The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 208, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 11, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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The Newspaper That Is Making Shawnee Famous.-"Fear God, Tell The Truth and Shame The Devil.'
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1904
VOL 3—NO 208-
TEN'JCENTS PER WEEK
ATTEND THE COLLEGE MEETING AT 8 O'CLOCK
ANTI-HORSE THIEF
ASSN. CONVENTION
The Anti-Hor sehief association will
meet in Guthrie on the 19th and 20th of
October a week from next Wednesday
and Thursday. At this meeting it is ex-
pected that there will be over 1,000 mem-
bers in attendance. The sheriffs of the
territory will meet with the association
on these dates, except those who are at-
tending the various courts of the terri-
tory. President Kirkwood of the terri-
torial association, stated Saturday that
arrangements were being made for a pa-
rade, of men on horses, one mile long,
and men on foot, a half mile long.
The parade will be held on the 19th
and it is the intention of the association
to have a feature of the parade, young
ladies to represent every state in the un-
ion, and every county in the territory
all on horseback, and dressed in differ
ent colors.
Governor Ferguson will deliver an ad-
dress to the convention, and Mayor
Barnes will welcome them to the city.
No candidates for ccunty or territorial
office will speak at this meeting. Presi-
dent Kirkwood will also speak at the
meeting. If the weather is favorable there
will be probably 3000 visitors at the
meeting.
Two years ago there were only two
FARMERS' OIL AND
GAS COMPANY WELL
Anti-Horse Thief lodges in Logan coun-
ty. At the present time there are 17
lodges with 700 members. In the terri-
tory the past year there have been 131
new lodges organized representing a
membership of about 14,000. The na-
tional association has now 40,000 mem-
bers. During the past year the associa-
tion aided in recovering $12,000 worth of
stolen property. There were 124 horses
stolen from the members of the associa-
tion, and the association recovered 136
during the year. Out of 187 thieves cap
tured by the association, 117 have been
convicted, which is a very good record
for the association.
COUNCIL MEETING
The city council will meet tonight in
adjourned session and from present in-
dictions, "some big matters will be do-
ing" The council has been very busy of
late and matters havo assumed such im-
portance that constant meetings are nec-
essary to handle all city affairs. Tonight
it is probable thai the water commission-
er matter, which has been haneing fire,
will be taken up and disposed of. Sev-
eral ordinances and resolutions will also
be given consideration.
MAY BELONG TO OLD
CHOCTAW COMPANNY
Today a presistent rumor, which came
over the wires from Chicago Monday
night, is circulating in railroad circles I
that the Rock Island systt m has permit-1
ted the Chociaw, Oklahoma and Gulf
railroad, the main line passing through
Shawnee east and west, to go back to its
old owners, some of whom brought suit
some time since to dissolve the Rock Is-
land's contract for the purchase of the
road. There is no confirmation of the
rumor possible at this time, but is given
some credence by lccal railroad men. .
_ ^ Main street is strictly "it. This well
One thing is certain however, the Rock | J
Island, under the management of known company owns one of the biggest
President Winchell, wiU be a far better ( grocery stores in the southwest and it is
owner of the old Choctaw that under the a]ways Upt0date. The freshest and best
THE BURKE
GROCERY CO.
When it comes to fancy and staple
groceries and everything good to eat, the
Burke Grocery Company at 103 East
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BOTH MINISTERS
RETDRN TO SHAWNEE
The Methodist conference in session at
Oklahoma City Monday heard the ap-
pointments of the bishop for the coming
conference year, and as result, Rev. J. E.
Burt, pastor of the First M. E., and Rev.
F. A. Colwell, pastor of the new Grace
M. E. churches, will both be returned to
Shawnee for another year.
This will be welcome news to the con-
gregations of these excellent ministers
all of whom were anxious for the return
of their favorite pastors. Rev. Burt has
been in chaige of the congregation at the
First M. E. church here for several years
past and it has not only grown rapidly in
membership, but th.- building has been
greatly enlarged and beautified. Under
Pastor Colwell's ch'rge, the Grace M. E.
congregation, which is a young body,
having only been organized a short time,
has a beautiful new church in the east
part of the city, and is one of the best
and most prosperous congregations in
the city. The reports of these two pas-
tar s were among the best rendered at the
conference.
Rev. McReynolds, the pastor of the
First church at Tecumseh, was also re-
turned for another year and McLoud will
be supplied by other ministers.
SLAYER IS
YOUTHFUL
Holdenville, I. T„ Oct. u.—Perhaps
the most youthful boy yet brought before
the courts of the Indian Territory on a
charge of murder is Joe Smith. This is
the rumored killing which happened last
week some eight miles east of town. It
seems that two negro boys, Joe and Jake
Smith, were out rabbit hunting. They
only had one gun between thorn and
were taking it turn about shooting. It
was Joe's time to shoot when a rabbit
jumped up and ran ran in a circlc from
tliem, and as Joe raised the gun to shoot
the rabbit continued to circle and when
he fired the entire charge entered the
head of his companion killing him al-
most instantly. The killing happened
about noon, but it was about dark before
the youth found his way home and told
his awful story. The boy claims that it
was altogether accidental, and his father
brought him last Tuesday and sur-
rendered him to tlie officials at Wewoka.
RUSSIANS CHECKED
WITH HEAVY LOSS
Loree regime. Loree was in many re-
spects, an ideal railroad president but
he was too much of an easterner to
handle western roads.
Loree introduced loo many high priced
cfficers who could as easily have been
doni- without, and Winchell's first act
has been to chop off their heads. It is
believed that a general upheaval will
ensue during the next few months and
that Winchell will replace incompetent
men and build up the entire system. The
Choctaw is well manned and its officers
are all good railroad men but they have
b;en handicapped by the unwise manage-
ment at headquarters. This is now a
thing of the past and the road will here-
after be in better shape. The "retrench-
ment" policy is also a tiling of the past.
CURES CHILLS AND FEVER.
G. W. Wrirt, Nacogcdohes, Texas,
says: "His daughter had chills and
fever for three years; he could not find
auytliing that would help her till he
used Herbine. His wife will nol keep
house without it, and cannot say too
much for it." 50c. Sold by Crescent
tid Owl drug stores. 10
of groceries, the most palatable and crisp 1
est p.oduce, and everything else that can !
be found in any grocery store in the |
country, is always at Burke's and a little
better than you can get elsewhere. The
company, besides its immense stock of
groceries, is sole agent for Polar Bear
flour and for the famous Cage, Drew &
Company celebrated New Orleans coffees.
It believes in home industry and has pur-
chased the entire output of the Shawnee
Canning Factory, and it wants you to aid
in patronizing home industry by buying
Shawnee products at the Burke grocery
store.
The Burke Grocery company has ju«t
received three fine new delivery wagons,
all btauties and the latest models. One
of them is especially fine and it rides on
rubber tired wheels. The wagons were
made by the Harry Johnson Carriage
Company, 123 N. Beard street, are a
home product and beat any imported
kind. J. P. Mitchell, who does the
painting at 123 N. Beard, did the work
on these wagons and it is superb. The
wagons are solid, splendidly made and
the painting is a work of art. The Burke
Company is always at the front.
The oil business in this county has not drink it, and it might be added right
reached a stage where it is extremely j here, that is the way the great oil field at
gratifying to know that men of the best j Bartlesville, Ind. Ter., was discovered,
standing are interested in the companies
which are going down after the
earth's treasures. The News was agree-
ably surprised Monday to learn of some
extensive developments which have been
i 1 progress for several weeks, and are in
the immediate vicinity of Shawnee.
The company that has this matter
The Farmers' Oil and Gas Company s
holdings are at and near Arlington post-
office and extend to the Ft. Smith & West-
ern R. R. and are in direct line with the
oil trend that begins at Paola, Ivan., and
extends southwesterly through the well
known oil belt in which are located the
towns of Iola, Chauute, Cherryvale, Can-
Tokio, Oct. 11. 3 p. m.—An official
dispatch says that the Russians have_
crossed the Hun river with a heavy force
and are aggressively attacking the Jap-
aliese forces who are moving northward.
Kuropatkin's move was exprcted by the
Japanese and they were ready to repulse
the general attack. A general engage-
ment of all troops east of the Hun river
is believed to be in progress.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11, 3 p. 111.—Gen-
eral Kuropatkin telegraphed the war of-
fice today that the Russims vanguard at
the Hun rivnr is in contact with the Jap
anese who are within gun shot. Scouts
are skirmishing along the entire line.
Tokio, Oct. II, 5 p. m.—A dispatch re-
ceived at 3.3U this afternoon says that
the Russian advance across the Ilun has
been checked and that the Japanese are
advancing on the Russians, though tli(
losses have been very heavy 011 both
sides.
SMALL ACCOUNTS
That have grown into large ones has for the most part advanced
this bank to its present strong financial condition.
THAT'S WHY WE WANT THEM
We receive deposits of fi.oo and up.
BANK OF COMMERCE,
East Room Whittaker Bldg. Shawnee, O. T.
hand, is the Farmers' Oil and Gas Com-1 ey, Peru and Coffeyville, Kan.
pany, of Shawnee, and upon seeking in-
formation as to the facts pertaining to
the conpanp, The News was referred to
Mr. C. J Baugh, the genial astistant
cashier at the Oklahoma Natianal bank,
who is interested with the company as
secretary and treasurer.
This company has been planning, and
working on this proposition for some
months and everything has been done in
a business like manner, as is shown by
the wiy the company has gone about se-
curing its lease holdings, which amount
to something like 5,000 acres. The com-
pany also has shown its intentions by
purchasing a standard drilling outfit of
the very best make and modern in every
particular.
It would seem that the company cer-
tainly wanted to keep matters very quiet
since it was not learned until Monday
that the drills had already penetrated in
this company's well to a depth of nearly
,000 feet, and that work had been go-
ing on for several weeks. So quietly
were preparations made that no one in
this city, outside the owners of the com-
pany, knew anything of the work, and
now that the well has already reached
such a depth, the officials ot the com-
pany are willing to give out information
of their plans.
and into
Indian Territory, where are located the
prosperous oil towns of Bartlesville, Paw-
huska, Tulsa and Red Fork, and in Ok-
lahoma some of the very latest develop-
ments are found at Cleveland and Jen-
nings, and this brings the proven field al-
most right down to Arlington, and also
stiengtliens the prospects for Shawnee as
they are very near us, and as all of these
points are shown in the geological sur-
vey and with a well known proven oil
field southwest of us in Texas, and with
this locality on a direct line between two
developed oil fields, we can expect before
many months roll around to see dozens of
oil derricks similar to the accoinpying cut
In the next few month we may see many
more such derricks.
Mr. Baugh cheerfully gave the above
information and with his usual courtesy
added a heart) word of faith in the well
now being drilled. The members of the
Fanners' Oil and Gas company, are men
of Mr. Baugh's type, men of whom the
city knows and whose reputations are
No. 1, whose w ord is good as gold. The
Farmers' company will certainly succeed
if money, push and pluck means any-
thing, together with the best of judg-
ment.
Wanted.
Special representatives in this county
Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary.
The Woman's auxiliary will meet at
the assosiation rooms Wednesday after-
noon at 2.30. All members are urged to
be present.
Sweeper at Work.
Tne street sweeper with Councilman
Timmons, Fire Chief Brown and Guard
Wilson in charge, began its dut:es on
Main street Monday night and it did a
good job in cleaning off the dirt and
rubbish from the street as far west as
Union, but the wet condition of the
street in some olaces prevented absolute
good work. The mud will be cleaned off
tomorrow and the sweeper will then be
put regularly to work. The former fire
department team is used to pull the big
broom.
BrokeThree Times.
Edwin the young son of City Assessor
Watts, was playing Jin the yard which
surrounds his home of East Tenth streets
when he fell striking his arm in such a
manner as to break in three places. He
was at once taken into his home and his
injuries dressed. He is resting quite
easy considering the serious injuries he
received.
Edwin is a little fellow and does not
complain as much as many older persons
would with a broken arm and it is hoped
that it will heal rapidly and cause no fur-
ther trouble.
Golden Gate Coffee, 2 pound can
Golden Gate Coffee, 1 pound can
Golden Gate Tea, ft pound package.. .
Celon, Japan, Gunpowder, Black and Green, Imperial
The company has some of as fine and all<1 'i """'K i' it')" u s to represent
valuable prospective bo.di,,, «. C ' / ' ' '
found in'the southwest, for in the ! 1- ' ''2jjae ' '
ity in which they are drilling, snrfa.
can easily be seen in the sp
small streams, an a few . th.
have drilled as many as two and thr.
water wells on account of there bein
much oil in the wells that stock w< J
and 1
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ADD MONEY EXPERIMENTING
On Tea and Coffee of un-
known quality, when a can
of our Golden Gate coffee or
a package of GoldenGateTea
will give perfect satisfaction,
orWe'llg ve yourmoney back
■ 75c
.40c
• 35=
Baking Powder List.
Buttle Creek Sanitarium Co'b. Food .
f c()C Zwie back, package 15C
r.l,Ce9,'/ItP°Un,i „ «c Breakfast toast, package 15c
ft Pound can 5 Granose biscuit, package 15c
6 ounce can... Granola, package I5C
Royal, 1 pound can 5 jjulled wheat, package 15c
Gluten, package **
' 6 ounce can Bromogo; 50c
C 0. D. milk pail W p jar 25C
• 12 ounce can IOC r c
Tack Frost. 1 pound can ....25c ,
Simon Pure, i pound can 45c I-owney s cocoa, ft pound can 25c
'• ft pound can 25c Bakers' cocoa, ft pound can 25c
eddy's Reliable, 1 pound for 15c " " X pound can.. 15c
' p nni«i cViru'nlatp U nound can. ^5^*
50c
25c
Cream chocolate, >4 pound can.
Van Houten's, ft pound can
" " ^ pound can
THE G. 0. D. GROCERY,
113 E. Main McNBIL & SMILEY Phones 208
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Halpin, Harry E. The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 208, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 11, 1904, newspaper, October 11, 1904; Shawnee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc137719/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.