The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-01-12
bidding. Starts at 500 and ls Brisk
10 Finish: Wolverton and
Wren Set too Fast Pace
for Others
HIGH SCHOOL OUT WITH
LOADS OF PEP AT EVENT
Soliciting Committees do Land OF.
flee Business; Many flrms
Coming In for Large
Chunks OF Planks

Tails conversation you hear about
the price OF lumber taking n slump.
proved 10 bc all bunk this morning
when u. l.. Wren, proprietor OF the
Wren Drug company here. bid IN tho
first plank In the "Buy.a-plank"
campaign OF the Hot Stove League,
paying yG25.00 for the price OF tim
ber. II was by i2. ten feet long.
by this purchase. Mr.. Wren earns
the right to have his name carved
upon this plank and the plank. thus
adorned will be placed permanently
over the entrance OF Chiekasha's new
baseball park and athletic field, to-
gether with the statement that Mr..
Wren was the purchaser OF the first
plank for the new park.
Auction Is Lively.
The auction with Col. Il. ]. Hub
bard as auctloneer, was staged at the
corner Of Fourth street and Chick
asha avenue where the parade, parti-
cipated in by the N'atn grade stu
dents Of the Junior high and the
Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Of
the Senior high school. together
with number of firms and organi-
cations representatives. came to on
end. A motor truck Of the Chickasha
fire department with siren going at
full blast led the parade and num-
ber OF automobiles decorated with
banners and streamers brought uD
the rear.
DR.. A. d. Leeds, president OF the
Hot Stove league. rounted the truck
and announced the purpose of the
auction and the privileges that would
be granted the purchase Of the first
plank. He explained the purpose for
which the money paid for the first
plank, as well as the others to be
sold by the soliciting committees,
would be put; that is, that every
dollar would go toward the con-
struction of grandst...4 and fence for
the athletic field. Bidding on the
plank was lively from the first.
Wolverton Runner-up.
Col. Hubbard, using a voice that
, shattered windows for blocks around,
re-announced the plans and pur-
poses and called for bids. There was
, moment Of hesitation before the
. first bid came. 1t was for 500.
} Other bids followed in quick sue
cession and as rapidly as the auc.
| tioneer could call the bids, the
: amounts jumped to 5000, $3.50, $780,
] At the three hundred mark, the bid
ding took big jump and swamped
l some of the ambitious bidders. 1t
Invent from 5000 to $400 at a single
leap and mounted from that stage
by bids of $25 to the six hundred
l mark.
The bidding from the $iO0 mark
= up, was mainly between John VOL
l vertion and 4. Il. Wren. Having
l reached $500, Mr.. Wolverton bid
$3.50. Mr. Wrenn took it to $575 and
Mr.. Wolverton went to $780, At this
point, someone piped up "Six hun
g dred and five dollars"
whats going on here? asked Col.
! Hubbard. "We take no five dollar
bids. Who'll make it six-twenty.five? 2"
y His call for that amount was
: promptly met by Mr. Wrenn who Of.
fered $625, where the amount hung
v and all competitors were forced to
q take to the timber. The pleadings OF
v the auctioneer availed nothing and
4 the first plank was knocked down
to Mr.. Wren at that figure.
Pep Is Plentiful.
; The "old pepper" hit the main
!. stem in great gobs when the high
; sehoolers, junior and senior, landed
! in the downtown section. At meet
ing held yesterday afternoon at the
!. senior high, the proposition was
; taken in hand entirely by the stu
; dent body. A chairman was elected
: and the plan was adopted to star
, a contest, the class buying the great
: est percentage Of planks being
!. awarded by the Hot Stove League 9
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