The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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GOOD FLOUR
should present the appear-
ance of pure, uniform, white
powder, slightly tinged with
yellow, free from all grit and
lumps; and when pressed in
the hands it ought to show
some adhesiveness.
It should be free from all
smell of damp or mouldiness,
and it should have no acidity
of taste. This is the Kind of
Flour to Buy. It is the kind
of flour we furnish. Its
name is ALLEN'S BEST.
Sold by all Leading Grocers
J. T. ALLEN & SON
Manufacturer*
FREE AIR
In accents mild we modestly
proclaim that we are Positively
Headquarters for FREE AIR.
Let us WHISPER SOFTLY in
your ear that you'd better drop
by and get your supply.
A. D. HOPKINS
GARAGE
SAMUEL ECKER
u. s.
COMMISSIONER
REAL ESTATE and FARM LOANS
Office In First National
Bank lluiUltng
GUYMON,
OKIjA
Why no( see Elias Hitch for
Monuments and Tombstones,
for your loved ones. He rep-
resents one of the largest and
cheapest Monument Companies
in the United States.
He sells every kind of granite
or marble monument, from
$10 up to $3,000.
He also sells all kinds of Trees,
Flowers and Nursery stock.
E.
A. HITCH
Guymon
New Machinery
Listers, Lister Cultivators, Discs, Etc.
Bif line of Deering Farm Machinery. Let u supply your wants
in this Una.
If it is used on a farm we hare it.
FIRESTONE TO BE A
$50,000,000 CORPORATION
Stockholder* to Vote on Big Increase
of Capital Stock—Stock Divi-
dend to Come—Seven or
Eight to On* Pre-
dieted
Behind a little legal notice pub-
1 lished Thursday lay unsuspected one
of the biggest stories in recent years
in Akron financial circles.
Stockholders of the Firestone Tire
and Rubber Company were notified
of a meeting called by the directors
for September 30 to pass on a pro-
| posal to increase the capital stock of I
the corporation from $4,000,000 to
$50,000,000. Of the issue $40,000.-
000 is to be common and $10,000,000
preferred.
The present issue of $1,000,000
preferred will be redeemed, presum-
ably at 110.
H. S. Firestone, president of the
company, was out of the city on a
camping trip with Thomas A. Edison,
and officials of the company were un-
willing to make any statement on the
company's new financial plans until
a formal notice could be made up to
be sent out to stockkholders. This
was expected to be ready during the
afternoon.
Stock Dividends Alto?
It is expected that there will be a
big stock d'vidend. Men who had
been watching the situation predict,
that this wi'l be in the nature of an
exchange of perhaps seven or eight
shares for one, but no official con-
firmation cculd be had.
The action, which ties Firestone
for second place with the Goodyear
in total capitalization among Akron
industries and runs up well toward
the Goodrich, which has $88,000,000
stock outstanding, has been expected
for some trne and the expectation
had driven the stock up within two
years from below the $500 mark past
$1,000 a share, some sales being
made this week upwards of $1,050.
The Firestone, however, has al-
ways pursued a conservative finan- |
cial policy and rumors of a melon
were offset by other reports just as
positive that there would be no
change in the capitalization this
year.
Firestone has been paying 20 per
cent dividends. If a stock dividend
is determined on, then it is expecte.l
that the common will r'obably get
down to a five per cent basis, and
the stock, in which there was less
trading than in other Akron securi-
ties on account of the hi?h price
would be more active in the market.
CHEVROLET
Best
Car
Made for the Money
That is what men who know say about the
Chevrolet. It is a high class car at a low
price.
Fully Equipped^ Delivered in Guymon .... $540
The great*.t thing in the world to make people broader and more liberal, to roally enjoy living, b the, .Ulhjr
to move around easily The great trouble with our ancestor.; the rea.on they were so b.got.d, .o bull-hea^-
ed and "sot" in their way. was, they had no adequate way of getting around and rubbing up against people
who didn't look at thing, just as they did. See the point—BUY A CAR.
Langston Hardware Co.
° III'VI
WE LKAD IN LOW PRICKS
GUYMON,
• •
Storage Battery Charger
• •
We now have the machinery installed for recharging storage batteries. Bring thefn in; we will make
them like new while vou wait. We have also secured the services of George Reust and he will hereafter
be found at our garage, ready to do any kind of work in his line. Mr. Reust is well known as a master
machinist. Bring your work here and get prompt attention.
We soon will have a big line
of the celebrated Buick cars on
hand, subject to your inspection.
We are now located in our new brick garage
on Main street.
L. W. BOOTH
Dealer in Buick and Chevrolet Cars
OILS, GAS AND ACCESSORIES
GUYMON
WUUUI UC IIU'IV BVV..V ...
It has been one of the highest priced memory the remainder of the cam
investment securities in the country jpaign:
Samuel Ecker
GUYMON, OKLA.
Plenty of Money for Farm Loans.
No delay. Best of Terms
Fire, Tornado
and Hail
INSURANCE
That Insures
A CAR LOAD
OF
New Furniture
w. i>« .... .r:.,
«... W.Will uk. i. r~
Everything in Furniture
Remember .. .err, ... •< •• ,S~
..J H..J food* U th- h"*
t. ..II "•■>* W' •" h*" b""°"
Qur Prices are the Lowest
TOM L. GRAY
though stocks listed on exchange
have shown a higher speculative
price at times.
Ha. Had Big Year
The Firestone has been engaged
on a big building period for two or
three years to meet increasing pro-
duction demands, and has had a big
year so far in 1917, estimates in
July indicating a $35,000,000 gross
year, or close to 40 per cent over last
year.
The Firestone is one of the young-
est of Akron's bigger plants, being
started by Mr. Firestone and a few
associates about 16 years ago on a
small scale. The late Will Christy
was one of the early heads of the
company and for a time was presi-
dent. Amos C. Miller, of Castalia,
0., is vice president; S. G. Carkhuff,
secretary; J. G. Robertson, treasurer
and R. J. Firestone, sales manager.
Here's Another Increase
The Rubber Products Company, of
Barberton, was authorized by the
secretary of state's office to increase
its capital stock from $200,000 to
$500,000. This company, of which
W. A. Johnstone, of Akron, is presi-
dent, has recently added tire making
to%its activities.—Akroir (Ohio) Bea-
con Journal.
INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
ON AKRON MARKET
Quotation. Furni.hed by Mulford
Wade, Broker, 713 Second
National Building
Reported at 11:30 a. m., August
31, 1916:
Bid.
Goodrich 714
do pfd 113
Goodyear com 240
do pfd 107i
Firestone .. 1050
do pfd HI
Miller 224
do pfd 105J
Portage 146
do pfd 146
Mohawk 360
do pfd 109
Swinehart 93
Kelly-Springfield . 794
American Sewer Pipe.. 15
The Second
Hand Man
NORTH MAIN
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA
Ask.
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—Akron Beacon Journal.—Adv.
Telling Tariff Points
Let these telling points on tariff
and protection in the speech by
Charles Evans Hughes, the Republi-
can candidate for president, deliv-
ered in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, be
fixed permanently in your mind and
We are desirous of having strong ^
and sure the foundations of our na- j
tional greatness in this pursuit of (
competition among the nations which j
is sure to follow the cessation of the ,
present struggle."
"I propose that the Republican
party as the national party, accord-
ing to the constitution of the United
States, within the national sphere,
shall proceed wherever it is practic-
able, to build up and foster and en-
courage American enterprise, and
open the doors wide for honest
American achievement."
'Then came the Underwood tariff
bill itself. What was the result?
Enterprise halted and there was a
contraction of trade throughout the
land, and America, instead of going
ahead, stopped. That is what hap-
pened. Three hundred thousand men
were unemployed in the city of New
York. There was not a city in this
land where the jobless man anxious
and able to work did not walk the
street. They were fed by our char-
itable organizations, which were
taxed to the utmost limit to provide
for those for whom American enter-
prise could no longer make provision.
It was a sad spectacle. Americans
have not forgotten it. It is not for-
gotten here or anywhere. It cannot
be forgotten. It is too recent."
"If you are going to have the basis
for prosperity in this country; if you
are going to protect the American
wage scale; if you are going to have
American enterprise able to meet the
competition which will follow the
ending of this war, you must have
an honestly devised, wisely framed
tariff law to protect American in-
dustry."
"No, the Democratic party will not
be saved by the European war. If
you would know what our condition
will be when that war ends, think of
what our condition was before that
war began, if you think these nations
are so impoverished that they cannot
again turn to work. Those millions j
of men now fighting are better able |
to work than ever before in their j
lives. * * * Their factories are
there; their plants are there; they
know themselves better than ever be-
fore. They are better disciplined,
more alert, keener, stronger, better
physically than ever before, in the
main, and they are ready to turn
great national energies into the pur-
suits of peace to pay their war bills,
Your Dollars
Buy More
In Groceries, Flour, Canned Goods and Cured Meats at our «tor«.
Time has proven that. Why not Join the crowd and buy this y* r
from
Star Mercantile Co.
Everything Good to Eat
to produce up to the limit, to send
their goods throughout the world."
"I propose that we shall study this
out, applying a principle that we be-
lieve in, and secure intelligently and
honestly adequate protection to Am-
erican industries in every part of this
land."
FOR SALE
Thoroughbred HolsteinAilk cow,
coming 4 years old, be fresh soon;
also Holstein male calf, 4 months old.
Call at Herald office. 26tf
I will conduct your sale of live
stock, farm implements, household
goods, lands; in fact, anything you
have for sale, and guarantee satisfac-
tion. I know the value of your stuff
and get what it's worth.
Fred L. Costner
AUCTIONEER
Leave date, at Herald Office or .ee
me at my farm 1 mile north of
Guymon. PHONE 202-F.
FOR SALE
Four good horses, one mare, sec-
ond hand cream separator. Cash or
bankable note. Would trade for
Guymon property.
26tf T. S. ©ENISON.
The Trans-Canadian Sanitarium of
Dalhart, Texas, has arranged to have
a nose and throat specialist at the
Sanitarium each Friday. This man
has had several years experience in
this exclusive branch of surgery and
comes well recommended. 26-tf.
. Guymon Rubber Works.
fllT Make your headquarters with us during Fair
^j| week. Have your tires repaired and vulcan-
ized while you visit the Fair. All work guaranteed.
We also handle the Goodyear Guarantee Tires.
Tire Accessories, Gasoline, Oils.
GUYMON RUBBER WORKS
Main Street J. F. CARTER, Prop Guymon
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Denny, J. Q. The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1916, newspaper, September 21, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc274642/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.