The Foss Enterprise. (Foss, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1906 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FOSS ENTERPRISE.
VoL. v
FOSS. OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY. AUG. 10.
NO 4.1
Local Mention
NEWS NOTES
♦ +
Aad Observations of People
limine and doing.
Water melon*, big.h'tle, greun.
ripe, red, yellow and white are
now on the market mnd the f «-
five boy, from three to three
score veers, is enjoying life to
the full limit.
If you want to see a fine stock
COUNTRY
Correspondence
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A. L. West was in Clinton | W. G. Taylor is suffering *
Sunday. 'verely with his left eye. It is a^onish you, call at Deason ft
A. L Thurmond was in £lk ■ *UMd M sin*'1 ?rowth on the Co's.. old Rhodes building.
City Monday. | eye ball and has been of several
i years standing.
Lonnie Hatchett was down
wss
from Elk City spending Sunday.
Ypu can buy a good carpet at
30 cants par yard from Herring 4
Young.
Hurley, tha hug buyer, was on
the Kansas City market the first
of the week.
•ilka, silks. Silks at prices
never made in Foss before. Hb-
WW * Yotm .
J. W. Dakar waa down from
i:ik Sunday returning Monday
■oming.
DoMon * Co. excul as under-
lata*. Full line of caskets and
MKal paraphsrnalis.
loha White, tha popular Cor-
dell Kffin, was her* Satur-
day.
Tha Dyaart-B—ts Realty com-
paajr can sail your farm. List it
40-tf
W. J. O'Hara and Mr. Scott of
Klk City drova out to Oacaola
Saturday.
If you want to sell your farm
quirk, list it with the hysart
Baats Realty company. 40-tf
,Vjof. K. E. Darnell mm* to
^^JtfViday whore he visitad the
ijfpimic Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ram Pollett of
Clinton were here Saturday on a
visit with relatives.
J. H. Medden berry waa up
from Clinton Friday looking after
his furniture interests here.
George Massingale waa in
Oklahoma City the first of the
week on business.
To rent for wheat, AO acres
naar Foss, for one-third crop.
1>*3art-Beets Reai.tv Co. 41
Mr*. O. F. Frisbie and chil-
dren returned home Friday after
'" a week's visit with relatives at
Weatherford.
Fhr ten days only, 38-inch
changeable silks,the ti.2ft values
at ti.00 per yard. Hduiino d
Yocao.
Mrs. Madie McCartney return •
ed to her home at Granite Friday
after several days spent hera vis-
iting her parents.
We have a nimh r I buyers
coming in this month and need a
faw more farms. Dtsabt-Beets
Realty company.
Rev. H. K. Orgain returned
home Tuesday after a protracted
stay at Duncan, I. T., where he
Waa preaching.
Tha old Rhodes store building
la full of new furniture, wall pa-
per snd queens*are. It is new
and up-to-date. Dkabom It Co.
FY* Sam—A feed grinder, in
gmd condition, almost new; will
sail chaap. Inquire at Ball's*
confectionery.
Mrs. John Gilchrist laft for
hosis at Berlin Saturday after
a protracted visit with Mrs. .W.
W. Cantatas. Mr*. Gilohrist has
■any frieads hera.
Wa are sailing the 11.26 values
ftl black taffeta silk at $1.00
yard, aad the $1.50 values at
ti .26 a yard, next ton days. Her-
ring d YortNG.
I. M Hoover and wife and J.
M. Rhodes returned homa the
first ai the week from Old Mexi-
co, where they had been on a
short stay.
Those missive iron bedsteads,
fine dressers, chairs, and all
other furniture at Deason dt Go's,
are new snd cheap.
! nesday night, but in FosaThurs
The Heflin Produce Co. sra <jty it WM very sunshiny and
prepared to pay the highest cash | "bloomintf
Vallev View. i mr> ier^ei.s has had a
Rain! ra;n!! rain!!! More >team threshing outfit ship-
of furniture at prices thst wfii i rain, more worry. peJ inft*>m El Heno and it i?
Julius Alexander was sick a|now Kisy threshing oats and
,few days last week, but is now wheat.
Another heavy rain feii_Wed-j able to be at work a^in. D. w. Chapman of Texas
C!!ff Pams.-y and wite. late |M
k. c.| TIE BLOQMEB GIRLS
• €€€
Hava come and gone, but
G*LLOYV/\Y RO .
then bnthe
; Cates for th
iii .aw.
ptcsenl.
iets'L'i.s has
Much damage has been done began a term in vocal music
to the hay crop and unstackedt at the New Hope school house
grim by the recent rains. | last Monday. He Las thirty-!
E. J. Murphy estimates the:,f)ur P"P>,S enrolled.
loss of his crop at $1500.00, j J. C. Hatchett, Sr., who has
caused by recent rains.
Stubble plowing and re-
shocking oats is the order of
the day when it doesn't rain.
Mr. Meecham and fanily of
been under treatment bv Dr.
Jester for some time, is con-
valescing and it is thought
that he will soon be well.
Delia Hinds is expected
price for everything in the way
of produce you have to sell. Sec „J-M' Shtrm*n «*
'all his property here and will
leave in a few days either for
Dick Armstrong has moved his Whitesboro, Tax., or Pawhuska.
house from the east part of town Okla.
to the extreme wsat. 0. Thorn- ! A gentleman by tha nama of
son. the house mover, did tha ■ E1(tin ^ ^ Thmw-Iiy a
work for him. , business gssettaer sad directory
Deason * Co. make a specialty f"r Oklahoma and Indian Tsrri-
of furnishing the fsrmers' borne tory-
with the finest furniture at thaj The prsysr-meating at tha
lowest figures. See them at tha Baptist church last Thursday
old Rhodes stand. night is ssiu to havs been un-
Tha Heflin Produce compaay I «d
is now insitlM is tha new build- th# ver*
ing on Broadway, and a visit A. L. West and Dr. Sandburg
there ravsals that they are pre- .were at Canuta Wednesday to see,. . . . . , ..
pared to handle all kinds of oro- Eli Reep. Mr. Keep is reported «t mg OUr tormer school teach- out a % ord about the growing
Union attended the singing at home next Saturday from a
Valley View Sundav afternoon, j visit to her daughter in Little
George Miller has installed jRock- Ark- Her sistcr whom
a telephone in his residence, s^c ^ not secn *or 5evcra'
and now ranks among the up-! years, came from ississippi
to-date farmers. and V.s.ted them.
miss Lena Alexander is vis-! We can hardly close with-
ducs in short order. [slightly improved, rs wa go to
press.
If you want a good light go to (
ths oil house and buy Eupion oil The only allege veterinery in
86c Gal. or the common coal oil I Washita county is Dr. Chedestar
it aOc Gaaolina at 26c. Try tha I „f Cordell. The doctor will be at
Gupion and be convinced.
Rost. A. KIKO.
John Duscsn was over from
Cordell Wedneaday. John is in
the butcher business there and
is now well locate ! and is making
good.
Lost—A pair of gold-framed
spectacles, somewhere between
Foss and Mr. Hoatdtera.' Re-
turn to this office snd receive
reward. Job* Lovb.
Lee Williams aad little girl
sat to Weatherford Tueaday
where Lee will ha andar treat-
men' by Dr. Lain. We trust that
tha People's drug store in Foes
Saturday Aug. 4. .Ifl-lm
George DeRoin and Buford
CJymer returned home Wednes-
day from Hinton where they wit-'
nessed the Boeton Bloomers play
Hinton a three-two game in favor
of the Bloomera.
Henry Ruyle, F. M. Dondei-
ville, Buford Ctymev and George
DeRoin went to Geary Sunday
whara they played with the Klk
City team against Geary Monday
and Tuesday.
"Rjere was a man prowling
around sms housmt in town this
his full recovery will not be long weak along ab<«t 10 or 11 o'clock
at night. His identity in un-
known, but he is paving the
delayed
The Heflin Produce C. will treat
you right and quote yoa tha
higheet prices for your produoa.
Remember they are first door
west of Rherman's Racket store,
and can save you money.
W. G Cottar returned from
Springer, New Mexico, Friday
where he has extensive cattle
interests. He reports plenty of
rain and crop oonditiona good
there.
The Heflin Produce Co. are
back in businees and are pre-
pared to buy your butter, eggs,
poultry, cream, aad is fact all
your duce. First door weat
of Sherman's Racket stora.
John Bui lard waa arreatad Sat-
urday evening on a charge of
using profane and indeoant lan-
guage, «nd on a plaa of guilty.
Judge Watt fined him Bvedollara
and costs.
Col. J. W. Cunningham return-
ed homa Friday night after a
month's stay in Beaver county.
He report? conditions very pros-
perous there, with splendid crop
prospects.
way very well to ha«e his
earcass perforated with a load or
two of buckshot.
Mrs. Liuie and Charlie Moore
of Gilmer, Tex., ramem taut Sat-
urday for a visit with their uncle
F. M. Long and family. Mrs.
Moore will return home Satur-
day while Charley will probably
remain here until the holidays.
C. 8. Scott, the popular sales-
man at Herring d Young's, and
Willis Mathews, raturned home
Tuesday from a three-weeks'
overland trip to New Mexico.
Tha toys report a most enjoy-
able outing, and they look ruddy
and sunburned.
The case of the Town Foss
vs. Z. N. Nortlirip on a charge of
assault and battery on Walter
White was tried before a Jury
Monday and resulted in a verdict
of not guilty. J. I. Howard, city
attorney, prcaecutad and J. M.
Shelbourne defended.
The pin building of the Elk
City Cotton Oil cjmpany. de-
atroysd the park ball ground and
| a new ground wss laid out and
fixed up down naar the Foss
I Will sell my residence prop- i Hardware company's warehouse
ery and four lots just opposite/" the southeastern p rt of town,
the M. E. church, south, very I The train was six hours lata
cheap. Good house, well, smoke | Thursday and only six innings of
house and other improvements i the bloomer ball game was play
for a good home. If you want a j ed on acconnt of darkness. The
genuine bargain see me at onee. I score stood 2 and 2, when the
M. A. Ritter. I game was called. The game was
. _, , _ i an exciting one from start to fin-
Pitcher Clymer and Freeman;. . .....
. , V , _ . i ish, and it was remarked that
Rhodes, catcher, were at Texola . . ,
tha Utter inn nt loci nr«ioU whnm '^ose girls can sure play base
er, Charlotte Walsh, near;crops, Some of the cotton is
weatherford. 3° rank that it almost hides
Miss Kate Calmes was the, ,h« *round and with favor tble
lucky winner of a fine bed! weather picking will corn-
room suit given away by the [me1ice m September. Com
Custer County News for new |'s s'mP'v immense: every
subscribers. ' 's f001'' w^'c muc't °*,4
, .. , .. J will yield sixty bushels pei
It is conceded that cotton t ....
. . , I acre, if not more. When it
is growing too much to weed, i ' . .,
, i .j. , , • comes to melons, well, we
which will cause late opening * lW
. , .. .. . " wi desist from saying furth-
and make it more subject to 7
c er.
frost.
Mrs. G. A. LaRue is quite1 Notice el He ward.
sick now, but we hope for her Notice is hereby given that the
speedy recovery. Dr. Jeter undersigned will pay mo.oo to
of Foss is the attending phy-|«n* person furnishing evidence
sicia!1 I of the illegal sale of inktxicating
drinks in Fots since June 21.
George Kroth has gone to I upon'Which such parties may be
Holden, Kans., to join his j convicted under the law-
family, who have been visiting! w. L. Lyon,
there for some t ime. Thev! City Marshal,
will return home together.
We are glad to see the in-
Farmers, Attsatlonl
DO YOU WANT TO SKLL?
teres! Tab is manifesting in J Owners of land desiring Ui sell
ur paper, The Enterprise. wiH nnd St *" f'1** h
' list with us at once. Wo have
Are still here with a special sale
of seasonable goods. Beginning
Saturday Aug. 11, we will putotl
sale our entire line of summer
goods, such as Lawns, Organ-
dies, Dimitiea, Batiste, etc., at
priest that you can afford to buy
and lay away if not needed now.
Our fall goods kave already he-
gun to arrive and we have nti
room for them. We will sell 10c
goods for to; 12 l-2c goods,
l.V goods. He; etc. A few odds
and ands at half pries. We will
sell Men's underwear as follows!
2J>c garment*, **•; 3fc garmanta,
26c: 40c garment*, 3 c; «fi<- gar-
ments, 4A<-, etc. Soma odd lots
at even less. Straw hats any
old pries. A fsw two-piece suits
on*-third off. Others at a har-
gsin. A few broken aiaee of
slippers half pries. Standard
oil cloth and prints at lees than
regular prioe. The best overalls
we have ever seen for the price,
if intereeted examine them.
('toeing out a few pair of men's
and ladies' glovss at le*s than
first cost, ('losing out all odde
and ends st prices that will make
| them attractive.
Have eome bargains in laces
| and embroideries, also glass and
graniteware. Still sell Star
tirand shoes. They have made
the greatest rec ord of any shf>a
| house in the world. If they were
| not good, they could not sell
> a million dollars a month. Try a
| pair.
This sale will begin Aug. 11
| and last t«o weeks or until goods
i are eold out.
We will make it to your inter-
test to help us clean up our sum-
mer goods as we muet have the
space for fall goods.
Very truly yours,
Galloway Broa.
Don't forget to call at the Mad-
denberry furniture store and get
prices before buying. Reoeiving
new goods every day. ttltf
M. li. Church Announcement
Services at the M. K. thuroh
will he • eld hereafter as follows
Preaching Hy tHc pastor. Rev.
D. J. M. Wrsnlj fn tile first sn4
third Sundays—at 11 a. m. <*n
the first Sunday snd in theateti-
ing on the third Sunday at # p.
th., ahd this tri continue indeffn-
I Itely. Atl afe intited. Strsngbrs
mads wslrBftie.
■tack Cronln lef. Sunday flwSt.
' Louis it-here he will purchase the
J lsr£e fall stnek (5f geeds Her-
' ring * Voting.
You will want to buy a wagua
beftgo you begin to haul off your
*<jp. We sell (he old reUaldd
P«t«r Schrfttlcr ■ml the justly
1 *e!«#tM MttsbefL There may
fce ether ws^ons as goodi bvt
thdrc ire *twr t ETt£ll. Ttild
is all sr hftnat T,«r^hant ahtuH
head ti Say in sellihg a Wagon.
Wfe sell wagons nn hasy terms.
Se* us before yen buy.
kttfetMo ft Ttrcna.
ff yhu Vant new ftimittoa j>is€
item t «e fsctery and laisct de-
signs, csll crti tfcason t Ob., at
the bid RhodH builditig.
«. J. EhWAkt*
FrMdsttt;
L. CAKTKUOt{
TltfeWaa:
Kr. F. CAHHuri
CuId*.
The Banl< of Foss
CmpitAl $20,000
routi PATRONACiti ©OLICimt*
DiCeOiori
W; F. Can taloU, Samufll Watt; 6ah. RedthOn;
R. i. KdWaMfe, Lamar Cihtalou,
■■■■■
the latter part of last week where ; „
Come on, all you old corres-
pondents and make the paper
as readable as possible.
KRAZY SNAKE.
(Thanks, Krazy. We al-
ways appreciate good letters
from our farmer friends, and
read them with as much in-
terest as you do.—Ed.)
Rural Route No. I.
Charlie Cox's twin children
are both quite sick.
A. H. Strealy and baby are
each on the sick list.
We understand that G. W.
Bowen, sr., has sold his farm
to J L Austin.
A grea; deal of small grain
is sprouting and otherwise
damaged by the wet weather.
Mr. W. A. Ledbetter and
wife are enjsying a few cUys
sojourn in Elk City.
Peaches are a bountiful crop
on Route 1. The large, yellow
Elbertas are now looming up
on the tree? along the roadside.
Peaches three inches in diam-
eter will be numerous.
20 Per Cent
DISCOUNT
Farmers Store.
It is headquarters for everything in ttie line Of
IBT Q00DS, CUVUM,
t BOOTS. SHOES, HATS AXB DftfeSS
j GOODS.
i Don't forget we give 20 per cfent. discount «* all Spring
' and Susssser piece grfMd for
| THE NEXT 30 DAYS
I WpjHillJiavejJgjr^jJ
yrl Wk. goaded, to
jtridtiy.nld wheat lo«.^..,^:
S. N. jommm. Proprietor. fOSS; ^HCLAj
they plaved with T«ola against
the northern buyers.
Maiian It IiABCOCg,
No. 420 Lee bid's;., Oklahoma
City, Okla.
We arc in receipt of a copy of
the souvenir edition of the Sayre
Standard, which is a -very cred-
itable paper, being a boost for
Sayre and vicinity ia an attrac-
tive way. Ths business men of
Sayre are all mentioned and it
abo'inds in hnlf tone cuta'of city
and country scenes.
hid J. W. Darker went about
twenty-four miles north weat of
Krick Wednesday, where he per-
formed the ceremony uniting
Hon Green and Miss Jane Hodges
in holy matrimony. Ben is well
known here and is a hustler, and
we hear that his bride is an ac-
complished young lady. We
wish them all happiness and none
of the jars of diFcord.
Brin^ Your
JobWork
To the
ENTIRPRISE.
The board of trustees met in
ness. The current bills were
allowed. The salary of the city
marshal was fixed at fifty dollars
per month, lees the fees. The
board adjourned until 10 a. m.
Tuesday for the purpose of in-
specting the city jail and order-
Mangum, the games resulting in 8e8sion Mond ht|
8 to 2 snd 2 to 1 in avor of and trBn8RCtp(1 th„ blfgi.
Mangum, but it was not the fsult
of the Foss players.
Prof. Johtf 8. Valker of Ar-
kansas was here Tuesday look -
ing for a school, but sb the posi-
tions here were all supplied he
E. S Hadlock nnd family, ac- 'was '•ompelled to look elsewhere.
companied by his brother from He holds a life certificate in 1 «ng such repairs as may be nec-
Indiana, left last Sunday for [ that state and is doubless a ca- essary. The board met Tuesday
karobe where they will visit a; pable man. morninc and after a thorough in-
sister for a few days. . .... spection of the jail ordered that
I A Btwn thr~h" ,rom windows be placed in same, that
If you want to sell, list your Eastern Oklahoma was unloaded, th„ roof be raiMd nnm fool and
farm with us for quick re«ulU;|here Tuesday. It wss brought j ^ a petUioD door b« pUcw] in.
If you want to buy, let us put | here by the owners on account of glde and tha, tbo flame ^ m(jde
you next to some bargains, the prevalence of such a large BaniUry ,n a!, reepPcU The
41 grain crop in Washita and Cus- inWrjctwi to en.
ter counties. force the health ordinance hy re-
_. .. . .. . auiripg all parties to clean up
Deason, the furniture man, has , ^elf * mit^. Th„ inad;
just received an ele^anl line <>f a partial inspection of a'portion
12-foot Linoleum. Wide enough of the town and found that the
9 to cover your floor without cut- ; allays ind vacant p'.aoes in the
without cost to themselves. This ting. He also has a full line of F*ar Bome °' t'?,, £u,iru'*e
. . 1U ,, _. houses were m a deplorable con-
ought to be a fruitful field as we go-carts. They are attractive djlion Thi8 WM ordered imme-
hava never seen a <*^py of the! and prices right. Coma ar.d oee (diitely remedied ny a thorough
paper in town. thtm. 'cleaning up
Dybart-Bekts Reai.tt Co.
Wa notice from the Clarion that
Miss Kate Saunders has entered
the Oklahoma Post contest fcJ
a prize which would entitle ths
winner to wander in foreign lands
KECNKUTTER
Hammers are all forged in one solid picce of
the highest grade crucible hammer steel with
specially hardened faces.
The nail hammer had extra tempered
claws Each hammer undergoes a severe
breaking test before being finished, and the
quality at)d perfection of each is fully guar-
anteed. When you buy a hammer you want
the best.
The bent is a Kit* KU1HK
HERRING & YOUNG,
ross, Okta.
WEATHER REPORT JIM 0 SfZ.
a 1 _
wood kick on the iind ur wether Wh WrteT 1ft
his muther-en-law.
Jim bot a waggin Ml sez ef \bm oOrfe tnriis 6ui good
dum hardware fellers orter sell a lot tiY vrtiqgiaS. Jim am
kinder wisht he hadn't tride to make aw"
swet runs down on the ink an bl&tfe, h&d ti* dfeto'pnati
couldn't reeid it.
"fJLJ
L. C. Smith double B Bl hdlasKr shot gun
bbi I19.M
Hopkins * A lies single B Bl shot gtin......: 6;10
Wngld B HI shot j un ,'1,60
Stiwen** cfdck shot rifle i;70
So. fl ltt-mi/i^ftih take dawn rifle, paep s^fb#i
Weight 4 pounds at.i.; 3.8d
Stevens MaJ-hard, Jr 8.00
SEWINQ MACHINES.
4-drdwet Dtop Head, diiartlnked - ii II2.SO
Old Reliable White - - - Af ^5.00
DANGEROUS?
NO!
Not with ah
ANCHOR
BUGGY.
ANCHOR patent fifth
wheel can't break, con-
sequently gearing and
wheels won't pull apart.
Anchor patent body con-
struction makes the body
safe and sure under any
strain. Anchor patent
shafts will alwayo keep
your horse right there.
Wi
Remember that all goods in our store is exactly as ad
tised. Our goods will not be misrepresented. You are Invited
to open an account with us. after aoing so send in your ordere
and feel assured yOU will get precisely what you sendfbr.
WE HAVE THEM IN STOCK
UNDERTAKING.
The Washita Hardware add Implement Co.
FOSS, - OKLAHOMA.
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