Foss Enterprise. (Foss, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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FOSS ENTERPRISE.
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CITY COUNCIL
MEEIINGS THICK
THEflARSHAL PROBLEfl ISA
HARD ONE.
Haishal Ball Says City Dads Are
ninui the Power to Va-
cate his Job.
City council meetings have
been frequent oceurrances the
past week. The marshal ques-
tion has been foremost in the
nightly discussions. The city has
released Marshal Ball from his
duties and established the posi-
tion of night watchman, offering
the job to the supposedly depos-
ed day marshal, who refused the
posish. He says the council has
no right to disrobe him of his
authority. The result is the mar-
shal is still on the pay roll and
the aldermen are on the fence.
New Business Firm
The latest addition to the bus •
iness circle of Foss, is E. B.
.Johnson, who a-rived a few days
ago and purchased the material
and lease of the Foss Manufac-
turing company from J. B. Mc-
Corkle, who will go to Oklahoma
City in the interest of his hay-
baler, which has a promising fu-
ture. Mr. Johnson comes from
Stephensvill, Texas, and has the
appearance of a progressive bus-
iness gentleman, the kind we
like to see come to town. His
son, Claude, will arrive soon and
be associated with his father.
The firm name will be E. B.
Johnson A Son, and they will do
all kinds of blacksmithing and
horseshoeing.
She Was First.
Miss Belle Cunningham who
wants to be queen of Oklahoma
City's Aperihs Fiesta is having
her claim of being the first white
child born in that city disputed,
but from the following item taken
from Friday's Oklahoman it ap-
pears that she has won out:
Claiming to have been the first
white child born in Oklahoma
City, but said by Mrs. G. F.
Grum of Britton to be mistaken
in her claim, Miss Oklahoma
Belle Cunningham's position is
substantiated by the following
local copied from the Oklahoma
Journal of Friday, May 25, 1880,
published by Scott A Scott: "Dr.
Munger of Broadway advises us
of the birth on May 19 of a
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Cunningham. This is the first
birth in the city. We hope that
important fact will be borne in
mind when the little one is chris-
tened."
Miss Cunningham formerly
lived in Foss and was here one
day last week in the interest of
her candidacy.
The Methodist Sunday school
class, Prof. Knack teacher, met
! at the home of C. F. Hartronft
I Wednesday night.
A big line ot straw hats at the
Texas store for men, boys and
children cheap.
Ben Goodman has returned to
the city alter an absence of sev-
eral days.
W. E. Hastings, a prosperous
farmer living four miles south of
the c ty, came in Tuesday and
shoved his subscription up a
notch. He said corn and oats in
his community were looking fine. |
Frank Kupke who lives four j t**ay
BIG BARGAIN
DAY MEETING
FOSS BOOSTERS GET TOOETh-
ER AND PLAN BIQ
DOIN'S
WILL BE BEST YET
Prize* to be Offered for
This-That - and-the-Ot her—
Amusements Will be
Feature.
A number of business men of
the city met in the office of the
Washita Hardware company
Monday night and planned the
program for the next Bargain
day which will be held in Foss on
Thursday, April 28. The pro-
gram was turnod over to the
various committees who began
wcrking on it at once. Tnere
Local and Personal.
Mrs. L W. Keen was in the
city Tuesday and Wednesday the
guest of her husband, the Texas
store man. She went to Elk City
for a visit with her son.
L. W. Keen spent Sunday with
his family at Weatherford. He
intends moving here a0 soon as
he can secure his house.
Read the new ads in the En-
terprise this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Duffield have
arrived in the city from Oklaho-
ma City and will soon begin the
erection of a residence 4 miles
northeast of Foss where they will
reside. The Messrs. Duffield
have been in the contracting
business in the metropolis and
are substantial people.
C. W. Hatfield left Monday for
Hope, Kansas where he will visit
his parents.
* Walter Goff of Guthrie was
here Monday proving- up land.
Ed Keen was in Elk City Sun-
d8**
miles northwest of town has re-
turned from a visit with his bro-
ther at Gotebo. He rode the
round trip, about 00 miles, on a
bicycle.
Bradley Metcalf sale shoes at
the Texas store—they wear well.
Sam Daily of Butler was here
Tuesday enroute to Oklahoma
City.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hoover
departed Tuesday for California
to visit their children and later
will ge to Oregon for an extend-
ed visit.
The Texas store's Ten Days
sale of reduced prices is still on.
Mr. and Mrs. harvey left
Tuesday for Oregon for a visit.
They expect to be absent for
about a year.
Ru'e Larue was in Elk City
Tuesday on a business visit.
A. A. Fierson of Topeka, Kas.
is visiting at the home of Jesse
E. Miller, the route 1 carrier.
Mr. Pierson will enter the real
estate business here or in a
neighboring town.
G. W. Park who lives 6 miles
north was in the city Monday and
stated that the recent rains have
caused the crops to loci: fine.
The Texas store is selling Mer-
cantile Poplins 30c and 35c value
for 23 cants. Call ond see them.
Shaf has started up hi« Klean
Kitchen Kafe in the old bank
building and has an invitinc
p'ace.
30 cent and 35 cent Sell-well
Silks at the Texas store for 23c
all next week.
Elmer Curtis, Irvin Parish andi . „ , ,
Virgil Beckham were acquitted! fre many pr,ae8 o£fered b? the
at Arapaho Tuesday on a charge bu81I)es® Inen which are 8u«*e to
of disturbing a religious congre-! encourage k«en competition, for
gation at a church north of town.
Hadloekand Hos tetter and Frank j
Murphy fight out a game of cro-
quet. Hie failure to get the car-
toon throws him liable to divvy
up with a sandwich to this paper
, when he gets his Klean Kitchen
; Kafe in trim again.
And while the sporting editor
is on the base ball subject he
wanti to say that he has witness-
ed many ball games and although
the teams are nearly always
spoken of as "crossing bats" he
has never yet seen two teams
cross the clubs. When Clinton
or so_iie other big team comes to
Foss to play he is going to
watch closely to see if they real-
ly do "cross bats."
WAY
THIS
THE
GOIN' TO FOSS
BARGAIN DAY.
ON NEXT
The Texas store has the cheap
est pants for men and boys in
western Oklahoma—from 72 cts.
to S4.00 a pair.
Rosaoe Jester and Amon
Crabb of Cordell were in the city
Friday.
Call and see th^se beautiful
white waists at the Texas stor e.
50 cents to a dollar value.
Go the Texas store for your
ladies' and children's
low cut
shoes—next week.
W L. Royce and fam'ly of
Clinton were in the city Satur-
day, the guests of friends.
The Enterprise wants a cor-
respondent at every place where
news occurs in this and adjoining
counties who will send in items
every week. Send in the news
of your neighborhood next week
and we will put you next to our
plan. It is desired that those
who have been Writing occasion-
liy forward their dope every week
from now on, landing it here bv
Wednesday.
Martin Goff was in the city
Friday to meet his sister-in-law,
Mrs. H. L. McGaw and
_ The
prizes and what they are given
for are announced in the Bar-
gain day advertisement.
Every Bargain day in Foss
has been a successful, one and
popularity increases with each
one. The next one promises to
be the best ever as the program
is jammed, rammed and cram-
med. ,
Now Bargain day in Foss is all
that the name implies—keep that
in your think box. Goods are
sold at bargain prices. All you
who have attended know that.
So you fellows hitch up old
Beck and Mag, load in Mollie
and the babies and come to Foss
as early as you can on Thursday,
April 28.
There's not the least doubt it
will pay you. Watch for the ad-
vertising of Bargain day.
And believe It when you see it.
THEY "CROSSED BATS.'
L. McGaw and and ."1B™ wa3
children of Hastings, Nebraska !Pulledtoff what bw termed
: who came for a visit with Mr.'Ia ™al. game when the high
Goff and family. Mr. Gofl is a
j prosperous farmer residing 14
miles north of Butler and came
Social.
Eighteen of rhe joung people
of the °ity enjoyed a hay ride
Friday evening to the home of
Mr. Willis, four miles southeast.
Mr.and Mrs George Evans en-
tertained a crowd of about thirty
last Wednesday night. Games
were played and a general good
timo enjoyed.
The school grades o f Miss
Hadlock and Miss Church were
disminsed Tuesday and the teach •
era and pi pils journeyed to the
place of W. J. Hadlock, a mile
west of town, where the remain-
ed all day. Several grown-ups
went, too. They took their din-
ners.
The room of Miss Kennedy was
dismissed Friday and the pupils
enjoyed an outing at the farm of
Mr. Curtis, five miles northwest.
STILL IN BUSINESS
Reliable Firm Puts On Big Sale
People To Be Benefitted
The Foss Mercantile company,
after going through the disaster-
ous fire, is doing business again(
having located in the Temple
building with $8,000 or $10,000
worth of goods, which were saved
and which are apparently unin-
jured. It was a great loss to
Foss and community when this
big store burned, and it is glad
news that it will come again.
The big patronage of the com-
pany will soon be rebuilt under
the able management of W. J.
Lawson.
To raise the cash necessary to
pay bills, the store has announ-
ced the inauguration, on Thurs-
day, April 21, of a fire sale with
bargains galore, and this week a
page ad in the Enterprise invites
you to share the bargains. You
will find it on the last page. Read
every word of it as it will save
you dollars.
''How You Want Your Eggs?"
Straight-up?
Well, you can't get 'em thai
way—you'll have to tako 'em
scrambled—
If you eat on a R. I. diner.
No. 91, the Rock Island's fast
west bound freight train, jump-
ed the track near Indianapolis
Saturday aLernoon, ditching
eleven cars, one of which ia said
to have been loaded with eggs.
They went through the scramb*
ling process. No one was injur-
ed in the derailment but two
tramps and an immigrant had
close shaves. No. 47. the pass-
enger due here at 4:40 p. m.,
was six hours late.
STEWART CO.
BUYS WEST CO.
BIO LUMBER DtiAL CONSUM-
MATED.
Surber Will be /lanager of Both
Yards—Hadlock to Remain
Hera Few Days.
The Stewart Lumber company
has bought (he stock of lumber
belonging to A. L. West at this
glace and on Monday next Mr.
urbur, manager of the 8tewart
Lumber Co. wfll take charge of
both yards. Mr. Hadlock, the
present manager for the West in-
terests at this place, will remain
in the employ of the compauy
long enough to close up the bus-
iness at this point.
Foss people would be glad to
see Mr. Hadlock remain here as
he has made an efficient manager
for the firm, but we presume A.
L. West will find a berth for him
< Isewhere as he has a number of
yards in Oklahoma.
John Fields Coming.
Dr. Jno. Fields, for ten years
in charge of the ollege at Still-
water and one of the beat posted
men in the state on farming and
schools, will deliver a lecture t o
the farmers at Foss on next Bar-
gain day, Aprtl 28. His address
will be worth coming many miles
to hear.
High School Boys and a Picked
Nine Fight Diamond Battle.
Thursday afternoon there was
The Best Trading Point.
a y . -a-| There was a big crowd in town
school team "crossed bats" with Saturday and the merchants did
a local piokup nine. From about,good business. One fellow skid
raiiew norm ot Butler and cameunt'l dark the boys | he lived nearer three other towns
to this country from Nebraska i 8ava8e'y Ponded the sphere and I than Foss but can get more for
ten years ago. He drove thru I r j80?1"6 keeper chased up his money here. That's the rea-
in a wairr.n and made the trin of'town .and borrowed an addington so many trade here,
about 500 miles in fifteen days Elttch,ne fromJon? ?e J>9.nka! *
Probably ev a r v J he. that the high, A schedule ot fees to be
known in'the
presented itself
office this week
To the Yours of Oklahoma.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of gov-
ernor of Oklahoma subject to the
action of the Democratic party.
I come to you as a business
man and believe in clean politics,
good ckizenahip, enforcement of
the laws and the enactment of
such laws as will vitalise the cor -
stitution to the fullest extent.
I believe in a white roan's gov-
ernment.
I believe every citizen, corpor-
ate and individual should bear a
just proportion of taxation t>
maintain the government.
I believe in being e onomical
in governmental expenditurew
and Mierjby reduce taxation. I
will endeavor to reduce taxation
if elected.
I heartily endorse the main-;
tainance of the corporation com- *
mission and the Guaranty Bank
law as affording a needed pro-
tection to the private citizen/
I believe in developing our
school system to make it the
greatest in the union. To that
end I believe that the various
boards of our stateschools should
at all times have a fair represent-
ation of experienced school men
as members.
I favor the sale of the surface
of all segregated lands to actual
sett'ers in trscts of one hundred
and sixty acres each.
It shall be my desire and pur-
pose to make all appointments to
office on merit and not political
obligation.
I seek the office of governor
because I believe I can render
valuaole service to the state and
for the honor that will come to
me and my family. My only de-
tire will be to conduct the office
of the state in such a manner an
to bring to our people a settled
ani prosperous condition.
F. E. Herring. '
Elk City, Oklahoma,
March 31, 1910.
CORDELL—M. T. Gilbert ana
A. B. Dunlap of Lawton havo.
on some interesting items from m r? wau.cu cmh me enterprise. Keaditand then
Square Ton ar« . ",e i"J8a to F° 10 you will know how much it will
which we apologize. °mitted' for j ft me k«tch a 8-column pVc
\i tt ... ture Me desperate conflict but
Mrs. Hamilton Nation arrived lie was too busy watching—thru
. , j—~ ; BUTLER—The census as com-
I JLrVZ k CUrt; An.mtT P'eted Thursday shows a oopula-
schedule i. that ih° oa ,ion of three hund,,ed *"d rine
f-cnedule is that there are 261 and a votins
yeeterlay from Konawa. themmwindo^Jncles Darn*,,1 ,h",*+*
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