The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1905 Page: 2 of 8
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Tine Enid Event®.
ENID - EVENTS
Sucrciftor to tht Garfield County
RrpubMcan and Omtnf Events
SUBSCRIPTION TRICE li.OO PER YEAR
EVERETT PURCELL, Editor.
GARFIELD COl'NTY S
RESOURCES.
Garfield county has a population of | moat strenuously object to tlie Mail
about 25000. (and I!reel's interiiretatlon of Vic's
Said county has 4300 farms of l«« mw and eyes. Vic has a poetic
acres, valued at from I.M00, to •loom1. freckled nose and those snappy eves
each. that all girls love so well—sort of
In addition there are 4«n quarter ! familiar, "I know you baby," eye
sect ions of school land. thai sets'em crazy: while the Mall
Said county has 200 miles of rail- and lireeze cartoons interpret
way, exclusive of side tracks anil eve on the muley cow order and
The Mail and Hreeze contains a All a man has to do at Guthrie to "Tlte Enid Events in future will;
splendid cartoon representing Came- become known to local fame, is to opp.>se all legislative, congressional
fie in hot pursuit of Vic Murdock. take a ride on a street car It be- and judicial candidates in any part of |
who is speeding across the Kansas comes so that whenever a man ride* the territory who are suspected to lie
prairies In seven leagued boot style, jon * s,re*t car the local (tapers give anyway tainted with railroad in-!
Carnegie is holding up one of his him honorable mention. Pretty mou luence," says the Carnegie Herald. '
tobacco tag -hero medals" and is if will become so that the man who; I
saying: "Hoot monl Give me a rides on t lie street cars over tliene
chatist t' pin this tag on ye." And will be rewarded by having his pic-
Vic responds "Aw, furgit it." Tin ture published in the papers.
cartoon is true to life of Vic, so far as ,
And there will be such a tight
the curly hair is concerned, but
switches.
Thirty-live rural carriers traverse
the county each day serving approxi-
mately 20000 paople and receiving
salaries aggregating ♦250iK).
The telephone system peremates
every part of the county.
Four daily and sixteen weekly
newspapers.
There are no large streams lut fite
county has been comparatively well
bridged at a cost of about 160,000.
Said county has one city of about
13000 people and a dozen towns hav-
ing a population from 200 to 1000.
Enid Is the third city of Oklahoma
situated near the center of the coun-
ty, the proposed location of the court
house, and owes its marvelous growth
anil stability to the farmers of C.ar-
field county.
Farmers of the county are prosper-
ous; crops are good.
Residents of the cities, merchants
and laborers complain only of hard
times when the farmer fails to har-
vest his crops.
The taxable valuation of (larlield
county for 1905 will be $5,019,842.
There is no other count y in < Iklaho-
ma of the size of Garfield, and but
few counties in the western states,
that has the population, resources,
taxable wealth, same push and enter-
prise and up-to-date advancement.
Should not such a county have a
suitable court house structure, com-
mensurate with her dignity and posi-
tion among the comities of the terri-
tory t
waged agaitist railroad attorneys se
curing control of public affairs in Ok-
lahoma. as to make the hair raise on
the head of the timid. This paper is
constituted .somewhat like the Jap-
anese warrior or the soldier of the
Crescent. We are a fatalist. We have
his | only one time to die. and, bless God.
con- j we prefer to die lighting.
stIf utes Ills nose into a sort of Arkan-
"Wlir can't men let other men's
wives alone?" plaiutat ively Inquires
Editor Fischer, of the Carnegie Her-
ald. That's just it. Why can't they?
Why? Because other men's wives
won t leave uien alone, we presume.
sas razor back hog snout. As a mat-
ter of fact we must insist on a correct
interpretation of Vic's features, even
by cartoonists for the ample reason
that Vie is the last of the long line of
Grecian models. Built like 1'erseus.
of tlie golden hair lie of the Gorgon
fame had Vic lived in days of an-
tiquity the god of Greek symmetry
and harmony had been named Vic-
tus el de Murdockus instead of Apolia
de Belvidere.
The kansas City Times gives an in-
teresting cartoon entit'ed: "The
Russian Japanese Commissioners have
been invited to meet at Chicago."
The burdeu of the song of the t
toon was to the effect that for the
Peace Commission to meet at Chicago
they would witness more bloody-
strife than can be found on the Man-
churian field. Poor Chicago!
And now there is muttering. mow-
ing, gibbering, disposition ill the
ranks of the faithful. They who
were not "invited" are prying It up
and putting a chunk under It', they
are simply raising Cain and bushels
of it. They have been snubbed
8llglit«d, W'U^d nod bsniWK'd. To
iV.Iuk! That Tiennls would give a
banquet and cut their names off the
list. Will they remember? Well,
just wait. They are liable to cut
Dennis' name off their senatorial pos-
sibility list and thfen what? To
think! Seven were Invited from (Jar-
Held county and "we" were left out.
and so on, and so on. No doubt Den-
nis selected the Silk Stocking brigade
which was to sit at meat with him
with great pains. No doubt he
thought he had covered the ground
pretty thoroughly. But alas, and
alack! So many mouths to feed!
Just like promising the same office to
a dozen applicants, and nobody knows
how that goes better than Dennis.
It is all right as long as you can pat
'em on the back and say: "Of course.
I never thought of anyone else but
you for that place." But when it
comes to a show down, the office is
given to another man or the invita-
tions to a feast run out, then there is
the deuce to pay. Men have a happy
faculty for remembering these things,
and, without doubt, were Dennis to
give another banquet the last vestige
of the erstwhile forlorn hope will
have disappeared and dissipated as
the dewlet before the morning sun-
beamlet. Great life! Great fun!
Any citizen of this city or county
who contemplates voting against the
court house proposition, should pause
aud seriously consider before doing
so. The building of a court house is
the most serious problem that will
confront Garfield county for years to
come. It must not lie passed over
lightly, but we must, remember that
if the present proposition is defeated
that it will be years, five or ten, be-
fore this county will ever have an-
other opportunity of building a new
courthouse. Let us not pass this
matter over lightly, but let us ex-
amine into all facts and conditions,
and then if we decide to vote for or
against the proposition let it be
based u|on convictions, aud not upon
prejudice or baseless assertions. Do
not allow any prejudice you may-
have against Enid to influence, but
consider the matter earnestly and
conscientiously, eliminating Enid
from the consideration and looking at
the matter from the standpoint of
the good citizen, in line for county
progress and advancement. Let us
be serious and let us cast our votes
like American meti and patriots, nor
allow ourselves to be swayed by pre-
judice or spiteful motives.
The Events desires to editorially
commend Dr. II. C. Bowers, of this
city, for his praise-worthy efforts and
unsurpassed zeal and public spirited-
ness, as has been demonstrated by
his work with reference to the re-
cent registration. At a time when
everything seemed to be going "by
the board" here, when no interest
was manifested and less than two
voters had registered, Dr. Bowers
jumped into the arena and filled the
breach. He brought forth his auto-
mobile, placarded It with "Register
today," and for two weeks worked
like a trogan, himself registering
hundreds of voters. And be it said
that Bowers stirred up enthusiasm
and rendered invaluable assistance in
the court house matter. And all
from an unselfish standpoint—from
the standpoint of the man interested
alone in the public good. We feel to
freely praise Dr. Bowers and to
sure him that his work will not be
forgotten by our people.
J. B. Wamsley, of McKinley town-
ship, wag In K'*id la-it w?ek, and ask-
ed the Evehts to Explain whether
more than *100,000 would lie spent on
the court house, and what will be
done with present court house build.
Ing. With regard to the first we will
say that if the proposition carries in
the affirmative it will then be the
duty of the Commissioners to employ
an architect to draw up plans and
specifications for a suitable court
house structure. The plans will lie
drawn for a $100,000 building, com-
prising a jail and court house, no
more and no less, and the contract
ill be let for its construction.
Should the commissioners spend more
than $100,imk! they will be liable un-
der their bond for every dollar so
spent. As to the disposition of the
present court house.structure. what-
ever of the old furnit ure that can be
used in the oliscure places of the
new building will be used, and the
remainder will lie sold and the
money turned into the county treas-
ury. Nothing is more natural than
that people would inquire concerning
such matters and the Events takes
pleasure in answering all Inquiries.
For some inexplicable reason the
poetic effusiveness of the Stillwater
Advance. Freeman Miller's paper, has
cessated. Probably Freeman lost his
old scrap book in the shuffle, hence,
his Muse^is unable to straddle Pegas-
us, just at present. Too bad how-
great modern poetry depends upon
scrap books and clippings.
And now all the rage with New-
York's 400 is gray hair. As a result
the women now exult in gray, comb-
ed high. At the same time the face
is kept well massaged and nothing is
considered more stunning now by the
society women than gray hair and a
young face. The dear women!
Now that the street arches are torn
down Enid can now progress along
the lines of rapid developement.
Heretofore, those street arches have
seriously and almost effectually men-
aced all developement on the part of
the city. How could a city pro-
gress with street arches?
Don't forget that the election will
be held next Tuesday at which time
the court house proposition will be
eithei carried or defeated. It be-
hooves all citizens who desire a suit-
able court house structure and jail to
bestir themselves In this inteiest
next Tuesday.
President Roosevelt has adopted a
new policy, by which he intends to
Iietter the government business sys-
tem. He has appointed a commission
to investigate into the workings of all
government departments and make a
report sis to how the system can be
improved upon.
The Kansas City Journal published
the picture of a pretty Kansas City
girl, and labeled her as "Princess
Margaret," and also the picture of
"Swede Joe," the Kansas City Swede
character, and published it as "Prince
Gustav." The Journal is all right.
This from the Ponca City Courier,
will no doubt cause "Noff" to sit up
and take notice: "The tight against
the election of railroad attorneys to
office in Oklahoma will undoubtedly
receive the hearty support of Repre-
sentative Noffsinger, of Kingfisher.'
We have always been thankful, that
we were born among the poor and
the lowly, and feel no envy for the
tawdy, tinsled display of the rich,
nor the flesh-pots of corruptible Egypt.
We had rather mingle among the
brave sons of toll, and grasp the
hands of every day heroes;—heroes
who suffer In silence and bravely I tat-
tle against the odds of earth. This
may not lie the day of legendary
heroes, but it is the day of heroic
men and women striving to main-
tain their homes, their honor and
their virtue, in the midst of a mael-
storm of corrupting influences. He
alone can appreciate life who has
digged to the depths, who has
drank the dregs and heard the wails
of the disappointed and the dying:
who has bared his feet to the thorns
which lead to Calvary's rugged brow
of expiation.
Billy Bryan says that Kansas City
should own her Union depot. Sure!
Nobody else would be guilty of own-
ing such a ram-shackle affair.
Washington has been selected as
the place for final "Peace Negotia-
i ions." It is now up to Peace to fail
to be negotiated.
Governor Ferguson carries a level
head," says the Mulhall Enterprise.
Probably, The governor lias carried
many a head in his time. Hut if the
Enterprise alludes to tlie governor's
individual think box, this paper
strenuously demurs to Its being call-
ed level It is not level, but is quite
knotty and humpy, and covered with
Grecian locks.
While peace negotiations were un-
der way Oyama was busily engaged
preparing his armies for a final as-
sault on Vladivostok. When Oyama
captures Vladivostok Japan will then
be able to demand and secure a vast
ideiniiity, but not until then.
President Roosevelt intends to
weed out the parasites in the govern-
ment departments at Washington.
This is most excellent intention on
the part of our Teddy and reminds
that we have an American man at
head of our administration.
Now that the women have decided
that gray hair is the proper stuff for
fashionabelles we are wondering how
the dusk y belles of Guthrie will get
Into the social swim. It will be
deucedly aggravating to attempt to
dye that kinky hair gray.
One of Guthrie's street cars be-
come frightened at a piece of white
paper, which fluttered in the road
side, and ran awav last week. It
ran the entire length of the "system"
which is a mile and a half.
"Be true to youtself and thou can
be false to no man," some philosopher
has well said. And by way of ex-
planation we might say that we are
all quite busy being true to our-
selves, in a limited way.
Wall Paper!
Latest Designs, Cheapest
and Best Patterns.
In order to gently "throw it into"
Guthrie. Oklahoma City named one
part of town "Capitol Hill," and the
Oklahoma City papers take delight in
publishing "Capitol Hill items
This is real mean.
Secretary Taft is to be appointed to
succeed Chief Justice Fuller, and
Fuller becomes a member of the In-
ternational Board of Arbitration.
This settles Taft's presidential as-
piration hash.
El Reno lias formally opened up
he\ new Carnegie library. It is said
that the library already contains 44
volumes and only eight of those were
written by Bertha Clay. Such
erudition!
A man named Wolf was tried for
bigamy in Kansas City last week. He
was guilty; of three wives. All of
which causes one to wonder whether
or not he was a "Lobo Wolf."
>\s usual the "Word and Works" is
making capitol out of the Snyder tor-
nado. A cyclone could not occur on
the Desert of Sahara without Ira
Hicks saying "I told you so,"
There is only one thing the matter
with Kingfisher and that is her
Chautauqua. V\ e have our opinion
of any city which would be guilty of
a Chautauqua.
Newest Shades, Everything that Delights
the Eye and Makes a Charming Home
SPECIAL Reduced PRICES
We also hang your paper for you and
guarantee the job, Good corps of paper
hangers. Complete supply of
Paint, Varnishes, Etc.
We also contract for PAINTING and
keep a force of painters busy the year
round. Call on us when you wish to
buy Wall Paper or Paint, or wish to have
your house painted or papered,
The Gem Pharmacy
N.W. Corner Sq,
Enid, Okla.
A New York boy, aged 16, has 30
millions in ills own right. This is
almost as much as .lesss White has
made through speculation in
Enid property.
The Guthrie Leader booms Sena-
tor Hickam for the .first governor of
the new state of Oklahoma. Hick-
am would look real swell in the gub-
natorial togo.
"All is not gold that glitters,"
sagely advises an exchange. Sure
not. And all is not brass that is
burnished. That's a lead pipe cinch.
John John Galobie quotes Gold-
smith's "When lovely woman stoops
to folly," for the benefit of his read-
ers. John is a hard hearted monster.
Anadarko had an "elopement in
high life," last week according to the
Tribune. This is much better than
having an elopement in "low life."
A tribute cannot be a "tribute',
any more. It must needs be a "glow,
ing tribute." President Roosevelt
received one of them last Week.
With an Oyama and a Togo Japan
can conquer the allied armies of Asia.
A; handful of patriots can conquer a
horde of hirelings.
There will be lots of wheat har-
vested in the "Empire of Woods,'1
says t lie Alva Review, all of which we
are glad to hear.
With Guthrie boasting of her
streetcar system. El Reno of her
Carnegie library, Oklahoma City of
her saloons and Kingfisher of her
Chautauqua, there is nothing left for
Enid to boast of except the common
sense of her citizens.
Now that El Reno has opened up a
Carnegie library let us hope that
some of the intellectual density,
which has hitherto characterized El
Reno, may be scrubbed off.
Anadarko Is satisfied for El Reno to
have her Carnegie Library, Kingfish-
er to have her Chautauqua, Guthrie
to have street cars aud Oklahoma
City to have her saloons, but Ana-
darko wants the reformatory and
wants it bad.
Oklahoma City boasts of 75 saloons.
And is that not something of which
to boast? Where would the old town
be without ttiat license money?
With a Carnegie library and 44
volumes El Reno bids fair to become
a modern Alexandria of erudition and
piety.
Prince Gustav of Sweden, and
Princess Margaret, of England, were
married last week. Congratulations.
LAUNDRY SOAP
I It's Going Up! |
$ The quality of most all laundry soaps is £
better than formerly, and the price is the £
^ lowest for many years. We are selling >
■ft all standard soaps
7 bars for 25 cents and m
^ $3.25 to $3.50 per box
Yl just Wholesale price one year ago. v
WF Now is the time to buy your soap for the sea- jImi
£ son. It will not remain so low long. Fresh Berries
Wjf Daily A complete of Staple lineand Fancy Groceries vv
$ 2u£m £
PHONE .33 GROCER. No.h SideSq. f*
Saturday was a day of unusual
terest at Guthrie. One of the street
ears actually contained a passenger.
Hopley writes a piece about "me
and Isey," Hop and Isey are certain-
ly a juicy pair to draw to
Wm. J. Bryan is going abroad again
for the purpose of studying economic
conditions in the old world.
That the street arches have been
torn down we can now get down to
hard business again.
President Roosevelt is i.o.v the cen-
tral figure on the intemat.onal it age.
On the Lookout
For Bargains?
We hope so. We have just received ano-
ther carload of Musical Instrnments and
our store is running- over with
BARGAINS
of every description. Pianos at all prices
to suit your purse. A big stock of small
instruments, talking machines, Edison
Phonographs and all the latest records.
Piano tuning by Guy Asher and C. G.
Pierpont.
Asher &
Jacobus
South Side of Public Square. Enid, Okla.
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Purcell, F. Everett. The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1905, newspaper, June 22, 1905; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147398/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.