The Mountain Park Herald (Mountain Park, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1907 Page: 1 of 12
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VOLUME 4
MOUNTAIN PARK, OKLAHOMA, MARCH 14. 1907
NUMFlR 9
Mountain Park Will Have a Building Boom this Summer
PLANT MORE COTTON
El_Rcno Merchant Urges Farmers
of Oklahoma to Snap Cotton
and Increase Profits
'T';
Therfollowing'article from’, the
Oklahoma Agriculturalist is of
especial interest to farmers in
this vicinity because the Red Gin
at this place has installed a com-
plete and up to date Huller Gin-
ning Process.
W. E. Fryberger, the big El
Reno merchant and cotton buyer,
unfolds a plan by which the far-
mers may reap more benefit from
the production of cotton. The
greatest objection to the culture
of cotton has been the trouble in
picking. The additianal expense
and labor in the raising of cot-
ton, especially in the picking, has
been a serious draw back. This
can be obviated, Mr. Fryberger j
.states, by the establishing of the
Huller Ginning Process, so that
the farmers can snap their cot-
ton bolls the same as they would
corn, haul it in and get their
cotton hulled, ginned and baled
by the one process. Where a far-
mer snaps his cotton he is enabled
to pick a bale a day, which is
quite a contrast to the laborious
method of picking. It takes an
extra good cotton picker to aver-
age 250 pounds per day. H"
can harvest his cotton much
sooner, thereby saving a large
waste from leaving it in the
field.
L. J. Lucas of Yukon put in
forty acres last year and about
the same acreage this year. His
crop last year brought him $1)00.
This year it will run between
$1,600 and $1,700. He picked
and ginned 32 bales and has 3
bales yet in the field. The har-
vest of his crop cost him about
$1.25 per hundred pounds, where
under the huller process it would
cost but 60 cents. The labor
would be decreased over 100 per
cent, beside the saving of the en-
tire crop which is too often lost.
Mr. Fryberger estimates that
an acreage of 2,000 acres tribu-
tary to El Reno would be requir-
ed to justify putting in a huller
gin.
Subscribe roi tbe Hi raid
ifcNT SHOW’
BUILDING aOOM
A CORNER ON PROVISIONS
Willaiu t >'* Wizard and Nellie Mountaia I'.ir to 5e: (lrsa? Im-
Davenport, the cl lirvoyant, en- . ...
. . • , , .... proveinents tills Summer
tertained large audiences in their
tent north of the Park hotel on Tbi* •vear v iM witness the big-
Monday and Tuesday evenings. »est building boom in Mountain
The Wizard is one of the smooth- Park pince opening. The
est sleight of hand performers 'time 1 as come wl en ™en with
we have ever seen. He conclu- the necessary capital have bc-
sively proved t’at “the quick- come convinced that this town is i for salejtbecame evident” that
ness of the hand deceives the j0,1 ^ J-* ntap foi Keeps. hoi a effort was being made to cor-
The box-supper given at the
Odd Fellows hall Tuesday even-
ing was a very successful affair
both socially and financially. The
tent show cut down the attend-
ance somewhat hut those pres-
ent report a very enjoyable time.
When the boxes were put up
eye" and had a lot of goodnatur- ;time xt seemed as though there
e i fun at the expense of various was imminent danger of its mov-
members of the audience. Per- in" bodily to Pry ler, but lime
haps bis best trick was in escap- kas s'v wn tha< people of
ing from a packing box after the community prefer their pres-
“Daddy” Jones had tied, locked ent locat' n t • y other. The
ner the supply. A number of
young men who had escorted
ladies and expected to secure the
boxes prepared by their fair
partners were remorselessly
frozen out by a coterie of finan-
and nailed the box. Miss Dav- resillt is thrA p number of our ciers beaded by Messrs. Jones.
enport's cabinet trick was* ev* n
more mystifying. The marion-
ettes were very amusing, too.
WILL WEAR DIAMONDS
James Damsite Jones came
down from Hob* rt Tuesday even-
ing and Mark Roberts arrived
the next day. The irrigation
business is at a standstill just at
citizens are i reprrin to erect j Wilford and Carley. These gen-
p-P' fluent str tures as an in- tlemen secured 8 of the 11 boxes
dication of their faith in the and a large cake, and then in-
future ot the town. vited everyone to help them de-
We are not at liberty at this molish the eatings. The disap-
time to give the details, but it; pointed youths had no appetite,
is an assured fact that a number however, and retired to the lob-
of two-story brick h dings will by until the feast was ended,
be erected here this summer. [The Rebekahs cleared $26.25 on
Mountain Park has reached the sale of the boxes.
the turning point in her career _
and from now on will have a TWO NeW STORES
present, politics and insurance
claiming the attention of the steady and substantial growth
promoters. Damsite informs us, rn, . ,. , . , -------------- — — ----- -
however, that he expects to wear |f it^imYforTouto paper," see lf'rdware and
diamonds and tnivul in a private before buying your vv’all puper. uin cinci anotlior j^eneriil stock
Mountain Park is to have a
car within a ye r.
Meek & Rhodyback.
Our Latchstring is Out
/TUR Latchstring is always out and you are
^ always welcome. To get in no knocks.
signs, grips or passwords are neces-
sary. Walk right in and “make yourself at
home. ’’
Send us the news, orally, by telephone or
by mail. We are publishing a newspaper for
your friends, and they want to hear about
you.
We will not try to fill our pages with news
of the world and its sensations and scandals,
but want to tell you of your neighbors and
your friends—the things you cannot find in
any other paper in the world.
of merchandise.
Floyd & Brashier, who have
been in the hardware business
at biboney are moving their
stock here this week and will
occupy part of the McAIester
building on Spruce street. Mrf
.. Meyers of Siboney will bring his
■ • large stock of general merchan-
<« dise here this week and will oc-
cupy the other part of the Mc-
Alester building.
Mountain Park will welcome
these gentlemen and their fam-
ilies.
Have you set out any trees or
shrubbery yet? You should not
let this season go by without
planting trees to add beauty,
comfort and value to your home.
A small sum invested in a local
in the Herald will sell anything
you have for sale. It will bring
the buyer to you and save you
hunting for him. There may be
lots of people anxious to purchase
what you have to sell, but they
don't know where to find it.
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Coy, Charles L. The Mountain Park Herald (Mountain Park, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1907, newspaper, March 14, 1907; Mountain Park, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc853554/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.