The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 29, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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New Barber
1 have opened a bar-
ber shop at the old
stand first door south
First National Bank.
I am an old hand at
the business and a
trial will convince you.
I solicit a share of ;
your patronage and •
hope that I may be I
able to successfully ;
retain it. ;
Yours for courteous ;
treatment, •
G. W. Woody
J. It. I'Oi.MM It
Physician and Surgeon
I Jay phone 25; night phone 44.
All calls promptly answered day
and night. Office two doors south
of Post Office.
Boston's View
Of Oklahoma
Because of the fact that Jeffer-
son county in the Southern Cen-
tral portion ot the State has suff-
ered from a series of unfortunate
crop conditions and have taken
some pains and trouble to adver-
tise their unenviable situation to
"The country has been sur-
prised at the large rate of growth
of Oklahoma in population, and
it would seem that from now on
it will be greatly impaired, but
at all events Oklahoma will con-
tinue represented in congress by
the handsome delegation the cen-
sus of 1910 warranted.
It strikes us honestly that the
the world thiu etloits t<> secure j alljjlor Gf ^jie above must be eith-
out-of-state assistance, many east-, ef & foQ, Qr a knave aml very like.
ern people have apparently br(lt I ly might 5e both, for in the ex-
themselves to believe that all ( k-1 press.on of ^ ideas_if ideas
lahoma is a parched waste *nd j you could call them-he displays
her inhabitants are leaving her I genius but mUe above the
bounds liKe iats <|iiit a sinking fornier and in his statement of
sh*P« | the purported fadts (?) he certain-
It is indeed strange how such reaches far bek)W the latter<
pessimistic ideas will take hold, With the exception of a few
upon some individuals when Ok-j^^ s(?ai()ns Western ()k.
lahoma is mentioned above a|lahoma has raised a normal crop
whisper in some sections thought I f everything and our money
to be enlightened. crop—cotton—having to compete
Lands in Oklahoma that have j ^ ^ enonnously increased
continuously proven for twenty acreage and an unprecedented!
years that they are the equal, and We]d ^ the Southern States>
superior, of those eastern blll~ | prices were so affedted that our
; Automobile Accessories *
; and Supplies, such as £
• Tires, inner tubes on I
i, short notice, tubes _ a 1 - ^
Jj ready in stock; all kinds2
® of blow-out patches and *
' ignition-ware, wire, car
l< bide, spark plugs, gas, ^
toil, batteries, vulcan iz- j
I ing, self-sticking and ce- •
I ment patches, reflectors, *
burner tips, primers, *
I magneto and carburator •
5j supplies. If you don t *
5 see what you want, call *
t for it. We can suit you. *
, | y 1 i ^ * * v I w ^' tell v v v v
sides, arc vociferously cried down, I crop relurns wcre materially cut
and apparently without provoca- j duwn. which faA aml wbich faot
I
tion, are classed as barren and
undesirable.
Cities that are supporting teem-
ing thousands by furnishing hap-
py and profitable occupations to
ready workers are shied at by
those skittish "down easterners'
and are being classed as deserted.
Listen to one of the most plaint-
ive, and at the same time one of
the most ignorant and misrepre-
sentative cries ever launcheh
against the name of our resource-
ful and prosperous state:
"Members of congress are hear-
ing with considerable interest of
wholesale emigration from west-
ern Oklahoma. Hitherto the im-
alone, is responsible for our un-
favorable monetary condition. \
The expense of raising three j
million more bales of cotton which
have brought our farmers three
! hundred million fewer dollars'
I describes the troubles of South-
ern Oklahoma.
No, Mr. Bostonian, your de-
serted cities and abandoned lands
in Oklahoma are to be found only
in the silly imaginations of some
of your own people. If you will
immigrate to any part of our fair
State and put yourself in touch
: with the sun-light of God's own
I truth, and then if you are so con-
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/ , ' i , ,,-u,.i«,o.,ir> ■ stituted that you can really ap-
mieration has been by wholesale. ^ J -
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V and
North Pacific
Coast Points
Ticket# on Sale Daily
March 1st to April 15, 1912
You can buy a one-way Colonist ticket
and go in perfect comfort on fast trains —
with dining car service —in through Rock
Island Tourist Sleeping Cars providing the
conveniences of a Standard Pullman at half
the cost.
Choice of Three Routes
Southern, via"F,l Paso, the route of lowest
altitudes; Scenic, through Colorado and
Salt Lake City, thence Southern Pacific or
Western Pacific Railways.
Rales and information on request
FAY THOMPSON
Division Passenger Agent
Oklahoma City, Okla.
J. B. PLUIvl
Ticket Agent Rock Island Lines
Cashion, Oklahoma.
The cause is said to be the1 Palate a genuine smile from
successive drouths that have af- beautiful nature, you mil observe
(lifted the country, which has, of radla"ce that will put to shame
course, made farming, thought I «"orant
possible on a large scale in this spasms.
Ml. 1-
a n d
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country, impossible. So the peo-
ple have abandoned their farms,
just throwing them up and towns
Oklahoma is producing every
year more of everything than she
did the year before, and if we
Meat
MarKet
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We carry a complete line
of Fresh and Salt Meats.
A good, line of Smoked
Meats and Sausages. Fish,
and Oysters in Season.
Cash paid for Hides. See
us for Pure, Home-rend-
ered Lard. Shop open
Sundays from 7 to 10
o'clock a. m.
Ryser Bros.
«eo>
llSl U1I OV\ 111V U1L111 llt< , 1
, ,• 1 1 o™ riic-.r, have "glutted the market ancl
have disappeared and are disap-
. . , ; thus depressed the price or our
pear ing with as much magic as 1 1 .
' „ ,,,, mL... i products below a living return,
when they sprung up. Wheie 1 i
the people are eoine is not so
much known. Of course the loss-
es are enormous. Values have
shrunk tremendously. It is now,
for instance, some easterners have
invested fairly heavy in bank
stocks and the banks have had to
go out of business. There is no
hope for irrigation out in this
country. You have to get water
from somewhere to store it and
Colorado is taking care of that
supply.
then blame the people for their
short-sightedness, but for justice"
sake, don't blame the land that
produced such abundant harvests.
Mangum Star.
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He Won't
Limp Now
No more limping for Tom
Moore of Cochran, Ga. "I had a
i sore on my instep that nothing
seemed to help till I used Buck-'
len's Arnica Salve," he writes,
Real Estate and
Insurance. In-
sures Farm and
City Property.
BKWM—aiifc- i iaB.5*831?:' ■
"The country is apt to be much -'but this wonderful healer soon
the same as that which one meets cured me." Heals old. running
J5
G FISHER.OKLA.
in the western part of Kansas and
Nebraska and the eastern part of
Colorado very inhospitable be-
cause of its dryness. The won-
der is that people should have
settled upon it in view of the
risks they ran frotU drouths. But
that is their affair.
sores, ulcers, boils, burns, cuts,
bruises, eczema or piles. Try it.
Only ->se at All Druggists.
Tender, tasty, whole Sweet
Potatoes, just as you like them,
are in each can of THE ALTON
GOODS Sweet Potatoes.
IN THE NEW BRICK.
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AND AIL THROAT A? * lUi^G TROUBLES
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Q/9 MONEY REFUNDED^
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Barnard, W. F. The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 29, 1912, newspaper, February 29, 1912; Cashion, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc107695/m1/4/: accessed May 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.