The Texhoma Times (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1923 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME 20
TEXHOMA, TEXAS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA,..FRIDAY, JULY 20. 1923
NUMBER 43
REV. AND MRS. CHAPPELL / GUYMON AND TEXHOMA CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT IN SERIOUSLY BURNED FREMM AN B VRKFR
ARRIVE! IN TEXHOMA WILL PLAY HERE SUNDAY GALBRAITH-FOXWORTH LBR. CO. WITH KEROSINE
NOTED SPEAKERS COMING
SHOP MOVED TO HRISTIAN CHURH SUNDAY
Rev., and Mrs. Chappell arrived A game of base ball is scheduled S. R. Beecroft w o has faithfully Mr. Norris the >ectkn foreman andi
Saturday of la^t week and are at home between Guymon and Texhoma on the served the Galbraitli-l'oxwcrth Lum- wif > of Goodwell were both burned,
to friends at the Methodist parsonage local grounds for next Sunday. Texho- bcr Co. as manager oi the Texhoma at their home last Monday as a re.sult
Upon arrival they found the parson- ma has won one from Guymon on their branch of that institution for several of a kerosine can exploding when Mrs.
age all decorated nicely and above all grounds and they are coming with the years has been transferred to Dalhart, Norris attempted to start a fire bi-
as a result of a goo'd "pounding" they intention of evening things up ■ -.J i.:._
hai received before their arrival there Guymon and Texhoma usually give
was groceries and eatables galore the fans a good demonstration of the
national pastime and
lexas, and with his wife will move to p uiing the kerosine out of the can.
Dalhart in the near futurr. A host of Mrs. Norris* clothing immediately
friends here regret to lose the Bee- jcaug'it fire and Mr. Norri- who hap-
awaiting their home coming. national pastime and it is thought croft family from Texhoma but will pene to be at home was successful in
Bro. Chappell has been a very busy that Sunday's game will not be an ex- wish them well in their new location, extinguishing the blaze and saving his
man the past week. We Jiave tried ception to the rule. John Mary, Tex-
upon several occasions to get the de- ho ma's south paw will likely work on assumes charge of the' Texhoma yard.
tails of the wedding, but so far have the mound for the locals. |
foiled to keep him in our sanctum for I WANT VVHITEHURST'S
that tong at one time. However we SWIMMING DON'TS j OFFICE REORGANIZED
hope to report an account of the
wedd.ng in. next week's issue. The warm weather is drivisg many Walton Members of Board Vote to
Mr. G. J. Shepard of Sherman, Tex., w ife from a horrible death and also
•aving the home from burning. Mrs-
Norris was seriously burned and Mr.
Norris i also .received c nsiderable
burn.-, but both, it is saia will recover
apd are getting along as well as can
be expected. '
Change Personel; Will Seek An In-
junction.
PROTECT HOGS FROM LICE
It is said that very likely we will be persons to refuge in swimming pools
able to keep the preacher in Texhoma and desire to get into the water may ,
from now on as he will have no more lead to accidents. If a few simple rules ;
occasion t visit Dallas. ; are observed however, the chances of : oklahoma City, July 12.—The of- Hogs or pigs in dry lots, where they
( accident in the water will be reduced- fensive of the Wa)tQn membew of the do not have water or'mud to wallow
JOHN BARTLETT INJURED McDonald, manager of the state Boni of Agriculture aKainst jn are likely to suffer severely from
- Washington Park swimming pool, giv-1 John whitehurst, president of the 1'Ce during the summer. If clean wal-
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bartlett left on es some suggestions for preventing ac State Board of Agriculture!
went into 0Ws are furnished, these alone will do
No. 2 Wednesday in response to a cidents when swimming. Below are a new phase today when a trio of the much to keep the numbers of lice down
telegram from Mineola, Kans., stating some of them. governor's appointees overrode White- and oil on the top of the water in the
that their son John who recently went Don't enter the water immediately hurst supporters in a vote to readjust wallows, .some one of the coal-tar dis<-
to the Kansas Harvest fields had fall- after eating; jwait about two hours, the personnel of the board's office infectants used in the Wallowing vats
en from a 30-foot tower and at the Dangerous crtunps may result if this force at the capitol from the highest wi" help to keep the lice off. The dip-
time the telegram was sent at 10.00 rule is violated. J secretary to the lowest clerk. P'ng may be the best but, with only a
A. M. he was unconscious. No later re- Dont dive off high places without Whitehurst at the conclusion of the ^ew hogs the dipping vat costs too
port has been received. His friends fjrst learning to dive off lower ones meeting made public the minutes of much.
here will be anxious to hear a report Become accustomed to diving from the meeting with the declaration ^hat As a subbstitute for the dipping vat
of his recovery. * lower places as you can time the before three o'clock he would have an Me oiled sand bath is possibly best for
plunge correctly. injunction issued barring the Walton keeping off the lice. A shallow box,
Don't make foolish boasts. Many members from carrying through the ei£ht ®r ten inches deep, filled with
boys who do so are helpless when reorganization. Whitehurst called the saivl wel1 saturated with crude oil and
playful companions push them into seventeen employes, which he says covered with a good fhade is a useful
deep water to "call" the boast. ithe law permits him fco name, before and economical means of keeping
Don't attempt to swim under water him and told them to stand "steady by down the lice in summer time.—The
to the At- too bng. Xlhis taxes the iungs too much the guns." Progressive Farmer.
is the an- Don't get excited if a cramp siezes i
you. Unless it is in the abdomen it is THE WRONG PICTURE ' CONSIDER THE HOME MAN
not dangerous in a small pool. A J ■ ' ——
It seems rediculous to hear politic- He is a banker' a merchant, or a
The Freeman Barber Shop has mov- Evangelist Roger H. Fife returned
ed from their former ocation on West home last Saturday to meet his daugh
Main Street to the building recently ter, Mrs. Bess Fife-Dublin and her
vacated by the McLaughlin Cafe on husband and son Billy. They have been
East Main. Plumbing fixtures are be- on an extended trip through the Holy
ing installed and the shop will soon be Land and are on their way back t
comfortably located in their new quar- their home in California. Up
tW8, to this time Rev. Fife has not been
—— J notified what day they will arrive in
MORE RAIN , Texhoma. He i? hpping that they^will
! be able to Stop lohg enough to tell the
Two fine showers of rain has fallen Texhoma peo,pie about their trip
during the past week, and whNe it abroad. When they do come the peo-
has hindered the harvest; to some ex- pie should try to pass the word around
tent it has been a great help to row ( so that ,tlie church will be crowded by
crops. We have a good season in the those who would like to hear them tell
ground and it is the report generally1 of their trip.
that the row crop prospects are splen-1. Later—-Mr. $nd Mrs. Dublin will ar«
did and better than we fiave had for rive in Texhoma Saturday night and
several years.
HANSFORD COUNTY FAIR
The dates for the Hansford County
Fair to be held at Spearman, Texas,
has been set for September 20 and 21.
The various committees are at work
and one of the biggest fairs ever held
in this part of the country is being Sunday School
planned.
wlil be in the services at the Christian
Chdrch both Sunday morning and ev-
ening. Mrs. Dublin will give a spe-
cial address on her trip to the Holy
Land. Everybody invited to hear thil
gifted speaker.
METHODIST CHURCB
A TELEPHONE NATION
10:00 A. K.
Preaching 11:06 A. M.
Epworth League 7:30 P. M.
Preaching 8:15 P. K.
We are very proud of our Sunday
ATLANTIC-PACIFIC HIGHWAY
Between St. Louis and New York City
Now a Federal Aid Road-
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In 1877 the number of telephones Schco1 and the 8°°* work that it is do-
per population in both the United nttendanee was large Sunday,
States ami Europe was none. In 1899 we w,re disappointed that every
the United States had less than one Ione w*8 not ther®-1)011,4 thiak you
telephone per hundred population and ®oul? d®,vote enou*h of V™* tin* te
1 . . . . tnP I iirn fn mmha s\uf Qi««k<
Of greatest importance
lantic-Pacific Highway
nonncement that all of the highway in
Indiana has been approved for Feder-
aid. Accordingly, every mile of the At- cramp jn the feet, limbs or arms can
lantic-Pacific between St. Louis and be mass^ged away. ' ians and labor agitators get up and contractor, or in some other line of
New York City is now a Federal Aid can for help for fun.—El Pa- tear the air expounding on the fight busineM' He lives in our town- He
Road. The Executive Committee will s0 Herald,
now concentrate its efforts in closing _
BE AN OPTIMIST
a few gaps west of St. Louis. When
this is done the Atlantic-Pacific high-
way will be a solid Federal Aid Road There is a ^gtjnct advantage in be- ion hiding behind breastworks of mon- here. He pays taxes and supports the
between labor aind capital. To hear klJ°ws you and you know him. He
their speeches and public utterances. Trom other dealers in the home
an uninformed person would have a to*n for the needh of himself and his
vision of the wealthy men in this nat- family. The money he spends stays
from coast to ooast.—Dalhart Texan. ing an optimist instead of a pessimist, ey bags and fighting off starving mil-' churches, and gives to charity and is
An optimist has his reveres,just as oth Hons who are trying to scale this wall always "handing it out" for some wor-
NOTICE TO BIDDERS er peopie jo, but he doesn't crawl into of gold. thy local cause. His employees live
— a cloud of gloom and stay there the ' In the next breath, we read in our here, and the money he pays them
Sealed bids for school District No. moment trouble appears. He rises da'ly papers that a rich employer in keeps on circulating around among us.
171 will be opened at 2 P. M., Monday above trouble aml continues to ham- j New York has turned over his clothing The goods he sells are as he repre-
Jrfy 23, at C- E. Bender's home. mer away until he succeeds. it is his business to a few employees. Automa- sents them, for he co'ild net afford to
ability to do this that enables him to tically these employees must become work off an inferior article onto you
achieve success where others meet the hated capitalists and take their —even if he would. He can not afford
failure. When conditions are not as Places behind the barriers of gold to overcharge, because he would soon
A platform dance at the Criswell they shoui^ be, and others become dis- which in turn the workmen they hire lose his trade if he did. In every way
farm 2 miles northwest of town every I heartened and'slow down, it is the op- jwi" strive t°.tear d°wn.
Saturday and every other Tuesday timist who cheers them up and jollies _ thls the wron« P'cture to
nights. Good order assured. Dance; them along lightens their burdens ."j1 c°ns|antly before the eyes of
stops promptly at 12 Saturday nights. (<xr them until conditions became nor-; mi , 8 • s not a capitalist any indi-
4-tt Carl Criawell An i, . * * hu"'
PLATFORM DANCE
Any woman can keep a secret—until while the pessimist sows weeds.
the psychological moment for "blow- —
ing" it. ' Try The Times for Job printing.
MERIT
When you choose The FIRST National Bank you are
certain of:
Safety for your deposits;
Certainty of accommodations; and
Courteous and efficient handling
of your banking transactions.
'Die Bank
Of Personal
Service
:T",g
"THE OLD RELIABLE"
The
FIRST
National Bank|
OV TEXHOMA
Strong,
Conservative,
Aggressive
is an asset to the community—a con-
venience and an actual benefit to you.
Can you afford to pass up the man
who means so much to you ?
Europe had barely a fraction of
telephone. In 1921 Europe had a lit-
tle better than one telephone per hun-
dred population while the United
States had rizen to .more than thirteen
telephones per hundred population and
now has a total of 14,500,00 in use,
which is two thirds of all the tele-
phones in the whole world.
In this country there is about one
telephone to every farm dwellfrtg, a
Convenience unheard of in other coun-
tries. This wonderful telephone devel-
opment is due to efficient organisa-
tion, to the cumulative effect and im- j
portance of investments great and
small in all the apparatus and equip-
ment required for the transmission of
speech, as well as to the foresight and
business acumen of those who have
lirected_the policy of a certain system
from the beginning, and to the fact
that in this country telephone devel-
opment has been left to private enter-
prise under reasonable governmental
regulation.
the Lord to come out to Sunday sefcool
and church Sunday? The pastor wiU
speak mbrning and evening. Subject
for morning, "My Pour Anchors" If
Have yo anchored your life securely?
What have you anchored it to? Cone
out and worship with us Sunday. We
will be so glad to hive you antrust
that you may go away feeling better
and uplifted and with great faith in
God. ' - • -i- .
P. E. Chappell. Paster.
HEAT PROSTRATION
FATAL TO A WOMAN
ment, either ,in a peanut wagon, a The Peters of the big prize
bootblack stand. or an industrial or {ight at She,by' Mont ' are 8aW to **
government bond, caused that money 1 short about |80'000- They pay heavi,y
to earn more dollars? I for a few minutes of thrills and a
Is the man who saves one hundred few ***** ot newspaper publicity,
dollars which he puts in a public util- j Ei hty thousand dollars is a goodly
ity or a sawmill property, where, with | 8UTn- u wouId Mid a very fine
money contributed by hundreds of church, where souls could be saved;
others like himself, it employs thous-1 or a handsome school building where
ands of people at good wages, a bad j children oould be educated; or it would
citisen ? Yet he is a capitalist just as give many poor children delightful
truly as the man who invests a hund- vacations in summer camps. There
red dollars to increase the amount to really is no end to what might be done
one thousand and then to ten thous- with that eighty thousand dollars,
and dollars, and so on, .there is also; i But of course a man's money is his
I Denton, Texas July 12—A woman
identified as Mary Hill about SO years
I old, of Checotah, Okla., died on a Ka-
SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHUBCB
Sunday School 10:00 A. M.
There will be no services on account
of the Religious Chautauqua at Guy-
mon. *
B. Y. P. U 7:10 P. It
H. I* Jaaes, Pastor.
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TEACHER'S EXAMINATION
The third quarterly teachers'
ination will be held July 80, SI and
Aug. 1, at the Court house in Guytoen
Oklahoma.
John H. Fox,
County Supt
removed the chance of reward that is
the stake for which the average able-
bodied American striVeh.
The majority of capitalists today
started as hand Woifcers, and. yet, ac-
cording to the radical politician and
labor agitators, the salvation of the
country lies in denying to others the
chamce which these men had to bene-
fit themselves and, incidentally, hu-
manity in general through the modern
canveiences they have given to the
humblest American citizen.
own and he has a right to do as he
pleases with it so long as he keeps
within the law.
DE MOLAY MEETING
A De Molay meeting will be held at
the Masonic hall next Tuesday night.
Every member is urged to be present-
TEXHOMA'S MARKET
Secured from local dealers on Thurs-
day afternoon.
Grain
will meet next Friday afternoon at Wheat - -83
three o'clock in the Secretary's office.1 Spring wheat .75
The purpose 01 this meeting will be j Barley 40 (
to make final preparations for our 0at -30
Fair this fall. Rye 66
FREE FAIR BOARD HSETING
The Texas County Free Fair Board
With the delights of rammer only
—, fairly upon us we are ootifrented with
ty train near here last night presum- the perplexities of another winter**
ably from the heat. supply of coal.
The Board invites the Superintend-
ents of the various departments to be
rp resent.
The County Agent will be with us
ready to a-lvw and receive sugges-
tions.
May we have a full attendance and
an interesting meeting?
Texas County Free fliir Ass'n
By Walter W. Kennedy, Sec.
When a fellow imagines that the
ll# WftrW. lo fo fit* V«
Ry« —
Red maise 1.25
White maise - (. 1.20
Feterita 1.20
Kafir : 125
Produce
Cream 28
Eggs -12
Old Roosters .04
Hens - - 10
Fryers except Leghorns and black.20
Leghorn and black fryers ... 16c
Hides No. 1 green salt .3
SOME MEN GET STUCK BY NOT STICKING.
And others get stuck by stickifljg to the old way of
keeping their valuable papers benind the clock.
When you have valuable paperst old jewelry, or
other articles that you wish to carefully preserve,
put them in a—
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX
—right here in our bank and they will be here when
you want them again.
"We have a limited number of these boxes to rent—at
very reasonable rates.
Let us h^lp you keep your valuables safe.
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK
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