The Billings News. (Billings, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1905 Page: 2 of 6
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Wo carry tin* finest
lino of Ladies Shoes in
town. They took tin*
Gold Medal at the
World’s Pair in St.
Louis last year.
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He That Hath a Trade
HATH AN ESTATE.
It is worth while for people to remember that those who have made great repu=
tations and have a profitable business have absolutely dealt in pure, high class
goods and always declined to buy or sell cheap, adulterated or trashy articles.
There is no capital so valuable to business as a good reputation. Bad or fraud*
ulent articles recommended taint the reputation of the whole stock.
[MOW, as one of our competitors was saying last week, that we were a common country crossroads store
^ and had nothing to get out of date, we will admit that for we buy our goods in small quantities and
buy often, and in this way we don’t have anything to get out of date. We do business in a room 25xH0
and our competitor has three rooms that large and we simply ask him to come over anytime and see the
business we do and take a few items. He might be able to learn something from Country Merchants.
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t>LAR I HIS IN MIND—The policy of honest values and fair, square dealing is the foundation upon
which our BUSINESS IS BUILT. To descend to misrepresentation of quality or prices would-be to
attack at its very foundation the SUCCESS OF SIX YEARS BUILDING. We endeavor to present to
you a plain and lamest description of the merchandise offered and to make no claims for lowness in price
that you will not find substantiated when you buy our goods.
It’s the Style that Makes the Sale.
It’s the Wear that Holds the Trade
We are working every day to make our store attractive for Xmas and we can say
that we will have on display as pretty a line of Holiday Goods as you ever
looked at in Billings. We have just received the newest effects in Ladies Fancy
Handkerchiefs and Collars, expressly for the Holiday Trade.
New Customers will receive the same courteous and careful attention
we have always aimed to show our old patrons.
Cooper - & - Dimond.
SHOE
Co.
St Louts
The Peters Shoes
tor Men are the best
shoes on the market.
They took the Gold
Medal at the World's
Fair at St. Louis.
* THE
mu
BILLINGS
°*ubliahed every Friday by
. , Aley Sc Hrown, Proprietor".
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>U FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1005.
NEWS Porto Rico stands begging out-1 OUR LIVESTOCK LETTER.
side the door for the same rights Kansas CitV( Mo ( DeP. 4> 1905 Total
and immunities and largesses ad- cattle supply last week 10,000 head, in-
jodged toother territorial do eluding 3000 calves, a decrease of 20,000
mesnes.
We arc a great people, we are.
Brazilian coffee comes in free to
j01 Entered in the Post Office at Billings, ,, . ’
0;rtkla., br second class mail matter. . exclusion of I orto Rican cof-
or one third from the previous week.
The ending of the range season and the
Thanksgiving holiday were mainly res-
ponsible for the smaller receipts, al-
Subscription Rates.
i foe in all probability simply be- j though supply of fed steers was nearly
cause American millionaires hold |a8 lar„e a8 dl„.jni, thp nrpvinil9 wpplr
... „ as large as during the previous week.
vear paid i„ advance...........1 .no big interests in Brazilian coffee Buyer8 did not have any R00d Rra88
tIImonths .50 plantations and at the same tune
{>tvear not paid in advance 1.2:1 <»\vn » controlling interest in the
ril1*"
r «orto Rico and Heaven.
:1 j, We are told in Holy Writ that
^(ji heaven there is neither marry
r ag nor giving in marriage. Por-
Rico and heaven appear to be
ofcpusin-german in this respect, as
^l>’ is claimed that less than 17 per
Pent of the adult Porto Ricans
f£*re legally married. That new
'dependency of ours seems to be
,,ggreat free-for all in the line of
^cohabitation minus the tlieoretie
J4ul ethic rest rietions imposed by
p,ha. itai hemls. lean eipress himself freely unless he
U r This, of course, is duly and tru-loommand a generous vocabulary. To
awful, verging into the ter i realriot by the limitations of a narrow
,,:ihle and lunging onward toward ver,ial Hnw is to cripple thought and fet-
tle catastrophic, and yet wehaveller imB*lnaUon- Words tire and become
jV first complaint to hearon this I „ ^
1 cad from the Porto Rican. He
United States senate. That’s
the disease tugging at the Porto
Rican vitals. Later, when these
same or other money-bags ac-
<|iiire command of her coffee bus
iness it will be different.
Our Debtors.
The complaint has filtered into this of-
fice that some of the good folks and ev-
idently steady perusers of the Nkws
down towards the county metropolis are
obliged to associate more or less closely
with a dictionary in order to keep pace
with our remarks.
We are glad to hear such criticism,
for it means advancement. It spells ob-
i ligation from receiver to giver. No one
J* ties complain, and justly, too,
•garding his coffee product hav
(trig to tight for place and prefer
oAtce in our market. Brazil sends
ff lot of coarse1, low grade coffee
fS the United States duty free,
.hd can sell it at a rate calculat
It has been asserted that Shakes-
peare’s vocabulary was ridiculously
j......—,......, ...... j......,,, small compared with the oral mastery of
regarding his coffee product hav the one-horse statesman of today. But
fr_„ r.............• the weird wizard of Avon used all words
eitant in his time, and was driven to
constant verbal coinage in order to make
his delivery to the world. The enormous
advance in scieneeand the vastly bigger,
______broaderscope of modern mind have up-
5/d to swamp the altogether liner1 oes8itate<J “ proportionate addition to
« ‘orto Ric i be • • • l*le wori* treasury of mankind,
i*. 1 ‘ If an author compel us to consult
V Coffee comes in free because it works of reference, think, figure, he be-
ll not produced within our con comes the ideal schoolmaster and we be-
■ nos, If Rockefeller or Have Come his debtors. If anyone has neg- . , , ,
layer or some such sort of hi I lected that easential educational instru- ►°n81 ®.r wort the present prices,
|(I«)U o. son , NUth so, of lu im,ntithe dear old dictionary, it is in or- W still talk of a raid on the market a
re colossus should take to coffee der for him or her l0 reforr/;tthout de.
ultun* within the circuit of Old lay and over Hftor load u better life in
lory,” tt duty would Speedily be this direction. If we Impel to this by ^M’la"1 w<’(,'r, markets strong all the
ktposed on all outside coffees in 1 "»r sometimes voluble discussion of the dme, but not fully tested often. Supply ;
vor ..I tin- ........................................................
steers to turn to, and the strong prices
for fed steers were further advanced 15
to 35 cents, principally on the medium
grades. Steers selling at $3.75 to $4 20
Monday brought $4 to $4 50 Friday.
Stockers end feeders gained 10 to 20c,
cows and calves around 25c. There is
large inquiry for stockers and feeders.
The yards were well cleared and holdo-
ver at the close of the week the smallest
since middle of the summer.
Supply today 15,000 head, fed steers 5
to 10 lower, as Chicago has heavy sup-
ply, market 10 lower there. Top steers
today $5.50. Cows, stockers and feed-
ers steady today. Best fed steers last
week sold at $5.75, but there should be
some Christmas cattle here this week
which will probably sell at $0 to $(l 25,
possibly more if strictly prime. Bulk of
fed steers bring $4 50 to $5.30, choice
heifers and yearlings $4.75 to $5.15, fed
cows $3 25 to $1, canners and grass cows
$2 25 to $3 25. Panhandle cows fetched
$2.75 Friday, similar to ones that sold at
$2.40 two weeks ago. Bulls bring $2 25
to $4, veals up to $((.50, heavy calves at
$2 50 to $4 50. Bulk of stockers and fee-
ders sell at $3 25 to $3 00, frequent sales
above $4, and some fleshy feeders up to
$4.60, not muen desirable under $3.
The hog market fluctuated widely last
week, making some sensational advanc-
es, but ending the week quietly with a
net gain of lOe. Supply was 51,000 for
the week, a decrease of 6,000. Run tc-
duy is 7000 head, market opened 5 to 10
lower, but closed better, top $4 92,„>
bulk of sales $4.80 to $4 IN), light hogs
up to $4.85, pigs generally selling right
in without sorting. Paokers seem to
few weeks hence.
Mutton and lamb prices gained about
Withe ‘limfunt himlustpy/dont- i reLT"" cen"uro Hhou,d ** 0,‘r
kier-know, would at once begin1 Dictionaries arc about as cheap ns bi-
ll flourish like unto the afore j kies nowadays, and it really seems many
line green bay cottonwood.
people neglect them along with the
I,.! . I.. • , , , I Ureat Book, the first being essential to
/Uo to R co is as much u imrtof j menUl ;h„ Uuer l0 e*rna|
ie United States as Arizona, yet tion.
ive, 10 to 15 higher. Fed Colorado lambs
sold at $7 40 today, 20c above any recent
price. Best yearlings bring $5 85 to
$6.10, wethers up to $5.35, ewes $4.85 to
$5 25, although a few choice nativpx
sold at $5 75 last week. Few feeders
are available, wethera and yearlings at
$4 50 to $5, lambs around $5.75, ewes $3
to $4. J. A. Rickart, I.. 8. Cor.
Photo Prices.
Cabinet Size Only
$4*00 Photos for $3.50
3.50 “ “ 3.00
until the first of the year only.
Please come in soon as possible for picture work and avoid the rush, as I will bo
orowdod just boforo Christmas and New Year is always t busy time for the photographer.
So como as early as possible and get your Christmas and New Year pictures. Nothing
nicer for a present than a swell photo of yourself. I have remodeled my studio and turned
it around so as to give me a north light so the light now is fine and you run no risks of
getting nothing but tine photo. Compare my work with that of others.
I do not want to boast or brag, but the work talks. If I do not get you as tine a
photo as you can get in any city, they will cost you nothing. People sometime think that it
photographer in a small town does not amount to much, and it is true, but 1 want to tell
you I a in not a jack-leg in the business. I can make you any kind of a picture from a
(Stamp to the finest
American Platinum.
I am strange to you and possibly some of you will go to a large town, aud nine
chances to one you will get skinned, as they always give visitors the cheap work. Come in
and see my work at the old O. M. Harness stand. I have located here and will be at the
studio at all hours of the day.
Pay no attention to cloudy weather, as I can make just as tine photos on a cloudy
day as on the very brightest day that comes. The time has passed when a photographer
can make a picture only on a bright day. So come in and get some tine photos.
Very Truly Yours,
ESTILL,
Photographer,
Billings.
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The Billings News. (Billings, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1905, newspaper, December 8, 1905; Billings, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1172930/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.