The Okemah Ledger. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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THEOKEMAH LEDGER
By 0 C Gaston
OKEMAH '
OKLAHOMA
Thursday August 10 1911
EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS
‘ FOR RURAL ROUTE CARRIERS
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Entered at the postoffice at OkemahIndTer
January 311907 lor transmission through
the mails as second-class mail matter
Subscription Rates
One Year $1 00
Six months 50
Three months 25
Always In advance
Telephone No 32
STATE BOARD RAISES '
SOME ASSESSMENT VALUES
Postmaster P J 'Becker has de-
ceived notice that an examination
for applicants for rural route mail
carriers on proposed routes out
of Okemah will be held Saturday
September 2 1911 and all appli-
cants must he on hand ito take! this
examination
Those who desire to take this
examination must get application
blanks from postmaster Becker so
that they may be sent (in to the de-
partment at least ten Mays before
the day of the examination
Mr Becker will give all interest-
ed parties any information tjiat
may be necessary
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YE are running a general mercantile
store we carry a complete line
of everything in drygoods notions
clothing boots and shoes We also
carry a complete and up to date
line of groceries
Telephone us your order and we will
put the goods in your kitchen
J Ft Patterson MeC Go
Okemah Oklahoma
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25g Store !
In the old
Post office
The state bbard of equalization
has completed the equalization of
the taxable property ioS thd state
and County Clerk W T Harper
has received tha report showing
thie increases and' Uecrease ni
the assessment of this county
Jlorses are increased 8 r cent
anutera 2 1-2 per cent merchandise
" 50 per cent while cattle were low-
ered 3 1(1 er cent and hogs 6
jfcr cert
Lands are increased about 25
per cent 'the total value toeing
increased to $4157487 frpim $3324
251 as fixed fa y the county (board
town lots are jumped to $1454
H12 from $1163290 as fixed by
the county toward
The total valuation of all per-
sonal property fa the county as
fitxsfd by state board is $2
337 689 lands $4 175 748 lots
$1 54 11 tmakinig a total iTor the
conimlty'iOiH $7 969 549 as against
$6 44(6 953 fixed by the poninty
board - -
WELEETKA NEWS
Prom Weleetka American—
Mrs E D: Brooks of Allen Okla-
homa and her daughter Mrs Dr
May of Okeunah were- visitors of
Mr and Mrs D Knox last week
- No clue of any jmportancee has
been discovered in the Boatright
murder case Aurelius Villalobos
the" Mexican who was arrested
Sunday on suspicion was released
Tuesday there being no evidence
to ' warrant his being held
i A report got out here Saturday
that the Boatright murderer had
been captured in Okemah The re-
port 'however proved to be false
Le Roy Nifiomg who ia going to
keep tocpiks for the compress this
fall -left Wednesday for a four
weeks visit ini Modesto 111
'Elliot Patterson of Okemah is
visiting his friend Bryan Hayman
this week
Miss Ethel Mittendorf returned
Tuesday from a short visit in
Okemah
'Quite a wreck occured Wednes-
day morning iom( a side track in the
Frisco yards when two freight
cars turned over -It waB caused
by the spreading of the rails
No (One was injured ' ' - - r'
At a meeting of the( city (council
Wednesday n'g’bi tha mitt:r of the
petition fpr the isppression of pool
halls was again brought up Con-
siderable discussion was provoked
pro and con but' no actino was tak-
en the petition being tabled for
future consideration
Saturday evening Marshal Smith
created considerable excitement by
firing three shots at a drunken'
Indian When questioned Smith
said he was only shoting to scare
him away from the depot which
YALE SCHOOL HOUSE NEWS
As nobody has called attention to
this toeautilul part of Okfuskee Co
We thought it was our duty to
do so
As this is our first attempt' we
will not isay much how ever we
would like to call your attention
to the fact that we have a nice
school house and a very efficent
teacher in the person of Miss
Heppie Wilson 'who is compli-
mented toy fi liberal attendance of
about forty (40) pupils
Mrs Herrinigtion of Sulphur also
Mrs Palmer of Butner are visit-
ing their mother Mrs Sturgus at
present
Mrs Prank and also Rayden Fox
are visiting their relatives at Tal-
equah this week
Mr and Mrs Frank Caphart are
visiting the Iatters parents at
Asiher this week
Taylor Downs who has 'been
touring 'the U S for thepast few
months is npw' visiting his parents
Mr and Mrs W B Downs
Mr Julius Ogtourn of Price spent
Sunday night with E A Burch
Mr Wm McCulley and family
'was the' guest of Mr GeioiBleAn
and' family Sunday J
Miss Martha Frank attended
church At Pleasant Oak Sunday
Mr W B Downs was very much
alarmed on account of the' dieap-
Building
Okemah Oklahoma
In the old
Post office
Building
10 CENTS WILL BUY
perance of iSiOime of his Iwork stock
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ut he recovered them Saturday
Our road overseer Mr Holland
is very (busy getting the roads in
condition for cn
e fafl traffic
Some 'people in thie neighbor-
hood are buey plowing their young
corn while others are buey laying
by their cotton
? THE HOME KID
FOR SALE
Shetland poney buggy and har-j
ness Gentle for children to ride or
drive also span of black mules
16 hands high 5 years olil go
tlemiistoes on them
BRUR RANDALL Okemah tf
BEARDEN NEWS
he had attemped to make his loaf- practice
Not noticing anything in the
Ledger from our beautiful little
village for some time I thought I
would again takemy pencil and try
as beat I could toi have ourf place
represented
We have had an abundance of
raimrand (cotton nnd forage ('crops
look well
Somia how I can’t write without
speaking) of one of itlbe best rural
schools in Oklahoma first Our
school opened two weeks ago with
Prof Morris and wife ofStillwater
and Mrs Collier incharge Prof
Morris as principal and Mrs Mor-
ri'3 intermediate and Mrs Coll-
ier ha3 her place as primary
teacher agaim
Dr McGower and little girl were
quite isick last week but are bettre
and the Dr has again resumed his
10c Choice of 7 styles in Cups and Saucers:
'10c China milk pitcher decorated or plain’
10c Darge China Bowls - v - '
10c Fine large Fruit Bowls in Glass '
10c Pickle Dishes
10c Buys a 9 inch decorated China Salad dish
10c Buys an 0 inch glass Salad dish
10c Buys a complete Lamp burner chimney and wick
10c Buys a large glass Pitcher
10c Bu£s a fine decorated China syrup Pitcher
10c Buys a fine China Cuspador"
10c Buys a dressed Doll with bisque head
10c Buys fancy Pepper and Salt with stand
SISK & SOY
PLANING MILL
See them for Sash Doors Screens
Store Fronts and all kinds of Cabinet
and General Mill Work
Satisfaction Guaranteed V
Prices Reasonable
OZSMAIX OKIrAHO MA
$ 4
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J 10c Buys shoe soles '
10c Buys a Saw or Hammer
2 10c Buys Milk pans u
2 10c Buys Stew pans
2 10c Buys Frying pans ‘
2 10c Buys a 'silver call bell
2 10c Buys a large Salver 1
2 10c Ladies fast black Hose white feet
2 10c Boys fine Suspetders
2 10c A large Towel 37x18 t
10c A fineTurkish Towel ’ '1
10c Children’s Bose Supporters
2 10c Byys fancy Glasses ' 1
10c Buys a ladle Mirrors! ' r
2 10c Oelery Glasses''
' 10c Large Sponge
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510 and 25 Gent Store
The old Postoffice ' building half block west of
Citizens Bank Okemah Oklahoma
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two of Bearden’s most promising
young people were married last
Sunday at the borne of the (bride’s
parents three miles west of Bear-
den Roy is iome of the Ibest (young
iren and Eulai3th3 daughter of Mr
anid Mrs Lee Shiults The young
coiuple jhave a very priomisimig life
fciefore them They have -our best
wishe -
Our Sunday School is well (at-
tended every Sunday which tpeaks
well for the morality pt out little
burg anid vicinity
As it has been so long isience I
have written anything fora paper
dontknjO'W just how much patience
the editor has and space there is
in a newspaper so will quit toy say-
ing we are as ever— A FAILURE
ing headquarters
The matter ofgood roads is be--ing
discused with much interest
just now especially as other towns
are building roads with the view
of gaining trade which rightly fce-l
Dr Benton Lovelady wa9 in
Bearden last week to sea Dr Me-
Gower who was quite ill
Our Trustee L E Shult is tak-
ing quite an interest in the road 3
and s-nce the rains he is putting
lomgs to Weleetka There are sev-j them in good shape He has made a
j eral roads which should be worked
over if the farmers are expected to
haul their cotton to markeet over
them Probably the worst places
are near A P Stephenson’s and on
s the hill road near the Ft Smith
and Western northeast of town
Congressman J E (Davenport
! telegraphed this paper the 3rd
I imst that the Senate had passed
the congressional reapportionment
j bill which gives Oklahoma three
additional members of congress
t and that the House had passed
tha- bill revising the cotton sched-
ulas of the tariff law This
Congress is certainly doing a
splendid loit iof work in the in-
terest of the people and putting
'eoune stiff propositions up to the
president - -
crossing on the river east of town
so people that have business east
across the river can get into ©ke-
mah without going around the
world Besides he says he likes
to see automobiles and is going to
fix so they can get to Holdenville
and VVewoka easy
School opened with a good at-
tendance and promises to be one
of the best schools we have had
and the kind we are justly en-
titled to
B Rose and wife of Castle visit-
ed Q M Taylor’s Sunday
J C Bass and wife visited their
son Claude in Castle Sunday
The two Lees were transacting
business in Okemah Saturday
C B Morris our gin man was
in Okemah on business Saturday
GRANT SCHOOL HOUSE NEWS
Tom Stone has returned home
a visit west of Okemah where he
has been spending a few days
with friends
O Oscar Hastings was down at
Okemah Friday and Saturday on
butimess for the district
Crops are looking fine
We h!f had lots of rain here
the past week
A iitirr fcti of folks from here at-
tended -singing at Bethel school
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
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In the Matter of (he Estite of Her-
bert Island a minor
Notice is hereby given in pursu-
ance of an- iordqr of the County
Court fwfcthe Coqiity of Oklihsjcee
State of 'Oklahoma made on- the1
Third day of August A D 1911 1
the undersigned Guardian of the 2
Estate of Herbert Island a minor
will sell at public sale to the high- j
est bidder subject to confirmation I 2
by said Court on Thursday the
24th day of August A D 1911 at
two a’clock R M at the Court 2
House Door Okemah Oklahoma 3
all the right title and interest of
of said minor Herbert Island in 2
and to the doliowing described
real estate situate in Okfuskee
County State of Oklahoma to-wit : 5
The NV 1-4 of the SW 1-4 the 3
NW 1-4 of the SW 1-4 of theSW
1-4 the NW l-4of the SW 1-4 f
of tha SW 1-4 of the SW 1-4 5
the E 1-2 of the SW 1-4 of theSW
1-4 of the SW 1-4 the E 1-2 of the 5
SW1-4 of the SW 1-4 the NW 5
1-4 of the SE 1-4 of the 8W1-4
of the NW 1-4 cf the ih'E 1-4 5
of the SE 1-4 and theSE 1-4 of
the SW 1-4 all in Section Twenty
One (21) Township Pleven (11) 5
Complete line of Wesco
Stoves and Ranges Free--port
and Henney Buggies
Springfield and Mandt
Wagons
Complete line of Harness
and Saddles
We also invite inspection of
fliw fcowtosC) iM
ursoirj rtii'l- d'jc-mt
Call and see us in our new
quarters one door east of
our old stand’
house last Sunday pnd report a North and Range Eleven(ll) East
nice time Mrs Crosby led the
singing
We nave read in the Ledger isev-
al times about Mr Will Henson as
one iof the directors of ditrict
No 45 but it is an error as Mr
Henson is not one of the directors
Mr and Mrs Tom Lane have a
new big boy at their house and
both mother and child are doing
well i
Mrs Fleas Lane is quite sick
' There will be meeting at our
school house every Sunday jn
this month
Everybody is invited to attend and
Roy Lewie and Miss Ella Shults BOnkbody with them
of the base and Meridian contain-
ing 160 acres more or less the
same being the allotment of Her-
bert Island minor Said real es-
tate will be sold on the following
terms and conditions to-wit: cash
in hand paid on the confirmation
of the sale by tha Judge of the
County Court of Okfuskee County
State of Oklahoma
Dated the third day of August
A D 1911
WILLIE HOLMES
Guardian Herbert Island minor
Z J ThoimpsiOBi Attorney'
for Guardian
First published Aug' 3 1911 t3
STORE
W N BARRY Manager
Okemah Okla
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F M MILLER
GRADUATE OPTICIAN
Office at Turner'i Grocery Store
Okemah Okla
Upon request will call and test eyes
at yourown residence ftee of charge
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Gaston, O. C. The Okemah Ledger. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1911, newspaper, August 10, 1911; Okamah, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1860520/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.