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THE WAURIKA NEWS
Waurika, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Friday, May 4, 1906
Names mentioned in this edition:
J. E. Thomas
G. S. Willey
Lester Stowe
M. Bridges
Countiss
A. Brenneman
T. T. Hthompson
Doctor Hemphill
F. H. Hunter
Gillispie Bros.
Art Walker
The Waurika
Telegraph has suspended publication at Waurika and the proprietor
J. E. THOMAS has moved the plant to Hastings. We rather disliked
to see Jim leave town, as he was a pleasant contemporary; but the
field here is to (sic) small to support two newspapers and he
received some good strong inducements by the people of Hastings
to move up there.
Thomas will give
the people of Hastings a good paper if the citizens do their
part.
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We ask our readers
indulgence this week, as our printer, a tramp who floated into
town a month ago, we gave him work until last week when he
proceeded to get drunk and remained in a maudlin until Tuesday of
this week when he blew out to go to some other town where he will
beg something to eat.
Our paper will be
late this week on account of the absence of a printer.
Through the
kindness of G. S. Willey and Lester Stowe we are enabled to give
you a paper this week.
Interurban people announce their intention
of extending their line from Marietta by way of Grady to Waurika
or Ryan. Two of the promoters of this line were in town
Sunday and stated that their Surveyers would be here in a week or
two.
If the people of
the town will show the proper encouragement can secure this road.
Get awake and show them the glad hand.
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This town and
vicinity was visited Sunday night by one of the most terrific
rain and hail storms. About 8 oclock the deluge begun and
empty wash tbus and candy buckets which were sitting out were all
filled overflowing. Every little branch and slough became a
raging torent washing out fences and everything before them a
considerable No. of cattle were drowned beside chickens and pigs
by the score. It was a regular water spout and a vast
amount of damage was done to crops and plowed land. The
roads impossible in many places.
The
rain continues to fall and it will be several days before any
work can be done in the fields.
THE WAURIKA NEWS
Waurika, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Friday, July 27, 1906
A.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben BAXTER were Lawton visitors Tuesday.
B.
J. B. FRAME has accepted a position with the Farmers Union Stock
Company.
C.
T. W. WILSON and others have filed remonstrance against issuance
of license to STUARD.
D.
We are informed there will be three more brick store builds in
Waurika begun immediately.
E.
Born. – To Mr. and Mrs. W. H. CONN on Tuesday, July 24, a
fine, healthy 11-pound girl baby.
F.
Mrs. F. L. COX of Shreveport, Louisana (sic), is here this week
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. A. BAXTER.
G.
E. E. SHOCKEY left Monday night for his home at Rich Hill,
Missouri, after a two weeks visit with his sister, Mrs. C. M.
MAUPIN, at this place.
H.
The Rev. J. F. Lauderdale has arrived from St. Joe, Texas, and is
now conducting a meeting under canvass. Rev. LAUDERDALE is
a Christian gentleman and will appreciate your attendance.
I.
Last Monday night while the many people were waiting for the
Lawton Flyer, they witnesed (sic) a rather peculiar but comic
scene. A hobo had crawled inside of a banana crate, at
which place he intended to sleep during the night, but the many
spectators kept him in agony so long that he was compelled to com
out and proceed to tell the bunch what he thought about it.
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In the town of Theodore, that immortal burg to be situated on the
spot where President Roosevelt’s camp was pitched in April,
1905, will doubtless be published the first paper to be
established within the present confines of the big pasture, and
the editor of this paper, to double the intensity of the
coincidence, will be the president’s good fried of Oklahoma
who helped to take Missouri from the ranks of democracy two years
ago and place it in the Roosevelt column with a safe republican
majority – A. W. Maxwell, receiver of the United States land
office at Lawton. The press and plant will be moved from
Missouri. – State Capital
The following are clips from articles
in this edition:
v
Last Saturday Bob BECKER was drowned in Mud Creek. He was buried
at the Sugden Cemetery Sunday evening.
v
Marshal HORN’s case is to be tried at Lawton next Monday.
v
The CLINE case, wherein the defendant is accused of cutting some
fence belonging to HORN, is set for hearing Monday, July 30th.
v
Mr. HAMMOND lost a fine horse last week.
v
Mani WILCOX is still under the doctors care. Dr. STEPHENS
of Hastings is treating her.
v
Banel VANBEBBER is in New Mexico looking at the country while his
wife is visiting her people in Texas.
v
Mrs. WILLIAMS is in Addington taking care of her daughter Miss
Cecil who is quite sick.
v
The M. P. MINISTED held services at the school house Sunday
afternoon and also Monday and Tuesday night.
v
Dick CANCELLER and James VANBEBBER, Jr. made a trip to Greer
County last week.
v
Delbert THOMPSON and Miss Maude BRYSON both of Waurika were
married last Tuesday evening at Hastings, Oklahoma by the Rev.
BODINE. The groom is the son of T. T. THOMPSON one of the
proprietors of the Broadway Hotel and the bride is the daughter
of L. A. BRYSON a prosperous farmer.
v
Art WALKER, formerly a newspaperman and mayor of Temple, Comanche
county, and as Dame Rumor says, married a wealthy Chickasha
maiden that put him into the banking business at Waurika.
v
Mrs. Lula BRISCO, who has been in charge of the Sugden postoffice
for some six or eight years, turned the office over to Will
PETERS last Monday.
v
Deputy Sheriff ELROD was down from the Hub Tuesday and arrested
A. L. GOWDY on an old warrant.
v
The many friends of Isaac ROBERTS will be glad to know that he
has announced himself as a candidate for delegate to the
constitutional convention from the 20th Recording
District.
v
W. S. DENTON, a prominent Enid attorney, was stricken with
paralysis recently.
v
The Cherokees were the first of the five tribes to enact a
prohibition law, which they did in 1849.
v
From the coal beds of Indian Territory, more than two million
tons of bituminous coal were mined last year.
v
There is talk of an automobile line from Clinton to Liberal,
Kansas, via Arapaho and Taloga; also a branch line from Arapaho
to Butler and Cheyenne.
v
William L. ENGLISH, a graduate of the Agricultural and Mechanical
college, was been selected to succeed Director John Fields, who
retires October 1.
v
The secretary of the interior has granted permission for the
state militia of Arkansas to march through Indian Territory armed
and uniformed enroute to Fort Riley to participate in the army
maneuvers.
v
The Beaver County Fair association has been incorporated with
$29,000 capital stock. The incorporators are A. C. MURPHY,
H. C. CASH, Walter W. HAYWARD, H. P. FLUHART, W. M. BRUCE, J.
R> BALKE, N. O. STEPHENSON, E. J. ALBRIGHT.
v
J. E. SALMON, a farmer living six miles southeast of Cache,
became angry at his wife recently and fired two shots at her with
a shot gun, neither of which was effective.
v
L. D. BOLTON of Hobart, who killed a ranchman at Clayton, New
Mexico, is declared by physicians to be insane.
v
Mrs. J. G. SCROGGS of Perkins is a direct descendent of John
SEVIER, the first governor of Tennessee.
v
J. L. DODD, a Beaver county farmer, and wife, Mary Dodd, were
arrested on charges of manslaughter.
THE WAURIKA NEWS
Waurika, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Friday, August 24, 1906
We understand
that A. A. _____MAN has sold the farm on which he lives to E.
COUNTESS receiving $7500 for the one hundred and sixty acres.
Mr. COUNTISS bought
the quarter just north of this one some time ago paying $5500.
We understand that Mr. BRENNEMAN has purchased an other (sic)
farm paying $8500 for it.
A short time ago a party near this town sold a farm for $4700 and
guaranteed the rent on 60 acres of cotton to bring the purchaser
$1000. How is that! $16.66 per acre rent. It
beats government bonds as an investment.
***
Mr. R. E. DISHMAN and family are enjoying a
visit from Miss Maude SMITH, Mr. John CLARK, Miss Mabel BREEDING
and the Misses Hattie and Jessie Newton all relatives of
Grapevine, Tex.
Mrs. J. N. JOHNSTON entertained a number of her lady friends last
Tuesday evening. The evening was spent in playing cards,
etc., Mrs. M. J. McGRAW winning the prize, also some beautiful
selections were rendered on the piano by Mrs. JOHNSTON and a
beautiful song entitled, “When Polly and I were
Sweethearts” was sung by Miss Beth
JOHNSTON. Refreshments were served at 11:30. They all
departed for their home at a late hour declaring that it was one
of the nicest social affairs they had attended for some time.
Those present were: Mesdames BRUNER, MAUPIN, ELLIS, WILKERSON,
WALLACE, ROBINSON, PARSONS, McGRAW, LANDON, RICHMOND, and
ROBINSON and MISSES SHOCKEY, BOONE, CUNNINGHAM and HERRING.
***
Mrs. Edison B. ELLIS entertained Friday evening for her guest
Mrs. Alberta WILKERSON of Kingfisher. The evening was spent in
playing cards and flinch. A three course luncheon was
served, Miss Eddie CUNNINGHAM assisting the hostess in serving.
The invited guests were: Mesdams J.N. JOHNSTON, Jas. McGRAW, M.
J. McGRAW, A. E. LANDON, C. M. MAUPIN, E. V. PARSONS, J. C.
HALLIDAY, E. B. TABER, W. H. ROBINSON, A. C. WALLACE, J. H.
CUNNINGHAM and Mrs. W. T. F. BUSH and Mrs. R. L. GIBSON of Sugden
and Misses CUNNINGHAM and SHOCKEY.
In the list of names of saloon petitioners recently published
appeard (sic) the name of R. E. DISHMAN who says most
emphatically that he never signed or authorized any one to sign
his name to any petition. We are glad to make this
statement for Mr. DISHMAN. Now who do you suppose placed
his name thereon most certainly he did not.
I will sell you oats and wheat sacks and pay you the highest
market price for grain at Sugden, Waurika, Addington, Comanche,
Hastings, Temple and Walters. Wire or phone me at Ryan I. T.
L. D. WRIGHT or see
J. S. CRAWFORD, Waurika Okla.
***
J.
W. DECKER of Graham, Mo., is visiting his cousin J. L. MORGAN
this week.
THE WAURIKA NEWS
Waurika, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Friday, September 7, 1906
Sealed Bid Plan (brief
excerpt)
A delegation of
Oklahomans has been in Washington two days in relation to the
opening of the reservation in the southern part of that
territory. They had a conference with Judge RYAN, acting
secretary of the interior, who has been impressed with some of
the suggestions which they advanced and referred them to the
general land office officials, with instructions to act
accordingly.
In the party were
C. E. HUNTER of Oklahoma City, Omer K. BENEDICT of the
News-Republican of Hobart, and C. R. McHUGH, vice president of
the Bank of Commerce at Frederick. These gentlemen came to
Washington imbuded with the idea that the auction plan was the
only one under which to dispose of the 505,000 acres of the
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservations.
We give below the names of the business men of the town who
donated and amount they donated for the Farmes Union picnic.
| Woodie
STUARD |
$35.00 |
| R.
E. HALL |
50.00 |
| The
Bank of Waurika |
25.00 |
| The
Citizens State |
25.00 |
| J.
N. JOHNSTON & Co. |
15.00 |
| CUNNINGHAM
& BRUNER |
20.00 |
| J.
L MORGAN |
10.00 |
| M.
J. McGRAW |
10.00 |
| J.
H. KLOTZER |
10.00 |
| THOMPSON
& CHERRY |
10.00 |
| ECKLES
Bros. & Co. |
10.00 |
| KELLY
Bros. |
10.00 |
| S.
P. LIVELY |
10.00 |
| PARSONS
& ROBINSON |
10.00 |
| H.
MORRIS |
5.00 |
| ADAMS
& Sons |
1.00 |
| WOOTEN
Bros. |
5.00 |
| D.
E. ACKERMAN |
10.00 |
| J.
H. HUNTER |
5.00 |
Last Monday night J. H. CUNNINGHAM had some dry goods stolen from
the depot here. He was supicious (sic) that the goods were
taken by some of the train crew and the same crew were due to
come back through here Wednesday.
Marshall HORN swore out a warrant for the crew and secured a
search warrant. When the train pulled in he placed the
conductor and brakemen under arrest and searched the caboos
(sic). And found two boxes of mens shirts and one-half dozen
ladies under shirts.
The accused were taken before Justice POPE. The conductor
gave bond for his appearance Thursday and the other two were held
under guard.
They claim to have bought the goods from a tramp.
There has been considerable stealing around the depot and in the
yards, but the officers are determined to pinch the guilty ones.
A deal was made
this week whereby J. R. SIMS & Sons became owners of J. C.
HALLIDAY’s grocery and dry goods stock. The deal has
been pending for some time and was closed yesterday. The
store will be closed today and tomorrow to invoice stock.
The Messers
SIMS’ will also add to the stock of dry goods and groceries,
an up-to-date meat market also a bakery.
The richest strike that has been discovered
in the Wichita Mountains, and one that means a fabulous fortune
to the discoverer is just being developed in the Wichita Mountain
Forest Reserve, and the lucky man is J. E. RICHEY of Oklahoma
City, but formerly of Weatherford, Oklahoma.
****
Miss Belle BOONE who has been clerking in
CUNNINGHAM’s store for some time, left for Addington
Wednesday for a two weeks visit with relatives.
****
THOMPSON & CHERRY’s new hotel
building will soon be completed.
****
D. R. W. IRWIN who lives southwest of town
sent in a pod of red pepper to be placed in J. D. HUFFMAN’s
agricultural display which will readily take the prize for
peppers. It measured 13.1/4 inches in circumserence (sic)
and weighed 71/2 ounces.
THE WAURIKA NEWS
Waurika, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Friday, September 28, 1906
The foundation is
laid for a splendid town. Beautifully situated in a rich
farming community, Waurika bids fair to be the best town on the
main line of the Rock Island. Already it is a city in
embryo. Who would ever think if they had not seen it
demonstrated so often that the little life contained in a
chrysalis would ever develop into a beautiful winged creature
that would sport from flower to flower and lend its beautiful
colors to brighten and make happy all its little world. So
today this town is but at the beginning of what it is to be.
Your school with
its splendid teachers, capable and efficient as they seem to be,
will soon be unable to handle the school because of the reason
that the school is too large for the number of teachers employed.
Soon a new school building will be in order. Soon the
community will desire and need more churches. Already the
demand for houses is greater than the supply. The business men
are kept busy waiting upon customers. The cotton gins are
ready to handle the cotton, some of which has already been
brought in and is said to be of splendid quality.
The people meet the
“stranger within their gates” with a pleasant greeting
and leave the impression that he is welcome there. Waurika
will be what the people make it, if people would suddenly stop
working, the town probably would never be so very much better
than it is now, but if the people one and all work for the
up-building of the town, encouraging and assisting new
enterprises and placing their stamp of disapproval upon the vices
and snares that attempt to sap the vitality, push and enterprise
from every new town. If you drive that from our midst which
is detrimental, and encourage everything which is beneficial, the
town will grow and prosper. So if all remember that eternal
viligence (sic) if the price of success and all work together for
this end, the bright beginning of the well developed bud will
blossom forth into a full bloom, perfect rose, and that for which
we hoped and sought will have been achieved. Waurika is a
splendid little city but it will be better still.
J. W. DECKER, a
young attorney of Graham, Missouri arrived Sunday and will make
this his future home. His family will come as soon as he
can secure a residence.
Mr. DECKER will
practice law and also be connected with the Waurika News. He
is an old acquantaince (sic) of the editor they being boys
together in Missouri.
Decker is a
newspaper man of considerable experience and we think that he
will assist in making the News a better paper.
Visits Here
S. A. BIBLE, who
is well known to those who have lived here any length of time,
was shaking hands with old acquaintances the first of the week.
Mr. BIBLE is now
located in Miami, I.T., and deposited a dollar with us to sure of
the Waurika News for another year. He made us feel good by
saying the News was one of the neatest and best publications he
knew of and is a credit to a town of much larger population.
****
Mrs. E. B. ELLIS visited in Sugden Sunday and was the guest of
Mrs. W. T. F. BUSH.
****
A. L. WALKER transacted business in Lawton and Temple the first
of the week.
Col. J. E. THOMAS the silver tongued orator of Hastings is in the
101 district making speeches for Capt. J. P. ADAMS this week.
The campaign over there waxes warm. There is several (sic)
candidates in the field. The Hon. Cham JONES of Ryan, Robert Lee
GIBSON of Sugden, Capt. J. P. ADAMS of Linwood or Waurika and
Capt. Zach ADDINGTON of Addington.
Monday night one Ed OWNES after having imbibed to (sic) freely of
the loud noisy kind of the Devils drink, crossed over onto the
Chickasaw side of town and proceeded to exercise his vocal
organs. Not being satisfied with confining his efforts to
so limited a territory ventured over into the jurisdiction of
Marshal Tom THOMPSON who immediately disputed his authority to
further continue his bibulous horangue (sic) and feats of
rough-riding and placed him in the city bastile where he put up
for the night.
Tuesday morning the porter THOMPSON conducted him before Judge
DILLARD who charged him $5.00 and trimmings. This paid for
his bed, etc.
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