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VOL. 10.
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 LUTHEH. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, NOV. 20, 1908.
47 Ways.
In this country wintertime will
do as well as any time to work
the roads, and better as there is
little work on the farm at that
time of yoar. A good road saves
47 ways. A good road from
your farm to Luther increases
the value of your farm from
to S10 an acre, making 360 acres
worth from 8800 to S1600 more
than if you had to run over stumps
and pry yourself out of mud holes
peveral times before you get to
town. A good road make9 a
team and wagon last several
years longer and saves the re-
pair bill on broken wood work
and harness. A good road gives
you a reputation for being a
good farmer and highly respected
in the neighborhood. A good
roadbrings more trade all through
the week to Luther for a farmer
only travels a bad road as few
times as possible and then he se-
lects Saturday, and the merchant
has to hire more clerks to wait
on the rush, therefore a good
road saves clerk hire. A good
road leis a young man with his
girl drive with one hand and
■paves the new state an over pro-
duction of old bachelors, it saves
all along the line and everybody-
farmers, business men and young
men should join hands and build
up the roads leading from the
farms to Luther town. Your
work will bring you an hundred
fold and you will be happier and
prouder.
 NO. 17.
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Monday Oklahoma had its first ' ^
statehood birthday. There were
no outward signs of this around
Luther, but down at the county
seat they tore up the earth with
a banquet and oratory. On this
first natal day Oklahoma had 1,-
•114J177 population which is more
than 22 of the other ttatea. At
the banquet the fellows were
so proud of the year-old baby,
that Bob Burdett of the daily
Times touched his light guitar
and sang:
O' we're one year old
And the new state bold
Doth challenge the world afar.
As we raise on hl^h
With a c heery cry
The Ha# with another star.
On our liVst birthday
In majestic way
We walk with a ffiant's stride;
And our mighty strength
With the length and breadth
Of the land we will divide.
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Here is a little joke that will
be read by the Maccabee ladies,
which we purloin from an ex-
change :
A tramp passing through the
waiting room of the Northwest-
ern de ot at Milwaukee spied a
small enameled pin lying on the
. floor. lie picked it up, looked it
over in a careless way, and pin-
ne'cTIfTffi-'fBMttpri v>i*-
The same tramp, a few moments
later, was hit and knockwd into
unconsciousness by a switch en-
gine in the. freight yards, just
outside the depot. Tho trainmen
picked him up and telephoned to
police headquarters for an am-
bulance.
"What did you eay his name
was?" came over the telephone
from the desk sergeant.
"Don't know. The man is uu
consciousness," replied the
switchman.
"Any papers on him by which
you can identify him?" asked the
sergeant.
"Not a thing," phoned back
the switchman.
"Does he belong to any lodge
or union?" inquired the sergeant.
"Hold the line till I take a
look," replied the switohman
and in a moment the desk ser
geant was greatly surprised to
receive this information.
"Yes he is a Lady Maccabee.
Some mere man has written
the following about the school
marms (not tho Luther teachers,
of course) and claims a kid nam-
ed Willie wrote it: "A school
ma'm i=( a verb because she de-
notes action when you throw pa-
per wads at the girls. Switch it
a conjunction, and is used tc
connect the verb schoolma'm to
the noun boy. This is a com-
pound sentence of which boy is
the subject and switch is the ob-
ject, first person, singular num-
ber and awful case. A school-
ma'm is different than a boy, a
boy wears pants, and a school-
ma'm wears her hair banged all
over her forehead. She puts
paint on her face and some big
fellows come and take her home.
Ma says a schoolma'm never gets
to be older than eighteen until
she gets married. It takes two
schoolma'ms a day to cook a
dinner."
Last Saturday morning, the
14th, was the coldest morning for
that date we have had for 10
years, the thermometer standing
at 19 above. It was crimpy sure
enough and people who had hung
on to their summer underwear
shiyered a-plenty. Ice formed
in the water trough at the town
pump over half an inch thick.
Two agents for the Malaga
Land company of the Pecos val-
ley, Nesv Mexico, were here
Saturday and sold the following
parties land in that fertile valley.
P. W. Fisher, G. P. Taylor, John
Parmer, J. T. Taylor, O. I. Bail-
ey, W. K. Lovell, J. S. Hitch-
cock J. R. Grapes, E. F. Ten-
nant. This is irrigated land un-
der tho government ditch, good
soil and raises alfalfa and fruit
principaly, but anything grows
and matures that you plant.
A. C. Kirkley is the new agent
at the Ivaty station here. (O, he
.is married, girls) He took charge
Monday and will live in the house
occupied by Mr. Hollis. Mr.
Hollis left Monday night for
Cleveland and his family will go
next week. Cleveland is a town
of 1500 and Mr. Hollis will have
an Opcs'itor and helper to help
him run the station. The super-
intendent told Mr. Hollis that
there were older men on the road
that wanted the Cleveland station
but they had decided to give it
to him and if ho "played ball"
an well as he had done in Luther
there was a more responsible
position availing him. Hollis'
friends wish him few wash outs
and lots of luck.
| We are slili selling goods a* the remarkable low prices
® advertised last week. That they were attractive and ment
what they said, is shown by the success the sale is having
and while we have sold a pile of goods, the stock is al-
most as complete as when we began.
iaisis let! for Yeu^iots e? 'em.
| Plenty of Calico, in new and j
« attractive figures at per yr --flj
C-Jolrdng ttaal csnt be equaled! in price
and quality, and plenty left to select from
Ladies' Skirts and Waists; that fit and
look nice, at immece bargains. See them
We arc always glad to have you call.
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The workmen are placing the
tiie on tiie roof of the school
house, and expect to finish this
week. This will leave the plast-
ering and inside wood work to be
done, and tire building will no
doubt bo ready for occupancy be-
fore iho.Lciiciai'S.
Kaly surveyors are working
between Fallis and Arcadia.
They don't say why or what they
are trying to do, but it has been
reported that the road would
move to-higher ground and ay id
the bottoms cf Deep Fork and
the high water every spring. We
are told however that the right of
way tho road is now using, or
the par of it near Luther was
given them in consideration that
the road would come to Luther,
and also an agreement entered
into that the road should remain
where it in now. If this is the
case an injunction would stop
them from moving it. However
we do not think there will be any
attempt to move the road.
Some time ago C. C. Berkshire
a renter of Adam Meyers mort-
gaged his stuff to F. O. Harris
for supplies, and its also said that
he scattered a few mortgages
around among his friends on the
same stuff. Then it is alleged
that he sold some of the property.
Last week Harris had him ar-
rested and he was bound over to
court in the sum of S500. Adam
felt sorry for him and kindly went
on the bond. Birkshire was to
appear Monday but on Sunday
he hitched up his team and went
to see his aunt who lives some-
where in the great wide, wide
world unknown to Mr. Harris
and the minions of the law. All
of which makes the goodsamaii
tan Adam liable for the 500. And
thus ag tir. ,i ' i faith is human
naturo has re -i> .>d another
jolt under the r: ,t>,
The two big sales that are now
on in the town is a lesson In ad-
vertising. Both sales were thour-
oughly advertised in this paper—
page ads, that you could read as ; t
you run, and they brought crowds ! o
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-The Studebaker Kind. The best made and
gives best service. We have a housefull of
| it and more coming-.
| Stoves and Manges
If you are going- j;o buy a new stove this
fal), we want to sell it to you. Rhe line is
complete and at low prices.
Gunsj Ammunition
If your going after quail and need a new
gun call at our store. We can fit you out
both in guns and ammunition.
EVERYTHING !F\] YOU WA\T
Lovell Lovsll
each day and Saturday the town
was never fuller of country folks.
They came, they bought, they
went home pleased. The same
thing will apply to business when
you have no special sale. The
people read the ads and if you
have bargains for them they will
come here and buy if you put it
in big letters and atract their at-
tention. A Luther merchant told
us a few weeks since to put him i *
in some locals about his goods. !
"About how much?" we asked. °
"I don't care how many," he re- j £
plied. "I never yet lost anything
by advertising." He does busi-
ness too.
While you are shivering the?e
cool mornings, do not neglect the
fact that an old smutty flue may
bo thecause of going up in flames ^
Before you build a fire have your £
flues inspected and cleane'd out. 6
Even were we supplied with plen-
ty of water to fight fire, this is a
safe practice, but as it is, it is
not only safe, but it is more than
that—it is a duty you owe your-
self and your neighbor. Clean
'em out.
The mortgage business may [
bring good interest if you get
your interest, whioh you don't
always sometimes do. Sheriff
Binion has been kept busy trying
to locate a half a |dozen men—3
white and 3 black—who have left
and forgot to settle. In some
cases the mortgaged property-
has been left behind while in
others the property has disap-
peared with the man.
The Christian Endeaver con-
vention of district 4. will meet in
Luther on Friday, Nov. 27. Good
speakers will be in attendee
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Commercial Law jj
and Real Estate I
I have prepared myself in a course of Commercial Law
and Real Estate business, and am now ready to buy or sell
farms or city property. I belong to the National Co-op-
erative Commercial Law and R^al Estate Co. of Washing-
ton, D. C., which has over 87.000 members. If I can riot
sell your land it is possible for one of our other members
to sell it. All kinds of stores and property solicited.
While the hunters bring i ia
| fo .v di.cks they are not very
pIii <!. and as wild as deer
I Quails rr • mo plenty.
ro-ele';l>.oa."
laments the
prise, "lhat
•m'c run fo.'