The Duke Times (Duke, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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DUKE TIMES
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• f» » *l»»n hat » ft ini>«iiy
hit* iM'i'ii i u«d Ml Aliu* f«»r
t •• •Irilltnu <•<) ullwtdl.
«i,<> lint* looked <ivw ili» field
tin i ■' eonie to (lif wi|iplu»i'iti ilmt
I ho |>ruf| rcl* Ur oil are ui"»i
promiwiti^t. mi » iIim company l«
prepared iu li,; upvcral thousand
The new town of |J-.ike ha* been
surveyed, plaited, laid off inlo
afreet*, ulle>t*. lot* an«i block*
Hii'i furrows have been plowed
showing the confine* of the now
a 1 li'ion. Alr«»ady ital estate in
the ne.v town in banning, and in
. ■ tim« new briek business
block will to n ir (heir mas-
si'. Sulk toward lill' bkieS. Just
|;>"j» your eyes on Duke. - --Al-
tus Times
RAILROAD CHA :
HANDS
Property of Edward Kennedy Passes
into the Hands of the Wicuit* Falls
People
On lit-' Friday evening Dr.
mm (I Mrs. 10. 1Mi!e> entertain-
ed a number oi their friends at
th.'ir n »w h mi« in ih • went part
of I >wn. \ il >;lJ;I't 11
Were Mr. ;• n<I Mrs. A. L. Perry
Dr. and Mrs. Mays, Mr. and Mrs
E. C. Pool, Misses Pool, Marsh,
Todd and Mesers. CI i -.c an
Roberta.
'J'. II. Carter went to Quanah
Wednesday with Mrs. Carter, who
has been called to Paducah, Tex-
as on acnount of the sickness <»f
her mother.
On last Thursday night the fi-
nal d*al Iti'twfi'ii Kdward Ken-
nedy and the Wichita Falls A*
Hollis Railroad company wa.~
closed in Altus, Mr. Kennedy re-
leasing ul' control «»f the prop-
erty.
This is a deal that has been
hanging f<»r several months, and
it's final eonsumation means a
great deal t<» the people of this
section Everything is now in
readiness for the pushing of the
road to I>uk«j, ai'd later, to Hol-
lis. It is stated upon the best of
authority that the material is on
the ground at Altus, and that
construction will begin at once,
possiblv within the next few da\s.
By the closing of thie dsal the
last and on'y barrie to our pro-
grc-s has been removed' ond the
town will now go forward by
•eap* and bounds, for several
months the commercial club has
been d« 'iiiii some efiective adver
tiding in the Northern ane l\a*t»
ern papcis, and hundreds of peo-
ple in di- < r<Mi -t iten of the I n-
\ • h.-ir eyes • Duke and
.ire only wailing the coming of
mad. We are now at the point
' where we can reap the reward of
I our industry.
Tho toynsite <• xnpmv h«n the
new town laid off with NO foot and
l(»;j to., sire *ts, all nie ly irrad-
ed, a good wed drilled, and se\ -
eral buildings in course of con-
y:, coon. A house movi e:«• ui fi»
will be-in rn n few days to move
the people over to the new town,
l he con.ract will be let imme-
diatly for the construction of
eight or ten brick or stone build-
ings. There is no mistake about
i it. Duke is "a go."
*1 n» A YEAR
Mritrial SU»*4
Altu*. Okla. March7. (Special)
Ti • • ha* been recetvad at AUu«
uiing the laet week aonatwenly-
five « of tie- and twenty ear*
of rail* f'»r th« Altus, Wichita
Fall- At llolli* railroad and the
work «.f laying tha tie* and steel
will begin within ten days or two
week a and pushed a- rapidly a*
possibly until the line to Hollis
is completed. All ofices, shop*
etc. will be located at Altus.
C. A. Uender, J. H. Chapped,
H. E. Holler *ent to Maneum
Saiuiday afternoon in Mr. Ren-
ders cuto. The party made the
irip there and back all right
with no more serious mishap then
that of tuning out of gasoline
and having to walk about two
miles through the sand.
Mrs. W. K. Pool and Mrs. A.
L. Perry attended the home Mis-
sionary Society Coference of the
Methodist church in Altus last
week. Th / report a good time.
Dr. J. O. Rogers
Phyician and Obstetiician
Diseases of Children and Chronic Diseases
of Wen en a S-ptcialty.
All tails promptly answered Night or Day
Office Model Pharmacy
riMatf ayHmjgrriiTre'Wi*^^
Don't Procastinate, Buy Now.
While You Can Get What Ycu Want
Our CANTON and MR. BILL LISTERPLANTERS are going fast. Hurry.
Hurrv! if you want the l>e«t. We now have in our Implement yard tour of the
beat lines of Implements made: the CANTON, the AVERY, and the bIA.NDARD
Now my friends, I have the goods thai give satisfaction and bring there-
suits, and as cheap as you can buy them anywhere, and it doesn t take the cash to
get them. Trade with those who trade with you. I will pay the highest market
price for votir cotton.
Lucky Jim Cultavators, Standard, Canton Cultivators.
Our Hardware and Queensware stocks are the most complete in to\sn.
H. N. SPOONER
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Roberts, Jasper N. The Duke Times (Duke, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1910, newspaper, March 10, 1910; Duke, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc402807/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.