The Ripley Times. (Ripley, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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THE RIPLEY TIMES.
VOL. V.
Ripley. Payne County. Oklahoma. Friday. Pxh. 17.1905.
No. 90.
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STATEHOOD, NIT.
The Chances For Statehood Seem
To Be Waning
'Hie present condition the*
statehood bill (m very pri^ariotiH
and it i* doubtful if it ever gets iierforming tht» ceremony,
through tin* intricate network of
purlimenUiry routine* and punt
Tuesday ufternoon
K laittu of f iOitdon.
THE POTATO GROWERS’ CONVENTION
Call Has Been Issued For a Convention of Delegates From the
Potato Growers Associations of Oklahoma and Indian Terri-
tory to Meat at Ripley. Thursday. March 2. 1905.
I jihI iviH*k tin* Ripley Coin roer I his profits, in tho way of ntuchin
dal club extended an invitation to cry and the kind ho must huvo,
.............. ,„HWUW 1HfU |fttr>1 . tho Potato Crowor*’associations particularly planters and digger*.
the stubborn opposition of rigid 1 I»*,iii«x«* lining west of i^id tlwirpropoMdconvontion Hut little attention has as yot
ruli's. and has lsH»n horo on a visit since Ripley, Tho call has boon boon paid to either. This will bo
lion th.* put<hut)i k bill \\ hich, last fall. Sho is achariuing lady ||Jutje for this convention to lx* an important matter to come be-
Pack to tin* house for^concu'rrom e Hnd ,.“1M m“d‘* '!"]"* f™!nd* dur held »t Ripley on Thursday, Mar. fore tho convention,
there was very little concurrence . ,Gr Hta v "ert’l Hie groom | * The railroads will grant api»c-1 The progressive farmer knows
ill Mil'llf. •** 11 l]
Kaae-Uif*
Tho rts’ords of the prolstto
court will surprise tho friends of
Frank Kano as they announcohis
marriage on
to Mrs. I.izxit
Texas. Probate Judge Smith
rhe
I Mill** i«» a sist.-r iif Mrs J. <*.
well i
The present delay is caused by known in this part of the county
difficulty in getting the bill prop- and highly regarded by all. Wo
erly in the hands of a conference join many friones in hoping for
dignity of both ! t|jjs COUpje u happy and prosper-
ous journey together down the
committee. Tin
houses of congress seems to lie
paramount to any measure or in
which the people hold at I declining years of their life.
t< rest
stake. So the house could not
accept t he bill as altered by tin?
senate without a loss of dignity,
but the dear people can hold the
sack until this august body sees
fit to give \i attention. Mean-
while the chances for statehood
during this session are slowly
filtering away.
Getting Ready to Drill
Harry Gilbert has been figur-
ing on a bill of lumber this week
for the derrick for the Benedum
and Trees Company, who expect
to commence drilling on their
lease southeast of Ripley. The
first well will be drilled on the
Al King farm, three miles south-
east, and work will begin as soon
as p issible.
Good boiling meat, 5c a pound
at Schaar & Tomlin.
Odd Fellows Hall, Ripley, Saturday,
Feb. 25, 8 p. m.
One of the finest entertain-
ments of the season will be given
here Saturday night. This little
lady is a graduate of the Bloom-
ington, III., school of music, the
only entertainer on the American
platform who play a fi if teen musi-
cal instruments, the best imper-
sonator in the west and a sweet
voiced singer. Hear the Dutch,
Irish, Italian impersonator.
Good steak at
Tomlin.
6c at Schaar &
Mr. and Mrs. Kane went to
Glencoe Wednesday to spend a
week among friends while he in-
vestigates a possible new’ busi-
ness location.
Postmaster Bowdlear has re-
ceived the following order from
th ‘department: “In accordance
with the order of the postmaster
general, rural letter carriers are
granted permission to observe
Wednesday, February 22, 1905,
as a holiday. No delivery of mail
to patrons or to intermediate of-
fices shall be made by them on
that day. If your office is kept
open during any part of the day,
patrons of rural routes should be
given their mail if they call for it.”
Frank Shoup has purchased
John P. Hinkle’s stock in the
Ripley Automatic Telephone com-
pany. Mr. Hinkle realized par
value for his shares and consid-
ers it a good investment, but lie
is forced to make investments
for new material for his plant at
Stillwater and for that reason
has sold this.
in! rates. The leading agrieul too, that in* must have mure in-
turn lists in Okla'ioi; a ml Indian formation in regard to tho culture
Territory will be present and an i of the crop, and in particular, as
interesting program will be ren- the kind of seed stock he must
dored. The »pecittc of this meet | *° meet tbu milrkot ,lt!
ing is clearly set farth in the
following letter:
Editor Ripley Times: Will
you kindly grant space in the
columns of your paper for an ar-
ticle in which 1 will endeavor to
explain in a measure the object
of the PotatoG rowers’ convention
tnand, both north and south. Few
of us know wo have as good a
southern market as we have in
the north, just a few weeks later.
All this matter will be considered
in the conventon.
Through the medium of a con-
vention we will (‘licit the best
thought in the territory on these
to be held in Ripley on Thursday subjects, and if duly assimulated
March 2. it will quicken the intelligence of
In the main it is to foster and the planter fully two years in ad-
promote the industry, and sec vance ol what it would require
ondly, by a concensus of ideas him to learn by his own exper-
and opinions and a general inter-; ience.
change of experiences bringabout In the convention we
immediate results that otherwise i able to show the railroad
Fremont Bai rett returned
Wednesday from Kansas City
where he went to undergo a sur-
gical operation. He is doing
would reqnire much time and
outlay to accomplish.
But few are aware of the rapid
strides this virgin industry has
made in the past year in Okla-
homa. But few farmers realize
that the profits of one potato crop
equal that of any three crops of
cotton (time and expense both
considered ) even with cotton at
a fair price. Only those who
have tried the crop kwow this,
but they who have, fully realize
that the potato business has come
and come to stay, and that in the
not far distant future it will be
an industry in Eastern Oklahoma
that will lead all others In an
agricultural way.
The intelligent farmer realizes
that he has much to learn about
the business, to further enhance:
will be
compa-
nies approximately what our
trade volume will be and help us
to get recognition.
We expect to have representa-
tion in the convention from every
Potato Growers’ association in
the territories and have sent in-
vitations to Hon. Ewers White,
president Oklahoma Board of
Agriculture, to the faculty of the
A. and M. college at Still waterito
send a representative, and to
every other agricultural institute
in the territory. We earnestly
solicit the co-operation of every-
one, and cordially invite all who
are interested to be present as
we feel it will be frought with
grand results.
E. H. Eaton,
Secretary Cimarron Valley Fruit
and Potato Growers’ Ass’n
Car of Potatoes
There will be a car of potatoes
in the first of the week and those
ordering will please call and pay
balance of amount subscribed.
J. F. Oldham.
How is this for solos? Mando-
lin, guitar, cornet, shugalette,
beldola, irielophone, banjo, metal
very nicely and expects a thoi-, ^am^00 chimes, tubaphone,
y successful operation. musical ladder ocarinas. Italian
H. Eaton bought one of the flageolet, xylophone, all to be
finest thoroughbred Shorthorn
bull calves at the thoroughbred
sale at the Cattlemen’s Conven-
tion held in Guthrie this week.
Walton Entertainment
Bello Ford Walton, the most
versatile of individual entertain-
ers, the beautiful and charming
young vocalist gave one of her
spicy and humorous entertain-
ments in the Christian church on
Tuesday evening. It was well
Mrs. D. B. Malernee and fa-
Mesdames L. L. Fe’guson and ^ei. were called to Lucien, O. T
i V'*? * * 'id " n !'
uiuieij siock oi i. /v. ooraon, death of a little child of her
played Saturday at the hall.
Mrs. Naomi Cooper has re-, , , , , , . , , .
I signer! her position in T. A. Gor- WOTth double the Price ,>f a<lmls
don’s store and returned Satur- sion- She is the best entertain-
: day to her home in Stillwater. er we ever saw.-Caney Herald.
- Mrs. Richard Elliot, living
T. A. Gordon has received a sontheast Gf
s hats and
and will open a store in the near sister Mrs. F.ftie Driskill.
future. Mrs. Ferguson went to | -
Oklahoma City Tuesday to study
the spring styles and buy a stock
«*f goods.
■ can now top you off with the
est styles and shades.
Notice the sign at Schaar A:
Tomlin's meat market.
Parties wishing to sow speltz
can get seed while it lasts, at 50c
per bushel. Three miles north
and 1 east of Ripley. 3t
Oh as. Hawley.
The Ripley Feed Mill will pay
38c for mixed corn and 40c for
white corn. See us before you
sell. F. L. Arnett.
southeast of Ripley, who has
been suffering from a severe ac-
cident, is at the present recover-
ing nicely.
The Commercial Club will meet
in regular session Monday night
and all members are urged to be
present.
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