The Billings News. (Billings, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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The' Citizens Bank,
BILLINGS, OKLA.
Capita! $20,000.00
Established 1899
DAN NEIL, President.
FRANK D. LUCA8, Cartier.
CHATTEL AND FARM LOANS
Safe
Prompt
Courteous
— Conservative
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THE BILLINGS NEWS.
Published Every Friday uy W. W.
McCullough
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1904
Entered in the Post Office at Billinas,
}kla., as second class mail matter.
Subscription Rates.
1 year paid in advance............1.*©
6 months..........................it1
I year not paid in advance........1.2'
It is hinted that the Czar of Russia
may soon grant to the people of that
country a constitution.
ENID MAN CELEBRATES
THANKSGIVING BY SUICIDE.
“Don’t pay, I tell ye, it don’t pay!"
A traveller in the Philippine* gives
this experience on the bland of Negro*.
Dick Coon a popular saloon keeper in H# bad g0|* w the open-air market.
where the native women sit squatting in
a row, prepared for the long financial
argument* that follow the customer's
first mention of a price.
“How much?” asked the visitor point-
Enid committed suicide in Enid on
Thanksgiving day by taxing a big dose
of morphine. It is reported that he had
lost several thousand dollars at the
gambling table the night before.
Tis a sad Thanksgiving ending but is ;ngVoso^e manges',
only one more example of how the drink
and gambling habit is apt to end.
Three cents each,” was the answer.
There were rj mangoes in the basket
The official count of the votes in Ok-
lahoma gives McGuire a majority over
Matthews of 1586 votes. The Socialists
polled 4,4411, the Populists 1836, and the
Prohibitionist* 1544.
It is understood that in this case the ^ ^ traTe.;er ^ th^_ ^ Md ^
man was not naturally bad bat on the a l ^ ie^ * tbe wlle* lap.
other hand was of a generous disposition ^ faatd*d ;hen; tack,
and was naturally kind hearted and one ^ aUo mumed .be Mln
who counted ho«s of friends; but his , w utree if tay
opportunity for proving himself a bless- theffi Je- .. ghe. «„ you
mg to humanity was destroyed and his |he lot Tv,0 ^ ^ five
career, which might have been brilliant wnM> fof , ^ haT. none to „u w
and useful, ended in worse than failure ^ peopte..._Yootfc-i Companion,
by his yielding to the fascination of the
gambling table coupled with the “per-
sonal liberty” hallucination. Perry New.-
SHOE
A SWELL BOOT
that individualises
its wearer as
being exclusive.
THE BEE HIVE
SOLE AGENTS,
A. S. CADES, PROP.
PROMPT PAYMENT.
EIOHTF.EN
out for a flood.
Look out for the cents and the dollars
vrjll take care of themselves, some one
has wisely said, and it is true in many
ways. The business man who doesn’t
attend to details of business is apt to
find himself without any business at all
before long. Look oat for little things
in any occupation and you will find big
returns.
Oklahoma is noted for its threatened ....—............ „
...... „ . , ... . . . Who can tell us whai shall the win-
drouths, which are usually ended with More than $360,000 has been received
a good soaker just five minutes before at the school land office since the pay- er
it is too late. At present writing we are ment of this year's leases began. Sec- Cbas. Aostick has returned from bis
being threatened again so better look retary Wenner, of the school land office, World’s Fair visit.
' said that the amount received up to the , Duce E1H, has a(rain arcepted a ^
present date is by far larger than for tjon with the Perry Repljb.1Can.
the same period last year.
From all sections of the territory the Judge Scott has decided to enter the
payments are coming in rapidly. race ,or president of the council.
Mr. Wenner ie highly pleased with; Mrs. S. N. Grant, of Indiana, is visit-
the promptness of the school land pay- ! jng her sister, Mrs. A. C. Van Pelt.
ment. It now looks as if the total re- , w
. ., i .4L ... - Mr. and Mrs. Frazier, of Mena. Mo.,
ceipts by the close of the year will be in
excess of $400,000. are vlBlt,nfr her father’ Ben Brown’
_ This tends to show that Oklahoma is Messrs. Lenhart and Chipman spent
exceedingly prosperous and that the Thanksgiving at Polo vith Mr. Earl.
The great eastern war drags don*.- hare ^ good. The ilDmenge j Fmmprsnn anl1 nf . liri„
The Japs are sacrificing thousands of cotKjn crop has one of the greatest ri l, week
lives in their effort to capture Port factor8 ln bringing money into the three ' re'ative9 the c,t> ^st week.
Arthur while the main armies of the new counties. The wheat crop has plae- E. M. Ellis and wife of Lincoln, Neb.,
two nations are closely watching each , ^ tfae Cberokee 6trip farmers on a lev- are visiting friends and relatives here,
other and doing some skirmi.h vork at e[ f00tjnjf with other parts of the terri- Mr. and Mrs. \ r. Burger returned
cose range in the No • Pa lory. Broom com and stock-raising Sunday from a visit to the World’s
won the admiration of the world by the , haye k lhingg ljveiy ,or tbe farmers
way she went after tne Russians but o( northwestern Oklahoma.-Guthrie
we are fearful that Rub6U will outlast Lea(jer •
her and win in the end even though the
victory be costly.
CERES ITEMS.
Misses Bertha McNeely and Alma
Wiar spent Thanksgiving in Oklahoma
City.
Attorney J. H. Cottingham, of Guth-
rie, was here Monday attending district
court.
Clerk Joe Jarrett received word Sat-
urday of the death of his father at Elli-
day, Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Pratt returned
Monday from a few days visit at the
World’s Fair.
Misses Ruby and Goldie Lebus spent
Thanksgiving with their brother in
Oklahoma City.
„ _ . ... Melvin Crow was on the sick list first
To-day, December I, the big fair at 0fthewet-k.
St. Louis is closed. ’Tis only a memory
now. yet it will be talked about for Bert Siler and wife were shopping in
twenty years to come. In must respects
it has been a great success and as an Mrs. Q. James, of Tonkawa, was visi-
educational factor its value cannot be 'n ^'eres OTer Sunday,
estimated. It has been visited by mill- j What’s the matter with the rainman?
ions of people from all over the world guess he has forgotten Oklahoma,
and we will wager a coon skin that r6Ti j p Ridrige is assisting in the
Oklahoma has sent as large a propor- ! revival meeting in progress at Billings,
tion of her population as any other state
or territory of a lik* distance from St., jrom ber brother whoso h'.me i» in Mis-
Louis. souri.
I Mrs. Al. Taylor and daughter spent
One of the late paper railroads is the 00«n^ hi« brothe!n-iaI Thanksgiving day in Oklahoma City
Denver, Wichita and Memphis Railway . Qrcer t’0 m^e to Ceres vicinity. visiting friends,
which has filed articles of incorporation! I . ,
in Oklahoma with a million dollars cap- 1 Morris, of Burton, was in Ceres ar*e crc’*1 ot ome>ie era came
, . . Tuesday doing business in the interest in Monday from the North und will lo-
ital. The incorporators of same are | j ^ \y. A. "f which he is one of the -cate in N*We countv
Oklahoma City, Kansas City and St. I managers. | county.
Louis parties. The proposeO road is to ^ , Misses Edith and Elizabeth Poright
. Iv V *u u is The medal contest, under the Auspi-__. ____. ^__. .
mn from Denver, Colo., through Kan- ^oftheW C. T. U. is to t* held Sat-! and Francis Cox v.sited tnends in
sas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennes- | ur()ay evening, Dec. 3, Come out and , Guthrie Thanksgiving,
see. The line is supposed to out hear a good program.
through Kay, Grant, Noble, Pawnee,! Jeag Qiven made a flyinR trip ,0 Red _ _
Pavne, Logan, Oklahoma and Lincoln Rock and Perry Monday visiting botn attending school there,
counties in the territory. We haven’t places, by driving made the trip home
by 7:!{«'. Pretty good days work Joss.
Ralph Tieeman came home from ’
school at Stillwater and spent Thank9- 1
giving with his parents and returned,
Monday.
Our efficient Register of Deeds, j
Grant Shoop and family, took Thanks-
giving dinner with Mr. Shoop’s mother
over in Lincoln county.
A. H. Holland and wife, of Cushing,
spent Thanksgiving in Perry with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Casey,where
they had a family dinner.
All the churches of the city united on
Thanksgiving day in a union service at
the Baptist church, Rev. Miller of the
M. E. church preached the Thanksgiv-
ing sermon.
Revs. C. F. McGaha, Woodworth,
Nuckles, R. L. Grant and others were
in Perry Monday on their way to Paw-
nee to attend the district conference
which convened Tuesday.
Mrs. Dr. F. L. Keeler returned home I
Monday from a month’s visit with her!
parents in Ohio. Her sister, Miss Sadie
Moore, returned with her and will take
up the study of professional nursing.
C. R. Higdon, Lou Simmons and A.
S. Cades, of Billings, were here last
Saturday. Mr. Cades wa9 here in the
interest of some party who he says has
| not always treated him the very best.
j J. A. D. Nelson, W. A. Williams, C.
E. Pierce and Frank Wright composed
1 the Billings delegation summoned as
! petit juors for this term of the district
1 court and every one of them got excus-
ed. Like the characters spoken of in
the Bible, some of them had bought
land and had to go and prove it, some
had married and did not like to stay
away from their wives and some held
I office in the Farmers Shipping Associa-
1 tion and had to go and meet with the
1 other officers.
A Word With You
We have no $20 Bedroom Suits for $15.
Nor have we any $15 Suits for $12.50
For we can’t sell goods on that basis and
stay in business.
But we do claim that when we sell you
a $20 Suit you will find it worth the
money in every particular.
We guarantee all our goods to be exact*
ly as we represent them and we self
them at a close margin.
We have just received a new line of Carpets and Rugs,
which we are selling close. Come in and see them.
All Wool Carpets at 70 cents.
The best Union half-wool at 50 cents per yard.
We also have a nice line of new samples to select from
and feel sure we can please you.
Window Shades—A big line just received.
Undertaking A Specialty.
0. W. LONG, Proprietor.
Mrs. M. A. Leekley spent Thanksgiv-
ing in Guthrie with her sisters who are
heard whether they want to secure ter-
minal or round house privileges in Bill-
ings or not.
News honor Roll.
The following subset Ibers hnve our
thanks for subscription, paid in No-
vember 1904.
A. Loula ...
G. L. Blair
A. L. Hudson - - -
J. M.atriokler •
B. O. Lemmon -
J. A. McKee -
Tom Bilderback
H. Murray ...
John Derriek -
J. E. Ollnes ...
Geo. Pierce ...
Thos. Swsnn -
D. C. Fraisrr -
Thos. Gauley -
Frank Stal'V -
W. C. Shaffer for Mrs. M. J.
Paul Nnys -
O. C. Brooks ...
A. Branson ...
Miss Pearl Kirkpatrick, who is teaoh-
Dr. O. E. Lovelady who has spent the | ln« near Sumner, spent Thanksgiving
last four weeks visiting relatives in , in Perry with relatives.
Kansas and Illinois, visited the World’s , ,, ,
Fair and returned to his home iu Ceres. ! ^ob.e, of Oklahoma City, was
1 here Monday looking after the Pioneer
Frank VanSlyke one of the boys from | Teiephone Co.'s business.
Tonkawa Military school spent a few |
days with the neighbors at Ceres re- , Mrs. Lovo, who taught in the city
turning to Tonkawa the first of ' schools last year, is here visiting her
: Week' : sister, Mrs. G. A. Willetts.
Mr. and Mrs. Stowers are at home on _ , _ ,
their farm a few miles north of Ceres,' “• ” nghtsman, onf of Pawnee s
.I 00' well known Dy all aR the “Ed Wyeoff legal lights, was here Monday looking
jloo I farm." We welcome them to our com- after district court business.
1.00
•50
1 00
J [J] | ^jr> and bjr, j smith rtoeived
Rev. J. A. Scott and G. W. Lewis word Friday that their son, Marion, had
who have been assisting Rev. Eldrige I j:.,,
in the revival meeting at the Bapt.st d,ed at Fa,m*W’W’romi"«’
LOO church havp re,urned t0 lhf,'r separate ' Dr. L. O. Allen, federal cattle inspec-
J.OO hjWM* H{»r ■ •uccessful meeting has \ ,or fm ,he territory> w„ in the city
Saturday transacting business.
Mrs. E. E. Tebbe is visiting her sis-
ter, Mrs. Bierer, in Guthrie while her
husband and son are at the Fair.
Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Whorton, of
Oklahoma City, spent their Thanksgiv-
ing in the city with Editor Whorton.
W. M. Robbins and wife entertained
Rev. T. D. Duncan and family and J. F.
Tate and family on Thanksgiving day.
The district court has done but little
business so far except to empanel the
grand and petit jurors and hear a few
motions.
* ' A. J. Stackhouse is making what he
.’Jr calls a “cistern" it is a whopping big
j J hole in the ground, don’t know when he
expects to see it filled. If we judge the
™ future weather by the past it will be
{■JJJ close to three months before a drop falla.
IS CLOSE CALCULATION.
$17.31) i
Yot<l _ _ _ $17'jo Eitremes touch in commercial eccen-
If any have paid whose name's do not! and thf land ‘be Palm U "ot
appear please leport to us at once mat »o different from that of the pine, in the
eorieclion may be made. oddities of its small traders. It was a
We have a large number of subserib- Canada grocer who owned that it never
ers whose time is out with the New „ . . . , . ,„ . _____
Year. If you are one may we not have p“ldhlm to ,u*ar’
your subscription price this month for 1 a barrel, folks buy It up so
a Christmas icmimler? fast it’s gone in less'n a week," said he.
TEACHERS' MEETING
To be held at Billings, Saturday, Dec.
3rd, at 2 p. m. The following topics
will be discussed:
Roll Call.
Responded to by quotations from R.
L. Stevenson.
The Life and Writings of Robt. Louis
Stevenson.-F. W. Whinery.
Aims and Methods in Teaching U. S.
History.—Jos. Jefferson and Miss Sadie
Heitholt.
How to Teach Fractions. -Mias Olive
Henry and Miss Alpha Jones.
The Purpose and Frequency of Rhe-
toricals.—Miss Edna Shroyer and Miss
Bechtel and Howard Linden.
What kind of Text-book Law do we
need for Oklahoma. -J. L. Rosecrans
and Mr. Sutton.
Fight W ill Be Bitter.
Those who will persist in closing their
ears against the continual recommenda-
tion of Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption wiil have along and bitter
fight with their troubles, if not ended
earlier by fatal termination. Read what
T. R. Beall of Beall, Mi*e., bn* to aay:
“Last fall my wife had every symptom
of consumption. She took Dr. Ring’s
New Discovery after everything else
had failed. Improvement came at once
and four bottles entirely cured her."
Guaranteed by Smith, the Druggist,
Price, 50c and $1.00 Trial bottles free.
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I “THE HANDWRITING on the WALL” |
Certificates of Registration of Kansas II ^
and Oklahoma’s Boards of Pharmacy. II ^
We are recognized by the Territory
of Oklahoma as having the educa-
tion and experience to put together
drugs scientifically.
*
Lowe H’d’w & Drug Co.,
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"TNE STORE OK Ql ALITY.”
North Sid* Main fit.. BILLINGS. OKLA.
Kir»t PiblUhid in the News December IIM4
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION!
department ni the Interior, i
Laud Offit-e at KimrtiHher, Okta. Ang. li. HIM. (
Notice i« hereby tnven that the following
named nettler ha* tiled notice of hl« intention
to make Huai proof in tuppnrt of hi- claim,
and that «aid oroof will be made before K. f*.
Conen, V v CortimUnioner a- Lament, Okla.,
Janu.trv 1J. »i*:
for the SVV. Si, Sec, Tp. 2ft N . K 3w., I \|
He name’s the following wttue««e« to prove
hit .'ontinuou* .evidence upon and cultivation j
»f -aid land, tit:
Luke Teach man, John D. Mit'er. Robert J.
Burg* and John
inn, Joan P. Mit'er. Robert J.
i Prince, all of bait Fork, Obla.
P. Brownlee. Kejr:»ter.
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*► >St. Clair <EL OpdyIRe $
^ Can Save You Money in.the
^ following Lines of Buslnaaa:
^ Farm Loans
We can make you a more liberal loan and on better
"fT terms than any loan agent in the county. Loans
closed in our office without delay.
^ Insurance
We are sole agents for the St. Haul and Connecticut
Insurance Companies for Billings and vicinity—best
insurance at cheapest rates. Can insure grain in
bin and stack to take tffect at once. Don’t write
with outside agents when you can do as well or
better at home.. , ,
Real Estate
We can do more for you in selling your farm than
any other agents. Come and list your farm with us
p, ST.CLAIR OPDYLKE. Billings. Okla.
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