The Hallett Herald. (Hallett, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 17, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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Work on the nice track begins
Tuesday.
J;i8. Armstrong is starting liis hay
harvest carliei this season.
Jas. Armstrong ami family went
to the barbecue this afternoon.
Hon. E. M. Clark was in Hallett
today enroute home from Cleveland.
Pharres Oliver was among those
who attended the dance near Mara-
mec last evening.
Some of Hallett'* citizens are at
tending the barbecue today two
miles west of town.
The Misses Watkins are home
from the County Normal during the
interval of the week.
Uncle Peter White has all the
crowd this week at his barbecue
two miles west of town.
We have had some rain and
promise of more. Crops need rain
just now and that badly.
There will be eight wheel scrap-
ers start the grade on the fair ground
north of town next week.
Beginning tonight a gospel meet-
ing will be held a week at Platts
Grove northwest of Hallett.
Over a hundred railroad hands
were paid off here today and most
of them took in the barbecue thii
afternoon.
Mrs. Gillaspie, Mrs. McKaughan
Miss Cora McKaughan and Miss
Dora Ward are at the picnic and
barbacue today.
Don't forget the Christian Sun
day School. Services begin every
Sunday morning at to o'clock.
You are invited.
Miss Kate Hutchinson came in
Friday evening from Pawnee where
she has been attending Normal
She will return Monday.
If Rand, McNally & Co. i
authority, Oklahoma means the
"Home of the Red Man." It is
also the home of a million and
half of whites.
Last Friday a "Katy" engine
struck a hand car belonging to Sec
tion Foreman, Ed Wilson's crew
and completely demolished it. The
crew had time to jump froin the car
and escaped uninjured.
J. M. Graham aud family and
son-in-law, J. B. Maddox and fam
ily and Green and son accompaned
by G. B. Davis have pitched their
tents and are camping in the giov
in the north part of town.
The jennings ba&e ball team de'
feated Yale last Saturday by a score
of 4 to o, ami Wednesday put it on
to Cushing by a score of 3 to
Cleveland and Yale played at Yale
Wednesday with a score of 8 to 2
favor of Yale.
The Maramec Monitor is talking
about roasting-ears. We have had
thein for several weeks. We have
a stalk of coin sixty-five days old
that is eleven feet and eight inches
measured from the ground to the
top of the tassel.
Talk about the meanest man in
the world, well the man who gave
his little girl a "penny to go to bed
without supper and then stole it
fiom her to hire bei to go without
breakfast, and the in nil who p.is-
. tared a billy goat on his mother's
grave are angels compared with
the inwardly cur who writes black-
mailing anonymous letters. The
world despises him bemuse he is a
venomous copperhead >11 the grass.
He is afraid to eome face to facc
with his victim because he knows
hi* skin ought to be punctured with
bullets. This is one kind of lecher-
ous varmint that Hallett has never
had to contend with aud may it con-
tinue to be flee fiom blaekmadeis
Miid knockers.
Best coal oil ten cents per gallon
at Martin's.
Fresh franks and balognas
City Meat Market.
Hamberger and chilli meats at
City Meat Ma.ket.
Best coal oil at Peck & Son'*
10 cents per gallon.
Sunday School at the Baptist
church 10 o'clock sharp.
Broom corn seed and rape seed
at I. P. Grantham's Grocery.
Free Methodist annual district
camp meeting will begin July 22 on
Clark Bros, farm near Oak Grove
schooj house, ^cven miles south of
Hallett.
85 acres poultry, truck and dairy
farm one mile troin Hallett. 40
acres cultivated, 50 smooth, balance
good pasture. Three acres orchard,
good vineyard and berries, 4 room
house, 20x32 barn, cemented stone
cellar cost $200. Price $1,900,
$1,300 cash, balance 5 years time.
The Katy train crew of over (
hundred men are still here and get
ing the tracks in fine shape for those
two Flyers that are to be added to
Katy train service. As it is Hallett
has eight passenger trains per day,
and with the two Katy Flyers that
will stop only at Hallett, Cushing
and Fallis on this division we wil^
be well equipped for passenger sei-
vice here at the junction.
Prof. L. T. Johnson, principal of
the Brownwood (Texas) Central
School, is in Hallett for a ten days'
visit looking at the town and country.
He stopped off here as he was re-
turning from Denver where he has
been in attendance at the National
Educational Association. Professor
Johnson is visiting the new town in
the interests of some of bis Brown
wood friends who have invested in
lots here. He thinks Hallett a most
beautiful location for a city and
say6 beyond a doubt we have every-
thing here to make a city and believes
it has a great future. He has pur-
chased some lots himself and thinks
the investment a good one. He
will put in the ten days' visit looking
at the various resource* of the coun-
try contiguous to. the new town and
will take a good report hack to his
friends at Brownwood. It is an
inspiration to meet a congenial,
wide-a-wake gentleman like Pro-
fessor Johnson and we are truly
glad that our town ha? his sub'
stauti.il endorsement.
Schedule of Trains.
Arrival and Dep-
arture ok M. K. fi T.
TRAINS.
(South Bound)
No. 21 arrives. 6:50 a.
No, 25 arrives .1:40 p.
No. 361 Local Freight 8:15 a.
(North Bound)
No. 26 arrives. 2:02 p.
No. 22 arrives. 9:46 p.
No. 562 Local Freight 2:45 P-
Arrival and Departure of
ST. L. &S. F. TRAINS.
(East Bound)
No. 618 arrives*.. 11:13 a. 1
No. 610 arrives. 6:56 p. m.
(West Bound)
No. 613 arrives. 8:24 a. m.
No. 611 anives. 3:29 p. m.
G. A. MARTIN
—DEALER IN-*-
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR
POULTRY, EGOS AND BUTTER.
Exclusive Agent for Star Brand Shoes,
None Better.
Our Motto: Nothing too Good for our Customers.
W. B. Hussey
NOTARY PUBLIC
Land Agent and General Real
Estate Dealer. Taxes Paid for
Non-Residents.
Hallett - - - Okla.
NEW STATE
HOTEL
. just opknel>
Everything Newly Furnished. Nice Rooms, Clean Beds.
Special Attention to
the Traveling Public.
per Day - - $3.75 per Week
'Mrs. 'Carrie Neighbors, 9rep.
Blacksmith
James Armstrong, Proprietor
Horseshoeing, Wagon Work,
Plows and Farm Machin-
ery Repaired.
Bring your work to me.
Hallett - - Okla
V. W. Wilcox
The Hallett Produce Co.
J. V. McQrew, Mgr.
Buys and sells all kinds of
Produce. Poultry and eggs
a Specialty, hides, wool,
ducks and geese.
Builder and Gontrctor
Plans and Estimates
Furnished on applica-
tion. Satisfaction po«-
itively g «ramrt\!.
Hallett, . Oklahoma.
SUMMER
TRIPS
VERY LOW
THIS YEAR
VIA
\ Y P EXPOSITION.
P.-uiific Coast Point
Colorado-The Rockies
IV Lakes Of The North
New York Ami
New England Points
SUPERIOR SERVk 1
Courteous Treatment
Best Ti am*
Via Frisco
Ask yom Agent.-
i i write C. O. J h ksoti.
Division Pasten^i-i Agent
OKLAHOMA CITY.
Meat Market
o. e. smith, proprietor.
All kinds of fresh meats. Cuied
meats, sausage and hams
Your Patronage Earnestly Solicited
Buys Gream
I. P. Grantham
Agent For
CONTINENTAL CREAMERY
COMPANY
OKLAHOMA CITY
Grantham Pays Highest Market
Prices For Cream.
stop at the
BIG HOTEL
YOU WILL LIKE IT
Under New Management, Everything
Newly Furnished. Special Attention to
Traveling Public. Rates, $1.00 Per Day
$3.50 Per Week.
W. E. L ITTL EPAGE, pro.
HUSSEY GROCER CO.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Provisions, Flour, Bran And Chop^
At Prices as Low as The Lowest. Call And Sek Us.
Hallett - - - - Oklahoma
Dr J Watkins
Physician and Sur«;kon
HALLETT
OKLA
Barber Shop
E. K. WATKINS, Prop.
For .1 Smooth Shave,
Hail cut ot Shampoo.
Give him * call.
Okla
J. A. Robison
DEALER IN
Dry Goods and Groceries
Highest Market Price* Paid Foi All Kinds of Country Produce.
Fine keg pickles at Huskey Gro.
Co's.
Pure leaf lard at th* City Meat
Market
Crushed sugar tor cakes at Hus
sey Gro. Co'i.
Martin has just received a nr■«
supply of Star Brand Shoes.
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Mason, J. E. The Hallett Herald. (Hallett, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 17, 1909, newspaper, July 17, 1909; Hallett, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc180163/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.