The Edmond Democrat. (Edmond, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1893 Page: 2 of 4
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return trip teal It i all* : cd.to be unfair and thfW
1 mli■!n pasture* interi -ted Htid not in the nrrnn^<*-
in Oklahoma. In ment are K>f eourte, ranking <h<
.e stolen over ti, complaint for protection-
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Hi op talking hard times. Do
somrthini; to make Ihejn better.
Gov. Rknfro in to be commended
for the removal of distasteful parti-
sans. _
Tiikre is plenty of whjakey per
capital in this country, but not
enough money. **j
v \cy. TW>u^5«s ure attractive, but
work horses are far moie valuable
to the country.
G vi ua money or pivc -a
pood living price for our produoe.
♦•.We'll do the rest.
'line bitfgen% cargo of hay yet
shipped to Kurope left Baltimore
last week—600 tons.
§t£rr clear of the man who has a
sure thing in the strip and wants
you to put money in it
On an average, the letters
ceived by the Emperor of Germany
numbered six hundred a day.
Ti if. Man. achii.-cilc doctors who
an- treating a case of broken neck
by hinging are undoubtedly Lome
opal hs.
Hay is. worth >40 per ton in Eng
land and ISO in New York, but it
does not seem to liaye any effect on
on the hay market in Oklahoma.
J times oo^tinae lpp£ S thaj
pre now, the mountain district of
Po'ortdcf will be depopulated. The
mines having closed, there is no
work.
If the European nations insist on
rpjpg to war the United States will
pe glad to furnish the staff of life
for the warrior ami fodder for the
w ar horse.
It is noticaeblo that the fellows
who devote moat the time to
Standing on the corner discussing
ifhc impending financial crisis arc
those who have the least money.
No section of this com try ever
experienced sc. * >r
ado iw now 1.
cause-I by i • y >■ v.era,
beaded by the governor of the state.
Grow hog*. IV sent prices, not
withstanding a general shrinkage in
values, encourages a great inciease
in the hog crop. The latter in ls^4
should ' e louble what it was in
j893. Perhaps it will le.
•Xkyt to a stout heart," said a
philosopher,"the best possefs.on is a
cheertuT countenance. No body
1 kes glum people, and the man who
socks employment is less likely to
find it it be present a woeful face
than if he seeks it with i brave
fjj>l '.
Among the hopeful signs in the
financial f.i'uation is that many o!
the banks that have closed are en
ti rely solvent, and are preparing to
resume business as.soop as they re
ceive authofily to do so. They
.vere forced to suspend temporarily
not by reason id' lark of resources,
bui because of unreasonable de-
mands made upon thein by depos
\ ors.
To* caattfll Observer would sup-
pose that t.ur people consume a
Joes oth< r oct upatiom ih
a :eat n:ist ike. I very business in
these tjmPs requires close pttention.
tO heeuie tin hi"h( t i ' I (
one sense tl.erefore every busines-
inau is confined to his work. But (
there is really less confinement on
the farm than in any other bufci- j
ness, and the horses that the far j
iners is obliged to keep for lail\ i
use give him opportauiti« s lor ride- .
and short excursions with le-.s ex i
pensu than can be enjoyed b} i
others.
Thr Fates seem to be advtrtisni'r
a great bill of events for I he fall of
Ip^i. The United Slates Oonpre .
will be in session, hotly debatin
the currency ipiestion and later the
tariff question. The general cle«
tions in the i'nited Stales N'l ili he ol
especial interest. Across the sea
Great Britain ami Ireland, will be
in the thick of the home rule iarri
paign. The closing of the \\ orld's
Fair will conclude the ('olunl)ian
celebration era and will exhibit the
results of the grandest exposition
small
possible fn.ni letters con-)
in c—E—L—E—R—V
-I—1^—L—S, without using a let-!
ter in any one word more times than it j
Celery Pills." To the J
list will be!
■5,000 worth ol j givi n a beautiful mnuliuJ ]>air of
the l)sn(!res- ( rc.nn W hi'.t 1 onict, G>,.J .....unuu
U after mull rm. and phaeton; n trip to the
Worlds Fair and return for second
I j„ I largest list received; a fine upright
nation, with 50,000 I*inno for third; a PneumaticBieycluf
timber in their pos j<,,r 1 -"-"'th; line Gold \\ ateh f'.-i fifth;
they were moving Pa'r of diamond K?r,rings for .i-th:
towards Texas. Most of the men : I'arlor Organ for seventh, clcgai.L
captured are common laborers, am! :1,5 :P ^01 eighth; Hlnck Silk Dicsat
wore only working for some promi- | pattern for ninth; Music 1 <" Drum j
nent men who are engineering tlv ttn'^ kel s for tenth largest list; also
steal on a gigantic scale. Arrests of 100 other valuable prizes for hrsi
some ven prominent citizens arc 100 persons sending a list of not less
likf'jf to follow and cause a bi .'
scandal.
1 titled >4'veil of the gang. The mar I words
I -Ual and his force are trying to hrtak | taine.l
1 up 1 he w holesale stealing of timber
In. 111 the government and Indian
I lands in this territory. Four mcfi j 6PP
I were hrciiKtit iii ihmI jailed Thur.day j I" """ rending lar
who have cut near!]
line u alnut timber
ervation, and a pos
j who have been operating 111 the strip.
1 Several men were ?!'
the Kiowa reservalio
feet of vj
OBSITZ
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ide from letters
co' i.'ri. d in "Gel-ry P 11h." iiudge
"('elerv PUls are" what yov r<
I An organization was perfected at I quire if troubled with nrevousnessi
... . 1 1 1 • ... .v., insomnia, lops of appetite, weakness, I
0 w«'-k luok l«u' ! (\y li«psia,8tomaeh trouble,lieadacV.:', I
hastening of the opening of the ete. Send thiiteen ]
j Whichita reservation for settlement, cent stamps with list of words ni l,
j This nervation is one of the pret- | try for one of our hand
GUI; SPUING
ARRIVED'
CALL AND SEE IT.
Prices That Defy Competition.
tiest and best bodies of land in Ok
It ^
treated for by the
1 ,1 I lain
ever held in the h.Mory of tho world |( StaU.s go.erment in June
Europe's fears about the cholera1
will be either confirmed or dispelled
an.I it will show whether the sponrgc
has been held at bay, or has been
iroipg forward undetected to Cent nil
and Western Europo. If, in addi-
tion to these, an eastern war should
rage,the worlds stage will present
lor many successive nights and day*
Of the corning fall, pne of the great-
est ,4six ring" shows of all its
history.
,lI I a ni h off Gettysburg." There
has not been a paper in tlie country
but has joined in the cry, "Gettys-
burg is a sacred spot to the children
ot those w ho lost equally with those
who won," says the New Vork Bun,
and yet the scene of the culmination
of the greatest penes of events in our
National history is given over to rail-
raod contractors. According to the
latest reports the points of the Held
are disfigured and obliterated, but
worst of all, and tdiame to our coun-
try, the vandals, with pick-axes and
shovels, are tearing the bones from
what should bu doubly honored, be-
eau- unbUicvd gr;-. . and carting | territories.
■r in liUet w ig i. • The
oi iu'men who fought and
died, in a mistaken or a right cause,
for their country, carted off ami
dumped tor trash! How will it read
in time to come that private citizens
of the neighborhood, one of whom
had himself taken part in the great
struggle, went about after nightfall
gathering up the human fragments
as best tb?y could for reburial?
Shame to a country or government
too mean-spirited or too careless to
look after the bones of it? 'b:"d «f'd
181M, a few jnontbs after the treaty
was made tor the Cheyenne and
Anipohoe country, which was op-
ened for settlement in April, 1802.
A number of other Indian reserva-
tions have been treated for and the
treaties ratified by the last congress, |
but the Whichita treaty was nut I
ratified, and the Whichita Indians
gave the most liberal terms of any
with whom treadies were madc>
leaving the price to be set by gover-1
ment, and yet the land lies un
occupied by anything but Texas
cattlfc. It lies close to the Rock
Island railroad; is rich n timber,
soil, stone and water, and has a
fine climate. The purpose of the
organization formed here is to push
the matter of opening the land to
settlers, 111 compliance with the
trendy, and to force the cattle kings
to an open issue with the govermcnt
and the Indians and United States
citizens who want homes. Minco
will be the home office of the or-
ganization, with membership,
throughout the different states and
The officers elected at
the meeting were J. E. Bonebrake,
president; Webb Hendrix, vice
president; W. L- Sawyer, treasurer,
ind Louis N. liornbeck, secretary,
nil being intelligent, honest and en-
ergetic men, and well known
throughout the country. The or-
ganization means business, an 1 is
simply lhe crystallization of public
opinion, that will no longer quietly
submit to the dominance of c.ittle
kings in a country purchased for
the people over two years ago.
pie package.; '
with full particulars and list of Ihosc 1
in your state who have won pike
to introduce this great nerve tnd
stomach remedy, a'l delivered in IT. |
S. l ree. Enclose th.rtcen U. S. ?c.
stamps with li=t of wonls prom t!;.
to lludge Cellery fill Co., Montreal ;
Que., and you are sure of a first--class 1
prize for your trouble.
rccre Sco-tlil?. O.
lobsitz cSs
o.
W. MATHIS & CO.,
® ESTATE * AGENTS
FARMS & CITY PROPERTY
iiorcNAi.w.
Itl lOltlAL NOIIMALTIIOUI. j
IK I AIIOMA, .lulv SI, tfCKI.
will !>•' Im : ...1 lij
•1,1., 111 litorlal Nen.ial m !
lntj iul^I K1. it. ■
S'V.'l'\lsluiiti
loot bnlldliiK.it
utions prtMtarad i
: .11..I I) .Mil l)t|il :1a:
d[ Hit< boiirdut i-.iliuonil after AiiKUdt lot li
SCHOOL
OPl<ICB,
BaooUt or Sold.
LANDS TO RENT i
Or Lkake
WEST FIPtS'L1 ST.
A certincit chock
he Hoard "i Kogiuitalor
llliuuilt <>I t'Hfll ''ill iiih.^l
hi- ti uitl will in- forfeit*■
>klHlitiniit If tin
w< rk l Ul 11
Dilute
t un r
r m the Trpsun i ot
tlllTC |h" Cfcllt Of lilt!
ii'voiiipuiiy each pr«>-
l lo t lie territory oi
into coiiirat i ' ft r ifio
.t !! 1' rf-i'iS'to bond
ice of the sjtuio.
iti. 1 1 mi tin.' interest of
erve tlie 1 lulit lo waive
or all Mils 11s the pub-
j. nr. I.. Mrrt ii,
N'
iiSS'S!
good deal of beer, the production in
flUttes being i5
gallons annually; but we are not in
jt will! JjUrope, whose production is
3,105,000,000 gallons, of which Ger-
many produces one third. (Ireat
Britain with halt our population ,,u^ value
... . . , used in making gold or silver warf
consumes nearly three tinves as ni itt n | .... A .
as the United States, ami Australia
Win n a false idea becomes preva
lent it Is almost useless to Iry to gel
the truth in its place. The false
idea that any money or any one
country is used in foreign trade
seem imbeded in most brains*t'and
even a surgical operation will do no
good towards correcting it. Yearly
the director of the mint gives his re
port and a careful reading of any-
one of such reports would erdigh
ten us il seems. Here is a quotation
from lhe report of 1SO9 to Secretary
Bout well by Pollock, the director,
wirt h is very plain 011 that point.
" l he work of the mint is resolved
in'o three departments. The busi
ness ol one is to make authoritative
irculating medium on a large scale
for commercial uses; il is to make
bars of gold or silver—stamped
with a sutiable device of the l-nitcd
States goverment—Weights, fineness
indicated. Thev are
J, O. HOFIUS,
ATT'Y AT LAW !
Wt'l practice ih all courts of the territory and Federal courts.
MONEY TO LOAN
File
THE mi G2 SALOON.
S A-Xi 003ST,
WIMS LIQUORS & CIGARS,
Finest Besort for Genti emek in Town.
Second EtndBro'adwaj?-. old Holcomb Hotel
J. kpa XJT_.K: & Co.
GALBKEATH & CO.,
Real Estate & Collecting Agency.
Conveyance Free to INirclm its
ift on Farm and City property at low rates
■ ing And Tornado Insurance.
Written in Old Line Companies.
Office, 2 Doors North of P. O., Edmond, Ok.
On Ion:
Li
Office, 2nd St.
OLDEST
EDMOND, OK.
FIRM IN TOWN.
-STAR LIVERY!*
ALVA E. JAYNE,
HOUSE AND
SIGN PAINTER.
—Ac
SHOEM AKIN G
fonsutnes 6,000,000 gallons more
than we. But then when it conies
u ' liqubr only Russia, of all ti e
Kuropean nations, can hold a can
die to us.
Tuc following story from the I'ea •
body Graphic, indicates the ne
ce&srty fi>r dealers to advertise, and
for purchasers to d"a' with homo
tradesmen: "Last Friday \ lady
living a few miles from here, pur-
chased of a peddler a patent coffee
Vptwith a strainer. \ few days
later, being in one of our hardware
stores, and seeing
$he asked ils pii
Uhed to h
half an 1111:1 as
pe Idler t« i ht
•' didn t knov
th-
• <p artie!
iStO!!
HOOT'
to
Shop, North of Klein'*.
MICHAEL LANSEl
md still more to send abroad
payment of dues or settlement of
balance jot' trade. They answer
this puiposc belter than coin. In-
deed, except for the limited wants
of travelers, it is a mere waste of
labor to coin money to be used
for exportation." Let lhe reader
try ami hear thai in mind. More-
over since 1800, travel has so in
creased that special methods - and
conveniences have developed where-
by the use of local money is en
tirely done away with—no one
dreaming of carrying with him a
dollar to use abroad of his hotne
ui Mi^v Bills of credit and tele-
.gr vc h e .iiiM }
pe;< - oi •;a\ iers ever •
Photo's put on your
watch tit Harr.nh's.
jfr
Tue recent aula unccinent that a
shot-proof uniform had bocn put to
a enecessful test in Kurope recalls
t ie advertisements that appeared in
A neriean papers tluring the war, of
steel cuira*ses, to he vorn beneath
th • coat in battle. It is known that
a w of the Federal officers did
we:ir those pieces of liiail, but their
use was never general, and the man
wh > -iwrted one r.eyer sai<l anvthlnt?
>bo. t it. The wt# fihot-prpof uni-
" rm. m%ff« of k hembed cloth 00m-1 unsettled country «ast of here to ti
ami! toughened by hydraulic) markets in the eastern part of tli
. . r> about fifty head
ol cattle, which he has confiscated
from the gang of horse and cat 11
thieves who were captured the ti. t
of the week. Ttoo < atlle are of a doz-
en different brands and were un
doubtedly stolen firom the large pas
turesin the Creek nat ion. It ij now
known that the men captured are Strip by-
only a part of a regularly organized the start
Harrison K. Havens, who a
one time represented the Spring
field district in congress, but who
is now living at Guthrie, writes an
interesting communication for the
benefit of the commissioner of the
land office, says a special from
Washington dalc l iOuU. lie 11-
sists that the secretary of the inter-
ior shall set aside two sections in
each township, to be used for terri
torial institutions. The law iB such
that it is placed at the option of the
secretary to make this reservation.
The matter of the secretary
make this reservation. The matter
of the secretary making this resei va
lion is one that is attracting 110 little)
attention from the Oklahoma people, i
There is a general tire all along the
line. Some of the leading men of j
the territory are strongly in favor :
of the proposition, while possibly (
the volume of the letters ara against j
the plan. The majority appears
to be 111 favor of taking all the land
in the usual way and have little re
gard for what may become of the
territorial institutions. Commis
sioner Lanitreaux stated to day that
the matter would be taken up
as soon as the sercetary returns
He also stated that he had been ad
vised of considerable enterprise on
the part of some of the citizens of \
Oklahoma and Kansas wh own lam
adjoining the Cherokee Strip. llej
has been informed that it has been ;
proposed by those no favorably lo ,
cated that they would charge the ,
settlers for admission to their farms
at the time it w as desired to get a
start for the run to get a claim.
A.'so that iu some instances it w is
pv se I to allow only a certain
•t • v • ^ a farm just across the line.
!i tii. #ay it was proposed t" .v i
quite an advantage tor capturing
certain land. The comlnissiouer ^ «;;
added that he was trying to devise T" i'! (. . S
some scheme thai would make the
plan;referred to of as little value as
possible. It might be deteriuiucd '
to arrange that proposed settler ; ^
be admitted it certain points on le '
ay of gc'ting ready ioi
In this way he beliefed —
IIOES
Oi tier.:
Call at
MoKiiiiiis & Co.
and see their
NEW GOODS,
wliicli
just arrived
successor to Scott, Scott & Co.
Safe and
Fast
Horses.
Bran New
Buggies
And Surries
Horses Boarded by Day or Week.
New IlEAItSE in connkctlu.- with Tffr STiRt*.
TYLER & HOWARD.
I
CIABS ELY.
SENATE SALOON
Ih the place for your
Choice Brands Wines, Lips M Cigars,
Our WIncE and Liquors are of choice variety.
Standard Brands and
S11 uerLor Onaliiy
P. B. iEAa• i\Ai ,
, WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
OP'IICAL GOODS & PLATET) WARE.
\
J
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V-'
•u
vs
NEW STORE!
NEW GOODS!
EAST FIRST STREET,
GROCERIES!
Bargains for Cash Only.
W. H. TUTTLE,
General Repairing,
—AND
FITTING OF GKL.AJSSESI
A. BPliCIALTY.
X
us. L.
Si ;cken Down v
)
1 Jealers In
CALL AROUND AT "
KOETH DAKOTA SALOOl
For Your
Liquors, Wines And Eaer !
Cigars and Tobacco.
Opposite IDepot
Prank Kiedro&ski, Fro.
band of thieves who have heuh oper he would be able to overcome the
Ming iu the two territories. Their enterprisin : jdaus lo some ot the
j.lan ha« hoen to teol hor •'in < H.
l3ii" on and drr.. il; ji 'life; gti ih , i"i
been asked to do sometlriif.' I
SEWING MACHINES
10'S & ORGANS
8>.
I City Meat Market
c. W. SPUAGUK & SOX
"Fresh ftod Sail Meats!
l Vi
Game in Shasok.
U^-rd&Co J,
i^roaaway East Side Brosdwn v,
J.J. SHEN,
1IA1R DRESSER
BATH ROOM
-SnCKSBClIOS WITH XHS SflOS.—
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