The Dover News. (Dover, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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DOVER, OKLAHOMA, Thursday, January 3, 1907
Vol. vl, No. 45
Gbc Bovcr, ©hta., "Mows,
Entered at the post oflicc at Dover, I
Oklahoma as second class matter.
Published every Thursday morning,
at Dover, Oklahoma.
E. F. PURSELL, Editor.
G. L. PURSELL. Local Editor.
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Many Thanks Brother.
The following kiud words which
we appreciated very much is clipped
from the columns of last week' issue
of our valued contemporary, The
Kingfisher Times.
The school district in No. 50, Dear
the home of A. J. Slief in Banner
township, was the scene of great
revelry and merriment last Friday
December 21. That being the last
day of school before vacation, the
teacher, Editor E. F. Pursell of the
Dover Newst had prepared an excel-
lent program and invited in the pat-
rons of the district and others from
a distance to enjoy the occasion.
One who was present informs us the
children gave one of the linest exhi.
bitions he ever seen in the way of a
school entertainment. Mr. Pursell
like all good editors, likes to make
children happy and gvac his pupils a
splendid treat at the close of the
exercises.
The ladies of the district Bprung a
pleasant surprise in the way of an
elaborate dinuer, which proved to
be a most enjoyable feature of the
days entertainment. This was fol-
lowed by short address by the coun
ty Superintendent Moore, Mr. Pur-
sell and patrons of the school. The
teacher here is an able one, an esti-
1 lie two republican committees of | mable gtntlemin, and has endeared
Oklahoma and Indian Territory have himself to the pupils and patrons,
Advertising rates fnade known on
application.
The constitutional convention is on
the nest again. We are afraid some
important propositions have become
chilled since they left the nest last
week.
The consumer ol coal oil through
one John Rockefeller gave the
University of Chicago $3,000,000
for a New Year's present. Look
out for a raise in the price of oil.
TOLD NATION NEWS
FIRST PUBLICATION OP DETAILS
OP CUSTER MASSACRE.
Heltna Herald Printed tad Story on
Country** Natal Day—Veteran
Editor Telle Story of
Great "Scoop.'*
Deputy Postmaster A. J. Fisk, of
Helena, Mont, a veteran newspapei
man, having with hla brothers
)907 IS HERE.
What Will You Do
With It?
It brings with it l!0.r days- Will
you use each day as n round in
your ladder of success? Think and
plan carefully the work of each and
every day. Resolve to be a better
and more useful man or woman-
The world needs better and stron-
W'txo<c:-o;c-:sj;c.o:o-:'Oi*wvo-: *OvOvo:o:-©43<-o«:-o:<>:<KOva
pub-jger men and women Every
llshed Montana's first day aawspapor 1 • • ... , , , , . , ,, . .
-the Helena Herald-was m individual should fael that he a
reminiscent mood the other evenlnr, 1 link i« the great chain of progress,
and related the story of how the first , Rnd that he owes it to his Maker
amalgamated and Jake Hammon is
new chairman and O. A. Wells is
secretary. The state campaign will
start at once,
When you want any donations or
free advertising puffs for a home
enterprise come to this office, hut
if you want any letterheads or en-
velopes printed go to Kingfisher.
You can get them cheaper by 5c
per 500.
not only by his excellent entertain-
ment, hut also by the careful way
he has conducted the school.
J. A. Hillard has relumed from
northern points where he has been
si ice July soliciting funds for the
Cimmaron College- We did not
hear him say what success he had
but presume from his watermelon
smile that he secured some aid for
the school.
The Mayflower
'A Shoe as Good as Its Name'
fiOMENS'
The "Mayflower.' Shoe
is made to fill a special
demand. Many ladies
want a dress shoe at a
medium price. In the
"Mayflower" we meet
all the requirementsl\for
$2.50 and $3.00
HOE
1SIARBJ ;D 5H0ES
ARE MUX
"Mayflower" Shoes sre made in a
Specialty Factory where only high,grade
shoes for women are manufactured. That
is why we get such extraordinary quality
for the price.
We carry 'the Maytlowsr
!m many pleasing styles.
Country Jirobuce Mantct*.
news of the Custer massacre was
given the world through the medium
of a press association. Said he:
"As waa the custom In the early
days, the Herald did not publish a pa-
per on tha 4th of July, and editors
and prlntera were supposed to put in
the whole day cblebratlng.
"At that time, In 1876, I waa the As-
sociated Press agent for Helena, a
position which I filled for a period of
80 years, or up to two year* ago.
"About noon on the 4th of July,
1876, I came downtown to see If there
was any news of Importance to wire
to the association. I was sitting in
the business office, when In the door
walked Horace Countryman, dusty,
dirty, with haggard eyes and looks,
and having the appearance of one
who was about 'all In.'
"I sprang to the counter, grasped
him by the hand, exclaiming: 'Coun-
tryman, what In God's name Is the
matter?'
"'Jac'7 he replied, 'Custer nnd all
with him are dead—were massacred
on the Little Big Horn by the Sioux.
Muggins Taylor, the scout, brought
the news to Stillwater. Ho being ex-
hausted, r volunteered to brfns the
news to Gozeman. Arlving at Iloze-
man, I found the government wiro
down, bo I got a fresh horse and came
on to Helena.'
"I told him to come Id and sit
down and wait for a moment until 1
could send out and try to locate some
printers In order that we might get
Out an extra.
"Our foreman, the late William Mc-
Catchey, was located, but It was per-
haps an hour before we had a forco
getting ready for the extra.
"Then Countryman gave me the par-
ticulars of the dreadful affair, -a >u-
Teyed to him by Muggins Taylor. To
thiB day I remember one of lils sen-
tences :
" 'Curley, the Indian scout and the
only person who escaped to bring tho
news, said the firing was very rapid;
It sounded like the snapping of the
threads in the tearing of a blanket.'
"At four o'clock In the afternoon tho
Herald's extra was on the streets of
Helena. It was the first news of tho
awful event to be given to the public.
"The excitement was so great and
our force so limited that I did not find
time to send the news out of the city
nntll after the extra was out. Then I
grabbed a copy of the extra and made
fast time to the Western Union tele-
graph office.
"There was only one wire, but Man-
ager-Operator Fredericks laid all elso
aside and gave the massacre story
preference, with the result that on the
morning of July 6 all the newspapers
of the country contained the news of
the massacre.
"There was little rest for mo the
night of July 4. Every 15 minutes or
so there would be a ring at my door-
bell, announcing a telegram from
some paper demanding further de-
tails of the awful affair.
"I remember one New York paper
having authorized me to send scouts
to secure additional news. > informed
the papers that our complete story
had been given the press association
and that further details would come
from Bismarck, when the scouts
reached that city, which they did on
the following day. and it was through
these couriers that on July 6 the gov-
ernment at Washington received its
official dispatches.
'I disclaim any desire for notoriety
In the premises, but in history Helena
and Montana scouts and frontiersmen
should have the credit for furnishing
to the world the first news of Custer's
fate, and not the couriers who reached
filsmarck on July 5. In my long ex-
perience as a reporter and newspaper
man, thlB waa my greatest 'scoop.'
N. Y. Tribune.
to develop his full strength in the
upbuilding of a greater nation and
a greater people who realize there
is a hereafter, and that all true
success is based on honesty and
square dealing. It is the duty of
everyone to launch out on lifes great
sea lull of determination, energy
and push. Do something. Do it
well. Prepare to accumulate
wealth honestly from the great re-
sources that are placed about you.
Our Creator wouldjnever have filled
the earth with enumerable treasurer
and covered it with a fertile soil,
had he not intended man develop
the brain power with which to
bring all these into use for the
betterment of mankind. We are
living in a commercial rg). While
true, let us nc t forget that all true
success even in a commercial way
must be governed by tho balance
wheel of character and honesty
Young men, young women, get
a commercial education ; get it in a
school where some attention is Paid
to your moral training and sur
roundings, as well as your knoledge
of Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Type-
writing, Writing, Grammar, Arith
metic, etc., a chool conducted on
business principles, not ono that
will give you two schlorships for
the price of one, or pay your railroad
fare to its door or print statements
in its advertising matter that it
it will not guarantee, give you a $10
draft for a Xinas present, etc. At-
tend a school that will offer you 111
tther inducement than a thorough,
practical commercial education mr
der a high toned, Christian faculty,
an education that will place you in
lemtind in the very best offices o'
air land, and one that will enable
you to win the confidence and es
et ni of your employers. Select :
school that charges everyone its ful.
price for tuition and gives you 100i
on the dollar in return- You will
likely never attend but one com-
mercial school, so do not let some
llashy deccptingadvertising or spec-
ial rates tempt to make the mistake
of your life. If it is an education
you want, go to the school that is
not baiting you with railroad fare
and cut rates, but one that offers ns
its only inducement a thorough
practical course with the proper
moral surroundings that will place
you in demand in the business
world, and that guarantees every
statement made in its advertising
matter by refunding money at the
completion of any course. If it is
not entirely satisfactory and an ad-
vertised, or paying railroad fare
both ways, if upon arriving, you
find its work as not as advertised.
During the past year, it has been
the pleasure of this paper to adver-
ite a school that does this. It is
the Capital City Business College
of Guthrie, Okla. It is no wonder
that this institution has enjoyed
such great prosperity- May it con-
Snow That la Alive.
A most curious phenomenon In the
northwest of Canada is the appear-
ance of millions of minute black in- tinue to grow and prosper,
sects whenever a thaw occurs.
During the winter the snow Is dry
and crisp, like sand, and nothing what-
ever can be discovered of these in-
sects, but as soon as a thaw comes
This week tho News printed
c hipon meal tickets for Turner's
Train Men's Eating House. Mrs.
they arc found everywhere in largo ' Turner has personal charge of this
patches, looking like a dusting of soot. 1
They are generally known us snow-
flies or lumpers, and have slight hop-
ping powers, being able to leap some
three or four Inches. They entirely
disappear when It freezes again, and
not a trace of them can be found.
They do not fall with the snow,
as there may have !>•'< >• . an ,to for
a month or more bf _ . 4
and are probably t .i,,thing slmllai
to the "red snow" of the Arctic
gions.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
establishment and attention is given
to the hunger of train men. Meals
are sewed at all hours both day and
night.
The provisions of the pure food
bill «ud ibe rate law went into ctfect
:^.uary. it>i >
tea to know w >
* nioplm,
ST
HONEST
PRI6ES
THE BEST LINE OF SEASONABLE §
BARGAINS. 1
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Our stock is not surpassed in Quality and price, g
<j> In our dry goods department the weaves and §
| styles arc Exclusive and the fabrics of splendid |
§ quality. Our stock of Hats, Caps, Gloves, Shoes?!
| Etc. is up,to-date and values exceptional. All §
$ good goods and sold at the"; Right Prices.
Our Grocery Department
| Contains a full and complete stock of Staple and |
g Fancy Groceries—in fact everything good to eat. §
$ We allow nc one to
furnishing the table.
excell us
Try us.
when it comes to o
BEST GOODS LEAST MONEY]
Gilchrist, Sherwood £ Co..
DOVER, OKLA.
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To Pay Election Clerks.
Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 27.—The
comptroller of the treasury has in-
structed Secretary Filson, disburst-
ing agent for the 8100,000 approp-
riated by congress to" pay lor the
election and the constitutional con-
vention expenses, to pay tho elect-
ion inspectors and the clerks at the
rate of $2.00 per day, and the in-
spectors five cents per mile for
actual distance travelled in the per-
formance of their duties. There
are from 1,000 in 1,700 inspectors
and the total amount that will be
Levi Gladdis, of Winfield Kan-
sas, but recently of Ullinois, has
has leased the Leitch place known
as Lcitch's Park and Fruit Farm,
ami will be here the first of the week
with his family. Our new citizens
are relatives of the Kudos and John
Wrights. We extend them the
right hand of fellowship in welcom-
ing them to our community. We
understand that it was the intent ion
of the Leitch family to move to El
Keno but that they have changed
their mind and will build in Dover.
Mrs. Leitch says that Jim will be
away on the road most of the time
disbursed under the ruling is about aml t|mt gbe Lad rather
$16,000. Mr. Filson will begar
sending out checks next week.
Though the Oklahoma statutes
provide for election inspectors and
their duties, and provide punish-
ment for improper performance of
theirwork.no provision is made
for paying them, and Secretary Fil-
son asked the comptroller for a rul-
ing. * 1
New Superintendent.
Uovenor Frantz has appointed J.
E. Dyehe, a hardware merchant of
Lawton as territoral superintendent
of public instruction and ex- ollico
auditor to auceed L. W, Baxter.
Auditor Baxter resigns to take elfect
January 1st. He was the first ap-
pointee under Governor Barnes in the
spring of 1901, succeeding S. N.
Hopkins, whom the legislative senate
had refused to confirm. Baxter then
served under Governor Barnes, Jen-
kins, Ferguson and about a year un-
der Frentz.
Post
Rent
rtmain
moug old neighbors than to go
niong strangers.
The cattlemcns convention for the
whole southwest will beheld in Enid
during the first week in February.
Preparations arc being made by tho
business men of (he city on our north
to give the visitors the best enter-
tainment they have had yet. Enid
is certainly there with the goods
when it comes to taking care of big
crowds and showing them a good
time.
Office Box
Raised.
Uucle Sam has issued a new order I Chickasha.
governing the time of payment for
and made a new rate on post office
boxes. According to the new ruling
all postoffice boxes must be paid for
before the first, day of each quarter.
! ti. w 11 u 1 • • of prices will
.„i, uncut fifty per
Silas Rouch arrived in Dover yes-
terday from Peru, Indiana, for a
visit with his brother Frank and fam-
ily. Mr. Rouch was on tho Rock
Island train which was wrecked ner.r
Alta Vista, Kansas, on Wednesday,
About fifty people lost their lives
but Mr. Rouch was fortunate not
even recieving a scratch.
Newton Mauk was in Dover over
Sunday. lie is a railroad man
and has been in Denver but we
understand he has a run on the
Rock Island between Caldwell and
His relatives and
friends are glad to know that they
may see him more often.
If you are in need of any dental
work call ou Dr. Merrill, the den-
tist. Office in the Brees Building
FOlEISHOJiEMAR
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Pursell, E. F. The Dover News. (Dover, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1907, newspaper, January 3, 1907; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106588/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.