Elk City News-Democrat (Elk City, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1922 Page: 2 of 10
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THE ELK CITY NEWS-DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, JULY 13,1922
SIMILAR
Two lawyers were wrang-
ling in court when one said to
the other: “You are the most
ignorant pretense of a lawyer
I ever saw.”
“Order, order in the court
room,” said the judge, “You
forget that I am present.”
Likewise do not forget that
I am present when you want
insurance, loans, or want to
buy a home. Have some special
bargains right now on very
easy payment plan. WHY
PAY RENT?
“They have a machine now
that can tell when a man is
lying.”
“I know, I married one.”
i
GUY
Elk City,
WOODMAN
\ Oklahoma
IN HONOR OF BRIDE
Complimentary to Mrs. Virgil 0.
Davis, whose marriage was a recent
event, Mrs. W. B. Hedlund enter-
tained with a miscellaneous shower
Friday afternoon in her home. Bowls
of pansies and larkspur were used in
the decorations. The guests were
limited to members of the Music
Club, church and school friends. Mrs.
Davis, formerly Miss Frances Mum-
power, 'is a member of the Music
Club and throughout the afternoon
solos were rendered by the following
Club members: Mesdames Herring,
GiUbs and Davis. Miss Ruth Ann
M.tchell gave a piano solo and Miss
Ruby Brown reading. To the strains
o fthe wedding march played by Miss
Lucile Searcy, marched the beauti-
ful minature bride, Miss Elizabeth
Jane Hedlund and the handsome
minature groom, Ben Joe Borden,
through the living room trailing be-
hind them a wagon decorated in
white piled high with gifts which they
presented to Mrs. Davis and she re-
sponded in a very beautiful manner.
On entering the guests were served
with punch and at the close of the
afternoon delicious cream and cake
were served.
MAGNOLIA OIL CO.
LEASE ACREAGE
(Continued from page 1)
John McKenzie has leased 160
acres ot a drilling company for $3,-
200.00 and retains one-half the
royalty. An effort is being made
by several oil companies to get
leases in that vicinity.
A number of our citizens have
visited the well the past week. W.
L. Blackburn of the News-Democrat,
accompanied by Gene Grubitz and
others were at the well yesterday and
reported that they were putting down
the casing at the well and expected
to be drilling Monday, and Bert Bar-
ker, the superintendent, says that he
is confident that they will bring in
a well in the next fifteen or twenty-
five feet. Mr. Barker is very confi-
dent of striking oil and he gets every-
one else in the same frame of mind.
The way leases are selling shows
that the people have caught the
spirit. Some leases sold there that
day for $60. per acre. Town lots
one-fourth mile from the well sold
for $60. a piece.
The Texas Company is under eon-
tract to drill a well one mile and one-
fourth east of the well.
Excitement is running high and
here’s hoping they bring in a gusher
in the next few feet.
LIBRARY NOTES
The following report of the last
year’s work of the Carnegie Library
was sent to the Library Commission
in Oklahoma City:
Financial Report
July 1, 1921, to June 30, 1922
Resources
Appropriation from city ..$1,229.62
Funds from other sources. 803.07
Total............$2,032.69
Liabilities
Librarian _______________$ 510.00
Janitor ________________ 241.00
Books ______ 773.35
Magazines ______________ 79.00
Heat and Light___________ 174.83
Permanent Imp. & Fur____ 96.00
Prizes, reading contest____ 20.00
Supplies & Postage______ 62.00
Insurance and lawn______ 75.00
SIX SCREEN ARTISTS
IN “FOOL’S PARADISE’’
Practically all-star casts selected
with painstaking care have become
the accepted standard of Cecil B. De
Mille productions. “Fool’s Para-
dise” offers one more example of
the wisdom of the producer’s system
and judgment. In keeping with his
promise to give the public the maxi-
mum in variety in all ways, Mr. D«
Mille introduces in this photoplay a
number of players well known to the
public but new to Cecil B. De Mille
productions.
Six Artist in Cast
The sextet of principal roles are
portrayed by such screen celebraties
as Dorothy Dalton, Mildred Harris,
Conrad Nagle, Theodore Kosloff,
John Davidson and Julia Faye and
the supporting company is of cor-
responding excellence.
Dorothy Dalton
Dorothy Dalton has been a favor-
ite star in Paramount pictures for
several years and her wide screen and
stage experiences have earned her a
place among the foremost ranks of
American actresses.
Mildred Harris
Mildred Harris appears in this pro-
duction fresh from a successful
career in screen stardom. Never has
her rare beauty and ability shown to
better advantage than in “Fool’s Par-
adise.” Her art is finely expressed
in this offering.
Conrad Nagol
Conrad Nagel, the youthful and
talented actor who plays the leading
masculine role, will be remembered
by photo play patrons for his stellar
;work in such recent William De Mille
■ productions as “Midsummer Mad-
ness,” "The Lost Romance” and
“What Every Woman Knows.”
Theodora Kotloff
Theodore Kosloff, a veteran of
many Cecil B. De Mille successes,
once again presents a powerful char-
acterization which promises o excel
his flawless performances in “For-
bidden Fruit” and “The Affairs of
bidden Fruit”
Anatol.”
John Davidson
John Davidson a comparative new
comer in the screen world, won high
praise for his work on the speaking
stege and has given a characteriza-
tion in “Fool’s Paradise” that shows
a complete mastery of screen tech-
nique coupled with a subtle under-
standing of dramatic ability.
Julia Fayo
r JnhM/r*5ed mo»t of Cecil
a. De Mule productions for the past
y«ar» ani “ores again with a
typically colorful portrayal of an
Oriental character.
FINE FRUIT
Fridge Jester handed us a sample
-of the fine plums raised on, the
Arthur Hall farm, that were between
six and seuen inches in circumference
All we Oklahomans have to do is to
set out the trees.
Mrs. Lucy Hutton started from
home with a twig from a plum t*ee
about seven inches long ou which
were twenty-five large plume, yes,
large ones, some between five and
six inches in circumference. The
plumg ware so ripe that most of
them fell off the twig before getting
here but you can see where they
were. She alsfe brought in some
cucumbers and sample of Early
Ohio potatoes that were extra large.
My what a showing we will have at
fhe Beckham County Fair if people
only save samples of everything for
the. dieptey. • -■ v - t is'-**
J. O. Kemp brought us several
sweet potatoes yesterday that the
plants had only been set oat two
months and six days. One was eight
inches ‘'around” while the others
were almost as large and some about
eleven inches long, great is Okla-
homa.
Mrs. Isabel Atwood handed us a
sack of the “besteft” cling-stone
peaches grown right in Elk City.
They were great big ones and
beauties.
Grandpa J. A. Miller says he wants
to shew us how he appreciates the
News-Democrat and knows it is a
great 'advertising medium for he gave
us an ad to run tWee weeks to sell
a goat and soon after the paper
came out the first week it was sold.
He gave us some peaches he eat
during office hours and also brought
us a nice mess of string beans with
his compliments.
Mrs. H. C. Reyburn sent us a box
filled with plums and peaches and
thsv were plum beauties, and oh,
sc delicious.
Say, the scales tell us we are
gaining every day.
Total............$2,032.69
Circulation Report
October 1, 1921 to June 30, 1922,
(Nine Month*)
Total books loaned_________23,587
Average- daily circulaation___ 86
Largest monthly circulation.. 3,014
Smallest monthly circulation__2,125
Adult fiction circulation____8,869
Non-fiction circulation______3,543
Juvenile books circulated____11,175
Book Account
Books purchased this yearj_____438
Gifts -----------------------70
Total books added___________598
Total books discarded________208
Total books on hand.-________4,375
Magazine subscriptions_______ 25
Current History, the Dial and the
Atlantic Monthly are magazines re-
cently placed in the files at the Li-
brary.
The following new books have been
accessioned:
Cooper—“Last of the Mohicans.”
Stevens—“Kidnapped."
John Buroughs, boy and man.
Tappan—First Studies in Music
Biographies.”
Atherton—“The Conquer” a story
of Alexander Hamilton.
Dickens—“How to Know Him.”
Smith—“What Literature Can Do
For Mo.”
FROM CANUTE
McEntire—HammiU
Ford McEntire and Miss Minniebell
Hammit were united in marriage
July the 4th at the home of and by
Judge R. W. Jones.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Hammit of Canute, but
has been in Elk City for the last
tjireq years going to school and her
marriage will be a great surprise to
| her class-mates there.
| The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. McEntire of Carter. He has
been employed in the New State
Bottling Works for the last three
months. The young couple will make
Elk City their home for the present.
Theirmany friends wish them a long
and happy life and may God bless
them.
Miss Ava Abbott vsited her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Smith last week.
BARRELS OF MONEY to loan on Farms and City
Property—Low Rate of Interest.
LET US WRITE YOUR INSURANCE
W. H. WINN & CO.
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HD
Phone 26
M & M OIL CO.
Gasoline and Kerosene
Lubricating Oils and Greases
W. W. Blackburn, Mgr.
Little Miss Maurene McGaugh is
here from Oklahoma City visiting
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. J.
McGaugh.
S. F. Amend has gone to Guthrie
to work on the Sister’s Seminary
,there.
Mrs. Roy Keen went to Foss today
to spend the week end with her hus-
band who is there repairing telephone
lines.
John Robinson has sold one of his
farms known as the Bunch place to
his son Warren Robinson.
C. H. Fritch and family and Miss
Mabel Lee spent last Sunday at the
Yarbrough home near_ Carpenter.
Charlie Johnson has started his
new building at the rear of his Clean-
ing Works of which we wrote several
weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. A N. Neilson drove
in from California yesterday and
were so pleased with the city they
are thinking strongly of locating here
Mrs. Walker Huff and children
were here from Herring Sunday and
spent the day with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. Bates.
Read the write-up of Oscar Speed,
County Attorney, in thia week’s
paper. (adr.)
THIEF ABANDONS CAR
The Ford coupe belonging to Miss
Sarena Taylor was left on the road
near Canute after it had been stolen 1
from her garage here Monday night.
The car was found by H. C. Newby
and when he phoned Sarena about
it she would hardly believe it until he
told about finding a letter addressed
to her, even then she was “juberous”
-until she went and found the garage
empty.
The thrives had broken into the
M & M oil house at Canute and filled
the car out of a water barrel instead
of gasoline and were .unable to crank
the caj, so abandoned it.
Moral—“Carry your letters in
our car and do not use M & M wa4er
for gasMine.
FATHER DIES SUDDENLY
Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Crowder return-
ed this week from Austin, Texas,
whers they were called on account of
the suddeR death of Mrs. Crowder’s
father. They were in San Prhatfeco
attending the Shriner'S Convention
Adams—“Feundmg of New Bng- j when the meaaage reached them, but
land.”
Garland—“A Daughter of the Mid-
dle Border.”
Doyle—“Through the Magic Door”
Shuman—“How to Judge a Book.”
Van Lo#i—“Story of Majekind.”
Milne—“Tlje Feast of Lantecs.”
Rogers—“Wild Animals Every
Child Should Know.”
Twain—“Prince and Pauper.”
Bindloss—“Call of the Wild.”
Read the write-up of Oscar Speed,
County Attorney, in this week's
paper. (adv.)
GIVES $100.00 ON BUDGET
The M. E. Aid Society at their
meeting Friday voted to pay $100.00
on the budget also to make more im-
provements in church. TV ay will
have an ice cream supper a week
from tomorrow night on the church
law*.
Jack Bynum, who has been at-
tending school at Stockton, Califor-
nia, arrived here WedneRiay to visit
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Gilkey for a week and will thon go
to Wichita, Kansaas, to visit his
father, Rex Bynum. Jack ie a fine
looking boy and we learn in the
school he attended he won first place
in high jump, swimming contest and
running in the 85 pound class.
on account of wash-outs on the rail-
roads they were delayed and did uot
react! Austin until after the funeral.
“A WORD TO THEfWISE
IS SUFFICIENT”
If *vary car driver would abide
strictly by the laws of the (bad many
unnece«ary accidents would be
avoided. W* should remember tHat
any boulevard or mam traveled road
such as Broadway has right of way
over any gidfe street. Every<^ie en-
tering ouch a street ar boulevard
should alow down or come fcq a com-
plete stop which is absolutely re-
quired in the larger cities. It
should also be remembered that a
ear going in the same direction as
yourpaL should never be passed on
the right side. You have right of
way over a»y driver entering your
street from the left and any car en-
tering from the right hag right of
way oyer you. Always pwt out your
arm before stopping or before turn-
ing, so as to giye ariy one who might
chance to be back of you an opportu-
nity t* slow down o* stop. Always
safety first.
FOOD FROM HEAVEN
Washington has received from
Bagdad samples of Turkish manna, i
v . , ... , , This manna falls like dew in the I
^ our vote for Charles B. Hickok, autumn months, lodging on the ;
Democrat for the State Senate will j leaves of oak trees and hardening in i
he a vote for better government. He j the form of grain. It is supposedly ;
is energetic, capable and honest, and j^e same substance used by the chil-
. dren of Israel in the wilderness and
will use his best efforts for our in- ig a rec0gnized article of commerce
tcrests of the Second District. 7-20c in Syria. Sheets are spread under
_ 1 the trees in the early morning and
Mrs. Jimmie Lee Robinson and the trees are shaken Only the oak
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other points in Missouri to be gone gl,R.„ honpy pnd s(,1]s for forty.
several weeks. five ccnis a pound.
Fresh!
Healthful!
Delicious!
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Our wholesome breed, rich, tender cakes, delicious
cookies are baked fresh for you every day. . They are
made of the very best ingredients under the most sani-
tary conditions.
HOT PARKER HOUSE ROLLS AND
CINNAMON ROLLS EVERY HOUR
* ROTARY BREAD SHOP
311 North Main Street, Opposite Grubitz & Son
Broom Com
Growers
v
Do You Want to Make
Some Money?
Then build a broom com shed, and shed dry
your corn. Get the top of the market. Call
on us for plans, estimates and terms. We
want to help you in this important matter
S. E. (Sam] Brown
Lumber Co.
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