The Sayre Headlight, Vol. 22, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 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, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920
NO. 6
People Who Heeded Advice of March
and April Last, and Laid in a Supply,
Have Made a Good Investment, and
Dodged a Lot of Worry.
While the Headlight does not
wish to go to the extreme of yel-
ling ‘‘I told you so.” still we can
hardly refrain from indulging in
the pleasure of calling attention
to the fact that those who heeded
the advice of this paper last
March and April, and laid away
things do not look very bright
for cold weather.
From every quarter of the
country comes word of a coal
shortage and a general effort to-
ward relieving conditions, but
with little prospect of doing so.
In the north and east, where the
winter sets down earlier, and
a stock of coal tor the comme where c<mditi„„s
winter, are already the demand , larger supply, the con-
by a very considerable margin ^ h a|ready aJsllmed a
while those who selected tha t and a|| of the
matter are up agains a I metropolitan newspapers are ad*
shortage proposition which bid9 vising every effort toward a con-
fair to increase ,n ser.ousnesa as; 8ervation of ruel. and the use of
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cold weather comes down upon
us.
Every reader of the Headlight
will recall the advertising which
appeared in this paper at the
time the government control of
coal was about to be relinquished,
\ and the advise eminating from
V he Washington authorities,
Rationing guarding against a
:hortage of fuel for the coming
Winter. y
f Believing that this advice was
sound, and that the predictions
of the fuel board would be fulfil-
led, the Headlight endeavored to
impress upon residents of this
section the advisability of an
early purchase of fuel. Many of
f our people considered this simply
so much advertising for the local
' ‘coal merchants, but many others
were wise enough to look into
the matter for themselves, and
.these latter have laid in a stock
of fuel for the coming winter.
Those who were so suspicious,
and could not give us credit for
really endeavoring to do some-
thing which would benefit the
public at large are now where
they will have to pay for their
doubts.
Coal has already advanced to
a point where the early purchas-
ers find that they have made a
sp'endid investment, while the
imjications at this time point to
the worst shortage of fuel which
this country has ever experienc-
ed.
Every one of the contributing
factors, mentioned in the series
of articles written last spring,
and supplimenting the statements
of the government authorities,
has been fulfilled. The produc-
' tion of coal has been shorter; the
consumption greater, the short-
age of cars is here and growing
worse every day, while the ad-
substitutes for coal whenever
there is the possibility.
Our late falls and the short
winters are to the advantage of
this locality, but there is also the
fact of our remoteness from the
coal mines and transportation
conditions, which go toward
making the shortage of fuel that
much worse here, and right now'
It seems as though the only wise
thing for the farmer and city
resident is to secure every piece
of fuel, of any kind, that it is
possible to store away, to the
end that there be as little suffer-
ing as possible.
Farmers may very materially
aid in getting through the com-
ing winter by the use of sub-
stitutes for coal, but right now
is the time when they should be
laying away that stock, and not
wait until the actual need for
fuel drives them to it.
We warned people last spring,
and we again repeat that warn-
ing; Western Oklahoma will feel
a serious fuel shortage this win-
ter. _
SUNDAY SHOWS AT ELK CITY
Both Picture Shows Announce Sunday
Entertaiaaeti Hereafter.
Ed Story, of Story Brothers,
owners of the two picture houses
at Elk City, was a visitor in this
city, and arranged for the ap-
pearance of an announcement
which will be found in this issue
of the Headlight.
The Story brothers, or the
Story Amusement Co., as they
style the firm, now owns both
theatres, and is endeavoring to
give Elk City something met-
ropolitan in moving pictures,
not only in quality, but they now
announce that they will hereafter
vance in freight rates has had give Sunday performances, start-
the effect of adding to the cost,
always provided one can find the
coal to purchase.
For several weeks the local
coal merchants have been en-
deavoring-to secure every pound
of coal possible, and yet none of
them has anything like a stock
on hand. Of course, each and
ing this feature on Sunday next.
STEPHENS HAS SOME HOG, TOO
It the Owner of Duroc Sow, Mother of
47 Pigi in Year.
R. M. Stephens, southwest of
this city, is another breeder who
all of them are in receipt of oc- j has pinned his faith to the
casional cars, and manage to have throughbred Duroc Jersey hogs,
a little for sale the greater por- and is now out after the record
tion of the time, but with no op- ] produced by Lawson Gillum last
portunity for accumulating a i week,
winter stock, and with the car! Mr. Stephens admits that he
shortage increasing every day, I is not able to show nineteen pigs
message informed local politic-
MSUgS • IN ■ > II ■
aiKr*EssS£3 “—**““
mother of 47 pigs within one) While we have no wish thatL„ which were coniideredmore
13 respectively.
and Outlook is Bad.
^ iti , ______ While the favorable weather of
year-three litters, 17, 17 and anyone should understand that ^^^nUhan'the Sayre'mwt- the past ten days has assisted in
,o we d0 not gtjll dajm that the ^ .g announce(J that Mr i harvesting of broom com, still
rains hurt the cotton crop of this: Ferrjg wdj vj8]-t t^j8 cjty at a there is little to encourage the
section in a very serious manner, I jater date j farmer who has this crop. All
still the favorable weather which1 -- | the com is damaged, whether
has now prevailed for the past RELEASE AIRPLANE ^ore ra'ns- or standing in
HARD LUCK HITS SAYRE TEAM
Sickness sf Players Prevent! Their
Clinton Visit Laat Week
The Sayre baseball team was
compelled to cancel their entry at
the Clinton tournament at the
last minute, owing to the illness
of Bill Veidt, catcher, and Clar-
ence Foster, centerfielder. Every
effort was made to secure other
players, that the Clinton people
might not be disappointed, but
none were to be had upon the
short notice, and then Clinton
was notified.
After it w a s found that it
would be impossible to go to Clin-
ton a game was arranged with
Cheyenne,* to be played in this
city on Sunday last, but on Sat-
urday afternoon this was called
off by the Roger Mills boys, they
were in the same shape that
Sayre found itself regarding
Clinton.
As it turned out, it is probably
just as well that Cheyenne can-
celled the game, for both Veidt
and Foster were too Sick to have
played, and the locals would have
been compelled to have put a
patched up team in the field.
HRS. PATE WILLIAMS DEAD
Died at Home East oi This City on
Wednesday Last
Mrs. Pate Williams, residing
about three miles east of this city
died at her home on Wednesday
last after an illness of about two
weeks. Mrs. Williams was quite
well known in this city, and both
here and among her neighbors
she was highly respected. She
leaves a husband and three young
children to mourn her loss.
Interment was at the Doxey-
Sayre cemetery on Thursday af-
ternoon, services being conduct-
ed by Rev. J. W. Williams, of
this city._]_
Gene Rook is authority for the
the statement that with the pres-
ent condition of the roads between
Sayre and Carter it is a mighty
hard job to hold a Ford auto in
the road and at the same time
hold a young lady in the Ford.
Buck Bruce quietly whispers that
Gene failed, when he tried it.
Gene hung on to the girl all right,
but he had to call on Buck for
help to get the tin Henry out of
the ditch.
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The alarm of fire early yester-
ten days has very materially
changed the outlook.
There is no hope of the bumper Company Settles and Sheriff Francia
crop which was promised only a
few weeks ago, and there are
some pieces where there will be
almost nothing. The fact is that
on the best land the cotton plants
have grown so rapidly, and to
such size, that there has been no
bolls developed, or comparatively
none. It is not uncommon on
such land to cut out a monstrous
cotton stalk and find only one or
two bolls, while on the poorer
land, and where the bush has
not grown to such size 50 to 60
bolls may be found.
There is a question as to how
general will be the opening of
these bolls, due to the fact that
the other plants shade the bolls
to such an extent that the sun
does not get in to develop the
cotton. The past week has seen
a remarkable improvement in this
respect. Cotton has been open-
ing more rapidly than it was be-
lieved possible, and should the
favorable weather last, there will
be some remarkable development
to record.
On shale land, where inordi-
nary. years there is not much
lookg for, are to be found the
besFarops this season, that is as
a rule. The plants are smaller.
The foliage lighter, and the devel-
opment greater.
There are all kinds of reports
coming in. Some farmers are
smiling, and claim that they will
have a norma! yield, while others
report no bolls, but a mammoth
crop of plants. Then other farm-
ers are reporting havoc by the
worms, and the end is not in sig-
ht-- or rather, circumstances yet
to come will very largely deter-
mine the outcome, or yield.
Things look better than they
did, but that is not saying that
they look as good as we could
wish for.
Get Five Prize* on Three Entries it
Beckhia County Fair
Hanni Brothers, residing north
of the city, made three exhibits
at the recent Beckham County-
fair upon which they received
five f rst prizes, which would be
enough to satisfy almost anyone.
The boys exhibited a fine Short
day morning was caused by a1 horn bull and heifer, and a thoro-
blaze in the Edgerton hamberger ughbred Duroc Jersey hog, cap-
stand, just west of Culp.s store, turing a first prize in their class
The firemen were promptly on with each of the three, and then
hand- in fact so prompt that the taking the sweepstakes with both
fire had been put out some min- the bull and heifer,
utes before the telephone girls The Hanni stock of hogs, cattle
succeeded in turning in an alarm. horSeS are Well known in this
N. R. Winter and family, of section as among the best, and
Berlin, left yesterday for Spring- give evidence of what it is pos-
field, Colorado, where they will sible for our farmers ty accomp-
make their home in the future. Hsh with a little effort, and the
Mr. Winter’s many friends in investment of a small amount of
Sayre and Berlin will hope to hear. cash.,
of a marked improvement in his
health on account of the change ffRIfljj SPEECH IS CANCELLED
in climate.
Lori Hii Bird Moaday.
✓
The Lincoln*. Nebraska, firm
which owned the airplane which
was attached at Erick some two
months ago, and which has since
been sitting on the court house
lawn, in charge of Sheriff Fran-
cis, was released on Monday by
the officers, the company hav-
ing settled their troubles with
the man Anderson, at whose in-
stance the attachment was made,
and he having discontinued the
suit
The machine was turned over
to a represenative of the com-
pany, and he at once got busy,
and in a very short time was fly-
ing over this city, making a trip
to Mangum and return that after-
noon. Tuesday several exhibi-
tions were given, and a few
passengers given a ride, then
yesterday the machine left for
Oklahoma City.
MM OXENRiDER IS DEAD
Wat a Pioneer Reiident of Thii Sec-
tion and Well Known.
Milton Oxenrider, one of the
pioneer residents of the section
north and northwest of this city,
died on Saturday morning last at
the home of his son, Bert Oxen-
rider, three miles north and one-
half west of this city.
Mr. Oxenrider was a native of
Ohio, having been born in that
state on July 5, 1840, and thus
passed his 80th birthday last July.
When 14 years of age Mr. Oxen-
rider moved with his parents to
Iowa, where he lived until 1901,
when he came to Oklahoma, set-
tling north of this city, and has
since been a resident of that
section or of this city.
He was well and widely known
among the older residents, and a
man who made many warm
friends until the advance of old
age forbade his getting around
as formerly.
The funeral services were held
at the Sayre-Doxey cemetery on
Sunday afternoon, with Rev.
Wilson, of Port, officiating.
BILLY MOFFATT IS SMILING
the fields at the time,
That which was still growing,
and the later com which is still
pushing ahead, has developed
course features which injure it,
and there is very little that is
not badly stained. The early
com which had been cut, or was
ready to cut at the time these
rains came, is hit hard.
The result is that there will be
a very large amount of damaged
com in this section, and very
little of even a medium grade to
go with it. This has the effect
of making the damaged com a
drug on the market, and it will
not bring the cash which it would
were there a little prime com to
mix in. The market which has
nothing but damaged com is not
looked after very closely by the
manufacturers and warehouse
men.
Receive! Telegram Form Detroit Tell-
ing Him He’i Grandpa.
Billy Moffatt has been smiling
FIRST DALE OF COTTON IN
Marketed in Thii City on Friday After-
noon Last, Sept. 17th.
The first bale of cotton from
the crop of 1920 to reach this
city was brought in by Clarence
Adams, residing on the Fuchs
farm, north of Prentiss, and was
delivered at the'.Sayre gin on
Friday afternoon.
The cotton was purchased by
P. R. Sanders, and in addition to
receiving 34 cents per pound, Mr.
Adams was given a premium,
picked up among the business
men of this city, amounting to
$78. __
T. J. Goostree left on Monday
for the fruit district of Arkansas,
to purchase apples for the Sayre
market. Mr. Goostree has for a
number of years past looked
after this business in this section
and informs us that he expects
to continue during the coming
winter.
Mrs. J. B. Freeman was called
to Fort Worth, Texas, by a tele-
gram announcing the serious ill-
ness of her daughter, Mrs. M. A.
Tracy. Word since comes to sayre
that Mrs Tracy is .very much im-
proved.
Mr. and Mrs. Walace Dunbar,
of Sentinel, were the gusts of
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rook, on
Monday. Mr. Dunbar is con-
ducting a moving picture show
at Sentinel.
Ed. Butler, who has been in
the U. S. army for a year past,
arrived home last week, having
received his discharge at Fort
very broadly since Satuday last,
when he received a telegram from Robertson, Nebraska, Sept. 14th
Detroit. Michigan, informing him
of the birth of a son to Mr and
Claude Howell has sold his
residence on sixth street to Flet-
Mrs Mark Leeper, former Sayre cher Gregory, who will shortly
young people, the mother being occupy the same,
a daughter of Mr Moffatt. | C. s> Qilkerson, the Elk City
The father and mother are well, attorney, wes transacting busi-
known to almost everyone in ness at tbe court house on Friday
Sayre, and a long string of con-; afternoon
gratulationswill wind their way | ^ A. Miller and children
moBvitoErtk,al“n Sh*“■ T"’ * «■»» “
City and Sayre on Tuesday Last
will be connected with the gro-
cery store owned by his son, De-
Witt Snell.
In our last issue we announced
a meeting to be held in this city
Mr. and Mrs J. T. Kelley, of on Tuesday afternoon, and which
Seymour, Texas, arrived last was to be addressed by Scott
week for a month’s visit with the Ferris, the Democratic nominee
family of J. T. McClure, of this for United States Senator.
City. i Tuesday morning a telephone
to Michigan’s automobile city,
where Mark has a fine situation.
Geo. Schwabe, of Arapahoe,
and Miss Virginia Davis, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Davis,
of this city, were married at the Erick and Texola on Sunday.
returned home Monday after a
few days visit with friends at
Custer.
Jack Nunley and Gene Rook
called on “friends” at Carter,
court house on Saturday after-
noon last, Rev. H. O. Moore per-
forming the ceremony. The
young couple will reside at Arap-
ahoe. where Mr. Schwabe is as-
sistant postmaster.
J. H. Wileman and Wm. Bing-
ham, of Erick, transacted busi-
ness in Sayre Tuesday.
Dr. Huntley, of Sweetwater,
was a Sayre visitor on Tuesday
afternoon,
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