Elk City News-Democrat (Elk City, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1922 Page: 2 of 12
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THE ELK CITY NEWS-DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1922
KUM
To The Fair
and while here if you need a
farm loan, farm insurance or
anything in my line, call ffl^d
talk it over.
Have a good 160 acre farm
to trade for Elk City property.
What have you.
Have a good 160 acre farm
to trade for small tract near
Elk City. What have you.
“OUTING TRIP” BY
VERNA BLACKBURN
(Continued from page 1)
with us. We find the Indian girls
among the Pueblos are not nearly as
pretty as the Arapaho and Chey-
enne’s at home. The Pueblo s have
such large mouths and prominent
teeth and have inter-married with
the Mexicans. These Indians also
seem to be much more backward
about acquiring the white man's ways
and dress.
******
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Scnvvt
GUY WOODMAN
Elk City, Oklahoma
Eat at the
✓ Midway Cafe
, Second door South of Buick
Garage.
Caude Skelton, Prop.
New Fall Millinery
. Large wanted attractive
| 'assortment to select from.
,A11 different shapes and
’colors. a
Also $5.00 line for Sat- g
urday. I
Come .in and try them on
. Vogue Millinary 1
1’ ON BROADWAY |
, Burke Talks
Say, Boy, they are beginning
to come in and'buy these fine
suits and, oh the low prices
and’auto tickets for the free
car at the Fair.
Burke Tailor Shop
We had a beautiful drive from
the town of Taos eighteen miles up
into the mountains to Taos Pass. We
found so much more grass on tne
mountain sides than we had seen
elsewhere along the way and many
of the mountains are covered with
H dense growth of tall pine trees. It
doesn’t seem as if any of them have
ever been cut down, and they are so
tall and beautiful.
At the summit of the mountain
where we camped last night we found
so many ferns of different kinds.
We have our.cars Joaded down with
different kinds of plants and small
trees and even sacks full ol timber
sod We would just like to move
some of this timber and these beau-
tiful flowers back to Oklahoma. Mr.
Hewlett says he would give every-
thing he has. even to half of his
family for a stream of this mountain
water right through the streets of
Elk Citv. Mrs. Hewlett says just
leave her here among these trees and
flowers and she will be , perfectly
happy.
She thought it would be much
warmer and she couldn’t forego the
experience of sleeping on a bed of
pine boughs last night. The first
thing 1 heard Mrs. Hewlett say this
morning'was “I thought I was sleep-
ing on a rock last night.
August 14th—Evening
~We had another beautiful drive
down this side of the mountain and
through the Moreno Valley to Eagle
Nest Lake this afternoon. We find
more white people on this side of the
range of mountains. We have camp-
ed two miles from Eagle Nest Lake
on the Cimarron river. It is a beau-
tiful place at the foot of a high
mountain, so many trees and flowers
and grass and we have grey squirrels
and chipmunks for pets. Elizabeth
wants to get one to take home.
Soon after we drove into camp we
saw a tall man with a fishing pole
sauntering through the timber, and
Whiter said, “I know that man. It
was West Holland from Brinkman
and he and wife and duughter are
camped just a short distance from
here. They will be here a few days
and a railroad from Dawson to El
Paso.
We drove into Dawson just as the
miners were quitting work for the
day. We couldn’t understand why
so many were employed during the
strike but learned afterwards that
only non-union labor 'is employed;
there.
The Phelps-Dodge store is deceiv-
ing in size at the first glance. The
first tv*—» we noticed on entering the
store was their honor roll, giving the
names of their employees, who were
in the World War. Among them was
Leslie’s name. Among the different
departments we visted was the meat,
where we found a very congenial
young man by the name of “Caddy"
He remembered Leslie, and said he
went with him when he was called
to take his physical examination for
entering the army. He $ook U8 into<
the refrigerator room where wc
found meats of everv kind and
variety, enough At seemed to me to
supply an ordidfry town for a week.
he went for them they charged him
the sum of $2.40. We thought they
must be some special brand, and I
guess they were.
******
La Junta is not far from Rocky
Ford, the home of those famous
musk melons and we saw acres and
acres of them. Some were green and
others were ripe and being gathered
and packed! Nearly every farm had
a stand near the road with melons
for sale. We stopped at one pla.ee to
watch them pack the crates. Several
were packing, among them a Japan-
ese who had raised the melons. He
seemed to know just what size would
fit and it seemed like surely he would
burst them when he threw them at
the space it was to fit into, but he
didn’t. A great many Japanese
farmers are leasing that land and
raising cantaloupes. They are sold
through an association so the price
is always good. We also saw many
fields of alfalfa through here and all
of it is irrigated.
but he told us they were expecting a
car load the next day from Oklahoma
City where they buy all of theib
meats, so it would seem they appre-
ciate our patronage, for much of our
coal here is from Dawson, and in re-
turn buy Oklahoma beef. This store
has its own ice plant, and in fact is
the hub of the town. Everything
including all industries, is owned by
this company. f
We drove a few miles down the
creek towards the main road to camp
that night, but had hardly started to
unload when the mosquitos fairly
swarmed about us. We made haste
/find loaded again and drove seyeral
miles’ further to the highest point
we cou.ld find.1
The next day'our road was through
a beautiful level country all the way
to Raton. We thought if we were
going to live in New Mexico we would
select the counfrv around Raton and
we also liked that town very much.
It was such a bujy place and there
was so much paving being done. The
town is at the foot of the mountains
and is very pictui'fesque. Some time
during the day before, Mr. Hewlett
had broken both tront springs on his
car, so we spent? several hours in
town. We ladies were still hunting
Indian notterv jo after visiting
several stores in g vain attempt to
find some we wei*? told that an old
man had a curio .4iop at his home in
the resident district. We went there
but it was locked un. A little neigh-
bor boy told us he was working at
a second-hand stqre, and when we
told him what we wanted he told us
he had some, and that his mother
ulso'nad a collection and was thinking
of starting a shop. We went with
him to his home where we found six
or eight different articles, then he
niloted us to the second-hand store
where he was sure “Uncle Fine”
here They will De nere a iew ua^ would have what we wanted, and we
until Mr. and Mrs. Oakes (Mr. and did find a few articles which we pur-
Mrs. Comstock’s friends) of Man- chased,
gum get here and they will return
At the filling station at Lamar,
we saw Mr. Grimes, son of “Daddy’
Grimes of Elk City. He was glad to
see some one from home and was
apxious to know about every one.
W.e found a pretty desolate looking
country until we were nearly in the
vicinity of Garden City, when crops
began looking' better. The last thir-
teen miles into town were paved,
although the greater part of the
road v.as in very good shape.
« W. H. WINN & COMPANY „
80 acres, a bargain. Price $2,650.00; $650 cash and z
g good terms on balance. 40 acres to sell or trade. %
* 160 acres, well improved, close to school, 60 acres bot- _
x tom; 30 acres alfalfa; going to sell. J
S 4 room house, close to school house, $750. \ H
m Good three year old Jersey cow giving three gallons ol H
n milk per day. 1 good set leather harness. *
S 1 Lilly separator. 4 acres close in. *
1 Plenty of menoy to loan on farms and city property. 8
* Come in and see us about the above. z
§ W. H. WINN & COMPANY g
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White put on some old kahki trous- missing link.’’
ers, blue shirt and cap, and slid down j ******
the slide of the pool just as if some , spen^ our ia8t night about
one had pushed him in. He had a twenty • mj)eR from Canadian. The
peck of fun—all thought, he had been ,jexj morn;ng at the breakfast table
pushed in and offered to loan him we had our gunt|ay sthool lesson,
clothes—One boy said Why_ don t M,.g 'JV’hitq and Mrs. Hewlett took
charge of it, and we had a very in-
teresting lesson. Since we hadn’t
******
Garden City has a beautiful park
near the residence section and it adds
so much to the looks of the town. We
.-noke of how H. C. Powell had work-
ed and talked, trying to get citizens
of Elk City to convert those
vacant lots on Main street into a
City Park.
We talked with a groceryman who
had known W. O. Horr when he was
cashier at the Garden City National
Bank mavy years ago. He compli-
mented him very highly , and sa*d he
had never known a better or more
conscientious business man.
As we came near the Tourist Park
we saw, what to us was aj wonderful
sight, a large concrete swimming
pool, which we afterwards learned
was 310x410 square feet. It had
been built by popular subscription
and had been completed only a few
weeks before. Right then and there
we decided to spend the afternoon
and night in Garden City and you
may be sure we patronized, the swim-
ming pool wjiich is free to every one.
Clear, fresh water from wells flow
into it continuously and as it runs
out it is used for irrigating a field
of alfalfa belonging to the city, from
which they realize quite a sum of
money each year. The watej) is
shallow in one end and slopes
gradually to a depth of six feet at
the other end.
We went in swimming both ip the
afternoon and night. At night ^lr.
you go get a bathing sun ana nuiig
these clothes out to dry if they are
all you have, or I’ll lend you some
clothes.” We could see them talk-
ing in groups and looking at him.
We never told them any different,
so they never knew but what he had
fallen in.
We were told that numbers of
tourist camp there for Aay/ on ac-
count of the bathing.
Much to our surprise eight miles
of the sandy road leading south of
town is being paved by the county
and was all completed by a few
miles, making a paved road across
the county each way.
******
Since we knew there wasn’t a tree
on our road, we ate dinner at a
school house and drove into Perry-
ton about three o’clock, where we
expected to see Ben Lilly, but he had
gone on his vacation. We had not
expected to find “Doodle-Bug” Lilly
for felt sure he would be charm-
ing'the oil to the top of the ground
in some oil field, but we found him
behind the store reading his paper.
He told us the wonders of the
“Doodle-Bug” and demonstrated its
work, and showed us the map where
he had traced the oil straight through
this section of the country. Also of
interest to us was his “Traveling
Ford." The back of the front seat
has been cut down until it has a‘bed
—or almost a bed—it is not com-
plete uhtil he puts in a sawed off
stool on which he puts his feet,
making the bed long enough. He
sits on the foot of the bed and drives
until he is tired, then drives out to
the side of the road, lies down and
sleeps until he is ready *n start again.
No tent to make ready, no bed to
The road from Raton (propouili ed
by Rutonites, Ratone) to Trinaaad,
the waV we came.
We will be in the Valley a few , ......... -----------
davs nil il Walter and Coleman can I Colorado over the Raton Pass was
climb ail the mountains, they are on I one of the most beautifu drives on
the verv top of the highest one now, our trip. Just as we were starting up
then we will start home and will! the mountain, we met some familiar
probably return by Raton. | faces, seven cars of Elk City people,
1 may not get to complete this among whom we Recognized Will
diary until I return home, for we are Martin’s and Maxwell s.
so very, very busy sight seeing, then
we are always hungry, it is like cook-
ing for an army camp. Our appe-
tites seem to be on the increase, it
surely must be the climate. There
is never any waste for we always eat
everything that is put on the table.
We are all cooks and from the con-
versation, it would appear that each
one thinks him or herself an expert
in that line. Mr. White says every
Ur\°NT Bpentk all you make.”
I I said Benjamin Franklin: but
some people get It -mixed
and don’t make all they spend.
The secret of many a bootlegger's
success Is a secret still
Sometimes wisdom comes with
years and sometimes the years come
•lone. ’ i
t t
j $t takes 6000 bees to weigh a
'pound; but one "bee can sit down like
• couple of tons.
Boston professor claims this coun-
try needs more culture. But what it
needs is more agf-iculture
When a man goes to the d6gs lots
Of his friends bark at him.
A .man takes off his hat and is
jready to rest; but a woman takes off
her hat and she has just started.
It's hard to be crooked and keep a
straight face.
meal gets better.
1
W’e have invented a dish called
“slum gully." We have it in all
varieties and flavors. Each one
has a different recipe for the dish,
so you see it is quite popular.
August 15th
We left the valley sooner than
we expected for we were out of pro-
visions again. We intended stopping
Our road took us through u nutn
her of mining towns, some showed
evidence of being a busy place, while
others were entirely deserted. Nice
residences were slowlv going to
wreck. I would have liked to ha/ve
moved a number of them to Elk
City for rental property, there seems
to be such a demand for such proper-
ty now.
Trinadad, Colorado is a very
pretty place, but we didn’t like their
narrow streets, neithef did we like
their Tourist Park. In fact, we
haven't seen a park that any ways
near compares favorably with the
Elk Cify Tourist Park. We are very
fortunate there in having grass and
so many shade trees.
Mr. White must have decided he
visum* a «*.. didn’t want us to monopolize the
at°Ute Park" Sto're, buT'it wasTnTy 1 ! tire trouble so he had two blow-outs
few miles further to Cimorron and ion the main street «f Trinidad. That
Mr. Hewlett was in misery because gave us a chance to look for more
he had not heard from the. Presby- i P°tte?y andu see the sights in town
terian ball game. We tried to con-| We left about the middle of the
sole him by telling him that they i afternoon in the direction of La
lost the game, but he couldn’t be
consoled in that way.
Near Ute Park is the most beauti-
ful part of the valley. The road fol-
lows the Cimarron river, winding in
Junta. Foi- a short ways we follow-
ed a river and passed through a very
pretty country, then our road struck
out through a desolate looking
prairie with not a tree in sight and
very little habitation, it seemed to
Beer is being shipped from Canada
In milk cans. Keep ypur eye on
hubby when he gets baby's bottle.
Nothing makes a girl laugh at a
Joke like pretfy front teeth.
It is easy to be' ,your brother's
keeper If he will gfve you anything
to keep,
• People who kick about some things
•re put in the paper ought to see
what we leaye out.
and out through the trees, crossing j us We followed the railroad and
the river many, many times. At one
time it looked as if our road led
right into a rock wall which appeared
at a distance to be great,columns of
stone joined together forming a wall
hundreds of feet high. This is called
“The Palisades.” Among the rocks
one could almost trace grostesque
figures, and if you possess a vivid
imagination ^’ou could see the pic-
ture of a human face, or perhaps a
lion or other animal.
ORE MUSCLES
Vacations are often
' spoiled by soreness re-
spiting from outdoo:'
gamns. A good massage
With Vicks often gives
surprising relief.
_ VapoRub
Over 17 Million Jart Used Yearly
When we reached Cimarron our
first thought was the post office,
where we found we had not been
forgotten at home. •• There was a
News-Democrat for each family and
a letter from Mr. VanAuken for
each. The letter to Walter gave the
Christian ball game by innings, Mr.
Hewlett’s gave the Presbyterian, and
Mr. White’s was a letter of sympa-
thy for being compelled to associate
with two “crooks” and warning him
against them. He told how he had
been associated with the said
“crooks” in the Fair Association, and
as a friend he wanted>to advise him
to be very cautious while in their
company. /
While in Cimarron we held a ’coun-
cil of war. Should we go back up
I the canyon and camp a few days or
j sould we drive on into Colorado and
perhaps to Garden City, Kansas. We
debated at length and finally decided
we wouldn’t back track and afte-
ejetting provisions (That is the prol
| lem, getting enough to eat), w
started to Dawson, since it was onl
I a short distance out of our way am
we wanted io see the coal mines am
the Phelps-Dodge store, where Leslie
worked. This company, it is said,
i ranks second to Rockefeller in
I wealth. They own a string of stores
I through New Mexico arid Colorado
an occasional 'train was the only
relief from the monotonous prairie.
Our map showed the post office of
“Yetta” and we remembered that
friend from Brinkman, Carrol Sum-
rail, had moved there on a claim
which lie filed on a few years ago.
We inquired and found that he was
still there but had been called back
to Brinkman. a few^faj^s before to
see his brother, sfEo was seriously
ill. We left a note.in his post office
box. We found that the stretch of
country around Vetta is called Ty-
rone Flats and the. soil there is con-
sidered much better in that little
area than the other land over which
we had come.
******
La Junta is a pretty little Zwn
on the bank of the Arkansas rjver.
The very first thing we noticed on
driving into the town was the number
of “loafers" in and around the
square. There seemed .*■> be, men
of every nationality. On inquiring
w.e found they wtjre strikers. Eleven
.hundred and twenty five threw down
their tools at the Tail road shops and
walked back across the bridge to
town in a body one morning. The
town was practically dead, as far as
business was concerned. The day
before we arrived the first passenger
train had gone through to Califor-
nia since the Needles trouble, and it
eemed to us they must be trying to
catch up” on palcenger service for
■e passed train after train and so
cany trains of empty coaches.
This narrative would not be com-
ilete without tolling about Mr. Hew-
lett’s Jjamburgers. We thought we
would lunch at noon on hamburgers
and cantaloupes, so Mr. Hewlett or-
dered sixteen at a lestaurant. When
Did You Get the Bottom
Price, After All?
The man who buys a “long discount” tire usually finds himself
troubled by the above question.
Did he pay less for the tire than his neighbor might have paid, or
actually did he pay mofe!
Did he get the bottom price, when all is said and done, or could he
perhaps have driven a- sharper bargain 1
Was the n«t price really more than he might have had to pay for a
tire of established reputation and value?
In the belief that the average motorist prefers a frank and open
transaction, we built the new Goodyear Cross-Rib Tread Cord and
discounted the “discount” in advance. '
Instead of listing it at a high price, to enable the dealer to attradt
you with a so-called “long discount,” we list it as low as we
profitably can.
' We' build it of high-grade long-staple cotton, using the patented
Goodyear method of group-ply construction, and sell it at a lower
price than you are aslced to pay for many “long discount” tires of
unknown worth.
Compare these prices with NET prices you are ashed to pay for "long discount ’’tires
30x3# Clincher......$12.50 32x4 - Straight Side.. $24.50 33x4)4 Straight Side.. $32.15
30x3# Straight Side! . 13.50 33x4 Straight Side.. 25.25 34x4# Straight Side.. 32.95
32x3# Straight Side.. 19.25 34x4 Straight Side.. ,25.90 33xS Straight Side.. 39.10
31x4 Straight Side.. 22.20 32x4# Straight Side.. 31.45 35x5 Straight Side.. . ,41-05
These prices include manufacturer's excise tax
Goodyear Cross-Rib Tread Cord Tires are also made in 6, 7 and 8 inch sizes for trucks
FOR SALE BY
Jonas Hedlund & Sons
Goodyear Dealers
ELK CITY and CARTER
/
given collections to any church, we
voted to give it to the Chnrity Asso-
ciataion in Elk City. It amounted
to $2.00, We drove into Canadian
rather early the next morning where
we were fortunate in getting a piece
of veal for dinner. Our last camp
dinner was to be very elaborate and
it sruely was too. We stopped in a
shady lane about eighteen miles from
Grimes, and such a dinner as we
had and we enjoyed it so much.
At Canadian 1 had a short visit
with my cousin, Mrs. Bessie Hopkins
Whatley, whom I had not see for a
number of years.
The road was fine until we reach-
ed the Oklahoma line, then it was
frightful. Walter said, “I’d just like
to move some place where they have
good roads.”
• ••*•**
At Grimes we visited Mrs. English
and Aunty Mays, two dear old
ladies we have known for many
years. Mr. White took advantage
of this opportunity to drive on to-
wards Berlin, but Coleman and Wal
ter said to each other, “We’ll give
that Little Lizzie a chase for her
money.” After we had driven
several miles Walter remarked that
the Ford was harder to catch tnan
he thought itt would be on these
rough roads. Mr. White was wait-
ing for us in Berlin.
To aid Mr. White in collecting
souveniiA Mrs. Hewlett hung some
buckets and cans on the back of his
car at noon, so he would be sure to
have enough remembrances when he
returned home.
We drove on the pavement at 6:10
| lunch box and water is kept under I d Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma,
'the bed. He also has a museum m j ’ . _.,*.
ilhis store warehouse, where he claims I Thus ends the trip of the White,
to have, among other things, “the Hewlett and Blackburn families.
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