The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 13, 1897 Page: 1 of 8
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THE CHANDLER NEWS.
SIXTH YEAR.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1897.
NUMBER 48.
PASSING COMMENT. |
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LINCOLN COUNTY'S GRFAT COTTON CROP IS THE TALK OF THE TERRITORY
ness which is now drawn off by
Chicago and Kansas City, into its
natural market, and put St. Lou-
is in command of the growing
importance of Oklahoma as a
, grain-producing territory, be-
mt,m„DTP TTp Pnrtips ! sides tapping the vast agricultu-
outhhie .akingUi Paities , flelds of the Indian territory
from l^nc'jincountyaiemthe , d northwestern Texas. Geo.
city looking after a cheapei late | hicall und in business im-
for cotton to Gflv^t;)" on ^ i Jortance, St. Louis is well estab-
gmtaF% II " 'differ lished as the leading city of the
there is 15 cents per bale differ-1 th t and t in direct raii.
ence between the pricc' on the , c,mmK.tions with the terri-
Choctaw road to ^ Loms and d<)ors she has
the Santa Fe to f. es The * >' be stripped in
Choctaw gives a one dollai e- measm>(> b both KaaS!Jsf City
bate to a shipper that ships one Chi The fact that this
hundred bales,, which js .another . it , n()t onl retained her
advantage to reg-u lar s up wis. ;,sti but ad(fed Inaterially to
Lincoln county^has^4,000ac es ((f business done un-
of cotton by actual m elation. jsoi„„i«M „„i„
, rb? .rZTi/win'v'SiSTt! aer these difficulties, only, em
least 45)000 bales of cotton. The l'hasizes the certainty of enoi>
thistvayaml.tis the ta be made at this time wtth the
„t the farmers andshippei s that, d(,vel„pinK territory
"11 0 ,t should^ .Hasi^ial .ate, 1 ■}0klahoL, ln(,ian terri-
could bo had on the Santa Fefoi T.-«w grain
large shipments, it would be ot y
greater advantage to ship right , 111 ( s- # ^
to the port of Galveston than to : *
St. Louis, where the export ship-1 No Remarkable Change.
ments would have to travel still These who read the county clerk s
farther Several gins are being letter and financial statement 111
established east of here, in the 1 last week's News must have
vicinity of Chandler, that com-1 been impressed with the tact that
press qales of cotton to the size
that sixty-six bales can be gotten
into-a cai fn place of the twnk
four of the regulation size. This
is an advantage to the railroad
company in taking a less number
of cars for the same amount of
cotton that the shipper should
reap the advantage of. Guthrie
will be the biggest cotton market
in Oklahoma this season, and
every advantage should be given
shippers and sellers.—State Cap-
ital.
* *
*
A St. Louis View.—Oklahoma
will put 6,000,000 bushels of
it costs just as much to run the
county under a "reform" admin-
istration as under the republican
rule, and that the great reduc-
tion in taxes wich it was prom-
ised should follow the induction
of the free silver people into of-
fice is rather slow in showing up.
If there has been any appreciable
change at all it lias 1 inly been such
as may be traced to the increas-
ed valuation. The most interest
ing thing about it is that the
county clerk, instead of charging
the high taxes to mismanage-
ment, frankly admits that the
rate of taxation is due to the
We Are Going
To Move
Next, week to the new Egbert
building, on the corner just
south of the public square,
Where Will Have
Bargains in
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Boots, Shoes, Notions.
1 Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Come and see us.
NEW : YORK : STORE
Will 1 >11 L UjVuvjvW uiioncio .. p I
wheat on the market this season. | necessarily great expenses of so
There is not a mile of St. Louis 1 large a county and the small ag-
railroad in the territory. Tlie;gregate value of taxable proper-
nearest this city comes by direct ty. He points out the hu t that
lines of railroad to the great grain the rate of taxation will be lower-
producing territory of Oklahoma ed as the result of lands being
is to Sapulpa, near the Frisco, in j deeded and the probable advent
the north-east corner of the In- i of a railroad, but he very wisely
dian territory, and Coffey ville, I does hot undertake to show how
Kans., on the M. K. & T. There j populist rule would better mat-
is perhaps no other field mora , — =
naturally tributary to St. L>uis 1
and none into which the exten- j
sion of direct railway connection j
would be more valuable to the j
grain interests of St. L>uis at;
this time "The building of the !
Frisco extension from Sapulpa to I
Oklahoma City," said Commiss- j
ioner Vanlandingham yesterday, j
"would be of inestimable bene- j
tit to St. Lmis. It is not a very :
large undertaking, and by cross- 1
ing the Rock Island road at Min- J
co, and thence connecting with j
the Union Pacific, Denver, and
Gulf line, would give St. L>uis
not only a chance at the grain
business of the territory, but j
open up a new line of connection !
with Texas and Colorado." Here I
is a field for enterprising St. j
Louis, when taken advantage of,
will turn a vast amount of busi-
ters. Such admissions a year
ago would have put <[uite a punc-
ture in the fusion campaign ai-
gu ments. The republican county
clerk made just such an explana-
tion of the matter a year ago,
but it was hooted by the "reform-
ers," who wanted people to be-
lieve that it was all the fault of
the republicans. Now they come
around and acknowledge the
truth. We are glad to see them
progressing.
fine to show. Bring it in now,
and it will be properly prepared
and taken care of and placed on
public exhibition. Decide to
excel in some one line at least.
A Lincoln county farm for
sale. 100 acres of deeded land.
Will be sold very cheap. HO acres
under cultivation; plenty of liv-
ing water; splendid fruit; a two
room house; good stable. A
splendid stock farm. Inquire of
D. N. Frazier, Chandler, Okla.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
DR
CREAM
BAKING
P0WDIR
A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder.
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
Show What We Have.—The
exhibit of agricultural products
on September 21st and -2nd is
now an assured thing, and it is
safe to predict that a showing
will then be made which \\ill
astonish everybody, notwith-
standing the reputation ihis
county has already won. hvery j
person who wants to see oui
county properly advertised j
should be 011 the lookout for tine i
specimines of all kinds. 1 he
largest and tinest fruit, the bent
i corn and cotton, and in lact all
the best specimines of Lincoln
I county products should be kept
and placed on exhibition. Ar-
rangements are being made to
secure a room in Chandler wlieie
a permanent exhibit can be ar-
ranged, showing to all who come
the wonderful resources of Lin-
coln county. Do not wait till
Sept. 21st if you have something
If we lived in Chandler, we'd
trade with Frank Anderson. • He
i seems to be the best advertiser
in that town.—Woodward News.
A Payne county sugar beet, fif-
teen inches in length and nine-
inches in circumference, weigh-
ing ten and one-half pounds, is
recorded by the Populist.
Rev. Lumkins, our Congrega-
tional minister, has a son in the
Klondyke district, Alaska' who
owns claim No. 11. He got *2,-
000 in gold dust, and intends to
stay with his claim another year.
j He receives mail but twice a year
■ and his last letter took two
j months to make the trip here.
In his letter he speaks, of flour
1 being worth *150 per 50 pound
sack, and bacon at *10 per pound.
I All other articles are the same.
—Tryon Mercury.
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Gilstrap, H. B. & Gilstrap, Effie. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 13, 1897, newspaper, August 13, 1897; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc115348/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.