The Council Hill Eagle. (Council Hill, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1907 Page: 1 of 4
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Entered August 4th 1905 at the Post Office at Council Hill Indian Territory it Second-Class Matter Under the Act of Congress of March Bnl 1ST!
In advance One Year One Dollar
Vol 2
COUNCIL HILL THURSD4Y AUGUST I 1907
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All accounts payable monthly
Dr! G W Graves Local Editor
Local Lore
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Mrs Stocton was in town Wednes-
day Work oh the new elevator is pro-
gressing rapidly
Try Rex Chill Tonic: It cures ’em
The Council Hill Drug Co
Mrs Watson and the little son of
Marion Ford are on the sick list this
week
W W Ilrav one of our leading
farmers and Stockmen was in town
Monday
W B Rogers senior member of the
firm of W B Rogers & Co was in
town Tuesday
For Fire Lightning and Tornado
Insurance see Otto Sl’MP
Adam Pence who went to New Mex-
ico a few' days ago took advantage of
his outing to visit the Old Folks in
Missouri
Dry weather still prevails but the
temperature is low for this season of
the year and crops are withstanding
the drought well
J R Head returned Saturday from
New’ Mexico J R will not say very
much but we can see disapointment
written on his face
Willie Lerblanch had the misfortune
to severely cut his thumb with a hatch-
et Monday while making some repair
on their hay machinery
The little daughter of Imy Boone
who has been sick at the home of her
grandfather Mr Hogan who lives
west of town is able to be up again
Mr and Mrs Gillette of Oklahoma
t'ity were in town this week Mrs
Gillette is fin old school mate of Mr
Neff cashier of the Canadian Valley
Bank
Good bread is the staff of life: Pol-
ar Bear flour makes that kind and
1 P Bawkins sells it
The Masonic lodge met in regular
session Tuesday night Dr Settle of
Boynton took the degree of Fellow-
craft and Harry Ritterhctf of Hoffman
was made a master mason
By some means last week the M 0
& G Ry managed to lose some very
valuable (?) news matter for our last
issue which caused the Eagle to
come out minus a few of her custom-
ary frills The Railway people should
he careful in future as this paper is
sorry enqugh at its best
Mr Moss of Haskell was in town
Tuesday He contemplates putting
in a lot here and buying hogs cattle
horses in fact anything in the live
stock line that the larmer has to sell
Such an enterprise is needed here
and if Mr Moss launches this venture
the people should give him their sup-
port Telephone Faulkner came in last
night from Morris where he has been
for a couple of weeks putting in the
Morris exchange Mr Faulkner had
the misfortune to badly sprain his
ankle a few’ days ago making it nec-
essary for him to come in Messrs
1 elaplaine and Head went to Morris
last night and will complete the w’ork
n the exchange
A square deal for everybody at
Conncil Hill Drug Co
Sol McIntosh bought a new wagon
and harness from t !eu C Stotts last
week Sol already owned as fine a
pair of mules as are to he found in
thi part of the Territory and all in
all he has a ‘dandy’ layout He is
building a nice residence on his allot-
ment two miles west of town and
from the general appearance of ev-
erything we predict for him ‘wedded
bliss’ in the near future
Otto E Sump went to Muskogee
Monday
Now’ for a sweeping Republican
victor’
Poison Fly Paper at the Council Hill
Drug Co
Pearl white meal bolted or unbolted
at Central Mill & Elevator
Mr Standly who lives five -miles
east of town is here to-day
Get your corn meal and chops at
Central Mill & Elevator Co
Knox Chill Cure Knocks chills
sure Sold by the Council Hill Drug
Co
Rev Cummins who preached here
for two weeks past left Monday for
his home in Holdenville
Wm Horton and wife who live 4
miles west of town were in Tuesday
with some nice produce
Just received a new’ car of Polar
Bear flour D P Hawkins
To day W IL Burlison takes charge
of the livery business in Council Hill
G C Brown retiring from business
F S Good Ilomer Spaulding and
II M Fender went to Muskogee Mon-
day to confer with Mr Ealwell in re-
gard to our school this year
Tieday the Creek Council meets
very likely for the last time With
this closing session will be closed the
last acts of tribal government for the
Creeks
D P Hawkins sells Polar Bear
Flour the best ever
H M SappingtQn is at Tulsa as a
delegate to the Republican State con-
vention Mr Sappington asked us to
not publish any of his speeches until
he got back to proof read them
Try Rex Chill Tonic No cure no
pay at Council Hill Drug Co
We are in the very middle of an
ice famine For several days it has
been a hard scrabble to get enough
ice to keep the meat in the butcher
shop from spoiling Mr Pinson says
he does not expect any relief liefore
the middle of next w’eek
The Mac Alford slayers are still at
large and it seems to be “up to”
some of Alfords friends to put them
out of commission Porum must be
located on soil originally intended for
Kentucky from the way her citizens
‘ plug” each other from the brush
See the new Orangeade cooler at
Council Hill Drug Co
There was a meeting of the Council
Hill school Friday night to discuss
the school situation generally II M
Fender was elected director Mrs C
E Sanderson Teacher Miss Edna As-
bill assistant Now let everybody put
their shoulder to the wheel and help
make the school a success
One day this week news came into
town that W W Bray’s daughter had
been bitten by a “mad dog” but later
Mr Bray assured us that there was
not the least probability of the dog
having rabies as it had shown no
symptoms of such and really bit the
girl by accident while eating from
her hand
The protracted meeting that had
been in progress for a couple of weeks
closed Sunday night All told there
W’as 40 additions to the church quite
a number of whom were member of
churches at their old homes and moved
their membership here It is under-
stood that a neat stone church will be
built here
Donnells Liver Regulator is what
you need these hot days For sale
by Council Hill Drug Co
Mr Otto E Sump is being impor-
tuned by his many friends to enter
the race for representative of Musko-
gee Co on the republican ticket Mr
Sump is a young man of sterling qual-
ities and if he decides to accept he
will be elected without doubt and
if elected will acfjuit himself in man-
ner that will reflect credit upon him
self and the people of Counc il Hill
Clyde Westlake is repairing the
old Lerblanch ranch house southwest
of town
Roy Jenness of Chandler Oklahoma
has accepted a position with R P
Pinson
There will be an Ice cream social
at the school house tonight bv the
W 0 W
Miss Tom Gentry and Miss McIntosh
were in town yesterday While here
Miss Gentry showed us a picture of
herself in complete Indian regalia in-
cluding blanket war bonnet moccasins
musket etc While it was unique it
failed to bring out the natural beauty
which has always distinguished Miss
Gentry wherever she goes
Last Week News Items
Mrs Watson south of town is
quite sick to-day
Dr Graves has purchased 40 acres
of land 'just east of town
Born to Mr and Mrs Jas Lacky at
Hitchita last Saturday evening a lit-
tle son all parties doing fine
The EagiE for last week was very
late getting out on account of a com-
bination of ill luck She will try to
fly on time hereafter
This cotnmunity is so healthy that
the doctors and undertakers have
given up their professions and organ-
ized a Life Insurance Co
Mr Lay of Claremore was in town
a few days this week and was so tak-
en by our town and surrounding coun-
try that he will return soon
Mr Stockton of Texas is visiting his
brother D Stockton Southeast of
town Like all the rest he says this
is the best country he ever saw
"The writer went down the Katya
hundred miles Monday but failed to
see anything that looked half as good
as the land around Council Hill
Rev Dago Slats and B H Reddick
held an interesting service on the
street Wednesday We are not inform-
ed whether this is a branch of the
salvation Army or not
Clyde Westlake has a contract to
do quite a lot of repair work on the
Lerblanch ranch house a few miles
southwest of town This place is one
of the early landmarks of the I T
Hay making is the order of the day
this dry weather is fine on haying in-
dustry and a great quantity of hay
of as fine quanity as one ever sees is
being put up around Council Hill
Mr and Mrs Ranta have sold their
property here to Mrs VanTyle’s
father and will move to Haskell at
once We very much regret to have
they go for better neighbors we nev-
er knew
Quite a numder of the male por-
tion of our population have recently
had their hair clipped in the belief
that any change whatever would im-
prove their appearance some and
they are perfectly correct in that be-
lief Almost every week some little nar-
row contracted cross eyed knock-
kneed humpbacked son of a gun of
an editor attempts to poke fun at
Arkansas If such fellows had room
in their cranium to store up a few
facts they would know that Arkansas
has the finest coal found in the lr S
except in Pensyvania The greatest
known deposits of zinc untold quant-
ities of yellow Pine and all kinds of
hardwood timber the finest quarries
of Sanestone 'Granite Slate and
Marble That her rivers have produc
ed pearls the value of which is equal
to the pearl output of all the balance
of the United States He would also
know that she took the first prize at
the St Louis exposition for the finest
apples in the world and last but not
least she has the prettiest women
and most generous men in the whole
Union — Except of course our own
Indian Territory
Hoffman Happenings
Edwards Pro’s shipped out another
car load of cattle this week
Halbert Bro’s are this week enclos-
ing their new barn yard with a neat
kcw fence and having a well put down
Mr Swafford whose home is in
Dustin was here on business Tuesday
and attended I 0 0 F lodge here
that evening
“The little year old child of Mr and
Mrs Alex Fletcher which has been
quite sick with summer complaint is
reported as being much improved at
tcis writing
Mr and Mrs Elisha Haley whose
home is in Okemah but who are here
on a visit were made the happy par-
ents of a handsome baby girl yester-
day morning Dr Harris officiated
W I Smith started for the big
convention up at Tulsa yesterday He
isn’t a delegate proper but we’ll bet
he will be one of the best rooters
Frantz has in that convention
A good rain fell out in the Tiger '
mountain district Sunday night but j
all the country lying north of the j
Deep Fork is still compeled to report !
as being on the dry list
John England is now out buying
tie timber for the M O & G railway
and he reports that anywhere" from
50 to 100 thousand ties will be deliv-1
ered and shipped from this point dur-
ing this summer and fall This means
employment for all who want to work
at good wages
Mr Owens will complete his 50
thousand tie contract for the Tulsa
street railway this week and men he
has had employed will probably go
to work for the new contractors who
are getting out ties for the railroad
extention
Geo Powell and wife came out
from Muskogee Saturday to visit
with relatives They stayed over Sun-
day and returned home Monday by
way of Mcriis F L West driving
them over to that place by way of
the big oil wells
John Grayson Republican candidate
for sheriff was here Monday looking
after his political interests John says
his chances look good and that when-
ever he goes he meets with much in-
couragement He is well acquainted
around here and those who know him
are his best supporters
The Republicans held a big meet-
ing out at Hitchita Monday evining
Circumstances over which we had no
control prevented our being there but
we hope to be still counted as being
in the race for the Representativeship
of this the best county in the new
state
A big Republican speaking is billed
to come off in Hoffman next Monday
night Augnst 5th prominent speakers
will be present to address the people
on the issues of the day and every-
body is cordially invited to come out
and here what they have to say
The daily papers of yesterday state
that fleeter Hawkins colored who is
known to many in these parts was
landed in jail at Muskogee on charge
of attempting to poison a woman who
refused to become his sweetheart
He loaded the water eooler at the
Alcorn hotel with rough-on-rats
Fish stories are getting so common
around Hoffman that J W Wamack
thought he would break the monotony
by bringing in a record breaker turtle
His catch was one of the hard-shell
varity and tipped the scales at exact-
ly 72 pounds He shipped the big
“burred” back to his friends in old
Missouri
After deliberating twenty-one hours
the jury in the famous Steunenburg J
murder trial returned a verdict of!
acquitted for W D Haywood To
people who have been following the J
proceedings in this case closely the
verdict is no more than was expected
The battle was ably contested on both
sides but the testamony of a self-confessed
murderer like Orchard lacked
weight 1
Otto E Suirp Carhier
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Graves, G. W. The Council Hill Eagle. (Council Hill, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1907, newspaper, August 1, 1907; Council Hill, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1924643/m1/1/: accessed June 6, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.