The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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MANGUM. UKKKK CO.. OKLA., THURSDAY. MAY V, 1001
NO- 44
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C ICAQO LIVE STOCK COMMISSION CO
EJlj <jnite a^rrioim cutting affray oc-
i. E lAirrcd Tuesday night uliout nine
jj |o\Im-k at the llnrnhaw grocery
r b«*t Halltlluf*
• nil m«U« flvt lhnua«n<l
i OFFICHS AT:
Chicago,
SI. LouU and
Kansa5 City.
.ncxir TO LOAN' ON CATTLE
...for...
Tl\rcc. .Six. Mnc iTwelve flontha.
For further Infon
ONE COUNTY. ONE COURT-HOUSD.
Protect the Records—Want, Com-
fort and Public Pride.
•tore on the east side of the * |uarg.
'The particular* .i* given below
| were bad from Mr. R. I*. Miller,
who lives next door, and who was
|an eye witness. Mr. Tinsley. a
new corner, who in arranging to go
into the saloon business, was sit-
ting in front of the store before
mentioned. It appears that he was
——————. j uwjcr tj,c influence Qf liquor, and
man who -ays the present court more money thah the Si.vv per I was indulging in loud, obwne and
room is plenty comfortable and de- annum wc would be out on the in- J profane language. Mr. Miller and
•cut place for his wife and da ugh -1 terest coupons on the S.V>,000j ][enry Kimball, who board* with
the family of Mr. Miller, were sit
Thos. J. Zook,
fNit kanlt MyCIII. <A
Mangum, Okla. j4
jmx£
ter, would actually "push a widow i bonds.
From a business stand-point let
us have one Greer County undi-
vided and a county pourt-house at
Mangum.
We want one county, for we
wish to support one county govern-
ment oulv. We want a court-house . , . . ,
.. put into the house, instead
now; for protection, for comfort , ,, . .
and for the purpose of shutting out
public disgrace. I can hardly be-
lieve that there is a voter in Greer
County who will say that
woman's little dog in the creek."
, There can l>e but one objection to
, building a court-house, and that is
• that it will cost money,
j Wc propose to build a house that
j will cost us thirty thousand dollars,
! and I want to say if this amount is
of one-
half of it into some foreign con-
tractor's pocket, and
modern style, and three stories
high, we c%n
I don't see how we can afford tojlinK in frout of thcir ho|lsc next
do without protection for our rcc-, (loor Mr Miller's wife and daugh-
ords, which are increasing daily— • lcrs had raade sevcral att(nnpts to
without convenience or comfort. . ,it on the I>orcll bllt had cach tinje
We should have some pubUc ' Ih?(.m driven in by Tinsley's profun-
pride. (ireer County, with thirty' ity an(1 0|,sce:iity. Miller and K.ni.
thousand people, and with prosper-, ha„ were talkinf? ajj[, KimbaU wasj
ity worth at least twelve million | whittHng witl, the small blade of|
dollars, posing as the banner couu
is knife open. «They were, of!
is built on | ty of the Territory, advertising it- j CQUrse> very tircd of Tinsley's pro- ^
.rlf truthfully as a great county, ■ !aujty aiul finally, on a fresh out-1 A
only county in , iJlirst fron, j,jn) Kimball sprang to
. ...„ build an elegant > and on record as the - , uiu u uuui mm, rwimuun sprung iui -v
V° house with plenty of vaults and | Oklahoma that lias over-paid its his feet savil)kr he was going tow
^ : ask him to stop. He approached
seeker
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county governments can# be sus", !enty df room for the presenti and dues to the Territory, should b
tained for the same amount of mon-;thcnshoulditeverbccomejniiK.ra (able lo show to thc home-seeke
ey that is required to operate one
county government.
- There cannot be but one argu-
ment for division, and that one is
that some of our citizens are so far
away from the county seat. Now,
voter, examine the peculiar shape
of Greer Count} , and (Law the provjsjons Qf this act shall be made j and the lu-xt best is the "Perfect" I the exci
most practical line of division, com- ^ uayabie to bearer, bearing interest Baking Powder. It is chemically 1 foun(j tha
live, we can add to the then exist-1 and capitalist that she has public
| ing house and still have an elegantJ pride enough to own
I and commodious building. Here j court-house.
is Section 5 of Chapter XII of the For security, economy and the
law providing for the character* of j sake of decency, let us build a
bonds for court-houses. I fcoust-house. J. H. Simpson.
Bonds issued under the The stomach
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HAVE GONE
My stock of
Clocks*, Watches
Jewelry, Silver-
ware and Musi-
cal Instruments
ill be better
than ever before.
Come and see
for yourselves.
A pleasure to
show von.
But my busi-
ness remains and
will continue to
remain.
When 1 re-
turn I will be
better prepared
than ever to
serve mv cus-
tomers.
C. T. Fly,
West Side
Square
ask him to stop. He approached ' q
Tinsley, saying: "Old man. there | q
P",)11C I are ladies here and you must stop j q
decent | tljat talkwhereupon Tinsley j q
arose, saying: "G-dd-m youi j Q0Q-&Q .0.0.0.0- 000 ©>000000000 gj^
..MANGUM, OKLAHOMA..
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mencing at Granite; thence south- at a rate not to exceed seven per ] pure and assists digestion.
west through Mangum, Coralea, | centum per annum, payable semi-1 J. C. Gilliland & Co.
Louis and to Red River. Place amiuaHy, and of denomination of
vho are you?" and struck him on
'.he jaw. Several blows were then
exchanged, when Tinsley backed
our best friend | off and went for his gun. After
tement was over it was
at lie had been cut in five
; places. It was though that Henry
! in the excitement didn't know he
not less than one hundred dollars,' Anything you want in the j liad a. knife in his hand. The last
1. . ,,,,1 fU,, llOl IChS liicUl UI1C IIUIIU1LU UUlUllS, - 11 - t rr\ O T \\*
one county seat at Altus and the ^ m(jre thaQ Qne tliousand dollars of canned goods at L. T. & J. \\ .
report Wednesday was that Tin-
] slev was doing well. Kimball is
CommerciallrH(jcr a thousand dollar bond.
other at Jester. Now you will see j eaeh ' Tlie entire aniount shall be i Ferguson' _
from examination of distances on ' di-.-idod into ten equal annual pay-' f}le Kansas Ci%v
the map that you have burdened j inents and payable either in a series : Club arrived at ten 0 clock Tues- i _ !jf
about as many people as you liave i or *f ron? t wei^ty^o thirty "-ears froni J uioht. allcl found a banquet. A cigarctte is said to have solil-jj
helped. I date. In case of series running; awaiting them. They were given j oquized thusly: "I am not much|F
Mangum is very near the geo"; from ten to twenty years the first; an example of genuine Southern ; of a mathematician, but I can addlj
ographical center of the county, payment shall become due on the I hospitality, which they appreciated < to a man's nervous troubles: Icanir
.and is easily accessible from all , eleventh year from date: and |n | exceedingly. While they have subtract from his physicai energy: if
parts of the county. Inow it does j j probab!>- seen finer spreads, with! I can multiply his aches and pains; J
seem to me that I could better " j sjian become due on the twenty-1 more style, they are agreed that j I can divide his mental powers; I
ford to travel a few miles further ^rst year from date, and so on. j this was the most enjoyable occa- can take interest from his wdrk and
to get to the county seat occasion- 1 One payment in either series, paya-; sjon of their trjP) because of the discount his chance for success."—
ally than to double my county tax. j ble each year thereafter until (whole-souled hospitality that en- Gordon Courier.
Let us approximate the present sh°uyr^f uSi;'alPform and6contain l ^red into it. Mangum has never I imoroVed tools
county official and court expense I & reference to this act, and be so yet disappointed her visitors, and All the late and lmpro\ed tools
Jarrett Todd. J. T. Brittaix
TODD & BRITTAIN,
GROCERIES,
AVE just received a new line of up-to-dat
eeries. Kig-h grade goods a specialty. Courteous
treatment. City and country trade solicited.
livery to ail}-, part of the eity
gro-
sous
Free de-
HOXE....
NO. r6.
N
ORTH SIDE
OF SQUARE.
ItA Ai
THE NEW-
annually:
Court Expenses
Treasurer's Salary
Treasurer's Clerk Hire
Sheriffs Salary
Assessor's Salary
<"ouuty Cleric's Salary
C mnty Attorney's Salary
County Superintendent's Salary
pistriet Clerk
Ofliee Rents. Fuel. Supplies.
Total '
| worded as to bind the county abso-; js not going to l>egin. at this late ! ^or watc^ repairing at C. T. Fly s,
*10.000. j lutely to full payment of both prin jd and a fine regulator. Take your
«■ >. | cipal and interest, and shall be 1 —— broken time pieces to him. Satis-
27oo. j sjgned by the chairman of the ! A full line of new wall paper.
i«o . I board of county commissioners and j all kinds and beautiful designs, at
m>. j countersigned by the county clerk, j Eaton Lowe's, southeast corner
faction guaranteed.
This may be a little over or it
| They shall be recorded by the
■ivSoT" I county clerk, and by the Territori-
al Auditor, both of whom shall en-
dorse them on the back thereof.
public square.
Ths Court House
Is not built 011 the public square
may not be enough. here is the j jnterest shall be evidenced by _ , , . , .. ,
man who cries economy and in the; coupons attached, of proper dates j >'et- ^ut Todd 6c Brittam are build-
Go to Jackson & Wilson for lo-
I cust trees and for locust seed.
I An Arizona paper tells a story
J about two married ladies who were
comparing the smart tricks of their
...FURNITURE STORE
Dealer in furniture, coffins, rugs, carpets,
mattings, picture frame wol
call and see our new stock.
Southeast Corner Square, MANGUM, O. T.
T. B. EATON,
W. I. LOVE.
two county and maturities, which shall be ing up a first-class gr y
igned by the same officers who i the north side of the square,
signed the bonds."
Kingfisher has negotiated court-
same breath asks for
^governments?
The court-house will cost us
money; but remember that our pub-
lic records are here and there in
shacks of wooden buildings, in
great danger of being destroyed at
any time, and I would be safe in
saying that should any line of the
records be destroyed, the cost for
expert work to reproduce them
would be greater than the cost of
the court-house we propose to build.
■Should accidents occur some of the
records could never be reproduced, | cent will give interest coupons
and we would then be up against a 1 $1350.
heavy expense, and be glad to: the one thousand dollars will be
build a court-house. "One ounce Si360. If we issue ten-twenty
a year old; another said that her lit-
An exchang, after dilating on the | tie boy could ay "papa" and
house bonds to the amount of thir-1 trials and tribulations of the editor, j "mamma" when he was only three
trade on j offsPrin« the other da-v' °ne said I
[her little girl talked when she was
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t V thousand dollars, at 4 ' • per cent S on whose shoulders the iniquities of: months old. An old bachelor who
interest Now Greer County cer-1 the whole community is thrown, was in the next room tryihg to
tainly can do equally so well. We | doses as follows: | read, "chipped in" and said that
can safelv say that our taxable val- I" the meantime, the editor grinds that wasn't anything wonderful. ,
next year will reach four ; ' "e !" "" ""i1* 1 £
million dollars and increase from I ~^^brTdng 'Hp ?!" T' ^ "etUed
that on. j "one of the town's solid financial jlt a d the ladies adjourned.
We will figure on the four mil- j ^the : Besid.es absolutely fire proof ©
New Windsor [lotd
The New Windsor Hotel, North East
Corner of Square, is now open to the
Comfortable rooms, clean beds and cour-
teous treatment. The best table in town.
Accomodations ist-class in all particulars
0. C. PERRy, Propretor.
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lion basis only $30,000 at 4'j per
r! cigar of the ' proud parent.'' weep-1 >"ou 2> <***? on the °,ne
s ing with the "grief stricken fami-1 ^ndf^, mw™nee by using the
ing with the "grief ...... . ^ _ f
$4,000,000 at ;4 cents on ly " and filling the scrap-books of Campbell patent Clay-lined flue for
all the mothers in town with words j *;hich ^ have the agency at this
that never die- and all for a dollar | Place- Respectfully.
a year. And, as he wades through
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Zf/te Star and the 0a //as Tfews $/. 50 per year.
- ... . ti Mill . nuu, *• iiv 1111
of preventative is worth a pound of j bonds, each tax-payer will not have th"js ya,e of tears the ^hor has a
cure." ' to pay over thirty-four cents annu-
Some of us have been here so ally on each one thousand dollars
long serving on juries, virtually ' worth of property he renders. You
outdoors, until we have almost for- can readily see that I am ignoring
gotten the comforts of a decent the increase of taxable values for
court-house. For years we have, the next ten years. Xow. you
.seen witnesses and jurors out on must not overlook the fact that this
Rude & Hamilton
little fun in passing, and gets com Cane Seed Wanted. home Tuesday. j pleasant trip to Chickasha Tues-
plimentary tickets "for self and la- i want 400 bushels of cane seed. For S\le- Two frame building* ida> to meet the Kansas press
dy—not transferable" to the Great I will pay 55c for orange, and 65c ' K . hlock near depot K^ng, and the Kansas City com-
and On,.V Big Sho at the end of . ,or s,„„ac and ,,.acl amber. | on oir p^n. Tn LLl Cnb. ,n company with
" I T. E. Howard. ^x,6 p JudKe KeUy an,I Mr Zook from
Call and see the new goods: Notice Moore Mill & Gin co. ,this place. Editor Brynton of
beautiful rings of all kinds and, ^ f a | 1 nirkrr. one of our best i Granite, and Kditor Lane of Mt.
Dr. Black retuned to
home Tuesday.
lih
Altus j The Star Editor enjoyed
j — — ., ., i mialitie* and a new line of watches We call the attention ot those! J. W. I>ickey. — —r
the streets and on the prame* ex- county Is paving out con^ble j Jl^^ ^ n.ho coct^st noticcs for puhhea-! friends from the Klondyke is up J Mew.
I*>sed to the weather as it comes money each year to indi\nduaLs for j dt^iKtts anJ bright prices at C. T. tion in this office iliat our rule is'*rving on the jury. ; Kiln dried lumber and builders'
it
liecause of no court house. Say. office rents, which w\>uld be saved
have yon observed for >x-ars that U> the count^ if we had a court
manv of the ladies of this county, house. 1 will ajwert that should
have been compelled to attend court the commissioner* court rent decent
in the present swcrtly odored court-' private offices for all the county at
house* Now. I believe that the fkfers it would cost u* as much or
Fly's.
We have ju*t received a car-load
of screen doors, so there is no rea-
son for you to be infested by flies.
Screen your bouses and be happy
Rt or & Hamilton.
_sh in adv
hardware at Dunn s lumber yard.
Shtlled Corn.
I want oj bttsliel* of
corn. Will pay ',:'<he*t
price in cash.
' Those who intend to be m it —. . , . . I
l . ..... , .. iiext to Johnson hotel, east of the
I the opening of the kiowa ami Co-!.
imanche country should prepare! 1
shelled I themselves for the trip by buying j A full line of Mansey's mixed
market J their tents and wagon cov ers at L-1 pamLs, oil* and white lead at L- T.
E. Howard. IT. Ac J W Ferguson s. 4C-I& J. W. Ferguson *.
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Echols, R. C. The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1901, newspaper, May 9, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc282204/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.