The Democrat (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1920 Page: 1 of 12
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THE DEMOCRAT
VOLUMN II
BEAVKB. BEAVER COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. Till RSIIAY, AUGUST ID. 1920
NUMBER 12
SHI l-KK ft SON TO HAVE MM.
PURE BRED SALE SKIT 17
OfferinK Will Constat of 43 Brad of
the BiR Type Poland China
Hor
M. A. Shuler and Son well known
hoK breeders, were here today on bus-
iness in connection with their Mr an-
nual sale of registered Poland Cninas
which wjll be held at their Blue Val-
ley Farm 9 miles east of Gray, Fri-
day, September 17th.
The sale will consist of 43 head of
the big type variety, which are as fol-
lows:
6 Bred Tried Sows.
'JO Bred Fall Gilts.
7 Open Spring Gilts
1 Herd Boar *
1 Fall Boar
K Spring Boars.
The editor had the pleasure of visit-
ing the Blue Valley farm last Sun-
day and getting a close up view of
the Btock Mr. Shuler and son are put-
ting into this sale, and it is without
question as good or better than any-
thing we saw at the State Fair last
fall. Thev have bred into their stuff
four of the most noted blood lines in
the world, which are F's Big Jones,
Grand Champion of Iowa; Fessy's Tim
Grand Champion of Nebraska; Giant
Buster, Grand Chalnpion- of Indiana;
and Black Buster, Grand Champion of
Kansas and Oklahoma.
These hogs are the kind that weigh
700 lbs. at two years of age and ma-
ture in 000 and 1000 lb. hogs. It would
be hard to overestimate the worth of
spent to go and see them and see
what Beaver county can produce. This
is the stuff that Mr. Shuler and Son
are putting into this sale.
Mr. Shuler's sale last year attracted
a large crowd and was a success in
eveiy way, but with the addition of
new blood and the most careful breed-
ing he has a better and bigger offer-
BEAVER COUNTY FAIR TO BE
HELD OCTOBER 7TH, 8TH, TI1
The date for the county fair to be
held here this fall has been set for
October 7th,v 8th, 9th. These dates
fal Ion Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day. A meeting was held .Saturday
and plans carefully laid that will in-
sure Beaver County a successful fair
this fall if everybody boosts.
Having the fair in October gives a
better opportunity for the fall crops
to be matured and thus make a better
showing in the fall. The premium
list will be out in a short tfme giving
the details for the exhibit.
The committee appointed by the
board of directors are: finance, Will
Thomas, Frank Shockley, W. B. Han-
ly; premium list, M. A. Shuler, J. D.
Key, E. Slocirtm; urogram W. H. Wells
E. D. Humphrey; music J. I. Corbett
Cliff Drum; grounds H. D Meese and
Oliver Pruitt. W. T. Quinn is eon-
cession man and Jeff Holland has
charge of the advertising.
Something like eight weeks remain
between now and the date set for the
fair so it is time to begin to boost
right now.
The party of tourists, Fred Tracy
and family, R. A. Maple, wife and
daughter, Miss Nina, W. H. Thomas
and wife returned yesterday evening
from their five weeks tour through
the western states where they saw
wonderful sights and experienced ex-
citing thrills. They camped ten days
at Yellowstone Park. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Laughin went on from Yellow-
stone to the Pacific coast where they
will spend several months. Mrs. An-
nie Jones met the returning party at
Liberal on her way home from St.
Louis where she purchased her fall
stock of millinery.
a communication
Farmer*, Stockmen, and Merchant* of Bnw County —
What about the County Exhibit at State Fair from Beaver County.
September 25th to October 2d?
We have just as fine cattle, just as fine horses, just as fine sheep, just
as fine hogs and our cereals will compare favorably with anyj*jun*y "1
lahoma You may think this a broad statement but the products of our
county will bear out the assertion
We now have a County Agent who should he able to get a good exhibit
and if about one thousand farmers, stockmen and merchants of Beaver coun-
ty would give $ 1.00 each and our county commissioners would.donate a sim-
ilar sum. we could make n splendid exhibit and advertise our county to the
world.
In company with Mr.l Frank Shockley. the writer visited the County
exhibits at the Stat. Fair last year and at that time we commented on ex-
hibits. and some of them were surely great, hut Beaver county had no ex-
hibit there and we thought the products of Beaver county could compete with
them. We have a fine stock here e penally hogs, cattle and poultrj, and
our farms produce the equal of any we saw.
If we could possilily get an exhibit it would he of untold benefit to Bea-
ver county Many people think of the Panhandle country as but an out of
the way place and apart of Oklahoma that has no opportunities.
If our county could send the exhibit it is,capable of sending it would cer-
tainly do away with this delusion.
Don't pans this matter up. Give it serious thought and all push for an
exhibit at our state fair from Beaver county.
It will benefit the fanners, tockmen and merchants more than anything
else we could do. and the results could not be measured in dollars.
ing than before. Catalogues for this
big sale are now being printed and
will be ready for distribution by
September 1st.
Out of every 100 men
3 only leave at death, estates of |
$10,000 or over.
17 only leave between $2,000 and
$10,000.
80 Eighty, think about this, leave
nothing.
Will you be one of the 3, 17, or
80 r
If you are not already saving
something—start now don't wait
Everybody knows there is no yes-
terday and there may be no to-
morrow. -
Let us pay you 4 per cent inter-
est on some money. We have been
doing this for years.
Deposits Guaranteed
The First State Bank
LEON ROEMBACH, Cashier
Gray, Oklahoma
MANSFIELD FISHER
Miss Reola Mansfield daughter of
Mr and Mrs. E. H. Mansfield and a
niece of I. W. Moore of this place,
was married to Mr. Clarence Fisher
of Fairview, August K, where she has
been the past two years. 8he bride
is a graduate of Beaver high school
and has a host of friends here who
join with The Democrat in wishing
them a contented and prosperous life
together. The following from the
Fairview Leader-Enterprise gives the
details of the event:
"Mr. Clarence Fisher and Miss Re-
ola Mansfield were married Sunda>.
August 8th, by Rev. Roy V. Harp,
Mrs. Fisher is the charming daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs E. H. Manfield
and for the past two years has been
employed as pharmicist at the B. F.
Johnson durg store.
Mr. Fisher is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. E Fisher of Byron. Okla. and
has been in the employ of the Orienfc
railroad since 1914.
We join with Mr. and Mrs. Fishers
many friends in wishing them a long
and happy married life."
Old and Decrepit-
Lonely and Poor-
y
Balko,
Can You Think of a more Cheer-
less Condition?
Money is not everything in life.
Honor, love, home, friendship-
many things rank ahead of mon-
ey. But money is a handy thing
to have when one has reached the
place in life where he can't work;
when sick; when he would like to
help those more unfortunate than
he. Are YOU saving your money
against that time when you may
be old or decrepit?
This bank will appreciate your
business. We will be glad to have
you open an account with us to-
day. 4
BALKO STATE BANK *
C, R. SIBBITT, Cashier , _ .
; \ Oklahoma
Think about it, then act.
Respectfully
WALTER H. MANSFIELD.
A BEAUTIFUL LAWN
The prettiest lawn in town is over
at II. H. McFarland's a block south
of the court house. A smooth green
lawn of blue grass and clover, bright-
ened with zennias, cannas and other
I'lowel's makes a beautiful sight for
the eye to behold. It is a pleasurfo
to walk by there and see the green
grass and blooming flowers. A ram-
bling rose bush clings gracefully to a
pretty white trellis while a border of
cultivated plants encloses the yard.
This improvement has been largely
made within the past two months and
shows what a majority of the yards
in Beaver could be like of the owners
would only take the trouble to cul-
tivate a few growing things. W. S.
Morgan has assisted Mrs. McFarland
ii^ the making and caring for of this
lawn. To them belings the credit for
its beauty. There should be moro
such beauty spots in Beaver.
MAD DOG SCARE AT ELMWOOD
H. T. Garrett, well known farmer
of Elmwood was here Tuesday and
related an incident about a mad dog
scare which happened in that neigh-
PEARSON-MEADOR borhood, last week. W. L. Garrett had
Rev. H. G. Butler was called to Fori a collie dog which went mad and ran
pan Thursday evening to uerform the 1 away JEioni home Tuesday evening,
,.f .Tin, h ceremony for R*"V. C. <11 biting st' eral other dogs and finally
Pearson, pastor'of Methoiiit < hnr.?h I was killed by Lon Haskell in his pas-
there and Miss Audra Meaior, ide.«t ture Wednesday evening.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Men Before ttlie dog ran away, however,
dor. The affair was a beautiful little it licked the hands of Mr. Garrett's
church wedding following the com- children while they were playing with
munion service held that evening. it. As the youngsters had sdme sores
The first intimation that most of 0n their hands when the dog licked
those present had of anything roman- them, their parents became alarmed
tic was when the bridal party came I when they knew that the dog was mad
down the aisle to the altar, where fearing that the children might be in-
Rev. Butler performed the ceremony, fected with hydrophobia. They secur-
using the ring service. Theodore I ed a mad stone ft-otai Manhatten, Kan-
Meador was best man and Miss Mil- sas, which they used with good results
dred Smith, brides maid. The bride a& the children art now apparently
wore a lovely white satin dress and I getting along alright.
carried an armful of red roses. Miss 1
Audra Meador is one of the sweet- ARRESTED FOR
est girls in the Forgan community STEALING WHEAT
and Mr. Pearson is to be congrafcu- Joe nosfor(j and W. T. Cothran,
lated in securing her for his bride, j were brought in Monday and arraign-
Rev. Pearson is a young minister, C(1 before jU(jge Meese for stealing
earnest and progressive in his work. a Ioaf, of wheat from J. L. Newby of
The Democrat joins with their many Gate They ioa(jed the wheat Satur*
friends in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Pear-1 day n}ght from a vacant house which
son a happy and useful life.
COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
The Countv Sunday School Conven-
tion held at Knowles last Friday was
well attended and was appreciated by
those present. Fifteen schools were
represented, Forgan M. E. having 19,
the largest delegation. The Knowles
Naaarene followed as a close second.
There was nothing dull or dry in
the whole program. 1. F. Scnsubaugh
delivered three practical lectures giv-
ing a great deal of light on Sunday
school methods. The music which in-
terspersed the other numbers on the
program added much to the general
enjoyment. Mrs. C. H Nichols capti-
vated the audience with her story tcll-
ng-
The delegates and townspeople were
entertained at a well managed and
bounteous dinner at one of tnc halls,
over 150 being served at noon.
The associational pledge of $60 was
met, the traveling expenses of tho
speakers paid, and a surplus of $12
left in the treasury. The pledge for
next year remains the same as for
merly. The convention will be held
at Gate next year.
Few changes were mude in the of-
ficials for the eneuing year. W. T.
Meador is president, Mrs. W. B Leo-
nard secretary, treasurer; Mrs. W. T.
Quinn, elementary superintendent and
F. E. Nichols, executive committee-
man. m
The local vice presidents are; W T
Quinn, Beaver; Coy Morgan. Gate; J.
W. Monroe, Liberal; K. Slocum, Elm-
wood; W. C. Rutledge, LaKemp; H.
Sagerty, Knowles.
MRS. HALL THANKS VOTERS
Last week we neglected to publish
the following statement of thanks of
Mrs Beulah Hall.
I desire to thank the voters in the
democratic primary for selecting me
as nominee for county clerk.
If elected this fall I pledge myself
to fulfill the duties of the office I
seek. MRS. BEULAH HALI
I COX is PROGRESSIVE;
HARDING, REACTIONARY
i Governor's Record Justifies (.« nfi-
| drncr of Country Sa> Senator
Hoht. L. Owen
Washington, D. C. Following a
conference with chairman George II
White of the Democratic National
Committee, at Washington, Senator
Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma one of
the candidates for the presidential
nomination before the San Francisco
convention issued the following state-
ment: ..
"The best evidence the public could
possibly ask with regard to the pro-
gressive character of the pending
campaign are the progressive acta
which characterize tlie past services
of Governor Cox. He is not a new
convert. .
"The tcHt of modern progressive
Democracy might ho called the initia-
tive und referendum for which Gov-
ernor Cox fought when Ohio adopted
its modern progressive constitution in
1912. Governor Cox fought for the
initiative and referendum, and west-
ern democrats know what this means
It is the dividing line between those
who are for the people and those for
the special interests, because with the
initiative and referendum the people
can govern themselves and can get
as good government as their intelli-
gence justifies. The difference be-
tween Governor Cox and Senator
Harding is the difference between day
aD"I B^iall do my utmost to assist
Governor Cox and the Democracy in
this pending campaign feeling that
this is the very best way in which to
serve the American people.
"The overwhelming body of Demo-
cracy is entitled because of that fact
to public confidence. Men must tie
judged by their acts, and the record
of the Democracy and Governor Cox s
personal record justifies the confi-
dence of the country.'
dav night from a vacant house which
was being used for a granary, about
five miles northeast of Gate.
Mr. Newby discovered the loss oi
Building your W ealth
A bank works for you night and
day, week after week, adding the
cents to your dollars. Little by
little the amounts grow till each
addition is a respectable sum.
Where does the gain come from?
Not from your pocket. Nor from
ours. It is the result of produc-
tion. Money placed in a bank is
given an opportunity to work and
to produce.
Thus a Bank builds your wealth.
Start with a small deposit if you
will. Add to it when you can-
regularly if you can do so. It will
not be long until you can fairly
see it grow.
Open an Account with us i oday
Bank of Beaver City
L~
NAMES OF WEED GROWERS I Mr. Newby discovered the loss oi
TO BE PUBLISHED I g.rain Sunday and he and F. E.
The weeds along the draw running j ^Vells. constable of Gate, followed the
through town are getting taller every | tracits Gf the wagon, catching the
day, and at their present rate of meT) south of Madison about four o'-
growth they will soon be higher than I cloc]{ on the way to Texas, where they
the houses and telephone poles. *or|meant to dispose of the wheat.
weeks The Democrat has been uig-l judge Meese placed their bond at
ing the people to cut the weeds— 1ancj bound them over to the dis-
now we shall be forced to say woods-1 court which convenes next
man, woodsman, get the ax.' If this I mcmth. So far, the men have not giv-
were really a dead town and no body | on so are jn the county jail.
C.ared a d—n how things looked the
Democrat would not $ay a word but I WHERE IS THIS BOY?
there are a few people, if not a major-1 , pr- e 12 years, about 5
ity who really are concerned about fpet h blue eyeS) dark hair, wear-
this matter and are interested in the & knickerbocker suit when
appearance of things asi well asm the I ^ een and carying a 8uit case,
sanitary conditions of the town. An . rjornmercja] hotel at Forgan
example of how beautiful a place can fi, .. eveni„„ August 6th, in the
be made to look can- be seen at the ' ,0f a stranger, presumably
Robt. McFarland home;>9 i*rast ^ork on a farm. He had spent the
this with the ugly growth of weed, I ummer at Hooker, Okla., with his
a block east of it and extending along on the farni an,i was on the
thThe'Bemocrat haa in mind makin* .predate,
a survey of the town and compiling_a ^ t Mr. and Mrs. w. J.
list of the names of all the Property p>. ^ Qkl phone 3()7
owners and tenants whose places are I ___________
kept up and have some semblance of MwvnPNT HFNSON
beauty and in another list, the names SUP 1^1 NTENDENT HENSON
of those places that are unkept and EXPRESSES AI 1 KhClAliurN
left to caow i d to wend*. In winch I Even tho I had no opposition in the
list w,if YOU be. Such a lm will lc primary, I desire to thank the v<>tere
nublisV-l next week and very HkJylfor their hearty support and solicit
each week thereafter until the fair, the vote of all the .C1^ns,% gen-
Now you can take your choice of get- I eral election. If elected I shall co
ting Jour name on one list or the tinue my policy of a square deal to
iu®,.* I all and of maintaining the education-
otn I al standards of Oklahoma.
AGED WOMAN DIES w- L- HENSON,
Mrs. Phoebe Jane Lumley died on
Tuesday, August 11, at the home of MRS LAWRENCE ,r«~r.r,c
her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Taylor with I THANKS THE VOTERS
whom she was living. Mrs. Lumley I i desire to express my gratitude to
was an aged woman 97 A'ears old and 1 the voters in the Democratic primary
had been in a helpless condition ever I for giving me so large a vote, even
since February from the effects of I though I had no opposition. I shall
influenza. I do my best to secure the election in
She was born in Indiana and was I the fall and if elected by the voters I
the mother of 11 children nine of I pledge myself to faithfully perform
whom are still living, She was a j the duties of the office I seek.
member of the Christian church. ■-
Funeral services were conducted on 1 KANSAS CIT^ MARKET REPORT
I Friday morning by Rev. H. G. But- Ptices here today ranged as tol-
ler at* the Methodist church and buri--Mows: Fed steers sold at $15.50 to
I al was made in thee Beaver cemetery. $16.85, heavy grass fat steers sold at
• — I $13.75. Top price for hogs was 15.65
■*' Phone vour news to No. 73. Idaho and Utah Lambs 12.50 to 12.75.
W. E. HOCKER, Pres.
R. A. MAPLE, Vice-Pre..
O. H. CAFKY, Active Vice-Pu*
GEO. CAFKY, Cwhier.
grain insurance m
The grain market is demoralized and it
is reasonably certain that most of our
wheat will be in storage for at least sev-
eral months.
There is no place for this wheat so safe
as in the bin, protected by an insurance
policy issued by an old line, reliable insur-
ance company.
We can write this insurance at a low
rate, covering your grain in the stack and
in the bin.
You need the insurance and we need
the business. Give us a call.
ii. n. lawson
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