The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1902 Page: 7 of 8
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We have moved our mammoth stock of Hardware and Buggies three doors
south of our old stand into the new stone front building. In movnig we were
compelled to leave our stock of Implements behind. We will sell the follow-
ing regardless of cost.
Six 52 inch Hummer gang: plows.
Five !4 inch Hummer gang plows.
Ten 16 inch Hummer gang plows.
Four 16 inch Kingman sulky plows.
Two 16 inch Boomer sulky plows.
Two 16 inch Dewey sulky plows.
One Weir gang plow.
Ten walking plows.
Eight harrows.
One McCormic Hay Rake.
The Above Will be Sold at Once and at Prices Never Before
Heard of in Enid.
Walking piows $io and up. Sulky Plows $20.00 and up.
Big Reduction on Hummer Gangs. They must move.
We have the largest buggy display room in Enid. It is filled with Rr cine and
Moon buggies. We ask you to call and see our stock whether you ouy or not.
We have everything in up to date Hardware. A big line of stoves, nickel
plated ware, and pocket cutlery. We occupy the entire three floors of our
new building. The Euggy room is upstairs.
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Mrs. Murphy and Pagan are expect-
ed home Friday.
Mrs. Alexander and son Carl will
be home from Chichasha Friday.
F. Sterling and wife, of Garber
passed through on their way to New
York.
Joe Sproat was up to Pond Creek
last night and took the Grant icounty
deposit.
Frank Washington has accepted a
position with the Wichita Produce
company.
Mrs. J. W. Harley went to Lawton
this morning to visit her sister, Mrs.
Graham.
Mrs. McKeeand father and child
leave the lirst of next week for Colo-
rado Springs.
Dr. Push and family, who have
been visiting in the east, returned to
Bold last night.
Mrs. T. J. Stewart went to Lawton
this morning to visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ed. Harlan.
Mr. Iteiss, who has been running
the Statehood hotel, has closed up
and moved on west hill.
Mrs. Bufflngton, Mrs. Dodson and
daughter Vere, start on a trip to
Colorado Springs the 12tb.
The City Council Meets.
A special meeting of the city coun-
cil was held in their chamber last
night.
The superintendent of the water-
works was instructed to not tap the
main, for consumers until a more
plentiful supply of water could be
had.
The ordinance committee was in-
structed to draft an ordinance placing
meters in the water works.
OD. W. Easton was appointed presi-
dent of the public library and B. F.
Bufflngton secretary.
An ordinance providing for the
building of a brick side walk on the
south side of Elm street along blocks
39,40,41 and 42 in Kenwood, was
passed.
An ordinance was passed, granting
the D. E. & G. right-of-way through
the city according to their surveys.
Jobbers Rates for Enid.
Mr. Ogden informed us this morning
that he has just received a tarifi
sheet from the Frisco railroad com-
pany giving Enid Jobbers rates.
This places us ou equal basis with
Wichita, Oklahoma City, Guthrie and
other manufacturing cities. Mer-
handise can now be shipped iu or
out of Enid at a far less rate than
THE WESTERN STAR.
ET Enid is the Star City of Oklahoma.
GOING AFTER THE A. V. & W
ihe Lots
Guess Observer Brown will now
pose as McGuire's official organ.
McGuire would make a better
horse thief prosecutor than delegate
to congress.
The Drawing; of
Of! Thursday Night
If McGuire is a good man, why
to Come I should he be persecuted by his party
by being put up as representative.
HEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Enid is the Western Star and pro-
mises to be the greatest city in Okla-
homa. We have the most enthusias-
tic Commercial Club in the territory,
and when they start after anything
they are sure to get it. At a meet-
ing last night it was arranged that
all the lots that had been contracted
for, in order that Enid might get the
Frisco division point and round house,
be distributed at the regular meeting
next Thursday night. The drawing
will be done by the committee as fol-
lows: The name of each subscriber
will be written on a slip of paper and
placed in a box, and in another box
the discription of each lot will be
written on slips of paper and a draw
from each box at the same time will
designate which lot each subscriber
will receive.
A proposition from J. P. Woolsley)
president of the A. V. & W. railroad
heretofore, and it is now expected j was presented before the club, askin
Good easy sailing for Cross now.
Observer Brown is going to support
McGuire.
Harry C Lacy to Peter C Scharap
sw 5 24-7, $3200
Waverly Investment Co to Otho E
Cope, L 1-2 3-4, B lti, Waverly addi-
tion, $500
Ellie McKen/.ie to James Sneary, L
7-8-9-10-11-12, B3, Weatherly's Third
ad 81325
Walter Brown to C S McClellaiu:
lot 5-li blk 7 Jonesville ad $1200.
David R Sharp to Laura Morris lot
24 blk 00 Enid.
John E Koons to Alexander W
The long range shots that Hensley
and Brown have been taking at each j Hensleigh tw 20-24-3 $4300
other will likely now come to a stand-1 Alexander W Hensleigh
still as both of them are going to j Caskey i se 28-24-3.
tight Bill Cross.
Victory for Oklahoma.
Guthrie, O. T., June 30. a tele-
gram received by Governor Ferguson
from Washington announces the de-
that several more wholesale houses j f0r a cash bonus of $25,000 for them
Is is not a shame that a man should '
give up his position as assistant U.
S. attorney and offei himself as a[
burnt offering for the r< publican cision of Secretary Hitchcock in giv-
party? | ing to the territory absolute title to
(14,000 acres of indemnity school land
Would it not have been better for jocated jn the new country
Flynn to have accepted the nomina-
tion for delegate, than to sacrifice a
man who is not yet known and who is
trying to climb the ladder of fame?
These
lands were selected by Governor Jen-
kins in lieu of others lost to '.he ter-
ritory in the reservation of the large
pasture reserves for the Indians at
Poor Bird, it is too bad that you are the time they were approved by the
wounded before you can yet fly.
Mrs. Walter Brown and mother
went to Lawton this morning to visit
for a week with her brother.
Miss Sadie Tudholt, of Kansas City
is visiting Mrs. McCristy, at. her
home on Independence avenue.
Miss Julia Light, of Sherman, Tex ,
is visiting with Miss L. Gertrude
Sproat. They were old school mates
together.
will immediately embark in our city.
The Frisco has asked and received
a great deal from Enid; but in re-
turn they have given us every desired
proposition that our promoters have
asked.
To Recover Money-
Medford, O. T,, June 30,—J. T.
Godfrey, for the taxpayers has tiled
a suit against the county commis-
sioners, Larkin Mann, P. T. Meville
and C. M. Enrest and E. J. Gentry,
for the sum of $40,000. Thii is a suit
to recover money paid out by the
commissioners in erecting the court
house at Pond Creek. Mr. Gentry is
made a party to the suit because he
was the contractor who erected the
Sixteen children had an enjoyable
time last evening on a hay ride chap-
eroned by Mrs. J. B. Ferguson. Cake t, aiding.
and fruit were served on the ride. 1 , r ~r T .
. | Yesterday, in the probate court
J. W. Hansom arrived here from room, Judge Garber pronounced the
Wichita, Kansas, last night. He wedding ceremony of Wm. D. Held
will travel for the Wichita Produce and Mrs. Martha Storm. They were
ompanV. bi:h of Kntd.
to come to Enid from Supulpa via.
Perry. The proposition was accept-
ed and a committee appointed to see
as to the ways and means of raising
this money.
A committee was appointed to con-
fer with the express companies and
arrange for them to have an uptown
office. This committee is not to be
discharged until these arrangements
have been made.
Looks like Enid is to eventually be
the western metropolis and railroad
center. With this A. V. & W. rail-
road we can reach all the eastern
cities with a more direct line than I
either Oklahoma City or Guthrie and
it will be a great inducement for
wholesale houses to come to our city.
Already corporations are making ar-
rangements to erect large buildings
for such enterprises.
interior department, but later were
contested by settlers, who asserted
their right to them under the home-
The lands are among the
A colored delegate to the republi-
can convention, at Enid, was asked if j stead laws.
he was going to the nigger conven-1 most valuable in the recently opened
tion. "Dat's not a nigger conven-: reservations.
tion," he said, "we's all gwine ter be In order to effect a territorial and
jest same as white folks dar until ar-1 permanent organization, a conven-
ter de elexion, den we'll all be d—n tion of school land lessees of the ter-
niggers agin."—Ex. ritory has been called to meet in Ok-
- lahoma City on July 28. The ultimate
Should you see a lad run off behind 0bjert is to force the sale of the
a building and commence searching school lands by giving the preference
himself in some tender spot, you can rijrht to purchase to the lessees, and
just bet upon it that a chigger has to protect them'n the improvements
got in its work. The chigger is no 1 placed by them on the lands. The
bigger than the point of a pin, but convention is to be composed of one
the mark he raises itches like sin.— delegate for each eight andone-quar-
Phllipsburg (Kans.) News.
Last evening at six o'clock Rev.
Porter united in the holy bonds of
matrimony, James Wallace and Miss
Nellie Davison. The ceremony was
performed in the Estrella restaurant
on the corner of Broadway and Grand
ter sections of land and will consist
of 900 delegates. They will attempt
to effect legislation immediately.
O. J. Fleming is moving his house-
hold goods to the Gillespie building
north of the Frisco depot. He and
his family have taken rooms at the
The canning factory proposition avenue. Miss Davison is the daughter, Frantz hotel, and they will board
wi'l be placed before the club at their of Mr. Davison, who owns the restu- there unt'l his handsome new n si-
a ,ct meeting which is Thursday1 rant. dence is finished
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