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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-21
Wynnewood, Okla,
NJo,oi, O ,nr>r,

The Bryan-Gow Investment
Co., Oklahoma City, Okla
Gentlemen: Your letter 9TH
received, asking me to express
my opinion as to what think of
my investment of 2,74o acres in
the San Luis Valley, Colorado,
and what | think Of the future
of that country. In reply will
say believe that can sell my
holdings there, which | recently
bought through your firm, with
in the next twelve months at
profit of $4,000. viii further
more state that | believe that
anyone buying land in the San
Luis Valley, in my opinion, will
prove very profitable. The val
ley has wonderful future
(Signed) H. d. KNIGHT,
Vice President Southern Natl
Bank.
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quality | have ever seen III my
hie, and it is my honest opinion
that this is one OF the finest
farming section, Of the country
| have ever seen, and those who
are wanting homes, it will pay
them to visit this Valley and in
yestigate the pnce OF lands as
well as the general lay OF this
Valley.
1t also raises the finest peas,
English peas it appears to me,
although they call them the
Mexican peas, which grow from
8 to 10 feet high and very pro-
fusely, and they tell me that all
they have 10 do to raise this pca
is TO drill in the same as wheat
or barley and leave it alone until
fall when they turn in their
sheep or hogs in them, some
times both at the same time, and
within 90 days they are perfect
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-21
A FEW HARD COLD FACTS
ARDITT THE WAIT EN


We have the finest climate on
earth. No blizzards-no malaria
--no disease among the stock.
We have the finest Of artesian
water that is soft and % per
cent pure. We have cheap fuel
and cheap building material.
We have good railroad failities
and good market for our
products. We have no drouths
to contend with or too much
rain to worry us. We have
over $75o,ooo on deposit in our
two banks in Alamosa, a town
Of 1850 people. We have
raised the largest yield of wheat
in the world--Io7 IL bushels
per acre. We have raised as
much as S93 bushels Of potatoes
per acre, and our farmers are
netting from $Ioo to $I5o per
acre each and every year on
their potatoes. We get more for
our pea-fed hogs than any other
place in the United States. We
have the largest level tract of
irrigated land in the United
States. We have a good con-
genial class of farmers and our
water rights for irrigation are
perpetual and unquestionable.
We are selling land in this valley
at from $50 to so per acre, with
perpetual water rights, and on
easy terms. Our next excursion
will leave Oklahoma City
Wednesday, June Ist., via Santa
Fe. Round trip transportation
$500. Write us for descrip-
tive literature. Phone Main rs.
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Oklahoma City, okla,

Oct. 80, 1909.
T. d. Turner Of T. d. Turner &
Company, Talks of the San
Luis Valley, Colorado.
] have visited the San Luis
VALLEY at different times for the
past four years, with a view Of
looking at the country and pur-
chasing produce for our COM
pany. ! recently returned from
the Valley after purchasing a
large number of carloads Of po-
tatoes, and will say that in all my
experience, have never handled
finer potatoes than those raised
in San Luis Valley. ] find that
the farmers are raising from
POO to 800 bushels OF potatoes to
the acre there, all Of the very
finest quality Of potatoes that
are shipped into this or any other
part OF the Southern country,
and while ! was there this fall.
the market being at almost the
lowest ebb it ever gets in the way
OF prices, farmers were receiv-
ing 70 TO Is cents per 100
pounds for their potatoes, or
about AZ to as cents per bushcl,
which will 90 to show that the
tillable lands in that Valley will
produce enough to pay interest
on the price of the land to $500
10 5000 per acre.
This Valley is about 90 BY 90
miles and is at the head Of the
Rio Grande river. and is one Of
the most beautiful valleys in the
whole State Of Colorado.
visited quite a number Of
wheat. oats and alfalfa fields,
and found they were raising
from 90 10 7s bushels Of wheat
to the acre. and about 90
bushels Of oats. of the very best
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artesian water on all Of their
land, and, like all the artesian
water in the valley, is soft and
chemically pure. It is the
greatest small grain and potato
country that | have ever seen,
and ! candidly believe that land
in this valley will advance 100
per cent within the next year.
(Signed) L. M. JORDAN,
100 IL w. Main, City.
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MARCH 2I, 1910.

TO WHOM IT MAY CON
Germ:
To people who may be inter
ested in the SAN LUIS VAL
LEY, Colorado. | can truth
fully say that it is as fine a
body Of irrigated land as is in
the west, lying fine and level.
and with an abundance Of water
from the Rio Grande river for
irrigation. 1t is also a great
artesian belt, having seen hun
dredS of flowing artesian wells,
sufficient to irrigate from forty
to three hundred and twenty
acres Of land, thus making the
water supply for irrigation al
most unquestionable. | myself
own at the present time four
hundred and fifty-eight acres OF
land that | purchased through
The Bryan-Gow Investment Com
pany. OF Oklahoma City. and am
more than pleased with my pur-
chase, and believe in case |
should want to sell | could dis
pose of my holdings there and
almost double my money on my
investment, which as yet have
not had quite year. To any
one who wants to make money
farming, or is looking for an III
yestment, the San Luis Valley is
certainly the place to so.
Yours truly,
w. +. VAHLBERG,
Chief Clerk Board of Park
Commissioners.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-21
To WHOM IT MAY CON

To WHOM IT MAY CON
Germ:
| have been in Colorado for
the past two months and good
portion Of the time in the San
Luis Valley, where purchased
go acres OF land OF the Bryan
Cow Investment company, and
in travelling over the valley | can
say that ! never saw better crops
grow out OF the ground. The
potatoes are Welding from 900 to
400 bushels per acre; alfalfa
about 4 tons per acre oats when
properly farmed, will make from
so to l25 bushels per acre, Ny
opinion is, good farmer can
make more money on 40 acres in
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the San Luis Valley than on 100
acres in either Illinois, Missouri,
Kansas or Oklahoma.
GEO. HESS.
Ex-Cily Clerk.
Oklahoma City. Okla, Oct. 20,
1900.
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TO WHOM IT MAY CON
Germ:

| am we'll acquainted with the
San Luis Valley and the lands
being sold by the Bryan-Gow In
yestment Co, having purchased
from them 30 acres Of it myself.
The land lies well for irrigation
and has an abundant supply of
wafer from the Rio Grande river.
There is also an abundance of
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TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
My name is d. Gates. | came
from Oklahoma a little over a
year ago without any experience
in irrigated land. This year !
rented 10 acres Of land o. A. L.
Moss, o miles south and west
Of Alamosa, Colo. ! planted the
same in potatoes, agreeing TO
give the landlord one-third (I-3)
Of the crop raised. to furnish
everything except the land and
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ly fats this, makes it the most
desirable section Of the country
for stock raising | have ever
seen, and it affords inc great
pleasure TO speak Of this in the
interest of the general public as
we'll as those who are interested
in there.
Very respectfully,
Alamosa, Colo, Sept. 20, 1900.
The Nevada County picayune., 1910-12-30
Alex Vaughan

is an agent for the prettiest line of MonumentsIand Tombstones ever shown in Prescott. See him and get what you 13want fer your cemetery lot.
The Nevada County picayune., 1910-12-30
AN APPEAL TO THE
 SONS OF VETERANS

Col. c. s. Collins. in the recent Arkansas Convention, U. c. ", in seconding the nomination of Gen. J. Forney Smith for a third term as Division Commander, made the following appeal:
 MT. Chairman and Comrades: As l look into your loving eyes, I see, mirrored there, the old re- i ligion which burns brightly on the aitars in your hearts. It is ssIile ssIile sfsa4e faith that sustained you as you scaled Little Round Top and rolled the pillows of invasive war against the walls of the startled and dismayed modern Babylon. It is the same religion which, for four years and nine months, upheld you and our cause on an hundred crimson battle fields; that confronted you in camp and on weary march, thru winters chilling blasts and sum mer's burning heat. But, con- rades, the day uaneth; The night draWeth nigh when no man can work Soon, our sun will touch, with vermilIion fingers, the western hills and sink, for ever, behind the ramparts of eternity. Shall it be, that we shall leave behind us Egyptian darkness, in the field where we have held aloft the torch of truth to defend and enlighten the world as to the real facts of our grand history? Can it be. that our sons, sprung from our Joins and chil- dren of our b-ains,' will prove untrue to their sires and we have no representatives, in all this gainsaying world when false. hood and perversion shall es- say to obscure our frame and cloud our unde tended memory with dishonor? We are told, in 1 Holy Writ, that Gods chosen people wandered away among the surrounding heather nations. The Hittites, the Parasites, the I Amorites, Canaanites that, by compromises and perversions, they sought so blend their own. lpure and God given, religion with those of the Pagan asso- ciates. That, even in far Baby lon. to please and make fair weather with its ruling classes and to win earthly success, they worshipped gods of gold and stone. But, thank God, our God, we read that, upon the full |fillment of the term of "the cap- tivity." chastened and reginer- ated by diversity. they returned to the holy city, Jerusalem, with shouts of joy and the songs of Zion on their lips. They en- tered the neglected Temple; they stood before the altar, where the Shekinah is, facing the taberna- cle, in the holy of holies. where rests the ark of the covenant.
 There, they relit the fires upon the altar and offered sacrifices only to the true and living God.
 Comrades; where are our sons? Can it be true, that the change of circumstance, the new atmosphere, charged with mias- ma, has settled upon them like a cloud? That, breathing that at
The Nevada County picayune., 1910-12-30

mosphere laden with strange doc Urine, they have wandered far afield, among the Hittites, the Parisites, the Amorites and the Canaanites, and, by somewhat natural and, apparently, excusa- ble compromises with the condi- tions they could not control, have yielded to perversions which can no more blend with the faith of their fathers than can an arch sinner enter the portals of par adise. And some, we fear, and they the brayest and the best, eager for benefits which success in tine world brings, have wan l dered Babylonward and have bowed at the shrines of gods of gold and stone.
 Bat, blood is thicker than water.
 Son; do you know who you are? Have you forgotten your proud lineage? Hear me: Do you recall that mother in the home, way down on the Sewanee river? Do you remember how she sang you to sleep? Her voice was not trained by the classic masters; it was tuned to the mel ody of the spheres by "the An- cient of days" Her song was not one of these modern rag time jingles," barren of gospel and devoid of saving power. HER lullaby was one of the songs of Zion. It was sung by that mother voice out of the mother heart, on the altar where burned brightly the same fire which burns in the hearts of these, my comrades, your fathers. It was taken from the inspired lips of lobe, that man of Uz, and she rocked you to slumberland:
 '' I would not live alway; ask not to stay
 Where storm after storm rises dark OCT the way; The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here Are enough for life's woes. full enough for it's cheer.
 would not live alway; no. welcome the tomb Since Jesus has lain there. dread not it's gloom. There sweet be my rest till He binds me arise To hail Him in triumph decending the skies. .
 Sons of Confederate veterans: Do you know your rich heritage, far more to be desired than gold or precious stones or costly and vain apparel? It is an inheri- tance nobler than that of sons of other sires in all the tides of time.
 Thank Cod, blood IS thicker than water They WILL come quickly at our call, even back from Babylonish captivity. and, having been regenerated and made free by the truth, from the lips of their dying fathers, they will return to Zion, the city of our King, and there, in the Tem- pie, where the Shekinah is, be- fore the tabernacle, in the holy of holies, where rests the Ark of our Covenant, they will serve, as we have served, as priests be- fore the altar of the living God, and they will seize and hold aloft the touch of truth which we have held and burning brightly these many years. We close these re- cords and our reunions, they will take our place, wear our uniforms and continue reunions, as our re- presentatiyes in the years to come. And when Comrade Gun. ningham God bless him) shall grow lonesome for us who have gone before. yearning to see, once more, his comrades in Beu- lahland, shall lay aside that ] curnrI nn uhnco 1rlon xniYor hln In
The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-10
w. C. T. U. COLUMN
Bertha Kelley, Superintendent Of Press Department.

The meeting of the w. c. T. u,
which was held at the residence of
Mrs. M. Shields. was conducted by
Mrs. Knight. Subject, Current Re-
form.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Dora Harshman
Nov. 9th, Subject, Mercy" The
scripture to be read is the first chap
ter of 2 Peter, ITO verses. A solo
will be sung. ITO Show My Love-" or
No. 76.
A talk THE Benefits of Strict OBJ
servance of Parliamentary Law"
Debate-Resolved, that the woman
who spends thousands upon charity,
and is hard and unsympathetic in her
judgement of people, is charitable on
ly on the exterior.
The convention just held in Little
Rock is reported to have been a grand
success. The election OF officers re-
suited as follows:
President, Mrs. Lulu A. Maxwell;
Vice-president. Mrs. Jimmie Carr Pitt
man; Cor. Secretary, Mrs. Minnie Y.
Rutherford; Treas, Mrs. Eliza larry.
There were no changes among Supts.,
except those who had requested to be
relieved. One new department was
added. Institutes and Mrs. Grant of
Batesville was appointed.
We hope every member will be at
our next meeting. You will want to
hear the report to be read then, so
come.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-10
0RANNiS GRAINS.

Ed Collins of Ashdown was in
Grannis last week.
A. j. Aston was in Horatio be-
tween trains Monday.
Miss Celia Smith of Gillian visit
ed Grannis friends Sunday.
Ed Bell is quite sick. DR.. Ben
Hendrick is attending him.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Coyle entertained
friends from Chicago the past week.
Prof. j. B. Earl was shaking
hands with Grannis people Saturday
Bro. J. ]. Haynes of Mena.
preached at the Baptist church last
Sunday.
Fred Lichlyter. who has been at
work with team at Hatfield, re-
turned home the first of the week.
Prof. and Mrs. Wheels of Cove.
were guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kirby over Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Aston left last week
for Lockesburg. She will be gone
for sometime, as she will begin a
four-months' rn of school next
Monday.
The people of Grannis had quite a
scare Monday morning about 3
o'clock. There wac fire alarm and
it was soon learned that Ed Clinton's
commissary was on fire. The build
ing and all of its contents were de-
stroyed. All that could be done
was to prevent the fire from spread
ing to the other buildings. It is
quite loss to Mr.. Clinton.
The teachers rally Saturday night
was decidedly success, and we are
indebted to Mrs. Henry Rollins and
her school for the greater part OF
the program which was well render
ed to a large and attentive audience.
Speeches were made by Bro. Haynes.
Prof. Wheels, Prof. Holman and
Senator Logan. After the speaking
Prof. Wheels made motion that
the Grannis and Cove schools enter
into a reading and recitation con-
test. extending the invitation 10 the
other schools in the south part Of
The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-10
U. OF "a. STUDENTS REUNION
Will De Held in Little Rock November
"a Program Prepared.

George Vaughan. president of the
University Club of the University of
Arkansas. has issued invitations to a
Students Annual Reunion to be held
in Little Rock on Thursday. Nevem-
Der 24--this being the second reunion
In addition to the joys of renewing
old memories. following interesting
program has been prepared for the
day:
Thursday. $50 a. M, meeting OF
Alumni Association U. of A., Ban
quet Hall. Hotel Marion.
$3.50 a. m, meeting of Alumni AS
ISOLATION, Law Department, U. of A.,
Supreme Court room.
$3.50 a. m, meeting of Alumni Med
ical department, u. of A., Second and
Sherman streets.
10 a. m. meeting of University
Club. Banquet Hall, Hotel Marion
Address by Hon. Hal l.. Norwood.
2:30 p. m, Football Game, Univer-
sity Of Arkansas VS.. Louisiana State
University, West End Park.
900 p. M, Dance by the University
Club. Banquet Hall. Hotel Marion.
4:30 a. M, (wee sma hours) Good
bye till Thanksgiving, 1911.
All railroads entering Little Rock
have made special reduced rates for
the round trip.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-10
LOWER Bio FORK.

Mr.. Bill Dede made business trip
to Mena Friday.
Mr.. viii Gardner of Egeer, attended
Sunday school at Big Fork Sunday.
C. E. Holmes and wife attended
singing at Midway Sunday evening.
D. A. Walker and wife, from Texar-
kama. are visiting relatives of this
place.
Bill Cotton and wife from Mill Creek,
spent Saturday night with their son.
Ben.
Bob Hughes and family visited at
the home of Mr.. George Craig of near
Mill Creek.
Win Foster, Tom Foster and family
and Mrs. Nixon, visited relatives at
Board Camp Saturday.
Sam S uit and wife spent Saturday
night with Mrs. Suits parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Moore, on Doggy Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Medford and
son. Bardie, from Board Camp, spent
Sunday with their son, A. F. Medford.
The Sunday school and PRAYER
meeting at Big Fork is progressing
nicely. Only the need of more attend
ance.
Walter Foster gave singing Sun
day night, a large crowd being pres
ent, and all seem to have had a nice
and enjoyable time.
Arkansaw Blossom.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-10
COVE CATCHES.

A. M. Woodell has been making
some important improvements on his
residence property.
Miss Myrtle Cooley is visiting her
brother, 0. B. Cooley at Weather
ford, Ok, who. has little son i'll
with typhoid fever.
Ed S. Hoblitzell has been danger
ously i'll for several days past with
an attack of malarial fever which he
contracted while working for the
pipe line company in Oklahoma.
Rev. G. A. Cross is another farmer
who has made remarkable record
on sorghum syrup, having made
over 400 gallons from the cane
grown on less than three acres of
ground. He also lost a lot of cane
by not being able to work it up.
j. A. Thornton must look to his
laurels won on the race track with
his fine horse. as Cove has produced
speeder that is a wonder. The
horse is owned by Tallie Woodell,
and on his first trial he trotted a
mile In even three minutes.
The Never Sweat Club" which
is composed largely of goosebone
weather prophets, held an experience
meeting in front of Barton's store
last Saturday, and the weather
proposition was the sole topic for
discussion. The testimony all point
ed toward a late fall and mild win
ter. and when one member solemnly
stated that he had seen some wild
geese flying northward a few days
ago, it was UNANIMOUSLY decided
that the winterless summers of 1910
IL will soon be settled fact.
There lives man near Cove who
has five or six pet fish in one Of his
springs, and they are so tame that
they will eat grasshoppers and bugs
out of his hand. This man, who is
too modest to allew his name TO be
mentioned, claims that he has solved
the problem that has so puzzled
fishermen. By watching his tame
fish he has discerned when the sign"
is right to go fishing. When his pets
are active and apperantly hungry he
hikes for the "crick," but when they
are sleepy and sluggish, and will
not rise to the surface after a grass
hopper, he stays at home. That
sounds fairly reasonable to
Fisherman.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-10
HATFIELD HINTS.

E. T. Roach Of Mena was in Hat
field the most of last week on busi-
ness.
B. Golf of Cove was in Hatfield last
week, buying considerable cotton.
MIR. Golf has helped make this cotton
market one of the best in Western
Arkansas.
j. j. r. Benn of Paducah, KY, who
has been living in Mena the past sum-
mer. made a deal thro Shafer & Ham,
mond to purchase the Chas. Boone
land west of the railroad.
Several of our neighboring farmers
passed thro Hatfield with loads Of
broom corn for the Mena market.
There is fine opening here for a
broom factory, as the soil is well
adapted for growing the corn.
Messrs. Christopher and Banks
spent Thursday in Hatfield taking up
and paying for railroad cross ties,
The tie business puts a great deal ol
money into circulation every month.
A great deal of cotton is coming to
this market from near Cove and JAMS
sen. A top market and first class
gin bring the business.
p G. Brake of the Majors Stave
Company, who are operating extern
sively.in Eastern Oklahoma, was in
Hatfield last week looking for a stave
bucking machine. The output Of
slaves will furnish employment to
several teams all winter. The ma
chine arrived Tuesdoy, Mr.. Brake
took it out on Wednesday and will soon
be shipping.
Here are a few of the prominent
farmers who were in Hatfield the fore
part of the week with cotton: L. F.
Martin, j. I. Ward, G. T. Whitehead,
Marion Davis. B. T. Hays. H. Garm,
M. Parker. /. M. Stegner. j. c. Mich
OILS, C. D. Aldridge j. S. Crawford, D,
H. Miller, Liee Nichols, Hatfield; j.
C. Crump, w. |. Richardson, G. L.
Stark, Jansen; j. T. Hairrall, T.
Wisenor, Smithville, Okla; S. C.
Toon, S. Grenn, Kim Scott, Cove.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-10
E0dER pl.UMS.

Ancil Hoover is very sick of pneu-
monia.
T. j. Barton and family were shop
ping in Mena last week.
S. w. Philpot is having a new resi-
dence built on his place.
Wilbern Philpot make a business
trip to Posey Hollow Monday.
Miss Clytie Hoover of Childress,
Tex. is visiting relatives here.
A nice singing was had at the home
ofG. w. Harrison's Sunday night.
S. w. Philpot and wife visited at
Board Camp Saturday and Sunday.
Ivan Rowe. who attending school at
Mena. was with homefolks Saturday
and Sunday.
School will begin here Monday Nov.
18th with Homer Pigg as principal and
John Harmon assistance.
E. Garich. who purchased the j. B.
Dilbeck farm one year ago, is erecting
a new residence thereon which will be
very attractive when completed.
Messrs. John Goodner and viii
Faulkner of Waters, passed through
Egser Saturday en- route to Board
Camp to attend quarterly conference
of the Methodist church.
A number of the patrons of the
school began ceiling the primary room
Monday. When 1t is finished it will
he the most comfortable school house
in this part of the country.
The cotton crop in this community
is averaging nearly one half bale to
the acre With the present price moth
ing will cause the cotton average to
be cut down but the boil weevil, which
are very numerous now.
W. w. Philpot Jr. was in Mena
Thursday. While there he purchased
the lumber which is being used in
ceiling the school house and returned
with load of goods for the firm of T..
H. & w. w. Philpot.
Epperite