Davenport Leader (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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Davenport Leader
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FOR A DEPOT ON THE SANTA FE
EVERYBODY BOOST
VOLUME II. NUMBER XXIV
J. G. McCUE &
davenport, lincoln county, oklahoma, tiiuksdav, octqbkk. 12,
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We have just opened up a new
line of Queensware, Glassware,
etc. Call in and see them.
Yes! we also have knee pads and
cotton scales and sacks.
New Home sewing machines in
stock; and a full and complete stock
Groceries.
never a hitch that we know of, and ;
the tide—well the tide of immigra
tion has been moving in of course
rather periodically, like the ocean
trde, but you sie we didnt un lerstand
the exact theory of the tide propo-
sition, or else we had forgotten, viz:
that the tide comes in slowly at first
scarcely perceptible, but finally the
j real thing, the tidal wave itself
j shown up in all its granduer and
"magnificent splendure," and we are
overwhelmed with mortification that
we had not comprehended its possi-
I billities before it came and prepared
i for it. Of course the fact that it ha"
1 been very dark is easily explained,
A fretful child th t has Hosed
its eyes after a great deal of useless
worrying, has closed nut the light,
TOWNS1TE COMPANY AROUSED.
The townsite company have hail
closed eyes for som: time, but some
kind of pressure has been brought to
bear and they have actually opened
thrir eyes and are making s< me
moves toward "a Greater Davenport
and a depot on the Santa Fe." Per-,
haps like ourselves they have been r
"avictim of circumstances. Be
that as it may, that is in the past,
w hie,h has been dark enough, let us
now look to, and mould, the bright
and shining future I he townsite
company have made so many favor- >
able moves during the week through
their directors Wright, Hays, Sparks
and On«*y, that we are not going to
attempt to mention all. Suffice to
sty that Mr. C. C. Handel, who,
with his estimable family, has been
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andifit never gets sense enough to living here among us for the past
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J. G. McCUE & CO.
DAVENPORT, OKLA
open its eyes it will never see the
dawn, nor the possibilities of the in-
coming tide. There are a lot of us
fellows that have heen playing the
" mby act." S"ine' will be like the
writer—admit it, and some will con-
six or eight months, and whose bus-
iness ability, and hustling qualities
aieso well and favorablyknown that
wedeem comment unnecessary, was
given charge of the sale of lots and a
price set on ihem that will make
Corner Second and Broadway.
tinue in the -closed eye" proposition then. sell. Mr. Randell expects t,
until the open eyed man gets in and j devote a great deal of time and ener
show- him where he missed it by not BY to promote the wellfare of the
opening 'he eyes sooner. (Continued on 3rd I age, )
GOOD WORDS.
Monday's Shawnee Herald, under
the caption "Davenport is thriving"
says Ihe following:
Councilman J. H. Pemberton re-
turned at noon from a business trip ,
to Davenport in Lincoln county. He ;
reports everything on ihe boom in |
our sister city end says from the1
thrift and business activity that is |
being developed there he expects
Davenport soon to rank among the
fust ela-s cities of territory. The>
have a cotton gin and compress in
full operation and a canning factory j
that has heen busy all summer. To ,
show the amount of produce thel
canning facto, y handles he stated1
that one farmer, ami he a negro, had
sold to the factory already over j
50000 pounds of sweet potatoes at
the uniform price of 30 cen,s Per
bushel. Potatoes, corn and other
products have been purchased in
proportion. Secretary McCue talked
to Mr. Pemberton quite interestingly
about the business of the factory,
and from his report the venture is a
marked succ< s> financially. Secre
tary McCue and Messrs Watts and
Smith, who are largely interested
with h:n. financially in the canning
factory, the cotton tin and several
other large business ventures are all
three from t• 1 e blue grass state, and
it is largely through the capital in
vested and the energy expended by
this trio of Kentucky gentlemen that
the town of l).*vcnport has made the
remarkable progress she has in tht
past year or two "
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A GREATER DAVENPORT.
I T HAS always been said that
"time and tide, wait for no
man," and that "its always darkest
jus. before the dawn." The historv
of our u rowing little town has deiu
onstrated beyond the shadow ol a
doubt that there is more truth than
poetry in these two old adages.
Time has been moving slowly with
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Goods That Please
Those are the kinds we handle, if
you don't believe it try it and be
convinced. Try a sack of EIReno sj
Best flour or a pair of Ellet-Kendall
shoes and you will be satisfied. If
we havent got what you want we
will get it as soon as any one ;
YOURS FOR TRADE,
Hugo Bros.
11 Corner First Street and Cleason Avenue,
DAVENPORT, OKLA
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