The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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The Guymon herald.
VOL. 1*
(H'YMOX. OKLAHOMA. THI KSDAY. APK1L If. I<K
NO. 5
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TREES ABSOLUTELY FREE
(>n and after thl date, while the iratoo for tr n*pliiitii|{
IiiU, we will «u|11>1 y rieli and every customer of our *tote
with Latham Ix>cu t tree*. These live* are an improved
variety oi the lllack Loc>i*t. but are even better adapted K a
dry climate than that well known tree.
The only condition we will impose on the person* to
whom we jfive tree* i* that they must carefully plant and cul-
tivate them in order that the money we are putting Into thl*
l>ro|Mi*ltion^nav not be lost through death of true*. A (rood
grove will greatly enhance the value of your fariu. and in
addition to Uiis a concerted movement toward* th«- planting
of tree* will tend to increase the rain-fall and to decrease the
wind*, which, a* we all know, occur at too frequent Interval*
for the comfort of we inhabitant*, and Uie proper develop-
ment of our cropa.
Ask about the** the next time you visit our store.
We have received the first shipment of trees, and we will
give you a due-bill which will entitle you to them any time
v6u want them.
LATHAM DRY GOODS CO.
North Main Street Successors to DENNY BROS. S LATHAM. Guymon. Okla.
Do
1 ou
Buv \
our
r
lour Ri« ht?
W'lat do you pay lor it and doc* it give you satisfac-
tion? We handle the celebrated John R. Flour, the
only brand that we know ol that stand* up under the
tests of the trade week in and week out. It still sell* (or
$1.30 per sack, $2.60 per 100 pound*.
PRICE BROTHERS,
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES
East Side Main Guymon, Okla.
0 Where the Preachers (Jo.
Pratt districtr-W. J. Martindale,
presiding elder; Antrim, Francis Mc-
Cormlck; Ashland, George Watts;
Heaver, James Hallinger; Hucklin
Charles E. Williams; Carthage, A.
Whistler; Coats, to be supplied;
Cold water, H. L. Gleckler; Crellison,
Vincent L. Parley; Cunningham. U
E. . otaw; Dilya, C. F. Carlisle;
Englewood and Protection, William
Clap|>er: Ford, R. E. Gilmore; Fow-
ler, W. H. Patterson; Garlington to
be supplied: Gate, M. E. Heckman;
Greensburg, Samuel McKlbben; Guy-
mon, to li& supplied by W. R. Wea-
ver; IIugoton, J. T. Hardesty; Hugo-
ton circuit, W. U. Hay: lnkti, E. N.
Scholle; Ivanhoe, Clyde W. Hughs;
Kenton, W. H. McMinns; Lake City,
W. B. Summers, Liberal, L. R. lioff;
Liberal circuit, T. B. Paramore;
Macksville, J. T Turner, Madison,
E. L. l'hipps, Meade, John K. Mill-
sap; Medicine Lodge, W. H. Moore;
Minneola. M. W. Smith; Pratt,
Dugald McCormick; Preston, O. K.
Hobson; Sawyer, Robert A. Potter;
St. Johns, H. E. Koss, Stafford, A.
E. Kirk; Turon, J. D. Harris; West
Guymon, J. L. Harding.
Big Time for the I. 0. 0. F.
Guymon Lodge Number 231, I. O.
O. F. will celebrate the 89th
anniversary of the order Saturday,
April 25, 1908. All' members of
Subordinate and ltebekah Lodge will
meet at the hall at 1:30 p. m. and
march in body to meet the train, and
escort Hooker Lodge to the opera
house, where the exercises in memory
of the occasion will be given. A
• sjieech by Hon. H. P. Hoover, of
Canadian, Texas, and Judge Davis,
of Hooker, will be special features.
To these exercises ths public are in-
vited. At 7:30 supper will be served
by the Rebekah ladies to all Odd-
fellows and their families. .The
ladies request all whom they have
been unable to see to not forget their
baskets^ also all the Oddfellows and
Rebekah* to be on hand and lend
their assistance.
"Until Death Do Us Part."
Marriage licenses were issued by-
county Judge Davis to the following
named parties since April 1.
Charles E. Dashiel and Miss Dollle
Kinchen.
D. H. Buffalow and Miss Lizzie
May Adams.
Cornelius A. Van Duyvendyke and
Miss Mary Julia I'otter.
Abraham D. Goosen and Miss
Lizzie Spady.
Death oj Fred Durham.
Fred Durham died at his home in
south Guymon at 9 o'clock p. m.,
j Friday, April 10, 1908, and was
I buried the following day in
the Guymon cemetery. Fred was
popular among the young people, anu
his untimely death was a shock to the
entire community. He was a member
of the Court of Honor, and carried
$1,000 life insurance in favor of his
mother. A host of friends join in
extending to the mother, sister and
brother heartfelt sympathy in their
bereavement.
Hon. J. S. Fischer Acqutted.
Jack S. Harris and Chas. T.
Whitaker returned the latter part of
last week, from Beaver City, where
they had been the greater part ot the
weak, looking after the defense of J.
S Fischer in his libel suit. Owing to
the prominence of the parties concerned
the case has attracted considerable
attention. The prosecution was
i looked after by Dickson A: Dickson,
I H. P. Wei born and F. C. Tracy,
Harris and Witaker defended and the
case was tried before Judge Culwell.
Mr. Fischer was charged with libel
I by F C. Tracy, the suit coming up
over articles printed In Fischer's
] Beaver City newspaper during the
j last campagin.
Look Here
A car load of new and up-to-date
FURNITURE
CARPETS
LINOLEUM
and everything in the Furniture line. Call
and get prices before you buy and save money.
MATHEWS & BUSH
HARDWARE CO.
Guymon, Okahoma
Second Door South of
Firit National Bank.
In The Early Day*.
Original Beaver county, or "No
Man's Land" had some ups and
doans before the recent rush <>t j
settlers inaugurated by the advent of '
the Ri>ck Island railroad, in \he J
winter of 1900 and 1901. In 188H, '87
and '88 there wfl* a great rush of
settlers throughout the whole south-
west but more particularly to western
Kansas and the overflow drifted into
; this country. Ro'hweli, this side of
Beaver grew to tie quite a town, had
a two story hotel and several other
! buildings and business houses.
Boyd was also a villiage of more or
I less importance, as was Paladora on
the north side of the Beaver a few
j miles this side of the mouth of
: Sharps creak or the springs at tie
! Johnnie Fulkerson place. It was at
the springs in the early day s that
i Bob f'utor stopped to *ater hi* team
and off to one side discovered the
j body of some unfortunate fellow who
| had been murdered by the Indians,
j l'his incident was a long time before
1 the above date and Bob was enroute
| to Dodge with a load of Buffalo
: hides. After discovering the body
| he took a *ly glimpse around and
discovered an Indian watching liitn
from a rocky point. He quietly
I started his team and hit for the flats,
driving till well In the ni|{ht.
The next morning at day break his
| mules began to snortat something
| and Mr. Cator thought sure it must
be Indians, and made ready for a
hard light. He discovered later on as
daylight pierced the fog on that morn-
ing that his mules were alarmed at a
herd of antelope. He did not see
any more signs of Indians and the
identity of the man was never
established. On the return trip from
Dodge, Bob, assisted byHoodoBrown,
buried the body.
But, to get tack to the
story. There was another attempt at
a town on the hill op the west bank of
Fulton creek a short distance east of
j Grandvalley, known as Eagle City,
but it was too close to Grandvalley
and died and early death, in fact but
few persons now remember that such ;
a town ever existed. At the mouth
of the Coldwater Hardesty sprung
into existence and was better adver-
tised than any of the other places on j
account of the Hardesty Herald
printed at that place from 1890 till
moved to Guymon May, 1901. Up the
Coldwater from Hardesty about seven
miles Central City flourished for
awhile but died a similar death to
other towns; everybody moved away
. voluntarily or starved out and had
to leave. North of Hardesty about
six or feven mile9 the town of La v-
I rock budded, blossomed and died,
and near where the Birch ranch is
now located, three mile# up the rail-
road from Optima the town of Buffalo
was located. At one time it bid fair
' to make a good town and the United
States land office was there but com-
plaint was made and -Col. New ah am,
a special agent came out and recom-
mended that the land office be located
at Beaver City. The change was the
beginning of the end of Buffalo and
the town died in its infancv. Rock
I Island near the old Irwin ranch was
talked about more 05 less, but there
was never much evidence of a town
at that point. Optima flourished In a
small way for a good many years in
valley of the Beaver, where tin-Carter
ranch is now located, and but for the
impracticable grades at that point it
would lie now the first town of the
oountv instead of Guymon. In 18hi>
'87 and '88 this county received many
new settlers who came in anil squatted
on homesteads and when the county
was finally received into the Union
all squatter* who had n here two
years previous to that date were
allowed two years oael; 'line on their
places. The county'i'1 ceived Its first
setback In '89 when < riglnal Okla-
homa ojiened up. as th •usands went
there liecause they c >ti d iret title to
land, something that v is not law in
this country until 1890. The Cheyenne j
and Arapahoe country took a good
many Heaver county settlers and
another setback was experienced in
;wt3 when the Cherokee strip opened
! to settlement as a great many people
1 left this county and Beaver City was
(given a hard knock on account of
j local U S. land office being moved
to Woodward. The great rush of the
! settlers started in again in the spring
: of 1901 and the present great develop-
ment is the result. Let the good
t work continue.
Mr. l-ott Resigns.
1 John H. Lott. who has lieen cashier
the Beaver County Bank since its
i organization, has resigned from the
active management of the institution
in order to secure a much needed
j rest, and I. E. Cameron, a former
Nebraska banker succeeds Mr Lott
as cashier. Mr Lott retains his
holdings in the bank and remains on
the directorate, and desires at this
time to thank the patrons of the bank
; for their generous patronage in the
past and solicits for the institution a
; continuation of their favors, knowing
j that their wants will be supplied and
I their every interest guarded with the
same care and attention as has been
the endeavor of the management in
the past. Mr. Cameron will be
! pleased to meet the bank's patrons
| and to se ve them.
Sixteen Automobiles.
Guymon sports sixteen automobiles
' at the-present writing and new ones
are coming In almost everyday.
Cantaloupe Culture. Article S.
While the crop is growing, every
preparation must be made for hand-
ling it, When melons begin to |
rii>en they will not wait. One must j
be ready or there will be a great re-1
duction of profits. Have an ample I
packing shed in the middle of the j
field or at one side. Leave both j
ends open, so a horse may be driven
through. Have sorting bins made
in the shed at the side. The bins
should be well padded, so the melon
may not become bruised. Make two
or more sleds with boxes sufficiently
large enough to hold about four
bushels. Have them well padded.
Have a good supply of crates, nicely
made up and stored out of the sun, |
dust and storm.
making CBATE9.
A crate consists of one board end,
one slut end and twelve slats. Place j
the two ends about two feet apart,
standing them perpendicularly as j
to their studdings. Nail three slats
on the top, leaving an inch space at
each corner, and equal spaces between
slut-. Let the end of the slats he
flush with the outer edges of the ends.
In a similar manner nail three lats
,,n ■ udi side. Nail the other *lats ou
alter the crate is tilled. Use number
Mur cement coaled orange box nails. I
Some packers prefer to have all
slats on, except the middle one at
lie top. llavesufficl >nt help engaged. |
It requites alwiut one hand to an
■ere "f melons. If possible have one i
ex|<er'enced picker at least, and one
ex|terlenced packer. Inexperienced
help is always very expensive, and
especially so. at the beglning "f the
harvest. It will not a'ways I# easy
'to obtain experienced help, but if
ex|>erienced help can be obtained,
don't stand back on a liberal price.
Our inexperienced hand at the be-
g ning of the harvest will lose
enough to pay tor several exjierienced
; hands each day.
Have a wagon furnished with
springs and a cover.
WHKN TO PICK.
One of the great difficulties we h'^e
to contend with is to have melons
picked at the degree of ripeness the
constantly varying conditions of the
season require. Early and late in
th<* season, when they ripen slowly
on the vines, they should be more
advanced than when in the rush of
the season. They should show only
■light change of color between "the
netting and the aptiearanco of freckles
in the ribs When pulled there
should be a clean fracture where the
stem parted from the melon. An in-
experienced picker should consult
with experienced pickers during the
picking season. After the rush sea-
son is over, up to the time of the
frost, melons with a slight yellow
color may be pulled provided they are
firm and well netted. A knife is the best
teacher. Use It every day of the season
cutting open melons to determine,the
proper degree of ripeness for picking.
The seed should be well matured and
| yellow. The meat next to the seed
should have a yellow cast, and taste
sweet. Melon* should lie picked a*
early in the day a* is practicable,
and from the time of picking until
put on the car they should lie kepi
as cool as possible Start plckera
as soon as there is light enough to
see distinctly. Melons picked while
cool will hold up far l etter in ship-
ping l<>ng distances than melons
picked during the heat of the day.
j Pick twice a day and there will be
but few over-rijie melons.
PICKING.
Just liefore melons begin to mature
for picking, go through the field and
carefully move the vines in the fur-
row. leaving stepping places for the
picker*. Stepping on the vines, or
in any way bruising them will cause
the melons to rijien prematurely and
1m of Inferior quality, thus tending to
ruin the patch. Use sacks for
, picking. Tie the opposite ends with
I ropes and hang over shoulders as in
1 sowing grain or picking apples,
or use small basket* Each picker
, should be provided with a T shaped
stick for parting the leaves so the
| melons may Ins easily seen. Such
' sticks will not be needed but a few
days In the vacant row left for
a driveway follow the pickers with a
I sled drawn by a horse. When the
picker has a sack conveniently Ulled
he may empty in the sled. The canta-
loup is easily bruised and should lie
handled with care. Thin skinned and
sleek melons are inclined to l ecome
soft before reaching the market.
They should always lie rejected.
However they should lie removed
from the vines in order that the vinea
may properly nourish perfect melons;
,tlso take them from the Held
[altogether. If left lying in the patch
they deter the rapidity of the picker.
When the sled is filled the melons
should be kept covered and taken to
the packing shtd. Continue thia
process until the patch is all picked
of mature melons.
Compound Extract Of
SARSAPAR1LLA
With Iodide of Potassium
The most wonderful tonic made for the system when it Is run
down and needful of something to exhllirate.
Following Is the Formula:
Alcohol, 14 per cent.
20 grs. Prickly Ash Bark
Sarsaparilla
Stilllngia
Senna ....
i'oke Root
Burdock
20
20
20
20
Mezereum
Licorice
Sassafras
Potassium Iodide
5 grs.
5 "
5 "
5 "
8 "
As shown by the formula above this preparation is a combina-
tion of the most efficient vegetable alternatives of the materia
medica with potassium Iodide, the most widely useful inorganic
eliminant. It is prescribed with advantage to all diseases of the
blood and should be given regularly for several weeks. In case
of chronic diseases a longer time may be required to effect per-
manent relief, but it is postive. It is made by a company known
to us to l>e thoroughly reliable, and we have no hesitancy In
recommending It.
WANSER & HAMILTON
Proprietors of the Postoffice Pharmacy
Postoffice Building. GUYMON, OKLA.
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