Elk City News-Democrat (Elk City, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1922 Page: 1 of 12
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ELK CrTY'NEWS-DEMOCRAT
VOLUME XX
ELK CITY, BECKHAM COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. SEPTBMRF.R 7 iQ9o
Beckham County Fair-Sept. 19-23
“The Biggest Fair in the History |
•of Beckham County” regardless of
the weather, is the goal of the Fair I
Association for this year. Another |
day has been added, making five big
days, beginning September 19th.
Continuous attractions consisting
of running races, relay races, lumber
wagon races, and motor cycle races
will be a feature of the program.
There will be a ball game each day
.no set ics in win me Dan si
ed by the Fair Association,
Among the free attractions se
cured for the week are the Maxwell
high wire comedians who will give
Uieir high wire acts four times each
day, twice each afternoon and night.
The Crane Family, acrobats, will also
give two free acts each afternoon
and evening.
The fire works each night during
the fair will be the greatest display
ever seen in Western Oklahoma.
The Fair Association has spent
considerable money for the display
ana it will be an attraction worth
traveling many miles to see.
Clark Bros. Greater Shows, select-
«« hy the Fair Association for this
year, will have seven big shows
with four rides—Ferris wheel, Merry
ftMTAUnd. fftvrv Mritim ewJ ___
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COMMODIOUS QUARTERS FOR RACE HORSE STOCK
BOOSTER TRIP FOR FAIR I GET IT STRAIGHT
Jsts. at 1 ,Jt,assi sisss ;rsr,s
4,1 ki"ds Ieft Elk City Beckham bounty Fair which omm
Sfefcfw '«ut ue
"'if rr on road. They were ham county.
Aj'aSS'.S'B
i J5S**** This is considered the
beet wild west show on the road to-
day and the Fair association is for-
tunate in being able to secure this
VHQWe
FAIR week—home week
. A large number of former resi-
dents of Elk City will take occasion
vreek in-Elk-City.' No finer time
.PW could be found for former
realdenta to nay a visit to their old
Fa"* t0W" t4*n durin* the County
ENLARGING GRAND STAND
The Fair Association is enacting
the largest Crdwd evdi* at^the FaJ? , 3
this year, and carpenters are already ST* S*vcn hy Dr.
at work enlarging the grand stand.. V1* Tisdal Hospital were
The seating capacity will be doubled. ner Ith* Spotted Poland Chinas in-1 ‘.‘,‘*'1. wivnoui
‘- stead of under Duroc Jerseys, on top t,*?„t,nsL *
of the same page. I ln order to conserve
These premiums are: *fc----1 ' J—
scheduled to visit thirty towns
boost and paste.” Many of the
“I® hill boards over the country
were reserved last year by the Fair
Association for the large Fair ad-
vertising potters.
from reports over ithe
country, the attendance at the Fair
M
«uw.<vw aim sue r air
more than double
>•» vvmi vjr •
Many features of the coming fair
are a great deal larger. There are
more exhibits in sight than ever be-
I *°Ie: •n<j, that is the foundation of
a fair. This fact is not a guess, but
is a fact that can be verified from
any of the different superintendents
I of the venous departments.
The committee also assures that zi ,Z
Jhe entertainment _ features of the'IS? jL*®
GROUNDS ARE READY
°f the^ttle barns and two-
tniras ox the hog barns are already
reserved for exhibitors who sre com-
ing to the Beckham County Fair,
there is a greater interest being dis-
played relative to exhibits ‘than in
any previous year. At this time it
appears that the exhibition of live i
than at any time
during the history of the fair.
‘/We are going to have the biggest
££."• b,*e ever h*d.” so President
Hewlett told a man Monday morning.
SPECIALS FOR DUROC
JERSEY HOGS AT FAIR
In looking over the premium list
00 Fair Catalogue it
----, g<
of the previous ones.
It would not be necessary to even
mention these things were it not that
A SHOOTING AFFRAY
, Last Saturday evening about nine
o clock, several shots were heard in
front ff McAlpipe’s Hardware store,
and it was found that Wyley Gunter
had shot S. F. Ellis, who, after be-
ing shot, walked to the Palace Drug
store before he fell. He was shot
through the/ight lung, the bullet go-
ing through his entire body. He was
taken to the Elk City hospital,
where he has been in a serious con-
dition, though at this writing, the
doctor thinks he is out of danger and
will soon be fuljy recovered. He is
G6 years old. The weapop used was
25 calibre automatic.
Mr. Gunter purchased a place in
town from Mr. Ellis and they live on
adjoining places. They have had a
little trouble about the first of July.
Gunter was arrested and taken to
Sayro. \
O’DONNELL REPORT'S
The public sale of H. M. Harris
and W. 0. Moore Tuesday was an
unusually good one. A large crowd
was there and many bidders. Cows
sold from 135.00 to $60; 4 months’
calves sold for $25.00, and other
stock sold well. This is the second
sale this season for O’Donnel Bros.
FORMER RESIDENT HERE
Mrs. Hannah Hulme and son,
James, arrived home Monday night
from California, where they have
spent the summer. Mrs. Hulme re-
. — -j---- me enure Port8 • most enjoyable summer with
trip cavering twelve hundred miles, her mother, brothers and sisters, be-
be saw but few greten spots and that 8V,e* *»king in the sights of Califor-
Beckham county is by no means n,t- 8h* will remain several weeks
alone in drought and short crops and ®nd ^ke in the Beckham County
*• far from the worst he saw on his ■ Fair. James will leave in a few days
trip- I to resume his art studies in Chicago
Mr. Carman was formerly a citi- •wbere mother will join him later
*f Beckham countyfor a num- on’
V " " ~ JOHN FIELDS AT SAYRE '
John Fields will be in Sayre Wed-
and a w OUAnini* __« nrL a
NUMBER 19
“OUTING TRITBY
VERNA BLACKBURN
NEW MINISTER ARRIVES
John C. Carman, who for the past
‘5r**y *■»>>•« amved the Church
of Chnst ih Mananjm, Okie., has been
hree yi__
if Christ ih Maagui _. _
•"•MNd by the Omrch of Christ of
this city, arrived here this week af-
8SW»m,i&l5Si
Texas. He says that in the entire
o^ Wher^ VddiSoJTt^his*1JnU-'
terial work, he was engaged in the
I Ah' are all niir and of a Maher class
thin ever before, so there is nothin* elWred in the John Fields will be in Sayre Wed-
to indicate that the coming fair will v*n"du,1tBfOT|*.nce b"»in«“: nesday evening, Septembe/lSth, at
BECKHAM COUNTY FAIR
—Aept. 19th to 23(4—
SEE W. W. BLACKBURN
For Coacooiioa. Romombor Wo Have
FIVE BIG DAYS THIS YEAR.
We Expect Biggea t Crowd Ever.
9-5
Duroc Joraov
Old herd owned by exhibitor.$25.00
Young herd owned by exhibi-
„ tor......-.............$10.00
Get of Sire...........*____$ 6.00
Produce of Dam____________$ 3,00
Grand Champion Boar____„.$ 5.00
Grand Champion Sow______$ 5.00
— --— — on the ex-
pense the real advertising campaign
is just beginning, but it will be well
for our home people to get it straight
and not guess, and if your fair is
worthy of boosting, do it.
Taken as a whole, the management
and those who sre working in the in-
terest of the fair and are in a posi-
tion to know, tell us that the plans
and arrangements are all made for
one of the biggest and best fairs
sell corner. A large crowd is ex-
Ck/'um alone**because*"*8*^ ™ * ***
COTTON SELLS FOR 20
CENTS POUND
Many bales of cotton are being
brought to town now. The price yes-
in which to TiyJT 8Plendid Pl*Ce
He will preach Sunday at both
the morning and evening services
uiuruing arm evening services wwu now. ine price
and extends to ail a very cordial in- ter«»y was 20 cents per pound.
VW otinn L. ___A. T7> ....
vftation to be present.
CRADLE ROLL
Dr. Tisdal also gives anotherever held in Western‘oklahom. and
ecial premium of trn nn *i— .k-iu ? . J .
special premium of $10.00 for the
best boar one year old or over, any
breed. '
NOTICE.
Through an oversight some of the
breeds of poultry v^re left out of
the caUlogue. It is the intention
that all breeds have an equal chance,
so if your breed is not named, do not
fail to bring them to the Fair. You
will receive the same consideration
eVterydhc should plan to take the
week of Sept. 19-23 off and see and
enjoy and profit by the 1922 fair.
| SEASON TICKETS TO THE FAIR
The Board of Directors, on account
f the slow sale and trouble of
handling the season tickets to the 1 Sunday night September 3rd
Beckham County Fair, decided, this | A 10 j* pouPd boy t0
w A b5X was born to Mr. and tbe «l“«ntit
E. H. Bass, Wednesday August !the duality.
30th. They have several boys and I
Fanners are jubilant over the
price of broom corn. A man near
Grimes refuses $200.00 a top. This
section of the country may not have
the quantity this year but we have
had a whole lot of girls names picked
out for this one, so when another
boy arrived they were not ready to
name him.
Bom to Mrf and Mrs. Chas.
Walker, a baby boy Sunday morn-
ing, September 3rd. Mr. Walker has
charge of the Fairlawn cemetery.
A babv boy was bom to Mrl and
Mrs. James Hammett, of Canut^, on
year to not use the season tickets,
however, on account of the number
of people who have spoken to us
m« thn ~ fc.w,lww™won 1 u* people wno nave spoken to us
n 1 lfif8,—Guy Woodman, Secre- about it, we have decided, and have
tary Beckham County Fair Associa- 1 *'“J —;-‘-J----- • -
tion.
“When It Rains”
When it rains you will want good seed wheat. And
you will probably want it right away.
We have aome samples of a number of good strains
of hard winter wheat. These have made the best
records in Western Oklahoma. It might pay you to
call and see them.
Elk City State Bank
J. O. SCOTT, President. j. T, BEALL, CasMsr
had printed a sufficient number of
tickets to take care of those who de
sire to purchase th^m.
The children can hardly wait for
the Fair. They always enjoy the
Ferris wheel, merry-go-round and
other amusements. A Tittle bovs said
.to us laast week, “Aint v0u just
[crazy for the Fair to start ” He has
p^en saving up Ua money for some
time so-that he Would be able to go
ana have some spending money, too.
ADMISSION TO FAIR
A report has lken started that the
Fair Company was going to raise the
admission price at the Fair this year.
This is not so. The admission will
be the same as it was last year.
If you will look on page five of
the catalog you will see what the ad-
mission will be. On the first day,
“get ready” day all exhibitors are
admitted free. Visitors will not be
admitted exce
Saturday the' admission will be BO
cents. Children between 10 and 16
years old 25 cents. Children under
10 years free, also all private con-
veyances are free.
Night performances 26 cents and
10 cents.
The exhibitor’s fee it $1.00. ’
MEETS COUSIN AFTER
MANY YEARS
Mrs. E. C. Willison was pleasantly
surprised when she received word
that her cousin, U. H. Brown, of
Zanesville, Ohio, with his wife, would
be here yesterday while enroute to
Waco, Texas, on business, Mr.
Brown beinr president of a large
w??on ««d implement factory in
Ohio. The eousins had not met in
over twenty-five years.
DISTRICT COURT
A number of people from Elk City
are attending District Court at Chey-
enne this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jones of Can-
ute, Saturday, September 2nd. He
has a little sister who lacked two
weeks of being a year old. Mr.
Jones is the agent at the depot in
Canute.
To Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gibbs,
southwest of town, a ten pound baby
girl was born last night, Wednesday,
Sept. 6th.
BANK ROBBERS CAUGHT
Three Sayre young men were
found to be the ones who held up the
cashier and assistant cashier of the
Beckham County Bank at Sayre. One
named Woods had hidden over $600
in an old sock ip the wash house at
home. His mother finding it, ques-
tioned him in such a manner that he
confessed and told that a young man
named George Livingston and a Bo-
hannon boy were the other two. Liv-
ingston was arrested, but Bohannon
made his get-a-way and at the time
we write this, had not been found.
BASSETT—BULLARD
Otto Bassett and Miss Jackie Bul-
lard, both of Hammon, were married
Thursday night, August 31st at the
residence of and ’ ” '
Xqtice
A temporary injunction has been
panted Hie railroad against Beck-
ham county, restraining the officials
from paying out any money what-
ever. No claims can be paid until
some settlement has been made.
COMPANY INTERESTED
IN REFINERY
nvniv. nr. crates is rep-
resenting the White Seal Petroleum
Company and if developments at
the Sayre field continues, this com-
pany will consider building a refinery
», iw 1 , ® ... vOnVulUBoi Lfiis com-
dmittod except on payment of the pany will consider building a refinery
»dmission charge—60 Cento, and according to Mr. Estes, Elk City
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and is the logical point,
aturday the admission will h« xn
ATTENDS FUNERAL OF UNCLE
, Miss Oma Ferree left Saturday
for Shawnee to attend the funeral
of an uncle. She was met enroute
by her brother, Hugh Ferree, of
Rocky, who accompanied her.
CALLED TO WASHINGTON
Mr. and Mrs, G. H. Brupson were
called to Richland, Washington, last
week because of the serious illness
their daughter, Mrs. Alsa Hoag-
land. She recently underwent an
operation and was thought to be on
the road to recovery.
JUNIOR TOWN MEETING
Members of the Junior Town Or-
ganization will please meet at the
home of Mrs. J. E. Standifer on Mon-
evening, September 11th, at four
o’clock. j •’
James DeLara, Mayor.
_-------- by Judge R. W.
Jones.
Mr. Bassett is a printer in the
Hammon Advocate office and at one
time edited a paper at Texola.
The bride is a daughter of the late
Mrs. Tom Watson. She was born a
short time after the death of her
‘«her Jack Bullard, who was sheriff
of Roger Mills county and killed by
Whitehead the desperado,
twenty years ago. Jackie h
living at the home of her grand-
mother, Mrs. A. B. Cozart, of Har-
mon. She is a graduate of Hammon
High School and at present is teach-
ing school near that place.
,,Mr-,®*a8tu is • son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley Bassett, of Elk City, and
is well known in Beckham county,
having edited the Texola Herald at
the age of fourteen and was no
doubt the youngest editor in the
county and probably in the state. He
has attended the Elk Qity schools
and is at present with the Hammon
Advocate.
The News-Democrat joins the
many friends of the young couple in
wishing tlj^m success and happiness.
(Continued from last week)
Just before entering the little
town of Espanola, we met Indians on
horseback, Indians walking and In-
dians in cars, buggies and wagons,
so we knew that we were too late for
the dance, hoVever, we had a streak
of luck—-just as we paked our cars
one of our tires “popped,” and we
found a long nail in it. Walter’s
daily mode of entertainment, is
changing a tire, We never miss a day
having a puncture. “Bier” Lilly says
that his “doodle bug” has an affinity
for oil, so I think our tires are so
contructed that they have an affinity
for nails—they seem to be magnates
for every nail in the road.
Espanola was filled with Indians
and Mexicans, all dressed in their
finest clothes. We saw many color
schemes that we never dreamed of
before. While the men visited the
various garages and Mrs. Hewlett
and Elizabeth visited the stores, Mrs.
White and I watched the c4rs an<F
GOOD SALE got 8U?8«stions for our next year’»
wardrobe.
I believe the roughest drive and
most tiresome trip we had was from
Espanola to “Craig’s Ranch” wher«
we spent the night Just why Mrs.
White and Walter decided very sud-
denly to spend the night at the ranch
we could not quite understand—was
it the scenery, the prospects of bath-
ing in the Rio Grande river or were
they tired? Or was St a sign on the
post which said, “Honey, Sweet Cqrie
and Cider.” Of course we enjoyed'
the sweet corn and had a swim in the-
Rio Grande river, whieh consisted'
mainly of keeping from floating
down stream. It is so swift it almost
thrown a person down.
Our road for miles was along the
Rio Grande river and a very narrow
road it was in places. H was only at
intervals where we were able to pass
cars so we were kept constantly on
the watch. There are only a few
white families in the valley and the
owner of the Craig Ranch is very
anxious for others to come there and
buy land. They irrigate ftrom the
river and raise very good crops of
alfalfa and have considerable fruit
of different kinds but as for me, I’D
take Oklahoma. ™
August Mlh
We camped among the pines 9045
feet above sea level last night—and
in the rain—but we built a camp fire
under the trees, after the hardest
rain was over and so were comfort-
able. It was the first evening we
had enjoyed a real visit around a
camp fire. In fact,, after the rain,
we had our Sunday School lesson.
Mrs. Hewlett acted as teacher an<f
we had a very profitable hour. We
didn't omit anything, even the offer-
ing, which we have planned to give
to the first Protestant church wo
find<on going down the mountain to
Eagle Nest Lake. Just as we were
leaving Craig Ranch, near Riconado
yesterday, we learned that there
were five Presbyterian Missionaries
there, five girls who were probably
sent there from the Allison James
Presbyterian Missionary school at
Albuquerque. We would have liked
so much to have seen them had we
known about them sooner.
We had a real mountain drive up
a canyon and over the mountains to
Taos yesterday. For miles and miles
we followed the Rio Grande river,
then for quite a distance along the
Rio Taos creek (our map says) where
the sides of the canyon or creek are
steep rocky cliffs hundreds of feet
in height, and over a divide to Taos.
STALEY—JACKSON
Ralph H. Staley and Miss Jewel
Jackson both of Elk City, were mar-
ried by Judge Jones at his residence
on Sunday, September 3rd.
ANOTHER HONOR FOR
ELK C<TY
Chas. Johnson attended the State
Dyer’s convention at Oklahoma City
Mqnday. He was elected state pres-
ident of the association. Elk City
always getting the honors.
Do not fail to see the lumber wag-
on race at the Beckham County Fair.
Jim O’Donnell is thinking of enter-
ing the race with his favorite team,
“rrlto and Huldah.”
Taos is a very pretty town at tha
foot of the mountains. We drove
past the artists studios, Kit Carson^
old home, his grave, several eld his-
toric buildings and to the Indian
Pueblo, two miles east of town. It
is considered one of the largest b»
existence. We found two Indian
boys in the first building we entered
and after they entertained ns awhile
with their singing and dancing we
got them to take us to tbe top of the
largest building. It ia tour stories
high and the stairwav is a ladder on
the outside. Of course these build-
ing are all made of adobe. When we
first drove up a bunch of Indian
children came running op and before
had hardly stopped, they were
bmg up on the sides of the carp
and on the tire at the bock, all yell-
ing “five cents.” Some of theni
looked almost black and had scarcely
enough clothes to cover them. Mr,
White gave them gum and sOon had
them following him around like a
bunch of pet chickens. After we
had taken several pictures of them
and a couple of burros, an old Indian
walked up and wanted os to pay him
tor taking a picture of hia burro.
Mr. White didn’t “aaba.” These In-
dian women wear white sheets for
shawls and the men all wear white
sashes of some kind of white material.
Every building had from one to half
a dozen Indians standing around on
the roofs, either the first, second or
third story. They had a kind of
arbor out in front of the houses and
an Indian woman was up on the top
of it washing. They surely believe
in getting as high as possible to do
their work.
We talked with one old Indian who
had visited the camp at Hammon and
other places in Oklahoma. He was
very friendly nnd rode back to Taov
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