The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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The Guymon Herald.
VOL. 25.
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916.
NO. 48
That lkNiver County Oil Well
As many of our people are inter-1
ested in the oil And in Beaver |
county we are on the lookout con-
stantly for any bit of information
that comes from that direction. The
Forgan Eagle of last week had the
following to say which sounds like It
might be authentic Information:
"The visitors at the Gate oil well
Sunday met and talked with R. B.
Rutherford, president, and G. G.
Wilcox, secretary of the oil com-
pany, and these officers took partic-
ular pains to tell our people about
the excitement that had been on
there regarding the claim of some
that oil had been struck. They tell
us that the report that had been
circulated about oil being struck was
not authorized by any one in charge.
They say, however, that to the ones
not familiar with the oil, could easily
take what was taken out of the well
for oil and that there was a great
many who was positive It was oil.
The officers of the company and the
drillers all agree that they have
every indication of oil, and they
firmly believe that if they can go to
2,500 or 3,000 feet they will strike it.
After the hole Is put down another
1,000 feet they will, If they do not
strike oil, pull the casing back to
the 1,250 foot mark and shoot the
well. The well drill was not work-
ing Sunday for the reason that the
company was waiting for casing
which they expected to arrive Tues-
day, and they expected to get to
drilling Tuesday night.
"Later:—Telephone advice from
G. G. Wilcox, of Gate, at 9 p. m.
Wednesday night was to the effect
that the casing for the oil well had
been received and the drill started
that evening." If oil becomes a
reality In Beaver county we need not
be surprised to have wells started
at any time In Texas county, and
why not? They are finding oil all
about us and surely It could not be
so close without being beneath the
surface of this land also. At least
some people are beginning to look
earnestly at the advlsibillty of ac-
quiring more land.
Additional Building
Our little article last week on new
building that had been going on re-
cently brought in a few more names
of persons that had added materially
to their homes and surroundings
during the winter. J. L. Krone, who
lives 3 miles east of Guymon, but
who owns his own farm Just across
the line in Cimarron county, was in
town Saturday and said he was pre-
paring to move back to his own place
In the spring. He is now building
a very comfortable two-room house
and a bam 14x28, which will make
it one of the best improved places in
the vicinity of Mid well. J. C. Ricker
at Grand Valley has Just completed
a fine new granary that is ample to
care for his good crops in the years
to come. W. G. Carmack, the recent
purchaser of a ranch south of Guy-
mon in Hansford county, is enhanc-
ing the value of his property, as well
as adding greatly to its appearance
by the erection of a nice, new house.
The Carmack family is a recent addi-
tion to the southwest from Missouri
and from the way they are getting
Lamm Tailoring Company
New Spring Clothes Made to
Measure—Guaranteed to Fit
LAMM FABRICS—The foundation of good clothes
is wool and when we say wool we mean all wool,
pure wool, good wool, and not shoddy. Without
this foundation everything else goes for naught.
Without this foundation style, workmanship, fit
—all are worth something less than the proverbial
hill of beans.
Lamm clothes are cut from all-wool Fabrics, and
are made by skilled tailors.
The Lamm label in your garments assure you
of the utmost tailoring values, the best workmanship, plus the best,
fabrics.
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all wool
Come In and Let Us Take Your Measure
We Strive to Please
.Chas. Summers & Sons
The Quality Store
busy and doing things we Judge they
are a most welcome addition. M. P.
James of Range dropped in yester-
day to renew his faith in the Herald
another year and Informed us that
he had rented his farm with a res-
ervation of 20 acres, on which he
is building a small residence for his
own use.
Sanitarium for Guymon
Dr. D. 8. Lee of Dalhart was in
Guymon the latter part of last week
perfecting plans for the early open-
ing of a strictly modern hospital.
He is now in Denver and Kansas City
purchasing the necessary equipment
and as soon as he returns work will
begin. We are glad to see this evi-
dence of progress in our home city
and from all reports the summer will
see many new things opening up that
will stamp Guymon as first class In
every respect. The business men
and the people of Guymon will wel-
come Dr. Lee warmly, as he comes to
us highly recommended as being
way up in his profession and a sani-
tarium of the right kind cannot help
but bring added business to Guymon.
Victor
Supremacy
Twenty-two prizes awarded to the Victor Talking Ma-
chine Company at the Panama Exposition.
The Grand Prize it the highest possible award given at
the exposition.
Buy a Victor Today.
The new Victor needle~the Tungs-tone-will play from
50 to 200 pieces without changing, and will not injure
the records.
10 for 25 Cents; 4 for 10 Cents
Frank D. Hood Drug Co.
We Oiv# Ton
What You Ask For.
Hear the Lata*
Victor Reoorda
We're Not Going to the Dogs
When you read about the trouble in the mine and in the mill,
When you read about the lockout and the strike;
When dishonor and dishonesty your morning papers fill
In a way no decent citizen can like;
Then there comes a strong temptation to have doubts about the
nation,
And to fear some dark disaster In the fogs;
But take heart, my honest fellow, don't you show a streak of
yellow,
For this country is not going to the dogs!
When you read of rotten politics in city and in state,
When you read of juggling justice on the bench.
When the price of food makes leaner every day the poor man's
plate,
When the social muck is making quite a stench;
Then a man may fairly wonder if there hasn't, crime or blunder,
Been a monkey-wrench dropped in among the cogs;
But a state of abject terror Is a most colossal error.
For this country is not going to the dogs!
For this good old ship, America, has weathered many a gale,
She has sailed through many a thicker fog before.
And her crew has learned the habit of not knowing how to
fail,
Howsoe'er the stormy seas around may roar;
She Is staunch and stout and roomy, and though seas and skies
be gloomy
Let us leave all coward croaking to the frogs.
Let us face In manly fashion all the panic and the passion,
For this country Is not going to the dogs!
—Dennis A. McCarthy in the Journal of Education.
Panhandle Teachers' Association
The teachers of the Panhandle
will hold their annual meeting this
year at Goodwell on March 16 and
17. This was decided at a recent
meeting of the superintendents of
the five counties in the association.
The building of the new hotel at
Goodwell made this meeting a possi-
bility for our sister town this year,
as the hotel facilities had never been
adequate before for the tax that It
placed upon them for such a meet-
ing. An excellent program is being
prepared for this occasion, and some
outside talent will be in attendance.
Stolen Bioyc'e Kwwfivd
Saturday night, January 23, the
bicycle of Earl Smith, a son of
Philip 8mlth, the plumber, was
stolen from the sidewalk in Guymon.
Sunday no trace of the wheel could
be found. Wednesday it was re-
ported to Sheriff I^eeman that the
postofflce at Hardesty had been
robbed the Sunday before, at which
time the postmaster was absent.
About noon a young man named
Garner showed up In the Hardesty
neighborhood and was seen loiter-
ing about the postofflce. He was
riding a bicycle and later stopped at
Sutton's store, where he ate lunch.
He later stopped where Mr. Marius
was threshing and accepted a Job,
agreeing to show up Monday morn-
ing for work, but he failed to show.
He then rode on south to the home
of a relative, near the Texas line.
Monday morning the postmaster dis-
covered his loss, amounting to |8.00
taken from the cash drawer. A few
days later it dawned upon some of
the citizens that this fellow Garner
had turned the trick, as no other
clue to the robbery could be found.
He had been frequenting the Range
neighborhood and making divers
purchases at the Sutton store, largely
with pennies. After locating his
man, Sheriff Leeman went down Sat-
urday night and brought Mr. Gar-
ner to Jail and returned Earl Smith
his bicycle. Garner at first loudly
proclaimed his Innocence, saying he
had bought the bicycle from a fellow
after night and paid him $10 for It.
However, It developed that Garner
was ousted out of a Guymon board-
ing house Saturday owing to hla
lack of wherewithal. After deliber-
I atlon Garner changed his plea to
stealing the bicycle from not guilty
to guilty, but owing to the minimum
punishment for burglary being two
years In the pen, he decided to forego
the pleasure of pleading guilty to
breaking into the Hardesty postof-
flce. Justice Paine assessed a fine
of (25 and thirty days In Jail. The
officers are endeavoring to Interest
the postal authorities In Garner's
prosecution on the postofflce burglary
charge. It la uld that Garner was
recently dismissed from the Post
City, Texas, Jail.
Revival at M. K. South
The revival at the M. E. church,
South, being conducted by Rev. R. J.
Tooley, is starting off encouragingly
according to the members of that
church. "Dick" Tooley, as he is af-
fectionately called, is original, plain
spoken and forceful. The crowds
are increasing and Interest Is grow-
ing with each day's services. There
is fine prospect for a good meeting.
The public Is missing something by
not hearing "the Irishman," Mr.
Tooley.
Found Dead In Coal House
The two little boys of Mr. and Mrs. |
A. T. Lucas, while playing In their
yard on Wednesday afternoon, no-
ticed Mr. Burgman's coal house door
ajar. Small as they are, they knew
this to be an unusual occurrence and
they went to the door to discover the
cause. They found the elderly gen-
tleman prostrate on the floor and
returned to their mother with the
news. Mrs. Lucas at once notified
the proper authorities, who went to
the scene to fiud that the man had
been dead for aome time. It Is sup-
posed, from the fact that he had
filled his bucket with coal and had
SpeakH Volumes for Country
In a letter to a real estate dealer,
our good friend William Nlesen
writes from Corliss, Wisconsin, thus:
"Pieaae take my place off your list,
as I am going to move back on it
myself." We are not only glad to
welcome Mr. Nlesen and his family
back to Texas county, but the very
fact that scores of others who, like
Mr. Nlesen, moved away from the
Southwest because they thought
there were other places better, are
coming back fully convinced that
great opportunities are here—not for
the future, but the present. We
learn every day of some one either
Mr. Walker Opens Studio
The Herald made mention last
week of the fact that a aculptor of
aome prominence had made hla ap-
pearance In Guymon and If he de-
cided to teach while here would meet
with no small amount of encourage-
ment. Guymon has talent and many
are looking for just this kind of an
opportunity to develop It. Charles
Walker has aecured the hall in the
Summers block for his work. He
will teach a class every Saturday aft-
ernoon at 2 p. m. He has already
had twenty Join the claaa, which
speaks well for the town, for until
the Herald made mention of the fact
that he might be induced to teach
while here It waa not known that he
would form a class. He teaches mod-
eling, casting and ornamental cement
work. He has worked recently un-
der Cyrus Dallln, who Is head of the
Academy of Fine Arts In the city of
New York; Charles Grafley. who has
a special studio in Philadelphia, and
Lorado Taft of Chicago.
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his kindling ready, that he had en- j coming back or having already ar-
tered the shed the night previous | rived. There may be a few other
and was stricken while there and | places Just as good, but we will
died evidently without a struggle. | hardly admit that there are any
Mr. Burgman had lived In Guymon better.
for some years, had presumably
rounded out four score years and ten,
was of a very quiet disposition and
went about his business almost un-
observed, many not knowing there
was such a person In our town.
From letters found on the premises
It was discovered that he had a sis-
ter living in Pennsylvania, who was
wired at once. Nothing will be done
until she is hesrd from.
M. E. Church, South
Sunday school at 10 a. m.; preach-
ing at 11 a. m.; children's and young
peoples' service at 3:30 p. m.; no
League service Sunday; preaching at
7:30 p. m. The revival la on, and
Bro. Tooley will preach at these
three services Sunday. Don't fall to
hear him. You need God and God
needs you. Come.
We Have It
Or We Will Get It
It will pay you to come here for anything In the drug line, because
we stock all worthy remedies and toilet preparations as soon
as they are placed on the market.
Of course, you may have occasional wants which we cannot supply,
but in such cases we are always glad to make special orders
for what is wanted.
It is a pleasure to favor our customers in this way and no extra
charge is made for the special service.
COLDS AND LA GRIPPE
For colds and la grippe take Nyal's Laxacold Tablets.
Wanser & Hamilton
THE REXALL STORE
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Denny, J. Q. The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1916, newspaper, February 3, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc273067/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.