Edmond Twice - A - Week Enterprise (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1908 Page: 1 of 10
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MUCH BUILDING
THIS SEASON
Residence and Business Houses
Will be Built This Spring
and Summer
There is every Indication that there
will be much building in and around
Emond this spring and summer.
Many new houses have already been
contracted for and plans are being
made for more. Carpenters and con-
tractors are all busy and state that if
the plans of home builders are any in-
dication, the summer will be a very
busy one for Edmond.
There are also many new residences
being built i:i the country. Farmers
are either building new houses or re
modeling and adding to old ones, and
while lumber is down in price, those
who contemplate building are anxious
to have their work under way.
Some business houses are also in
contemplation and will be built before
the summer is over. This Is Ed-
mond's year to build and everyone
should be encouraged in their plans for
building up the town.
Hand Cut Off.
Word has been received in Ed
mond, stating that Mr. Pugh, who
has made his home in Edmond for the
past couple \ears, but who has lately
been employed In a saw mill in Texas,
nad the misfortune one day this week
to get his right hand in contact with a
large circular saw. and as a result, his
hand was completely severed from the
arm at the wrist. His many friends
in Edmond extend their sympathy
Waterloo Paragraph!.
Our sick are improving slowly,
L>r, Mayfield is still quite busy at-
tending the sick.
T he Santa F e Railroad Co. says we
j will have a depot by May 15, and an
agent also
C.us Mish is putting In a line of Im
plements in connection wtth his black
smith shop
George Grothe has been helping Gus
Mish in his blacksmith shop the past
week.
The repairs has arrived for our gin
and now you can met your cotton ginned.
It was running Tuesday of this week
m. Galvin purchased a fine span of
mares east of Oklahoma City, last
week
Rev. Teague delivered us two In-
teresting sermons Sunday. Anyone
who enjoys a good sermon should hear
' Rev. Teague.
Rev. Rankin was looking after bus-
iness interests around Waterioo last
week.
Reed, Basserman & Grothe attended
the republican caucus at Seward, bat-
urday.
Leonard Grothe visited home folks
over Sunday, returning Tuesday te
Guthrie, where he is employed in the
Coyle cotton gin,
John Maker's ponnies ran away with
one of the porch posts at Eyer's store
last week, No damage. No one was
in the buggy and they run about a
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS
The recent order from the post
office department makes it manda-
tory upon hs to either collect up
back subscriptions or drop from
our list all subscribers who are one
year or more In arrears. We do
not want to drop anyone, but It is
not left at our option, and unless
immediate settlement is made, we
will be force J to comply with the
rules. Io those living outside the
county, we would earnestly request
that remittance be made at once.
To those in the county, we will state
that we have arranged with Mr.
John Dudek to make collections
and receipt for same. The bills
which he will present are according
to the books In our office, and he
is authorized to solicit new sub
scribers as well. Mr. Dudek will
b«gin his work Saturday, March
7th, and we trust that when he calls
you will favor us with settlement of
account in full. We appreciate
the financial condition, but it has
hit all about alike, and we need the
money due us, to carry on our bus-
iness. We feel confident that those
knowing themselves to be indebted
to us will be glad to make settle-
ment at once.
SAVED BY THE TYKE BUSY WITH
NO 7
instance of quick thinking
on critical occasion.
WATERWORKS
Council Wrestling With the Prop,
osition. Engineers Here Ready
to Subrwit Plans.
A number of young folks gathered at
Mrs. A. T. Lynch's ,'ast Friday night
quarter of a mile and stopped. Sup- f"d en^oyed ,he evening in dancing and
pose they got tired pulling the post. "S n"'"8 l° "eW Ed'SOn Phono8raPh
Quite a number of the young folks f0r thelT'h"6° ^ rheydeParted
attended the debate at Edmond last hostes, for°™"S 3 " '|lanking the;r
Friday night. , ! f°r an enJ°y*ble time and
wishing them many happy returns of
Olof Norstrom is building himself the day.
an arch cave. tm . ■
r , u . u ck Lynch hauled a load of hoes to
Gus Mish is building him a cave. Edmond, Saturday.
Probable Total Lost of Man-of-Wer
Averted by Mere Apprentice—
Hit Warrant Officer'* Uni-
form Well Merited.
Quite a number of former appren-
tices are wearing the uniforms of war
rant officers in our service because
they were quick thinking boyB on
critical occasions. Th« 1
One of then, was extraordinarily waterworks proposition Is now
handy with his knife one day when occuPy|ng 'he attention of the City
the ship on board of which he wug Council and some special meeting
serving as apprentice liad a swell hoinn l.u . ®
chance to go to the bottom, but for , ,, C get ""Her on its
him. They were having heavy gun ,he earl'est possible date,
and conning tower practice. Tho skip- Some waterworks engineers have b«..n
per was doing some tiring from his in town and snhmitt.H „i 7
position in the conning tower by touch- 303 a
ing the electric button alongside of n°W Up to the Co"ncil to close a con-
him. The apprentice was acting as lracl> It's conceded that the bonds
pracUcePPer'S me8sen«er d,lr1"* that - wl" «rry almost unanimously a. the
Projectile and charge had been !prl"g eleC,lon and 14 ls the desire of
rammed into one of the six-Inch guns some members of the council to
on the main deck. Some confusion in erect an electric light plant at a*
orders came about. At any rate I lie iv . ,J
skipper had his finger within a couple possible to be operated In
of Inches of the electric button ready connection with the water works plant
to press it and thus discharge the six Those councllmen who opposed placine
Inch gun, when tho apprentice was on th(, i . , P'aclnf
the job. Standing just outside the electric light proposition
conning tower and having from that before 'he people at the meeting Tues-
position a view of the gun ahead to he I Jay night, did so, not to oppose a llrht
fired, the youngster observed that the r)|an| b.„ ln „ . , , °PP°SC 3 "*ht
breech of the six-inch gun hadn't yet ? " er ,0 ,r* ,0 a P'ant
It Is safe
to assume that In a very few days a
contract will be entered into with com-
petent parties to make the necessary
surveys and submit plans for the water
works plant.
Obituarv.
Mrs. Luclna'ia M. Blake was born in
Stuben county, New York, January 28,
1826, and died February 25, 1908
At an early age she removed with her
parents to Ohio, and liter to Iowa.
Here she married John W. Blake,
and In 1900 they moved to Lincoln
county, Oklahoma, in 1906, after the
death of her husband, she moved to
Waterloo, Okla„ to live with her son,
F. E. Blake, and resided there until
her death. Mrs Blake joined the
Baptist church at the age of 14, and
was a consistent member of that
church during the rest of her life She
was the mother of three children, one
of whom died in Infancy, and the other
two, F. E. Blake, of Waterloo, and H.
W. Blake, of Wellston, survive her.
The Ladles Aid society of the
Christian church met with Mr. and
Mrs. Cross, Tuesday evening.
We are glad to know that the Santa ^ ,
Fe will put two of our trains back into night was well'aUended
service Wednesday. half present.
— Zama Beck stayed all night with
County Line Items 'acy ^00Ver- Saturday night.
Uncle Joe Williamson is spending
Llllle Leonard leit Monday for Okla
homa. where she will stay with Mrs.
f-arrel, who ls quite sick.
The dance at A C. Thomas' Friday
Eight and a
oreecn of the six-inch gun hadn't yet lo 10
been closed, and there was the skipper 10 be °P*rated by the city,
on the very pin point of touching the ' '
button that would fire the gun with
the unlocked breech. If the gun went
off ln that condition there was the
finest kind of a chance for the recoil
of the immense piece to drive the gtin
right through the ship's bottom.
The apprentice didn't have much .
time to think, but he didn't need mucli : Mlss McClintock is spending the
He figured It all out ln an Instant thai spring vacation with her parent* m
f he yelled at the skipper that the Oklahoma City
breech wasn t locked the suddenness
h! [heiJe11 „might so 8tartle the skipper W. J. Gould, of Dallas Tex ar-
that, his finger would involuntarily r.u / ' '
come down on the button and thus ' r|day fcr a visit with his son,
discharge the gun. The boy's ship's ,he edi,or of this paper, and family,
knife with the big blade was in his 1 ——
left hand shirt pocket hanging there Card of Thanki
for its lanyard. He had It out and
the blade open in an Incredibly short
space of time, and he made one cat
like dab with the sharp blade of the
-ru ..... w ii.iaiiison is spendin
There will be literary at the Carpen- a few days with his son, C. W Wil
ter school house every Thursday night, liamson. In North Oklahoma
Logan Jones met with an accident,
but is all right now.
Georglana Bostwick stayed all night
at Mr. Leonard's, Thursday night.
Dick Lynch began sowing oats Mon-
day.
Wlnfred Delong stayed all night with
George Leonard, Saturday night
Edmond is putting on her new spring
dress 6f apricot andpsach blossoms
The spring vacafon Is now on and
many students havs gone home for a
few days.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR VERY
LOW.
A message received from Guth-
rie just before we go to press states
that Lieutenant Governor Bellamy
is very low with pneumonia and Is
not expected to live thro' the night.
Harry Wright and family attended
church at Piedtnont. Sunday night.
Mr, and Mrs. L. G. Wessel were in
Lockridge, Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Leonard made a trip to Okla-
, homa City, last week.
Mr. and Mis. Logan Jones visited
John Hunsecker wife and son, ^relatives ea$t of Edmond, Saturday
ent Sundav with I r. ur....i and ^un^ay.
Roy Starr, of Edmond, was in Pied-
mont, Saturday.
Fred Wessel called on his brother,
Louie Wessel, Sunday morning.
School closed at the Kansas school
house Wednesday,
Mr. Pickard and Bertha are up frcm
Oklahoma this week.
Mr. Minnium and family spent Sun-
day with Mr. Wildman and family.
Mr. Carpenter hauled hogs to Ed-
mond last week.
The Lynch young folks, Mat Mc-
Auliff and ('red Wessel were at Mr.
spent Sunday with L. G. Wessel and
wife.
Dick Lynch spent Sunday with Joe
Leonard.
Laura Bostwick spent Friday, Sat-
urday and Sunday with Zettle Leonard
Elsie Thomas spent Monday afier-
noon with her sister, Maud Hunsecker.
George Leonard spent Sunday with
Wir.fred Delong
Mrs. Young and Lena spent Friday
afternoon with Mrs. Logan Jones.
Harry Wright and John McCain was
in Edmond, Saturday, on business.
Mrs. A. T. Lynch spent Sunday with *ullff and Fred Vessel were
Mrs M. S. Manus. Leonard's, Wednesday evening.
Charley McManus and Georgiana Mrs, John Hunsecker and son spent
Bostwick, Oscar Peterson and Clara ru#sc'ay at Mr. Thomas',
McCain and Harry Wright and wife Mr' Thomas and John Hunsecker
spent Sunday afternoon with the Leon- was doing business In Cashion, rue-s-
ard young folks. j tfay.
We wish to thank the many friends
use dab wtth the sharp blade of the 3nd nel8hbors who so kindly assisted
knife at the electric wire belonging to us during the sickness, death and burial
the button that led right alongside ' of our mother, Mrs. Luclnda M Riak
where the boy was stnnriin<r hv uctnaa M. Hlake.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Blake.
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Christian Church.
Next Sunday morning the sermon
subject will be: "Anarchy—Why is
it Here?"
I he evening sermon will be on the
"Beginning of Christian Church His-
tory," being the first of a series on
Acts of Apostles.
Wood, Meed and Chickens Wanted
Those knowing themselves to be in
arrears on subscription to Ibis paper
or anyone desiring to subscribe may
pay for same in wood, feed or chick-
ens.
where the boy was standing by the ;
conning tower. The blade cut the
wire in two a fraction of a second be
fore the skipper's finger reached the
I button, breaking the electric connec-
tion and ln every likelihood prevent
| lng a tremendous calamity.
The boy was only a tyke and not
very strong, and just as soon as he
slashed the wire he fell forward on
his face in a dead faint—an odd thing,
too, that, for a boy serving on a
man-o-war, and yet the incident wasn't
any ordinary one. The skipper raised
his head the instant he touched tho
button and saw what had happened;
the loose ends of the cut electric
wire, the prone boy and all the rest of
it. Then he darted out of the conning
tower and saw the breech of the big
gun still unlocked. He understood it
all long before the boy was brought
around to consciousness. That boy
had no sooner finished his days of ap-
prenticeship before he wore the war-
rant officer's uniform of a gunner.
New York Foe to Race Suicide.
^ 'Tfi-n <!ollars when you get mar-
rled; M for every baby," That's the
offer J. B. Martin, proprietor of
Old papers for sale at this office.
— $
Lieut. Governor Bellamy Sick.
Guthrie, March 5.—The condition
... , , or a UUTHRJF MQrrh S
fashionable New York hotel, has made ni i ■
to his employes. In case ihe babi'.* °f Lieutenant Governor Bellamy last
come ln twos or threes each one n'6ht was very critical, A bulletin
Mr. fboTS ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
within the last year, and Is willing ,0 Wn a i!l8ht improvement since
pay as much more this year. On. e 6 O'clo<* The crisis has not been
"ouL tLipt?woTouSm,r.;;;v - izTand unt""i5, vhat chancc he
Martin declares. "Marriage and habit's recovery can not be determined,
bring responsibility, and that increases Fhe PneumonIa Is in Its acute stage
Ire Z'lTl? my help' My men Tonight the patient's temperature wis
are not looking around all the time 104 1-2
fpr another Job; their habits are bet- , . . 4 ^
ter than ever before, and I can al- Lieutenant Governor Bellamy was
-I8 ,d®1,en,d uP°n them. I used to removed this morning to the Methodist
change The plan is worth th« home ln El R#no on a sPecial train was
money " abandoned on account of hts precarloua
condition.
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