The State Capital (Capitol Hill, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 25, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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Entered ^ Second-class matter. Nov. 4, It’ll, at the postoffice at Oklahoma City, Okla., under thereto! March 1870
OFFICES 503 SOUTH ROBINSON, OKLAHOMA. CITY,
CAPITOL HILL P. O. 3NEWS STAND.
SATURDAY, Nov. 23, 19H. VOLUME 7 NUMBER 10
Letter From A Former Resident
it1.
AT SEATTLE
THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS
What shall Thanksgiving nr.ean
I [to our children? Shalt it nionn
the farther west we cot the ; on|v the gorging of a big dinner
greener the vegetation was. j and the full, stuffy feeling nfter-
A little farther on we saw| ward? It will moan, mother, just
these mod-
LtOYAL NEIGHBORS N< TES
The following letter will be I mountains whose summits | what you make it. In these mod-
read with interest by all and were in the cuouds; J ust past |ern times, mention ihan^sgi.uu
J iHicuhrlf bv t if e w Garrison we passed through to a chill and .uUut.y he -nes
xHends^of the writer, wlm Tbr-1 onr first dime!. Ne;-ring "h*"! Ch"’t’,,#e “nd
ed here for several years,
Seattle, Wash.. Nov. l->.
We started from
Okla. Oct. 7tb at 7 o’clock p. m
We rode all night and didn’t! yiissou]a for lunch. After
see much except the _ numor-, leaving the above named town
ous derricks of the oil wells • we raY; around the side of
at Sapulpa and the torches of , mountains ard across great,
the gas wells at Tulsa. The ; high bridges, and we saw lots
'most beautiful electric sign 11 of tail hr trees. Then we had
have seen was at Sapulpa: it j two engines on the train and
resembles Soiling oil. one night three.
We rolled into Kansas City' Just "before we got to ida-
abotr 8 o'clock the next day,! ho we stopped at a little town
which was Sunday, Oct. 8th. j called Paradis ; it looked like
Kansas Citv isn’t level like j Par dise Lost.
Ok in. City, it is killy ahd sma-j Therfl tUe moimtains.wliose
ky'looking;, Here we Ciuug-1 tcm ;u.e in the clouds, rise
ed cars from the Frisco to pevpendipu.iay. They
the Burlington. Lctweei. , are so rocky there isn’t very
and 10 a. m. we started from '
K. t.-north.' The train ran
along the side nf the Missouri
river quite a distance; there ......_
is t.c nie fine, rich land along j. through Idaho,
the river. / £l
Just then I began to feel
little weak at heart as the
train was running so fast I
cou’d not read the name of
the stations. Not that I was
afraid of the train, but I was
going so much fartner away
from home than I had ever | ^uud 'stonea;
M,s.o»u wl'SSd. 4T, Af I SS'iilSlS'll'.SriS ■£
mg except mountains on each. hll7e f ,r Christmas. Lei us teach
side of the track, laey rose ■ out children tb-1 true meaning <4
almost perpendicular from these things,. 1 hoar some mot li-
the side of the track. er say: How can I tench' my child?
We stopped 10 minutes at! he Wants to be out playing when
POINT LOOKOUT ITEMS
BY T. W KliPLEY
6ur meeting this weak was- Mr3>GiUul,n of the
a pleasant one and all enjoyed Ch,.i3tiau cburch, asst, to
it.
H. O. Smith, will preachat
Mrs. .1ones of the New Kirk1 lh‘e Capitol Hill church next
Camp was our guest, and wejSuadav uiljllt nie gdtli iust.
were glad to ha ve her with us guuday evening> Dec. ;>>rd, a
A e misseu toe pleasa it I protracted meeting will begin
countenance of Mrs. R. <bjat Uu; Christian church in
Hi her wno was on tue sick tWs placei
We also missed Mrs. Milov,, Dr- Markwell and
who was unable to be p_J! I
A committee was appointed Chi actic and Ue is getting j
tosee aooutairangemeuts lot . reai. tQ leave for Southern
meeting ni the new hah> ; Louisiana where he will con-
q is hi- s>-eu ai d to in. .v«. aJ tinue; his profession.
report or. the same at our -------- ,-r—:—“
revt umet;'](T j The Odd b ellows, which is
|“ ffrsS i *<
>■ ; 1 ^ S;
Atom nextinee.in_ "e' “q wnich includes the Eastern
business here for about two
years and by bis strict hones-
y a n d integrity, coupled
with his superior qualifica-
tions as a salesman, and with
i fine pesouality as a social
mixer, has built up a splen-
did trade. Mr. Rodgers
does not need any introduc-
tion as his extra qualification
as a jolly, truthful, honest up
I right man is not questioned,
family IRodgers’son will assist
Mr. Miller in the store.
eve-
can I
noon j
next!
I Star ai
en ant
1 Rebekahs. A lcitch- [
dining room will be!
been before.
At 12 o’clock we stopped 20
n i .ufe- at St. Joseph for dm- trreen,
rer. We arrived at Lincoln. .Affcgj; crossing into Wasli-
Neb., about 5 p. m. and stop- p^gton we saw beautiful homes
ped 45 minutes for supper. with orchards loaded wit u up*
The next morning. Monday, j
■we were in the N. W. corner - jjore the laud is smooth and
of Nebraska. Taere, “11 the soil rich, I regret tnat
through the S. W corner of i We didn’t see much of Wash-
South Dakorta, and on turough \ jn«rtonas it became night soon,
the N. E. corner of Wyoming we fc infco the state,
there is not much to be seenj^ afc daS- ht next m0rning
except wmte sand and u.oati-, were nearing the Sound dr
tains, with a growthof cactus s1.rnU However. we saw
and sage brush; also some
he is out of school and I dont^ gat
the chance. There is just your
chance. Mother, while Johnnie or
.Susie are playing in the yard,
Have the children play they i
were an apple tree. Their feet are ;
tlie loots of the tree; their body i
the trunk; their arms the limbs of j
the tree nufi the fingers may be j
the apples; other children rimy
play tiiey ,ars picking the ap»j
plea; still others may take hold of
hands and play they are a river j
winding about the trees watering!
them. While they are playing thisj
you can explain how “The heaven*,
iv Father hath sent His sun and j
showers,” Talk of something you •
much vegetation on them. At are expecting to prepare fur their j
Paradise the passengers set i Thanksgiving; Mr example, pump- j
their watches back a! hour. kin pie. Talk of the pumpkin
About 2 p.tn we were-goiug 'growingon the vine; how it mastj
Idaho. Iu Idaho we ; be prepared f&r the pie. iaun ol
Kconfifni lai-c- tt-im the mi k. eggs, sugar( where these
saw such beautiful ake, with j ur3 obbine^a'nd bow the Hour is;
pretty boats saiv.m • . them., b ht Rt {j,e store, the store buys |
There were lots o. sawmihs ut thB u!ili ths mill of tl,e fanner, |
and lots of lumbering tuere. atl^ the farmer depends upon the \
We crossed tue lake at rnii} and sun for his crop. It is j...
Sand Point, The water :s real indeed very interesting tothech’L j 7'^; dN-i''
clear and the beach isn’t mud- dren, and they get a great lot, cfj ^ little son four years
dv but covered with little ; pleasure, as well as education trom v{t to ,;i ,,m thd i,)93 0f ooth par- , -
it. riy it,, mother, aud let Th inks . insi[le o£ a vvje;._ bi3 father I ter of the Eastern Stai met
r,, r. V, in.ven K. Jolinn IH (W «...
The social club which was
organ' -oil a few weeks ago by
the ladies of the Okla- City
Relief Corps has been named
ihe Washington Club. The
name was suggested by Mes:
dames J. II. Norton and L?
Mead, both of whom are from
s locality’, and adopted by
| the other, members o f the
! corps.
adjourn and meet in the
thug, s that those wit
not co ne in the afte
m >y b with us, as the
rneetir
will be our election
like
maintained to
the social and
accommodate I
refreshment >
id of the organizations.
REBEKAH NOTES
new Hall will bo in roadi—
■ Hobekaha next Tuesday
e.nthalj arc especially desir*
■ present fur election of new
en
grocery makesn sp;
hi Fork Sausage.
CALLED HOME
Minnie N, Mullins,
i i
of officers ami we would like : The Moderu' Woodmen and
to have all the members pres- j Yeomen will also have their
meetings in the sarng hall.
Judge Fitzsimmons, A. I.
, Miller, B. W. Rodgers, R. A.
: Caldwell, A. W. Oreutt. II. A.
i Borchardt and ye scribe of
| Myrtle lodge attended t h e
r.ged j masonic meeting in Masonic
dio-l l ist Friday mom-1 Temple in the city last Satur-
17tli, of typhoid feyar. | day night.
The petitioners for a chap-
Tiie Rebakuhs are to give an iu-
tero.hiug program next month.
'L’lie si-tijra of the lodge .extend
th.hr sympathy to Sister Nellio
S : i • 1 .aid bereavement.
old is
.-it____ r- giving mean more to Johnnie cr
x ;-ra no frost ^usie than turkey and pumpkin
there yet and gardens looked
£jMrs. Douglass Pettit and sons
ti ,i near Luther art* visiting ta
the home of H. O. fjivnrd and wife
Mrs. W. Adani3 of Poplar St. is
entertaining relatives.__
The oilo by Miss Wiida Fuh-
ner at St L'aul's church, Sunday
been highly cotnpli*
pie.
A Mother.'
A HEAVY LOSS
small pines and cedars.
'. tween $4000 and $4500
v, u. ah of diamonds and jewelry
was takon from a safe in the
establishment of B. H. Wees-
ner at 118- west Grand Ave.
Tuesday .tight about mid-
night. The robbery was dis-
covered by the policiman on
Strait. However, we saw
seme very beautiful waterfalls ! that.beat w.io noticed in pass-
, and large, tall firs. Green j ing the room was dark althugh
Along here we saw .ots Oi j beang and cabba<re were grow it had been lighted but a short
little prairie dogs. There is x in tbe gardens. | time before. _On trj’ing the
quite a lot of alkali in the N. geattle is situated along the
E. corner of Wyoming . Yo.b ba„ ^or several miles and is
can only see a house nowand! ver Heautiful town; but
then. At 11 o’clock we pass- none of them can compare
ed the Devil’s Tower which vVith'Okla. City iu beauty,
is formed o£ rock. It is 300 Resp
Mary E. Wilson.
dying ou Monday and his mother iu Masonic hall last Friday “l£l ;. ‘
on Friday. Mrs. Mullins was ta-1 night and selected the follow- _
keu to Humboldt. Nob., for burial .r.g*“officers to open the chap*
Her fattier, Mr. Parker, accompa- ter under dispensation: Mrs.
nied the remains, and will return jyj q_ Keplev, worthy matron
far his little giaudscn in n snort -ji ... Jveplev, worthy natron woiddhave taken on any one who at-
The hoy was too iU to be Mn ^ *p«,^u tacked the son of J eter Bondy. of
A FATHER’S VENGEANCE
time The hoy was te e ill v i e ., v, *p pl. .lsioeiate tacKe“ rae son 1 eter DonuV* ot
taken ‘ the tit a of his ; er’s | ’ o/.V’ VI ?, * ML South Rockwe-od. Mich., but he was
’ ! matron; Mrs. _Stella Mil.er,, DOweriess before attackB 0f Kidney
■ .* - —- .*Sd>'dgiirjHl
Mrs, W, O. McGill, of G;l W.D
avenue, d.e. a. .ler^itomsrriday j ^etary; ^ Riggan, treas- wonderfully from taking six bottles.
i.~ ., i.M liiror ’ Nox-ii. Chanter of the Its the best Kidney medicine I ever
. _ I powerless before attacks of KidnCy
conductress: Mrs. G. M. trouble./‘Doctors could not help
Walsh, '
ress;G.
associate couduct-
A. Fitzsimmons, sec-
him,'’ he wrote, "so at last we gave
him Electric Bitters and he improved
evening Nov, ----- --
pneumonia. She leaves u huti-itirer. Nova ( haider
band and'one s'mall oiiild only f- (city will exemplify the work saw.’ Bachkache, 1 ired feeling,
c! i ___ .s... N v
Appetite,
that may
OUR WOMAN’S CORNER
Wo are glad to give our readers
door he found it unlocked, and
immediatly telephoned to Mr.
Weesuer. The litter hurried
over to the place and found
the safe open and his most
valuable jewelrp gone. Other
articles not in the safe were
left. Mr. Weesner has some
insurance against burglar but
not enough to cover the loss.
Ever A effort is being made to
trace the robbers but up to
rock. It is 300
ft. in height'and a mile in cir-
cumference at the base. It
Iks 45 miles N. E. from , the
track, and is about half way
across the corner of the state. „
As we were nearing Sheri- ar- article on the coming holiday
•dan we could see Cloud Peak • which was written by a local moth^ i £j,,s vyritim>’ nothing has been
which is covered with snowier, and which is full ot helptull ••
the year round. It resembles!t!<iaH
a white cloud. Near Sheridan ! ~
there are more signs of farm- j Fine, fresh vegetables at Hobbs’
ing. There is alfalfa and the! M H> G Sivard fa stm
are tauj
of huts where the coal miners v> e unaerstand tude
Mines are numerous i Green has taken charge of
mouths old, to regret the loss of I and institute us iu our new Nervousness. Loss of
an affectionate wife and mother. Masonic hall on Friday even-1°f “*dneL ,
Services were conducted from ing Dec' 1st when a good time I^S^tjElectr^t-
ts expected. l ters and be safe. Every bottle guar-
is advancing .anteed 3°^ at—All Druggists.
the home on Saturday afternoon,
with interment nt Fairlawn cem
etery. The husband of the deceas- capuui mu is auiauu
ed is a member of the well known rapidly in a fraternal way.
Capitol Hill
furniture firm of .Spivey & McGill
Yah Camps Pork and Beans &
all the Best Brands of canned
goods at Hobbs’ cor. Poplar & B'y
11 discovered.
Fresh Meats every any at the
Hobbs grocery, cor. Poplar & Brdy,
Myrtle loaga, masons, which
is building fast, with excel-
lent material, held its first
meeting here last March.
The Capitol Hill branch of
Klein hardware Co. has partly
changed owners, Mr. B. w
J Rodgers having
the Kleiu interests. The firm
will now be under tue name
live, ^ .. __________
tbeiiei ‘ " the Baptis church again
After crossing into mouta-1 Little Otta Fulmer
i Ur around tha house again,
ua we saw lots of cattle and ", ,,
grazing got better all the i
while; cattle looked better and
so did the horses. We saw
lots of sheep along there. Al-
so there were Indians; we saw
a Montana Indian painted; I
believe they are smaller than
Okla. Indians.
About half way between
Wvo. and Billings, Mont., we
passed the place where the
battle of Custer was fought.
It is on a hill, north. There
are lots of white tombstones
there.
About 8 p. m. we van into
Billings, which is a nice town
The trains aud engines
looked larger; the engines
wonld make two or three of
those in Okla.
At 5 a. m. Tuesday we were
rolling into Butte, which is a
fine town. On past Butte we
saw#ots of snow capped moun-
tains. Also we saw the state
penitentiary. It seemed that
Supt. Thompson of the S&S
packing house, who bus been
Supt there ever since the
LADIES AID
The Ladies Aid of the Chrisian
u'uireh have changed their meet-
ing day to Thursday, and will
meet every Thursday at the cbu.
rcb. We are doing lots of work
in the way of making quilts and
comforts. People are expecting a
cold Wintar and are gr-ditie readv
the work on the plant begun, lak-
has been transferred to an- ]v anft WJ ar(J 1(|anning B big work
otner point, much to tne ie- ! for pie coniing year. The nice
gret of the men who had . |unobes and socinl chats at noon i
worked with him for so long' i are very attractive also,
aud with whome he was a; We would be glad to have every
groat favorite. Teh older eui-1 member present next Thursday,
ployees united ill presenting Come, one and all, and let us
him with a beautiful gold j work together in His name,
watch and chain, the former! Mrs, 8. B Talbot,
being engraved with his ini- Corres. Bsc.
MOORE ITEMS
Miss D. Robinson
Tho South Methodist church
has called Brother Fox for their
pastor-
The Christian church will hold j gentlemen are
Thanksgiving services, Sunday. J known for their honesty and
The Baptist church will hold an j good business qualifications,
all'day service Sunday. land we predict for them a
Ssveral of the high school stu : prosperous association,
dents went to Norman Friday to] Mr. Miller lias been doing
see the football game.
Mrs. W, II, Caldwell' visited S.
A. Payne and family Friday.
Remember the entertainment
in the hall Friday evening Dec. 1.
(F - I ublished November 11)
NOT.: OF APPLICATION FOR
APP‘ . TMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR
Iutbe . unity < ourt, County of Oklaho-
ma, Stnto of Oxlahoms.
In ths Estate of James W. Smith,
Deceased.
The State of Oklahoma.
— . — - T: tho 11 ehs. Next
purchased Kir. a ' > -liti ri f the said James
1 — ’ W. Smith, Peceasc-J.
You are hereby notified that Lucy
Smith Snodgrass ha- applied for Letters
of Miller and Rodgers. The«e | Z
I.
tion will be heard at a regular term of
said Coart' $!d a', the Court room of said
Court onfcho25th -.iav of November, 1911,
at 9 o’eloek A. M.
Witiieaw y hand aud ihe seal ot said
Court hereunto af-ixed thia 9ih day of
November, 1911.
dines S. Powers
Clerk of County Court
(3KAIi)
tials, as a token of their aife
ction for hint. A good many
and
Last Friday evening Mrs. A.
Gilchrist entertained Mr. and Mis
Harold Bell of 117 W. Poplar,
sold two more of his famous bird
dog puppies, Tuesday, to Dr, Eu-
banks of I.iriinuohi. He now has
only two left out of the seven. The
mother o the pups is one of the
best trained dogs in this country.
Miss Tot Boot!, who has been
slaying nt. Mrs. Gilchrist’s, left
Thrusday for her home at Stroud.
First Published November IS.—2.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
Okiahrius,
SS.
STARTS MUCH TROUBLE.
If all people knew that neglect of
ccnsitpation would result in severe
indigestion, yellow jaundice or virul- j state
ent liver trouble they would soon i
take Dr. King’s New Life Pills, and Oklahoma County
• -l 14.„ i !u tht* ! iistriot fours in, and for uaid
end it. Its the only safe way. Best j Couutv ,lld stat,.
for bdlicusness. headache, despepsia ;OwenAmlir0S(, p;Bi:ititT va ottra Am-
chills and debility. Znc at---Al brose. Defendant.
Druggists.
such Superinteudeuts and Gilchrist entertained Mr. and Mr
employes woulp soon settle I f rank Goshold and Mr J. H
the “labor problem”
worrying Uucle Sau.
that
Mrs. Win, Hill ar-ived from
Mexico last. Sunday night and is
the guest of her parents, E. G.
Flanagan and wife. Mr. Hill ex-
pects to join her here in a few days
and it is prob able theyjwill remain
here,
js i.Webb, in honor of Mias Tot Scott
| of Stroud, Okla.
Miss Essie Daineron accompa-
nied her mother down town for a
shoat time this week.
The condition of Pony Jessup,
who has been seriously ill for ab-
out three weeks, is slightly im-
proved Mr. Jessup has had some-
thing like paralysis.
The Red Brick Store one block
j south of the Canadian bridge, is
j the place to buy millinery.
J, W, Tontz, who recently mov- -----
ed from Shields addition, into the RAT KK„ AT COLL) STEEL
Baptist parsonage was sevcieiy j _
burned on ! ho lower part ol’ his . . _
face and one of his arms, by the j 1 wouldn t let a doctor cut my
explosion of n can of gasoline he ’ i . a ' ,a ’
was bulbing near the fire. Tin- Ohio although a horrible nice
kitchen was in a blaze also and lie | bad been the phuge of my Lfe for
extinguished it with difficulty.
Slid defendant, Ottra Ambrose, wiil
| lake notice that she has been sued in the
j above entitled cause and Court for di-
vorce on the grounds of gross neglect of
| duty and desertion, and that said defend-
i ant must answer the petition therein
filed b7 the plaintiff on or before the
j 27tli day of December, 1911, or said pe-
tition will bo taken as true aud n judg-
ment rendered therein for the plaintiff,
1 dissolving the marriage relations be-
j tween the plaintiff and d; f mdant, grant-
ing to the plaintiff an ab- dute divorce*
THOMAS Ik KIRBY,
Clerk of the District Court*
Miss Catherine Coffin entertain-
ed lier Sunday school class last
Saturday evening, with a trolley
ride over the Moore Inter-Urban.
Returning to tier home they were
treated to 11 buffet lunch.
Green Trading Stamps with ev-
ery cash purchase at Hobbs’.
j four years. Instead 1 usea Arucklen’s
Arnica Salve, and my foot was soon
completely cured.’’ Heals Burns,
Boils, Sores, Bruises. Eczema, Pim-
ples. Corns, Surest Pile cure 25c at
—All Druggists.
Capitol Hill Millinery pays no
rent and can afford to cut the pri-
nt s on every thing in tho lino ol
3 illinery.
STOVE PRICES
A 42-inoh Jewel gas ’neater,
worth $22.50 for fjb.-V). A .15-inch
tubular hot draft coni heater.,
worth $20 for $7.fo. $25 uphol-
stered davenport ■ uti wardrobe
for $10. We exci niige furniture
and stoves.
Metropolitan Furniture Co
110 w, Cal. near Pdw, Wsl. 1702
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