The Dover News (Dover, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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► VOLUME 16
THE DOVER NEWS
DOVER. KINGFISHER COl NTV. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. M-VRCH 1. HH7
MIMI5ER 17
Dead or Alive
Are you worth more dead than alive?
We hope not. Compare your batik b°ok and
life insurance policy and set-,
There is of course wealth tied up in
your brain and brawn, they represent a
part of your living capital. These plus your
bank account and other assets tell the story.
Von don't have to die to win what s coming
to you on your bank book. If you haven t
au acoount at our bank we would be glad
to have you open one, It's the friend in need
and the fiieud indeed.
$ $
Your Deposits Guaranteed
The Bank Of Dover
.l\KHI> PRVI I
Mr. Roy Jared and Mi- Oli e
Pratt, t«v-> popular young people
of the Kiel neighborhood, were
married at Wichita. Wedncsda...
Kelt. 21. Tin wedding < am- as
| a surprise to ll.ei; lii MM- I In
young people wi 'i< I" > ''it ■ i'>
jatten<l the Trade • and
«ere iii."' •••< w ' • in ' '
Mr. and Mr. . Jared n timed
home Saturday evening, ^undii)
a shower and big dinner was giv-
en in their honor at the home o!
the bride'-mother, Mi- laruna
Pratt. About sixty relatives and
friends were present to help ele-
brate the happy evnt.
Mr. and Mrs. Jared wi'i 1 in
house keeping oon t-o milts
northwest of Kiel, when a house
i.s being remodeled for t.Ii<"Lr home-
Mr. and Mrs. -land's many
friends join in wishing ih<in joy
and happiness.
MAN IU II D I INI 10 DDVI R
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OIL NEWS
['In Enid Gas and Electric Co.
has an option on the Hennessey
I- leet ric Light and Power ('"m-
par >'s ]>lant and is also negotiat-
mg for the purchase ot the pi; nt
it Waukomis If these plants are
purHuiswl the current v ill he
'furnished from Enid by a irans-'
; mi'sion line
U i- also said that the Enid
company may run a transmisiion
line to Kingfisher and in that past
would, of course,, furnish current
1 for Dover, as well. The people of ;
Dover should encourage this
' company to build lines here even
if tlu'.v do not build farther. A
good lighting system is a big
benefit to a town
DOVI.R SCHOOI NO I l.S
A number of the members of
I Womans Relief Corps and G. A.
II. were pri-vnt at at the after-1
n-on ' r ■.-i<>n ol the school last |
i Thursday to hear the W ashing- j
'ton aid lincoln program. I he,
progrj m was finished by a short
but appreciated talk by Mr.,
TliACHIiRS WIT. I IN i
llliRK SATURDAY
j The fourth and last meeting of i
! the Kingfisher Coun'. I • -a« ht; s
Association viil be held at Dover The school then march-
in the school building, Saturday.
March 3. 1917. | f j.
I)r. Woolwine will address the
teachers on Oral Hygiene.
e I outside where th<*y saluted the
ig and were dismissed.
The program, which was re-
Giles and Courtney have begun teachers on Oral Hvgiene. I pouted in he evening with some
suit against L. A. Ferrel, Pred Prof. Cobb, of Kingfisher coil- kdditlonal numbers was well at-
dent of the Farmers and Mer- wiU a(,lt,„. the teachers in Lnded and a ilecided success,
chants Bank, of Hennessey. They | ^ ^ , ,..r the programthe crowd pro-
Millinery iuillinery! |
m mil II ■«. —MV, Mtt W,g3 ' .lM3MV )KSI
We have added a new departnent to our store *
consisting "I
Ladies. Misses & Children's
t
These arc now on display in our window and we in
vite you to see them be In it making your spring pm-
chase. KKMKMM'R: " The early bird get's the worm"
so your eaaly purchase '.'.ets first choice.
No two hats alike.
These are ail new creations. \bsolutel> up to
Ihe-minule. Prices arrange
r,(h. 7.ic. $i.oo. $2.oo. $:t.oo & ri'
The Dover Cash Store
V. D. WESSEL, Prop.
rnKsmmmnrnm mmmaammmmeammmmmm
for their offspring,
that they had none
The Kiel oil well is now down ~ , ,
700 feet. Drilling was suspended, claim to have made contracts _or ,
_ t 1 1 ™ AM.#] 4-Ur\ 1 APCtAWf f/-I ' I I' t f ' \ f-* P\* ( I
Tuesday, until more casing ar-
aives.
oil leases and sent the lessors toi' Let everyone come and make | ceeded to Mrs
the bfink where Farrel, acting as; .h'^ a banner Meeting.
their agent was to close the deal- MKS. EMMA FOSTER
Insiead of closing the deal for!
Drilling is now going on at the
Cook farm northeast of Henness-
ey. With two wells drilling and
material on the ground for two
more things begin to look good
in this county.
Mr. J. F. Dee was in town sev-
eral days this week looking after
his interests in the Stanfill block.
He states that all the machinery-
far this test has been shipped
from points in the eastern part of
the state.
them, Farrel took the leases for
himself, they say-
Secretarv
UN ANGlil ICAi. CHI RCN
Miller Brothers haw leased the
east quarter section of their farm Our S. S. is :;nxiously looking
adjoining Dover to Courtney j fonvard to the St a4 e S. S. Con-
«d Giles, the consideration be- n Jq ^ heM Enid(
ing $1600 This location, ol-18-fi, j —
is near the location of the Court-] March 21. . t t -< ><■ '< i111 -
ney and Giles test. jent next Sunday, as there will be
I election of delegate--.
I ,illibridge's room
whew V't large pictures were
ou exhibition. These pictures are
entitled "Song of the lark,'
"The (lleaners," The Angelus,
"Christ and the Rich Ruler,"
"The Horseshoer," "Feeding Her
Birds," "The Windmill," and the
"Shepherdess and Her Sheep."
One picture, which we think
merits special attention is the one
entitled "Angelus" by Jean Fran
cois Millet, a painter of French
peasant life. The pictures were
Preaching by the pastor next a|j vvtn chosen and one could
f
vantages in tl ir youth and that j
they got *alonn allnighl and that,
therefore
Q,m a boy plow corn any better j
with a colli'!.
out of h
girl make betti r pi< - because -h"
can congugate the verb tolove
in three different language.-- 1 •
this question we an v r yi
By this we do not mean that
college bred farmer ean turn a
neater or truer furrow fhau his
country cousin who nevir attend-
ed anything but, the di '"id,
school. But the collie bred fat m-
er will have a larger and truer
conception of life- I'.h. d e his
GIMGLES' JINGLES
along allpl'-'.lil alio m;u THE SAME OLD STORY.
hildl' Il do no need ii.' n« lx r litt'c liaml in liis ttif
moon looked down t they; be said
\v ■ two Hhall \w . if you tbt
lil)l< rn:\ t i' kinK I word will s.r Tliia v -itin« gutno ia
; awful, thnt to you l must confess;
pistol pocket or ' on :i v.lcase tray I entertain a liofio your Bit
Bwrr will be 'vet? I ho.ve a nice, larpe
j country Imirov believo mo 4t. s a beaut,
wirb you at- miotics^ it'n pipe—I'd
bo a lucky coot. The pore Ii is nice
and roomy, thero we'd Kit and talk i(
j o'er, and happiness would bo our lot
| I'm h ire forever more. The bird-
would sing ho sweetly and the htipy
i bees would buz/, the lawn would look
inviting covered o'er with emerald
| fuzz; with you and such surrounding,
life would be one plennnft dr.?anj- <bi
world would lose Us glooin for Lie, aud
would much brighter seem.' filio said.
* "It'll hard for me tt nay—I'-'e partb
promised Tim, but I shnll surely marry
you if I don't marry him.' "1 have,
said 1. a flivver now, on pleasure trips
mind has broadened and dev-op-; ^ ^
She said, "You have my an
S. H. DREW
Ii you know an item of news. . , c
.. . ... i Sunclav, as usual. Special music consider any one of them toi
kindly pass it along to us. Tele- •" _
. a both mornine and evening. hours,
phone it in if more convenient to,
you. We will appreciate it and ! As this is nearing the close of The posts of the swings were
you will be helping to make the the conference year we would; gtrengthed by strong braces.
paper better. urge all our members to rtmem- \ new cinder path has been j
| her your financial obligations. constructed back of the r.ehoo'
Geo. Fredregill will lead the house.
Yonng People's Service. Subject.
"Service."
W. M. S. will meet Thu
afternoon with Mr- Blair.
Junior at 2:30.
J lion
ed, the best that is in him n.iM LIV(,jy nu.
swer now—it's posi-
\y^jrUt
I had a ch ince to develop
jiu> will go through
| splendidly -quipDed to make' the
I best of ev-rytl'inc. A
ucation seldom ''oi^ 'K a f""l
We are headquarters for seed spuds, onion sets and gar-
den seeds.
We are selling good merchandise at a small profit. Can
goods ar« advancing. We still have a good supply on hand
and ean fill your wants. Corn at 15c is a good buy. Krau*
at 15c is very cheap. We still have a quantity of hominy
flakes at 6c psr pound. Hominy Grit at 4c per pound.
Get next to some of this. It will reduce the high cost of
living
DRY GOODS
A new line of summer goods just in.
Gingham patterns that are up to the minute.
Come and look over onr line of summer shoes.
Yours for a bigger business.
s. H. DREW
and I
life's
the ci ' " of Pioneer Telephone
( ,n it'Mil ' linemen, working un-
i: l, i.'ii hardson werttprp
I into a wise man, but i! there islseveral days last week stringing
j anything in one, it brings it t Q a new copper circuit from W au-
the surface and enab!< s him to komis to Kingfisher. The PioneVr
vmt of the week was
given by the Plus I Itra class of
Nearly every town in this sec-
tion of the state has a Commer-
cial club or some like organiza-
tion to boost their town and take
up matters that, need to be taken
A very mtch enjoyed social e | jn a pubHc way lf such an
:1 pal ty I organizations is a good thing for
j town and it surely is why
the Evangelical Sunday School -rouldn't it be good for Dover?
for the Delta Alpha class, Tues-jWhy don't somebody star? ome-
day evening at the hall. \ arious thing.
games were the pastimes ol the
evening- At a late hour the crowd
proceeded to the hotel where a If you have a boy or girl in
delicous oyster supper was served, your aome, of the proper age,
who has an ambition to go to
college, and the necessary educa-
CAKI) OF THANKS cational preparation, supply Hi-
I' oppoi tu nity even at some sacn-
i 1 Hl t0 thank the m:inylrifH,. on the parr, of the rest of
friends and r latiive- for the ^^ {amily. Most par-
help and kindnesses sh.own ^j,.^ arc wUlillg lo do everything
during the illne and death <>t ; ^ fw t)l(ir children but
mv belovt (1 wife. Also for the j . i
many beautiful flowers. ! not every parent can see the des-
1 r. I Mr Ml IT1! i nihility of a rollpfp ed'^ation
make the best us • of such facul-
ties as nature has endov,eil him
with.— Hartshorne Sua.
people find their business along
this Iin<• increasing and are ad'U
i ing more wires to take care ol i' ■
,v.-K-uaErari$iBn«aiiiacKUDn
Reliable Seeds!
We lic-ivc good supplv ol" the
reliable hHRRN 3 and l \k =
TELIH1S seeds in bulk or pack-
n^e. 1 hey (jROW.
See ns for Onion sets, 5eeil
Sweet Potatoes asitl I rit'mph
and Ohio seed potatoes.
H. B. HARNAR
,«r5«r.'ni
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Hofer, H. C. The Dover News (Dover, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1917, newspaper, March 1, 1917; Dover, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc136536/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.