The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1897 Page: 3 of 8
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Mr.-1. \V. Z. Smith is reported quite
ill.
Miss Minnie Utsltr is reported
quite ill.
Enid still continues to be a greac
wood market.
The North Side hotel roof is being
treated co a new coat of tar.
A nice damp drizzling rain fell to- |
day but it did not cause any water to j
run.
F .ion: Boyle is helping Treasur-
er Co ininghatn diuing the rush of
tax ■ ■■:
G L ready to plant cotton; there
will be somebody around to provide
you with seed.
The snow birds are trying to break
into Sam Roberts' ice house. It is too
warm outside.
A fellow mortal sold needle thread-
ing machines on the street today for
a quarter a piece.
Messal Bros, have gone to buying
hogs again, which sent the price up
20 cents per hundred.
Ortman's bakery wagon always
looks as if it was going to upset, yet
it keeps its feet right along.
W. F. Callanan, an Enid real estate
owner, was in the city today. He
mades als headquarters at Shawnee.
Judge Anderson of the land ollice
listened to the Kremlin townsite con-
test case today and it was a hot case
too.
Wm. Purmort has gone to Galves-
ton on business pertaining to his
grain interests, and will be gone two
weeks.
W. Z. Smith is the most liberal
grain buyer in this city. He always
pays the very best price the market
affords.
Senator Clark and Representative
Berry have gone over to Guthrie to
get uito the swim before the legisla-
t ure meets.
Charley King is a little "skeered"
over making his ice contract good.
The lake don't freeze up and the
weather is getting warmer.
The Wave is getting a little tired
of buying green wood witn a dry wood
vaneer on top. Democrats don't fool
us that way, but the pops do it every
time.
The court room is used for most
everything; sometimes the mules
browsing on the square walk up into
the court room to lay down and
snooze.
W. T. Ecks is advertising the north
town Telegram printing outfit for
sale. This is a splendid opening for
somebody, with the accent on the
word "splendid."
Edmund Frantz returned from
Wellington •'his morning whither he
had gone to attend the funeral of his
father. It was a sad mission, but one
that comes to us all sooner or later.
Wheat throughout the country is
in ju-t as good condition as could be
desired. Jn many of the fields the
green wii-at completely covers the
ground making excellent pasturage
for stock.
Mrs, I5r,ell Thompson received a let-
ter from Mr. Ed Gilroy yesterday
which stated that Mrs. Gilroy was
very much improved. Thin is good
news indeed to Mrs. Gilroy's many
friends and neighbors.
The last official act of Sheriff
I'hralls was to tak? John Norman to
the ne-itentiarv for two years, start-
ing Tuesday. Me will visit in Kansas
City and stop at Lawrence to visit a
brother before returning.
E. F. Mitchell, United States pur-
chasing ag-ent from El Reno, tvrs in
the city yesterday. lie purchased
and shipned 50,000 pounds of Kaffir
corn seed; also 85J tons of hay for
Ports R -no and Sill, all from W. Z.
Smith. Mitchell will buy hay all
along the line from Med'ord to El
Reno. The government must think
there is going to be a hay famine.
There is a fellow lying in the jail
for contempt of court. The court
fined him $5 and cost for contempt;
he refused to pay the line and of
course he was chuckcd in durance
vile. Ho is the only prisoner in jail,
hence, the entire jail expense must
be charged up to him; county fuel,
guard, light, grub and everything
and it is costing the county about
p ■- iiv to keep Liiu tlivrw.
Simply Awful.
About two weeks ago a citizen of
the good city of Enid stopped the
Wave mm on the street: saying:
"Here is a quarter, I wish you would
send the Daily Wave to my brother
in Albany, New York, for two weeks."
The paper went on its mission of mer-
cy, but the fellow at the other end
seemed to think that we had picked
hi in out as a sort of a cheap and sure
dumping ground for a newspaper in
which he was not interested, or the
country in which it was published.
The first thing he did Christmas
morning was to warn us by letter not
to send the "little riplet" any more
if we expected liiin to pay for it.
As we had already received oui pay
through. his brotlnfr 'v: paid ao atten-
tion to the letter. To our surprise,
this morning's mail brought us back
every number of the paper we had
sent, with the request that we check
up and give the recipient credit for
goods returned.
The Albany, New York, man,
through this action, shows a spirit of
honesty scarcely ever developed in
the human head. Why he should
think that we were sending him the
paper with ati idea of drawing on him
for the pay is beyond our comprehen-
sion, but the evidence before us
proves that he thought that we were
attempting to hold him up for a sub-
scription to the Daily Wave for God
knows how long.
However, it is the honesty of this
man in returning all of our goods sent
him which were paid for by a brother
which strikes us as one of the most
remarkable cases that has come un-
der our observation through a long
newspaper career. Now, if all our de-
linquent subscribers, of which this pa-
per has very few, would return the
goods we would change our mind con-
siderably as to the confidence that
can be placed in human nature.
• Banks.
Enid has three good substantial
banks, run close to business princi-
ples and handled by stockholders in
whom the people have confidence and
the Wave knows they are safe de-
positories. However, in these flicker-
ing times there are people who lack
confidence in banks, to the detriment
of the banks, hence, the* Wave be-
lieves the legislature should pass an
ret requiring banks to make a sworn
statement of their business at least
twice a year. The banks of this city
would willingly do so if the law made
such a provision, but for them to
make a statement outside of such a
provision it would he taken by the
public as superfluous advertising.
A bank statement is nearly always
a big ad for the bank making it.
This idea was suggested to us by an
Enid banker, hence, when bankers
call for a statement act tor private
banks the legislature should not hesi-
tate to pass such an act. An honest
bank wuuld not suffer any through
such an act and the people would de-
rive Information as to the standing
of their banks.
The latest in Enid for an evening's
entertainment is a "phonograph"
party. Several couples of young
people will form one tonight to listen
to the phonograph at the North Side
hotel. They expect to derive as
much enjoyment from it as they
would it they were in attendance at
a grand New York concert and they
won't have to be so richly actired to
sit in the dress circle, either.
Mr. James Shupert returned this
morning from Velasco, Texas, where
he has considerable valuable real
estate. He says Velasco will be a
good town provided the government
makes an appropriation to widen and
deepen the harbor. Jim had a good
time down there and he looks as fat
as a Christmas turkey.
High Schoo1 Notes.
The school has started oi.t again
with vim, the pupils are lull of vigor
and bound for victory.
"
The tenth grade now study Civil
Government in addition to those
studies they were grappling v. 'h bo-
fore the holidays.
Mr. Borders now lias charge of the
eighth grade pupils and teaches
them in the school house that was
moved over to the High School Iron
the southwest corner of tewi.
The pupils feel con 11 lent 1 i n M as
Bertna Jackson, who was En; is gift-
ed representave in the dec'....a.:' ory
contest at Oklahoma City, failed, rot
from lack of ability, but from some
other cause, to gain the prize.
Promotions were made from the
lower grades of the school. There
were about fifteen promotions from
the Jonesvilte schools,
Everyone seems to have enjoyed
the holidays, but just the same they
are glad to get back to the school
work. This is a good thing. Some
people have been heard to say, and
they were supposed to be sober minded
men, that pupils now-a-days were not
as anxious to learn as those of fifty
years ago, and the fact that the pu-
pils were glad to again meet each
other in the schoo! room frees any
and everybody from" believing such a
statement.
One op the Boys.
The Scholarship Coniest.
Elsewhere in this paper will be
found an advertisment offering a
scholarship in the Shawnee Normal
and Business College to the candid-
ate receiving the greatest number of
coupons; the ad explains itself. A
letter from Prof. Patrick says that
Fred Pursell of this city was 100 ahead
of any candidate, there being five in
the territory. The number of cou-
pons clipped from the wave outnum-
bers any other paper's coupons two
fold. We are pleased to know that
our readers are taking an interest in
this matter and hope the scholarship
will be awarded to some one in Enid.
You can vote for whoever you wish,
but it would perhaps be better to
nominate some one and all vote for
that person Fred Pursell is a good
deserving boy and he would like very
much to win the scholarship, hence,
solicits your votes. If you do not
wish to sen( the coupoes yourself
hand them to Fred and he will for-
ward them. Besides the scholarship,
the paper from whose columns the
most coupons have been clipped re-
ceives a prize.
The traveling man, the tourist, the
claim hunter, the man hunting bu^-
uess or a home tell the Wave when
we meet them that this city and
county are as weli off as any county
on God's footstool, hut the boom will
not come until the spring opens with
copious rains and a big crop in sight.
Hu"h Donly and Ed Flynn are in
the city fresh from Cove, Arkansas,
where they have been engaged in
railroad work on the K. C. 1'. & G. R.
R., under Callahan $ Wogan. Hugh
looks alright, but Ed cauglft the Ar-
kansaw chills and fever and looks a
little wild-eyed.
Alfred McAtee is at home from
Kansas City on a visit. He will go
back after a short time and enter a
ba-.k, where a lucrative position
awaits him. His brother, Lawrence,
is holding down a good position in a
allway •' c': l oill'T* in Kansas Clt y.
Phonograph Party.
A party of Enid young people at-
tended a concert at the North Side
hotel Thursday night. That is they
formed a merry circle around one of
the finest phonographs ever seen and
listened to over thirty pleasing selec-
tions, alternating vocal music, senti-
mental and comic, band and orches-
tra music, negro oddities, celebrated
speeches and comic recitations and
iialogues.
The professor in charge of the
'talking machine" was very kind to
the party and gave them the best se-
lections on his program, which con-
sists of over one hundred pieces. This
was a new form of amusement for our
young folks and the evening was
hugely enjoyed by all. The party-
was composed of: Misses Robb, Wit-
temeyer, McKenzie, Selby, L. Witte-
meyer, Lee, M. Selby, Isenberg.
Messrs. Watrous, Harrel. Whiting,
Agnew, Young, Cromwell, Kennedy,
Shoemaker. Mr. and Mrs. Isenberg.
County Commissioners.
From Thursday's liiilly
The Wave does not publish tby-
names of people who go on bonds, as
it considers soch matters a private
business between the commissioners
and the bondsmen. It might be con-
sidered a matter of ne"'-, yet we con-
sider it a private matter.
J. W. Cievinger r.-signe 1 fr <-n the
Insanity Examining board rind .1. T.
Gist was appointed in his place. Dr.
Champion was reappoint physician
of the Insanity hoaid.
J. W Miller was appointed immi-
gration agent for Garfield county.
Today the commissioners' record
doesn't give us anything wnrth notic-
ing, except the acceptance of town
ship officers' bonds.
WHAT IS IN IT.
The members of the legislature re-
ceive three dollars per day and have
to bear all the responsibility. Below
we show that the officers under the
employment of our legislature re-
ceive much more than their employ
ers.
The following are the offices that
are eagerly sought after, with their
per diem compensation:
President of^he council $5.00
Speaker of the council 5.00
Chief clerk of the council 6.00
Chief clerk of the house 6.00
Sergeant-atarms lor each house..0.00
Chaplain for each house 4.00
Chief enrolling clerk for each
house 5.00
Messenger for each house 4.00
Doorkeeper foreach house 5.00
Two assistant chief clerks for each
house 4.00
Two assistants sergeants-at-arms
for each house 4.00
One watchman for each house it.00
One janitor for each house 11.00
One assistart ch'ef enrolling clfjrk
for each house 4.00
Eight di/puties 3.00
Firemen Meet.
The members of the Fire Depart-
ment met at the council room last
night and reorganized. The follow-
ing officers were elected to serve for
thtJ ensuing year:
President, S. R. Marshall; vice-
Presldent, Frank Harrel; Secretary,
E. S. Talcott; Treasurer, Fred Van
Frank; Chief, P. A. Pinkerton; As-
sistant Chief, Thane Dawson.
A committee of three was appoint-
ed to confer with the city council in
regard to the puichase of a hook and
ladder wagon and other parapher-
nalia with which to fight lire:
Monday night of ea^li week was
appointed as meeting night, and any
member not attending for two suc-
cessive meeting nights forfeits his
membershi p.
The boys have organized a good
company and deserve the encourage-
ment of the citizens.
TREATED LIKE JUNK.
It is the duty of Uncle Sam to pro-
vide suitable rooms for the territori-
al legislature. A howl is going up
from the statesmen composing our
legislature that can be heard away
over here on account of the miser-
able quarters provided for them. it
seems that a vacant store room in
the heart of the city has been select-
ed for the house and provided with
the cheapest kind of furniture. The
council has oeen stored away up
stairs in the same building. A
memberof the house is in favor of ad-
journing to Oklahoma City.
The Fire l_oss Adjusted.
Wm. Felton, of Kansas City, ad-
justor for the London & Lancashire
and the Springfield insurance com-
panies, was in the city yesterday and
adjusted the various losses of said
companies.
Murphy Carroll & Brough received
$000 on stock damaged; building $20.'j.
Their claim was $1,200. but there is
one company to hear from, as the
firm was insured in three companies.
F. W. Buttrey, shoes and groceries,
claim $200; allowed $158.
Meibergen & Godschalk, claim $500,
allowed $100, which is a dashed shame
looking from a point of justice.
Peter Bowers, claim $125; allowed
$135. This is all right as Pete got
more than he claimed, but as his
stock is insured to its full value peo-
ple will understand the raise.
Watrous-Harley Drug Co. have not
been adjusted, their adjuster not hav-
ing arrived yet. Other losers are in
the same boat.
Tax Warrants
The statutes authorize the sheriff
to hold over, in certain cases, after
his time lias expired, and the settle-
ment of tax warrants already served
is one of them. Therefore ex-Sheriff
Thralls is finishing up the collection
of taxes began under his administra-
tion, Sheriff Bishop has nothing to do
with tax warrants yet and will not
have for some time to come.
The WAVE makes this statement
for the reason that several citizens
of the county have cussed Sheriff
Bishop in our presence saying that
Sheriff Thralls had not pushed them
wtien he was sheriff. Of course the
time has come when the ex-Sheriff
must act in order to get his business
finished up.
Notice.
All township and school district
treasurers arc requested to draw the
money now in my hands belonging to
them. .T. D. Cunningham,
County Treasurer.
Didn't Understand it.
3he—"There's one thing about poll
tics I could never understand." He
"What's that?" She -"Why is it In
making up a ticket they always use a
slate? Wouldn't a sheet of paper
and a pen or pencil be mort conven
;ent?"
All a fellow has to do to run a news-
paper is to be able to write a poem,
discuss the tariff, umpire a baseball
game, report a wedding, saw wood,
beat a lawyer, describe a fire so that
the reader will shed his wraps, make
a dollar do the work of ten, shine a
soiree measure calico, abuse the
liquor habit, test whiskey, subscribe
to charity, go without meals, attack
the gold standard, defend bimetallism
sneer at snobbery, wear diamonds,
overlook scandal, minister to the af-
flicted, heal the disgruntled, fight to
a finish, set type, mould opinion,
sweep the office, speak at prayer-
meetings, and stand in with every-
body and everything, etc.—Ex.
This is the way an exchange asks
for news: "If you know of anything
we don'tj know which people ought to
know, if it is worth knowing, don't
you know it is your duty to let us
know, that the people may also know
that you know we ought to know, but
don't know, because you know, but
won't let us know."
Mr. Dell Bolinger will leave this
evening for Everest, Kansas, his
home, to spend a season with father
and mother. He will stop off at Med-
ford on business a couple of days.
Dell has not been in Enid as long as
some people, but he can count his
friends by the legion and has been
one of the favorites in our best so-
ciety. Everybody will miss Dell.
Miss Luzelle Wittemeyer went to
Wichita last night to visit her
friends, the Misses Ella and Lotta
Bright and Clara Randall. She will
be gone several weeks and will be
much missed by the different clubs
that are in the habit of meeting reg-
ularly at hei home, especially the
other half of a club of two.
Merchants should remember that
the Wave is a better advertising
medium than ever before. Nearly
every citizert in Enid reads it now
and it is in such great demand that
our regular subscribers are continu-
ally complaining that some person
swipes it if it is lying around loose
for a few minutes.
The Hon. William Jennings tlryan
is an eye sore or a nightmare to the
republican party; they fear him more
than any other great American
statesman of opposite politics. The
republican press keep barking at his
heels continually; however, their
howl wi.l only add to his popularity.
Between the butchery in Cuba,
the famine in India, the plague In
Bombay and the atrocities in Armen-
ia the new year will have a lot to
amend to make up for the mistakesof
'96. Humanity continues to suffer, it
seems in proportion as the world pro-
gresses,
The man who never got any nearer
Cuba than a Spanish fly bUster has
«ix or eight patent ways of pronounc-
ing "Maceo."—Ex.
Clean up the garbage about the
yard and burn It while the ground 1b
dam|:. '
The little city of Enid is noted for
its many pleasant social events. Some
pleasant gathering happens nearly
every night and the young people of
Enid get along better together and
have more fun than in any other city
in the territory. They all come to
Enid for pleasure.
Gus Stettnisch and Frank Messall
are getting to be great nimrods.
They were out hunting yesterday and
brought in quite an assortment of
game, among which was a prairie
chicken. Gus came very near shoot-
ing a shaggy headed bull, thinking it
was a buffalo.
Boom the town. There is no use
whining and fretting about the poor
outlook for the future when Enid is
destined to prosper. The growth of
the city in the last year has been en-
couraging. There is no'doubt we are
bound to prosper.
At a popular loafing place in this
city a placard is hung upon which is
written the following: ''All candi-
dates will please leave" their cards in
the box before going. By order of
everybody."
A Wave reporter has been given a
pointer to the effect that Col. John
C. Moore will go before the Missouri
legislature with a claim for $5,000.
The Wave will support the claim
first, last and all the time, but what
is it based on?
The commercial travelers tell us
that thd North Hide hotel of Enid is
one of the best on the line of the
Rock Island in the territory.
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Isenberg, J. L. & Isenberg, Edna. The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1897, newspaper, January 14, 1897; Enid, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc111953/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.