Porter Enterprise. (Porter, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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PORTER ENTERPRISE
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We will Compete
With tlio World
on Joh Work
Best Weekly
Paper In the
United States
Porter Creek Nation J T Thursday February 15 190G
Volume 3
Number 12
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THERE - IS
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Still
Good
Pithing
The winter season may bo
short ‘yet there will bo some
weather that you will have
to keep prepared for
You don’t feel that you
can afford to pay full' price
fo articles that will be
needed only for a short time
land we don’t feel that wo
can afford to carry them
over for another sea1 on and
to meet both these condi-
tions we are going to offer
Special Saturday Bargains
for people who want to save
money on their purehates
Several Overcoats s and
suits will be sold at hill
price Blankets and com-
forts will be reduced 25 per
cent This will continue
through February and March
Match for Bargains every
Saturday- -
A priest in Wllkesbarie' Penu
sylvania bus laid down the' fob
owing rules hi regard to court
ship the members of his flock
living requested to follow them?
Street flirtations are ‘ hot'
ooked upon with favor 1
No courtship should Ite longer
than six months' and if ut the
end of that time the young man
does not propose then it is time
to dismiss him us there are just
as good fish in the sea as ever
were caught ' (1J
In receiving male company
dris should make the hour be-
t
In Suits : Overcoats
m
TO
TRADING
COMPANY
My dear Valentine -
The nations oi the eaith are
attempting to till the White
House attic with old junk
Many a man born in a sod
house or a log cabin lias bo
come famous Look at us We
were born in a log shack with
holes lif the sides of the building
big enough to throw uu 800-
pound bull calf through
Fay Todd of Muskoggee has
bought the lumber yards of
H H Seeley and Geo A Seeley
and Geo A Seeley of Horter
Mr Todd is an old lumber man
and understands the lumber
y business thoroughly Just wlmt
are the plans of Seeley & Sou for
tlm future we are unable to
state but we under taud they
have under advisement a gilt
edge proposition
Hundreds ' of cattle ' are
dropping dead la southeast
Missouri from an unknown
cause says the Higginslille
Advance In ono herd ulone 188
cittle died instantly and in
another fmty uud tt Is feared
that If the onmo is not uscer
tallied the cattle in the nf cited
section will be entirely ex ter-
initiated So far the trouble hot
been confined to XeW Madrid
and Mississippi counties One
farmer while Mrundlng in the Held
examining a fine beef with a view
to shipping it to market turned
his lieud for ainomepttoanswer
some one who icuiled from the
rear He herad a full and turning
nround saw the steer lying dead
' its -mouth half full of herb
age Ir D F Lucky state vetor
inafluu (s making nq Invest Igcv
tiob-Ci v
znjsnifony pretensions In the
gantry having such feature reg
ulsrly is worth the price of tho
publication The Indian depart
went is more- profusely illus-
tittted this uiunth than ever la
f-ipN iand its stones history
and poetry nee worth a place in
-lie library of every mail tlmt
wonts keep upon the history ami
i tenet urs of tlm rod man of
this country Beginning- with
this number the magwziuo
appears on the newsw stands all
ovrJAe country even the m-
rojadi Nevy'York City— liar
uu tieea so ircognizml oa
uerUe that is now handled a
ween 8 and 10 o’clock p ra -oktoptfie new stands b- i
i lid calls should bo received only 'rnsrgp lews company fioi
u a week
Cbrosl Conslpetlos Cur4
One who suffers from chronic
onstipation is in danger of
many serious uilments Orinn
(nxntive Fruit Kyrup eures
bionic constipation as it olds
gisrion un-l stimulates the
iver and bowels restoring tin
iftturnl action of these organs
Co nmuce taking it today and
-oil will feel liettcr at one
iino Laxative Fruit Si cupdoes
not nnuseiite or giipe and b
very ' pleasant to tat e Kefusc
ulwtitutes Sold by the Hadley
Diug company
Sturm’ Statehood Msgskin
The rains hare set in
Pooi’ Nick 'you have our
sympathy
Tulsa Masons will build e
83000 Temple
Julius Dalton drove over t
his farm near Ross Monday
It does not seem consistent
that n cigarette fiend should be
a temperance advocate
Thirty Inches of snow in Ver
innnt Great Goodness! In the
Indian Territory we work in nm
shirt sleeves and tho doors
stnnd wide open ult day long
There is a Indy stenographer
in Topeka Kansas who not-
unllv refuses to talk with news
pnper Reporters because they are
so naughty "Why’ Rays she'
“they even smoke ” 4
The new Queen of Norway is
not very well equipped -with
jewels that is for aqueen As the
youngest of three sisters her
share of pretty things was nat-
urally smaller then those of the
other two The most imposing
ornament of which she - ran
boast is a diamond necklace
left her by her godmother the
old Duchess of Invernness A
condition attached ' to ' the
logaoy was that on no account
should it pass into her posses-
sion until her wedding day It is
said that when at last she was
permitted to clasp it about ' her
neck she 'said ooquettlshly to
her husband that he must not
take too much credit to himself
as her bridegroom lor sho felt
she must “make some sacrifice”
to gain possession 61 ligr god
maUwr’z legacy
Srurm’a Sratehood Magazine
tor February isdecidediy the best
magazine that has ever been
by that splendid territorial pub
cation and the stories are of
general interest The 'leading
ni-tide is of Governor Frantr
and is concluded by giving A list
of all the territorial governor
together with by whom1 op
pointed and their term of office
The illustrations of tbir art ids
include pictures of all of the gov-
ernors together with that oi
Urs Frantz The story is one in
hicli every one will take no
-mull interest The second
story is “Building uCitv iu the
Prairie Grass” and is concerning
Oklahoma City and was written
by R E Stafford editor of the
OKluhoman of thutcitji It is tin-
bust presentation-of that eftyi’s
emarkuble growth in the six
teen years of its life we - liavi
aver Been The story is well illus-
trated with pictures of t he best
buildings of tho city street
scenes residences and of Bsveral
train loads of cotton mak-
ing the illustrations of great
interest to tho public Another
story is entitled "A Home blii
Nature's Wealth" and it is one
that will bo read witn interest'
around the world as it concerns
the home of Grabtun burnham
the noted newspaper correspon
dent who went into ths dense
foreft eighteen miles south'- of
dhawueetOitluhonu and Ahsnt
built the j most unique hotnwin
ob lh story reveals it really is
Thai building Is large suough
40! house almost aXy family yet
it h huilt ' of ' logs' sawed on
three - sides which with the
nigged rotfglr exposed - leaves
the imprCsslotf that it is only an
ordinurr log bouse However it
together with tlm ‘general sur-
r iui d ngs are all that one is
likely to suspect that it is more
than the appearance warrants
and as the story reveals that it
really is The illustrations alone
tell of tills attractive homeland
that It is the finest out doors A
hut ure of the place is ths fact
tlmt it 14 in the best- huntihg
camp in the two territories- On
the world’s stags the fiction and
the general contentaof tho mag-
azine are us good as nr found
In any of the eastern magazines
yet its Indian department which
by tjioAvuy (p tho1 only jmvgp
Domingo mess tho debate bo
tween Shiih tins Spooner and
Tiilmnn clearly shows that the
president brought about by
modus vivend! precisely what
the neuatn refused to let him
HCiouiplUU by treaty And the
masses applaud - They lovohiiu
for Ins impulsive nature They
trust Una for his honesty They
believe in him for his “Amer-
icanism' as any political thin?
that is signally audacious is
come to be called The president
is high upou a pedestal Alibis
t h bibm to Iks gait and Iraui enemies pan aoi pull him down
jceati fo ocfoo When one von-
sidern'ljpi lack that thla pnbUca
itoa ithutsip mgpths old such
recognjtloH 14 rvmsrkable and
espetlalQf elooo ttU published
V III I fan Territory where pub
ic opinion has in some wny iui
ogined that igilnrance and
-iqierstitioii aliounii Rut tin-
vcy ftwt that sucli u puMicn-
tion crimes out of bis new rouii
try siwins to give it an audienco
hU'J ' having “made good” tbt
magacipe is doing more to cor
rect1 these' false impressimn
abroad hi the states concerning
tlw tmritorins than anv othei
agency Notwithstanding its
merits gnd improvement the
magazine wQI continue to be
old at the popular price of
Cue month one dime nud one
ysar on dollar” It is pub
iiehed at Tulsa Indian Terri-tory
iu no other prasident we ever try it will be a free-for-all Self
lud It is a strictly ioliticnl erected iedestals will lie smashed
and an exclusively European und out of the wreck otilatra
affair and yet we are in It up to and political aspiration Will
our elbow’ As for the Snuto ‘ emer re only those leaders "who
may have demonstrated their
ability to lead not by reason of
-v
Noipa! thews can manufacture
pahti opinion adverse to him
TUe eam man who can barm
Theodora BoaeeveU is Theodore
Roosevelt i3mU Be came very
neuter rmbroing hiWMil Uh a
force he hU pmrgv hut annvme
that might bav hod diaaotrou
conrquences Wheo helodotsed
the pledgH of the secretary of
war to buy uutreriaU aitd sup-
plica for the cauul in markets
where they were to lie lmd
cheapest a gro e I went up that
there wuh no mistaking i he ad
uinistrutioii heard it with con-
cern und so fur ns wa have light
ou t he subject bowod to it and
reversed Itq policy accordingly
U is an attribute of greatness to
know whan to be iliscreet—
Vusliingtoii Fobt -
LrlpS eeS raHMOtW
Foley’s Honey und Tar cures
i giippe' fvMnriiwTawt prarams
wrimeesMeg-i T pnnmoeiiiv ! Uefbse any hot the
lieuutne ia the yellow package
8old by the Hadkgr'Bftig earn-
panyi -
New Ones
During the week the following
nointm have been added to out
subscription list
Fred ftiucruugh Kenuey liii
tioia
being the political protogee of
some eastern politician who lias
held a position by iippolntiuent
but by reason of their ability 1o
lead at the ballot boxes where
one American cithern counts for
as much 'u another The pre-
liminary skirmishes are even
now in progress in both pArties
but they are as the gentle sum-
mer zephyrs to the howling
cyclone compared to the
struggles coming ns the year
gro -vs older— Phoenix
Not Jmt AS Uoou”lis ths licet
Oeets't ft Hu i e rare u uofsil-
l'ffp uKfuiMiBwvy ol etiealitev
snsmaterAMeurv -i'n riSKIN
UJIULtSI It la P4rtir H'r a le
a prmsfUy reUevlBenil yernusea i
itrl
ThvtbllNtof ! wee than e
tHWW-wm Hern MB) HH Meyers
ut Stilt sstwi SsWc Voitwsunt grsu
bilge sms W iw we el it iulrndno
Uluute LlgMeingOU et Mlilldgevibv
Uln se I bevs Bisny (nsnde end rein
Wee there -1 can recommend it a
ths bear mt-dicinv lrvrrhadfn tny
house - It esred me of a bad ui
hs Bloody Flux III leas tb-n pur-tnl
cur end it ourvd mv grand dhngtiiei
1 a bnd eats of Cholera Horbua hi
rrry abort rit-ld by lfuih-y
Drug Co
The Presidents Popularity
rTbrlt'at of enipireof tho great
epUblia‘-M fir 4be west beyond
the Alleghenies— In Ohio and
Michigan and west of Ohio and
Micbiganin the middle west itnl
the traiis-Mississifipl Thera h
pnbiic opinion and he that has
the support of those sections
may deem himself scure The
middle west and beyond Itelievr-
in -Theodore - Roosevelt and
therein is his gi-eat strength Nr
other president but Jncksou
ever had such hold on the
masses on the class Lincoln
culled the plain people ID Folk
or Hayes Fierce or Arthur the
elder dlarrisoii or the younger
HnfrisOii had' done the tilings
that ItousHvelt tlias doiiowlth
tmpnnity iaad evsu with ap-
plaice biluidminktratlon would
have been loaded down witli
public obloquy Tbs aw low
gotten peuslon order wa noth-
ing but- president iftade law' and
law that- cMigreee expiwealy ra
fused to make1 and yet it ren-
dered the ndministratioii
stronger thun lielore There
was Ho effort o excuse it except
bv recrimination “the last re
source of guilt" Then' there
was the l’uuama secession nud
rebellion that any half dozen
American policemen could have
overthrown -in hull a - dozen
hourz-rthat tnsde tlm president
ntora popular than ever iusteud
of fringing to his adminisi ra-
tion the rebuke that perhaps it
merited Here is this Algrairus
conference that none of his pre
deoessnrs would havdreniiiml
of participating inland whiuli
the people yrohld hr-tleratvd
"Mlb
Nail arsa mighty gook thing— par
tlcuUrly ftnaer nutla— but 1 Ami’t hs
Have they were IntemtHtl solely for
crstahlog though I uae into Isrgaly
for-hatpurp in for asvsfal vsars
wss anrely efltlpUsl S' rt hal to do
Wl
One applteat Ion uTIl unfa Cure how
hvst lelicvsd my It -h mud lest that
nne hoi cured ms mtlmly' IM
Wahu Indus Tszsi— 8iM by llad
y Drug 5o
A Buty Sureyner
There will be something doina
nrMSswsmt
ltV(UmMol
VHhtt SlMtwn
t IUMC
iisubles srs rebsvsd by
asprtoatlooi eursd by oos box—
leyHsdlsy VrwgOs
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FIRST
m
At Porter in theludisn Terri-
tory at tba dost! of business
‘anuary 381006:
RESOURCES
xmns and disctiuiitef 1 8037 1 4
Overdrafts secured
und unsecured 172354 v '
JS bonds to secure
circulation t 638000
'remiams ou U S
bonds 37600 v
ranking bouse furn-
iture and fixtures 583233
Other real estate owned 40617
Utkr-fftirn National - ---Bauks(tiottvserve
i
agents 381093 '
lue front- appro ved ‘
raw-ve agents -G 788fi fi t
JbemcH and ot)ier cash ’ ‘ ’ '
item-
Exchange tor clear-fc '
lnghoue 34660
Notea of other No -
tioual Hanks 82000
Fractional paper
currency tikkels
and conts 6807
Speoie 311800
Legal tender ”
notes ' 61000
Redemption fund
with U 8’ treasurer ) l
(5 pir centof cirtu-
latioiLi - 31360
in the two territories ilk 1806
after that joint stuteliood bi
posses the senate and is signet
by the president First wi
roine the party primaries (or the
election of delegates to recm
ing disti lot convent kins From
these conventions delegates wi
beelACtedto the constitutlona
coiifwition '1'lien the recording
dlWtMctf- or comity conventions
eltt'be pulled off and oounty
thketshamsd After these will
eorae'tb' eoiigreslons) convvn-
tlows to tioiitinate oongrraemen
fiomtbe various districts and
then the big ahow will opetr-qnd
the state tickets will be planed
iu ths Add Meanwhile the con
atitution makers wilt have
ground out a document to lie
submitted to the people lor roll-
flmtlon oud next November will
witness tlm greatest battle ot
I he ballots ever fought on the
continent and nontnn lives who
cun even intelligently guess
what the icsult will be Imme-
diately utter the election when
the state legislature is nunied
the real struggle for United
States senators will come mid
them) plums will furnish the in
oontive tor is coutest that It will
be worth getting up nights to
ec In tliWaictitiu ot the couti-
Totui M4Qaaoa
LIABILITIES
Capital stoek paid 1093500006
Surplus fund 30000
Undivided profits
less expensas and
taxepaid 78607
Nationu! bunk notes ' '
outstanding 635000
Individual deposits
subject to check 1040316
Demand certificates
of doposit 100580
Total 'iuiooooa
United States of Americttl B 1
Wratern District Ind 'Ter J B
1 T I Funk cashier of the
uliovo named bank do solemnly -swear
that the above statement
is true to tha heat ol tny kuowb 1
odes andr belief '
J P FUNK Chicr
Sobsenbed and sworn to be
fora uts thla 6tb day ol Fele
ruary 1000
VM BRISCOE e
Notary Public
Correct— Attest:
V RCoen J
D ft MioutitroN iDirret'ors
J W Hensley 1
' First sg Sotsjr’a Hsssy S4 Vss ‘ 1
Foley ft Co ChlcegiK oilg-
inuted lltmoy nnd Tor 0'
throat nud lung remedy and ou -account
of the grrst nlVrir ttli i
tuipnlai ity of Fulev'allbnev urn!
Tnr mnny imltutionsorsiiffared !
for the gpivotiKs -Three -worth
haw imitatksm1 have similar'
sounding names' ' BsWHre ol
them Tlie’ uvimlne' FoleyV
Honey und Tar i 1 6-veilow "'v'
pnckugei Ask’fur W Mil
any substitute 'It It
remedylifr cotuhnndeoli?i'ckT- 4
1 liy the llnrilvj Dttij nompnty
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Bentley, George L. L. Porter Enterprise. (Porter, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1906, newspaper, February 15, 1906; Porter, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2042239/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.