The Willow Times (Willow, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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THE WILLOW TIMES
VOL 2
*IUOW GREER COUNTY. OKI*. FRIOAY. May H. -17.
To try out the plan fur making
more room in the ;uret'D the city
council Is having all curn packed
rros«wuys in l he middle of the
rc*|y to m^itUl^y tnatai, ~ ^ ife
fright «r«wm bo buliy moving cl4r., almost
Raise Your Own
Food
Hy the time the 11117 croq* are
ready to move it is likely that all
" 7« a nniua This will I curbing. So many car* almost
Mldten and u,'P .el I h « ^ (^ ^ bua).
mnke it very hard to l- ' n> | ran drivo up to # ptaeo
„ freight mov«l iyl % bu ines to lo*l or unload
borhood,will do well to ramc to mev{
the feed for men and l ea tn that
it needs. Fur if the railroads con-
not haul farm product#, the fact
that there in plenty of food a few
hundred miles away will do little
goods. The plan seems to meet
with the approval of everyone.
—Hammon Advocate.
JL J J§
7ack T Pryse wa* up
How About Voup
Oil Holdings?
\\V are lnfortm*l that the Prair-
ie Oil & Gas Co. are leafing land
at Willow and will begin a well an
stKin u« tht-y can secure the leases
We had better begin to take a lit-
tle more interest in thin these
Mangum oil and gas prospect®
ourselves or we will s*e a lot of
wealth floating around and we'll
only Im* looking on.
—Mangum Star.
Ancient Trejjcdy
|<s Unearthed
KO. 2
Telcflrnph Wires
Restored
from
nunoriHl mil*:.' 4 " j — | t-wn —
good to those in our own neigh-, Mangum Monday.
I jo r hood. The only way is to rai- Me8sr8 elide Buckner and Jim
se all the food possible and allow j Jackson 0f Carter were Willow
no waste
Let each person look over
land and decide what crops
he can grow which will make
most food, and let all work
his
he
the
to-
gether to save the food after it is
raised. —Ex.
Mr Walter Fattillo left Thurs-
day for Okla City to enlist in the
Aviation corps. Later report came
that he had enlisted and passed
the examination.
Mr Earnest Jackson of Fort
Sumner, N Nex. is visiting rela-
tives in and around Willow.
Mr Willie Bama.-d was in
Mangum Sunday afternoon.
visitors Saturday.
A crowd of young folks went a
round sernading Sunday night
and for a jolly good time we i
think they must have had it.
Hail storms are prevalent, pro-
tect your crops with the St. Paul
Insuranae Coampany. 4
COVINGTON BROTHERS
Mangum, Okla.
Mr Ross Kinsey has moved his
family to Elk City, where he has
a positionivith the Uora Whole-
sale Grocery.
Rev. W J Rogers of Brinkman,
was a business visitor in Willow,
Tuesday.
In about ten days thsrc will
Sweet Potatoc Plants for salo by
the millions at,
Jos. DudeR
Mr Will O'Connell was!in Man-
gum Saturday afternoon
Bores o! Three P3)?9 Fcunil In
Thj Sands ol Narllt Fork South-
east of Lranite.
Thursday afternoon while Fred
Jackson was traveling along the
west hank of north Fork, about
five miles southeast of t granite on
the old Perry Evan* place, now
owned hy W. T. Funderburk, of
this city, he was startled to dis-
cover a grinning skull staring at
him from the sand, lie realized
|[at once that he was face to face
with an ancient tregedy which
had been exposed to human gaze
after the lapse of years, hurried
to the homo of W A Canady, the
renter on the place and showed
him to the scene of the startling
find. They then dug down into
Mr A V Stepp of Okla City ^e sand, exposing not only the
-was transacting business in Wil- complete skeleton of a man but
■ i-.. ..c o nmiritin nnd child as
low Monday.
T K Underwood made a busi-
ness trip to Mangum Monday.
Insure your crops with home
men who are on the ground to
take care of your interest. See
COVINGTON BROTHERS
Mangum, Okla.
Mr and Mrs W S Isom of Elk
City, visited in Willow Sunday
afternoon.
that of a woman and child as
well, lying side by side. An effort
was made to unravel the mystery
but to no avail. Eilington Elliott
who has lived in that section for
30 years stated that the murde,
must have been done before then
and it is presumed the bones are
those of an unfortunate party
who meet up with Indians and
were killed probably 50 years ago.
—Mangum Mirror.
The telegraph wires which were
removed from our station tome
few weeks ago were replaced on
Tuesday of this week. And Mr
Forest 1/iwry of Altus, is our lo-
cal ag«nt now.
We are reminded by reports of
Uses that this i* the storm per-
iod of the year. Is your propeity
protected? See COVINGTON
BROTHERS., Mangum, Okla.
Mr C W Crooks of Carter was
in W illow Thursday afternoon.
I M Stimson of Granite was
transacting business in Willow
Friday.
Mr A R Garrett of Mangum
was a Willow visitor Friday.
Mr and Mrs J W Frazicr visit-
ed in Brinkman Sunday.
• We want to protect that crop
with the St. Paul Insurance Co.
COVINGTON BROTHERS
Mangum, Okla.
Mr and Mrs T Iv Underwood
and Mr and Mrs Roy McAllister
motored to Mangum Tuesday
evenining.
j Miss Grace Prigmore left Mon-
day for a visit with relatives in
I Gainsville, Texas.
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Jk Great Clearance Sale:
Wc offer the buying public .he most complete Stock of Dry Goods,
Shoe3, Hats, and Clothing that has ever !,•<••>
Ladies House Dresses $*-2S
Ladies Aprons
Chlldrens Dresses 50c & 7be
Sport Suits & *3 00
75c
$1.00 and $1.25
Ladies Shirt Waist $1.00
Crepe De Chine Waist $3.00
Middies
Middies
Ladies fine Muslin Underwear of
all kinds.
"KABO" CORSETS
The Living Model
Let us show you
« __ ■ I ■■ ■■■■!■ "
WeHave SonTSpecial Bargains In A Few Mens Suits
From $10.00 To $17.50
Boys Suits and extra Trousers for Boys.
OurGro. Department is
replete with all good
things to eat.
All kinds of fresh ve-
getables in season. _
trial will convince
A
you
See
BOWMAN
AND
ROBERTS
The one prise Store
Corn 15°
Tomatoes 15c
Salmons 15c
1 can Kraut • 10c
2 cans Pears in syrup 25r
3 lb. Pine Apple 2f
BOWMAN & ROBERTS
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Roper, Ira T. The Willow Times (Willow, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1917, newspaper, May 11, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc276314/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.