The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-03-18

saf1rcsuenf. he Eas one q the fore
uir.t promoters of the College Of I'm
p'ria sud sluays one % its loyal sup
porters. lie served asa member of
ths Board % Edu-aiion' Of the city
schools. 4nd ~ member % the Board
% Regent. .ef the State Normal. snd
always Eas warm friend 9f both in
rit1ri1ns
Mauy of tie ister years % Nr.
Jverstreets life we're spent on bis
farm two miles vest of Emporia on
south Avenue. THE is one of the best
.naIl farms in Lyon county. made
from the prairie under Mr. Overstrsst's
personal superTision Here he accept
"a old ags gracefully. maintaining
lively interest 30 adj important ques
ti91- 20 She day he Kept himself in
formed ty constant and careful read
ing % the newspapers and magazines
aud the best books He wss a strong
srf vigorous writer Much II his
writing vas published 10 different pa
rers snd magazines. and for a long
time be- vas = regular contributor 20
,turm'. Oklshoma Magazine. "The
story of No Msn's Land" a;d The
Oid Te1a. and the New" appeared a.
serials in this publication. lie went
rith bic ION, Jesse, 10 Oklahoma in
|lW1
Oi the actual hard soul-weafinF
rork rs establishing and maintaining
,he College of Emporia through Il.
icrueial period Of existence 10 one did
mnre-perhar. no ege person quite 50
mucf-ss Mr. Overstreet He gave
NOT only MS strength and money but
/ he made other men see il their dutJ
% give
OF the ak sons and daughters Of Mr.
and Mr.. Oyerstreet. DR.. J A. over
street lives in Kingfsher, Okla, Mrs.
. T.. keenan,. in Tshleqush. Okla .Miss
Y Mary Overstreet and Jesse Overstreet
/ 10 Anadarto; Mrs l.. X Wright IT,
Kansas City. Mo-; Mrs John PAIRING
ton. in Emporia. Ata family reunion
ou Christmas, 1905, the children with
their wives and husbands. all assem-
blpd a. the Overstreet homestead, snd
the occasion was joyous one.
The runeral service was held from
the residence of DR. harrington a.
Emporia, Kans conducted by Rev
Templeiou, pastor Of the First Presby
terian church An incident Of inter
e-t to the family is that the presiding
ministers father and Rev. Overstreet
were students together at the tbeolog-
ical seminary st Princeton. Music
was furnished by quarteite from the
! college of Emporia All members oi
the family were present at the obse
quics except one son, Jesse, who was
detained AZ hi. home on account Of the
ILLNESS Of hi- wife
Mrs n G Gray aud little son were
/ in from Riverside and visited Monday
aud ruesdey A. the home OF II, NJ
IGulick aud family.
The Herald is glad to welcome new
correspondence from North Fork, Cap.
itaI View and Knowles this week W,
trust that these new writers will re
port the doings OF their neighborhood'
regularly, Our readers like TO se'
their home communities represented
in the Herald and we are more thar
Z glad TO reseiye the news and shall re-
serve the space FOR those whom w
may depend upon to send in thci
! news letters each week Don't fail /,
+ seui ns all the news aud mail you
. letters early in the week To insur'
publication. All news letters shoulC
. reach this office Mondays il possible
. and Tuesday Mt the latest.
Frank l.aughrin made an addition q
his barn this week thereby providing
storage space for a carload Of nev
Buick automobiles which he receive,
recently
A N Ives was in from his farm
homo near Balko Monday delivering
some fine country lard aud sausag,
which he had contracted 10 furnisl
Beaver people. Mr.. Ives tells MS tha
he H. curing some meat this year il
the good old fashioned way by smok
inr it with cobs, and he expects I,
have some Of the finest ever when it Is
fully cured
Mrs L. W. Moore continues in il
health She ia seriously troubled
with neuralgia Of the stomach. A
this time however, she Is somewha
improved,
Mr. ana Mrs. } g Bales departed
yesterday Tor their new home At An
dover, kansas, near Wichita They
had expected To 60 sooner but were de