The Citizen (LaKemp, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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Lai£emp, Beaver County., Oklahoma, Thursday Aug. 21 l9li>.
No.
SETTING GgADF, STAKES ; ADAMS THANKS VOTERS
K«co Dodd reports that Sun
niay thore was being unloaded at
I Shattuck a par load of tents and,
grade stakes for use on the Snnte
jl'V <| Northwestern out ot
tuck. He says that the outfit
To the voters ot Heaver and
i Harper Counties:
I desire to most heartily thank
sante an th0ge who supported me in
Shat- i^e recent primary, and trust 1
| shall always be able to
setting grade stakes were about; t^eir continued coniidetiee
WELL CASING and PIPE
A Good supply of BLAKE PATENT
mm!!WELL CASING on hand. Also plenty
all kinds of
l> Lie 11 cUliUlJUcU L'JliliUvuLr. iYi j ^
eight miles southwest of fyanhoe, (){gcitti majoTity in the two coun | of 2 inoil galV&ViZed l)ioC cillll
If VOU want a loan lwhGnhe passed- They are sct !ties. Beaver and Harper, was 97.
t.ina crradp stakps for the main' having received 96 per cent of
the vote in my home town &tu
82 per cent of the vote in mj j , , n ,i tt«
hoire ccuuty. • Our Grocery stock is of the Highest
on your farm see me,
for you will save
both time and money.
My rates and terms!
are the best to be]
had and for prompt
loans we excel other
companies,
I. N, Edwards.
LaKemp State Bank.
line and also laying out switches!
as they came to them. Dirt wil '
no doubt be moving within a
short ti mo.
well accessories
surprise gleanings
I I also desire to tbank the newt- j
i paper meu cf the district for j Quality and complete in all lines.! ry
I their courteous treatment, ae j
! well as those republican frieudi
US
Some wind this.
But the downpour is not far
who gave us encouragement aud |
assistance. Hopiug to meet j
more of the good people of the
jot?. J district during the pi ogress o*
I Con Nf er threshed the last of ] the campaign, 1 am,
Gratefully Yours
E. t^ee Adams.
WOOPWARD RAILItOAl)
*
AUTO LIVERY
J. T. Morris, Prop,
Trips Mad*
Any Tiiju*.
Heasurta.bli.\
Anywhere
Pripes
Phone 21
LaKemp Okla.
R?v. £. L. Mardockof Laverne
Okl* , is here this week holding
m Friends' meeting southeast of
town in the Mardock school
house. Mr. Mardook had trouble
with his car and brought it in for
repairs.
The S. k S, Picture and Vaud-
?{He showed here in the Weiig
hall the iirst three nights of this
week, They carry their own
lighitrg plant ahd give a good
show.
The Southwest Pair Associa-
tion is making great efforts to
have the greatest fair at Liberal
that was ever held at that place,
liberal has made great gains in
every way in the last two years
and promises to outdo every
effort in the past in regard to
j the week.
j George Buck flutter went to
Knowles Saturday with wheat
j for Con >\ i ff.
i Grant B'urditt is tearing up the
!earth wrtn^ix horses and a disc; Tile following information, in
gang. Grant is some farmer. j regard to the new road from
j Ray Boise and G. W. Buck-'oklahoma City to Woodward is
! master attended the sale of Hoi-! froro the Woodward News.
steins at &nowls during the past ; Reports from the meeting of
week and stocked up on Holst-eiu ; ^e promoters a;d the repi'c*
calves. Looks as though the | tatives of the towns along
boys have the right perspective' proposed route, in session at
in this matter. Oklahom? City, seem to indicate
, i that the new railroad r rnecting-
We are informed that Mr.; , , ...
. ., , . , , , i Woodward with the .; tal c.tv
Parker called the sale o|| before th,«
ii n mi will be one of the big .things tnis
the stock were all sold. Thought, XT
they were not bringing enough
Charley Connor has been
THE WRIGHTGARAGE
Is the right place to take your auto.
All work guaranteed. A good supply
of accessories on hand. Give us a
trial. FREE AIR
'^WRIGHT & SON, LAKEMP, OKLA.
a'o
| year brings to Woodward
At she naeetiag last week, it
was an no n need that a bonus of
#ent for the past two weeks buy-j $400,000 and right of way from
ing cattle. i Oklahoma City to Woodward was
George Buckmasterand wife and a11 tnat mU8t be arransed to as
the Dr. made a flying trip to sure the road.
Beaver last week. The you «' The money is ready and the
people were wanting some dental j Oklahoma City Chamber <*Oom
work done.
The engine at the O^ilvie mill! Jay Morris is moving out of
has been giving a little trouble town this week.
the
lis week.
We were visited by a rain
Wednesday night, not very muoh
however.
R. i. Morris Same in Wed. to
help Jay move.
Considerable work is being
on the road running north one
mile east of town, this road con-
stituting one of the state high
Oklahoma Uity mamneroi uim-i ■ .
! . . . , . , ., ! wavs on which the state automo-
; oierce voted to get behind the; • ,
A few days since one of Willard j coiripiettd
uirton's boys was kicked in the
| proposition and sae that it
was • tax *9 sPent«
I of thess state
There ar^f six
roads in this
Under the plan as now con-! Mr. Patterson has returned to
face by a horse, the same even- j ^ered jt is up to Seiling, Rich-1
ing one of Orville WUder's chaps j muud) Mutual'and
was kicked in the face by a j raise something like $75,000 of j in the car.
horse, and the same evening one j ^ie ^onus, and this the towns
of Dexter Gilger's girls fell and interested are willing to raise. j
I his home in Colorado, going as
Woodward to far as Liberal with Harry Adams
Ase Hibbs was in from
Clear Creek country Wed.
R. W. Martin, a merchant of
Balko was tn this neighborhood
on business Wed.
John Lawson of Beaver waa in
our little burg Tuesday.
Theo Doerrie and family went
to Shattuck Wednesday and will
be able to give us more informa-
tion about the railroad.
Fred Kilne wont to Beaver on
business Wed.
Clarence Burtou and family
went to Glazier Tues.
injured an arm
'Uncle Ben" West has built a
Secretary Luce is now at Okla-
homa City this week helping to
' ^v | Hill [Ml t. ^ V—
furnishing amusement for theworker in iron,
thousands of visitors who are ex- j
Shop east of the Crosno store and ! close the matter and we hope to j
will henceforth do the black- j be able to state ne tt week that j
smithing for the (food people of the road is coming."
jthis part. "Uncle Ben*' is a cap
pected to be in Liberal Sept.
14 and 11
13,
Sam Jones is also building in
The sale o the Geo. Perry
cattle took place as skeduled at
the Lehman farm just north of
town last Saturday afternoon and
while not a judge of stock sales it
seemed to ipe that the stuff sold
reasonably high although with
all kinds of food stuffs qn the up
grade it is almost impossible to
pay too much for cattle.
0. T. Weitss drove in home Sun-
day morning from a monfhs stay
atArtesia, New Mexico, where
he has been looking after some
property he has in A^rtesia. He
iays that place is well improved
and has a wealth of beautiful
shade trees. They had been
having ipome good rains out there
for two weeks hefore he came
back, the first, however, for ten
months. Be says along the Pecos
river the artesian wells are still
flowing but- further a*vay from
<h£ rb hare fatted
Dan Quinlan tells us he expects
to make this his home hereafter,
dividing his time between the
Surprise and will be ready soon ; farm hero and the ranch in New
to make the balkey autos move i Mexico. We are glad to get them j
for the distressed owners there-! hack.
of.
REAL ESTATE, LOANS & INSURANCE
James R. Scohee and family
have gone on a pleasure and bus-
iness trip to their former home
near Cestos, Qkla. They may be
absent a couple of weeks, as they
want to rent their place while
there.
Bud Moreland, is holding the
fort at the Scobee store during
the absence of the proprietors.
I
IA Real Estate investment was the found.
Uayl & Kline for a quick sale and | aj. jon 0|nearJy every one of the great
Reasonable com-! , . . • ,
Don't fail tolist your farm with
estates of America. A judicious invest-
on the
a square deal.
mission charged.
r. m. riaiey was in from the ment at this time may start you
j^r^l^^tbtlroadto financial independence. If you
! rather an old timer in thi8|Want {q buvafarm. see us, we may have
country, having lived here the; J
last thirty years. He can re - just what you want. It you want money
& A. Macy has his new garage tad I with which to buy the adjoining farm, W6
up and is busy patching up the was supposed to be a fit subject
crippled automobiles that come
his way. Ed. is a good workman.
Mamie Wilcox, was awarded
the prize set of dishes that were
given by the Scobee people.
We are informed that Carl Ev-
sns has bought the Osoar Philips
place north of Surprise. Have
not learned the price paid.
Jft&YBODX
for an investigation into his sani
ty. All the old settlers chose
land along the creeks so they
would be sure to have plenty of
water and teey did not think this
land out here on the fiats would
ever be taken. Land that was
then thought worthless for farm-
purposes is now selling at $20
per acre and this. ir> only the be-
g inning
can get it for you at lowest rates.
Colorado Relinquishments handled.
Liiemp,
Okla.
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