Elk City News-Democrat (Elk City, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1922 Page: 1 of 10
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ELK in Y NEWS-DEMOCRAT
VOLUME XX
ELK CITY. BECKHAM COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, MAY 11, 3 922
NUMBER 2
Candidates in the
Governor’s Race
z Will Be Invited
Here July 4th.
MANY QUESTIONS DIS.
CUSSED AT C. OF C.
The committee on arrangements
for the celebration July 4th, an-
nounced yesterday that the candi-
dates in the Governor’s race would
be invited to speak here July 4th.
Governor Walton, Owen, Wilson,
Howard, Bolen on the Democratic
side and John Fields on the Republi-
can side have already been invited
to move their campaign headquarters
to Elk City for that day and tell the
people why they should have their
support.
Elaborate preparations for entertain-
ment are being made. One of the
main features will be the fireworks
display, said by the committee in
charge to be the best ever seen in
Elk City. Other attractions will be
a merry-go-round, ferris wheel,
shows, foot races, sack races, etc.
The celebration will be on the
main streets of Elk City with basket
dinner at the Tourist Park. The
fallowing committees have been ap-
pointed by the committee on ar-
rangements; Decorating, E. J-.
Story, H. M. Gregory and R. L. Reid;
Concessions, J. N. Cook; Entertain-
ment, C. S. Gilkerson, Frank Kostka
and W. W. Blackburn; Ice Water,
Cap Story; Fireworks, Joe Van-
Auken, Lee Campbell and W. H.
Hewlett; Finance, H. C. Powell, E.
J. Story and W. E. Corn; Advertis-
ing, Henry Tyler and A. W. Bell.
Judge Gilkerson announces that the
committee is making arrangements
for 10,000 people here for tne cele-
bration. Letters of invitation have
been sent to all the neighboring
towns, and extensive advertising
plans are being arranged. This will
perhaps be the largest July 4th cele-
bration Elk City has ever had.
A more extended announcement
will come later, but you can get ready
and tell you heighobrs to make pre-
parations to come to Elk City on
July 4th and enjoy the biggest picnic
ever held inWestern Oklahoma.
MEN'S GLEE CLUB FROM
THE STATE UNIVERSITY
The second tour of cities in Okla-
homa to be made this year by the
Men’s Glee Club of the University
of Oklahoma will bo of eight days
duration from May 8th to 16th, ac-
cording to Joseph Benton, director.
The towns included on this tour are;
Chickasha, Walters, Waurika, Man-
gum, Carnegie, Sayre and Elk City.
Twenty of the members of the Glee
Club have been chosen to make the
trip. The glee club will be accom-
panied by the brass quartet, Sooner
quartet and trombone, tenor and
baratone soloist. The program al-
though containing a great many of
the numbers given in tb j home con-
cert. will have manv new ones.
They will be at the Quality Thea-
tre tomlorrow night, Friday, May
12th, Adults. 50c* children 10c.
ANOTHER ELK CITYIAN
IS HONORED
Mr. Cullum returned Friday from
Oklahoma City, where lie has been-
attending a meeting of the Board
of Regents for the Western Okla-
homa Christian College of Cordell.
This was the annual meeting and
Rev. Cullum was elected financial
agent for tho College, services to
commence immediately. This will
necessitate Mr. Cullum to move to
a more central place in liio state,
and he thinks he will make Oklahoma
City his headquarters. His family
will remain here until school i* out
and perhaps a little longer. While
we are glad to know of the honor
and the better salary that has come
to Mr. Cullum, wq truly regret to
have him leave this city, for he has
made many friends here whilepastor
at the Church of Christ. He has
built up the church membership and
has made friends with all whom he
came in contact. We wish him the
best of success in his new work.
At the regular meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce Monday night
manv questions of importance were
discussed.
The problem of building a new
Catholic School was presented by
Frank Kostka and at his request, it
was voted that the C. of C. co-oper-
ate in the movement. It is planned
to secure a building site in the down
town section, and according to Mr.
Kostna and others who are familiar
with the building plans, a $20,000.00
structure will be erected which will
accomodate several hundred pupils.
Judge C. S. Gilkerson, Frank
Kostka and W. W. Blackburn were
appointed as a committee on ar-
rangements for the celebration,
July 4th. and H. C. Powell, E. J.
Story ana W. E. Corn, committee on
finance.
T. B. STEWIART DEAD
R. E. Wise received word Saturday
of the death of his brother-in-law, T.
B- Stewart, whih occurred at the
home of a daughter living at Krebs,
Okla. Mr. Stewart was formerly of
this place, and filed on the Webb
place in the early day. He was a
member of the Christian Church of
this place and was a fine Christian
gentleman. Before leaving here he
and his wife lived south of the Rock
Island track. They were in Artesia.
New Mexico, when Mrs. Stewart died
in 1916.
J. T. Beall, chairman of the Agri-
cultural Committee, reported that
he had visited three rural schools,
where, in a talk along agricultural
lines, he stressed the importance of
better production, more production
and greater returns from crops
planted. Farmers are responding to
the efforts of this committee in
building a greater agricultural dis-
trict in this community, Mr. Beall
says, and he hopes to be able to
show greater results from his efforts.
Communications in regard to es-
tablishing a cheese factory in Elk
City were read by the Secretary. J.
H. Nischwitz, who is well informed
om the subject, advised against offer-
ing any inducements for the factory,
for the reason that we now have one
of the best produce markets to be
found anywhere and while a cheese
factory would create a higher and
unnatural market for a short time
until competition, which we have
been eighteen years dn building was
destroyed, then the farmers would
be at the mercy of the cheese factory
for there would be no competition to
create a reasonable price and the
market would be demoralized.
Springfield, Mo., is said to be the
best produce market in the world,
and when Mr. NWthwitz was there
recently he investigated and found
that Elk City has been paying higher
prices than Springfield.
BAND BOYS SURPRISED
The band boys were haying their
regular practice Friday night when
in walked the wives of the married
members, bringing with them a num-
ber of fine angel food cakes, also
freezer full of ice cream.
Mr. Faifer, the director, was so
excited he just had to stop directing
and said he would just turn the
meeting over to the ladies. They
soon arranged a table and all sat
down and enjoyed the feast. The
band boys tried to tell their apprecia-
tion. The manager, Mr. Hopper,
stated in his talk that they might
make it a quarterly event. Mr. Faifer
never could got in the notion to talk
much, but he showed his apprecia-
tion by the way he ate the first big
dish of ice cream and then the way he
ate that second disji which was piled
up to the top so that it looked like
Pike’s Peak, also those five great big
pieces of angel food. We all expect
to see his wings sprouting after con-
suming so much angel food.
All that Mr. Burke could say was
that he was “tickled to death.”
While he is a fine cook himself, he
appreciates somthing made by the
fair sex occasionally.
Neal O’Brien stated he was very
sorry they did not let his wife know,
while Dr. Meek would not acknow-
ledge that he was an old bachelor
for he was “scarcely twenty-one.”
Anyhow, such occasions as this might
make those bachelors realize the
blessings of the married man, when
such delicious cake could be given
them at any time if they had a home
of their own.
Mrs. P. E. Hopper was unable to
be present, but she sent a beautiful
angel food cake, the lovely kind for
which she has a reputation of mak-
ing. She was remembered by the
ladies and a big bowl of ice cream
was taken to her and several friends
assisted her in partaking of same.
After the social time at the table,
the ladies were requested to sit down
in front while the band played one
of their excellent selections for
them. It was an evening long to be
remembered by the band boys, and
some way they forgot about the
many, many hours of practice they
had given, and the many, many sac-
rifices made that Elk - City could
have one of the best bands in West-
ern Oklahoma.
MOTHER DIED
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Martin were
called from Forgan, the latter part of
last week, where Mr. Martin had
been teaching a singing class, be-
cause of a telegram received that
his mother had died at her home in
Lawton. They left Saturday to attend
the funeral.
W7HO is the best friend a man or woman has in a life-
W time? Universally, without hesitation, the answer is,
“My mother.”
To whom do boys and girls, men and women, instinctively
turn when in trouble for reassurance and comforting? Again
the answer, “Mother.”
Mother, the old reliable and never-failing, is always in the
background, ready to serve and comfort.
During the last couple of years there has been a great pro-
cession of men, out of work and in bad luck, wending their
way from cities back to small town and farm—to mother.
For everyone’s real home is where mother dwells.
On May 14 the nation again observes Mother’s Day, now an
established annual custom, originated more than a decade
ago by Miss Ann& Jarvis of Philadelphia.
It is the one day of the year when there is a concentrated
movement to give mother a fraction of what is due her—
tenderness, remembrance and gratitude.
If you are fortunate enough to have a mother still living,
send her flowers.
A letter should reach every mother, from the boys and
girls far from home, in time to let her know that she is not
forgotten on Mother’s Day.
While we’re about it, why not try to make every day
Mother’s Day? v
BAN® CONCEIT
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March—“The Majestic March”____________________Band
Overture—“Scarlet King”—- - - -—---- Band
Reading—Selected ----------------------------------
Popular—“My Tennessee”..------------ Band
Overture—“Princess India”_______________________Band
Violin Solo—Selected..______________Misa Dorothy Dennis
March—“Heroes of War”-------------------------Band
Saxaphone Solo—Selected______________Mrs. J. L. Heard
Selection—“All For You”--------------------------Band
Octette—Selected—Mrs. Martin, Olive and Fay Perry,
Eggers, Harris, Cox, Perry and Hollis.
Overture—“Sky Pilot”---------------------------Band
March—“New Friendship March”------------------Band
GIRLS GLEE CLUB PROGRAM
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
The Girls Glee Club will give an
entertainment at the School Auditor-
ium next Monday night, May 15th,
to which all the people are invited.
Admission Free. Program will be
found elsewhere.
flood
County Seat items tell of
damage at Sayre.
ANNOUNCEMENT
We have purchased the Grocery Store of Virgil Hill,
across the street from the Postoffice, and would be
pleased to have the people call and see us and get
acquainted. We keep fresh groceries on hand at all
times. FREE DELIVERY.
GOSSETT & RICHARDSON
-THE GROCER-
Phone 6. Cor. Broadway and Jefferson
NEW MANAGEMENT OF
CARTER OIL WELL
S. B. Cooley of Kansas City, ar-
rived in Elk City recently enroute
to Carter to assume management of
the Carter Oil Well. Mr. Cooley,
who is a geologist and comes very
highly recommended is enthusiastic
over the prospects for oil in this sec-
tion and is confident that they will
be successful in finding oil at Carter.
He has made a geoligical survey of
the field and a contour map of the
Carter country Saturday. A trip
will be made to Oklahoma City this
week where arrangements will be
made for all machinery needed to
continue drilling. The contract calls
for a well 2,500 feet deep or to a
depth that will produce gas and oil
in paying quantities. Drilling will
begin again as soon as the machinery
arrives.
NEW AMBULANCE FOR CITY
Eugene Grubitz arrived home Fri-
day from Oklahoma City, where he
had been taking a special course in
dermi surgery. He brought back
with him a fine ambulance and it is
the only ambulance in Western Ok-
lahoma. There are some places that
have combination hearse and ambu-
lance, but Grubitz & Son have a fine
motor hearse, and will use the am-
bulance strictly for the sick.
The ambulance is a six cylinder
Meteor, fifty horse power, limousine
type, two toned gray color, equipped
with Bumgardner invalid cot which
is considered the most comfortable
and handiest or practical cot made.
It is extremely low wheel base, which
makes it easier in which to ride.
Many deaths are caused from taking
patients in open cars, where jf the
patient could have been taken in an
ambulance would have been more
comfortable and would not have to
be exposed to the weather. There
is room for three to ride with the
patient besides one extra with the
driver. It will not be used to take
bodies to undertaking room, as Mr.
Grubitz says they will use the hearse
for that hereafter. The chassis on
ambulance is the same as on the auto
hearse.
The ambulance can be used for
pall bearers coach to funerals if
need be, as eight can be seated in it,
and it is equipped with the ambu-
lance chairs.
Grubitz & Son have ever been for
securing the best, and Elk City is
proud of their undertaking establish-
ment, for no better can be found in
the large cities.
The first ambulance call was for
R. V. Mayse of Erick, who came in
on No. 42 Saturday. He was taken
to the Tisdal Hospital for treatment.
LAST MEETING OF SEASON
PARENT-TEACHERS ASSN.
Last Monday night the Parent-
Teachers Association held their last
meeting of the school year, and the
next meeting will be held in next
September. On account of a meeting
the Chamber of Commerce, a
show by the Camp Fire girls and
other attractions the crowd was not
as large as it would have been other-
wise, but a happier, jollier crowd
would have been hard to find.
After several minutes spent in
community singing, led by Prof.
Steele and Mrs. Gibbs, a short busi-
ness session was held and Mrs.
Standifer re-elected president, Mrs.
E. C. Willison, vice-president and
Miss Talley, Secretary-Treasurer.
Then the seats were moved back and
the fun started.
Miss Thoma and Miss Hilsmeyer
presided at the piano; the Boys and
Girls Glee Clubs sang; Miss Ruby
Brown gave a reading; Miss Thelma
Jones a piano solo and Miss Jewel
Leeper a violin solo, all of which
was enjoyed by the audience.
In the month birthday game, No-
vember won first and February
second. The way Prof. Richards
and Mrs. W. C. Mitchell laughed, it
was not hard for the judges to de-
cide who would get first. The two
winning months then were called on
the stage and they demonstrated that
not one in the bunch had weak lungs,
and for an encore they imitated
barn yard scene early in the morning,
but forgot to flap their wings.
In the seasons contest winter was
the longest and autumn second.
With Miss Hilsmeyer at the piano,
Prof. Steele asked all to secure their
partners for the grand march. The
march started with Mr. Willison and
Mrs. Wm. Hunter as leaders, and as
the line marched past a given point
in the auditorium they were handed
ice cream cones. The line seemed
too long for E. C. or his cone didn’t
last long enough and he sloped
down the line and got his second
helping long before the line got
near around. He also set a bad ex-
ample for some of the younger folks,
who followed his example.
At the close Mrs. Standifer wished
the teachers “God speed” during their
vacation and expressed the hope that
most of them would be with us again
next school. Prof. Richords in his
response for the teachers, said that
Flood in Western
Oklahoma Does
Much Damage
to Railroads
The heavy rain Sunday night
damaged the crops considerably in
this section of the country also de-
stroyed some property. The rail-
road tracks were washed out at
Clinton and Doxey and the bridge at
Carter was washed away and for
nearly two days there were no trains
running. Passengers were maroon-
ed here from Sunday until Tuesday
and mail was a scarce article at the
postoffice. The roads leading out of
Elk City are all in a bad condition,
many bridges and culverts being
washed away. Water flowed down
the streets in almost a river Sunday
night and came near running in some
of the stores.
The east wall of the pump station
was taken out, and the electric
motors put out of commission and
they had to “steam up.”
The water was about three inches
deep in the D. C. D. Garage. It did
not get in the Karlin home, but
“mighty nigh it.”
Henry Hunter was about ready to
start a bath house Monday morning,
as there was about six inches of
water in the wash room at the laun-
dry. They spent the morning “clean-
ing house.”
Half of Bill Hewlett’s and Jonse
Smallwood’s potato patch just west
of the Tourist Park was washed
away Sunday night.
The Tourist Park was hit harder
than it has ever been before, much
trash being thrown in it, a table was
swept away and other damage done.
There was a tourist in the park
when the rain started and he was
given warning that he had better
vacate.
About twenty-five passengers on
No. 43 Sunday night, waited over
here for 41 Monday when they were
taken on toDoxey and transferred
across the flooded tracks.
Hedlund’s garage had one of their
Fordson tractors out cleaning off
the flood debris in front of their
place of business Monday.
Wl. F. & N. W. tracks at mile post
116 near Moravia were impassable
... , „ . , - , for about 300 feet Monday, causing
this was the first school term that lhe Bnnuiment of the 6 a. m. and 1:15
the teachers had not felt that they
were not aliens, but owing to the
Parent-Teachers Association this
term, he did not believe that there
was a teacher but what had felt
themselves a part of the citizenship
of Elk City, and that they had en-
joyed the situation.
DEATH OF MRS. CASSTEVENS
ODD FELLOWS PART
IN THE WORLD WAR
Bert Pannell, Secretary of the Elk
City, I.O.O.F. received the souvenir
booklets this week, published by the
Giand Lodge, showing Oklahoma
Odd Fellows part in the World War.
It gives the names of those who serv-
ed in the army and navy also the
Honor Roll. The total number in
the army and navy, both in the U. S.
and with the Allies, were 2,228.
Total number killed in action 21,
deaths from wounds 6, others dying
in service 39, making a total of 66
deaths in the serivee.
Those from the Elk City Lodge
whose names appear in the booklet
are W. W. Lyng and C. R. Nichols.
HELD UP EATING HOUSE
The night man of the J. J. Grier
eating house at Sayre, was held up
Saturday morning at 3 o’clock by a
single handed, unmasked man and
robbed of $45.00. No trace of the
intruder had been found when Bob
Francis was here Saturday.
TO SISTER-IN-LAW’S FUNERAL
Mrs. J. C. Steele left last Friday
for Breckenridge, Mo., to attend the
funeral of her sister-in-law, having
received a telegram announcing her
death that morning.
A SMALL ROBBERY
The Model Cash Grocery was
broken into Sunday night and
robbed of the small change left in
the register and a few miscellaneous
articles.
-ANOTHER LETTER FROM
GUY LINVILLE
We have a letter from Guy Lin-
ville telling of his trip in Mammoth
Cave on Route Three, which we will
print next week. Look for it.
DECORATION DAY AT URAL
Wyley Walker asks us to announce
that the people interested in the Ural
cemetery are requested to meet at
the cemetery on Decoration _ Day,
Tuesday, May, 30th and assist in
cleaning it up. Take dinner and
spend tne day.
Mrs. L. S. Casstevens died at a
local hospital, Tuesday, May 9tli,
from pneumonia, following an opera-
tion four weeks ago.
Funeral services were held at the
Tabernacle yesterday afternoon, Rev.
Hamilton, officiating. The members
of the I. O. O. F. were pall bearers
and assisted in the arrangements for
the funeral. Interment was ipade at
Fairlawn cemetery.
Essie Ayers, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Ayers was born in North
Carolina, December 12th, 1881. She
was married to L. S. Casstevens at
Little Rock, Ark,, April 27th, 1915.
They moved to Pueblo, Colo., five
years ago, coming to Elk City nearly
eighteen months ago.
She accepted Christ as her savior
and became a member of the Baptist
church at Honey Grove, Texas, in
1902, and she was truly converted
and consequently through the vicis-
situdes of life her faith never waver-
ed; she was ever loyal in her all.:-
gience to her King. Her sweet char-
acter won friends of all who knew
her, and those helping to care for
her say they never saw patience and
firtitude as shown by her in her ill-
ness, in fact all through her life. She
was good and she sought to make
others happy—what higher eulogy
can we pay—what more can we say?
She passed through the world and left
it better, richer by far because she
had lived.
She leaves to mourn her loss, her
husband parents, two brothers rrd
a sister; J. D. Ayers of Booneville,
Ark., who came to attend the funeral,
Ed Ayers and Miss Minnie Ayers of
Elk City.
The sympathy of our pevple goes
out to the bereaved ones in which the
News-Democrat wishes to join.
p. m. trains south bound.
Donnie McClain and family were
visitors at Hammon Sunday and
when they were on their way home
they got stuck in a mud hole. Mrs.
McClain took off her shoes and
waded in to help, ruining her dre3S
but acted as if it was great fun.
Then she walked a mile to get help,
while Donnie stayed with the car
to guard it and look after the boys.
Traveling men were unable to
make their trip this week. An attempt
was made Monday by Lou Siglin, C.
W. Gould, Jack Cummings, Fay
Nichols and Clint Mounts to go to
Sayre, but after building four
bridges they met a man who told
them they would have to build two
more before they got there, so they
turned around and came back to Elk
City.
It probably would have been a
show to have seen them, with one
man driving, the others hitched to
the car with ropes trying to pull the
car out of the mud. Occasionally a
rope woeld break and the man would
go rolling into the mud, which seem-
ed to be the case often with Mr.
Mounts, who belongs in the fat
man’s class, but then everybody
loves a fat man and he seemed to
have as much fun as any one else,
Temporary bridges were built from
the timbers of the old bridges.
D. W. DARNELL WILL CON-
DUCT EVANGELISTIC MEETING
FATHER DIED
Neal Cross sent word yesterday
from Stoneburg, Texas, that his
father passed away that morning.
He was called to his bedside last
week. Mr. Cross expects to be homo
tonight.
J. W. Brown returned last week
from Iowa, where he had been to
have an operation. He was taken to
the hospital for a few days treatment
and Tuesday was taken to his home.
We are glad to learn he is recovering.
FLOYD CANADY VISITS HERE
Floyd Canady, who has had such
a serious time with having his right
leg amputated because of being shot,
surprised his Grandmother Canady
by walking into her home last Friday
night. This was the first time she
had seen him since a few days after
the accident, and of course she was
mighty glad to see him. He under-
went a second amputation the 18th
of last month, and had only been up
four days when he came over Friday.
D. W. Darnell, evangelist for
Phillips University, has been secured
(.o conduct the evangelistic meeting
at the First Christian Church, be-
ginning June 4th. Rev. Darnell is
a very forceful speaker and an ex-
perienced evangelist and has been
very successful both in the organiza-
tion of churches and bringing people
into the church.
SPECIAL MOTHER’S DAY
SERVICE AT FIRST
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Mother’s Day is becoming one of
the great days in our social and re-
ligious life. It is well worth while
to set aside one day which is devoted
to the memory and honor of our
mothers
An effort is being made to have
one hundred men at the Bible School
The class will attend the morning
services at the church in a body. A
special Mother’s Day sermon will be
given. Several special songs appro-
priate to the occasion will be render-
ed. Hondr the memory of your
mother by atterding.
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