The Medford Star. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1908 Page: 2 of 6
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THE MEDFORD STAR
WOOD ti SON, Cllbllslicrs
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THURSDAY, OCT 29 1908.
MOT ICL.
Clin'Uth will l) - mailt' for all I,oil|{e iiolloe*.
rruoHuioiik. carilt o( llnuikH, .mm oMtuiirj
poetry ;all tnei-liuKN or gutlie'lugK wh-it mi
■uluilURlli-e I'— is charged or me li .M i.• r tlie
imr|K> eot makiiiK imiuty. Aclvnti-iw- im-aU
*re a «enlsper Inn foi each inf- ,tiort. \.h. t
tUliiR rales niiiilu known on ai>|)li™iioii.
If you fail to (jet your impel i>toni|>lly, yon
Clll pleHhe iiifoiin us al once. W'ntch the ^.tle
on yonr paper iiu-l please ilo not let it i><i in
arrears.
For President,
NVm JENNINGS. BRYAN of Nebl'
For Vice President, •
JOHN W. KERN, of Indiana.
A pull wus recently taken of the
Nelson Morris Ducking plant In Caat
St Loula, III, uttti showed U7 votea
for Bryuu and 97 for Taft Thut is
an Indication of how the laboring
men of Illinois regard the two presi-
dential candidates. -Orilahouian.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
McGulre is being put to the tost In
Oau^e and Kay counties. His action
and promises in the removal of re-
strictions is causing many republi-
cans to come out ugalrisl hi in, promi-
nent, among whom is Charles Spencer
of the l<aw City Star, a staunch re-
publican paper.
(iovtrnor 'Haskell «;ii<l |n-r<- hist
Thursday thut many men were republi-
cans from the memory of Abraham
Lincoln. Then he said that if you will
dig up tverv speech Lincoln ever made
and can Mud one line endorsing such n t
mass of stulF as is contained in the Re- j
publican national platform then he'
would do the meanest act of his whole 1
life vote the republican ticket.
Ask the oldest man you know, when I
the greatest panic within his memory
occurred, and he will tell you in 1908.
Ask him who was the president and
he will tell you Theodore Roosevelt.
AsR 11in) who lie is going to vote for
and he will tell you William Jennings
Bryan if liis neck is free from collar
marks. — Harper, Ins., Advocate.
Hird McGuire, at last delivered u
speech in the city yesterday VVe list-
rned patiently for one hour and forty-
live minutes expecting to hear some-
thing thut would raise McGulre stock
in the political market, but we were
badly disappointed VVe honestly do
not believe he turned one single vote
back to himself, that he would not
have gotten if he had stayed away.
RED HILL
We're still enjoying mud.
Several from here heard Haskell
speak.
Report says Herbert Alcorn is
i|ulte sick.
A thin, scrawny-faced man may
have lots of cheek.
Nolenberger and Alldorf fenced In
the stulk laud on the (,'asselman farm
and turned their slock iu.
Roy Akers took a bunch of horses
Crooked Creek Valley ♦
Miss Ola Duokleber get win forth** Kler1!?"? *. *. 1,12 211 Emery H Breeden J
itLllfl inillfP Iimc llfima a' 11 L kati kiiAtk T 6 a Z
J. J. BERGER
future make her home with her broth
er, Earl.
Wheat planting is over and that
which is up looks fine, with no lack of
moisture.
H. V. J offers and family spent a
very pleasant day at James Ancell's
Sunday last.
flick Ay res, of Cheney, Kas.. ti
nephew of Geo. Ayres , is shucking
crty Delivery
Dor ■ (lentral Delivery Hutlnen
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| ATTORNEY AT LAW
Notary Public In the Office.
Office iu ennt room Aikin'a
Building.
Medford, ■ - Okla.
belonging to Geo. llelcher, east of Corn for his uncle.
Jefferson, to pasture on wheat. | |[ev, nix()n expfloU to sppn() ^ ^
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♦ Contractor & Builder : ♦ |_ A VV Y E R
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The Torrens Registration law, as I
understand it, is a plan to .avoid the
cumbeiBome, slow, tedious, expensive,
unsafe method now used and to fore-
stall so much litigation in regard to
land titles.
We never will have good roads
until we increase the size of our road
districts, collect our poll lax In cash,
levy a county road tax, hire labor as
on any public work ami pay the over-
seer enough to devote his time to It
and continuously fix roads.
[Our corre pond'ni is mistaken In
his surmise above Should the prop-
osition carry for a direct lax the com-
missioners can ti '*n iiD ahead and
build the court house, etc. at once, if
not enjoined. The buildings will be
erected as soon as uieu and money can
do it.—lid. Star.
A direct tax to build our county
In Tacoma,
more favor-
tor part of the winter
Wash. That climate is
able to his health.
Hazel Ransom is the proud possess-
or of a brand new $.'150 piano, a pres-
ent from her father. Miss Crane is
giving her instructions.
Mr. Hornbakor, son of J Nornbaker,
went to Kay county Wednesday of last |
week to shuck his corn, which he re-' I
ports as being very good.
Glen Littlepage and R. D. Crockett
are among the many who are shucking
out a fine yield of the old reliable white
corn, on M. A. Ray's farm.
I'earl Bowers, a cousin of Harl
Dunkleberger, and who has been as-
sisting us farmers with the work this
fall, returned to his homo in Kansas,
Thursday last.
James Ancell is contemplating the
purchase of a farm near Wakita.
For Presidential Electors.
(Vote for Seven)
j j S- M. RUTHERFORD.
I 1 GEORGE C. WHITEHURST.
| | GEORGE BOWMAN,
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D. W. DRENNON.
D. A. McDOUGALL.
PRESTON S. LESTER.
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J. E. GIBBONS.
For Justice of Supreme Court.
Second District.
(Vote for One from Each District.)
□
R. L. WILLIAMS.
The Star has received some criti-
cisms over an article written by a
corresj ondentover his''nomdeplume"
during our absence in Ohio. The ar-
ticle wa> in type at the time we arriv-
I ed and was allowed to run because we
felt our readers would readily 3ec its
I source and credit accordingly. As to
the school lands. We, individually,
I are op.vosed to the sale of sections Hi
and 3(1 because we do not considerthis
an opportune time. The firming
lands of Oklahoma doubled
value in the past 5
I years. What reason have we to
doubt a like increase in the in the
next five years?
Following upon the beds of a panic
and just after a million acres of In-
dian lands have been thrown upon the
market, can the school fund be bene-
fited by a forced sale of such gigantic
proportions. We have no ohjections
to the state selling sections 13 and 33
j as they were set aside for a specific
•pose. But sections lfi and 3(i were
Ufiven to the children of Oklahoma
bom and unborn and we honestly be-
lieve that they should not be sold now.
buildings is the exact thinu to do: but °! atfa,'m mav Wakitl1'
should we be four te...-, ..hi* would be glad to see him do so, as we
regard him as one of our sterling
young farmers.
Geo. O'Neil and wife have rented
their Jefferson residence and have
stored their household goods. Mrs
O'Neil will spend the winter with her
mother in Michigan.
John Hendricks purchased a fine
; Estimates Furnished.
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For Justice of Supreme Court.
Fourth District
(Vote for One from Each District.)
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SAMUEL W. HAYES.
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For Corporation Commissioner.
A P. watson.
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For Congressman 1st District.
HENRY 8. JOHNSON.
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For State Seataor,
J. MARK WORTEN,
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Flotorial Representative,
A. T. WHITWORTH.
For Representative,
| j J. W. SMITH.
Asking Too fluch.
believe there's a story of Mark
Twain that in his youthful days being
sent out by his mother to weed a cer-
tain llower bed, and finding more
weeds than flowers, he came back in
asked if he might not "llower the weed
bed."
Our little Alfred probably has as
srreat an aversion' to work as had the
youthful (Jlemens. Admonished to
pull some rather large weeds in the
back yard, after a faint-hearted lift on
one of them, he shouted:
"Mama, how no yon think I'm go-
to pull these weeds when the
whole world is hitched onto
them?'1—November Woman's Home
Companion.
| A Good. 51iow and Packed
House at the Grand
Last Night
should we be four .sears doing thl
work and at tin* same time pay rent
for county ollice room. Four years is
a lon<* time to have partially con-
structed buildings exposed to the
weather. Let's make a few changes,
boys, so we can complete the work
within a year of beginning, move ir
and be al home.
The only safe, economical, expedi
tious manner of appraising our school
lands and to obtain the opeatest reve-
nue for the school children would be
to place the control of said lands
within each county in the commission-
ers' hands. If the rental values could
be fixed by our county commissioners
the enormous expense of appraising
school land would cease and a far
larger sum would be (leveled to school
purposes which is now wasted, whai's
the use of wasting all our money to
give a few of us a job?
Why don't the county commissioners
buy that poor-farm? It is time some-
thing was done about it. If the land
owners around Medford want to make
a jackpot off the county for a piece of
alkali gumbo dirt, why condemn it if
possible, and buy it for what it is
worth. If it can't be bought for $7,500
nor condemned go further away where
and is cheaper and a whole lot better
to successfully raise a large variety
of crops. That's the main point any-
way-a farm which will be nearest to
self-supporting.
The practice of boarding and lodg-
ig persons convicted of minor crimes
at the expense of the honest hard
working taxpayers without a recom-
pense is vicious. Every county con-
vict should be nut to work on out-
public roads, thereby benefitting
everyone, the convict as well. There
is little reparation and seldom repent-
ence in sentencing a wrongdoer to
simply thirty days in jail, or to a fine,
or to a fine and jail sentence too when
it simply means a period of well-fed
and well-lodged idleness at public ex-
pense. Let our motto be, "He who in-
jures society shall make all possible
restitution."
NOTE: Bryan's name will not
pear on the official ballot. T
way to register your vote for him i
to vote for the seven democratic can
dldates for presidential electors.
The only safe way to vote for the
presidential electors and make sure
your vote will count for Bryan Is to
■tamp In the circle under the Hooster,
thus voting a straight democratic
ticket.
An attempt to scratch your ticket
and vote for some republican candi-
date is apt to result in y ur vote
being thrown out entirely bccause of
a mistake. We can't afford this year
to take any chances. We want to
make Bryan's majority In Oklahoma as
Urge as possible, and In order to do
Uat, every loyal democrat should
place one mark In the circle under the
rooster and stop right there. That
votes the straight democratic ticket,
and there can be no question about
four vote being counted for Bryan.
While the supreme judges are nom-
laated fcy districts, they are elected
from the state at large, so every vot-
er should vote fer one supreme judge
from each supreme court judicial dis-
trict However, if you vote the
straight democratic ticket by mark-
lag la the circle beneath the rooster
your vote will count for the two can-
didate! for supreme Judge. One stamp
fa the circle under th« rooster Is all
that la required to rote for ever/
I aomiaea.
A packed house was pleasantly sur-
prised at the Grand last night in the
opening performance of Dulririsk.y
Bros. VValiack's Theatre t' -.'s week
engagement in this city. The company
w;ts so far above anything that ever
played Alva that it almost took the
audience s hreath awav as thev watch-
ed with intense interest the clever act-
ng of the company in the play and
the specialties between the acts. The
play last night was a beautiful society
comedy drama "The Mansion of Ac-b-
ins Hearts," and it was a pood one.
Exceptional work was done by Miss
Irene Daniel and Mr. Ed (Yiddlei
Dubinsky, who are the leading people
with the attraction, and by the wav, a
handsomer or a cleverer pair than
these two, l>ave never before been seen
here. The balance of the cast did
good work.
The Uaisdens in there bicycle act
were line. The Box Mystery mystified
the audience so much that it will keep
a ffood many up nights trying to
figure it out.
Tonight a very interesting play by
the same a uthor who wrote "The Man
sion of Aching Hearts'' entitled
' When Women Love" will be pro-
duced with an entire change of special-
ties between acts. Tomorrow night
A Struggle Between Capital a#d
Labor." Friday, which society niyht,
Franz Molvnr's masterpiece, "The
Devil," will be presented.— Alva Pi-
oneer.
At Opera House all next week com-
mencing Tuesday night, Nov. 3. [Titial
prices.
Additional Manchester
Lee Jones has been sick for some
days at .the hoiue of E. E. Burdau.
Mrs. E. M. Garrett and J. M. Sim-
mons were' puests at the home of J. F.
1'rivelt Haskell day.
Mrs. J. W. Long and Mrs. Harvey,
east of Manchester, were in Medford
to hear Gov Haskell last Thursday,
and took dinner with Mrs. Carrie
Wood.
Cash Wood went to Medford last
Friday, and he and Sister Emma, of
the Star force, left Saturday for
two weeks' visit with friends at Uois-
ington, Kansas
Only a Lack of Faculties
Clara's aunty took her for a visit
to Niagara Falls. After viewing the
great waterfall for some time, and the
little girl failing to make any remarks
aunty tried to draw some expression
from her as to what she thought of the
spectable. Finally she said:
"Clara, don't you think the falls
are beautifnl, wonderful?" and was
amazed at the child's non-chalant re-
ply:
"Oh, yes, I s'pose so; but I fink our
■creek at home could do it if it had
a place."—November Woman's Home
Companion.
article in the shape of the best violin
in the Buholts & Sibley establishment.
He already possessed .an organ and
now they will have some really enjoy-
able music.
Members of the Gilbert Telephone
Comuany held a highly interesting
session one evening last week and had
it not been for the influence of the
sex gentler. Owing|tothe rotten service
jfiven, a part of the company desired
a change of op?rators but they got it
—nit.
Claud Black only son of W A
Black and Dora Embry, the youngest
daughter of J Embrev, were married
on Thursday, October 15, The young
folks are well and favorable known
and a host of friends tender their con-
gratulations and well wishes. An in-
formal dinner at the groom's father's,
residdbce took place Friday.
On Saturday last during the process
of putting out the family wash, Mrs.
Charles Horning set an uncorked bot-
tle of ammonia on the table, the young
est child took the bottle and took a
drink. The mother became aware of
the fact when the child began to
scream.- Outside of a b.;Jly blistered
mouth no serious result followed and
the child is all O K.
Pursuant to notices given out, there
was quite a gathering of farmers and
their wives, at Riverside school house
Saturday evening last. We expected
to listen to a talk from Joe Wisby and
Joe Smith hut the Joe Joes did not
materialize, so after talking homely
matters o'er, and listening to seven
Bryan speeches over an Edison Home,
we winded our way homeward.
D C Crosby made throe false starts
for the apple country of Kansas last
week, and then didn't no. The Daily
Oklahoman of Tuesday last had an
article of ours in print in regard to
Don's whopping big catch of fish and
their shouting for Bi\yan as he pulled
them from the water, and now Don
feels that it is up to Haskell to estab-
lish a fish hatchery on Lynch creek
and appoint him warden.
Messrs Frank and John Hendricks
and T. D. Crosby, arose quietly from
their beds Thursday morning last, buck-
led on their democratic ardor and hiked
for Medlord as fast as the muddy roads
would permit. The cause of this most
unusual early rising was the desire to
be present when Gov. Haskell made
his speech at Medford, as they a re not
home at the time we penned this, we
presume the rain kept them in town
over night, or else they followed the
band wagon off. jKE
DENTIST
(Successor to Dr. Leary)
First Class Dental Work.
Crown add Bridge Work a
Specialty. Teeth extracted
•without pain.
Ollice Room 1, First Nat'l Bank
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DOING ON SHORT NOTICE
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
PRICES REASONABLE.
PHONE OR WRITE
HENRY HEHKEN.
H. S. FISHER,
iftforitey-at-Caw and notary
Public.
rvnctlce Iu nil Courts. Prompt Altentioi. to
Cottec lions.
Corner Fir t ami Ch.-rokee Ave. I Miftmno,,
In 8chwart< Hotel. BUlg > MBDrOKL)
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Chas. Postlewait,
Contractor and Builder.
Estimates furnished ou application.
TTouse-moving outfit to let.
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W. J. Oar tiini:r,
President.
H. Updike.
Vice-President
f. O. Dor r, Cashier.
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Grant County Bank,
Medford, - Oklahoma.
Transacts a General Banking Bus-
iness. Your patronag solicited.
FARM LOANS
Made promptly on mosl favorable terms lo
borrowers.
idoyourCHILDREFn!
Every City
Every Town
Every Individual
LOCATED ON THE
Hon J W Smith went to Pond Creek
yesterday to deliver a speech on the
political situation.
OLD FRIENDS MEET
Wednesday, Oct. 21st, a carriage
drove up to the home of Cap't. H. B.
Fore, in this city. The carriage con-
tained Mr ajd Mrs. Reed, of Miami
County, Kas. Mrs. Iteed is a cousin
to Mrs. Fore, and they had not met
for 44 years. Of course the ladies
weie highly pleased to again meet
and renew old acquaintanceship.
Mrs. Emma Rankin passed away at
her home in Richmond, Mo , last
Monday, Oct. 19. She is survived by
her husband and three grown children.
She was born on a farm near Ton-
togany, Ohio, before the war and
when quite young, moved with her
parents to Ray county, Mo., where
she resided to the time of her death.
Mrs Rankin was a sister of Mr. W
H. Wood, Miss Anna Wood and Mrs
Kate O'Connor of this city—Bowling
Green, Ohio, Sentinel.
Mrs Rankin was an aunt of the Star
man.
Of course they do. It is their way
of learning and it is your duty to
answer. You may need a dictionary
to aid you. It won't answer every
question, but there are thousands to
which it will give you true, clear and
definite answers, not about words
only, but about things, the sun, men,
machinery, places, stories and the
like. Then, too, the children can
find their own answers. Some of
our greatest men have ascribed their
power to study of the dictionary.-
Of course you want the best dic-
tionary. The most critical prefer
the New and Enlarged Edition of
webster's
International
TH!^ GRAND PRIZE (HIGHEST
Award) for which was given at the
World's Fair, St. Louis.
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il wvih: vx.
G.&C. MERFMAM CO.,
PUSUCHuRS.
CFRINCFIELD, MASC.
WEBSTER*
wci:ONA.
benefits by that close contact
with the other growing cities
and towns in the seventeen
Rock Island states which
efficient transportation facil-
ities assure.
They benefit, too, by that
steady growth in population
and prosperity which the rail-
road is instrumental in secur-
ing for all its home territory.
Ever think of
it that way?
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Fresh \ Cured
MEATS
All Kinds of Fat Stock
WANTED
Second Door We&t of Star
Office £
Wilson & Son I
For Sale
A Home Comfort Range; used only
a shoi-t time: price $25.00
Stewart Bros
• ne lui straw.
"Van Mlllyun is completely ruined
West Salt Fork
Steve Mosier has sold his farm to
the Kirbo Brothers and has bought a
farm east of Oklahoma City
A number of Nimrods are camped
on the Salt Fork and will not break
camp as long as the duck season lasts
J T House took in the I O O F
Grand Lodge at Enid last week and
reports a big crowd and a big time
Frank Buckner has sold his farm to
James Bass and is looking for a local
tion in the Soc & Fax country This
is the second timfefYank has left here
and we think we will welcome him
back soon
Gault McConnell, James Bass and
Ed Kirby have returned with their
cattle from the saud hills northwest of
Jefferson
We are told that the Farmers'
Union met at the Rich Valley school
financially. He waa even compelled | Union met at the Rich Valley school-
to wll lila automobile " 1 house week for the purpose of or
"Umph! " tn t a acut i. rt ganizing a local We did not learn
JedzT what sucoess they met with
""■* —Uncus Tim
i T fiodfrey. J. L. Godfrey
prcs Vlcc-Pres
Condensed Statement
or the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Medford, Oklahoma
Alllic close of Business May 14. 1908
Resources:
Loans
Bonds and Warrants
Overdrafts
U. S. Bonds
Banking House, Furni-
ture and Fixtures
Redemption Fund
Cash and Sight Exc;ge
Total
liabilities:
Capital Stock
Surplus
Undivided Pi-olits
Circulation
Bond Account
Deposits
* 58,842 41
-8,417 05
1,559 37
25,000 00
11,200 00
1.250 00
81,246 Oli
#207,514 89
t 25.000 00
3,250 00
1,729 23
25.000 00
25.000 00
127.535 6fl
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