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GUYMON, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5,1922.
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NO. 32.
Third Texas County and Panhandle Free Fair, October 17, 18, 19 and 20
ATTEND MEETING
MONDAY NI3HT
Every business man of Guymon
khould lend his presence at the meet-
ing of the Guymon Good Roads Club
Monday night. This will be the last
regular meeting of the organization
before the biff Free Fair occurs, and
thrre is lots of work for all to do to
add to it i features and success. Pres-
ident Mathewson has been called away |
•>n account of the death of a relative, |
and the Vice President. Mr. Gear, hav-
ing moved away, he has asked Dr.
Lighner, a former president of the
STUNT COMMITTEE
HAS B]GPROGRAM
G. E. Moore, the Chairman of the
Stunt Committee for the Texo.s Coun-
ty Free Fair, has handed us the fol-
lowing list of events that will be pull-
ed off on Wednesday, September 18th.
between the hours of 10 a. m. and -favored Sunday to fittingly pay
r.oon, and prizes are offered to all the' tribut« lo memory of Robert Em-
mett Quinn, who made the supreme
sacrifice for his country and the lib-
Paid Honor to One To
Whom Honor Is Due
The people of Guymon and vicinity | ity. The Legion Posts and musicians
from Texhoma and Hooker were rep-
wmners.
A Horse -hoe contest.
Egg c n*est for bovs and girls.
Ere Smashing !.y Bicycles.
F:> • Balancing . y boys.
P ddling Eggs by girls.
Fet Men's Slow Race.
There will probably be a number of
-.her contests, but these are named so
,lub to preside on this occasion. Don't' tho8f who sre ™ntin* to participate j
forget-next Monday night. I can l,e * *««* Vet busy' "nd h°'P
1 make fun and win the prizes.
ANOTHER SHED FOR $2Q00 CI AIM DOES NOT
LIVE STOCK SHOW AFFECT THIRD DIST.
It having been decided that there
is still inadequate housing for the live- Wben the of Chairman O.
stock that will be entered for exhibit C Glatthaar County Commissioner for
t the big Free Fair, the Town Board th" Third of Tex8S tCom*
has decided to erect another shed simi- *8i cal,ed t0 an i,em P™1*"1 ,n ,th*
lar to those which were erected last Tl ibune this morninttr; * remarked
vear, and work was commenced on this that his distr,ct wouId no ,mmf
diate benefits from the improvements
in rhe Federal Aid Project as now out-
lined. That he had taken care of the
interests of the Third District which
resented in the line of march, and
helped to make up the fine showing
and personnel in those bodies. Seats
were reserved for the ex-service men
and members of the Auxiliary, who at-
tended in a body.
The local American Legion post No.
31 had chnrge of all arrangements.
C. J. Herhstreit, Post commander
in charge.
Thas. Randol arnd Cam Wilmeth—
color bearers.
Edgar Shields and T. F. Wright—
erty of all peoples on the battle field
So ssons. France, on July 19, 1918.
He v.ns a member of the 9th Infan-
try, Second Division, at the time he
fell. He was mustered into the ser-
vice Rt Pueblo, Colorado, in December
1917. and sent to Camp Travis, Tex.
Soon after, he was sent to the coast,
and sailer! with his regiment on the
Steamship Tusquehanna, which was
• utt'ed by a German submarine off j color guards.
the eoa«t of Ireland. February 6th,! ^Firing Squad—Dallas I.ewter, Sgt.-
1918. For a number of hours hejat-Arms in charge: Fred G. Burke, B.
clung *o a raft before being picked C. Nail, Oral Shields, Private Thomas
i !> and landed on the coast of Ireland of U. S. Army, Nelson Bridges, H. O.
by res "lie boats. He did guard duty Black, Raymond Pollard, Myron Rob-
in Em land, crossing over to France j ins-m.
in March following. He was in all of pall Bearers—J. M. Leeman in
the important engagements during i charge: Daniel S. I.ee, Ernest Klooz.
the month of June and part of Julj 'E. L. Walden, L. E. Tryon and Steve
en the highway from Paris to Met*. Lu^as.
After a few days' rest back of Paris Chaplin—L. M. Real
he wes again sent to the front r.nd was | Tht. nl>rch was from thp undertak-
•n the battle of Chateau Thierry. Af- j jni|r roon,g t0 church where prayer
IS BEING ARRANGED he represented. That all of the money , ,his his troops went direct offpred by Rev a choir
lO AiuvAiiuau to Sou-sons on the night of July 17. i compoied of Me88ri(. Dean, Adams.
and on July 18. a companion, ^erS-lFinch and Hughes sang appopriate
ON THE DIRECTORATE
OF BIG ORGANIZATION
At the recent convention of the
Panhandle Plains Chamber of Com-
merce at Amarillo, Texas, Dr. I. M.
Lightner was chosen as a member of
the directorate of that organization.
Yesterday he received word that he
had been appointed as a member of a
special directorate committee to op-
pose the giving of guarantees to ly-
ceums or chautauquas. W. A. Palmer,
of Canadian, Texas, was appointed on
the same committee. Geo. Aycock
of Texhoma, president of the Texas
county Free Fair Association, wan
also honored with a membership in the
directorate of this organir.aticn.
shed today.
MERCHANTS EXHIBIT
big tent.
ALLISON TEST DOWN
2550 FEET AND GOING
; mif uir-^e - ••• r-
John F. Allison was over from Tex- n(t ^til the commissioners
homa today, and told us that the oil fr#|n fjrst an(j second districts
prospect five miles north of Texhoma to it put to wor^. Mr. Glatt-
was down 2660 feet and going good h>rr WBnU it thoroughly understood
this morning. Several accidents dor- that he f,Vors the project, r.nd the
in* the past *eek caused an expense carryinr out 0f a|) 0f the Federal re-
of several hundred dollars, and the re-1 quirements in order to get its benefits
building of portions of their rig, but fcut that thf votfr„ 0f the First and
the drillers are in the best of spirits g-eo|M| mulcts piust make known to
and making progress. About forty thejf reprWM,nUtives what they want,
of the business men of Guymon have th#ir carri«d out.
•*ken leases in the past few days, and
are aiding in the effort to carry the g^YMON WON FROM
drill down to the ... that everybody | U SPEARMAN TEAM
FAIR BOARD HELD
IMPORTANT MEETING
The Free Fair Bard and the super-
intendents of the various departments
met on Wednesday, October 4th.
In the absence of President Ay-
cock, Fred Speakman was chosen
chairman of the meeting.
It was decided to raise ti*e pre-
miums in Classes Nos. 10<">3 and 1064,
of the Women's Department for J1.00
BIG AUTO RACES
FOB FAIR WEEK
A. D. Hopkins of the Ford Garage
and Dr. I. M. Lightner have taken the
matter of auto races for Fair Week
in hand, and assured the editor of the
Herald today that there would be two
days of auto races on a specially pre-
pared track. Full details of these
races will appfnr in our paper next
week. Mr. Hopkin„ says we can as-
sure the readers there will be s qual-
ifying race and a stock car race, and
that an interesting program of events
will be provided. This ii a feature of
■*rer' Interest, end will be greatly ap-
preciated.
THE GUYMON BAND
TO ENTER CONTEST
The Guymon Band decided today
finally that they would enter the con-
test for the prizes offered during the
Texas County Free Fair, and will do
some tall work from now until that
time to make it interesting for the
other fine hands that will enter. Tex-
to MOO. and that the Floral Depart- h#|fl|i anJ Tyrone have ont„H t|)#
that his district was entitled to in road
Most atl of the merchants of Guy- improvements had been spent there UP _. ... j ~ i
men are going to participate in an ex- to date, and that if he was re-elected j ar *' r( '1°r*.., , "m woun " ' J*!"*' | s^n<** and Rev. Real delivered a brief
A hibit during the Free Fair. A special to represent his district, it would l>e t W! S ' ' soon nfttr ma ingI^jjrest. Then two squuds of ex-ser-
4 tent has been provided, as the main in the future. That all ©f the 'bls r,'Port ,he ^ vi e men marched to the Guymon
building will be crowded with the edu- $18,000 forwarded to the Highway De | ' ! y®un* w*8 k,Ued bat 'e I cemetery, followed by a long proces-
• rational, agricultural and domestic partment for the Federal Aid project ,,n u* • • 1 e 0 ("ion of citixena. At the open prave
exhibits. The merchants of all the was for work in the First and Second waft reported wounded. The U. S. the ceremony was l rief and strictly
other towns of the district are invited Districts represented by Landess and Grave Registration service reported . military* th* volleys by the firing
to participate in this show, and it is Hall. That the $2000 deposit to cover to the fumily here the location of the „oua(1 payinK a last farewell to a
hoped that they will aid in filling the the cost of the preliminary plans on *rave in France, locating same soon fajlen comrad^.
this project is a part of the original 'ter the burial of the body. About *0
contract with the government. nd , ago the mother. Mary Quinn. re-
that the $18,000 of the county's mon-,ceivwl w°rd that the body would be- CARD OF THANKS
2' tOKethr„tWw!;, Idd to^mal4- I Mr. M.n Quinn, and the members
ration September 22, a telegram to the Of her family, have asked the Herald
-«mmi«i;inners mot her adviser to that effect. The body to carry the message of their i.pprecia-
arrived laat Saturday night nccom- 't'on of the tribute that the people of
IMnied by Private Thomas of the U. Guy*on and vicinity paid their loved
S. Army. son and brother Sunday. To the De-
Robert Emmett Quinn was born at lius-Bratton Post of the American Le-
Elgin, III., on June 3, 1892. and was gion. the Auxiliary, the band boya, the
the youngest of a family of six chil- chaplin, and the hundreda of good
dren. Mike and Jim Quinn and Mrs. people of Guymon and Texas county
Kate Busch, who are residents of who paid their respects, the heart of
Texas county, Pat Quinn of Blanch- mother, brothers and sisters goes out,
ardville, Wis., and Miss May Quinn, but words fail, and the mothers tears
of San Antonio. Texas, being his as she made the request makes the
brother* and sisters, and all are llv- editor feel how inadequate words are
ing. | in such an event. Only the heart that
The funeral service is said to have has suffered can appeciate. and the
lieen the most largely attended ever tribute the people gave will linger In
held in Guymon, hundreds having been memory of the loved ones and he p
■irned away from the Methodist them to know that the life was not
church which was crowded to it* capa- spent in vain.
contest, and it is understood that the
Boise City Band will enter.
JIM) FINK SHOWING
ATSTATE FAIR
Joe A. Meade reports that the swine
show at the Oklahoma State Fair laat
ment should be judged the first day of
the fair, the Executive Board to se-
lect the judge or judges for the occa-
sion. It was also decided that a
door should b# made leading from the
ne*v addition to the building to the old
structure.
A washing tank for the live stock
department was decided upon, and will
be boilt, and committees to gather the the biggest and best the
exhibits appointed for respective com- lU,e «*«r seen, breeders with
munitics. The program suggested by exhibits being present from Misaouri,
Coun'y Agent Hisey an.) Secretary low« Nebraska, and all claasee
Kennedy was accepted, and the mat -1 *nd breeds being fully repreaonted.
ter of securing a ring master was ti-J reports that J. E. Bouae, who has
so delegated to these gentlemen. I « exhibitor at the Texas County
The reports from the superinten- the past two years had the hart
dnets of the various departmenta of showing and made the greatest wia-
the livestock divisions showed that ning off any exhibitor there. Ho took
there would be a great many more ex-! "rat in the Poland China aged aew
hibits in these departments this year
than laat and the matter of shed room
The Guymon baseball team went to
Spearman, Texas, last Sunday, and
crossed bats with the local nine there.
familiar with the prospect feels will be '
found.
HI CY BRIDGE CLUB
The Hi Cy Bridge Club met Wed- winning from the latter by a score of
readay. October 4th. at the home of <7 to 6. Charley Whitney furnished
Mra. J. G. Gray, with Mrs. Woodward us with a fine report of the game, re-
hoetess. The afternon was spent play- j plete with all the plays and the score,
ing the club game. Mrs. Printy held , -vhich we are forced to omit thia time,
high acore and waa awarded a beauti- (the report coming Into our hands late,
ful prise. Delicious refreshments and the extra work caused by the
were served by the hostess A gener- printing of the delinquent tax liat oc-
al good time was enjoyed. I cupying much of our time.
STATE FAIR THE
BEST IN HISTORY
the people of thia district make it. So
do your beat! J- B. HISEY,
County Agent.
In my visit to the State Fair I saw . PLANS FOR
many thing* that indicate that this
great state ia fast becoming one of
the greatest agricultural and live
stock state* of the union. Many of
the best breeders of the old and well
established liveetock states have learn
td to look forward to the Oklahoma
State Fair aa one of the most impor-
tant show* In the entire circuit. It l*
worth the time to any good red-blood
| ed American to stand by the *ide of
that show ring and see old veterans
of the breeding business scrap for the
highest honors that ean be awarded
thrtn by such an aasociation. There
nothing so fascinating a* the show
r'ne when once you have felt its
thrill. The wonderful influence that
it has upon those who take advantage
of such onportunitiea Is what is mak-
ing u* the leading livestock country
of the world. The best and largest
was discussed at large, followed by
a motion was was made that it ia the
desire of the Board, if possible to ask
the Town Board to provide more shed
room. Motion carried.
BOY SCOUT WEEK
class with an animal that had fair aw
ed twelve pigs three days beta*
shown. He also took the champtaa
ship on a junior aow pig and a aprinr
♦.oar pig. While Joe had no exhibit
there he is somewhat elatod becauao
of the fact that a litter nate off Ma
Duroc Boar, Big Stilts, won first is
her claa* and the grand championship.
Mr. Mead says that the boya and |<rli
club exhibits of hogs, cattle and fed
steer* was one of the beet featuree of
the fair, and that they not only <
ed their stock in the club contests I
The Boy Scouts are out this week
to invite every boy of scout age to
become a member of the organisation.
A committee from the American
Ugion met with the Scout, last Mon- j had winners in the' opon d
day evening and offered their help j Mr Burges* young Shorthoni buO
in carrying out the work of the organ- \ '
*nou* bull which waa grand champioa
COMMUNITY MEETS
The Delius-Bratton Post No. SI met
in regular seasion Wedneeday night,
September 17th. Several vlaltors were
present at this neetlng in re*pcn*e to
invitation* of the Legion to the com-
munity at large to aaaist in the matter
of Arranging for a community enter-
tainment at the free fair building
twice each month The matter was
nlnced in the hand* of a committee
rnmp *ed of parents, young people of
the town and Legion membe-s. This
committee will be in charge of these
twice a month entertainment*
On Sunday. October 1st, this poet
buried the body of R. Emmett Quinn
with military honors, the account of
which will be found elsewhere In this
V.'a hereby wl«h t evtend
carrying
isation.
All boys inteie*ted are invited to
meet at the Presbyterian church Mon-
day night. October , at 7:>0 o'clock.
L. F. ABERNATHY,
Scoutmaster.
The Missee Helen and Irene Elli*on
left last week for Washinton Park
Seminary, where they will renew their
at the Kansas Fair the week before.
Mr. Burgee* also won second on two
bulls bred and owned by exhibitor, aad
had a number of other good wlnniaga.
Every pen in the live stock seetioa
was filled, and many emergency peas
were constructed.
"Cardigan" the Great American
tWminary* , "
studies for the ensuing school year, picture, opens here.
display that has ever been hsd In the I in
state was shown thia time neighboring post* In " -"M in
A great number of the cattle that to ^ °f
Vill be seen in the National, alao the
YOU'RE THE JUDGE
And we ask you to judge ua both by'our record and w'lat we can do
for you.
Pay us a visit at your earliest convenience and see for yojrself what
excellent facilities that bank offers for serving aa a depository for
your funds.
Not only that, but we *tnnd realy to asa!*t you In any flnan"i«' trans-
action that you may undertake and on which you are in need of «>und
financial counsel. Our year* of experience and service In this con-
nation will he of value to you.
Come in sn dtalh thing* over with ua. You aro alwayt natured off
protap'. and courteou* attention.
FTRST NATIONAL BANK
K. Emmett Quinn.
Royal, .hU f.ll .. . I W' " 7?"? ^
..... hit. and .h, M«. .( tt. «■ ,k'1JTjT*
Edd ,H>W M during the war. Many failed to
uncover a* the colors passed during
'he nroces*'on.
For Tueiday. October 10th, we have
P vr< <4 "Cardigan" the fflrat American
hlatorlcal production, from the fa-
mous novel by Robt. W. Chambers.
Several •pecialtiea have alao been add-
ed to the regular program.
Panhsnd'e were good winners.
Bouse of tavern, Okla., was one of
the hesvle*t winners in the Poland
China dlvlaiov Ernest Slocum of
Beaver countf was there with a won
derful exhibit of fine Durocs. We took
the highest honor* on wheat for Tex-
as county, C. I). McBratney off this
community being given fflrat place on
hi* Black Hull Wheat John Marshall
off the north part off the county wa* a
very close contender ffor second place
and we thlnh he should have had It,
hot we are not Inclined to fflnd fault
with any deeUlon of the Judges, and
will go stronger next time. Remem
her that our Panhandle District Fair lahoma,
will ioon be held and It will be what
REGULAR TEACHER'S
EXAMINATION 26. 27.28.
The next regular Teacher'* Examin-
ation will be held October M, IT and
211 at the Court House. Guymon, Ok-
JOHN II FOX.
County Superintendent.
U.B.Thrifty says
fhe felloW
v^/ho tor*
4he ri^ht tim©
to 5tarb
never started-
Texas County National Bank
On the D. C. D. Highway
Mala a -d 1Mb Street*
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