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The Billings News.
VOL. VI.
BILLINGH, NOBLE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 19QL
NO. 12.
EN6U8H *8 SHE IS WRIT.
A maid in a spirit of pique
Slapped her lover quite hard on the
ohique;
But never a word
Said he, and Iv’e hord
They are going to marry next wique.
Another of whom I have heard
Had a voice as sweet as a beard.
She’s a bachelor girl,
With a low-drooping oirl,
And “Fancy!” ’« her favorite weard.
They lived in a very swell suite
On a very extravagant atruite; ,
The rent was so high
That bard as they’d trigh
They couldn’t make both ends muite.
A cook who had many receipts
For cooking Ssh, poultry and beipts,
Exclaimed in surprise
When asked to make pise,
“I wasn’t engaged to cook sweipts.”
—Saturday Evening Post.
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.
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If the flying machines do not succeed
in winning the great prise at St. Louis,
the balloonists might come east when
Congress assembles and try hot air as
a levitant.
The Eastern war is in statu quo.
Kuropatkin holds the fort at Mukden,
Stoessel proclaims that he will never,
never give up, and Kuroki telegraphs
that he is not yet entirely dead.
On Sunday President Roosevelt join-
ed Cardinal Gibbons in dedicating the
parish school of St. Patrick’s in Wash-
ington, and Archbishop Ireland preach
«d on “France and the Vatican.” Isn’t
all this rather ticklish business?
It would seem as if the limit of lux-
ury and extravagance had been reached
in this country in the mutterof suniptu-
nusness, when one hotel in Philadelphia
has to pay an annual tax of $82,500.
Of course the guests pay the taxes.
General Stoessel seems to be dread-
fully obstinate. He sendB word that he
can hold Port Arthur for several months
yet. Well, we can endure it, if Chefool
doesn’t telegraph every afternoon that
Port Arthur has just been oaptured.
President Roosevelt is doubtless cor-
rect in assuming that the tariff is a leg-
islative question and leaving the initia-
tive to the other end of the avenue.
Nobody reed fear that he will veto a bill
reducing or even abliterating duties on
raw material.
The very last words of Commissioner
Ware as he joyfully quitted his leathern
chair: “Enough 1 I swan! I declare! I
swear!” But he didn’t. He merely
emitted a yell “Four years in the Pen-
sion office is—well—la something it isn’t
polite to telll”
Theodore Roosevelt is the second
President of the United States to wear
on hie face a mustache only, the other
having been Grover Cleveland/ Almost
all of our presidents have worn a beard,
not being as sensitive as the Sultan of
Turkey, who never shaves through fear
of having his throat cut by the barber.
Government engineers have approved
the plan of New Mexico for a dam at
Elephant Butte, for storing the flood
waters of the Upper Rio Grande. Work
on the dam will soon begin. The water
thus conserved will reclaim 200,000
acres in New Mexico, Texas and Mexico
above and around El Paso. Irrigation
is the watchword of the West.
There is a good time coming, boys.
There ie every reason to hope for better
days. England, France, Germany a-d
the United States have $500,000,000
wortb of battleehipa and modern big
guns in the course of construction and
are expecting to send a full line of dele-
gates to the International Peace Con-
ference.
Electrio roads are multiplying bo rap-
idly that it will shortly be possible to go
from Boston to Denver by Trolley. In
1900, less than four years ago, there was
only 311,016 electric horsepower in the
whole country. Today there is 850,000
electric horse power. At this tremend-
ous rate of increase there will be in ten
years more—however, readers can figure
it fer themselves.
America has stirred the wrath of Rus-
sia by loud, and perhaps unseemly de-
monstrations of joy over Japanese vic-
tories. But the great land of the Czar
still hates John Bull worse than Uncle
Sam, and orders will probably be given
to American shipyards for some of the
new battleships that the Russian admir-
alty yearns to possess. It must be ad-
mitted that looks more and more as if
Russia would win in the end.
Susan B. Anthony finds enormous en-
couragement in the ballot crop of the
weat, where women voted for president
in four states, and in one state actually
elected a governor and defeated the
masculine majority. She also smiles
over the faot that her brother, Col.
David, R Anthony, of Kansua,.wbo re-
cently died, left her an annuity of $600
and paid for a $1,000 monument to be
erected on the spot where her remains
will repose. This fulfills all her expec-
tations of the future, for Susan is an
Agnostic.
Kentucky sadly needs a Weather
Bureau to predict “gentle rains and
variable winds.” It has been suffering
for two months with an unprecedented
drought, and the dust hat so saturated
the atmosphere that there is an epidemic
of what the doctors call the “dust cough”
Seed planted weeks ago refuses to germ-
inate and the famous blue grass has
turned brown and yellow. Even the
men are dry and Henry Watterson was
blown away to Europe ‘.‘to give politics
a real” and Jack Chinn has girded on
bis armour and permitted an admiring
constituency to send him to the legisla-
ture.
Young man, take courage! If you are
poor it Is a sign that great Nature in-
tended to give you a chance to make
somebody of yourself. The next gov-
ernor of the splendid state of Minnesota
is a Democrat, elected by 30,000 from
one of the stanchest Republican strong-
holds which gave Theodore Roosevelt
100,000 majority. Johnson is a washer-
woman’s son, and for that reason Was
made the victim of an asinine attack at
the hands of bis political opponents.
This attack was bitterly resented by
many in both parties, and there were
enough Republicans who were fond of
fair play to elect the target of abuse to
the governor’s chair. F. D.
Heart Fluttering.
Undigested food and gas in the stom-
ach, located just below the heart, press-
es against it and causes heart palpita-
tion. When your heart troubles you in
that way take Herbine for a few days.
You will soon be all right. 50c at
Smith’s Drug Store.
ADJOURNED FARMERS MEETING.
Owing to the absence of the Secre-
tary nnd Treasurer, of the local branch
of the Farmer’s Co-operate Associa-
tion the meeting here was adjourned
to meet again on Saturday December 17.
All membera are expected to be present
at that meeting as important business
will come up.
PICTURE OF OKLAHOMA.
PRINTED BY F. W. SCHELL FOR HIS OLD
HONE PAPER, THE D006EVILLE.
(WISCONSIN) CHRONICLE.
Editor Chronicle:
Dear Friend:—Aa I have been visit-
ing the past two months in this hustling,
busy town of Billings, a town that was
not on the map nor even thought of five
years ago, whioh now has five churches,
two banks, four large grain elevators,
four rural free delivery routes, one star
route delivery, nine rural telephone
lines and business of all sorts well rep-
resented in fine briok and atone build-
ings, and a high school building built of
brown stone which would do honor to
a town of twenty ysars growth, it oe-‘ *
curred to me that it might be interest-
ing to some of your readers that have
heard of Oklahoma to know what my
impressions are as judged from actual
observation.
Now the facts are: That half has
never been told; at any rate, it oannot
be told in a way to do it justice. The
only way to fully appreciate the induce-
ments of this beautiful country as to
climate, crops, comfort, etc., is to visit
it. The growth of the cities and towns
seems wonderful, but when you drive
through the country as I have done for
days at a time along the most perfect
roads I ever saw, bordered in many
localities by fences of hedge, passing
by farm houses all new, neatly painted,
surrounded by groves of peach, pear,
apricot, plum, and apple trees, every
farm fenced, the stock (of which there
is an abundance on every farml looking
sleek and fat, all showing prosperity
everywhere, it is really hard to realize
the fact of such a growth of trees and
shrubbery in so few years. It makes
you feel that you are in some old settled
country. There is an absence of the
large expensive barn buildings and stock
sheds which we see in the north, which
looks strange to us, but it is because of
their being no need of it in this mild
climate. Tbe stock of all sorts graxe
all winter on the pastures of hundreds
of acres of wheat which is now making
this country look like spring in its coat
of green. It is a beautiful panorama.
From tbe top of Faragber’s stone block
there is an unobstructed view in either
direction of 20 to 30 miles of slightly
rolling prairie farme that will all double
in value in the next three to five years.
Fortunate, indeed, are the farmers of
on all of our Cloaks, Jackets, Capes and Skirts in the store
in addition to our former cut prices on the same........
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This hong Dry Spell-
.AND SUMMER WEATHER is causing
______ _ * us to think that we may have to carry
over a lot of winter goods if we hold them at their regular selling prices and we have
therefore decided td reduce our prices on nearly nil of our winter goods and especially on
Ladies' Ready-made Skirts, Cloaks,
Jackets, Capes and Heavy Dress Goods.
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We still have a bigger variety of Ladies’Cloaks and Jackets than any one store in
the county. We always did offer them at less than the regular prices for the reason that
we bought them so cheap that we could undersell any house in the country. At this time
we announce another reduction of ten per cent on all of our Cloaks and Jackets in the store
regardless of the low prices that is marked on them now.
We have put on our bargain counter a lot of Jackets and Capes worth from *3-5® lo
*6 °° *Anothin' lot of tine Ladies’ Long Cloaks in nearly any size and color worth from
to $15 at $5. If you intend buying yourself a Cloak or a Jocket this season don’t send
away for it or make a trip to another town before you see our stock.
BEE HIVE
to 850 farmers’ carriages lined up in
the street in this town. They come in
for 20 miles here to trade, and all in
their top oarriagea, not lumber wagons,
that it past with them.
Wheat is bringing $1.00 a per bushel.
The railroad has been taxed beyond its
ability to haul off tbe wheat. The large
elevators are filled and there are thou-
sands of bushels of dollar wheat dumped
in gf«yit pilea in the field near the depot
waiting for transportation.
George Karagber has a fine atone
—--------- block here rented to good advantage.
this favored land of Oklahoma. Never He hag here nearly four years, and
was there a land, I think, that returns llke gl) the pcop]e who are here, be
HfljTMnHM State*
A costly Mistake.
Blunders are sometimes very expen-
sive. Occasionally life itself is the
price of a mistake, but you’ll never be
wrong it you take Dr. King’s New Life
Pllle for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Head-
ache, Liver or Bowel troubles. They
are gentle yet thorough. 25c at Smith’*
Drug Store.
“1 was much afflicted with sciatica,”
writes Ed. C.Nud, Iowaville, Sedgwick
county, Kan., “going about on crutohea
and suffering a great deal of pain. I
waa induced to try Ballard’s Snow Lini-
ment, whioh relieved me. I used three
BOo bottles. It la tba greatest liniment
1 ever used; have recommended it to a
number of persons; all express them*
selves as being benefitted by It. I now
walk without crutohes, able to perform
a great deal of light work on the farm.”
20o, 50o, $1.00 at Smith's Drug Store.
StarteivsSfifsa(rspss. Lo#„s
beat terms In None oounty at the Citl-
sene Bank.
Hues aaaiMO rowaaa 00.
OHIOAOO.
so much for the labor put in it. When
I think of the long months our farmers
have to feed and stable their stock in
Wisconsin, with all its consequent labor
and expense, I wonder how they can be
contented there where they must shovel
snow and fight jacl^ frost so large a por-
tion of their lires. A farmer’s life in
this country is one of leisure as com-
pared with the north; no rush except
the harvest of the wheat, the corn can
be husked any time between August
and March. No snow or storms to in-
terfere; and speaking of corn, let me
say, 1 was surprised to Bee such crops,
such large fields of corn and the yield
per acre here. After seeing it I am not
surprised that Oklahoma took the
World’s Fair medal on corn at St.Louis.
I have seen seven acres of fine corn
raised on the same land that this season
harvested 27 to 30 bushels of wheat, thus
making two crops—one of wheat and
one of corn in one season. Tbe im-
mense growth of alfalfa, Kaffir corn,
hay and corn shows the wonderful fer-
tility of this soil, and the rainfall is that
sure that they have never had a failure
of crops here. It is only a question of
a few years until oreameries and cheese
factories will be as numerous as they
are in southwestern Wisconsin, as the
creamery companies are now working
up the deals. The poultry business ia
like finding money in this olimate—lit-
tle care and big returns. Talk of fruit
growing; I have seep fruit trees, plant-
ed here last spring, that have grown
five to ten branches one to three feet
long Hi one season. In one to four years
an orchard is doing business. It is no-
thing unusual in this country to see or-
chards of 40 to 120 aerea of apple trees,
and once planted they never freete out.
There is another thing that people who
have any tendenoy to eatarrb, pulmon-
ary or bronohlal troubles will appreciate:
here is immediate relief and speedy
cure. You see no one eo afflicted, and
I have talked with people who were
considered beyond repair when they
came here, now well and hearty.
Now unless you may imagine that I
am in the land business, and that. it
mayaeem like exaggeration to those
who have not seen this garden spot of
Unole Sam’s domain, I have expreaaed
but lightly the merit* of this land aa to
•oil, olimata, etc.
There are some dp* opportunities for
busineia men here 'also. On Saturday
it is not at all unusual to aae from $00
like all the people who are here, be
thinks there is only one place for him,
and that is Oklahoma, and especially
counties of Grant, Noble and Kay.
There is one other feature 1 should
mention, and that is, the people here:
They are certainly the finest, most soci-
able people it was ever my lot to meet.
They are from all the northern states,
many from the east, and all seem satis-
fied and happy. They all seem of one
mind on the question of this being the
best land under the sun. And I am con-
vinced they are right.
There arc parties of land buyers from
the Berth here every two weeks. I met
last week several from Freeport and
near there.
George joins me in sending regards
and will be glad to give information to
any who may inquire, as he would like
to see others enjoying the comforts of
Oklahoma.
With best regards to all our old
friends and neighbors,
1 am respectfully yours,
F. W. Schell.
Billings. Ok., Nov. 4, 1904.
Revolution Imminent.
A sure sign of approaching revolt and
serious trouble in your system Is nerv-
ousness, sleeplessness, or stomach up
gets. Electric Bitters will quickly dis-
member the troublesome causes. It
never falls to tone tbe stomach, regulate
the kidney* and bowel*, stimulate the
liver, and clarify the blood. Run down
systems benefit particularly and all the
usual attending ache* vanish under it*
searching and thorough effeetivaneaa.
Electrio Bitters is only 6O0, and that ia
returned if it don’t give perfect satis-
faction. Guaranteed by Smith, the
druggist. ______
Preliminary return* to tbe chief of
the bureau of statistics of tbe depart'
ment of Arigoulture at Washington on
tbe production of 00m in 1904 indioate
total yield of about 2,453,000,000 bush-
els, or an average of 26.7 buahela pef
acre, as compared with an average yield
of 25.5 bushels per acre, as finally
estimated in 1903; 26.8 buahela in 1902
and a tea-year average of 24.2 bushel*.
The general average •• to quality is H6-2
par cent, as compared with 83.1 last
year, 80.7 in 1902, and 73.7 in 1901.
The “Haydock” Buggy has proven to
be the beet wearing and lasting Buggy
manufactured. A Carload Just received.
-Lowe Hardware and Drug Co.
Looking' For
School Books?
Tablets, Pencils, Rulers, White
and Colored Crayon, Pencil
Boxes aqd all kinds of sta-
tionery can be found at
Smith Drug Store
NewiunlMr (oapiy
Having purchased the lumber business of F. D.
Trekell at Billing*, Oklahoma, we delire to zav to the
public of this vicinity, that we are here to do buiineaa.
We know that to succeed as we wish we must have your
trade and must therefore treat you right. We believe
this to be the best business policy anyhow, hence when
in need of anything in our line give us * call and you
will not regret it. (
We carry a complete stock of all kinds of building
material which we will sell at reasonable prices.
The Big Jo Lumber Co.,
J. (DWELL. LoUl MiUfCf
COME TO THE
POST OFFICE BOOK STORE
School
Crayons,
Erasers,
Tablets, Ink $uid
Fancy Stationery
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