The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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The Guymon Herald.
VOL. 22
Official CmiIf Plftr
GUYMON. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22.1912
NO. 24
Came To His Mother'* Itoor
Many of the Herald'a readers will
remember having read of the disap-
pearance of Tom Stubblefield a
couple of years ago. who dropped out
of sight at Texhoma, and whom many
thought had been foully dealt with
•while on his way out to his claim in
the southwestern part of this county.
The following from .Monday's Hutch-
inson News explains his mysterious
disappearance: "Tom Stubblefield,
who mysteriously disappeared from
Pratt in April. 1910, has been
found. Stubblefield was a >ar re-
pairer in the Rock Island shops at
the time of his disappearance and
was holding down a claim in Okla-
homa, near Texhoma. In April,
1910, he took a ten-day lay off and
started for his claim. He went as
far as Guymon and stayed all night
with his brother-in-law and took a
freight train for Texhoma the next
morning. That was the last seen ot
him by any one who knew him until
last Saturday when he wandered up
to his mother's front door in McDow-
ell, Missouri, and asked for some-
thing to eat. The mother instantly
recognized her son but saw at a
glance that the recognition between
the two was not mutual and so called
<or Mrs. Stubblefield. who was liv-
ing with a brother near the home of
the elderly Mrs. Stubblefield. When
Stubblefield's wife and children ar-
rived at the scene he did not recog-
nize them, either. Stubblefield can-
not tell very much where he has been
during the past two years and re-
members only of falling off a box
car near Texhoma some time ago,
but does not know when it was. He
says that his name is not Stubble-
field, but Colorado Pete and seems
offended if anyone calls hlni by his
correct name. When he stopped at
his mother's home merely by acci-
dent, he had no shoes, hat or coat
on but explained he had lost them
while in swimming some time ago.
Stubblefield was, at the time of Ills
disappearance, a member of the Red-
men and of the Car-men and these I
two orders spent hundreds of dollars
in trying to ferret out the mystery
of his sudden dropping out of sight.
Two men were sent out to Texhoma
and made a thorough search of the
entire country and found no direct
trace of the missing man and then a
reward was offered by the lodges for
any inforniation leading to his dis-
covery. Nothing was ever heard of
him, although some evidence was
found that led the members of the
two orders to believe that the man
had been murdered. Stubblefield
had never had any domestic trouble
and although not well off. yet had
no debts to worry him and there was
not a trace of a motive for him to
leave home as he did and now that
he is found in this demented condi-
tion. C. R. McArthur, the foreman of
the repair shops at Pratt says that
he was often quite absent minded
and one cold morning he came to
work without a coat or hat and ex-
plained that he had forgotten them.
Stubblefield has been suspended from
both orders for non-payment of dues
but they are now doing all that they
can to try and restore htm to his
right mind and if this is accomplished
his old position in the shops at
Pratt awaits him. Mrs. Stubblefield
has held down the claim during her
husband's absence and has taken care
of their four small children that were
left dependent upon her."
LATHAM DRY GOODS COMPANY
announce the comina of
MR. BUSTER BROWN. nd Tige.
The Original
and Only .
Buster Brown
And TIGE
Will hold
Reception in
section of
Guymon for the people
the country, on
of this
Thursday, September 5, 1912
n
He is anxious to meet all and you
will be highly entertained. Watch for
further announcements, and ask for particulars at
the store.
Where Green Pastures Proved Fatal
Joe Jones was in our office Monday
with a head taken from a big 12-
pound black bass, which splendid
specimen Joe claims on his word of
honor was grazing in his alfalfa
field when captured. Joe has lost
so much of that splendid crop by
grasshoppers and insects this year
that his reason fled, so he says, when
he saw this monstrous specimen of
the piscatorial tribe, and he fell on
him and did slay him and cook him
and ate thereof until his belly was
full and there was meat and to spare
for the rest of the family. This was
Joe's greatest catch of the season
and he was feeling mighty good over
it.
LATHAM DRY GOODS COMPANY
Sporting wh of the Week
(By W. B.)
At Liberal Sunday occurred *
good game of base ball wherein our
young Smith, who heaves from the
wrong side, let Hugoton down for
Liberal with no hits, winning hla
game 4 to 0. But two Hugoton
men reached sack No. 2 and they
got that far by reason of infield er-
rors. The old reliable Prank Snee-
han did th** reivhing act for Lib-
eral and d<d excellent work, not
only with the big mtt, but likewise
with the stick. The Guymon bat-
tery Is In great demand and always
delivers the goods.
Jim Flynn Jones, who has had
charge of the training of One Round
Leeman of Texhoma, la In Kansaa
City this week getting next a few
of the fine points of the game. When
Interviewed at the Btatlon before hla
departure for the city, Jones ex-
pressed his opinion that the coming
labor day fight In Guymon would
be one of the best ever puiied oft.
He says Leeman Is already in shape
fit to go the route.
In conversation with Promoter
Coatney we learned that Rattling
Nat Cox is in fine condition and will
weigh In the afternoon of the bout
without trouble. Promoter Coatfley
feels certain that this will be the
one big sporting event In the llfie of
Guymon. At first there were a few
knockers on the proposed bout for
labor day, but now all admit that
Mr. Coatney is going to put over
ihe best thing In that line yet staged
in Guymon.
The ball game yesterday afternoon
between a high school team from
Texhoma and a picked up team of
Guymon boys was well played and
highly enjoyed by a good sized crowd.
Langston and Dashlell did the bat-
tery stunt Car Guymon and llargas
and Reed for Texhoma. The work
of langston on the mound was par-
ticularlv good. Jlmmle struck out
IK batters and allowed only f> safe
hits. The Bcore was 5 to 3 In favor
of the Guymon boys. Harry Hank-
Ins umpired this game and gave
general satisfaction.
In
Should Be Looked After
The city council should look into
the matter and see whether it is
permissible according to ordinance
to allow weeds to cover the sidewalk
about town until It is impossible to
walk along a 5-foot walk without
weeds worrying you or almost stop-
ping up the narrow trail. These
weeds will be dying in another few
weeks and some man may thought-
lessly throw a cigar into a bunch of
them. We'd as soon try to stop a
pine house half on fire from burning
to the ground as to try to put out
a lot of Russian thistles. The dan-
ger from fire from these weeds
should be a warning to the city. If
some folks won't cut their weeds and
burn them, It ought to be made law-
ful for the city to do it for them
and charge It to the property.
METHODISTS WILL BUILD
At the Big Hully Sunday $12,IKS
Wa > Pledged for the Erection of
a Handsome New Kditice—Work
to Commence At Once
Sunday was a big day In Guy-
mon for the Methodists. The big
rally day planned for that time was
successfully conducted and at the
noon service In less than an hour
$1 1,500 had been subscribed for the
home of the Methodists is one piece
of work which will stand as a monu-
ment to the work and industry of
Rev A, E. Henry, who came here
nearly four years ago and had for
a beginning a church of very small
pretentions. He has built up the
membership and has been a great
instrument for good in this commun-
ity. Not ail agree with him in every-
thing, but his coming to Guymon
has been more than worth while to
the town and people in general. To
him the Methodists can give credit
l*rohihition Vote
Below we give the total vote of j
the Prohibition party in Texas coun-
t. The only townships voting for
this ticket were in Guymon No. 2
and Red Point. Guymon No. 2
cast one ballot and Red Point cast
three ballots. Texas county appears
to have at least four prohibitionists,
a greater number ferninst booze
than we really supposed there was
In the county.
G. C. Houseman, Co. Judge 2
C. W. Cox, Dtst. Clerk 8
G. C. Sanborn, Co. Clerk 4
Frank Scott, Co. Treasurer 4
Mrs. G. C. Sanborn. Co. Supt 4
Joe Grovler. Com. Dlst. 2 1
s
Cheap
^TT Paint is not expensive when you take into con-
^J1 sideration the increased value and the improvement
Jj in general appearance of a building to which it is
applied. We are agents for the world-renowned
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS
PAINT
No better paint on the market to-day. We also carry
cheaper grades, and will be glad to figure with you on
your paint bill. Come in and let's talk paint.
R. S. Cox Drug Co.
Formerly the Croley-Crow Drug Co.
Guymon, Okla
erection of the new church building.
That night considerable more was
subscribed and Monday others about
town donated gdod amounts and the
total now subscribed Is $13,000. It
is estimated that $10,000 will be
necessary to build the church, and
$2,000 additional had been planned
for the finishing and furnishing of
the edifice. The additional amount
subscribed insures the furnishing of
the building in a most up-to-date
and modern manner. Dr. Illff of
Denver was present Sunday and de-
livered three excellent sermons. He
conducted the subscription getting
that day and waB a good one. Dr.
Illff iB one of the best ministers In
the country and his visit here was
one of great pleasure to all. He
gives you something to think about
and Is worth while. The church
will consist of a large and roomy
basement where the social functions
of the church will be looked after,
Something like fourteen large Sun-
day school class rooms will be a
part of the plan of the main build-
ing and there will be room for car-
ing for other needs of the church.
So far as we know this will be the
most excellent church building west
of Hutchinson and the town has rea-
sons for feeling proud that it will
be built. While some may think that
amount of money could be better
spent for other Improvements there
is no doubt about it and time will
prove the assertion that no other
| public proposition will yield the re-
turns that the amount subscribed will
Invested In the handsome new struc-
ture, the likeness of which appears
In the reproduction above. The con-
tract for building will be let In the
next few days and work will undoubt-
edly be commenced within a week
or ten days. The handsome new
for their new building and for the
present healthy condition the church
is now In.
MIbb Lewter, who lives east of
town, suttering greatest loss from
their repealed attacks. Friend? of
the Herald nave stated that they
saw the article in one or two Chicago
papers, the St. I^ouls Globe Demo-
crat and one Cincinnati publication.
We confidently look for some of the
eastern gents to get off the train
out here with leather chaps heavily
reinforced with metal to keep the
hoppers from devouring them If they
get lost in the country. It was re-
ported here a couple or three weeks
ago but we have been unable to sub-
stantiate tne testimony, that one or
two big bull hoppers actually
downed one tramp from the east
who Btrayed out Into the country
and filled his eyes with tobacco Ju'ce
before help could reach him. Farm-
ers beat off the bold hoppers with
clubs and pitchforks. We under-
stand there are but few tillers of
the soil who go Into the field with-
out a long pole with which to beat
off some of the more bold hoppers
who even tackle the horses which
wear blinds on their bridles.
Melon.* are Paying Well
j Farmers In Texas county are making
| great returns this summer from their
j investment in melon patches. One
farmer Informed the Herald that
he had about five acres of land which
he knew wouldn't sell for over $10
an acre and from which land he bad
already sold $30 per acre worth of
melons. This 1b just one source of
income on the farm that is worth
looking after.
FooBng the I'nwary
a newspaper called the Free
which 1b published In Detroit,
the Michigan city where most of the
aldermen are In Jail for stealing the
public funds, a short story appears
under an Oklahoma date line and ir
the newspapers of Detroit can feed
their readers on such crazy stuff as
that, we are not surprised to hear
that they have sat around and per-
mitted the aldermen to walk off with
everything loose.
This particular story stated that
the grasshoppers of Oklahoma
pounced upon the large chickens and
devoured them! Imagine the little
jumping fellows tackling one of
those monster 10-pound fowls which
are raised In Oklahoma!
If the Detroit people are gullible
enough to swallow such stories, we
can expect the newspapers of that
city to state that the rabbits In De-
troit swarmed over the street car
tracks, drove all the bulldogs and
bloodhounds across into Canada and
then climbed the fire escapes of the
tall buildings.
If Detroit people thrive on such
kind of reading the newspapers of
that city should give them more of
It. Daily Oklahoman. This refers
to the Herald's chicken and grass-
hopper story spoken of elsewhere in
this Issue.
Sold Them In a Few Bourn
J. G. McLarty shipped In a car of
peaches Friday which lasted about
aB long as a snowball In sheol. The
car was all sold by the next day,
something like 500 bushels of peach-
es being sold in that time at $1.50
per bushel. This Is the first car of
peaches we have heard of being
shipped to Guymon or along this line.
Peaches are said to be plentiful in
the east end of the state, and yet
there are but very few who look
Into the proposition of shipping
them to needed points.
Where Advertising IMd Pay
Ed C. Ballew of Clinton reports to
the election board that he did not
spend one cent in his campaign for
congress in the second district. He
finished last, therefore at least did
not get something for nothing. In-1
cidentally, he was one of about twen-1
ty-two candidates. The second high-
est in the list, Joe B. Thompson, who
will be one of the democratic candi-
dates for congressman at large, was
a man unknown to most people in
the state. But here 1b where Thomp-
son displayed his common sense. Not
a democratic exchange came to the
Herald office that didn't have a i
double column cut of Thompson for |
six or eight weeks preceding the pri-,
mary, and with it a good outline of |
the platform on which he was run-
ning. Thompson was an advertiser. I
He knew the value of printer's ink. |
Ballew didn't. Thompson will draw
the salary for two yearB, $15,000,
while Ballew will be cusBlng poli-
tics. It's the same In business. Nine
shots out of ten the big advertiser
is the owner of the "big store" in
the town. Thompson and Ballew
are mighty good Illustrations In the
political field In Oklahoma today of
the merits of advertising and com-j
pare favorably to the merchants
who use and who sometimes ques-
tion the advisability of using print-
ers ink.
Easterner* Should Exercise Caution
A few weeks a*o the Herald pub-
lished a story to the effect that g-ass-
hoppers down In here were h'dins
In 'ence corners and Jumping on
youDg chicken* and devouring them,
A Beautiful
Stock
A remark quite com-
mon when you look
over our
Jewelry.
Gifts for everybody,
worth while.
Our fall line* are
Watch our windows.
stock of
and something
arriving daily.
Our
with
watch stock is
prices to suit
complete now,
our customers.
C. T. Dugan & Co.
Up-to-Date Jewelers
Guymon
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