The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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THe Independent.
VOL. VI.
"KEEPING everlastingly at it is bound to bring success.
CASHION, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1913.
NO. 28
Fourth Class Postmaster
Examination
The UuitKl States Civil Service Com-
mission anrounces that on Saturday,
November 22 1913, an ixamination
will be held at Heeding, Okla , to till a
contemplated vacancy in the position
of fourth class postmaster of Reeding,
Okla. The compensation of 'he post-
master at this office w as $223 CO for
the last fiscal y<-ar.
Age limit, 21 years and over on the
date of the examination, with the ex-
ception that in a State where women
are declared by statute to be of full
age for all purposes at 18 years, wo-
rn m 18 years of age on the date of the
examination will be admitted.
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the lost office for
which the examination is announced.
The examination is open to all citi-
zens of the United States who can
comply with the requirements.
A plication torms and full informa-
tion concerning the requirements of
the examination can be secured from
the postmaster at Reeding.
Applications should be properly exe-
cuted and filed with the Commission at
Washington, D. C , at least 7 days be-
fore the date of the examination, oth-
erwise it may be impracticable to ex-
amine the applicants --From U. S.
Civii Service Commission
To the Public!
I am agent for the Leah Independent
Oil Co., of Guthrie, anil am in the
market to deliver your kerosene and
gasoline anywhere in Cashion. If you
want gas and oil at the lowest prices,
call on me, or phone 2-A.
— adv. Dc. W N. JOHNSON.
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks
1014 Almanac
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1914 Almanac is
now rea y and will be mailed prepaid for only
35c Pror. Minks' fine Magazine, Word and
Works, for one year, and a copy of thin Al-
manac for only one dollar. The plain les-
sens on astronomy, and the corre-t forecasts
of storms, droughts, bliK/.ards and torn urines,
make these publications a necessity in every
home in America. Send to Word and
Works Publishing Company, 3 01 Frank-
lin Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.—Adv.
More Improvements
It looks good to us to see the im-
provements going on in Cashion—the
additions to the residences of Jim Van-
curen and A. C. Collett, Marriott's
building being gotten ready to move to
their lot on Main street, and the grad-
ing of Main street preparatory to pav-
ing it with chet. Soon the property
owners along Main street, from the
post office to the depot, will be ready
to put in their concrete gutters, for
the much needed drainage. Cashion is
moving right along.
New Drug Store
I. Stone is again papering his store.
Stony's drug store is up-to-date in ev-
ery respect, always keeping a full and
complete line of drugs, stationery, nov-
elties, and everything pertaining to his
business
A Fine Lecture
Mr. J. H. Woertendyke, of Los An-
geles, Cal., a lecturer for the National
Prohibition Committee, made an ele-
gant address to a lull house at the F.
M Church last Friday evening. Mr.
Woertendyke will I-e vi iting some old
ftiends in the Mt. Zion neighborhood
the last of this week and will make an
addres-s on Friday evening at the Mt.
Zion school house.
That Railroad Again
English capitalists, in company with
officers of the Mountain, Valley and
Plains railroad, chartered with $500,-
000 capital stock in February, 1909, are
going over the proposed route of this
line between Guthrie and Des Moines
and Cimarron, N M., to make an esti-
mate of the probable tannage the road
would carry a d ihe cost of construc-
tion. An engineer is uith the party.
It is underFtood that the money to build
the road id forthcoming, provided the
reports on the present tour of inspec-
tion are satisfactory.—Guhrie Leader.
Don't let your Hogs die;
Klingman Bros., and get a
Merry War Lye.—adv.
£0
can
to
of
Revival
The Free Methodists began revival
services Sunday evening. Meeting ev-
ery night t.h s week at 7:30. Rev.
Newell, of Guthrie, is expected next
week and will do most of the preach-
ing.
For Sale or Trade
Five-room house, well of good water
good bam, and outbuildings for all
necessary purposes, and 14 town lots in
good, quiet location. This property is
all in the same block. Inquire of
A. C., or JOHN COLLET^T,
25-3t. Cashion, Okla.
Jim Vancuren has had a good con-
crete foundation built under his house
the past week, and is now erecting a
neat addition.
A. C Collett is putting 011 an addi-
tion of a couple of rooms on his resi-
dence
Oklahoma county is about, to test the
legality of the appointment of a wo-
man to the office of clerk of the dis-
trict court, the county commissioners
having ordered the county attorney to
investigate this matter. Miss Anna
Hoover i3 filling the unexpired term of
Jas. H. Powers, who was removed
from office because of a shortage in his
accounts. She was thoroughly famil-
iar with the record of the district
court, and her appointment met the
appioval of every one concerned with
the court. If the illegality of a wo-
man holding the office of district clerk
is succeeded in by the commissioners,
the same objection will apply to other
women county officers all over the
state, either elected or appointed
Miss Myrtle Wright, of Bartlesville,
left Friday, after a two weeks' visit
with her aunt, Mrs. Henry Borklund,
who accompanied her as far as Guthrie.
Mrs. Harry Woodward and children
left Friday for her home at Roy, New
Mexico, after several weeks' visit with
her parents.
What's in a name? In 1911 the radi-
um preparations produced by the Aus-
trian Radiumpraeparatefakrik amount-
ed to 14.1 grams, valued at $214,900
There are about 37.35 grams in a pound,
troy weight
The First National BanK
of Cashion, Oklahoma.
IS
A Farmers' Institution:
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With Thin Strong Bank Von
Gain Many Advantages
You enlarge your acquaintance by coming in con-
tact with people who are successfully developing the
interests of this vicinity.
You have at your disposal the facilities of this
bank and its influence behind you, and your
DEPOSITS ARE GUARANTEED
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Meat Market
DEALERS IN
Fresh and Salted Meats
Fish and Oysters in Season
Headquarters for Home-rendered Lard Cash Paid for Hides
Shop Open Till 9 A. M., Sundays
Phone
2
Ryser Bros.
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Barnard, W. F. The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1913, newspaper, November 13, 1913; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc107162/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.