The Curtis Courier. (Curtis, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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The Curtis Courier.
CURTI5. WOODWARD CffiUNlV» OKLA. APRIL
W j T MUKTIN'tS M'lM’T fit
• M O MIUIHY CAMIM y
THE NEW STATE BANK |
Anyene wMUn* * l«k«
lean sheuld aae A. U Gray. ■ j. t m4*t.*«* # armt9m c„m~
C R. Lodwiek ia Indulging ui1J
the citv life of CwHi thi* week. JK
The Sunday School will be re- g
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tit buaineea again in Mooreland. >The ^ ftt , hgd- ig the B The Deposit* in thi* Bank are Protected by the Debitor*
Don’t sell your Kaffir com and exprcMiMt of the wearer* of the jf^ Guaranty Fund of Oklahoma. W
tne seed until you getLudwick’a e|#thea put hot by %. C. Baxter. We hgve fMter than any Bank in Western Oklahoma. W
Quality and a At truamateed. ^ Ask your Neighbor why ?
W. H. Copdand. section fere-. gnd Fgir Trpmtment to all. We want your business
Rnoon corn. LOCAL BREVITIES.
There i* no need for any in- W. S. Herring and wife were in
crease in 19)2 in the acreage of, Meoreland, Saturday night
broom com. but there is a great j c^a*. G. Baxter and wife were
need of an improvement in qual- in Woodward. Monday night.
il>’ . . 1ftll I A. L. Garrstt is advertising to
TnuMrentoflh* Util crap guit buinM>u»n in M»or«land
was choice, while the market, ^ .. „ ___________.
needed 60 per cent choice. A con* (
sidcrable stocx of undesirable
brush waa carried over from the pr*®e*‘ . _ _. ... . . ,
1910 crop and this, with thelargel Verge Stark of Fargo .s vi*it-. w H Copeland. MtfjsaJfew- ■ gnd Fgir Tremtment to all
tonnage of poor quality in 1911. mg relatives southeast of Curtis fftr Santa p« railroad m U, _
this week. this city, was s business visitor
It seema that the trouble about' ln Canadian. Texas, Saturday.
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will start the broom corn far
“^rtHe* next fall with more poor
av ovviiio miwv v««v »■ —----
the public roads north of this city
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brush than they can use without---
taking any from the new crop, will net down.
Choice brush is needed and need-1 Henry Gamer, formerly resi-
u-.ii.. it ..n t« vmi tn arrow den* Qf Hiia city, died in Moore-
land recently.
«d badlv. It is up to vou to grow
it
There is every indication that jt w;j] ^ you get Lud-
thouaands of men who have never i wick»g prices on grain of all kinds
raised broom corn will plant * befmre vou sell.
any hell hut that people are do-
ing all they can to make one.
i
»»•— ---------- — p^ant a before vou sell
large acreage this spring; because
of no experience most of them
will use poor seed, half prepare
the ground, not cultivate often
enough, harvest much of the crop
at the wrong time and not cure
it right This will prbduce an
enormous quantity of stained,
bleached, brittle, crooked and
stemmy brush of which the mar
ket already has a surplus.
You have had experience, and
the thing for you to do is to ky
plans right now, two months be-
fore planting, that will make your
crop of brush choice.
Get the best heed strains ef _.
linois seed. It will cast vou 64 to
^*5 a bushel. bat that isoidy*
cents an acre. Prepare vour
ground as you would for a gar-
Ten. Get the sail thoroughly
T wanned up and mellow long be-
I fore planting and keep a dirt
mulch on top that will hqjd the
moisture
Don’t plant too early, and watch
the planting so that the seeds will
be dropped evenly in every foot
of row throughout the field.
Start cultivating before the
plants come up and cultivate
thoroughly every ten days until
% the heads start. Constant shal-
^iow cultivation thru the season
/ maintains the regular growth that
makes the tough, elastic brush
that brings top price.
Build a drying shed if you have
to mortgage your crop to do it.
Harvest vour crop just right and
at just the right time. Shed cure
and bulk for two weeks after the
brush is thoroughly dry. seed
thoroughly.
Sort before baling, make the
neatest, cleanest, best bale that
can be put up. and put your name,
postoffice and state on a tag on
every bale. Get some of
vour best brush ready for the
early market. The factories are
r - jing to need choice brush mightv
badly early next fall. Later in the
season the demand will probably
be weaker. Extra and shallow cul
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Good roads makt a good eoun
try. Good rdWi make good
towns, and good roads make high- J
priced land. Now. why shouldn’t;
everybody be in favor of good!
roads? {
understand that August
H. ft. 60VERT’*
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I*re vou DC... Haxlemier and wife will return
A contemporary aays there isn’t from Canada jaat
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Bible Thev left hero about two
years ago when the Canada fever
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Brooms, stock food and Black struck this country.
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Draught can be purchased at cost
at the Baxter Hardware store
Covert is giving a jar and gold
fish free with |6.00 cash trade,
call and get a premium ticket.
M. C. Waddill of Gufaula was
in the city, Monday, selling Ma-
supplies to the brethren.
an idaal day for
•» a peroon forget
we
ruck VOID CWBHUJ.
Dr. L B. Hunt has occupied the
building, acroas fro* the Hotel
Maine on Main atroet, for a pro-
fessional office and will sell floor
and feed on the side. Mr. Hunt
may putin other linaa and blossom
out into a regular merchant be-
fore many moons.
C. D. Baxter received a few
sasafras andjwild crab apple trees
from his old friend G. W. Tanna-
hill in Miaaauri. and planted them
out on his *‘noods.” southeast of
this city. Theee will add to his
varietv of timber. He has aver
fifteen kindt of trees growing
them that are not natives of this
WTatch this space for
specials next week
Goodier & Son, Fool Hall
Clean And Up-To-Date, with a full line of Smoking Tobacco,
Cigars. Lunch Goods and Cold Drinks.
I. W .Hart, who waa quite a
political factor in tMaaffmtv a
few years ago, haa lately engaged
in the implement buemesa at
Woodward. totality.
The county commissioners have j geen jn Commissioners’
extended the time of paying taxes procee<iings, the County Attorney
without penalty to the first of instructed to begin suit
Mav. After that time there will the fermer county offi-
be no extension granted. | rials who are alleged bv the State
It is time someone was getting Examiner to he abort. Appleget 0 bH tLr AINU
busy and organize a base ball• & Herod have been retained to q HP
team. A good team can be secur- assist the County Attorney. It is
~a n.,~+\a fViia vair if <u>me- rumored that the special exam-
iner. Jim Thompson, formerally
sheriff of Caddo county, who waa ($
employed by the “shorts” to go Q
over the books has found com-
E. G. Goodier, Barber Shop
We arprapDiul to do all kinds of Barber wort.
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ed for Curtis this year if some-
one will take the first gtep.
Every day not necessary in the
fields should be used on the public
roads. Work on the roads will be
very profitable, when it conies to
lauling to market the big crops
that is sure to be raised in this
locality.
H. M. Covert and H. C. Weisz-
brodexchanged storerooms. Mon-
day. the former occupying his
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over the books has found com- jgj
plete vindication and in many 'n"i W fcVWe are selling good brooms at cost
stances a balance due the officers, j ^ as the supply lasts.
Well, that was what they hired <§>
THE BAXTER COMHANY ®
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heavy H&rdw&rt g
*t is Low Profit ns Possible |
FOR CASH ONLY |
- 25 cents, as long (g
him foe.—Woodward Bulletin
MARRIED
H. M. Covert and Mrs. Startin
CURUIS, OKLA.
— -------- - -— - went to Wichita, Kansas, Thurs- j
own building on the earner ot j day Apri, 4th gnd were married.
Oak street and the latter jheiThey retnrne<j Saturday morning (?gaK
building he recently purchased of &nd ^gve busv mest of the .
time s|nce receiving congratula-
tions of ’their hosts of friends.
George Hotz that had been occu
pied by Mr. Covert. . llons «i me. --------------
L M. Maddan has traded for [ The bride is a cultured lady from 5^
the Govier business house on Main, Ogden, Utah, while the groom is ^
street Just what Mr Maddan in- ©ne of the leading merchants of W
tends to do with it is mere than this city. The Courier is more
we know. If it had been a resi- than pleased to give the glad
dence building we would not have hand to the happv couple.
• ___:__MMAk if IaaIta ffifti . -
PURE DRUGS
FOR « EVERY * NEED
'it
be weaker. Extra and shallow cul- Unsurprised, since it looks as
tivation will matui-e the crop tv'°;th0UKh the idea that widowers
or three weeks earlier.
Follow these plans in every de-
tail, and when hundreds of cir
loads of poor brush a^ waiting
unsold, the buyers will be hunt-
ing for your choice brush, ready
to pay you the top price.
H. M. Cottrell.
Agricultural Commissioner Koik
island Lin*s.
U will not be long now until the them out of the
offiot seek* can te seen in the
rural diiVio^-
.. i Stands Anend
though the idea that widowers j
should forsake their lonelv wavs There is something about Hunt *
. Lightning Oil that no other lini-j
ment possesses. Others may be
The deputv county assessors ^ JJ jg sure,y th„ beat.
are making their rounds finding ^ doeg gjj yoU recommend it for,
nut how much nronertv th”re and more. For sprains, bruises.
f.rUx»tio«. It >*Pr.Sabl- c ,u burn«he5 and rains it -
taxpayers will have to pay the hAg n0 equai on earth. It stands * t*
township trvsfes for the same on my medicine shelf. 3®
i work too. as some pigheaded leg- Very truly yours j
•'sla'or got a bill paeaed throwr g j j Hrownj0w. J 5*®:
- . •• ' , "2*r; u»i«*rtw. T«m.1 tig*)
nras. wnirary to law *dd1 they ^ aiui ^ b»ttlra. I
have th? matter in the coui ts.
We carry a large assortment
ol Pure Drugs, as well as the
most popular meritorious
‘ patent medicines.” We so-
licit your drug trade business
assuring you of good goods
and good service.
C?'*-
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CHAS. G. BAXTER,
CURTIS, OKLA.
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The Curtis Courier. (Curtis, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1912, newspaper, April 11, 1912; Curtis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc406113/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.