Renfrew's Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1919 Page: 3 of 8
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RENFREW’S RECORD, ALVA, OKLAHOMA
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CORD TIRES
Big, clean-cut in
appearance, they give
an excess mileage
even for Cord Tires.
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TOUGH, WEAR-RESISTING TREADS
E. L. Holloway, Dealer
Alva, Okla.
FOR SALE
2525 acres said to be the finest and best equipped ranch
of its sire in the State. 1600 acres rich limestone soil, will
produce anything that grows. Balance is rough pasture,
will make good winter range. 450 acres is now in culti-
vation, balance is in hay meadow, 1600 acres can be put
in cultivation if desired. Improvements are the best, all
lighted up with electric lights. One and a half miles from
a city of the first class which has an interurban railroad
running to McAlester, also fine shale road from McAlest-
to ranch. Ranch well improved; large ranch house, five
other sets of houses, hay sheds, silo, tool house, milks
ouse, large cattle barn, extra horse barn, large chicken
house, etc. All fenced and cross fenced and well watered
This can be bought for $40.00 an acre. Reasonable terms
can be had.
We have other smaller ranches and some splendid farms
ranging from $30.00 an acre on up. We are located in a
splendid rain belt.
Never fail to make a crop of some kind, and raise most
anything that grows- Wheat, corn, cotton, alfalfa, oats,
potatoes, cain, etc.
Walter A. Evans & Go. Farm Lands
203 E. Choctaw
McAlester, Okla.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office June 27th, 1919.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
NOTICE is hereby given that
James A. Downen of Abbie, Oklaho-
ma, who, on May 1 1916, made Home-
stead Entry, No. 010654, for W 1-2
NW 1-4, Section 23, Township 29
North, Range 18 West, Indian Merid-
ian, has filed notice of intention to
make Final “Three Year” Pioof, to
establish claim to the land above rfe-
'scribed, before Court Gerk, Woods
County, State of Oklahoma, at Al-
va, Oklahoma, ou the 8th day of
August, 1919-
Claimant names as witnesses:
Martin King of Lookous, Oklahoma.
R. S. Evans, of Alva, Oklahoma.
Job Downen, of Abbie, Oklahoma.
Frank Zimmerman, of Freedom, Ok-
lahoma. J. Y. CALLAHAN,
Register.
FOR SALE
A Farm of 119 acres, well improved.
9 mile* northwest of Alva. Price
$5000.00-
E. W. BURNIDGE
7-18-2t-pd. Owner.
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aged for eight seasons by Nature's way—in wooden hogs-
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Judo*'Velvet with your epee wide open, ft is jpet the
good old honest tobacco that it looks and smells
But the mellow, mellow, mellowness—the coolness and
the comfort of itl The taste! Well, a pipeful of Velvet
proves more than a page of print Play Ball.
Want a mild, tasty cigarette?
Roll one with Velvet.
Amnia**
-the friendly tobacco
FRITZLEN COIN’S
The sprin g crops are showing thi
effect of the continued dry weather,
but little is at this writing irretriev-t
(ably damaged- Roasting ears are
j plentiful.
Threshing is the principal topic of
conversation. Same Ebersole’s wheat
is reported to have averaged 27 bush-
jels on his home place. Les Elmore’s
wheat made 20 bushels. Sam Scott’s*
er place 24.
15 and Jo e Heaton’s *>n the Magrud-
Many farmers in this neighborhood*
areb uying threshing machines thi#
year. Will Mants, Ralph Frenary*
Geo. Keck and John Hood bought
(J. W. Nordyke’s outfit for $1500. Mr.
Nordyke intends to permanently re-
tire from the business. Floyd Car-
rel and Lorenz Kranz have bought
big outfi t south of Alva, brought It*
home and are now busy threshing.-
Ola Mitts bought a new separator'
to work with his tractor. Frank Mitta :
bought Joel Daughertee’s 24-httfc*
separator and hired Geo- HassingerV
tracior to furnish the power. Elmer
Tiherghien and several neighbors
bought the Henderson outfit near'
Avard. Numerous small outfits are’
being purchased all over Woods
county. The custom threshers are'
charging from 30 to 40 cents per ’
bushel for threshing or $30.00 per’
lour: to escape this enormous ex-*
pense farmers buy tractors and small
separators. ;
Emmet Abel has sold the NE 1-4,
6-27-14, to Will Clark and is prepar-
ing to move on the Pancoast place
which he purchased this spring. John
Raker is moving on the place he
bought of Harry Brown. Ed Know
is preparing to move on the Beers:
ranch. Jim Doolin will shortly trans-
fer his earthly belonging to the
Davis farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan O’Neill and Mrs.
Jerry Donovan visited with Mrs.
arpman and with the Ed Harrington
family last Sunday. Mrs- Donovan
is reporting as saying that they had
given up the lea of moving to Wich-
ita this autumn.
Mrs Emory Sayre of Pawnee, Ok-
lahoma, ha been visiting her
brothers, the Elmore boys, the past
two weeks.
Miss Jessie tarred is reported to
have taken an aeroplane flight at
Hardtner during the celebration at
that place.
John Higgins writes from Dodge
City on July 24th. that they had yet
100 acres of wheat to harvest. They
had several big rains, plenty of labor
trouble and 70 Oacres of heavy wheat
to stretch the harvest days well thrw
the summer.
Grandma Isenbart and daughter,
Mable returned from a week’s visit
with relatives at Oklahoma City last
week.
Mrs. W. D. Marsh has happily re-
covered from her illness, due to be-
ing overcome by the heat some two
weeks ago.
Frank Cunningham and Harry
Lieurance helped Jim Seaman put up
his alfalfa for a share of the crop
some days last week.
Geo. Miller has sold his little Sax-
on car- Geo. and his grandmother
expect to soon take a trip to Cali-
fornia for a visit with relatives.
Dave Harrington was seen carrying
his pond right hand all tied up.
Haven’t learned whether he got hurt
cranking the car or th. teVnhone.
YOURS TRULY.
MfRABILE
O. S. Roberts was confined to hl»
bed a part of last week with an at-
tack of sciatic rheumatism.
Miss Mildred Pitts who has beei»
visiting her father and brother at
Kiowa, Texas, the past six weeks re-
turned home Friday.
Godfrey Isenbart of Cold water,
Kansas visited his sister, Mrs. Geo.
Mitts Sunday.
Miss Edna George is visiting among
friends near Cherokee this week.
Miss Mvrtle Mitts went to Cold-
water, Kan., Sunday ind jvill visif
among relatives there.
W. G. Lamo":t purchased i new
Ford car las t week.
Captain T. L- Dyer and wife and
daughter, Alice visited the Captain’s,
sister. Mrs. Lula Martin, Sunday,
and then spoke at the MirabRe church
in .the evening where he met many
of his schoolmates and friends 'of
former years. He gave an account
of his persona! experiences it the
wmkt while in France.
Farmers are all very husv thr-'sh-
irg wheat. The yield being about
fifteen bushel* per acre, which is
abou one-half the prospects prom-
ised just before cutting.
Rev. W. G. Lamont and wif and
daughter visile dat the horn; of
Mi and M-s. Harmon Roberts-,
northwest of Hardtner Saturday and
Sunday
Charlie Ctirra.i and fami'v of t ap-
ron drove ovei to Mirabilc Sunday
evening in their new Ford touring
car to hear Captain Dyer speak.
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Renfrew, J. P. Renfrew's Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1919, newspaper, August 1, 1919; Alva, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1076734/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.