Volume 9 , Issue 22

1905 - Ames & Alva, O. T. Items

Do you recognize any of these names that appeared in the Alva Pioneer, dated October 6, 1905, Friday?

From the Enterprise. -- Doc Bowls is building a new house on his farm.

Lou Davis killed a large coyote in his field while out drilling wheat yesterday morning.

Born Monday night, Sept. 25, 1905, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peck, a son., Uncle Steve Bowman wants to know how many pecks it takes to make a bushel.

Married - Last Saturday evening, by the Rev. J. A. Root, Dr. David J. Root and Miss Myrtle Farnsworth. May this old world hold many happy years in store for them.

L. H. Hickman brought in two pears that he had raised of Standard variety which weighed one pound each.

One most valuable wagon load of farm product ever hauled into Byron was brought here and shipped to Wichita Monday by Wm. Updegrove. It was alfalfa seed and brought something over $520. How is that for this short grass country? -- Byron Republican.

Woman's Foreigh Missionary Society of the Methodist church met with Mrs. W. W. Starr for the purpose of electing officers for the year.

Mrs. E. C. Marshall, president; Mrs. W. L. Peters, 1st vice-president; Mrs. W. W. Starr, corresponding Sec'y; Mrs. Will Eutsler, Treasurer; Mrs. H. H. Makemson, recording Secy; Mrs. C. J. Hale, Mrs. E. C. Marshall and Mrs. W. W. Starr Program Committee for year.

Al Taylor is looking after some business in Woodward.

G. F. McKnight reutrned from a business trip through Woodward county.

Attorney H. A. Kehn of Carmen, was here a few hours attending to some business.

The weather is cool and cloudy and the indicatons are good for a general rain.

Broomcorn, wheat and hay are plentiful on the market.

Mrs. Robert Todd left for Buffalo, N.Y., to spend a month visiting relatives and friends.

Attorney Denton of Enid, and Tom Fox of Ringwood, were in the city on legal business.

Mrs. Everett Rall and children came up from Shattuck, OK., to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Baker.

B. A. Burr of Wichita, one of the leading insurance men of the southwest, was in the city looking after some business.

Mrs. W. L. Bragg of Medicine Lodge, Ks., arrived in theh city yesterday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Gibbs, and other relatives and friends.

Col. W. W. S. Snoddy returned from an extended visit at his old home in Pennsylvania and other points in the eastern states.

Mrs. L. W. DeGeer and daughter, Miss Mabel, of Wichita, are here visiting J. P. Renfrew and family and other relatives.

D. E. Thomas, landlord of the Central hotel, returned last night from a six weeks visit with relatives and friends at his old home in Johnstown, Ohio. It was his first visit for several years, and while he found many changes, there were still numerous old acquaintances and he had a very enjoyable time.

Mrs. J. L. Blanchard and Mrs. Birdie Lynes of Byron, came over yesterday and returned this morning; while here they were the guests of Mrs. E. A. Newby, a cousin of Mrs. Lynes.

C. C. Maxon, of Los Angeles, Calif., was here a few days this week looking after some real estate 18 miles northwest, and with the assistance of Geo. S. Parker of this city, he sold the farm to Henry Steinberger. Mr. Mason left yesterday for his home.

The Waters Pierce Oil Co. team ran away with the empty wagon, and in making a turn at Green's corner one of the horses slipped on the side walk and fell; it seemed that the jolt was hard enough to kill him, but no bones were broken.

It appears to be a hard matter to get anything done properly in this town. Everbody appreciates the sprinkling of the streets, but the men who drive sprinklers just sprinkle the crossings the same as they do the streets, and the people have to wade the mud. Those drivers certainly know better, but just do it for cussedness.

One of the reasons for bad roads near the cities or towns is because the farmers often have the idea that the citizens of the town should work the roads for ten of twelve miles out to get their trade. There are a lot of farmers who will drive ten or twelve miles over an almost impassible road with only a half a load of grain rather than contribute his share of work necessary to put the road in good condition. -- Okeene Eagle.

John E. Shaw left for a business trip to Watonga and Enid.

F.N. Wibslow of Carmen, was transacting business in the city a few hours.

J. T. Chelf of Woodward, is in the city looking after some business; he formerly lived here.

Mrs. J. T. Sharp, who has been here during the past three months visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. N. Daniels, left to visit another daughter near Shawnee a few weeks before returning to her home in North Carolina.

The sidewalk on the half block next to the Rock Island depot, is in a dangerous condition and has been for several weeks past; and the new crossing from the old Farmers hotel south has been put down solid with no drainage hole under it.

Mary C. Frazier, Alva, 223 Barnes Ave. had a dress store and Taylor shop for the ladies of Alva to Up-To-Date their wearing apparel at Chicago prices.

There was a Kentucky Grocery with C. W. Johnson, Prop., with flour, feed and produce. You could buy bran, per hundred pounds at 75-cents; chop, per hundred pounds at $1.00; Honey Bee flour, per hundred pounds at $2.25.
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