The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1901 Page: 5 of 8
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THE CHANDLER NEWS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1901
Pure Drugs
ure essential to the proper compounding of
medicines. The bust prescription will fail if
put up with old or impure drugs. We use
only the very best, and our prices are as
low as any store in Oklahoma.
We carry a full line of all standard
remedies, and have the largest stt^ck of
paints in Lincoln county
Clematis.
Fowler moved
COX & COX, Props.
Next Door
City Drug Store.
South of Postoftice, Chandler.
W. H. Fowler moved to Stroud
week.
A. J. Morris was seen in the city the
other day on legal business.
Clematis would be a good location for
both an attorney and a doctor.
i Charley Sims, who has been suffering
I with la grippe for some time, has recovered.
Clematis is not very large but it can boast
of haviug two men who, together, tip the
beam at 525 pounds.
the legislature
"good roads"
AN UNLIMITED MARKET.
No
Danger of Raising Enough Cante-
loupes to Affeet the Mareket
Here at Chandler.
express and we assure you these melons
were no finer than those received from
Oklahoma last season and this same thing
can be done as well from Chandler, Okla.,
as from Kockyford, Colo., and they will be
on the market a month earlier and could be
It is earnestly hoped that
will do something for the
problem before they quit.
T. S. Conges, who has been confined to
his bed for some time is improving very
nicely and will soon be on duty again.
The mile of road east from Clematis,
commonly known as the "Gulch, and
which has been impassable for the paat two
years, is again in good shape.
One housed up in the busy, noisy and
As there seems to be a doubt in the
minis of farmers as to the ability of any
buyer in Chandler obtaining a ready market
for their output of canteloupes in the event
of their growing them in large quantities,
I wish to submit the following letter from
the Western Poultry and Game Company
of St. Louis, Mo., who handle more cante-
loupes than any other firm in the United
States^
Mr. F. J. Weymouth, ,
Chandler, Okla.
Dear Sir:—Your favor of the 18th inst.
hand and contents fully noted. We are
very glad to hear from you on this subject,
canteloupes, which we make a specialty of
and handle more than any one else in our
line, having the facilities and outlet and we
are in position to handle your entire crop,
what you may ship from your station,
whether it be one, two or three or four cars
per day or even ten cars per day to best
^ possible advantage.
If a considerable acreage of melons can
be grown at your station this year, we,
would be more than pleased to place an ex-
pert there to instruct your growers how to
pick, pack and load your melons for ship-
ment.
If your melon growers will organize and
co-operate they can secure important bene-
/ ~~ fits. There is no question but what your
country, that is, Oklahoma, is well adapted
to the culture of melons and it can be made
•very profitable if proper care is taken. It
should be remembered however, it oniy pays
to raise the best, poor melons are a drug on
the market at any price, further more your
growers need not be uneasy of a glutted
market at the tiiqe your melons come, as
from our experience last year with Oklaho-
ma melons which we received from EIReno,
Oklahoma, they arrived on this market in
small quantities about the first of July and
were very fine in quality and flavor and
, sold readily, commanding the highest mar-
ket prices and were far superior to any
r " thing u-e received up to that time from the
South, such as Florida, Texas, Arkansas, or
Missouri, and in fact they were just as good
as the melons we received from Colorado.
Ever since -last s2ason we have had
Oklahoma before us and have been trying
very hard to get some point in Oklahoma in
your vicinity to raise melons in large
quantities so they will be in position to ship
* in car load lots from one to two and three
cars per day under ice and refrigerator
cars.
Good stuff will sell at good prices at all
times, while poor stuff is a drug on the
market at all times, and you cannot hardly
give it away.
We would suggest planting between 75
and 100 acres of canteloupes as there is
nothing in the fruit and vegetable lines that
' will pay better provided the right kind of
stuff is raised and this acreage planted
would place your growers in position to
load about a car per day and in the height
of the season two or three cars per day.
Of course your first shipments would have
to come by express but as soon as you are
in position to load in car load lots the Wells,
Fargo Express Co. has excellent refriger-
ator service and there is no questiop if we
can insure the company that there will be
this amount of business at your station we
can secure for you a very low rate in car
load lots and under refrigeration which
would insure their arrival on this market or
wherever we may place them, in the best of
condition.
Last year w? placed canteloupes from
Colorado in New York City and Boston by
on the market a montn earner anu wum ut Qne housed up in tne Dusy, nuiay
sold to excellent advantage and satisfaction j ,justy cjty would scarcely realize that spring
to all concerned. i wnrk was Droeressine. As it is, hundreds
As stated above,
it is not
quantity as to what we can handle in the
canteloupes, if they are raised properly,
having the quality and flavor we can handle
ten cars per day very easily to good advan-
tage and satisfaction.
You can secure the genuine Rockyford
seed direct from Colorado.
I work was progressing,
a question of Q£ acres are all ready for
hope
the seed, and the
acreage of cotton is going to exceed that of
any past year in the history of Lincoln
county.
By using the baking power named "Per-
fect" you will show appreciation of pure
hear from you fully and i food. Always use the "Perfect."
Going on EVERY DA\
M THE rwmom
0,11- stock ■){ PRY QOOD5, 5H2E5, GROCERIES,
QUEENS WARE, ETC.,
in the county. NEW GOODS
is the most complete
arriving daily.
We are prepared to makt
bh
the
prices on anything in our
lowest possi-
line.
REJIEHBER
WE INVITE COMPETITION.
IP YOU ARE LOOKING for good fresh merchandise
at LIVE AND LET LIVE PRICES, we know we can
. interest you
YOURS TO PLEASE,
& OjHNINQildn.
would advise having your growers organize
and go into this at once.
Yours respectfully,
Western Poultry
and Game Co.
A car contains 400 crates holding 45
melons each, making a total of 18,000
melons per car. Now take a piece of
paper and see how many acres you would
have to grow to supply the orders from
this one firm. Then figure them at an
average of 1 cent each and see how much
you would receive for that crop. You
should grow by proper cultivation and at-
tention between 6,000 and 7,000 melons per
acre. It would require 500 acres to supply
the orders of the American Poultry and
Game Co., alone and you would receive for
this about $30,000. Don't be afraid of
olutting the market—because you can't do
it. You have the soil and climate and
there is no reason in the world why
Lincoln county should not be raising can-
teloupes by the train load within the next
5 years. .
I have secured the genuine Rocky ford
seed and you can obtain them of any of
your seedsmen. Secure enough of these |
seed to plant 5 and 10 acres each and have j
some ready money coming in during July, j
two months before your corn and cotton is |
ready for market.
Respectfully,
F. J. Weymouth, i
It is reported that the Choctaw will ex- j
tend from Geary to Watonga.
Farm Loans.
We are prepared to make farm loans aj
lowest rates and on easy terms. Interest
payable annually, with option to pay off
loan or any part thereof at or after one
vear. Call on me at the Mascho building
F. W. Rash.
Nearly every county paper proudly an-
nounces that the member irom its district
is the ablest man in the legislature. ■
ABOUT THE POPULARITY OF
THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER
ITS ALL MERITED.
OUR CATALOGUE. F REE,WIIITELLY0U WHY
THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO
113 w. 9th. St., KANSAS CITY, MO.
New Game Law for Kentucky.
Plain citizens may be shot from January 1
to December 31.
Senators, governors and members of con-
gress may be shot daring any political cam-
paign or within sixty days thereafter.
Niggers may be shot at any time. Hun-
ters in search of this game are also allowed
to use a stuffed club or a butcher knife.
If any man is caught drinking water it is
a sign he is no gentleman, sah! and may be
executed with whatever weapon is nearest
at hand. Colonels may be shot with im-
punity at any time, while a squirrel gun is
recommended for majors and captains.
No man shall be allowed to kill in excess
of six persons a day. In case of honor this
number may be increased to 103.
Every citizen who does not tote the re-
[ mains of his victims from public sight
within forty-eight hours from the time the
first volley was fired will be fined one (D)
gallon of moonshine.
Any citizen who steps on another's toes
may be shot, with the privilege of apologiz-
ing thereafter.
If a citizen leaves home half shot and is
found on the street a short time thereafter
full of buckshot, that is his fault, and his
relatives are not allowed to shoot down
more than seventeen suspects in their
efforts to find the guilty person.
While the public building bill professes to
make but a very moderate appropriation, its
passage will involve the expenditure of
many times the amount named in the bill.
Hikes Nurseries strawberry catalogue
mailed free to all applicants. Address
W. H. Hikes, Manager,
Guthrie, Okla. .
Kingfisher county is experiencing the
difficulties which follow the destruction of
county records by fire. Every county
should have fire-proof vaults.
No matter if you do get free homes, you
may need a loan with which to improve
your farm. See J. S. Hopping for most
favorable terms.
Your application
free of charge.
to prove up made out
Hoover & Kanaga.
The legislators went on a junket to Gran-
ite and Mangum last Sunday.
S)S3S3
ft. D. WRIQttT'S 8
H DRUG STORE i!
if) AND book and news depot
Is the place to go when you want to buy Di
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glass; Putty, Wall
Paper, School Supplies.
J' At the Old Place Again, Opposite Hoffman Building. .
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1901, newspaper, February 28, 1901; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117263/m1/5/: accessed June 3, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.