The Logan County News (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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MUROU IITYi H.
The News Stands for a Greater Crescent. The News is Your Paper. Are You
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With Us?
The Logan County News
VOL. 14
CRESCENT, LO<JAN COITK'IY, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, J AN >J5. )ill7
Crescent's History
8s Ably Reviewed
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state. Her merchants and other
business men are ever ready to
put up the dollar to advance or
encourage any meritorious enter
prise. The real tightwad is an
unknown quantity. He would
starve to death for fellowship in
Crescent. We have been here
lent; enough to know that lag-
wards have no r o o in
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Th3 following from the pen of
Miss Alma Morgan is found to
be worthy of publication in the
News. Nodouot the instances
chronicled here will help to
brighten the memories of the old
timers in this locality. Here it
is in full:
' Crescent was named for the
crescent shape triads of limber
in which Crescent was huilt. Its
name was first Cri .-cent City, •
but the government changed it!* PtRS0IM4L
to in October 1689
' The first building that was'
erected was built out of log*
The flooring and shh-.gHs were Tll,"D re,,"rt *0,)d
hauled from Guthrie. Tba build |,ot everything offered, The.eltf
ing was started June 1st, 1889, ""eiionee™ can get full value for tf,
by Wm. Brown and B p. Ryhu.d 8tuff wben K'vsn 11 c!mnce- >M
— 1 Elmer Crick, son of J. R. Crick
! was born on Januarv 23, 1901,
{and died January 2, 1917. He
jcame with his parents to Okla
' hnina 10 years ago. He was a
rcial Club. It
needs of the
a willing ami
PICKUPS I
Drew Bros whoconducted the
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•kind and u tiful son, and will bo
-greatly missed by his parents,
R">v. R, W. Roe of Texas, will
preach at the Baptist church in
Crescent next Sunday. He
an able ministe r and should be
greeted by a large crowd.
Rev. Roe of Guthrie, added
suushine to the News office last
Mondav morning by exchanging
gossip with us.
WM BROWN,
and was located in the northeast
corner of the northeast quaiter
of section 14, township 17 north,
range 4 west. This building is
no longer standing, but the land-
mark is still there. The citizens
felt it their duty to organize, so
en the first day of Oct 1889 this
was done.
"The first officials were Win.
Brown, B P. Ryland and R, J
Barker. The first school house
was built in the fall of 1890 in the
northwest corner of the block in
which Jack Crcs'a residence is
The first teacher was J. P.
PIrimmer.
"The first posto/ffice was built
May 1, 1889, in block one of Cres
cent, and the first postmaster
was John H. Wairenburg.
"They held church in the
fichocl house in the fall of 1890
and the first pastor was Rev. S.
G A Pields. In 1901 Crescent
was moved and a now town was
star-led.
"John I. Piatt uut up the first
store in New Crescent. The
town was laid off in -blocks in
1900, and the first railroad built
through here was th<5 Denver.
Enid and Gulf in 1901.
"J >hn A. Walcher put up the
first bote) in the new town.
' Charles Wiluie «rected the
first mill and John T. Piatt the
first cotton gin.
"The first doctor that came to
Crescent was D. W. Kendall.
"The first church was called
the Union church because it wa9
the only church and everybody
h xd to go to it if thay went to any
1 The depot was built here in
1501 at the present location, and
the small flag station has grown
to a good sized town, having ap
proximately 1,200 population
"The only nearby streams are
the Skeleton and the Cimarron."
The writer mght have addod
that Crescent, population con
eidered, is the best town in the
'1 lie News i$ prom! of the Commt
has a president who understands tlu
town, and who has proven himself
faithful worker in anv capacity.
lie is surrounded by a corps of efficient subordi-
nates, who can always be depended upon in any and
every emergency.
It now becomes the duty of everv resident of
Crescent to uphold them in their efforts to make
this city a bigger and better place in which to
and do business. Remember they arc working
you as well as for themselves.
Now All Pull Hard For a
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FURS
I pay the highest cash pr'ce
for furs.— C. E. Billings, Route
1, Guthrie, or phone 153 3, Mul-
hall, Okla t2
W. B Lane has disposed of his
dray and transfer business. Mr.
Lane cond ucted this business a
long time in Crescent, and was
always prompt and courteous in
his treatment of the public. The
News trusts that Mr. Lane and
his estimable family will continue
to make Crescent their home.
According to the department
of commerce Logan county has
ginned 11,310 bales of cotton
this year a gain of 5,264 bales
over the yeai 1915. A splendid
showing for a "dry" year.
Glass of all kinds at Ad:tm
Bros. tf
Crescent was jammed with
shonpers last Saturday. The
people living in northwest Logan
county make it a point to come
to this town to do their trading
They find large and uptodats
stocks of goods to select from,
and merchants who give a full
dollar's worth in value for every
dollar expended.
Ray Waggoner has gone into
the dray business. You will find
him "Johnny on the Spot" when
it comes to making quick de
liveries.
For Rock Island Implements
go to the Graff Hardware. It
Haven Produre Co. are telling
you of the merits of Yukon's
Best Plour :n this issue. They
say this flour adds taste to all
pastry.
The colored Masons have or
ganized a lodge he e. They had
a splendid time on this occasion.
If a man is a true Mason he is a
good citizen.
Look that Associated Engine
over a* the Graff Pardwafe be
fore you buy another kind. It
Ed. Stobaugh couldn't stand
the preasure, so he attended the
Masonic festivities at Guthrie
last week They say Ed. hasn't
been hungry since.
Hoiuer Adams has returned
from Kansas City. Homer says
he picked up some hardware
bargains while away.
Charley Graff wanted a rest
from business care last week so
he nacked up his grip and went
to Oklahoma City.
J. W. Fleming is advertising
bis sale in this issue. Some
mighty good stuff will be offered
at that time.
Por Harness of all kinds go to
(Boost
the Road
tiioGraff Hardware.
It
up from
While at
had the
his grip
Paul Bethel came
Guthrie last Friday.
the Guthrie depot he
misfortnne of having
swiped. Mr. Bethel intended to
go to Marshall to settle wit'i the
directors for a new school house
that the firm of Bethel & Mar-
shall had just completed, and
said to be one of the best build-
ing of the kind in the state. The
missing grip contains more than
#17,000 worth of negotiable paper
The Commercial Club met at
their room ou Friday night of
last week t i further consider the
present status of the west road
The soliciting committee re
ported as having raised jifc'00,'25.
This committee has made a good
showing, and from present indi-
cations will easily recure the
necessary finances for this good
roads project, The club held an-
other lively meeting at President
Brewestet-'s place of business
last Saturday afternoon, at which
time the following committee
was appointed by the president
to louk after the west road. This
committee is composed of Geo
Sloan, member of the board o!
[county commissioners; .lamer.
Homan. township clerk and H
Frank Gatchell. the hardware ;v< Smith) Inavor ()f Urescpnl
salesman from Guthrie, was in- ; rhose Kent|emen have been dp,p.
terviewing our merchants l">t gated fu l power in this matter,
^rlc,ay- j which means that things will
H C. Jent left for Tulsa arnl j m"ve frotn n^w on.
other eastern Oklahoma towns! The citizenship should get be-
lie is seeking a
last Monday.
location.
Ladies desiring to be beautiful
will please call it my residence
Will give face massage, miuicur-
ing and scalp treatment. Dress
making a specialty Prices re as
onable — Mis Kate Evans. Cres-
cent, Okla. t4
Graff Hard ware Co are tellinir
you all about that Great Western
Cream Separator. It is a hum-
dinger, and you had better go
look at at Charley declares he
knows the difference between
hind this committee and
the old chariot along.
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We guarantee all repair work
done in our jewelry and watcl.
department and stand ready to
make that guarantee good.—
Powell's Pl^armacv. t2
Bay View Club
The Bay View Club m»t at the
heme of Mrs. W. 1? Freelana
Monday afternoon with a good
attendance, Mrs. Beyer was
leader of the lesson. A dainty
two course luncheon was served
a j by the hostess. The members
cream separator and a galling of the club wish to thank Curti
gun.
Adams Bros., through Homer,
have an implement ad this week
that makes good reading Tn'ey
just shipped in a carload for our
progressive farmers.
E E Denny is now the owner
of the Lane transfer line. ✓ He is
well known in Crescent, and will
handle business entrusted to
Dim in a careful manner.
Agent Preeland is back on his
job at the depot after a short ill-
ness
Grocoryman Harman was in
Guthrie this week.
Lee Smith spent last Monday
in Guthrie.
Popcorn is
than a food.
more of a hab't
Batchelor for the artistic manner
in which he painted the card for
the picture they presented to
Mrs. Morrisetfc'g room.
Mayor Smith has some ideas
about municipally owned public
utilities, such as electric lights
and waterworks, that, might be
of value if heeded. It is almost
universally onceded that Cres-
cent should be lighted. No city
or town can hope to prosper if
improvements are ever'astingly
neglected, but just how this is to
be accomplished causes a differ-
ence of opinion among people.
Some people refuse to untangle
their indebtedness, and are
afraid to add up all their debts
they owe on January 1, and re-
fuse to talk about it.
School Notes
Hv Curtis Bachelor
The school term question wi s
finally settled at ,i ineeliig t f the
biard recently. They dc ided to
give us a nine months' term,
which is required to make th's
an accredited high school It is
needless to say that this was
welcome news to the students
and they are indoed thanuful to
the directors for their decision.
Work on tho year book is pto-
gressing nicely. This is the first
time the school has attempted a
work of this kind and most of
the students are s little green at
the business. Nevertheless their
is plenty of enthusiasm and we
expect to put out a book equal ti
that of larger schools.
The Arena society gave tr.e
program at the H. S. Wednesday
night. The two societies will give
their annual open dedate at ti e
opera house the last of March.
The Junior class is preparing
a play which will be given it,
honor of the graduating class.
More definite announcements
will be given later.
Powell, the druggist, has given
a pencil sharpener to the class
that made the highest average in
the examinations the fourth
month. All the teachers are fig-
uring how to get it, as it is a real
dandy and is needed in all the
rooms.
The business men are showing
their usual willingness to back
up any worthy thing taken up by
tne school. The finance commit-
tee of the "Annual Year Book"
reports that, except two, everv
man that they havo asked has
giv°n an ad. We appreciate this
and also believe it is a paying
preposition to the business man.
Cri
Glass of all
Bros.
kinds at
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Rose Hill Items
Mr. Paul Njrton of Canada,
vvho was here visiting his sister
Mrs. W. Scholtzand family, re-
turned to his home last Satu rda>
Walter Phelps is eicli with
pneumonia. We hope for a
speedy recovery.
Mr. Wint McPeak moved with
his family to Wyoming where
they will make their home.
I'his community was sorry to
lose them.
Mr. McNeal is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Effie McPeak.
Mr. Roberson aDd family o)
Chickasha, have moved on tin
Fred Green farm.
Mrs. Arthur Acton is on the
sick list.
Mr. C. E. Hodepeth is sick
with a bad cold.
Ralph Coffin ha J his eye oper-
ated on at Guthrie last Monday.
He is getting along nicely.
Mr. J. N. Phelps and family
visited at J, N. Thomas' home
last Sunday.
Mr. Roll Green is building a
new barn.
Cora and Nettie Conard are
sick with chickeupo*.
Mr. J. J. Annis and family
visited with E. S. Adams last
Sunday,
Mrs. James Wolf is sick with
cbickenpox.
The street car hog may hare
rheumatism: or it may hurt him
to grunt. Remember that.
V\ h le the oil well i
c 'nt has been partly fr, /.en up,
I work seems to continue right
along, although not as rapidlv as
our people would liite. Mr.
Miller, who seems to b-> at the
h ad of the test being made,
da fared to ti e News man lhat
the well would go do wn ;iC0 fn, t
ii neceaatrjr. A standard cfrill
will replace the one now being
used. This is faith that should
he appreciated by the people of
Crescent.
The News has always felt that
oil wi uld be found in the Cres-
cent wi II if a sufficient dei th
was drilled. This is in Imo with
the Covington stnko. Now let
the progressive people of this
C'ty get behind the promoters of
the Crescent oil lost and some-
thing will be doing. Mr. Miller,
individually, has had a great deal
of experience in the oil game,
and tnis knowledge will prove of
great value in this instance to
our local oil promoters. Have
faith and keep drilling.
Dr. K 10. Mitchell, Dentisf,
succeMsor to Dr. Knap. Phone
80, Crescent, 0«la.
Program
Program at the U B. Church
Sunday evening commencing ut
7:00 o'clock:
Revival songs.
Bible reading
Solo.
Readings and recitations.
Quartette.
Follow Crescent
The Marshall Tribune is taking
a brodside shot at the people of
hi4 town for being so filthy.
Here is what he says:
If everv man in Marshall would
spend half an hour a week in
cleaning up the rubbish and ac-
cumulations we would have a
•.leaner town, a better commun
lty, a happier set of people and a
lowei death rate. Is it worth B0
minutes a week?"
Marshall might profit by
following an example set bv
Crescent. Our residents do not
allow filth to accumulate. They
know the vJue of cleanliness It
prevents disease and at the same
time makes the stranger know
that human beings dwell within
the gates of Crescent.
Notice io Hie Public
H. H. Carson having sold his
interest in the Crescent Phar-
macy to Mrs. Laura Mockabee
reetuests everybody owing Mr
Oaraon or the Crescent Phar-
macy on account previous to
Jan. 12th to please call and settle
with Mr. Riley, who will have
charge of all the accounts.
Crescent Pharmay,
2t H. H Carson.
Por Harness of all uir.ds go to
the Graff Hardware. It
Crescent Markets Resort.
The following market quota-
lions are furnished by the Crea-
cent Storekeepers and are cor-
rected to Thursday morning of
each week:
Cotton Lint $15 00
Cotton in the seed 4,75
Cotton Seed $45 00
Wheat 1,40
Corn per bushel so
Broilers under 52 pounds.. 14c
Rooster yc
Hens 13c
Turkeys. 18c
Eggs 30c
Butter, 30c
BuHer Pat,„« &ac
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