The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1898 Page: 1 of 10
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THE CHANDLER NEWS.
SEVENTH YEAR.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1898.
NUMBER 26.
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There Is Not A Toain of Over 100 Inhabitants Within 25 pes of Chandler.
THROWING DIRT.
Throught the courtsey.of P. L.
Ulam the News man enjoyed a
ride Wednesday afternoon to
where Contractor Spencer's men
are at work on the big cut north
of R. E. JennesV farm residence.
It is a sight that is good for the
•eyes of one who has looked for-
ward to the coming of a railroad
for so long, and most of our
Chandler people have made one
or more trips to.this scene of ac-
tivity this week.
GOOD WORDS. DELAYED AGAIN.
Lincoln county, which is prob- ( The Wellston townsite was to
ably the richest in agricultural j have been proved up Wednesday
and live stock resources iti the but proof could not be made
territory, is on the eve of a won- owing to an error in the publica-
derfully prosperous year. For lion notice. This is the second
six years the farmers have been time that a delay has been caused
handicapped by the long distance in this one case by such an error,
to market, in spite of which they land in both cases the fault was
have realized a fair profit 011 on the part of the person who! y()U arc mistaken. Chandler
their labor. Now.that the mar prepared the copy for the notice, has no prospects of losing her
ket will be brought to their doors the notice as published being j railroad and is not, therefore,
MISLED, OR LYING?
Chandler is hot and disgusted over the
prospect or loMtiw her railroad. They have
been putting up money for this roud til! they
are tired of (jiving. And now. to eap the eli
max in addition to the M,000 ties they are to
fu.-nWi •-•raits, the so-called railroad company
demands a cash donation of $3,000, or they
will *■') around Chandler, leaving her seven
miles away. This is the last straw which
Proke the camel s i acl>. and a number of rep-
resentative men declare that they will not he
thus tiled, even if they lose the road. -CuHhinK
Herald.
Word was brought in yester
day from Sapulpa by Tom Tipton center, and .ustead of a country
that the laying of the steel had i town of a few hundred inhabi
begun on the Frisco extension j tants, will be a thriving city with
on that part where the grade three or four thousand people,
had been completed. This is j Small towns will build north and
another evidence that there is to south of the county seat, which
be no delay in the construction will add to the wealth of the
their future success is unbound-j exactly according to copy. The
ed. Chandler, the county seat j delay is unfortunate for the peo
of the county, will be the princi- pie of Wellston, but we are glad
pal business point and trading to know that the town
will
success notwithstanding
drawbacks.
be a
such
of this road.
Joe Heim, of the Heim Brew-
ing Company, will be here to-
morrow to look over the ground
preparatory to putting in an ice
and cold storage plant.
county. Already the . town of
Stroud, sixteen miles northeast
of Chandler, has been laid out
and several frame buildings are
being built. The townsite of
Wellston, which is about fifteen j keep our promise.
If the! miles west of Chandler, will beja"y bound just as
HELP IT ALONG.
It is very important that the
balance of the fund necessary to
purchase the railroad ties which
this county agreed to give should
be raised at the earliest possible
date. No one should feel that
because work has begun on the
grading we can afford to fail to
We are mor-
strongly
prospects are satisfactory and
of course they will be a tirst-
class plant may be expected.
The Long-Bell Lumber Co. has
purchased the Sawyer property,
on Allison avenue, east of the
r"Mag building, and is cleaning otf
the lots and "will put in a large
and complete stock of lumber
just as soon as it can be done.
C. A. Filtsch will build an ad-
dition to his hardware and im-
plement house, carrying it back
to the allev
proved up today before the Guth-
rie land office and lots will be en
tered shortly.—Guthrie Leader.
G. T. Dawson is moving
| frame building from his
I lot north of the postoffice,
i will at once begin work on a busi-
ness block, 25 by 80 feet.
B. F. Harriman is
j two-room addition to his resi
; donee, which will be occupied by
! L. J. Kalklosch.
disgusted and is hot only in the
sense that business activity
makes a hot town. The lact that
scores of teams and hundreds
of men are at work on her rail-
road today proves that it is a
reality, and a glance at her
streets and the buildings'that are
going up will prove that Chand-
ler is not in need of your
sympathy or condolences. You
have simply been misled—per-
haps willingly so—by the false
reports that have been started
by jealous tongues. There has
never been a time since the
Frisco extension became a _cer-
!ls ; tainty that Chandler has not had
su a certainty ol' getting the road.
It cannot build around Chandler
and has never proposed or
threatened to do so. The offi-
cers of the road have not asked
ever, and when people are
greatly benefitted as our people
will be they ought not to hesti
tate one moment to render liber-
tin; al assistance. Real estate values
corner , w'" be increased from 1("> to 300 jor ()UU CGtlt uf money more than
and ! l)er cent- anc* f()1" l reason'lour people agreed to pay nearly
■alone, every property owner
j should help. No one should be
j so narrow and so lacking in pub-
building a ; lie spirit as to stand back and
made under
ing.
A basement will be
the rear of thebuild-
The lot on which
saloon is located was
Reeves'
sold last
H. F. Johnson has
the foundation for
deuce at the corner
and 5th street.
completed
a resi-
of Manvel
Monday to F. B. Hoyt, without
the building, for *1500.
Parks and Sturgeon bought
the lot on the corner of Manvel
avenue and 11th street, opposite
Mrs. Zipf's, for #500.
M. H. Reeves purchased the
Bate in ail lot adjoining his saloon
for *700, and will move his build.-
ing over.
Henry Beal'd has purchased
the lot joining the Lincoln Co.
State Bank building on the south
for #800.
Mrs. Egbert was offered this
week *3,000 for the lot and build-
ing occupied by the New ^ ork
Store.
Rooney Bros, purchased the
lot oti Manvel avenue just south
of McGaughey's residence for
#500.
P. L. Ulam purchased the lot
just north of Anderson's store
this week from L. A. Kelsey for
*525.
H. A. Piatt, of Guthrie, pur-
chased a lot on west sth street
last week for *150.
Will Lumley
house from the
lots just east tit'
residence.
has moved his
right-of-way to
L. E. Payne's
wait for his property to be
made valuable by the contribu-
tions and work of others.
S. D. Salmon
house from the
lots west of the
Eight cross section crews
now at work on tin; Sapulpa lint
Times Journal. •
T. D. Craddock, of Wellston,
was in town yesterday. He came
over to make sure that all the
preliminary steps to his proving
up the Wellston townsite on
April 27th were correctly taken.
'This is the third date that has
! been set and lie means that it
[.shall go this time.
has moved lus ! —-
right-of-way to | Dr. Baugh was up from Clifton
Mitchell House, j yesterday attending a meeting of
i the boafd of pension examiners.
Nine old soldiers were examined.
Hardcastle it Ivalklosch
five lots in block 31 to F.
Rowe.
James Wilson is buildii
residence on Allison avenue
Geo. W. Campbell is building
a cottage on west nth street.
Sam Moore has completed a
residence on east 4th street.
Miss Olive Stubblefield has
beijrun work on her cottage.
Now that Chandler lots are be
coming valuable the question of
'''* the validity of tax deeds is be
V\ .
coining an interesting one.
Stroud will be well supplit
| with saloons. Seven applica-
tion have been made from that
I two years ago. We were never
| asked to furnish 54,000 railroad
'ties gratis: we did agree to fur-
nish 54,000 at 10 cents each; and
now we are given our choice of
I paying the obligation in ties or
I in cash. But we do not have to
do this to get the road; we do it
because we promised to do it'and
because we feel that we can
afford to do that much in return
for the benefits we will receive.
No one is being bled, and if any
of our represehtative men have
made the talk the Herald attri-
butes to them we have not
heard of it.
We would not notice the re-
marks of the Hearld but for the
fact that-the same talk has been
made in Guthrie and various
other places. It is difficult to
account for such reports except
on the grounds of jealousy and
while they make us exceedingly
; weary we are not alarmed over
i any prospects of them injuring
'jus.
A. B. Oleson js building a resi-
dence on west '.tt.li street. dance was given at tin
resi. chell house Tuesday night.
Every day's doings in (^hand-
place. ler now are punctuated by the
. explosions where blasting is
It is rumored that the county • n<r ori) an(j our people rejoice
surveyor is writing a serial to be , ^i,j-S fit, expression of their joy
published ^n his official organ. over our prosperity. We are
The governor has designated truly booming in more senses
Tuesday, April 5th, as arbor day. ithan one.
Plant trees.
Mil
Mr. 15ulloci-
deuce on east
is erecting a
5th street.
is building on!
! Mr;
' ho us*
riown,
;. Egbert is
on her claim
replaci :ig the
building a
northeast of
building de-
li. E. Jenness
■ast Otli street.
Rev. Tenney is building.
Town assessor Wray is making
lis annual round of rails -
st royed by rire recent iy.
Messrs. Schnell and
I are over from Guthrie.
Dr. Ellis is building
lice rooms, each 10 by
Wilson t|)f> corner souiii of
1 store.
three of-
10 feet, on
his drujr
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Gilstrap, H. B. & Gilstrap, Effie. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1898, newspaper, March 18, 1898; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc115373/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.