The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1912 Page: 1 of 6
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The Altus Times.
Vol. 9.
Altui, Jackson County, Oklahoma. Thursday. Jan. 4. 1912
No. 51
WILL TAKE UP DISMANTLING
NORTH FORK IR- LAND OFFICE
RIGAT10N SCHEME
Monster Mui Meeting to Be
Held at Hobart Wednes-
day -January 10.
AT LAWTON
Altus i>eople Lave been asked to
participate in the big petition
which is going to the reclamation
department at Washington, asking
Miut the North Fork irrigation
project, abandoned some four
years ago, he taken np agnin and
pushed to completion. Senator
({ore, Scott Ferris, and the entire
Oklahoma delegation in congress
has been interested, and when the
plans are completed it is hoped
that southwest Oklahoma will make
such a strong showing that it will
he impossible for the government
to turn down her request.
Hobart, Lobe Wolf. Lugert and
orher towns north of Altus have
been working on the project for
several weeks, and information has
been obtained from Washington as
to why the project was turned
down. A monster mass meeting
is to be held at Hobart January 10,
and Altus is asked to send dele-
gates thereto. The following letter
to the editor of the Times will ex-
plain matters:
Hobart, Okla., Dec. 29.
Editor Times :
We have organized the South-
western Oklahoma Irrigation As-
sociation, with a view to urging
the government to complete the
North Fork project, near Lugert,
and as this is close enough to Altus
to prove beneficial in more ways
than one. I am writing this to you
to see if you can work up any in-
terest among your citizens and
farmers. If Altus wants to join
in the movement you will be en-
titled to three committeemen, who
form the executive board, and as
the next meeting will be held here.
Wednesday, January 10, would
like to have them present and all
others who can come.
Please advise me, and if Altus
Will go in Will forward you peti
♦ ions to be signed urging the gov-
ernment to hasten the project.
Yours truly,
Roy Benedict.
Assistant Secretary.
The business men of Altus
should get together with their old
time spirit and enthusiasm on this
matter, and send a large delegation
to Hobart. When this project was
first started Altus and Headrick
were more interested than any
other towns around here, and we
ought to show that we still have as
much interest iu pushing the mat-
ter as ever before.
They Have "Resignated
Bud Ashlock, Ned MeDaiiiel,"
and Levi Hankins, count) officers
who formed the purchasing com-
mittee of the county, have resigned
and a new committee will proba-
bly lie appointed. The wholesale
resignations were prompted by the
fact that considerable criticism has
been passed on tjieir work, and
when things go wrong at the eonrt
house they are blamed for it. when
the truth is none of the committee
have sufficient lime, unless the du-
ties of their own offices an* neg-
lected, to devote to the work a* it
should lie done. It is also sus-
pected that the •-ominittee was
somewhat peeved when the «Him-
missioners summarily took the
county printing matter <nit of their
Haic Is.
Heart bum. indigestion or dis-
tress of the <tnma«'hris instantly re-!
fieved by llcrbine It the
'•dl> digested food out of ti* hody
and metory tone in the Mooiarh
and hovels, (tie* joe. Sold by
<**> I>. ftndtetan.
Consolidation With The Guth
rie Office was Effected
on Jan. 1, 1912.
A portion of tho l:. S. Land of-
fice furniture and fixtures was sold
at public auction Thursday, pre-
paratory to the removal of the
office to Outline on the first, or as
soon thereafter as the reports for
tho month eon be made.
Lawton people will miss the
land office when it is gone, us
much perhaps as that of any other
public place in the city, as it liar
been a landmark in the city and
an institution which has brought
more strangers into the city than
any other public or private insti
tution in the city.
The business iu this land district
is «o nearly all cleared up, how
ever, as to render the office of so
little consequence that the depart
inent has determined upon follow
ing the established custom of the
government to discontinue all
offices as soon or shortly after they
fall below the maximum salaries
allowed the officers in charge. This
office has been below the maximum
for the past several months. The
sale yesterday was of no conse
quence, only a few minor articles,
which were not worth shipping,
being sold.—Lawton News and
Star.
New Years Reception.
The old-fashioned hospitality of
"open house" on New Years Day
was dispensed by Miss Mary
Swearingen at the McConnell res-
idence on North Main street Mon-
day afternoon from to 5 o'clock.
The house was darkened and light-
ed by electricity, and decorations
of Christmas greens and holly
added to the festivity of the hour.
There were many callers during
the afternoon, which was delight-
fully informal. In the dining
room, where delicious coffee and
sandwiches were served, Mesdames
Swearingen, Holt, McDonald and
McConnell assisted.
CLOTHING FIRM
HAS ASSIGNED
FOR CREDITORS
Greenburg & Stark, In Business
About Eight Months, Have
$8,000 Liabilities.
The firm of Oreenburg & Stark,
•lotfhiers and gents furnishers,
doing business in the Hightower
building, south side, made an
assignment Thursday for the bene- j
fit of their creditors by giving a !
deed of trust to H. K. Johnson.
The assets are approximately |
$8,000 with liabilities about the'
| same amount.
| The firm came to Altus from
Enid the latter part of April, just'
just aliout the time the financial
stringency ItegaH to lie felt. Mr.
Oreenburg is at present ill iu St.
Louis. The stock will be sold at j
private sale on January 10. the
trustee reserving the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
A SCENE FROM
"The While Sister,"
Oarrick Theatre, Tonight, Jan. 4.
JIM GHOLDSTON 5*
DIES IN WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS
JACKSON COUNTY
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
ARE ORGANIZED
Interdenominational Meet Held
In Altus and Officers
Elected.
MILLER BROS.
DID NOT ASSIGN
AT METROPOLIS
It Wat Another Finn of Miller
Bros. Book Dealers, Who
Went to the Wall.
A iwrsisteut minor that the firm
of Miller Bros., department store
at Oklahoma City, who have a
store in Altus had made an assign-
ment for the lienefit of their credi
tors, was circulated in this city last
week, and for a time gained some
credence on the streets. The fail
nre was said to have affechd ouly
the store iu the metropolis, as each
store is in<xir|>orated separately.
The rumor grew out of the as-
signment of a firm of Miller Bros.,
book and stationery dealers, who
had a store in a building formerly
oeeopied by Claude and Stewart
Miller. When the department
store owners moved out they left a
sign "Miller Bros." on the window
which the incoming firm utilized,
adding the words "hook dealers."
nnderneatn. It was this eonfnsion
of names tliat lead to the rumor
that the department store had as-
signed.
Miller Bros, is reputed to be one
of the strongest, firms financially
in Oklahoma City. They have
men of means and brains behind
them, and no shadow of impending
financial disaster has ever crossed
their path, so far as is known
here.
GOOD HAY AND
FINE PERFORMERS
IN "THE THIEF"
BUI Was Well Presented and
Enjoyed By the Few Who
Braved the Cold.
Faflare at Eldorado.
Ilutchinsnn Bros . general uier-
hants at Kldorado. have gi\cu a
j deed of. trust to W. K. Oliver for
I the l*neflt of their creditor*. The
I assets are approximately *PUMj
with liabilities of approximately
♦T.fJOO The stock is now being
invoked by (teorge Barton, of this
city, and at the tint meeting
creditors the disposition of Oh-
will be determined
The convention of interdenomi-
national Sunday school- workers
which opened Monday night at the
Methodist church, was well attend-
ed at all the sessions, and much
enthusiasm was occasioned by the
excellent addresses and conferences
along various lines of work. The
•onveution was under the direc-
tion of C. H. Nichols, of Oklahoma
City, general secretary of the work,
and other visitors who had part in
the program were D. S. Wolfinger,
of Hobart, Mrs. Dowis, of Black-
well. Mesdames McColIister and
Randell, of Mangum, and Prof.
Roper, the pianist, who furnished
inspiring music for all sessions,
and won much admiration by his
brilliant improvisations on the
familiar and old time songs which
were sung.
Not as many delegates from the
Sunday schools of the county were
present as were expected, but all
who came were hospitably euter-
tained in the homes of the i>eople
of different churches of the city, i
The convention expenses and a
generous contribution to the state'
work was quickly raised bv Sec re- \
tary Nichols at the sessions of
Tuesday afternoon and evening.
The Jackson County Interna-
tional Sunday School Association |
was organized Tuesday afternoon
with the following officers: * j
I 'resident. J. M. Dale. Altus.
Vice-presidents. W. C. Austin.
Kldorado: .las. Sanders. Blair W
W. Phillips. Olustee: J VV.
Weeius, Carmel: Mr x . t dey.
Pleasant Hill.
Secretary-trras-ur^r., «' *■
nail. Attn*.
Superintend*-.: >f Il<
lion. Dr. Ma* Ko
Saj*rini*-;'d*«f o'
WW*. Mr v H. I
I TV Tim-
Former Altus Liquor Dealer
! Succumbed to Attack of
Kidney Disease.
The many friends of James C.
Oholdston, a former resident of
this city, will learn with regret of
his death, which occnrred at
V\ ichita Falls several weeks ago,
following a several days illness of
acute kidney trouble. The funeral
services were held at Wichita Falls
on Sunday following his death,
with interment in a local cemetery.
Mr. Oholdston was a' liquor
dealer, and while his business was
reprehensible, he himself was a
most genial, upright, likeable man.
No appeal to his generosity was
ever made iu vain, and he was a
liberal giver to all public enter-
prises. He lived in Altus five or
six years, and ojwrated a bar in
j his own name, and afterward for
I Tim Williams, and acted iu the
I capacity of barkeeper for several
other liquor dealers. He leaves a
wire and two children, together
with a host
Wichita Fall
posits.
Before Justice Driggers.
Henry lied wine, Chas. Martin
and Ueo. Moore, three young men
who live southwest of Duke, were
fried before Justice Driggers Tues-
day on a charge of disturbing a re-
ligions assembly at New Hope
church 011 the night of November
19. It is said that the boys went
to prayer meeting under the in-
fluence of liquor, and while there
raised considerable disturbance
both inside and outside of the
building. County Attorney Hank>
ins conducted the prosecution
while W. T. McConnell looked
after the defense, and the defend-
ants were discharged.
FORMER ALTUS
PRINTER WEDS
MSS KIZZIAR
John Biizman, of the Olustee
Democrat, Was Married
Here Sunday.
"The Thief" company played to
a small hut enthusiastically ap-
proving audience Saturday night
at the Oarrick. The night, was
the coldest of the winter, and the
sleet-covered streets wade a warm
fireside at home more than usually
attractive; but those who braved
the weuther were well repaid.
Much was expected of this com-
pany ot players, whose perform-
ances in the larger cities of this
part of the country has received •
most favorable comment from the
press of those places, and all ex-
pectations were more than fulfilled.
Six people comprised the cast-
all excellent in their parts, who*
disposed themselves at times into
the cleverly posed groups of intel-
ligent stage folks who realize that
these serve to impress dramatic
'moments more than words. The
chief interest, however, centered
in the second act, in which only
the two principals, man and wife,
appear, and wherein the widest
range of emotions, from playful,
teasing tenderness to an agony of
suspicion on the part of the hus-
band and a wild abandon of con-
fession l'roin the wife, make it a
revelation of the very heart-throbs
of two hnman beings. Such it
was in the hands of Mr. Hersome
and Miss Sherwood, whose imper-
sonation of the two difficult roles
was most excellent.
It was hardly to be expaeted
that the performers could do their:
best with the slight inspiration of
such a small audience, not to men-
tion other handicaps which en-
counter a company of real actors
in the average theater of a small
city, but it was a genuine pleasure,
nevertheless, to those present to
have the opportunity to hear such
a« these in a well built plav likt*
"The Thief."
The marriage of Mr. John Biiz-
man and Miss Mattie Kizziar was
quietly solemnized Sunday after-
noon at 4 o'clock at the suburban
'f friends in Altos, j "f the bride's parents, Rev
and other Texas ai,d Mrs. J. W. Kizziar, just east
I of the city, Rev. W. F. Dunkle
Mr. Oholdston left Altus about,j "fixating. Besides a number of
three years ago. when the prohibi-11'1® bride's near relatives, mclnd-
(tion law was enacted, and has
since "l>een in the employe of Bob
Martin, another former Altus
Iiqaor dealer, at Wichita Falls.
Paring on Main Street
The Bitulithii- Paving Co. started
wmk at laying the bitumen ewat
on North Main street Wednesday
moru'ng. after having lieen idle
f<" *■ ral da.v* «u anWht of the
w en- cold weather. The work
' ' a M«»Hs mid a half of
-*yl on
^ h ma f no i«-
ing Mr. and Mr*. Thrash, of Ft
Worth, the latter a sister of the
bride, there were present Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Hall, Miss i'eggy
Ilemdon and (another. Mack Hern
'Ion, «f HMorado Miss Herndon
aad Mr. Tom Kizziar. and Sr.
and Mi*. Thrash entered the par-
lors with the bridal couple and
»t«od with them daring the cere-
mony.
Mr. and Mrs. Biizman left aest
day for Olustee where the former,
street. Iwh® »« * l«nnter. is an nmpkn of
'the Olustee I few*-rat. He vw
„ fw*«riy employ**I in this city
o tfc* ' he was well liked by all hia
«r. h..„ The bnde m wtU
.i4eU»" ** Altns aad vieiaity.
hut- j *he has reskM from <-Md-
" X aB j hauu. aad many fnends wish them
t-
Some Kick on This Bill.
Certain county officials still in-
sist that the current from the
city's power plant should be cut
off and a county light plant in-
stalled to take care of the court
house, jail and other county prop-
erty. In support of this conten-
tion they cite that December's bill
for current is $70..">0, more than
three times as great as ever before
for a similar period; for the jail
$15.75, and for water for the court
house $0.40 Incidentally, it
might be suggested that if the
lights were cut off while not in use.
and the janitor and county officers
instructed to that effect, the light
bill would not be nearly so great.
Neel Buys a Paper.
W. S. Neel. until recently editor
of the Olustee Democrat and Head-
rick Leader, the latter still owned
by him, has purchased the Day-
tonite, a weekly newspaper publish-
ed at Dayton. Texis. and will re-
move his family to that point at
,MH* He has already taken charge
of his new property. What he will
do with the Headrick shop is not
rinted, bnt we presume it will re-
in in charge of Miss Nora, who
haaahly conducted it for many
months past, until her father can
find a buyer for it The Times
simvreh wi>he> Mr. Ned and his
family sn<ves< m his new home,
•nd eomaientb him to the people
af ftayton iml Liberty <winty.
Think what this means' La
teV Weekly Magazine and
Altus Times both one year for
$1.40. U e a «pmal deil.
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Shepard, Susie W. & Shepard, Horace W. The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1912, newspaper, January 4, 1912; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc404990/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.