DAILY GAZETTE
CHARLES F. NEERMAN. Mg r. and Publisher.
LESTER I. GIFFIN. Editor.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
One year in advance  $4.?>0
Three months  1.20
One month  ... .4(1
Entered at the postotlice at Still-
water, Payne County. Oklahoma, as
as second class mail matter.
Cleveland now lias a national
bank. The charter was granted last
week.
It is safe to say that poor old
Lone \\ olf wishes now that he had
had a right to register.
I p until Wendesday night not a
single John Smith had drawn a
farm. It is miraculous.
O. \V. Shaw, a colored man of
Perry has been appointed a mem
ber of the school land appraising
board.
Sidney Clarke was the only pub-
lic man that got a low number and
his was 542. It H-as in the I{1
Reno district.
Just think of this a cloud-burst
in one place in Oklahoma and a
terriffic wind and rain storm hear
Topeka Kansas.
Just think of the times when
your name was right on top and
the wheel was given a turn and
put you square 011 the bottom.
More names of people have been
read by more people during the
past four days than ever before in
history. There Lone Wolf has a
name that certainly is very appro-
priate.
A Cheap
Trip to
California.
I'ersonally conducted
homesecker's excursions to
California. August Hand 20.
.September 3 and 17.
Only one fare, plus 12.00,
round trip.
Through tourist sleepers and
chair cars.
California is an'open door of
opportunity for the hustler.
Visit Grand Canyon of Arizona
en route.
SANTA FE ROUTE
1: J p. m :
4.35 | . m ■
going south;
Local  No. 12 
Passenger No. 111 
(iOlXC. SOfTlI.
Lo™l   No.lt  9.30 a, 111
Passenger  No.#   ::.!5a.m
lC. It. Mi'CAKTII Y, A.'rr.t,
J. B Mriii'iiv, M, n
Local Surg. E. o 1:. li,
M YA'IKs. .M II
  a >|'  cl;tli>
. -a* i none .no. js
MURPHY & YHTES. 4 Blocks West of Depot
Phvitlriant A Sitrnannc III
Physicians & Surgeons
OflK'e lip-stairs over First National Hank
Calls auswered day or wglit. Stillwater. O. T
Santa Fe
Address Agent, A. T. A S. F. R'y, Still
water.
It is claimed the girl who regis-
tered then got married and after-
wards got a low number sat down
and wept bitterly. It is enough to
make anybody weep and with some
girls they woul 1 have two reasons
for weeping.
Some peculiar tilings will hap-
pen. In the drawing a man by
the name of Sheets was drawn and
he was from Texas, the very next
number was a man by the name of
Sheets too and he was a Lawrence
Kan., man.
ALL YEAR TOURISTS RATES
KMeclive at once. The Santa Fe
railway will sell round trip tickets to
the Grand Canyon of Arizona at the
rate of #80.00, and to Plm-nix and Pres-
ent!, Ariz., «t rate of *0.1.00, final re-
turn limit nine months from date of
saV. Stop overs are allowed at all
points on going trip up to the going
transit limit which is COdaysand at all
points returning up to final limit of
ticket For furl tier information apply
E. R. MCCAP.TIIY.
  Agt. A. T. A S. F. IJy.
business WOMEN WIVES
T«"" ru,.:„ UorH
I'M* U Oil)fill ol J «,-!)! > ,W
-Milt r! HI on v.
A feminine writer..does not regard
 he business woman as 111,flu,.,1 W the
"f a wife 11 nil mother. Sl„. rP.
gards it as matter of personal ta.t,
upon the part of the in ,h, ,.ase
If he wants a clingi,,,, vine. s,,„„ one
he, will put him on a pedestal and he
grateful that fa te ha. given her aged
--usually tin -let hlii, keep „„av r,-,,m
the business woman, lint if he wanti
n elmm who will take j,im fur what
he is and in spile nf ,
a wife and pal, and will ! e a solid
fort to him. let him choose a woman
who has been out into the biislne.,.
world and pained .. broader view ul
the world and of num.
Such „ one will take a man for fust
what he ,s worth-no foolish ideil|s
-:llh:Vre"'r - •',ls' " I'lain man
pood fellow who won't bluff, because
he knows he cannof. and they will be
happy, because neither expects ton
Business never unfitted anv woman
fitted for it. she can K„ through *
business career without anv loss
any kind. It rests entirely'with he,'
and She can pain 11.11,1, which will be
o' Incalculable advantage in makiu«
her life happy and that of the
Who gels her. Business broadens he,
and gues her pomnion sense t„ 1,«
wore polite, more common sense.
TI... K1 nu still ..    
Kin-; J-.ilward VII.. contrary to wide
ly circulated reports, has not re
otZ'h ch'°"'    
of which, as prince of Wales, he was
• member. ne has, however, retired )
from the committee of the Marlbor- !
ough on which he had been serving !
SCHOOL BOOKS,
Stationery,
and
Wall Paper.
J. C. NORTfl
North Main St.,
Stillwater, Ok la.
J H. RUED,
* CARPENIER. C0N1R4CT0R and BUILDER
Inquire of C. A. Stinc.
Stillwater, U. T.
T. Neill,
Attorney at Lava.
l5«tlielwi"„0M !" fomts of the territory
woui en 11 ami criminal ca«es. office unstRir*
over Jlu. MeiaUl, store. sttllwatwOkl£'
JHRRELL & LOME
House, Sign, Carriage and Frescoe
Painters. located on
Weat Ninth Avenue.
I WESTON HOUSE. |
JJ H. Ii. HUESTON, Prop.
BEST FURNISHED ROOMS l/\ THE CITY t
I'i.  RATES Si.00 anil $1.25 Per Day W
({, .  
\k, Phone Xo- 25 Corner 10th and Main ^
4 Blocks West of Depot, STILLWATER, OKI f
 NO. 5436  |
THE NATIONAL BANK of COMMERCE I
(Kstablished 1s94) ' I
Paid up Capital - $25,000-00 !
Surplus . 1.500 00 |
H. E. Hamt. Tru. ('. A. lluesloa, Cashier '
Money always to loan on good security. Farm loans at low I
est rates, or, plain terms, with single mortgages and all I
pers retained in the bank. Business respectfully solicited.
7. O. 2TJH7,
ATTORNEY AT LA II'
Special attention (riven to Civil and 1'rnbute
business. Otttce on west si,le Main S|
upstairs in ilo^t^es InilUllin;, hiill«at,-r
|PALAGE
HEAT
Imarhht
tOf. GE0H0E PULLMAN. Pros
M
Kl?2cls ©J
FReSH AK0 CiiReo I
MEAT S
VXT-
s. P. ZHT3-,
Attorney at Law.
Office ap stairs over Uazkttk offic e hi
New brlckiNorth Main
Kobt. Johnson,
Cr to Date Itarber. The only First
I ..tss lonsorial Parlors in Payne
County All work Guaran-
teed Kirst Class.
Hot and Cold Baths.
Hie h inest I.ine of Cigars in the City j
Under First National Hank.
Blancett & Mason,
Palace Barber Shop.
t irst class bathrooms in con-
nection. Your patronage so-
licited.
North of Yorsr, Stillwatkr.
Simv*v-r;mSmSS
|...Stillwater Meat Market...!
$ All kinds of Fresh and Salt
Meats. Fish, Oysters, Pic-
?•. kks, Catsup, Horse Radish
v; Hides and Fnrs. •}
| GEO. STEES. Prop. I
* •
^ REMEMBER WE DO ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING ^
County Officers.
In Land from the List
of R.E. Burns& Son.
Below- we give descriptions of a
few choice pieces of land, now of-
fered for sale by this firm. Every
one of them is a genuine bargains,
and, if yott want a farm, you can-
not do better than to see them.
160 acres of land about 3 miles
from Stillwater. Good house, well
65 acres under cultivation, 1001
apple trees, bearing, 10 acre in
pasture, 10 acres in meadow.
120 acres abont 15 miles from
stillwater. Good house, 28x28-
stable, 15x50; all under fence, 60
pear trees, 500 apple trees, ' 200
peace trees, all bearing; 60 acres
under cultivation.
Probate Judge—John !!. ('lurk
I County Attorney—Cary L. Burdlck
County treasurer—l k. Metiiilliu
County Clerk A. J. I rartenbower. '
'Wister of Deeds Win. M. Murker.
-Sheriff James I'. Hesser.
Assessor—R. O. Hudson.
Superintendent— Hattie It. Darnell
Wetgber—Jatnes K. Powell
Surveyor- j\ I*. (iermau.
Coroner—J. M. Sharpies...
COM MISSION E KS.
First District—Harry Jones
Sec Hid District I'. H. Sullivan.
niid District—W. E. Minnick.
Notice To Lreditors.
Sardinia', (limits.
Sardinia is celebrated for the tomb,
which prova that prehUtoricall.r It
Wbi iuhiibited bjy g'muUu
22^ acres 1 mile east of town,
(.00a house 14x24; two rooms-
cave and well. Barn, io.\2fi- or-
chard. A11 fenced.
160 acres, 5 miles from Orlando,
good five room house, good stable,'
55 acres under cultivation, 60 acres
in pasture, good well, small tract
I of timber for house use.
% acre, 1 block east of college,
wo good houses and barn room
for 6 head of horses. Cave with iS
Inch wall, good well.
First Published in the Stillwater
Cja/kttk August 1, 1001,
SUfVshefl)iV.ricLCoUrt of ,he l'"ited
jStfitHs, for the irs«t Distriet of Okla-
. noma, in the matter of
I J. A. IIKTCAI.FK ) , „ ,
Bankrupt i """kruptcy Xo. r.
To the creditors of J. A. Metcalfe, of
Stillwater, in the County of Payne
and District aforesaid, a bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that George
Of'r Alrvljr; ,f" trii8t,,e  ' tate
or J. A. Metcalfe, a bankrupt, has made
a 1-eport as such, and has been ordered
to sell the property which is hereinaf-
ter brief y described, and that he will
!!'„S1U «t public auction to
tin highest bidder, at the odi.-e „f
irSfffT M'"'Phv, trustee. In the city
of Stillwater, on the I3tli day of \,f.
«;-st. A. II. 1901, at S o'clock in tie
aiternoon.
The following is a brief description
for sale'-)r0|"*rty W'lich Wl"
bots || and 1 - Block 30 in the town
oM.lencoe I'ayne County, Oklahoma 1
5 head O horses; I delivery wagon-
notes and book accounts of J. ,\ m,,..
Mled iruf)t' described in schedule
I lie tonus of said sale will be as ful-
Cash in hand and subject to
approval by referee.
Dated July •>, ,001. S.S. Lawrence
1 U1 Referee in Bankruptcy.
A line of tiu-l.ot Kninllr,
II >-n,a,i,s for -.er /,.,„il.le ami not
,Vrr;" "he eoekroa.-l,
,,n -1 "I i,jiiif v fi, r bevom1
" 'hl.-st dreams of ti... iirro.
I Mat bun,1111 fa.i,i|,. Ir t|„. f
j v ;r '.f ull I,|;„-k    |)r<>|,a|,|r
' . r.orth ..r mtt
l'< fore neolithie man I,a,I eve,, a'bad-
c*r* to otter with ti,.- remain. „f
•-in nurht a s,ipp,.r f,„. ,„„,kriiar,l
' " II, disi-overv
establish,.,! ti,,, fact that in the s:.
''"•nil, p,.r„„| tUer, uer.- it.se,.,s
though, as t|,« only piece „f his' r-
mams uas a „ini, )|i( ^
Veen room for (♦isp„,,- as t„ ,|,e ,.T.
ac apecies, Mr.«;„ ..i„ap,,.fil(.et;
7i"n, """on "f 1,is    
■">  «hat what is probablv a sti;
older insect has been f,„„„i i„ Uie
lower SiTm-inn In Sweden. This was
not a cockroach. apparentlv
onu-thing worso. If Uali,,
liotocimex sll,i*ius. be Ht,
.ranslali-,1 it means the original's?
nan bug.—London Spectator.
Ay AMERICAN PEER.
f r.l Fnlrfnx
nu it ||\
"iMilniueii in,
nu#! i;ii «] in
llll' I'ii'ji,
ti,:,
ago brief n:ra.
■••alh of |ir,
li/en of Mary,
agh in?: ru: |.
' 'or that i 1
most distiii.
land.
Ilrt.rmlnalloa,
"It's 1 lie only toinie r„r,h  
1 wisht for an
"Would ye/ Hell Hie horse?"
rd hitch'ti,'d Urv'rf-'h"l"Hke that.
ia nit. h the animal up i„ front m
h.rd g^or no,8"' u'''1 V'' Uh"thc'
k° "r "ot" -Washington dUr.
A Hornert Tortol.e
"".vthing t|,at has
" l.v provided wilh h,>P"'tn "
them. n„t „ , 'V' ""PP'e-
jorns is ,.|(.ar|v „„ . ! M'ith
•'pecimei, „f ml eMinet' "ic'l'ncl o'f I""8
with a sknii .,s l,,r
?    "x, and wiih , ,2'","" ,hat
br ny     set , , C'VJ
I bugles to t he skull ""'"''i
many bulls, was Ji,-, • ' n ""'-eof
lows of the /,o„l,)(r|,-, If|,l-
I'ouse in Jlanover s.,h"ir
"II I'riihabilhv V '
covered will, genuine ho ,,.""'
,«■  plet „ithe ton,
ln* Iik" - hull at ,, gate Th'' h"*h*
must have rhab-,1 iJ .- , 1 l"'!IRt
ii'al tortoise ,,f n!Ti""
which supported ti,.. .? I *'ml l«,tT 
'upported ihc ♦  f • 1 ,llnt
London Chronicle. P (f'obe.~
1 A couple of 1,101.: iiH
I ''OH *.:is maile of thi
j fairfax, a prominent ,
land. Few knew t!,,
I t'on L'leaii..| ft,,,,,
j belong, d to one of ti,
| P"'-1"''1 f-i "i'i- of „
| «W bore hi* tiif® with v.s otter ta.
; ''oil. '„r neither 1 .• , „■ |-.v   
| ' '■ fr""1 nho'" I"' '■ 1,,-rii,-.! il',
p'-'-rai'.-t w0Mid ever take mra.urrs ta
It eonflrmrt. The Mttleaeni I
he lairfav family in ,|„. halted
• • dates from ti... ,i„„. „f
S' \ "1 I,a ron, alt ho. ,.|, 8ini.ra,
b'-rs bad prerlouilj come to re^di
here.
The late peer lived the life of a gen.
Heman farmer in th- south. The onlv
Utle bj which he wai WncAva  .,- thai
Of doctor. Which he obi.,,,  „ ,,,,„|.
uate of the nodical School of th. I ni.
'••rslty of IVnnsyh When he wa,
  lad he left \ irginia and moved to tint
h< Iirlits Of Oeoryetown, where he re-
cened Ins first education. He grad.
unlet! from l'rlnceton. and later be-
" doctor of medicine and rejoined
'  Wnshln*t«>„. When ti,a
war of 1 he rebellion began his familv,
" K0,,!".Vinpathizers.    
,"''s s" ''^agreeable for them I hat t her
Marti 7 "J"'1"1 '"'"r "'""ville. ia
Man la„,|. | henceforth Dr. Fairfax,
«ho h-id nuivi-le,, daughter of Col.
'  'l"d St a ,-s v. re.
•Idtdon lhe land, and mod,.t fort an*
which descended to him.
Am \r 111 r«nni|i|e,
An American. s„,s „ |'„n> papfr>
•pi '.King to „ member of the league
fcgninst the abuse ,,i Inba.-eo, declared
'' ' mi,'i "i:i,ire Who died
leu-nH, Flm,kl. .l 0(|0 h(u||H n
. • ni. a look of liorror the re-
Inrmrr r.xelaiinoil• •
4l "• it ih no ^«,iider
the monster d'wdV*
(U.V
"A. , """ " M,,l l ened.
*U I1 y' perished'" i'T"' ,mrty ■*"
<lnarv TW j ",,|nimed the Or.
°V« -rf Iu'r,,dtil0ualy,
"You s'ee m «Plorer.
our ""PP'V of i„#t boot-ie*
 .lne. devLE|..:;';^ and pta-