The Democrat (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1920 Page: 1 of 11
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THE DEMOCRAT
VOLUMN 11
BEAVER, BEAVER COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1920
NUMBER 22
RECEIVES PAPER
FROM
MANILA.
H. N. Lawson, well known abstrac-
ter and real estate man, is in receipt
pr*a copy of the Manila Daily Bulle-
tin which is published in Manila, P. I.
and of which his brother, D. H. Law-
son, Is business manager and direc-
tor of advertising. The paper is prin-
ted in the English language except for
one editorial, which is printed in
Spanish, alongside the English trans-
lation. One section is devoted to
shipping and is made up largely of
advertising of stea'mship companies
and other commercial concerns.
Want ads also take up nearly a page.
One of the features of the paper is
the George McManus comic, "Bring-
ing Up Father," a popular feature of
our American dailies.
GATE OIL WELL NEWS
The underreaming at the well is
going on nicely,—Tuesday evening the
men lowered the casing and put in
one full joint and ft is possible that
the underreaming may be finished by
Saturday night.
—Gate Valley Star.
NEW SIDEWALKS FOR*
GRADE SCHOOL.
The laying of the side walk at the
grade school building began Tuesday
and the work is just about completed
at this time. This work is being
financed by the Mothers' Club.
SLOCUM SECURES HIGH BREI)
tr HERD HEADER.
After attending the National
Swine Show at DesMoines, Iowa, and
visiting the prominent breeder's of
Duroc Hogs, E. Slocum brought home
a spring boar pig of the improved
type to replace the loss of his herd
header "Orion Breed," which was over
come by the heat last summer. Mr.
Slocum said he realized the expense
of purchasing a pig of this kind,
however, he is very glad to do his best
to make good the loss of a valuable
herd header such as he had, anil comes
back feeling the trip a profitable one.
This trip extended north to Minnesota
acros northern Missouri, southern
Mfssouri coming home by the way of
Wichita, spending a day at the Wheat
Show. He says the Panhandle exhib-
it was by far the best thing there.
Mr. Slocum exhibited his new hog at
the Panhandle Fair at Guymon last
week.
SPECIAL STORK ARRIVALS
Born, to George W. Craven and wife
Thursday, October 21st, a baby girl,
Miss Euleta.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Barnes,
Sundey, October 24th, a daughter.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY ELECT
OFFICERS.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist church met
at Mrs. Dave Barrow's Tuesday
afternoon in a business session.
The following officers were elected:
president, Mrs. M. C. Green; vice-
president, Mrs. E. D. Gardner; corres-
ponding secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
Mrs. N. A. Rice; social committee,
Mrs. A. G. Th<ymas; program, Mrs. E.
D. Gardner. Refreshments of aple pie
with chese, and cofee were served.
A MISTAKE.
In the awards of the Beaver Fair
list credit was given to the wrong per-
son for the boar under two years of
age. E. D. Zimmei'man should have
been given first place and Jim O'Neal
second.
Enterprising
Young Men
do not spend all their money as fast
as they make it. They, are more con-
servative.
It always looks well for a young
man to have forethought enough to
bank his earnings for the proverbial
rainy day.
The man who banks his money and
takes care of it is the kind of a man
large companies are offering fine posi-
tions and luxurious salaries.
The First State Eiank
LEON ROEMBACH, Cashier
Gray, Oklahoma
Your Neighbors
and Friends
By some unknown method seem to
know whether you are getting ahead,
standing still, or going backward in a
financial way.
A nice little balance in this strong old
Bank will give you more self confi-
dence and open up the way to more
profitable deals than you imagine.
Save with us 'till you have a working
capital. It-pays—you feel stronger—
your neighbors will begin to look up
to you and you are off on the righ£
road.
Balko State Bank
C. R. SIBBITT, Cashier
Balko,
Oklahoma
MOTHERS' CLUB MET LAST
FRIDAY.
The attendance was good at the
Mothers' Club meeting last Friday af-
ternoon, there being twenty-five mem-
bers present. Mrs. Loofbourrow was
leader, and the program, which was
one of the best that has been put on
by the club, was as follows:
Instrumental Music Mrs. Holland
Talk on Home Decoration, Mrs. Davis
General discussion.
Beauty as an Element in Character
Building Mjs. Loofbourrow.
Review of Chapter on Making Home
More Attractive to the Young peo-
ple Mrs. Fickel
Paper, on the above subject
Mrs. Tracy.
Two Musical Readings
' Miss Grotchen Lawson
Paper and Sketch, "Conscientious f
Compromises," Mrs. Stalling*
General discussion. j
Reading Miss Moita Davis
Mesdames Horne and Loofbourrow
were appointed to visit the schools be-
fore the next meeting.
It was decidcd to change the head- Jj
quarters of the Club to the grade :
school auditorium, and the next meet- f
ing, which will be November 12th will •
be held there. The subjects will be
(1) The five steps in child develop-
ment and need of understanding them;
(2) Sex Hygiene. Mrs. Coles will be
the leader.
PARENS 1 TEACHERS ASSN.
MEETS NEXT FRIDAY.
Friday, November 5th, the Parent-
Teacher Association, recently organ-
ized here, will give the following pro-
gram at the M. E. Church at 8:00
o'clock.
Music Orchestra
Address W. T. Quinn
Health Conditions Dr. L. L. Long
Reading Gretchen Lawson
Piano Duet—Mrs. Holland and Mrs.
Horne.
Selections—Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
Grades.
Musis Orchestra
Boy and Girl Clubs—County Agent
Hanley.
Health Conditions General Discug-
Pete Steffen was in the east part of
the county Tuesday electioneering.
A. W. Bumam of Beaver was in
Liberal Tuesday on business.—Liberal
Democrat.
Mrs. W. L. Tibb, who has been vis
iting friends in the city returned to
her home in Beaver today.—Liberal
Democrat.
Mrs. Stranathan, who has been in a
local hospital, returned to her home
in Beaver City yesterday. —Liberal
Democrat.
County Asessor J. W. Renfrow took
his wife and baby to Liberal Satur-
day, where the latter is receiving med-
ical treatment.
Prairie dog poison can _be secured
at the county clerk's office. This
is all sacked and ready for use with
directions on each package.
Clift Drum and Dave Kile went to
Leedey, Tuesday morning with the
Forgan drill team of the K. P. to. put
the work on a class of fifteen. They
returned Wednesday night.
On account of the court house fur-
nace being torn up awaiting repairs,
the county officials have been get-
ting along this week with oil heaters,
< r doing without.
Dave Cates and two of the younger
children returned from Wichita^ Sun-
day. We are glad to report that his
daughter, Mary, is improving after a
siege of several weeks.
Cashier W. H. Wells of tha F r^t
National returned Sunday from Wich-
ita, K^ns., wnerfe he had Iieen on busi-
ness He lelt Thursday and got here
Sunday, coming by way of Shattuck
and Folio it.
Mrs. Agnes McKee is here from
New Mexico looking after business
interests and visiting friends. Mrs.
McKee is an old resident of Beaver
and has many friends and acquaint-
ances.
Dr. L. L. Long will sell at his farm
7 1-2 miles west and 1 1-2 south of
Forgan, Oklahoma, December 9th, his
entire herd of Registered Hereford
cattle consisting of about 46 head of
cows, heifers and bulls. If interest-
ed, write for catalog. 10-21tf
NOTICE
The Methodist ladies announce that
they will serve supper Tuesday even-
ing and night at the court house. This
will be convenient for those anxious-
ly awaiting election returns. 10-28tl
EDWARDS' DUROC-JERSEY
SALE A SUCCESS
Thirty-three head of Duroc Jerseys
were sold at an average price of $150
last week at the I. N. Edwards sale,
sixteen miles south west of Beaver.
This included ten spring pigs. The
top of the sale was $450, paid for a
sow with a litter of Vive pigs by side.
The amount of $375 was given for
an unbred sow. The highest priced
pig went for $150. These sows and
gilts carried the blood of the best
families of the "Orion Cherry King."
These Durocs will be remembered
as the ones W. R. Kuns purchased
of Ernest Slocum last August in his
1 yale held at that time,
SHULER MADE FINE SHOWING
AT PANHANDLE FAIR
M. A. Shulcr & Son, of Gray, Okla..
are showing a great bunch of the Big
Type Poland China hogs this year at
the Texas County Free Fair. Mr.
Shuler has not only carried away the
big ribbons at other fairs this year,
but carries away the Grand Champion
in the aged boar class. He has been
showing his stock since 1915 and one
can easily tell by the string of ribbons
he has that he has the ideal founda-
tion stock.
Mr. Shuler came to this country
sixteen years ago, and believing in the
Poland < hina liog and its possibilities,
brought with him, his original stock,
Eight years ago he made nis herd an
exclusive registered one, getting his
blood lines principally from Iowa, the
greatest hog raising state in the union
llis herd carries blood lines of five
Grand Champions of the leading hog
states and the world's Grand Cham-
pion. In these blood lines we find
F's Biu' Jones, Grand Champion of
Jpwa, a son of Gcrtsdalc Jones, Worlds
(irand Champion boar, Fessy's Ti.n,
Grand Champion of Nebraska, Giant
Buster, Grand Champion of Indiana,
of Kansas and Oklahoma.
His sale on September 17 at which
he sold forty-one head, brought him
$4,355, or an average of $106.22 i#m-
head. The receipts of his hog sales
this year will easily pass the $5,000.
Mr. Shuler's hogs sell in a territory
ranging from Woodward, Okla., to
Springfield. Colorado. —Guymon Dai-
ly Herald.
Probably the greatest boost the
Boy's Pig Club has ever received is
now under way. County Agent Hisey
has received the co-operation of the
banks in the county in helping the
boys launch their efforts toward a big
Boy's Pig Club show here next year.
M. A. Shuler & Son of Gray, Okla.,
have offered a Big Type Poland Chi-
na gilt carrying their best blood lines
as a first prize in this contest. We
are mighty glad to see a man who
bends his efforts in such a cause as
this. It shows where his heart is.
Although it is not definitely decided
as to what territory will be covered
by this olfer, Mr. Shuler strongly fa-
vors a separate award for each of the
Panhandle counties. —Guyman Daily
Herald.
WILL PREACH ON LEAGUE
OF NATIONS SUNDAY
Rev. H. G. Butler advises us that h
will discuss the League of Nations in
his Sunday night service at the Meth-
odist church.
PRETTY GOOD FOR BEAVER CO.
The Lawson real estate office re-
ports the sale of the B. A. Blackwelder
place north of Balko, today. This piece
of land has 280 acres and sold for
$18,400. This is $75.7f> per acre.
FORGAN PLAY GIVEN
A GOOD RENDITION
The Forgan horne talent play, "The
Minister^ Wife's New Bonnet," was
given exceptionally well Tuesday
nigh.t The play went off without a
hitch or bobble. The characterizations
and make-up was fine for amateurs.
The play itself was a farce comedy
without a serious thought aside from
the nfw bonnet. It was rather an all
star cast, one character being as im-
portant as another
URGES SUPPORT OF
STATE QUESTION 109
Next Tuesday every patron and
booster of good schools should vote for
State Question 109, the six mill levy
for aid to common schools. It means
$15.11 cents more for every boy and
girl of school age in our district to
run our schools next year. We have
316 children of school age at $15.00
apiece or $5454.71 to run our schools.
This is about what is needed to main-
tain our accredited standing and pro-
vide additional room and equipment as
we must do. We need this increase
this year very badly to meet inspector
requirements. Next year there will be
more needed than this by a good mar-
gin.
Our levy at six mills on a valuation
of $864,041.00 for the district would
make $5,184.25. Our returns are
$5454.71, and this would put us
$270.47 to the good.
Beaver has this opportunity of re-
lieving the present financial difficulty
in her school problem. We are up
against a most serious situation in
our district as well as the state. We
stand 36th in rank educationally in
the United States. Oklahoma with 35
other states ahkead in opportunities
for their boys and girls!
Are we going to let such a chance
go by to do what we ought to have
done long ago ?
I earnestly solicit every booster of
Beaver and Oklahoma to vote for
State Question 109 and better schools.
Yours for the better schools,
A. O. ANDREW,
Supt. of Beaver Schools.
DISTRICT 126 RAISE $83 AT PRAIRIE DOG POISON AT
PIE SUPPER. COUNTY CLERK S OFFICE,
District No.126 known as the
"Brown School", five miles west and
one south of Beaver, where Miss Ruby
Henderson is teaching, had fine suc-
cess with their*box supper last Friday
night October 22nd. The roads were
very l>ad,.beimr just after the big rain,
but the people of that community
don't stop for mud. The proceeds
amounted to $83.00, which will be
used in part payment for a piano just
recently purchased.
A short but lively program pre-
ceetled the sule of the boxes, which
were auctioneered off by H. L. Burk.
The evening seemed to be well en-
joyed by every one.
Contributed.
Farmers who arc bothered with
prairie dogs can obtain poison at the
office of the ceunty clerk %t Beaver.
The poison is put up in packages and
is ready for dstribution.
Mrs. O. M. barr with her little
daughter Francis, is visiting her
mother in Protection, Kansas, for a
few weeks. She will then go to
Wichita to visit a sister, being gone
nbout three months.
COUNTY SENDS EXHIBIT
W. B. Hanley, county agent, went
to Guymon Monday with the agricul-
tural exhibit for the Panhandle fair
which began there yesterday.
Among the stock men who planned
to take thorough bred stock from Bea-
ver county were J. D. Key, M. A. Shu-
ler, W. J. Lehman and Ernest Slo-
cum.
J. B. Hizey the county agent of
Texas county attended our fair and
said that we had srtlnc mighty fine
exhibits here and that we stood a
good show for the silver cup.
METHODIST SOCIAL A SUCCESS.
About forty people enjoyed them-
selves mmensely Friday evening at
the Methodist church social at Mrs. O.
D. Smith's house. The feature of the
short literary program which opened
the evening's entertainment was a'
prophesy of the Methodist Church
ten years from now by J. A. Spohn.
He pictured an attractive church with
a live working group.
Dave Bullard of near Boyd was
brought before Justice R. S. Hummon
last week charged with grand larceny.
The preliminary was held nnd the ac-
cused bound over with $1000 bond to
appear at next term of district court.
Rev. E. E. Sullens has been recent-
ly appointed pastor of the Gate charge
which includes a rural point also. He
and his family will leave soon to take
chargc of the work.
Willie Wilson received a pocket
book Tuesday that he had lost several
weeks ago while traveling between
Seattle, Washington and Green River,
Wyoming. It was found at Pendle-
ton, Oregon by a member of the K. of
P. Lodge and as the purse contained
an official receipt from the lodge,
with Mr. Wilson's address, the purse
was returned to him. It contained
$19.00 in currency.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Butler left
Monday for Wichita, whert Mrs. But-
ler is going for an operation in the
Wesley Hospital Mrs. Butler has
been in poor health for some time
and is hoped that this trip will re-
store her to her former good health.
The party went by way of Liberal.
Rev. E. E. Sullens, Mrs. Butler's fath-
er will fHl the Methodist pulpit (lur-
ing Rev. Butler's absence next Sun-
day moring.
SYSTEM PAYS
A farmer would be foolish wasting
time cradling wheat in these days of
the modern grain binder. It's harder
work and it don't pay.
This is an age of mechanical con-
veniences, labor saving devices and ef-
ficient systeTns, and one of the most
efficient systems is the present bank-
ing system as used by this bank. All
up-to-date business men and farmers
do all their business thru the bank be-
cause it is easier and better and it
pays! Our system is right up-to-date,
we have all modem conveniences and
it will PAY you to use them.
Bank of Beaver City
W. E. HOCKER, Pres.
R. A. MAPLE, Vice-Pre*.
O. H. CAFKY, Active Vice Pre.
GEO. CAFKY, Cashier.
Mrs. Johnnie Jones went to Wichita
last week, bringing home her mother,
Mrs. Pine, who is suffering from
dropsy. Mrs. Jones' sister, Mrs. Fan-1
nie Eyeman, of Wynoka returned
with her to help in caring for the
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Will fields, who for-
merly lived in Beaver, visited friends
here the first of the week. They had
been to Missouri and were on their
way back home to the Pacific coast.
For Sale
A Three Room House
in Good Repair, Close
in, for Sale on Easy
Terms.
H. N. LAWSON
Agent.
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