The Canton Record. (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1905 Page: 1 of 6
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THE CANTON RECORD.
.NO. 28
NOVEMBER 23, 1905.
CANTON, BLAINE COUNTY, OKLA
Volume I.
J. W. hBAl.L,
President.
C. R. Williams,
Vice-President.
W R. SoUTHWORTH.
Cashier.
(first State ^QanK
Capital $10,000.
Money to lotn Chattel Security. We ,nt your bu.i.e^.
Organised Relief Expedition for the
Suffering Settlers of the Sunflower
State— Hla Monument an Abandon-
ed Boat on a Sandbar.
Company
OKLAHOMA BROOM CORN. HONOR NEW YORKER
Eiaht Carloads En Route to Dixie. why kansans revere memory
of thaddeus hyatt.
Monday of this week furnished a
sipht to Canton people that may never
be repeated, and that will be long: re-
membered by thos* connected with it.
T W. Beymer, of South Carolina, has
been out in the Seiling and Chester
neighborhoods buying broom corn for
the Muckenfass Manufacturing Co., of
Spartanburg, S. C., and Sunday night
the farmers began to arrive with the
[goods. They "arrived" all day Mon-
1 day. and when the returns were all in
there were eight carloads of broom
corn on the track ready to start for
'Dixie Land."
This company sends a buyer into the
broom com countries every year, and
they have the reputation of paying the
top price for the article. In this case
they have been the means of saving
the broom corn raisers no small sum.
The price ranged from $20 for a very
poor lot, to $70 for an exceedingly fine
batch, but the greater part was bought
at $60 which is the highest price we
have known to be offered in this vicin-
ity this season.
Makes the lowest prices on all kinds
of Building Material. " 'Nuff said.
Winter Winds
i_. ui onH vnn will realize the need
will soon be blowing and you will realize the ineed
nf * now stove or rancre. Now is the time to pre
pare tor winter. We have anticipated a large trade
this fall and will sell
Canton
and Oakwood.
Get a Big Jo Pipe.
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Broadway Barber Shop,
H. J. FLEMING, Proprietor.
SHAVE, SHAMPOO QB HAIR CUT
While you wait, and all in the latest Style.
0. K. DRAY LINE,
R. N. HOPKINS, Proprietor.
Will move anything at reasonable prices
Special Attention glv n to Transf r Work.
Another Killing*
Last Friday word was received here
that A1 Hobby, who lives several miles
down the river, and Jim Blindy, an
Indian, had become involved in a quar-
rel, and that both had been killed. The
coroner arrived that night and learned
from a younger brother of Hobby s,
all that had taken place.
There had been trouble between the
two for a long time on account of the
white man hunting and trespassing on
the Indian's land. As a matter of fact
Hobby had made himself so obnoxious
to the Indian some months ago that the
I latter complained to the Indian Agent
at Cantonment.
I Last Friday Hobbv and his brother
were hunting near the Indian's allot-
ment where he was chopping wood.
Hobby's brother claims the Indian shot
at them with a revolver without prov-
ocation. They went over to the Indian
and asked what he was shooting at
them for The result was another shot
from the Indian's revolver followed by
a reply from Hobby's shotgun. The
Indian "fell dead and Hobby started to
walk on, but after walking a short dis-
tance he fell dead.
Both men leave a wife and one or
two children.
A TINSH0P;
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We have added a complete tin shop to
our business, and will do all kinds of tin
work, repairing, eto. Give us a call, and
bring your tinware to be mended..
THA T COURT HOUSE AGAIN!
Last Saturday the Eagle man paid
his first visit to the county seat, ana
when the old dilapidated shack war.
pointed out to him as Blaine County s>
Court House he could scarcely believe
that the progressive people of one ot
the oldest counties in Oklahoma would
nut up with such an eye sore and in-
trust it with its most valuable records.
It is an injustice to our county officers
to compel them to conduct their busi-
ness with the people in rooms unfitted
for their convenience or accommoda-
tion, every citizen of Blaine county-
should place himself on record for a
new Court House, the argument of a
higher rate of taxation is all bosh
when it is considered that a modern
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< 1 CANTON, OKLA. t
CANTON. OKLA.
DOC. WIL.&Y,
Canton Blacksmith
Does all kinds of Blacksmith. Wagon and Buggy work
Anything a blacksmith can do will receive prompt at-
tention. Horse-shoeing carefully done.
Let me sharpen your Plow-shares
CITY MEAT MARKET,
Kirk & Noah. Proprietors.
Fresh and Salt Meats is our Specialty.
> i • J St-t AAPn
en It 13 consiaereu w v -
ip-to-date Court House would enhance
tho value of every piece of property
in the county. Let the County Presa
try and educate the people to the ur
gent need of a Court House and we
will get it.
Say, that sounds almost like poetry,
don't it? But you must bear in mind
the fact that Bro. Rehfield pays no
taxes in Blaine county. Also that the
real owner of the Eagle is building a
big hotel at the county seat. In ad-
dition to this, we would like to ask the
patriotic editor of the Eagle how much
a new court house at Watonga would
increase the price of hogs, wheat or
I other farm products? He has said it
would increase the VALUE of every
I piece of property in the county, and if
if the value is increased will not the
taxes increase accordingly?
"Forty-eight years ago a New Tor*
ma? named Thaddeus Hyatt did a
wonderful thing In Kansas, which
made him talked about all over that
section. Did an> of you ever bear of
Thaddeus Hyatt?" asked a Kansaa
man of a New York crowd that waj
showing him the slghta.
No one In the crowd had ever heard
of Mr. Hyatt.
"Well," continued the Kansas man,
"there la a crumbling monument to hit
memory on a sandbar In what la now
tailed on the maps the Kansas river,
but when Hyatt was out there It wai
known as the Kaw river. It was not
so wide as the Harlem, but It was put
down in 1857 as a navigable aiream.
the only navigable stream in the state.
You can stand on one side of the
river now and throw your hat across
to the bank opposite.
"Hyatt was a good type of the
htisMing Easterner when he went out
to Kansao. The country was suffer-
ing from a grasshopper plague.
• A lot of Eastern people who had
gone out there to seek fortune lived
up the Kaw river. They wanted some-
thing to eat. Hyatt built a steam-
boat of light draft for the purpose of
supplying the people with the neces-
saries of life.
"He named his boat the Ughtfoor.
She was to run from Kansaa City to
Lawrence. 8he made only one trip
Her passengers were men who after-
ward became famous in the West. Tn«
ca^ain of the boat some years later
was governor of New Mexico.
"As the Lightfoot ascended the
Kaw the people turned out and
luted her. and when she reached her
destination the town of Lawrence
nuade the event a holiday and gave
t.he captain and his-passengers a ball
tv?h mmemorate the event.
"On the return trip the Lightfoot
struck a sandbar and stuck. The wa-
ters were rapidly receding. No other
boat could get to her to pull her off
She was anally deserted and later
dismantled.
"But the remains of the hull are
still to be seen at low stages of water,
sticking out of the sand, and a tew
people are still living out there who
point out the wreck as Thaddeus
Hyatt's monument.
"Near the site where the Lightfoot
landed and discharged her relief car-
go there was. until some years ago. a
uage post which marked at that poln
the boundary line between Missouri
and Kansas. On the Kansas side of
the post was the word 'Freedom . on
the Missouri side was the word Slav-
6%f course the .allroads killed busi-
ness on the Kaw river, but if no rail-
road had ever beei^ constricted the
Kaw as a navigable stream was
doomed. It had the sand, but that
was about all. Most of the time there
was not enough water in the course
for a canoe.
"If you gentlemen will show me the
way. I want to open up a few bottles
to the memory of that New Yor***
who had the pluck to go to the relief
of Kansas when It was hungry We
know his name better than his own
town knows It."
Stoves,Ranges
Eto., at prices that will make it to your interest to
buy of us. Don't use a smoky old fire-trap, en
dantrerine life and property, consider comfort and
convenience! when Jou can get special low pr.ee,.
TTnrHware and Ammunition
Our stook, of Shell and Heavy Hardware, Ammunition
and Cutlery is full and complete.
CREAM ER.
CONL&Y Se MlbbS,
PAINTING & PAPER-HANGING,
SEE OUR WALL MKR SAMPLE BOOK.
We will paint anting in oar Imo. from a doll houoe
to an elevator—from a baby wagon to a bam.
to an eieruiui ««• / -
YVc Guarantee Satisfaction
I
J. BROWN,
has recently opened a
branch
Jewelry Repair Shop
repairing
Rates $1.25 per day H. A. HANLEY, Prop.
Hanley Hotel.
New Building
Newly Furnished.
Everything
First class.
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The STAR LIVERY BARN
. .. uvmc Pmnrlctor-
WM. MYERS. Proprietor.
Corner Maple and Lincoln Avenue.
Highest market price paid in oas'n
for poultry and hides. Fat stook.
wan cod,
Month
James Cray's Dog Partnership.
James Gray, once a prominent Bin-
ger of Boston, relates the following in-
cident ot his youth:
When a lad of 15 he bought a yellow
dog for 50 cents. He took the dog
home and toid hla father about It. Now
his father would never have a dog
about the house, but, not wishing to
disappoint the boy, he offered to gl?e
the boy a quarter, and so form a part-
nership. Gray readily assented, and
thereby secured the dog's safety.
After carefully locking the animal
up James went to bed. very happy.
The first thing in the morning he
wont out to see the dog, and found
him gone. He rushed to hl father,
I and cried: "Pa. where is the <log?'
'Well," «ald tta father, "1 kick*
(otl kilt «k l *•'
Dimensions of Crystal Palace.
The dimensions of the Crystal Pal
Me *he building for the great ex-
ESuon I. «, « P.". ""i00,
irsi were as follows: It as 1.851
It the Widest part. It covered 18
acres Th« total cubic contents were
38,000.000 feet. The le^8th .
h*r used wai about 205 miles, and
?b" quality of ,l . "out «0.W0
i.juare feet, weighing upward of 400
tons The total area of the ground
floor waa equal to 772.784 BQuarefeet
avenu^ described a. being nearly
1 double that of the "veoS.P'U^
while Its length was four timesiM
great The following comparisons
?".\JdV Th. < si r. v.
ar0 4 feet thick, while those of the
Crystal Palace are only 8 Inches. St.
Paul's occupied thirty five years ln
building while the HydePark edifice
was finished in lese than eighteen
months. All U>e dimensions are mul
tiples of
Feed and
Sale Stable
Your Business
Solicited
Traveling
Equipments
Special
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\ Reduce Your Coal Bills
Some or you people haven t your
houses inside. Take your. penoii and see It
the extra coal burnt on tfiataooount wo ilto
ceiling or lath and plaster er.oujh to
your house if you
buv
fin
iy oe
lish
mm * « . . | my half out. ! *
Main Street.1 « *• * rw w
Just an Average CMId.
-Edward, why do you stand there'
Did you not hear me tell you to go
directly to the nuraery and be pun
Uhed?" „
"Yea, mother, dear, said Edward,
who had been educated according to
the new mode. "But I am 'halting be
tween I dare not and I would.''
"Now, Edward. Please use plain
language that your mother can under-
stand. Rtmembw that I never bad
your adrntigM<Co* tr#i«l TrlK- j
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Buy the Best at
the Best Place.
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I B. F. McLEAN LUMBER YARD
I CANTON, 0. T.
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Ballard, M. O. The Canton Record. (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1905, newspaper, November 23, 1905; Canton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc175271/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.