The Texhoma Times. (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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THE TEXHOMA TIMES.
VOLUME FOUR.
Texhoma. Texas County, Oklahoma, Friday, April 3 H08.
NUMBER TWENTY-NINE
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H BEN F. DAVIS, Pres. R. D. STRATTON, Vice Pres. IS
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0 The Depositors' Guarantee Fund &
afa The Farmers State Bank has paid its Guarantee Fund as-^
t* sesnment, and now in addition to the high standard of service.*®
safety of deposits and conservative management atfordpd it*
gjf customers iu the past, they will also h:tvc the benefit of
GUARANTEE LAW
A little reasoning along this tine should convince you of ther
if importance of having .your mouey in THIS IBANK
hurley-coming city
OF cimarron county
The Farmers State Bank
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Texhoma,
Oklahoma i
BANK TALK
In choosing a bank you should consider First
security
This bank's paid up Capital, Profit Account, with addi-
tional stockholders liabilify makes your deposits doubly
secure with us.
Second,
Our business is managed on a conservative basis. With
our modern burglar proof safe, and fire proof vault your
funds are safely deposited.
Third,
Our officers are bonded; and in addition the semi-annuol
state inspection the investments and books are examined
by an up-to-date board of directors every month.
Safe, sane banking—that's all.
Try us by opening an a jcount today.
TEXAS STATE
HANIv
Ever thing now indicates that
Hurley is the comining city of
( imarron county. The Santa Fe
Railroad will make it. its main
town in Cimnrron Count . And it
is located ju-t right for the county
sent, for • hich it is one of the real
live aspirants.
Hutley h s a place in the hearts
of the people of its country thai
no other town or projectt d town
has. It has dealt square by the
I people And the people appre-
ciate this. It has never offered i
them any stock or neither has it]
been deiiinn in gold biicks like
! some other towns. And the1
j people have no son- spots for Hur 1
iley. I hey have uevt r spent their
' gcod money for woithl ss prices
! oi paper, - hen the* were prom-
ised deeds to town lots. Hurley
has not been running a skin game
None of its piomoteis are grafters
and not a cent has ever been con-
tributed by any but the stock
holders for the building of the
City.
The promoters of Hurley have
told the people of Cimarron Coun-
ty all along that they would give
them a city for county seat that
would have a Railroad and per-
haps a division point. Now they
are ready to tell the people that
they can make these promises
good.
And the people have never been
grafted out of one cent.
And the people are for Hurley.
big real estate
deal closed.
II. GORHAM JACKSON, Cashier FRANK A. SEW ELL, Assistant Cashier
h j. k. f. SEW ELL, President
1 The First National Bank
&j Texhoma, Oklahoma.
I STATIC DEPOSITORY
Deposits December 28, 1907,
March 28, IS08,
Net gain in deposits in 3 mos.
Cash and Sight Exchange, December 28, 1907,
" March 28, 1908,
Net gain in 3 months,
$50,666
83
$34,024
61
$33,357
78
$26,150
83
$57,120
80
$30,969
97
4 Our steady growth tells its own story. Let us serve you.
'deposits insured
section thirteen
settlers have won.
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HUNT GRAIN &
COAL CO.
Wholesale and Retail
Best Grades Colorado Coal at
$7.00 and $8.00 per ton.
Texas Addition Texhoma, Okla.
TALKED COTTON TO
FARMERS' UNION.
At the meeting of the Melon
Growers Association and Farmers
Union at the school house in this
eity last Saturday afternoon, by
invitation representatives of the
Commercial Club took up the cot-
ton planting proposition witn
members of the above farmers'
organization The Commercial
Club representatives present at
the meeting were President, T. R.
Qoodman, Secretery Q. L. Ay-
•ock, J. J. Dlmmitt, J. O. Lynch
and J. 8. Fischer and these gen-
tlemen asked the farmers what
fchey thought of the cotton situ-
ation and requested that they
take up the matter with the vari-
ous unions immediately and as-
certain about how many acres
each member or other farmer not
a member of the union of his lo-
cality would plant out this season
and to re{rt>rt the samo as soon as
practicable to the secretary of the
Commercial C;ub.
The cotton growing proposition
was discussed at some length.
Nearly every farmer seemed to
favor the idea if they could be as-
sured that a gin would be estab-
lished in this city to take care of
tha crop after it was grown.
The matter of seed was dis-
cussed by old cotton growers
present and all were of the opin-
that had grown in the northwest
part of the state as this seed
would produce a plant acclimated
to this locality. The secretary cf
the Commercial Club gave the as-
surance that he would take up the
matter with the gin companies in
this part of the state at once,
so necessary seed may be had for
spring planting.
There are 500 members of the
farmers union in territory tribu-
tary to this city and the cotton
growing proposition will be put
up to each of thom within the
next two weeks.
If the farmers will only grow
the cotton the gin will be estab-
lished here to take care of it.
In City Property. Harwell
Addition Sold.
Th« highest real estate deal to
take place in "this city for many
was consumated yesterday when
the deal was closed by which Jas.
E. Breslin, Jack Harris and J. S.
Fischer became owners of the
Harwell addition. This addition
is one of the prettiest and most
desirable for residences in the
city, and at the present time is a
very valuable piece of property
and will become more so in the
very noar future for a big boom is
on which will double and perhaps
quadruple the population of the
city within the next six months.
The reduced freight rate and the
new college—both whi«;h are
practically assured will make this
city giow as none other on tbie
line of the Rock Island.
The new owners of the Harwell
addition expect to commence the
crection of a number of handsome
residences in the near future for
rental property.
CIMARRON COUNTY
HOMESTEAD PROOFS.
Secretary of Interior Rever-
sed Commission of Gen-
eral Land Office.
The Times is in receipt of a let-
ter from Hon. E. L. Fulton, con-
gressional representative from thi*
district that the secretary of the in
terior has reversed he commis-
sioner of the general land office
in his decision in regard to home-
stead entries on section thirteen,
since June 16, 1906. Bv th* sec
retary's decision al who hav<
filed on these sections since Junr
16, 1!)06, will be p rmi ted to keep
their claims and all who have in-
stituted contest proceedings in
these case-i will be permitted to
continue their prosecution.
Too Much Dope.
The insanity board of Texas
County, composed of County
Judge Davis, F. Hinir Dale and
Dr. Angle, met here Wednesday
afternoon to examine a Mrs,
Crossman, who lives near Carth-
age, who had been brought to
this city two days before. She
seemed to have lost all reason
and refused to eat or talk.
Should be Made Before
United States Com-
missioners.
In reply to a recent inquiry the
Times wishes to inform all in-
quirers that homestead proofs
on land in Cimarron county
should be made at the office of
some U. S. Commissioner in eith
er Cimarron or Texas county.
There are three such officers ac-
cessible to Cimarron county peo-
ple and they are John Skelley at
Mineral; J. 8. Fischer at Texhoma
and J, H. Langston at Guymon.
Proofs made before any of the
above officers will always be cor-
rect as each officer was appointed
on account of his special fitness
for the position.
SURVEY FARM-
ING CONDITIONS.
R P. Scwell, Pres. W, A. Fuggles, Jr., Cashier
First State Bank,
Goodwell, Oklahoma.
STATE DEPOSITORY
A Good Bank that has Come to Stay
DEPOSITS INSURED
on Thursday she became alright.
And she admitted that she had
been taking dope pretty heavy of
late and Dr. Angle thought she
had just taken an excessive dose,
ion that seed should be planted I And the board let her loose.
The Ladies Aid mot with Mrs.
J. L. Williams, Wednesday after-
noon of this week. A goodly
number of members being pres-
ent. Although much time was
~u\ spent in a social way some im-
Sortant business was transacted,
ther matters under discussion
were deferred until the next meet-
ing, which will bo with Mrs. J. D.
Short, next Wednesday afternoon.
All members are cordially Invited
to attend.
Secretary Wilson Promises
to Have Scientist to In-
spect State.
Enid, Okla. March 31. -Secre-
tary Wilson, of the deoartment of
agriculture, writes Representative
Scott Ferris, of Lawton, relative
to a comprehensive survey of ag-
ricultural conditions in Oklahoma.
His letter is as follows:
"I have something very much
along that line in my mind just
now. I am thinking of having
not one man alone but several
parties of scientists look over the
dry land west of the hundredth
meridian. I am thinking of hav-
ing a soil survey made of that
whole region, beginging in the
northern part of it in the summer
and working down 'till winter
comes. Then going south and
working up toward the north dur-
ing the winter months. We have
a party out there now studying
dry land agriculture, and that will
be continued, of course. Mr.
Youngbold, of the office of farm
management, a very able man
who has been making a study of
agricultural conditions in the In-
dian Territory and Oklahoma, is
now in that country studying the
practice of the best farmers with
a view of helping the farmers
along agricultural lines, and he
will continue his work' during the
summer.
"Probably we shall have nearer
one hundred men engaged before
we get the work fully going In
fact we have a great many men at
work in the southern end of this
region now, in Oklahoma and
Texas, whore we are doing a great
deal of farm demonstration work.
Three men are in Oklahoma.
You see, we have that beautiful
young state of yours in mind. I
went through it two or three
years ago and was astonished at
its beauty and the greatness of its
resources, tfru may depend up-
on that it is going to have the
earnest and active consideration
of the department in the future."
County Seat Election Bill.
The state senate the first of the
week passed the bill by Thomas
providing for special commission
ers, etc., for special county seat
elections to determine the perma-
nent location of the county seat.
The bill provides for special
boards to be composed of the
county clerk and two or more per
sons appointed by him to come
equally from the competing towns
and to be recommended to the
clerk by the may or council of
said town or by the organization
representing said town. The gov-
ernor shall commission one special
election inspector for each voting
place whose duty it shall be, in
brief, to use every safeguard to
see that the elections are fairly
and honestly conducted. The
special election commissioners
must not be citizens of the county
in which the election ts to be held
nor have any interest in said elec-
tion, or towns competing.
The special election commis-
sioner will have charge of the
election, at each precinct, of all
ballots, etc., to be used in voting,
etc. All persons voting in such
elections must make affidavit to
their being legal and lawful vot-
ers, etc., and will deposit said affi-
davit in an affidavit box at the
same time they deposit their bal-
lot in the ballot box.
Geo. L. Aycock has compleated
his new residence on tha South
Side. He moved into it yester-
day. It is one of the most hand-
some residences in the city.
GROW COTTON
FOR PROFIT.
It is the Money Crop.—Will
Do Well Here.
M. H. Hale, one of the cotton rais-
er* of the Healy neighborhood, was
here Wednesday. Mr. Hale had out
twenty acres last year and made
a good crop. He has sold eleven
bales and is not through picking
yet.--Tjrrone Observer
The Healy neighborhood is a-
bout fifteen miles southeast of
Tyrone. And in no way better
fitted by soil or climate conditions
this part of Texas county for suc-
cessful cotton growing.
The foregoing article from the
Tyrone paper says that Mr. Hale
has sold eleven bales and iB not
through picking yet."
His land has made over one-
half bale to the acre and as cotton
has been worth over fifty dollars
per bale this year his land has
brought him more than 825.00 per
acre.
What more profitable crop can
be grown than this? What crop
will bring in the money any fast-
er to the farmers? What crop
can he grow that will give him
the funds to fence his farm, dig a
well, build a new barn and put an
addition to his house?
Think of the farmer in the
Healy neighborhood selling $550
worth of cotton from 20 acres.
Is not this inducement enough
for every farmer within a radius
of 50 miles of this city to plant a
big cotton field this year?
a Texas farmer
was in the city
Claud Roberts
living southeast
this week.
Mrs. W. E. Krieg of Marella
was here last Sunday visiting her
husband and children.
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