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-J.Then Gomes the Tug of War—The MeetingTook Place Between Here andHanson WednesdayThe Sail;«aw Good Roads Club Met the “Nerviest” Bunchof Farmers That Have Ever Shown UpOn the PikeLast Wednesday morning theaSallisaw Good Roods Club accompanied by a large number of Sallisaw citizens and business men marched on to the Sallisaw ' Hanson roftd. They went flushed with victory of two previous bat ties and confidently expected to come home that evening still the unchallenged road kings of Sequoyah county and on the square we did make a great fight, but just look what we run into;At the iron stake down this side of Hanson we found Ben Garvin backed by about thirty teams, a good supply of equipment and he was supported by F. A. Mauldin, Luke Randolph, J. R. Amos, W. T. Smith, L. Gilbert, W. H. Burrow, J. B. Dyer, Bat Randolph, Tom Lesley, V, H Wofford, Frank Faulkner, Jim McKeifer, Alf. Goode and J.*F.i* i ,•.Wood together with a bunch of*others whose names we failed to♦get.■*- ■ * *On the next sjqtiqn this side;tiie-phst was the oldjffiliabld^J.'N. Burns- backed by John T.Johnson. Oscair Johnson, Ben4Miller, Jake Cole, Jess Bradley, Mark Hopea, P. H. Tune, Winchester Miller, Dan Walker, Bob Kinzie, Frank Miller, AlbertMMasterson, Floyd Lesley, Alf Burns, S. C. Anderson, Tom An derson, Silas Fletcher, Jim Day, Tony Hicks and many others.Between the Little Sallisaw Creek and the section, line this-V* . ♦side we found J. B. Parker, JimLilliard, A. D, Screws, D, H.Harris, Frauk Brandy weed, EdClem, Looney McCoy, ManualPeters, Bryce Richardson, Hom-er.Oliver, I, A. Richardson, Cbas.H, Tharp, Bill Bunch, B. Downs,Ed. Martin, W. M. Frve and♦ ■Henry Hart, (col.)Just east of Hog Creek J. W. Sheehan and W. R. Sloan lined, Iup in fropt of us with W. Z Garrison, Rufus Barnes, Jim Smith,* « * • * . 'C. M. Larwood, Floyd; Johnson,Robt. Glenn* W. H; Fine. T. E. Foutch, W. W. Fine, W. S. Wes-• ' 4son, S. A. Kuykendall, A1 Stew*• ... »•art, Milton Singleton (col.) andothers7~even the slightest spirit pf un-- * lfriendliness we failed to discover»it The boys brought their gray matter along with them as well as their muscle.Along about three o’clock it became apparent to all that in spite of the good work being done we were not going to be able to finish the job and the good natured banter of “we dare youback next Wednesday’’ waspassed along the line.- That was not the best time in the world to put it up to the town boys but it was soon decided that we take no dares when it comes to road work so it is the same thing over again next Wednesday.The stores will all close the same as they did this week and we are going back to ' finish the job.NOTES //J'/Next Wednesday.Ladies do your shoping TuesAw y. $' 'a,fc;bigger and better Sallisaw will not be ;open next Wednesday.B, F. Shelley was there in per-*son and he also hired a man to*work for him to be sure thafche■- ♦ delivered his part of the goods,Winchester Miller says he has• ... •long since gotten over the idea of getting scared at automobiles and that he will be riding in one of his own as soon as the roads are figged.Henry Gillihan was too sick tor ■ ■ -come but he sent a good team to represent him and we. all know he is with us.That hill in front of Dan Walker’s house looks better.*Fred Plunket, of Brent, was on the job again and right herd we want to say thank you to our friend Fred. He has been Johnny on the spot at all tbre4 of the public work days and on each occasion he has had to come away out of his home neighborhood to be with us.iBill Hickel was out with us again. This is Bill’s third timel *at the bat and each timeout of his1rometOTTttoTy.(iiOn the w.est bank of Hog Greek Sam Taylor, Lewis Covington, E. l./jfeisoff, IFrankT Harnsdn,- * z - •* 1 v .Homer Hammond, Alvib Sloan,Claude Ross, G. W. Kuykendall, JL M,- Cook, Frank Grahauc and —J. H. En^landi led' th ohai?ge,r 7we know were on“■•••I '»•»;•'-y V* 7/ ii‘* *- • . f j- - ' J 1 •- K k ' ■4 - i 1 • ‘ ;y.n*1 y‘e .also kndvc/and we th nktoreoflt;r-- -« V*• -?v ;'*-r$r ever did;in its h‘-1 c« * p ^ • v ’• tv*1 V * ',rV' - ^Sam Lattermore could not be with us in person but Bob Kin* zie showed up with Jais team andwe know where to find Sam,* • /hereafter-when the good roadsIlist is made up. „ - rf-^o_cthe—editpc, -.Ben- Millerplayed the ‘water boy” stuntit-from gopd aubhpr*-ifcy that he also made e fuli hand on the road. ■said he Came to• A-* •' V-l^ ■ j .► ' I'T ; [ ’ ■ . 'j ■ ' ».*■ , ’ % ; 1 teat but’ we are here tov fce•T% .iHpder^ the^L'cirepmstances ! WKen weflrs heard slie boys-18- ' ■ ' ^ J ' V* 11 • ■ ‘ ■ ■ . ' ii* -hei earned his ainner.)i.j• • fr\entimatter tq guesa tLiu bit Is an easy ,•V•i. t .re no.iJna*.'on. Z. Garrison,by his nic* Reti ’ we thought it wasious .-laurels hqiEn^bufcWe Tb loadedproud -to /say*that hot W wsb .de hi.-■••ft— r ^ ' •*.■ rn. ■'te» *. I.-sthe best: showing thift has ,;:hieenlnade; since . the prgahizatibn. of.a^couht. of l^is qomple?ipn: we loaded; slipsv^ehind., r.T.,H -T- for-an hour or more we came vye m.ade, tq the conclusion, tha.t.it; wdk be-.‘ 4Tk r\ A K a 11 A. n I rtf n a - m a«%v« .. 4» Ai Vi-i\!\ f.-^lt;■ / l'i • • - -I •
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Star Gazette
Sallisaw, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Aug 01, 1913
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