Cloud Chief Witness (Cloud Chief, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1904 Page: 1 of 4
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Cloud Chief Witness
Volume \
Cloud Chief, Washita County, Oklahoma, Friday, September 9, 1904.
Number 8
About August 31st
August 31st you know was the
day set for the Supreme Court to
meet at Guthrie and on which
date it was hoped the county seat
caBe would come up for a de-
cision. Some 80 cases were on
the docket ahead of our case and
the court adjourned before com-
ing to our case. We attribute
part of the trouble in not getting
a decision this term to the fact
that we had not signed a contract
with our attorney in time for him
to feel safe in pushing the matter.
Too many people that should be
interested in this matter did not
do their share in raising the
bonus, and the failure of not
getting the case through lies
largely at their door. The case
now stands over to the next term
of court in January, and it be-
hooves the lot holders and others
interested in Cloud Chief to come
over with, the goods. We can
never hope to win if we do not
all help push the work. We are
right in the proposition of law
and will ultimately secure the
relief we ask if we pay our at-
torneys'enough to make the fight
for us. We trust by January
everything will be in shape to put
her through.
Picnic Echoes.
The Funny Beacon.
The Beacon man is getting
funny again. We thought we
had him cured, but it seems he
won't stay cured; he is like the
egg-sucking dog. He just can't
help it; is born that way, you
know. He tried to get off a calf
story last week and point the
moral to Mr. Hilton. The story
fell flat; the point was no point,
and some day soon the Beacon
man will want to buy some of
those worthless lots in Cloud
Chief at a good figure. He
laughs best who laughs last.
Cloud Chief did herself proud
picnic day. Nothing but praise
is heard of the event. It was the
best pulled-off picnic ever held
here. There was no hitch nor
jar at any time and the large
crowd was happy and contented.
Four beeves were dressed per
program and the meat was the
finest ever roasted over a fire
and there was plenty of it. The
program was highly appreciated.
The address by Hon. Virgil M.
Hobbs of Guthrie was seed sown
in good ground and is already
springing up and bearing fruit.
People came from all over the
county and expressed surprise
at the fine natural grove and the
good fresh water. No, Cloud
Chief is not the barren hill and
waterless pasture Cordell would
have you believe. Ask the
people that were here what they
think about the hospitality of
Cloud Chief and they will tell you
that Cloud Chief is all right and
they will be right glad to see the
county seat come back. If you
were at the picnic you know the
rest, if not, you missed one of
the most pleasant days of your
life.
COWDEN DOTS.
Every old settler knows where
Cowden is, and everybody knows
it is a good trading point.
We are having dry, hot weath-
er but hope it will do no damage
to cotton.
We always have a little news
for we are always doing some-
thing over here.
We buy and sell out the same
as other places do. Clarence
Walters sold his stock of general
merchandise to James Bradbury,
who is doing a good business at
this point.
James Rhodes, George Buck-
hannan and wife, Sallie Brook-
sher, Claude and Ida Brooksher
all took in the big doings at
Arapaho last Friday and Satur-
day and report a fine time.
Mr. and Mrs. Shull and son
Henry attended the ball game at
Mountain View, Sunday, between
Granite and Mountain View.
L.C. Stevenson
j* Dealer in J1 J1
Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes,
Clothing, Hats, Hardware,
Drugs, Etc. & & & &
, c ■
That the people in the eastern
part of the county have not for-
gotten Cloud Chief and that they
hail it as the rightful county seat
of Washita county was demon-
strated by the large crowd at-
tending the picnic and barbecue
and county seat meeting held
there last Saturday. Although
advertised less than a week the
people of Cloud Chief put up a
good entertainment. A common
sense talk on the county seat
question by Virgil M. Hobbs was
the feature of the day. With the
good music and recitations the
day was much enjoyed. With
plenty of free beef and friend-
ship, all counted it a success.
Cowden's base-ball team and
Cloud Chief's nine played an in-
teresting game of ball at Cloud
Chief last Saturday which was
very much enjoyed by the picnic
crowd. Cowden was victorious;
"just a little."
James Bradbury has added a
new addition to his store building
at this place and is preparing to
put in a fine stock of dry goods,
hardware, etc.
John Doggett is erecting a
dwelling on the hill just north of
Cowden which will add to the
looks of our little town.
-M. S.
Messrs. Dodgin and Williams
have just returned from Beaver
county and report that after they
got a short distance north of here
they saw the heaviest and finest
corn they ever saw in their lives
and they are neither spring
chickens either.
No, Cordell has not knocked
us out at all. Our case is in
good shape; fine shape, in fact,
as the supreme court gave down
an opinion last week in the Grant
county case, holding that a coun-
ty seat cannot be moved legally
so long as Oklahoma is a terri-
tory. Now, this fits our case ex-
actly, and people everywhere
say that Cloud Chief will get the
county seat back.
Mrs. V. Putnam, of Stillwater,
is visiting her brother, C. A.
Spencer.
Ben Chappelear is in the hog
business. Ben is a rustler.
Another railroad coming this
way. Cloud Chief is going to be
the city of the Southwest.
Robert L. Knie has moved to
Mountain View.
Several remarked Sunday that
they had the most interesting
Sunday School that had been
held for a long time. Let the
good work go on.
0. F. Ross went to Rocky, on
Tuesday, to put in a gin.
John L. Stevenson has moved
into the Putnam building east of
the city.
James Bradbury and Charles
Stevenson were in Gotebo, Mon-
day.
James Rhoads of Cowden was
in the city Monday on business.
Ed Merts and family went to
Hobart, Friday, to visit friends
and relatives.
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Cloud Chief Witness (Cloud Chief, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1904, newspaper, September 9, 1904; Cloud Chief, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc177558/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Communications+-+Newspapers%22: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.