The Prague Patriot. (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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A newspai^R OF. BY. AM. FOR v'c'*ltV
" ' Thursday Octobtif'5) ' 1^05;
Prague, Lincoli* County, QkU., .v ,
Number fi.
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• ;, . rrvrn succkssorf«"Prtf Staple awd FancyGroceries.
FRANK LEDbK WITH ■ Pi;i) HHAM-t)^BLV-F.k ,. T.
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HISTORIC BlilLOINO.
Oldest llo'.'se in the lerr tory Is at
t;ort Gibson.
lor, Jeff Davis, Robert E. Lee. i
McClellan and othui>. General
Taylor lived in Unsold house with
liis family, idcluMns? fiis datfjfh
who married
lii
tiM', Miss Betty,
■IT. Da.vis.
| Fr iin the Oulck mli* huprefs I
An effort is now being made to
preserve the "Old Church on the
Hill," at Ft. Gibson, Ind.'lVr.,
theohhst building in thai.Tern
tory. It was the old garrison
church at Port Gibson during the
early davs of the West and was
afterwards used as a school house
with Henry M. Stanley, then a
young man, its the teacher.
The old budding lias been oc-
cupied continuously since 18:12.
General Hazen, whl'lo residing
here, was married and brought
to the Port his bride, Miss Me.
Lean, of .Cincinnati, O , now the
wife irf Admiral, G.-orge Dewey.
She is said to have been ih-most
styVBh^voman . that eve: lived in
Forb Gibson. .and 'rtecupi 'd the
large stone building still stand-
ing on Garrson Hill. Many peo-
ple in the old t'i'.vn remember her
well.
Port Gibson, the oldest town
in the Indian Territory, is rich in
historic lore, much of which has
Sugar Factory.
1 n a meeting last week in Okla-
homa City/ Mr. Mou'rfflay,' the
representative of the North-west-
ern Sugar Beet Association, laid
before the meeting of-the Cham-
ber of Commerce and the busi-
ness men as well as farmers, tin
possibilities of the sugar-beet in-
■ dustry; in fact the farmer is the
laiiK^Ufactor.in. thi^iMVMV sjtion,
as there is no m.mey rjjyuireu,
no bonus of any k nd. -only want
an agreement with the laimei s
that they will pat in ">,000 acres
)f land in beets for live years,
and says that his company will
agree to pay $3 00 per ton .for the
beets, and that there can be rais
ed from twenty to thirty tive tons
per a<5re; and to handle ;>,<'00
acres of beets it will require th(
work of about 2,000 hands, as
they need dean clulture, as the
weeds Tind more suushinfe
vourself; you owe it to y<}iir par j
ty and more than all, youowe.it dress 'lictfe last Friday. • n.
to your country- Cross^'r* likely t.<v>bn a.candidate
W• •* Bryan. p,r'tleIiV?ite to congress the next
OKLAHOMA'S ANNUA'J CROP. term. He is faVotahly knowi. .to
• „u v. l the people Of Oklahoma, and.the
Oklalmnni ^ WOlW>J,
W, U«cte BUI. lti.lH.1.1
"J" n 25^000,000 efl'that Miey wont get lull in Del-
\Vl't. -it lMO'o',001)mar garden' and nominate a boy
Oats' .V. fi,000,000 t() represent the brain and brawn
Hay - ^ 00,<><><> n( a ^ro&t people like Oklahon a.
Potatoes l,i>VW,uu t„.. .
Say nothing about the oi chard fiinners' report panv out,
and garden, the annual product ' •> hi)o OOP hales
by the farmers are worth in th.e •Monuay'veporting -,•> > ^ ^
1
make the beets rich',
of sugar. Mr. M
>r in per cent
ni'nda.y says
nggregate
ita.
; Horses
Cattle...
Hogs . .
Mules..
Sheep..
about #(ir>0 per cap-
, .. $20,Too,o()o
.'2^,ooo,ooo
t'l.obo.ooo
.. h,000,000
... 2,"ioo,poo
of cot ton ginned to date,-and cot
ton fell off one-half cent in price,
but the (; inners' reports will soon
grow beaut'tally.less, as the bulk
at tlio cotton will, soon.;, be in-and
cotton rise in price.
I
been-written! but'most of which ll.is Company is in shape to lease
i i Settled short- or buy land for tins mdusti., and
put in a plant at Oklahoma
tlere w is established a military City worth $1,500,OQO, or _at
n'.st in 1810. Many notable and Shawnee and perhaps elsowheie.
' • i i have lived The plant will ivquir«-the serv
now UiU in the ices of three bund red men to run
Sd States national cemetery, it. Now, if j.OOO acres of bee
•ibout or • mile from the old fort,! is ti# 'main want, what is the
l • ' W) soldiers are buried, matter of Prague nrnishint,
l' Where may be seen the! Is not as much work as raising
'lU ' f o number of celebrated |cotton and more- money in it.
sohh^rs ^outsami wa^n'iors who iThink it over, friends. It would
figured 'years avro in border and ■ be the making of l>ra uef as no
Indian warfare. Among tin- i money is wanted, only *oi k an.
number is the noted Seminole < we have that, _ ..
chief Billy Howle-s, who fought j Lincoln, Neb., Sept. .<..
with 'oscetda at the battle of Wa 1 J. Bryan has written anot.wr let-
1 i ^() pre^ident ltoosuvolt^ which
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The only places you can &*et fr^sh
baked Prague Bakery Bread is at the
Bakery, Vobornek William s nieat
market, and at Crossley s Star l\es~
taurant. Any other, place offering
Bread is foreign and against home
enterprise.
GBO. o OVIIRSTREET, Prague, Okla.
P. E. Kingsbury, Pres. A. (J. Rogers, Vice Pros.
H. T. Kingsbury, Cashier. .
hoo Swamp, where General Dad
was. killed and the American
troops were routed. After the
treacherous capture of OhcoI-i.
B ivvlcgs joined the American ar-
my and was assigned to the rank
of Captain, a fact recorded «ui H>«*
tombstone ut the head of his
grave.
Stanley, the Afr'can explorer,
at one time, taught a subscrip
tion school at the Fort,toccupy
■ins the old fruin:' building, still
standing n-ar the old public
square. '
Washington Irving, the noted
American writer, visited Pott
Gibson and wrote his " Tales oi a
Traveler, ' in a tent just outside
the old i arade ground on Gar-
rison II lib
In lMti the poet 1 jongl'ellow, on
a tour of observati-m in th<*
visited Fort Gibson by the way
of the Arkansas tiul Grand riv
ers. Next year «|vpcnri il the
< most loved of, a,l Yiis^HKMiiW,
"Evangeline," where sc oiery n
the vicinity oi Fort Gibbon 'h
graphically and beautifully d" ,
scribed.
The oldest buildWig in the Indi
an Tt rritory, mentioned above a-
being located at Ft. Gibson, i> of
hewn loifs, which have been c iv
ered Avith-. boards. Before, i'-
specious tire-place, still in use,
many notables have warm'd
themselves Generals Scott,'Pay
was made public las^night. lh
says in part: VT'd President
Roosevelt: Permit a parting
word. You have the contest of
your life before you, and I desire
to render you all the assistance
in my power, iou have asked]
congress to enact a law so en ^
larging t|ie powers ot the Intel-.
state Commerce (Commission as ,
to permit it to fix and enforce a
reasonable "frdiglit rat", and the !
railroad lobby was strong enough
to stop in the senate the bill
passed by the house. The rail
road magnates expect to blofck j
tha passage of the bill again.
"Stand by your guns. You
l ave developed a reform element, •
-1:1 the republican party; you must^
lead it or siiffe" the humiliation:
I of seeing the leadership pass, to j
I some one els". j
"v hi fur wan'. You owe it to
WATCH F(>R
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Announcement
vOI:' Blti"
Glothing Sale
AND
Ladies' Jackets
AND
SKIRTS,
M X I \VH'r:K.
Oeodman's Dep t. Stire,
| HA(ioE.
Cash Capital, $10,00(1.00.
Surplus & Profits 4,000,00.
W
E. Foster,
II. I. Kim
sbu'ry,
l)IRHCTOi<S
A. G. Rogers,
P.' lv'. Kingsbury.
General Banking Business Doi e
Farm loans on our own examina
lions. Quick money.
Free Use of Fire Proi
Pi oof Vault for Storage
of Valuable Paper:
, .KHI-.Y, I'n-fi ifiii
First
I„ CONK I i.N, Vice l'n- Idei.l.
OKI 1
K. SL'TK'K,
OF PRAGUE, OK LAI H>n A.
Paid L'p Capital, $25,000.00.
Transacts all liusiniss that is consistent nilli sale l.tinliint—''I'M
\"cncv II. Josey, mnnnger Prague 1 ownsitc Companv.
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solicited.
]. Ii. Charles,
Sue a I'd Fox
IJ^Cl 1 Kl^UV 1 «/ 11 ...■•>> -- , ^
Responsibility of Stockholders, ¥o0<),
.00.
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Overstreet, W. S. The Prague Patriot. (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1905, newspaper, October 5, 1905; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc116087/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.