The Medford Star. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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The^STAR Prints In Full all the Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners
THE MEDFORD STAR.
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Tr*-County Index Succeeded The Farmer* Pnlon July 8. I9CH; Consolidated with The Medford star January M. isos.
VOLUME XII.
MEDFORD, GRANT COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY MARCH J. 1906.
NUMBER 39.
JEFFERSON.
Mr. and Mrs. Mattox came in from
Kansas to visit friends.
L B Evan*, of near Wakita, was here
a few days ago.
Jim Craig went to Wichita last week.
I H Ruth went to Enid last week.
Jas Tilson and wife have return, d
from h visit with relatives and friends in
Kansas.
S B Oherlander has returned to bis
home in Enid.
Jack Oee, who is looking after the
Laden property, was in town a few days
•go.
Dr Hazelton sent a nice bill «f his
system tonic and Pink pills to Hoi
Spring", Ark., and Enid, Okla., an*
Hazelton, Kans., last week.
C R Sloan, proprietor of the Enid
marble works, was in iowii last week.
J S Amick and wife will visit Wichita
this week.
L S McGivney was in town last week.
C E Griffith's new house is almost
completed.
John Keller is cutting meat for Silas
Beal,
Dr Walker is moving bis office one
door west in the Blue Front building.
Carrie Nation's partner, Myra Mc-
Henry, was in town last week having a
big time.
Jaf Tilson and wife left this week for
their home in Woodward county.
Ed Trenton, of Hawley, has the finest
farm house in Grant county.
John York moved into his fine new
house last week.
Mrs Chas Sprague's brother, wife and
little boy, of Ponca City, are visiting her
this week.
It is reported that one of the parties
that assisted in robbing Bradley's store,
was captured in Wellington a few days
ago.
John B York reports the birth of a
baby at his home, Feb. 23.
Sherman Buffalo and wife are visiting
their parents this week.
Dr Hazelton was in Pond Creek as a
witness in the Beck case, Monday.
Kirt Myers returned from Chicago
last week.
D E McNeff left this week on a tour
through Texas, Indian territory, selling
Jefferson flour.
H S McCann is known as the potato
king of Grant county, was here last week
looking after his farm he bought last
fall from Mrs M Rauk.
Noel, Butts and Peacock will ship
•even cars of cattle and hogs to Wichita
this week.
Alex. Harrison, the Kansas City
creamery man, left for his home in K C
last Sunday.
Mrs Minnie King, of Enid, spent Sun-
day with her parents, g r and Mrs Fox.
The M W A Cttmp cpen< d its charter
Saturday night for 90 days and have 50
new members.
50 Piuk Tablets for 35c cures consti-
pation.
Wm Scheurman left this week to look
after his farm at Abilene, Kans.
The Grant County News has 165 sub-
scribers at this office.
Dr Hazelton's System tonic cures
stumach, liver, and kidney troubles aud
bedwettiug in cinlJren.
To th« Farmer* of Grant County j
That are Interested In tha Rural 1
Telephone Improvement.
The Pioneer Telephone and Tele-
graph company are desirous of co-
operating with you to improve and
simplify the rural business of Grant
county. We will switch any line
where the parties build same to the
city limits, we to take the wire at the
city limits and run same to our ex-
change at our expense, and charge
you 25 cents per month per telephone
for switching you. The minimum of
subscribors on the line to be ten (10)
and the maximum twenty (20), but if
you put more than twenty on any one
iine, we will not charge for switching
them.
When you are connected with our
system you can sit in your home and
talk to any point that can be reached
by telephone. If you break your ma-
chine while harvesting, you can call
by long distance telephone and have
the extra on the way in ten minutes,
and never leave your farm We have
more to offer you than any other tele-
phone company in the country.
We would be pleased to have you
call at our exchanges and talk with
our managers, or come to Enid and
find out the position we take in hand-
ling rural business.
We, at this time, are switching more
than fifteen thousand rural subscrib-
ers, where we have no interest in their
lines whatever. We have no catch-
penny scheme, but a straight business
proposition. We will not give you
something for nothing, but we can
give you more for the money at all
times than any other company.
Pioneer Telephone & Tele. Co. ,
P. A. Whartenby,
District Manager, No. 2.
RED HILL.
The Boston Store,
J. J. KORAN, Proprietor,
Hertford, Oklahoma.
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TothePublic
We wish to announce to our many patrons, and ti®
public in general, that we will add another department t^
this popular store this season, and that is
A Millinery Department
This department will be in charge of a competent trimmer that has had a
great deal >f experience in this line. We expect to carry a complete line of
Millinery, comprising all the latest creations in Ladies, Misses' and Chil-
dren s head-gear. The fact that we are just adding this line of goods to
our store insures you that everything will be fresh and new and the lat-
est out, and we can assure you that the price will be right. Watch this
space for our Grand Opening.
LYLE.
G. W. Ancil and wife, of Medford,
are visiting their son Herbert and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Geo. Gill, this week.
Mrs. A. A. Z ckafoos received word
that her sister, Mrs. Ora Williamson, of
Csldwell, is quite sick.
Quite a number of farmers were in
Lyle Saturday buying seed potatoes.
They got them from 5 to 15 cents per
bushel rheaper than elsewhere.
A. B. Griffen made a trip to Caldwell
Wednesday. While there he sold his
team of mules.
Mrs. Brrwn, mother of Willis Brown,
died last Thursday and was buried in
the Bluff City cemetery Friday. Aged
77 ye*rs.
Born —To Mr. and Mrs. Aleck Mc-
Clafllin, Friday morning; a daughter.
Master Earl Peters was quite sick the
past week, but is improving at the pres-
ent writing.
Clyde correspondent admits carrying
his items in his or her pockets for a
week before sending them, then accuses
Reporter of absent mindedness. Now,
Clyde come.
Mr. and Mrs. Bart Allan and son are
here visiting home folks.
Refoktu .
—Whewl wasn't that a stiff old
norther that came up early last Mon-
day morning? It was not very cold,
but the wind was high which made
traveling in the country very disa-
greeable.
See the wheat grow?
Peach buds are swelling with the im-
portance of taeir mission.
Doc. Wykes, wife aud children, of
Caldwell, are visiting their relatives,
W. H. Dunlavy and family.
Mr. Cowgill, our one time genial
storekeeper of Jefferson, was 111 our
midst on collection business.
A. D. Dunlavy is slowly improving.
Ed Neal is being instructed in the sci-
entific and practical methods of farming,
by James Jones.
Mrs. Harry James returned from Bur-
den, Kans., where she had beeu visiting
her brother, E. C. Mattice.
Al. Noleaberger is setting bis pasture
fence back and will break some new
land.
At a special meeting of No. 65, A. W.
Long wns elected director.
Will Smith and wife ave with us once
more.
Silas Beal will sell bis machinery, live
stock, etc., this week and devote his en-
tire time to the store business.
What about that fish pole?
Saw(ciety) don't always have teeth
There are quack ducks as well as
quack doctors.
Lon Dunlavy and wife moved to their
new home noithwest of Hawley, this
week.
Industry and frvgality are the team
which draws the golden chariot.
J. P. Marshall, of South Haven, Kas,.
is moving onto his farnl, the Caselman
place, this week.
Catechism of this world: I will work
-the other fellow; I will save (his)
money.
Mrs. D Cox moved from Wakita to
her farm here.
Ask and je snail have—gall. Seek
and ye shall find—friends; knock and
the other man knocks, too.
Henry Fanholz returned from Ne-
braska last week. Unci* Sile.
^ Just Received £
A nice assortment of JAPANESE PORCELAIN-WARE, to be given away
ABSOLUTELY FREE
in exchange for premium stamps. Are you saving these premium stamps? If not
come in and let us explain the plan to you and get you started saving these stamps,'
they cost you nothing. V\ hen you have several pages of stamps come in and take
away the premium you pick out, in exchange for the stamps, FREE.
Have you seen our Jne of new Spring goods? Come in and look them over
CLYDE.
Jas. Salmon and son Pat and Charles
Dahlem and Ben Davis attended court at
Pond Creek, Monday.
Mr. McBride and son went to Medford
on business Tuesday.
Chester Wilson returned home from
Pond Creek Thursday where Le had been
working the past winter. He is intend-
ing to go to Nashville, O. T., to work
the coming summer.
Miss Trudy Schuerman is sick at the
home of her grandmother. Mrs. Fred
Dahlem, with inflammatory rheumatism.
Her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Schuerman. of Jefferson, were up to
see her last week.
F. P. Privett] hauled wheat all last
week, taking advantage of the price.
J. B. Swanson returned Tnesday morn-
ing after an eight day trip with the Long
Bell Lumber Co's. excursion and can-
not fully explain the trip aud the good
time he had while absent.
Grocery Specials for Saturday, March Third.
Fancy California apricots, 2 cans 25c. 2 cans tomatos, 25c
Tacoma Biscuits 3 packages 25c. lo bars Swift's Soap, 25c
H°w about your Seed p°tat°es? Have you bought yours yet? The Minnesota Red River, Bliss Triumnh
and Early Ohio varieties have proven to be the best for this country. Come and get them at numP'>
The Boston St re,
The Boston Store,
J. J. KORAN, Proprietor,
Hedford, Oklahoma.
Those persons wanting cheap goods
ought to come and see Davis Bros. here.
John Swerson has shipped one of his
threshing machines out to western Kan-
sas, Tuesday.
John Davis and Frank Yunker went
with the Swenson threshing outfit to
Western Kansas to help him plow,
Lee Pike, who has been Hgeut here the
past month, is going to leave Thursday
for Nardin, O T , to relieve the agent
there. Lee Is a fine boy and has gnined
many friends while here who wish him
success wherever he may go.
Reports received here from Washing-
ton, D. C., says that E. E. Lambdin has
been appointed as our new postmaster.
Mack Ross returned home from Hot
Springs, Ark., much improved in health.
We are glad to say that he was greatly
helped by the trip.
Dorsey Herlbert, who is now located
at Oklahoma City, is here visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Patterson. Dorsey says
Oklahoma City is booming and that he
is getting along fine there.
V Sedivy, who died at Medford Sat-
urday, was buried here in the Catholic
cemetery Sunday at 12 o'clock.
Pete Salmon must be intending to go
into the chicken business on the whole
sale plan, as he has purchased an incu-
bator, which is now running at full blast.
Stay with it, Pete, and you will wear
feathers.
It seems that some one would like to
know who writes these items as a parly
says he has a bone to pick with us.
Well, now, our office is always open to
visitors, so come around and see us; we
would like to chat with you on the
topics of the day, but don't tell what
you would do if you did know.
RED HILL.
Too tate for last week.
Ducks are flying now-days.
Z. B. Paramour is hauling feed
from the old Carver place.
A. D. Dunlavy is still very sick.
We understand he is afflicted with ap-
pendicitis.
Silas Beal traded his farm for the
stock of goods owned by Mr. Will-
liams, of Jeffersou. We wish Mr. B.
great success in his new venture.
Revival meeting is in progress at
Riverdale.
Bertha Dunlavy returned from Pond
Creek Saturday.
Bro. Carver moved onto the Hackett
farm last week.
Owens and Parker have dissolved
partnership, Mr. Parker selling to the
I former. A new and larger stock of
I groceries will bo pui in and Gilbert
[will flourish as ever with Mr. Parkrr
as proprietor.
Mrs. Noleaberger returned Satur-
day from her visit to her sister up in
Kansas
Mr. Martin is putting old hay on
I sandy roads.
The Holtsclaw sale was well atten-
ded and things sold well.
Coyote hunters are going to get into
trouble in this vicinity by leaving
fences down
Alice Roosevelt received a 81,500
poodle, as a gift. Miss Alice can get
a great many bigger dogs than that
up here for less money.
Your Uncle chased several good
items into a hole in a sand bank where
they could not be driven out.
Jealousy is half brother to hate.
John Ahlday had the misfortune to
lose a valuable horse.
Louis Personette and sister, Lulu,
visited A. D. Dunlavy and wife, Sun-
day.
Mrs. Henry Ahlday visited her
daughter, Mrs. Vanvoltenberger, near
Harper, Kansas, last week.
Uncle Silk.
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I SELL FLOUR
And Everything in the Peed Line. Have Seed Oats.
I pay the highest market price for fat Ho^s and Cattle.
Come and see me, E. F. QUIGLEY,
At New Feed Store, Medford, Okla
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insure 0 Reno Farmers <
your Mutual Indemnity Ass'n.
E. A. WOOD, Agt.
Wheat
Star Office,
Medford, Okla.
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