The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1920 Page: 1 of 11
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The Guymon Herald.
VOL. 30.
The Guymon Democrat wn consolidated with
The Guymon Herald March lit, 1 1 .
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 8,1920.
OFFICIAL COfBTTY PAPER NO. 19.
WANT TO INCREASE \m
RATES 75 PER CENT
J. G. McLarty and Dr. W. H. Lang- l&
ston, representing the Guymon Elec-
trie Lignt and Power Company
Guymon Must Have Good Water and Lights
i i. - - .. t The Herald believes that it is im- supply of these necessities almost
peared before the regular monthly perative that Guymon must arrange without notice. This is not good
meeting of the Town Trustees last jfor on *
The Herald does not believe that the state and the Commission should
, „ - this is a matter to quarrel about. We decide what the duties of utilities
meeting of the Town Trustees last for an adequate water supply and business, nor an assurance to public are confronted with a condition in companies are enforce their
night, petitioning an increase in the electric system. The service that the safety. We know that high pressure which we are all vitally interested, tion and adjudicate rates for the s -
h-.P0W/rnand llght A'" Guymon Electric Light & Power put in our mains in case of fire is and it is barely_ possible that if we vice. We would suggest that the
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prosper,
nished the city of Guymon and its Company are giving Is "not nearly Fikel^to"mult dTsMUraly,"and*tt ii weW"in"the" same "position that the thing for the people of Guymon to
cLllz.^8L!!vinMye_per cent: sufficient for Guymon, if she is to in dry weather, vegetation and lawn, present holding company is,we would do is to^form ftjilan that wilUver-
prayer was that this was essential to
enable them to continue the service,
grow
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We are getting! cannot be maintained. Such condi-,feel the same as they do. The merits come this condition, and
, , , along and that is all, with the factltions are not tolerated in towns that of the - - . .
and make the necessary repairs and constantly starirff us in the face that!claim to be progressive—at least for State Utilities Commission, an insti- to the Good Roads Club meeting
. _ ; "lV , Ar H " constantly staring us in the face that;claim to be progres
improvements to keep the power plant we are liable U- be cut out of all any length of time.
sr plant
running. It seems that the stockhold- —
ere of the company are Unwilling to1
make any further investment in their BIGGER AND BETTER
plant to maintain or improve the ser-1 rTTV)un\T cr<urkr\T c
vice unless they are granted this in-1 uU iMUIN kLHUULk
and that
of the situation are a question for the its early accomplishment
State Utilities Commission, an insti- to the Good Roads Clu
tution maintained by the people of Monday night and have a say,
work for
Turn out
The Board of Education of
,tigJ co.m", Guymon Public Schools is planning
faction i bigger and better things for the en-
xSpying, suing year than ever before.
crease, ana tnat whatever change
they make of this nature must be
earned from the profits of. ■
pany. The Trustees took
on the matter last night, . suing year
that it was a matter that shtufftf have Not only is this true with reference
the consideration of the citii 7ns gen- to the high school but also many new
erally, and the matter will probably, things are being planned for the ele-
be discussed at the meeting of the 'mentary school that will increase the
Guymon Good Roads Club next Mon- efficiency and motivate the work of
day night. | the younger as well as that of the
The Guymon-Hansford Telephone more advanced pupils.
Company were granted a nfew fran-1 In accordance with this plan the
chise, along the lines specified in a Board has spared no effort to secure
petition that was circulated among i the best qualified teachers obtain-
the citizens last week, and the ordi- able for both the elementary and
nance governing same will appear in higli school. Not only are the teach-
the Herald next week. en well qualified but the fact that
Ordinances Nos. 132 and 13S, gov-! thirteen out of the sixteen which
erning the licensing of shows and the have thus far been contracted are
stacking and threshing of grain in demonstrating their. interest and en-
Vie city limits were also pas. ed, and thusiam for their work by attendin
p"* printed in this issue of the Her-
ald.
COX AND ROOSEVELT
V ARE THE NOMINEES
The Democratic National Conven-
tion in San Francisco came to a close
Tuesday, after a long drawn oift con-
test between the supporters of Mc-
Adoo, Cox and Palmer, with the nom-
ination of Governor Cox of Ohio, on
the forty-fourth ballot, and the se-, CarT"P. Davis, A. B. and M. A., High
lection Of Franklin D. Roosevelt, As- Schooi pyjneipal, Science and
sistant Secretary of the Navy, a New Manuai Training.
York man, as the candidate for Vice- Audrey E. Bannister, A. B., History.
summer school in some accredited
Normal School, College or Univer-
sity is certainly a record of which to
be proua.
Among the new things planned by
the Board of Education are supple-
mentary texts and reference books
for the grades and new courses in
typewriting, expression and advanced
household arts for the high school.
The high school faculty promises
to be a strong one. Following is a
list of the intructore thus for se-
cured :
President. Cox has been elected
Governor of Ohio three times, carry-
ing the state by the greatest major-
ite3 ever given *n Ohio Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt was Collector
of the Port of New Yofk before en-
tering the Navy Department, and a
prominent man in New York political
circles.
BUILDING CLUBS
KEEP BALL ROLLING
Wilbur E. Wheeler, A. B., Mathema
tics.
Idelle Cox, A. B., English and Span-
ish.
IJelen Baker, A. B., Household Arts
and Expression.
Floy M. Kirkham, Graduate North-
western State Teachers College,
Normal Training and Kindwgar-
Eight new typewriters have been
ordered by the Board of Education
and ft is hoped th t eventually the
Commercial Department may become
one of the strongest in the school.
Physical Training will also be em
phasized. Inter-class games and con-
tests in the grades as well as in the
Guymon has two building clubs,
and each of these are starting their
•third cottage this week. These clubs
e?Jr° Tnvri™ and Vhev MlS" school" will offer an opportunity died at Danville, Hi., last night from
mg probiem for Guymon, and they t*ewery boy and ?irl to secure a iomar-pneumonia. He had represen-
JjfT* SJJJhJ ^ t0 ™ anc| type of physical training which is ted the eighth Oklahoma district in
more familiesi in our town, and wi strongly advocated in all parts congress for the past twelve years,
continue the good work, at the same Qf ^ CQU^ 'His home was in Woodward, Okla.
time making a fair P ft School days are often said to be j When in the election of November,
Dick T. Morgan Dies
ANCHOR D. PICNIC
A GREAT EVENT
BUILDING AND LOAN
ACCEPTS CONDITIONS
CONGRESSMAN DICKT. MORGAN
inBth'f bndnt"*Mwre aw our happiest'days. Accordingly the ] 1918, the Hon. Dick T. Morgan, was
only a drop m the bucket. There are vr Education is plannir" 1 *
33 ft? f—5-B?
to house their families, and
growth of Guymon would be greatly
enhanced if more new structures
could be arranged for.
tj,e profitable and enjoyable for all con-
cerned.
A NOVEL PHOTOPLAY
A BIG RAIN AT
HOOKER LAST NIGHT
Wm. S. Hart filmed some of his public office and his entire capac-
most important scenes for Branding to promote the best interests of
Braodway" on that historic thorough-1 hig constituents. A prominent legis-
fare of New York. The picture jator> jir Morgan was also a noted
Parties coming over from Hooker which is being shown at the Royal jegist> a reC0gnized authority in sev-
. i: 1.. vain TVipntpp this Week, was started at nHn| Kvonnlina /vf tha law anH nn nil.
Washington, July 5.—Representa- Sixty-First Congress of the United
tive Dick T. Morgan, of Oklahoma, States. His services in that body
were of a character that demonstra-
ted Mr. Morgan one!of the strong and
able members of the House, and re-
election to the Sixty-Second and Six-
ty-Third congresses followed. In
November, 1914, he again became
the condidate of his party, and was
elected from his district, the new
Eighth, to the Sixty-Fourth Congress
for the term from March 4, 1815 to
March 4, 1917, when he was again
re-elcted in 1919.
On January 25, 1912, Congressman
Morgan introduced the first bill in
the House of Representatives to
create a Federal commission to su-
pervise, regulate and control indus-
trail corporations engaged in inter-
state commerce and February 20,
The Fourth of July Celebration
held out at the big grove on the An-
chor D. Ranch last Monday was one of
the greatest events ever held in the
Panhandle Country. There were in the
neighborhood of 1200 autos driven
out there, and they came fro|n all
parts of the southwest, Colorado,
Kansas, New Mexico and Texas.
Besides these there were buggies,
surreys and wagons filled with people.
There was practically an outpouring
of the people from the towns of
Texhoma, Goodwell, Guymon and Op-
tima, and Hooker and Tyrone were
li-berally represented, Elkhart, Rolla,
Hugoton and Liberal, Kansas also
were splendidly represented in the
throng. Of the 1200 automoblies
that entered the grounds, it is esti-
mated that they carried an avesage
of five people, or a crowd of over five
thousand, and we believe that all en-
joyed the day. .At least, we never
witnessed a pleasanter gathering, and
it was absolutely devoid of any hap-
penings of an unruly natqre. The
throng evidently turned out to have
a happy day, and they enjoyed it.
Barse Stonebraker, who was the
master of ceremonies and mana-
ger of the celebration is to be com-
mended for his first effort in this
line. In fact he did wonderfully well,
we believe, and we know that it was a
far bigger crowd than he had even
anticipated. The big grove along the
Beaver River is an ideal place for
such events, and will no doubt be
made good use of in the future. Most
all the cars carried well filled baskets
and they enjoyed the picnic dinner in
the shade of the great cottooyatyls,
Five hundred and ninety-sevfj*|||
'were counted in a circle arottifiPp
1 meadow that formed the arena for
the broncho-riding featui
And those who know _
ing is say that two of the mounts
were good exhibits of horsemanship
on unruly animals. But the feature
that especially pleased the writer was
the wonderful panorama made by
this great circle of automibles, as
viewed from the high point on the
hill where the airplane field was lo-
cated. The back
The Security Building and Loan
Association stockholders of Guymon
met at the office of Secretary W. W.
Kennedy Tuesday night to consider
the conditions under which the State
Corporation Commission agrees to
license the association to do business,
and by the unanimous vote of those
present decided to accept the condi-
tions and proceed with the business
of organization.
The reports of Messrs. Dale, Ken-
nedy and Saunders, who presented
the plans of the association to Com-
missioner Dennis, was that the asso-
ciation would be licensed to do busi-
ness under condition that no salar-
ies would bf paid officers, or fees to
organize!*. This ruling has been
made by the Commissioner for tha
reason that organizations have been
organized by promotors who had no
greater interest in the organizations
thnn the fees and salaries they could
collect, and he deemed it unwise to
license further organizations of this
nature. However, if the business
men of the town saw fit to contribute
their service to the establishment of
the organization under the conditions
he imposed, solely in the interest of
aiding in the upbuilding of the com-
munity, that he would grant the li-
cense. . . .
The determination of the business
men to continue the organization un-
der these conditions is unselfish and
commendable, and shows that they
have the spirit of enterprise that will
build a city. There are many people
who will thus he enabled to build
homes that could not do so otherwise,
«nd it furnishes a source of invest-
ment that always brings good returns
+o +h* people who want to invest their
savings.
LEAGUE BALL GAMES
ARE BEING PLAYED
ppiesi aays. Atuuiunigijf mc ,
of Education is planning to j sent to the United States Congress
the comine school year both
for the sixth consecutive time from
the Eighth Oklahoma district, there
was evidenced eloquently the confi-
dence of the people of the Eighth
Congressional district of Oklahoma in
his trustworthiness, his fidelity to the
responsiblities incident to the holding
an exceedingly heavy rain Theatre
there
fairly covered with water.
Tains are also .reported from
southeastern part of the county
Teuort an exceedingly neavy ram ine««c , -j-.—, eral branches of the law, and an au-
last evening, the streets being Hollywood and f:inched in Manhat-L^r 0f no mean ability, and during
omrnraH with water. Heavy tan. And it is an absolute novelty, ^ more than a quarter of a century
the with a, wealth of comedy and much
drama as well.
It is accommodating. It co-operates in every
manner known to the best, most up-to-date banking
methods, with those who patronize the Bank.
It assists by extending credit where credit is
due, by gladly giving advice to anyone wishing to
consult its officers on any financial or business mat-
ter.
Come in and talk it over with us. You will find
the friendship of this Bank valuable to you.
mare OUR ba*" VOUR 8ANK
The First National Bank
GUt'HUK, oklahoma
ground of this
scene was the beautiful grove along
the river banks, and the broad ex-
panse of green and brown hills that
seemed to rise one over another for
miles behind. It was an inspiring
sight, and one that can be repeated
from year to year.
A Curtiss airplane furnished by
the Amarillo Aero Company was
feature of the entertainment.
of residence in Oklahoma had done
much in many ways to promote the
substantial growth of the state.
Dick T. Morgan was born at Prairie
Creek, Indiana, December 6, 1853.
He received his early education in
the public schools of the vicinity of
his birth, following which he attended
the Union Christian College, Meroma,
Indiana, graduating therefrom in
1876 with his degree of Bachelor of
1 Science and receiving his Master's
degree from the same school in 1882.
! He took a law course at the Central
'Law School, Indianapolis, where he
graduated in 1880, with the degree of
I Bachelor of Law, and in the same
1 year began the practice of his profes-
sion at Terre Haute, Indiana. From
the time he reached his majority Mr.
Morgan was a strong and active Re-
publican, and in 1880 was elected to
his first office as a member of the
Indiana House of Represenatives, in
which body he served capably during
that and the following year
He then entered the newspaper
field in connection with his legal
practice, and from 1882 until 1886
1 was editor and publisher of the Terre
•Haute Courier, a Republican news-
paper which was a leader of its party
jfn the state. In the latter year he
retired from journalism to accept the
¥osition of attorney for Atchmson,
opeka and Santa Fe railroad at Gar-
den City, Kansas, and retained that
position until the opening of Okla-
homa, April 22, 1889, at this time ... ....
settling in the city of Guthrie. He tive of the people in his different
resided in Guthrie and continued in capacities.
the practice of his profession until He was a devout member of the
1873, when he removed to Perry, and Christian church, and no campaign
in 1901 transferred his residence and was too close or time too precious to
field of practice to El Reno. He was keep him from attending services at
residing at the latter city in 1904, the church of his belief at the regu-
when he was appointed by President lar meetings. .
Roosevelt to the position of register Dick Morgan is dead, a faithful
of the United States Land office at servant of the great common Pe0P'*
Woodward, where he has since made has passed to his final reward, and
his home. I no eulogy but truth may say, earth
Mr. Morgan retained this position never pillowed on her bosom a
until 1908, when he was elected from nobler son, or heaven opened wide
the old Second Oklahoma Congres- herportals to receive a manlier spint.
| stonal district, as a member of the —^Wichita Eagle.
There' was racing and a base ball
(,'ame, in which the Texhoma nine
beat the Guymon boys by a score of
8 to 2. In the evening, the center of
attraction was a big dancing platform
in the grove, lighted by a special
lighting plant furnished by W. E
. Church, and the music furnished by
1912, made a speech in the House ad- jan orchestra composed of both Guy-
vocating the measure. In the inita- mon and Texhoma musicians. A way, • but enough remained to
tive and advocacy of such a commis- threatening wind and rainstorm throng tha platform, and cars were
sion, Congressman Morgan was a caused a great scattering before the still wending their way into town at
pioneer. Later the Republican and evening entertainment got well under a very late hour.
endorsed the!
The first of the series of games to
be played by the O-K League occur-
red Tuesday afternoon when Roll*
came to Guymon and played our boys,
who sh'it tnem out, the score being"
9 to 0. Hince pitched the ball and gava
Rolla three hits striking out nine.
The schedule for the games for fh*
ensuing two weeks will be foutul
games play«4 Wsre'tha
Apen'ng of the loweue same* wsra
at Hooker l«st Friday when Elkhsrt
beat Guymon to the tune of 5 to 2,
wero beaten S to i.
THE ANNUAL SCHOOL ^
MEETING TUESDAY
The Annual Meeting of the Patrons
of the Guymon Schools will be held
Tuesday afternoon, July 18th, in the
auditorium of the Guymon High
School Building, and every patron of"
the school, and interested is urgently
requested to attend this meeting. At
this time a director will be chosen to
succeed W. W. Kennedy, who ia ^ser-
ving out the unexpired term of Pres-
ident T. O. James, who resigned when
he removed to New Mexico a few
months ago. Messrs. Nash and Clay-
comb are the members whose terms
hold over.
This meeting will be called to order
nromptlv at 2 p. m. If you have any
matter that you think should receive
consideration, attend this meeting
and present it for consideration.
progressive parties ~..—-— —
proposition in their party platforms, j
and President Wilson, in a special
message to congress recommended it. I
The Sixty-third congress passed the
act creating the Federal Trade Com- j
mission only about two and a half
years after the same had first been
by Congressman Morgan,
was a student and ardent sup-!
porter of the Rural Credits system,1
and a number of other important
measures wherein the farmers of
northwestern Oklahoma were inter-
ested. i
Dick Morgan stood for the farmer,
first, last and all the time, and when
the votes were counted after each
election it was invariably discovered
that the farmers of his district stood
for him. There was not a fanner in
tlhe district, regardless at politics,
but what received a personal letter
from Dick Morgan during each and
every year of his time in Congress,
and no farmer ever called on Mr.
Morgan without a hearing.
On May 30, 1878, Mr. Morgan was
married to Miss Ora Heath, of Mer-
oma, Ind. One-son has been born to
this union, Porter H. Morgan, at-
torney of Oklahoma City, who with
his mother, are left to mourn, with
the Eighth district and the state of
Oklahoma, a husband, father and
legialator that has been a friend of
the great common people throughout
his entire stewardship as representa-
your uuie bod or Girl
Will be a welcome Depositor at our Bank. Instill
the saving Habit in the minds of the little ones, and
they will reward you for it in the days to come. Ask
about our individual saving banks.
The Guaranty Fund Law stands back of every de-
posit you make here. t
Texas County Bank
H. A. SALTER, Cashier. Deposits Guaranteed
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