The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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Enid Events.
Vol. 14
ENID, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 28. 1906.
Republican
Principle
The National League of Republican
Clubs met at Philadelphia last week
at which time there was a great dem-
onstration. Resolutions were passed
condemning combinations in rest raint
of trade and reaffirming Republican
principles as follows:
"We pay tribute to our great lead-
ers from our lirst standard bearer,
John C Freemont, and Abraham Lin-
coln, the first republican president, to
Theodore Roosevelt, our present lead-
er, the world's Hrst citizen who
through his rugged honesty, his per-
sistent determination, his uuflagging
courage and his demand for a square
deal for every person and every inter-
est, has gained not only the respect
and love of his fellow countrymen,
but the esteem and admiration of all
mankind.
i, > "We indorse the sentiment of Wil-
liam McKinley that the principle of
a protective tarilf is sacred, but that
schedule should be changed when con-
ditions of industry, commerce and fin-
ance demand, and not till then.
"We emphasize the results of the
operation of the Dingley tariff which
is giving us a surplus of revenues: un-
paralleled activity in our factories,
forests and mines; protitable prices,
products of our farms: greater bank
clearings and relatively less failures
than ever before: a continual large
volume of employment at higher wa-
ges; resulting in unprecedented con-
sumption of not only the necessaries,
but comforts, conveniences and luxur
iesoflife, augmented with a larger
I, savings and investments than have
previously been recorded in our his-
I tory.
"Weapprove of the action of the
political congress tn carrying out the
recommendations of President Roose-
velt of more advanced legislation than
has been given us since the days of
the Civil War.
"We have just pride in our party's
record in its settlement of the cur-
rency question through the adoption
of the gold standard; in the establish-
ment and development of the rural
free delivery system now extended to
more than thirty thousand routes and
eight million homes; in the progress
made in opening our arid lands to
cultivation through irrigation; in the
well begun work of connecting ocean
and ocean with an Isthmian canal; in
the many laws looking to the welfare
of labor and in the completed or pend-
^ Ing legislation providing for equitable
railroad regulations in the interstate
commerce, for better inspection of
food products; for a new state; for an
American merchant marine and the
manyother important measures which
V; . have been or are to be considered.
"We are opposed to all illegal com-
binations in restraint of trade, where-
by the interests of either producers or
ft consumers are injured or whereby,
through monopoly rates and prices of
products are controlled at the expense
' i, of the masses. We urge no war on
capital or corporations as such, but
we do ask for equity and justice to al
by all and for all.
"We are opposed to inequality
vk which permits one-twelfth of the vot-
ers of the country to wield one part
M of the national power. The suppres-
Pl sion and denial of suffrage demands
• Jfc the reduction of power so usurped
and the denial of suffrage should nev-
*1 er be rewarded with political prem-
iums. The democracy of at least
$ eleven states should be deprived of its
i unfair preponderance of power and
j? the full measure of political right se-
i cured to every qualitled citizen, white
feS, or black, who is capable and willing
p . to assert liiv political method. The
: j political party that prolits by the sup-
ta'-j pression of the ballot is not to be
i|jv trusted with the making or admlnis-
• 9 tration of the nations laws. We reit-
t erate the demand of our last national
platform', that our republican majori-
' ®ty in congress should courageously
j^carry out the principles and pledges
>v I of the party and enact such legisla-
, y'^yition as will make all the constitution*
al amendments absolutely and final
H executive.
We ask for immediate legislation
No. 39
ALBERT LOEWEN DISSERTATES.
Disastrous
Fire,
Sam Reaves Seriously
jured,
In-
Fire broke out in the building oc-
cupied by Ilrown's Pool I Tall and the
Bus office Tuesday evening at 7:30 and
the building, a wooden one, was soon
a blazing furnace. The lire boys were
soon on the scene and aftersome hard
work confined the tire to the one
building and extinguished it, though
the Wood and uillespie buildings
were damaged some.
J he fatality of the fire was caused
I.I Keno Correspondence.
El Iteno, Okla., June26.-M jor E
•I. Simpson, paragraph editor on the
Iteno Democrat, wants the Dem<H-
crats to send no man to the constitu-
tional convention unless he is honest
and has proven himself a man in th«
every day walks of life, and as the
major and his chief, Samuel T. Hum-
phreys, have repeatedly said thev
would not accept an office, and as
both have tried on numerous occasions
to lie elected to office and failed, the
democrats are up against it good and
hard. The major and Sam, according
to their past actions have an idea in
their heads that they are the only
Simon pure democrats in Canadian
county, and as neither take into con-
sideration that the constitutional con-
vention is to be a non-partison affair,
and as there are no democrats in the
nrflinrhe ^ rep:esents Albert Loewen about it." Note relative size as compared with
oi dinary citizens. Cartoon drawn by Geo. H. Blue, of the post office.
BUILDINU ACTIVITY AT ENID.
More Than a Million Dollars to
be Expended in Improve-
ments Within The
Coming Year.
(Cor. to Oklahoma City Oklahoman.)
Backed by C. R. II. Davis, a well
known St. Louis capitalist, Mr. A1 -
best Loewen, son of David Loewen,
president of the Loewen Broom Corn
company of St. Louis, is building in !
will be completed and ready to open
on January 1, 1907.
\ T h \ SIBL'ILIUXG Ol'Klt ATION S.
Enid will see more extensive build-
ing operations this year, than ever
before, and greater by far than any
other city in the two territories, un-
less it be Oklahoma City. A conser-
vative estimate of the amount to be
expended here in building and public
improvements, which will probably
fall short of the mark than above it,
is over a million dollars, among which
are the following:
i Hotel and Operahouse
this city one of the finest hotels and] County Court house
opera houses in the southwest. The
entire building covers 101x150 feet,
with an L 14x60 feet, and will be four
stories high. The building will be
located at the corner of Grand avenue,
one of the principal business streets Fr'shee-Kipplinger blk
and Maple street one block from the Kennedy Mercantile Co
Electric street railway
Stephenson and Evans blk.
Cotton-Webb block
Add. Enid Mill &Ele. Co....
Farmers Mill & Elevator...
"^■looking to the establishment of a par
P03t and postal currency or notes
:?Bto facilitate trade through orders by
■ I'll
public square. Enid has long needed
such an hotel and opera house, as this
city is one of the favorite convention
cities in the territory, and but for the
long delay of (statehood, would have
had it some time ago. Believing that
the territory would be granted state-
hood during the present session of
congress Mr. Loewen began a year
ago to lay his plans for this improve-
ment, and about two months ago con-
cluded all his arrangements for finan-
cial assistance, and had the plans
drawn. Active work lias already be-
gun in excavating, and this part of
the work is nearly finished. The con-
tract for the erection of the building
will be awarded in a few days.
The hotel, which will be known as
Hotel Loewen" will be 00x101 feet,
on the ground, and will also occupy
the two upper stories of the opera
house, which will be (10x115 feet.
There will be an office and lobby
about 50x80 feet, a large grill room, a
dining room, 34x68 feet on the lirst
floor. The-upper stories will be occu-
pied by parlors and bed rooms, of
which there will be ninety-two, thir-
ty-six of them with private baths.
The basement will contain the heat-
ing and lighting plant, barber shop
and billiard hall.
The opera house will be one of the
best appointed In the country, and
will be strictly up-to-date, in every
detail. It will have a parquette, two
balconies, and eight private boxes.
The seating capacity will be 1,392. It
will bo as nearly as possible tire proof,
and will have all the modern appli-
ances for the comfort and safety of
its patrons. It is believed that this
will be one of the finest play houses
$150,000
10o,000
200,000
75,000
00,000
60,000
50,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
26,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
Oklahoma State Bank bldg..
Presbyterian church
Pioneer Telephone Co
Garfield Milling Co elevator,.
People Ice co plant
Fifth Ward school house
Enid Warehouse Co., broom-
corn Warehouse 15,000
In addition to the above, there are
now building more than 200 residents,
none of them costing less than $1,000
and to £10,000, which will aggregate a
total cf at least $250,000. Before the
year is out there will undoubtedly be
as many more residence erected, and
possibly other public buildings. The
city is just completing the extension
to the water works system at an ex-
pense of *75,000, and the city council
has passed an ordinance to pave about
three or four miles of the principal
streets much of which will be done
this year.
A FINE FAUM1NO COUNTRY
This city is surrounded by as line a
farming country as any in the south
west, and better than the most. Al-
most every acre in the country is till-
able, and produces good crops. The
harvest which is now is progress is
one of the best ever gathered here,
and will bring to the farmers of Gar-
field county, for small grain alone
fully $3,000,000. In addition to the
small grain, the indications are for a
good crop of corn as well as other
crops. 1 ruit lias yielded abundantly,
and the peaches for which this coun-
try is so justly noted, will soon be In
the market. Cattle are reported to
be in fine condition, and the plenti-
ful rain of the spring and summer
have made
NEGRO HAS hITS.
Bill Dixon Has a Fit and Injures
Himself.
Bill Dixon, a local negro, who is
subjectad to tits, was sitting in a
chair by the Anheuser Busch build-
ing when, all of a sudden he fell on
his face and cut his head in two
places. lie was carried to the rear
of the building and Dr. McICenzie
was calleed. Medicine was adminis-
tered and lie was taken to his room.
It is said that Dixon was injured in
the fire that swept Enid in 1902 and
has been subject to fits ever since.
Oklahoma Ahead.
, „ tl i ,1V/ wjiMwraw in the
to the caving ill of the front awning, , c°unty competent to go to the con-
which resulted in the serious if not vcntion as delegates, it behooves the
fatal injury of Sam Reeves, and the and file to send a republican.
slight injury ol Mayor Bowers and —
others Mayor Bowers had headed a Tl|e fellows who are trying to be
bunch of firemen to the top of the slnlrch Governor Frank Frant/. bv
wood awning for the purpose of pour- writing letters to Washington, and
ing on water from tlie top, when the having secret service agents and ex
awning caved in throwing the mayor, ,lePuty r. s. Marshals come here for
am Beeves, Hugh McKenzie and Jim evidence that never existed, will be
Osburn to the sidewalk. Beeves Phased to learn that the Governor's
struck the brick pavement on his head blends in this city, irrespective of
and shoulders, and the others fell up- l)ait f. do not believe that there is one
on him, injuring him severally about word of truth In any of the state
the head and internally. The mayor ments recently sent out, from Guth-
was also knocked senseless, but soon lie- The young man who sent out
recovered. McKenzie and Orburn r,|e stuff from Guthrie is noted for
were cut and bruised. Reeves was rushing a story into print, without
carried to the tire house, bleeding Hrst ascertaining whether it is true
from the mouth and ears and insensi- or false.
hie: later he was taken to his home
where he is now resting easier, but in ' 'le State Capital, Leader and Ok-
a serious condition. Me Is affected by j lall0ln:l Post, have published a story
concussion of the brain " •—™
The loss by the fire was heavy
, concerning Tom Reid's candidacy for
Governor of the new state. Tom is
- ■ _ j on | .
the Brown brothers, Fred losing iat Present receiver of the El Reno
$2000 by the destroying of the billiard lancl offlcea nd his job is good for
hall and Walter $1500 by the destroy-1 "carly four >'eai's longer. When asked
ing of his office and cigar and news i / fl're ^vents correspondent: "Is it
store. The loss was but lightly in- true Tom that you want to be Gov-
sured. , ernor?" he said: "Well now that you
The lire was caused by the explosion llave mentioned the rat.tei I win tell
f lrrwnlino l<i Yiru? - VOU SOITlftttiincr I a
of gasoline lamps, which were the
new tank and air pump kind.
The lire hoys deserve much credit
for their quick work at the lire.
The loss to Gillespie, Wood !mild
you something. I have received „
number of letters from friends who
want me to stand for the nomination
of Governor. I have a good position
now and like the work, but there is
ing and Moslg's furnishing store will! * ethirig grand in being the Gov-
ernor of the new state of Oklahoma
and maybe I will give the matter
Washington—The crop reporting
board of tha bureau of statistics of
the department of agriculture, finds
from the reports of the correspondents
and agents of the bureau, as follows:
Preliminary returns on the acreage
of spring wheat sown indicate an area
of about L7,989,000, an incaease of 38,
Q00 acres, or .2 per cent as compared
with the estimate of the acreage sown
last year.
The average condition of spring
wheat on June 1 was 93 as compared
with 94 at the corresponding date last
year, 93 on J une 1, 1904 and a ten year
average of 94.
For the state of Washington the
acreage was 104; the condition 92, as
compared witli 97 June 1, 1905J and a
ten year of 94.
The average condition of winter
wheat on June I, was 83 as compared
with 91 on May 1, 1906; 86 on June 1,
1905; 78 on June 1, 1904 and a ten year
average of 81. Following are state
details.
, . , Kans. Call. Okla.
•lutie I, 1906 74 «5 ,,0
May 1, 1906 87 89 93
June 1.1905 78 78 75
Ten year average 82 78 87
The total reported area in oats is
about 27,678,000 acres, a decrease of
368,000 acres, or 1.3 per cent as com-
pared with the estimated area sown
last year.
The average condition of oats on
.June I, was 86 against 93 on June I,
1905; 89 at the corresponding date in
1904 and a ten year average of 91.
The acreage reported as under bar
ley Is more than that estimated as
sown last year, by about 133,000 cars
or 2 7 per cent.
The condition of barley Is 93,5
against 94 on June 1, 1905; 90 on June
1904 and a ten year average of 90.
The average condition of rye is 90
be but slight, mostly plate glasss, etc-
TKAK DOWN THE AWNINGS:
Tne lesson of the accident in the
injuring of the mayor and Sam
Iteeves calls to mind the slogan of the
Events in the past. I e:-
THE AWNINGS SHOULD BE
IORN DOWN. Let, the Council make
the order at once.
To Adjourn Friday.
The Congressional program is to ad-
journ Friday. This has been the
longest session of Congress in many
years.
serious attention after the adjourn-
ment of the Constitutional Conven-
tion.
Everybody Go.
Everybody that is grateful that
hnid was named a federal court town
in the statehood bill, should go to
Guthrie Monday and help welcome
Delegate McGulre back to the terri-
tory. Monday will also be a good
time for our people to go over and
assure Governor Frantz of their en-
tire confidence. Kverybodygo.
Enid.
Okla
excellent pasturage.
„ . , , ... , - - — Much poultry is also raised in this
to be found outside of the larger cit- country and nrmv nf m,« f " - ""
ies anywhere. Mr. Loewen now ex- count this L one o? it 1 !against 04 p" June 1. 1006; 86 on June
pects that the hotel and opera house able crops ' ' ''and !'" "le mean of t,le corres'
Lropb' onding averages of last ten years.
W h'KE READY for "Young- America" this year
with all the staples, Fire Crackers, Torpedoes, etc. "and
also a variety of novelties suitable for exhibition and dis-
play.
FIRECRACKERS, 'Baby'
size to 15 inch Cannon.
"Mandarin" and "Golden
Eajflc "Lad i'" "Short
Items" "Tigers'' etc.
Roman Candle. 2 ball to 30
ball.
Sky Rockets, 1 oz. to 2 lbs.
Colored i< ire, Vertical
. ^ Mines, Pin \\ heels, Flower Pots,
■ Grasshoppers, Serpents, Fire Flies. X-
ivays, ill -o-the Wisp, and scores more of beautiful nov-
cities. gs
For your convenience we have put up a numbe''haii
FIRE WORKS ASSORTMENTS, Sc. 10c' 25c 50c ,e7^n
hach assortment contains a variety of good thic accept
two alike and an "extra" piece. . eyes tell
CO M10 HERE FOR FIREWORKS R'3akJetuf
flags free to every piircbaatr. fe«&.SS
_ id glasses Bt-
> M. Jenkins,
', Ear, Nose and
.ada.v Hldg.,
Enid, Oklahoma.
W hecl>
Snakes
Triangles.
Nests
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Purcell, F. Everett. The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1906, newspaper, June 28, 1906; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147451/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.