Foss Enterprise. (Foss, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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FOSS ENTERPRISE.
Eighth Year.
Foss. Oklahoma, Friday February 5.1909.
Capitol Doings.
West Boggy Sayingt.
A few warm days of late, which
'1 reminds us*of Ciood Old Summer.
I Time.
Tne Naval Approprial ion Bill, ^ ^ buay p|ow.,
raiBed.he House carry.nR Mto- ^
000,000. Last year but $11000001 *
was spent for the whole Augri- | Ben Mabry camo up from Mm-
cultural industry. This compar- co this week and will spend a few
ison is no credit to a Republican days with friends ar.d relatives
before returning.
J. W. McNatt accompained L.
E. Johnson to Cordell Wednesday
of last week.
Over At Guthrie
Congress.
SENATE RAISES PRESIDENT'S SAU
ARY TO 8100,000.
This doubles his present salary
of $50,000' Scott Ferris says
that this is too much salary for
any one man to draw in this A-
tnerican Republic, and he will op.
puse the provision when it comes
to the House.
NO CENSUS JOB FOR DISTRIBUTION
NOV.
Humor has been started that
each Member of Congress would
l)e entitled to make numerous ap-
pointments to tak the next Cen-
6Us and that the appointments
would be made Boon. Such is
not the ea*-e. The bill has not
yet passed the Sanate and as the
matter now stand.-, the Super-
visors are appointed by,the 1 res-
ident and they in turn appoint
the enumerators.
CARTER GOES TO FLORIDA TO
BUILU UP HIS HEALTH.
The Oklahoma. Delegation feels
keenly the absence of C. D. Car-
tor. His ailniei t is plurish, and
while not considered dangerous
it has necessitated his absent*
frcm du y for a lime at least.
CONGRESS BUSY PASSING GENERAL
APPROPRIATION 1 I -LS.
Not many little bills get right
of way here. It is believed that
eome Indian Legislation for Ok-
lahoma will be enacted binding
up some tribal matters on ihe
east side and granting somo ad-
ditional rights to sell and convey
to the Indians of western Okla-
homa.
DAVENPORT TO RUN FOR CONGRESS
AGAIN.
He and family are here till
March 4<h, 1909, at which ^ time
he will be succeeded by C. E.
Creager oi Muskogee.
Oak Creek Items.
We regret to learn of Doe
Jones' leaving Foss for he is a
fine man and we wish him all the
Guthrie, January 28, 1909. succeess in his new place of busi-
Mr Burnett® in in the chair to-. nofe8
day and he ",ej Mrs. Goadard is on the sick list
dignity of an old Master. The
probabilities are that he will be
selected as Chairman of the Joint | Mrs. C. E Hudson was in Foss
Committeo of the Legislature, I the first of the week having don*
and no greater honor than this I tal work done.
could fall to the Representative j ^il^on and family and
,f Wasnita county. LookingWalter Cloud and family visited
: last week. oyer tll0 house, one sees no j ttt C. Goddard's last Sunday.
Sunday School every Sunday , brighter face, nor listens to more ; ^ Jone, came up ,
veiling at two o clock. fluent epeech or a.,und logic; and ch|„,,^.h. th. n„c „( Uie week
the people of Washita county can .iiv.8it ) i ^ <ivek (yr
congratulate themselves on hav- | .
We are glad to report Miss
Grace Barton able to go about with
i,ut the aid of crutches.
W. W. Brown and family visit-
ed at J. W. McNatt'a Sunday
G. T. Duncan has his new resi-
dence about completed.
Mr. George Moore is moving on
the Jim Armstrong property this
week.
A. B. Haws made a flying trip
o Uib t uesday.
Miss Ollie Burke is reported
quite sick at this writing.
ing selected him to represent them j8ome ume*
in the Second Legislature; for he] Jim Hickham and family and
is earnest and sincere and ever j Mrs. Norrit and son were pleas-
alert in the interests of his county ant callers at C. E. Hudson s last
and state. Sunday.
R. 1. Peryman.
Robert Lovell Ferryman wac
born in Randolf, Alabama, May
1tf, 1858. died near Foss, Okla..
r eb. 1, 1909, aged 50 years, V
months and 15 dayB. Bro. Perrj •
man joined the Missonary Bap-
tists. He was married to Miss L.
C. Floyd, Nov. 28, 1880. He
was ordained a Minister of thi
Gospel in the Missionary Baptis*
church, Sept. 14, 1894. He
epent much of his time the lasi
fow years preaching and travel-
ing as an Evangelist. He cam
to Oklahoma from Texas about a
j ear ago and farmed on J. M.
Hoover's farm about 0 mile-
northeast of Foss. While here
he was stricken by that dread dr.
sense, consumption, from which
he has been a patient sufferer for
several months, and though aU
! was done for him by his family
and friends which was possible,
even to sending him to southern
Texas, in hope of benefit. He
gradually grew weaker, and real-
izing the end was near he cam*-
home from his visit for his health
resigned to the inevitable, an-1
said to the writer it it* all right, I
am ready. "Blessd arethedead
who die in the Lord.
Bro. Ferryman leaves a wif*
and nine cildren, three boys and
nix girls to mourn their loss. Fou<-
are small and at home yet. Two
of his married children are ala«>
near home to aid in caring for
him iu their great trial.
Bro. Ferryman was highly re-
spected and greatly beloved by
hands with them ootn a:iu guiuuio all who knew him and leaves a.
b. ck home saying to tbemeelv s; who is going to sell medicine f°t'ja hoHt 0f friends to mourn with
th o the house id composed of j Dr. Koch. j the strLken family in their ir-
representative men from ail parts | ^ K £{uriHell had a valuable | reparable loss. A good man has
Miss Myrtle Hudson, Ova anu
Frank spent Sunday with Miss
[Grace Bronson.
John Cotter of Texas, is here
on a visit with Bill and Clayton
Colter, his brothers.
We have, too, Mr. Reeve, the
Kloiorial Representative of Wash-
ita and Custer counties, who is
an adept in searching for the
good things by which the people
as a whole can profit, lie is
ever ready to take active part,
and time and again has demon-| Lost, somewhere between Oak
strated his fitness for the office | Creek and Canute, a pocket buok
Miss Davis and Maudie Cols, .n! he holds. He, like Burnette, is | containing a handkerchief, a sum
vho ar-attending Hcho-d here at original; an independent, consci-Iof money and other trn.kets
'•resent will enter school at Norti 'envious man, daring to do tho j Finder will please leave with Mrs.
iJuma Monday. Their absence j right as he understands it. Organ or Mr. W. ti. Cotter.
from school will be r. grette i by No brighter minds than these Turk Derrickson and family
both teacher and pupil- , two, no better men than these wero gUe8t8 ttt Abe Murray's the
fn „ , W(. e !two, occupy seats in the House. | fi tQftheweek> Accrn.
T H iS u ton and amtly WV/ There are men whora you and 1
visiting with L. R. Haw8andxuf lmowami whom we both respect
Sunday. \who mi^ntsay. "Then God help
Robert strealy is reported on peo>)lo But with these very , ^ Tue8du„ .
fhe sick list. I words on their lips—were they ■
()nr . . „ol is cmwdec, and all' here in person, they would shake] E. X- Butler is budding a medi-
the pupils seem to think Mi. naods with them both and go, cine wagon forfop
Johnson is the o ily teacher there
is.
j Mr. Editor if this escapes the
waste basket I will come at-ain.
PICKWICK.
North Burns.
J. McCollum went to Cordell
ot ino state, witu the I dit from blind staggers
county delegation standing in the | ^ we-ek
front iank^ j Farmera ar0 aU getting ready
Words ot Encouragement. to plant another crop us we see
Norman, Okla., Jan. 30,1900.-j men and teams in nearly every
Wnile talking with a newspaper ! held.
correspondent today Professor j Mr. Luts of Cordell preached
Chas.'N. Gould, ritate Geologist bl flehool house last Sunday.
and Director of the Oklahoma ! Tht.re will be a box supper at I bits killed on his farm. Thejact
Geological Survey, sai : ^ ! the school house Friday night. | rab jits have incurred his ill-will
"People in the East are wa.:- r.-rfiana has I bv pasturing off his alfalfa t<>
intf up to the realization of Okla- Mr. Pi grim • " • « an extent that a four-acr-'
homa's resources, and there . m .ved on t e' ^ '^oat-' patch is kept down until far into
seems to be a rush tog«tm on the | from * r. ^ ^ ^ ^ )he oarly 8ummer. It is surprise
ground floor. I am reiceving all wrigh a hllfllinlv broutiht' in" what a large amount of sucb
B rts of inquiries tnese days re- j tin place. lW he' forage ihey eat. We would pu,
warding raw material and loca- | h.a b.;« h. U.t « uner ^ ^ ^inst any
tiuna for factories. These in-j would have been alngli J Angora goat that, ever walked,
If whin it c,me to stowing awa.v
llf .... _ t U
slill has those same spells. The)
idea of calling me a Tom Cat
when 1 am a female cat! It goes
from the reports that come from
Oklahoma Creager will not stay
long so Davenport will easily de-
feat him next tune.
R. W. DICK IN WASHINGTON.
The genial warden of Oklaho
ma's Penitentiary here and made
Oklahoma's a call. Ho was in
charge of the "Speakers Bureau"
last campaign.
bio pasture settlers return to
OKLAHOMA.
Representatives of the Big Pas-
ture are interested in the exten-
sion of time for payments till their
hard times were over have been
Square Top.
The directors of the school are
having a well drilled at the school
hou3f>. The school i* progres-
sing nicely. There is an average
of 55 in attendance out of 62
pupils enrolled.
Mr. Tidw. 11 has his new houte
Judfeing | about completed on the Galloway
fallen and we mourn not as thos
who have not hope. Internum',
was at the Foss cemetery, Wed-
nesday, February 3rd, 100$)
A Khiend And Bro.
Tough On Jack Rabbits.
A neighbor is offering a bounty
of 10 cents each for all jack rab-
place
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Hatchett
of Page -and Mrs. Hatchett's
mother, Mrs. Anders >n, of Okla-
homa City, were callers at J. I.
Bryan,8 Tuesday.
The hard wind last Thursday
under con-
Well, well. Krazy Snake ha*
got back, but is no better, tie j tendep a|ffljfa or fresh garden
! truck.-
or
-Mail & Breeze.
FOSS MARKET.
quiries cornea from ull sorts if
' sour.es; bankers, manufacturers,
blew the new house under con"j(Jealer3 and people looking for
stouction, off the foundation on L{lVeKtmt.nt9.
B. W. Stout,s place. "Why shouldn't Oklahorr.a be-)
Tho Chicago chicken buyers con1Q a great manufacturing! U) ahow that he is still crazy, or,
were Canvassing this neighbor- i What more do we need? j he could ltJn rt pUssy Cat from a Cotton
hood last week. | We have the raw material, the|rpom Cat by the hand Write. ^at 1 -
Jim Kerne and Mr Kemp made! fuel, the transportation and the PussyCat.
Jim ive market. The raw material is in- — Holts
a business trip to Chnto j (>xhaU8lible, the fuol will last for; Notice To Warrant Holders. | Chickens, spring
I generations, tho transportation j you are hereby notified that Hen"
nesday.
Kitty.
in Washington for a week with
Congressman Scott Ferris. They Holcombe & Bulow.
returned Wednesday to their Note Holcombe & Bulow's card
people hoping for good things | %vhieh appears in this ls-ue.
and one year's extension. j This worthy firm is located at
j Clinton, the metropolis of West- ^^^nt in Okla-
C-ard of Thanks. i ern Oklanoma. 1 hose gentlemen ^ ^ fail lQ feap lhid re_
!I:S— WeiKRC;
generations, me u^P—-| You are hereoy "'hu^u —• • oVer 7 lbs
facilities will continua to increase holderg 0f Warrents Nos. ^64 and G()bbl;r^
and the market will steadily ; 2^4 inclusive, of tho Town of Foss, j-Juttep
grow. f
"The man who has the capital
and the fore sight to locate manu-
AU
1.00
.47
5.45
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.Os
.l^
.10
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.41!
150.00
— — Butter
are hereby notified to present, the
same before W. J. O'Hara for I Kaffir Corn
payment, as the money for the ■ Bruom Corn .. • — • •
.same is now in the town treasury, j " _
If the same are not presented for Railroad Time Tables
payment within 15 days from this We give below the time of the
We understand that the Prea- j date interest on the ramo will various mail train, on their ar-
U ' 1 rivai m foss:
No. 48—East—8:20 a. m.
No. 41—West—11:40 a. m.
No. 47—Westr-8:02 p. m.
No. 42—East—6:45 p. m.
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Huddlestun, Fred M. Foss Enterprise. (Foss, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1909, newspaper, February 5, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc270534/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.