The Red Rock Opinion (Red Rock, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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KED ROCK. NOBLE COUNTY. OKLAHOMA FRIDAY. JANUARY 3. 1908
O. E. s. and Mason Reception
ion thus given he state banks is of
fered also to all national banks with
One of the grandest affiirs that ev-
er took place in Red Rock, occured
last Friday night. The Masons and
Eastern Star Chapters installed
toeir officers for the coming year at
that time, after which they had a
reception at Hotel Red Rock,where
a bounteous feast awaited them An
evening of merriment was spent and
the guests departed at a late hour.
Those present were Messrs and
Mesdunies R. A. Estus, C. A. Era-
ser, G W Pettyjohn, F. F. Haley,
W J Coleman, J T Konklin, H. P.
Lvsinger, I J Gilbert, F Cotting-
h ti), J E Wallertnyre, J F Selby,
Ell t C L Woolverton.O E Love-
lady, A D Sullins, R Montgomery,
J M McElhinney, W. T. McElhin-
ney,li C EldridgejMrs Blackwood;
Misses Laura, Mary,and Edyth Pet
tjjohn, Helen McElhinney, Selby,
Leila Lysinger, Ruth GilbertjMessrs
II L Atherton, Clint Atherton,Jess
Rice, Clau.l Uink ton,aod Cnarlts
McElhinney,
in the state that desire to take advan-
tage of it and will comply with the
law prescribed for state banks. On
the other hand.the statement coines
from the office of tiie comptroller of
the cuirmcy, under whose supervi-
sion nairunal banks are, that thej
not be allowed to take the steps nec-
essary to entitle tnein to the sccurny
offered them by toe OKlaiioiiu law
coca I J^g^vs
Miss Hazel L) singer spent a few
days in Ptir), the latter part of: rick.
last week, the guest of Miss Vivian I
| rrank Faulkner was a visitor in
j the Ceres neighborhood, Wednes-
Liule Lei.aro Barnes, the baby day night
son ol Mi. aud Mrs Giant Barnes,
J M. Mitchell left the latter pan Miss Ruth Gilbert and Miss Hel-
of last week for a Visit with relatives i en McElhinney were visitors at the
in Dague county, Mo. Opinion office Thursday. They said
\f,* n t> j they came for the express purpose of
Mrs O R Carpenter arrived in | seeings, me "type lice." aL go-
the city, last week,and will visit with ' '
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.J.Hed-
Hall.
It is predicted by sunie thai it ihis 01 uejr lasi Friday,Dec.
Wilson-Washabaugh
Mr. II arve Wilson and Miss Ma-
rullng hoius gouo, many national
banks will reorganize as stale Ouiiks;
ana by others, tliat instcaU, inert
will be a ruaii ol slate banks to nat-
ionalize ana ilius avoiu pumng up
ille per cent ol uie.t uepesus mat is
required by Hie slate 10 establish a
guaranty lund.
Oklahoma is tiie hrst state to try
such a legisiuilju, but 111 ait pruua-
bint) outer stales win soon loilow
sUli as ui lenna seem 10 ll ecl Uie ap-
plooauon ot our Dangers and to
liaVe the ainiusi umvcisai suppolt
ol out eu.Zciis.
LOYit TO OKLAHOMA
27j '9 7 A tie child iiau oeen sick
'oi soluc ti uie, but 11 vt as not thought
so Uaii^el0US1) 111.
Al. G. 1 iuiia^an , a proimuei. t
nitinoei ol Uie Oioe trioe, called at
our office one uay tins week and ad-
ded his name .0 our subscribers list.
From Ins houiepaper 111 Kentucky
we clip iue following interesting ar
bel Washabaugh, both prominent tlc'c 6lvth 'or pubiitauoifb) a Gun-
young people in this city, went to !ariuu eouui) man now on a visit 10
Ponca City, Tuesday, arid were mar j nu Uiu "orne.
ried.' We regret very inuch that we I ^ ^osoy, wno ins been aw-
iwauucia/xssuciaiioil
were unable .0 leam the particulars '■*> Ulc ydsl- >ca' dl,u over, has just . .
1 tatter part ot last week
Wm. Carter of Billings came over
1 nursday.
iMr. and Airs F. F. Haley,Mrs.H.
P. L) singer, and Clint Atnerton
were visitors 111 Morrison, Sunday.
Miss Laura Pettyjohn was the
guest ot Miss Hannah Bought, at
Perry, Sunday.
Miss Fae Starr spent Sunday with
friends 111 Enid.
i'ne Rebecca Lodge in this city
had a call meeting, Saturday even
ing to transact business.
Prof. J. B. Moaical attended the
Teachers Association at Tulsa, the
of this wedding, however, we io n
their many friends in wishing them
much happiness.
The Limit
The following is certainly the lim-
A prominent minister of the gospel
1 this neck of the woods, came to
town one day this week and after
looking around a while, decided that
leiuiiitd. He lias been located jn
t'.ie iiol'tiiwesiein portion ot Oklaho-
ma in the new count) 01 Cimarron.
11c 111 a tie commutation ptoot on his
Homestead entry bei'oie returning.
He thinks the west is the coining
country.rlc says the lauu is ilcli and
vei) productive anu is being settieo
up last uli a j,ood ciass ol people,
.... . . . trolil practically neal!) ail the stales
in this neck of the woods, came to ,
| lie reports line crops there lliis ) eat
j and biuugtii back wuh mm some
, . | " e specimens ol kaffii corn, 111110
1 e would like to buy a gun and enjoy 1
, ... . i niaiZe and ludian corn thai he rais-
some of this line hunting weather.
' ed on new sod land without any cul-
tivation, samples ol which we hold
111 the Mirror office. The amtuae
j there is 3,100 above sea level, air
pure, water good, and the couiuiy
extremely healthy. He will remain
here this winter.
Our esteemed friend,Cosby is one
of the many of our best Keniuckians
who nas certainly made good 111 lo-
"taiing in the great new state ot Ok-
lahoma, and that, too, contrary to
the "best of advice of knowing
friends," proving that he is some
what of an old time gam: chicken.
He therefore went to one of our
hardware dealers, and decided on a
gun that suited him exactly. He did I
not however have the price. At last!
the bargain was made,on the condi-
tion that he should pay for the gun
in preaching.Red Rock can now feel
assured that there will be preaching
in the city quite often,or at least un-
til that gun is paid for.
A General Surprise
Mrs. A \J. Sullins and children
spent Sunday with Mrs Sulltn's lath-
er, Mr. Byron Covev, in Perry.
Helen Lysinger and Nellie Haley
wtre guests at the home of Audrey
Canatsy a few da) s the latter part ot
last week.
School started again, Monday
w lth a good attendance, after a weeks
vacation
Hon. C A. Fraser made a trip to
Kansas City, the first part of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs Bert Swaliow and
children of lonkawa, visited with
relatives in the city, the first of the
week.
Mrs lirute of near Otoe was in
town, Tuesday.
H. P. Lysinger was a business
visitor in Newkirk, Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Walker were
in from the Pleasant Valley district
Wednesday
Mr. H. Buleri of Stillwater is the
guest of the Duncan boys at Otoe,
during the holidays.
Misses Pearl Crocker and Wren
Hood and Mr.John Crocker attend-
ed a "Leap Year"party at the* home
of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Monhenwig near
Ceres, Wednesday night, and report
a jolly time.
MrsJ. C Hartert and children are
up from Stillwater, during the holi-
days.
J. B. Carpenter, formerly one uf
the firm of Carpenter Bros., but now
of near Ceres, was a businesscaller
in town, Wednesday.
Miss Laura Pettyjohn entertained
the following young people at her
iiomr/Ncw \cai's E\e. Mr. and
Mrs. H. T. Anderson, Misses Ruth
Gilbert, Wren Hood, Helen McEl-
hinney, Leila and Hazel Lysinger;
and Messrs Art Smith of Arkansas
City, H. Bulen of Stillwater, Clint
Atherton, Charles McElhinney,
Ralph and Glen Duncan.
It can no longer be said, " There
is but one William J. Bryan." An-
other has been appointed United
States Senator to fill a vacancy, by
the governor of F'lorida.
For Sale;-Six H;ns and one Roos-
ter, pure bred S C W Leghorns.
Three Wnite Wyandjtt Cockerells,
pure bred. Barney Woolverton.
ing to a great deal of trouble u
digging over all the dead type ir he
office, we finally presented to e>'r
view some "type lice." Now „ey
declare thej'll never come ba« to
this office-Oh-such ingratitude
Iu the few years we have pul -h-
ed the Opin iom, we have never 1e
a thorough aud decided eftort t j.
lect our delii.quent sobfcnptu sc.
counts, but the time has come 0 '
that such a course becomes ne* an-
ry. With the increased price 0 pa
per stock and other material ft th
printer, many newspapers arein. e •
ing their price of subscription , e
prefer to let our price remain the
same but must enforce in the future,
a "pay in advance" rule. At present
wc have on our books several huo-
dredd.jllars of delinquent subscrip- '
tions, and we expect !o make a great
effort to collect this money. It is
due us and we need it. It is only a
matter cf a dollar or a few dollars at
most to each of our individup' 'Vh.y
'ors and if this means you, w. e
you will attend to It without f uher
solicitation.
*
s100 00 Reward—Will pay 3d •' I
reward for the arrest and conv n.
on any stealing or unlawfully t ' g
any horses, cattle or mules bra < d
"101" on the left hip. Miller
Bliss, Okla.
i'or Sale.—0 . easy terms, ■ •
dwelling house in II-. 1 Rock^
is the house Ed Rice lives in and he
will be pleased to show any one
through the house. George Miller,
Bliss, Okla.
JI
Market Report
The market in Red Rock as we
go to press today,(Thursda)) is as
follow:
Hens (jc
Springs
Ducks
Turkeys, over 8 lb, $c
'"'SS8
Fat Cattle 5C
Coi,on $3 00
Corn
Sunday, a number of Mr and Mrs
G. W. Pettyjohn's relatives arrived j Last fall before the advent of his
toi a days visit and not only gave j grain harvest season and while rest-
ihtin a pleasant surprise but also I ing, he reset 500 black locust hedge
gieaily surprised each other,for noi
one had know that the others were
coming. They were Mrs. Will O-
dele of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Henry
Jorgenten of Edmond, Mrs Zack
Miller and Mrs Mileheu of Bliss,
and Mr.- and Mrs Edd Baskins of
Mulhall.
trees, aud nearly the whole planting
isgrowing nicely. " — Mayfield(Ken
tucky) Mirror.
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DEPOSITS GUARANTEED
I he new banking law is now in
fore ■ which guarantees depositors
in Oklahoma banks against loss of
their money through hank failures.
Bj th# terms of the law,the prjiect-
Perry Republican:—The Santa
Claus Number of the Red Rock 0-
pinioncaine blooming forth upon us
in all it's glory, Saturda), with a
make up that reflects much credit
on Editress Lys-nger as well as de-
noting a spirit of enterprise on the
part of the Red Rock business men
that is highly commendable. The
Opinion is all right, if it wasn't for
that horrid democratic political be-
ttti.
fSki
E. E VANSLYKE.PRESD T JNO' M CARPENTER, V-P
Farmers: Eidnije: Bank
01: Red: Rock.
Capital, 110,000.00. ■= Surplus: earned; 13000.00
Does a general banking business with Safety, Consfsr.
vatism and Fidelty. Prompt and cartful atten-
tion given to all business entrusted to our care.
V aluable private papers may be stored in our
vault by our customers without any costs.
We furnish correct Legal Blanksand
Write Deeds, Leases, Insurance
and execute Pension Vouch-
ers, furnish Notary
Public services and procure
abstracts of title to real estate
whenever desired. We clerk public
sales and purchase the paper when par*
ties wish to sell, furnish lists of Inherited In-
dian lands and other lands for sale, and such oth-
er information as may be of value in getting the Indmn
lands sold and settled. - - . . . .
VIrs H , H Wk Solicit Your Business,
Mrs. Bsrt Bryan and children re- w „
turned with her sister, Grace El. | <v°H Kosutmts wishing information ate requested lo write us
FARMERS EXCHANGE BANK,
REO ROCK, 0JUA
Mrs. Clyde Hamlin of near Ceres
who has been ver) sick for the last
week, is reported some better.
Protracted meetings will be,jin in
the new Baptist church, next Sun-
day, January 5, Rev M unger to pre-
side. Rev Mungeris well known in
Oklahoma as an evangelist. You are
cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Harry Hall and children
of near Otoe, visited Mrs. N. H.
Hagerman in this city,Monday.
Major John Jensen has been
fro'11 Perry, a part of this week.
I. E \ an Slyke was in town from
the Burton vicinity, Tuesday.
Miss Flora Starr returned Monday
from a visit with friends in Win-
field.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gilbert came
over from Enid, Sund«y, and are
the guests of Mi. Gilbert's parentf,
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gilbert, in this'
citv.
more,from Wichita, last week, and
will visit with her parents, Mr. and;
Mr.. G.B.Elmore,for wveral weeks.1 H, I. ATHERTON, CASHIER.
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Lysinger, L. M. The Red Rock Opinion (Red Rock, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1908, newspaper, January 3, 1908; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc131781/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.