Canadian Valley Record. (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1918 Page: 1 of 10
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Canadian
Record.
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VOL. XIII
CANTON, BLAINE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, AUGUST I, 1918
N*. 8
Betsworth-Ashford
Mr. Harry Betsworth and Mi*
Elsie Ash ford were married at
Taloga last Saturday They
came down from Marion, Kan.,
where the bride'# parents are
now living and where Haaty has
beta working is • garage.
Theae young people ar« very
well and favorably known in
this locality and the Record joins
their host of friends in wishing
tliem a Ions: and happy married
life m
Red Cross Workers.
The following aro those who
registered for Red Cross work,
July 30, 1918:—Mrs. M.I.Mark
er, Mrs. Thomas, Ylovia Sim
mons. Mary Ellen Hockaday,
Mabel Everett, Mrs. Geo. Sim
mons, Mra. C Y. Hockaday.
Blanche and Berniece Srader,
Mrs C. N. Srader, Mrs. C. I.
Baca. Mrs W. V Goode, and
Mrs. Davie Wilson.
FINANCIAL STATAMENT
and
ESTIMATE
Statement of Fiscal Condition of the
Town of Canton, County of Blain^,
State of Oklahoma, for the Fiscal
Yaar Beginning July 1. 1917, and and-
lag Jane K,
TWO MEN MEET
BEAT! AT OKEENE
I have just received a nice line
,o( altoes, accessories, such as oil ,
polishes, lacea, dressing, brush-
es, inso'es, slipper soles, nloa*
ber socks, etc. Csli snd sea
them. Neat repairing.
T. W. Martin,
The Shoemaker,
E. Main, Canton
J. S D^byos, <|emt*;ratic can-
didate for county treasurer, was
ia Caston today ia company with
Bert Willis, the present treasnr
er. The offce of
ffrfer i« one of the
ia the coanty and Mr.-ftifcyii
would fill the plae with ability
and integrity, aa haa our towna-
mru who waa with bim. He is
at present secretary of the B'aine
County Exemption Board and
Deputy Court Clerk. Mr. Dob-
yns ought to be An ideal man for
the position to which he aspires.
Sunday ia a day of rest. Let
the housewife go to church and
take the family to the Commer-
cial Hotel for one of those spec-
ial Sunday dinners. Children
35c. Adults 50c.
gstimated Needs for Cnrrent 1.x-
_ ihh for Fiscal Year beginning July
1. 1918, end ending June 30, 1919.
Statement uf Expenditures made
from Appropriations during the Fiscal
Year ended June 3o, 1918.
Mayor and Council of Commissioners
For salary ot officers and all regular
deputies and employees—f 126.0®
For sundry dontingent expenses 18.50
Bent 4126
City Clerk
For salary of officers and all regu-
lar deputies and employees. 45.00
For office supplies, blanK books,
stationery and printing It.'76
For poatage, telephone and tele- /
graph -•:••••.
City Treasurer
For salary of officers and all regu-
lar deputies and employees.. 1.00
Police Department
Pie salary of officer* ana all raga-
Ise deputies and employees "
Ptr furniture aadoBce equlp-
Mt..> 578
fVr purehase oa equipment and
apparatus * 402.33
Fire Department
Foe purchase of equipment and
apparatus. 68.00
Street Department
For salary of officers and a.l regu-
lar deputies and employees . 67.40
For special services and extra
help in instances authorized
by law 78.75
For express, freight anddrayage 18.85
For parchase of-equipment and
apparatua 4.75
Summary of Appropriations and
Expend it urea
Two men are dead ami the one
who committed the deed is in
jail at Watonga aa the reaalt of
ia affair It Qfceeae Taaeday ;
night.
Aa near aa we can get particu-
lars they sre as follows: |
Dan Webster and Jim Cobb.
Jr., returned from Enid in an
anto and Stopped at the Lets Eat
Here restaurant. They had
words with the clerk and start-
ed after lHm, one with a butcher
knife, when the clerk cut looiie <
wite a six shooter. Cobb re- ;
bullet in the heart and got to ;
the fron* of the restaurant and *
dropped dead. Cobb waa about
50 years old and married. Web-
«ter was about 35 years old and
hsn a wife and three children.
Smith, the man who did the
killing is a young fellow about
. 18 years old, is from Texas andl
9® has been at Okeene aboat two
months. He was lodged in jail
at Watonga to await trial.
"Where there's a will,
• There's a way."
Thtrfs not ask too great to un#ertake
-if you have the will. II you will to
save money, you can do it. You don't
necessarily have to be "short" to save
-just bank a part of your eaeninga at
this bank, each week or month-you
will be surprised at the rapidity of its
increase. Then you ar? ready to tackle
the larger things in life.
Show your will, and determination to
win, by starting an aooount with us
today.—And Sfay With It!
Bank of Canton
Canton* Oklahoma
coMayor and Coonel
most* import a* Xxb ttn* A.
City Treasurer
Police Department.
Fire Department...
.Street Department.
tin
1.90
648 06
. 68.00
. 169 75
Total 1186W
Itemised Estimate for Current |Ex-
penaes for the Fiscal Year beginning
July 1st. 1918. snd ending June SOth
1919.
At a meeting of the City Council of
the City of Canton. County of Blaine,
State of Oklahoma, held on the first
Monday in July. 1918, pursuant to the
provisiona of Section 2, of Chsp 226,
Laws. 1917, the following itemized es-
. timate for current expenses of said
! municipality for the fiscal year begin •
3
Your wagons and imple-
ments should last longer
Every farmer knows his
wagons and machinery will
last longer if kept out of the
weather It is equally
important to nave them
protected from sun and rain
when in use.
ning July 1st, 1918, and ending June
30th, 1919, waa adopted and approved
and ordered published in the Canadian
Valley Record a newspaper published
and of general circulation in said Town
towit:/
Mayor and Coancil
For salary of office*s and all regu-
lar deputies and employees.$150.00
For special service and extra
help in instances authorized
bylaw 100.0C
For ofltce supplies, blank books,
stationery and printing 59.00
For postage, telephone and tele-
graph. A 26.00
Per express, freight anddrayage 60.90
City Clerk
For salary of officers and all regu-
lar deputies and employees. .100.00
For oAce supplies, blank books
stationery and printing 5<\o0
For postage, telephone and tele-
graph 10.90
For express, freight and dray-
aga 80 09
For furniture and office equip-
ment 26.00
City Attorney
For salary of officers and all regu-
lar deputies and employees. > 60.00
City Treasurer
For salary of officers and all regu
lar deputies and employees.. 1.00
For sundry contingent expenses. 5.00
Police Department
For aalary of officers and all regu-
lardeputies and employees. ,3(H).0o
For special services and extra
I help in instances authorized
j bylaw 50.00
Street Department
For salary of officers and all regu-
lar deputies and employae? .100.00 |
Fof special service and extra
help in instances authorized
bylaw 100.00
For express, freight an drayage 25.00
For sundry contingent expeifses . 25.00
For Bridges 400.00
SUMMARY-GENERAL FUND.
Mayor and Council $376.oo
T. C. KNOOP
BONDED ATTORNEY
Represents the Leading Coinfnerciai
Law Lists
Free Service
All
Registrant* an# Relatives
Notary Publio in the Offlee
Bank of Canton Bldg. Canton, Oklahoma
POSTED
Get posted, now, we just got a car load of Arkansas posts,
good whiteoak, also some good ones creosoted. whic?i will
be a saving to you.
Phone 62.
K. HILL LUMBER CO.
E. E. EVERETT, Manager
L
FARM WAGON MINT
is the or.* protection that we can recommend.
We guarantee it to give a durable and lasting
finish. Ordinarily a gallon of it will repaint
all the wagons and machinery on the average
farm.
In addition to saving many times its cost
every year, this paint will keep things look-
ing spic-and-span.
Devoe Farm Wagon Paint is made in
green, red, yellow, blue and black. Which
color do you prefer?
A. H. HILL LUMBER CO.
CANTON. OKLAHOMA
paint devoe paint
C ity Clerk 215 00
City Attorney 50 oo
City Treasurer 6 OO
Police Department 350 oo
Fire Department 50 oo
Street Department. 650oo
Total $16a<Too
i'tate of Oklahoma,
County of Blaine, ss
We, the undersigned, duly elected,
qualified and acting officers of the Town
of Canton and State aforesaid, do here-
I by certify that the items and amounta
enumerated in the foregoing statement
of eatimatcd needs are reasonably
n«oe*.sar> in the proper conduct of the
affairs of the said municipality; and
that said estimatea were prepared and
made at a meeting held on tha first
Monday in July, 1918. the aame being
the let day of July, 1018
Qbo. Simmons, Mayor
W. P. Wild, Clerk
E. E. Willis, Treasurer
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this SOth day of July 1918.
J. O. Wild, Notary Public
My Commission Expire«.Jaa. 28. 1921.
SOMETHING NEW __
Kyanize Floor Enamel
Made By the Boston Varnish Co.
Floor Paint with High Gloss
Enamel.
..Big Jo Lumber Co..
CMTM, OMMOaik
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McDowell, C. S. Canadian Valley Record. (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1918, newspaper, August 1, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc176228/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.