Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1917 Page: 1 of 10
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MAYES COUNTY REPUBLICAN
VOL 10.
PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUG. 2, 1917,
NO. 23
Ask Us!
Not only do we run a bank, but we also maintain a sort of
free information bureau for everybody, on practically every sub-
ject connected with finance. #
When you are in doubt on any matter connected with mon-
ey, come right to us and tell us your troubles and perplexities.
Perhaps we can tell you just the thing you want to know.
We don't claim to know everything, but we DO know a
whole lot about money matters, and .you are welcome to that
knowledge whenever you ask us.
Everybody has that SAKE feeling when they bank with us.
American State Bank
Adjoining PRYOR Postoffice.
A. J. LANGER. President, C. C. KISSEL, Coahier.
Visited Ihc Oil Country.
The Republican editor "chaper-
oned” a party composed of Chas.
Burgess, A, J. linger, T. L. Mar-
teney and Lloyd Long, to the oil
country Sunday. Starting from
Pryor at 5:20 a. m.. the party
reached Claremore for an early
Barnes and Guinn Sentenced.
Republican readers will remem
her a circumstance that happened
near Dawes Switch, north of Pryor,
a few weeks ago, wherein Deputy
0. S. Marshal Smartt, and Chief
Enforcement Officer Larson, of Vin-
ita, were held up by a couple
Notice.
Dr. J. H. Quinn leaves next Mon-
day for Chicago, where he will take
a few weeks postgraduate course.
For that length of time his Pryor of-
fice will be closed.
•
W. H. Watts of Ft. Smith, ar-
rived Thursday to spend a few days
wilh his sister, Mrs. C. W. Bethel
before going to join the army. He
returned Saturday taking with him
his mother, Matitia Watts, who has
been visiting here for some time.
“Going lip.”
Billy Reeves, the local Maxwell
dealer, informs us that on August
5th, the price of the Maxwell car
gors up $80. Better get your order
in now.
G. H. Orr, of Lancaster, Mo.,
Wm. Bugher, of Corpus Christi,
Tex., Dr. Donavan, of Mt. Hope,
Kansas, R. W. Hubbard, of Adair,
and T. A. Chandler, of Washington,
D. C., send remittances to the Re-
publican this week.
Skiatook (pronounced Sky tuke), and
Tulsa, arriving af the latter city at
9:20. We dropped Mr. Burgess at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. A.
C. Ellis, while the rest of the party
proceeded to view the town. It
wasn’t long till wemiased Mr. Lung-
er but he was soon found gazing up
at the skyscrapers. We saw sever-
al peculiar looking individuals on
the street and were informed they
were local oil millionaires.
Mr. Langer and Mr. Long both
got lost from the bunch and could
not again be located. The writer
and the judge ran across one of the
latter’s old friends: who proposed
that we take the interurban and go
out to Sand Springs, get dinner and
pass the afternoon in the park,
1 which we did. This is the home of
the millionaire philanthropist, Chas.
Page, and Page park is one of the
beauty spots of Oklahoma.
Returning to Tulsa about 8:30,
we found the balance of the party
at the Kendall Drug Store, which
Mr. Ellis has charge of (all except
Long, who had found a friend of
his youth and came trailing in about
time the bunch had started for
home. I ■»
i Returning, we took the Ozark
. Trail to Claremore and reached Pry-
'or at 9 p. m., without an accident—
oh yes, there was one accident about
eight miles out of town, but the
puncture was fixed by changing tires
on the buzz wagon and nooody was
hurt. All passed a most delightful
day and saw some country that was
well worth the trip.
breakfast. Then on to Collinsville, young fellows whom they had over-
hauled with a car of booze. While
the officers were destroying the
booze, one of the prisoners slipper
Smartt's gun from his pocket, and
using it as a persuader, disarmec
Larson. The officers were handcuff-
ed and allowed to go their way,
whilp their ’prisoners” jumped into
a jitney and ‘‘hit the road”.
A few days later, down in Okmul
gee county, after a running fight
with officers, the two men were cap-
tured and landed in jail,
On Monday of this week the men
were arraigned before Judge Ralph
E. Campbell, in the U. S. District
court at Muskogee, and sentenced,
Barnes to a year and a day, anc
Guinn to six months, in the Federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth.
Barnes, the man who stole i
marshal s gun and held up the en
forcement officer, is a refined young
man, having been, at one time,
court stenographer. But John Bar
leycorn got the best of him, and he
hit the-downward trail. He has a
young wife and three small children
who are the real sufferers as a re-
sult of his escapades.
Souk Good Yields.
John Deere Pony Tractor
Plow No. 3—3 bottoms
Walking Plows, Sulky Wheel Plows, Gang Plows
—and Now John Deere Light Tractor Plows
John Deere plows have always been leaders. We have the plows in stock, ready for
your inspection. John Deere plows have wo'rked satisfactorily for your neighbor. They will
do equally as good work for you.
• \ * *
Here are seven reasons why John Deere Plows for Light
Tractors are successful:
1st. They can be operated by the man on the tractor-.
2nd. They have a high and level power lift. A pull of the rope and the bottoms are
raised; another pull, and they are lowered, and the tractor does the work.
3rd. They can be backed up—stiff hitch makes this possible.
4th. Furnished with two, three or four John Deere bottoms—the standard plow bot-
toms for over seventy eight years, and there is a John Deere made especial-
ly for your soil.
5th. Equipped with Quick Detachable Shares—only one nut to remove, and it is -easily
gotten at.
6th. They can be equipped with John Deere combination rolling coulters and jointers,
which are adjustable to insure good work under all condition^.
7th Built the John Deere way-strong—beams will not spring or break
/
Call on us the next time you are in town and inspect our line of tractor plow's and
other farm implements.
PRYOR'S GREATEST STORE
Ol McCracken, on the M. C. Ham-
mer farm, six miles southeast of
fry or, had six measured acres of
oats that threshed out, according to
machine measure, 756 bushels. But
when it was hauled to town and was
weighed up on the county scales,
weighed out 789 bushels, or a little
more than 131 bushels to the acre.
The land on which this crop was
raised, cost Mr. Hammer $10 an ae
re when he bought it, six years ago.
The oats on it this year came to $92
an acre. This is no “pipe dream".
The writer saw the official weights,
and the land was measured by rep-
I rcsentative men.
Sixteen acres adjoining this Held
were planted to wheat, which thresh-
ed out 35 bushels to the acre. Wm.
Worsham, who lives east of Choteau,
l raised oats that averaged better
than 100 bushels to the acre, as did
also Sanford Pierson, Frank Field,
Punch Odle, George Grace, and Lon
Franklin. There are many other
Mayes county farmers that realized
more than 100 bushels to the acre,
but we have not their names at this
time. If someone who knows will
bring us a list of the farmers whose
oat yieids were more than 100 bush-
els, we shall be pleased to publish
them.
Sale Ctaes Monday.
The Mid-Summer Sale of Mayes
Mercantile Co., started off Saturday
with a rush. Extra sales people
had been engaged, and all were bu-
sy from the opening of the doors at
seven in the morning until the close
of business at 9 o’clock that night.
The Sale has been such a decided
success that Manager Shutt has de-
cided to continue it for one more
day than at first advertised. In-
stead of closing next Saturday, the
sale will continue until the Monday
night following.
Look up the half page display ad
of this popular store in this issue of
the Republican and read the bar-
gains listed therein. There are lots
of bargains left, and if you do not
get yours it will be your own fault.
To Reduce Rural Routes.
The postoffice department has de-
cided to cut out a large number of
rural routes in the next few months
to reduce expenses. Inspectors will
go through the country' and examine
all roads which the rural carriers
travel and whenever the condition
of the road is found bad. routes
will be discontinued. Roads which
show neglect will be more apt to be
condemned than those which have
been put in first class condition.
One careless road overseer in a
township may be responsiple for the
loss of a route.
Save Yuur Papers.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
and Baptist churches are gathering
old papers and magazines and wish
to get their car filled as soon as pos-
sible. If you live north of Main
street phone Mrs. E. M. Bowers and
those south of Main street phone
Mrs. W. E. Riddle and they will be
collected at once.
Keep Yottf Hogs!
This hot, dry weather makes us study about
selling off all our hogs, but don’t do it. Too many
elsewhere are making this mistake. The world is at
war; millions are in the trenches. Nothing equals
the hog for feeding armies; so prices are bound to
be high.
The government’s estimate for corn crop for
July is nearly-three billion bushels, an increase of
ten million acres or nearly one third above the av-
erage; so it looks like this corn can be bought worth
the money to feed these high priced hogs.
Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
The city of Pryor will fye up
against a cRfmage suit one of these
days if the road leading into the
the city from the southeast is not
repaired soon.
Buy a Maxwell.
Claud Martin, of Galena, Kansas,
has been here this week, visiting
his brother, J. C. Martin. Claude
is superintendent of a lead and zinc
mine at Galena.
Get a Maxwell.
An Economical Store!
You’ll Find It Here.
We can not offer you cheap goods, for there is no such thing any
more. Everything is outrageously high everywhere now.
But we CAN and DO offer you the BEST GOODS OBTAINABLE
at the LOWEST PRICES OBTAINABLE, and no one can do more
than that -very few do as much.
We claim that this is AN ECONOMICAL STORE—and it is. But
we: never practice economy at the expense of quality--as so many do.
You can always depend on this: If you buy from us you will be
paying the MINIMUM price. And the minimum is the economical price
* We Sell For Cash.
Lon Jacobs Grocery Co.
This issue of the Republican con-
tains ten pages. Some paper, eh?
f our business men continue to in-
sist on editing their share of this pa-
per, Pryor will be put on the map
in bigger type than ever jjefore.
The Republican management is more
than willin’.
W. F. Woodward, manager of the
W. A. Graham store, left yesterday
for the eastern markets, to buy new
fall and winter goods.
Harry Faulkner, last year’s ath-
letic coach for the Pryor High
School, was here Sunday from Che-
cotah visiting friends.
tot luc best term* on fans loans write
Ainisuong A Co. ViuUa, Ofcla. 4St(
Dodge Brothers
MOTOR CAR
The Perfect Balance Insures
A Maximum Mileage with
a Minimum oi Gasoline
Roadster and Touring Car
$835.00 F. 0. B. Detroit
s
HARRY BENNETT, Agent
PRYOR GARAGE
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Harding, L. D. Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1917, newspaper, August 2, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956970/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.