Enthusiastic Young county meeting on tax value rise
Last Monday a crowded Young county court house heard Judge Geo. H. McLaren and County Commissioners Horner Pratt Leberman Summers defend the tax value increases enacted under late Legislature. Speakers praised the changes while many argued for lower figures amid tense mood and remembered past devaluations.
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Young County
Court House
Geo. H. McLaren
Horner
Pratt
Sir William Blackstone
Fire at Proffitt destroys drug store
A Proffitt fire last Friday night damaged the Cagle and Keeter drug store. The exact loss of logs is undetermined but thought to be substantial.
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Cagle & Keeter
Proffitt
The District Conference At Ranger Texas
The M E church district conference at Ranger was well attended with about a hundred ministers and delegates. Weatherford college will be rehabilitated under new management led by two Vanderbilt professors and dormitories funded by a 15000 dollar local effort. Young county delegates J M Keen H H Windham and P A Martin were elected on the first ballot amid talks of a split to form a separate panhandle conference.
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M. E. Church
Ranger
Weatherford College
Vanderbilt
Weatherford
Young County
Amarillo
J. M. Keen
H. H. Windham
P. A. Martin
Panhandle
President Calvin and 0. P. Pyle Coming
W P Stinson secretary of the Union barbecue announces a July 19 event at the Confederate Reunion grounds. Pres Calvin is expected to attend and QO Pyle will confirm by the 10th. Families should bring a pan for meat and a coffee cup. Farmers celebrate prosperity and a large turnout is anticipated if the rivers are fordable.
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W.P. Stinson
Calvin
QO. P. Pyle
Severe Windstorm Lashes Graham Friday Morning Brief
A severe windstorm struck Graham at 3 am on Tuesday from the northwest with strong wind and rain. Most residents sought storm cellars for safety. No serious damage occurred though a brick flue fell from W S Tidwell’s new residence and several signs and a lumber company gate were blown down or into the street.
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Graham
W. S. Tidwell
Morrison & Smith Lumber Co
Leader warns readers over unpaid News subscriptions
The Leader declares it owns all late News subscriptions paid through January 1, 1906 and warns subscribers not to pay H. B. Adams of the Newsist. A letter to a Oklahoma lady is cited and readers are told to recall they should not owe Adams anything for the replaced News subscriptions.
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H. B. Adams
Young County News
Leader
Newsist
Oklahoma
Late News
Adams
Station Changes At Rock Island Railway Office
This week the Rock Island station force saw changes with agent J M Killion relieved by Brickell of Terrall Iowa Territory and Perry of Terrall relieving Nichols as cashier Killion transfers to Kansas City and Nichols to Fort Worth
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Rock Island
J.M. Killion
Land tract Clark Land No 862 320 acres find value
The Clark Land No 862 covers 320 acres with 200 acres of first-class land and about 100 acres of post oak timber. It fronts a public road and lies within 14 miles of two good schools, fenced on three sides and suitable for development.
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Olney
Graham
Price
S. W
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Mabry, Short & CO
0. P. Pyle
Clark Land
M. K. Graham
Graham, Texas
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