The Edmond Sun (Edmond, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 17, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 4, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY AND COUNTY
VOL. XVII.
EDMOND, OKLA. TEE., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1906.
NO. 51
SOME INTERURBAN TALK
LOOKS LIKE EDMOND MAY SECURE
INTERURBAN ROAD SOON
Oklahoma Papers State Contract Han
Been Let for Grading Between
Oklahoma City and Guthrie
The following for the Oklahoma
Post, of Thursday, will be read
with interest by people of Edmond
and yioinity: .
"An interurban electrio line
connecting Oklahoma City with
Guthrie, Perry, Blackwell, New-
kirk and intervening towns, has
been projected and a charter
asked for. The company is to
be capitalized for 81,500,000 and
is financed by eastern capitalists.
With the backing that it has and
its right of way secured, there is
little doubt but that the proposi-
tion will go through immediately.
J. S. Kerfoot, who is one of the
local incorporators, is now in
New York City in the interests
of the new line.
"The right of way for the new
line was secured within the past
few months through all of the
counties which the line touches.
In Oklahoma county the right of
way was granted by the county
commissioners to Thomas S.
Smith, of New York City, and
M. P. Brown, of Oklahoma City,
In Kay, Noble and Logan coun-
ties the right of way was secured
in the name of Thomas S. Smith.
These rights of way have been
made over to the new company,
which is applying for papers of
incorporation. They provide for
the laying of rails along the sec-
tion lines or on public thorongh-
fares through these counties over
a proposed route.
"The artioles of incorporation
provide for a trackage of 160
miles to extend duo west from
Newkirk to Peckham on the
Frisco, southwest to Blackwell,
south to Tonkawa, southwest to
Billings, south to Perry, and
south from there through Orlando
and Mulhall to Guthrie. From
Guthrie it will extend almost due
south through Edmond into
Oklahoma City.
"The company is incorporated
by E. G. Warfield and Thomas
S. Smith, of New York City, and
M. P. Brown and J. S. Kerfoot,
of Oklahoma City. Warfield is
connected with one of the large
eastern steamship companies and
is a man of means himself.
Through his monied connections
in the east it is expected to float
enough bonds and place some of
the stock to put the thing through
at once. Since acquiring the
right of way from the various
county commissioners everything
was brought to a standstill pend-
ing the settlement of the state-
hood question. Now that that
has been decided the incorpora-
tors do not anticipate any trouble
In handling the financial end of
the affair."
In regard to the same subject
the Oklahoman of Friday says:
"The contract for the grading
of the interurban line between
Oklahoma City and Guthrie has
been let to M. Cassidy, a railroad
contractor of Guthrie. The work
will be commenced about the
middle of next month, when Mr.
Cassidy will commence shipping
tojthis city one hundred and fifty
teams of mules from Geary;
where they now are used on. a
piece of work for the Rock Island
railroad.
"The grading of the line will
be pushed for early completion,
though the worn is very heavy
between Oklahoma City and
Britton. As soon as the grading
is finished and even before the
entire work of grading the thirty
miles is finished, it is expected
that the laying of steel will be
commenced. A large force of
men will be employed on the grad-
ing, which will be commenced,
from a point west of the Santa Fe
tracks, in the vioinity of May-
wood.'*
Mayor Ringer is in receipt of
a letter from a member of the
company, in which he states
representatives of the road will
be present at the next meeting of
the Edmond council and will have
all papers properly drawn up to
present to the council for action.
If you admire a bright light,
buy your oil from the Edmond
oil wagon. W. T. Morrisett,
proprietor.
Loat Bond.
Bond given on School Dist.
No. 4, Lincoln township forS280,
due July 1, 1906, with attached
coupon for S8.00 interest, has
been lost, and the public is here-
by notified not to negotiate for
same as the payment has been
stopped at the county treasurer's
office. James Brown.
Cement blocks and tiling at the
Hollis Lumber Co., Edmond.
MANY GO TO GUTHRIE
Edmond Citizens Assist in Biu State-
hood Celebration
A large number of the people
of Edmond went to Guthrie,
Monday, to assist tho other peo-
ple of Oklahoma territory in cele-
brating the admittance of state-
hood into the Union. It warfone
of the most enthusiastic gather-
ings ever witnessed in the new
state, thousands of people being
present from all parts of Okla-
homa. The celebration was in
the nature xof a joint event, a
celebration on account of the
passages of the statehood bill
and a reception to Hon. Bird
McGuire, delegate to congress,
who worked so energetically and
so intelligently for statehood.
Everywhere Mr. McGuire was
given an ovation. The exercises
were held in Electric park, where
addresses were delivered by
Mayor Duke, Governor Frantz
and Delegate McGuire.
The Edmond band, as usual on
such occasions, took the leading
role in furnishing the music.
The band left Edmond on the
5 o'clock train and its services
were much in demand the entire
day. It was thought last week
that the band would go to Guth
rie on the eight o'clock train and
it was to be accompanied by a
delegation, with banner and
badges. However, the request
came from Guthrie for the band
to come on the early train, which
caused Edmond people to give up
the idea of a demonstration from
this city. However, many
of the citizens went up on the
eight o'clock train and partici-
pated in the exercises.
WEDDING BELLS.
MarHURR of Miss Comp to John Rali-
mann—CofYglll-KInK Nuptials.
Wednesday evening at 6:30
o'clock, the home of Dr. and
Mrs. J. W. Comp was the scene
of a pretty wedding, when their
daughter Margaret was united in
marriage to John F. Rahmann,
Rev. A. M. Vir Den performing
the ceremony, in the presence of
it few intimate friends and rela-
tives.
Koth of the contracting parties
are well known in Edmond,whore
they are held in the highest es-
teem by a large circle of friends
and acquaintances. The bride is
the accomplished daughter of one
o,f Edmond's bpst known and
mo§t highly respeoted families.
She is a graduate of the Central
State Normal school and for the
past two years has been engaged
in teaching. The groom is a
member of the Wahl Real Estate
oompany, is a young man of ster-
ling worth, full of ambition and
energy and has a promising fu-
ture before him.
Mr. and Mrs. Rahmann have
gone to housekeeping in a home
already prepared just west of
Dr. Comp's residenoe.
The Sun unites with their host
of friends in extending congrat-
ulations.
Cowgill-King.
A very unique wedding oc-
curred in Edmond at high noon,
Thursday, June 28th. Tho con-
tracting parties were Mr. William
J. Cowgill and Miss Elizabeth
King, both of Weatherford, Okla-
homa.
At present Mr. Cowgill is an
employe of the Oklahoma Whole-
sale Hardware Company of Okla-
homa City. Miss King has been
a member of the Southwestern
Normal faculty since the organi-
zation of the school.
The new home of the young
people was completely furnished
before the wedding so that the
ceremony took place in their own
residence.
Just at noon Prof. Lehrer of
the Central Normal faculty ac-
companied by Miss Boles of
Guthrie, played a violin solo,
Melody in F, Rubenstein. Fol-
lowing this the strains of the
Mendelssohn Wedding march
floated out through the beauti-
fully decorated rooms, played by
Miss Boles in her usual impres-
sive manner. The bridal couple
passed down stairs through the
library to the parlor where they
stood between bouquets of roses.
The bride was gowned in an
elegant white lace, Prinoess ef-
fect, made over white silk, and
carried the usualbridal bouquetof
white roses and a beautiful point-
lace handkerchief, a present from
the bride's sister. The groom
wore the conventional black.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. W. M. P. Rippey, of Chick-
asha. Immediately after the
ceremony a delightful four course
luncheon was served. Heart-
shaped effects were introduced
in every course. Mrs. Cowgill
was assisted by Mrs. H. C.
Anglea, Misses Emma and Carrie
Burks and Jeanne King.
Many beautiful presents were
received. Out of town guests
were: Mrs. C. A. Huber, of
Weatherford, Mrs, E. E. Smith,
of Oklahoma City, Miss Boles, of
Guthrie, the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. King, of Mays-
ville, and Rev. Rippey, of Chick-
asha.
At three o'clock the happy
couple left for a trip through the
southern part of the State, ex-
pecting to return and be at home
to their many friends in Edmond
after September 1st.
Farms Wanted—Improved or
unimproved land. Will deal on-
ly with owner. Address Mahtfn
& Babcock, room 429 Lee build-
ing, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Grass For Sale
About 80 aores of fine prairie
grass, for hay, 3 1-2 miles from
Edmond, Enquire of G. H. Fink.
MISS MYALL GETS PIANO
wins by heavy odds in sun
i'f vno contest,
Big {Subscriptions, an Last Day of
t||p Contest, I'roved a Winner
For Her.
The Sun piano contest, whioh
was inaugurated last Maroh,
came to a close at 4 o'olock Sat-
urday afternoon. It was one of
the most exciting days in the
history of Edmond, reminding
one very much of a hotly con-
tested political election, although
the workers were mostly ladies.
However, a number of the mem-
bers of the sterner sex became
much interested and spent the
greater part of the day in solicit-
ing for their favorites. The con-
test for first prize was entirely
between Miss Myall and Miss
Katie Moose. Friends of both of
of these candidates worked
vigorously apd the result was
problematical until the judges
had counted the votes. With the
exception of Miss VirDen, who
ceased aotive work some time ago
in the coptest, the other contes-
tants labored energetically for
the smaller prizes, a number of
which, however, were valuable.
The candidates worked up to
the last minute. At 4 o'clock
the ballot box, which had been
in the Citizen's bank for the last
two weeks of the contest, where
all the voting was done, was
sealed and a few minutes later
the box was carried into the Sun
office and the judges, Prof.
Nihart, C. O. Girard, and W. S.
Patten began the final count, the
one that was to determine the
winners of more than $600 worth
of prizes. By this time the inter-
est had beoome intense and two
score of people were in The Sun
office watching the count. In
about an hour the work had been
completed and the result an-
nounced, as follows:
Miss Frankie Myall, 412,965.
Miss Katie Moose, 229,285.
Miss Pearl VirDen, 45,980.
Miss Lava Smith, 22,900.
Miss Etta Dome, 7,975.
Miss Mattie Adkinson, 7,100.
Miss Lillian Klein, 7,000.
Miss Lura Leonard, 3,155.
Miss Maggie Stoner, 140.
Miss Lois Woodrum, 100.
Miss Katie Habben, 75.
The piano was immediately
turned over to Miss Myall, who
had the instrument taken at once
to the home of her parents, Mr
and Mrs. W. E. Myall.
A word about the contest. It
has been a big advertisement for
The Sun. We have formed many
new friendships through this
contest. The Sun dealt liberally
with the contestants, giving
away not only a $400 piano, but
also a gold watch, valued at $35
and two special prizes of $10
each. Miss Myall was the winner
of the gold watch and also of one
of the $10 prizes. The other
prize of $10 went to Miss Moose.
The contest has added six
hundred years to the subscrip-
tion of this paper. Scores of new
names were added to our list and
all of these we intend to hold by
publishing one of the best weekly
papers in Oklahoma. This is
fact that advertisers should take
into consideration when placing
advertising. The Sun has been
much in the public eye in the
last few months and will continue
to "do things."
The merchants prizes, donated
by the business men of Edmond,
were also valuable and the con-
testants and their friends should
appreciate their generosity.
These prizes were as follows:
Forty dollar parlor suit—.Ros-
enborg Furniture Co.
Forty dollar sewing maohine'—
Red Front.
Twenty-five dollar steel range
Edmond Lumber & Hardware
Company.
Twelve dollars in merchandise
■Chapman A McCoy.
Eight [dollars worth of perfum-
ery—City Drug Store.
Eight dollars worth of photo-
graphs—Harry Hiatt.
Seven dollar ring—J. L. Fraim.
Two hundred pounds of flour—
Eagle Mills.
Edmond Bakers Use Edmond Klour
For the past month Edmond
bakers have been using Edmond
made flour, exclusively, whioh
accounts for the excellent quality
of the bread now being used in
Edmond. This is suffiicient proof
that home-made flour is the best
on the market.
Those who use Maple Ctty Self Wash-
ing Soaj) will usually have no
other kind, because it does better
wokand does it easier.—For sale ex
clusively by the Spot Cash Grocery.
Will Give Entertainment.
The Temperance Union of The
Young People of Edmond will
give an entertainment at the
Christian church, Saturday, July
7th, 1906, at 8 p. m, Everybody
is invited to attend. The pro-
gram is as ifoftowV:
Musis.
Invocation.
Music.
Discussion—I ntefti'perance
Among Women—Mr. Pritchard
Paper—Why Should'Oklahoma
Wish Prohibition Now instead of
Later—Arthur Boles.
Recitation—Florence Hafin&h
Discussion—Attractions of the
Saloon—A. A. Watson.
Solo—Willard Fowler.
Discussion — The General
Growth of the Temperance Move-
ment—George Simms.
Recitation—Zella Shidler.
Paper—Great Men Who have
been Ruined by Intemperance—
Homer McAnnioh.
Discussion—Intemperanoe in
Amerioa Compared With that of
Other Countries—Edward Mc-
Carrol.
Music.
Benediction.
TRY THE
South Side Hotel
AND BAKERY
W. d. Thompson, Proprietor
Meals 25c
All Grocers and Butchers sell
our bread. Every loaf stamped
with a T.
Try a loaf of our whole wheat
bread.
South side 2d St., near depot.
See Wahl Real Estate company
for cheap money and insurance.
Also for all kinds of trades.
GO TO
Bates' Feed Store
For all Kinds of Feed ah tie
Very Lowest Prices
Cash Paid Fob Feed Poultby
Egos and Hides.
Office on Broadway, Pnone 9o
Mid-Summer Hats
In all the newest creations at
COLLINS MILLINERY
choice line of Street and Children's Hats
Ten North Robinson, bet. Main and Grand
OKLAHOMA CITY
We carry a complete line of
FRESH
Fruit and Vegetables
We also carry a complete line of
STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES
Plain and Fancy Chinaware
Highest market price
paid for farm produce.
SHELDEN & MYALL
Edmond, Okla.
ECONOMY STORE
BARRETT & BRYANT, Props.
Dealers in
Staple and Fancy Groceries
—and—
FRUITS IN SEASON
Fair Dealing and Courteous Treatment
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