The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. XI
Medford, Oklahoma Territory. Thursday. October 22.1903
No. 2
ladies' and Misses' Rain Coats
Automobile, Box and Cap© Coats in the Latest Styles
g WE WOULD SUGGEST that you take advantage of this opportunity and purchase one of these, as generally they are not carried in a town of this size, 'speci-
ally all the year round.
0 WE NOW HAVE A o
FULL and COMPLETE LINE
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Next Week we will have in
MORE FANCY WAISTINGS.
.IT
Shetland Floss, Yarns, Saxonys
and Ice Wool.
By far the largest stock of this we have ever carried, ^ 1 ^ ^ j
at the same old price we have always charged, t
LOOK OVER OUR LINE OF
Oxfords, Mercerized Basket Weaves,
and Heavy Fleece Lined Waistings.
If the pattern isn't 'here it will be.
Just received some very pretty handkerchiefs for sofa pillows; also some new pillow cord.
GROCERY SPECIALS Bulk Olives, Holland Herring in keg, Turkish Figs, Fancy Muscated Raisins, Whole and Shredded Codfish, Crystal Domino Package Sugar, Bulk Mince Meat,
Cranberries, Celery, Rulk Pickles both Sour and Sweet, Deviled Crabs and Fresh Mackerel.
J. A. HOPKINS
THE BOSTON STORE
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WHAT I KM TKAKS HAS IhtVK.
Shall We Continue to Purwue ilie
Sttine Coarse.
It is well for the wh"ie people t>> oc-
casionilly take )iu inventory, hh well as
for the merchant er other individual
business man. in doing n > for (ir.mt
couuty let us see what we Imve none
during the last tee jeais. lo looking
backward or forward we need not lie
pew. mtetic nor c jib,'laming, but we
should look ttl tin- facta lib lhe\ Actual-
ly ire.
Xeu years ago last September we
stared in bisitKBs in ({rant county
with nn absolutely clean tlniu. 1 lie
prairieH that were opened to us were
as free froiu any incumbrance an the
new born Irnbe is of rain.e it There
were no improvements upon them. Not
t house nor fence obstructed tlie race
for homes, and the rider* saw be lore
them a vast expanse of grass. H re
and there claim stake* were driven and
in a tew days the farms wtre outlined
by furrows plowed to designate the
Jlmiis Sod houses and box houses
were erected to shelter the families of
those who made the race. Slowly, acre
by acre, the lands were plowed mid our
farmers began to put in wheat, some
beiiifc sowed that fall.
The year of 18IM was one of experi-
ment to some extent. A few bushels
of wheat were raised and sold tor 35
to 45 cents per bushel. Some corn wus
also raised tbat year on the sod and
sold for from 15 to 25 cents per bushel.
A few person* put in kutlir corn and
cane Those who did had feed for
their stock. Many put up large stacks
of bay. All plowed mora ground and
put In wheat. The winter of 18U4 5
saw the hardest times for the people
tbat ever cam* to the new settlers.
Some fought the battle for homes no
bly, some relinquished their claims aud
went back to the states from whence
tbey came. Appeals were sent out for
aid for those who remained, for there
was not enough substance raised to
keep the people here and no opportu
nlties to labor and earn money witb
which to buy.
Then came the clamor to borrow
money. Nearly all personal property
was mortgaged tor small loans, but
this would not suffice. If they could
.only mortgage the farms, said some,
Uiey could obtaiu means to live and to
improve the homes. The law provid-
ed for five years' residence ere proof
eould be made. Listening to the de-
mand Delegate Flynn introduced aud
secured the passage of a bill permit-
ting the claim holders to commute
their claims by a residence thereon of
14 months Many took advantage, or
rather were taken advantage, of the
law and proved up on the claim, m"rt
gagiug the same for money with which
to pay therefor and an excess of from
|800 to 9600. The excess was soon ex-
pended to pay the chattel mortgagee
and improve the lauds.
As commissioner the writer made
many of theae proofs and knows that
SO per cent of thoae who made final
proof borrowed the money with which
to make them.
Then followed the passage of the
(in bom* bill is 1901, and many at
once male final proof, t here Was a
rush f,o obtain tnles lo the lan.ls,
thoiigii .til coula iiiv* de.errea lo 11)03
auo avoided pa; ii.giaxet ful two years
on the land. It i .s lion., however,
aud inorlit.tKes u nit o>> I i ier than tv
er, until now tmiy hail ol loe larins in
tins couuty, abide iriuii annuel and
public bulldi.'K •• !: :s, .ire mortgaged.
During all Una turn, we uave coiun.
Ued to r.ilse wheal. A few have laiueu
hugs aud c tue, .uu those who could
escape tue n il ulusis tioiu the wueal
' stubble, hiive iai tu con., K.iUIr, ev.
1'iie wli<Mt has uv waged the past 2 or 3
j years lu to 15 buehsls au acre ai.U sold
| lor about oil cent* a bushel; and uiort
' K<>ges still coiitiuu* to go on th lanus.
j Ot course the value of the improve
menu ou the I.iruis will omwt-ign tlie
| entsuiubiaiiccu; liot tliebu improvements
while adding lo the coin lolls ol the oc-
1 cupuuls, and app. .irances ol ■ he n one,
ilu not contribute towaids the payment
j of the mortgage.
lleie is our inventory lor 10years.
Snail we continue the same Course the
| next 10 years? If we look about u„ Me
' will observe as a rule that the farm
upon winch there is a uerd of cattle
aud a urove ol hogs has no uioilgage
, encumbrance, though the improve-
ments are just as good as us neigi.bur
who nas farmed altogether to wheat,
aud is minus the herds but not the
uioitgage. You say you can not raise
coru, hence you can not feed bogs We
■ay you can if you will raise less wheat
When the writer came to Iowa in l&tiu
W ashington couuty, tue seconu west of
the Mississippi river, raised vast acres
of wheat, ilot winds passeu over the
prairies aud mortgages encumbered
the land*. Ail this has changed. Not
au acre of wheat Is raised. They say
the land is too valuable to raise wheat
upon. It is now in corn and grass,
while herds ot cattle, hogs aud horses
roam upuu them and cuustitute the
products of the farm; from which the
mortgages have long since disappeared.
Wheat is a iron tier crop; raised upon
cheap lauds, aud ceases to produce pro-
fitably when the lauds become more
valuable.
The writer hope* that the next 10
years will see a radical change in our
mode ol farming, and tbat the mort-
gages will be paid off with hogs aud
cattle. It caiiuot be done with wheat.
The nomination of Bryan by the
Democrats the third time would be a
comedy. His eltetion would he a
tr.'ge-ly To anticipate such au eveut
is a f tree.
We advise the ministt rs of Kni ! to
b c lutlnus ho<v tliev attack r,h. Wave
d- viI nnd tlie old mai ls to n<v uttrinpt
toca: 'lire the office t-at, if 'he ability
lU'iiilfe* ed in tlie editorial I'olumnn of
tie H'*ve the pj.it week is iuy i' iiic.1
tion of what the* will have to contend
With. The* blioultl a*, least defer : he
at.ack u itil Ise:dierg returns h.> ie.
I Yea, truh t'.e U'iten Si; of
' America is a million dollar com.try in
I tn .ny respects. Fur the month of Sep
j temlier just past the treasury received
1 Sfi,540,000 more tf• n it paid nut. This
mean* the payment of more bonded
indebtedness. Our ration deals in
| millions. Les> linn a million is hard
| ly worth mentioning lu its transaction*.
] \V ho should not be proud that he M an
American citizen.
There I* uow s kind of mama to
wards the overthrow of boodlers and
embezzlers In otllce; to purify official
life. It was well that it was started at
the seat of government. And it should
be continued until every official en-
gaged in Illegal practice i* brought
to the bar of justice. Thus ouly can
we maintain a republican form of gov-
ernment. It was official corruption
that destroyed the great Homau repub-
lic. A government of and by the peo-
ple should not be destroyed by grafters
aud boodlsrs. There are very few of-
fices now days which do not pay
enough salaries to comfortably keep
thoae who hold them. No one i* ob
llged to accept or continue in them If
be can do better elsewhere; and each
should be held to a strict aeeount of
Ml service.
it may he gratifying to the consum-
ers of coal tributary to Colorado where
th.- strike is on t<* j. arn that the com-
panies are tilling up the mluea with
miners and hope soon to be ruuning to
their full capacity. The secretary of
toe Mine Owners Association says:
" l here is no (round for comurouilse
between us and the Western Federa
tion of Minor*. In the first place the
strike, insofar as the working ot our
mines is concerned, is over We are
filling our mines a* rapidly as we care
'0, and hays experienced no difficulty
In securing competent men.
"The Western Federation of Miners
1b not only vicious In its principles, but
criminal in its methods The boycott
and the sympathetic strike are among
the least pernicious of the ineaus adop
te1 by It to achlsve its ends. In addi-
tion to this resort is had to the whole
gamut uf crnue from threats and inti-
midation to deadly assaults and the de-
struction of property. It is un-Auieri
can in its principles and a menace to
•uclety."
Our extradition laws with Canada
and Mexico should be so amended that
crimes in public office against the state
can be better reached. Attorney Folk,
the Missouri prosecutor of boodlers and
embezzler*, has been cut short of the
bird* he aought to bag by their going
to Canada. The republic on the south
and dominion on the north contains
quite a large number of these crimi-
nals against the laws of this country.
Attorne" Folk recently visited Presi-
dent Roosevelt to sse if something
could be done to reach parties who have
eluded hi* pursuit. He reports the
President in hearty accord witli him to
bring theae parties to justice, but Sec-
retsry Hay, who ia the legal head of
the atate department, does not look on
It with much favor. A few years ago
murder was the only charge upon
which a man could be extradited from
several of the other natlous. Other
crimes have since been added and more
will be. What Is geuerally known as
political crimes will be the last Incor-
porated; bat they will eventually be a
part of the extraditable (harps.
The rule would work both ways. A
financial panic and public distress
would aid I "inncri'ii success; aid
Democratic * v*HS w-mld tie "Ure lo
Induce a lit i; i.ii pn'i e mid pu' lie '
dUrre.ss,
The l'onselhl^;i il l.ake Superior Co ,
hisbu- •! ri.i, is one of the trusts
th.it our Democratic friends have been
r aring e.. , rr. the uewx to ti c
M« i,ci enter .Journal, would like to
e. • hat c.il jit- He
And fiv. • t . 'ah! will prevail The '
I 11 it I'll Stales hi> '.mi 18 C l8e ilg.lllHt
C .nada in the urbitia'.iou tribunal o?er
tlie Alaskan boundary; which hap re
ccntly closed its session in London.
Though the derh.ion has not been fully
handed down hh yet, enougi, has been
niadi public to gain an admission from
the p lltica papers o. I'.nuland that It
has been iri onr aVor.
The mind, i of Miss Mi .de at San
Fiancisc > b a disappointed lover ami
his sun ide is another striking lesson 'o
attractive young ladies to becarelut
how they encourage young men to
hope tor their I; in matrimony. I
Is not ti' ct,wiar> for eiiog |;*.dy to u.>
with a young man umny tunes m know
whether or Dot she has jny Ide* ol
marrying hiiu, a d if not she should
honorably so Inform him and cease I
keepiug company with liim. 'l'uo many i
of our best young women are sacrificed
in thla way not to he a lesson tu others
WANTED!
r
ONE RUNERED
MEN
to take advantage of our great red need prue buggy
sale which ice have decided\ to continue
FOR THIRTY DAYS!
Better take advantage of the Special Prices.
W. E. S M I T IX,
tintler in /Inrilifirrr mill Iuirm Iinntriiiriil*.
SiKKWfcH. I'r s!i'.- t
A. El>\v.Vi:lW, Secretary
I loW A It
•11.! Mar.
!• iiKrb, Treasurer
ager
lu Christian lands, those who accept
Christ as their Savior and follow IIis
teachings as given in the Bible, are apt
to believe that the Christian religion
dominates the world They louk upon
other religions in disdain. Yet It is a
fact that there are over 401.000,000
lluddhists, mostly in Asia, followers of
Ituddha, who was horn in the Hima-
laya mountain* 6fil) years before Christ
was born in Bethlehem and lived to be
H8 years of age. Three fundamental
principles govern the Buddhists: Love
of mankind, suppression of passion
and protection of life. A religion
ha«ed upon such principles cannot be
detrimental to mankind.
mum go.
f Vf juicit 7 tlnrreln fu r ihtff,
S* >rti{/e Capitcifft .10,000 Hashi-ls.
Buy G-rain ^ Seeds
or ^Vll KludH.
Ma ufactiners of the celebrated "MEDOK'
also All Kinds of Feed.
MEPKORD, OKI.AIIOM/ .
brand of Flour,
Becker <fc Fisher will write your in-
surance, make you a loan and draw up
your legal papers Call or write your
wants.
We have recently a'la^l 10 our airway large line
Drugs, News, Cigars
and Stationery
Investigation by an agent of the gov-
ernment has disclosed great imposi-
tion upon the naturalization laws in
most of the large cities. lu view of
this fact it 1* said that 1'resident
Roosevelt will recommend In his forth-
coming message to Congress some
changes in the laws for the naturaliza
tion of aliens. One is that only feder-
al courts shall be permitted to confer
naturalization, and that the laws shall
provide for the appointment of an ex-
amining committee by the court to as-
uVpp',c nt's re^#"de" Cameras and Kodaks
gibillty. The change would be a good T. " *
one though It might occasionally in- Plate or I'lltn.
convenience some. It would cut out the „ , . ^ ,
, . . Wntnobiui line ..f M PPI.1E8, Including
foreign Anarchist* who come to this Pl4tH, lwl„
pin.' Outfit*, Printing
country and become citl/.ens for the Pr*™..., Kermtyi... putr., print Rotiem, curd ,
sole purpose of protection from this p p*«. p*«im, Brunheti, Tray. Developing aiul
government when they return to Eu *ui"l! Toning fowler, .mi solution.
_ _ t anoa . .. . i and numeron* other thinge that the amateur
rope to engage in their king killing wwU, „ „ h„Ml t K,„ „„tlv wUlt y0ll W10t
practices. Citizeoshlp ID the United we will be glad to order It for you and we can
State* Is too easily obtained to be ap- j°u money.
i MEDFORD DRUG CO.
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burger
Eastman's
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Wellington,
Kansas.
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AUCTIONEER
SALES CRIED EVERYWHERE
TERMS REASONABLE
Write, Telephone or Telegraph.
DOCTORS
CLARK
& CO.
'Vhe FatMoun Vhfcaf/o SjuriulMii
Who can tell what your ili*t*a>>" or al!li« tion
l« without asking any (|iiei«tlon*-, will in
Medford, Monday, Nov. 2
(Fl^nder^on'* t'afe -One Day Only1
Ketnrninn Monthly.
Pond Creek Tuesday, Nov. I
• 'li'm Hot*!..
til forms ot Chronic, Nervous tnri Prlvstn l)ia-
tsass ot Both Mpxm Hnccciafultjr traatod.
Oam gnsrulc«d. Consoltstlra aitil nlvlcs (ye
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