The Grove Sun. (Grove, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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The Orove Sun
DELAWARaCbUNTY FRIDAY MARCH 5
1909
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' Of the money you make by buying Where your money gets you the
best values Goods of very best quality cheerfully guaranteed by us all
you have to do is to return them and your money will be given - to you
one who 8618 merchandise that is not of the best and does not
nnTf VE them to be the best will guarantee ABSOLUTE SATISFAC-
TION you understand what we mean fully by that ’
' It will soon be time for you to begin purchasing '
Hoes Rakes Spading Forks Lawn Mowers
Pitchforks Spades Shovels Garden Wheel Bar-
rows Garden Cultivators Garden Plows
Be sure and look through our stocK as it Is the most complete
ever shown in this place
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Ahead of the Hounds
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j Moline Corn Planters lots of new features— examine them
" Collins and Brown Cultivators none better manufactured 1
Moline Biding Cultivators this' one is the winner '
- Capt Kidd Disc Cultivators features that ho other can -liaVe
In fact we have everything that is needed on the farm
Oliver Plows !
are sorwell and
favorably
known here
that we cannot
hardly supply
the demand
Preeminently
the best for this
country tried &
satisfies all users j
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Here is a buggy that
has been sold by us for
the past five 3-ears and
during that time there
has been sold
2d3 ANCHORS
Ask any man who
owns one and his recom-
mendation and praise
is all the advertising
that a good
Honestly
Constructed Buggy
can desire They are
1 rnr-r-ar not only guaranteed by
the company but go farther than other dealers WE GIVE AN ADDITIONAL
GUARANTEE on each one They will cost more money than the cheap ones
ones that you can as readily buy from the Factory as the dealers which are built
to sell but not to last longer than 2 or 3 years Get a good buggy and it will be
a good buggy for 10 or 15 years' ' -
When in need of anything in our line you will find it to your advantage to
see us before you buy Estimates on builders hardware cheerfully figured and
prices guaranteed to be lower than any
' YOURS RESPECTFULLY '
Grove Hardware Co
WE WANT YOUR TRADE '
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LEGISLATIVE NEWS
(By J H Eswlltitfei HikcIuI convsitondont for
The Grove Sun) '
As the days of the sesaioti grow
fewer tne harder the members are
working to get the most important
bills enaoted Into law The most
sanguine now believe that they will
be compelled to stay nt least one
week longer as it will be a great
deal cheaper for the legislators to
finish what they have started than
to have to do It all over again should
they convene after adjourning sine
die - '
The Franklin “child labor”' has!
passed both Houses and Is now in
the Itands of the Governor for Ills'
signature Tills is said to be the
best bill of tills kind that has been
enacted into law In tills Union
Miss Kate Hat'iiard lias worked hard
for Its adoption aud Is largely re-
sponsible for Its enactment Into
law' ' '
Hutcliins of Cleveland coupty has
air important measure for farmers
allowing them to organize mutual
insurance companies for the pur-
pose of Insuring crops against fire
hail and lightning!- Mr Hutchins
is one of tlie brighest Masons in the
state and will one day take high
staudingjn that order
House bill No 89 long talked of
and greatly discussed roud law Is
now taking unto Itself life and will
In all probability before this reach-
es the readers be enacted Into law
It provides for local county and
township government and makes a
strong penalty for failure or neglect
to work the roads It also provides
for a state ' High ways Commission
that will be empowered to use the
States convicts In working the pub-
lic highways under state direction
and control
Judge’s Key’s game bill after
being liberally amended in tiio
House was finally passed and sent
to the Senate for concurrence It is
not at all that Its friends wanted hi
the way of a game law but la a good
one and will put a stop to indis-
criminate hunting and fishing It
makes a severe penalty for hunting
and fishing on the sabbath
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Representative Durham of Pott
county made a hard fight for his fee
bill No S3 but It seems that a fee
bill Is doomed for this session He
is a hard working painstaking rep-
resentative but found that he had
taokled a “white elephant” In the
fee bill t
Messrs Earle and Casteel succeed-
ed In getting the Casteel bill No 868
through the House providing for a
branch of the Secondary Agricul-
tural School to be located in the
northeastern pan-handle section
A branch University Preparatory
sohool was located by the House at
Claretnore being substituted for
Holdenville in the bill introduced by
Ben Harrison Wortnian worked
hard for his town for the Girls In-
dustrial school and lost out to 1
Chickaslia soall were glad to see
him land a good school Claremore
is a splendid town and is renowned
for its wonderful radium water
They will support the school very
enthusiastically
The end of the long struggle over
the location of some of the state in
stitutions seems to be in sight
Already the two Normals hare been
located by the House as well ns
others The contest was never
Very much in doubt in regard to the
northeastern Normal' T question
has been to just get it to a vote
When the appraisers agreed to make
the remarkable offer of that magni-
ficent property for $45000 winch had
always been known as the Female
Seminary the location was oiuched
Ed Boyle called up the cjuestion
and moved that the question be set-
tled in the committee of the Whole
The Speaker placed Ed Boyle in the
Chair Immediately Judge Cook of
Muskogee offered to substitute his
bill which located the northeastern
Normal at Muskogee The Judge
made nn eloquent plea for Ills mag
tiiflcent growing city reciting tin
mauy advantages of -being located
in a first-class city her numerous
passenger trains each day
and her'- great system'
schools t
Mr Dee B Smith of
oounty a Cherokee citizen' replied
in behalf of Tahlequah His re-
marka were brief but strictly to the
point He called attention to the
fact that behind Tahlequali waa the
sentiment and pride 6f tlie Cherokee
people a people of wonderful educa-
tional enterprise He told of the
magnificent property now being
offered to tlie state of tlie beautiful
campus and splendid npring Tlie
minds of tlie members had been
fully made and when McCalla
moved to lay tlie substitute on tlie
table tlie vote whs almost unani-
mous When it came up for final
passage there was only one vote cast
against Tahlequah
Henry Ward of Cherokee county
was at all times very aotlve 'and
persistent in his efforts in behalf of
the bill -
Dr Bntts lias suooeeded in getting
his bill through the House empower-
ing the County Commissioners of
Alfalfa oounty to trausfer to the
State the splendid high sohool
building located at Helena with 80
acres of land In all worth $100000
absolutely free to the state for the
purpose of maintaining a secondary
school at that place
The only contest In ths House
that of Fulton vs Anderson and was
decided Friday when the Contest
oommittee reported through Its
Chairman Howell Smith of Custer
recommending ttiat the contest of
the Republican be dismissed One
of the funny things about it was
that Chapelt the attorney made a
most ludicroue mistake in making
out the oontest papers Ho prayed
that the contestant be given hie seat
in the House to-represent the 32nd
Senatorial district ‘
Saturday the bill for the location
of tlie Eastern Hospital for the In-
sane created a hot fight in the
House The special committee' had
made a oommittee report in favor
of locating this Institution at Ant-
lers but the plucky uity of Vlnita
put up a strong showing of tier ad-
vantages in railway connections
artesian water eleotrio lights and
all the benefits to be derived from a
first-class city On the vote Vlnita
got 64 Antlers-43 absent and not
voting 18 This was one of the
hardest battles put up this year and
was participated in by members
from every part of the state— The
Vinita delegation are happy Amos
Bill Thompson Stephensou and
Mr Orr and several others were on
band to help out the cause -
The Girl’s Orphan Home was lo-
cated at Nowata the county seat of
Bert THIotson’s county The mem-
bers just felt that Ills straight manly
course as floor leader for the major-
ity entitled him to one of the state
Institutions It is a good selection
ae NowAtn is ' one of tlie oomlng
towns of the northern part of the
state 1
John Angelo the Sergeant-at-arms
is a popular fellow and Is said to be
one of the best politicians In his
county of Alfalfa
M B Cope lias championed the
good roads bill and If It passes and
baoomes a law he more than auy
other man- may be thanked for it
A fight waa made to prejudice the
minds of the members against the
bill as Its author Mr Putman was
one of the wealthiest men of Okla-
homa City He argued that they
should get together and pass m bill
that would be applicable to every
oouoty In tbe state
Haynes and Simmons ot Tulsa
county have suooeeded In getting'
their bridge bills through the House
to bridge the -'Arkansas 'In two
places -
A resolution has passed the Senate
after a very hot debate to submit an
amendment to the Constitution in
regard to railway organization to
the people It is claimed that our
oonatitution Is a little too severe so
much so that many sections of the
state are asking that the objeotlon-
al features be eliminated by a vote
of the people
Two of the republican members
have shown that political bias does
not out any ioe with them They
have been perfectly independent in
their votes They are representa-
tives Bridges of Woodward oounty
and Charles of Lincoln'
Tlllotson’e bill prohibiting the
waste of oil and gas has been passed
and is up to the Governor for his
signature
Reeve’s bill to regulate pool halls
and bowling alleys and compells
them to observe tlie Sabbath and
keep minors from loafing about them
is well on its way and promises to
become a inw if it oan be reached
Burnett’s bill authorizing cities
and towns to buy and oontrol their
Cemeteries is a good one and ought
to be enaoted into law It will
overcome many difficulties that
have existed heretofore and owners
of lots will be secure in their rights
The House made a rush aud pass-
ed fifteen bills in succession They
were largely bills of local Interest '
bridges court towns etc Boyle’s
bill for a court at Chant MoEl-
hauey’s for a Court at Crowder City
Maxey’s for the court at Prague
TUlotson’a for a court at Leuapab
Ashby’s for a court at Eldorado and
Dixon’s for a court at Weleetka
were all up for final passage
Ion Lovelace is In “high rye”
He has secured the largest appropri-
ation of the session for his school of
mines at Wilburton about $243000
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-McCalla has been steering things
in the house and is toady at all
times to meet his opponents in de-
bate and is a strong forcible and
convincing speaker He dodges no
Issues and Is strong in behalf of the
people
Kills Would-Be Slayer
A merciless murderer la appendi-
citis with many victims but Dr
King’s New Life Pills kill it by pre-
vention They gently stimulate
stomach liver and bowels prevent-
ing that clogging that invites appen-
dicitis curing constipation bilious-
ness chills malaria headache and
indigestion 2oo at all druggists
’ Tfyou have city property or farm
lands for sale list it with Wood
Bros the old reliable real estate
men who also write insurance
1 Answering Questions
It is one of the functions of THE BANK OF GROVE to answer the
questions of its customers The banking knowledge of the directors
officers and clerks of The Bank of Grove is always at the command of
our patrons and we are never too busy to answer questions
We consider that our 'time and labor belongs to our customers and to the
public whose business we solicit You are sure of courteous treatment here
Not a few of Grove business men and houses owe their success in part
at least to the fact that the3'' have had the benefit of the wise council and
timely assistance of the Bank of Grove through its officers and directors
It will pay you to get better acquainted with the many ways in which
this the largest and oldest Bank in Delaware County is able and willing
to help you ' '
The Bank of Grove $
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J' C Rhodes
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Butler, Orlando E. The Grove Sun. (Grove, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1909, newspaper, March 5, 1909; Grove, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1751195/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.