Britton Weekly Sentinel. (Britton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1911 Page: 8 of 8
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BRITTON ITEM S
G. E. CRAWFORD
Groceries and Dry Goods
RED STAR and CHOCTAW FLOUR
$1.25 Per Sack
First class line of shoes and work clothes
at lowest prices.
We Can Always Use Your Eggs
SEEING THE CAPITAL are a nati0n 0f inventops cactus punt 25 feet high
Oklahoma City Nursery
Opposite Belle Isle Park, Near Car Line.
W. F. RAY, Manager.
Oklahoma City Sale Yard Corner 4th
and Robinson Streets.
For Full Line Nursery Stock Phone 5737
R. F. D. Route 2. Oklahoma City, Okla.
Judge H. Y. Thompson
Attorney-at-Law
Britton.' Oklahoma
| Dr. O. T. Robin
| PHYSIClAfl -d SURCK
I ( Offk. tm Brill., r
Britton. Okla.
Robinson
SURGION
PktmiCJ
United Realty Co.
For farms, city or business property
Houses for rent. List you" property
with us.
MISS L SANDERS,
Box 11. Phone x-26
BRITTON. OKLAHOMA
N. B. RUHL, M. D.
Phone X25 Britton, Okla.
(First door east of Hank.)
Special attention given Surgery,
Nervous Catarrhs and Chronic, also
(Jeuito-Urinary Diseases and Obstet-
rics and all high class General Prac-
tice.
r J. A. YOUNG
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
BRITTON. MLAHOMA.
Offf H ran: Jul ft.M 1 p.m. 7 U I. p.m.
Pkra* nags. Offic* 2 <k«r1. H*a« l Ian I
A DITCH DIGGER
It is understood the city council
contemplates the digging of trenches
for the sewer by machinery It would
seem to us that it would cost no
more to have this work done by hand,
thus giving employment to our unem
ployed men. Britton don't need a ma-
chine for this purpose and the mone)
spent for the use of a machine would
keep many of our families for months
I it i- kaov■ feet tiurt *ith
one good contract at ordinary prices
will pay for a digger and it has been
known that contractors have made
machines in just that way—agreeing
with the manufacturer to get the Job,
giving them the contract and the con-
tractor taking the machine after the
work is done, free of cost to him. Let
the sewer be dug by our home men.
They need it.
DEATH OF W. A. NELSON.
W. A. Nelson, living on the west
side in Altavue addition, died last
Saturday morning at 4 o'clock of ty-
phoid fever. Mr. Nelson had been
sick for about 4 weeks afld all was
done for him that could be done by
human hands, but to no avail. Mr. |
Nelson was born in Lafayette, Mo.,
May 23, 187I, died May 27, 19U, aged
40 years and 3 days. In early life
he moved wllh his father to Kansas
where he lived until the opening of
Oklahoma in 1889 when he removed I
to the territory of Oklahoma and later
to Britton where he had lately been
in the employ of the O. K Transfer
Co. of Oklahoma City. He was a
member of the Knights and Ladies of
Security Lodge of Britton and the!
Teamsters' Union of Oklahoma City.
The funeral took place from the Chris-
tian church Sunday afternoon at 2 30
I o'clock and interment was made in
; Fair I awn cemetery at Oklahoma City.
| The family has the sympathy of Brit
ton and community in their sad be-j
I reavement. The funeral services were
| conducted by the Rev. A. P. Atens of
the Christian church of the city. Mr.
Nelson leaves a wife, father, mother,!
two sisters and 2 little daughters to i
mourn his loss. He was held in the
highest esteem by all who knew him
and this would Indeed be a grand old
world to live in if there were no worse
men than W. A. Nelson.
Card of Thanks
YVe wish to express our many thanks
to those who so earnestly assisted us
in the sickness and death of our dearly
beloved son, husband and brother.
MRS. W. AJNELSON.
MR. JAMES NELSON.
MR GEO ROE NELSON.
MISS ELLA NELSON.
MRS. LIZZIE WINFIELD.
MRS. J. B. McBEE.
JTATUARY HALL A SIGHT NOT TO
BE OVERLOOKED.
Place Where the States Set Up Sta-
tues of Their Dead Stateimen
As a Warning to the
Living.
Statuary hall in the capitol Is the
place where the states set up statues
of dead statesmen
as a warning to
the living Any
statesman who
ever had any as
plratlons to be
great usually is
cured after one
look at the stat-
ue* there. No
matter how loudly
the call of. fame sounds in his ears he
is apt to think twice before he takes
a step that will put him on a pedestal
In a pair of baggy trousers and a coat
that hikes up in the collar.
In an age when statesmen wore a
different style of clothing than is now
the fashion, a statue, when turned out
by a skilled union statue builder fre-
quently was not only a work of art.
but looked something like the |>erson
it was intended to represent. In the
•lays of togas and such like flowing
raiment, when statesmen went bare-
legged and two-button vests and swal-
low tailed coats were unknown, sta-
tues were all right; and It was worth
a statesman's while to conduct him-
self in such a maner as to win one
after he became cold In death.
With all due respect for the late
framers of the constitution, they were
not. as a rule, built on physical lines
adapted to being gracefully reproduced
in cold marble, particularly when the
sculpturing Is done by infant prodigy
home talent. We have the greatest ad-
miration for the five pronged Intellect
possessed by the late Mr. Sam Adams
of Massachusetts. He spoke some of
the best pieces ever heard In Boston
at a time when every patriot was work
lng overtime thinking up sassy things
to say about the king of England. It
is to Mr. Adams that American his
GIRL'S DRESS.
H. O.CRUM
Real Estate and
Insurance
Investment'Building
BrittonJCleaning &
Pressing Club
A. Alnutt, Prop.
We can make that old suit
look like new. Prices reas-
onable. Near car station'
BRITTON
2DAYS-2
EACH WEEK
For the next 30 days, beginning Fri
day. May 19th, 1 will offer two special
bargain days each week at my shop
in meats
Porterhouse Steak, lb 12'jC
Pork Loin Steak lb 12'*c
All other steak lb 10c
Good Boiling Beef lb 8c
SPRING CREEK.
Mr. Roy Reason returned from
visit to his parents near Rodgersville, I
Mo.,
line.
last Monday. He reports crops)
5417
What little girl is there that is not
always ready for a new dress Here ti
illustrated one of the new suminet
models, and one that Is very slmplt
and easy to make. By Its being ver
plain. If made of a durable material, t
Is sure to give good, serviceable wear
If one does not like the short sleeves,
i gulmpe of white lawn cau be worn,
and this will be a contrast and also
very pretty. Plaited skirts are always
becoming to girls and this season are
going to be Just as i>opiilar as ever In
children's wear. This one Joins to a
narrow belt Linen in the delicate
shad« •*. combined with embroidered
insert ion, makes very pretty dresses
for g«rls' wear. Zephyr gingham Is
another very popular material this sea
son. and will bp exceptionally good
for n king this dress
This pattern (5417) is cut in 4
sizes. •> to 12 years. To make the
dress or the 8 year size will require
yr ds of 36 Inch material.
To r -vure this pattern send 10 cents
to "Pm «rn Department." of this pup «r
W rite true and address plainly, and
sure to give size and number of pattern.
Quite a number of invited guests as-1 'i
sembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I
J. O. Gray last Thursday evening. At '
let- playing "Bunco." "Pit." "Sherlock
Holmes,'' and other games, refresh-[
menls consisting of cake, pink and
white ices were served. To determine !
who were to be partners for supper, I
pressed flowers of various kinds on
card board were Riven theguests. Slips
of paper were then passed bearing j
twelve questions in regard to a flow !
er marriage. Miss Mata (iross and j
Fred Tappe received the prize for an- j
swering the most questions correctly, j
Mr. Hutchinson and Miss Dora Hoi '
loway were king and queen of May and i
wore crowns.
The visiting guests were Miss Hum !
phry, of Yukon, and Miss Meta Gross,!
tart «as , r; :■ • «. •««
other very interesting feature of the!that °«°rS« 1,1 was a deep, wily,
week was a party at the home of Mr. j clever tyrant—when as a matter of
and Mrs. Joseph Mayer. They played fact he was a harmless old gentleman
Wlnkum," and "Pit." The boys were subject to fits, and passed most of his
In Statuary Hall.
given a lesson in domestic sclenc
Each boy worked a button hole. Mr.
Herman Mahler won the prize, a pin
tray. Each one was to draw the pic-
ture of his or her partner. Miss Lena
Hunt won the prize for the best pic-
ture. Cake and ice cream were then
served and all returned to their homes
thinking they had spent a very pleas-
ant evening.
Messrs Jim and Tony Gray spent
last Saturday and Sunday with their
brothers west of Britton.
Miss Meta Gross spent part of last
week visiting the Misses Mayer.
The farmers an
it has rained.
all wearing smile
Try My Homemade Lard
at 12z cents
1 butcher my own stock and handle
nothing but the best. Call and see me,
I can save you money.
J.M. SMILEY
Next to Bakery.
NO 17. 8IZE.
NAMK
TOWN
STREET AND NO
STATE
The score of the base ball game at
Putnam City last Sunday was 7 to 9
in favor of Spring Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Smith took a
trip to Putnam City Iftst Sunday even-
ing.
Mr and Mrs. J. W. Riley and Mr.
and Mrs. Minchel of Oklahoma City
visited Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Blackburn
last Sunday.
Last Tuesday being Decoration Day
Mr. J. H. Bryant, our rural carrier,
had a holiday.
Miss Ethel Jones went to Oklahoma
City Wednesday morning on business.
Mrs. J. A Freeman will leave next
week for Nebraska where she will
spend the summer with her sister.
Secretary Writes Autograph*.
One of Champ Clark's secretaries
can imitate his signature so perfectly
that it fools the autograph fiends
The Democratic leader In the house
receives countless requests for fils
autograph. Whenever possible, he
supplies them personally, hut If this
secretary chooses to sign for him, Mr.
Clark himself can hardly tell the dlf
fereDce.—Washington Times.
time tied up to the bedpost counting
the buttons on his vest. But, to get
back to the point, Mr. Adams while
endowed with an intellect that would
give an ordinary man a headache was
not exactly an Apollo in form. Pon
dering over state questions had given
him something closely akin to a dou-
ble chin, and even the tongue of flat -
tery would hesitate to ascribe to him
anything that could be described as a
w&ist line. Had Mr. Adams been a
Roman proconsul the sculptor would
have represented him In a bathrobe,
with a battle ax in his hand, and such
little physical defects as have been
pointed out would not be noticed. But
attired as a substantial citizen of Bos
ton, at a time when tailors were still
proceeding on the theory that the mas-
culine form was a thing of beauty and
adorned in knee pants, a spiked tai,rtd
coat and a frilled shirt, the Massachu-
setts patriot does not look to the aver-
age spectator like a man capable of
teetering the throne of England
Some improvement in the general
effect of st at nary hall might be pro-
duced if the sculptors did better team
work. A convention of statuary hall
sculptors which would adopt rules and
regulations and some sort of uniform
specifications undoubtedly would make
for good. The first thing such co-oper-
ation should strive for should be a
standardization of statues as to size.
As It is, no two are executed on the
same scale, and as a result what might
be called the sky line of statuary hall
is very bad. Artistic consideration
Mrs, A. J. Wenger. who has been aside, the conclusions invited by com-
sick for several days, is improving, parisons arc most unjust to the states-
—— men represented. Some are giants in
GEO. |_j^ THOMAS size an<* 8°nie are dwarfs Uniformity
of style In the matter of clothes also
Real Estate Loans
Insurance woul,l w°rk Improvement. It is not
oo harsh a criticism to say that the
NOTARY PUBLIC
Justice of the Peace
I want your business and offer
you reliability, integrity and
careful attention to details.
Investment Building
Britton.
; tverage fit of clothing in statuary hall
s very poor, and a good consulting
| ailor would not be a bad addition to
he staff of sculptors.
j Still, as has been pointed out, statu-
try hall has its uses. Aspiring con-
gressmen who pass through it every
j lay derive therefrom a wholesome
; chastening effect such as could be con-
1 reyed in no other way. except per-
Oklahoma j laP8 the reversal of the majority In
' heir districts.
That It Proved by Record® of United
States Patent Office in
Washington.
When an American wants something
not to be found ou the earth or in the
waters under tho earth he calmly gets
to work and makes it. That Is what
has given this country the reputation
of being a land of inventive geniuses.
The records of the United States pat-
ent office shows that it received last
year 63,293 applications for mechanical
patents, 1,155 for design patents and
nearly 7,000 for registration of trade-
marks. More than half the applica-
tions for patents were granted—exact-
ly 35,807—while 4,329 trade marks
registered. All of these were on be-
half of citizens of the United States.
From the date of the establishment
of our patent office to the end of the
year 1870 there were granted to Amer-
ican inventors 120,573 patents, while
the total number granted In all other
countries In the world during that pe-
riod was 238,437. From 1S71 to 1911
Americans received 809,561 patents,
while those of all other natious got
189.654.
The total number of patents issued
by the United States to this time is
990,154. This greatly exceeds the to-
lal of any other nation. Germany
ranks second in numbers with a total
of 440,898. Great Britain is third with
425,374, and France fourth with 248,-
10$.
But with all their wonderful accom-
plishments it must be admitted that
the Inventors of this country still have
something—or some things—to live
and work for There remains unsatis-
fied a long-felt want for a number of
things which should make their In-
ventors rich, of which the following
are examples:
A front door key that will score a
hull's eye on the first trial—at any
time of night.
An automobile that will not exceed
the speed limit when you're In a hurry.
A home-run baseball bat.
A commuter's monthly railroad tick
et that always comes but even.
A collar button that will not roll
under the dressing case.
Now that we have mentioned these
few trifles by way of example, no
doubt we shall get them In short or-
der. Anyway, he Is a rash man who
challenges the Inventive genius of the
American people.
MARKS FOR "LOAN SHARKS"
4 " • "
I Government Clerks In Washington
Display Persistence In Getting
Enmeshed in Toils.
A most distressing feature of Wash-
ington life Is the persistence dis-
played by government clerks in bor-
rowing money and then getting them-
selves thoroughly enmeshed in the
toils of the "loan sharks." Every
once in a while cases of this charac-
ter come to the front In the way of
embezzlement by some trusted clerk,
who hoped to recover himself and pay
up. or when the worm turns, and the
borrower has the loan shark yanked
before the courts. A pretty bad con
dition exists now In the bureau of
printing and engraving. About ten
employees of the bureau, who are re-
ceiving salaries of only S50. $60 and
$70 a mohtn. Tiave beeft playing 'loan
shark," and loaned out their small
earnings almost at the rate of dollar
for dollar until some of them have
actually grown rich. Defalcation, or
techincally embezzlement, by one of
the trusted employees of the bureau
brought his distressing condition be-
fore Director Joseph E. Ralph. When
an investigation was commenced the
disclosure of the other 10 or 12
"sharks" in that department came out.
It is reported that a negro dressing
room employee, who got a salary of
$40 a month, was lending money at a
tremendous profit to plate printers
and others with salaries of $10 or
more a day; also that one of the j
women employees, whose wages were
$2.50 a day, had been loaning money
at 10 per cent a month interest. It
was shown that men and women who
were getting large salaries were deep-
est in the toils of the "loan sharks."
It is stated^ that none of these "loan
sharks" are to be discharged, but that
they are to be severely reprimanded.
To a man "up a tree" it would seem
as though they ought to be fired out
of government employ, and honest
men and women put In their places.
Director Ralph says that he thinks
they have been badly enough scared
to keep them honest for the rest, of
their days in the department.
Junk of Panama Failure.
Something like 10,000 tons of old
French Junk from the Panama canal
Is being shipped to New York for sale.
This Junk Includes old locomotives,
dump cars, tanks, barges, boilers, gird
ers. dredges, sheet iron, parts of old
machinery and other things for which
the French Canal company paid mil-
lions of dollars and which it left to
ruin on the isthmus.
The scrap is being sent north In
700 ton lots, and three years will be
required to ship It all. Each of the lo-
comotives left by the FYench yields
Is of Great Use to the Planters v
Jamaica for Making
Fcnces.
Kingston. Jamaica.—The "DUdo," a
cactus native to Jamaica, and attain-
ing a height of 25 feet, is shown In
the accompanying illustration. It has
an important economic value and la
of great use to the planters for mar
king fences to keep out small stock
and thieves from preying on their
fields.
This plant contains a pithy sub-
stance which Is used by the natives as
a tonic for the hair The heart of old
plants is used for certain kinds of
A 25-Foot Cactus.
cabinet work. There are between 500
and 600 different species of the cac-
tus family and the actual number
probably greatly exceeds this. They
are without exception natives of Amer-
ica and* their extraordinary forms con-
stitute a remarkable feature in the
vegetation of the warmer regions. All
of them have fleshy stems, often very
soft and Juicy, and In numerous In-
stances suitable for good. Most of
them are leafless, only a few species
having true leaves. Instead of leaves
most of the cacti have clusters of hairs
or thorn. 4
The whole organization of the cac-
tus adapts it to withstand long
droughts. They vegetate vigorously
during a pa^t $f the year when mois-
ture fs available UlTcf tiien rest For a
long time. Some of the cacti family
grow on high mountains reaching
nearly to the limit of the snow, while
others thrive onljf In torrid districts.
The plants of this botanical order are
a great boon to the natives of the dis-
tricts in which they grow, generally
regions destitute of water. The stems
of many of the varieties contain a
wholesome juice of which both men
and livestock avail themselves, and
some species produce a pleasant fruit.
The cultivation of edible cactus is
still in the experimental stage.
TO REGULATE HUMAN GROWTH
English Scientist Sa^S Gland Located
In the Skull Controls Our
Stature and Weight.
Chicago.—Anyone who wishes to
regulate his natural altitude above sea
level needs only to have his pituitary
gland attended to. At least that Is
what Prof. Arthur Keith of London
says, and his statements have been
corroborated by a number of Chica-
go's foremost physicians. The pitui-
tary ijland is the first In Importance
of the principal ductless glands of th
eon tains /-/rf/tan
Location of the Gland.
body, wBJch include the typhoid and
adrenolln glands and a portion of the
pancreas. The juices secreted by this
gland, according to Chicago physi-
cians, largely control the growth of
the bones of the body. When the se-
cretion is plentiful the bones grow to
an abnormal size, but when It Is com-
paratively small in quantity the
growth of the bones is retarded. When
the secretion is caused to flow freely,
say physicians, a rapid development of
the bones Is the result. Thus, when a
boy or girl is ill for some time with
a fever, the diseased condition of the
body causes the pituitary gland to be-
come unusually active, with the result
between $400 and $600 worth of cop- ,
per alone. The commission will save that the sick person grows like
the old steel rails on the isthmus to weeu
be used as re-enforcement in the con-
crete work and as telephone and tele-
graph poles.
Some of this old French Junk has
been found in extraordinary places
Dredges have been discovered almost
burled completely in sand, hundreds
of feet away from any body of water
and overgrown with dense tropical
vegetation. Apparently they have
been carried away from the river bed
by high water or the river ltsalf ha«
shifted Its course.
Green for French Soldiers.
Paris.—It Is announced that the
minister for war has decided to make
an experiment with a new uniform
at the September maneuvers. A spe-
cial committee has chosen a tinlfotV
of a greyish-green color as being le ^
conspicuous against a French land-
scape than the red trousers an£ blue
coat now in service. The new uni-
form will be served out to at least a
regiment for the experiment
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