TH6 Ames Enterprise
H I SWITZER Editor
Published Weekly
TERMS: One Dollar Per Year
Entered as second-class matter
Nov 7 1903 at the post office at
- Ames Oklahoma under the Act
of Congress of March 3 1879
Uncle Sam may have to give
China a spanking yet -
While it may be possible to
dig the canal in seven years Sec-
retary Taft can lick the man -who
says it isn’t
It’s about time for McGuire to
make another "grandest effort
ever” to keep statehood from dy-
ing in the Senate
If the coal miners are going to
strike for Heaven’s sake let them
wait until the ground hog comes
out of his hole again
The Nardin Star asks "What
are we going to do with statehood
when we get it?” We’ll turn it
over to the politicians of course
Didn’t think we wanted to let
Carrie Nation or the socialists
have it did you?
Thieves visited the residence
of Common Councilman Ardis of
Phila on Sunday morning and
got away with cash and jewelry
valued at $500 Councilman Ar-
dis voted for the Phila gas steal
Now he knows how it feels to
have the "boot on the other leg”
Why a political paper should
try to defend one of its own party
in wrong we can not figure out —
unless it be for boodle or per-
haps a mistaken conception of
duty It hurts the paper and it
hurts the party The above is
Intended for those Alva papers
whose editors are trying to -make
mountains out of mole hills in
hopes that somebody may stumble
and fall over them It might be
a good plan for those editors to
cast the beam out of their own
eyes etc In the mean time the
people away down here in this
corner of the county wonder
where to go to get a truthful un-
biased account of the doings of
our officials at Alva They are
getting very tired being fed this
political corn-dodger smeared
with such low grade taffy
Protracted meetings have been
in progress here in some one or
more of the churches ever since
some time before Christmas
Part of the time there were three
going on at the same time And
what good have they done?
There’s the real test If there
has been good accomplished then
those meetings have been a bene-
fit but if there has been no up-
lifting of the people of-Ames
naught but an effort to get people
into the church then they had
better not have been What has
been the object of these meetings?
Has it been to learn the people to
be more honest industrious and
virtuous? If so the object is a
laudable one On the other hand
if the intention has been to advo-
cate some pet dogma the people
would have been just as well off
without them Have you noticed
that there is less profanity on our
streets than formerly? Have you
noticed that Borne of our male cit-
izens who formerly did not say
five words without two of them
being useless "cuss Words” — pre-
sumably to emphasize their talk —
have you noticed that some of
those men are trying to quit
"swearing”? How tnftch other
good these protracted meetings
have done we don’t know but
they must be given credit for
that much good anyway
Gas and Oil at Gotebo
A number of gas and oil well3
are being opened up in the vicin-
ity of Gotebo Okla The strong-
est flow of gas found so far is a
well recently opened seven miles
south-west of that town This
well is five miles from Mathis’s
farm and he has received a num-
ber of offers for an oil and gas-
lease on his land The flow of
this last new well is estimated at
2000000 cubic feet per day
Oil is the finest fuel in the world
and this means much to those
people where coal is $650 and
$750 a ton Besides manufactur-
ers are always looking for loca-
tions where fuel can be got in
large quantities cheap so that a
few more such wells may eventu-
ally make Gotebo a manufactur-
ing center
REPORT OF AMES SCHOOLS
For month ending Feb 2 ’06
(Grammar Grade)
Total number enrolled 37
The following were neither ab-
sent nor tardy during the month:
Otto Dixson Lester Hall Leo-
nard Hall Ida Hammons Leo
Hughes Chester Lovely Avon
Morgan Elvin Switzer Clarence
Sheppard Guy Switzer Russell
Woolley Floy Turner Paul Tur-
ner Nellie' Vreeland Fannie
Vreeland Isaac Webber Luciel
Woolley Mabel Sheppard Chas
Nance
A P Owen Teacher
(Primary Department)
ROLL OF HONOR
Mabel Campbell Claude De-
Witt Martin Gant Stella Gibson
Leta and Amy Grimes Hattie and
Hayden Hammon Russell Lovely
Gertie Hudspeth Hazel Morgan
Harry and May Olvey Maude and
Johnie Suit Edna and Emmet
Switzer Fanny and Lamon Tur-
ner Clarence Webber
Enrollment 50
Mollie Davis Teacher
SCHOOL REPORT
Dist No 169 for month end-
ing January 26 1906
Those neither absent nor tardy:
Nora Fahey ' Ivan Hall Ralph
and Willie Johnson Forrest
Longwill Mary Mann Elsie Mor-
gan Cora Phelan Mark and Mar-
gie Feck Elsie Shoemaker Lillie
Sturgeon Myrtle Wright Ghol-
son Shepherd
Willie Andrews was tardy the
greatest number of times
All but two made an average of
80 per cent or above in examina-
tion E D Wright Teacher
UNION STAR ITEMS
The rain Monday and Tuesday
was fine for the wheat
John Le wright butchered a
beef Monday
J S Rundle has bought anoth-
er horse
Edith Cunningham was quite
sick Friday night but is better at
present
Mabel Turner visited with the
Misses Cora and Lucy Sparks
Sunday
Grandma Botts left Sunday to
visit her son who lives in Kansas
Harry Rundle and family left
for their claim in Woodward Co
Wednesday
Orr Vance has made himself a
very comfortable two-seated rig
with top and side-curtains
Friday being the thirtieth wed-
ding anniversary of Mr and Mrs
Edwards and the fortieth wedding
anniversary of Grandpa and
Grandma Baker their relative
and a few of their neighbors met
at the home of Mr and Mrs Ed-
wards A splendid supper was
spread and a pleasant time had
by all present
Ben Davis Men and Women
Speaking of the Ben Davis va-
riety of apples politicians and
business men the Holton Record
says: 1
The newspapers for years have
been denouncing the Ben Davis
apple and It is seldom that any-
body can be found to say a good
word for it except that it is a fine
looker Its fine appearance ow-
ing to its color size etc is what
causes it to be the most profitable
apple raised in the West and Is
the reason why when a person
starts to set out an orchard for
profit he sets out mostly Ben Da-
vis trees The Ben Davis is to
horticulture what handsome phy-
sically fine looking people are to
humanity The beautiful girls
are snapped up and married re-
gardless of all their offensive un-
desirable -qualities while the
plain and homely portion of young
femininity notwithstanding they
may have all the qualities that go
to make good wives and mothers
and good home makers are neg-
lected The plain plodding but
industrious and substantial young
man is Ignored or snubbed by so-
ciety while the flashy handsome
no account fellows are popular
and sought after by the girls
It Is something the same in
business andin politics Other
things being anything like equal
the fine looking fashionably
dressed merchant outstrips the
homely unattractive man We
have known several men who got
into congress and into state leg-
islatures solely or almost solely
on their Ben Davis qualities
Announcement
Geo D Knipe ‘ Vice-President
of the North-Western formal at
Alva will deliver a free lecture
at the Baptist Church in Ames
Friday evening Feb 16
Subject: Community Life and
The Teacher
Everyone interested in educa-
tion invited to come
A P Owen
Local Manager
Visitor: "My good man you
keep your pigs entirely too near
the house” Cottager: "That’s
just what the doctor said mum
But I don’t see how it’s agoin’ to
hurt ’em” — Punch
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
Land Office at Alva Okla
January 22 1906
Notice is hereby given that the
following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make fi-
nal proof in support of his claim
and that said proof will be made
before Register and Receiver at
Alva Okla on March 10 -1906
viz: Robert B Detrick
of Ames Okla for the S-W 1-4
Sec 12 Twp 20 north R ro W
He names the following wit-
nesses to prove hi3 continuous
residence upon and cultivation of
said land viz: Harry I Switzer
Robert W Henricks Sim T Bal-
lard and Joe E Hammer all of
Ames Oklahoma
A R Museller Register
CRESCENT HOTEL
Eureka Springs Ark
OPEN FOR THE SEASON
February 15 1°06
Many repairs and Improvements
have been made the service will
be better than ever and the charg-
es moderate"
Here Spring is a thoroughly de-
lightful 6sason with clear blue
skies and the crisp air of the
mountain tempered by warm sun-
shine If you wish to avoid the
snow and slush at home this
spring go to Eureka Springs
Booklets describing the hptel and
the resort sent free on request
A HILTON
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