The Darrow Press (Darrow, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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V0L- 3- N0- 3S- DARROW, BLAINE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1907. $1,00 THE YEAR.
Teachers Hired for Darrow Schools
The school board of the Dar-
row school district elected Miss
Daisy Pratt, of this city, and
Miss Lula Eagan, of Hitchcock,
as teachers for the ensuing year.
Miss Daisy was the teacher for
the advanced grade last year
and taught a good school. Miss
Eagan has been highly recom-
mended and will beyond a doubt
teach a successful school.
Will Boyd, of Thomas, was a
visitor at Darrow the first of the
week.
W. B. Stewart came up from
Bickford and visited with home-
folks over Sunday.
Earl Schreffler, of Homestead,
was in town the first part of the
week.
The Rock Island railroad com-
pany is making all kinds of re-
pairs on the Choctaw Northern
this summer. The bridge gang-,
consisting of 10 men, have been
sidetracked at Darrow for some
time. Every repair necessary
to insure the safety of heavy
traffic is being made. This is
another bumper iu the way of
making the Choctaw the main
line from Enid to the Southwest
and discontinuing the line from
Ringwood to Greenfield Junction.
F. B. Landis spent some time
" this week in breaking a colt pre-
paratory to starting a cream
route. He will make his first
r> trip on the route next Friday,
without any superstitions as to
the luck that will follow.
Mrs. J. L. Silvey and daugh-
ter Flossie, went to Mulhall yes-
terday'to visit with relatives
Lover the Fourth. Birdie and
Sadie Silyey, who were visit-
ing at Mulhall for several weeks
will return with them.
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Henry Shaffer, of Southard,
> was in town after lumber Tues-
day and Wednesday with which
to build a business house at that
place.
Arthur Griffin, of Southard,
^was in Darrow Sunday and
^Tuesday.
The Okeene "Harmony" Meeting.
For the benefit of those who could not attend the Okeene Republi-
can "Harmony" Rally we have called up our engraving tools.
District Republican Rally an oratorical production in
Governor Frantz, Bird S.! which he outlined plans for sue-
McGuire, and T. B. Ferguson cess at the polls.
Mr. Ames, of near Riley, Kan-
pi is visiting with his son,
I Orlow Ames, northwest of town.
Jhe visit seems very agreeable
Bo Orlow at this time while he is
bursing a crushed hand.
Our friends Fisher and Outh-
ier. of Okeene, were in Darrow
Wednesday with two other lads
[trying to jack Darrow up on
,wheels and move it to their vil-
lage. From Darrow they went
[to Southard to see whether they
could devise some scheme to
jack the plaster mill up on sleds
Band move it down also. It is
ijalso stated that Johnney pro-
flposes to jack a hill or two of
gypsum on wheels and haul it
\; on the old Okeene townsite. It
T has also been said that Johnney
made a motion to jack a well or
* nwo of our good water on wheels
' and move it to Okeene, but his
. tman Friday voted it down with
gjhe objection that he did not
ke any kind of water.
Owing to the busy season of
the year the attendance was not
as large in the afternoon and
evening as many had supposed.
New S. S. Officers fleet
The following officers for the
opened the campaign in the 2nd
congressional district at Okeene
last Friday.
The speakers arrived at noon
and attended the ball game be-
tween Okeene and Watonga.
Fisher's reception committee,
kept the distinguished gentlemen j blaine County S. S. Association
in "close communion" and j were elected at the convention
entertained them as best they !at Geary ,ast week:
could. j President, J. H. Geeslin;. Vice
At about 9 o'clock the speak- Pres.. G. V. Albertson; Sec. and
ers went to the building where ;Treas., Jennie Craven; House to
the crowd was in waiting and j House Supt., Mrs J. 0. Davis;
began to dispose of their politi-1 Home Dept. Supt.. D. B. Hess;
cal oratory. The room was hot Primary Supi. Mrs. H. H. Dively
enough to hatch chickens, and if |Teacher's Training, G. W. Ferg-
the predictions made come true uson: Temperance Supt.. W. M.
we wouid advise McGulreJ Hutchison.
Frantz and Ferguson to carry!
A lonely batchelor living near
with'them a few settings during
the summer, for they will need
the roosters next fall.
The speakers were introduced
by Frank Hoyt, the lumber
puncher of Okeene, and between
the speeches very fine musical
selections were given.
Elk City was found dead in his
yard last week, and not far
away lay his dog dead also. The
supposition is that the dog. after
protecting his master's body for
about three days, died with a
broken heart. The dog had not
. been dead long when the two
Delegate McGuire was the1 , , .
were found, but from the condi-
nrst to speak and made several'. ,, ,
tion of body the man had been
good points for the party. Our;, . r ,
rp tj tji dead for three days. Neither
own T. B. Ferguson came next ,. . ,
the man nor the dog had any
in order who set out to make a . ,, , , * . .
mar ks of foul plav which gives
stort speech, but he was too full ...
... m , . ,. . conclusive evidence that the one
with Oklahoma politics to "ring , , .
^ died of heart failure and the
eff as soon as he had plan ' . , . .
, ~ r, 1 other of grief over his master,
ned. Governor Frantz was the
last speaker. His speech was Tom Wiley went to Carlton
more of a scholarly effort than'last Sunday for a short visit.
Liquor as Labor's Enemy
Under the above heading, the
American Issue publishes the
following pithy article:
If a laboring man buys £100
worth of boots and shoest, he
buys $20.71 of labor. In buying
$100 worth of furniture he buys
123.77 of labor. In every $100
worth of hardware he buys
#24.17 of labor. In every 1100
worth of clothing he buys $17.42
of labor. In every $100 worth
of cotton goods he buys $16.91 of
labor. In every $100 worth of
men's fujnishing goods he buys
$18.34 of labor. In every $100
worth of worsted goods he buys
$13.55 of labor. In every $100
worth of woollen goods he buys
; $12.86 of labor. In every $100
worte of liquors he buys $1.23 of
labor.
If eight laboring men spend
$300 for furniture, hardware,!
clothing, cotton, worsted, wool- j
; len goods and men's furnishing!
goods, they contribute $147.43 to J
labor, and at the same time that i
they bring valuable supplies to f
their familes they stimulate
business and add to the demand
for labor. If the $800 is spent
in the saloon only $9.84 goes for
labor, the families are made
wretched, and the men them-
selves are made worse physically,
financially and morally, their
jobs are imperilled, and they'
have wasted their money. Liq-
uor is labor's worst enemy.—
Contributed
Darrow's future Looks Brighter
With the erection of a new
union depot Darrow takes a turn
for the better. There is every
evidence now that Darrow will
be the coming town of the. north
end of Blaine county. The Rock
Island running through Okeene
is being given as little repairs
as the traffic will permit, ties are
being taken up where they ap-
pear close together and placed
where rotten ones are being tak-
en up, all of which is a reliable
sign that the road will be discon-
tinued soon. Said road will bo
extended west of Ringwood and
the entire length from Ringwood
to Hitchcock discontinued. In
order to make good their con-
tract with Hitchcock the Rock
Island will connect the Choctaw
with Hitchcock from Ferguson
and discontinue the Choctaw
from the head of Roman Nose
canyon to Greenfield Junction.
Take a new map of Oklahoma
now, trace the length of the
road that will be discontinued
and you will see the advantages
of the town at which some of
you prefered to poke fun.
Apprentice Wanted
This office is in need of a
boy or girl from 14 to 18 years
old to serve as apprentice.
Wages will be increased accord-
ing to the aptitude of the ap-
pentice. Three months of work
in a newspaper office is equal to
six months of school and you
get wages for the experience
besides.
The Citizens League of Oklaho-
ma, a brewery product, sends
out many circulars these days
making all sortfe of claims and
says that 18 states have tried
prohibition and that Nebraska
was one of them. The editor of
this paper lived in that state for
27 years and we must confess
that this is news to us.
Miss Florence Pratt went to
Oklahoma City last week to hear
Richard Pearson Hobson deliv-
er one of his famous speeches
Miss Inez Silver, of Watonga,
visited with friends in Darrow
over Sunday.
Mrs. W. A. Dorey attended
the Blaine County Sunday
School Convention at Geary last
week.
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Daeschner, Gideon. The Darrow Press (Darrow, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1907, newspaper, July 4, 1907; Darrow, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc180032/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.