The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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The Altus Times.
SMP
Vol. 9.
Altus. Jackson County, Oklahoma. Thursday. August 10, 1911.
No. 30
Stockholders in the Altus Water Company Most Now Pay Up 25 Per Cent of Their Shares. Work Will Begin In Few Pays
All Ready For the Co.
Singing Convention
A CHURCH
SUEDFOR A
LUMBER BILL
Mi attendaui* of several thous-
and persons in at the
.lackson County Singing Ctimm-
lion to be hold at Baker's <Jtv>vc
Saturday nn«l Sunday, August 12
and !•'(, arrangements for which
have I wen made by (he Virion*
committees -She pant few days.
Anions other celebrities, e<vnipos-
ers and mmiv publishers from sev-
eral different states will be present,
each of whom will conduct during
the sessions.
(ioverwor ('nice lias promised to
Ih*. preseat. Sunday afternoon ami
to deliver an address uipon "Pa-
rents" Responsibility to the Chil-
dren," und this one feature nloiie
should bring thousands1 of people
who bfcve never seen Mr. ('ruce or
heard him speak. All old fash-
ioned basket dinner on Sunday
will also have considerable attrac-
tion, and in this «v/»nection those
. who attend are warned not to ex*
I iieet to sjioiige «>fl the people of
Pleasant l'oiut but to bring a well
tilled basket themselves, as it i*
not right to expect the |ieople of
jonu community to feed su<*h a
crowd as will doubtless lie present.
' The entire'program is printed in
another cohiuui in this issue, and
if you are interested in singing you
will miss * rare treat if yon fail to
attend. Arrangements lave been
made with the Buick Motor Car
Co. of .Altus to make 15 minute
trips to and from the grounds, so
if you have no vehicle of your own
this fart need not stand in the way
of your-attendance. For any fur-
ther information desired, apply to
j J. A.'Chenoweth, President, who
I has the bulk of the arrangement#
jin charge.
BISHOP BROOKE
WELCOMED BY
THE PEOPLE
Leans Won By a
Score of 8 to 7
Tin- McClure-NafUuer Lumber!
Co. has filed suit in the district I
court against C. I'. Bmwning,
C. Spears. A. S. J. Shaw, and
W. C. Maker, trustees of the First
Presbyterian church of Altus, for
payment for the lumher used in
the erection of t he parsonage nor
the church on Kast Walnut stueet.
Plaintiff's petition alleges thut
on February .14 they made a* orjl
contract with the defendants for
the lumher to be used in the eree-1
tion of a building on lot 1, block
11. Hightower"s addition That
for material furnished there still
remains unjciid and due $8>'j4.ti0. |
On Jnlv 22 plaintiff ftVsd a lien
on tlie building. ami they now ask
that the lion be made valid, to-
gether with judgment for the above
; amount., and interest at ti i>er <*ent
I per aimoin. 'ffisfhge?. Clay, Kob-
jinson & flanyilton are attorneys
j for plahitiff. The ease will mrae
!u,p at next term of wourt,.
The visit of Bishop Brooke u»
the <-ongregatiou of St. Paul's
Mission, Kpiscopal. last Sunday,
was of much interest to tliot or-
ganization, and Kveuiiig Prayer at
8:30 a? Masonic Hall was well at-
tended. The service was heartily-
entered into by the |»eople, and the
Bishop preached a fine sermon,
which was most appreciatively lis-
tened to. Miss Kula Beach sang
for offerton "O Loving Father,"
by IM Hoi go. Monday morning
at 10 o'clock the Bishop celebrated
the Hoi* Communion at the same
pla"c. »nd in the afternoon at 4
oYlock. met a small number of the
ladies ni the home of Miss
Sue Hiepard. His encouraging
words and faithful ministration*
are greatly appreciated, and with
the recent division of the diocese
of oklahoma and the consequent
reduction of the territory under his
jurisdiction, his more frequent
vfcits are promised in the fafcnre.
Alius Boosters
Must Gel Busy
' If the citizens of Altus and word that uo section of the coun
Jackson county, more especially
Altus, will get into hurness again,
renew their old time faith and put
forth their usuul energy mid en-
thusiasm into the work of boosting
the town and advertising its many
good qualities abroad, we will
bring enough new people and new
blood into the town to increase the
try 1 luive visited anywhere near
equals Jackson county. Prospects
for a boom in Jackson oounty
land were never so good as they
are this month, and we expect to
bring people in here by the train
load in the next few months. My
faith in Altus and Jackson county
never has wavered, and it is much
Elks sun! Low Elks ennwefl
bats on the diamond at the ball
patk Friday afternoon, in a game
which will go down in history a*
the most *KM»tific - ex&bftfc-^ -< tf
baseball as it should be pb^'ed
ever given «m a local diomond. A
t£4'!. audience witnessed their ef-
forts, and" cheered '.their respertive
"* 'ohampeens"" on to glorious
achievement, «®r howJed with deri-
sion when the other side made, a
fortunate play or stored a nam.
Itioertainly was a-.game to make
tihe angels weep.
A burlesque parade, pretexted llie
game, when the two teams, iu fm-
tat>ti<' array, i«irc,lie»l around tike
syuare and to tiie ball park pre-
ceded by the baud. -I. W. Agnew
and ^rant Corfeiu umpired, aud k
is openly charged that it was wav-
ing to their unfair (Visions that
the leans were permitted to run in
I one rmore score ihsiirihe fats, thus
! wimiiug the game toy the narrow
Juiucgiu of 7 to S. Mansfield was
i sulwtituted in the latter part •of
"lie •£»me, but hie dank wf*
uiore satisfactory that of iht
others. Agnew wore a barrel
around his torso and a birdcage
■on lik. head, and it rntay have beer
that itSie bars of the .?age so «»b
soured his vision fftutt.bo was uiiaMt,
.to make close decisions correctly.
A double barrelled +ihoti»un which
Hie "tumps" held at u threatening
angle, kept the angry 'dsaus at hay.
At may rate, so innth dissatis-
faction with the seture Itas Iteeu ex-
pressed-on both sides that the fats
ami! leans have agreed to try it
over agaj u. and are even • now, a*
the Times comes fmwin ;the press,
at it again, and the contest prom-
ises to be even wanner than before.
Corbin & Russell
Partnership Ends
DEATH OF J.
I. ATCHISON,
OLD SETTLER
.1. W.Atchison, aj;ed 71. for
many veats a farmer livi*# near
Elmer, but who of late ha* lieen
making his home with his *ok.. <i.
IJ. Atchison, two blocks .north of
Ihe high stliiool, died iSatiunlay af-
iternooni ab»«it six oViock of old
age and dropsy. Mr Afchison
was well km»vn to all the older
eitizens. and .leaves a widoi* and
six children, ti. H. being the
youngest. The funeral seavices
were held at the resideuee Knuday
afternoon, Kev. Robt. Hodtf-on
officiating, interment in city eeme-
tery.
<(j»De 0t tthe largest i*»l -estaU
•deaif ever 'iran«rted in thettestory
•Of Altus was •ronsiuratateJ .lad
wedt wl«» .l. Iwn RnsselL, .of fire
finnvof Gorbin.& Russell, si»ld his
interest.in Highland Addition .to
his/partner, Mr Corbin. for a to-
tal "'onsidemtioti of
| part cashjantl tba bala®»-e farai
| .laud and* other ;property. <Follow-
j ing this -sale i5ie partuoivli^p •Of
I (Jo^bin ;& iHnss^n, one of the l»e*'t
[ known tints in rtihe city, ,dif-
j-solvftil.
; Cleant'<f«rbiii:and Beu Muesd!'
jiormed a ;)n»rtnership mbcnr four
'vears ago. when oppo!^unite>
were .ripe finr tly real estate man
.and during .their association have
aoade^mall fortunes i.u -tlboksnii
.oounKy land»and.Altus dfy j>rop
.e»ty.
Highland Addition wa- the ^prin-
cipal possession of the firm, and
its ideal SldMratHai «innftie hiil in th*
northwest part of the nity hsu
made il ««ie nl theuhoat >il«simMe
addifhuo for •»esidon<;e ;pr»perty in
the city. Siiiwe highland w»s
placed «mi the *iarkat many hand-
vsoine <**yttage^ have been erei'ted
at a «wt fjf thousands of dollars,
while itnnv'Of the imost ,pp-ominer:it
citizens .«f Altus have reeeutly
purchased lots :for ithe purpose -of
building homer iu this addition.
Corbin A. Russell have built, "-e-
ment sidewalks fhroughoint the eni-
tire additi(«i, Ranted trees, grad-
ed tlie stneetfi, and made many
other imprwA'ainents to edhauee the
value *ff the prenierty. which Juts
done Miuchto attract investors.
Air. tVu-tun will continue to push
the sale of Highland, while Mr.
Russell will devote his time to his
own interest* in Altus *ud ihicksos
couutv.
population to twice what it ih at. stronger now than it ever has been
present, said Harley J. Hooker to j before We have the land, we
a representative of the Times this (have the railroads, we have the
week. |citizenship aud everything else
"Our excursion last week was necessary to build a great city,
very successful, and as an evidence | and there is no reason why we
of that fact we sold $*">,000 worth'can't do it if th<5 people will renew
of land in Jackson county, some J their faith and get to work again . "
of it irrigated land. The visitors j The tirst excursion of the Hook-
were well pleased with the pros-' er-Wishart Investment Co. for
pects, not only for good crops this more than a month arrived in Al-
year, but for the future of the'tus Friday morning, with Mr.
county. We expect to bring iu Hooker, K. M. Wis hart, John
three more excursions this month, Scott, J. O. Reynolds and others
and we are going to sell as much in charge. Among the members
lard on each of the other trips as of the party were Dr. E. H. Rin-
we have this time. We have notjkle, W. H. (ioodell, Dr. Scheurer,
lost faith in 4acks0n county byj-Mr. and Mrs. Slater, Mr. Haag,
any means. All during the dull; Mr. Ourtel, all of McCoupin coun-
months of the past summer, while1 ty; Mr. Hall and Mr. DyArman,
.most people were crying hard of Piatt county, Illinois, who are
■times and many lines were at a j the purchasers of the $35,000 lands
■standstill, we have been spending!above mentioned. W. M. Fitz-
from $3,(#H) to $.>,000 cash every j patrick, of Charleston, 111., H. O..
worth, improving our lands, hold- Bante, and Mr. Sc.hmeimeier, of
ings and various propositions in' St. Louis, some of whom are al-
Jaokson eounty. And the country j ready, heavily interested in Jack-
lotifcs better to ns now than it ever fson county real estate, have put-
did, and we are going to bring, chased the New Orient addition
m«re,people here this fall than we'just west of town, and will make
ever have before. But we want' mauy improvements before placing
the business men of the town to it on the market.
thai? working clothes on and It the intention to follow this
to .get. actively into harness again, 'excursion with another next week.
•W«e car't do it all, and it requires! Hooker & Wishart have a large
the .heir of every man who lives! number of people booked for pass-
.here and is interested in the town. J age to Jackson county between
"1 have been all over the north-1 now and September 1. all of whom
era ant! eastern states in the past jare interested in this country, and
few mouths, and I give you my I many of whom will locate here.
L. W. Wei born returned Mow-
day- from Corpws .('Shristi, Testa*,
where he has leeu spending the
sum.titer with his family. He says
the weather has been delightfsdh
cool aud pleasant., aud the breeie*
from the gulf wene fine Mr. Wel-
bomV family will return the lattef
part of the month aud spend the
winter in Aflhis.
Mollie Bailey's circus, whioh
i-as been touring the Hollis Iresaneh
tor the last three dai s of kast week,
v us side tracke*! it the Xerth-
wejifceru yards all day Sunday.
: The,attaches of the sawdust aawia
seemed gla«l to get off the ears for
a day. and spread o«t over the
i town, amusing thenusedves in va-
riotfcs wavs.
ALTUS WATER
COMPANY MET
TUESDAY 10GHT
A meeting Of the stockholders
of the Altus Water Co. was held
.at th» court house Tuesday uight,
the-eautra<4 with II. P. Nichols
for the deep well was read, dis-
eensseii aud approved and other
busiue*. attended to which kept
the stockholders busy until inid-
uight.
J. ti .Wkiu* acted as chairman
of the meeting, and A. S. J. Shaw
secretary. Election of officers re-
sulted in the following selections:
J.(J. Adkins, president; A. H.
Jackinan, vice president: A. H .L
Shaw, secretary-treasurers Cage
Beach and T. B. Hyde to serve as
directors with the three officers.
i It was decided to call for the
first assessment of stock, 2-"> per
cent, and the secretary was in-
jstructedto notify all stockholders
'of the action of the meeting,
j Work on the well is to eom-
j menee just as soon as the necess-
ary tools, piping, casing, etc. now
; in transit, arrive, which will l>e in
a few days. The well must lie
coniDlete within 12 months from
the time work starts.
Some Special Prices lor Saturday, August 12th, 1911
Read these prices, remember that everything we sell is strictly reliaDle and thoroughly dependable, then come and secure
the benefits of these bargain prices.
I cubes' gauze vests, with
tape neck and tape arms,
positively our regular 1 di-
vest. Saturday special
6c each
A visit to our store will disclose many other bargains of equal merit. Prices are reduced on all our ladies' and chil-
dren's Oxfords and Pumps. Think what you save! The women shrewd enough to figure ahead and invest a dollar where
it will do the most good will at once recognize the saving in the above offerings. Remember Saturday, August 12, 1911.
Our entire line of 10c fig-
ured lawns aud batistes. Sat'
nrdav rut to
6 l-2c
Our entire line of 12 l-2e
figured lawns and batistes,'
Saturdav eut to
7 I-2c
Shantung silks iu a full
range of colors, positively
unality.
special for Satunlav
19c
Full standard Ctopia dress
ginghams in the new newest
dark fall colors; colors in
this gingham are fully guar-
anteed: actual value 12 )-2c.
As this is a new brand of
ginghams to the trade here,
to introduce thein. we will
plane the entire stock of them
on sale for one day mily at
Russell's—Where Quality i
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Shepard, Susie W. & Shepard, Horace W. The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1911, newspaper, August 10, 1911; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc403877/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.