Oklahoma City Daily Pointer (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 166, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 30, 1907 Page: 3 of 4
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THE LOST WIRE
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who
and
It was strange who was stealing the
[re up there on the Lehigh & Hud-
p, popularly known as the Lean and
tngry railroad," said the old railroad
egraph operator, who has gained a
nutation for his work in assisting
uth to rise after she has been crush-
earth, according to the records
New York Sun. "You see, the
lad Ts putting up a new line of wires
d they had lots of trouble losing
!eir equipment.
"Most of the trouble occurred up
ir Sugar Loaf mountain, near the
: cemetery, just the other side of
jstchester station. They never could
m to find out who stole the wire.
A^yfllow would be sending mes-
Hp the road to the different
imer resorts—'Love me and the
rid is mine—and other telegrams oi
soft-boiled-egg variety—from guys
the city to their girls in the moun-
ns, but the messages never would
t to their destination.
'Whoevei- pinched the wires would
.ve just enough of the metal wire
tanging from the pole to reach the
.isound, thereby making a circuit, and
he wire would work all right between
stchester and the end of the line,
;t the next morning we would get a
«>stal card from the summer resort
lying they lost the wire at such and
ch a place. The wire thieves were
erally running the business of the
mpany into the ground.
So the management stationed a
light watchman up near the old reme-
dy to nab the marauders and teach
to keep their hands off the com-
■fny's property. For the first three or
fur nights there was nothing doing
i wire thieves.
"One night, about eight o'clock, as
b regulars were sitting around the
g stove in Duff Masten's grocery
|ore, talking over the general pondi
>n of the onion crop, the watchman
umbled into the front door, almost
ightened to death. He allowed that
was ghosts from the cemetery who
ere swiping the Lehigh wires.
"Res Conkling and all of us pooh-
^ohed the idea of ghosts. There were
good many operator buried up in the
d cemetery, but they had had enough
ouble with wires during their lives
ithout trying to cabbage any after
(ath.
"Barney Smith and three or four
tore of us framed up an expedition to
#h<l out the whys and wherefores of
$is ghost business. We journey up
lere by Sugar Loaf mountain several
ghts without any results.
"About 12 o'clock on the fourth night
|e were about leaving in disgust when
ere was a whirring sound up behind
lie of the large tombstones in the
Saveyard and a large object went fly-
g over to one of the telegraph poles
id began pecking at the wire there.
"By gosh, it is spirits!" cried Charley
rist, one of the exploring band.
" 'Change your brand,' said I. 'I'll
^11 you what it is. It's an eagle.'
J'd heard only a week or two he-
t>r<\ibout a pair of bald headed eagles
hici\,ad been seen up on Sugar Loaf
{lountain. Barney Smith agreed with
tie that the wire pirate was the male
iagle stealing wire to build a nest for
is mate.
"Yes, sir, sure's your born. Of
lourse, the wire wasn't as heavy as
he mod.- rn telegraph wires and could
tilijl^ly into a fine nest for the lady
mfie. The warm messages which had
irculated through the wires to the
ummer girl would aid materially in
atching the eagle's eggs.
"It wasn't very hard for the big,
trong male eagle to snap off a length
wire and fly off with a coil of it
round his neck. Of course, it was
list by accident he left enough of It
ying to stick into the ground.
"Well, sir, the company tried its
est to kill that eagle, placing a boun-
y of $50 on his head. But no one
eemed to shoot straight enough to
111 him, or else he was so tough the
toilets took no effect. Even so sure a
not as Barney Smith failed to bring
Jjn down. The big bird was a pest,
for ever> time he wanted to add
L to his nest or build a new apart-
lent he'd just draw on the telegraph
ie.
"The supe was at a loss as to what
do. Finally I hit upon a scheme.
y not put in a special brand of
irbed wire? It was obvious that If a
Viy eagle was preparing to lay an egg
;ad sat down on a piece of barbed
jlre, she'd change her mind about lay-
the e££ and say Prunes, or words about him.
to^that effect in eagle language.
"My scheme worked all right and
after the barbed wire was installed the
depredations ceased, although many
sharp messages were sent over the
line."
"Say," observed the tall, cynical con-
ductor, "you've got those nature fakers
spiked to the switch."
NEGRO
'Whips Out'
WANT ADSCONTINUED
HELP WANTED.
you are a good saleslady uut of
work, call at 710 W. Main street; rooms
14 and 16, after 10 a. in. Bring ref-
erences. 6-3
Wanted—White girl for general
housework. 601 E. (ith St. 6-3
Good girl for general housework;
good wages; apply 1021 N. Robinson,
or phone 1364. 6-3
Cook and waiter wanted. 121 W.
Grand. 6-3
Dishwasher wanted—at once. 21 N
Dewey. 6.3
AND TRIES TO CLEAN UP THE
PLACE IS CHARGED AGAINST
JAMES ELLIS.
James Kills, it neero. rreatrd conriltl-
frulilr ririlriiirnl in Dyplf K<<r«r re-
sort on W. Second street lust nlglit
about II! o'clock. He Is snld to Imve
tried to cleun up tlie house after draw-
ing a six-shooter.
The police were hurriedly called and
took Ellis to the station in the ourry-
up wagon. A big 45 Colt's is said to
have been taken from him.
Ellis pleaded not guilty to the charge
of carrying concealed weapons and the
case was continued until this after-
noon's session of the city court.
NOTICE
NOTICE.
Sealed bids for te Labor Day pro-
gram will be received by the com-
mittee up to Tuesday night, July 30,
at 7:30 o'clock. The right to reject any
and all bids is reserved by the com-
mittee.
WILL P. CLOONAN. oec.
52 Phone 3039—420 W. Noble.
Wanted—A dishwasher at once at
123 W. 2d st. 5.3
Wanted—At once; a sober elderly
man for night clerk. Columbia Hotel
18 AV. Grand. 5.3
Wanted—Tailor, and also woman
who has had experience in tailoring.
J. H. Simon, the tailor, 407 N. Robin-
son. 5-3
Wanted—Boy as j anitor. Apply
room 2, 215^ W. Main. 5-3
Wanted—Dining room girl, dish-
washer and chambermaid at Pearson
House, 216 W. California. 5-3
Wanted—Experienced white woman
cook at 401 W. California. fa-3
Wanted—A girl to help with baby.
Craig 1114 N. Hudson st. 5-3
Girl wanted for general housework.
Inquire 320 W. 14th. 5-3
Salesmen's Attention—If you are out
of work, call at room 14 and 16, 710
W. Main street; investigate; some-
thing new. Only men who have tair
education need apply. Salary and ex-
penses. 6.3
Wanted—A white girl for general
house work. 321 W. 14th st. 4-3
Wanted—-75 women to peal peaches;
Monday July 29th. Oklahoma Can-
ning Co. ,.3
Wanted—White lady cook at once;
good wages, 34 E. Grand- 4-3
Wanted—Good white woman cook
and dining room girl to work in small
hotel in small town. Call or address
W. L. C., Windsor Hotel. 4-3
Wanted—First class experienced lady
canvasser for city; none other need ap-
ply; legitimate and big money. Call
10 a. m., to 5 p. m.. at 19 Ms Broadway
Circle, room 2. 4.3
Wanted—First class cleaner and
presser at once. Rhea Tailoring Co.,
Main and Broadway, under Western
National bank. 164-tf
Wanted at once
Young- man for
Mail Clerk
HOTEL
FOR RENT—HOUSES
Presented
TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
NOW OV DISPLAY AT THE CAR-
NEGIE LIBRARY.
One of the most unique and novel
donations received by the Oklahoma
Historical society in the Carnegie li-
brary of tills city is the quilt made
by the ladies of the Baptist church at
Ames and presented to the adjourned
session of the constitutional conven-
tion.
The quilt was brought to this city
by John C. Major upon resolution and
turned over to W. P. Campbell, custo-
dian of the historical society, for safe
keeping. The quilt is made of the fin-
est material, with red, white and blue
velvet covering, which is divided into
blocks; the white blocks bearln°- the
names of the delegates to the consti-
tutional convention. The names of oth-
er persons connected with the making
of the constitution are inscribed on the
red and blue blocks.
Parties desiring to see this splendid
piece of work, can do so by calling at
the library.
HIT IN THE HEAD WITH TUMBLER
—GUILTY MAN ESCAPES.
A man by the name of Pimm from
Chickasha, was knocked in the fore-
head with a heavy glass tumbler by
a waiter in a hamburger stand at 121
W. Grand avenue last night about 5
o'clock.
Pimm is an old man and appeared to
be slightly intoxicated. He was talk-
ing to the waiter and said to have
said nothing at all to provoke him,
when he hurled the glass at him.
Two large gashes in the forehead
resulted from the blow and the glasses
the man wore were knocked from his
nose.
The waiter immediately made his
getaway before a policeman could ar-
rest him and has so far evaded the
officers. When an officer appeared the
firoprletor of the place denied know-
ng the waiter's name or anything
• vi .iient—6-room house 11 e wTy"pTi-
pered and painted; close in; 011 W. 6th.
See Towe, at 26 N. Harvey. 0-3
For Rent—5-room house; one block
from car; 27th st., $15 per month.
Phone Red-2855. 6-3
For Kent—New modern brick flat^
close in; apply of owner, 230 W. 6th.
6-3
For Kent—6-rooin house; well; sta-
ble; chicken yard; large shade trees
in front; Orchard Park, 115 S. i.arrnh
Apply to owner, 50!) W. Reno. 6-3
For Rent—6-room modern house 011
E. 12th street, phone 90. R. E. Hun-
singer. 6-3
For Rent—Five room house; two
closets, pantry and cistern water. 620
W. 5th. 5.3
For Rent—6-room house; barn; cave;
on four lots, at 24th and Hudson. In-
quire 115 W. 1st. 5-3
For Rent—Furnished four room cot-
tage; 705 E. 5th street. 4-3
For Rent—Five room cottage, range,
well, barn. Phone 1291 or call 212
Security Bldg Monday morning. 4-3
For Rent—6-room house, stable well,
pasture for horse, % mile south State
Fair ground. Address 328 care Point-
er- 4-3
For Rent—Five room modern cot-
tage; furniture for sale. 29 E. 2nd. -1-3
For Rent—Furnished modern 4-rooru
house. 21 E. 7th street, or telephone
3411. P 4.3
Houses to Rent
3-room flat all modern, gas and
lights, $1850.
Elegantly finished 7-room house on
Walker street, $50.
5-room house on North Francis, nice
garden, $20.00.-
6-room house on W. 9tli, modern $25.
7-room house on Ninth and Indiana,
$25.00.
9-room house on E. 6th, $31.
6-roorn house; modern; toree blocks
from business district, $30.00.
CON KLIN & HASSETT,
Formerly Chambers & Hassett, 124 W.
Main street, 314 Lion Store Bldg.
Ph'-ne 1159.
For Rent—Flat No. 4 in the Lewis
Flats, up-stairs, with south exposure;
modern; with all conveniences; corner
Broadway and 9th st. Call at Arm-
stropg & Byrd'8 store, 218 Main st. Itf
For Rent—5-room modern ..ouse in
200 block; W. 5th St., See Jas. E. Sack-
ett, 110 N. Robinson, phone 3403. 4-3
For Rent—6-room modern cottage;
southeast corner; good cistern; 35 E
3rd. Phone 728. 4.3
For Rent—6-room house lTt lT9~W
Noble. Inquire 117 W. 3rd st. John A
Burt 4. j
To Let—Modern 3-room flat; rooms
large and cool; also furnished rooms
127 W. 4th . 4.3
TO TRADE—MI8CELLANEOUI
lo Trade—By owner. My entire av-
ery stock; consisting of 16 horses,, rigs
and harness in good location; good
business call on or address W.
Malott, 311 W. Grand; phone 1947. 6-3
SATS YOU!:
I have four ten-acre tracts to trade.
Also vacant lots, to trade. What have
you. I am a. trader. George Lutes, 233
Lee building. 6-3
Trade—If you have anything to
trade see Keller & Mclver—they are
the traders. Phone 2357-Red, or call
8Vfe N. Robinson, room 11. 43
TRADES
"60- horse power automobile. Want
land.
$30,000 stock of dry goods etc,; want
city stuff and will pay $3000 cash dif-
ference.
Dandy new hotel, rents for $40.00
$3300; want hardware and implements.
28-roo mhotel, price $2300. New
brick building; want land.
Two-Stand cotton gin, 70 saws, 60
horse power boiler, 40 horse power en-
gine; $4500; want land.
We have several pedigreed stallions
and pedigreed jack mules to trade for
land.
A cracker-jack laundry for trade.
Price $600. Want a good farm.
Millinery stock; part payment in lots.
A first class agency that will pay
$200 per month. Investigation quoted.
$1900. No blue sky attached to ..as.
Want land or eqpity in house.
Two first class confectionery stores
to trade.
Two first class rooming houses to
trade. We cannot accept any Burton-
dale lets on these.
A brick business house 28x70 In Il-
linois town of 12,000. Anything of
equal value in this vicinity, $4000.
Complete tinners outfit. Corner lot
24x40; good out-buildings, etc. Want
land.
16-room hotel to trade for farm.
Price $1800.
Blacksmith ad machine shop, com-
plete outfit for same. Wants land.
Price $1200.
An elegant drug stcre in a good five
town. Will invoice about $6000. Want
equal property in or near this city.
In the way of farms we have them
from $2500 to $11,000. About $475,000
worth of them. Most of these farms
are for trade with us for income prop-
erty. We want to negotiate with part-
ies having houses to trade for farms.
We can give some one some splendid
openings. We have a stock of goods
invoiced at $9500. We want a "ood
farm for this.
If you have houses to trade for lots,
we believe we can make it to your
interest to let us have what you want
to trade. We have a great many that
we have not been able to match up
with. We have also some houses whose
owners we cannot quite satisfy in re-
gadr to trade and we want a better se-
lection of lots.
The above is just a few of our
trades. We have many more. A call
at our office will convince you. We
trade from Michigan to California, New
York, Arkansas. In fact almost every-
where. We will be glad to see you.
CONKLIN & HASSETT,
Formerly Chambers & Hassett, 124 W.
Main street, 314 Lion Store Bldg
Phone 1159>. 43
To Trade
160 acre farm for city property.
Vacant lots for rooming house.
Five room house for lots.
80 acre farm for city property.
BRADY, HINKLEY & CLARK,
Room 4, Masonic Bldg. 43
"LetMe Show You"
Not Missouri !
TO TRADE
67 ft corner, 6 room and
4 room, house rents $40; for farm 10
miles of Oklahoma City
160 Acres Bottom Land, $40 per acre
clear to trade for good Oklahoma in-
side property; good improvements.
160 acres, 4 miles Jones City; 40
acres fruit, 7 grapes, fine as can be; 7
Barrels Wine in cellars better get it;
want Oklahoma City property; $4,500.
100 foot corner, 3 room house. 24th
and Walker; $1600; want Black Hill's
Dakota Resident
Finest old established tin shop in
city best stand $6,000 for sale or trade
for good property here .
$10,000 dollar farm at Moble; bottom
land, in Orchard and alfalfa for trade
Southern California Farm
300 acres, close to West Plains, Mo,
10,000 bearing apple trees; line Im-
provements, $11,000, North Central
Okla, or Southern Kansas Farftis same
value; or $7,0000 vacant corner West
Plains for same.
Farms at Binger, Okla for Okla City
houses; well improved
320 acres 7 % miles So East; level
and fine; good improvements; owned
by Illinois man $8000
$500,000; Chicago's finest brick flat,
to trade for Oklahoma land or proper-
ty.
10-room house; Kansas City Kansas.
Want house or land.
I am an Illinois sucker loaded with
good things to sell or trade.
C. M. GRAHAM,
610 N. Robinson street, Oklahoma City.
Phone 2778-lted.
Trade—If you have anything to
trade see .Keller & Mclver—-they are
the traders. Phone 2357-Red or call
N. Robinson, room 11. __ 43
Wante'l—Real Estate. I want to buy
a nice three or four room house, two
lots in south town; will pay cash, (.'all
Monday or Sunday. Phone 2430. NSK43
Workmen
l\ niJILDINti—STILL IN SERIOUS
CONDITION—M \Y RECOVER.
Will CunulnKliniii tlie carpenter who
fell from the third to the second floor
while lit work on the new Alexander
building, corner First & Harvey streets
yesterday, is Iii.yIiik In a serious condi-
tion at St. Anthony's hospital. thoiiKh
it is thought he will recover from the
accident.
Cunningham received a fractured
hip bone which it is feared will make
him a cripple for life. Both bones
in the right arm were broken and the
left wrist badly sprained. A big sash
above the right eye and several scrtch-
es upon the right cheek was the ex-
tent of his wounds.
Dr. Schaefer stated that the patient
was resting easy this morning.
Cunningham is about 27 years ofage,
and has resided in Oklahoma City only
a short time.
JAMES MORRISON DIES.
The funeral of James Morrison 22
years of age, who died Sunday after
a prolonged Illness of rheumatism and
typhoid fever, was held from the
Catholic church yesterday morning at
8 o'clock.
He leaves a mother, Mrs. Agnes
Mori~->. four brothers and one sister
to mwurn his loss. The family reside
at 40. W. 5th street.
Thi young man had been suffering
from rheumatism for some time and
was recently taken to Hot Snrlnrs for
treatment. While there he was at-
tacked with typhoid fever and later
removed home. Everything possible
was done to save his life but to no
avail. The relatives have the sincere
sympathy of all who know them.
The remains were laid to rest in
Fairlawn cemetery.
If you had a little local ad (like this)
in the Pointer wouldn't it pay you?
Don't think people don't read such ads.
Aren't you reading this? Then surely
such an ad would benefit you. Count
up the words, six to a line. Three cents
a line each issue, where it runs three
days. Five cents a line one day. Ad-
vertise in the Pointer because It is
ready by everybody.
WHEN FRITTERING
your time away, and all other times, eat
tion. Sold Pop Corn Fritters,
the delicious, toothsome confec-
tion. Sold everywhere for f> cts.
For Rent—5-room cottage, No. 317 W
Seventh street. C. F. Carey, room 19
National Bldg. 4.3
, °
House and furniture to rent, 604 W
4th street; no children. Call after 6
or Sunday. 4 3
For Trade—$100 worth of furniture,
dishes, etc. for vacant lot. Address
Trade, car" Point-.r. 1-6
The way to answer an ad addressed
to a certain number care Pointer, Is by
letter <110 stamps) and leave it at
our offW 119 N Robinson. The an-
swers art held until the advertisers
call for them
WANTED
40 Tall Men
15 Ladies
10 Colored Men
10 Colored W omen
To Appear in Production of
"Antony & Cleopatra"
Apply at stage entrance
DELMAR THEATRE
Wednesday Morning
11 O'clock
L. Rufus Hill; Stage Mgr.,
MELBOURE MacDOWELL
Company.
CLEARING UP
SALE
All Vehicles on Sample
Floor at Reduced Prices
R. M. POWELL
205-207-209 West 1st. St.
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