The Payne County Populist. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1900 Page: 4 of 8
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rOPULttT CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Pursuant to a call of L. D. Teter,
•hairman of the Payne County Popu-
list Central committee, a meeting
will be held in the court house at
Stillwater on
Saturday, February 24
•12 p.m. All members are urgent-
ly requested to be present.
C. \V. Wright,
Acting Secy.
If J011 don't want, to live in a good
town, surrounded t>v a good country,
Jo n't coine to Stillwater.
Everybody will admit that we are
•m need of n good system of water
•orks. It lays with the voters
whether not we shall have them.
Read the mayor's proclamation
again, remember the dates for regis-
tration, then cast your ballot in fa-
«or of a much needed improvement.
Those who are in position to know,
■ay that the fruit prospects for thi.s
year are very flattering in this part
•f the country, particularly in Pay ne
county.
Kemember the date of the city
•lection on the city water works
proposition. Also don't forget to
register. And above all, vote for
water works.
If you want to see a system of
water works in Stillwater, demon-
strate your wishes by voting for the
same. A city without water works
is not up-to-date by any means.
Kentucky seems to be about as
■tucli in need of "a stable govern-
ment" as any island in the China
•*as. Now that the Philippine com-
mission has got back, would it not
fc! a good idea for McKinley to send
«hem to Kentucky? They didn't
■take much of a success in the Phil-
ippines it is true, but they may have
improved with age and experience.
The war on the Filipinos has now
continued for 369 days and although
U ey have been subdued a hundred
times, dispersed 500 times, disbanded
•00 times, Otis still Eends us news of
ighting and long lists of killed and
wounded American soldiers. There is
something about this matter that no
r P can find out.—Nebraska Inde-
pendent.
If Otis' reports of the number of
Filipinos our soldiers have killed in
•fce last year are true, we have slain
•ore of the people of the Philippine
3«lands and made more orphans and
widows than the Spanish did in the
hundred years. The reason that
we are not guilty of wholesale mur-
der is that we did it as the "trustees
•f God " It is very fortunate for us
that Senator Beverige had that fact
nvealed to him from high heaven.—
■ebraska Independent.
HUMORS OF fl SMALLPOX PANIC.
The following is contributed to the
Wichita Eagle by an Oklahoman who
is evidently not at all in a panic re-
garding the smallpox:
There is now and tiien a smallpox cast-
la tile country 'round about;
Hut our doctor (in the board of health
Couldn't tell it from the gout.
To prove to you these words of mine,
(Just for a little fun I
I'll tell to you a thing or two
Our doctor man lias done.
He came across a poor old man
With pimples on his face,
And swore lie had the smallpox.
And quarantined the place.
The man was eighty years of age,
And gray as he could be.
And said lie had those pimples
Since the days of "Sixty-three."
But, no; it was no use to kick—
The doctor knew it well—
lie knew it was the smallpox-
He knew it by the smell.
lie quarantined an empty house
^ Just in the edge of town,
For as he passed that way he saw
The window curtains down.
A dog had crawled beneath the holt*
(A man who told me vowed)
And died, the week before, and now
Was smelling pretty loud.
The doctor quarantined the house;
lie said in' knew domed well
That family had the smallpox-
He could tell it by the smell.
He quarantined on right and left
Till everything stood still :
He quarantined the depot-
Would have quarantined the mill.
But when they saw him coming
They opened up a llask
(tf ten-year-old Kentucky rye.
Result ? What need to ask ?
He took a good old "swig" or two,
And sniffed the bottle well,
And said:" You have no smallpox here-
I know it by tile smell."
And then lie took a trip abroad
To magnify Itis skill.
But when he got to Newkirk
He surely got his fill.
He went to see a patient there
Who lay quite sick in bed,
And scarcely had he reached the plact
Till this is what lie said :
Ho you know you have the smallpox
I smell it sure as toast."
"Oh, no, you are mistaken, sir,"
Was the answer of the host.
"No, i am not," the doctor said,
"I need not see the face ;
I know by all the odors here
There's smallpox on the place.
I'm on the Territorial Board-
That honor, sir. is mine.
I'll go and get a Hag at once
And order quarantine."
You have not seen the patient yet,"
The good man next insisted ;
"Just step this way and see her, sir,
Before the case is listed."
^ ou have the smallpox, sure as fate,"
He said, and looked so wise.
"Indeed, I've not," the patient said,
" itli lightning in her eyes.
"I know just what you have," said he.
In his most pompous tone.
"I know^pou don't," the patient snap-
"So just let me alone.
Just call him Smallpox, if you like.
But I think it rather bold
ror you to name my baby
Before he'8 one day old."
The Guthrie State Capital an-
■Minees its Intention of getting out
• souvenir edition of 20,000 copies,
profusely illustrated, in honor of the
eleventh anniversary of Guthrie.
' *fcis is a mark of enterprise and the
■adertaking should receive the full
Mpport of Guthrie's business men.
.Aa a rule, there ia no money made
•y t4 e publisher in getting out ail
•■pensive speciai edition, but the
community is benefitted and that is
Jtbe most important consideration.
MUST LEARN TO FIGHT.
' The fight In the Transyaal is evi-
dently going against the Knglish and
4heir death roll has renched tremen-
dous proportions. A British paper
«•f influence offers this criticism :
Frank Harris, former editor of the
•fcuirday Review, in a pamphlet pub-
.listed Tuesday, reiterates the view
( wfaioli the St. James Oazette has
ifceen insisting on, that "quality and
mmt quantity is what Kngland needs
4s beat the Boers," and that "£ng-
•laod always fails to learn by experl-
.«nce." He adds: "The battle of
■Saratoga should have taught every
■aglishman the true theory of war.
There the American militia not only
defeated the English troops but
dwraed them to an Ignominious sur-
wander, and mark It, those same En-
dish troops were the best soldiers
their time. Or take a still clearer
••Me. Wellington's veterans were
beaten at New Orleans by half their
■umber of raw militia. But even
■•w Orleans taught them nothing
Vfc. British, in their turn, play sav-
to the Buers and advance across
open, to be swept away by rifle
•«*. They don't seem to see their
•■■wry is juit as utelesi and.just a.
«*«pld as the bravery of the Haden-
" *r« Arabs. Qet up your corps of
" amen now. ' Glre them tele-
sights and the beat rifles.
VmIb than aa abarpihooter*. not
m (Wfillsts, and you will beat the
IMam jrtt, and not otherwise.
Gov. Barnes has appointed W. E.
Bolton, editor of the Live Stock
Inspector and Woodward News, a
member of the board of regents of
the A. and M. college to succeed
Editor Ballard, of the Medford
News. No editor in Oklahoma is
better known than Billy Bolton and
all concur in the opinion that the
appointment was a good one. Mr.
Bolton is a resourceful man and an
earnest worker in all of his under-
takings, but no amount of honor
thrust upon him, whether it be a
regent of the A. and M. college or
governor of Oklahoma would cause
his head to swell to such an extent
that he would not prefer to be Billy
Bolton to his hosts of friends.
[Pint Publiflbefl, Thursday. Feb. 8, ISrt) I j
Mauor's Proclamation.
Notice is hereby given that on tbe 18th !
day of March, 1900, there will be held a I
special election in the city «l Stillwater,
Payne county, Oklahoma Territory, lor the
purpose ol submitting to the electors ol
said city the following questions ami prep-
ositions :
First—Whether or not waterworks bonds
to an amount not exceeding $,')5,00() shall
be issued by the said city for the purpose ol
erecting constructing, equipping ami pur-
chasing a system of water works,
Second—Whether or not ti contract tor
the erection, construction, equipment and
purchase ol a system ol water woiks. sub-
stantially outlined in Ordinance No. :>I
tor the city ol Stillwater, shall be ratilied.
That saiil election slnll lie held at the
following places;
First ward—City hall, Lot 19, 3lock
Second ward—Court house, Block 20.
Third ward—Lot 10, Block 42, l'opu
list otlice.
Fourth ward Lytton's building, bit'.),1
Block 43.
The election board sh ill lie constituted
ot, and they ate hereby appointed, the lol-
loping named persons, respectively:
First ward—For Inspector. C. I) Shriller,
lor Judges. G. I'. Hayctal t and Adniiiliu-
pee; tor Clerks, P, F, Millhouse and J. II
Vore.
Second ward—For Inspector, W. J.
Hodges; for Judges, George Kldiidge and
J H Tale; tor Clerks, 1.. E. Walker and
J. N. Uofl
Third ward For Inspec or, Sardis Key-
noldsj for Judges, J. W ['batcher and II.
B Hurston; for Clerks, C. Al. Becker and i
A C. Holland.
Fourth ward—For Inspector, L. J. Jar
dot; for Judges, T. J. I-ister and John
Bradley; tiir Clerks, I. 1). Andrew and
George Wallace.
The City Clerk will keep his olBue open
Ironi 6 o'clock a. in until C o'clock p. in 1
ol the 20th day ot Februarj, 191X1; of the
27th day of February. 1900; and .i;hday
of March, 1900; and on ihe •itli day ol
March, 1900; lor the purpose ot allowing
all the legal voters ot said city to register
in accordance with the Session Laws ol Ok-
lahoma Territory, approved March 12,
1897, and all persons desiring to vole at
said el- ctien must register at said times as
above designated
That the foregoing questions and propo i
sitions are submitted to the electors el said i
city to determine whether or not th May
or and City CouDcil shall be authorized and
empowered by the legal elec ors ol said
city to erect, purchase, equip and construct
a system ot water works, mains, stand ,
pipes, pipes, engines, boilers, hydrants,
and all and every kind ot machinery and 1
equipmen s nccessary tor a complete s) s-
tem ot water works suitable for such h !
city as Stillwater, and whether or not the
electors of said city of Stillwater shall ratily !
a contract substantially as outlined in Or-
dinance No. 31 ol said city.
That said election laws of the Territory
ot Oklahoma, and that tbe electors shall
be possessed ot such qualifications as the
laws require.
In witness whereof the Mayor and
City Clerk have hereunto set Iheir
[seal] hands and affixed the city seal this
5th day ef February, 1900.
W. K. MCGKOHO*.
J. H. Donabt, Major,
City Clerk.
We Had an Advertisement
Written out, giving a glowing description of the balmy and summer like F
ruary that we were having and advising our farmet friends to give immed
attention to their Spring Farming Machinery. Since writing it, we find i
the ad. will not suit the present week but conclude that as our farmers
around their firesides, and amuse themselves in chopping wood, that they
! have plenty of time to consider the merits of the most complete line of Fa
! ing Machinery that has ever been offered in Stillwater.
We now have in stock everything in the way of Modern and Up-to-I
Implements. Among them are the Weir and Rock Island Plows and Cult
tors, both in riding and walking. We ask your particular consideration
inspection of the Klondvke and Commodore Sulky Plows. In Planters,
l have the old reliable Kingman and Bull's-kye, the Bull's Eye having
and drill drop, with cotton planting attachments. We have sold these plain
for years and can guarantee them in every particular. We are agents
the Rock Island Wireless Check-Row Planters and will have them in stoel
about io days. Thi.s is the very latest thing in Planters and is bound to 1
great success. Will ask your inspection of this Planter.
We have just received a letter from one of our largest Wagon compai
advising us of an advance of $.100 on Farm Wagons. We have more tha
car load of Wagons that were bought before recent advances and can give
the Bain, Hilburn ..ansing, Webber and Fish Bros, at the old ra
If you are going to need a Wagon this year, now is the time to buy—you <
save money.
Anchor and Columbia Buggies.
Feed Mills and Corn Shellers,
~We are agents lor the old reliable „
Bf\RTELDES' FIELD f\ND Gf\RDEN SEED
We have our stock in—everything new and fresh. We have sold th
Seeds for 10 years in Stillwater and can recommend them as better adaptec
this climate and soil than any other.
\VK Alii-: SOLE AUK NTS FOK
Ideal, Freeport and Sampson Wind Mills and Towers, Pumps, Pipes, Valves
Fittings, Mill Supplies. Belting, Hose, Packing, Etc.
Harness and Saddlery Goods ot all hinds In Prices and Quality that
Make our Competitors Sweat.
Shelf, Heavy and Builders' Hardware, Wire and Netting, Stoves and Ho
Furnishing Goods, Staple and Fancy Groceries.
AGENTS FOR POLAR BEAR FLOUR.
We aim to keep nothing but the Very Best of its kind, and our j/uan
tee is worth more than all the "Blue Sky" talk of peddlers and fakirs that .
here today and gone tomorrow.
Swilw Bras. Big Store
Stillwater, Oklahoma.
GRy OF TRAITOR.
The rampant cry of 'traitor' in the
United States senate ia an extreme
means of defending an indefensible
position. It creates an interesting
situation for the republican senators.
Mr. Pettigrew has perhaps been a
little more aggressive in opposing
the administration policy as to the
Philippine islands than any of his
associates in the senate, but on the
question of vassal colonies he occu-
pies the same ground that is assumed
by Senator Hoar, Hale, Mason and
other distinguished republicans to
whom the term traitor is not by
remote possibility applicable. Mr.
Lodge cannot afford to denounce his
colleague, Mr. Hoar, directly or by
Inference, as ti traitor to his country.
Certain senators are getting beyond
the bounds of propriety. They are
hurting their own cause. Tbey are
assuming that the adminlitration
must be defended, right or wrong.
And It Is feared that somo of these
senators have no other motive in
their standing up for the McKinley-
Hanna outfit than the dispensation
of federal patronage. The fierce de-
nunciations of Senator Pettigrew as
• traitor go for naught as indloatlog
that he Is unfaithful to his country.
Such epithets are likely to be more
hurtful to thoie who are bandying
them. Mr. Pettigrew has ihown
ability. courage and patriotl.m In
bl speeches on the Phlllpp|n« ques-
tion, and the adminlitration 'echo.'
•In the aenate cannot cry him down.
Sooner Valley.
Rain and snow last week.
A. L. Porter has been up in the
Strip delivering hay to the railrosd
graders.
Tim Wade moved to the Valley
last week and will farm on V. C'ori-
frey's place.
_ Mr. Hueston is still working at
Clayton at the blacksmith trade with
Mr. IJrawhaugh.
Mr. Sam Painter left for Lincoln
county a few days ngo where he
bought a fine farm.
Mr. John Mehan sold several lots
last week to parties who will build as
soon as lumber can bo obtained.
We learn that France Gramm
has made application to the Post-
office Department for the position of
postmaster at she new town of Me-
han.
Bert Haines, an old Valley boy,
was over from near Jennings a few
days visiting, and Hud Wade re-
turned home with him for • short
stay.
Mr. Chisholm and wife, father and
mother of Mrs. S. S Arl>, came in
from Kansas last week and will make
this their future home. They form-
erly lived here.
The Arkansaw Valley Telephone
o has finished their telephone line
from Ripley to Mehan and west to
the line from Stillwater to PorkiriH,
Putting Mehan nnd the Valley on the
main line.
PUBLIC SALE
SHORT-HORN DURHAM CUTTLE
I will i tier at punlic sale at
Cleveland, Okla., Februarij 20 1900,
/
Civilization seems crowding on us
ns we can hear the toot of the "keers"
as they run up and down the Cimar-
ron river, and everybody Is going
down to see the men work on the
bridge neit week.
We notice the "fixers" are begin-
ning to collect fuel to start the polit-
c l pot to boiling. All we have to
say i for the populist* to sit down
hard on all "fliers" and when the
time come, nominate true and tried
men from tbe ranks of those who ate
corn bread and turnips when our
territory was young and we were
"• RKPOHTHK.
We pay "cash" for achool books.
" TH* KACICT.
my en ire herd ol Short-horn* anil a lew
grades: Almut 10 I it ml i,| 11„. Vuuug
Mary family consisting ol lo.. , heiiera
and uiIvmi; 1 yearling bull,good enough to
head anyhenl; 1 Ko*e ol sharon heller;
about 12 bead ot th'* Josephine family i>iii
sisting ot cow*, betters, ea.w-s and 1 year-
ling hull—a good one, about 6 Caroline b>
iMtshwood Tribe-30 head in ail lletwee i
50 and 100 Poland China lull hlooMs, sired
tiy tecumseh Wllks (his sire. l)o>le' Te-
cumseh, sold for $Mt), port ot them gill*;
a lot ot harrows, and 4 hoars rendy tor
service Also niv lean- on sclssil quarter,
N I-. of ,Vc 10. Town, ai, K. H K , in
Pswnee county, In Arkansas river bottom,
"i'hin I mile of < leveland; IfixW one and I
one-ball storv house, summer ki'chen com
crih, ice hous*. chicken house all -lilngle
routed; land divided |i, 7 fi-lds lo-iites
\ ard-; all kinds ol irult in bearing exivpt
apple trees—rental ftu per year and ex-
pire* 3 years from Inst Oc'ober S|« n 4
vear old grav Norman col s. broken, it not
wild neli ire sale.
TfHRIs ok HaLk. Sums ol 910 or les.
casli In band. Over *10, acredit oleigbi
months will he given the purcha-er giving
a note hearing 10 p r cent Interwn v ith
approve,! security. Hpon the school le„«e
I Will give elgin months' time upon one-
hall of the amount hid off. the pmrhawr
giving note Inahng 10 per cent, interest,
with ftfitiftf'ptrirv "erurfty,
Sa!« commences at 10 o'clock a m Lunch
u .u ,Tku will he ready to
mall the Iflth of I'ebruary.
PIANOS &0RGANS!...
In Pianos and Or
Kans Ko to K. E
Hopkins at R. M
Oneal's Furniture
Store. Terms cash or easy payments,
Buy direct from me antl save agents
and middle men's profits. .• .• *. .• •
for
Bargains
E. E. HOPKINS,
Stillwater,
Oklahoma.
I. V. LATOURETTE.
For till sores, ulcers, wounds, burns
and skin dl.elses-Ilcgg*' (j,.rinlln
Salve, the famous pile cure ('. ||, jj.
dell, Nevada, Mo., snys, "|i g,,,,.
immediate relief from piles nnd effect-
ed a permanent cure. A guaranteed
remedy, Indorsed by physicians.\V. It
Mc( oorfle.
Won't buy an out-of-town cigar
when Durham'* home product Is
bettor, Perfecto, Puftwell and Little
Duke-everybody smokes them, tf
Oklahoma Nurseries.-
Growers of a Qeneral Line of Nursery Stock E
cially Adapted to Oklahoma.
And Vines.
Location 0f Nuraery, 22 mil.. ... 0f Stlllw.Ur, al Yal., Oklabo.
J.w.stevcm sup, fl. Hester, Bus. Mj
/ I ALE, OKLA. Look Box 828, PERRY C
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