The Cimarron News. (Boise City, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1911 Page: 2 of 4
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THE CIMARRON NEWS
Published Every Thursday.
R. O. THOMAS, Publisher.
Entered m HMHiod oliw niitUr •lth *
panUiffloi* *1 Boi f dly, OkUlioiim, un
«l« r t)i« Ai t of Mnr< h 8. 1H7V.
Official Lund Ofhc
ron county
pA)M<r for Cinisr-
Mrim ollii ml organ of the F. K A ('.
U. of ,\. of t'inmiron rnuntv. ContrilMi
tionh fur the (ihhI of the Union sobi'itsd.
Advertising rates made known
on application to this office.
SUBSCRIPTION, $100 PKH YR.
If you cannot find decent peo-
ple todium with, hotter live and
die a hermit. Friend* that are
frienda only in debusing thing*,
jovial only in their eupa, intimate
in lewdneaa, lire essentially
treacherous If you trust your-
self with them you are simply
und plainly a fool.
Honesty is also one of the fun-
damental principle* it never pays
to break If to be a «ood fellow
means that you are to sneak, or
steal, or lie, then you dig a pit
into which one donkey certainly
will full, and his name will he
the most pleasant hostess we
ever saw. "Al*' Maker Is the
idolized son ut this home, and
thev all exerted every effort,
which was unnecessary, to m&lo-
our stay pleasant. They have
always kept open-house and
their home was the favorite stop-
ping place for both the young
ami the old in the early days,
and still is, for the welcome one
receive*—and Mrs. Bivens'cook-
ink—cannot be forgotten. Their
home is one beauty spot of
this beautiful valley. Kveryone
enjoyed every minute of the stay.
Monday morning, instead nf
The
Tis a shark in tli<
culls it home.
And tin* winds ''f
Girl on a Claim
pen—tin
spelled just like yours. I
The clerk that taps the till, the heading for home as we had
servant girl that steals Hnery Planned, we hiked it for Red
from her mistress' wardrobe. Canyon to viait the Hrookhart
the traveling man who plays I home and to see the famous
poker and charges his losses t > Brookhart orchard and we were
the house in his expense account. | wt'" P,l'd for the trip. Here
the lawyer who gives little din- Mother Brookhart, ar.d son Ar-
nets with his clients' money, tin*' thur, and daughter, Miss Mary,
politician who treats the boys I ''ve in peace and plenty and en-
all
murmur the
b he has drivt 11
furrowed tli
And lii^li i« ti
on a claim.
mime
ier st
■ loan
head
She fears not the n
storm in its wrutl
Hht) is proud <if her <
sun sets like tlamc.
No prison like -iiop > ists its shade
o'er Iter path
There is hope n the face i f the
girl on a claim.
She is winning, ein-h day. toward
the coveted prize
She is heating adversity's heart-
breaking game;
There is courage sublime shilling
out of her eyes
Hats off to the girl who has staked
out a claim!
-Arthur Chapman.
with his "rakeoff,"are just plain,
ordinary, everyday thieves.
And any man or woman who
sits with them and laughs with
tlietu and contides in them and
likes them is a plain, ordinary,
I everyday fool, who will some day
ight. nor the | wake up and ask some kin
prairie
< a and has
>f the girl I
tertain all who may pass their
way. While the house and the
hills, the cottonwoods and the
water here charm you with their
picturesque beauty, the main
natural attraction is the exten-
sive orchard. Here every kind
of fruit and berry abounds in
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE CIMARRON COUNTY BANK
At KENTON iu the State of Okluliomu, ut the close of business
June 7th Ml.
RESOURCES:
Loans and discounts $84,003.64
Furniture and fixtures 1,500.95
Other real estate owned 2,665.00
Due from Banks 25,870.74
Checks and other cash items 139.50
Cash in Bank 5,831.41
TOTAL 120,011.22
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid in $25,000.00
Surplus fund 700.00
Undivided profits, less expenses
taxes paid 2,057.90
I Individual Deposits subject to check 02,072.70
I Time certificates of deposit 29,163.16
Cashier's checks outstanding
TOTAL
friend to please kick him or slap profusion. The orchard covers
417.40
120,011.22
v when the her, as the case may h
a large tract, and they keep ad-
ding to it every season. The
land is sub irrigated ut a depth
of four or five feel and the trees
have made an enormous growth.
Some trees in this orchard must
Up the Cimarrpn
For many weeks the editor and
lady had planned to take a trip
up the beautiful Cimarron river! have forty or fifty bushels of ap
and visit with a few of our ! pies on them and, if nothing hap-
good friends out there, but J pens to them before they ripen,
somehow we never seemed to i there will be enough apples and
| find the time to spare. But! peaches in this orchard to supply
Occasionally we ate asked why
we do not publish all that happens.
It is fortunate fur these particular
individuals that discretion occas-
sional!)' demands the ommission of
unplcuseut items. Should we pub-
lish all that is told lis we would lx>
with the angels in about 20 min-
utes after our papers Were mailed.
\N e try to print ail items that are
news, or that will encourage, help
or cheer any of our citizens along
life srugged road. We all doubt
leas would en joy reading "all the
news" when its about the other
fellow, but we never cared to lend
nid to the gossips in the spreading
of scandals ti.; t only leave sorrows
in their trail.
John \V anamaker, the big Phila
delphia merchant says: Advertis-
ing is not an enterprise for a "quit-
when Col. H. R. French of Doby
sent his wagon over last Satui
day morning and with the word
for us to "Come on—he was go-
ing to the river," we gave a few
hurried orders to the office boy,
kicked the cat a couple of times
und were off. We stopped at
Col. French's for a hearty din-
ner, then rigged up his private
touring car, loaded in the family
und emergency "chuck-box."
hitched on old "Harney" and her
colt and headed for the Cimar
ron, the trees and the rocks.
the whole county, and those who
have been skeptical about Cimar-:
ron county producing fruit
should go see this orchard fori
themselves. It's immense! We
cannot begin to describe it here I
for lack of space. But aside j
from the hills, the hollows, the.
water and the orchard, there is
another very seperate and very
distinct attraction at this home
the memory of which will remain j
long after the others may be for- i
gotten, and that is nothing less:
than Miss Mary, the highly ac- j
The first place visited was the Icomplished and fascinating!
home of Mr. H. G.(Dick) Wilson. \ daughter, the belle of the Cimar-1
I STATE OF OKLAHOMA. County of Cimarron.
1. T. H. Rixey. Cashier of the above named
Hank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the
best of mv knowledge and belief. i?<> help me God.
T. 11. KIXKY, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn i>> before niethis 17 day of June. 1011.
H. C. M.-Kmldeii. Notary Public, I nion Co. N. M.
My commission expires 2-l-'li>.
i H. J. Hammond, I
Correct Attest: • 1>. F. Behinter, 1- Directors.
I T. H. Kixev. I
directory
CMUHCHBS
ST. PAUL'S M. E.s. Preaching every
tecond un«l fourth Sundays, n.orning
and evening. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday night. Everybody is earn-
estly requested t<> be presont at these
«orvieew. Sunday whool at 10 a. m.
Q. L. Gilbert, P. C.
BAPTIST Services in M. E. church.
Preaching every Hrst Sunday. Praver
meeting every Sunday night. Sunday
school every Sunday at p. pi.
A. L. Castleberry, Pastor.
M. E. Services by R*v. R. L. Carlisle
as follows:
Qarlington- Preaching every second
and fourth Sunday at 4 and 8J0 p. m.
Sunday school at 2 p. tn.
Willowbar Every second and fourth
Sunday at 1 1 a. in. .
Marella Every first and third Sunday
'VJiggs—Every tirst nnd third Sunday
at 8:.'J0 p. m.
secret societies
| jj jj p BOISE CITY LODGE
vjin every HaturOay nl*rlit In fxlrt Fellow*
null ilA-wln IjuIl<lloixi VlNltliig brother*
t'onilivlly invited. K. M. McKlnuey, N.O.
It. Thotiuui. Secretary.
BOISE CITY CAMP
NO. 11258
Ue«ti Avery Tuesday nldbt in odd Fellow#
'mil. vinittng brotlii-r* cordially Inrlted.
L. J. KdKnr, W . u.
I. K. Hill, Olerk,
MI of A,
county officers
M. W. Pugh
A. U*. Butts
Grocery Specials!
Flour $2.70
Pilgrim Bnlk Coffee, per pound . - - -
This is the best on the market at the price
on'the Cimarron at the mouth of
Marselus canyon. Mr. Wilson
has a commodious stone resi-
dence, set amidst the immense
cottonwoods and presided over
by Mrs Alta Spurgeon and
daughter,'Miss Ollie He owns
ron and the despair of every cow
boy in the valley or on the plains.
She can ride a bucking broncho j
or throw a rope with the best of
them, cook a meal that would j
turn Delmonico's chef green with i
envy or paint a picture thatj
a mile or more of the river front would pass as a masterpiece of;
and harvests an enormous crop j the old masters. And how she
of hay each year. He has a Held ' acquired her many graces and!
of alfalfa that is as tine as we 1 accomplishments while living on !
ever saw in any country, , and a ranch is the wonder of the val-
l>i ui: STHAINK1 > HONEY
ift's White Laundry Soap ^ g*
6 bars for - - • £
Standard Evaporatdd Peaches - - 12 1-2
Pure Cream Corn, per call *
In this I>r;iml you get the moet and best • j| V-P
Probate Judge ....
Attorney
Clerk Dist. Court nnd ex-
odicio Register of Deeds, K. A. Owens
County Clerk . . . E. B. McMahaa
Sheriff S. T. Smith
Treasurer J. A. Ellis;
Surveyor H E. Thompson
Supt. of Schools . . Walter Kennedy
| I. L. Allen. 1st t>hi
Commissioners < F. A. Soutar, 2nd "
( Frank Cavis, 3d "
0. Marshall, Representative
J. II. Langston, State Senator
R. II. Loofbourrow, District Judge
Dick T. Morgan. Congressman 2nd Dist,
Four regular terms of County Court
commencing on the first Monday in Jan-
uary, April, July and October of each
year. Court shall continue in session
-;o long as the business shall require.
Court always open for transaction of
Probate business.
J the cnuiitry. Quality f'u>
Isikkhkii. llooi* und shoes
| unide and repaired
W. KRATSENBURG
TexHoira. Oklahoma.
in linn hih
Ciuntrv
Produce
Wanted
ERICH WUSSOW
ter." If there isone enterprise on from which he has aire./dy cut [ley.
earth a qiiitti r should leave alone, tWQ good cf0ps this seaaon ,Uui ! Aftef partaking heartily of the
it is ad\erting. 1 o make a success now almost ready to cut! sumptuous dinner with these
of advertising, one must be prepur a^ajni t|ien he will get a valuable ■ good people, we headed for home
cd to stick like a barnacle to 111 Sped crop a little later, (havinK a and arrived safely feeling decid-
boat s bottom good field of alfalfa is as good as edly well fed and very grateful
He should know lu tore he t>e-, jjrawing a pension—it keeps i to the good people we visited for
gins that lie must spend m°{10> , coming all the time). He has a , the enjoyable time they had giv-!
lots of it. Somebody must tell lnm (gnp ;rrjgat,e(j garden and orchard : en us. And we hereby extend)
that he cannot hope to ob am n>-1 an(j jjVes off the fat of the land, our sincere thanks to Mr. and'
suite commensurate witli ln ex- j ^as jnstalled one of the much i Mrs. French for the opportunity j
pemntures early in tlie game. ! talked of pumping stations and 1 and to the splendid people of the :
Advertising does not jerk; i ; haa thirtv acres ready for irri. |
pulls It begins very gently at ] but has not begun pump- I
hist, but the pull i? steady. in- j n on accOUnt 0f there being so I
creases day by d;,y and year by | Q) Kraas hoppers tllis season. j
year until it exerts an irresistable. as U)ey eat off the alf llfa as 3(H)D
P°wor- i as it comes up, however, he in-
tends putting out the whole field
about September.
We arrived at Wilson's just in
The wheel of life keeps turning.
Make a chalk mark on the rim to-
day and see where it will be
when you look at it tomorrow
The bottom comes to the top and
the top, sooner or later, reaches
the bottom. But there is no ne
cessity for us to sit still on the
riu: of the wheel and allow our-
selves to be carried down out of
sight.
valley for their kindness.
R. D. Henshaw was in Boise
City once or twice this week.
He says coyotes are numerous
around his place south of town; :
that be can see several from his >
windmill tower every morning j
and if he had a 30-30 he would ;
play summer sault with some of j
hearty welcome to stay, which | them, but a shotgun don't have:
we did until Sunday afternoon tl>e etwet.
Smith & Martin
OENTRAL HOTE|
^ MRS. T. R. LEWIS
Proprietress.
u
Nice clean beds, best table service- all the market affords'
Special Attention given to Automobile tourists-
The Boise City Jeweler
At Edgar & Heppard's Store
every Saturday.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
Popular F^ates
Nroth of Square
Boise City.
Jack S. Harris J. E. Breslin
HARRIS 4. BRESLIN
LAWYERS
Special Attention given Land Practice
GUYMON, - - OKLAHOMA.
time for supper and received a
Ed Hazelton. who is in the ab-
stract business in Guymon, ac-
companied J. Q. Denny out in
his auto last week. They were
Sunday we bad a dinner tit for
lords—fruits, irrigated vege-
tables and roasting ear*—yes.
real corn raised this year, fried
chicken and fish (the editor went cought in the enormous floods!
fishing and caught one, and one and iayed out over night and <
Notto want is to be rich: not I turtle). came in covered with rich Cimar-1
to be hungrv >s to be well-fed; to we visited at the hosoit- ron county soil well seasoned,
be content with what one has is able home of Mr. and Mrs.Berry j B >ise City's M. W. A- Band1
the greatest plenty. Cicero. jBivens. Berry goes in for cattle! is busy each evening practicing.
1 and sheep mostly, but raises al- and one of these days will make
Scientists say tnat snoring is j falfa and vega hay. Their home a showing. Prof. Laugh ton of,
due to an overloaded stomach and is furnished with all the splen- Goodwell„the instructor, knows
«h empty mind. Paste this on dor and lavisbness of the pioneer his business, and the boys are
the foot of your bed, fellers. ranch homes and Mrs. Biwus U making rapid progress.
REAL ESTATE
If You Want to
Quick Results
SELL, list your land
with us.
BUY, see us for
R. E. CASSADAY
AUCTIONEER
PHONE ME AT
GRIGGS,
PRICES RIGHT
- OKLA.
Weir & McKinney
Boise Citv.
i 'klaliom i. I
F. M. M'KINNEY
Justice of the Peace
AND NOTARY PUBLIC
ROISK CITY -:- OKLAHOMA
Watch the Fords go By
No car in ali the woi id like the
Ford; 1400 lbs. fully equipped: made
of vanadium steel throughout, dou
bie the strength of ordinary steel.
That's why they can be made ught
aud still be strong and serviceable.
4500 cars sold in March: every fifth
auto sold in the entire world is a
Ford. Be>ides being popular it will
give better service than a heavier
and higher priced car. Simple in
construction: anybody can manage
it. The light weight makes light
cost of running and light expense
for tires. A iuily equipped 5 passenger car at our garage in Clayton for the runabout at
$775; the torpedo at : fully equipped with top, windshield, speedometer, acetylene ights,
tools, etc. Come and see our cars and let us show you their r jneire power. Write for further
particulars. 1 ALLAN WIK0FF. Agent for Cimarron County. Claytc n. New Mexico.
HIGH PRICED QUALITY
IN A LOW PRICED CAR
THE SANFORD,
A P. SANFORD, Prop.
TEXHOMA, OKLA.
Carry Full Line of Magazines
all the time.
DR. C. K.HAVELY
DENTIST
1 TEXHOMA. OKLA.
Tta<
J think:
buyer
/ \Th«
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THE CIMARRON NEWS goes
to Five Hundred out-of—county
subscribers each weeK with a
true account of Cimarron coun-
ty's Prosperity.
Boost for it! It is boosting for'
you and your county every day. CAPIT0L
BARBER SHOP
If you know anything for the good of the I. E. HILL. Prop,
icounty, tell it to The News. We will pass it on. 1
door south of drug styrt.
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