North Enid Weekly Tribune. (North Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1894 Page: 1 of 8
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TRAINS STOP ONLY AT NORTH ENID.
The only Enid that gives Warranty Deeds to City Property
NORTH ENID W
RIBUNE.
VOL. 1, NO. 44.
NORTH ENID, O. T„ Till KSDAY, AUGUST H , 1894.
s 1.30 1*EH V E A It.
NOT A YEAR OLD,
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on building- as they had begun. There
was no such word as "fail" in their
dictionary. For six long months did
our people have to go three miles for
all their mail, and they are made of
that kind of material that we believe
they would have done so for six times
six months without showing any evi-
AortJi Enid Forging Alton,I All the dence 0f weakening.
Time With Xow Bullrings j Capitalists visited our town and
and New Enterprises. j they put their money into city prop-
i erty. Among the first was
But One of the Best Towns in
Cherokee Outlet.
american enterprise a sure winner
How man y readers of the Tribune ,
an ice plant
] that is daily turning" out twenty tons
remember eleven months ago today? j of as pretty clear crysU1 Jce aJ eyer
How many of you will ever forget I wa8 made aaywhere. This plant was
fathered by the great Anheuser-Busch
that day? With the wind blowing a
hurricane and the air so full of dust
that it was almost blinding. It was a
period in one's life that will not soon
be effaced.
Eleven months ago this morning
there was nothing where North Enid
now stands but the railroad station,
while as far as the eye could reach in
every direction nothing could be seen
except prairie, prairie, unknown to
the plow,unknown to cultivation and a
stranger to civilization. The country j
brewing company and had associated
with them Messrs. S. J. Smalhvood
and C. Hutchinson. When other plants
were compelled to shut down because
of no water the North Enid plant was
worked to its fullest capacity nig-ht and
day, getting its supply of water from
the artesian spring located in our
town and which never fails.
Knowing that this, the same as Old
Oklahoma, is going to be a great
grain country the subject of a flouring
had never been peopled except by the ! miu was taken UJ}) nnd with that san)e
Indians, and the great deserts of prai- j determination that has marked the
ne had been given over to the cow- work ot our people heretofore was
boys and their vast herds of cattle, j maintained until todav there is a gang
A house outside of the ranches was a j of me„ at work upon the foundation
thing unknown—rothing but the oc-; a
casional teepee or wickiup of some In-
dian out on a foraging or hunting ex-
pedition, and the only connecting link | t'lat w'"^ pus^ed to completion as
with civilization and the outside world j fast as Poss'ble- ^ hen finished it
was the semi-occasional trips of the j wU1 have a capacity of one hundred
old stage coach as it visited the differ-
ent military posts. This was a grand
country and it was the domain of cat-
of the county we are bound to have
the county seat at no distant day, and
North Enid is at present the principal
trading point in the county. Wau-
komis, ten miles south, and Kremlin,
ten miles north, are the other towns
in the county having railroad facilities
and they are both excellent trading
points and always will be. Their bus-
iness men are of the push and get-up-
and-git kind and they are getting the
trade tributary to their towns.
The home seeker will rind North
Enid a good town to locate in and the
society the best in the world. With
good schools and good churches, and
among the best people on earth the
man looking for a place to make a
home will find here all that one could
desire. The history and growth of
town has been a wonderful one. Not
yet a yearling, her swaddling clothes
have long since been discarded and
she stands today a model town and a
fair example of what plucky Ameri-
can people can do in so short a time.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to make us a visit, and you will
find that the Tribune has not painted
the picture of our town in blight water
colors but lias told only the truth.
new flouring mill
tie, coyotes and prairie dogs. They
had reigned as supreme as a sovereign
over his kingdom. But the American
people, ever progressive and active,
became cramped as they increased in
numbers and they sent up a cry, a de-
mand for more room. The poor man
who was eking out a miserable exist-
ence on leased ground at a high ren-
tal, sent up a cry that fairly made the
halls of congress tremble, "open up
some of this idle land; give us a chance
to make a home." It was done. Thi
which had been for years the cattle-
men's paradise was purchased from
the Cherokees. For weeks before the
opening day the north and south lines
of the coveted country was lined with
barrels per day, and will cost over
$50,000. Mr. L. C. Richter, the build-
er, is one ot our own citizens and he
informs us that it will be equipped
with the latest and best improved
machinery for making flour. In con-
nection with the mill will be a large
elevator, and this of itself will be of
great value to the farmers, as it will
probably be the only one in the county
for some time to come. This will be
the second mill to be erected in the
new country, the first one being at
Ponca City. The mill will be all that
money and experienced millers can
| make it, and the farmers in •"Gar-
field" county—the name by which this
county will be known after November
—will find a ready sale and a good
market for their grain at this place.
The contract is to be let in a few
DEMOCRATIC DISHONOR.
The sugar trust's
democratic tariff bill
passed both houses Tuesday.
The author of the Wilson bill
was carried out of the house several
months ago in honor.
Tuesday he advised those who had
honored him to betray themselves
and sacrifice the American people.
The sugar trust bought the demo-
cratic senate,
And the obscure architect of the
house bill
Was forced to foul his own uest.
The Stuffed Prophet
Of Marie Halpin fame
Wrote a letter to Wilson, who was
not dead,
And said the senate bill was
Perfidy, deceit and dishonor.
Bourke Cochran, the Tammany
Brave, roared like a lion.
Was the acme of treason to Ameri-
can interests,
And the McKinley bill was
infinitely better than the one pre-
pared by the Sugar trust
And which the democratic senate
Was ramming down the throat of
the democratic house
With a sugar trust pole.
Johnson of Ohio, free trader, bid
aaieu
To his democratic colleagues, sugar
trust and all,
And votes with the republicans to
prevent
The disgracing of the statutes
With such an infamous law.
The democrats made their grand
court machinery—she needs it in her
business. But when a man goes he-
fore a court with fifteen or twenty
affidavits asking for a change of
venue because it was thought justice
would not be done him, and then be
refused it is time that the "court
machinery" was not made up wholly
of South Enid people. The Tkibunk
hopes the democrats will follow the
advice of the South Enid Democrat
and nominate four candidates from
that town.
THE STATION BILL
FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
S hill I Wo Celehrate Sorth EnitVs
First Anniversary Se/it. IfJ?
There is no good reason why North
Enid should not have a big celebra-
tion on Sept. 16. Since the inception
of the town there has been 110 public
demonstration of any kind for the
reason that our people have been too j stand play.
busy. But the Tribune thinks we ] But sugar trust boodle was irresist-
should now make preparations for a j able
great big time 011 Sept. 16. It is a j And today the American people are
day none of us will soon forget any j dishonored
how and we should la)' aside business " '
cares for one day at least and say to
our neighbors, "come, lets have a
good time." There is no doubt but
By the cowardly crew
Who demanded a change.
Sugar trust stock goes up
And the amount of sugar the people
that three or four thousand people will j get
people waiting for the signal to start, i days f°r a good
The sharp crack of a gun and
Presto change!
In one short hour the whole Chero-
kee Outlet was populated by a busy,
pushing, thriving and energetic peo-
ple—American people, than whom
there are none better on t'.ie face of
five thousand dollar
school house, and before snow flies
the building will be ready for occu-
pancy. Teachers have been employ-
ed that are among the best educators
in the west, and the schools of North
j Enid will of themselves be a big ad-
God's green earth—the peers of all j vertisement of our town. The build- j
other nations. They were after a ; ;ng will be of the modern style and
home—-a piece of land upon which to j structure and will be equipped with
make a home for themselves and fam- all the conveniences and appliances
ilies. necessary to a first class institution of
The Rock Island train rolled into j learning.
North Enid a little after one o'clock The finishing touches to an elegant
on that memorable day, Sept. 16, 1893, structure, the new
bearing its precious load of nearly
4,000 people. As if by magic a town
srrew up here. Business houses were , ,
° , , , . week and it will probably be dedicated
erected that same day and tradesmen
, , , . ./ . . next Sunday; possibly, not till
had their wares on the market, many
of them not waiting for a building to
be finished, but tents were converted
into commercial exchanges and
visit our town if we should celebrate
and many would be here who have
never visited our town before. Let
North Enid get her holiday clothes on
for at least one day in the year and
"make Rome howl" as it were.
If we are to celebrate action should
be taken at once so that it may be
well advertised. The Tribune knows
that a way down excursion rate can
be had of the Rock Island people for
fifty to a hundred miles north and
south, and will answer for it that a
band of Indians can be arranged for.
If it is thought best, make the cele-
bration for two days—Sept. 16tli and
17th—and that will make it that much
more pleasant.
By all means let us celebrate.
For a dollar,
Goes down.
Great God,
This is democracy, with a
Big D.
Its shoel.
congregational church,
are being given to that building this
next Sunday; possibly, not till one
week from next Sunday. It is the
[ largest and best church in the new
i country, and it is due to the untiring
I efforts of Rev. Hawk that North Enid
i has snch a good church building. It
A Strange Ruling.
After Co. Supt. Swartout had made
all preparations for holding the county
normal in this city and a great many
teachers and prospective teachers had
been so notified along comes a ruling
! of the territorial board of education
and says that the first county normal
in all counties must be held at the
county seat in each county. Such be-
ing the ruling by those in higher
authority than himself of course Mr.
Swartout could have no other recourse
than to comply with a ruling that has
no precedent. Before this ruling was
WANT'S THE EARTH THAT'S ALL.
In speaking of the officers to be
elected this fall, the South Enid Dem-
ocrat says:
It is urged by the Tribune-Democrat
that ro grave mistake be made by the
democrats as has been made by both
the republicans and populists in their
nominating conventions. Their mis-
takes are so glaring that all can see
them at a glance. * * * The Trib-
une-Democrat believes that it is the
sentiment of the democrats of this
county that Enid with Jonesville ad-
dition should have as many as four of
the county offices, which should include
those that compose the court machin-
ery. These are very important offices.
After Enid gets her quota as sug-
gested above she will ask no more but
will put head and shoulders together
and help make an equitable distribu-
tion of the remaining offices in the
different parts of the county.
So South Euid should have at least
four of the county offices andespecially
! those that compose the court machinery.
After South Enid gets those the Dem-
\ ocrat says the people of that town will
; "help to make an equitaole distribu-
j tion of the remaining offices in the
different parts of the county." And
that day was laid the foundation of . , .... T. .... .„ „ c . , . . . .,
. , , , . . • I lias snch a good church building. It "discovered Mr. Swartout had decid-1 , . ,
what promises to be the best town in . " . . „ 1 , . , _ . , , , i why not make an equitable distribu-
, , . , stands upon a prominent site and can ed for North Enid and because had so ,. " „ ,, .. _
the whole of this new country. ' ' I tion of all the oflices?
, . 1 lie seen for several miles from Aortli decided he has had several unpleasant ,, .
Buildings were not put up that the . 1 Is there any ulterior reasons why
. , ,, ,, . „ 1 Enid, and best of all on the day of its 1 "interviews with some of the lead- .. ,, „ .. . , , , ,, ,
first gust of wind would blow out of1 . * . . South Enid should have the four
the territory, but all were and are of 1
that nature that tell to the stranger j
"we have come to stay." In our
efforts to build up a town and a home 1
even the hand of the government was ;
brought to bear to crush us out. For j
six long weary months was North J
Enid, a town of 2,000 people, denied j for this product is right in our door
dedication the building will have : ing" citizens of South Enid and they
been paid for. i vowed that 110 teacher of that town
A company is now being formed to 1 should attend the normal in North
build and operate a
cement plant
and this will give employment to a
number of men. The raw material
postoffice facilities. It remained for
a democratic administration to make
such an outrageous example of mis-
rule when the constitution of our
proud country says "for the people
and by the people," shall this country
be governed.
Did such un-American discrimina-
tion discourage the people of North
Enid?
Not in the least! They went right
Enid.
The Tribune believes that but for
the unheard of ruling referred to the
normal would have been held in North
Enid' and the loss of the teachers of
South Enid would not be so great
yard so to speak and the plant will
J but what the normal would have pro-
produce the best grade of hydraulic . ■F
1 1 gressed just the same. Co. Supt.
L ' ' ... 1 Swartout does not feel very good over
The past of North Enid has been a } h
, , . , c i the matter.
successful one aud her future prom- j
ises to be much more so. We have the While we arc compelled to admit
people with the staying qualities and \ this intense heat comes from the sun,
we have the capital and the two com- yet it seems for the past few days as
bined make up a force that nothing though the sun had gone visiting and
can stop its progress. Located as we : the old man has been firing up in
are nearly in the geographical center | his place.
oflices that compose the "court ma-
chinery?,' If so don't be backward
about saying so. Let's see.that means
that South Enid wants probate judge,
county attorney, sheriff and county
clerk. Has the Democrat the dam-
phool notion in its head that the peop-
le of this county will stand any such
deal as that? If so it had better kick
it out. The republicans gave to South
Enid probate judge and treasurer; to
North Enid register of deeds; to the
southwest part of the county, county
clerk; to the northeast part sheriff: to
the north central county attorney and
to the eastern part county superintend-
ent. Is there anything nearer equit-
able than that?
No doubt but South Enid wants the
A serious question has arisen as to
whether or not the new law compels
the Rock Island railway to build sta-
tions at Enid and Round Pond. The
law reads where the government gives
to any railway right of way through
public lands. Well, the Rock Island
paid $50 per mile to the Cherokee In-
dians, who held the title to the land
in question. It was not public lands,
neither was the right of way given.
No railway is specified in the law,
which is a general one. If a court of
equity were to decide upon the merits
of the case according to the law, the
towns of Enid and Round Pond are no
nearer securing depot facilities than
they were before the passage of the
act. I11 equity they should be given
depot facilities at once, and in the end
t will be economical for the railroad
to accede their demands. The mis-
takes of Hoke Smith will be felt even
to the third or fourth generation!—
Ponca City Courier.
The people of the two government
towns on the Rock Island are begin-
ning to realize that the station bill
will not give them depots. We are a
little surprised at the Courier, for
usually Bion Hutchins is pretty level-
headed. He intimates in the above
that two wrongs would make a right.
The trouble is all with Hoke Smith
says the Courier, and then it says
South Enid and Round Pond should
be given depots. The Courier advo-
cates that the Rock Island has no
rights in the premises. The Secre-
tary of the Interior established gov-
ernment towns three miles from the
depots, and, to usp his own words,
lor the express purpose of crushing
out the railroad towns." That is the
first wrong and in fact should be
enough to prevent those towns from
getting depots. The Rock Island has
a charter whose every provision the
company lias faithfully and honestly
complied with. The Interior Depart-
ment would have tlie railroad put in
depots only three miles from those al-
ready establishsd—in fact would force
the company to do so. Is that right?
is that just? We say that the govern-
ment should be held responsible for
the acts of its servants, and if a wrong
has been done these people the gov-
ernment should do so at its own ex-
pense and not at the expense of the
railroad which has carried out its part
of a contract with the government to
the very letter.
But are these people in the govern-
ment townsites wronged? If so there
should be 110 one to blame but them-
selves. Tell the truth about this mat-
ter and the world will know that the
people of these townsites and the Sec-
retary of the Interior have worked the
wrong if there is any. It is a well
known fact that for weeks before the
opening it was advertised that the
railroad company would not stop at
the government towns and would uot
put in depots. The people went to the
government towns to get a town lot
for nothing. Did they get it? Not
by any means, for the outrageous ex-
pense (?) of the townsite boards have
made the assessments on the lots in
the government towns more than it
would have cost to buy a lot in the
allotment towns.
Again we say the government has
no more right to impose new con-
ditions to the contract than has the
private individual who has made a
contract with another party and that
party faithfully complies with its
agreements.
There is some talk of a celebration
of our first anniversary on Sept. 16.
Let lis have it by all means. A meet-
ing should be called at once and the
committees appointed. The time is
short to prepare but we can have a
great big time if we get a move 011
ourselves.
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