The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. X
anile Lnterprise.
(iianilc. Greer County, Oklahoma, Friday, January 14. 1910
NO. 35
FROM THE GREAT
Versatile Thomas F. Eggleston, Jr., Again Tells What He
Is Seeing and Doing on His Travels.
' Continued from last week.
The railway now enters the
.canyon of the united rivers, but
liot-with-standing the golden
h
*The total area of British Col-
umbia is about 382.000 square
miles, of which 285,000 are
estimated to be as yot unknown
gorge narrows and deepens and to man.
the scenery is more than ever] Victora is cfcarminglysituated
' before wild Leyond description. ■ at the southern extremity of
On this section of the C. R. R., Vancouvor Island, overlooking
a construction arm/"of 7.003 Itne Straits of Fuca the Pacific,
men worked. and beyond the Gulf of Georgia,'
During the building of this)the mainland. It is a city of
road, men were suspended by j lovely, homes for many people
ropes, hundreds ot feet below who have achieved independence
the top of the cliffs to blast a have taken up reaidence within
foothold. It is estimated that
this work cost $500,000 per mile.
At "Hell's Gate" the river is
spanned by a cantilever bridge
600 feet long, the centre span
being °50 feet. The difficulty of
its gates. As I above stated, it
is the seat of the Provincial
Government, its Parliament
building being one of the most
handsome edifices the continent.
It is a city of peculiarly English
oi.i. They have been married
only two years.
And now farewell, old mount-
ains! your vales and your slop-
es shut in from the fierce winds
an i the business of the world,
have spoken of earthy peace and
given glimpse of Edenic serent-
too rarely reen on earth. Your
snowy crests, reaching above
the clouds into the purer atmos-
phere the heavens, have been
an inspiration, ever pointing to
the Infinite! your great glaciers
with their enduring ice have
been a monitor of the Eternal.
Your frown is terrible! "Yet
are ye even prodigal of smiles,
Smiles sweeter than your frowns
are stern."
THOS. L. EGGLESTON,JR.
\ its construction was great, owing Icharacteristes and is of singular
to the fact that the site could!beauty and has a population of
only be approached from one about 40.000. The .magnificent
end. One-half the materials, and palatial Empress Hotel
vere sent across the ri ver on ft the latest additionto the splendid
teel cable one and one-half Canadian Pacific. Hotel System,
^ inches in diameter. Several
n
pieces of the structure weighed
over five tons each. It is claim-
ed that this bridge is without a
rival.
From this on until one feels
the less invigorating air of the
Pacific, it is the same old story
in the same old way, snow cover-
ed mountains and swiftly flow-
ing streams.
Now we find our journey
overlooks the harbor and for
situation and appointments is
acknowledged to be one of the
finest hotels on the Pacific Coast.
Beacon Hill Park affords a fine
view of the waters and the
mountains on every side and
across the strait are the beauti-
ful Olympic mountains, and far
away at trie east, the white cone
of Mount Baker is conspicuous.
More mountains there are, for
1 V"
- - m.uu; 111.o uitrcj are, ior
westward ended andwe stand Wo hjve not ■ t sight of thorn
\n the shores of Rnrrard Irle*,
e of the finest harbors on the
icific.
Vancouver, though only twenty
/ears old, and burned to the
. ground in 1886, now has over
eighty thousand people and is
the centre of many flourishing
industries, presenting every-1
where the appearr.ee of a rapid-
ly progressing community. Its
well-built, wide streets add to
the impression, and the extrmely
picturesque surroundings of the
city make it pleasant as a resid-
ence and most delightful to visit.
Stanly Park is its crowning glory
in the depths of which the Don-
glass fir and giant cedar are
seen in all their magnificence
and nature is allowed to display
her unspoiled beauty. A stay of
a week as Vancouver will be
rewarded and the memory a
'appy one.
About ninety miles from Van-
:ouver by is the West's last
Jateway, the Pearl of the Pacific
Victoria. The Canadian Pacific
tail way, steamship "Prin ess
Victoria," the fleetest boat on
he Pacific, makes her round trip
aily at a speed of 18 knots
hrough a wonderfully beautiful
irchipelago of small islands
lomparable to the the thousand
islanda of the St. Lawrence,
though with infinitely finer
.T.c Wi SstVltf ""great
Pacific dash at our feet. In the
mighty upheaval the deep waters
of the sea were no barrier as is
seen by the uplifting of the thou-
sands of bold pormontories and
moutain isles that clnstr along
the northwest coast and stretch
out in the ureat chain of the
Aleution Islands. These mount-
ain fastnesses will ever remain a
game preserve the grizzly, cinn-
amon and black bears, the
mountain sheep (big horn), the
mountain goat, the puna or
mountain lion, the moose, elk,
caribou, and . various spcies of
smaller deer, wolverine and a
great variety of smaller fur-bear-
ing animals. The mountains will
it park, where a man
behold the larger
and the beautiful
'hose soft fur fair
ever admire, but
y find natures3 it
the great Creator,
y the hand of man.
generations ox the
men will gaze upon
ic.mountains, whose
ORDINANCE NO. 36.
remain a va
cannot only
I wild beasts
I creatures v
[ women wil
where he ins
p&sses Al um
un tarnish t
Succediug
children of
these maj< s
peaks of eternal ice tower aoove
the clouds that would hide the
sun and will look with awe at the
wild canons and-mountain tor-
rents, and will behold with ecs-
tdcy the many scenes t.t Edenic
beauty, loo sacred lo remain in
This City Beautiful the travel- , "
er's mecca is the capital of Brit- | ly, ' wlw
ish Columbia, the most westerly |
Province of the Confederation! 1 1 4'' ( ' llie s;».v that
forming the Dominion of Canada |" ^
and which comprises principally, 'm '
that section of British North!' ?.
America lying to the westward, ' " "
of the summit of the Rocky
Mountains. The northern bound-
ary of the Province is 60th
I officer <
; a crack
J'oi mur!
second
parallel, its southern boundary,
the United StHte.s <>f America or
practically, the 49th parallel, on • deceased, whose
the west, it is bounded by the work* e:m»l«>.\ an army of 20,000
had the extreme
' ti; g and travel-
I i. iiiCer (baron) Von
■i;i, a civil officer of ti e
Government and an
the Second Dragoons,
,/i'j.o, and hi s .itiie wife
. i•.. Bar aru Krupp,
■ • . hit ;■ ot the famous
now deceased, whose
Being an Ordinance imposing a
license fee and regulating the
runingand operating of Aut-
omobiles in the town of Gran-
ite, Oklahoma.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
BOARD OF TOWM TRUS-
TEES, ot the town of Granite,
Oklahome.
Section 1. Each automobile,
car or carriage operated by
steam gasoline are other mer-
chanical power, owned and run
and operated in the town of
Granite shall be taxed a license
fee, the sum of $5 per year and
upon payment of the said sum
by the owner or lessee thereof
to the clerk of the said town of
Granite, duplicate numbers upon
metal plates shall be furnished
to the saiid owners and the said
numbers shall be attached in a
conspicuous position on the car
automobile or merehanical power
carriage both in front and behind
which number shall be by ^ the
"Vr!: registered together »<-'th
the name of the owner and name
of the machine and made a part
of the records of the town cf
Granite.
Section Z. Bach car as herein
licensed shall be provided with
icetelyn, gas, or electric lights
attached to the front of the
machine, reflecting the light in
front of the car, and one oil tail
light attached to the rear of the
machine in such a position that
the light may be seer, from the
rear and said lights shall when
the car is operated on the public
thoroughfares of the town after
sundown, be lighed and kept
burning.
Section 3. Each of said cars
shall be provided with honk
horns or other alarm apparatus
capable of being heard in ordin-
ary weather the distance of 3
blocks in the said town of Gaan-
ite, and all drivers of said mac-
hines shall when approaching a
cross street, sound his horn,
whistle or other alarm at a dist-
ance of approximately 150 feet
before he reached the said cross.
Section 4. Such cars shall, in
meeting other vehicles, pass
them by turning to the right,
and in passing vehicles going the
same direction, shall pass by
turning to the right, and if in
approaching vehicles daawn by
domestic animais, said animals
appear to be frightened, the
driver of the car shall slow down
his machine, and if necessary to
prevent accident shall stop the
engine and go to the aid of the
aid of the driver of the vehicle
drawn by said animals. Drivers
of such cars shall at street inter-
sections, in turning the right
hand street, keep to the rijjht
side, curb arornd the corner,
and in turning into the left hand
street, cross at the intersection
to the right side of the said street
upon which he then drives.
Section 5. No car or auto-
mobile shall be driven upon the
thoroughfares of the town of
Granite at a speed greater than
ten miles an hour, in cases of
and the costs of the prosecution
are paid.
Section 7. Whereas the lives,
peace and safety of the citzens
of the town are now threatened,
an emergency is hereby declared
and this ordinance shall be in
full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval
as by law provided.
Passed section by section and
section 7t:onsidered and passed
separatly on this 4th day of Jan.,
A. D. 1910. at a regular meeting
of the town Board of the town
of Granite, Oklahoma.
Approved Jan. 4th 1910 S. M.
Alexander, President of the
Town Board of the town of
Granite. E. H. Davenport town
clerk.
FECIAL SESSION CALLED;
RELIEF FROM TAXATION
Governor Haskell Issues Proclamation Convening Legisla-
ture^ Extraordinary Session to Consider a Number
of Important Questions.
Stand by Your Town
No town can be permanently
prosperous in which the citizens
and tradesmen, dependent on
each other, do not patronize each
The merchant wants a harness,
for instance, and although his
neighbor is a good harness mak-
er, and trades with him,heim_
agines he can save fifty cents by
sending to another city or state
for his harness. The harness-
maker, in turn, sends away for
his groceries, boots,shoes and clo-
thing. The shoemakea sends a-
way for his coat, and the tailor
sends away for his boots, and so
it goes. As a result, the farmers
coming in to trade, see all the
tradesmen sending to other pla-
ces lor goods, because, they say,
they can save money by doing so
and to ths conclusion that they,
too, can do better elsewhere; and
then everybody is growling&bout
hard times and no business. No
wonder; che bnsiness men them-
selves turn the tide of trtde else-
where, for if they can supply
themselves to better advantage
by depriving their neighbor of
their trade, others learn to try
the same experiment. It is a dan
gerious one to inaugurate. Ten
dollars is lost w. ere one is saved
becase the entire business of the
place is dwarfed and hampered
thereby. The faeL is. but little
is ever made in going away to
trade, and oftener, counting all
expenses, there is a loss. Show
us a town In which the people
make it a rule uot to send away
for anything they can get at
home, ane we will show you a
town in which business is lively,
and everybody buys, and trade
iscentsring from aboad. Prices
are low and the tradesmen pat-
ronize each other, having no
suspicions vtaat confidence will
be absued. Let it once be under-
stood that ths business men of
any town are in the habit of
sending aboad for purchases and
the business will languish.
Having no confidence in each
other, how can they expect
others to have confidence in
them?No, that's not the way to
build up a town. Patronize each
other, and keep all your busin-
ess at home.
Laws repealing the bunglesome, ambiguous and oft
misinterpreted statutes relating to the fees of county offi-
cers, and fixing a maximum of valuation for taxes to con-
tinue during a period of five years, are recommended in
Governor Haskell's prcclamation issued yesterday calling
ing for the convening of an extraordinary session of the
second state legislature, Jan. 20.
The governor indicates that other matters not indicat-
ed in the proclamation will be called to the attention of the
legislature.
tahts of New England live all
the time as we did that evening,
they ought to be happy, content-
ed and very fleshy.
After the supper there was
some excellent music by Mrs.
McCaffity on the piano, Willis
Drehmer, violin, and B. F. Har-
low, cornet, Misses Asa Nun-
nery and Minta Morrow in piano
duets.
The next number was a guess-
ing contest, with a cake and a
pie as the prizes for the suoces-
ful guesser. The cake was capt-
ured by B. F. Van Dyke, who
being an attorney with all the
shrewfcness of the profession,
was not in any hurry about cutt-
ing the cake, the pie was award-
ed to C. Cabmess, who not
being so wise as to woman's
wiles, also very generous, said
he would treat us all to a slice of
pe he carved the pie and found
it well filled with a good grade
of middling cotton. Don't look
a gift horse in the mouth. All
that the Ladies Aid of the Pres-
byterian church will have to do
in the future to get a large crowd
is to announce an entertainment.
One who was there.
PROGRESSING,
THANK YOU
A JOYOUS TRIP
To New England by a Num-
ber of Granite People.
Mr. Editor: On Thursday even-
ing of last week quite a number
of people fror.i Dixie Land took
a trip to New England via the
residence of Judge T. F. Morrow,
where, by the effnrts of the La-
dies' Aid of the Presbyterian
church we were royally enter-
tained at a New England supper.
Among the guests assembled
the west, it is bounded by the
Pacific Ocean, and on the east workmen at Essen. Baroness ..... .. . llol WIW tuc uolIII0, uisi.es serv-
oy the Rocky Mountains as far Wdmov.-I,. .»»• Ah... Barbara, is" con viction thereof be fined in the j ^ but othfS (the writer here-
J the 54th parallel beyond that the r eh • t woman in the world H,,m nf **' ™
v the 120th meridian of west »ndoni> 20 y-nrs old. TheBar-
agitude.
on looks to be about 25 years
emergency, doctors may drive
! at greater speed.
| Section 6. All persons driving 1 — °
cars in the town of Granite, who j were many from toward the sun-1
shall violate any of the provisi-! rise, who were perfectly famil-
011s of this Ordinance shall upon liar with the daintv dishes s-erv-
t conviction thereof be fined in the
sum of $2'».00 for each offense, 1 .. , , ... . .
and the car so driven in violation 0 e ' • enJoyed, won-
of law, shall be held by the said dered and then ate some more,
town of Granite, until said fine, and We think if all the inhabi-
A Needed Institution.
S. O. Morgan will next week
open up a laundry in Granite, an
institution that is badley need-
ed heve Mr. Morgan will do
the work by hand untill his ma-
chinery arrives which will be in
about fifteen days. A great
deal of this work now goes to
Fort Worth and Wichita, and it
will be much more satisfactory
to the people generally to have
the work done at home. While
a comparative stranger among
us, Mr. Morgan appears to be
a man who will do the right
thing, and we ask that our peo-
ple give him a trial. He will be
found in the rear of Childress's
office for the present.
Modern Bungalow
Mr. S. M. Alexander has com-
menced the erection on his lot on
the corner of Fifth Ave. and Cot-
tonwood, what will be when com-
pleted, one of the residences in
the city. Mr. Alexander recent-
ly purchased this lot, whico is
one of the most desirable loca-
tions in the city, from M. D. Col-
ver, one of Granite's old-timers.
Wheat Smiling
The warm, sunny days the fore
part of the week made the wheat
and alfalfa blossom forth in sun-
ny smiles and garb of green and
also caused a seven column, doub-
le action smile to bloom on the
face of uhe man who is fortunate
enough to posess a few acres of
either.
The fellow who thinks that
Granite is asleep at the switch
has another think coming.
There never has been a time in
the history of the city when
things looked better. Crop
prospects were never brighter]
work on our new water works
and electric light system is prog-
ressing as rapidly as the weather
will permit, wire stringing is
practically completed and work
on the foundation of the power
house has been commenced.
Work on the State Reforma-
tory which has been sadly delay-
ed by bad weather, is being
pushed as rapidly as a big bunch
of men under Warden Flournoy
are able. Granite's big quarry-
ing, polishing and crushing plant
is running full force and things
look bright for the new year.
Shoe Store Sold.
S. P. Saunders of Reed, Okla.,
has bought the Tinsley stock of
goods on Main street, and will
take charge at once. Mr. Tins-
ley has not yet decided what he
will do, but it is safe to predict
that he will not be out of har-
ness long. Mr. Saunders is one
of the substantial citizens of his
section and will make a valuable
addition to our citizenship whom
we heartly welcome with best
wishes for success in his new
field.
Wires All Strung.
Contractor Kennedy has com-
pleted the work of stringing the
wires for Granite's street lights,
and will begin the erection of
the building next Monday. The
bills of lading for all of the ma-
chinery have been received, and
may be expected at time. Non-
arrival of material is the cause
of the lights not being in now.
WEDDINGS.
Hayes- Adkisson.
Prof. J. H. Hayes principal of
Granite High School, returned
Sunday night from Edmond with
his bride, who was Miss Adkisson
Prof. Hayes is one of best known
educators in the southwest, and
has a legion of friends who
heartily congratulate him on his
success in winning a bride of
such excellent qualities. She is
also a well known teacher in the
eastern part of the state.
m
for sale 1000 bushels of ear
corn at 60 cents per bushel.
GRANITE grain co.
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