The Sayre Headlight, Vol. 22, No. 16, Ed. 2 Thursday, December 2, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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An Independent Newspaper, Not a Political Organ, Devoted to News Gathering and Boosting Sayre, Beckham County and All Western Oklahoma
VOL 22
SAYRE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1920
NO. 16
f Rev. Thompson is a powerful
L speaker and charms all who
. “ hear him by the richness of his ~
Interest m Oil Speculation Revived id vojce an(j |,j3 exaltation of Cannot Go Huiting, But Can Still
Weitern Oklahoma Christ. Do * Good Job Eating
A week ago there was a report The following services are an- The annual quail season in
out that oil has been found in a nounced for next Sunday: Bible Oklahoma opened yesterday, and
well drilling four miles west of school at 9:30 a. m.; preaching this will be of interest to many, j
Cheyenne. The stories which at 11:00 a. m., 2:30 p. m. ani^ To us it will have little signift-
floated in at that time were very' 7:30 p. m. People from the,cance unless some of our friends1
much of the general character, country and adjoining towns are remember us when they get a
and their variation indicated. requested to come and bring a good bag. We have no time to ’
plainly that very little reliance j lunch or take dinner with the go hunting, but are still able to
was to be placed in them, with'Sayre people who will be expect-do a pretty fair job of eating,'
the result that we decided to j ing guests. and have not forgotten how well
await developments before say- The sermon on Sunday after- we like quail,
ing anything. noon is for mothers. All are These little birds are reported
The facts as we get them ; urged to attend these meetings, j to be quite plentiful in this sec-
from what we consider reliable ~ tion this fall, and the next few
sources seem to be, that this [ £}}ji [ (jOIIIG ()f|1 days will undoubtedly find many
well has been drilling with a ro-1 1 of our citizens with a shot gun
tary rig. and tint at a.depth L* A, Lou i. Elk Cit, W Sa,r,! a^oe: p™wliw 0,er ,be MtU
somewhere around 1700 feet; of this section.
they have secured a sh®wing of ■ Have “etn a ‘ °u‘ ™r‘
both oil and gas, but not of suf- The resale of lots and real
ficient quantity to as yet make1 estate f'r delinquent taxes which
more than a good showing. j has now been in progress for
In drilling with a rotary rig it i nearly two week past had barely
is possible that the drill may! cleared Elk City and Sayre when
even pass through a good oil i time for adjournment arrived
sand, and yet not even secure a1 yesterday, only a few lots in
showing. This is due to the fact i Texola having teen sold when
of the mud in the well, and that the sale was called off for the
this method of drilling often day.
“muds off” a sand, and prevents. Texola, Erick and Carter re-
the flow into the well of either
oil or gas.
An Oklahoma conservation of-
ficer visited Cheyenne last week,
and after an investigation, or-
dered drilling stopped, until
main to be sold, and then quite a
lot of farm property, and it is
probable that County Treasurer
Barker will re something of an
auctioneer by the time he gets
through. Another week can
such time as the company could hardly finish the sale and it -is
secure a standard rig, and casing
with which to case this well,
shutting out the water, and per-
mitting the inflow of anything
that they discovered
more likely to last ten days.
Berlin
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Williams
and children spent Thanksgiving
Operations have stopped and at Shamrock, Texas.
the company which is putting
down the well now claims that
it will be but a short time until
they will have the casing on the
ground, and a standard rig ready
for work. However, at best
this must take several weeks,
and in the meantime speculation
Ralph Knight who was thrown
from a horse a week ago Sunday
is in the hospital at Elk City, at
present.
Mrs. Frank Brewer and baby
went to their home at Durham,
Sunday after a long visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
is running in waves-according Shirley,
to the personal views of the Miss Dema Lehne the primary
speculators. 1 teacher surprised us all by going
It is claimed from the fact l to Weatherford to the teachers
I that he ordered operations held meeting and returning as Mrs.
up, that the state conservation Clayton,
officer believed that there was a W. L. Shirley and family and
- probability of either oil or gas Frank Carmichel and family,
being found in paying quantities, from Sayre, visited F. W. Shirleys
This may or may not be silch an Thanksgiving,
indication. It is customary for Miss Evelyn Rea spent a few
them to take such action wher- days last week with home folks. _______________________r......
ever there is a showing, to the J. H. Smith will have a sale I Harris, of the city schools, visit-1
end that it may be proven what December 7. The community ed friends in Norman during the i
exists. club will serve lunch.
A considerable number of ex-; Grandma Mayer who is on the
perienced oil men have 'visited sick list is no better at this
this well since this excitement writing,
developed, and from a conversa- Mr. and Mrs. Charles San- day afternoon last,
tion with one of them, who dusky are rejoicing over the) “Mickv” Moffett of Amarillo
• seemed to be very conservative arrival of a little daughter at j„ SaTre t
in his ideas, we incline to the their home on November 23. , the of hi, Darents jjr and
belief that something may j D. W. Moore and family spent i Moffett
J. M. Bradshaw, of Osborne,
Kansas, has been the guest of
his brother, A. L. Bradshaw, of
this city, for a few days past.
He is on his way to spend the
winter in Southern California,
and stopped off here for a visit.
Chas. M. Boren, who has been
farming near Grimes during the
past year, was a Sayre visitor
Tuesday. Charlie informs us
that he has decided to move back
on his farm south of this city
about January 1.
Claude Hood, who has been]
at his home at Erick for two'
weeks, suffering from an attack
of influenza, has recovered and |
returned his position in the First
National Bank, of this city.
Sandford Carnhan, who is con-
ducting a restaurant at Miami,
Texas, has been spending the
past week with friends and rela-i
tives in and around Sayre.
Mrs. E. K. Thurmond, of Okla- j
homa, and Mrs. J. L. Thurmond, j
of this city, dropped in on Friday;
afternoon, and looked through
the Headlight’s new home.
Lindsay Kinney, of Yale, Ok-
lahoma, was the guest of his sis-
ter, Mrs. M. V. Canavan, during
a portion of the past week.
Misses Gladys and Vera Allen,'
who are teaching in the Hydro
schools, spent the week end in
Sayre with their parents.
Mrs. W. A. Bonewitz, who has
been visiting friends in Missouri
for some time past, returned to
this city on Tuesday last.
Misses Frances and Josephine i
Thanksgiving holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Thurmond, |
of Oklahoma City, were calling1
on old friends in Sayre on Fri-:
reasonably be expected to Thanksgiving at the home of his
develop from this find, and that brother near Doxey.
interest in drilling operations in A. I. Moorhead’s barn was
this section of Oklahoma is due i burned to the ground last Wed-
to experience a strong revival, nesday night. Harness and
y|.... _________! &rain that was in the barn was
Miss Annabel Sailor spent
Saturday at home in this city,
returning to her work in Hollis
Sunday morning.
Miss Marjory Lisle, of Eiick,
ft* win uuu wao in tile Utflll W<Uj
completly distroyed. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
Mrs. Frank Vessels, of this city
F. W. Holmes spent Thanks-
giving with his parents at Hen-
nessey, Oklahoma.
Miss Frankie McGrath, of this
i r , „ „ Miss Bernice Hartman and
Lane Crowd. Attend and Many Con-; john Kenny were Married Sun-
reriioni Are Reported day at Elk City. The young
E. L. Thompson and Mr. Sin- j °°uPle are well known here and ------------------------------
clair, of Oklahoma City, who are Ihave many Wends. We all wish city, was a Weatherford visitor
‘conducting the services at the!them » yery happy married life, over the week end.
Christian church, are drawing'
great crowds from night toi
i night, and more than fifty peo-
ple have united with the church
to date, among the converts be-'
ing some of the leading citizens
of the town.
Reports from the meetings
speak in highest terms of the1
work of both evangelist and
singer, and those who fail to'
hear them will miss a rare treat
FARMERS
Why not pull or snap your cotton? If you will gather it
dr-^, keep it dry, leave the partially opened bolls, and not
pick up any dirt, you can get as good a sample and save
about $10 a bale in expenses.
L. L. BARROW, MANAGER SAYRE GIN
What is a Fair Price Now
for Good Merchandise
There are so many reasons given for various sales that most people aren’t
exactly sure what a fair price should be. We say it should be based on
present replacement prices, regardless of what we paid. Aren’t we right
about it. Here is a list of merchandise prices based on replacement price.
Buy what you need at these prices.
Ladies $40.00 Seal Plush Coats in
long and short <J*aa aa
coats, priced . . <p£U.VV
Ladies’ $50.00 Seal Plush coats fur
trimmed belted coats in thefull
lengths or short <J»or A A
coats, priced .
Ladies’ 60.00 Seal Plush coats fur
trimmed, long or d*OA aa
short coats, priced . y«3U.VU
Ladies’ $72.50 Seal Plush Coats fur
trimmed d*Q£
priced . . .
*
, Ladies’ cloth Coats in dark grays
..-and to>wns, formerly ^g qq
Ladies’ $25.00 wool Coats assorted
colors and styles d|in r A
priced . . . «pl£.OU
Ladies’ $45.00 wool wool Velour
Coats in a good selection of
colors and styles d»no r/\
priced . . .
Misses’ Coats in a good selection
of colors and sizes, 8 to 16 years
at HALF THE FORMER
PRICE
Mens’ $8.00 dress Shoes in black
and brown English or round
toe lests, $4 95
price
Mens’ $4.50 wool Shirts in browns,
grays, blues and green Ar
size 14 1-2 to 17 1-2 .
Cotton Blankets, size 72x80 weight
three pounds ^ (JCj
price
• • • • •
Woolnap Plaid Blankets size 66x80
weight four and one- gg
iigl
If i
half pounds, price .
Ladies’ Queen Quality Shoes invici
kid leather or Louis covered
heel formerly priced d*A qc
$15.50, price . .
Ladies’ $12.50 Queen Quality brown
i kid covered Louis
!d $8.45
shoes vici
heel formerly priced
$15.50, price
Ladies’ $12.75 Queen Quality brown
Shoes, vici kid cover- (i»o aj“
ed Louis heel, price .
Ladies’ $8.00 Shoes vici kid mili-
tary heels,
price . . .
• •
Misses’ $6.00 Shoes in vici kid and
gun metal leathers,
sizes 12 to 2, priced .
Mens’ $7.50 Lion Brand work Shoes
in black and brown’ Munson
army last, all leather, {4 QC
full vamp, priced . . $4.90
Mens’ $15.50, 16.50 and 18.00 dress
Shoes, Edwin Clapp, Nettle-
tons and Packards, black and
brown, straight (M 1 HC
lasts ;.....Jll.UU
Mens’ $13.50 and $14.50 Packard
Shses in English or staaight
lasts in black only ([A Qr
priced.....J9.90
Toil du Nord Ginghams in plaids and
solid colors, lights and OP
darks, priced yard . . Zu'*
Ladies’ Union Suits in long sleeves
or the sleeveless Set QC
Snug union suit priced. J1.90
Misses’ Union Suits in white rib-
bed, age 2 to 14 years QO
priced......90^
Wool Yams Germantown in White,
pink, orange, American beauty
laoender, brown, old rose OP
priced per ball . . . ZD^
P. J. DEVANNEY
SAYRE, OKLAHOMA
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