The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1907 Page: 2 of 6
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Psbhibert sad Proprietors
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KILLMAN THE MAN.
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Duke, Okla., Julv 0.
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Thi'muat. JI'lv 11. 1907.
COUNTV TICKET
REPRESENTATIVE
J. K. Kelly of Eldorado.
JUDGE COUNTY COURT
Chat. L Keeslar of Alfalfa.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Quiutuis A. Kaune of
Eldorado.
CLERK OK DISTRICT COURT
R. K. Powera of Warreu.
CLERK OK COUNTY COURT
Will P. Goelen of Victory.
REGISTER OK DEEDS
J. R. Craiu of Olustee.
SHERIKK
J. S. Killtnau of Duke.
COUNTY TREASURER
Thomas J. Thrush, Martha |fcaJ be woul(1
SURVEYOR
H. B. Kox of Altus.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
1st District
C. I. Smith of Jay.
2ud District
Democratic fri'uds who have
mad? inquiry of me by .etter and
otherwise relative to J. S. Kill
mai>, of this place, who is the Re*
publican candidate for sheriff of
Jacksou county, I have this to
«ay: Yes, I kuow him well, lie
is a good farmer and a Hue Mack-
smith. He is one of those solid,
"all arouud" men who make a
success at everything they under-
take, and the best of all is be
never undertakes anything that
is ia any sense of the word
"dirty." He has plenty of tem-
per, but is not ''high tempered;"
firm hut uot rash. In a moral
seuse he is an honorable man iu
every respect, a member of the
Methodist church of which I am
pastor and a level headed, true
hearted Pbohibitiomst. He has
splendid sheriff timber iu bim,
and uo decent Democrat need be
ashamed to vote for such a man
as J. S. Killman. I am a Demo-
crat aud pulled hard for J. C.
j Adams, simply because I knew
him well and had many reasons
for believing that he had the
best sheriff blood iu his veins of
any Democrat in tha couuty;
doubtless have
gone through if he had uot had
such a tremendous gang of "cam
paigu liars" agaiust him. Now
as matters stand I much prefer
J. S. Killman aud shall do all I
can in au honorable way for bim
W. H. Dennis of Headrick. | geueraj election, after
yrd District | which both Democrats aud Re>
T. J. Pearce of Eldorado, jpablicaus should co-operate with
Supt. of Public Instruction to [the lucky candidate and do all
be supplied later by the Couuty jiu their power toward helping
Central Committee. him to be a good sheriff no mat-
ter who the lucky man may be.
So, Mr. Editor, wishing you
much success I am
Yours for J. S. Killman,
Rbv. W. A. Nash,
Pastor M. E. Church South,
Duke, Okla.
In favoring the ratification of
the constitution we are not of
the opinion that the document is
perfect or any ways near perfect.
Iu fact it is bad in many places,
hut at the same time it contains
much that is good and much
that the people demand should
be incorporated therein, and the
people of the proposed new state
propose to ratify it regardless of
the action of the Republicau
party. The Star has maintained
and still maintains that the Re-
publican party cannot subject it-
self to the charge of having de-
feated statehood because some of
the provisions of the constitu-
tion are objectionable.—Lawton
Star.
Ano our constitution will be
changed, says Bill Murray,
to suit the whimsical ideas
of the Republican appointees
of Oklahoma. This will be
done to secure statehood. After
we get statehood, we will proceed
to eradicate everything but what
the constitution originally had,
also place iu it the things we
have to eradicate now to get
statehood. We will get state-
hood regardless of the cost.—Tex-
ola Herald.
So this is the spirit iu which
Cocklehur Hill has called the
couveutiou together is it? Bet-
ter uot let this kind of remarks
reach the White House, or you
will uot get statehood at all. The
man iu the White House believes
iu the doctrine of the Square
Deal, and there is nothing even
suggestive of that doctrine in
these utterauces of the Cocklehur
statesman from the jungles and
briar patches of Tishomiugo.
If you expect bouesty ou the part
of your politic*! opponents, you
will have to show some evidence
Ik the new railroad is u bona
fide proposition, Altus certainly
wants it. Aud as uo money is to
he asked for until the new road is
completed in the alotted time of
six months and two trains have
been run over it, we have nothing
to lose by raising the bouus.
Let's raise the bonus, any how,
aud if it is not needed we will bo
out nothing but our time aud
effort expended.
Several of our good Republi-
cau aud Democratic friends have
suggested that a joint discussion
of the issues of the coming cam-
paigu, at various places in the
couuty, to be arrauged by the
central committees of the two
parties, would be of interest and
profit to the voters; and the
Times has been urged to take up
the suggestion iu its editorial
columns. 1 he voters would cer-
tainly appreciate a friendly dis-
cussion of the issues, and would
turu out en masse to listen. The
Times suggests that the two can-
didates for couuty attorney would
be good men to lead off. aud later
or. there may b<- others. The Re-
publicau candidate is ready at
auy time!
1 BETTER COME QUICK!
i The BIG FIRE SALE opened bright and early Monday morning with a large force,
| of clerks, and we have certainly been shoveling out the goods ever since. They are.
, going fast, and if you desire to take advantage of the
j Extraordinary Bargains in all lines
1 you will have to come quick. Our stock was large and included almost every variety
• Groceries on the market, and we are closing these out regardless of cost. All we wan
1 is to get them out of the way with a small fraction of the original cost. We A mn*
S GIVING STUFF AWAY! g
5? Canned goods at your own price. Lob of Sugar, Flour, Coffee and other articles«
w in bulk, slightly damaged only, but going without thought of price. Better get "ere»*
£* within the next few days if you want a whack at these cheap groceries,
g* Yours in a hurry,
| The Leader Grocery
ra TOM HOWELL, Proprietor
Sold His New Home.
M. E. Kizziar, familiarly known
as ''Lucie Mart, the Sage of
florae Branch," is now the owner
of the handsome new home of
Cage Beach on Prospect Heights.
Mr. Kizziar and Mr. Beach re-
cently cooked up a #14,000 deal,
whereby Mr. Kizziar becomes pos-
.,! it yourselves. I'he Tmica doe, I tl,w l,ou#B certain
11.4 balieve that decent Demo- olbcr property,
cats endorse thes, utterances of,wh,le Mr «eU 400 acrei of
Murray, auyhow. jtiue f*rn»«g ^ree miles
' : east of Duke, aud certain towu 1
Tin J.hueou Hardware A 1m-1 property in Altus. Mr. and Mr«
plfiuont Cw» has juat received a; Beach are now making arrange- (
car loud «f corrugated rooflug, menta to place their children iu\
both galvanised and paiuted, in some good school, but willcou-i
all lengths mid sizes from six to tiuue to reside in Altus the great-
ten f»*ei If you want rooftug er portion uf tbeir tun- We
y< u cau K>*t all yon want of it should certainly r.-gret to lone:
now at Jobuaou's. ithern from our midst.
NEW RAILROAD.
A Proposition Which Has Caused Much
Speculation on the Part of Our
Bufinesfi Men.
Altus has been struggling with
a railroad proposition for the past
ten days, which at present seems
to be considerably "up iu the
air." Two meetings have been
held, aud there has beeu much
discussion, both public aud pri-
vate; but us yet uo decisive steps
have been taken, and probably
will not be until something more
definite regarding the proposition
is ascertained. .
A Mr, Bockmau, of Guthrie,
who has beeu in Altus for several
mouths soliciting insurance, re-
turned here last week and after
consulting with some leading citi-
zens called a mass meeting at the
opera house Wednesday night,
when ho placed his proposition
before them. Briefly, it is that
if Altus will raise a cash bouus
of $40,000 and the right-of-way
for six miles west of towu, The
Chicago & Rock Island Construc-
tion Co., which Mr. Bockmau
says is behind him, will construct
a hue of railroad from Altus
through Hollis to Wellington,
county seat of Collingsworth
couuty, Texas. The road is to be
completed iu six months, and
Altus is not to be asked for aceut
of money if it is not completed
aud two trains run over it within
the specified time. There are
several minor details, but these
are the main features of the
proposition.
According to Mr. Bockmau,
there is no guarantee that the
road will be operated further than
the ruuuiug of these two traius.
The construction company inteuds
to build it with the bonuses to be
secured from the towns along the
line, in the hope of selling it to
Borne truuk line for operation.
Nobody has auy idea who is back-
ing Mr. Bockman, nor whether or
not his proposition is bona fide.
They have simply his word for it.
A committee composed of
Messrs. Corbiu, Traweek, Jarboe,
Doau aud Beach have the matter
iu charge for the citizens. Mr.
Bockman has left the city, but
will return within three weeks for
bis answer.
A Complete Backdown.
Seeiug the overwbelmiug pop-
ularity of the Byrne Simplified
Shorthand and Practical Book-
keeping, a few of our would-be
competitors usiug some of the old
mossback systems have yelled
themselves hoarse about what
can't be done with the Byrne,
but are as silent as the tomb
about what cau be done with the
old systems they teach. To all
of these we have made for the
past three years and still make
the followiug standiug offer
which they have absolutely de-
clined to accept: They to select
five students from their school
who have not studied auy system
of shorthand more thau five
mouths, and we will select au
equal number of Byrne writers
from our school who have not
studied any system more than
three mouths; they to select one
judge, we to select one, these to
select a third; these judges to
test the speed and accuracy of
their students and ours iu new
and unfamiliar matter, court re-
porting, legal briefs, and business
letters, five consecutive minutes
on each class of matter. If their
students make a better record
than ours, we pay all expenses of
the contest; if our studeuts make
a better record than theirs, they
pay all expenses of the contest.
The fact that their students have
two months more preparation
thau ours is uot to be considered
iu the contest.
Since the other schools have
admitted that we cau give a bet-
ter course iu two months less
time thau they, aud since we se-
cure good positions free of charge
for every graduate, would it uot
be 3omplimeutary to your good
judgmeut to make arraugements
to euter the Capital City Business
College of Guthrie, Okla., ut the
earliest possible date? Large il-
lustrated catalog free for the
asking.
$35,000 of 8% money to loan
on farms. Phone W. H. Dickey,
Maugum, Okla., to come to see
you.
Mrs. Curtis Traweek aud sou,
Chase, have returned from a visit
to relatives at Clarendon, Tex.
PUSHING NORTH.
Orient Construction Force Rapidly Build-
ing Towards The Little Village
of Blair.
The Orient railroad construc-
tion force is rapidly pushing its
way northward, aud the last re-
part that reached us was that the
rails had been laid to within two
or three miles of Blair, the next
town north. This will be mighty
good news to the people of that
village, who have beeu waiting
anxiously for the road's arrival
for many years.
The construction of au office
building 16x32 has beeu under
way for the past two weeks, and
it is about completed. It is lo-
cated near the brakes, at the
north end of the material yards.
It is to be occupied by J. H.
Smith, division engineer; A. L.
Herring, resident mgiueer; Ma-
terial Clerk Doan, aud all others
whose work is clerical to any
great exteut.
Alex McRae, of Wichita, fore-
mau of the bridge aud building
department, arrived from Wich-
ita with his force about teu days
ago, and has since been waiting
for the track to be laid to the
first bridge north of Altus, so
that material may be brought
there and he may go to work
This will be the bridge across
North Fork of Red River. While
this bridge is being built, the
track layers will return aud work
south out of Altus to Red River,
aud by the time they reach there
it is anticipated that the north
bridge will be ready for them.
Theu the two forces will cbauge
places again, and thus the work
will he carried on until the gap
between Altus and Clinton is
closed.
The gradiug camp has been
moved to Blair, aud the graders
are surfacing the track just ahead
of the track layers. Plenty of
material of all kiuds is arriviug
now, aud prospects are bright for
au early completion of the gap.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hogsett's
little son has beeu quite ill from
an obstruction of the bowels the
past few days. He is much bet-
ter uow.
Childre ss
"THE JEWELER"
On the South Side of Sq.
THE GREAT BIG
WATCH SIGN
[ YOU CAN'T MISS
THE PLACE WHERE
THE BEST WATCH
CLOCK and JEWEL-
RY REPAIRING IS
DONE. THIS WE
GUARANTEE TO DO,
TO DO THE BEST
WORK POSSIBLE AT
THE LOWEST POS-
SIBLE PRICES.
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"THE JEWELER"
NOTICE.
No. 8775.
TREA8UBY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF COMPTROI.I.EK OF THE
CURRENCY.
Washington, D. C., July 3,1947.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented
to the undersigned, it has been made to appear
that the City National Ilank of Altus, in the
Town of Altus In the County of Greer and
Territory of Oklahoma, has compiled with all
the provisions of the statutes of the United
States, required to bo complied with before an
association shall be authorized to comnienca
the business of Banking;
Now, therefore, 1, William B. Hlclgcly,Comp-
troller of the Currencv, do herebv certify that
the City National Bank uf Alius, Iu the Town
of Altus, County of Greer and Territory of
Oklahoma, Is authorized to commence the
business of banking a* provided In section
fifty one hundred and sixty nine of the Revised
Statutes of the United Mates.
In testimony whereof witness my hand and
seal of office this Second day July. 1917.
William B. Riih.kly.
(«AL) Comptroller of the Cun-ency.
Fop Sale.
One bay pony four years old,
ouo aingle buggy, been used about
two mouths. A big bargain if
sold before July 20.
M. A. Ammons,
Altus, Okla.
The Ilia peculiar to women, take different forms.
Some ladies suffer, every month, from dark rings round their eyes, blotches on their skin and tired
feeling. Others suffer agonies of pain, that words can hardly express.
Whatever the symptoms, remember there Is one medicine that will go beyond mere symptoms, and
act on the cause of their troubles, the weakened womanly organs.
Wine of Cardui
Mrs M. C. Austin, cf Memphis, Term. writes: "For five (5) years I suffered with every symptom
of female disease, but after using the well-kncwn Cardui Home Treatment. I was entirely weH."
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Shepard, Susie W. & Shepard, Horace W. The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1907, newspaper, July 11, 1907; Altus, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc403717/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.