evening, May 7th.
These young ladies have been under
the careful instruction of Miss Ada
Woodward, professor of Piano in the
Northwestern and they are graduat-
ing with high honors. There will
be no admission fee and the friends
and general public can depend upon
it that they will be well entertained
by the splendid program given each
evening.
TORNADOES ON THE RAMPAGE.
A number of tornadoes In South-
western Oklahoma and Southern
Kansas, left death and destruction
in their wake Saturday and Sunday,
April 27 and 28. Over 20 are re-
ported dead and upwards of 100 in-
jured. The towns of Lugert, Rocky,
Blair and Martha were badly wreck-
ed. Yukon and Calumet also suf-
fered by severe storms. It would he
well to keep the storm cave in good
shape for immediate use for the next
few weeks.
and the floral tributes were many
and beautiful At the close of the
services the remains were followed
to the A. O. U. W. cemetery where
they were laid to rest.
J. W. Maxey was born In London,
Madison county, Ohio, February 11,
186?, and was GO years, two months
and 11 days of age at the time of
his death. Mr. Maxey came west
when a young man, and roamed over
many states, but Alva has been his
home most of the time since Octo-
ber, 1893. He was a kind husband
and father and had many friends.
The sympathy of the community are
with the bereaved wife and daughter
and other relatives. .1
WON’T UK SCOOPED.
Only a short time ago I heard oi
a young colored girl who has the
earmarks of a reporter—a journalisl
In embryo. It was in a mission school
In the south where a huge gong ir
the hall Bounded the close of each
recitation period, that this girl was
confronted near the end of the less
son with a question which she could
not answer. It was no disgrace not
to know the answer, but to let the
teacher see that she did not know—
was different. An awful silence fol-
lowed the query but the day was
saved when this reply waij forthcom-
ing—“Miss H., Ah b'lleve Ah heah
the bell a flxin’ for to ring." Find
the girl who can hear a bell "a Axin’
for to ring” and you won’t be scoop-
ed while she is on the job.—Bowling
Green (O.) Tribune.
ORGANIZE SONS OF VETERANS.
Judge W. M, Bickel has received
the charter applied for by the com-
mittee and gives notice that a Camp
of Sons of Veterans will be organ-
ized in the County Court room, Fri-
day evening, May 3rd. As soon as
the charter members are sworn in
the officers will be elected. It is
hoped that all interested will come
out and help, so that the Camp will
be In good working order for Mem-
orial and Decoration Day services.
NOT OUR FRED HOYT,
SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 21* CLONES.
HON, TOM S. BALLEW, HERE
School closed at. High Spring,
Tom Ballew, candidate for the j Dlstriet 22, April 26. Enrollment
Democratic nomination for congress. |1>er ceDt attendance 94 plus,
man of the Second district, arrived IBretta IJaya, Robert Paya, Fred
over the Rock Island, Saturday af-, ar*cer, Lizzie Parker and Edna
There was much interest amom
our people in the report that Free
Hoyt and wife, formerly of ol<
Woods county, near Driftwood, ha<
been lost in the Titanic disaster. 1
later report gave their names amoni
the list of rescued. It now devel
ops that the Hoyt saved Is a prom
Inent business man of New York
and that the Oklahoma Hoyts ari
probably safe in Africa, where the;
went a few years ago as missioaar
ies. The Fred Hoyt known here ii
a cousin of Marshal Hiatt, of thii
city, and u graduate of Stelh
Friends Academy.
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ternoon, but owing to the high wind Bar*{er vvere neither absent nor tar-
prevailing, the street, speaking was jc,urinK eight months. An enjoy-
postponed until evening. The even-
ing meeting was held in the district
court room. There was a fairly
good attendance, but the threaten-
ing indications of an approaching
storm put the speaker to a great
disadvantage and shortened his
speech to 30 or 40 minutes. Howev-
er, in that short time Mr. Ballew
convinced his hearers that he was
big enough to represent the people
of the second district In congress.
He holds that the tariff is the most
important issue before the people,
but he spoke chiefly in regard to the
Initiative, the referendum and the
recall, all of which he thinks will
have a tendency to purify politics and
convince office-holders that they are
the servants of the people, instead
of their masters. As the people are
the source of all government, they
should be allowed the privilege of
exercising their rights in making
laws and recalling unworthy public
servants. Mr. Ballew will come to
The M. E. Ladies Aid Society will
have a Food Sale at Talktngton’s
Grocery Store, South Side, on Satur-
1 day. Come and get supplies for that
Alva again when weather conditions.Sunday dinner. Chicken, home-made
are more favorable. | bread, cake and1 pie.
able dinner was given by the ladies
of the district, after which the boys
played a game of ball. This was fol-
lowed by a lively ciphering match,
which all enjoyed.
Harry W. Houghton, Teacher.
DEATH OF GRANT SHIGLEY
OF BARBER COUNTY.
Grant G. Shigley, popular pioneer
merchant of Lake City, Kansas, well
known to many Woods county citi-
zens, died at his home Monday night,
April 29th, after a few days’ illness.
Grant was a splendid citizen and w ill
be generally mourned.
FOOD SALE; M. E. LADIES
AID SOCIETY.
The Venetian Troubadours, coir
ing here one day of the Chautauqui
made their first notable appearanc
at the Venetian Gondolier Excui
sions in Venice, at the time of th
visit of King Edward to that city,
number of years ago. They hav
played at Royal Commons on sever
al occasions; at the seating of th
cabinet In Rome; on the Roy^i
YachJ, Savoy, and won honors ac
corded few’ organizations of Venice
Tn America they have appeared fo
whole seasons at Brighton Beach, a
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Nev
York City, and at more than a dozet
notable resorts. It is one of the mos
magnificent musical organization
that has ever been known. This i
their first trip west of the Alleghan;
Mountains.
PENSION DAY DINNER.
Old Soldiers and members of tl
W. R. C. and Ladies of the O. A. I
Circle will remember that Saturda
May 4th, will be held the quarter
Pension Day Dinner, at the G. A. 1
hall, over Renfrew's furniture stor
Dinner will be furnished to ail othei
at 25 cents each. These dinners at
becoming quite a feautre of tt
kindred O. A. R. organizations.
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