The Hooker Advance (Hooker, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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THE BEST PAPER. CIRCULATED AMONG THE BEST PEOPLE, IN THE BEST TOWN ON EARTH
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Volome 5.
HOOKER, TEXAS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908.
Number 20.
FOR PRESIDENT
Republican Convention Names Wm. H.
Taft on First Ballot for Successor
of Roosevelt.
Again W. H. Taft has been se-
lected for a hard job. He is used to
them and has shown that he can
make good no matter what the stress
of the position. Roosevelt has tried
him in many ways, given him hard
and delicate work that needed a man
broad and clear of thought. Taft
has shown himself capable. Now the
great party of which he is a leader
has selected him to fill the greatest
official position the American people
can give to any mau. Taft is young;
he is large in stature and in brains,
education and experience. He has
had just the responsibilities needed
to fit him for any position and the
people have shown their appreciation
of the good work he has done by giv-
ing him the highest place they have
to give.
Roosevelt has made such a brill-
iant record and served the people's
Interests so well that to take up the
work where he leaves it off and carry
it on is a task that, few men could
handle. Yet, the experienced public
men of the day have said that Taft
is the man. All that is left now to
be done is to ratify the work of the
convention. That will be easy and
harmonious work. The great rank
and file of the American people will
not hesitate about a choice between
a man who is an "isser" in every re-
spect and a man who is a "has wus-
Commercial club Meets
The last meeting of the Commer-
cial club was a busy one. The mat-
ter of the bridge across the Beaver
south of town was discussed and by
motion it was decided to use the
funds in the hands of the organiza-
tion to help pay for the bridge. Suit-
able committees were appointed.
The officers of the town wore given
the credit they deserve for the able
manner in which they, looked after
the town during the trying times
caused by the recent fire. The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted by a
unanimous vote:
Be it resolved by the Commercial
club of Hooker, That we heartily en-
dorse the action taken by the board
of trustees and the justice of the
peace of the town of Hooker in the
late efforts to provide proper laws
and to enforce the same, and we, the
Commercial club of Hooker, pledge
ourselves to support them in their
action of the same. We further in-
dorse the action of the trustees in
passing the ordinance providing that
all new buildings shall be ironclad or
better.
MATT BROWN, President.
D. L. BURKET, Secretary.
WM. H. TAFT
Presidential Nominee of the Chicago Convention
A New Industry
There are plenty of things the ed-
itor don't know, but he learned one
new thing at least this week. The
wonders Of tin and galvanized iron ,
are growing. We learned that our
tinner, David Curtis, is actually mak-
ing granaries out of galvanized iron.
They are made rain, mouse and fire
of many a lost battle. At this ^oof, so they look like a good prop-
time more than ever before the peo-osition. They are light and have the
pie demand a leader who does things . M # Ca" n ta)f,
and does them now. A man who has ! right to the machine for small grain,
put in the best years of his life tell-j The scheme is worth looking up for
ing other people how to do things prospective builders. He assures us
. .. ... tViot tlm nrino will nnmnaro fnvnrnmv
and kicking about the way others
have done the great work that has
been going on around us is no more
fit to do things than a preacher is to
run a railroad. Of course the de-
mocracy does not expect to win,
therefore all they want is a caliope
to lead the procession. They have
the material well seasoned for the
work and their convention will only
be a ratification.
It is well. There is usually some
uncertainty about the result of the
election, and that is a hindrance to
business. That element is practically
eliminated from this campaign al-
ready
business will proceed as usual this
year, as the only question is as to
the majority. Keep your eye on Taft.
He is not only the man of the hour
but a man of power.
that the price will compare favorably
with that of a frame granary. See
him.
Fulton Here Today
Hon. E. £?. Pulton, congressman
from the §econd district of Okla-
homa, and candidate for re-election,
is expected to be in Hooker today
and will address the people at a con-
venient hour. Everybody is invited
to come out and hear him.
New Pews.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E.
There is little doubt that all church has been doing some good
hustling lately and as the result of
their work they uow have the church
seated with some fine new pews. This
will be a great comfort to the atten-
tive members, and will also be a
great consolation to the preacher.
The people won't have such a good
excuse for making a noise as they
had with the chairs.
Something You Need,
We often call attention to things
in the paper that are worth saving,
and sometimes we wonder if anybody
heeds. Well, whether they do or not,
the things are worth it. This week
■jve call attention to two things that
should be saved. They are the full
text of the Oklahoma Primary law
and the full text of the republican
national platform. We have been to
considerable expense to get these two
articles out In this issue and hope
they will be appreciated. As it gets
along toward election time you will
be asking questions about the elec-
tion law if you don't save it while
you have the chance. No matter
what your politics you need the plat-
form of the republican party at hand
on a campaign year, so^ou can be
sure of your ground when you get
into an argument. It will pay you
to keep these two pages of matter
for reference. Do as you are told
for this once.
It's to your interest to see Baker
Bros, if you want a farm loan.
Colts Run and Kick
Monday afternoon as Mrs. J. P.
Long, who lives nine miles north of
town, was driving home from town
with her daughter and daughter-in-
law, the team of 2-year-old colts she
was driving became frightened at a
young mule wearing a yoke and ran
away. Mrs. Long hel<^ to them and
did all that could be done to hold
them to a steady pace, but once
started it was not long before they
started kicking, and this jolted the
buggy until the occupants were un-
seated and hurled to the ground. The
lines broke and one colt had kicked
entirely loose before Mrs. Long was
thrown out on her head and shoul-
ders.
An estimation of the damages
proved that nothing serious had be-
fallen any of them except Miss Louie,
a 14-year-old girl, who had a broken
leg. George Circle came to the res-
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Copyright. MOT, by C. D. Frey.
School Land Bill
The following communication from
Senator Morris concerning the pro-
posed bill which provides for the sale
of the school land of Oklahoma will
be of interest and should be read by-
all of our readers:
To the People of Hooker and Vicin-
ity:
All persons who desire the submit-
ting of a bill providing for the sale
of the school lands to the people, to
be voted on at the November elec-
tion. will please come in and sign a
petition. The petitions must be in
by July 1. Blank petitions ami
copies of the bill are at the offices of
K. S. Peck and Baker Bros: also at
Citizens Bank. Hooker. If you are
in favor of selling the school lands
come and sign the petitions. Section
12 of the bill readH as follows:
"Upon the sale of such lauds as
provided herein, If any lessee hav-
ing preference right to purchase as
provided herein, and falls or refuses
to pay the highest bona fide public
bid thereon, then the purchaser snail
pay to the commissioner of the land
office to reimburse the lessee having
such preference right the appraised
value of all such Improvements.
"Sec. 13. In addition to the value
of the improvements, 5 per cent of
the purchase price of the land shall
be paid at the time of the sale, ex-
cept. where the land sells for less
than one thousand dollars, in which
case the initial payment shall be
fifty dollars on any quarter section.
The remainder of the purchase price
Bhall be paid In forty equal annual
payment with interest at the rate of
per cent per annum. Provided,
that at the expiration of five years-,
the purchaser may pay all deferred
pavments, both principal and inter-
est." J. S. MORRIS.
Enthusiastic
cue and brought them back to town,
where the fracture was reduced by
Dr. Risen. Only the large bone was
broken between the knee and
and the young lady was taken
the same day.
ankle,
home
An enthusiastic railroad meeting
was held at the court house at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon and a large
crowd was in attendance.
Mr. Tack of Wichita, Kan., C. H.
Holmes of Gage and Mr. Kerns of
Sunset, this county, the promoters
of the new railroad proposition,
known as the Oklahoma. Heaver &
Northwestern, were present.
This is In our judgment one of the
best propositions for a railroad In
Beaver county of any that has yet
been proposed.
If there is anything that the peo-
ple of Beaver county need it. Is a
railroad, and !f everybody wU^ get
down 10 business and work we" can
get the road.
The men are ready and have the
money to finance the road as soon
as the people along the proposed line
do their part.
The proposed road starts from
Gage, Okla., via Reaver to Hooker,
Okla., thus connecting the Santa Fe
with the Rock Island railroad.
It Ib true that the men who pro-
pose to build the road wants some
assistance from the people who are
benefited, but show me a road that
has been built In the west where the
people did not help to build It.
The proposed road will be char
tered in a few days and the organi-
zation perfected and then business
will pick up, and every man between
Gage and Hooker wants to make
himself a committee of one and go
to work. If you don't want to do
anything yourself, don't knock, and
throw cold water on the proposition
just attend to your own business, and
the other fellows will build the road
for you, and then you' will feel
ashamed of yourself.—Beaver Jour-
nal.
BRINE AND FIRE
Here Is a Suggestion that We Provide
Casks of Salt Water for Fire
Protection.
The following letter to the Ad-
vance from R. R. Johnson of Bloom-
ington, Illinois, contains souie val-
uable suggestions. Mr. Johnson is
president of the Johnson Transfer &.
Fuel company of Bloomington. He
was here last spring and invested lu
some Texas county farms.
"Bloomington, 111., June 17.
"Hooker Advance, Hooker, Okla.
"Dear Editor: While in your vil-,
lage in March I realized the possi-
bilities of no water supply of any
quantity to speak of in case of fire
and called one of your business men
just south of the south tank atten-
tion to saftie and thought how much
better it would be if they 'Jul more
faucets uear by In case fire occurred
so that you could get a quick supply
from the source you have, and learn-
ing of the fire I Becured enclosed
copy which gives facts from the New
York state fire commissioner's report,
and if you will call your merchants'
attention to this you will prevent
serious trouble occurring again, pro-
viding you become aware of it In
time. 1 waB very sorry to learn of
the occurrence, but we had such here
a number or years ago and It was
really a benefit to the city, and 1
hope your people will agree on side-
walk levels and building elevations,
etc.. so that your Main street will
lopk much better in years to come.
Hoping that this may be of some
service to you and yours, I remain,
"Yours respectfully,
"R. It. JOHNSON."
The report of the New York fire
commissioner referred to by Mr.
Johnson follows:
More fires are extinguished an-
nually with pails of water than by
any or all other kinds of lire extin-
guishing apparatus combined, for the
reason that they are always ready,
simple and effective. The official re-
turns furnished by the New ^ork
B^ker Bros, make farm loans.
state fire commissioner for six con-
secutive years show that of 1.1,25;
fires reported, 8,453 of which were
extinguished by palls and casks of
water, and it Is conceded that one
pail of brine is equal to four times
that amount of fresh water for fire
extinguishing purposes.
"To properly prepare each cask of
salt water, 7.j pounds of coarse salt
should be thoroughly dissolved with
boiling water, and then &dd 3 pounds
of bicarbonate of soda, which will
prevent freezing and preserve It from
becoming stale. Casks should have
dust-tight covers, and during ex-
treme cold weather the brine should
be stirred frequently.
"The caskB should be placed at the
head of each Btalr landing, and If
the building is large, a cask should
be placed at each end of the builds
Ing, with two metal fire pails with
each cask, and used for fire purposes
only.
"The best fire pall Is that made of
heavy galvanized iron, and they can
be procured at a cost of about $3 per
dozen. Oil or pork barrels are the
most serviceable and can be pro-
cured, nicely painted, at the moderate
cost of $ 1.2 r> each."
For Sale or Trade.
My entire Btock of drugs; every-
thing first-class: fine factory fixtures.
Will trade for Beaver or Texas coun-
ty land; land must be deeded. Here
is a snap for some one. My time is
taken up by other business Ib my
reason for wishing to sell.
Address W. H. WILLHOUR.
19-4 Beaver, Oklahoma.
JUST UNLOADED
A car of Moline implements.
A car of pipe and pump material.
A car of wire and nails.
We also have the Star and Samson windmills.
The Weber Columbus, and Mandt wagons.
A stock of shoes from which we can fit and please any
- one.
HOOKER,
Come in and See Us.
C. F. ROSE
OKLA.
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BAKER BROTHERS
Farm Loans
Real Estate & Insurance
Have Opened Temporary Office
in Citizens bank j
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Moffitt, Jesse S. The Hooker Advance (Hooker, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1908, newspaper, June 26, 1908; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc273062/m1/1/: accessed April 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.