Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 1, 1908 Page: 2 of 4
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The Enid Newspaper Co.
At Enid, Oklahoma on Wednesdays
SURSCKIPTION RATIc^T:
A BOOM FOR ENID
bad man killed
Chamber of Commerce Get
ting Down to Business
I Tried
to
Kscaps
and Was
!"™d class ma,ler October 25,
AUrch 3n'l879l''a "" *C' O'con^rtss J S100• 000 CONVENTION
A PLAN PROPOSED
Is Enid (o have a convention
hall? 1 hat is the question up-
permost in Ihe minds of the bust-
nsss men of this city at the pres-
ent time. I lie Journal answers
yes, but just how. when and
where is not iis province to an-
swer. One of tlie most feasible
plans suggested has beeu by Ed-
mond trantz and some of the
points made by him are these:
Secure a lease from the county
for the north half of the public
square at a nominal rental per
year, pledge to the county to
erect a handsoa:e structure that
will seat at least ten thousand
Shot by Sheriff
| Charles Huntin was shot and
I killed by Under-sheriff Charles
HALL 'Campbell Sunday afternoon in an
jopen field seven miles north of
Goltry. Buntin was wanted for
c. , . . v,.uuiiuu was wan:eu lor
Mate 1 Tinting 1 lant to 3e obtaining money under false pre-
Located Here.
I he Chamber of Commerce
voted last night to bnild an hun-
dred thousand dollar convention
hall: An effort will be made to
vote bonds with which to build
it. Legal counsel was selected
to look into the matter and, if it
is found that bonds can not be
legally voted as the law now
stands, an effort will be made to
have a special act passed by the
legislature empowering the city
to vote bonds for this special pur-
pose. If this fails, then the
people; to be open for all public I money will be raised by sub;crjD-
purposes, meetings, conventions, tion. In other words, the con
etc, to be held by the people of
Garfield county. It will not be a
city affair but for the whole
county.
The building should be of
brick, handsomely trimmed to
make a line appearance on the
outside, with fronts facing east
and west with semi-frouts north
and south The interior need
not be so elaborate as is well
known that the great cost of
public buildings is the interior
finish, this need not be for such
a building as he proposes.
I lie city to grade the grounds
not covered by the building and
beautify them free of cost to the
taxpayers of the county. The
building, such as proposed could
be erected at a cost not to exceed
$75,000. As to raising the mon-
ey there are several plans but
Mr. Frrntz suggests that the city
issue 5 per cent bonds which can
be legally done by making it a
city building.
I he square is of no practical
use to to the county, besides it is
an expense to keep the grounds
in proper shape while in the past
that portion of the square has
been am eyesore ard will continue
so to be unless something is done
with it. The sue where the old
court house stood would be an
ideal location. A hall of this
hall is now an absolute
vention
go.
A great part of the time was
taken up in discussing a probable
location. "Henry's Hole" was
discussed, and the proposition
met with both support and oppo-
sition.
The square also received a wide
range of discussion. Judge Bur-
well was opposed to locating the
hall there. He contended that
the government
square to the coun
teusesand had been arrested here
Saturday afternoon, but escaped.
When killed he w.is making an
effort to get away from the offi-
cers, and had entered an open
field, making it impossible for
the sli riffs to follow him with
their teams,
Buutin was wanted for a deal
he made here with the Garfiela j
^outily Milling company last
February, in which he sold a
large amouut of corn that he
uever owned. He is supposed to
he a member of a desperate gang
of which Kid Hope, the man who
was shot at the Frisco hotel some
time ago
Boutin is well known here, and
has been in jail before.
ENID ENTERPRISES
One of the Oldest Business
in the City.
0. D, WEISENBURGER, DRUGilST
Handles Complete Line of
Drugs, Jewelry, Can-
dies and Cigars
One of the oldest business en-
terprises in Enid is the Weisen-
| burger Drug Store. O. D.
Weisenburger came to ISuid 14
years ago and opened a
where the Enid National Bank
now is. He continued to operate
tliere for eleven years, and then
mored to his present location on
the north side of the square.
Mr. Weisenberger handles a
complete line of the best drugs on
the market. He is himself a ree^
rreJ drpistof ,on*
euce and lias some meaus of
knowing good materials from
bad. In filling a prescription he
handles it just like he would as
{i the person prescribed for was
First Published Jan, 8, 1908
Notice of Demand for Tax Deed
To all persons who have title to any of the
lots described below:
You aud each of you are hereby notified
that ou the 23rd day of November, 1908, at
Ihe court house in Enid, Garfield county, Ok
lahoma Territory, at a tax sale then and there
held, the county treasurer of said oounty sold
lor Ihe de. dquent taxes for the year 1904.
Lois Nos., 3, 6, 7, 8, 14. 15. 17, 18 23
and 24, Block 5; also
a,Lo!'No?- 3'6' g. 9. I". U, 17, and 21
Block 6; also
„Lo'N°s ' 3-4, 6. 7, 9, 12. 17 2®, and
21, Block 7
All of the town of Fairmont in said county
and territory as is evidenced by tax sale cer-
tificates numbered, 1777, 1778, 1779 1780
}?q?\!^V783, 1784' 1788' 1789'- 1790,'
1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1797, 1798
1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805'
1806, 1807, 1808. issued by laid county
treasurer on said date.
Now. therefore, Fred Blocker, the lawful
owner and holder of said certificates, will on
Ihe expiration of sixty days from the first
publication of this notice demand of the said
treasurer a deed for said lots as is provided by
law and unless you redeem said lots from said
Store I Slle on or before 60 days from date of publi-
cation, said treasurer will issue such deed
granting said lots to the undersigned in fee
simple.
j? FRED BLOCKER.
Largest Concrete Bridge.
The largest concrcte bridge ln tbe
world, a hugo structure which has
attracted world-wide attention among
engineers. Is just nearing completion
at Washington. Connecting Connec-
tlcut boulevard, one of Washington's
moBt fashionable drives, over Rock
Creek valley, this wonderful bridge •
already regarded as a celebrated ex
ample of the utility of concrete
Constructed of molded concrete
blocks and monolithic concrete ma-
sonry, It Is dependent upon Itself for
support, having no steel framing for
reenforcement, says Popular Mechan-
ics. At Its highest point the bridge
Is 160 feet above the bed of the
ravine, and its total length, with ap-
proaches, 1,400 feet. Congress ap-
propriated $850,000 for construction of
the bridge proper.
Cotton Gin Burned
Eldorado, Match 30.—Fire de-
Bethel neighborhood near Eldo-
rado yesterday. The seed house
and about sixty bales of cotton
were also destroyed. The lire
took place at the noon hour while
all the hands were away to din-
ner. Origiu of fire unknown,
had given the' ^'°.ss tcn thousand dollars, with
untv for court' r thousand hilars insur
lanrp. Tli. «r.V. «.:ii t.„ •
house purposes, and that purpose ' anCe" wiH be rebuilt iu
ought to be respected. He citcd !tlmC '°r l'"s scaao"'s crop,
how the county commissionersTWO FRISCO WRFPK"Q
are now making an effort to I SU' WKItLKS
bcautiiy the square, and suggest-
ed that probably walks and seats
would be placed there to make
Freight Near Cement and
Fast Mail at Bristow.
the square a resting place. He
cilen several other places thel Cement, Okla,, March 30
convention hall might be built The Frisco freight out of here
t lat would be just as convenient j went down a twenty-foot em-
as the square. jhankmen yesterday. The engi-
Edmund 1< rantz wanted the neer aud conductor were killed
hall built on the square. He did and the fireman and two brake-
not want the square to be a loaf
ing place for bad characters, and
dumping ground for trash. He
thought the square the most con-
venient place of all, and felt that
men were badly hurt.
Bristow, Okla., March 30. , 0
The Frisco fast mail passenger | the interests of the city. llc ,s a
. . - -M train weiu (jff the tnack one and j Pleasant tnan to deal witb and bv
would suit everybody concerned one haifmiles east of here yes- reason of his experience as a busi
better than anp nthor i^, J . . uual
who it is.
1 hough Mr. Weisenburger
makes no specialty of any parti
cular line yet another very im -
portant feature of his business is
his jewelry department, in which
he carries a completeline of hand
painted goods, watches, clocks,
silverware, etc. With these goods
as with his drugs he handles only
the best, and tries to sell them
at a reasonable price.
Mr. Weisenburger also handles
a nice line of candies and cigars
to which he gives a special at-
tention.
He is a great admirer of Enid
and has been here long enough
to begin to realize something of
her importance as a commercial
center and her opportunities for
business men. lie believes in
the upbuilding of the city by any
legitimate means possible aud is
always leady with his support to
aid in anything that will further
He is a
said he needed rest, when he
works but ten hours and she is
never off with less than twelve
and from that to sixtepn. Be-
sides, she must be up with the
baby at nights while he is snor-
ing, Most assuredly she would
say go; if my husband was that
selfish I would want him to go.
If he can do all this, and then
look in on his wife in full eve„
ing dress talking to young men
without a leeling of resentment,
I would say take your vacation
alone each year,
Signed: a Wife."
A Stunning Surprise. •
Congressman George W. Taylor was
talking in Demopolls, Ala., about the
hard times. >
"Hard times are bound to be full off
unpleasant shocks and stunning sur-
prises," he said. "I remember the last!
panic and a sermon that a Mobile pas-
tor preached. j
"The pastor, in a powerful discourse,
urged economy and retrenchment on
his congregation. In view of the hard
times there should be no extrava-
gance, no useless expenditure, he said \
down67617 °Utg° °U6ht t0 be pared'
' His strong sermon had a swift and
unexpected effect. The congregation,
before dispersing, held a church meet-
ing ^ and unanimously reduced the
man s salary from $2,000 to $1,500."
bad for town
Hoodlums Cut Harness at
Kremlin
Kremlin, Okla., Mar. 31.—A
gang of hoodlums here make life
miserable for farmers aud people
who diive to town of nights and
leave their teams hitched along
the streets. Only last week a
set of harness was cut while the
owner was at church, and on
other mgh's, whips, laprobes and
overcoats have been stolen. Tlie
town has no night marshal to
look after the lawless element,
which is supposed to be some
boys that are allowed to run the
streets at night.
terday afternoon. The baggage-
master was seriously injured. No
passengers were hurt. Five
coaches, the baggage car, and
the mail and express cars aU left
better than any other place
Mr. Fisk indorsed Mr. Frantz'
- - sentiments. lie had seen too
tothT " Sh0U'd bC C°nVe°ie"' ,na°7 faiIur« at beautifying
itherwiseT3 SeCtl0n °f thC CU* SqUareS" "e Wanted to see a me mat. a
and idle exc rcmains unoccupied building there, and thought the the track.
d idle except when a conyen- convention hall the very thine
Ri°?rnnIne b'5 ™eHa* is hdd- He didn'1 want ^e the square Thomas Brothers Free
Sl b" i?to?;rtVIbeha,, r VaCant '00ki^ Hew«nted The Thomas brothers, charged
Ca-d^l «i ™rniLTt?on Tll,inR V— todt-awbusincss.lw.t" killing Dr. Beaudiamp^
would insure muchtier ^ '° tbe Uwton several weeks ago, have
jo,„omc„ it: 2ru :;;se r;, 'r.r, :*;r =*"""or "* ki"ins ■*cb"-
>n the stores until time to return be for some time.
home. Taxpayers throughout A communication from Sena-
the county could offer no valid tor Goulding was read, ask.nir
,e„Tth a*alDSt,U,le county rent- for heip to secure a public build-
purpose * S° worthv a ding for Enid. Senator Gould-
ling thinks *e can land the state
WHERE ARE^YOUR
nessman and his long residence
in Enid, desesves the patronage
of the citizens both here and of
he surrounding country.
Parents do you know how your merce will go to Guthrie next
boys and girls are spending their week to help him out,
evenings when tliry are away Judge Whittinghill read a cotn-
trom home? A little parental "lunication from Mr. Courtney of
admonition, oversight aud re- Ringwood, who has invented a
straint now may result in saving hew broom-corn seeder, and who
lots of sorrow and anxiety and | w *nts t0 locate a factory here
1 liouias by Dr. Beauchamp in
February, 1907, who had accused
Thomas of intimacy with his
wife. The trial has caused more
sensational comment than any
case ou record in the southwest.
perhaps disgrace to the
hereafter.
family
lie proposes to organize a stock
company, and wants Enid busi-
ness men to buy stock to help
build the factory.
There will be another meeting
the railroad towns about an Ir-1 Thursday night to further con"
Not a Box Car
A story is going the rounds in
ishnian who worked in a round Isider the location of the conveu-
house, and when one day when | tion hall.
the boss was out answered the
telephone, "Hello," shouted Pat | Half-Fare for Her
In Justice Court
1 he Moss Tailoring company
of Chicago yesterday secured
judgment against Worden Bros,
for J21./5 on an old account tbe
Worden Bros, had before they
established their shirt factory
here. The defendants never had
refused to pay what they claimed
they owed, but there was a dis-
pute over the amount. The tail-
oring company wanted $43, and
Wordeus claimed they owed only
$17.
Snyder Victim Identified
Snyder, Okla., Mar. 31-Sev
era' of the victims of the cyclone
which devastated the town of
Snyder about two years ago were
never identified. Only last week
Charley Van Buskirk, of Avard,
came here and had a body ex-
humed and identified it as that
of his brother. Only recently
[he learned that his brother hail
been hereabout the time of the
cyclone and securing a descrip-
tion of the unidentified he was
almost positive that it was his
brother and came here to verify
T'vo Run Aways
Cornei'us and Benjamin Becker
t^eJ 16 and 14 left their home
near Meno some few davs ago
and any information as to their
as he entered the booth aud closed I An exchange 7el*ls'the "follow | wherca')0Ut8 wi" be thankfully
the door behind him. "Hello," Ug story: A woman and a boy' nr fatllCr• P' K'
came over the wire, "is this one got on a train with a full fare and ' " "'uo'
seven/" "What do you think U half fare ticket. "Madam, li Old Soldier Dead
am, replied the son of Erin, an't take this ticket for the boy.1 Lahoma Mar 31 w . i
wrathfuily, «. box car." he wears long pants," said the been re" ^ deau
Rev. J. S. Taylor came iu N' ^ *>.d,cr.
terday f:om Mt. Zion, to spend a for him " | , u ll0' e in Toledo, Ohio, where he
few days,t home. faro if n, (,I,C,an ndc on b,s balf i recently for treatment. No
| fare if that the case. , particulars have been received.
Why Men Leave Home.
I lie following communication
was received through the mail at
the Journal office yesterday, We
publish it simply to gratify the
author.
" To the Enid Journal:
lo the man who wa. ts lo know
if he is justified in taking his va-
cation alone, I would say:
^ es, if however, ou his return
he gave his wife as much as he
spent; dress her as nice ashe was;
hire a nurse and house keeper,
and allow his wife the same priv
ileges he took. Doesn't tbe wife
bear more than half the load?
He works ten hours and his wife
must be up and have his meal be-
fore he goes. She must then
dress children, wash arid scrub
them, comb their hair, wash the
dishes, sweep, dust, make beds,
and tidy up the house with a
cross baby on oue arm. Then
there is washing, ironing, scrub-
bing, mending, sewing, and all
the time at home with not even a
day's rest or change. Imagine
k£r .fH®l10gs when her husband
Remember, my son, you have
to work. Whether you handle a
pick or a pen, a wbeelborrow or a
set of books, dig ditches or edit a
paper, ring an auction bell or
write funny things, you must
work. If you look around you
will see the men who are most
able to live the rest of their days
without work are the men who
worked the hardest. Don't be
afraid of killing yourself with
overwork. It is beyond your
power to do that on the sunny
sideo.' thirty. They die some^
times but it is because they quit
at 6 p, m, and don't get home
uutil 2 a. m. Its the interval
that kills, my son. Ihe work
(fives an appetite tor your meals,
it lends solidity to your slumbers
it gives you a perfect and grate-
ful appreciation of a holiday.
There are young men who do not
work, but the world is not proud
ot them. It does not know their
names even; it simply speaks of
them as "old So-atid So's boys."
Nobody likes them. The great
busy world doesn't know that
they are there. So find out what
vou want to be and do, and take
oil your coat and make a dust in
',ho ,worlJ' The busier you are
e less harm you are liable to
i^et into, the sweeter will be your
sleep, the brighter and happier
your holidays, and the better
satisfied the world will be with
V°u.—Bob Bardette.
For British Warships.
The British admiralty haa instructed
the commanders of all ships of war
furnished with wireless telegraph ap-
paratus to telegraph to meteorological
stations with which they may be ln
communication full details concerning
the weather at sea. This new branch
of the English meteorological service
has already proved valuable, and it is
believed that its importance will con-
tinually increase. Weather lnforma-
tion from the sed is of special value
in the British isles because the great
6torms generally approach across the
ocean, and not, as in the eastern half
of tha United States, across a broad
continent netted with telegraph.—
Youth s Companion.
" % • * ^
Effective Fog Shifter.
A very effective fog shifter, by the
way, is a good snowstorm. Last boxing
day the snow that fell on the roof of
the Lancet office was analyzed, and
the result compared with a similar
analysis of snow that fell in Kent. The
result showe(1 that the Lon(Jon snow_
which was chiefly made up of sulphur,
tar and organic ammonia, fetched'
down with it a large percentage of the
coal smoke that is a chief constituent
of London fog, while the Kent snow
when melted was like distilled water
—London Daily News.
Appreciation.
"They say Butterworth is going to
erect a monument over the grave of
his wife's first husband."
"An ordinary man would regard
that as a waste o£ money, wouldn't
he?"
"Perhaps, but you see he left
enough life insurance to make it pos-
sible for Butterworth to get along
without working for the rest of his
life, and I suppose lie feels that he
ought in some way to publicly show
his appreciation."
Side Lights on History.
Scott was writing the "Lay of the
Last Minstrel."
"After which," he muttered, with a
grim smile, "with your kind permis-
sion, ladies and gentlemen, the gifted
vocalist, Herr Spuytentuyfel, will sing
the pathetic ballad entitled, 'Mamma
Your Little Darling Is Too Full to
Eat Any Morel'"
For well he knew that there would
be still later minstrels with other
lays.
Court House Notes
Court Stenographer Hugo re-
ceived a handsome new desk for
his office yesterday.
1 he county treasurer was doing
a rushing business yesterday re-
ceiving taxeSl There was a line
of tax payers before the cashier's
window almost all dav.
District court will convene on
April 14th. The bar meets this
morning and assigns the docket
for the term. All members of
the bar are requested to meet at
the district clerk's office at 9
London's Electrlo Railways.
It is stated that on the three tube
railways, comprising 41.68 miles of
single line, controlled by the Under-
ground Electric Railways Company of
London, the number of automatic sig-
nals averages 15.85 per mile, and that
these signals drop and rise 1,538,28a
Umes a week. The weekly cost of
maintenance is said to be £4 3s. G 68d
per track mile, 5s. 3 22d. per signal,
and 0 457d. per train mile.
Tin Mined Last Year.
Consul General John P. Bray of Mel
bourne, reports that 12,091 tons of tin
valued at over $7,300,000, was pro-
duced in Australia during 1900, being
1,725 tons more than In 1905. The
following quantities of tin were
mined last year ln each of the produc
ing states: New South Wales 1300
tons; Queensland, 4,823 tons; Tas-
mania, 4,473 tons, and western Aug-
tralia, 1,495 ton8.—Consular Reports.
Of Interest to Cyclists.
Cyclists will be Interested to hear
that a doctor lias been investigat-
ing the proper nutriment for a long-
distance ride, and has concluded that
n° or other nitrogenous food
should be taken while doing the day's
work, but that the ideal refreshment
is fruit and milk.
^arc' to Laborers.
The gold mine owners in South
$1 000 000V6Jn t,'!,ree yParS 6peDt '^r
Can?™? V. CrUitlnft laborers 'ram
Central Africa. They only got 17000
y neeroes, and few of them could sland
O clock this morning. !£e w'nter. Then 67,000 Chinese were
S I •hu ting the labor trouble*
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