Mountain View Times (Mountain View, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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Mountain It torn
Volume XXV, Number 6.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1923.
Established April 28, 1899
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INVITATION
We invite you to come to our store and buy Dry Goods,
Shoes and Groceries. We will sell you our goods at as low
a price as we can, and our aim is to satisfy you in every
way possible.
We appreciate the good trade we are getting from the city
folks. Give our Mr. Daniels your orders or call phone 69,
and we will deliver the goods to your home.
HARVEST IS ON, and you will need Extra Gloves, Ov-
eralls, Shirts and Groceries. Come and let us figure with you.
MOUNTAIN VIEW CASH STORE
„ Youngstedt & Slangstrom, Proprietors
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SLEPT WITH THE LIONS
From the Weekly Scotsman,
Edinburgh—
Green was always spinning
yarns about his experiences in
PRESIDING ELDER HERE
NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT
Rev. C. S. Walker
gum, will preach at
of
the
Man-
local
7 F Methodist church next Sunday
Africa, and usually he wound ... , 0 OA , , , ,
’ 17 night at 8:30 o clock, and will
up by saying he never yet saw , .,
a lion he feared. One night af- ° (
ter he had finished yarning, he ,.
, , , i « . , • preaching services,
was taken aback by one of his 1 , L _ lx._
audience, who said:
“That’s nothing. I have
thrown myself own and actu-
ally slept among lions in their
wild natural state.”
“I can’t believe that,” said
the hold hunter.
“It’s the truth, though.”
‘“Can you prove it? Were
they African?”
“Well, not exactly African
lions. They wrere dandelions.”
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the third quarterly Con-
ference immediately after the
Come out
and hear Dr. Walker as he
brings us the gospel message
sweetened with grace and love.
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THE IMPORTANT POINT
From Rlack and Blue Jay—
“Mr. Daring,” said the direct-
1 or, “in this scene a lion will pur-
sue you for 500 feet.”
i “Five hundred feet?” inter-
rupted the actor.
“Yes, and no more than that
—understand?”
The hero nodded. “Yes, I
understand, but does the lion?”
ROYAL NEIGHBOR COUNTY Wdlf fourth. The prizes were
MEETING three, two and one dollars, res-
R-A-l-N SPEllS
pectively. The judges on this; "SOAKED AGAIN”
PROVING THE STORY
Grandmother had come to
visit her son, the pastor, and
! Mary, her 5-year-old grand-
daughter, was entertaining her
with the story of a wonderful From Siloam Bulletin
HE’D GO FAR, FAR AWAY
On Wenesday afternoon of work were Mrs. Harris of Mus-
last week, about one hundred kogee, Mrs. Colwell and Mrs.
and seventy-five Royal Neigh- Meggley of Carnegie. .
hors of Kiowa county assembled The Mountain View drill This is getting to be about the
dog.
Mary
‘And the dog flew
A group of visitors were go-
ing through the county jail,and
and f 1 e w and f 1 e e w away up a burly negro trusty was called
More rain last Saturday!
in the sky.”
Grandmother (reprovingly) —
“Now, Mary, tell it right; you
to open doors for them.
“How do you like it here?”
one of the women asked.
“Like it, ma’am? If evah
Snyder and Roosevelt failed to camps, which was very well
appear. At the meeting, the done.
state officers held a school of in- The approaching cloud early
struction, which will be of spec- in the evening brought the
ial benefit for future meetings, meeting, which was considered
A pennant was offered for the a success, to an abrupt close.
largest class tor initiation, | -o-
Lone Wolf winning by a major- When in need of someone to
days were here Monday after
provisions. That is, ail who do
not live north of town; the riv-
er came up Saturday and got
all over everything again, and
those who live in Washita coun-
ty had to stay at home, for they
couldn’t get across. Tuesday
ity of five over Mountain View, do hauling, anything, anywhere j morning the river began to fall,
A silver loving cup was given out of town, call me at phone
by Mrs. Estes to the Mountain No. 3. Also handle the famous
View drill team for putting on Texaco gasoline and oils. Call
the work the best, with Gotebo me when in need of these items,
second, Hobart third; and Lone —Frank R. Osmon, phone 45.
in Mountain View at the hall team, which is composed of old most common thing we have in know a dog can’t fly.”
just west of the Electric Thea- and new members alike, is to be this country the past several Mary (triumphantly)'—“Oh, Ah gets out Ah’ll go so fer from
tre, with two state officers pres- complimented on splendid work, weejts Commencing just af- yes, grandmother, that dog here it’ll take nine dollars to
litT and*'MErfSFlorcncr; an'lxf^eSort''Zi madc^o“aylight, » * a slow %■ it was a bird dog." sen' me a postal card.” -
Harris of Muskogee', to organ- complish so much in a short way until after dinner. This ------
ize a county R. N. A. organiza- period. They were indeed for- kept everybody from coming to
tion. The following officers be- tunate to have a very able town on that day, and at no
ing elected: President, Mrs. coach, who spared no time in time were there more than four
Duncanson of Hobart; Vice- training them for this affair, jears on the street. But Mon-
President, Mrs.Vaughn of Lone At six o’clock the home camp j day made up for it. Fair
Wolf; Secretary, Miss Evalu served the visitors, and the Car-(weather Sunday caused the
Olin of Mountain View. Hobart negie Royal Neighbors, who' roads t o dry considerably, and
asked for the next meeting, were invited over to initiate the; as a consequence, all who ordi-
which will be in December, class of candidates for the, narily come to town on Satur-
The Finest Aluminum
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Make Careful Exami-
nation of Fresh Foods
A close scrutiny of the minute details this Grocery Store
makes to safeguard your food supply will convince you
that this is a safe place to trade. In choosing your daily
table supplies, it is of the utmost importance that they be
fresh and clean, for upon this depends their worth and
tastiness. Our groceries are always fresh.
The Sanitary Grocery
The Quality Food Store
and folks are now able to get
to town.
—-o-
Due to wash outs on the line
west from Bridgeport through
to Clinton, the main line Rock
Island passenger trains were
detoured through here the lat-
ter part of last week. Then on
Sunday night the Washita riv-
er got so high just the other
side of Fort Cobb as to render
the track unsafe for travel, so
MorfHay and Tuesday we had no
trains from the east. This put
everyone out of humor, for no
mail or daily papers were avail-
able that day, so all we could do
was to set around and talk
about each other.
FOR YOUR CHICKENS
We now have the Kennedy In-
sect Powder, that is guaranteed
to rid your chickens of the lice.
—E. 0. Flood Hardware Store.
Ferrell & McAtee
IF YOU WANT A FARM
OR CITY LOAN, SEE US.
We meet competition on
rates and quick service.
If you want any kind of
insurance we have it—in
some of the very best in-
surance companies.
We have some real estate
for sale.
Your Coupon Saves You
One-Third
This wonderful Mirro Pudding Pan, 2,/£-quart
size, regularly costs 75c. With the coupon which
we are distributing, you can get it for 49c and
save 26c.
If you haven't received your coupon call us up or
come in without delay. Our supply is limited.
You'll vote this Mirro pan the handiest thing in
your kitchen. Finest Mirro quality, of course
—pure, thick aluminum.
Your Mirro bargain is waiting—if you don’t
wait too long!
Hockaday’s
PHONE 90
PHONE 90
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