Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 13, 1896 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME IV.
i ivi&tt your time making! JSow that
political predictions. There is paign is about
no market for them.
MQQRE. (OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY 'JUNE 13. 1896.
Dallas News: Cuba wants the
United States to bacjc her; the
United States waats Cuba tobacco
—and there you are.
Texas papers express the .idea
that in the course ot time people
may feel called ou to lyncft the
political straddler as a patriotic
.duty.
-U.M .......
This year of resolutions calls
to mind the fact that the h,e,ap of
political talk that is all bun^ome
is a great deal larger than the
pile that contains horse sense.
A Chicago dispatch announces
a rain in the northwest in which
fish and turtles fell, this
eclipsed by a Texas tale of the
conven-
: r~lN u Bs °z mws.
a few political don'ts are in order I > ,
and here they are: Don't think L 1 r° ls^>«.cn,^ with a
your party has J,corner on politl^f
cal virtue; don't fail to state A j^per fecor^eJ six
fairly the position of your polit-j ths 10 I city in
jcal opponents, don't discuss pol- °n° We°*k'
itics with an angry friend, nor ^ number oi .cotton «-ius arel LouU iuVv^2ncf '
when a^gry yourself with a good bein£ Pllt upovex yt tjbe e^ern ' ' "* ' '
qatured friend, above all don't Wrt^ terrify. Call for PriwarT Faction
.ink the country will go to ruin | Peace now reigns # potato- Pursuant to an 'order of \h •
un ess every political wish of m.c county. Judgefcn# /Col. democratic cental .com^iUee ^
) urs isrealueil; don t squander Melton are reported ^ fc^vejCleveland county, a primary
r Wtf. *}rxfs
iblican National convi
tion, St. Louis, June ltith.
Democratic National
tion, Chicago, July 7th.
Populist National convention
St. Louis July 22tu!.
National Silver convention, St,
NUMBER 20
your money in bets.
Thos. II. Swope lipp given to
(kansas City ,or paji purposes a
tract of land four miles south-
west of that c^ty containing 1313
acres. This gift js calcinated to
be worth a (jupitpr of a (pillion
(i dollars, and
|largest park
wjli be ilic
storm that brought down catfish arffcst park in % n.ite.«,I Sjtatcs
frozen in hail. *ni' Prot)ably oa,c of the best.
^ ',c PPrk question ;s one that
yearly income of the I some of oWr Oklahoma cities
f>ould fftmjly from its holding of 1 should pay sonje ftte<ition to
telegraph and railroad stocks isjnor.eof them as yet having any
.about S$^PQ,(QQPper year, # J park worthy ,pf the oawe. Now
no doubt sufficient to
,wj|f from the door.
vela nd
el.eetion to nomine candidates'!
loi■ county a ti < I tojra^ip offices is
orderey to ^>e held on ^tuaday,
Jwie the 20, 1 %<)(,. [
Said primaries are to be held1
at Jhe ,Lisual voting places in each
precinct, and the polls shall be
open a,t V o'clock a m and close at
^ .. 5 pm.
!>et,ond ordinance with which to scare its ., Ti"! ',a"ot box and poll books
youths home at nine nVlo.-u s. 1 be mi<'er the supervision of
kissed and made up.
Popylfst papers are fljiiiiin|.
that their coming cou,ve tjon ati
$f. Louis will be the greyest
g it he ring jfoi,.
Oklahoma City has joined (be
procession and now has a curfew
It was Munsey's that fli^de the ten cent
fnag^ne possible; it was Munsey s that
denounced the robber prices and put
magazines into the hands pf the people
at a right price.
<>n nM Jitws . Inods at to csnts „
WJ' JJ-vu ly subscription, $1.00
fRANK A. MUNSEY. 15, Fifth Ave., New York.
keep ti)
n j park worthy .(>{ the t?ai#e. I
e while lati/i is cheap is the time to I bonding anothe'r $30,000 ot* her
J ay ouuiUtiyn for parks. warrant iucjebtedmvs. ♦ li i w ti? <11
youths home at nine o'clock
One school district in C, county
adopted a resolution asking tlw
county commissioner to dispense
with the luxury of the office of
county superintendent.
Oklrtf^ma City is figuring- on
There orr ninety cre^erjcp ffij fa wspwojp with e^ery decently
it he state ,of Soiith Pakota, $nd j.cofldtfcl^ newspaper tl?e Chand-
in two weefes ftcy tyrni*! outlier frejvs .-^ieyes ft ,tp be as
' -T.'T (tf°'Und> 01 buttcr H mcif ^ pcvwW* to
which they .received *58/^,0. exp,.Ae yjlj^njy whe# it threatens
Mutter w;nn.er .anyvvjieye. J the general y,cl(are tas it ^s the
A ftpjjsfls p,aj;er c.gnveyy ihel p*sto^s ^uty to preach the gos-
startliflg intelligence that " by pC' °r tlle Physifian's .Juty to
tfoyje jrC rule ^ cycJoftc w/er J mi0iStw to tllc sick- The news-
strikes# ho.use with a .cycl«e,cel-|papC?' aCC'J Mot bccome a sewer or
lar." No; it usujllv striUn^ !>« 1 scavenger to perform this mission
&°; Hsg^lly strikes fhe 1
cyclope qcjl^r with the hovse/orl. m°ra sanitation'
the barn or wffie otljer brie # brae °Ca Prevcntatives
that is lytflg arounrf. purposes. It
moral sanitation, public warn-
answer most
necessary a little
A !?.ejc use has been discovered
for hops—the curing of b.a.con.
It has bpen found that a sprink-
ling of hops in the brine yvhen
bacon aad hams are put in pickle
adds greatly to the flavor of the
tneat and enables it to be kept an
indefinite period.
purposes. If
cauterizing by the truth
antisccptic of ?,;^ory
applied.
warrant i^ebtedne^S; this will
increase her bonded debt to $')7,-
000 an,^ fund all ;.varrants.
Papers published in the divorce
colony portions of Oklahoma are
noting a falling off in their reve-
nues since C,rover signed the on,e
year residence amendment.
Hill Kaidler, the train robber,
has been given a U71 days stay
of sentence, in order to .enable
to raise motjey enough fo appeal
his case from the district court.
I ne county commissioners of
Oklahoma county are having a
or the search of the county records for
lay be
\V. C. P. Ilrpckinridge gives it
out pold that "I intend to be the
next democratic congressman
Irom the Ashland district." The
general impression that {the Col.
is a clammy corpse politically
( does not seem to be the view of published
the matter shared by the distill- tllc land,
guished Kentucky himself,
1 he Chandler News and other
papers are advocating the pas-
sage of a law by the next legis-
ture regulating the publishing of
legal notices, patterned after the
Kansas statute making it neces-
sary that a newspaper shall have
been published fm.y-two consecu- „ Lilluc ln,e, ]s
e w^eks before ,tf,n print any in the Blaine county jail as is
lega not.ee lawfully. To this also her lover. This might be
C ad,led tllat !n a" cases romantic if she were young and
cc g and the notice shall be | young and beautiful bgt the local
the past three years made by ex
perts—in the hope of unearthing
some political capital it is said.
"The social evil" is4eftne4 by
a Kansas man as the bad practice
of church "socials" in chaiging
fifty per cent more for poor ice
cream than restaitrsn(s charge
lor good.
A fem le cattle thjef is lod
- ...V SHpci v ision 01
t ie township committeeman, who
shall appoint to act as judges
.with himself two responsible
persons, and one or more suita-
ble persons to act as clerk.
. Upon closing the polls the
judges and clerks shall connt the
votes, muke out and sign bal-
ance ffjanijej- «"
quired in regular elections, pre-
serve the tickets and deliver the
balance sheets to the chairman I
ot the county central committee
as soon thereafter as practicable.
*11 candidates who desire to be I
voted lor in the said primary
election shall file their announce-
ment with the chairman of the
committee at least ten days prior
to the said primary election. Each
iWWpuflcement shall be accom-
panied by sgch fee as may be as-j
spsse^ by tlie finance .committee,
to defray the necessary expenses
oi holding the said primary. •
4H persons who have hereto
affiliated with the democratic
party and who are in sympathy
with the principles of true democ-
racy, or who will under all reas-
onable arciimstan.w lend his
vote and assistance to elect the
ticket nominated are entitled to
vote in the primary
That at said primary election
THE PLACE
TO.BUY YOUfi
— — t
Harte, Ury Goods, M, Stag, Hals, Cans;
Ladies Dress GoodSUnde®rt-
©cute' iui'iiisbina (5oo6s,
oHIU j
ce the question of "for" or "against'
'g I .le Aree a,"i unlimited
coinage
l'> to 1,
ed
A company has been organized
ill New York City for the uiatiu-
facture of non-illHminating, fuel
gas, which the company claim
can be supplied at fifty cents per
thousand feet, with such reduced
rates to factories as will make it
a cheaper fuel than coal. If they
ran the fuel of the future has
been discovered.
in the paper nearest
Such provisions would
be to the interest of litigants and
secure to their notices the best
publicity instead of leaving them
to the mercies of nincompoop
officials to aid in rewarding puny
party papers.
The house adopted a resolution
Monday "giving members general
leave to print remarks in the
Congressional Record for ten
days after linal adjournment."
This little resolution will enable
members to get long winded
speeches that they never deliv.
ered printed at public expense to
distribute to help them out in
their campaigns.
IIow short sighted is the busi-
ness man who looks on his local
paper as u paupet begging lor
charity, and we pity the man who
subscribes or advertises troni this
motive. Many publishers are
occasionally insulted by men who
seem to want to make linn feel
that what they pay toward the
maintaining of a local newspa-
per is in the nature of charity.
Any self respecting publisher
considers, and therefore conducts, |
his newspaper ju
paper say she is as "ugly as ItooK
made sin.''
7 he AUJjison Globe man says:
"We ivjsji that somebody would
invent a new kind of meat; we
arc dead tired of beef, mutton,
pork and chicken." Why not trv
some nice, juicy horse steak or
some hot tamales?
Three negroes were taken from
the county j;U| at Bryan, Texas,
Wednesday nignt and lynched by
a mob of armed men. They ware
charged with rape to which one
confessed,one was silent and the
other protested innocence.
Clias. Skeed, who arrived in
Oklahoma City last week from
Australia, says that the big
island has had two years of such I
unprecedented drouth that hardly I
the I
The national republican con-
vention will meet at St. Louis on
Tuesday next and before another
issue of Thk Courier is issued
will name its
h„ / r '' as much ajany wheat has been raised-
bus,ness enterprise as any mer- wild lands and pastures'are so
conducts his business to make an t
honest living and docs no' con- W "V thousaml flynn but-
sider himself either a hi-rhway- J008 C dlSlributcd in °kla'
man or a beggar. " homa to boom our Dennis lor
■ congress. Inscribed around the
I Arkansas City Traveler: The I photograph are the words Flynn
fnr tlu mtn'n S a" ^ oa'"ers , place to take the true measure of and Free Homes. It is under-
c c g campaign. TheUlan is not the market place or stood that Mr. Fl\nn will suunlv
present indications are that the amen corner, „,it the forum or every newspaper manTn the 7
nominee will be McKinley and the field, but at his own fireside, ritory with a suspender set of
the financial plank either for a There he lavs aside his mask and them. ^ C'
single gold standard or a strad- Uou may learn whether he is imp Ora W-dsack wlu r
die on the question. nr .,ncr,i ,• , «osack, w ho lives near
=-! I '' a"gCl' ^ "r Cur' to ur j Chaddick, is irrifating.twenty-
Congress adjourned Thursday, j j"*' J- .W,1Jt t'!C|,lve :1lTl's ol Pota'oes, by raising
... .. • (world sj)s of him-whether it the necessa, v water from the river
crowns ...m with jewels or pelts with a pump run by a gasoline
him with bad eggs; we care not engine. His crop is doing nicely
a copper what his reputation may and he will soon begin to harvest
be, but it Ins babies dread his! them; he believes he will
and its adjournment was a wel-
come relief. A more inefficient
congress has rarely been seen. It
has done absolutely nothing to
aid the country, but has squan-
dered a j,reat deal of the people's
money in trying to make a cam-
paign record. The country is to
be congratulated that it lacked 1
time and power to do further
damage.
of silver at the ratio of
| shall be voted on.
| W. T. J. Capshaw, CI). Cen. Com.
| Attest: W. J. Hess, Secretary.
ANNOUNCKMJ.; N T £.
1 am a candidate for County
Clerk subject to the action of the
democratic primaries, June ?oth,
(i. M. (ioode.
We are authorized to announce
the name of K. I). Jarboe as a
candidate for SherilT subject to
tjie democratic pfiiuurics, June 20
We are anthorized to announce
the name of K. M. Graham for
tlie ofjjce of Register of Deed;
subject to the democratic primar
ies, June 2<>tli.
t he Covhiek is authorized to
announce the name of C W
lirewer as a candidate for county
attorney subject to the action of
the democratic primaries.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate lor SherilT subject to
the decision of the Cleveland
county democratic convention.
John Lincoln Siler.
We are authorized to announce
the candidacy ot A. Nicademus
for the office of County Attorney
ot Cleveland county subject to the
action ol the democratic primar
ies June 20th.
Thk Coi'kihk is authorized to
announce the name of R. N.
Davis of township 7, ran^e 1
west, as a candidate for county
treasurer subject to the action of
the democratic primaries.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Sheriff subject to
the decision ol the democratic
party of Cleveland county.
.'I. C. K FN VAN.
We keepeverythingm Chiidren'eClothing.
A Complete Line of Queens ware and
Presh.
Moore, Oklahoma,
homecoming and lus better-half
swallows her heart every time
she asks him for a five dollar bill,
he's a fraud of the first water,
even though he pr.,rs night and
! morn until he is black in the face
, face and howls hallelujah until
I he shakes the eternal hills.
-00 bushels per acre. Two other
irrigation plants are running on
small truck patches near Okla-
homa City with profit.
The Courier wants some
good country correspondents.
I hereby announce my candi-
dacy for Sheriff of Cleveland Co.
subject to the decision of the
democratic primaries held June
30th- _ H. DOWNING.
We are authorized to announce
the name of E. F. Keller, of Lex-
ington, O. T. as a candidate for
the ofSce of Register of Deeds I
subject to the action of the dem-
ocratic primaries June 20th.
V-. Lu. I3rnci:so,
Livestock Dealer.
Will always pay the Highest
Market Price for Live Stock of
any kind. Correspond with me
at Moore or (Juincy, Okla.
Respectfully yours,
V. K. 11 REESE.
Grand Central Hotel,
$1.00 per day.
$4.00 per week.
Norman, O. T.
Good Newspapers
Citizens Bank
Capital Stock,
A. C.
II. W. Marquet, Pres.
Maher. Cashier,
of Norman
$50,000,
i. B. Owens, Vice-prcs.
J. W, Hocker, Ass't cashier,
E. W. OLIVER, : PHOTOGRAPHER
We Uad in Klnc Work in All stylo, KinUh. Kiu8
l."IUetlnn (if Vintvs from the Opening. We wake *
- Specially of J.iic Size I'ortraiu. We make Copies from
0M ■''ctiires in All Sizes. |«jr- I at 1-2 Mam S.reet.
Olv'ahom.'i Oitti.
Okla. q\ir
To the Democrats of Cleveland
county .
1 hereby announce myself as a
candidate for County Clerk sub-
ject to the decision of the demo-
ratic primaires. June 20th.
B. B. WYNNE.
M' A vkhv I.qw I-kick.
, The semi-weekly Dallas News
is published Tuesdays ;,nd Fri-
I daj s. Each issue consists of
eight pages. There are special
departments for the farmers, the
I ladies and the boys and girls, be-
sides a world of general news
I matter, illustrated articles, etc. j
i Wc "'fer yhk -i:.Mi-v kkki vi
inkw® a"(l tln: ci.i;\ ki.Asn cot'iv-1
;ii;k for 12 months lor the low
price of ?1..SO cash. This gives
you three papers a week, or l.Si,
papers a year, for a ridiculously
■ow price. Hand in your sub-
scription at once. 1
Moore Livery and reed Stables
MOORE. O. T. X
H.J. COCKERHAM. PROF3.
Spscia! Atteaficn ffiveo to !Se Accommodaaion of Traveling Men
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