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THE DAVIS NEWS
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OFFICIAL PAPER FOR MURRAY COUNTY AND TOWN OF DAVIS
DAVIS, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MAY 14,1908
$1.00 A YEAR
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The sun never looks so good as when it comes
sneaking from behind the clouds. Nature's orches-
tra is coaxing the early buds; the soft zephyrs are
loaded with the incense of hope. May we not look
to the near future in adding you to our list of cus-
tomers? We are sure if we can get you started we
will never lose you, as we now have men on our
books that were with us fourteen years ago.
.C. Mien's Sods Co.
w are willing to be judged by the quality
of the goods we sell and the manner in
which we treat our customers.
Our prices must be right, otherwise we could
not hope to conduct a successful business.
DON'T SEND YOUR MONEY AWAY.
Leave it with us "home folks" tc circulate
in this community.
No far distant concern can give you your
money's worth as well as we and you have
us close by to make things right if you
think they are not so.
DON'T YOU NEED--
A nice Rocker
A nice Set Diners
A nice Kitchen Safe
A nice Kitchen Cabinet
$1.75 to $8.50
$5.40 to $7.50
$4.oo to $8.oo
$7.5o to $14.oo
A nice Matting at 15-20-25-30 and 35 cents per yard
A nice Linoleum at
A nice Floor Oil Cloth at
A nice Set Plates
A nice Set Teas
A nice Set Goblets
A nice Set Tumblers
A big lot Enamel ware 50 per cent cheaper than you
can get it elsewhere.
55 cents per yard
35 cents per yard
50 to 75c
50 to 75c
40c
25 to 40c
NO TROUBLE TO SHOW YOU.
W. M. HILLIS
FURNITURE AND HOUSEFURNISHINGS.
The Store that Sells it for Less.
CYCLONE IN
OKLAHOMA
Woodward, Okla., May 11.—
Five persons are dead, a score
are injured, twelve towns in
western and northwestern Okla-
owest on these classes.
Ardmore Lady
Oklahoma Printing Company of
Guthrie, State Capital Company,
YVarden-Ebright, Oklahoma
City.
One class was entirely award-
ed to J. A. Armstrong of Ard-
more, and another to the Okla-
homa Printing Company of Ok-j
homa are more or less seriously j"1'0"1* °ity' both bein« the'
damaged and thousands of dol-
lars worth of property is dcs- Ardmore Lad Under
troyed as a result of several . ' ueigoes
small tornadoes which traversed Skin Grafting Operation,
this section late yesterday after- At the Ardmore Sanitarium
noon. The town of Grand is re-! yesterday Doctors Hardy and
ported to be completely wiped Harry performed a skin grafting
away and little is left of Arnett, operation, one of the most diffi-
Estlee, Mutual, Vici and Seiling.! cult of its kind known to the
The tornadoes came from a | medical profession.
southwesterly direction. Somej Mrs. Kagland was the patient
of them originated in the Pan-j and has been suffering from
handle. They traversed the j blood poisoning in the right arm
counties of Woodward, Ellis, and her condition was so serious
Dewey and Major counties in j that the grafting operation was
Oklahoma and swept the coun-J finally decided on. Mrs. Rag-
try practically clean in their j land herself furnished the new
paths. The country is sparsely I skia for the infected parts, new
settled and the towns are small,! skin being taken from other por-
down tions of the body. Just one half
a square foot of cuticle was re
moved from portions of Mrs
Silver Laced
WYANDOTTES
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are said to be the best
known winter layers and
are second to none as a
table fowl.
Eggs $1.00 per 15.
MRS. J. R. CLEMMONS
Davis, Okla.
Indian Payments.
Muskogee, Okla., May 10,
Ohas. H. Dickson, who will
make the per capita payment to
the Choctaw and Chickasaw In-
dians, announced today the pay
ment will begin at Duncan June
1 and reach other places as fast
as the Indians who come to each
place can be paid.
It is impossible to fix definite
dates at different towns as the
pay party will remain at one
town until all the Indians there
aro paid w hether it requires a
clay or a week.
Following are the towns to be
visited: Duncan, Chickasha,
Purcell, Pauls Valley, Ardmore,
Madill, Sulphur, Roff, Ada,
Stonewall, Wapanucka, Coalgate,
Calvin, McAlester, Wilburton,
Kiowa, Atoka, Caddo, Durant,
Boswell, Hugo, Fort Townson,
Idabel!, Tuskahoma, Antlers,
Talihina, Poteau, Spiro, Kinta
and Stigler.
The Indians will draw #20
each.
Miss Lizzie Menefee who has
been teaching at Oak Ridge
near Davis returned home Mon-
day, having finished her term
last week.—Valley News.
Relieve indigestion in a few
minutes—that's the record of
Mi-ona stomach tablets. 50cents
a box at City Drug Store.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cravens
left Saturday night for Davis to
visit relatives for a few days.
From there they will go to
Whitesboro, Tex., to make their
home. Mr. Cravens had bsen in
the City drug store in Wynne-
wood for almost a year and made
many friends. Shortly after
coming here he married Miss
Keller of Davis, daughter of J.
L. Keller, formerly pastor of the
Wynnewood Baptist church.
Mrs. Cravens was one of the
popular members of the Em-
broidery club of Wyunowood.—
New Era.
and while wires are
throughout practically the entire
stricken district the fatalities
are believed to be no greater
than those reported
The afternoon was sultry and
the storms came suddenly.
Whole families were blown away
with their household goods.
Horses and cattle were killed by
the score and the wind and the
rain that followed almost com-
pletely devastated in some sec-
tions. No buildings were left
standing in the storm's path.
Storm Extends to Texas.
Fort Worth, Tex., May 11.—
The tornado which caused sever-
al deaths and ruined property in
Oklahoma hist.night extended as
far south as Gainesville, Tex.
Hail at Gainesville today dam-
aged crops and broke windows.
The residence of Thomas Nance
was blown down and his family
narrowly escaped death.
Soldiers Row.
Lawton, Okla., May. 11.—J. C.
Miller, a soldier, is lodged in the
county jail here under a charge
of assault to kill and also for de-
sertion. In a street fight here
last night, he stabbed a fellow
soldier just beneath the heart
with a pocket knife.
The victim, W. J. Lessinger,
of Battery C. field artillery, is
now lying in the Ft. Sill hospital
at the poiut of death.
Immediately after the fight,
Miller rid himself of his soldier
clothes and attempted escape.
Ho was discovered early this
morning and placed under arrest.
PUBLIC ROADS
Ragland's body. The operation
was entirely successful, the
patient undergoing the ordeal
without having to use
anesthetic.—Democrat.
"Smallpox scars are a thing of
the past," said a T'opeka physi-
cian the other day. Just bathe
the face with sweet oil and not
irritate the scab over the sores is
all that is necessary. If the
patient is careful and the oil is
put ou in plenty of time there
will be no marks from the most
severe case of the diijgase. Isn't
that cheering? How many peo-
ple we have seen who suffered
from smallpox 20 or 30 years ago,
nid who are carrying the marks
of it to the grave just because of
their ignorance of a simple little
remedy.
You can get blank notes, mort.
gages, deeds, etc., the new Okla-
homa forms, at The Mews office.
Will Apportion Printing.
Guthrie, Ok., May 9.—The
State printing board today an-
nounced a list of the printing
concerns which wero bidders for
State work, and proposes to ap-
portion the business among them
at the lowest figures offered.
The list includes the Ada News,
McAlester Capital, Muskogee
Times.Democrat, Ardmore Dem-
ocrat, Shawnee Herald, Guthrie
Leader, Lawton Constitution,
To Test License Refund.
Shawnee, Okla., May 10.—
Whether saloon men are entitled
to a refund of the amount they
claim on the unexpired part of
their liquor license when prohi-
bition became effective in Okla-
homa will be decided in Pot-
tawatomie County by a test case
the county attorney has agreed
to submit to the court. If the
court decides in favor of the
claimant in this case the un-
earned money paid the couutyon
liquor license will be paid back
to the saloon men who have such
claims. The total amount in-
volved in the issue amounts to
several thousand dollars.
Atty. General Says Commis-
sioners Have Right to
Condemn Land.
The following letter from As-
sistant Attorney General Spil-
man to Hon. Wm. Tabor, repre-
sentative from Garvin counf,y,:
will be of considerable interest
to every one who is in any way
connected with, or interested in
public roads:
Guthrie, Okla., April 27, 08.
Honorable William Tabor,
House of Representatives,
Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:—This office is in re-
ceipt of your letter of 27th inst.
in which you inquire :
"Whether the law relative to
opening and working public
roads in the Indian Territory
part of the Btate is governed by
the laws now in force in Okla-
homa."
You are advised that the pub-
lic roads in what was formerly
Indian Territory are governed by
the laws now extended in force
in the State of Oklahoma, in
other words the laws of what
was formerly the Territory of
Cockleburr Bill has gone the
limit in his proposed sumptuary
legislation. He would make it a
misdemeanor for a candidate to
set up the cigars. A further
stretch of legislative tomfoolery
and what is, or ought to be
termed "the height of ridiculous
nonsense," is the requirement by
law that a candidate for office
take oath to an itemized expense
account for the term of his can-
vass.—Holdenville Times. i
Oklahoma. In working the
ronds in your district you will be
governed by these statutes.
1 understand that the road res
ervations in the Chickasaw Na-
tion consist of thirty-three feet
along the section line reserved
by the Government, and in many
instances, if not in every in-
stance, that this is considered to
be insufficient for the use of the
public. The Attorney General
has heretofore held in many
cases that the county commis-
sioners of each county have the
power to condemn land for road
purposes, regardless of the'fact
whether the land is allotted or
not. If thirty-three feet is not
suflicient to furnish a load for
public purposes in the judgment
of the county commissioners,
then they should proceed to con-
demn an easement over alloted
lands, or any other lands that
may be needed for that, purpose.
It should be understood, how-
ever, that the condemnation of
this land for road purposes does
not necessarily mean that the
title to said land should be taken
or required. An easement can
be taken without affecting the
title of the land in the hands of
its present owners. The com-
missioners have power to con-
demn land for the purposes indi-
cated up to the regulation width,
of roads required by the laws of
Oklahoma, namely sixty-six feet
and in cases where tho road di-
verges from the section line ow-
ing to insurmountable physical
obstacles intervening, the com-
missioners have the right to di-
vert the public load from the
section line (rutarjiing .4 he reft'v
as soon as possible) and to con-
demn the full amount necessary
for that purpose.
Respectfully,
E. G. Spilman,
Assistant Attorney General.
Davis residents should use Hy-
omei at this season, and cure
catarrhal troubles which are so
prevalent. Sold by City Drug
Store under guarantee.
Sheppard Appoints Temple-
ton.
Washington, May 9.—Repre-
sentative Sheppard announced
today the appointment made
some months ago of Cleve
Templeton of Sulphur Springs,
Hopkins County, son of Judge
Howard Templetom, as a cadet
to West Point. Young Temple-
ton is now at Highland Falls, N.
Y., for his examination.
JUST RECEIVED
Full line of plain and fancy j
SCREEN DOORS :
utsna
A car of famous Kokomo j
HOG FENCE
tw-.
We have a big stock of
CORRUGATED
IRON ROOFING
BARBED WIRE
CEMENT
LIME
BRICK
LUMBER
WAPLES-
PAINTER CO.
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