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BEAVER. BEAVER COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22 191 2.
No. 37
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CLEARANCE SALE!
Beginning February 15th
eund Ending March 2 1912.
During this period I will offer my entire stock of
Dry Goods Hats Shoes'! Furnishing Goods
DRUGS ETC. -A.T
Greatly Reduced Prices.
It is impossible in this small space to give cut prices and
we can only say that you can save a lot of money on any
kind of goods in our stock while this sale lasts.
Greatly Reduced Prices on all Broken
Lines and Short Lengths.
Don't fail to notice that I am making
Ten Per Cent Discount
On everything in the store including Sixty-five Cases
of Shoes just received Patent Medicines Etc.
Eeraember The Sale Begins February 15 and Ends March 2 1912.
F. C. TRACY.
Railroad Dope.
Tuesday eveplng Attornoy H. A.
Noah. Mr. Oombcmale the special
agent of the French capitalists and
Banker M. M. Fulkerson left for Kan-
sas Olty to make their final estimates
and reports of the cost of construction
of the proposed railroad from Alva to
Des Moines. N. M.. after which Mr.
Combemalo will salljor Europe to
mako his final .report to tho men of
millions.
if the report Is satisfactory it may
not be long until the deal Is closed and
tho work of grading and construction
will commence. .Mr. Combemalo hat
made a most exhaustive study of the
probablo cost of cons' ruction of tho
line of' the products of the territory
through which it pacs and Is most
enthusiastic in tho belief that thn rail-
road will be a paying proposition and
will so recommend to his people. Ren-
frew's (Alva. Okla ) Record.
Reports have It that bonds for the
construction of the Winnipeg 8alma &
Gulf have been floated This road Is
to be constructed from Salitia Kansas
south to Kiowa where It will branch
with a lino south to Oklahoma City and
n lino west via Buffalo ( In Har ct coun-
ty) Beaver Guymon Boise City thence
to Des Moines. Now Mexico. The road
" asks for the right of way and 416000
from each county touched. nt money
to be paid until tho road is in opera-
tion. Citizens of all of the counties
or towns mentioned have been sonnded
on the proposition and indications aro
highly favorable to tho propositions.
If tho proposition s accepted the
managers olalm that surveyors will be
working both east and west out of Guy
mon some time In March. Bavor
county is active In tho Interests of thfs
road llkewi&n much interest is shown
from Kiown west through Harper nnd
the corner of Woods county touched.
This 6ast and writ road ought to ap-
peal In a higher favorable way to all "f
the people along the proposed route.
Guymon Herald..
Through Service by April 1st.
W. E. Hoo'xer Locating Engineer
and Land Corarnlssloner of the W F
AN. V. returned to Gate Tuesday
from a conference with the general
officials of tho frood at Wichita Fall'.
In speaking ofj the work Mr. Hocker
expressed himself as pleased with the
progress being (made "You may say
inyour papor he said "that by tho
first day of April through train gervico
will bo established between Dallas
Te.i:. and Gat City. This Informa
tion is authentic Gate Valloy 8tarJ
iN TITLErVAS IN LAND
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tltlo is bpUer than good land with poor tllld. ou can improve
the lanrt. ' ".
My Abstracts show just what tho tltlo Is.
It is my business to know. You receive the
benefit of that knowledge- here. Costs no
moro iiittn elsewhere. f
!jrlie"'Beaver County Abstract Office
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' WALTER
Bonded
JUST. NORTH OF DAD
Some Figures on the Rail-
road Bonus Notes
At a meeting to consider tho propo
sition of the St. Louis Oklahoma &
1'aclUo Railway Mr. W. D. Batman of
Como Okla. made somo statements of
fact that should mako Beaver county
farmers think a little before refusing
do anything for tho project. Mr. Bat
man said In part:
"Stripped of all verbiage the mean
Ing of thl meeting Is of great Impor-
tance and especially to the people of
Beaver county who live south of the
Beaver river. It will help all tho peo-
ple in this county In the way of help-
ing to pay taxes reducing freight
rates nnd opening new. territory for
tailing care of our farm products caus-
ing new market places and higher
prices; making a great saving in haul-
ing freight not only in money but In
saving of horses wagons and expos-
ure of self in making these long trips
to tho railroad. And more than this
we loso lots of money on tho graft of
so-called storage as we aro allowed
only 48 hours In which to get our good
out of tho depot after they arrive.
And don't you know that It is Impossi-
ble to do this? And then comes tho
charge for storage
I havo just passed a test of this kind.
The first load of goods to come In after
the big snow consisted of 1230 pounds
for which I was compelled to pay $24.30
freight. The second load likewise.
I I'avo at different times lost goods
ranging In amount from $40.00 down
to as low as CO cents and almost al-
ways have to pay overcharges on rates
so you can see that 1 could give this
project $100 and could maker it back
in one year's time.
And further I have kept account of
wagon freight for the last 21 months
which was 122 loads averaging $0.00
per load which totals $109800. My
customers have at different times ac-
knowledged that I sell most articles as
cheap as they could get them at rail-
r6ad towns. If this Is true I can di-
vide this tl.00S.00 by 2 leaving $540.00
that I could havo saved If I were doing
business in a railroad town.
There is another item and that i
interest. Comparing tho county with
this community. I find that there aro
10 farms out of 12 mortgaged ond that
$400 is about the amount loaned on the
quarter section. This money is draw-
ing 10 per cent interest or $40.00 per
quarter per annum. I am satisfied
that it wo had a railroad along tho
proposed route It would Increase the
jQualUy counts. Poor land with gooa
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C. FBlAZER.
Abstracter
toacter I
Fjl SLD'd PLACE. J
MASF(
value of our land -t 1 000 per quart -r-.
That would enable us to borrow fbio.uo
If no wished and wo could get the
money at 0 or 7 per cent Interest
No suppose you have signed a
bonus note for $150 and it is due and
you can borrow $800 then change your
loan from $-100 to $S00. Under present
conditions Interest on S00 Is $100 if
you could get that much but you can't
get that much per quarter But If we
had the proponed railroad wc could get
the $800 and at tho rate of 7 per cent
which for 5 year would be $280 and
this taken from $1.00 tho amount you
can't get under present conditions and
a chance for you to lose your homo
w iul(l leave a difference of $120. You
see that in this change you lack only
130 of making jour donation note and
you have $400 more vo spend or $370;
also a chance to have a homo S .years
longer In Beaver county
If conditious do nut change In te
near future It looks to me like some
will bo compelled to surrender their
homes to the loan companies and give
up tlielr only chnnco for a home. Hut
sny. bo don't ylvo up Let us turn
the wheel once more and wo can turn
it by making th's railroad project go."
If all were like Mr. Batman there
would be little difficulty in securing
the bonus notes - -
Views on Bonus Dotes for a
Railroad
Emron or HunALn:
Wo need a railroad. What will it do
for us? Having had somo exporlnco
in railroading I havo received some
benefit from them At our postofllce
this afternoon (Feb. 12) Mr. 11. G
Dudlnp informed us ho had tho notes
there for us who want a railroad to
sign. Of course it Is generally under-
stood these notes when paid t are a
bonus or present or plain speaking
piying the company to put in railroad
for us? That is the first thought but
not wholly correct. We today are
draying to Englewood Kansas or
Shattuck Okla. or IUggins Texas
To Englewood n two nnd a half day
trip ;Shnttuck Okla. a three day trip;
Hlggint Texas a four day trip A rail-
road in twenty-two miles or less is a
one or two dBy trip so our saving in C
vears In drnylng our crop is at least
$25.00" per nnnun In tho difference of
distance or In other words a railroad
near us is a saving to us of $25.00 nt
least per annum. On that proposition
from a financial standpoint It will pay
to hire a company to build a railroad
and pay $100.00 per quarter section to
havo this done for in 5 years wo arc
re-emburscd and tho remainder of our
life a receiver of tho benefits. More
than that any farm today near hero is
worth $10.00 per aero to larm or grass.
With n railroad in ten miles of you
your farm is worth $25.00 an increase
of 150 per cent. Can you think of n
better investment In our community?
Wo have men who will not donate to a
rallrral. .My dear reader who ever
you be do not delude yourself with
the thought youaare donating fur in the
least sense of the word it is nn Invest
ment with an all-to-gain and nothing-to-loso
proposition. If you do not in-
vest and tho railroad does come on and
you get the benefit of tho road you will
have saved your $100.00. But can you
as a citizen of our county at this time
so much in need of your assistance do
nil in your one-man's power to defeat
us In securing. It seems to me worth st
least a $100.00 and men ought to rush
to the opportunity to give their note
for such a came. My note in the Bea
ver Valley & Northwestern has become
null and void but I wish to say this
much had the road gone through and
running today and my noto paid I
should havo always kept that note as a
souvenir
It is true the company Is asking a
great deal of u but it will bo a great
thing for us. I agreo that an interur-
.ban lino from Beaver to Meade. Kan-
sas can be put in for less than they
aik in this case. We have more terri
tory to work on and surely a town
nearer to homo to us than Beaver is at
Clear Lake. So I hope all who own a
nuarteror half of a quarter will do
their best. It Is said the cattle men
do not want a railroad and they are
perhaps the largett land owners in hi re
and. could do the most and will surely
got the greatest benefit In the increase
of land. Men who today havo money
to invest in land here and want to buy
moro oro it advances I do not blame
you for doing all in your power to keep
a railroad nut until you have gratified
your heart's desiro In number of acres
out to you who e'xpect to make this
county your homo or want to sell out
there is no place that I know of where
you can put from J100.00 to $200.00
where it will do you so much good. I
it i. n inihiit..to.
T. L. How.
BEAVER COUNTY FARM
I FRS' INSTITUTE.
Beaver City Okla. Tuesday I
February 27. 1:30 p. m. j
Music Selected . . ... Benver flnnd
Silo Dr. Long Albert Senl
Feeding valuo of Alfalfa O. Wi Becbo
Tim Chickens ns a Money Maker
Albert Ollft Oha Eyer
Butter Tattle It. A Mnpln
Better Horses A. A. Haskell
lJetter Hogs. . B. F. Brown V. V. Cos-
no r
Good Roads. .Levy Pruett II. P. Wil-
liams Get the Money -Sunt. John E. Swalm
Tillage and Dry Farming .Supt. S. W
Black Dlu. Agriculture School.
Music Selected .BeaverLadlcs' Rand
Question Box
EVF.NINO rnOGRAM.
Music Selected ....Beavor Band
Illuttratcd Lecture .. . S. W. Black
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Every farmer In floavor county
should be present nt this meeting and
I enmo prepared to entor Into all dlrcus
U... l-A itnul.n .n l.in!.n .1.1- n I.mII.
nilHip. t.uuirnu n iiiu.u .ilia 'i ...-
tablo meeting. If you hnvo been suc-
cessful In somo farm enterprise come
nnd telljithers about it. It your ven-
tures have failed come and learn why.
Lot us attempt to double tho agricul-
ture profits of Beaver county this yenr
above any preccedlng year. Como and
aislmulato some of tho good things.
State Encampment Schools of Okla-
homa will hold ton state oncatnp"mcnt
schools next summer of ten days each.
Two schools to each Supreme Court
District No school to bo located in a
county fhero thero Is a state school.
This gives Beaver county n fair chance
of winning ono of these schools. Tho
State Board will send them to counties
having tho largest enrollment in the
Farmers' Institutes and tho largest at-
tendance at the Farmer's meot'ngs
Do not fall to bo present February 27
and remember tn enroll as a member.
Beaver county must have ono of these
schools next summer.
THE COMMITTEE.
Come to tho Farmers' Mass meeting
Feb 20 and 27.
Hero Is n messagu of hope nnd good
cheer from Mrs. O. J. Martin Boone
Mill Va. who is tho mother of eight-
een children. Mrs. Martin was cured
of. stomach trouble and constipation by
Chamberlain's Tablets after five years
of suffering and now recommends
these tablets to tho public. Sold by
all dealers.
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Surface Land Sale Bill is
Passed by the Senate.
Washington. Feb. 12. Within an
hour after tho measure had reached
tho uni'o today the bill providing for
the sale of the surface of tho Choctaw
and Chickasaw coal and asphalt lands
In Oklahoma hed been pased by Ihe
upper houso. When the measure was
reported to tho body for action; SonH
tor Heybum became obstreperous nnd
it appeared that there would be a fight.
Hoyburn desired that the bill bo placed
on tho regular calender that he might
havo further time to examine it but
Seimtir Owen who was determined to
got early action prevailed upon the
western Hro-eater that tho measure
was a Just ono and was greatly desired
as well as containing no Jokurs and
Heybum withdrew his opposition and
the measure went through by unani-
mous consent.
Tho bill will becomo a law as soon as
President Taft attaches his signature
and this is expected to bo In the course
of a few days. It is oxpected that the
department of Interior will begin its
action townrd tho disposal of tho lauds
within a very fow weeks.
' Certificate of Error.
A subscriber asks us to explain wliht
a "Certificate of Error" is which he
sees mentioned so often in tho com-
missioners' proceedings. InBnsworwe
will say;
When a person thinks that his taxes
aro too high or that has been assessed
twice on the same property or has been
assessed for property which lie! does not
own ho states his complaint whatever
It may be. to the County Commission-
ers and asks that It bo corrected. They
investigate the mittcr and If thoy
find that his complaint is just and that
the county has collected moro from
him than was Just tlioy order tho
tno County Clark to issue a Certificate
' Error to him. which certificate states
th he has paid too much taxes to the
County Treasurer and ordering tho
Treasurer to pay back to him the
amount he has overpaid.
B the U8 f certificates of error the
taxpayer receives back ony mpnoy the
eoun'y has collected tnrougq an error
Dr.PRICES
OR CAM
Baking Powder
Made from Pure Grape
Cream of Tartar
Surpasses every other baking
powder in making delicious.
healthful food.
Protects the food from alum.
Midshipman Vacancy.
Senator Robert L. Owen hnin vncan-
cy for a Midshipman to bo lllled at the
Naval Academy Annnpolis Maryland.
This vacancy will bo filled by the
Senator after competitive examina-
tion in the Stnte of Oklahoma of those-
who apply for tho appointment. The
candidate obtaining the highest aver-
age in this competitive examination
will be given the principal's appoint-
ment and tho candidates standing sec-
ond third-ami fourth in the examina-
tions will bo given the first second
and third alternate's appointments
respectively.
If the candidate designated as prin-
cipal passes tho ofllolal examination
he will be appointed to the Academy.
In the event of his falluro in that ex-
amination tho first alternate will be
appointed should he be successful in
the official examination and so un
through to tho third alternate.
The competitive examination for de-
termining the candidates who will bo
designated as principal first second
and third alternates will bo conducted
under the supervision of tho Civil
Service Commission on March tl 1012
and will bo given at any one of tho fol-
lowing places:
Ardmore Muskegcc
Alva Oklahoma City
IlartlcHville wOkmulgeo
Rlackwcll Perry
Chlokasha 8npulpa
El Reno .Shawnee
Hobart Tulsa
Law ton Vlnita.
Tho ofllolal examination of tho Acad-
emy for those who succeed in obtain-
ing designation as principal first sec-
ond and third alternates will bo held
in tho Stato of Oklahoma on tho third
Tuesday Jn April. 1012 at tho follow-
ing places; Ardmore Enid Guthrie
MoAlcster Muskogee and Oklahoma
City.
Candidates are- required to bo of
good moral character physically sound
well formed and of robust constitu
tion. Tho nilnlmumingo of ndmlsilon
tn tho Academy Is sixteen years and
tho maximum age twenty years. A
candidate Is eligible for examination
ou the day he becomes sixteen and In-
eligible on tho day he becomes twenty
years of age.
All candidates who dcslro to tako
this examination should writo a formal
application to Senator Owen at once
stating full name ngt town and coun-
ty in which they livo and the length
of tlmo they have resided in Oklaho
ma ; also name ot city In which they
desire to take tho competitive exam-
ination. Tills application shruld be
accompanied by testimonials as to the
moral character ot the candidate by at
least three reputablo citizens of the
town or county in which the candidate
resides.
Before the candidate will be permit-
ted to take the examination he will be
required to submit to the examining
officer a certificate from his physician
giving In medical terms the report of
a recent physical examination
Trouble for Politicians.
Tho plitlcal situation Is causing am-
bitious would-be political leaders a lot
of trouble. So serious has the trouble
becomo that most of thoso who Imap-
Ino that tho result of tho presidential
clmpalgn rests upon thoh- choice of
presidential t.mbor a e badly affl cted
with political insomnia
Congressional leoders in both houses
are realising that any serious blunder
uy chango the result of tho coming
presidential election. "Cautlou"
seems to be the watchword Demo-
cratlo leaders nro pondering this warn
ing given by tho Washington Pout
n follows;
... .. ........ ..
'Never
.w.v.. . m-jr
havo lessened the publin fenr of In-
trusting their party with tho adminis-
tration of executive and JegMativo
power the D-mocratlo leaders should
placo their veto lirmlr nnd decisively
upon any suggestion townrd Injury to
tho law-abiding nnd business Interests
of the country.- Ono rash stroke nt tho
prosperity of tho people may undo In
n day all that has been accomplished
In months and years. Truo progress
possesses nothing in common with dr-
structlve radicalism. Personal and
factional designs and future ambitions
should not bu permitted to interrupt
tho calm and consldorato plans of tho
congressional leaders."
This is tho season of tho yoar when
mothers feel very much concerned over
tho frequent colds contracted by their
children and havo abundant reason for
as every cold weakens the lungs low-
ers the vitality and paves tho way for tho
more sorlouo diseases that so often fol-
low. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy U
famous for les cures and is pleasant
and safe tu tako. For sale by all deal-
ers. Old No Man's Land an Oasis.
Attorney General West' says that
old No Man's Land is not governed by
the Interstate Commerce Liquor Lawr
and bases his opinion on tho following
reasons:
That by reason of tho trendies with
tho Choctaws mado October 18th 1820
at Doak's Stand near tho Natchez
road j ns well as tho treaty of Dancing
Rabbit Creek September 27. 1830.:
also the treaties with the Cherokees
July 1680 at Washington and with
tho Choctaws and Chickasaws and tho
Federal nets - passed to onforco said
treaties the entire State of Oklahoma
except tho counties of Beavor Texas
and Cimarron is governed by tho In-
terstate Commerco Liquor Laws that
now prohibit shipment into tho Indian
Territory is tho contention of Attor-
noy Genoral West This appears In
the additional brief of W J. Caudill
stato enforcement officer prepared by
Attorney Goucral Weet in the cate
where D. M. Blunk Is suing to recover
a' shipment of liquor seized in tho
state.
SUGGESTIONS
FROM
THE BEAVER HDW.
& KURN. CO'S
"The Home of Good Hardware"
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Sewing Alachines.-XWSP.ria
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HARNESS-
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COLLAHS nuU I'AKS.
Tinwnre - TIN shop.
;AfvPT'5..1'or thote who r so unfqr
Phone 23 Day or Night.
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