The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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Lower Prices on Ford Cars
Effective August 1.1914 to August 1,
19f 5 and guaranteed against any reduc-
tion during that time. All cars fully
equipped f. o. b. Detroit
Kinta bout
Tom inu Cmr
Town Cur f
(In the United States C America only.)
BUYERS TO SHARE IN PROFITS
All retail buyers of new Ford Cars
Augnst 1, 1914 to August 1, 1915, will
share in the profits of the company to
the extent of $40 to $60 per car, on
each car they buy, c A
PROVIDED, we sell and deliver 300,OCO new Ford
Car. during that '"fc
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Guymon Garage and Machine Co.
The fanner, bow hav, he knowing- The Men Rehiad Xam« in the
That tbev ha-e been th* victims o; hiirt>p*aa War
. misplaced confidence. that the m-n Many an American tourist tu-
selectM to manage affairs lr the in- been lunching In the cafe of tb• ,
terest of all the people managed af- Hotel de Ville. Brussels, that h s-
fairs in their own interest. torie structure which has stood ai
| All over Oklahoma, from the Little fhe fcub of the nation of Belgium f-r
| Coney to Red river and from the gix renrUri*s. when K'ng Altert him
wind-swept plains of the southwest g>j)^ ^aa entered Informally and sat
to the peaks of the Spavinaw, th<?re a( a nearby table. Such a touri.-;
are signs of a reawakening, signs hag been KjveB a close-up look at ihe
I that the people are reo erlng from han(Jw)megt r,,ier In all Europe an .
| the lethargy and indifference whicn Qn<l of the most attractive men whom
haa characterized their participation r ; hlg lQt t(J look upin
or lark of participation In PoM 0n gu(h an occaslon the : in
! an(1 are t km« a which io *ould be we ,rin« Mr~t c*nih" an
Interest in the question which to ^ wou1d b<> nothing in his ap-
I Intimately and vitally concern the fu- p to indicate that his ra
ere of this state. The agitator and Z Aln-
| the hewgag artist have happily be. n
, sent. to the rear. The election thiei
in on the rocks and will «oon g
I the way of others of like character
There is a demand for an accountln ,
> for a sight at the hooks, Tor a look-
in at the inner chamber where the
couiicll of the mysterious ten ha •
I l>,on doine the work for years. And
the people are going to come in* >
'their'own. They are not -going to
have the democratic label in thia
state stand as the insignia for all
of the rottenness tflat machine go -
ernment can Invent nor for all of
the crookedness which dish3nest_n>e*i
can- conceive and
World.
OVKK OKLAHOMA
cut their own track when traveling
upon the roads that had been rutted
i by narrow tired wagons a thing
, that ought to have condemned them
Buck" C. b.« Of .he W.UJJO. J- U- ««< , « • ,;r""ad.U"
mis Hornet consoles his readers_wlih >k|a tt,m hp miIrh easier kept
this country will be much easier kept
up and after all it's the good roads
and not the particular make of uumiu^„
wagon that la the secret of the light c conditions
draft. If the farmers of this coun-1
up good
THIN OH OTHER PAPERS TELL
differed from that of the other d
ers. One would lnstinctivelv look
bi« wav. for he Is an upstanding fe'-;
low, six fe t two Inches in N>lzh\
lithe, athletic, square-should-red . i
He just now 39 years of age. aid |
in the very- prince of his manhood ,
His fare ia no less pleasine than h'r
tody, tor Albert of Belgium la |
Van, earnest. hieh
man of benevolent
pnyire-faced. blon 1
mpstctaed type. His
reghlar and s'ronc.
frank and intelligent. N> looks
U u„u,-OT .... . ' '■'•y inch Mian and eem# to pref r
execute.— Tulsa being a man to being a king.
It was la'e In 1909 that Leopol*
II. fjifd. Durice tlif last u n vears
— of that strong headed ruler's reg'm
his private life had been such rhr
h^ had become a social o"tf*ast. He
had visited the kaiser and the ka s
prin had refused to see him. He
had been shown to be persona non
frrnta *t the English court. Even
minded young;
mein. of t «I
haired, ail' >'
features arf
his ma"
OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR
! • and exposition
SEPT. 22r OCT.3 1914
OKLAHOMA CITY. __
160 acres of entertainment--60 bif boildinf«--15,00e
wonderful exhibits-amazing and bewilderiaj aoTei*
^Uimwn AND OPERATIC SINGERS.
Km 0rt«M b« *f ^'^tT ■< Ori«i—litT
Direct fr « N. T.
Power1! Elephanto
TW hot eilukrt. ot H*rtM. Caflte. Sw>M. Sk«p. P^trr. F.r« .mi Uritt P«4-
Arte. U«c*ti«Ml. Mi<lu «rr«4 HercaaOlc DupUj..
£jar^a.ti5
iZTS&n H0«E SHOW SiCOND WEEK. SEPT. 2S-0CT. 2. S.-k—« .
Knot \atiMkb SU«. . , „
SEE THE INDIAN EXHIBITS
tie«tireljraewfe t«rethi ye«r. ETtry
tribe «nd erery (ckool reprttented.
the announcement that Ice will be
cheaper in a few weeks.
Oklahoma needs Include a few ^J|| ^ J|
more such citizens as old man AI-, eT4r expect to keep
Falfa and old man Sl-Lo, remarks I roa<|„ (hPy f10n't want to keep up the
the Eufaula Democrat. habit of buying narrow tired wagons.
Obey the law yourself and you j The great ma8g 0[ democrats of
can enforce it as mi officer. * * * ( oklahoma, who are honest, have
The man who makes a good enforce- ,)p(n awa);(,nf.(| to a sense of right-
niHi.t officer Ib a man who obeys the; eous in(jip:natIon by the exposition
law.—Watonga Republican. | of the ,.r0okedn 'ss of their leaders
which are being made every day and
During the rainstorm Friday ni ht
lightning struck the home of Sheriff ^ ^
Johnny M. Jones. Aside from kn0'^' the wife of Prince Albert, who wa
ing a large patch of shingles off 'h. tQ j,imi remained constan'ly
« ■ don- nnt nf v>rn%^l8 that Eti« might not
i-e forced into his company. uis
private escapades had alienated th^
affections of is subjects to such
an extent that there was talk of
•"pklne Belgium a republic. His
roof no particular damage was don
Thf familv did not feel the effects
of the shock. Beaver Herald.
U. G.
Pittman of eastern Okla-
=|r|H J sits®: a
A levy of 1.05 mills, general tax.
on* -fourth of 1 mill for school pur-
poses, was ordered by the state
which have been made repeatedly
since the day of the primary elec-
tion. The devious and tortuous
of Erath county.Texas • accompan-u ^ at the time. His re-
him on the trip > caption by the populace indica'ed
that tho love of the prince was what
According to the Forgan Enter- prevented action on the part of the
nrise Dr Gr< golre, formerly located republicans. In his coronation ad-
here but later at Elkhart, then at dre83 he evidently sought to make
Liberal, has moved again. It savs: amends for the indiscretione of Leo-
Holland - Dockrill
Equestrian*
GROCERIES, FLOUR and FEED
A good selection of the best brands of the first two, and
your choice of the b"st in the latter In anything you want.
IthMEMItKIC. \VK Itl'Y CREAM AND WANT YOtRrt : : : J
Jesi market prices paid for the same all the time. One block
north of the T^xas County Bank.
GUYMON PRODUCE COMPANY
North Main '• R- PAINK. M«r.
board of equalization Thursday methods of the state election board,
morning for the purpose of raising to llSf> n0 harsher terms, have been
revenue to condiict the stat govern- >0 thoroughly exemplified in thf
ment for the present fiscal year. I manner In which that august body
■ handled the primary returns that its
Woodward has a fly-«wattlng club usefulness has been dissipated and
worthy of more than passing men-1 Its certifications hereafter will be
tlon. The members of th<* club re- treated with a degree of levity and
port with religious regularity the always open to question Indeed.
Hies swatted from day to day. The If the assertions of J®nnlnfi and
past two months has seen 3.678.5r.r. | others be true the state ejection
flies put out of commission by this board was so coars? in the last hold-
societv organized in behalf of the „p of the mass of the voters in the
public health and weal. democratic party that even a blind
____ man could see evidence of the work.
I Th«* grand jury which Is now in
The open season for shooting BefiB,on ftt oklahoma City has been
prairie chicken, snipe and plover has | atik(.d f0 investigate the campaign
begun In Oklahoma and the van- PXpen(,|turf.s „f Judge Williams
guard of th" fall and winter hunters ,urt(?e |{0|)Prtson. Hoi) Dunlop and
Is now taking to the fields. rht> i little Charley West. Jennings as-
season for shooting these birds ex" | Rerta that he has positive evidence
lends from September 1 to November| thftt w'llllams exceeded the legal
1. Reports received from the slat" | ||m|t in h|s expenditures and is
llsh and game department show theie^ (herefore disqualified from holding
Is a great abundance of all ga""' th(, 0ffl,.e 0f governor even should
birds In Oklahoma this year. Quail. hti be eje( tP(j ne asserts that Rob-
prairle chickens and wild turkeys are, ,rt..on .,n(] vv ,.sl an,j Dunlop ex-
more plentiful than for severs1 (hp um|t and ought to be In
years Don Lawhead. assistant state ^ penitentiary and that he Is pr<>-
flsh and game warden, attributes t. < i re(J (o f„rnlsh tlie evidence, lie
ahendan< - of gan'c to the s'< t that | |lS(,prtg ,hai the state election board
last winter was mild and that th. r | r(),)1)pd h(m of more ,han fifteen
was little or no rain during ,h"! thousand \otes and that he Is pre-
hstcblnt season t'<is year; also to j ( {o furn,gh ,lle evidence of the
■•Dr (i'regoire and family, formerly po]^ when he said:
of Liberal, moved here the first of we develop in our children s
the week and have taken up their hearts the love of the native land,
residence in the R. A. Whlsenant, the love of our family, the love ot
property " all that Is good: these are the virtues
which make nations strong."
Here's . happy him from the D.i- The.e «rd. >h« JJJJ
:; • ^.''/.fph^^*;. re;L°t.pVf.'f prSorT,£...
p„, ,.o n'KhtB
audience viewing pictures taken from that tneir go^nn ,
in Tinlhart For the past week the greatest possible benefit.
When
SSwsS Bsris SKvrr s
<*- «••• iiz.
went anyway. Leopold had so han-
A gentleman by the name of ,hp Congo that his extortions
Mich el John was in Texhoma the lai- wprp a pcandai and he was near a
ter part of last week and in flnding (.)ash w,th EnRiand. The young king
that he claimed to be quite a checker ouj a new program and brought
player. J. E. Kennedy, the champion about harmony. He holds to the
of "this part of the country, who reasonable th<>orv that Belgium will
resides at Goodwell, was sent for by „Itima(Piy benefit as the conditions
some of the Texhoma folks and it natives are improved.
was Friday evening when the two Jn hJs vigits to the courts of Eu-
tied into each other. It was a very rope he was g0 charming and dlplo
evenly matched contest Michel John matjc ^at he won all whom he met
won 17 games out of S3, this giving j ^ vag nc(| long before the European
him one game th* best of the con- prpsg ,)egan to suggest that a nea-
test. Six draws were played dur- influence was being felt among the
tug the contest. Texhoma Times. crowned heads nnd that this influ-
ence was wielded by Albert of Bel-
John Fields, republican candidate K|um. King Edward of England had
for governor, and a bunch of hi® co- always been the arbiter in court cir-
horts arrived in Hooker Tuesday af- 0les and all Europe leaned upon him
ternoon. He was billed to make an when there were particularly del -
nddress at r.:30. Owing to having a oate matters that required adjust-
bull moose for republican precinct inp Albert Is young and Is the ruler
committeeman, no arrangements had ot a small though rich country,
been made for a hall nor was the There have been those who of late,
meeting sufficiently advertised to have held that his will develop into
draw a crowd, so after meeting a few (he levelest head in all Europe and
of the voters Mr. Fields and his thnt he will ultimately take the
crowd hit the local for Tyrone. A p|ace around Continental council ta-
few farmers had come to town pur- i,ie!, formerly occupied by Edward.
Back of all this there was a most
on the a serious fir^.
The City National Bank of Guymon
Guymon, Oklahoma
United State* Postal Savings Depository.
Ample resources to take good care of our patrons.
Accounts solicited.
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the Increased vigilance on the part
of farmers in protection of game.
An Imported district Judge has de
The democratic farmers of thi*
state who vote the party ticket be-
( ( ..,'xe they believe in the principles
creed thatAI Jennings has not shown of the party are rapidly becoming
sufficient grounds to entitle him to
ask for a recount of the votes cast
In the primary for governor Al
was a candidate for governor and
claims that twenty thousand votes
cast for him were suppressed or ac-
credited to other candidates. We do
not know about the merits of the
cas«. nnd had the Judge stopped
there it might have been a good de-
cision. But he went further, and
enjoined Jennings from taking depo-
sitions which might prove that Jen-
nings Is correct in his charges. Tak-
ing the alleged thefts of votes for
Williams into consideration, the en-
deavor to cover up all things and
Williams' failure to demand a hear-
ing which would remove all doubt,
and the holding up of the vote for
a week or ten days leaves things
looking mighty peculiar for Williams
to say the least. The Judge's ruling
didn't help matters any.
This Is the way the Alva Pioneer
looks at the matter of wide tires for
wagons: "The fact that the dealers
are seiling more wide-tired wagons
than Ter before, la only an Indica-
tion of the widening and broadening
effect that experience Is having upon
the farmers. A few years ago many
farmers denounced the wide-tired
wagons as a nuisance and to a cer-
tain extent they were. As a matter
of fact where only one or two farm-
ers In a neighborhood owned wlde-
tlred wagons, they neceasarHy had to
disgusted and ashamed at the goings
on at Oklahoma City. They nre
waking up to the fact that ttieir
party loyalty has been used as an
• sset by a lot of unscrupulous pn 1
destining men. that the government
of this state has been a by-word
and a reproach for all of the seven
years of statehood, that they have
years or siaienoon. nim > \> •< • and there
deraocr M_ot (he .^r^SS' 3?. Tht
Fields Mondav. and can't help but father was stone deaf and his tastes
sav the republicans used very good were agricultural. His sons grew up
judgment In selecting the head of wholesomely and the oldest was
their ticket. He never said a word trained for the succession. Aloert
along the entire trip regarding poll- i0 l the outdoor Vife of a country gen
tics (except a short speech in Boise tleman and studied social problems
Cltvt but spent the time looking at fr0m preference. He had a knaca
the crops along the road and Ira'i- f0r writing and associated hlmseu
glng on the same. He has promised w|th a weekly publication. He car-
lo give the countrv a good write-up r|ed a police badge and pursued tne
in his Farm Journal within the next ltem of interest as democratically as
few weeks.—Hooker Advance. any cub reporter.
I Then he went forth to see
the Belgians every day saw their merriest service warfares that the
king. Clad In the plainest sort of ariuv has ever known, the cry of
a colonel's uniform, he sped in a favoritism and politics. But the
high-power car from one point to, quiet man at the helm let his case
another of the lines of defense, con- re8t on the two words of his explan-
sultlng, advising, cheering on his of- ati0n—and won.
Peers and men. Philosophically he; [t wag a year ag0 that Gen-
accepted the situation and stood era] j0fjre headed a commission that
ready to stand the cost of war that went tQ RU8Sja to attend the great
he considered right. Steadfastly did arniy maneuvers there. These al-
he refuse to treat with Germany on lleg havp a way of interchanging ob-
any basis that would recognize the gervers that they may learn of each
right of entry Into Belgium. j 0jher and criticize each other. Gen-
While the king was on the firing eraJ joffre taH(e(i mobilization with
line the people of Belgium knew i ^ and hjs offl(,ers The reSult
where their queen might be found., w&g tfce inailgura(ion of a new sys.
Elizabeth has been constantly in on the of the Ru88ian8
hospitals ministering to the wound-, whjrh wQuid ^ tfae army t0 the
ef Thi® Suee" ° Mvi democratic' border in half the time. The system
king who6 takes his responsibilities has since been worked. Incidentally.
, i.ioa u a whole- the czar bestowed upon the French-
seriously. Her first Idea is a w lu)le . {he Qrder of gt Andrew.
some home life and her aecona ]q J89:{ r Fren(.h Ucutenant wlth
The king and queen have always, a handful of men landed from a
been accessible and democratic. The i gunboat and seisedi Timbuctoo that
people of Belgium have turned to meeting place of the camel and the
them as one man and there seems no canoe on the edge of Sahara But
dissenting voice In all the clamor of j four white men had previously vis-
approval that is theira. Fortune has , ited this wilderness and these had
likewise favored this young couple, j mostly become food for the natives
for their first two children were! The landing party went the way of
boys, strong and lusty, thus assuring its predecessors as did Col. T. P. E.
the succession Then came the baby Bonnier and one hundred men who
princess whom the people love Inor- sought to avenge them "The man
dinatelv to complete the royal circle, who attacks ' was sent into the wil-
The "shadow of the mailed fiat of deruess and his subjugation of tut
war has fallen most heavily upon new colony was such that there since
Belgium the Innocent bystander, and has been little of which to complain.
state, have long memories. They are
barking back to the days of the Co-
lumbia Bank & Trust Co. and to the
dispensary scandals, to the forgery
of thousands of dollars of Illegal war-
rants. to the printing scandals, to the
creation of useless boards to provide
graft for court favorites, to the es-
tablishment of unnecessary educa-
tional Institutions In remote country
towns at the expense of hundreds of
thousands of dollars. The farmers,
right now when the war has shut
ofT cotton exports and when the
prices of all the necessities of life
arc going right up. have been taking
stock. They find that they have been
pa)lug exorbitant taxes for all of
these seven years, they find that
there Is not a single department of
the state government which does not
show a record of gross extravagance,
not a single department which has
been administered on the democratic
principle of the strictest economy
compatible with the public welfare.
Judge Hale started filling his alio world. 0ne pnUedState"1'whe^ e
Frldav and would have finished bv visited was the United S . .
Saturday night only the rain stopped his rank attracted little
them Htf feed is in fine condition and where he went about. 8tlJ
and it certainly looks fine to see It the Instincts of a reporter making
going into the silo, to he taken out notes. Anyone who would like to
this winter in Just as fine shape and know Nation of the
weighing Just as much as when put giuin thought of the Nation o
In Phil Weever's force Is helping West has hut to get the book he
htm do the work and they moved wrote upon his return home tp fin
11™ ♦At, rdace where they out. What Is more. It Is pot a bad
upon this Its ruling family, but its
dark background but brings out the
admirable qualities of the young
king.
The plan for the mobilization of
the French army, successfully exe-
cuted. the battling with the Germans,
a succession of aggressive dashes
and retirements to intrenchments,
are children of the brain of General
Jos Joffre, the quiet man who rends
the tears, as the Parisians say.
.But a few months ago, the French
army, under his direction, showed
itself in annual maneuvers and to
such credit that President Poncaire
and the public had acclaimed It the
In the French island of Madagas-
car there is a model harbor Inviting
the trade of the world. Its conatruc-
tion was an engineering task of her-
culean difficulties but the governor
of the island was Jos JofTre, the quiet
man who does the thing needful.
Back in the siege of Paris in the
tragic days of 1870 a youngster of
IS commanded a battery of artillery.
To the last It stood like a miniature
Gibraltar and the veterans of that
time pointed with approval to the
work of Second Lieutenant JofTre.
Today you might call upon this
man of action out among the steel
fortresses of the German border. He
from here to his place where th?y out
1 L. ENSI8
Town Property for Sale
Ennis Loan and Realty Co.
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA
RAI<<<AINH IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAN KAItMH AND RANCHM
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT I'NEQUALLED
IP TOU WANT TO BELL YOUK PAItM OR TOWN PROPERTY.
LIST IT wm MB NOW
are now working. They have a new-
engine and ensilage cutter and In-
formed us they would be-glad to cut
anv one's feed that wants a silo but
do not feel like buying the filling
fools. Judge Hale is somewhat of an
Inventive genius and had he lived a
hundred veers ago. might have be-
come a Benjamin Franklin. Men
are scarce and high priced In this
countrv and he needed one the
worst way to tramp ensilage in hia
silo, none being available he caught
up some Jong legged shoats and pnt
them to work In the silo, letting
them walk round and round the
edges where the packing was needed
Some of them may have been burled
up In the ensilage but he claims
that It will cure meat equal to the
beat packing houses, and cured meat
will be in demand this winter.—
Hansford Headlight.
perfect organization. To this praise| would aee you informally, talk to
the unobtrusive commander hadiou courteously, dismiss you deferen-
grunted, for he was unsatisfied. That.tlally. You would see in him a
night he recommended retirement of j short, stocky, old man whose clothes
five generals who had participated.] hung ill fittingly upon him—a very
book for a mere king to write.
Albert went all around the world
In the spirit of the serious observe*
and learned many things that ate
denied ihe average heir to a throne
fot these are usually kept so apart
from the masses that there is little
opportunity to learn of human beings
who are. in reality, the stock In trade
of a ruler. The energetic young
traveler, likewise, tramped througn
all the Jungles of the Congo and
another book was the result of his
Investigations.
Fhen the fortress of Liege dared
bar the way of the troopa of Ger-
many. the kaiser sent a peremptory
note to King Albert demanding its
Immediate surrender and stating that
Zeppelins would destroy it in case
he did not comply.
"Trv," laconically replied the king^
During the weeks that followed
"Too fat," waB the only comment he
made.
It was In the summer of 1911 that
"the man who attat-W became thief
of the general staff of the French
army, generalissimo, the people call
him. With his elevation there came,
also, a rearrangement and centrali-
zation of authority that modern
France had never before known. The
handling of the forces was taken
from an army board and given Into
th hands of the one man. the chief
nf the general staff.
with as he may.
General JofTre made a detour of
inspection, during which the com-
mander of each division of the army
brought forth his troops and put
them through their paces. When he
returned to headquarters he recom-
mended the compulsory retirement
of five other of the men of first com-
mand. "Insufficient efficiency" was
his comment. There was one of the
blond man of massive head, heavy
features and stubby mustache. He
would not appear to you as a dash-
ing *m] cavalier figure.
But tomorrow he may be In Ger-
many at" the head of a troop of cav-
alry and his Is the reputation of
being the wickedest rider in all the
army. His military policy Is to
strike, to act wherever possible on
the offensive, to be so efficient and
well prepared that blows delivered
will be effective. This dominating
It Is his to doi policy of the generalissimo might
have been a good tip of what was
likely to happen on the border. A
great mathematician, an englaeer, a
strategist, a man of forethought and
preparation, he stands with 3 million
men at his back to prevent a recur-
rence of the national humiliation of
his youth.
"Tirpltz the Eternal," they *all
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