The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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The Guymon Herald.
VOL. 27.
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917
OFFICIAL COUNTY FAM*
NO. 41
interesting session of
THE GOOD ROADS CLUB
Several Question* of Importance
to the Citisemhip Brought Up for
Discuaiion—"The Guymon Home
Guards" Wat Organized
At the regular meeting of the
Guymon Good Roads club Monday
night several subjects were consid-
ered, with about seventy members
and visitors present. A committee
was appointed to pass upon fake
shows coming to town and advertis-
ing cheap performances, etc., as
"patriotic meetings," and the com-
mittee was vested with authority to
put a ban on said fakes.
The matter of adjusting the dis-
cord with reference to an order by
the health officer to abolish or move
the Guymon stock yards was passed
to a committee for consideration and
action.
The matter of a certificate of error
to the amount of over (1,200 in fa-
vor of the Guymon Light and Power
Company, which County Attorney
Dale alleged publicly was accom
plished unlawfully and that he had
appealed from said act of the county
commissioners, was discussed pro and
. con, and on being submitted to a ris-
ing vote the decision was unanimous
to stand back of Mr. Dale in'his ac-
tion and efforts to cause a thorough
investigation of back taxes unpaid by
said company.
• The matter of organizing a home
guard was considered and ratified
. and rolls opened for membership,
About fifty signed the roll, which was
followed by electing Byrd Rogers
captain. Mr. Rogers then selected
Geo. E. Ellison and Hugh E. James
as first and second lieutenants, re-
spectively. The rolls of the company-
have been kept open and the mem-
bership at this time is about seventy-
five. Captain Rogers and his lieuten-
ants will announce drill days and
other plans for the company in a few
days. The club meeting was well at-
tended by the town people and
, number of members from the country
Mfere present, and there ^ was just
enough sftce injected into the pro-
ceedings to make the session inter,
esting.
Quality
Christmas Will Soon Be
Our Advice-Shop Early
Here
Big line of new Toques. All colors and different patterns. AH prices.
Men's Heavy andlLight Weight Coat Sweaters in many different colors
and prices. Men's and Boys' Jersey Sweaters in many colora and at all
prices.
Boys' Clothing
Boys' Suits of the best quality and the largest line to pick from in the
Southwest. Modern prices. Let us show you.
$17 Style-Plus Clothing
Now is the time to take advantage of the f 17 Styleplus Clothing, as we
have a large stock to pick from at 117. The advanced price of
Styleplus is 121. Come in and let us fit you with a Styleplus suit—
the All-Wool Suit.
Ladies' Dress Skirts
•
new line throughout of Ladies' Wool Dress Skirts of the newest styles^
We just received a new shipment of Ladies'^Havana Brown English
1 High-Top Shoes. Extra smart, these are.
Blankets and Comforts
We have Blankets in cotton fleece, wool nap and all wool. The prices run
from 76c to $15 00.
WATCH FOR NEW CHRISTMAS GOODS COMING ALL THE TIME.
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THE-O.UA LITY-SriiRJz
1 INFORMATION ON THE
COUNTY COAL SITUATION
P A. Norris, United States Fuel
Administrator for Oklahoma, sends
the following information:
Ada. Okla., 12-10-17.
R. B. Quinn, Chairman Texas County
Fuel Board, Guymon. .
Dear Sir: 1 am enclosing you here-
with carbon copy of a wire sent you
a few minutes ago, and also am send-
ing copy of this wire, as well aa the
letter 1 am writing you, to the Huer-
fano Coal company at Denver, Colo.,
and am thanking them for their ad-
vice that they will load this week's
output of screened coal from their
Ludlow properties and bill to Dalhart
for reconaignment to points most
needed in Oklahoma.
Understand, of course, that this
coal must be distributed pretty well
over western Oklahoma border coun-
ties, and I would thank you to advise
the customers who secure these ship-
ments that, in view of the fact that
the Fuel Administration ussists the
citizens through their dealers, to se-
cure coal, we insist on the rule being
followed to the letter that where
conditions nre acute, in no case shall
the dealer allow the customer to have
more than one thousand pounds of
coal out of any one car. In other
words, we desire that you impress it
upon the dealer the necessity of -on-
scientious distribution of this emer-
gency fuel. Very truly.
J. W. HINTON.
Executive Secretary.
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA
GUYMON AS A HOG MARKET
More hogs have been coming to
Guymon of late than any one could
possibly keep count of. Their fin-
ished condition speaks well for the
raiser, but much more for the crops
of Texas county. It is a well known
fact that little corn is raised here,
:ind what is raised does not go into
hog consumption—only the two-
Maize is the banner
on the Kansas City market this week
brought' over $S.000. Mr. Phillips
bought one load of maize heads from
Bert Hewey, hauled in by one team
of mules, for which he wrote Mr
Hewey a check fpr $63.50. So much
for Mr. Phillips' recent purchases.
C. D. McBratney of the north flats
sold two fat hogs on the market here
last Thursday to Frank Sfrott that
netted him $119 20. Isn't that al-
most enough to make every man wish
he had a few hogs? E. L. Ruby, who
lives 18 miles west of town, was on
the market Mondav with three fat
XMAS DRIVE BEGINS SUNDAY
cr^ofThi's"1Country."* It is the prin- ones that brought him l^aO They ^
- - 1 —1 were not as old nor as fat as those
cipal feed crop and the size and qual-
ity of the porkers marketed here
speaks volumes for it as a finisher
Jack Ball, living a mile and a half
southwest of town, sold one hog to
Mr. Phillips on Monday that brought
$81 T. J. Dye had two fat ones the
same day for which Mr. Phillips paid
$84. Mr. Phillips alone has paid out
in ten days over $12,000 for hogs^
That represents less than one-third
of the stock bought on the Guymon
market. He has in his feed yard now
520 "hogs waitirig for cars. One car
of cattle, shipped from Guymon sold
REMARKABLE RECORDS
sold by Mr. McBratney, but what line
could you follow at present that
would bring larger or quicker re-
turns? F. M. Stice sold nine porkers
last Saturday that netted him a neat
little sum, we failed to learn the ex-
act figures. This does not begin to
tell the sales that have been made
here this fall, but it will give those
at a distance a sort of a bird'^ eye
view of what Guymon is doing. It
only brings home the fact more forc-
ibly that Texas county is one of the
best places on earth to live.
Yon Will Find a Host of Gift Suggestions
Here at Onr Store Now on Display
Xmas is but a few weeks away, and.now is the time to make
your sTlectLs Drop in and see the new things we have this year
for you. Some of the things we have are:
VICTROLAS
RECORDS
IVORY SETS
HAND BAGS
KODAK BOOKS
PERFUME
CANDIES
DOLLS
GAMES
BLOCKS
TINKER TOYS
BANKS
GUNS
FLASH LIGHTS
BOOKS
BALLS
bibles
Our line of Xmas Cards and Booklets is large and the finest
line ever brought to Guymon. Come in and look.
Frank D. Hood Drug Co.
1 About face; forward, march!
2. One thousand additional mem-
bers for the Red Cross our goal.
3. Are you a member of the Red
Cross? If not, why not?
4. If vou haven't the one dollar
membership fee, will you be patriotic
-enough to let us know that such is
the reason why you are not a mem-
ber of the Red Cross.
5. These are no times in which to
mince words or compromise, and if
you are not for America you are
against her, and if you are for Amer-
ica let the world know it by joining
the Red Cross.
6. Every Red Cross member should
constitute himself or herself as a
committee of one to procure at least
one new member of the Red Cross
during the Christmas drive and by so
doing you will have done something
that will entitle you to a "Merry
Christmas" indeed.
7. Our quota for Red Cross mem-
bers is 2,840. Shall Texas county
fall behind or shall we swell our
quota to double? We have met our
quotas fn Liberty Loan Bonds; we
have done our part in the- food con-
servation drive; we have and are giv-
ing our quota of soldiers, so let us
send our boys in training a Christmas
present In the form of a message that
Texas county is one solid Red Cross
Chapter.
8. F. Hiner Dale is county chair-
man for thp Red Cross; G. E. Ellison
and Mrs. W. E. Eutsler are chair-
men of the membership committee;
W. G. Hughes, Mrs. Wm. Ewing and
Mrs C. M. Funk compose the public-
ity committee for the county, and N.
E Nance is chairman of the publicity
committee for Guymon, and any per-
son desiring any information con-
cerning the Red Cross will please
call on any of the above named per-
sons.
9. Listen, people: We are going
to put a question to you for your
conscience to answer. If you have
an opportunity to save a life and for
sunday night program
When a state examiner checked up
the l.ooks of W. T. Bratton, former
county treasurer, several weeks ago.
he found that the books balanced to
within two cents, and that was on
account of Mr. Bratton cashing a
warrant at two cents more than its
face value. An examination of
Harry Hollmann's books showed sim-
ilar accuracy, as his accounts like-
wise balanced to within two cents, he
having merely carried forward the
two cents short shown by the books
when he took charge of the treasur-
er's office. The state examiner ad-
vised Mr. Hollmann to kick in the two
cents, and it might be well for Mr.
Hollmann and Mr. Bratton to each
one contribute a penny and thereby
make ends meet. Tpxas county was
fortunate in having Mr. Bratton for
an official, particularly in the treas-
urer's office, and a splendid selection
was made when Harry Hollman was
elected to succeed him.
We Give You
What You Ask For.
Victor Record*
Hear the Latest
box supper at banner
The opening exercises of the great
Red Cross drive for Texas county will
begin Sunday night. It is expected
hat the seating capacity of the Royal
will be taxed long before the opening
hour, as an excellent program has
been prepared for this occasion. The
best oratorical and musical talent has
been selected and, altho short, will
be most interesting. Come out and
show your patriotism in every way
pos^jble. Following is the program:
SMng "Star Spangled Banner."
Invocation and 10 minute talk by
Rev. Geo. T. Clark.
Duet—By Georgia Parcells and
Nelson Funk.
Reading—By Truda Alexander
Song—"Keep the Home Fires
Burning."
Patriotic selection by Mrs. Henson
and Mr. Lucas, violin and piano.
Ten minute address by Rev. H. C.
Kephart.
Song—fly the Merrifieldes.
Pantomime—By Doris Ballinger.
Ten minute talk by J. L. Gleason.
Song—By the Glass Club.
PEOPLE OPPOSE TAX DODGING
Petition at Guymon Would Requira
Light Company to Pay
Guymon, Okla., Dec. 11.— (Spe-
cial)—The mayor and figtecn other
citizens of Guymon signed a petition
this week in protest against issuing a
certificate of error favoring the Guy-
mon Light and Water plant. With
taxes against the water company to
the amount of $681 20 in *1916 and
$722.40 in 1917, the commissioners
allowed a certificate of error reducing
the amount to $103.20 for each year
on a valuation of $28,000, and inves-
tigation reveals the fact that the
water company paid no taxes in
1912. 1913 and 1914 and only paid
$88.40 in 1915 on a valuation of
$28,000, although the sum levied
against the institution that year was
$618.80.
The petition signed by the mayor
and others directed the county attor-
ney to appeal from the certificate of
error allowed by the commissioners,
and that official is inclined to make
a general investigation of the tax
dodging of the Guymon Light and
Water company. -Daily Oklahoman.
go to enlist
Ed Daily, Charles Betty and Harve
Hayes left today for Wichita to offer
their services to Uncle Sam. If not
successful in enlisting there they will
Ko on to Kansas City. Guymon
young men can never be termed
slackers for more have left this coun-
ty in proportion to its inhabitants
than any other section of the United
During the holidays you mast ex-
pect box and pie suppers to predom-
inate among the rural schools. And
you must patronize them, too. The
children have worked hard during the
entire term of school and when the
close draws nigh they look forward
anxiously to the public demonstration
of the term's work. They, with the
able assistance of their teacher, care-
fully prepare a program, and if every
family in the neighborhood of their
school does not turn out they are
missed—and some youngster is disap-
pointed. Miss Margene Stultz; teach-
er of the" Banner school, 10 miles
east and one south of Guymon, an-
nounces a box supper and program
at her school on Friday night, Dec.
21. Miss Stultz has an enrollment
of 31 and we learn from the people
of her district that her work with
the chilren has been more than pleas-
ing. She is a born teacher, coming
from a family of teachers and had
an opportunity iu . ... —- --- the good fortune to start her career
the love of one dollar you let some as a teacher under the able^super-
mother's son suffer and die, what
kind of a Christmas do you expect
to have? Do your duty by joining
the Red Cross that your hands may
not be stained with human blood
through the sins of omission.
COMMITTEE.
Closing prayer by Rev. J. H. Agee.1 States. AU glory to them.
vision of her father, the present
county superintendent. The proceeds
of this program will go for play-
ground apparatus, and your patron-
age will be greatly appreciated- Go
and help to swell the funds for the
equipment to educate your boy and
girl physically.
. Santa Clans' Rendezvous.
BONNER'S
He arrived several days ago and since
then this store has been his headquar-
ters for everything for Christmas times
Christmas Trees
Holly Wreaths
Candies, Nuts
Fruits
Bonner's Bakery & Grocery
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Denny, J. Q. The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1917, newspaper, December 13, 1917; Guymon, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc274829/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 21, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.