The Gage Record. (Gage, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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NO 34
VOL 7
GAGE WOODWARD COUNTY OKLAHOMA AUGUST 16 1907
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We have the best
Opening’ up and marking the best lin6 of dry
goods clothing1 and shoes over brought to Gage
Come in and take a look we’re just common
folks— no trouble to show goods
'Chan i amb
We have moved to the first
Howard & Co’s
Our Prices are the lowest in the country
We have a better stock of shoes and as yood
a stock of gents furnishings and groceries as
can be found in Western Oklahoma Try us
and you’ll be convinced
s
The new store
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$io sutbyoii eves saw for the money
Now Come!
t I4V tf JUVul i
SS10C550 cent sand op
Groceries at bed rock prices
Gents turn isJli ngs
j an tee will save you irsosiey
that
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WHERE ARE YOU GOING
' To buy that new suit of
clothes for yourself or boy
There is one place in Gage
where you will not be
shewn a lot of old shell
' f -
worn goods
' ’jilie past six or seven years C
WE'VE GOT THE HEW ONES) Minlonlas kindly consented
direct from the maker
bought for spot cash a sav-
ing of 10 per cent and
we’re going to sell them
that way
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door north of
wetruar
new So cat ion
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V Another Open Letter
My Pear Record
'T' loll’ (lie story of a com-
munities development from hear-
say is one thin" to toll it from I
jiobseryation is another and to tell
l it from experience is still another
jard the mpst 'convincing of all
The story and the growth and
prosperity of Gage could he told
in all three ways and each “way”
would make interesting reading
)nalter for those who have “had
p h'fnd” in the advancement for
to the unravelling of his exper-
ience to - illustrate the hearty
J permanent growth of both coun-
try and town In August lhOI
he with his family climbed over
I ie sage covered sand-hills run!
(healed a “ISP" just cast of the
l
It Station caikd (ago I woj
-stores a KiNi ol a livery barn
blacksmith shop ami a hotel con-1
ytiluted “the town’’ Frank ('blo
Yc 1 vat n c I o n f 1 1 J 1 0 J '0 -
shoe hr-
0 filer
ifr
Minton “rot down” on hi-:
claim with loss Ilian on-: hundred i
dollars to commerce' operni ions
with After providin'1 a wry
elaborate (?) rosidedee for his
5 family he came to town secured
lot' “on time” and opened a
Iflaeksmith shop He says “It
iVould make you smile to see rny
j stock in trade” That fall he
I managed by using the reputation
he ha 1 previously made elsewhere
to buy n plow or two “on com-
! mission” then a few harrows
Cultivators etc After a while
rp agency of a wind mill was se-
ttjired and then followed agencies
for wagons 'buggies and after a
while he grew in to the handling
of a full line of farming implements-then
a goodly stock of
shelf hardware climbed into be-
ing and row anything can be
had at his establishment from a
lath nail to a complete threshing
Outfit STEAMER AND ALL His
business has grown from nothing
to fifty thousand dollars a year
In 1803 “C J” used to say
that when he could sell his farm
for one thousand dollars “she’d
go you bet” 1 wonder how
much of it one could buy for that
money today? Several men arc
kept constantly employed in and
vi i
about the business block occupied
Iv AT I Tttn'nn The writer
y Mr Minton The typewriter
is operated by his amiable daug’n- j
ii tier Verla whose countenance is
hied with a smile of ' 'aking for admission at our
We opine in the very I1 00‘ '
future I hat the wooden j A f!udciing and Loan ’ Com
si ruct’iix's now occupying th"‘ beiiy with t-heir smngle out
! “Minton Property” will disap- i i our town about now would
‘ give a satisfactory color to our
pear and in (heir stead a beaut i-
j till stone building will look out
upon progressing neighbors eon
tributir-r immensely the pr-
' kilo vii )' bv til wrif-r
' pi i' d an apprenticeship '
laving
it 1 1 is
I i" a iii'Hii 1 yniivr- m-Mi liavdig'
j on liad lal ii whatever ami was
j always altentive to busiiies
J His death is to be doubly re-
gretted an ho was the sole sup-
porter of a widowed mother and
two sisters who are left to
mourn ths loss of a loving son
and brother
Gac Crumbs
Thousands ot acres of crops in
Ellis Co have been destroyed by
rabbits in the last year hundreds
of young orchards have been
seriously damaged and unless
some remedy is devised
scourge will become as destruc-
tive as in Australia years ago
To every reader of this Crumb:
If you have an aquamtancc
back in “Old America” who i3
working rented land write to
them of the desirable opportuni-
ties here Many very many have
“proved up” pocketed the liber-
al proceeds of their farm and
gone off on a trio to spend it
leaving (heir land lying idle for
h( wnnt a rei)ter
i’ko II :v!- “flash of the Oil and
: pm-ar-t-m Qf our immediate
ici'ii'y h-:i !rcn some-what nk-ruia-d
f-’-i the present but the
iis pr-'gmcd here has been
abroad and “the fiardv’
blown into a steady iiame
is destined to burn to a
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Agv o
noise
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P ' I-"-1 "
'I he Plied tuck Monitor will prob-
ably forget (V) to report the re-
sult of tie: Is X base' Pall game
We noti-jo cop iiderable smut in
the new crop of wheat that is be-
ing marketed Farmers “blue-
stone’ ' your seed and that trouble
will be effectually cured if you
do not the smut will increase ai d
multiply until your wheat is al-
most valuless for milling
The excavation for the First
National Bank building was com-
menced Tuesday ISinst Byers
fine two story stone building is
climbing towards completion
Bishop’s immense stone structure
is daily growing into beauty and
promise Sharp’s groat lumber
house just completed lifts that
part of town into importance and
sheds the light cf wisdom and
confidence in Gage’s future
The political atmosphere of
Ellis County begins to partake
very copiously of the element
which is causing so many of us
lo shed our coats
its high time wo should dis-
-1 tense with that old coal-oil
-
(!AN and Pr0clam n UTmUStak'
able accents encouragement lo
that Electric Light Plant which
prospects
Don’t do as I
say (-at'
prd a 1 ' r y
R'
t do a:
o we d-i yovr
T'-c JVnen now
v! adv 1-: I - I sop “il'i
in wio wart
ai i--e Rinrl don’t t
im Ewe (ilui’t rel it” bee”!
W1 lav tired of eat I:
inter with a rpoom
-ut in
ec-v-u :
r-numoracm
nl row “yii:
-wrat —we'll
::wd in
it1 man
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TioDi'X
Gage i::s From Shattuck
Absolatc'iy disregarding the
fact that they were up against
the invincible 'Claud Grice the
pitcher recently signed by Sliat-
tuck tiic home team took readily
to his curves and batted them at
v ill The Shattuck team pla
vegv poor hall while the h
tuim piuyc! iheir usual “1
riag way” Packard pitc
lowing only 1 hit and 13 strike
outs to his credit Each player i '
for the home team wim to bej
found in his right place at the
right time and in the end pre-
sented Shattuck with another
shut out the score being as fol-
lows SCOPE
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Gage 4 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1-14
Shattuck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a— 0
i "haney Items
the ‘ Mr and Mrs Ed Baxter were
Gage visitors Friday of last week
Mr and Mrs John Talbert ar-
rived home Saturday last from
Iowa where they were called by
the death of Mr Talbert's sister
Mrs Teaters of that place
Mr and Mrs Brindley were
visitors at Frank Wright's Sun-
day Parker Brown Lee and Eddie
i Wilson and George MeC--y Jr
came home from the Kansas hnr-
Q
d I y
Fay Yule and family are cele-
brating They have after many
trials and much waiting finished
a gne well at tlvir plvx- fIr
D de did the drilling
Broom corn pulling is now in
o rder in the Chaney vicinity
Mrs” Pearson and children of
Chaney and sister Mrs Mason
ot Alexandra -vitro drs Frank
Wright Tuesday of last week
Frank Wright and family were
busings- vi-i nr at Betbanv
Monday Bethany is a nice little
place to trad with a well iiitd
store and lots of customers
Mrs Nichols and her rrrard-n n
Mr John Johnson of Beaver
Co were visitors m rh- vicinity
last week
Mis3 Opal and A no'ia Richard-
son spent Punday wiffii Miss 1 ilu
and Arta Aua-ns
Mr J B Adams has got a new
wind mill
Mr Lee Richardson and Mis3
Maude Wurst attended church at
Pleasant View last Sunday night
Lee Wilson got back from har-
vest last week
A crowd of Chaney’s young
folks gave Miss Maude Wurst a
pleasant surprise last 'Tuesday
night Everyone enjoy a good
time
Davie Wilson is pulling broom
for Mr Adams
Beaten by Score of id to I
The Ellis Co Red tea i and tin
ildiS Wi
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ivjicaBon and !itomarl 1 roubles
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Jessee, Elmer V. The Gage Record. (Gage, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1907, newspaper, August 16, 1907; Gage, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1792709/m1/1/?q=this+man+is+your+friend: accessed June 2, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.