Renfrew's Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1919 Page: 3 of 8
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COL. W. W. CAMPBELL
AUCTIONEER
Office Phone 255, Residence Phone 134.
spot. One evening last week Mrs.
Doolen availed herself of the trusty
Ford to go to the far side of the
farm to a cornfield for roasting ears.
The car became stalled in a cow
pa<h and the engine killed. Mrs* *
Doolen and the children got out of
the car without taking the precau-
tion of setting the emergency brake.
Upon finding nothing wrong with
thte car they straightened the wheels
around and pushed it across the
rut. Surrounded by frisky kine and
cayuses in the green pasture made
the dinky old Ford restive, the en-
gine started an dthe road lizard head-
ed straight fo rthe mudhole with
Mrs. Doolin and the kids in frantic
pursuit. Bumping into the opposite
bank it broke a wheel, bent the front
axle broke off the radiator and sus-
tained sundry other injuries. Now
it rests supinely in the shade of the
cottonwood until Jim can get away
from threshing long enough to get
the repairs and put humpty dumpty
together again.
YOURS TRULY.
DISTRICT 111
Mrs. W. E. Seylor was called to
Iowa ,to be at the bedside of her son
who was to unde: go an operation.
Mrs J. H. Bageostos, who is at til*.
A!\a Hospital for medical trea*mcnl
is slowly imp- r.\ i g-
Mrs. E. M. Elwards spent few
da\s last week with her son Will,
•and family at Y>t‘.
Mr. Peter l rteivman purchased a
threshing outfi from Dahl Degeer
last week an dis threshing for him-
self.
Harry Stewart’s threshing machine
was topped for two days last week
owin gto the death of Mr. Stewart’s
grandfather.
Mrs. George Diedrich. who was ser-
iously poisoned hy ivy last week, is
better at present.
REPUBLICAN FLATS
Here I come again, after a few
weeks absence.
A nice shower fell Sunday eve-
ning but not enough so thef armers
can list for wheat. If it doesn't rain
pretty soon it is going to be pretty
late before the farmers get their
wheat sowed.
Will Herold who has been on the
sick list the last two weeks has quite
improved. He is up and around now,
but is-pretty weak yet.
Miss Dylza Herold made a tripout
in the Weber neighborhood one day
visiting
Reams' mother
DISTRICT SI
Still hot and dry. A good
j'would certainly be appreciated.
last week to see about the Weber j Mrs. Elsie Peters from Wednesday
school. Miss Delza reports that shejuntil Friday the past week,
has the school as far as she knows | Little Rex Jatncs had tht> misfort-
sister and other relatives for a
days.
Mr. Jimmie Schee visited Mr- and i Threshing is the order of the day.
Mrs. Torrey Tuesday. 'threshers this week- His wheat is
Mr. Albert Peters ant} wife visited ‘averaging from 14 to 20 bushels per
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Corbin, Thursday, acre.
The hum of the tractors is the or- A tiny baby girls arrived at the
der of the day in this vicinity. home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Reed
Grandma Percival visited the past Tuesday evening. Mother and babe
week with Iter son, Spencer of near ire doing nicely.
Hopeton. Mr. Alva Hays has returned home,
Don Barnes is sick at this writing, after an extended visit with her par-
Mr. and Mrs. Pfleider and sons, Hits, Mr. and Mrs. Viedenburg, near
Lester and Roy visited their daughter Hardtner, Kansas.
Clenior Walker and Mr. and Mrs.
Hodd McConkey who are working
at the Steward machine near Cora,
Fri-
p the contract ;une to break his arm Saturday while spent Sunday at home.
! playing, but is getting along fine at The saleof Mr. John Reed’s
was a Capron j this writing- day was quite well attended.
Mr Clemor Walker and son Hur-
!e yarn! sister Ada Shafer of Alva
now and will draw
oon*.
Mrs. Dt-lza Shaull
visitor Monday. | Lester and Roy Pfleider spent
Well today is the big circus at Al- | Sunday afternoon with Ira Demmick
thc afternoon the yautoed to Medi- del.
J. H. MORGAN
INVESTMENTS, SECURITIES AND
REAL ESTATE
Farms and City Property for Sale on Installment Plan
Special Bargains On Hand
Phone 364. Room 4, over Farmers*State Bank
va. Not many from this vicinity are Mrs. Dexter is visiting her ststi-r were dinner gests at the home of
taking it in. jMrs. Demmick at present. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Butler Sunday.
Lawrence Harrington and wife vis- Mr. and Mrs. Pfleider visited Sun- | Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Morgan are
ited Sunday at Theodore Mantz’s in day with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Yenos ;enjoyink a visit with their daughter.
rMs. C has. Faulkner and family
cine Lodge where Theodore played j Grandma Peters visited her son. have moved to Alva where she ex-
hall with Hardtner against Medicine \ John one day the past week. pects to make her future home. We
Lodge- The score was 9 to 3 in favor Mr. and Mrs. Percival. Grandma regret to lose her from our ncigh-
of the Lodge team. Reams and Mr. Isaac Reams and ; horhood. But as she is in quite poor
Miss Delza Herold visited frint daughter visited Mr. and Mrs- Ever-! health we hope the change will hen-
Friday tintjl Monday with Miss Eu- ett Percival, Sunday. efit her.
nice T oh ns on of Kiowa. TRICKSY. If I succeed in mailing these items
Most everybody fs through thresh- ---I wil write again next week. Our
ing between here and Hardtner. The-' DISTRICT 41 Post offire ,las b‘,fn nlove dand ev‘
odore Mantz’s wheat made the aver- | \ye are s0rrv to report the death < ryone is so busy it is almost imposs-
age of 20 bushels per acre.| Orville ' 0f \fr .Dixons’ infant son whose birth i 'hie to mail items in time to print
Shirley’s wheat average dabout 16 j wt. mentioned last week. The little 1 then',
bushels per acre
hundred and
Mr. August Neukirch, Sr., died at
his home at Lookout, August 5, and
was lai dto rest in the Lookout ceme-
tery. He had been in poor health
for some time.
j we mentioned last week.
He had nineteen 'one pass,.(| away Tuesday and was
eighty-six bushels on’|aj,| to rest jn the Snow cemetery.
I claim that is doing
B. O. HAINES
TIN SHOP
16 Barnes Avenue Phone 23
See Haines for Tin Work, Roofing, Guttering, Pumps
and Repairs. Radiator Work a Specialty,
Located West of Monfort Building,on Barnes.
Subscribe for RENFREW’S RECORD $1.50
FRITZLEN DOIN’S
(Too late for last week)
Threshing is progressing steadily
jn this neighborhood.
Claud Pressnall has brought an-
other outfit, a Rumley Oil-pull for
$2500.00.
Will McGarry bought one of Jake
Marsh’s engines and a new separator ’Avard, whose name we have been
Tom McDowell’s barn burned to
the ground Sunday morning with all
its contents. Tom’s fine car is said
to have been lost in the conflagra-
tion- The origin of the fire is un-
known.
Henry Bost has sold the Bob Cun-
ningham place, NE 1-4, 21, 28, 14 for
$3500 to some party from near
18 MILES SOUTHEAST
Hot, hot, my how hot the weathet
is now-a-days.
This part of the country certainly
is needing rain badly.
Nearly all of the farmers are busy
getting their wheat ground ready.
Mr. Frank Copenhaver and family
spent Sunday at Tom Copenhaver’s-
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Fones and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Veley visited Sun-
day at Wilber Veley’s.
Sunday night a number, of young'
people gathered and charivarried
Mr- Birtsell Riggs and Fern Sherrel,
who were married a few weeks ago.
Mrs. John Hansen who has been
very ill with typhoid fever, is great-
ly improved.
Mr. Ellis Fones and family are vis-
iting at Guy Jeffries a'few days this
week. ,
Misses Dora Johnson, Ruby and
Beatrice Veley attended the Teach-
ers’ Asociation in Alva last week.
Everybody is. or everybody should
he interested -now in the colidation
of school districts now a days. Some
f the good peple fail t realize what
advantages wuld be obtained by such
a movement.
Helen, Vivian and Jesse Jeffries
visited Opal and Marie Veley Sunday-
Bill Harmon called on the Abboud
boys Sunday.
A iniimbe rof this vicinity are plan-
ning on attending Chautauqua at
Carmen and Daconia, this week.
NUISANCE.
(Come Again, Nuisance.—Ed.)
one quarter,
pretty good.
Most of the wheat around Hardt-
ner is making all the way from 15
to 25 bushels.
They are expecting a machine in
this neck of the woods this week.
John Goebel called on his best girl
near Kiowa Sunday.
SISTER SUE.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith were Al
va visitors a coupltof days last week
Mr. Brab Bailey and family Er •
nisi McCormick of Kansas City, Mo...
Mr. ("has. Reed. Mrs. Clemor Walker,
and son, and Mr. Tom Butler and
mother were Sunday callers at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Tid-
relatives here well.
| Miss Maudie Snow is assisting Mr*.
Mrs. Shelit and Mrs. Minnie Med-
dles of Alva visited
13 S t W f C W • i
Joel Monfort returned to his home Elmer Tidwell with her work while
in Alva Saturday after visiting a the yare threshing,
few weeks at Mr. Clark’s- I Mr- ,nd Mrs. Wilhr Horsbach and
Mr. Cunningham of Alva, visited son spent Sunday with the latter s
over Sunday at J. O. Gregory’s. I parents.
Mary Lyons visited Saturday night |__.
and Sunday with Nerva Moreland of
LIBERTY, NO. 9.
My what nice warm weather we
are having at present. Everyone is
enjoying himself with fans- ....... ” Mrs- W H. Meech came up from
Mrs Lizzie Rlaclc called on her Unitey. «
Mster Mrs. Bussie Monday. Mr. Cobbles is visiting at Ike Med- Cleo Springs Tuesday to meet her
Mrs Pfleider and daughter Ada dies. daughter, Miss Monica, who was go-
visited Mrs. Elsie Peters Monday af- J. R. Clark and Al Davidson went mg from Woodward to spend a_short
to Alva Saturday.
ternoon.
’vacation with her parents at Cleo.
1200 Ewes for Sale
As 1 am going out of the Sheep Business 1 will sell my entire herd
all in fine condition and at a price that will make
money for the buyer.
and is now a full-fledged thresher-
man.
Godfrey Brown is tending separator
for Mantz and Co-
Frank Gold is helping Frank Isen-
bart stack bundle grain.
Elmer Knox has been heaving
■wheat to McGarry and Kessler’s ma-
chine.
Cleve Jarred has been in the Cher-
okee neighborhood since harvest,
pitching wheat to a machine for the
munificent wage of eight dollars a
day.
Having finished bundle stacking
Yours Truly got a Job heaving wheat
to Carrell and Kranz’ machine- ’Ti&
fine exercise, gives one a good ap-
petitite and keeps on in fine train-
ing for the next war.
Will Herold is quite ill at this
* writing but Doc Bilby expects to
have him on his feet again in a short
time.
Harry Lieurante fs tending separ-
ator and furnishing the water team
for Tiberghien and Co., thrashing
getting 12 plunks per day. Harry
reports that Lafe Tiherghien’s wheat
crop lacked eighty dollars of paying
for the harvesting and threshing.
Charley Cummings and family of
near Canron were visiting at Frank
Cunningham’s Sunday.
Misses Delzie Herold and Jessie
unable to learn.
Ed Harrington and daughter, Miss
Hannah took a week end trip to
iGeuda Springs to consult Dr. Stallard
in regard to their health. Among
others Ed met Mr. and Mrs. D. L.
Frazier of Alva, Mr. Frazier being
particularly happy on being assured
by Dr. Stallard that he can be com-
pletely cured without an operation
Mr. Harrington says between Kiowa
and Harper very little threshing is
'done-
Miss Jessie Jarred arise sto say
that she is not married, not yet al-
ready. She says someone started the
rumor to prevent her from securing
the contract for the Garnet school.
We are rather of the opinion thru
Miss Jessie errs in ascribing the ru
mor to such a mercenary motive. ’Tis
more likely that some good friend
from sheer goodness of heart started
the diversion to assist in a good
cause ,it being a well known fact that
Willie is rather timid and bashful.
People driving along the north side
of the Oakes farm the past few days
have observed a strange creature in
the pasture in the edgeof a mud hole
in the morning shadeof a stately cot-
tonwood. It resembles nothing seen
in a zoo or menagerie. Moreover it
is aiwaysc in the same place, never
SUNNYSIDE ITEMS
After a long time will send a few
items to the Record. Have been so
busy harvesting have had no time
o hunt news.
We are needing rain in this part
of the country and some are plow-
ing.
Mrs. Mayme Baker was taken to
the Hospital in Alva Monday and
operated on for appendicitis. She is
slowly improving. Mrs. Knight is
staying with her.
Mr- and Mrs. H. L. Gilleland
moving back this week on the Free-
man farm. Everyone will be glad to
h:-ve them back again.
Conference will convene the 4th of
September at Carmel Chapel church
Everyone is invite dto come and at-
end the camp meeting and business
sessions also.
Sister Crafford will be here the
22nd to 28th.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Fisher visited
W. C. Wilkins in Alva Sunday. They
have purchased a new Harley-Davi-
son motor and side car.
Mrs. H- N. Cummings is visiting in
Illinois this month.
Bro. Ridgway took dinner at
A. Fishers Sunday, also Mr3. Higbee.
A. W. Elliott has rented his farm
to Flyn Carlson.
Well as news is scarce will close
for this time. MIDGET.
100 EWES ONE YEAR OLD
400 EWES TWO YEARS OLD
300 EWES THREE YEARS OLD
400 Ewes Ranging 4 to 6 years old
9 Registered Ramboulette Rams
16 Registered Shropshire Rams
Prices on these Sheep will be as folio ws: $6.00 to $13.00
per head for Ewes and from $15.00 to $50.00
per head for Rams.
c.
jarred two of our promising young hats an eye or swishes its tail. Looks
school ma’ams are hack home from like an ante-deluvian ichty sourus
summe rschool. ! with its front legs broken off. Clos-
Miss Lvdia Nordyke is working at ; er inspection reveals it to he a dere-
Logan Wheat’s north of Hardtner lict speciment of the modern road
helping with the house work during I jizard known as a Ford and this is
tbr-c-e strenuous days. h°w it was maroned in this lonely
This is an opportunity to secure Ewes and Rams of good
Quality and Age at low prices if taken now. Address
There are two ways in which a fel-
low can have something nice said
about him. The surest way is to die.
The other is to move out of the coun-
try. While you are here working day
and night to build tip the town you
ret the "fussing.”—Index.
WHEELER & WYCKOFE
WYNOKA, OKLAHOMA
6 Mile* North and
12 Miles West of
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Renfrew, J. P. Renfrew's Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1919, newspaper, August 15, 1919; Alva, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1078669/m1/3/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed July 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.