The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-07-18
kiowa Flash L.ight.

II it makes yoa miserable to see !
others happy, you had better take your
heart to the Lord and have it fixed.
The planting Of trees, shrubs, vines
and ioWers around the farmhouse and
the establishment OF a wide. green
lawn in front are doubly advisable in
that they not only bring pleasure and
contentment to the occupants but add
act1al money value to the place The
tasteful selection and arrangement OF
some simple planting in the home
grounds will add dollars to the value
OF every acre Of Beaver county farm.
II will also raise the standard OF the
farm and the family in the neighbor-
hood as man is often judged by his
home, and a we'll kept home usually
denotes q well cultivated farm. These
are this that count in Oklahoma.
ON the afternoon Of July 4th one Of
ths heaviest rains fell in this neigh
borhood that we have had this year.
II lasted fully one hour OF heavy down
pour. Some few hail fell with it here
but over east near Speermore they had
heavy hail which cut the corn blades
very bad and shattered out the wheat
that was not cut yet.
Mr.. Crossman went to Higgins, Tex.
Wednesday to invoice the Waters stock
OF goods and take possession OF same
he having. traded his farm for the
goods. Mrs. Crossman will leave for
/ Higgins in about ten days to assist her
hus band in the store.
The picnics held about here the Sd
Ith and 5th this year had hard luck as
the storms have kept the people away
except those who went there to get
wet goods" Of which there was a
plenty and some to spare. Booze" is
what is killing the picnics, for no one
wants to take his wife, mother. sister
or sweetheart where there is a lot OF
rowdies II he can prevent it.
Frank Ripple is harvesting for Hook
and White near Catesby this week.
Eddie Ripple is now the owner OF a
motorcycle. He is learning how to
jump bitches, climb fences and to ride
eyeryplace but the middle OF the road.
At Speermore, Friday afternoon
Bonheur Bros. had on exhibition the
tinnies st colt that we have ever had the
pleasure TO see. 1t was spotted Shet-
land colt and weighed 81 pounds and
was Is inches high. Bonheur Bros
have christened it "Speermore" as il
was born there July 4th, 1912.
Apricots are ripening slowly or at
least it seems that way to us. Mr.. Val
entine has good crop that will soon
be good to eat and then, oh you pie
and sauce. We long for the time to
eat home grown ripe fruit.
Friday evening, July 5th, another
heavy rain fell. Some say 1t was a
three-inch rainfall and was accompan-
led by a severe hail storm lasting thirty
minutes and making the corn blades
look like shoestrings. Wheat that ID
uncut was damaged fully one-iourth.
Horace Farrell is not the only Cas
that goes fishing along the Kiowa. The
latest fisherman to be seen has been a
''prune peGdier.' Rumor says that he
has made a good catch but we will lei
him tell his fish sGory.
Threshing starts here the 18th.
! Word has just come to hand Of the
untimely death by drowning OF form.
er Beaver county boy, Oscar E. Ed
wards, whose parents reside oil farm
near Ivanhoe. About year ago Os-
car joined the U. S. Army and at the
time OF his death was stationed at
Scofield Barracks, Honolulu, II. /. AS
near as can be learned at this time he
had been in bathing with other CON-
panions when he was seized with
cramps. His companions done all in
their power to save him and one OF
them came near being drowned by try
ing to help him. Oscar was a model
young man and had host OF friends
who will mourn heis death This ia N