Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 11, 1896 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME IV.
MOORE. OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY JULY 11, 1896.
NUMBER 24.
Bryant the democratic nominee
lor president, spoke to a monster
free silver meeting at Oklahoma
City about a year ago
The admitting of Oklahoma to
statehood, ffee homes, nnd the
Indian question got the marble
heart at Chicago this week.
Two of three great political
parties now have their tickets in
the field, and ere another fort-
night lias passed the third one
will be named.
Cleveland county has assuran-
ces of an immense Corn crop. In
fact we will have corn "to throw
lit the birds"- -those noble birds,
the hog and steer.
Now that the lion. Hill Doolin
is uguin enjoying the e*hilefat-
ing freedom of the 11. I. T. h
will not likely repeat the former
mistake of his life in attempting
to take a bath.
If half the newspaper reports
lire correct Temple Houston, one
of Oklahoma's democratic dele-
gates, bClHg possessed of a jag
nnd a gun, had a great time at
Kansas City last weel<
A political party is a body of
hi eli united for promoting by
tlicit joint endeiitrofsi national
Interests upon some particular
principle upon which they are all
agreed—JOdmund liurke:
Tlie primary election nominat-
ing system seems to be growin
in popular favor throughout the
lerHtofy. People are becoming
tired of packed conventions, and
the next legislature should }>ass
u law regulating primary tlec
tions when we may hope to see
the system generally adopted by
nil the parties
While you or your clerk are
talking to orte person the news-
paper is talking to hundreds or
perhaps thousands; that is what
the late P. T. RatnuM meant
when he said "> can out-talk any-
body Ori earth bttt tlic pfinter."
This is why yotf should Si ways
advertise,
Counting in clerk hire, mileage ! Purcell is preparing « big Cclc-
and incidentals, a member of con- bration for Sept. tst-^u bonor
gress now receives a total oflof just what event it i hard to
tl2,f>5" for bis services during a | determine^^^^^^^
two year U r'"- ; /j>hc Dawes commission is now
The bicvcle is the best temper-1 at work making up a roll of the
ance orator in the land. Cyclist., Indian cituens o the live t k .
arc not accustomed to stop atj and sit as a court of last rcsor
,ery saloon "to wood and wat-1 in disputed citizenship cases. At
er." A beer-fuddled head has no
business on a wheel.
least nine months' time
consumed in the work,
will be
With three tickets in the field
in Cleveland county this fall and
the party managers of all three
confident of success, it would
appear that any office should find
no trouble In seeking the man.
In the trial of a man accused
of stealing a violin New York
state has spent $10,000. It is
perhaps the most expensive case
of rosining the bow slijce time at
which Nero fiddled in Rome.
Jutter-making in one minute
with economy and many valuable
.afe-guards from disease as com-
pared With the old fashioned
churning system is something
that Consul O'Neill at Stockholm
tells of in a recent report. This
is done with a simple machine
known as the radiator, and it
makes the butter direct from
sterilized milk. It promises to
revolutionize butter-making.
The days of the ice baron arc
numbered. An invention is soon
to be put on the market that will
nable any housekeeper by the
expenditure of a sum that is a
mere bagatelle compared to the
iceman's bill, to keep herself sup-
plied with icc the year round.
Kdward M. Bently, of
York, has just patented an elec-
tric plow, which runs back nnd
forth in a Iteld and turns Up soil
in a fashion that would have
made the pointer farmers of a
hundred years ago stand dumb
with amazement. His invention
calls into use the most recent
■ 'OH IN HXIIIIUT.
II farmer readers will co-oper-
ate with the editor of this paper
a gootl exhibit of the agricultur-
al products of the northern part
of this county can be made at |
the Cleveland county fair this;
fall. As a means tJ this end ho I
offers to receive and care for, uml
prepare and enter for exhibition |
without any further trouble to
those who contribute, all samples
of grain, fruits, vegetables or
grasses that may left with him
for the purpose.
Have some pride 111 your local-
ity and help to make this exhibit
one that we can feel proud of,
and a success in every way. He
svlre and save a good sheaf of
I wheat, oats or other grain, and
j some samples of grain in it jar
New! when threshed jl you have a j
got id field. Select some nke
specimens of apples, peaches or
other fruit of as many different
varieties as you have. Save
your bijfgest pumpkin, s'juash,
watermelon, potatoes nnd other
vegetables. Sample of all field
crops will also help to make a
It was Munsey's that made the ten cent
magazine possible; it was Munsey s that
denounced the robber prices and put
magazines into the hands of the people
at a right price.
On all news stand* at lo cents a
Copy; yearly subsariptlon, Ji.oo.
FRANK A. MUNSEY, 151 Fifth Ave., New York.
THE PLACE
Ml m
TO BUY volJH
developments In the line of trans- display that will equal any part
mission of electric power. A
power house ill a Centrally located
village can furnish motive force
for all the farm work to be done
within a radius of many miles.
The police at Oklahoma City
one day ltfst .week flfre*te(l Asa
iones; a profrtinertt ffop'tfHSt; Vi'ho
standing ifr * cfotfd of people
ttear 6'fle of the cont'effttttn Wfille-
t!H ■fj'o'iirtfs; wis ex jessing his
opinion oti mattets political. It
would seetfi front this that the
Citizens of OkWlioWS flot
kiily ftf be deprived of tHMr xv6te,
but miist also1 b'e defied the Mes-
sed privilege <$ootiftg off
their trioitth'. Tbe city council
should pass a !<eip-ofMhe-i rass
ordinance which would compel
ill! citizens tioi in Mccord with the
city administration tb tiibefriate
during the political season, and
appoint tile militia as liyprfotiz-
ers extraordinary to enforce it.
There wotilil tliefi be no excuse
for alliidini* <o this as ;> free
country.
Are our people loosing their
patriotism or have they become
disgusted with the present style
of celebration? is a question for
some of the celebration mana-
gers to ttllSWers. The lack ot a
decent Itttendanc" Hnd the dis-
mal frtlltlfc of this Jear Hlay be
attributed fully as much
to the disincHhatlort of people
to he fowled by the absetlceiof
speakers tfnd fedlttrM flat#!ngly
advertised and H litck of any
tlilfg Md**'I of1 e«lertainl«g, as
to stSfcity df mofley, the tteath
er of any other reflson. f*et us
, hate some honesty in the post
ers, novelty a d eScelletfce in the
features, honesty and decehcy in
the tjrations: a less wa?tc of good
money in useless firework
our cotthtry people Mil rf^ain
mamfBt thelf (i.ltriotism by their
preserve.
Here is the kind of an obituary
that a Georgia editor put up for
a man; but in Oklahoma it would
be looked upon as be.ow grade:
Poor Jim Brown hung his earth-
ly tr&t-fliefits on a limb and swam
the river yestefdny. He didn t
stand back because the water was
ool, but struck out for the other
shore, where the angels were
waiting for Iflm with a finer
suit of clothes than poor Jim ever
woffc' in his life. Jim was a f)0or
mart.' but lie had Ms subscription
to Ith home j/afcr all pHid tip,
and fie '/(Jl tl"-'rc|||'|n fno>1 shrfPc"
Iff tliff ?Iorth Artie'ricati We*lew
Mr. M: Ji. Mortort says tlfrit no
intelligent matt rtho' has- hatl Op-
portunities fdf tfbsfcfviUiofl can
doubt that the rtgficHltural prob-
lem is the most *Hal Iff American
politic* to-d*y; tho'ti^h If has
been thrust 1/y iss'tles that
are at (host dtlly corollaries ttftlie
main {rtopfttHifm: the situation
is autftoalotls affti Unparalleled.
The tb'^ntry lirfs flad prdfottnd
peact for #ear.s. There have
beef Ho famines. In fact this
period has been ^ne of wonderful
productiveness; Yet cfer> year
the ijiftttlets- lti tt claSs lave
becOrttC poorerVj>>w. ..
The railroad systems' fI the
ouHth* arc uUt'tit to be f-e^ltt-
tiotflrcd and it -«ill be no stffthfje
tiling it we are «ble to rush about i
at an unconeivttble speed within
a few months, Writes a ^ttsh-j
iugtol correspondent. Td New
York >H two liouis from the cap-
pHnci-lital; 'to bttakl'ftst 'il Ooth?(tt1 «nd
of the county.
The Cleveland county fair will
be held Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st.
2nd and 3d.
WO IKIWHO TO LAst,
•••
■kt2«Wwd *ctOf WM lh h'orlw of
tbs tbmin luno*«U>ju lu dra-
ktlbaA tt* *— hnthIM U but rnil-
rt tfefl |)t« mp run W far ho
tuii—A l) t Ute tlina luul ar-
rived. ti* >KM ukI "I*1"
ttmsr, * rnmi inurm Ol tltr inntl gorj und
UrrtfyW lit Introduced
ftnropM* «eoto. WHh
n*nm, The llcroic* weri
tmTMU pufcntud. Ho ooliMd
boon.
Tbtfn, Mkys N«w T'jrk Herald, Ui
Mre hlioaell Kr««ter leoway. lie ru li«d
Ctt Id e«l of war Miurnw
Hardware, Dry Goods, Boits, Shoes, Hats, Cans,
Ladies Dress GoodS
"Und«>W«ar. Rubbers, Toilet Articles.
g' 5unushina <55oobs, -
«or Wl wltlt curnHrffc' *nd iwh
Bto populiOity Intfrcufccd twofold, tc0
bar< an ikOtor wlwrf had Hoen
4 ld ar <t Binelltxl tin- gaseimj OT«*W
Of gnKpW*(W. Ul nw play
him frrnh labrela, a." ha per"W tet
iwhlU «ipc«i tlia pmrlloa* crt*i W M
Iinairltle the «uvrW= of t>+Mjho$[
when Tt leamW Uic day Aw
|ha ffrrat Kawakanil had beeo laid bl
ih* heel* by a bailiff lo, 0—k aal afl
kU rffMrta, tnovftbles, balxlfrinp —4
arailabla aaawta aold ftudai ka ha
mar to attlafy renwrsi leaa cr^dltoa.^|
Wo keep0Y0iy thing in Children's Clotllirt^.
A Complete Line of Queensware and
'1'lie escape last Sunday night
nf fourteen prisoners from the
federal jail at (iutMne without
serious irthtry to jailers,^ prison-
ers or jail'lrt not causing the
comment that tlic delivery would
seem tb demand. Tlic jail _ is
comparrttiveiy a new structure,
and for the. atnoti^.t of money
which the (iuthrie .-.peculators
squeezed out of tlic treasury for
it only a few months ago ought
to have bee il e'duip^0'' witl1 1110
best modern appliances. NeM'y,
appointed Ijqejiers with a knowl-
edge that the jail contained aj
couple oi' badly wanted prison-
ers whose capture had cost the
government large sums, should
have made those 1 ti charge
careful. i>ut the (actj is Jtiiat
jj'ill t>ooli'n.''t)j namite bick"' and
twelve other prisoners lnanaget]
to escape without outside aid and
'without seriously in juring their
keeper and none of them hnvc so
Mir been recaptured
The ttiaft V^ho is in poiHlcs or
who' fcjipt'tts to Vc iti, ot vffio is a
promitttllt MH !n the commu-
nity; shows the most "Hmffle and
common-place fofbsiglit 'n taking
and paying foi" the fotdl and
county papef-s. If ;trljb'He sup-
poses that a ti t'ditof thirties as
muclJ yf fl ttan \*ho through par-
simony of fi'rejtidlce i^ not sub-
scriHef as of a rcguiiif reader let
him disabiise his iWtid of fliat
idloc'sih St cti:L;. fubsfc'Hbers
belong to the editorial faihily
arid «s such are fcsbected and
| w;'telieli over: jJewspapel" men
'are but riiortl^l, love 'their
I frleHiis iitid practice tiie -
pies of reciprocity; bfh ire not in lunch iff Chicago, and t.tnfc our
!L habit of ufhM oM the neM bre«kfastt Ih v,w of the
hopes ar^cl r.tdbitions of the man
wlio does Hot tifce Ins paper and
otherwise exiittlit a little interest
jii him. ——
••The way to get Hell," says an
unPnoi^n writer, ''is to trust no
j one. befriend iiotie, get all you
i can, save all you can. ke'-'p all
I yotl F-et, stin' yoursell and evcry-
j tiling that bciotigs to ijou, be a
^ friend of no ilian's*aiid Have no
friends ol yours, heap( "{^inter-
est cent upon cent, be tlie'an, lins-
erable and despised fol twenty or
S thirt*" years anil riclicS will come
llo vou as sure as dlseUse'. t'isap-.-- r
pointment aiid deatlil and when , ing storHls."^ I.is be
pretty tiear wc'dltH enough has | any towli Wo«ld be
b"en accumulated by a disregard
[of the charities of the human
| heart and at tiie expense of every
j enjoyment, derfh will ,'n's!j,
work, the bo'd^; will be buried.
] the heirs d'ince and light over
j what you hive. left,, and the
' spirit wil!(igo
t means get rich.
'TlevVf."
then l>*c ni« koown that
Ilka othara bf filj jfnlld.
Daan tciiUly tiiablt1 U) wlUistuad -
parity Be hiwl bocn lWtng a U*
ao faet arid furWK'.rt that be ;iT*eUo
aUy thraw Into H-UtuH uacuW the vul-
canic ip^«aak>n of Ha oarrli«l
In bla trtHd Oot leea Uiari bnJf a hno-
trad (jf lh« twml gract-lui. (fc>r(r«nn and
■ aiMiflantfcoiM of the ^taal.n glrla of tlia
aaplM. Bla dlrinara * 'W> the delltrh
61 Uw tyiabt**. 1« 4 word, he cut •
IrriutaMI v«Ui lud tunr tb* oo
tUtCil .
Groceries.
C. RUEDY & SONS
Moore* Oklahoma,
Tlih republican county cotiven-
tioH Is tailed to mebt at MdHuitn
bh Au*ftls{ 2'Jth.
WOMAN
pKcld Waters of the Pacific are
what is brotHl^S «s; The latest
invention, Is krib^ll as the Brott
Rapid THMsH RlcyMe tftilway.
It coinbiH^ t'le {iHfiMple? Of the
most iiuprii^ctl blfcMftc IHotors
and the trltcK Is co^^tHct^H with
a single ral.l
UOX.
V. E^i tifdclSo,
Livestock Dealer,
j Will always fldy tbe Hlghes4
Market l'rite for blVe ?ltock of i
ariy I'lnd. L'tlfresfbffil with m^
at Mobfb Hr Udiilty, Mlilil.
Respectfully, vofrs,
V. R. HkRK-Sll.
CitiKens Halik of Norman
(ilipitlll Stock, $50,000,
I). IV. Mnf'jtit'l,
A. (J. A!aher. Cll'lllef-
S. I!, dwells; Vicfe-pres.
J: W. iiocker; rtss't casliier-
jl Isll'hoL'i vvoHj
deretl ut that
there arc so muuf
hi, k fttt.t lli'l •
6itit ;.iitpi;
Most ol
suppose tlicir
pr(;aOaririJubld
piluo|\!j l)e ured
pliyiir
ana
.J treutiuei
wonder they hesitate.
local, jrral^^t ntifl
nv'e neurtr un:
"he}; shpul'i lioi. ije •u'>"
everytkFhfc el?i^ iSilii.
o—Wlie'reV fty all
Vt will *pa>- Ahe
by the
_ —■—r . yiiu, 1
't'tfty veil's HfcHcb Hot H big , fi.niiuaiions. No ,
towH in the m ^ ivl"
wltH'oMt J" tortiiiilb says! ti.r truth is Hi
Prof. it. a. it#". $ Uieib^' V.
we'dtlitr I'nrcHa. Thb tlfte has| %|M W
arrived Wtt'eH s'erioll3 ttttedtion
ml'-H He •vt^efl to linHU^ Ibentis
or 'de'etise a^'iinst tlieSi-' ^h'.rl-
His belief is that
lid be reiidered
safe a jftV'.Vist Vorn&Hb'^. by a
serpen 'df look-out stit'.dSs, so as
to Ihlbr^osc a bilrftct' on tbe
est side, from which the revolv-
^ian. To
ex atii i ti at
Ami hesi
HiMthultl.
It. ih Hillt " > *.«
iieurlr
lipul'I lit
liiiifc el??^
VlcELREE'§
WINE OF CARDUl
WC ,u l \ Tt . " • •: rV I c,al
ing s!brin invariably comes. On an«l to
in'j tiie operator would simply "w-.i t*&\a «t lion
tbuc^ m some .dynamite feomtis,
w^Vcn would blow if In sMith-
M,.d>iiw. fallitiK •
Mr.,
ieminine ■g'ttrf fU
iealth.v.,lt^af.j,PjVi ,
wpnderlully l>rn«
Jicial t'o glr1Sjrtsl K«|fi,UK
worn, u, bassinx throiiBh tb
p as th« /'change of
had right at borne.
Grand Central Hotel.
$1.00 per day.
$4.90 per Wefek:
Nt^riiltin; O. T.
Good Newspapers
At ^ \ nkV i.oi-l<ick.
The semi-weekly Dallas Kb^_S j
is published Tubsdrtys and 1' rjj j -
days Ritbh .li^tie consists bt I
eiifht paijfcs: Ttifcre *tc specWI;
,lq.art,lieti^ fJf (tie ftffHltrS; t (
ladies and tile.ttUVsih lllHij^1
sides a worl'd dt, Jfefaettll
:ter, illttstrdtcd artictki, etc. I pa
?e ofter . Ilslt-vf Rfebt ^1 '
t W. OLIVER, : PHOTOGRAPHER
W,. i>a,| in !"in«- NVurlt in All fftyle« an«l lrin!'h. Tiile —^
C olIictitHi ol Views froill the Upening. U « make a •
| Specialty of *;ifc hte iuakfe Cdpics from —
Old rtctllres Hi All 4^* ^ail1 ^-reCt:
Ottrllittmti Oiftti
Okla. Tor.
: now.
Cur
:i t)e
. :o-
ereers.
WOIiD AT *1 OO A KOTTfiR
ur hki'C'ji'W
matt
nAvs and Til^
ikk for 12 rti.mths for tne ldw
price ol SI.50 citsh. 1 his yi>e^.
yuu llirce papers a week, or 1?"
papers a year, for a ridiculously
low price. Hand in yotlr vflb-j
Livery ifid feed Stables
MOORE. O. f, ^
I.COCKERHAM. PROP
Special Attention Given to the Accommodamoii oi Traveling Men
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