The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1904 Page: 2 of 6
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LEGER ICE & FUEL COMPANY
J. G. ADKINS,
Telephone No. 45.
MANAGER.
GOAL TALK
Wo wont to talk to you a moment about coal. There is a great difference in coal, and in buying you should be able to judge
betwoeu the best coal aud the inferior qualities. Some coal is dirty and smutty, und leaves great houps of cinders, which clog
up your grato aud keep you always emptying the ashes. It forma groat clinkers in the stove, which aro really molten masses of
irou aud other miuerals, extracted from the coal in the chemical change of burning. These must be removed before your fire
will buru brightly, but if your coal is poor they will continue to form, and make yt u eudless trouble. Some of this inferior
coal is full of pitch or coal tar, which melta and runs down in buruiug, forming a sticky, unsty, uumanageable mass, clogging
aud filling up the interstices of the grate.
If you buy the best McAloster coal you will havo none of the«e troubles and annoyances to contend with. Best McAles-
ter Fancy Lump Coal comes in large chuuks, which are perfectly clean aud will not soil hauds in handling. It is 90 per cent pure
carbon, and burua to a fine white ash which is as clean and freo from ciudors as wood ashes. There are no clinkers, uo smut, dirt
and grime, no uasty, sticky pitch to clog the grate. The coal burns clear out, and ashrs accumulato so slowly the stove will uot
need cleauiug for days. We haadle none but the BEST COAL.
best mcalester fancy lump
BEST COLORADO LUMP COAL....
Our Specialty*
COAL IN CAR
LOTS....
Alfalfa Hay, Prairie Hay, Corn Chops, Mill Run Bran, All Kinds of Feed Stuffs. We
will shortly have 2000 bales of fine Alfalfa hay, two car loads being now on the way.
We want to furnish your feed. We buy THE BEST and if you trade with us you
will get good stuff.
LEGER ICE & FDEL COMPANY
Phone 45.
J. G. Adkins, Hanager.
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The ALTUS TriMEsi^rs^r'me' undertakes iuvestiga-
FORMERLY LEQER TIMES)
50c Per Year.
VAN MATBE & 8HEPAED,
Publishers and Proprietors
8nsie W. Shepard, \ Editors and
Horaoe W. 8hepard, » Bntintu Mg'ri.
Thursday. Dec. 1, 1904.
WHAT IRRIGATION MEANS.
It ia one of the happy features
of President Roosevelt's adminis-
tration that he is so thoroughly
identified with the West, even
though he is by birth aud associ-
ation, an Eastern man. He
kuowa the West aud the Westeru
people, appreciating their prob-
lems, understanding the various
factors which tend to their de-
velopment and heralding enthus-
iastically every step along the
way of progress. There is, there-
fore, something more than per-
functory utterauce in the message
which the president addressed to
the irrigation congress. He
spoke as one having knowledge
and authority. There is uo
one better fitted in fact, to speak
words of eucouragemeut and
couusel.
If there is one thing that must
be seen to be appreciated, it is
the irrigation of arid lands. Peo-
pie in the East have only the
faintest conception of what irri-
gation means. One recalls, for
ths true story of the
edjftctal of the geological surrey
•Who lectured for two years on the
#i36l|HHitie« of Ihft Arid laud* U-
frrra fctj TOW ptm *er» uf ih# d«**rt
F'itim. Wbxtu fc* flualty took a
tiou of the conditions which pre
rail in the arid lauds. Millions
of acies, now sandy and parched,
growing only the mesquite and
the cactus, need ouly the intro-
duction of water to be converted
into fertile fieldi. Nature has
provided an abuudauce of water
in the meltiug snow which pours
from ths mouutains, aud it is
only ueccessary to keep this
fcater from going to waste. The
Rio Grande river, for instance,
Hows like a raging torrent iu the
spring, aud a few mouths later,
not a drop of water trickles along
its dusty bed. Where tuis water
is stored, iu the neighborhood of
El Paso, the desert blossoms like
a rose. The same conditions ex-
ist around Phoenix, which is a
typical oasis, and iu Lower Cali-
fornia, where soil formerly un-
productive is yielding fortunes iu
the growth of oranges and other
fruits. In the town of Redlands
there are two hillsides, one uu-
watered aud a desert, the other
irrigated and a veritable Garden
of Eden in the brilliancy aud
luxuriance of its floral adorn-
meut. Iu Wyoming, where
mouutaiu snows are made to fill
an euormous artificial lake, the
cultivation of wheat has bten un-
dertaken on a huge scale aud un-
der ideal conditions. The grain
is planted, the irrigation is uuder
complete coutrol, and unbroken
sunshine insures the steady aud
certain ripeuiug of the abundant
harvest.
ish speculators will, to quote the I party triumph there i-mingled aihis attention to business, his
expressive language, skim the
cream and then depart. Against
these contingencies the president
arrays himself in emphatic fash-
ion. He desires the benefits of
irrigation to be enjoyed by the
greatest possible number. If his
plaus prevail, there will be no
eud to ths blessings which irriga
tiou will coufer. If, ou the other
hand, the great natural resources
of the West are to bo controlled
by a favored few, it would be al-
most better for the desert to re-
main. We can rest assured, how-
ever, that with the president per-
sonally interested in the great
work of reclamation, the interests
of the legitimate homeseekers
will not be allowed to suffer. In
thus demanding protection for
the otherwise unprotected indi-
vidual, the president engages
himself in a righteous cause.—
Washington Post.
feeling of regret, aud tliat regret high souse of public duty aud his
is because of the enforced rot-ire-1 standing as a citizen makes him
meut of Senator Francis Marion iau invaluable public official. No
Cockrell, He is one of the great | man will be a greater loss to the
meu of the nation, a statesman i publio service thau Senator Cock-
aud a gentleman of uutarnished | rell. As a Republican, opposed to
reputation through all of his, him in politics, I can say that I
thirty years of illustrious service
iu the senate. Senator Cockrell
will retire beloved by his own
people, honored by the public at
large, and respected everywhere.
Biucerely regret that the govern-
ment is to lose a man like Sena-
tor Cockrell."
The above is the tribute of For-
mer Secretary of Wer Root to
There is no more than this open | Senator F. M. Cockrell. of Miss
to any man at any time, aud the
venerable Missourian could uot
possibly add anythiug to his
personal success.—A 11 ad a r k o
Tribuuo.
President Roosevelt
wisely »h«a, iu diseweiny this
er» of the West, he ineiefc*
fthat Ikm benefits 0/ irrigation
* rip We**., f that, m the ■ •shall oeerue mast largely to the
♦.ruistn ¥ Shefe* «m| *>f Solomon,. imm wh« propwsa Ia b» parCfto-
ihftfcglf h*$ Mget fawsn told, When oiutfy kkntifiai «ith the lv»
hre wa» brought* ?«ta<?o tti th **sd hujda. The yvm+-
tiu? «fajf&itffd» M .Meant has nndtwtftfesn • «««* 0i
\ ependeot wrigat*n> wt4 gitsat vud rt »
*ith thatfopeados* wnginawgrkatf ta«t that the of tha
problem* UrvoJved m coostrnrtr h«nwer*ww b» wwwty guarded,
rug artificial fait j There m mmk temptation for
that all ba had *>ad abd Mtrnc-s i wealthy syadieatea to aaatrel tha
i*i the East *aa ae uothiug »x «io». water supply aud thus compel the
tliarealtiy. The same »xpari«uoM iodividual to pay tribat*. There
tftwt bafali aujoue, who, tur thau also some likelihood that eelf-
OUR SENTIMENTS. EXACTLY.
Politically speaking, the over-
whelming Republican victory in
Missouri is very pleasing to us.
Then, too, the breaking up the
old rotten pelitical hierarchy of
Democratic machiue politicians
will greatly benefit the state from j
a business standpoint. The Re-j
publicans go into power there for!
the first time iu SJ5 years. The
progreeeive investor has passed
the state by because of the im-
preseion going out that Missouri's
government wae of the naosabaek.
non progreeeive order, fovuded
npon Civil War prejudice* aud
hatred. While thia faeJi:*
ttgmnat tha stelahaa bean greatly
exaggerated, etiU it haa l'|*
Bada of iomifraato away
and eaaaed tha loea 04 mlliooe of
i»eaataent«. Miwoeiri is one of
the grand eat-imperial states of
oar greatest of all nations, and!
ehe aMy i.e eapeeted to forge to j
the front at a most rapid strid**
But with our delight over the'.
"I suppose that the Republican
legislature of Missouri will be
bound to send a Republican to
the United States Seuate, but I
would be pleased if partisanship
could be forgotten long enough
to retain iu the public service a
man who is as deserving as Sen-
ator Cockrell. His long experi-
ence, his ability, his industry,
ouri, whose political retirement
is one of the tragedies of the Re-
publican laudslide. Presideut
Roosevelt has doue a gracious
and kiudly act in tendering to
Senator Cockrell the choice of
two positions in the government
service, aud the people every-
where who kuow the aged Mis-
sourian's eterliug honest, integ-
rity, his worth to his country aud
at-arms, who are, proud of tiieir
old commander, and heartily ap-
prove of the President's course iu
tendering him these appoint-
ments.
The Altus baud deserves a
large share of thanks for the part
it took iu the entertainment of
Suuday's visitors. Called out by
the Commercial Club without a
moment's notice, many of the
musicians played all the after-
uoou without a bite of dinner.
When requested to accompany
the excursion to Quanah they
consented readily, without receiv-
ing a ceut of remuneration. That
requires patriotism and loyalty
to a town of the highest character.
Omar K. IIenedict, the plucky
editor of the Hobart News-Repub-
lican, was defeated for the Couu-
his long and illustrious oareer in I ^ votes. Omar be-
the Seuate will warmly eudorse
the President's action, and re-
joice that Mr. Cockrell's valuable
services are recoguized by the
government he has served so ably
aud well, Iu the Southwest the
Senator has many old comrades-
lieves there was seme underhand-
ed skulduggery with the election
roturns somewhere, and will
jontest.
Catalpa posts
Lumber Co's.
Long-Bell
Lots of Groceries to Sell
Before you buy, come and see what we have and get our
prices. We are wide awake and want your business. Give
us a trial and see if we don't treat you right. Treat you right
once always treat you right.
JULIAN £ JONES
A fresh line of Canned
Goods, not only canned
goods, but everything
else.
See our line of Queens-
ware. We haye a neat
assortment. Also a neat
line of Lamps.
I'Vft
tin
Lime
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Shepard, Susie W. & Shepard, Horace W. The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1904, newspaper, December 1, 1904; Altus, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc403427/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.