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THE GARVIN GRAPHIC
With its Capital Surplus and Undivided Profits of $3450000
Besdes '
The Oklahoma State Guarantee Fund
Assures you Safety for Your Deposits and Security for the Transaction of Any Business Intrusted to Us
C Gamble President
G L FELTON Vice-Pres
G A SPAULDING VicePres
H R Garrison Cashier
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HIT THE NAIL
Corn Ys Cotton Has Justi-
fied Farmers
"At least $50000 in cash was
paid out at Garvin alone for corn
products l ist spring and summer”
remarked a Girviti merchant to the
Graphic on Mo id iv
The gmtlem m went on to say
that the changed program of the
farmers this rear less cotton and
more cirn pork and vegetables
raised at linma ia revolutionizing
this condition This full the farm-
ers of MtUai'tJia county have
enough corn to fee-l their stock
and tens of thousands of bushels
to sell -
Already now corn is coming to
market and farmers are paying up
their debts more promptly than
they hive in past years
Diversity plenty of corn and
meat is the keynote to a more
prosperoui fanning class the
fouu l itinn of true prosperity
Then McCurtnin county needs
500 new fanners to help develops
these fertile lands
Resigns
Mrs J t Denison tendered her
resignation Sunday morning as
superintendent of the Union Sun-
day school to take effect after the
session next Sunday She was
compelled to take this step owing
to poor health She has been a
most efficient and faithful ofJlcer
ami is giveu no by the school with
reluctance A successor will be
elected next Sunday likewise a
secretary of the school
- Exhibit Sent
The exhibit of lignite coal and
Jimestoue rock with a bottle of
water from Crystal spring added
was shipped to Oklahoma City Sat-
urday to he in readiness for the
Oklahoma state fair in October
SUSPENDED
County Attorney Steele Un-
der Fire
Robert E Steele prosecuting
attorney for McCnrtain county
was suspended -from office last Sat-
urday by Judge It E Richardson
and G M Barretr of the firm of
Etrl & Barrett of Garvin was ap-
pointed to fill the office tempor-
arily This action by the court
was taken npan u presentment
against Air Si ei le by the grand
jury The presentment contains
ten charges against Mr Steele and
the suspension -woBiiicfe until
these charges can be investigated
and disposed of
Mr Barrett's friends are pleased
at the honor bestowed upon him
aud are confident that hewill
measure up to every leqtiirement
of the important office to which
he has been elevated
MODEL FARM
Demonstration Expert Com-
ing October 26
A C Cobb or Guthrie superin-
tendent of demonstration farm
work in Oklahoma is coining to
McCurtain county Oct 20
A number of demonstration
farms nre to ba established in var
ious Oklahoma counties this fall
and winter in readiness for the
crop season of 1910 r
The practical value of these
farms will be great They will lie
cropped under enpervislon of the
experimental departrtti-iit -of the
State Crops adapted to the sev:
era! sections of Oklahoma will be
raised and a broad range of exper-
imental work undertaken
Mr Cobb will meet the farmers
of McCnrtain county Oct 20 at
Idabei talk to them and discus
the location of a farm in the county-
A thousand farmers ami busi-
ness men should hear Mr Cobb
and help urge tiie location of a
Good Corn
Lester Jeffries living two miles
south of Garvin hns about 20 nci es ' 'j" iicciirtaVn eounty
Garvin should prepare to pre-
sent her claims to the farm in this
vicinity
New Barn
T U Stone is erecting a new livery
barn at his place in Garvin It is
34x4$ feet in size and conveniently
arranged
of npland corn thit is good for 23
bushels or more per aore Mr
Jeffries is one of the McCnrtain
county farmers who believes the
right move was made last winter
when the cotton crop was largely
swapppd for corn v
Nets $1250
The ice cream benefit for the
public school organ fund Friday
evening was well attended netting
$1250 for the fnnd The organ
is on the way It costs $67 deliv-
ered '
Cotton Brings 12 l-2c
A Mr Smith sold a load of cot-
ton in Garvin Saturday at 12 l-2o
per lb There are five or six cot-
ton buyers in Garvin aud top pri-
ces are paid
Big Cane
The Graphic hns a stalk of Seed-
ed Rihbou eane from J A Ball-
ard’s farm It is 14 feet tall
This variety bears a very small
seed head
PLANT VHEAT
McCurtain County Farmers
to Diversify
Mr Prince of Clear creek two
miles southwest of Valliant is put
ting in a concrete dam that will
give a heiH of four feet more water
th in was furnished by the old
Smith pond
It is Mr Prince’s purpose to
pnt in a flour mill at the above
point He has agreed to this pro-
position upon the farmers of his
loci lit v having proposed to sow an
acreage of wheat sufficient to ran
the mill a profitable season a year
from the coming fall arid winter
c
Tlios Crawford of the same vici-
nity lias contracted with the wheat
farmers to btiv u threshing machine
aud clean their crop
A car load of seed - wheat has
been ordered for the above fann-
ers who will saw part of their land
in wheat this fall
TESTCASE
Sues Rock Island For Loss
of Mail
United States District Attorney
John Embry has filed suit on be-
half of the United States against
the Rock Island Railway company
in the United States circuit court
at Guthrie for damages' to the
amount of $670896 for the loss of
registered mail in the wreck at Dov-
er Sept 18 1906 when an entire
passenger train crashed through a
weak pile bridge into the river
swollen by recent floods entailing
a heavy loss of life and proerpty
None of the mail was ever recov-
ered and the government alleges
tliut the railroad company has re
fused to reimburse it for the loss
sustained Of the arnountIost$5-
000 was in currency shipped from
the Citizens Bank of Lawton to
the National Bank of Commerce
of Eansas City
The wreck is alleged to have
been the result of gross npgligenee
The value of this move on part jon the part of the railioad com-
of the farmers of Valliant is diffi-1 Dany and that the company knew
Will Hold Revival
At the meeting rf the officio!
board of the Presbyterian church
Monday evening it was dprided to
hold a revival opening nbont Oct
25 Rev Willis is in correspon-
dence with an evangelist
Your 1908 Account
Dr Jim Denison will look after
Dr B L Denison’s 1908 acrrfits
and prompt settlements will be ex-
pected 14-17 B L Denlsox M D
Street Work
Street Commissioner Buchanan
had a force of men at work cutting
trees and removing stumps from
the north end of Kirk a ’eune Tues-
day I will pay market prices for all
the eggs chickens and country
produce you can bring — E Stephens
cult to estimate
step in the line of diversification j!
While these farmers are not figur-
ing on producing wheat to sell they
do expect to raise ample for their
owu family use
The lands of McCnrtain county
are perfectly adapted to wheat and
the crop can no doubt be raised
profitably all over this county
The example of the Valliant
farmers might well be adopted by
those of Garviu and other sections
of the connty Tens of thousands
of dollars are paid each year for
flour by the people of this conuty
alone and a large percentage of
the amount comes from the agri-
cultural class
The wheat growing area is to be
extended decidedly this fall in Ok-
lahoma and Arkansas dne to the
scarcity and high price of wheat
and flour This result is largely
due to the fact that wheat prodne-
tian in the United States is not
the bridge to be unsafe being
only a frail pile structure driven
J into quicksand and not resting on
earth or rock foundation
This is seid to be the first suit
of the kind ever filed and will es-
tablish a precedent as to the lia-
bility of railroads for the loss of
mail iD wrecks
demand for floor The resnlt is
that farmers will plant wheat in
localities that heretofore have nev-
er produced wheat or ceased plant-
ing his cereal years ago
Near Ashdown Ark once the
center of a big wheat production
the acreage has dwindled nntil this
ye ir only two or three crops were
raised all in the vicinity of old
Richmond These crops yielded
well this year and farmers in that
section of country plau to bow a
laige enough acreage of wheat this
fall to demand a floor mill and a
miller has agreed to erect one in
time to manufacture the wheat
The program at Ashdown is to
be followed in Scott Sevier and
Hempstead counties Let McCur-
tain connty diversify and include
keeping pace with the increasing I wheat in the program
Mill
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Perfumes Etc The best of Cigars and Tobaccos Come to see us We want more busi- J Juices All kinds of Carbonated Waters Dispensed
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