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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
DP Miller announces as a Democratic candidate for sheriff of Beaver County subject to party nomination on August 4 and to the will of the Republican party at the primaries.
Directory entry lists Woodward ES Wigwine as receiver on DP Orner with Register Hon ROH and Judge Hon Embry. US Attorney John R Abernathy and U S marshal W T Quinn appear. district clerk and postmaster also named. Office hours noted with multiple monthly circuit days.
Beardsley of Gate visited his father Gouncy Clerk Beardsley this week. G T Sinons, a longtime Beaver County resident, praised as a good citizen. Alfred Ault and family from Madison head to Colorado for summer in the mountains. Many Beaver folks attend a holiness camp seven miles north of town with revival continuing through Sunday. Fletcher Dunlop, recently settled near Stonington Colorado, visits Beaver while planning ranch improvements. Meade papers note Low McCrell seeking County Superintendent on the Democratic ticket. Mrs. McCrellis known as a former Meade leader and teacher, seen as strong for Meade schools if elected.
Beaver Oklahoma Herald reports a new law establishing a county public weigher with emergency powers. All weighing of cotton, grain, livestock, cottonseed, coal, wood, and other farm products must be done by the public weigher for a ten cent per load commission. The sheriff becomes official scale inspector earning one dollar per sale, with penalties for private weighers and limited exemptions for producers’ associations and certain orders.
Various village notices report the Holmers camp meeting ending Sunday night and neighbors noting new arrivals, health updates, and visitors from surrounding areas. Mentions include a new boy at Willie Kile, Mrs Anna Kile’s illness ending, and several locals visiting kin and farms.
Pabernacl reports ongoing meeting at Kim Grove with Mr Criswell buying up onlven. Mention of a new store at G Davis cross roads and a blacksmith shop and store run by Mr Davis. Crops are looking splendid. JA Spal selling trees for Enid nurseries again. Miss Ethel Bower able to be out again.
At the Moore home in Clear Lake on Friday afternoon July 11 a surprise 7th birthday party for Paul Moore was arranged by his aunt Susan. Friends gathered after croquet, enjoyed a feast and songs, then departed noting the event as a memorable family celebration.
The Sun River valley irrigation plan in Montana opens hundreds of homesteads. The project offers allotments and water charges, aims to create twenty rural villages, and promises crops like alfalfa sugar beets and potatoes. Prospects include a potential sugar factory and strong yields, with notable figures and dates guiding entry payments and timelines.
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