The Chelsea Reporter. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XI.
CHELSEA, CHEROKEE NATION^ INDIAN TERRITORY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1905.
No. xi
THE FAIR IN SEPTEMBER
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PROMlfteft *0 BB LbTTEH THAN
■VtR BEPORE--A GOOD
TIMB FOR ALL
Without a doubt the fair this
fall will be the greatest and grand-
est one ever held iu Chelsea 01 even
in the entire Territory. The out-
look just now is indeed very pleas-
ing and it improves as the days
roll by.
We have in mind several other
towns that have fail in the attempt
to hold fairs. But here iu Chelsea
it is different. The association is
composed of men who are always
doing something for the better-
men- of the, town, and they are
backed by every man woman and
child iu town and surrounding
country. They do not realize any-
large dividends and dc not expect
any. The fair is held [for the pur-
pose of inducing the people to have
the best of everything, and conse-
quently nothing but good can re-
sult. In fact it is an enjoyable
occasion looked forward to with
pleasure by everyone.
If you have never attended one
of Chelsea's fairs, we promise you
that if you will come this fa 11 you
will see the best exhibits of all
what, but is still good and stock is
fat nyd doing well.
Following are the reports from
the various portions of the sections
by districts:
JUStBRN DIVISION.
Districts 2, and 3, Cherokfee,
N.—Threshing progressing wit,h a
poor yield of wheat and oats; hay-
ing progressing with a a good
yield; plowing for wheat in pro-
gress; early corn made and matur-
ing, ancl looks well, late tasseliug
and suffering for raiu; late potatoes
up to a fair stand; grass good and
stock doing well; fruit poor and
apples falling.'
Districts 4 and 5, Cherokee,
Central.—Wheat plowing progress-
ing slowly; haying delayed, by
rains and making slow progress;
ccrn maturing and doing well;
cotton making too rank a. growth
and not fruiting well; kaffir corn
and cane doing well; late potatoes
not doing well; grass good and
stock in fair, condition; melons.ri-
pening- Apples a good yield.
Districts 6, 7 and 8, Cherokee,
S.; Creek, N.—Wheat threshing
oat poor and oats a large yield;
wheat plowing progressing; hay-
ing delayed by rains, a fne yield;
corn hardening and doing well and
a large yield of good quality in
prospect; cotton boiling well aud
promises a good j ield, some dam-
age by sharpshooters and rank
growth; June corn siiking and in
CHELSEA STILL GROWS
PfiVV Of THI OHANGBS AND
IMPROVEMENTS NOW B*-
INQ MADE HERE
kinds, fine horse races, amusements ® , J ,
. ,'. . c '11 fine condition; grass"fine and stock
of a kinds, old lolks, young1
folks, "kids," etc., and you will
also be in a town thai is inhabited
by the best people on earth.
Now don't fail to come.
Crop Conditions.
- Fair and hot weather prevailed
generally until the 6th, when mod-
erate to heavy precipitation occur-
red over all portions of the section,
being excessive over a few locali-
ties.
Conditions were becoming
drouthy over the northern portion
and late corn was suffering for
rain, but it is thought that this
' condition was relieved by the pre-
cipitation of the 6th. r,
Threshing Ftill continued over
the northern counties, with a light
yield of wheat, and good yield of
pats.
Hey harvest continued, with
good yield of a fine quality; har-
vest Was delayed somewhat over
the Cherokee Nation by showers
on the 3rd.
Karly corn is hardeniug and ma-
turing rapidly, with some cut, and
promises a large yield; the late
corn is doing well except where ef-
fected by the hot, drying winds, it
will probably be cut short. .
Cotton improved generally in
condition, under the favorable
weather conditions, aud is squar-
ing, blooming, fruiting and boiling
well over the greater portion of the
Section; some damage was caused
by boll worms and sharpshooters;
the crop is mostly in fair to good
condition.
Broom corn, cane 'and millet are
being secured with good yields of
good quality; kaffir corn, cane, mi-
(1o maize and cow peas are doing
fa-ell.
V Late potatoes are still being
planted, with the early planted
eomiug up to a good stand.
. Fruit is giving good to fair
/yields, with apples falling.
\ Fall gardens and tnrnips are Be-
'ing planted, while melons are rip-
ening and abundant,
Range grass is dried up some-
doing well; fruit poor; melons rip-
ening.
Districts q, 10 and 11, Cherokee
S.; Creek, Central.—Rains 31st
delayed work; threshing, plowing
and haying in slow progress, with
hay a good yield; prairie grass is
fine; late corn in good condition
and doing well, early made and
maturing; cotton making a good
growth and improving some,
though not well formed;, grass
good and stock doing well.
Curtis is After Raymond.
New charges have been made
against judge Charles W. Ray-
mond of the Western district, and
it is said that this time the inves-
tigation will be conducted under
the personal supervision of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Congressman
Charles Curtis, of Kansas, is said
to be behind the present investiga-
tion, he having become convinced
from a personal study of the situa-
tion that, Raymond ought to be
removed.
The Man in Overalls.
The man in overalls with hi.,
spade, working on the section, may
be poor as far as his bank account
is concerned, says the Border Tel-
ephone, tut he is doing his best to
support his good wife and happy
children, rather than sec her wash
for food and raiment. Such a man
is worth a regiment of these good-
for-nothing nonentities who do
nothing but sit around and polish
the caboose of their pants while
their father, "the old man,,; foots
the bill, or the wife and mother is
taking in washing 6r f.ewing for
the support of such rarodies on
manhood,. When the righteous
judgment of a merciful God pr.sses
sentence upou mankind vfre believe
that the man who 'does something'
will find favor at heaven s court,
regardless of s:ct or crecd, over
the useless nonenity that has nev-
er learned the first principle of
that eternal edict that followed
man's expulsion from Eden,
Good towns grow so steadily
vet apparently slow that one must
stop once in a while and- count up
tc see how much has been and is
being dote in the way of improve-
ments. So it is with Chelsea. At
a casual glance one would think
there is not much doing in that
line here' now, but when we come
to summarize we find that
the amouut of improvements and
changes runs far up into the thous-
ands of dollars. Following are a
few items of interest iu this line:
The First National Bank is
building a new directors' room iu
the rear of their brick at the corner
of Sixth and ,Maiu.
The Chelsea Elevator & Storage
| Co. is building a new warehouse.
M. W. Couch is building a two
story.brick business house on Pine
street opposite the opera house.
J. T. McSpadden has just com-
pleted a neat frame building which
is occupied by J. E. Baker, the
photographer audyjeweler.
J. Ryser is erecting a two-story
house with ten rooms on Olive
street.
Harry Lindley is building a
three-room tenement cottage on
Olive street.
.The new bath house nt-dr the ar-
tesian well is approaching comple-
tion and the piping connecting the
tit 1)6 with th? reservoir is being
put in.
C. L. Lane is putting in elegant
fixtures in his new building on
Sixth and Olive, where he will
have one of the finest drug stores
in the west. ,
The fixtures for R, T. Morri-
son's new drug store have arrived
aud will be put in place as soon
as the room in the Leviue building
is completed.
And last—but by uo means i
least— the Chelsea Milling Compa-
ny is preparing to add another
story to their mill and elevator,
build a large warehouse aud install
a large amount of new machinery,;
involving an expenditure of $4,000
or $5,000. 1 J. W. Vaughan, of the
Great Western Mill Builders,
Leavenworth, Kas., is here now
far the purpose of planning 'these
improvements.
This is not a boom by any means.
but just the every day steady
growth of ,the city. Chelsea is not
given to booms for every boom ip
followed by a period of reaction
aud depression. The improve-
ments! beiug made are of the per-
manent kind aud are only slick as
the growth of the country demands.
Then cousider the oil, gas aud
coal, the new railroad and the free
school facilities which the town
will soon possess and you have
Chelsea, the best town of its size
in the Cherokee nation, the place
where busiuess is always good aud
where au investment iu property
is ns safe aud more profitable than
United States bonds.
writes: "For several months t
was given up to die. 1 had fever
and ague, my nerves were wreck-
ed; I could not sleep, and my
stomach was so weak; from useless
doctors' drugs, that I could not
eat. Soon after beginning to take
Electric Bitters I obtained relief,
and in a short time I was entirely
cured.,r Guaranteed at C. L.
Lane's drug store) price 50c.
WANTS OAS FRANCHISE
NAMMBTT OP SUPERIOR OIL A
QA8 00.. WANTS TO
SUPPLY THE CITY
A, (food Capture.
J. W. Coghil', deputy city mar
shal, yesterday afternoon arrested
a negro named Cooper charged
with stealing cattle. From what
could be learned the negro brought
in some cattle and sold them to
Joe Hogue.. Then another party
appeared and claimed the cattle
with the result that Cooper was ar-
rested and landed in the city has-
tile,
^he Chelsea Milling Company
will get a car of good Oratige
seed wheat if the farmers will
leaye orders and sign contract to
take same at cost. Those wantjng
seed wheat come to the mill as
soon as possible so we can get the
wheat in early. E. H. Ingram.
Oolagah Oil.
And now Oolagah is all swelled
up over striking an oil well last
week at a depth of 1,100 feet. Of
course this is not the end of such
woik for mauy more will follow.
L. J. Snarr is the lucky man who
has the largest interest in the well.
Property in Oolagah is said to have
doubled in price when the well was
brought in. It is estimated at a
50 to 100 barreler and the oil is of
a goodigrade.
That Chelsea will soon have gas
at reasonable rates goes without
saying.
Mr. Hammett, of the Superior
Oil & Gas Co., makes the third
compauy that is seeking a franchise
with the town of Chelsea. We
understand that he has plenty of
gas and is doing everythiug in his
power to secure the franchise.
With three companies in the field
it seems that there will be a warm
time, and that the council will
have some fine propositions is a
foregone conclusion.
These men are looking to the
future and it is no surprise to us
to see tyiern competing with each
other tor the ground floor.
A schedule of 850 Indian babies
was received at the Atoke land of-
fice the past week. The names of
all the children on this list have
been approved by the secretary of
the interior and are now full-fledged
Indians, with the right to file on
any unclaimed land in the Choctaw
or Chickasaw nations.
The Atoka Commercial Club is
using every effort to secure the
permanent headquarters of the
Farmers' Indiahoma Co operative
union of the two territories. The
union proposes to establish an ag-
ricultural college costing $200,000
in some town in the new state and
Atoka people think their town the
proper location.
J. T. ncSPADDEN,
President
W. O. MILAM. JOHN D. SCOTT
Vice-President Cashier j
CHAS. WYNDHAM, Assistant Cashier
Bank of Chelsea,|
1896 Che,sea> Indian Territory jp0g |j
DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS'ig
♦ and Respectfully Solicits Your Account |
DIRECTORS:
J.T.ricSMdden, C. L. Lane W. F. McSpadder., W. 0. niUm.JS
J.M.Sharp, W. J. Strange, John D. Scott
Any valuable papers you desire to protcct will be absolutely safe wit'i usjjs5
as we havd the best protection fcr them that can be had in Indian Territory
and no charge for their care. Any collections you desire made we des/re^f
you will leave with us. We remit for all collections the day we recei\ e
them. SSI
BUSINESS INCREASING i
Arid the roason for it is that we sell the •
best goods for the same money that ;
other dealers charge for inferior goods. J
Our trade in—- Z
FloUr, SUgar, Coffee, Meat :
Public is Aroused.
The public is aroused to a know-
ledge of the curative merits of that
great medicinal tonic, Electric
Bitters, for sick stoniach, liver and
kidneys. Mary H. Walters, of
546 St. Clair Ave., Columbus, 0.,
Is the best in town because we sell the
best goods. We would rather have a
big trade, small profits and satisfied
' customers than a small trade with big
profits and dissatisfied customers.
OUR LINE OF CANNED GOODS
Like everything else is the very best and
is put up by packers with a reputation.
Our goods will prove all we say. Qual-
ity tolks. Come and see.
McSPADDEN & SON
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Murray, W. H. The Chelsea Reporter. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1905, newspaper, August 11, 1905; Chelsea, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc181065/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.