The Leedey Times and Herald (Leedey, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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: AND HERALD
LEEDEY DEWEY COUNTY ' OKLAHOMA TIIURSDA Y SEPT 21 191G
VOL 13 NO 13
PEIi YEA II $l0
Walker— Kirbie
l tli'j home of the brides par-
ent? Mr and Mrs Cl B Kirbie
of Grow on Sunday Kept 17 1910
t p m a pretty wedding
oce a red when 31 r Charlie
Walker l"d their daughter Miss
Myrtle to-the niter and the
marrngo vows' were solemized
Rev Ik W Hunt officiating
The room was decorated with
pretty flowers and the bride was
dressed In a lovely creation of
hadow lace and white satin
After the ceremony the guests
repaired to the dining room
where a delicious luncheon was
served by the hostess assisted
hy Mrs Haynes The guests
included Mr Jess Walker of
Uamargo lTother of the groom
MTsses Irene Tackett Cordie
Haynes Hew and Mrs E W
Hunt Mr and Mrs Haynes and
Mr Ed C rat or
All joined in wishing Mr and
M rs Walker a long happy and
prosperous life— Contributed
Jlroom Corn $150
A nice lot of broom corn is
coming in this week and the bik-
ers are paying the top for good
corn most of it is selling from
$100 to loO a tou
Fancy Show Stock
If S Vaugh shipped some
fancy Shorthorn Stock to the
Elk City fair the first of the
week and we predict them Blue
Ifihbon winners
A If Mitchell is buildiDg a
new house in the south part of
town
C I a Garwood has about com-
pleted an addition to his reai
dence in the northeast part of
town
We have that good old Texas
Honey now in ' 1° aod ffO pound
cans
J R Mullins
1 M Laws of near Aledo was
here Monday and had bills print-
ed announcing his sale on Fri-
day September 29lli i
M rs T Y Ilearn and son left
this week for Missouri to visit a
few weeks
DR H H WYNNE Okla
City Eye Ear Nose and Throat
— Glasses fitted Leedey Sun-
day Oct 2 at 2:C0 p m to Mon-
day Oct 3rd to 2 p m See Dr
Allen
The Silver Thimble Embroid-
ery Club mot with Mrs J J
Hall Thursday afternoon Fifteen
members answered roll call
Mrs llaffington was elected to
membership she has recently
moved from Taloga to make her
home here The hostess was as-
sisted in serving refreshments
by Mrs Floyd and Jim Parks
Club meets Thursday with Mrs
C A Ilorr
I have opened up tlie Leedey
Produce Co again and will ap
predate any part of your patron-
age you will give rao and will do
all in my power to make you
satisfied customer
C F Bufkln
Phone 53 tf
’ w J O'HARA
The Coming County Attorney
:A Man of the People—
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR COUNTY
ATTORNEY OF DEWEY COUNTY
Nfarnjd
At the home of the bi ides par'
e ils Mr and Mrs T J IJy ford
Mr Hay Webb and Miss Erie
By ford Mr Mint Groff said
the words that made them man
and wife immediately after the
cercironyweidrsit down to a
beautiful and well filled table
This young couple is well and
favorably known having lived in
the Eureka neighborhood for a
pumborof years They received
many’ useful presents There
were about DO who partook of the
feast Everybody enjoyed them-'
selves to the very fullest extent
and we all left wishing the happy
couple a long and prosperous
journey through life
One who was there
Bank Statements
You will tind the statements
of the Banks of the town in this
issue and both make a sub-
stantial gain over tlioir last state-
ment Infact this is the best
Statement either Hank has ever
had
Car of Poultry
The J‘edey’ Produce and
Roberts Produce Co’s will load
a car of Poultry’ on Sept 27 and
2s See their ad elsewhere in
this
Prospects Fine For
i Slate Fair
i 4
Fiori present indie atiTS tle
Okhlmm Kt-ite Fur and Exj os-
iticii that utns Satimhiy for
e’ghtdays v ill s-ma-di ii! i coords
for exhibits :rd attend ri o
Fur soveifi i-ni tbs :t has been
evident that exhibits in all de-
partments give promise of
mounting up beyond previous
years This is notably so in
county exhibits machinery eul-
iuaiy auto-obile show live
stock and poultry departaBenh
A general prosperous condi-
tion prevailing throughout the
state augers well for attendance
Directors claim tliit the cur-
rent fair will prove the best bid-
lanced of its kind oifi record jn
Oklahoma Many new features
both educational and rntoi taili-
ng have been provided In ad-
dition to the auto laces schedrl-
for two days and hnrne-s and
running for four the vaiibwll
bill looks good The beggost
single feature ever booked for
the State Fair is the “List
Days of I’o'peii” h magnifi-
cent night production necc-situt-ing
three hundred 'people and
thousands of dollars worth of
fireworks in its presentation
Officials state this the ma-t ex-
pensive feature ever secured
hero -
“I stand for Law Enforcement and Honest Ser-
vice to all the people”
One spring morning in the latter part of the sevenths a
passenger train was made up in New York City and loaded ex-
clusively with orphan children bound for a western destination
These children ranged in ages from mere babies to boys and girls
six and seven years of age They were waifs and foundlings
gathered from the streets and halls ways of that great city un-
aware of theirlarentage or of thenamesof any relatives or friends
Charity was conveying them from New York to the western agri-
cultural regions with the hope that homes might be found ntnong
respectable people where these unfortunate children might grow
up to become useful citizens Among the number was a hoy of
six years now known to the jieople of this community as William
J O’Hara The train stopped at Anamosa Iowa The children
were taken to a large hall in the city where farmers and towns
people came in and made their selections An old Scothman by
name of Robert O’Hara took a fancy to young William and took
him home with him Robert O'Hara’s wife was named Mary
They were both ignorant hard working poor people but shared
with youffJTWilliam such home as they were able to maintain
Shortly thereafter they moved to western Nebraska where the a-
dopted son succeeded in getting a few months schooling by
tramping three or four miles in the snow in the dead of winter
suffering from exposure but embracing every opportunity to gain
an education During the summer months lie would take his books
to the field with him or tear out leaves from the books and carry
them in his pocket At night he studied till midnight in the little
cellar under the one room house there being only one room the
light bothered Robert and Mary and it was necessary for him to
go to the cellaPto study In this manner he committed to mem-
ory the Constitution of the United States add learned almost ver
batim books on history and the science of government
Always in destitute circumstances and never having had
any of the advantages so necessary to be a happy childhood he
never the less persisted in his endeavor to make something of
himself Robert and Mary O’Hara were not educated and had
very little sympathy for learning or tho desire for learning thus
William was compelled to pursue hi studies without encourage-
ment and without assistance From North Western Nebraska the
family moved In 1&92 to Kingfisher County Oklahoma There
William J O'Hara worked on the claim and completed by his own
efforts the equivalent of a High School and a part of a college
course- He worked on tho railroad grade of the Rock Island when
it built from Kiowa Kansas to El Reno He plowed the rawliolds(
built sod houses and suffered every hardship known to the early
settlement of this great state One day when working on a farm
in Kingfisher County one of the neighbors came to him and in-
formed him that ho had been elected to teach the newly org&nizec
District School When he had sufficiently recovered from the sur
t
" a
rie he accepted thscommission and begin his duties as a school
1 earlier and nr the first opportunity took the examination by which
le received a second grade certificate He was in informed at the
time that had he had experience as a teacher lie would have re-
ceived a first grade certificate Thereafter and for sove'nl years
le made a success at school teaching He then opened an insur-
ance office at Foss Oklahoma and studied law at nights and early
morning jireparing himself without assUtaree so that irt 193 1 1 o
passed the bar examination at Guthrie making the highest grade
of anyone in his class and was amid the plaudits of his co1 agues
elected president of that class Soon thereafter he hx attd at
Lieedey in Dewey C’-bunty where he has successfully followed the
practice of the law and was in last August given the Deiro' i a! Ic
nomination for County Attorney
In William J O’Hara the people of this County have a man
who deserves perhaps more credit for the success he has made
than any other individual in local public life
The County Attorney's job is a hard and thankless one rt
best A man untrained in the school of adversity is apt to be-
come discouraged and make a failure of it but one with the exper-
ience that W J O’Hara has had and fortified with the knowledge
of the law which he has been shown to posses will make the peo-
ple of this county a splendid prosecutor O’Hara plays no favor-
ities knows no fear but is active vigous and effective as an ad-
vocate He has for years been closely identified with the law and
order element of Leedey and is a clean 1-espectable and estimable
gentlemen His elevation to the office of County Attorney is a
promotion not only richly deserved by himself but of great im-
portance to the people of Dewey County The fact that he stands
well is demonstrated bi’ his recent victory in the primary over one
of the best known men in Dewey County politics
O'Hara's opponent is now holding the office of County
Superintendent and is serving his second term as such which will
not expire until next July and he is now running for a tLirl term
or another office while presumably devoting his time to the office
for which he was elected four years ago O'Hara has had a great
deal more experience in the practice of law than his opponent and
is much better qualified from every stand point He lias also in
his favor the fact that lie is not and has not been a chronic office ’
seeker but has qualified himself first and accepted the nomination
for County Attorneyship afterwards
Wo believe that the good people of Dewey Ccnty will honor
the worthy ambition of this self-made' man who has established
for himself such an excellent jiersonal and political reputation
through his own magnificent efforts unassisted by the guiding
hand of a father and without the encouragement of a mother's af-
fections Unprejudiced voters who have knowledge of the qualifica-
tions and character of both men will in this campaign cast their
votes for W J O’Hara' “We predict his election— Ad r
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