The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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THE fTiEDFORD PATRIOT It is reported that Governor Haskell miiv not
sign tile capitol hill. The mutter seems to he hili^r-
Thc Official City Paper in# upon the ruining of the money pledged to givo
the state il free capitol.
"37. 31 .viO Z3 3, i2d.l.tor and 3?rop. |
Hugh Scott, of this city, is mentioned in con-
s con(iciM unction with the appoiutmeut of a Kiicccsnor to U. S.
Marshal Ahernnthy. Hugh could fill the office with
grace, and no one better than the Hornet would be
I pleased to see him receive the appointment.—-Wau-
komis Hornet.
(««l 'j tin* at okUi
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1910.
CLOSING THi: BOOKS
The passing away of any important event is
always an occasion of serious reflection. Measuring
time, as we do in days, mouths and years, we nob
Arguments have been in progress in the United
States Circuit court the past week, in which the
railroads are trying to have the state of Oklahoma en-
uine, us we no in ouvs, mum us imo yenrn, nc non -•
even the nightfall with feelings of peculiar interest, joined from enforcing reduced freight and passenger
• "In my day and generation" is an expression , rates. Attorney General West represents the state
that is freighted with momeutus issues, as to the «"id contends that the two-oent passenger rate should
individual. Destiny is the climax of human life, be in effect.
Bach day, month and year we are adding leaves,
chapters and volumes to the continuing narrative of
A man at t'offeyville was wakened early yesterday
4 iiinuni. vuui7«iur was wi&nuvu fliriv Vl'SI
human life. It is because it means so much to us. as j moruillg by the 8Clvams of his wif). Supposing that
individuals, that passing years count mightly in the lft burglm. was ia tb(. hims(> h(, seize(l hjs riflonnd dnn.
aggreale and summing up. I gerously shot his wife. The woman was preparing
At the closing of each and every year, the aver- j,eP husband's breakfast when her dress caught fire,
age mortal expresses a desire to be able to retraeo i causing her Hcrcauis
the steps of the past year and correct its mistakes.
No one comes to a time like this with a satisfied
mind. The past year of 1910 is no exception to the
rule. Its mistakes have been many and so were
those of the preceding years
Some years are more remarkable than others for
what lias been accomplished or left undone. W
are apt to refer to one year as good and to another as
bad and so the good and bad years are noted down
with peculiar interest.
The past year, witli many, will be, in memory,
consigned to the list of the "bad". To others it
will be placed on the other side, of the ledger, the
profit side. In some sections drouth has blighted
crops, iu others too much rain has ruined them.
Tornadoes and devastating storms have swept across
some parts, making homeless and destitute people to
suffer from wreck and ruin. In the larger cities,
epidemics, strikes and crime have blazed the pathway
of despair. Railroad wrecks, mine disasters have at
Mine- almost paralyzed entire communities. Death
in every mask lias been stalking abroad all over this
vast land of ours smiting with t his hand here and the
other hand there.
It makes all the difference possible, as to whom
we converse regarding the success or failure, the joy
or woe of the"year now almost passed into the crypt
of Time.
A happy new year, is insistent upon our lips,
as we greet one another when the time comes. That
is our beginning; the ending , who can tell ?
A business man is sitting at his desk on the last
day of the old year, intently summing up columns of
figures.
To him they mean profit or loss. As lie figures,
his.cheeks may blush or pale as the totals appear. It
is the easting up of hope or despair. Books aud
business, success or failure, the totals tell the story.
Here is another man who is also casting up
totals. No books, accounts or other business r<
minders lie before him. So far as all that goes, he
has done his level best during the old year. But on
this last fading night of the old year, he sits with
closed eyes in his comfortable arm chair and his in-
ner eyes are closely scanning the three hundred and
sixty-five days of the passing year to note what he
has done in the uptlifting of himself and his fellow-
men. To him, just now, i(t is not the supreme ques-
tion of increased bank account, of enlarged stocks of
goods, of financial success, but of the larger and
more vital question of the enrichment of his own
character. Is it profit or loss, success or faliure,
which ?
And so vvv might go on through all the aven-
ues of human experience and trace here and there the
effects of past, struggles we would finnally sum it all
up that one year differs but little with another.
Former supreme judge Frank Doster. of Kansas
in a speech made before the Oklahoma Bar associa
tion, at Oklahoma City, questioned the right, of the
supreme court of a state or of the nation, to declare
an act of the legislature unconstitutional. Judge
Doster is the man who was credited with the saying
that the user had the paramount right. At that
time he was the leading populist of the state.
Christmas was duly observed in this city by the
churches aud private families. Ft is always a tinit
of especial interest to the young folks as it always
has been to the passing generations The spirit of
Santa Claus fills the air and the little ones are full of
it. The old, jollylooking fellow, with his burden of
toys, is to the children what Uncle Sam is to the
average American. There is scarcely a man or
woman who would erase the memory of the ideal
gift-giver. The only saddened homes were those
where sorrow entered and Old Santa couldn't, find hit
wav in.
Aviation has scored another triumph in the
world-beating record made by Arch Hoxsey, of the
Wright team of aviators. He flew more than two
miles in the air, going to a height of 11.474 feet.
The previous record was made at a height of 10,499
feet. The remarkable feature about this feat was
that it was accomplished iu a forty mile gale. He
descended in spiral glides, making almost as remark-
able descent as ascension. The vast crowd that
witnessed the feat almost went wild over it and carri-
ed the daring aviator on their shoulders in front of
the grand stand. This makes the second time that
the world's record has been beaten at the aviation
meet in Los Angeles.
A waiter in(one of the restaurants of St. Louis,
was shot and killed by a youth of eighteen, because
of some trivial remark made by the victim. After
perpetrating the crime, the murderer excused himself j
to the astonished guests for having disturbed their
meal and walked out. He was arrested after he had
been gone two blocks.
Last Sunday evening one of the most prominent
citizens of Sulphur of this state, was shot and serious-
ly wounded by an assassin from the outside of the
house. The victim was reading a newspaper with his
family around hiui when the deed was done. These
are only a sample of the crimes that are being per-
petrated everv day. At Wellington, the past week i
ms n i ti rile r
man wus murdered in his home in the most shocking
He was literally chopped tip bv the
WHAT CHRISTMAS SHOULD MliAN.
Bishop Fallows, presiding bishop of the Reform-
ed Episcopal Church for the United States and Cana-
da gives his views of the meaning of Christmas.
He says:
Christmas with its angel voices eailp upon men
to recognize each other as brothers sharing a com-
mon humanity, redeemed and glorified by the son of
Mary and the sou of God.
It means the abolishing of all forms of caste
wherever found. Il means equal and exact justice to
the employer aud employe alike. It means the end
of all species of serfdom. It comes pleading eloquen-
tly for the unity of the church, whatever its diffcr-
manner
derer.
These things are enough to terrify community
and cause men and women to fear their lives. The
murder mania is abroad in the land and tliei
no telling where it is going to end.
After nearly five mouths of dry weather,*without
scarcely any rain, the drouth was broken and a copi-
ous rain fell. As we went to Enid last Saturday we
were..surprised to see green wheat fields. These
fields bad never had a drop of rain fall on them since
the seed had been put in the ground. We have been
told by a number of farmers in this county that they
had green wheat fields, despite the lotifr continued
Irouth.
, While many farmers had lost, heart over the
ence. under the supreme leadership of the Lord Jesus! prospect, still there were very many who clung to th<
Christ. It l.ids all dividing antagonisms to cease in belief that with rain in season they would see a good
the home, uniting iu holiest bonds all its members [ crop.
iu marital, filial and fraternal love. 1 One farmer advanced this theorv which seems to
It, comes to soften all asperities in social life, j be plausible. The country, he said, had become in-
and all bitter animosities in politicial life. It calls fested with bugs and they had come up with th(
for international fellowship between the nations wheat in the early fall and continued with it all diir-
of the earth, the ending of all wars and the reign of ing the winter and followed if until harvest time
universal and lasting peace. j He thought that the failure of much of the wheat to
j **°,IU' UP i season would certainly starve out the lines
Just now Governor-elect. Cruce is a much sought'and give the wheat a better chance.
•man. There are hundreds of men aud women who1 One thing is sure, there is not a class of people
want a job and and an appointment iu the state service; on the face of the earth that can look a possible crop
seems to be a very fascinating temptation. Mr. j failure iu the face, with a better spirit than thepeo-i
Cruce is busy upon his message which will be deliver pie of Oklahoma and Kansas. The coming vear may
ed to the legislature when that body convenes. He have a big surprise in store for us, in shape of one of
has said that he will live in a house and not at a the biggest crops ever raised in this state. Let «a'
hotel. i keep up our spirits at any rate nd hope for the )>est.
The Boston Store
The final day of our Great Quick Action
Sale closed Saturday night, December, 24th.
with such a rush, and people could not all
attend. We have decided to continue the
Cash Raising Sale
until Saturday Night, January, 14th. We
must close out all of our Winter Goods by
January 14th. So don't put off until the
last minute to share in the bargains we are
offering. Ask your neighbor how well they
are pleased with the values and bargains
they got here. We can quote only a few
of the hundreds of good bargains we are
offering.
When Will The Clock Stop??
Saturday, December, 31st. we will give the $300.00
Harmony Grand Piano away, someone will be lucky, one
of the family must hold the tickets, and must be pres-
ent, have your tickets arranged systematically, at 4
p. m. we give it away. Friday and Saturday we will
give with each $1.00 cash purchase, four tickets.
Wash Suitings.
Heavy quality, come in tan ground with
ted, lavender and green dots and
stripes, sold regularly at 15c sale
9c
Dress Ginghams.
You may choose from any of our 15c ging-
hams large range of neat checks and 11.
stripes for your picking sale price..... | | C
Outings,
All of our. 12c outings will be on sale, the
line consists of a large of checks striped Q-
patterns, sale: price _
36 Inch Wool Dress Goods.
Large line of plain serges and fanck wor-
steds, all new colorings, sold at 60 aud
05c sale price
39c
50 Inch Broadcloths and Fancy
Worsteds.
Large range of new colorings to QQp
choose from regular price £1.50, sale -OuC
Ladies fancy collars, values 75c t.o $1.00
sale price each 49c
Ladies fancy collars, worth 35c sale 19c
All 10c yarns, skein 7c
Misses and Boys 5hoes.
One lot Misses and Boys shoes in Vici Kid
and calf, broken sizes, values up 20
to $1.65 sale per pair -y . ._w
Other broken lots of shoes, we are making
big reductions on.
Women's Dress Shoes.
In the lot you will find a line of blucher
styles of vici kid with patent tip, some of
sizes have been sold but a good range of
sizes in assortment, sold at $2.25 AA
to $2.75 ^ I bq5J
Men's Work Shoes.
Built, of heavy calf skin, comes in tan or
black, broken sizes sold at $2.50
to £3-00 sale price
$1.98
Furs.
$15 00 and $16.00 Fur Scarfs
sale price •
$9.98
Hen's Dress Shoes
A lot of fine shoes that originally sold for
$3.50 to $4.00, leather are patent vici kid and
light weight calf, not all sizes of each style,
but all sizes in the assortment,
sale price
$2.49
$5-00 high top lace boots, made to fit and
wear, sale per pair $3.49
Men's Dress Shirts.
Some plain others pleated bosou> 7Qft
sold regularly at $1.25 sale /uC
Ladies' Skirts
In navy brown, black good mater- J JQ
ial, values £7.00 to $8.00 sale
1 4 off on all remnants
Ten per cent off on all Laces, Embroideries
and Muslin Underwear.
Men's Corduroy Suits.
A line of Corduroy Suits that
sold regularly at $12.50 sale.
Men's £3.50 corduroy pants good weight
sale price per pair. .$2.49
Men's £2.50 corduroy pants good quality
sale per pair . $1.98
Queensware
All dishes go at one-half price to close out.
Underwear.
Men's ribbed, fleece and Hat fleeced draw-
ers aud shirts, good weight 50c to
65c values sale price each...
39c
Women's Union Suits.
Ladies white union suits $1 00 val
ues sale clean up price..
50 and 65c quality, ribbed, fleeced while
the lot lasts, sale price . 3^
We wish you all a Happy New Year, and thank you
for the business you have give us, and help us to make
a success. We are yours for a Prosperous New Year.
The Boston Store
MEDFORD.
OKLAHOMA.
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Simons, R. T. The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1910, newspaper, December 29, 1910; Medford, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc186219/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.