The Waurika News. (Waurika, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1909 Page: 1 of 16
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VOL VII Published Every Fridag'r 14 PAGES WAURIKA JEFFERSON COUNTY OKLAHOMA FfUDAY JIJLY 2 13C9 14 PAGE3 On DeSar Pr Auo HO 43
TOWN BOARD
ImptrtMt Bprl al Cssimlttw Ism-
tifstlaf CsrWn (Mews aai Pav-
1 11 CmKIms In Othsr Tnm
The board of trustees met in
regular session in the Chamber
of Commerce headquarters with
Trustee Divers in the chair the
Mayor still being among the
missing The following bills
were allowed and clerk instruct-
ed to draw warrants on different
funds in payment of same -
J C Willard meals for pris-
oners $1800
Billy Campbell work on Btreets
with team 3 3-4 days $1300 ‘
E T Bishop cleaning out pub-
lic well $100
Johnston Mercantile Co six
policeman's whistles $900
C II Lund lumber used in
building jail enclosure $2890
W A Weaver hauling mate-
rial for" culvert 125
Chas Peterson repairing tool
house $200
Waurika News printing and
job work $11600
John Eisele balance payment
grading streets $7500
Cotner & McCanne shoeing
fire team $200
Cotner & McCanne repairing
fire chief’s buggy $550
The bond of Kemp & White
concrete pavement contractors
was approved and accepted
The report of the investigating
committee consisting of the mem-
bers of the board who recently
visited other cities was then read
and filed for the information of
those interested Chickasha
Guthre Oklahoma City Enid and
El Reno were visited and the
prices at which city contracts
were let for paving and the kind
of paving used are as follows:
Chickasha $193 per square
yard and using asphalt
Guthrie $187 per square yard
for asphalt $177 per square
yard for brick
Oklahoma City $193 per square
yard for asphalt no brick being
used
El Reno $229 per square yard
for brick $249 per square yard
for asphalt
The above are street paving
prices only The following are
sidewalk curb and gutter prices:
Chickasha 68 cents per lineal
foot for curb and gutter
Oklahoma City 10 to 11 cents
per square foot for sidewalk 70
cents per lineal foot for curb and
gutter
Guthrie 12 cents per square
foot for sidewalks 70 cents per
lineal foot for curb and gutter
El Reno 11 to 12 cents per
square foot for sidewalks $100
per lineal foot for curb and gut-
ter Enid 10 cents per square fxt
for sidewalks 80 cents per lineal
foot for curb and gutter
Report also shows that Enid
has two day policemen and three
night policeman with the chief
on a salary of $1000 per annum
and the others at $6500 per
month Report further shows
that most of the cities visited are
using asphalt for paving and but
very little brick
After the report was read 8
V Cummins asked that same be
not adopted until the expiration
of ten days in order to enable
him to show that thickness of
paving sidewalk etc with oth-
er requirement were not up to
the standard of those required
by Waurika in the paving con-
- tracts here the purpose being to
- rebut the presumption that these
figures are in reality lower than
the figures submitted by Mr
Cummins for pavement and side-
walk construction here
The board refused to delay the
adoption of the report Trustee
Divers stating that the public
was entitled to the report now
but asked that Mr Cummins ob-
tain his data as soon as possible
so that such rebuttal report could
be published in same issue of The
News as the within report Mr
Cummins informed a News rep-
resentative that he would obtain
such data aa soon as possible snd
have same published for informa-
tion of the public
Trustee Divers and Trustee
Lang then expressed the opinion
that Waurika should be made a
city of the first class and said
W guarantee prices on groc-
eries and hardware Johnston
Mercantile Co
that the matter would be taken
up with the city attorney at once
and steps taken t& that end The
board expressed themselves as
believing that there is no reason
why Waurika should not be made
a city of the first class at this
time $td thal'such a step would
be to tnejnterest of the taxpay-
ers best conducive to- good- city
government and give a better
representation tojosny interests
at large in a city -odranqil Com-
posed of a larger membership
than the present town board 4
I he Board met' Monday even-1
ing per adjourned session and
first took up' matter of r pound
officer--It was decided thatinas-
much as matter of proper care
of animals heretofore trespass-
ing had been pretty well disposed
of the resignation of Dowdy
Tucker as pound officer should be
accepted and was so moved
Board then took the matter of
cutting down present police force
and in line with a strict policy
of retrenchment it was decided
to drop one officer from the force
leaving three on duty Chief
Tucker was asked to decide
whom should be dropped and
said that all hid done their duty
so thoroughly and well he would
hate to decide and checked the
matter up to the board who will
decide later Board then compli-
mented Chief Tucker and his
men on the efficient and thorough
manner in which they had done
their duty and expressed regret
that financial reasons alone com-
pelled the dropping of any one of
the force
City contractor B V Cummins
then presented bills for street
crossings and curbings and after
considerable discussion between
Mr Cummins and Trustee Divers
city clerk was asked to take
down different estimates of cost
of work material etc and
found same to be the amount of
$344144 Jt was then decided to
turn same over to city clerk and
city engineer to go over thor-
oughly and report on same before
allowing any warrants Board
then adjourned to meet the fol-
lowing evening
L ftUnris Ysaktsy Assaults -
Some unknown parties assault-
ed E Marvin Yeakiey while
guarding some whiskey which
he had captured on the road east
of town while enroute to Cornish
Yeakiey had ordered the whis-
key unloaded in a barn and
while watching it some parties
approached him and beat him up
and tied him to a nearby fence
so it is reported The incident
caused intense excitement in
town and resulted in a mass
meeting held in the school house
where resolutions condemning
the liquor traffic were passed
County Attorney Hamilton - was
one of the speakers Judge G
M Bond was also in attendance
and after returning to Ryan is-
sued warrants for four persons
here who were taken to Ryan
and who gave bond in the sum
of $2000 each Their names are
not published by The News as
there is grave doubt as to their
guilt ana if their innocence is
Kroven a great injustice would
e done them by implication As
The News goes to press the ex-
citement seems to have subsided
and things have resumed their
normal condition Yeakiey has
recovered from his injuries
July FsarUi
Waurika will furnish the peo-
ple with a celebration program
for the 4th of July except that
the event will be held on the 5th
the 4th coming on Sunday In
another part of this paper will
be found a list of prizes to be
given by the merchants and citi
zens of the town in addition to
the regular list of First Monday
prizes Several thousands of peo-
ple are expected to be here that
day and Waurika will entertain
them in her inimitable way and
it is safe to assert that every
body who visits here that day
will be more than repaid for
their trip
Cswrty tsat Hews
The supreme court will convene
in July but all the county seat
contest case will probably be
laid over forconsideration in Sep-
tember Waurika will have to
wait until that time for an order
for the seat of government
W guarani prks on groc-
er Us and hardware Johnston
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The following are the prizes
and the names of donors for next
First Monday coming on the 5th
of July a week from next Mon-
day There are not quite as
many premiums as heretofore
but the omission will be more
than evened up by the added
Fourth 'of July attractions as
noted in another column A com-
mittee to see about extra at-
tractions has been appointed
to work in conjunction with
the regular First' Monday com-
mittee and the next First Mon-
day is thus insured to be the ban-
ner First Monday of an yet
held The committees say they
are going to work their hardest
to make it comfortable and pleas-
ant to every one attending and
as the committees haver had the
valuable experience of the pre-
vious Fint Monday there is no
question but that the next one
will be The First Monday of them
alb Look over the premiums and
notice that we will have in addi-
tion as noted elsewhere some fine
Fourth of July attractions and
make arrangements to attend
Best pair of pigs under six weeks
old $250— Divers & Taylor
Best single driver $250— T B
Kelly
Bst matched driving team $200
— W E Conner
Best span matched draft horses
$250— First National bank
The fattest cow 1 ton of ice —
Waurika Ice and Electric Co
Best yearling mule colt $250—
First State bank -
Best display of farm products
$250— Waurika National bank
Best sample of Alfalfa $1 cash
and 1 years subscription to the
Waurika Herald
Largest stalk of green corn $250
—South Texas Lumber Co
Best sample sheaf oats $1 —
Tarkenton & Bollinger -
Largest stalk of green cotton
$250— Waurika Mercantile Co
Best sheaf wheat to display ih
our office $1— Tarkenton n &
Bollinger
Best dozen ears of corn to dis-
play in our office $225 pocket
knife— Winningham & Hullum
Second 'premium on alfalfa to
display in our store $1— Dun-
kin Lund Land Co
Best half gallon green beans $5
ladies hat — R L Newton & Co
Best garden peas $1— R L Ca-
ruthers Dozen largest onions $1— Wau-
rika Restaurant
Beat new potatoes $150 li gro-
ceries— Kay Bros
Largest spring turnip $150— R
L Gibson
Largest bunch of lettuce 1 years
new subscription to The Wau-
rika News
Dozen largest radishes 1 years
new subscription to The Wau-
rika News
Best pair goslings $2— Waurika
Abstract Co
Heaviest dozen eggs $2— Geo
Tucker
Largest goose egg $2 in mer-
chandise— Mitchell’s Cash gro-
cery Best half dozen spring chickens
$1— Geo McKinley & Co
Best two year old Jersey heifer
$3 in merchandise— Turnage
Brothers
Best cake $2 in merchandise—
Broaddus Co
Best loaf of bread $1— G A
Nelson
Best pound of butter $1 Toilet
article— Durham & Harris
Second best pound of butter $1
-W M Willis
Best jar of preserves $3 parasol
Wiseman Dry Goods Co
For the latest married couple
$150 in groceries— Phelan &
Beaty
Best piece hand needle work $1
—Jack Jasper
Best pair home knit sox glass
berry set— Five and Ten Cent
store
Boquet of prettiest natural flow-
ers $1— Joe Dillard
Prettiest young lady between 16
and 19 years old 1 lb box can-dy-Candv
Kitchen
For the oldest married couple
$260— Nall & Stuard
For the couple having been mar-
Johnston Mercantile Co th
tor where quality counts
ried the longest $3 ladies waist
“-Hardy-Underwood Co
Best English ' Setter $L50 in
trade - Palace Clothing store
Lqdy Jivipg greatest distance
from-Wattka who has article
on display $3 mirror— Rabb &
Rabble- - ' -v
Prettiest girl 14 to 16 years $1—
Dr Maupin
Nicest display of peaches- $1 —
O E Heacock
Best bale of new hay $2— W H
Hard
Nicest basket of fruits $150 and
one dish Steffen’s ice cream
Oldest lady in Waurika from
Jefferson county $250 arm
rocker— Huddle Furniture Co
Best half dozen Leghorn frying
chickens $2— JC Benjamin
Best half dozen Plymouth Rock
fryers $L50 in trade-J W
Kukuk
Best half dozen Brahma fryers
$150— Jordan Grocer Co
Best milk cow $5 to be judged
on looks quantity and quality
of milk -Cummins & Nelson
For best sample pop corn $1—
N B McManns
Best brood Plymouth Rock
spring chickens $2 in trade—
C H Lund
Best two dozen ears sweet corn
$1 — Rehn hotel
Best half dozen bundles Oats $250
— Broaddus & Mize
Largest watermelon $4 worth of
photos— Stone’s gallery
One barrel of ice cold mineral
water will be donated ’by the
owner— Walter P Harper
Tbs Orgaa an the
Some time ago a traveling gent
blew into Waurika and attempted
to put on a “contest” in which
he was to “give away” a lot of
very valuable prizes and a part
of the play was to get a news-
paper to “cap” the play and
’boost” the suckers against the
game The money to go to the
newspaper for that purpose was
offered to The News but after
a - committee appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce to inves-
tigate the matter reported un-
favorably The News refused the
money although the gent offered
to nay it all in advance Anoth-
er' newspaper in Waurika de-'
ciared however it “would take
his money” notwithstanding the
manager of the newspaper was
advised of the report of the
Chamber of Commerce commit-
tee The result is that the mer-
chants who went into the scheme
were buncoed out of their money
and may lose more as they gave
notes which fell due June 16
They are now waiting to hear
from the smooth gent and ex-
pecting some sort of effort to be
made to collect the notes It is
generally believed that so long
as the notes remain in the pos-
session of the aforesaid gent they
zannot be collected but if they
pass to some innocent purchaser
the merchants will have the
notes to pay So much for the
avariciousness of a newspaper
which blows much about “com-
ing here und being here only for
the good of the town”' Strictly
in the missionary business as it
were
SeMs Beay ta lsT
J S White of Hewitt tele-
phoned The News Wednesday
that a report was going over all
that country to the effect thit
the Rock Island railroad was un-
loading teams and scrapers in
Waurika to begin work on the
cross road from here to Ardmore
There has been unloaded here
recently a number of horses and
grading tools but who owns
them and what they are for no
one seems to know
YewnaMp Bear Beets
Tobe Garretson John L Evans
and R McKinney of Addington
composing the township board of
Price township met the members
of the Grayson twp board infor-
mally here Friday last and dis-
cussed the matter of working in
conjunction in the matter of
building bridges along the town-
ship dividing line While noth-
ing definite was decided upon it
was very evident that they were
all favorable to the plan and that
they are all in favor of good roads
and bridges so that the farmers
can get to town on good roads
M J Moore C V Easterling
and Lee Jones are the members
of the Grayson township board
Another meeting will be held
soon
Every pure has must be satis-
factory to you Johastoa Mer
caatii Co
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The Waurika Chamber of Com-
merce at its regular session Mon-
day evening made arrangements
with Oscar Ameringer repre-
senting the Socialistic State En-
campment management for a
grand encampment to be held in
Waurika from July 20th to the
27th By the terms of the con-
tract the Chamber will pay the
said management $50000 and
furnish electric lighting for 200
16-candle power lights on the
grounds and the necessary water
and other proper accommoda-
tions The Chamber will have
the concessions and other privile-
ges as a partial financial recom-
pense The O'Neil company will
at once begin the erection of
poles and wires for this purpose
and agree to furnish same for
expense of erection and depred-
ation of material used Alt &
Bredengerd will lay pipes for
water on the same basis The
encampment grounds will be
across the creek in Pope’s addi-
tion All the necessary advertis-
ing will be done 'by the Social
management For the speakers
they will have Eugene V Debs
one of the greatest orators of the
times late candidate forpresi
dent on the Socialist National
ticket Walter Thomas Mills of
Chicago author of “The Struggle
for Existence” late editor of the
Seattle Evening Tribune and
one of the best speakers and
writers in the country Oscar
Ameringer of Columbus Ohio
national organizer and encamp-
ment representative and other
speakers of national and state-
wide reputation Mr Ameringer
appeared before -the Chamber
and made a very pleasant impres-
sion on the members J C Dale
of Waurika is assisting in the ar-
rangements as local representa-
tive of the encampment manage-
ment The committee repre-
senting the Chamber of Com-
merce is composed of Oscar Hea-
cock T B Martin A L Walk-
er Wade Atkins J L Morgan
and W E Conner all represen-
tative business men whose
names mean that the encamp-
ment will be a succes
This encampment means that
from 10000 to 15000 people will
be on the encampment grounds
and in Waurika during that week
and the encampment was ar-
ranged for by the Chamber of
Commerce not so much for the
propaganda of tenets of the So-
cialistic party as to have the peo-
ple of this section of the country
become acquainted with each
other and Waurika listen to
good speaking and have a nice
sociable time generally One of
the pleasing features of the con-
tract made as above outlined is
that during the s peaking yry-
thing else on the grounds' must
give away and cease
C FsiwaBss et
A meeting of commercial clubs
of Grady Stephens Harmon
Jefferson Comanche Caddo
Washita Kiowa Tillman John-
son Greer Beckham Roger
Mills snd Custer counties will
be held in Lawton July 14 which
will have for its object the feder-
domg bun-! ation of all the commercial bodies
ness so that all can hear and the of the said outlined district which
speakers not be annoyed by any federation is expected to do its
outside disturbing noise This j utmost to secure the enactment
provision will certainly be appro- of more liberal laws for the up
dated
People will be here from all
over Oklahoma and Texas the
committees think 10000 visitors
will be s very conservative esti-
mate of the attendence Ar-
rangements will be made to take
care of all who attend and it
would be well for you to arrange
your business now so you can be
present hear the excellent speak-
ing and have a good visit with
your friends snd neighbors they
will be here from “all over’’
Mr Rudisil of Tecumseh
Okla wants to start a business
college here He has charge of
one of the best business colleges
in the state at Tecumseh and
will build here with proper en
couragement He will come here
for that purpose if guaranteed
sixty students and J D Huff-
man Chas P Dunham and A
L Walker were appointed a com-
mittee to take the matter up
with Mr Rudisil
The annual election for new
executive board and officers of
the Chamber was announced by
motion to be held July 12th The
secretary will send out notices to
that effect Members should bear
this date in mind and be present
Johns too Mtrustlli Co th
store where quality counts
Sunday morrteg rt 8 o'clock
the nuptials of Miss Hazel Roth
Reece of this d trend Mr Nelson
G Peters of Wtsrika Okla
were ' solemnized by Rev F L
Farrington pastor of the U E
Church at the beautiful home of
the bride’s -parents Prof and
Mrs-William Reece in West
Oklahoma Avenue '
Only the immediate relatives
of the contracting parties wit-
nessed the ceremony - After
congratulations an elegant wed-
ding breakfast was served The
rooms weie beautifully decorated
with white carnations and ferns
Mrs Peters the youngest
daughter of Prof and Mrs Reece
haa been one of Anadarko's most
charming and popular young
ladies well known m social cir-
cles She is a graduate of the
Joplin high school and of the
Joplin -Carthage business college
Mrs Peters winning personality
has endeared her to a lam circle
of friends who regret that her
home does not cbntinue to be in
Anadarko
Mr Peters attorney at law
has been well known in Anadarko
snd Caddo county for some years
as a young lawyer of considerable
ability and promise in his chosen
profession He is a graduate of
the University of South Dakota
and of the Law department of
Iowa State University Mr
Peters is known to possess the
sterling virtues that characterize
true manhood and is every way
worthy the lady he has won
Early in the year he established
s law office m Waurika where
he has built and furnished a cozy
home Both bride and groom
were prominent members of the
Anadarko History Club and will
be greatly missed in the thriving
circle The happy couple left on
the Sunday morning train for '
Oklahoma City and Sulphur
Springs The Democrat joins
the many friends in wishing MrN
snd Mrs Peters an abundant
measure of happiness and pros-
perity —Anadarko Democrat ’
Reference to tiwTljank state-
ments published in this issue of
The News shows a healthy in-
crease of deposits although this
is supposed to be the dull season
Some financial experts assert
that the dull season is conducive
to an increase of deposits and
the statement has reason The
First National and the Wau-
rika National banks of Waurika
are two of the strongest financial
institutions of this part of the
state A reference to their state-
ments in another column com-
pared with former statements
show them to be both prosperous
and well managed
building of the entire state and
more especially of Southwest
Oklahoma
Task Pasts as Cash
Sunday night a sneak thief en-
ered the residence of JW Horn
n West Waurika while that gen-
tleman was peacefully sleeping
and carried off his trousers with
their contents Mr Horn eya
he is minus about $2300 The
thief scattered pepper about the
remises to keep off the blood-
oun’ds The interloper must
have been in a hurry for he kft
valuables of more worth which
he could easily have obtained
Teeesttp 8 !
At the convention of Bourland
township Sunday schools held at
Madden Grove recently it was
voted to hold the next convention
at Texas school booze and ts
date was fixed for October 17
It was also decided to hold th
county Sunday school conven-
tion at Waurika September 13
and 17 The local people are al-
ready making preliminary ar-
rangements to care for the peo-
ple who will assemble here at
that time
Every purchase rrrctb satis-
factory to you Jchzstoa Her-
csaCi Co
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