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The West Side Democrat. (ill to Palmer Mlg. Co. for Drugs, I Tlie Rfv. Robert Mclntvre of
 'Patent Medecines,, Ktc. Denver Colorado, one of tlie lead-'
Knii>i O. T., Tuesday, Oct. 3, "l'3. A far better freight rate can lie j '"K thinkers anil eloquent dnides Charter
 —————    —! had on lumber tt Wtnlionis than at J'bat state, ••• speak ihg upon the
Filtered at the |M)stoMi*e at huiil, Oklahoma, Knid stat ion on account of the dis outlook for silver a few days ago,
crimination against this town. said: '• i ho Sherman purchasing act
will be repealed unconditionally.
We are going to lose, utterly anil
entirely. There will not ho strength
RAILROAD FOR ENID.
Granted for n New Rail-
road Between Enid and Perry.
eroml-rkisH mail matter
Al Vi:ltTI8IX<! RATES:
One Inch itoulile column, per month, out' dol-
lar. l'l'itfessionul rarils. one tloll.nr pt'r montli.
Liberal dUrqunt.v on lar«*' spares uial Imiji turn*
l-oi'al nilvertisuiir 10cent!* |M'r line 11 rsI iiixerlion
amia renin jut line for each additional assertion
We must have a good hotel.
liusiness lots are selling from $300
to $1500. How is it nt Hoax?
How do you like our now ft nine
post office?
Don't be inveigled into wasting
your money at the station town.
There is plenty of good building
stone close to Knid.
J. A. Caldwell was in K1
visiting friends last week.
People are going wild over the
Some ono should start a brick
yard. The people want brick not i
only for ll.ios, but for bouses and
foundations for frame buildings.
Wo acknowledge a pleasant eall
troin Cashier liufliugtou ol tim First
IS link of Okarche. lie has a good
elaini also a contestant.
The public square at Knid liit.
been cleared of nil tents, shacks anil
I other oirstructioiis, except those
whoso owners pavcil the $2 occupa-
j tion tax.
' Knid has a spring in the public
1 park which affords enough water to
' j supply a town of live thousand in
I habitants with uu abundance o f
rood pure water.
J. 1). Dent who was nrrestid a
enough in congress to pass any sil-
ver bill whatever, no matter what
the ratio. We are going upon the "" this subject in the form
Last week the Democrat told its
readers there were prospects of ai
least two railroads in the near fu-
ture coming to Knid. This week
we have the pleasure of laying be-
fore our readers more tangible
of I
l)\ F'. XIHWIELL,
v. V w* J V. , 1.44 V. - W 4
Hay, Grain, Wood and Coal.
Your Patronage Solicited.
Enid, Pond Creek and Kind Station, : : Oklahoma.
prices of lots.
\\ e will be a cil\ of the lirst class days ago for iinpersouatiii
in 30 (lays. ■ (J, deputy marshal, had his
John Ki bine bought a lot oppo-
site the new post office for ¥000.
The post office is now in new
quarters.
gold standard at once. Then we
1 arc foing to see such hard times its
America has never had before, llun-
, oer, poverty, destituion and all
i iheir attendant train of evils will
come upon us till at last it will be.
1 come unbjarablq, and the people,
the great people, will lisn in theii
might and demand relief. \\ hen
llial rising comes il will be resist -
1 less as Niagara.
livery obstacle, every opposing
force will lie swept out of existence;
-ilver will oi.ee more be
charter, granted by
of the territory last
the follow in.
the secretary
Saturday:
To all whom it may concern;
Whereas, K. 1,. Dunn, K. W.
Patterson, Cltas. O. Wood, .1. \V.
Totnpsou and James A. Pearco have
filed in the office of the secretary of
the territory of Oklahoma certain
articles of organization with a view
of forming a corporation to be
known as the Knid & Perry railroad
company, and with a capital of;
enthroned $"'00,000 for the purpose of build- I
W, H, BODE,,
Ra<i<ja<je and Express,
.. w. J . - J
First class Bus Line.
Meet all trains. Leave all orders sit Dan liyan's
doors south of I Imkaday's Hardware Store.
Sah
pre-
liminary trial last week before Coin-
missioiier Wass, anil tvas released.
President CL'veland has appoint-
ed W'111. P Hornblower of New
Mavor Dunn spent Sunday in KI \ \oik, to be associate justice of the
Reno.
The Rock Island still whistles as
she goes by.
The music of the hammer has
never ceased since the opening.
Remember the Little Palace Res-
taurant when you are hungry.
The townsile of Iioax is contested
and the fight will bo long and hitter.
M. P. Kelly of Okarche called on
its Sunday.
Milt. Spiece, late of the land office
at Kingfisher has rented his large
new building for §1800 per year.
Councilman Gage called and talk-
fill vacancy
of Samuel
and finally the battle will be fought j '"{?> constructing, equipping mid j
forever. Once the people have I "pperiiting a railroad from Enid, the |
learned the lesson they are going tnj"0,"ity sua' "f county, to Perry j
learn and they will never forget it. county seat of 1 county, and 1
Let them think it out through their j having complied with the provisions j
stomachs. That is the only organ j(>f ,1,° statutes in such cases made I
with which they can solve the prob- j aml provided, therefore the territory t
! |en, o j of Oklahoma hereby grants the a j
I . . T .- 1 bove named persons and there as
It is announced that an anti-soon- 1
. . , , ... sociates full authority to
j er association has been organized to '
j ferret out and bounce every person
I . S. Supreme sourt, t
caused by the death
I lilatchford.
Senator Martin of Kansas lias in-
troduced a bill granting right of j that entered the strip land before
| way to the Kansas, Oklahoma Celt- j the day and hour named in the
I tral & Southwestern Pail way com- j opening proclamation. The under-
pany through the Indian territory j taking is praiseworthy ill object, but
' and Oklahoma. - '' w'" '.,e found a ilillicult thing to
A. J. Creamer, of Okarche, made <l(>. The sooner was cute enough j
! us a pleasant call the first of the l" procure a registration paper be j
! week, lie made the run and seer- fore "iwing, which is prima face j
! , I, 1 -11 , evidence that he complied with the! ,
d a good claim anil will at once 1 —- — -7—
regulations, a,id it will devolve up. Last 1 uesday morning about one j
(11 the investigators to prove that ; thousand people went to the quarter t
the sooner actually entered the ! section of land immediately adjoin-1
lands altead of lime. This will be I '"g Knid on the west, and commenced
hard to do in most cases. Instead ; staking town lots, among them weri
ot a liiuderisnce to soonerism the t many who had driven their stake*
outfit at the station town.
exercise
the powers and privileges of a cor
poration for the purposes above stat-
ed.
Witness wiiereoe, Theso pre-
sents have been attested with the
grest seal, and signed by the secre-
tary of the territory of Oklahoma,
| at Guthrie this 30th day of Sept.
1803. Twos. J. Lowe,
Secretary Territory.
THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR
The I icl i
HARDWARE FIRM,
IN ENID, OKLA.
good claim
proceed to turn over llio soil
retrular farmer fashion.
\\r hit taker J>r<;s. late ot Manitou
♦■<1 over the fuInre prospects of Knid, Colorado, backed by the Groat Rock
last Saturday. • Island Route, have put in a news-
We have a lot of dea<l heat land I p por outfit at
attorney* who are hero for no other i Hoys, your outfit and ideas are en-
purpose than to skin the people. j tirely different, Remember that
.fudge Berrford of this judicial ",eM cl,al-Bc llleir I,li,,ds' fo,,ls
district was the 7th mini to [dace
his homestead papers«on file.
Johp I. Dillev's claim is the south
west quarter of 30, 23, (i, and ad-
joins Kind station.
Jf a011 have a lot contest node
never ilo.
Major Simpson, mayor of the
border booth and registration j upon tlie same land on the opening
schcnie has worked into the sooner's 1 day only to find that they were out-
hand. t,1B boundaries of Knid proper,
'' I .. . . I .1 1
1 aims to
The Enid Tribune cla
I ' and w ho then supposed that they
democratic, \ et the patent side is the !
: same as the Kngle which has the lion-
liage of Hoax, was over to the cap-
i esly to admit lis polities to bo ropub-
ital last Saturday tor Ins mail, lie   1
. bean. 1 he 1 ribuue. like a half score
stood in line five hours and twenty
minutes before his tom came.
Neither rank nor the Major's good
bring it to the Democrat office. '1 j |l>(,|<s collh, avail him anything in
has the largest circulation.
shortening the time. The rules of
k of Kingman Kansas, our post office are like the laws of
1
C. It. (
will start a lirst class livery am! fi
stable in thiscity in the near future.
Restaurant and hotel men all
l.nve tlitir n eal tickets printed at
the Democrat.
the Medes and I'ersiaiis, inflexible.
Postmaster Patterson informs us
that he received instructions from
the department to receive and
; ol other concerns just started in the
[strip,is democratic for Land Office
! patronage only. If tlio Tribune is
; honest in ils claims why does it chime
I in with the republican press in ridi-
culing the administration by refering
to the Hon. Secretary of the Interior
as Hokey Pokey Smith. Hell is full
of such democrats and so is
who since, owing to the crowded
condition of Enid proper, seethe
needs of more land for townsile
purposes, hence the great rush last
Tuesday. A mass meeting of the
liver the mail to the Uocl
ile-
I slam
livery week brings f.>rllt some J trains at Ibis place on and after Oct.
newspaper scheme. The count\ is ] 1st., instead of at the station as here-
still lull of suckers. i t of ore, that he attempted to follow
John K. McLean of the firm 0f; out his instructions, but that the
D. D. Temple & Co., was among irnin refused to stop, that he has
the callers al this office Friday. [telegraphed the facts to the depart-
The Perry K.-cning- Democrat, j im'nt ","1 oxl,ects a re,,l-v '0,1:,-v'
published by R. Galbrcath, is one
of our most valued exchanges.
The land office ai Heaver has been
discontinued and consolidated with
the Innd office at Woodward.
The names of them are the Tri
Notice for Publication.
1,ano Oki k'H, Exin O. T.
September 28th 1803.
Notice is hereby given that Win. 1
Rogers, Clias. <), \\ ooil ami \\ 111. Law
lol sinkers was at once held, and the L. Cuiuliff of Townsile Hoard No, II j
following officers were elected as 11 dulv appointed and commissioned 1
• 1 " , 1 .1 1 . ; , I.AN n ol l'ici
provisional town government. [by the secretary ot the liiteiior, 1
V. K. I lunter, mayor; L. D. ItakerJ have tiled notice of their intention
city clerk; John Stanley, treasurer ; to make final proof in support of
and .1. T. Shaw, \V. C. Newcouib, [ their claim to enter the town site of ^ / yyYV JtJYJ'J 1 1 'C~ L- I II
VI'.KNON W. WIIITlNtl, Ijiwjer, anil f\cliak
United Limit onicc
ilKOKiiF. II. I.AINU, deputy clerk of the ills
tvict I'oiirt.
WIIITING & LAING,
Loans, Insurance. ; :
: : and Real Estate.
Ill'SINKS* A SriiflAl.TV.
JOHN L. WIGGINS,
II, L. Dow, J. 1'. Kimball and | Knid, embraciug the south east
"Raines l.onginire, city cotinciliuen. j quarter, ('4), of section seven,
wo men at 1'erry, who happened j T|w councit llt 0I1C0 H  eting j (7), and the south west quarter ( ){) \
at which Pay ton King was appointed j section eight (S), township twenty
'',,c ritv surveyor, and .1. Murray city two (22), north, range six ((J), west
and running the race over again,; IllKrs|lal. winle the meeting was in ! of the 1 i.ili in Meridian, m the co,in-
using Hie same horses. The start • |iro>>rre>i8 Mr. Welherly, who has the | ty of O, and in territory of Okb.lio-
at Orlando was made promptly ai homestead entry nnon the ouarter ! uui. excent one acre reserved for site J
12 o'clock, and the lot was won by a
to settle on the same lot, settled
their contest by going to the
(Ipposite Post Office.
Practice in all the courts and be-
fore the Lnited States Lands Office.
| Knid, : : Okla.
Kansas man by the name of llollens-
wortli. Time 3T> minutes, dist'ince,
ll'i miles. The looscr's name was
Hoffman and he hails from Texas.
This is a far belter way to settle a
Q. Lee,
miesteiid entry upon the quarter j mil, except one acre I
section of hind involved, orileied all ! of Land Office. Said proof to lie J . tnunnu
parties to desist and depart from the made betore the Register and Re-    <
The Associated Press says: "Thf
| post ollicc department will co-oper-
i ale with the Interior department in
j sustaining townsites ngaiitst the dis- I
I criminations of railroads and spec
j u la tors in the Oiemkee Strip.
j Trains will be forced to stop, to' " -f"pl "' slle"y "f Mercer i Mr. Welherly realizing that lie had Rogers, Kdwnrd L. Dunn, II. O.
bune, Oracle, Enterprise H'ul Llower j    d e 1 i v, • r mail a! all the town ; ""'"'J'Missouri, an old time friend a job on his hands, at onco got out : Vonge, W. D. Cornelius and Al-
and at one [ injunction proceedings against C. K. j bert L. Kinberson.
| coolest than to resort to a club or a
! gun.
land. 'This was the first (V) thing the ceiver of the laud office at Knid, O.
lot claiuiHiits intended to do, and Mr. T. the 1 1th day of October 18<)3, ill
Wetherly was so informed by at i 10 o'clock a. hi. They name the fid-
least one hundred persons who afler j lowing witnesses to prove occup'in
driving their stakes would commence [ cy and settlement of said land as
lo erect tents, do ploughing, etc. j mid for townsile purposes. Win. J.
all democratic lo the core for
venue 'only.
Announce yourseef in the Demo-
crat as candidates fur the city
offices under permanent organiza-
tion.
J. I.. Isenberg. the special cor-
respondent of the Pueblo Daily
Press, gave this office a brothel ly
call lut week.
Eire broke out about six o'clock
yesterday morning at Elmer Par-
nell's lunch room. Gasoline was
the cause. Damage £•">().
Ti e members of the I. O. (). K.
are requested to eall and register at
the Pulinei Manufacturing Co. drug
store.
N. E. Lock made the first filing
at the Enid land office. He located
on the N. W. yl ol Sec. 21, T. 23,
R. 5.
Patronize home industry. The
Democrat is here to boom Enid and
assist in filling the pockets of her
merchants with lucre.
It our people will make Waukomis
their shipping point they will save
big money and a "lieiiii" of annoy-
ance.
j sites, and no post offices will be al
lowed to be established fur the pur
pose of influencing trade away from
such town.
The Strip as a whole is all right,
and will be one of I lie most fertile
portions of Oklahoma. 'The dry
weather which has prevailed all
over the country the past six weeks
lias had a very bad effect on the
Strip, burning tip the vegitatiou,
drying up the streams and giving
it several black eyes. No unsettled
country could endure it bettor than
the Strip has done, and n few good
rains will pill a very different face
upon it.
A telegram was received 'Thurs-
day from Seaetary lloke Smith
stating that the claims of all those
who made the run from tlio Osage
country and the south side of the
Chilocco school reservation would
not bt considered valid. This will
invalidate the claims of a large num-
ber of claimants who were granted
permission by Lieutenant Caldwell,
commanding the troops here, togo
through the Chilocco reservation
and to make the run from the south
side.
of the Democrat man
time a member of the Missouri leg Hunter and others before Probate j
islatiire, is erecting one of the best j Judge 'Toinpson and the case will j
in Knid and will put in a come up for hearing Oct. 5th, 1803. !
In the meantime hundreds of stnkers |
are still seeing that their stakes are j
R. W. Pattkuson,
Register.
Eirst published Oct, 3, 1893.
Btrayed.
not tampered aiili and the ^natter A sorrel horse, lo hands high,
remains in statu quo. As there blind left, eye, 7 years old and
were over three hundred lot claim-j branded on lup and shoulder. Lost
ants to the quarter in controversy on ! °" 1 urkey Creek, 14 miles soulh-
I Saturday, Sept. Hi, 181)2, it is fair lo west of Enid, September 22nd. A
presume that there will fie a pretty
buihlin
$10,000 stock ol groceries this week.
Mr. Shelley is a first class business
man of the strictest integrity and
will do even more thv.n his share to-
ward mnkii'g Enid the best city in
the Si rip,
'Takeyour prescriptions to Palmer
Mfg. Co., Druggists. A first class
prescription clerk always on hand.
Lost, Or taken by mistake. A
red leather grip, small w ith shoul-
der straps, belonging to deputy j city government to look after their
marshal John W. Clantnii. It con interests, whilo Brown lee & Roberts
tains papers of no value to anyone are attorneys for Wetherly.—Eagle.
GOOD WORK GUARANTEED.
Northwest Enid. 1 do good work
and solicit your patronage.
1). 1). TEMPLE & CO..
VVYKKS.
North of Land Office.
Will practice before the Interior
Department and Territorial Courts.
Enid - - Oklahoma Tv,
M. CON K I.I Nil, I, C.
J. W. ST HEN',
; legal fight between the homesteader
' and the townsile authorities, Messrs
Havens, Orner & Watson and Judge
lames have been return;d by the
Conk ling, Steen & Conklintj,
LAWYERS.
Practice in all Federal and Ter-
reward of ten dollars will be paid I ritorial Courts. Land Office busi-
tor return ot horse to Dkmoi hat , "ess a specialty.
office. Kni"' - - 0k*
For Sale. Tuken Up.
A first class, 1 ntost improved I roy j ^ large span of mules. Inquire
laundry fixtures complete. 1
formation call on or address
J. O.
Strayed or Stolon.
but the owner. Please return to
this office.
—  I One bay horse about 18}4 bands
1 he case of the I erritory vs Hen- high 8 or U years old, branded 11 on
ry Taylor, in which Taylor was j |eft shoulder, M with a bar under on
left thigh, has a bit out of one ear;
had short rope oil when last seen.
charged with assault with intent to
kill, one Dr. Savage, was tried by
the court and defendant found not
guilty.
For the best 5 and 10 cent cigars in
the Cherokee Strip, call ou Palmer
Mfg. Co.
Will pay 45.00 for any informa-
tion leading to his recovery or his
return to' me at North Knid.
J. D. lIl'TTON.
Inquire of K. I'. Mitchell, North
Enid for further information. 3 2t
Hodgen on C
ocrat office.
street east, or Deni-
I of A. A. King, Deputy U. S. Mar-
j slial.
Kind O. T.
TAKEN UP.
A brown horse, white stripe down
W. 11. De.Moss I lie young man sent his forehead, four years old. Own-
to Kingfisher jail oil a charge ot L.r ,.,ln |mve the same by proving
horsestealing to await the action of, property and paying for this notice,
the grand jury, was brought before (jail at the 1 )kmoci:at office.
Judge Tompson today upon a show-
ing of now ly discovered evidence es-
tablishing hi*innocence, and was dis-
charged.
LOST.
A bay mare, 14 hands high, blind
in right e\e, branded oil left hip
I with the letters K. X. R, Return
There are not as many buildings in to this ollico or to I liarles Roff dep.
Hoax as \v*j have >u tbe square.
I my
I' S. Marshal Knid, 0. 1