The Arapaho Bee (Arapaho, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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Custodian Hiatorlesi Soofstj
THE
FTONZEB NZW8FAPEK OF CU3TIK COUNTY A WELCOMB YISITOB IN BVBRT HOUSEHOLD
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Arapaho Custer County Oklahoma May 26 1922
No 21
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The Battle of
the Washita
and “men were
ihi rimn and were
cantu red
S feared
torture'? It is said Gen Custer
had exacted a promise from his
troops they would never let Mrs
Custer be captured alive
can please all Friends
have different likes and dislikes
The ttldieta lighting Indian They hay difflereot ohjert The
hlemge eimed to aave one young want 'o get mamed The
(or hinuelf before enpture A f”' T1 pe°pl5 “ 1
atafy rune that wryerel Indians hI"e “? bunneM k“p tBem-
chaeing n wldier The In-e'v“ b?ve 'v Tl” "
diene gave up the chase Juat JoB Uu '"e-
then he tell from hie hors n mi- Wxwevefylme ““? forhrgher
cW wages If it 1 s Capital every syl-
So this trooper on the Washita lable mastbe to pay the bills
Then people who are sickly
found himself captured and sur-
rounded in a hostile camp
He could tell from the dress
and manners one big Indian waa
leader of some kind
So the soldier attacked this
leader sad hilled him It no en- ““"'d “
the Indians they killed the ta“dml“ “d u”p“ke
soldier's on the epot He died a P'
aoldier’adeuth and escaped the toru
ture The story came from the
Indians after the warpath
The facts are that there has J
been more money made on hogs
than any other livestock in the I
last two years and also that the
grain crop greatly governs the
pig crop Yet another and very
appallirg fact is the fewness of
men who- practice economical
feeding for the greatest growth
and gain It seems to be an art
not poseseed by many
To use an uncommonly bad
case as an illustration I saw sever -
al weeks ago sow and pigs (pigs
PIGS OF CUSTER
COUNTY
old enough to feed) in a small for3j years
three cornered pen with corn all jn Missouri
over the ground and with nothing jvjng in a section that was half
but an old wash pan for a trough yanl' and half !” the young
and that upside down with hole coUpe wej knew what war was
in bottom One would assume Phillips’ first vote for president
that everyone knows that corn caat tor Abe Lincoln and he
anil not make a pig grow and i has voted for every Republican
that lack of pasture and water nominee since
are extremely costly and all the Phiilips came
other fundamentals of successful 0klahoma territory in 1895 and
hog raising But if any one re- jolted in G county now Custer
quires proof of the extent of im- county f homesteadng a place 4
proper nmthods usedhe is mvitediuoii north of where -Foss was
to go with me ogerCuser county builtgixy9arlater Thia fann
There is a larga number of very whjCh they still 'own -was their
saccessAil pork producers but they home th moved to Foss
rein the minority 1 8 years ago
Watch some of our pig club boy Theyare ths parents of eight
children five of wnom are living
£ aL JT They are Lewis and LeandJr
from sTii
an attorney of Clinton Mrs Re-
SctoanmiS andweU bal- hcc Lo Angeles Calif
d“dM0Eli“bth -
Isspt free from mange worms and I " p ifi
Uce will if ' given half a chance haalth ulii? doll h
make a respectable hog of himself 00dth- The Utter tdoehep
choN around the house
“i "Sr thril?wup h"t
SnAndhoo mM m?h “ 'Jf11
not a th mm& dvdop WiwVlili‘ iiIi i '
eon hunt eta faster titan the
others
C H Guernsey':
County Agent
i
i We try at 11 times to havto
everything you need Lend us
your patronage
WPEaweU LbrCe I
AtlEVSPAPER
A Newspaper is made up of a
thousand things It takes a little
more money than it does to go in-
to the real estate business Then
it takes work
to’the real 'estate business Then
it takes work Afier all a paper
! must represent a party or interests
who need publicity to exploit
Uheir Pans
mut
can Please
to
But above alt the As was previously planned Sun-
have ' frifends No 7 turning Mr and Mrs Mowry
and expect to die soon think this
wprld should be sacrificed to get
into heaven Then the old who
feel that all mistakes can be cor-
rected in the next world want to
But these
Married 64 Years
Tuesday was the 64th' wedding
anniversary of Mr and Mrs J L
Phillips Foss oldest couple both
in age and in the length of their
married life There are few
couples in Washita and Custer
COunties who have been married
that Jong Uncles Jesse and - The
Enterprise man do not know of
anyi
Phillips who is a native of
Virginia is 84 years old and Mrs
Phillips a Missourian is 82
They were married in Gentry
County Missouri May i6 1858
Three years later the husband
jj00(jbye to his wife and two
habies and went to wai He
joined the Union army and fought
Alt his service was
fighting guerrillas
The couple is held in the higest
esteem by a host of friends whose
wish if that Uoele Jesse and his
! wife may see the passing of many
i more year of - happy married
' life— Foe Enterprise
I
: 5-
Now is a good time to paint up
and clean up We have the paint
W P SeeweO Lbr Go
Surpriso Birthday
Dinnor
On Sunday May 7 a surprise
birthday dinner was given in
honeifof Mrs N J Mowry at
home 2 ImOei south of town
drove over to the oil well While
they were gone the neighbor
came in and prepared a big din-
ner When Mrs Mowry entered
the house and saw her friends she
admitted that it was a great sur-
prise to her Everyone enjoyed
the dinner and ice cream which
was served in the afternooti
Those present were G W Lamb
and family 1G W Hamblin arid
family and Mrs Gilbow’s mother
and sister and niece Miss Flori
ence Brown Mrs-Speed and Mrs
Bracewell and daughter W R
Whitley and family— Foss Enter-
prise GOOD IN EVERYBODY
It might also be said there is
bad in everybody Some men
keep their face washed and beau-
tiful to behold They even dye
their hair but are very careless
about debts and their paper
collectible only in court A fellow
sings at your funeral and is sorry
But he never digs the grave nor
fences the graveyard
There is always some woman in
every community to make the
shroud But good nd bad peo-
ple show up before ' the shroud
making career In your business
career therp are nice people who
think you should contribute to
their easy way of living Then
there is the pljun blunt people
whom you do not like but will
give you a position and start
and only divide the profits
Then there comes he who will
stake you for a good enterprise
Sometimes he is your best friend
without song or harp
is
WOMAN’S WAY’S
Josephine bought a new neck-
ace She wore it on several oc-
casion and it did what she thought
it would do make the other wo-
men say oh! and ah!
Finally she decided the time
Tad arrived to try -it on Napo
eon He spied it and says where
did you get that? The wiley wo-
man replied she had had it a long
time He called his secretary up
and asked him if he had ever
seen that necklace before The
secretary already in the deal said
yes He had seen it when Jose-
phine bought a few weeks before
Napoleon says I never saw it be-
ore So it passed till pay day
The price was more dazzling than
tha necklace Napoleon refused
to pay but one fifth of the cost
Josephine cried and went right
on as before
Marriaao Licenses
Walter Snook 21 Hammon
Eva Foster '18
Charles Johnson 21 Butler
Iva Haney 18- —
Frank Van Alstint 21 Stafford
Mabel McDowell 20
Harry E Bocock 24 Freedom
Stella V Askew 20 Sentinel ‘
John Gilstrap 23 Thomas
Suite Turley 19 Custer -Raymond
Rouh 23 Indiana
- ’ - polls
Ethel Breaker 23 Weatherford
REPUBLICANS
CONVENE-
iLast Saturday the Republicans
mfct at Arapaho to organize for
the campaign It was a truly
representative gathering Of farm-
ers laborers women and business
men all wth one objective — to
organize for victory this fall na-
tionally state-wide and locally no
note -of discoid— just a friendly
Rivalry Candidates for County
Chairman smilingly stepping
aside for each other Leon Hoyt
wai prominently mentioned for
Chairman as was Eugene Howe
and others but it simmered down
to Cy Howenstine nd T W
Jones Jr Cy won by a nice ma-
jority and then it was made
unanimous Dr Ruddle presided
Att
with characteristic fairness
1 Andrews candidate for Acty Gen
addressed the gathering with a
ringing speech pointing out some
g°°4 reasons why we have had ( Thomas to attend the conventfon
enough of indicted governors re- feat Saturday
signing $15000 fee attorney gen- ’
mla ducking tank xamkiOT I 0d U atony good
floated tank guwnntK fon fnd of Arapaho wan down t
political school management high‘orday to attend the convention
teietnnd geneml looteety-loot and mde tlw cal1'
government
Judge vLindley made a good
speech John Fields was the
talk all through the meeting
Custer County Republicans start
off this time without
— he-oh-he for victory
J
null
J Tke lawyers used - to jokingly
argue for saloons on ' Oakcreek
They calculated it would produce
fights and lawsuits The-fellows
with broken heads - would climb
the stairs to see the county attor-
ney Then the other fellows
would climb the stairs to get a
good lawyer for the defense' -The
world is full of good women
but you can take two or even one
bad one and start more fights and
lawsuits than an Oakcreek saloon
Community Club
To all women interested in
Community Club Work: For two
years about a dozen ladies have
carried the responsibility of the
Community Club in the Arapaho
School District
Does the community take any
interest in' the work this club en-
deavors to do? If you the moth-
ers and housekeepers desire to re-
ceive the benefit which our State
College at Stillwater is striving
to give you and if you wish to sus-
tain the Club here you are cordi-
ally urged to attend the next
regular meeting at the Library
May 27 and help solve some of
the problems confronting the
organization
By order of the committee
Thomas dr Andrews candidate
for attorney general was here last
Saturday and after our people
looking him over and hearing him
speak decided he waa good timber
He has made a good county
attorney in Lfheoln - County at
Chandler and his friends are sol
idly lor him
Alvin C Ashby’ announces in
this issue of the Bee for county
clerk subject to' the action of the
Democratic primary He lives
in Deer Creek township and is
nice gentleman He came to this
country 24 years ajjo and ' gradu-
ated at Weatherford and a college
in Knniaa -
LOCAL NEYS
1
The light plant does not give
light aiUtbese long days
Lindsey sells ice Some
because it is partially
made in Clinton
Chas R Shirey has the right
idea that will improve Arapaho
His farm is doing the business
Mrs Frank MdJoy was a prom-
inent figure in thb Convention and
she wanted John fields indorsed
in the resolutions "and from the
housetops
G W Ball was here to the
convention
Warren Whelchel’s gray mare
and buggy is called his automo-
bile If a man dies in Thomas what
is there that W S Dearutg can’t
do to him?
J R Hareld was dowt from
Geo Stephens was down from
Butler an has been coming for
80 years
J A Petty and Harrison Hicks
were ac the convention and felt
a hitch perfectly at home
Joe Milligan our good friend
from Clinton was here and an-
nounced he would run for theriff
Jack Shelton is a candidate for
commissioner Jr cm Butler That
tangles the situation some in the I University- wiii preach - at the
dintrict I Christian Church Sunday AA&jr
T u 28th Everybody invited
John Franks was here and it is
not necessary to tell he is from I G H Snow was in Sunday to
Indiana He takes to politics like induce Wn Black to run for leg-
a duck to water islature He believes our elevator
man has had experience enough
E E Fry was here Saturday around wnere things are done to
to attend the county convention be of service in a iegiaUture
He is strong for W D Crane a-
gain for the legislature
Glen Sanders was down from
Thomas He was a soldier and is
now is a Legion man from rubber
heels to hair on his crown
Our good friend I N
was down and renewed for the
Bee In the secret we had a
little laugh and jolly good time
together
Pearle McKee spent her vaca-
tion at Okmulgee visiting her
aunt Mrs Hunt
Bert Sanders was ('own to
A&paho and looked the town
owr once again
Rev Thomas Jefferson Irvin
waa in court at Lawton Monday
!or aa attempt to burn his church
and hfr
John May came over
ust the same good intentions he
lad 30 years ago
W Cl McKay was down and
got his old neighbors in a circle
and had a family reunion
last January
H C Forbes wife and daughter
were in Arapaho last Saturday
He farms makes money and does
not carry all tne burdens of the
world for the belief is strong
S A Upchurch was here witirl within him that officers do
the same regularity that accustoms I they pleaae after elected
the family J H Murray has eves! sold
Dave Hughes brought Mrs his farms and is calking that
Hughes and her sister to Cus-1 South American proposition Bill
ter and let them visit while he waa il read and had an oppoi
attended the convention I tunjty that comes to' but few
Albert Ross made a wide state I Clint Worrell wrote a constitution
acquaintance while chief clerk of for him that put him in Congress
ta H had m tr Jte ttat M do
the last legislature and will soon 1
take charge of the Thomas post-
office ' (!
- M
Geo Gore was up from Clinton
to attend the "convention He is
A Republican and does not belong
1 to the blind senator dase
J W Northrip has made a
good assessor He works hard
and has ability along this line
of business- v 1 1
’'A
E A Olmstead of the Clinton
Chronicle was here Tuesday and
is selling out his interests and
expects to move to the state capi-
tal and engage in another busi-
ness '
Mrs W W Ogle was in the
convention and perhaps knew a
many members as any county
officer She holds the office to
which ah come for relief
Judge E J Lindley delivered
the class day address at Stafford
last Fnuay night That com-
munity is building a school and
trying to get down to plain simple
facts of 1 ife
Twenty years ago this paper
said 1 nomas was too level for
drainage vV were thumped aa
a knocaer But a man fell in a
mud hole up there the other day
ana is a believer
J W Morin was in and inter-
viewed by James Little for sheriff
Mr Monn is a Missouri Republi-
can and is one whose vote thiz
fall will be found in that column
Lady Astor will probably find
she uas enough to run England
and pay its tifcgs without conung
over nere and getting the U S to
back up on half and at
The newspaper business in
Custer County is intitled to a
few surprises The Clinton Chron-
icle has started it to a period of
uncertainity
Elder S H Horne of the Enid
Many of the good citizens of
Custer County are pleased to
learn of Dick Shive coming to the
front He is prosperous and
should loog be remembered in
this locality tor tne figot he al-
— I ways made for the rigne
Fisher r
Representative W D Crane
was up with the boys and we
wish to add that it is nice to see
a fellow go through two terms of
a legislature and see the fine feel-
ing and regard the fellows up in
the forks of the creek tuve tor
him
Our farmers bring in a rather
discouraging report on the wheat
and oats crop Wheat is spind-
ling and both wheat and oats are
turning yellow Wheat got a
poor start last fall and dm not
i8ftm at ter the rains set in
of tne politician class He could
not hirook opposition Every-
thing had to come his way BUi
Murray had many traits of good
character Oklahoma needed him
in some shape or o her
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