The New Era. (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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I N D EPENDEN1
IN POLITICS - A FAIR
DEAL FOR EVERYONE
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DEVOTED TO THE IN-
TERESTS OF ONE OF
THE BEST TOWNS IN
OKLAHOMA
Vol. 5. No. 6.
DAVENPORT, LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1913.
$1.00 per year
Local Spelling Contest
Local District No. 11, which is
composed of School Districts
No. 50, G2, 63, 73, G8, 69, 111, 70,
and 129 will hold its local contest
Friday afternoon, 1:30 o'clock,
March 21.
There will be two contests,
one for the seventh and eighth
grades and one for the sixth and
lower grades. The contest for
the sixth will be conducted ac-
cording to the rules governing
the eighth grade except that the
winner will not be sent to the
state contest.
The teachers of the above
named district are requested to
bring at least one contestant,
Respectfully,
F. 0. McLean,
Chairman.
Gather Up Closer!
"Jub, jab, jub, jub, jub-a-l-e-e" sing
the burnt cork artists. \,
Small boys come on the run and older
people, just as much excited but trying
to hide it, saunter closer in feigned in-
difference.
"Jub, jub, jub, jub, jub-a-l-e-e!"
Rastus does a buck-and-wing step,
the rickety platform rocks and the gas-
oline lamps flicker and threaten to
plunge the assembled multitude into
utter darkness.
"Now gather up a lit-tle clos-er"
says the "doctor", "and we will pro-
ceed with the en-ter-tain-ment Sam
will now sing for you, but first 1 want
to make a brief announcement. 1 hold
here in my hand "
And here we are right in the en-
chanting throes of an old-time orthodox
"medicine show." Who can resist it,
and what would our kidhood have been
without the intoxicating thrills ad-
ministered by the peerless dispensers
of Kick-a-poo Indian Sag-wa?
This time it is Dr. Moorehead, ad-
vertising the remedies of the Ho Ko Do
Medicine company. The Doctor and
his troupe travel in two handsomely
appointed private cars, which are side-
tracked at the Frisco depot. They
will be here the rest of the week.
Their show, which is free, is just a
"medicine show." If you don't laugh
you need the medicine. If you do laugh
you are that much ahead.
"Hannybodyelse over here!"
"Hannybodyelse on this side!"
No Primary Election
Davenport will have no pri-
mary election this spring be-
cause all the candidates for town
office filed as independents.
Secretary Stettmond of the
county election board says "that
there will be no primary any-
where in the county. Chandler
candidates had filed on party
tickets but, when it was learned
that the primary could be avoid-
ed, all refiled as independents,
saving the town about $1C0 in
election expenses.
Stroud adopted a novel way,
giving the voters a choice and
yet avoiding a primary. The
citizens of that town had a mass
meeting and nominated two
candidates for each office and
put them ali on the ticket as in-
dependents.
There is no opposition to the
ticket nominated at the Daven-
port mass meeting except for
the office of justice of peace. E.
B. Moore has filed for that office
and will appear on the ticket
with J. R. Robertson. For the
other offices there will be no
choice. The list is as follows:
Trustees
Distal A. A. Swarts
Dist. 2 Oby Olson
Dist- 3 Vamp Smoot
Dist. 4 B. II. Christy
Clerk Chas. T. Hedges
Treas. - In. P. Myers
Justice of Peace J. R. Robertson
E. B. Moore
The election will be Tuesday
April 1st.
Small Boys Notice This Only Talk So Far
The new gas lights hang at
just the right heighth to be a
temptation to the small boy who
has not had properly impressed
upon him, the fine distinctions
of property rights. Already
some of the globes have proven
too fragile to withstand the bom-
bardment of stones and clods
and the board of trustees is on
its ear, collectively and figura-
tively speaking of couree. The
board has eight, ears and if any
more globes are broken inten
tionally it will probably be on all
eight of them and worse than
that, the trustees declare that
some prospective president of
the United States is very apt to
find himself locked up in the
Laxide hotel.
For Larger Public School
Students.
Practical Church Work
Two Nazarene preachers and
a Methodist preacher painted
the Methodist church this week
and did a good job of it- Rev.
A. F. Daniels who posed as!
foreman of the min isterial artists j
is a painter by trade, and Rev.
P. W. Jay and Rev. T. M. Moore
the other two members of the
crew were understudies.
chandler oil m en
Last Monday T. J. Hinchey closed a
deal by which he, P. F. Senate, R. B.
Erwin, Henry Hellman and G. A.
Smith becomes the possessors of 120
acres of fine partially developed oil
land near Keifer and Sapulpa. The
tract has seven producing wells and
when developed will probably contain
32 wells. All the purchasers are de-
lighted. Mr. Hinchey and Mr. Erwin
are part owners of another tract that
they purchased three years ago on
which a fine oil well was brought in
last week and which will be developed
immediately. —Tribune.
Childrens Day in Chandler
Last Saturday was Children's
Day in Chandler and about a
thousand boys and girls, headed
by F. A. Mitchell, paraded the
streets, took in all the sights and
held posession of the town gen-
erally.
FOR SALE—Sorrel Wilks
stallion, 4 jrears old, eligible to
register. Can furnish 25 or 30
mares for coming season. Would
trade for land—Geo. Willis, Dav
enport, Okla.
Ladies Notice
Ladies, buy your Easter Hats
from u&. Our Stock is larger
than ever before. We will pay
your railroad fare if it does not
exceed 10 per cent of your
purchases,
McCormick's
Stroud, Okla.
Our Big Store
Right In Davenport
That is what our offer means. We will sell
you anything in our large stock of furniture at
the Chandler price and "lay it down" at Daven-
port. We pay the freight.
All competition fairly met. Bring your cata-
logues and see. Positively no goods misrepre-
sented.
Jake Collar
Chandler, Okla.
I
Money paid for education is
the best investment, time thus
spent is wisely used. Time is
money,and opportunity as well
if it is used alight. Business
men work during the summer;
farmers do the same. Then
what's the use of big boys and
girls spending their vacation in
idleness. Most ambitious boys
and girls would rather spend
their vatcation in learning some-
thing that will fit them to earn a
good salary or work their way
through a college or university.
He who cares more for success
than heat, goes a long wnyti
ahend of him who waits until
cool weather to study.
With our famous Byrne Sys-
tems we can give a thorough,
complete course of bookkeeping
or shorthand or a good course in
telegraphy during your summer
vacation. This was not true
when we taught the old systems
now used in other schools which
required twice as long for their
completion as do our modern
systems.
Write for our large beautiful-
ly illustrated catalog, read what
others hayc done in a summer's
vacation. Then decide in a
business-like manner what is
best for you. No difference
what occupation you desire to
follow through life, it will pay
you to read our catalog through
carefully, reading the statements
| of our former students, showing
how our courses of Bookkeeping
and Shorthand helped them into
splendid commercial positions
with banks, wholesale houses,
railroad companies, into govern-
ment work as well as to pay
their way thru colleges and
universities, completing profess-
| iofial courses.
Our catalog is free. Fill out
the accompanying coupon and
mail at once to Capital City
Business College, Guthrie, Okla.
Name
Address
PROSPECTING
J. T. Mashburn informs us that he
has been doing some prospecting for
oil on his farm southwest of town the
location is southeast of 5-14-6. He ex-
plains that he put down some forty or
fifty holes with two inch auger and at
a depth of sBme three feet he encount-
ered a rather hard substance which was
supposed to be oil sand and that by
shooting the oil would come in great
quantities but after a stick of dynamite
had been discharged in each hole it was
found that holes had caved so badly
the idea of bringing in a paying well
was abandoned. It was decided to set
fruit trees where the intended oil
wells were and is hoping that the pjsh-
ing influence of the oil and the loosn-
ing effect of the dynamite may cause
the trees to do their best and thereby
partly make up for the dissapointment
in not getting the oil. —Messenger.
Oil continues to be the prevail-
ing topic of conversation in Dav-
enport and the increasing num-
ber of oil men who are beginning
to take an interest in this locali
ty would seem to indicate that
the next strike is expected to be
in this vicinity. The local situat-
ion is about as reported last.
While men are working to that
er*J, none have been successful
in completing any deal which
assures an immediate test.
The fact that there are ao
many people who are trying to
get a few leases here merely as
a speculation, in the expectation
that someone else will develop
the territory, is one of the cir
cumstances which complicate
matters. These speculators are,
in some cases, willing to pay
good prices and in other instances
able to actually talk the land
owner into giving them leases
without the exchange of more
tnan the customary dollar to
bind the deal.
Those who are discouraged by
the slow march of events should
not lose sight, of the fact that
this locality is right in line of
the oil development from Kansas
through Bartelsvslle, Cleveland
and the Tiger field and that a
lot of men are betting good
money, by taking leases, that
oil will be found here.
Lincoln county already has
quite a sprinkling of wells drill-
ing.
The one at Fallas down about
2400 ft, the one at Chandler
over 2500 ft, one drilling in
section 2017 G, another in 37 17
6. The one at Agra is reported
showing good. One at Sparks
is just starting and a number of
other locations have been report-
ed where work lias not yet
started.
Davenport in Court
The case E. E Massey vs
I'own of Davenport, postponed
from the last term of County
court is set for trial March 10.
This is the case wherein Mr.
Massejr claims a balance due for
work done in the summer of
1910. The defendants won
before a justice of peace and the
case was appealed to the County
Court.
Oak Grove News
By Hoosier
On account of the rain Sun-
day there was not many attend-
ed Sunday school and meeting.
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Mrs. Hardeston and son Ed.
visited with Mrs. Will ltenner
Tuesday.
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Mrs. Florence Fried spent Sat-
urday afternoon with Mrs.
Seifert.
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Bob Renfro and family and
liester McDaniels visited at the
Myers home near North Slope
Sunday.
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Lawrence Stoneof Olive, Okla.
is working for A. L. Fried.
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Those on the sick list are
Hazel Renner aud Mrs. Roy
Beck.
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Charley Renfro returned home
Saturday from Bartlesville. He
thinks home is the best place
after all.
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Bert Renfro and wife spent
Sunday night at the Wash Ren-
fro home.
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Making garden and setting
incubators is all the talk in this
district over the phone line.
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Alta Renfro spent Saturday
afternoon with El via Fried.
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Mr. Reynolds has moved to
tho Brown farm and Bert Ren-
fro moved to the house he vacat-
ed,
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Edna Green started to 111.,
Widnes is going home with her
grandmother who has spent the
winter here.
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Mrs. Kried and Daisy Renfro
called on grandma Roger Mon
day who is very poorly.
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The men in this district are
working the roads while the
ground is to wet to farm.
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The party at Chapmans Sat-
urday night was well attended.
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Lawrence Stone visited Satur-
day night and Sunday with
Luther Renner.
Mountain View Won
Mountain View school, north
of town, taught by Miss Minta
Day, and Daggett, tanght by
Earl Bray, opposed each other
in a ball game last Friday on
the formers home grounds. The
Viewers were victorious.
Miss Hubbell Sick
Miss Thrace Hubbell who
teaches the graminer room in
the Davenport school was taken
ill Tusday and went to her home
in Stroud. Miss Mabel Lippert
one of the Stroud substitute
teachers came over Wednesday
morning and assumed Miss
Hubblea work.
Shooting Out Trees
All this shooting you have
been hearing this week is the
blasting Street Commissioner
Taulbee is doing on Third street
opening it up between Cleason
and Lake avenues.
Nothmp: is more ridiculous than the
claim of some papers to print all the
newts. By thunder, we don't. Life is
to.) ihort ;md the one we owe too valu-
able to attempt it. We print what we
pleaBe, and the people who think it
worth it pay us $1 a year, and those
who don't are welcome to their opinion
and their dollars. We try to do as
mueh good and as little harm as possi-
ble, and if we don't chronicle all the
unpleasant things in life no one is
much the worse off and for every kind
word we say some one is happier and
we don't worry whether friends like it
or not.
Carbon paper 5c a sheet
at the Era office.
Mrs. A. K. Mattingly,
milliner of Stroud, will have
on display a number of trim-
med hats selected from her
Stroud stock, at the home of
Mrs. Bettie Alexander,
Thursday, March 20th.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday school each Sunday at l(i A.
IM. Preaching second and fourth Sun-
I days of each month. All invited to
] attend.
D. A. McLaury Pastor
I Pay Cash
For cream and all kinds of produce. Cash
right when you bring the stuff—no waiting for
the return of your cream check. You get the
money right now. Bring in your produce and
you will get the top price for it.
e*st of the hotel C. E. Sossamon
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To the Ladies of Davenport
MRS. SPRATLEN
will have a complete line of street,
dress, and pattern hat.s on display,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY,
MARCH ] 4th and 15th
YOU are invited to visit us when you
come to Chandler and familiarize your-
selves with the latest in Millinery
Fashions.
Millinery Parlor North of Court House
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