The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1918 Page: 4 of 24
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IVnBDiT. HAT St IMA
Garber-Billings Oil & Gas Co.
Capital Stock $250,000 Divided into 250,000 Shares Par Value $1.00 Per Share
Holdings
B> Mil Ittw ia tkt
vest half 'A the
fUt of S«Mt Vt-VtrX.
TV* it cuiudtM a
pnria tanury tktt
lies ts a hat
befeet, tk* Garber
field and the Oil State,
which ru raeeetly
prom bjr the brtagmx
.a ti the (hm
Btrnx well The Hoy-
Gartwr ii.iil.ajf ;a t
cre-fca'f mile west *a4
a little south (track a
anre flow of ru at a
<Jepth of 1.125 feet
This strike increases
the value of oar leave
and make* our stock
very desirable
THE MEN BEHIND OUR COMPANY
Below is a tut of well-known Oklahoma and Enid basinet* rr.ee who are the organizers and stockholders of this Company to date.
Look this list over, here you will find men who have made success in their own business, and will make money for yoa. if you give
them * chance:
j c McKnight
DR M L GRAY
JUDGE T W ST A TON
MARK LEEKA
REV P H. CHAPPELEAR
DR PORTER
DR JAS W BAKER
W H ENGLER
JOHN MUTZ. Ninnekah. OkU
JESSE SCOTT, Cu ter City, Okla
R P PHTUJPS Arapaho, Okla
WM B LATTA. Enid, Okla
MARTIN BROWN. Aurora. Mo
C W EDWARDS. Olusta. OkU
P A HARR. Aurora, Mo
A. M JOHNSTON. «12 Mitchell St.
Milwaukee, Wis.
CURTIS MYERS, Enid. Okla
S G. HART. Er.id. Okla
MR GRIFFEE. Enid. Okla
J. P. LATTA, Enid, Okla
GARDNER A RIDDLE. Rush Spr.r.*-
Okla
S J. CARRIER. Carrier. Okla.
J E FALKENBERG. Medford. Okla-
homa county
SAM DARR-VH. Arapaho, Okla
RUBY STRONG. Arapaho. Okla
C W HINDS. Dill City, Okla.
E J LINDLEY, Arapaho. Okla
RAY E LEVERS
B GUY LEVERS, Enid, Okla
K C. FARWELL Ninnekah. Okla
J G PATTON. Cement OkU
H E DOSS. Ninnekah. Okla.
W J. RIDER Cement. Okla.
D W ROGERS. Geary. Okla
MARTHA SPENCER Enid. OkU
H N. CRAWFORD. Enid, OkU
C B WILLIAMS. Clinton, OkU
WM HUNGERFORD. Ec.d. OkU
Phone 1005.
CHAS HUNGERFORD. Meno. OkU
R F. D Box 18
T A GRESHAM, Emd C5ty Gas and
Laghts, Phone 46
MARY J SCHAFFEP. and CARRIE
E LEWIS, Shattuck. OkU.
D W. ELUS, Enid, OkU
W J. WILLIAMS. Olustee. OkU
T H HARDIN, Olustee, Okla.
G. S WHICKER Olustee. OkU
F M. DRAKE. Olustee. OkU
MRS ADA B ROBINSON. Olustee.
OkU
MRS H. E McMURRY. Olustee.
OkU
MRS E O. PEPPER Lexington, Ky
MR OFFET. Lexington. Ky
J B GEA1TX, Hammon. OkU
W V PENROD, Cheyenne. OkU
J. S THOMPSON Arapaho. Okla.
• R F. D
MR MAXWELL Enid, OkU
G B SMITH
REV D M STRONG, Guthrie/OkU
A. D. SMITH, Olustee. OkU
F. W ELEY, Olustee. OkU
Officers
j. c mcknight.
President.
J. m. strong.
Vice-President
C. w. edwards
Seraod V.-Preaideat-
J. P. latta.
sv1) .-t rtwifrf
Directors
RAY E. LEVERS
R P. PHILLIPS
CHAS. HUNGERFORD
S. G. HART
J. E. FALKENBERG
Garber-Billings Oil & Gas
Company
Capital Stock $250,000
324-26 Beck Building
APPLICATION.
Garber-Billings Oil A Gas Cow par ,
Enid. Oklahoma.
Enclosed nnd check for the sum of
Dollars
(t - ), being - payment on -
shares (fully paid and non-assessable) of the Capital Stock of the Garber-
Billings Oil A Gas Co., of Enid, Okla . baUnce to be paid in two payments
as follows: $ on 191--; i
-191 —
All payments and subsequent payments are forfeited after fifteen days
from date due unless further extended by the consent of the President or
Secretary of the Company. No stock shall be issued until paid for in full
Address all communications to—
GARBER-BILLINGS OIL & GAS CO . Enid, Oklahoma.
Name _
Address
Sales Agent
U i ■
COVINGTON.
I Revival sen-ices commenced here
'Monday evening.
Mrs. Harmon returned to Crescent
'Tuesday, after spending a week here
'with her daughter and other rela-
; tives.
Little Lucile Dougherty is enjoying
stay at Crescent with her grand-
,! father and aunts.
RURAL ROUTE ONE
Mr. Carl Henry spent Sunday with
relatives near Hennessey
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dunlap and!
family were Sunday visitors at Frank!
Mr. W. D. Wilson, the banker, wt>j
an Enid business visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. C. W. Stafford and daughter,|
and Mrs. Myers motored to Enid
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Aubrey Stricklin went to Cor-
dell Thursday and spent the week-end
with her parents and friends.
Mrs. Walt Newton visited with
Mrs. Cris Poindexter one afternoon
last week. Everything looking fine after the
The Red Cross met Thursday af- recent rains.
teraoon in the I. O. O. F. Hall. The Dock Hess enlisted in the army Kornbaum s.
ladies cut a bolt of gauze, made one Saturday and left early Sunday Miss Thelma Morris spent Wednea-,
hundred and fifty 4x4 wipers and morning for Camp Kearney, San day night and Thursday in Enid, then
kept all three sewing machines busy. Diego, Calif. His brother, Grover, is , truest of her cousin. Miss Grace
MrB. H. A. Rose of Tulsa arrived there, having gone from here a short jTobias.
Thursday and is visiting her father, time sgo. j Mr. and Mrs. Julies Lang and Mrs.
Mr. David Jenkins, and brothers, Lon Delford and Charles Vories have M. Dunlap were Sunday visitors at
and Onie Jenkins been quite sick but are well at this the Ditgen home.
Mr. C. E. Rennison was an Enid writing. i Red Cross meeting the past week
visitor Saturday. | Wallace Beavers has been suffer- was postponed till Friday on account
A good many people were disap- ing with a severe abcess in his ear. of the G. A. R. picnic. The attend-
pointed Sunday afternoon because ! He has been in Enid for the past (ance was small owing to inclement
Rev. Chappelear of Enid failed to ar- i week so as to be near a physician, weather.
rive and give his lecture on the Red: A Red Cross Auxiliary was organ-| Miss Gladys Hickman was success-
Nickerson, Kansas. j Strome. j ing up in the neighborhood this week.
Mrs. M. Dunlap is spending a few Several of the people of this vicin-1
days at the home of her son, I. R ity attended the dedication of the i
DunUp. " ; War Savings Bank at Enid. To Clean Lamp Glasses.
Mrs. A. Karban and family spent' The A. H. T. A. will hold their an-; When cleaning lamp glasses hold
Sunday near Breckenridge. nual picnic, Friday, May 24th. them over the steam from a teakettle,
Mrs. Andy Overstreet of Beaver Mrs. H. Strome and daughter, Mr. then rub them with a dry newspaper
City is visiting with her parents. Mr and Mrs. W. B. Long were Wednes- folded up Into a wad. and. lastly, with found that too-early rising Is harmfoL
and Mrs. J. S. Duncan. da>' dinner guests of Mrs. Henry Ott. - **"-
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ludwig and I Quite a number of garages are go-
Take That Extra Forty Winks.
The sage observation that "It's nice
to get up in the morning, but It's nicer
to lie in bed" is no longer a shameful
confession of laziness. The British
ministry of munition* Investigating
the health and efficiency of its workers
soft cloth, and they will be all that
can lie desired.
-
Cross. jized at Mrs. B. F. Emerson's, Thurs- ful in passing the eighth grade ex-
Misses Verna Harris and Marielday, May 16, by the women of fhe animation held at Enid, May 9th and
Conner spent the week-end in Enid neighborhood. It was given the name 10th.
with the former's sister, Miss Thelma of Victory Red Cross Auxiliary. jjr an(j Frank Foster spent,
Harris, who is one of the graduates They will meet there each Thursday Sunday afternoon at the John Dun-1
of Enid High school. jto do Red Cross work. ^ can },0me.
Miss Thelma Harris will teach j The A. H. T. A. Lodge No. 50 gave jrar| [>jnaidson of the Great Lakes
school in the Red Star district this an ice cream supper at Columbia training station has received a fur-
coming term. j school house, Wednesday evening, j0Ugh and is spending it in Missouri.
Mrs. Eva Dodds spent Saturday af- May 15th, in honor of the boys who Prairie Gem War Savers delivered
' ernoon with Miss May Andrews. jare going to war. Nearly all of the t^eir number of the G. A. R. program
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Conner were,members and their families were at (he Christian church Thursday
Sunday visitors in Garber, the guests present, making an attendance of
of their son, Mr. Cecil Conner, and about three hundred.
wife. jlons of ice cream and a large amount present. Much credit was given to!
Mrs. Harmon of Crescent, and Mr. |of cookies were consumed and ev- the officers f0r their interest in the
Joe Dougherty and family spent Sun-'eryone reports a good time. welfare of the club. The officers are1
day at the Cris Poindexter home. ! The Columbia and Fairview A. H'as follows: President, Rosa Ditg-en;,
Mrs. Eggers' daughters of Enid T. A. lodges will give a joint picnic vice-president, Marvin Stephens; see-
were Sunday visitors here. at Morrison's grove, Friday, May 24. retary, Mary Stephens; plowman,
We had a hard rain and also some Everybody is invited. Clyde Stephens; seedman, Ora Dun-
hail here Sunday evening. We un-1 Mr. Boggart and family drove to lap. tiller, Nellie Blanchard; harves-
derstand the hail damaged the cropsjAlva, Saturday, and returned Mon- Lloyd Roemer; herdsman. Her-:
considerably north of town.
Mrs. Kiesow called on Mrs
evening. AU the program was very
About 30 gal- njce and appreciated by everyone
Schlot-
terbeck, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott are now living
in their new house west of Cris
Poindexter*s residence.
Mr. Lister and family have mov-
ed back to their home town. Tulsa.
Mr. Forsters moved into their new-
house ia the north part of town one
day last week.
Mr. Harry Jenkins of Tulsa was a
Covington viistor the latter part of
the week.
Mesdames McMahon and Elliott;
Misses May Andrews, Nellie Poindex
day. mine Foster. The club not only rais-
On account of the lights at the e, but it C0I1serves foodstuffs for
Spring Valley school house being out uncje Sam.
of order the organizing of the young Little Miss Alma Cowl is on the
people's meeting was postponed un- s|c^. jjst_
til May 26th. Mr. and Mrs. John Henry of Wau-
Miss May O'Brate has been employ- komig gpcnt Monday at F. Ludwog's.
ed to teach the Columbia school next MisJ LaUra Blanchard is staying
w'nter- at Egger's now.
PD A imp rpv soriRs ! Mi" Mary Ann St*Pheng 'P"11
RAIR1E (.EM ■ QLIBh- commencement week in Enid with
... , „ . ... . . o her cousin, Miss Zada Stephens.
A b.g rain fell in _th.s vicinity Sun- Mr Uw5on Meek u workin(f i„
day evening. It is though that there nt
sufficient moisture in the
TURKEY CREEK ITEMS.
ground to last until harvest A few •
ter, Elsie Fortney and Audrey and hailstone* fell but not enough to do'
Aubrey Stricklin went kodaking Sun-! any noticeable damage. i
day afternoon Mr and Mrs. Pete Ditgen and Mr. and Mrs. W. M Sudderth left
Mr. and Mrs. Bostwick took Sun-'daughters left Saturday for Ames, for their home in Edmond, after
day dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Tom j where they will visit for a few days, spending a week with Mrs. Sud-
CUck.
, woerv inejr win vian iui a icw s^nuim • **—
• before returning to their home near derth's parents, Mr. and lira. H. [BBMBM
\ m ^ ™ 'ffi fgil
Playing Royal-West Side
TWO DAYS
THEDA BARA
In SOUL OF BUDDAH
Special Fox Production •
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MAY 23 AND 24
Shows starting every 2 hours—
at 1:30 p. 3:30 p. m., 5:30 p. 7:30 p. m., 9:30 p. m.
COMING SATURDAY. MAY 25TH— ALICE JOYCE
In TRIUMPH WEEK
with Special Fox-Yitagraph Comedy.
COMING SUNDAY, MAY 26TH— JANE AND KATHERINE LEE
In AMERICAN BIRDS
with 2-Reel Keystone Comedy.
MAY ALLISON
In SOCIAL HYPOCRITES
with Drew Comedy and
William S. Hart.
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
In FACE IN THE PAPER
with William S. Hart.
COMING WEDNESDAY, MAY 29TH— EDNA GOODRICH
In ANN'S FINISH
with William S. Duncan and Carroll
Holloway in "Vengeance and
the Woman."
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MAY 30 AND 31—ARNOLD DALY
In MY OWN UNITED STATES
By Anthony P. Kelly
in 8 Rrclh.
When you see this production you see one of the greatest production*
brought to Enid; if you don't understand what the United States
is fighting for, come to the Royal Thursday and Friday, 30th
and 31st, and you wiD see this Master Thought Portray-
ed in Pictures. MAKES MAN THINK.
COMING MONDAY. MAY 27TH—
COMING TUESDAY, MAY 28TH-
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Purcell, F. Everett. The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1918, newspaper, May 23, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc161463/m1/4/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.