Calumet Weekly Criterion (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 22, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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EDITORIAL AND NEWS NOTES
A GENTLE HINT.
If the farmers fall to see what tli">
want in the local paper, they will nat-
urally order from their mail order
catalogue, which la always at hand.—
Chotoau Herald.
That most excellent trade journal,
"Hardware," also culls attention to
Hie fact that many merchants in the
J. WILL LAWS
Attorney at Law
All miMrrt prrtftininK to Prubfttr, Civil Cairn
unii Perfection of Title# Promptly
Attended to.
Room .1 215 1-2 W Main
OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLAHOMA
hind
small towns and cities are overlooking
a point in not being more liberal with
the local newspaper. Cash buys most
anything nowdays, and the average
farmer buys where tho inducements i
aro greatest. If the local merchant drens uiinds develop. Children sill
or carry cats about in friendly fashion,
the clowns, and all the rest of it—
those are the things upon which chil-
CICERO C. CHRISTISON
LAWYER
129 1-2W. M.in Phone 572
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
All mnttrrt pertuininic 1-«K*I T ran Mictions
accurately and promptly attended to.
Practice in all Courts
throws out no inducement there are
others who will.
('oilman Optical Co.. wholesale opti-
cians, grind to replace broken lenses
received by mail. Office for testing
eyes, and factory, 132% W. Main St.,
Oklahoma City. Sept. 4.
The sheath gown will never become
popular because those who desire to
expose their shapely lower limbs have
better opportunities with any old sort
of gown whenever it rains or the
sprinkling cart goes by, especially so
In Oklahoma City.
County Superintendent Mary D.
I Couch announces that the seinl-annu-
I at apportionment of tho slate school
fund is twenty-nine cents per capita.
• Including Oklahoma City, the school
pupils for Oklahoma county this year
number 18,150. Oklahoma City alone
hires about 200 teachers, outside there
are 128 teachers in the county, making
a total of about 328 teachers hired al-
together in the county. The schools of
the county are practically all supplied
with teachers.
fer If they do not occasionally receive
the normal stimulant of pleasant ex-
citement.
The circus reborn lu America in its
present shape, is a necessity of child-
hood. The animals may be seen for
nothing in tho public parks, but an
animal Is only n real animal to a
The reunion of the soldiers of the
A. R. will be neld at Bridgeport,
Caddo Co.. July 25-28th. A big time is
| anticipated and the location is said to
be an ideal recreative point.
STATE FAIR OF OKLAHOMA.
Much interest is being manifested
by the different counties of the state
in tho county exhibits at tho State
Fair to be held at Oklahoma City, Oc-
tober 1st to 10th, 1908.
The State Fair will attract thous-
ands of homeseekers and investors
from the north and east and any
child when It Is seen in the circus, county represented there will be in
with the peanuts and the sawdust, and j position to show their particular indus-
the dwarf discoursing "politely, and | tries and resources at a very greot ad-
the rings, with horizontal bars, turn-1 vantage. The Agricultural Hall will
Two For One
— +
t
Read our offer of the Oklahoma i
rarm Journal and your Home
Paper |
Both For One Dollar f
biers, and the wild unspeakable dash i be one of the chief attractions of the | tied condition of county
of the Shetland ponies with a monke y ;The Association has secured
clinging to each mane, or dogs riding '"any attractions or an educational nil-
or driving; the dog that steals the turo never before exhibited in Okla-
lunch he is set to watch and thou homa.
puts the cat on the table so kitty will Space is being assigned dally in the
get the blaine. I mammoth exposition building. Appli-
And at the Gentry shows tho boys, cations for space are coming from
real American iboys with pure red j manufacturers from all states as well
blood coursing through their young j!is Oklahoma. The attractions will be
bodies, are given the privilege at each varied, high class and clean. Tho
tosh county on account of the unset-
seat affairs in
that county. Pending the settlement
of the contest between Checotah and
Eufaula no court may bo held in that
county. Judge Cole is holding a ses-
sion of court ia Pittsburg county.
Henry Klindt has brought a suit for
$5,000 personal injury damages
against the M. K. & T. railroad under
the fellow servant law. Klindt alleges
in his petition that he was gored by
OKLAHOMA CITY MARKETS
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
(Theso figures are corrected weekly
by the Max Halm Packing House.)
Hogs 6.00 to JG.tr.
Cows 2.25 to 2.75
Heifers 2.50 to 2.75
Steers 2.75 to 3.25
| Top veal calves 4.12%
performance of riding the elephants management will encourage all kinds a bull while working for tho company
and ponies. Did you ever ride a pony !"r legitimate amusement features, but
GOOD
AND PONY
Oraughon given contractu, backrnl by chain
of SO OolJt Ko*, 1300,000.00 capital, niul 19
years* mkvush, to secure
reasonable coixllt iona or re
BOOKKEEPING
proposition,
booKkeepii
Uoln MX.
years* succorh, to secure positions Milder
reasonable comllt Iona or return! tuition.
Drauohon'seoni'
iN-tltoi K, by not
areeptlnK his
concede thai ho teaches more
kkeopiit£ 1" T11UKK iMonths than ihey
l>rnuKhon can convince Y<>U.
76 per cent of tho
I nitoti ntates
ourt Report ers
write the system of Shorthand l>ruui<hon
teaches, because they know It lfTl!KilK8T.
FOR FltEB CATALOGUE and Ixxiklet "Why
Learn Telegraphy?" which explain all, call
on or write Jno. F. Dkauoiion, President
SHORTHAND
DRAUGHON'S
PRACTICAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
(ttlklMtaMfe UV SU1U
Oklahoma City. Muskogee, Ft. Smith,
Ft. Scott, Kansas City, Ft. Worth, Dal-
las or Denison.
when you were a boy? You will never
forget the pleasure it gave you at the
time and yea will still ilnd enjoyment
in recalling that one experience. Such
things really have a beneficial effect
on the whole lifetime.
An old American joke represents
jihe father taking the child to a circus
las an excuse for going himself. N >
To be at Oklahoma City, Thursday, , , „ ..
excuse is needed tor the circus.
August 27. , J|oyg am) g|r]g sho„]a ,)e taken to
The human being most in need or th(, ri,.cu.s once a yenr. jt ja their
amusement, moBt greatly benefited by | riKht. and the father and mother
GENTRY
BROS.' DOG
SHOW.
will place a ban on all things of an
objectionable nature. The idea is to
make the fair on educational institu-
tion, as well as the coming together
of people for enjoyment and pleasure.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lars have been Invested in permanent
improvements and among the new fea-
tures this year is the new grand stand
seating 7,000 people. The new poul-
try building the largest in the west,
has a capacity of 4,000 birds and will
be full. The new administration build-
in the stock pens at Muskogee, and
says that the bull was prodded into a
rage by other employes.
amusements that stimulate the imagi-
nation, is the child. And in our civ-
ilization there is far too little done
in the line of amusement for the chil-
dren.
Whatever stimulates imagination I show Is to
Ftimulates mental growth. Gentry j day, Aug.
Brothers Dog and Pony show is a ben- vestigated
ing will greatly facilitate the manage-
ment in caring for the exhibitors and
\isltors. Over 125,000 feet or cement
walks have been built on the grounds
circus and dog and pony I""* thp f lr will be held, rain or sliine.
be in Oklahoma City Thurs N number of new horse and cattle
27. We have officially in-jbnrns llnvo '>«' fleeted and every
the performance and we !convenience will be afforded exhi*i-
sliould go along to enjoy the perform-
ance with the children, and to enjoy
above all the children's Intense de-
light.
Oentrj
Wilburton will celebrate labor day
In an elaborate manner. The follow-
ing speakers have heen invited: Miss
Kate Barnard, state commissioner of
charities and corrections; W. H. Mur-
ray, Con.siessmao C. D. Carter, K. N.
Wright and Rev. J. \v. Balmain. Ten
GRAIN AND HAY.
Corn 75 to .86
Prairie hay $0.50 to $7.50
Katlr corn, per bushel 75
Oats, new
.40 to .50
Live Poultry.
Springs
Hens
Turkeys
Ducks, full feathered
beeves and 12 hogs will be barbecued. | Oeese, full feathered
lOggs, cases included
On account of the absence of Chair-j "utter, country
man .1. K. Love, the hearings set by
the corporation commission for last
week, have all been continued until
August 21 and 22. Two proposed gen-
eral orders are included in the list,
one relating to physical connections
on all roads and the other making a
material reduction in cotton rates.
Cotton.
Galveston—Cotton lower.
10 1-S.
. .12
.08 Mr
. .09
. . .07
. . .04
$6.00
.. .15
MiddliliK
t'licial, normal, entrancing stimulant j recommend it to the children of our j
to the imagination of children. That readers enthusiastically. Young chil-1
why we urge parents to take their ,|ren—all under fourteen—should be
children to the show next week. taken in the day time. Matinees are
The elephants with their toes neat- j provided every day.
1 manicured and brilliantly white; i \0 young child, under any
the prancing ponies that perform | whatever, should bo taken to a per-
some most wonderful tricks; the dogs | fariiKince-at night. The father and
mother deliberately guilty of keeping
la child under twelve out of bed after
| half past eight o'clock at night are
handicapping that child criminally.
Ifyou have any disease or trouble that the regular doctors cannot relieve then n,u'r hesitate to lit the children
come to Drs. Gregorjr and Gregory and they will remove Lhe cause of your trouble, j st.l; ':1W;(y 'f|.om SPhoo, afternoon.
(lo|i- the show is to take tho school's
plnee.
An Imaginative child can get more
tors.
The State Fair grounds are now
reached direct by electric car line and
steam railway service. A beautiful
j asphalt boulevard now connects the
pret'\t j grounds with the fine boulevard sys- Kansas river. A movement is now on I
tern of the city. foot to seu to the county the toli j
With tin attractions that are book-1bridge across the Arkansas river be-!
and Clarksville, |
I The county commissioners of Mus- j
kogee county, have advertised for con !
tracts to build 20 steel bridges, the!
aggregate cost to be $10,000. These j
will span the smaller streams, and dm
not include any bridges across the Ar- (
DR. B. A. HALL.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Rooms 526-528 Bassett Bldg.
PHONES: Office 3699-X. Res. 3699V
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
d and others that
in sight and tween Muskogee
GENUINE
CHIROPRA C TI
if you are feeling old thev will make you younger.
Gentleman or Indies, if you want a nice profession that will pay you and
good to humanity write to us about learning Chiropractic. Wo are arranging ti
start a class the first Monday in September, write for literature explaining the
science. This science easily and quickly learned and calls for more Chiropractor . _ , .....
Me coming to us all the time, learn it and we will find yon a location to go to work. actua' mental food studying he .
Palmer-Gregory Chiropractic College
416 Culbertaon Building C orner (ivaml and Broadway
4 .) Inter on—than in any af-
ternoon
DO YOU WANT A CANADIAN COUNTY FARM?
j We Can Sell You ONE ON TIME As Easy As Rent j
Central Title and Investment Company
No12 North Robinson Street Oklahoma City
Summer School
Anyone enrolling with us now cau get three months for $20.00
or six months for $40.00 In any department. Fare paid to school.
Penmanship
We have the finest professional penman In the southwest, and
one of the best In the United States. To nil those who enroll with
us this summer, we will give a course In penmanship free.
Positions
We are anxious to enroll a number of students now to get
roudy for positions this fall, which is tho best time to get one. We
are already having more calls than we can fill, and the deband will
be still greater In a few months
If Interested, write at once for new catalogue.
HILL'S BUSINESS COLLEGE
OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
reek of schooling.
The important thing in your child ;
Is that child's own thoughts. Stimu-
late the thought of a child, encourage j
It. Keep <iway everything that is i
morbid. Never take a young child to !
•i play that ends sadly, or that has j
5ad features or mysterious life prob- j
louis In it.
The circus was made for the chil-
dren. The young mind is adapted to ;
wonder, it is delighted with the ,
strange and the difficult. The ath-
letes dropping head first Into nets,
fairies skating around on peculiar im-1
Itatlon ice, and above all—the clown.
When an extraordinary clown is pur-
with the interesting and unique feat-
ures that are now being considered,
It is safe to say that the Second An-
nual State Fair will have an attend-
ance of over 200,000 people. For prem-
ium list and entry blanks address the
secretary at No. 21"'i West flrand
Ave., Oklahoma City.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Last Wednesday while crawling
around the corner of a barn at his
home near Dickson, lu pursuit of a
hog which he Intended to kill, Leo E.
which is owned by
tion,
a private corpora-
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if you are not already a subscriber,
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Swift, 1?. accidentally discharged both I Ji.oo for both publications for oue j
barrels of a shotgun into his right [ year.
side and died throe hours later. Fu- j j)0 It now.
neral services were held at the family j |
home Thursday and burial was made —
at Fairlawn. Ho was the son of Mr.1 do YOU WANT A BUSINESS COL
and Mrs. N. W. Swift. He was a re- ! LEGE EDUCATION?
markable boy for his age,
scales at 180 pounds.
The grand lodge of Masons in ses-1
slon last week at McAlester, re-elect- j
|ed J. S. Murrow as secretary. Mr. j
j Murrow is 74 years old and has been |
secretary for 33 years.
tipping the
LISTEN!
! We have two scholarships for sale
One for Hills' Business College.
One for Dmughon's Practical Busi-j
ness College.
You can take a book-keeping course,;
or you can take the stenographic j
sued by another of his companions j course.
with a funny make up and costume ; At Wilburton William Walker, while i We ran arrange for you to take|
when he does the disappearing i-.rt In- : repairing a mine shaft fan, fell a dis BOTH COURSES if you desire to do |
side his fat man's garments, and when ! a nee of 45 feet, he landed on the de so.
he later drops from the horizontal bar |composed body of a man which has !
« nnn nf m.Hnnrv si'/.. 1. ivlnc his 11)fi0n that of John Wil
4 . ' ' ' . '' . ' kins, who mysteriously dl. appeared a RIGHT h.OW is the time to enroll,
suit hanging by the feet, it is a de- . ^ wtwks ago. The colleges CANNOT SUPPLY the
light for any human being to study , demands made upon them. Just as
the faces of the children, the convul- The following postmasters have \ soon as you complete the course you
sive laughter, the delight that can not!j)een appointed for Oklahoma: Charles can &tep into a position paying any-
be expressed. 1 I. Grimes at Verdigris, Rogers conn where from $50 to $90 per month.
Crusty old bachelors, and those vie-; ty, vice N. R. Bland, resigned; Laura; IT'S WORTH WHILE, and the busi-
tims of stupid civilization and man's j Spencer at Reck, Carter county, vice ! ness world wants workers, wants
bad taste, the old maids, ought to go U- VV. Buckmaster, resigned; and Ku BRAINY young men and young wo-
to the circus often. The nlensure of i l)er^ Minter at Summit, Muskogf
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The pleasure of
the children at the matinees spreads
i even to the sadtlest and oldest and i
most dried.up.
j We ljolievo that the men wflo use ]
their money, energy and enterprlso In i
these splendid entertainments for the j
children are public benefactors, and j
this editorial is written to encourage j
them iu their work, and to tell fathers
| and mothers that It Is their duty to j
encourage the work also and make tlie j
j children happy.
| If you cannot afford the expensive 1
scats, take those less expensive. Hut, !
whatever you do, remember that the j
Intense delight which you can give to >
the children at little cost Is limited
to their youth, to this period of their i
lives.
You can't make up for it if you
miss this opportunity.
Do not forget the date, next Thurs-
day, August 27, at Oklahoma City, Ok
lahoma.
county, vice J. K. Dyer, resigned.
men.
Write us AT ONCE and wa will tell
you all about it.
District Judge Cole has postponed SUBURBAN NEWS Pl'l!. CO.
the term of court scheduled for Mcln- j Oklahoma City, Okla.
Bottled by
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Bottlers of tho
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High Grade Soda Waters.
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with buildings en crop pay meant plan. ■
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street, Oklahoma City, Okla. 21tf i
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Rinke, J. P. Calumet Weekly Criterion (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 22, 1908, newspaper, August 22, 1908; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc160585/m1/4/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.