Cushing Independent. (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1908 Page: 1 of 10
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CUSHING INDEPENDENT.
Volume VII
Cushing, Payne County, Oklahoma, June 18, 1908.
Number 28
Get Votes in the Independent's Piano Contest of Owen's, Phenix, High, Walters, Erwin and at This Office
LOCAL NEWS.
Many fishing parties are on
the move.
A brother of Henry Sargent is
visiting here,
Billy Harris was in Stillwater
visitor 8unday.
Martin Thorp was in Still-
water last weak.
Some folks are happiest when
they owe the most.
The Leader store is selling
good Calicoes per yard 5c.
Nearly the whole town has
caught the base ball fever.
The farmers are having a
battle royal with the weeds.
M. H. Wiggs will go to Kansas
to work in the harvest fields,
C. W. Carpender went to Still-
water on business yesterday,
Cushing's ball diamond is con-
veniently looated at any rate. ^
J. H. Bellis returned Sunday
from a business trip to Shawnee.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bellis were
Oklahoma City yisitors Tues-
day.
James Kolburn went ts Ar-
kansas City on business Tues-
day.
W. G. Davenport, livin g north
east of town, has a very sick
baby.
The Free Press is building a
Santa Fe division at Ralston on
paper.
The only big 4th. in Cushing
this year is the Big 4 barber
shop.
O. R. Lilley was at Pawnee
and Stillwater the latter part of
the week.
Twenty thousand dollars would
build a good water works plant
for Cushing.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Harmon, on Tuesday, June 16th,
a daughter.
H. L. Williams came up from
Chandler Friday and remained
over Sunday,
A stereopticon entertainment
was given at the Masonic build-
ing iast night.
Victor Talking Machines and
Records from $17'00 to $30.00 at
Hughes Haidware.
J. H. Bellis has just completed
the ereotion of a neat barn on his
residence property.
C. E. Newlon was here from
the vicinity of Yale Friday visit-
ing his brother, H. B.
W. A. Smith, of Booneville,
Ky., is here visiting his daught-
er, Mrs, H. C. Manning.
Stillwater is becoming ?oitified,
having a "day current" from its
electrio lighting system.
Mrs. E. A. Smith has been
quite sick for the past few days,
but is improving at present.
Miss Louise Holland returned
home Tuesday, after a six weeks'
visit with relatives at Perry.
Mr, and Mrs. Chester Lowry of
Stillwater passed through Cush-
ing Sunday enroute to Chandler.
The way to celebrate is to cel-
ebrate, and the fourth is only two
weeks off. Where are you going?
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Waters are
ocoupying the residenoe property
reoently vacated by Roy Priests'.
Miss Laveta Pippenger has
been quite sick with typhoid
materia fever, but is improving
Albert Jorns, of Perkins, was
here Tuesday between trains,
shaking hands with old friends.
Several young men of this
vicinity expect to go to Kansas
to find employment in the har-
vest fields.
John Stillwell has gone to
Great Bend, Kas., where he will
run a tract.on engine during the
harvest season.
Rex Winget is wearing crutch-
es as the result of a very sore
toe from which he had Dr. Man-
ning remove the nail.
H. G. Brandenburg and H. C.
Smith, of Booneville, Ky.,
brothers-in-law of Dr. Manning,
are visiting in Cushing.
Billy Harris, Indian, was in
Justice Gibson's oourt Tuesday
on a plain drunk charge. He
paid a fine of $3 and costs.
Just now our people are en-
joying the first fruits of the pri-
mary system in being pestered
with nomination pititions.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Marrs
came up from Cushing last week
and will probably locate at
Glencoe again.—Glencoe Mirror.
Dr. Reed, a surgen, of Okla-
homa City, and Dr. Davis, of
Davenport, were here last Thurs-
day as counsel in the case of
Mrs. Phil Comer.
The general health of this
community is said to be splendid
at this time, nevertheless we
notice ajnumber of well developed
cases if that tired feeling.
The Press man wants Still-
water to have a "ten thousand
club." Better make it three or
five, Brother 1 "Small beggin-
nings"—you know the rest.
The Presbyterian Aid Society
wsll serve ice cream and cake
Saturday, June 27th, afternoon
aad evening, on Broadway, in
the Kittredge '.building. Every-
body invited.
We were hugged by a drunken
Indian on the street of Cushing
a few days ago. Ugh! and are
now in favor of "Jim Crowing"
the noble Red Man's salubrious
friendliness.
Judging by the number of
legal notices Will Rer.dall's
paper is carrying, the editor oan
afford a more expensive diet
than eracked corn though living
at Hominy.
S, Q. Williams has returned
from a few months visit at
Blooming Grove, Texas, and is
again at his old position behind
the oounter in Coverdale &
Wray's store.
Tuesday Dr. McHenry ampu-
tated, at the second joint, the
fore fingers on the left hand, of a
ten year eld step son of L. Kirt-
ley, The lad had mashed his
finger in a corn sheller.
Mrs. Roy Priest left for Win-
field Sunday to join her hasband,
who is employed there on the
telephone line. Mr. and Mrs.
Priest expeot to return to Cush-
ing to live in a short time.
A subscription puper is being
oiroulated among the business
people of Cushing by O, P.
Rathbun to get funds to assist in
plaoing a ferry boat on the
Cimarron northwest of town.
Cash Cade sncceeds himself as
national committeeman for Okla-
homa. and a wiser choice could
hardly have been make.
Mrs. Falor. of Chicago, who
has been here visiting her friend,
Mrs. Fred Swartout, several
weeks, returnshome next week.
A eolored wedding is in pro-
gress in the old town as we go to
press, which it is .said is a swell
affair. A large number of in-
vitations are out.
O. R. Lilley will build a new
residenoe on his Broadway lots.
The party in the old town he
bought the house of, or thought
he had, having failed to com-
plete the deal,
W. E. Moreland went to Cush-
ing Friday to meet Mrs. More-
land and children who had been
visiting relatives in Shawnee.
They came home Friday even-
ing.—Perkins Journal.
Preaehing services at the
Christian Church, next Lord's
day at 11 a. m. Sunday school at
10 a, m. and Childrens Day Pro
gram at 8 p. m. Everybody
welcome,—C. E. Smootz, Pastor.
The weather man ',has evi-
dently become ashamed of the
over dose of water given us and
now sends the rain only at night
when the people are not awake
to protest as vigorously as they
should.
C. E. Still was up from Cush-
ing Monday and while here trad-
ed his frame business building
adjoining the Lewis grocery
store for the half interest of C, K.
Lewis' grocery business at Cush-
ing.
Suman A Son are exclusive
agents for carbolineum and in
the name of the manufacturers
they are authorized to guarantee
one application to keep your
poultry houses free of mites and
ohioken lice for a whole year.
This afternoon the Cushing
ball nine will play on the home
diamond, a team composed large-
ly of railroad men, being the
freight crew of five men which
lays over here each day, together
with pick ups to fill out the re-
quired number.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Flippin go
to Claramore this week where
Mrs. Flippin will remain some
time receiving treatment for
rheumatism. Mr. Flippin will
return home in a few days, but
will visit in the meantime at his
old home gt Fayetteville, Ark.
The firm of Faulkner Bros,
has been dissolved by mutual
consent Ralla G. retiring, while
Frank E. will continue the bak-
ery and confectionery business
at the o'd stand. Rolla
has not yet decided what he will
do in the future, but he is a
young man of good business
ability, and we hope he will de-
cide to remain m Cushing,
C. E. Still was at Glenooe last
week and closed a deal with his
partner, C. K. Lewis, whereby
he becomes sole proprietor of the
Farmer's Bargain Store in Cush-
ing. Mr. 8till has made many
friends during his short stay
here who will be pleased to learn
that he has acquired additional
interests in Cushing and that he
intends to make his store a per-
manent feature of the town.
We acknowledge the reoeipt
from Miss Alice Little, of an in-
vitation to the June graduating
concerts of the Beethoven Con-
servatory of musio, of St. Louis.
The republican national con-
vention will likely have nomin-
ated for president and vioe pres-
ident before this paper reaohes
some of its readers, and there
is no likelyhood that there will
be any mistakes made in naming
those condidates.
At this distanoe it looks like it
might be Taft or Roosevelt,
either one of whom is highly sat-
isfactory to average working and
voting Oklahoma republicans.
The second place on the ticket is
not so sure. There is half a doz-
en aspirants, all good men too.
Mrs. Philip Comer, living
northeast of Cushing, died Fri*
day after an illness of only two
days' duration, aged 42 years, 2
months and 9 days. The deceas-
ed leaves a husband and nine
children to mourn her untimely
death. Mr. Comer had just
started overland to Kansas where
he has a threshing outfit, and
was apprised of his wife's
illness at a point near Stillwater.
He came home, arriving Thura-
dav night. Funeral servioes
were held Saturday morning at
the family residenoe oonduoted
by Rev. C. E, Smootz Inter-
ment at the Zion cemetery.
The Cushing ball team crossed
bats with the Indians Tuesday
afternoon and their first game
proved a Waterloo. Score—In-
dians 7, Cushing 4, It was a
pretty good game considering
that our boys have yet had lit-
tle practice while their op-
ponents appeared to be in good
form. Wild throwing was the
principal cause of the home nine's
defeat. Another game has been
matched between the same clubs
for Friday, June 26th, when it is
expeoted that our boys will re
trieve their lost laurels. Quite i
orowd of people witnessed Tues
day's game dispite the fact that
weather was bad, the game being
stopped twioe by showers of rain
A jolly children's party was
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
F. R. Swartout last Friday after-
noon in honor of little Miss Edith
Falor, of Chioago who with her
mother has been visiting here,
but will shortly retnurn home.
There were twenty-four ohildren
present and they had a splendid
time with games, inoluding a fish
pond contest and a hunting ex-
pedition. A number of little
folks sang some songs very
sweetly. They were: Little
Misses Mildred Butler, Ethel
'Williams, Margaret High and
Edith Falor. Master Hal Maffatt
spoke some pieces not the least
pertinent [of whioh was his dec-
laration that he was having suoh
a good time that he would like an
"invite", out again tomorrow.
Refreshments consisting of ice
oream and cake, oranges nuts
and oandies were served. The
youngsters sure had the time of
their lives.
OUR BIG PIANO CONTEST.
Closes at 6 o'clock Wednesday,
July 1st.—Contestants Most
Get Busy.
The piano contest is going
pretty slow considering the faot
that only two weeks' time re-
mains before its olose. There is
only about 2000 votes between
the two highest contestants. A
few new subscribers for this
paper would ohange the order of
these two. How easy, and thei
is a $400 piano at steak. Be
sides the third highest contestant
could easily forge ahead of all
others.
Let us speoulate a little further
100 new subscribers means 75000
votes, enough to win the piano
perhaps. Many a hustling sub-
scription agent has gotten that
many suboribess in leas than two
weeks, It is oertainly yet possi-
ble for anyose of the contestants
to win if they will only work.
Don't loose sight of other big
premiums beside the piano and
do fail to ask the merchants for
votes, They are to be bad of
Owen & Dutton, Phenix <fc Co..
W. E. Erwin, High Bros, and C.
C. Walters.
Still no chancre in the order of
things, yet the three prinoipal
contestants are getting a little
oloser together. The time is now
growing short. Somebody will
get a fine present July 1st
Ruth Smootz
Pauline Dfcty
Fern Dungan
Viva Bonebraice
Belle Soott
Mary Grother
Carieen Woodward
Laveta Pippenger
Ida Kittredge
Viola Alles
Anna Swartout
Elsie Pamley
Audra Parrott
Blanche Tanner
Elsie Dunn
Miss Rice. Avery
Ora Hobbs
61,460
50,455
51,800
6 080
4,765
4,279
3,525
2,045
1,395
360
290
20
If you wani a nice clean neat
hair cut or a shave go to the Big
4 barber shop. The new propri-
etors are first class workmen and
will treat you right.
This office is prepared to print
horse-bills satisfactorily.
Avery News.
Miss Lucy King was an Avery
visiter Sunday.
Mrs. McMillan went to Semi-
nole Monday to spend a few days
with her sister, Mrs. Spur.
Mr. Long has traded fcis Avery
property for a farm in Missouri.
Joe Fisher was up from Chand-
ler to spend a few days with his
parents, Mr. Burdens.
Mr. Hoyt and Dr. Sparks
made business trips to Chandler
last Friday.
Drowned, in the railroad pond
near Avery, Saturday evening,
June 13, Arthur Glen, the son of
F. M. and Eliza Rice, aged 18
years. The funeral sermon was
preached Monday at 11 o'clock
by Elder S. W. Fuson to an over
flowing house of sympathizing
friends, who laid the body gently
away in the narrow carnal house
to await the trumpet oall. Mr.
Rioe and family have the sincere
sympathy of the town and entire
community in their great sorrow.
Ted Frask and wife were over
from Tryon Sunday.—8kidoo,
Pin $2.00 to this advertise-
ment write your name and ad-
dress plainly and mail to the
Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma
City, Okla. The Daily and Sun-
day Oklahoman will be sent to
you until Nov. 10, 1908.
The wind yesterday dried up
hings some.
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