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k ' t jiVl yr- f- v lfV.$ SsF V Farmers' L .4H -1 m VOL. IV. ELGIN, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 19M N0.44 i j' tlel y' Champion EL ' - . - . in SMMnMStmSMBMSMgMVVVWW-WMMr1 i 'i f-. 4,S ty M-WWW44'H.:.4H.4-MH"H":H!J-M-K:'4-M-!' PIGS IS PIGS But they are mighty j.nud eating when they are dead. Our hams, shoulders, bacon, and sausage are tender, deli cioue, appetizing, and never a "squeal." Oar steaks are fine and juicy. Bring in your cream. 21c G. W. WALKER M - " - xH:'H - HwK:M - - : - ! - WILLIAMS IS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR Will Have About ?.000 Plurality Over Robertson In State. Candidates For Congress And County Ticket The elnctioci retufnB in t.h3 statu seem to be very slow in gutting in. One weok after the primary seven counties did not have their official returns in to the state, election board. Coman che b one of the seven not re ported though tho votc on stats officials in this county had been - iriven our locally two days after tlie primary. Today tho counties are nil in but ihree Kiova, Washington mid Tulaa, and in the 74 counties Wil'iams leads Robertson by 1M3 votes. The other three counties ,it is believed will increase thin to over 2,000. Robertson ad.Tnitu hia defeat, hut he and Jennings have both served notico that they will contest the cLctiun. With the counties in, the in dications are tiiat the following are among the nominees. For Governor, II. L. Williams with J. B. A. Robertson i close second. For lieutenant governor. M.E. Trapp with Ben LaFayette sec ond. For Rrcretpry of state, J. L. Lyon with J. S. Askew second For attorney general, S. P. Freeling with Geo. D. Key eec ond. For state treasurer, W. L. Al exander with J. C. McClelland second. For state superintendent, R. :...:..:.Mv;.:.;..3"v.wvv:":-: I We I Your j z I mtmmm mip ! i sj awe PLENTY OF SHORTS AND BAR REL SALT ON HAND NOW. Brumkill Elevator H. Q. SMITH, Manager. Cash 20c, trade t,9':,":"'. h-p II. Wilson with C. M. Allen sec ond. For state examiner, Fred Parkinson with Hugh Germer becond. i I'" Btnte auditor Frank Car ter is leading E. B. Howard, though Howard claims to have private reports from all the counties which gives him n plurality of 927 votes. For corporation commissioner, A. P. Watson. For state mine inspector, Ed Boyle. For state labor commissioner, W. G. Ashton. For insurance A. L. Welch. commissioner, For commissioner of charities, V. D. Matthews. For Congress, 1st Dist James S. Davenport 2nd " W. W Hastings 8rd " Charles D. Carter 4th " William H. Murray 5th " Joe B. Thompson Gth " Scott Ferris 7th " J. V. McClintic 8th ' Henry S. Johnson The 8th district is the only re puMican one in the state and DitkT. Morgan, republican, was re-nominated in it. For District Judge Chnm Jones of Wnurika was nominated over Johnson and will buy WHEAT rvwww VW'tV McElhoes of Law ton. Frank Beauman of Wauriku was nominated over Morris aiid Davis of Duncan for senator. The Vote In Comanche. Following is the democratic 'o cast in Comanche countv ' A 4 for governor and county oftkers: For Governor Jennings 923 Williams 649 Robertson 429 Dunlop '. 140 Wear 106 Herring , 81 Oounty Judge Ray 1280 Whalin 1153 County Attorney Orr 1584 Henderson .' 879 Sheriff- McCalmant 650 Pierce, 499 Hull 420 Summers 411 Edwards 297 Hefley 175 Saddler 77 Trosper ..26 Seigler 25 Court Clerk - Compton 975 Simpson 936 Pope .....535 County Clerk Gregory 1219 Critcher 1159 County Superintendent Crosby 1338 Dickson 1018 County Assessor Gordon 90S Roberts 692 ThomaB 460 Fox 325 County Treasurer Porter 2116 County Surveyor Joy ner .. -.r ....2039 County Weigher Adams 2096 State Committeeman Hay nes 1050 Bixby 1030 Commissioner, East. Dist. Weaver 863 Williams 247 Japp 121 Collier 114 .Com, Western Dist. Davis 463 Cox Ill Com. Law ton Dist. Talmadgo 332 Tcdford 29S Elrad 147 Galyon 79 Mend 76 Two Justices Peace, Lawton Armstrong 476 Harper 450 Manning 293 Home 268 Constable, Lawton Moncrief 507 Jones 347 Jackson 303 Mitchell 6-1 House Burned. The Ihrau room house on the -- Too-A-Suy Indian quarter two S miles east of Elgin was struck A i by lightning about daylight this 'ti.nrniug and burned to the $ ground. Ijl j No 'ie was living in the build If.jiig but It was tilled with hay ; and jTain Lewis Porter had 1C bet ''. n 400nnd 500 btmhfls of v o;it! u'.d 6.' hales of hay in it, Ed R( 1 had 40 bales of hay and the Indian had some hay in it. il Mi , it b r. Porter had all hia feed in but one or two tins of has'. Tho lire wis first discovered bv J. W. NoI'jm, who livs just east of this farm. Look Out. A. P, Harney our genial bar ber, bought u new buggy and harness Saturday of the Vaughn Hardwaro Co. and is also in tho market tor a horde. Andy is still a single man so the girls no do:ibt will be on tho lookout for him. , And by the way, business is picking up Wonderfully at tho Vaughn Hardwaro Co. They are firm believers in advertising ttud that ia whftt count, . 1 Something i To Think 2 About e lftf h. fi T.-9 Vaughn Hardware Co. OF ELGIN Bp.11 Game. Anoth.'.r ball game was played Saturday afternoon between two teams of local f:ii3, one team hwded by James Sawyers and the other by I. Stone. The latter team was minus a pitcher and about every man on the tram took hia turn at the box, the result bdirijf 10 to 1 in favor of the Sawyers team. Tho lineup was an follows: Hinckley c Fite p Rose f b Everett s b Stone t b West b s Vaughn r f Putney c f Simpson 1 f Sorrelo c Sawyers P Davis f b Hajrle t b Montgomery t b Wolcott s s Studyvin r f Simpson c f R. Wolcott 1 f o MISSIVES FKOM MISTI.m'OB Every one in all fimiks over the nice rain that fell Monday morninjr. Most every one in this neigh borhood attended the celebration at Lawton last week. Miss Lizzie Dotson, who ha? been visiting at Tuija, returned homo last week. A. B. Spelling wna a visitor in Marlow last Saturday. Clyde and Otta Kins returned home from Texas 'J hursday. Mra. Charley SpermiK'd Ristor, who livea near Husli Spt inirs, visited at their home Saturday and Sunday. MeRsn. Hrndricks, Goetzol, and Sheets filled choir kilos lajt week. Miss Jessie Pattft, wlio livon at Norman, is visiting lu'r couoiu, Mius Pearl Utidt'rvood, Ernest .V.n'itsomt'rv and fami ly vicltjd atl)o home of Sid Williams Inst Sunday. Jell' Caldwell put down a well at the school house last weokjhu sayn there is plenty of water there now, Mr. und Mra. Sorrela'daugrhter is here viBitins thvm. The health of thiu community is line ixt this writing Frank Seaner io hauling turn ber to build a new houue. Quite a, number from this dis trict attended church ae Cannon Sunday and Sunday night. H18T1.HT0B OOWUJUOHDNT. ,. o PlftH pay your nub3Criytion The cost of one month would amount to $2,400.00 m fir yearn. A pieco of labor saving farm machinery costing a fow dollars will do the werk ef two men, thus saving you the cost of one. Is this worth thinking about? Here For WRjeatrsieza m-xsmmsEzsa County News. Atty. J. A. DitFendaffer of Lawton bad his arm broken last Thursday while cranking his au to. Mrs. Young Short died of can cer in Lawton last week, age 51 yearn Prof. J. A. Dickson, recent candidato for county superin tendent, Iin3 been employed as principal of the Manitou school fur the coming year at a salary of 5.900. The pchool board at Gernnimo U tidvcrtisitiK "h" sealed bids to paint and repair their school house. Ab Hales has moved from Binijer to Lawton to serve ns district manager for the Chick uahn Cotton Oil Co. W. T. Pyhnt of Cache has opened a grocery store in Luw ton. After the Lawton celebration had cloned some of tho mer chants began to discover that ruised billu had been passed on them, one dollar bills being raised to $3. It. B. Thomas of Cache, one of tho candidates for county naao3 sor, was married in El Reno on Juno 21 to Miss Mittio Frone herger of Lawton, but kept it secret till this week. A house occupied by E. E. Popples at Lawton was Htruck by lightning during the rain Mon day morning while the folks were in bed. The roof was torn to pieces but no one waa injured. Mr. and Mrs. P. 3. E. Amos, the former being private secre tary to Gov. Cruco, are spending tiieir honeymoon at Medicine Paik, bc'ng married July 30. A Good Rain. Rain began fnllimr about 2 o'clock Mondnv morning and con liuiod moat of the time till day ltsht, uiuking a total of about two 'nehes of rainfall. Thip comefl too late to bo of any bnn jflt to the corn but will help th" cotton and late feed crop, h isidaa putting the ground in Bhoue for wheat plowing. This in' tho first nood rain since Decoration Day, or ten weeks a go Saturday. o "Uncle Tom" Nominated. Id tho republican race for nheriir Uncle Tom Richardson of EIrio received 110 votes and ids opponent, II. VV. Channcll 88 vnti'H. tliiia Bivinif tho nomtna tion to Aichardson. Hbii first class gentleman, a good mixer, and who known hut tbat-hbftmy be the next RbovitT of the coun I A w A farm hand at $40.00 i Business Attended Celebration. Amonir those atteadinv the Lawton celebration Thursday we have learned of the follow- ing: Mrs. Alma Howe, Mra. Helen Jackson. T. R. Benaatt and wife. C. P. Brandon aad family, W. Tt Wolcott and faaH- ly, C. M. Wolcott, and wife, O nr ucaey. wife Rout. I. Whalen and wife. Ml Cline and family. O. A. Jon v. J. II. Harrison. Jamee Haaie.0. N, Dean, W. T. Gray, H. S. Green and family, Thee. Hayes and family. Byron Vausrhn and family, L. C. Coffin and wife. H. F. Shirk and family, John Rea fro, H. P. Wettenael, wife and three youngest children, Harry Cremer. Those on Friday were: H. H. Hagle and wife, T. O. Miller and wife, Orange Putney, Al bert Cremer, Perly and Monta Bennett, I. Stone, J. E. Byrd, Misses Jodie Wiggins, Edna Putney.' Linda Crawford,' Au drey West, Dott Wolcott. Dates. Caddo county fair, Bjnger, Sept. 3 to 10. Photographers' Convention, Oklahoma City, Sept. 8 to 10. , G. A. R. encampment, Guth rie, Sept. 14. Tho Sterling Fair, Sterling, Sept. 1C to 18. Peanut Carnival, Duncan, Sept. 16 to 18. Dry Farming Congress, Wich ita. Kan., Oct. 7. to 17. Caddo county fair, Anaiarko, Sept. 7 to 12. Oklahoma State Fair and Ex position Oklahoma City, Sept. 22 to Oct. 3. Shilling-Mason. At the Methodist parsonage in Elgin at 5:80 o'clock Sunday evening, Rev. D. L. Hinckley united in marriage Arthur W. Shilling of near Fletcher and Misn Ruth Mason, in the pres ence of J. H. Abbott and T. J. Page, the latter being a cousin of the bride. For a short time they will reside at the home oi! the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, T. Masoa, north of El gin. O ' Arm Fractured. Ruth1 Brandon had the Boneo inhi, lower right arm fractare't Tuttriay evening by falling t ofa sec-.saw Jwara. TNoarpj waa set bnclHri shape mid uli ji getting along nicely. a.. P Tbo CiUmFjON 3 won;St af,;a fv? 'i?'. ,m i V 1 wS t -1'1 ' "t iH.-vt 'W. ' 'e.i ...' a. H ',, . a M W v.. "W ) i"- r j- H- ''v i' k .:. v- ; aj,iMHNgr,!yr w'uafju. JJJJSSiP' Mj "rtHubstxt-ngr