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Society
The Texhoma Times
ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT
VOLUME 18
TEXHOMA, TEXAS COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1920
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BOYS RIDING BICYCLES ON B- F. HALEY RECEIVES THE TEXHOMA FAIR GEO. BATTERSON APPOINTED TEXAS COUNTY
SIDE WALKS IS NUISANCE PAINFUL INJURY OF 1920 NOW HISTORY ROAD COMMISSIONER SURPRISED THEM
How Long Will the Public B«? Com- S. F. Haley, employed with the
pelled to Tolerate Such Nuisance? Resident Lumber Co., of this city, re-
It ia Dangerous and should be ceived a painful injury while loading
Stopped. lumber at the yard Wednesday. In
some manner a piece of stick from
We do not wish to be termed a the lumber with which he was work-
chronic grouch, neither do we want io ing, was forced through the flesh of
deprive any boy or girl of their out his leg above the knee. Meilical at-
door fun and pleasure. But. at the tention was immediately given him by-
same time there is reason to all I Di% Hargrove. A splinter about 4
things. We have several times be-; inches bng was removed from the
fore mentioned the fact that boys an<!I flesh. Though the injury is not con-
girls should be compelled to ride their ' sidered serious, it was very painfull
bicycles in the streets and not on the and Mr. Haley with the aid of crutch-
aide walks, especially in the business es is able to be up at this time. Mr.
section of the town, but as time goes Haley is one of the Texhoma boys
on more boys and girls come to our who was engaged in some of the worst
town and more are furnished this j battles in France, during the world
means of conveyance, and at this time war anu arrived home without a
there are more bicycles in town than scratch-
ever before—consequently you are
compelled to dodge more of them on | CHICAGO BALL PLAYERS
the sidewalks unless you wish to take CONFESSED TO "SELLING OUT"
to the street. Any time you walk
down the sidewalk in Texhoma it is chi Sept 28.—Indictments
necessary that you keep a clo^ look- were yot^ a?ainst eight ba,obaII
out for bicycles. They wil ape > star? today, and confessions obtains!
you 'ike maniacs with enough force m two q£ them when the M Ro.
to knock a person head over heels tf man char[eg A Comi*key, owner of
he should happen to be hit by one of oRe g h ion chj 0 Whity
them. It is especially dangerous for hi, penant basing ma-
aged folks ana little children Jtjchin'eto,<dean J baseball. Th„
makes no difference how crowded the confe38ions told how the Sox threw
sidewalks may be the boys will force ]ast year;. WQrla championship to
their way through on t .eir icyces cincinati for money paid by gamblers
rather than take the stree . No on Seven Sox regulars and one form-
objects to the bicycles. very one er player ba,| true bjils voted agains'.
knows that to ride them isgo^d p ij - them b tbe Cook county grand jury
ical exercise and affords the boys and and ? were immediately suspend-
: _i, f r\'/\n _i i vo Kiit* mncr Avprv
girls a great pleasure, but most every ^ Mr_ Comiskey. With his team
one when presented with the question Qn 'ha,f a behjnd the iea?u0
object to them riding on side- ng'Cleve!anrl Indians, the Whie
Of course it is smoothe ^ notice on his seven
ind mighty tempting to pass ,f th ^ foun(. ilty.
will object to them riding
walks,
ing and . Bv io ww, u. «"« MR
a Sood smoothe sidewalk, but never- '^ul(i drive them out oforsraniz-
• he-less the bicycles a-e entirely oat the remainder of their
of place on the sidewalks. Besioes
the danger, it is a public nuisance
and only for the principle of it, boy.s
Under Existing Circumstances Was a He Succeds J. M. Rudd—Wants the
Big Success—Quality of Exhibits Co-operation of the Citizens of
and Stock Show Were Good—Good Stratton Township
Attendance Both Days j
I Geo. Hatterson has recently be n
The Texhoma Fair came off on appointed Road Comndssioner for
Schedule time last Thursday and Fri- Stratton Township by the county-
day and notwithstanding the fact Commissioners. He will succeed J.
that the wind and dust began early M. Rudd who has held the place for
Thursday morning anil continued several years pas*.
througnout the two days of the fair. Mr. Batters an states that if the
only clearing up for the evening, a citizens of Stratton Township will
good crowd was ia attendance and it gjve him their cooperation he ex-
was a success from every angle A pects to give them the best road work
big feature of the fair was the fact possible, but Without their cooperation
that each event of the daily programs no one man can gjve bjs services as
was pulled off on schedule time, thus he would like or as the people would
affording everybody the opportunity (t0 have him give them.
to see everything at the time adver- Cooperate with Mr. Battersrn and
tised and avoiding delays that the as a result you will see better road
crowds are usually compelled to con- improvements.
tend with at such events. Our neigh- j
boring towns were well represented REVIVAL POSTPONED AGAIN
j both days and we believe we are safe
1 in saying the visitors went away well1 At a late hour on Saturday it was
please ! with the program as well as decided to make a second postponment
| the exhibits. i of the community revival thai was to
The Band A Big Attraction ' begin at the First Christian church
The band that furnished music for on Tuesday night of this week. The
! the occasion consisted of 12 p:eces and people of Texline, Texas made such
was secured from local talent in Tex- an earnest appeal to Evangelist Clyde
homa as well as talent fr>m our neigh Lee Fife to bring the big tent that he
boring towns of Guymon, Goodwell, ja using at Clayton and hold a short
Spearman and Dalhart, and from meeting whife he was close by, that
tho comments heard it was no small he wired his father for instructions
r.+trr.ct'cn of the fair. They opened jn the matter. He decided that since
with a concert Thursday morning and the fail was just over, the people
continued the music throughout the tired, and the farmers so busy sowing
two days and in connection with the wheat, that it would be a wise thing
vocal music furnished #n interesting to postpone the meeting a few days
puit of the program with a concert longer and let evangelist Fife go to
each evening. the assistance of_Texline.
The Exhibits and Stock Were Fine ;
Lack of space will forbid the com- p. ^ HOLLIS ERECTING NEW
an a only in me pnm.ip.cu ' AUTO LOADED WITH TEXHOMA
and anrla on bicycles should be forced ,r
nrio ;n the Jtvppts ov suffer the ' CITIZENS HIT Bi I'Ri.lGH
nient that this subject deserves.
While the quantity did not measure
up to equal that of former years, the
quality was here in every depart-
ment. The exhibits were attractive-
arranged and displayed in the big
BUILDING ON TEXAS SIDK
to ride in the streets or suffer the
consequences.
Below we repriducc Hn order ciip-
F. M. Hollis, owner of the Hollis
Black Smith and Machine Shop ha
under construction a new concrete
building on the lots formerly occupi-
The car occupied by Mr. and Mr-.
.hows the extremely h-.avy penalty| Woods and Jas Settles was struck by
for this act in this town and which a height train at the: west crossing
would be well to enforce in Texhoma: near the P A I. at Goodwell Tuesday
_ ... XT .. I afternoon. The party were en route
• f f t f -j. to the Democratic meeting at Guy-
It is agains the city laws to nde ^ an<J ^ ^ point Mr Rudd !o,t
bicycles or rolter skates on sidewalks q{ hig car an(] ifc m onto tho
in the city of Duncan Several warn- ^ and wag stnjck by the fretght
ings have been issued concerning this en carried a short distance and
matter and now the extreme penalty thrQWn into a depression filled with
will be invoked m all cases. When water at th(j side of the road an(1 left
a child under 16 years is caught nd- standing upright. The car was darn-
ing or skating on the sidewalks the a , to a considerable extent^but for-
bicycle or skates as the case may M ^ of the 0CCUpants es-
will be confiscated. When the one is uninjured
caught over 16 years of age the law|capea unmJurea-
says that a fine of $10 shall be as-
sessed and the bicycle or skates shall
IGHT tent secured for that purpose and Io- cTbv The" old buikiing onlhe Texas
cated on the Langford lots. The side whj,c the huidinK win be
stock which was -.y.own and judged Krea. improvement and convenience
on t:ie streets was good and the hogs t-01, tj)(, business firm it will be an
and chickens were extraordinary for added improvement to that section
- community fair- The success of fUo „ifl. Mr Hollis has a most
and machin
A surprising feature of the statis-
tics tabulated by the State Depart-
ment of Agriculture, showing the dis-
trbution of agricultural wealth in
Oklahoma was the record of Texas
Countv. Located up in the Panhan-
dle—in the short grass country—:t
seems no one expected it to give much . . ......
of an account of itself. But the cold'ma^ n ."instigation for the
figures prepared by the agricultural Ito botter the wa>fr and "*ht
department's statistics place Texa, I ^ tuati n m Texhoma. Th.s commit-
county fifth in the state in the value tef11has1beetu awa>' thJ Pflweek *"d
CH \MBER OF COMMERCE
MEETS TONIGHT
Committee Vppointed*4 -JiMrMtigate
Plans for Water aMlX. Light Im-
provement Will Make^Mlport.
At the last moetingtof. the Texho-
ma Chamber of CommerM. a Commit-
tee of three, W. C. Smith, Mr. Hyde
and Hugh Coate were • appointed to
of its crops last year. It produced
$14,0t>8.131 worth of agricultural pro-
ducts. Among its various kinds of
livestock were 190 774 chickens and
2,647 turkeys. There were 102 tract-
ors and 71 silos within its boundaries.
There it the largest percentage of
home-owned farm; in the jtate in
Texas county. .John Whitehurst,
president of th ; board of ngricuitur').
asserts: '3 per cert o* the farmers
own their farms. It is true, however
that th'.s percentage has decreased
will make their report at the meeting
tonight (Friday). Everyone who can
should be present at this meeting.
HURRAH FOR HENRY!
Henry Ford, father of the "fliver,"
has again started something—a shot
that may be heard around the wory.
It will be remembered that Henry the
dreamer was the first millionaire to
voluntarily raise the wages of his fac-
tory employees in days when low
I wages were the rule, rather than the
since 1910 when 02 . er cent farmed exception. His experiment was more
their own land. Texas county, also
furnishes ;:n example of the nbsorb-
tion of small farm* oy larger < nes;
there weiv 3.026 fa>-ms in .he county
in 1910, aid 2,250in li>19.
or less disastrous, because he did not
*ake into consideration the pride in
good workmanship which a man of
experience enjoys. Henry raised the
wages of everybody, but he made a
Thf.ie : re 1,321.0W' acres in Tusai flat rate of $5 per day, which amoun-
county, of which 826.917 acres are in j ted to a ten cent raided to skilled me-
farm land, and approximately 433,-, chanics and a $4.50 raise to office
000 acres under cultivation. Guymon
is the county seat.—Oklahoma City
Correspondence in Wichita Eagle.
APRIL MARCILE BOWERS
April Marcile Bowers, the seven
boys. But his venture was of ser-
vice to the labor of the country be-
cause it started an upward trend at
wages. Now he has announced a re-
duction in prices of his popular fac-
tory products of 14 per cent on motor
trucks and 31 per cent on passenger
. . , , of the city.
: any iair depends largely upon ths eomplete Blacksmith
stuck shov and exhibit^. While the shoj) thfl very and up-to-
preruums. were attractive in every (late equipment and enjoys an exten-
j department, it is no small job to get siyp bu,inegs in this line.
the exhibits ready for display and the (
folks of this section desene much j aMARRON COUNTY FAIR
' "edltt tl?ea' c°opeiation and in-: AT BOISE CITY OCT. 7, 8. 9
j terest they have shown in the Texho-;
[ ma Fair. The officers of the Fair
! Association and the various Superin- 1 ^ Second Annual Cimarron coup-
! tendents are aleo to be commended ^ ^air will be held at Boise City on
i for their faithful efforts and much j P^sdaV, F"day ^aturday' .°ct-
credit for the success of the fair is j " 3 9" ?2'00" P«™ums
Lack of time and space!on stock and fai7n r0llucts W1" be
months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ca^ aUhough his factones have un-
C'harles Bowers passed away Satur- filled orders for 146,065 motorvehic-
day, the 25th inst, after an illness of lf«- I* means a reduct.on of $203 on
several days. The funeral services the price of an ordinary or garden
were conduced by Rev. Roger H. Fife type of "fliver Lizwe the friend of
of the First Christian charch Sunday the farmer as well as the working
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock The body .
was interred in the Texhoma cemete-' , °"e ll*l eves for a minute th
rv in the family burying ground. | Henry Ford, who is a smart busineas
' Mr. and Mrs. Bowers have the sin- man, is throwing away a fortune on
cere sympathy of the entire common- philantrophy by reducmg he pnee of
its* in this bereavement. the fliver. It merely shows that he
wants to do the country a good turn,
by starting a downward movement
from the war prices, and that he will
... .... ,, ,, T1 „ P,.Ul+ make a comfortable profit on his pro-
Miss Lilly Belle Rogeis cf ™JArt ^ ^ cutti„g |2o3 off the price
MARRIED
be confiscated. No exceptions wi'l
be made. Parents are requested to
warn their children of this order.
By order of the Board of City Com-
missioners
I. B. GOSSETT,
Chief of Police.
—Duncan (Okia) Banner.
Try The Times for job printing.
FORMER TEXHOMA HOGS
TOOK PRIZE AT KANS.. FAIR
George Ela of Kansas took the
three grand championship prizes on
Hampshire hogs at the Hutchinson
Fair. These were pigs from the herd
of G. A. Hamilton and were raised in
Texhoma anii sold by him to Mr. Da-
vis of St. Joe.M o.. and by him to Mr
Ela.
due them.
will also compel us to omit the list of. awarded. A goxl program has been
The Spirit of
The First National Bank
of Texhoma
To serve, first of all, to serve. To give to our
friends and depositors every service consistent with
modern banking. To handle their requests with
speed and accuracy.
This is the day of SERVICE—and don't let's
forget that it's the little things, well done, that make
up SERVICE.
.
"THE OLD RELIABLE"
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Texhoma, Oklahoma
This bank under United States Government Super-
vision. NONE STRONGER
individual prize winners of the exhib-
I its.
Street Specials Interesting
| The street specials in conjunction
! with the stock show was a big part
| of the daily program.
Texhoma Won Both Ball Games
The ball games, and especially the
J first day did not measure up to the
expectation of the fans. Texhoma
easily won from Dalhart both games.
The first was a one-sided affair, the
score being 14 to 5. The second anil
last resulted in a 6 to 3 score. A box
score of both games is furnished else-
where in this issue.
Horse Racing at Ball Park
Horse racing was the attraction at
the ball park after the ball games-
Some good horses were intered and
the races were enjoyed by a large
crowd each day.
Spradlin won Both Wrestling Matches
The wrestling matches resulted in
an easy victory for our local heavy
weight champion, Henry Spradlin
each evening. Thursday evening's
match was staged between Spradlin
and Cyclone Burns of Nebraska. He
received the first fall in 17 minutes.
The second fall went to Spradlin in 5
minutes and he also took the third in
2 minutes. Price the strong man of
Eldorado, Kans, who was to wrestle
the winner of the first match failed
to show up for Friday but substituted
Jack Taylor of Montana who went
down in defeat the second evening by
Spradlin who was credited with the
first fall in 17 minutes and the sec-
ond in 10 minutes.
The Dance a Big Attraction
Judging from tho crowds in attend-
ance the big platform dance was a
big attraction of the Air and furnish-
ed some good amusement for the lo-
cal folks as well as people from many
I miles around. The big platform, a-
bout 60 feet square was allhost crow-
ded to !t's capacity each evening. Tho
nyisic was good, splendid order pre-
vailed and every body enjoyed the
dance.
Texhoma Citizens made Fair Possible
The Texhoma Fair was made possi-
ble by citizens of Texhoma and com-
munity who contributed every dollar
for the $2,000 premiums und cnter-
tuinment each day. Thus far we have
heard no cfmpjaints as to the success
of the fair, financial und otherwise,
and believe it a paying proposition
for the town and community. This \
arranged for the entire 3 days and a
big time is expected. Prepare your
exhibits and attend the Cimarron
County Fair.
was married on Saturday
Guymon to Mr. Dennis Beck.
The bride is one of our prettiest ^ ^p^fcr™war-time p^-
id brightest girls ard a successful ... . _ . ,viii Hon*
T Purchaser* 'of othe* aiu'l more expen-
sive cars will take the hunch and re-
ami brightest gins ar« a fjtg anf( Detroit HenVy wil, have done
Oklahoma school teacher. Mr.Beck co a £avor
is a druggist in Guymon and known to ^
all as an especially fine young man.
The young couple will live at Guymon
The good wishes of many friends at-
tend them.—Elkhart News.
Mrs. Beck will be remembered as a
former resident of Texhoma.
QUILT 104 YEARS OLD ON
AND SUPERS TUMBLE, TOO
Hudson Motor Car Company An-
nounces a Big Drop in All Their
Prices.
the second annual fair and it is be-
lieved the Texhoma Fair Association
has been made a permanent organ-
ization and that the Texhoma Fair
will be an annual event.
'Detroit, Sept. 28.—The Hudson
DISPLAY AT TEXHOMA FAIR manufacturing company that is mak-
j ing Hudsons and Essex cars, announce
Mrs. G. E. Leonard of east of town a price reduction of all models from
displayed a patchwork quilt that wac two hundred to four hundred and fifty
104 years old and in a wonderful dollars.
state of preservation. The quilt is a j '
marvel of intricate dainty hand stitch j Senator Dearborn of Chickasha will
ing, the thread and lining being hand speak in Texhoma Saturday Oct 9th,
spun and woven. This attracted lots at 3 p- m. Everbody, men and women
of attention at our fair. I come and hear a good speech.
<^otectsjy&ur_ Di
When Oklahoma enacted the DEPOSITORS' GUARANTY LAW it soun-
ded an advance note in banking legislation. Since then many states have pass-
ed laws to guarantee deposits in state banks.
Today state banks of Oklahoma are regarded as safe as any in the world.
The STATE GUARANTY FUND holds approximately half a million dollars
in cash and convertible securities which would be used to pay off depositors
immediately and in full in case a state bank should fail.
The DEPOSITORS' GUARANTY LAW also provides the machinery for
raising more money from the banks if the fund should be insufficient to pay
depositors. The banks are protected, too, by rigid and frequent examinations
by the state.
Open an account here. Have the satisfaction of knowing that every dol-
lar of your deposits is protected against loss.
MNo depositor has ever lost a dollar in a state bank uTOklahoma."
The Farmers State Bank
Guy W. Slack, Free, C. A. Tilghman, Vice Pres.
Gen Roy Hoffman, Directors
C. L. Swaii Cashier
I. M. Slack
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