The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-15
WANT TO REWARD !
/ THEIR BENEFACT0R
PEOPLE OF WEST SIDE SAY r. E.
HERRING STOPPED PANIC
Of 1907.
WOULD GIVE HIM GOVT JOB
Has Made a Success Of His Own BusI.
ness; Would Try Him At
The States.
WOULD GIVE HIM GOVT JOB
And what Of F. E. Herring, of Elk

4 And what of r. E. Herring, OF ElkI
City, candidate fer the democratic
nomination for governor?
Well Herring is going to keep pass
ing the word along that ii he CAM
make success of the ranch, and build
a mercantile business from one to i've
general stores located respectively at
Elk City, Foss, Strong City, Cordell
and Erick, he is fit to manage the af-
fairs OF the state which he is pleased
to regard in the light Of a large cor
poration, needing skillful business
manager a manager with about the
same kind of brains he has used to
build up those general stores.
He is native of Hill County, Texas
and was reared on farm near Peoria.
He came to Oklahoma in 1884, COW
boy, locating in the Comanche and
Kiowa reservation near Snyder In
1886 he was married to Miss Mollie
Lee OF Hill county, Texas and to the
union several children have been born.
Moves To Greer.
In 1887 a thirteen year residence be-
gan in Greer county. Mr.. Herring
opened farm near Navajo and soon
became one of the largest farmers in
Greer county. He gathered stock
around him, and soon annexed the title
of ranchman. In 1895 he moved his
herds to Washita, Roger Mills county
and his family to Cheyenne. But the
farmers of Greer county were loathe
to give Herring up as events soon
proved He had been a good neigh
Dor. He had adopted good farming
methods. BY example he set higher
standard in farming than Greer was
accustomed to before his coming. His
corn was little the best, his alfalfa
and his oats, somehow yielded better
returns than his neighbors-that is
until the neighbors copied his meth
DDS. Every work horse he had, every
farm implement, was at their disposal,
The Greer county folk evidently ap-
preciated him for when he left the ,
county a mass meeting of citizens
adopted resolutions giving him credit
for contributing more for the upbuild-
ing Of the community than any man
who had ever resided there
Herring was due for another ont.
burst Of approval from his neighbors
in his new home. In 1901 the influx
of immigration turned to Rogers Mills
county and homesteaded so much of
the country that Herring found graz
ing lands for his stock being absorbed.
He reduced his herds and went into
the mercantile business.
Opens Store At Elk
When the Rock Island penetrated
the Western part Of the state, and Elk
City was located, Herring in connec-
ton with o. II. Young opened busi-
ness house there. They announced
themselves dealers in everything"
Those were pioneer days, for Elk.
Cash was scarce If a farmer had
potatoes and no money Herring traded
for potatoes. If he had
neither money nor potatoes Herring
took his note, and not infrequently
loaned the farmers money to start
their crops. The firm did business on
The principle that the future of the
depended upon the estab-
ishment of farm homes and it was
willing to promote prosperity in those
homes, place needed commodities in
he farmers hands at most any kind of
/ fair exchange, even though the firm
lad to pursue a roundabout route to
ealze in cash.
Stops Panic
Things rocked along at a prosper.
us rate until the panic In 1907. That
ear the farmers found themselves
With abundant crops which they could
ot market. In the meantime the
ierring Young firm had branched out
rom one to four stores. 1t was a try.
ng time. A holiday was declared by
he governor of the state and the
anks We're closed. Herring was un.
fraid. He told the people to bring
heir crops TO him and he would find
way out. They took his checks.
wenty days non-negotiable. for their
roducts. He mastered the situation,
nd virtually broke the panic
In sixty days time he issued NOR
ian 100000 on his own check>
hich became legal tender with bari
rs and Wholesale people from all
arts of the country.
The people of the communit,I
fought they saw in their benefactor
mber for governor; in 1906 he ha,
zen to the constitutional convention
, they urged him to make the rae,
1910. He yielded. but later with
ew. That fact seemed to put NOR
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