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Claremore Progress.
AND ROGERS COUNTY DEMOCRAT
VOL. XVIII
CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 6. 1811
No 40
Saunders Store
has moved
To their new qnarters at the corner of
Third Street and Cherokee Avenue,
near Theeson's Bakery.
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We wish to thank the public for their liber-
al support during the year 1910. It was
appreciated. Call and see us in our
new quarters. We will be pleased to
show you around our new store.
Gall and Get one of Our FREE SOUVENIRS
STAFFORD DIES IN HOSPITAL. cuftemore's porulation 2.8*4?
Claud Stafford. the young man who It our population lesi than 3,000?
wa« hot at Talala on Chriatmaa eva by that in what the Tulsa Post My* we
John Fulaom, the town marshal, died have. Under a date line purporting to
Sunday morning in a ho*pit*I at Inde- be from Waatington D C., we are
pendente, Kanam, after a brave itrag- j credited with only this number of
gle for his life. From the first the people. But we don't believe it; we
phyairianadf lari-d there was little hop.- have been led to believe that in round
for the young man's wovery, butntaf- numbera our population was 3.500 at
ford aeemed determined not to die and lea«t Our population has increased
held out until ev«n the phyxiciwis had wonderfully since the census man
begun to entertain hopes of hi* recov-, counted us and we are now well above
erj; the shock to hi* -ystem waa. how-, 3.000 even though the above report be
•ver, too severe and he was forced to true.
give up the fight for his life. | In 1#07 we had 2,064 people, and six
The county judge ordered that Ful-, year* ago today we had leas than 1,200
aom again be placed under arrest and a gain of 140 per cent in six yean is
he is nowin the county jail on a charge I not a bad showing. But Claremore
of manarfughter and he probably will will never believe that the report of
not aak for bond until after he has been 2.806 j, correct untj, we receive jt of.
given a preliminary hearing.
in THR COUNTY COURT.
J udge Bonds opened county court at
nine o'clock Monday morning but on
account of the cold weather adjourn-
ment was immediately taken. The
ficially from the census department.
NO 3-CENT RATE ON MO.-PAC.
Some one has been slandering the
Miaaouri-Pacific Railway Company.
The report haa been persistently circu-
jury was discharged uWlTex't w«k T "TV"1
and all civil cases which had been .et I
forthis week were reset for next week inpn^t r^"u
There will probably be no case, tried iwTmet-. Mo-Pae. haa
this week and everything will go over the.ti™ , £ "l "' P'"ClnK
until after Judge Kijrht has been In- ' !"' ?! of collecting three cenU a
ducted into office. The reason court ^joined ^ Sheriff f r™ *
was adjourned was that the court room from con^tin ,K , ^7" COU"ty
could not be made comfortable, and h«v d i-7 " " yw;
Judge Bonds thought it best to let all Z \!ey fuS't'h" ZT*
matters requiring a jury trial go over Jhe world bat ^ "
■■nti i i world, but with all these minor
.MONDAY.
That Beautiful and Realistic Comedy of Modern Life
iiTIIF MIUllfM
THE CLIMAX
Year at Weber's Theatre, New York City
Months Grand Opera House, Chicago
PRESB • O VENTS
W*^r fourlH vV' S ~f Pjre«l R y ^rene when he die-
covered The Climax. -N. Y. Tiipes.
"Such a Dramatic Atmosphere i« a Posiiive Relief."—N.Y. Telegraph.
"An unusual PI .y with viusic that is elective."- N. Y Sun.
"A Genuine and Novel Treat. "-N. Y. W. rld.
SEAT SALE HcCLUR*V8 DRUG STORE
PRICES, 50c« 75c, $1.00
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
until the weather moderates.
HI.MM TRIAL.
John Fulaom, the city marshal of
Talala, who shot Claud Stafford on
Christmas eve night, is being given a
preliminary hearing before Judge
Bonds.
A large number of the cirizenx of
Talala are in the city an witnesses.
Just us we go to press we learn that
Judge Bonds, after listening to the
evidence in the above case, held Ful
THAT OLD HARNESS
You've been using since the days of
yore, is about played out Better have
it overhauled, or better still, come in
and let me show you some new har-
ness that will make that old family
horse think better of you and make
it look like a two-year-old.
J. W. HALLEY I
Phone Day or Night No. 33
J. HERBERT MOORE
Undertaker and Embalmer
Home and Office corner of Second Street and Cherekec Avenue
Oppoaite the Bungalow Hotel.
My office is never locked up, and if at night you need the aerv ces
of an undertaker and embalmer, you will find me next door to my office.
' issued bv the Examining Board of Oklahoma to
practice embalming and funeral directing, and holding that license it is
necessary for me to conform to the laws in this state as to the proper
fumigating of the home, which work has heretofore been so badly ne-
glected. I have on hand at all times DePree s Patent Formalcfhvdc
Pumigatora, Price 36c each. Sufficient to fumigate any room or office
And thou Id be used in iIIcaspi of eonttgioui dineaaei.
Mv line of coffins and undertaking aupplies are always the best that
I can purchase.
Bodies prepared for ahipmeni, and all my work ia guaranteed to
give sat laf set ion.
J. HERBERT MOORE
c ' 0 w LmKri£ftw.
Littlefield Loan and Investment Co.
CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA
^!rm.ln5.n" *v*r* da* •' • rk«er r ralr ihan any iHhar loan aarrai in
Ula Hill. City Y*.. «. ar* atlll la ihla bu.lt>... alan. Wa mak. you a ah..rt
•JUSteSt?"*" H*" •* ' "alstll loan. Ami «r hav. alwayn prut Ih* inun.y W. kwii
'*Jat'alahuma and wa>ka*p ft to loan. Hw l.m. H.>-> it t.Vr ' Ju.i Iona rnousk t«
PI**"* ■ E*R*r* ,rHl Ba.tha.tHW. II may b ihlri, mlnuiaa. It inay h. thirty y a>.
}. lav all I ha tjnw. Th ilalay I. on ynu. Wr buy farm land and pay Ilia ra.h fur
It. Wa Kav. fartn landa r.ir all w. write Flt and Tornado In.uranra In Ikr baat
w <voyP,"Wa and at tKa aary lowaat rain. W. alao furnish you Hui.ty Pond..
Your baatnaaa aaltaMad. OFFICE IN MOORE HUILUINU. oproaHa foawAoa.
Office Hours M a. m. to 6 p. m.
* O. B. Littlefield, Manager
I mum
| The city council met in reguiar.es- aZJET* T* he'd*'ul
.ion Tuesday night. Mayor Mood pre- 1 d?lr|* COUr on ' ch,rKe
siding. of murder. As the county judge, sit
I . , , ting as a magistrate in this case, has
I ii L - ing members of the coun- no authority Migrant bail on a murder
• R.°bing°n' Bunn' char^. Fulsom was returned to jail.
| Ault, Webber, Davis, Liggett. He will probably aak for bail when
A petition for a water main to be Judge Brown returns from Oklahoma
built in .Mood's Addition waa referred City, where he was called on business,
to Light ft Water Committee. I ,,,.
Petition for sewer to be placed in' ^^1^
e^6ornZrHed'dPCtiti0n Hranl"i Ther«*iP* the light and water
ed and ordinance ordered prepared j plant in thj„ cUy >re con:tant|y on the
Oave Mathews asked the council to increase, and the plant is now on a sure
snare with him cost ef construction of paying basis. The collections in Decem-
•torm sewer on Missouri avenue, peti- ber, which were for the buxinets of the
tion ordered laid on table.. month of Nnv^mj-e %,-rounted to
City Engineer files estimate of cost S13S2.68, a nice increase over any pre-
of sewer in district No. 3, placed at v'ou« month
W3U.16; this districtinc'udes block 160. The Frisco took water in October,
Estimate filed by engineer on coat of November and December to the amount
construction of sewer district No. 4 in of $586 20, which is quite a help to the
blocka 101, 102 and part of block 100, water system, and this doea not include
placed at $1075.38. j water hauled «iut in tanks but only the
Bids were opened tor the construe- water used for engines of the company,
tion of se* er district No. 5 and were j They have been hauling no water for
as follow; Sam Story, $1290 90; New the past three months, but have taken
two train loads this week and may de-
cide to get the water for their uae at
Sasulpa here again. Superintendent
Chaifant says he can supply them with
a million gallon per day if they will only
give bim notice in advance; anvway the
revenue from the Frisco will increase
as they are now watering all engines
here now while formerly they only-
watered the freight engines. On Tues-
day the Frisco used 3tN),OilO gallons of
water.
shortcomings we can still feel good to-
ward the Mo-Pac. as the only two cent
ro~ ' in Oklahoma.
NtOCKAM.
County Tcsckrrt' Atsaciairan. Sat-
urdiv. Janaary 21, 1911. Claremore
Oklahoma.
Invocation Rev. A. P. Stone.
Music Miss Ostenberg.
Model Recitation in Arithmetic -
/ Misa Forcade
/ Discuaaion. led by Mias Tennyson.
How prevent lying, exageration,
prevarication and slander-P. c'
Smith.
Discusaion, led by R. L. Fleming.
Noon Intermission.
1:90 p. m.
How use Course of Study in rural
schools -Frank Dunaway.
Discusaion, led by G. E King.
How much manual training and con-
struction work is practiced in ru-
ral schools? Miss Bessie Cantrell.
Methods of teaching hiatory in the
7th and 8th grades - T. D. Duncan
7:30 Lecture.
State Paving and ( onstruc i<>n Com
pany, $1106.04. Contract was awarded
to Story.
Bids were also opened for the con-
s'ruction of sewer in district No 6, and
were aa follows: Sam Story, $2042.03;
New State Paving and Construction
Company $2188 05. I be contract was
awarded to the New State people as
Story had omitted to put in bid on part
of the work.
Ordinance No. 61, apportioning coat
of sewer in district No. 3, was adopted
Ordinance No. 62, apportioning cost
of sewer in district No. 4, was adopted.
The salary of the superintendent of
waterworks and electric light plant waa
increased from $100 to #125 per month;
and aalary of each of the other six em-
ployees of the plant waa increased $5
per month.
Regular claims for the month of De-
cember were allowed.
J. A Beson was appointed Plumbing
and Gaa Inspector, vice J. W. May-
berry, resigned.
The resignition of J. W. I .each aa
chief of police, filed laat August, was
accepted, over protest of Mr. Leach.
The reaignation of John Thurman aa
policeman, was also accepted and res-
ignation of Ed Huchanan called for.
J. W. Hunter was appointed to the
office ofahief of police andWni Ritch
son aa policeman.
Council adjourna.
mason hotel chanuks hands.
The Mason Hotel has changed owners,
Miaa Emma George Jordan, of Forreat
City, Arkansas, being the new proprie-
tor. Miaa Jordan, who ia an experienced
hotel woman, cloaed the deal Tuesday
night with Mr. E. M. Brown, of the
Brown-Beane Furniture Company, of
Tulsa, for the furniture and lease on
the building, and will take charge of
*me Thursday.
Mr. Plummer, who is now acting in
the capacity of manager for the hotel,
will be retained in that capacity under
the new order of things.
Miaa. Jordan will make this city her
home and will have active management
of the dining room, Mr. Plummer and
hia estimable lady 'o retain the man-
agement of the other departments
miii.er shant7
Mr J. L. Miller, of the law firm of
Adams* Miller, was married in St.
Louis on the twenty-seventh of Dec-
ember, to Mias Itora Shantt, of that
city. The happy couple have just ar-
rived in thia city, where they will
iwk* their future hone. We wish
th* y« n« P*«Pl« a happy wedded life. Monday.
THE HOLIDAYS AT THE OAKS.
The coming of the new year saw the
closing of a mo*t delightful and enjoy-
able house party given at "The Oaks"
by the Mimes Ostenberg to several of
their girl friends. The young ladies
who made up the visiting group were
Miss Harriet Fink, of Madiaon, Wis.,
Miss Erma Hult, of Oaceola. Nebr.,
Miss Anne Feuerstein, of I^eahara,
Nebr , the Misses Cora and Clara Ed-
gington, of Fullerton, Nebr.. and the
Misaes Pearl and tirace Hempel. of
Omaha, Nebraska.
The event in every way was a happy
circumstance of obliging and accommo-
dating hostesses giving a bountiful
hospitality to appreciative and charm-
ing guests.
Their time from the moment of
arrival waa put in wi'h a satisfaction
and completion seldom if ever seen on
similar occaaions
Riding, converaation. games, muaic,
dancing and a wedding filled their every
moment with pleasure.
These .young laaiea were schoolmates
at one time at the Nebraska State Uni-
versity, and the great pleasure they
derived from their viait showed the
depth of friendship ihey had for each
other All were reluctant to leave for
they were delighted with the treat-
ment given them by their entertainers
and the people of Claremore.
LOST HIS BED.
District Clerk Lee Settle haa lost his
bed, and that'a no joke either. Monday
morning a amall sized blaze was pulled
off in Mr. Settle's home which resulted
in the loss of his lied
Just how the fire originated is not
known, but it is suppoeed s coal of fire
popped out of the wood fire onto the
bed. igniting the bed clothing. The
bed, which waa in a room on the second
floor of the building, was practically
destroyed when the fire was diacovered
by Mra. Settle, who promptly gave the
alarm. Neighbors had the fire under
control when the fire company arrived.
F. R. Reynolds and A. J. Reynolda, of
Nowata, viaited in the city Sunday and
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ASSOCIATION meets AT L'nfvek-
SIT* school.
The State University School, through
President Murdaugh, has extended an'
invitation to the Teachers' Aaaociation
of Rogers county to hold its next meet-
ing (January 21, 1911) in the new
building which has just been completed.
The Association will be guests of the
president and taculty at luncheon.
Superintendent Hester will send out
from th« office of Public Instruction a
circular letter to this effect
Seasion begins at 10:30. Superin- i
tendent Tom Butcher, of Enid will de- ;
liver a lecture in the evening at 7:30. !
WEST-GIRARI)
On Sunday afternoon Miss Ethel
Girard of this city was united in mar-
riage to Mr. Geo. West, of Muskogee;
Rev. C. E. Smootz, of the Christian
Church, performing the ceremony.
Misa Ethel is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. m. Girard, and is one of the
pretty young ladies of the city The
groom is a prominent young man of
Muskogee, engaged in the plastering
business.
The htppy young couple left on the
evening train for Muskogee, where
they will make their future home.
Progress joins their many frienda in
wishing them a long and happy mar-
ried life.
home cas company elects
officers.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Home Gas Company held in this
city Thursday afternoon, the following
officers were elect.-d for the year 1911:
J. Q. Ada ma. president, B. J. Burke,
vice president, H. Jennings, wn-retary,
R 8. Liggett, treasurer.
The directors arc: B. J. Burke John
Q. Adams, K. S. Liggett. H. Jenninga
and J. h. Knox. This compaay has
asked for and been granted a franchise
in the city which will be submitted to
a vote of the people at an early date.
MRS. OFFITT DIES
Mra. OflJtt. an aged lady who has
been ill for a long time at her home
on Catalayah avenue, died Saturday
morning at 4 o'clock: arrangementa
are being made to take the body to
Cedarville for burial. Mrs. Offitt was
sufferer from that dread disease,
cancer, and her death has been expected
for many months.
, TRAIN SERVICE BAD.
Train service on both the Miasouri-
Paciffc and Frisco has been very bad
for the paat twenty-four houra The
Miasouri-Paciffc trains have been run-
ning from three to four hours late on
account of poor engines, while the
burning of a bridge on the Frisco near
Bushyhead, has caused all west bound
trains oa that road to be from three
to four houra late on account of hav-
ing to run over the Katy tracks from
Vinita to Wagoner and than back over
the Miasouri-Paciffc to Claremore.
Mr. George Conatant. who so efllci-
L>rkf°r °w •
mcclure
Has the largest and
- most complete line of
Enton, Crane & Pike Stationery
Ever brought to Claremore
You should see it
Windsor Opera House
Saturday Nlobt, January 7,1911
An Extraordinary Offering
Agusta J. Evans' Stirring Narrative
ST. ELMO
By GRACE HAYWARD
(Dramatist of "fSHMAEL" ami "GflAITSTARK")
Greatest Book Play of the Decade
Nothing<juite ho Interwtinjr < r Unique has
been produced in year*
The Story of Triumph Ovei a Blackened
Soul
Prices 60, 75, $1.00 and $1.50
We now have in our house
one of the best lines of
Buggies and
Carriages
Ever shown in Rogers County. Everyone
of them is worto the money we are ask-
ing for them. If you are in the market
see us'before purchasing as we know we
can please you in style as well as price.
Hill-Henley HamwareGo
CLAREMORE. OK LA.
abstracts
THE CENTRAL TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY
Capital • 10,000
OLDEST SET OP BOOKS IN THE COUNTY.
We have money to loan on farms and town prop-
erty anywhere In Rogers county
RELIABLE WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS ACCOMMODATING
Alex I Dennison. Mgr.. Claremore. Okla.
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john DIKICKaON. hwmt
a V rogkiw.
r. F. GODBEY. Cuhi>r
K A. PATTON. Ami Ouhbr
FIRST NATIONAL BAM,
CLARIMORI, OKLA.
Capital and Surplus, 961 .OOO
foSSr'*' C v * «. W. Or.,. W. u Low nr. J. O. HaH m4
Oldest Bank in Rogers County
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Claremore Progress. And Rogers County Democrat (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1911, newspaper, January 6, 1911; Claremore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc181222/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.