Oklahoma Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1893 Page: 1 of 8
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OKLAHOMA
T- F. HENSLEY, Publisher and Proprietor.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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Volumo 2-
ElLi RENO, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, FRIDAY. FEB. 6. IBOtl
Number SLJ.
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Take Time to Look: at tlxese UPrices O arefmlly.
Fifteen Days, commencing
Saturday, January 7th, 1893, we Will offer you a
3 Pint Granite Tea Pots
65c
4 Quart Granite Sauce Pans •
2 Quart '• " " -
75c
5 " " u .
3 *• 44 *4 41 .
85c
6 " " " '• .
2 Quart Granite Coffee Pots •
75c
7 4i .. •
3 •' " " •> .
85c
8 " " <> .
14 Quart Granite Dish Pans -
$1.25
4 Quart Granite Preserve Kettles
Granite Wash Basin
35c
5 11 .. •« •• .
45o
55c
tiOc
70e
80c
45c
55c
<i Quart Granite Preserve Kettles
8 "
3 . (
4
6 " "
Granite Pie Plates
Milk Pans
00c
70c
80c
80c.
40c
45c
15c
THE PRICES QUOTED ABOVE ARE LESS THAN HALF REGULAR PRICE and the GOODS FIRST CLASS. Do not miss this opportunity.
EINtGLE BLOCK. Rock Island Avenue.
in im
Iiv T. F. HENSLEY.
The candidacy of W. \V. Witten
for governor of the territory was sure-
ly unexpected to the Gu/.eteef which
favors Sidney Clark first last and all
the time. Vet Mr. Witten is a push-
ing rustler, an active politician, a
It is the opinion of all well inform-
ed people at Washington, that no , . .
new states will be admitted l.y this j f00'1 law.ver- « <1 "either hound by
.congress.
Gov. Seav and most of the mem-
bers of the legislature passed through
town Saturday and returned today,
exorcising their railroad passes.—
Gazette.
When inaugurated Mr. Cleveland
will enjoy the distinction of being
the first president in history to be
both president and ex-president at
the same time.
The legislature late on Saturday
passed a bill to stay the collection of
taxes until April 1st, 1898, without
• penalty. This act certainly is verv
couimPiidaMtt and should receive
the governor's approval.—Gazette.
Oklahoma City and IC1 Reno will
be rivals for securing the location of
the penitentiary. The representa-
tives from ()l lahoma and Canadian
counties have u chance during the
present session to make themselves
important one way vir the other with
their constituency, — Norman Tran-
script.
They have done it. •
lumber trusts nor is he secretly
chattel mortgage shylock. People
knew he was a democrat before Mr.
Cleveland's election, lie is not trad-
ing recommendations as a national
committeeman to assist hi: canvass.
In fact if Mr. Clark can't win Mr.
Witten is infinitely preferable in
every demomatic sense to Lumber
Trust Richardson. — Oklahoma City
Gazette.
Nothing is so disgusting to an
honctt business man as an «| in«j
politician who is always wanting of
lice. A man who cannot make a
success of his private business should
not be trusted with a -public one.
It is the t-uceessful business man
that we want in ofifioB to give us an
honest account of his trust and who
money cannot buy.—Oklahoma City
Press.
After a ramble over the territory
the Free Press man has not noticed
any town doing more business than
ivingfisher. Strangers in our city
make the snm remarks and speak
highly of the future prospects of the
leading town on the west.—King
lisher Free Press.
Come down to Kl Reno Jimmy
and take a look at a town that wears
her bustle every day.
Cleveland is reported to have said
than in making appointments lie will
first ascertain if the applicant had
always been a democrat, and if he
finds where they have been ex re-
publicans, and especially Kansas re-
publicans, he will turn tliein over to
Tom Carter, the late chairman of the
republican national committee. We
hope that will not affect the aspira-
tions of any for governor.—Tribune.
This will be a deadener on Myer's
little post-office boom-let.
El Reno is making a fight for the
Oklahoma land office will not only
lail of success but may greatly injure
her prospects for the future. A
land office ami four United States
marshals are considerable to ask of
one administration.--Oklahoma City-
Press.
It is eli; well how is it with a
town that bus s:x candidates for
governor, three for United States
Attorney, three for United States
mrrshal and in fact askes for every-
thing else in sight. Is it cheek or
g"11-
Postmaster General John Wana-
maker will create something of an in-
novation in official lif" this evening
by giving a reception at his residence
to the employes and attaches of
every department of the post office
department as well as ot all the local
post office. The event will be pre-
ceded by a dinner to which quite a
number of the friends of the post-
master general and his wife ha
been invii d. This is the first rec« -
tioii of the kind that has ever be
giv .11 by a member of the cabtm
ml it is expected to form an inte
citing preeweut that will be extci.
SV f} -MM
R. T. Warner will apply for the
position of Special Examiner of the
pension office for the Indian territory.
Me has the support of the leading
democrats of Wisconsin and South
Dakota, as well as the solid local
support of this part of the territory.
Rush Springs Light.
If Mr. Warner wants to be a Special
Examiner of the Pension Bureau, he
had better bum his indorsements
from the "leading democrats of Da-
kota and Wisconsin," and purchase
a spelling book, a grammar and a
geography, and prepare himself to
answer a volley of puzzling questions
that will be fired at him by a civil
service commission who stands be-
tweei an applicant and the goal of
Lis ambition. There is no such
thing as a special examiner lor the
Indian territory or any other local-
ity. The Special Examiners of the
Pension Bureau and Inspectors of
the Post Office Department vere
placed under civil service rules in
the early part of 1885, and the only
way to reach one of these positions
is to stand the civil service exami-
nation. If you succeed in passing
the examination, you will be placed
upon a list of eligibles, with your
grade marked opposite your name.
When the Secretary of the Interior
desiies to appoint a special examiner
he will send over to the Civil Ser
vice Commission for a list of three
names from this list. The law
quires the commissioners to send
over the names of three persons hav-
ing passed the best examination.
From this list of three, the appoint-
ment is made, and the other two
names are returned to the list. The
law absolutely forbids the indorse-
ment of congressmen, senators or
any one else. It may be refreshing
to applicants to know that less than
40 per cent, fail to pass the civil ser-
vice examination, and that not more
than one out of ten who do pass
ever receive an appointment.
Good Schools, Good Roads and
Good Laws, Promptly
Executed.
This country needs the enterpris-
ing and thrifty immigrant from the
north who is willing to identify him-
self with our people and we should
encourage this class of people to
come and be one with us and help
to build up and secure the material
prosperity of the community. The
three things most calculated to pro-
mote this kind of immigration which
is the only kind desired, are men-
tioned in the heading ol this article.
That we have made considerable
progress in these directions within
the past two years, is an undoubted
fact, but much more remains to be
accomplished:
"Ne'er think the victory won,
Nor once ot ease sit down."
The work has only fairly common
ced, but aid in this task is not want
TI* northern immigrant that
' ines here now is in no way related
o the miserable scalawag carpet-
l agent who pounced upon th£ south
a few years ago, whose only object
wits plunder and who were autagon-
rj i ti* vmth nod its instil
Those who now come are not adven-
turers who§e object is to carry away,
but they bring with them their fam-
ilies and former accumulations with
an honest desire to be identified with
our people, to aid us in developing
ami share with us in the rewards so
sure to follow the combined invest-
ment of labor and capital in this
favored section.
The End of Volume Two.
With this issue, the Dkmocbat
closes its second volume and will
next week turn oirer a new leaf in its
calender year for 1893. It is now
on a better footing than ever before
and lias every facility iu complete-
ness ot office, for getting itself out
before the public on time, except a
|>ower press which will be here in due
course of time. It has a constantly
increasing circulation, second to
none in the souhwest, and has de-
veloped enough of financial strength
entitle it to rank among the
permanent institutions of the county.
It has always been and independent
paper, with enough ''dash of romance
and spice of wickedness" to cause
the reader to wonder each week
what- it will tackle next. It will be
our aim in the future as in the past
tokeep it fully abreast with the times
in every particular, and as a clean,
reliable, local family newspaper to
place it in the front rank of its
competitors. As to its politics it is
"teeth and toe nails" for Cleveland,
home rule, and a pure, clean-cut
democratic administration. Its re
ligion is to stand firmly by its friends
and to go relentlessly for its enemies.
It has always striven to !>« on the
side of the wronged, the weak and
the helpless in opposition to the
cruel, corrupt and the base. On
account of its independence, its
unswerving devotion to the best in-
terests of the people, and the fear-
less manner in which it. has always
exercised its prerogative to approve
of good and to denounce, regardless
of consequence, that which is base
it has made a few ei.einies for which
it has no regrets or apologies to offer.
In the future, as in the past, it will
be aggressive, lively and newsy,
determined to hoe its own roe in the
world and to pay its honest debts
its it goes along.
Birthday congratulations will be
received from our home people all
day Friday at the sanctum, and all
next week from our exchanges.
Myer says over twenty prominent
hit jumpers called on him to defend
the citv council. He might have
added that it would take twenty
such delectable sheets as he repre-
sents 1,0 whitewash one side of them.
The Tribune is booming Hon.
O. II. Travers and Henry W. Scott
of Oklahoma City for appointment
as United States District attorney.
Myer thinks the office of District
attorney is a double barreled one
and he desires to see it loaded with
two of the best and most universally
admired democrats iu the territory.
Myer like all galvanized republicans
is a consistent cuss.
The first number of the Arapahoe
Argus, a new paper started out in
county G, by Clute and Beierwalter,
our fellow townsmen is before us.
It is a neat, well printed, ably edit-
ed six column quarto. Mr. Clute
wfts the former editor and proprietor
ot the Democrat, he is a good all
around newspaper man, earnest, hon-
est and reliable in everything he un-
dertakes. The people of Arapahoe
will not be bled, robbed, nor deceiv-
ed by Messrs. Clute and Beierwalter,
we know them both, have had main
business transactions with them
both, and take pleasure in commend-
ing them both to the people of
county O.
Tore Hoard No, 4, Townsite Trustees. Clarence
S. I.ee, cjntestant. vs. Mary K. Foreman, contec
oiliest No,SOI. involving lot* j and 4, block 85
El Ueno. O. T.
I. H. Navman. contestant, vh. Marv k. Foreman,
coi.testee, contest No. 309, involving lot* 19 and 20,
block 85, El Reno, O. T.
NOTICE OK HEARING.
larance S. Lee and I, H. Nayman, contestant:
notified that the above entitled canes, involving the
application* of the parties therein for deed to loo innd
4. 19 and aoin block 85, in the town of El Reno, county of
Canadian, and territory of Oklahoma, is by order of
Hoard No. 4, of Townsite Trustees, set for hearing be-
fore said board at their office in said town on Wed.,
the 8th day of February, 1893, at 9 o'clock in the fore-
noon of said day, whereof, and of all continuances
and postponements, you will take due not in. without
further service thereof.
lu witness wheieof, we. the said board as sii. h.
ive hereunto Kubscribed our names this 17th day of
January, 189J. Jamhs M. Hishoi,
Saml'kl T. LitAyv,
DM.HKKI- L. LAMM.
Hoard No. 4, Townsitc Trustees,
Note: Rach claimant will be required to deposit
S3O with the disbursing agent: to defray e^enscsof
the trial lor one day.
Notice for Publication
Itefore board No. 4, townsite trustee*. M. lack-
n, Henry Harris and Frank N. Chick contestants
;. Wm. A. Clute, contcstce. Lots 10 and 11, block
No. 91, town of El Reno O. T.
Contest Docket No. 323.
NOTICE OK HEARING.
Yon are hereby
use. involving the
deed to lots 10
To Henry Harris
notified that the alxjve entitled
pplications of the parties therein !•
nd 11, in block 01 in the town <>t El Heno, county
if Canadian, ami territory of Oklahoma, is by order
<! board No. 4, of townsite trustees, set for hearing
before said board at their office in said town on Wed.
the 8th day ol February 189a, at 9 o'clock in the
forenoon ol said dav, whereof, and of all continuances
and postponements you will take due notice without
further service thereof.
witness whereof, we, the said board as such,
have hereunto subscribed our names this 17th day of
lanuary, 1893.
James M. Hishop,
Samuel T. Le
Delbert L. Li
Hoard No. ..
Note: Each claimant will be required to deposit
$30 with the disbursing agent, to defray expenses ol
the trial fur one day. •
a:
Notice for Publication
Their Defense.
The State Tribune says, '"that
twenty business men called on us,"
meaning the twin monstrosities who
own that paper, and "begged us to
defend the city council," meaning
the lot jumping gang who have dis-
graced that body, "against the out-
rageous attack of editor Hensley,"
in the Democrat of yesterday.
In this so called defense, which,
by the vny for breadth of thoughi(?)
and lofty dictum (?) has no equal
in English literature,(?) save and
except it be tound in the epistolary
correspondence by the silent editor
of the Tribune with himself, con-
cerning the townsite board a few
weeks ago, exception only is taken
to a statement of ours to the effect
that the only thing the council did
at a stated meeting was to issue
?1,800 worth of scrip in payment
of a ♦1,300 obligation.
The Tribune does not have the
temerity to deny this statement, but
tries to justify it by saying that by
virtue ot our waterworks, insurance
has been reduced. If the reader will
take time to analyze the Meyer-Wil-
son defense of the council, a number
of curious questions will suggest
themselves, tiud among the first is,
why did only just twenty prominent,
loyal and virtuously indignant busi-
ness men out of the five hundred
who infest*Kl Heno see fit to call
and beg the Tribune editors to de-
fend the council? Why did not
twenty-one call? There, is luck in
odd numbers you know, and last
but not least, why did tliey call on
the What is-it and the Where is it of
the Tribune and slight the able and
eloquent Hamlin W. Sawyer, of the
Herald, the voluble Geo. W. Mc-
Clintick of the Courier and the sauve
anil courtly J. William Diven of the
Eagle?
The only answer that can bo given
to the last question is that the What-
is it and the Where is-it of the Trib
une were paid in the printing deal to
keep the city government white
washed and, it possible, in proper
sanitary condition.
Two theories have been advanced
why only twenty persons interested
themselves in the council's' behalf.
One is that out of the four thousand
inhabitants of the town they only
have a following of twenty souls left.
The other theory is that the lot jump-
ers have been reduced to that num-
ber, and it is even whispered that four
more have joined the silent majority.
They were last seen iu the neighbor-
hood ot the Oklahoma City land of-
fice imploring the mayor to kick the
bosom out of their pantaloons. It is
suggested that the mayor offer a
suitable reward to any one who can
furnish information as to their pres-
ent whereabouts, and to charge the
same up to some poor washerwoman
as an occupation tax. 1 ...
Gov. Stay vetueil die first hill the Notice for Publication
legislature passed. It was a bill
creating a few clerkships, and pro
viding for their pay. The Governor
did it he says in the interests of
economy. The old man is playing
to the galleries iu the vain hope that
Grov er may be among the gods.
(1USTAV TI I FLAN.
President.
JNO. W. NICK.
Vice President.
MICHAKI. E1CHOKF,
• Cashier.
CIIAS. A. NEWMAN,
Assistant Cashier.
The Stock Exchange Bank.
Capital Stock $50,000.
DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
DIRECTORS.
Gustav Thelan, ('has. K. Ashley, IT. C. l.yeth,
Jno. N. Nyce, Louis EichhofF, M. L. Stanley,
W. E. Fryberger, Jut. E. Kelso.
iDavicl^on & Gase
UelHll Dealers la
iscfore Hoard No.
Allen, ( has. E. Patt<
tants vs. Mary E. Fc
15, block No.
(, townsite trustees. Sam'l W.
n and Florence Harnett, contes-
reman. Lots No. I2, i.'„ 14, and
1 of F.I Reno, o. T.
Contest Docket No. 313.
NOTICE OF HEARING,
To Sam'l W. Allen, contestant: You are hereby noti-
fied tlmt the above entitled can^e, involving the ap-
plication of the parties therein for deed to lots i'2, 13,
14 and is in block 80. in the tOwli of El Reno, enmity ol
canadian, and territory of Oklahoma, is by order of
Hoard No. 4, of townsite trustees, set for hearing be-
fore said board at their office in said town oil Wed.
the i'tli dav of Frbni.irv, 18 at «< o'clo. k in the
forenoon, whereof, and of all continuances and pose
ponements, you will take due notice without lurther
service thereof.
In witness whereof, we, the said board as such,
have hereunto subscribed our names this 17th day of
January, 1803. Janie-. Nl: Hishop,
samnel T: l.eavv,
Delbert I- l.arsii,
Hoard No: 4, townsite trustees,
Note: Kach claimant will be required to deposit
.<;() with the disbursing agent, to defray expense* of
the trial for one day.
Oclcl Work ii specialty.
J. G. Tompkins. Manager.
Swie <1
Notice for Publication
Hefore Hoard No. 4, Townsite Trustees. Walter C
Hartley, L. E. Johnson and l'orry Rouse contestants,
vs. (J. W. Click, contestee. Jx>t No, la to 15 inc., in
block No. 89, town of El Reno, O. T.
contest Docket No. 318.
NOTICE OK HEARING.
To Walter C Hartley, contestant: Von are hereby
notified thai the above entitled cause, involving the ap-
plications of parties therein for deed to lot 1 a to 15 inc. 111
bioi k 89. in the town of Kl Heno, county 01 Canadian,
and territory ol Oklahoma, i- by order ot Hoard No
4, of Townsite Trustees, set for hcarin;; before s.nd
hoard :<t their office in said town on Wed. the 81b
day of February, 1893, at 0 o'clock in the fbr«noonof
said day, whereof, and of ail continuances and po,t-
1 will take due uoticc without further
said board as such'
names this 17th day uf
| a juki M. HlSllol,
Hoard No. 4. Townsite I rustec.
Each - laimant will be required to d :>osit
the disbursing agent, to defray expense of
The one thing all property owners
should not neglect, is the planting
of shade trees. Outside of the prin-
cipal business streets all
others should have a row set out on
either side. It improves the looks
ot property and the city and at Ids I
to the comfort of the citizens.
Before Hoard N
and Frank Delchc
P. Hall
. Townsite Trustees. MaryAde
on test ants, vs. , V. IfoflT and W.
Lf ts No. 16, 17 and 18, in block
o. />, in the town of El Reno, O. T.
NOTICE OF HKABINO.
To Maiy Ade and Frank Relcher contextants:
You are hereby
nat the above entitled > ause, involving the
ns ol the parties therein for ili-cd to lots 16,
in block 1/), in the town of F.I Rene, county
ol' <'i.«'.ian, and t> rritorv "f Oklahoma. |« 1 . 'Tiler
of Hoard No. 4, Townsite Trustees, set for hearing
before said Imlird at their offi r iu said town 011
Wed , the 8th dav of February, 189 {, at 9 o'clock in
the forenoon of said day, whereof, and of all contin-
uances and postponements, you will take due notice
without furtner service thereof.
In witness whereof, we, the said board as Mich,
have hereunto subscribed our rain -* this 17th day of
lanuary, 1893. Ja.mks M. Hisie
.pphes
Delhi
t.K;
!,. U
It is now quite certain that the
Fiisco line will be extended from
Sapulpa to this city early in the
summer. This will give the city
another trunk line and probabl) the
shops of that ami the Santa Fe j conntylikc'iise wlll bc
combined.—Oklahoma City Press, r01.
Hoard No. 4, Townsite Trusters,
mm will he required to deposit
,1 ng agent, to defray cxpcn .es of
G M BUCKLES.
' "ancy Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Meats
Canned, Green and Dried Fruits
of all kinds.
Highest Price Paid for Country Produce
FIIIST DOOR NORTH OF POST OFFICE.
H. J. \V 111 TLRY, GEO. I). OKPUT, M. T. CLARK,
President. Vice-President. Cashier.
CITIZENS STATE BANK
(incorporated.)
CAPITAL. 50,000.
H. J. WHITI.DV, GK0. I). OllPUT. I. A. Dl'NSMOOR, H. ('. ACUFF
GEO. K. BROWN, M. T. CLARK, J. T. PARSONS'.
Netlce lor Application.
Ness have ,, -----
i'otmtv clerk uf Canadian county. Oklahoma
territory, for a lieense to neli mail and sidiit-
uoiis I'.i'iuoih at retail ill the town ol Kl Ki lie.
canadian rounly, Oklahoma terrlUiry, ami ii
there ! • no objeetions *nt« 1 "d prior to the ni xl
reirular meeting of the Hoard ot Commissioners
: will h * granted as asked
Kl Reno, Ok. Tei„
Jan. 27,1 i'M.
F
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TlTin
ED MILLS.
N. J. CORETTE & CO.,
—Manufacturers ot ami Dealers in-
Chop Feed, Corn Meal, : : :
: : : Graham Flour and Bran.
—CUSTOM WORK PROMPTLY DONE.—
ttarFarmors trade solicited. Highest market price paid for grain.
DKALKRS IN-
Sasi-i, Doohs, Mouldings, Etc.
We carry the largest and best pelerted stock iu the
City. Don't fall to nee us before buying.
Cor. Woodson & Evans. J. N. Lund, Agt.
G. E. PEIR'RY,
The Largest Stock in Oklahoma Territory.
NORTH blCKFORD AVENUE, EL RENO.
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