The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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Langston Hardware Co.
Hardwar, Implements, Furnitur,
Wagons, Buggies, Carriages,
Windmills, Barb Wire, Stoves, Him;;
Undertaking Goods
THINGS OTHER
PAPERS TELL
L ...
Last Friday the Rock Island No. 4
train, the Golden State Limited, be-
, ame a little anxious to get over the
'•*est division and the run from Dal-
hart to Liberal was made at the rate
of a little better than a mile a min-
ute.—Liberal News.
will nnjpnhtftdlv be able to accom-
plish good results in the way of big
crops. The engine is a twelve horse
power, run by gasoline and plows
four furrows at a time. With thl$,
he can handle a much larger quan-
tity of ground at less expense than
he could by the old horse power
method. The Enterprise is glad to
see this forward step taken by one of
our progressive farmers and will
surely watch developments for re-
sults.- Forgan Enterprise.
Sunday evening lightning struck
the house of Dan Stevens and tore a
j,art of the shingles oft the roof. No
utber damage was done and as no
members of the family were at home
no one was injured by the llgntning.
—Liberal Democrat.
Uncle Huff and Mrs. Wright re-
turned from California last Monday,
where they have been for some time,
«e*ing the sights of that country.
They have been enjoying fairly good
health while away and have seen
many beautiful places, Kut Un<\le
Huff confided to us that he was glad
to get back. -Hansford Headlight.
For the past two weeks T. W.
Gray has driven out in his field ev-
ery morning at daylight and scat-
tered grasshopper poison with the re-
sult that' he will save his crop. If
this example was followed by every
farmer the grasshoppers would soon
be a thing of the past. It has been
demonstrated in Kansas counties and
elsewhere that a concerted action on
the part of the farmers soon extermi-
nates the pestB. -Beaver Republican.
Sunday afternoon, during the elec-
trical storm that passed over Stevens
county, J. 0. Holman was struck by
lightning. The bolt entered the
house at the comb and passed part
way down the wall, where it passed
into the room to an iron bed. Otis
had his hand on the bed and the bolt
•ollowed his arm to the shoulder
and then down across the body and
down one leg to the tlocr. Mr. Hol-
man was at home alone Mrs. Holman
and children being at Hugoton at the |
time. He was unconscious for a |
couple of hours.—Hugo'on Hermes. I
According to the Plains Journal,
they must have a lot of grasshoppers
in Kansas. Read this one: "The
train from Bucklln to Dodge City
was delayed for forty minutes the
other day by grasshoppers on the
track in one of the cuts. When the
engine ran into the drift of hoppers,
the crew said, the track was greased
so that no progress could be made.
The crew finally had to shovel the
hoppers off the track, and shovel
sand on it."
Frank Taylor, a prosperous farm-
er living a few miles west of Forgan,
was in town Tuesday after :in Avery
tractor plow outfit which he pur-
chased of our local hardware dealer.
Harry I). Truax. Mr. Taylor is a
hustler and with this fine addition
in the way of farm machinery, he
Texhoma has been unfortunate In
another big fire, which destroyed the
Texas State bank building, and the
brick building on the south, with
Blake Bros.' big stock of general
merchandise which occupied both
buildings. Dr. Lamar and Mr. Miller
who occupied the upper floors, lost
all their clothing and household
goods. The fire caused a loss of per-
haps $30,000. Blake Bros., Mrs.
Roach, who owned the south build-
ing, Farmers State bank, which
owned the north building, and I)r.
Lamar and Mr. Miller, were the chief
sufferers. Blake Bros, were carrying
about $8,000 insurance; the Farm-
ers State bank, $2,500; Mrs. Roach
none, and Mr. Miller and Dr. Lamar
small insurance. The fire was dis-
covered about 1; 30 Sunday morning,
origin not known, but supposed to
have been fired from the outside,
through one of the ventilators and
when discovered was under too big
headway to save anything. The
buildings and contents were total
losses. * * Abe Palmer and boys took
advantage of a tew days lay off from
field work by building an adobe
smoke and milk house, which they
have plastered inside and out. On
the outside they checked it off to
represent cement blocks which gives
it a nice appearance. This house will
likely serve him as well or better
than one built of concrete at a cost
of $100 or more. This building cost
I $10 in actual cash. Texhoma Argus.
thing in the way of his favorite pro-
duct, proves there is money in it
by raising brush that tops the mar-
ket. Another fact developed Is that
a few milch cows and 100 or 200
chickens will about grubstake the
farmer's family so It can live even
though his "money crops' be total
failures. And If those crops turn
out well, the farmers is that much
ahead of his living. Let each man
concentrate his brain sweat upon
something special, and let him keep
a dairy and hennery beside, and
there seems to be no reason why he
may not succeed in this southwest-
ern country. • * Mr. Kemp's render-
ing of "That Printer of Udell's."
with its excoriation of the typical
city church for failure to apply Its
professed Christianity to social con-
ditions at its doors, given at the
Chautauqua Tuesday night prompts
<he query: "Are the Liberal churches
leaving something undone?" Come
to think about It, there is no place
outside the pool halls where the
stranger in our city can while away
the dull hours when the picture
shows are not open. There is not
even an open saloon, for which all
ought to be thankful; nor is there a
Y. M. C. A., nor a reading room, nor
any place of rest or recreation to
welcome him. Of course, the church-
es here, as elsewhere, are locked and
dark except during hours of reli-
gious service. There are some way-
1'arers who, face to face with such a
predicament in a strange town, will
in their desperation seek for diver-
sion in devious places. If any church
Is planning to build or enlarge In the
future, would It not be well to have
this crying want in mind? If we
suppress the open saloon, why keep
the churches locked? * * This July
in Kansas has been the driest since
1887, according to the reports from
the weather stations. At Manhattan
the drouth has not been so great
since 1874. grasshopper year. The
Kaw river has been reduced to a
rivulet, and it appears that western
Kansas is not the only dry section
this season Liberal News.
on a good chautauqua in Guymon
next summer, for it Is already as-
sured. From this time forward, we
want to commence boosting for the
chautauqua. Make it a big week of
entertainment to our people in Guy-
mon and Texas county in general.
The man or woman who feelB the
price of a $2 ticket for twenty num-
bers is too high, falls to understand
the benefit which the chautauqua Is
to them. It Is a good financial invest-
ment to any person at five times the
cost. It gives you a new way of look-
ing at things, it helps build you up
mentally. It cheers your spirits like
a rain on a thirsty crop and leaves
an influence for better living. We
wish we had a way of sentencing ev-
ery man and woman to attend the
chautauqua next year from start to
finish They'd find it. on the whole,
better than a vacation In Colorado
and not a twentieth as expensive.
Plan next year to come In, have a lit-
tle tent and stay for every number.
You owe this to yourself and this is
one place where such sympathy is
creditable.
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Big Jo Lumber Co.
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA
One fact of great practical Im-
portance brought out by the News
series of Interviews with successful
farmers Is that every one of them
has a specialty upon which he con-
centrates most of his pains. One
goes in for milo; another for broom-
corn; others for wheat, canteloupes,
or cattle, or hogs, and so on. Yet
all are to some extent general farm-
ers. Ours is the age of specializing.
When a man of good intelligence
concentrates his thought and labors
upon one thing he Is likely to suc-
ceed; if he scatters he is lust as
likely to fall. One man declares
wheat Is a sure crop and broomcorn
a costly and troublesome money-los-
er; the broomcorn advocate hoots at
wheat as a gamble and will have
nothing to do with it. Both are
| right. The man in the wrong is the
j one who tries to ride two horsee,
| wheat and broomcorn, and falls be
| tween them. The wheat grower, by
{ devoting his attention to it as his
; specif Ity, proves its certainty; if the
i farmer makes it a side line he finds
I it a doubtful venture. The broom-
corn man. ready to sidetrack every
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT
And For Three Summers Mrs. Vin-
cent Was Unable to Attend to
Any of Her Housework.
.
Pleasant Hill, N. C —"I suffered for
three summers," writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, "and the third and 1
last time, was my worst.
I had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about. Could not do any of my
housework.
I also had drcadfu! pains In my back
and sides and when one of those weak,
sinking spells would come on mc, 1
would have to give up and lie down,
until It wore off.
I was certainly in a dreadful state of
health, when I finally decided to try
Cardui. the woman's Ionic, and 1 firmly
believe I would have died if I hadn't
taken it.
After I began taking Cardui, I was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re-
lieved me entirely.
1 fattened up, and grew so much
stronger in three months, 1 felt like an-
' other person altogether."
Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle-
I acting. Its ingredients have a mild, tonic
effect, on the womanly constitution.
| Cardui makes for increased strength,
I improves the appetite, tones up the ner-
I vous system, and helns to make pale,
I sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
Cardui has helped more than a million
weak women, during the past 50 years.
It will surely do for you, what it has
done for them. Try Cardui today.
Wrto lo; Oumimob* Medkln* Co.. Udlet' Ad-
v; ,4 cy [itpt.. Chattanooga. Ttnn.. for Signal n.
" —i yiMif i «vr and M-pafr bnok. "H<
Wuntii. Malta Uin wiapp«.
One of Kansas' \V r*t Years
Speaking or bad years the Kan-
sas weather buerau sends out this
information: 'The month of July.
1913, is the second driest month
Kansas has had since official govern-
ment weather records have been kept.
It is almost thirty years since there
has been so little rainfall in the state
as there has been during the last
thirty days. There have been hotter
months than this year but not siuce
18K7 has It been as dry as this year.
In some parts of the state even this
record has been broken. According lo
the unofficial records kept by an old
settler at Manhattan the month end-
ing today has been the driest since
the grasshopper year of 1874 and is
the second driest July In a total of 56
years, that this man has kept tab on
the rainfall, the grasshopper year be-
ing the only one as deficient in rain-
fall as 1913.
"The government weather service
was established in Kansas in 1886
and the second year the total rainfall
for the month of July waB 1.06 Incites
for the 31 days. In July, 1913, the
total rainfall has been 1.57 inches
scattered over fosr different showers
Southeast Kansas is the one part
of the Btate that has had real rains
and Is not Buffering. Ft. Scott, Pitts-
burg, Sedan, lola and similar points
in that section of the state have had
better than three Inches of rain dur
lng the month. Minneapolis, which
had a local shower of nearly two
inches early in the month is the only
point in central Kansas that has had
reasonable rains in July and only a
small amount of territory was cov-
ered at that time.
July, 1901, was the hottest month
Kansas ever had. For 26 days In a
row of that month the thermometers
registered 100 degrees or higher, the
longest period of hot weather the
state has ever known. But that mouth
was not deficient in rainfall, more
than four inches of rain fell gener
ually over the state during that
month.
Kansas streams that have never
been known to go dry In the memory
of the oldest settler are dry now.
Over thirty Kansas towns have been
compelled to shut off all water for
lawns and a dozen towns have hardly
enough water for domestic supplies.
Tuesday night sixteen tank cars
loaded with water were hauled from
Topeka to Morton and the tank trains
are In readiness to haul water from
Wichita to Wellington The Kaw
river is the driest ever known, stand-
ing 3.3 feet. In many parts of the
state water is being hauled for do-
mestic purposes and generally in
some parts of Kansas, water has to
he hauled for stock.
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Yon Can Talk It
Something like fifty men have al-
ready signed a contract for another
chautauqua in Guymon next summer.
The number will be Increased to
something more like sixty In all
probability, which will Insure any
deficit that might arise being mighty
small to anyone. Folks can figure
Folks With Wells are Lucky
A good well, whether In the town
or out In the country, Is one of the
best investments a man can make, hi
fact, we don't seo how a farmer in
particular can get along without
one and make a go of his work. A
good well, properly managed will
make a man all the way from ten to
fifty per cent on the Investment, to
say nothiug of the pleasures and
comlortB to be derived therefrom.
We have heard of some men who
need wells an wonder whether they
can afford them. We wonder how
they can aff*""?! hue' water You
can afford to borrow money to put
down a well and particularly If you
are a farmer. A good well means
much towards solving the living ex-
penses on the farm. Next comes a
few good cows, a hog or two and t
swarm of chickens.
The Girl Who l^sts in Business
The sort of girl or woman who
lastB In business -who keepB on o-
ing up the ladder, Instead of down,
must possess many good qualities,
but chief among them must be the
ability of quick declBion--the quality
of mind that allows her to make up
her mind what to do and unerringly
carry out her Intention,
She must not doubt herself.
She must not allow the thought
of what will happen. If her action
is wrong, to crop up in her mind.
The woman who possesses this de-
cisiveness makes a great many mis-
takes - but she also has many suc-
cesses.
It is better for you to handle your
work with an assured manner than
that you vacillated weakly between
the wrong and the rig'.it course. The
former course will allow you to do
the wrong thing sometimes, but the
latter will leave you neither right
nor wrong.
You must be your own guide if
you wish to be big do your own
thinking, your own deciding and
your own work.
Of course the human being, man
or woman, who is not open to ad-
vice. is Just as badly off as those
who must wait for some one s else
opinion before acting Think of the
bother you must he to the people
over you if you do nothing except
when you are told that there are
things to be done. You know they
are to be done just as well as the
man who told you. You know when
there are things going undone just
as well aB the man you are expec ting
to tell you.
Well, why don't you do them?
Why do you sit there, day after
day. letting thingB that should be
attended to slide further and further
behind. Aren't you Interested In
your firm- aren't you Interested in
your work -but greatest of all,
aren't you Interested in yourBelf.
How many years will It take to
teach women thai they must work
with all the intensity they possess
if they would climb up? Men know
It more than that, they do it.
Make up your mind to do a thing,
and do It. Don't say "I will act bo."
and then spend the next Jialf hoif
changing your mind jumping from
pillar to post Teach yourself that
yours Is the deciding vote on your
own actions, and then stand ready
to take the consequences. Teach
yourself first to be stroug being
right will come later, as it does to
all people.
You have to make some mistakes
anyhow, but you need not add to
them the greater mistake of being
undecided Your work will move
along much more easily if you greet
It with "Well, here is so and so to
be don<V' and do it, than if you stand
first on one foot and then on the
other, and say. "Oh, dear, what
should I do?—I'll ask Mr. Brown."
The next time ask yourself.—Kan-
sas City 8tar.
C. K. W1LMETH
(Better Known as Rabbit Foot Bill.)
LAND, COMMERCIAL
AND LIVE STOCK
AUCTIONEER
Will cry sales anywhere, at any time In Texas and adjoin-
ing counties. Make dates at the Guymon Herald office.
Hard As
NAILS
But it is still harder to find
a better assortment of hard-
ware than we have in stock.
Huilders, owners, contractors,
carpenters, masonB and other
mechanics will benefit by mak-
ing an Investigation of our
builders' hardware and asking
quotations. What we haven't
In stock at the moment, we can
get quickly.
MATHEWS HARDWARE COMPANY, Guymon
SAMUEI. ECKER
U. S. LAND COMMISSIONER
All Land Office Work receives prompt and careful attention.
Applications, Final Proofs and Contests taken.
Amply qualified by years of experience
I. L. ENNIS
Town Property for Sale
Ennis Loan and Realty Co.
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA
BARGAINS IV OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS FARMS AND RANCHES
OPPORTUNITIES TOR INVESTMENT UNEQUALLED
IK YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR FARM OR TOWN PROPERTY,
LIST IT WITH ME NOW
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CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $28,500.00
A BANK
ACCOUNT
Be it large or small will
be a protection to you in times
of adversity. The First Nat-
ional never falls to extend to
Its customers every accommo-
dation consistent with safe and
conservative banking.
First National Bank,
OF GUYMON
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Man and wife wanted to work on
ranch. Permanent position to right
partlea. Inquire at latham Dry
c.oods store. 2112
Heal K*tat«> Tranxfers
Furnished by FarlB & Burch, ab-
stracters. Guymon, Oklahoma.
W. L. l.awson to I. A. Wade, NEl
28-1-16, $1,500.
G. B Patterson to H. K. Bartley,
NEi 14-6-13, $1,200.
H. K. Bartley to A. B. Nelson,
same land. $1,200.
Pearl Bon to P. J. Bretlln, SEi
31-5-14, $1,600.
P. J. Breslln to W. A. Bauer, same
land. $1,600.
Frank Bowie to R. E.
K6 SWi 10-3-19, $500.
R. H. Williams to A. W. ('affrey.
SJ NWJ. NJ SWJ 33-4-14, $3,200.
J. P. Van Winkle to L. E. Van-
Winkle lots 1-2 and SEJ NE1
1-3-14, $1,200.
M. E. Edwards to F. G. Jordan,
SWi 2-2-10, $2,660.
Administrator's Deed W. C.
Shorb to R. H. Clark, W| SWl 17;
| El SEI 18-1-19. $625.
V. N. Rupert to J. M. Daniels, SWJ
J 20-6-17, $300.
S. C. Marty to Wm Denham, El
Crisham. | SWJ ; WJ SEI 18-a-12. $1.00.
F. M. Baker to Bertha Rice, SEI
Geo. Funk et al to J. E. Easterly, 27-1-18, $800
lots 11-12 Funk addition to Guy-1 W. O. Robb to Fred Stewart, NK|
mon, $150. \u-2-U, '4-500'
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