The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1904 Page: 1 of 6
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YOU
May never know It hap-
pened if yuu fail to read
tHH TIMES.
the altus times.
IF ITS
In THE TIMES tin
chances are that It hap-
pened just that wty.
Altus, Greer County, Oklahoma, Thursday, October 20, 1904.
Rl 42
tih limn
bit thimitt
Of wearing clothes ordered from a "Cheap John" order book,
if he has, you had better break him before the habit does.
Its a poor, foolish, measly, one-sided way of getting a good
suit to fit you.
Out1 Clothing Stock
Cost Us In Cool Cash
More Than $20,000.00
(Just Clothing)
They are made up
better than stuff from
order books and can
be bought from $4 to
$ 10 cheaper per suit
than you can order.
On this urcat sale
Clothing is cut to
the hilt.
Our Overcoat line is
simply a winner-
Men's fine long loose
back Ustlers in gray
mixed cassimeres,
has belt in back,
worth "$ tO, our|§ §0
Arbuckles Coffee giv-
en away on all pur
chases and prices low-
est.
Websters Unabridg-
ed Dictionaries given
away free on all pur-
chases and prices the
lowest.
SCH10SS
WJIHCRE
15 LABEL
Cloth** Mathers
•MTMOOt
Men's Suits 2.95,
3.50, 4.50, 5.75,
6.60, 7-90, 8.35,
9.60,10.50,11.25,
and up to $19.50.
Our $25 Suits
cut to . . $19-50
We bid for your business, we bid for your cotton
PRICE IS THE THING,
$17 worth pur-
chased you are
given a fine large
Dictionary free.
We simply say
we will brat oil
other prices.
Try it?
PRICE DISCOMBOBULATORS
Boy's Knee Suits
95c, 1.25, 1.38,
1.65, 1.95, 2.15,
2.40, 2.65, 2.90,
3.15, and up to
. . . $4.75.
Overcoats $1.95,
2.40, 3.35, 4.65,
5.75, 6.60, 7.85,
8.50, 9-50 and up
to $18.75
TO THE PUBLIC I
A Latter From Frank M. Miller With
Referent* to Hii Candidacy for
Oommiaaioner.
Headrick, Okla., Oct. 19.
To tm Votms For Commimioncr
In Diitbiot No. 1
As a great many of my friend*
request tne to mako aomo state*
ment in regard to my csudiducy
I will state that I came to Greer
comity 20 years ago, before there
were any settlements in the coun-
ty. -1 worked ull over this coun-
try with stock. I located and
settled the place I am now resid*
iug ou 18 yours ago, and am a
farmer and stock raiser, not a
politician.
I live on my I'urm three miles
southeast of Headrick. I have
uothing to Hay personally agaiust
my worthy opponent, Mr. Ay-
cock, as we are very good friends,
but he seeniH to I>h in the wrong
pew. I have 110 charge to prefer
or sustain against him myself,
but I find there are about 08 per
cent ot the people who think he
shifts his politics as ofteu as
there is a chance to get. an office,
as he rnn and wns elected on the
citizens' ticket two years ago,
which was composed <>f Republi-
cans and Popnlists. A good tick-
et—I vo'ed for Mr. Aycock. This
year he shifts to the Democratic
party, and they think by another
term lie will shift to some other.
Consequently he is like the Irish
man's ilea; you never know where
to find him.
1 think the first qualification
of a man for an office of any kind
is honesty, and then if he is com-
petent.
I am in favor of just, ns low a
tux as we can possibly have to
rnn the affairs of the county. I
would like to nsk the tux payors
or the county commissioners a
few questions to be answered by
thera. Why is it. that Greer
county cannot build her bridges
as cheap as the rest of tlie coun-
ties in the territory? Tjyjj ^tat-
uto«says the county coinrriiijgibn-
ors must advertise for bids and
let the contracts to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder. Has this al
ways been done of late? I think
not. Why was it that there was
such poor judgment, used by the
| county commissioners in select-
I ing a site for a bridge over Salt
Fork west of Altus? There ware
plenty of other places withiu a
short distance of there that the
river would not. have changed
from and left the bridge ou dry
land. That bridge cost about
$7,200 and now it is costing
about $1,400 inrirn to build n levy
to throw the current of the riv«r
back under the bridge. Had- man-
agement, I think.
I could ask many more impor-
tant questions; however, I will
let them go fur this writi'ig.
Four yetrs ago I was appointed
trustee of Navajoe township. Two
years ago I ran for that office and
I received every vote in the town-
ship but two." One of these was
mv own, as I did not vote for my-
I aelt", and that is tho only office I
jever ran for, though I have been
deputy sheriff under Sheriff Nel-
son ever since he came into his
; office.
i There is only one unpardonable
sin and criminal offense charged
agaiust me. and that is bei;>g a
Republican, which I am uot
ashamed of, but glory ir.
j I thiuk that the commissioners
office is one of the most impor-
tant offices in the county, as all
claims against the county as well
us other important business has
to be placed in their bauds and
be nllowed wholly or in part
I rejected. Our taxes are certainly
too high for all that we have to
show for. The money could cer-
I tainly be expended with more
| economy, or show up better for
what it is used. If lb* people
see proper to elect me to the office
I will fill it to the very best of
> my ability, aud distribute the
I work, money aud bridges over the
entire preoinct.
I think that a man out for an
office should ruu on his owu mer-
it* and uct 011 the dements of an-
other. Holding uo iil will or
malice toward anyone, but love
aud friendship, aud respect for
all, I remain your* respectfully.
Frank M. Mii.lkr.
zramrann^
?S/
iiimixmBoijuumumuti
FARMERS
You can buy the very best quality of
SEED WHEAT
of the Leger Mill & Elevator Co. We ordered several car
loads for the wheat growers of this section, and are sup-
plying them at BARE COST. BETTER ORDER NOW, for It
won't last long.
LEGER MILL <EL ELEVATOR CO.
S. J. JACKMAN. Mtn^tr fig
umi <nr«»£ iixitt 21 rm iuuuuuii^^
ALTUS NATIONAL BANK
Capital Stock
$30,000.
Th« Bank where you want to ilujioult your money.
The Hank that accomodate* It* cu»tomer» and friends.
The Hank that offers von *afe and conservative mannKumcnt.
The llank that carries insurance to cover every dollar of 1U depositors money.
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA.
til New Ilrtek Itulldlng Southeast Corner Square Next to Postofflce. ..
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I J. R. Pcl.WS DRUG STORE
* J
•>' NCQT OOOK FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER SQUARE'
i
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA.
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FOR PURITY OF DRUGS AND AC-
CURACY IN COMPOUNDING THE SAME
BEEN TRUSTED MORE THAN 50,000
J HAS
5 TIMES WITH PRESCRIPTIONS AND HIS
1
$ WATCH THIS NUMBER GROW.
WORK AND PRICES HAVE BEEN SUCH AS TO
MERIT YOUR TRADE.
\
No. 10518.
Date, October 20, 1904.
MEDICOS TO MEET! A Good 5wvi«-
Greer County Medical Society Will Hold
a Session in Altus October 27—
Banquet to Close.
The Greer Couuty Medical So-
ciety, which is composed of phy-
sicians from nil over the county,
will hold a meeting at the offices
of Drs. Fowler it Sanderson on
Thursday, Oct. 27, at 1 p. m.
That night a banquet will he ten-
dered the visitiug physicians and
their wives at the Orient hotel by
Drs. Fowler & Sanderson. Fol-
lowing is the program arranged
for the meeting:
1. Essential Fever, Dr. Hoff-
man, Duke, O. T.
2. Minor Surgery, Dr. Fowler,
Altos.
I. Obstetrics, Dr. Hardin.
Olustee.
4. Pneumonia, to bn supplied.
5. Care of Infants from Birth
to Dentition, Dr. Lovin, Blair.
W. II. Rutland, Sec.
Mrs. V. E. Conkle left Monday
for Veruou to viiit her sister
1 Mrs. C. J. Farrell.
Death of tt. I. Pigg.
H. I. Pigg, aged 20, a young
married man living the first dour
uortli of the blue gin, died Sun-
day Oct. 9 at 7 o'clock aft«r a
lingering illuess of about 50 days
of typhoid and slow fever. Mr.
Pigg moved here from Martha,
where his folks live, «everal
mouths ago, and had been em-
ployed in various capacities about
town. The immediate cause of
hi* death was an interual hem-
orrhage. He leaves a wife and
nine months old child in poor
circumstances. The remain* were
interred at Martha.
farmers' Union Attention!
To the delegates of the O'.nstee
County Union of Oct. « and 8:
You are hereby called to
conveue at Olustee 01? Oct. 29 at
10 a. m., for the transactioii*nf
such business as may com<> t>«»fore
the body. All are urged to he ou
time, as important business will
oome before the meeting.
S. R. Hattos,
| Pres. Co. Union.
Rev. Wm. Cross, rector of St.
Luke's Episcopal church of Chick*
ushu, arrived in this city laat
Thursday morning from Hobart
where he held service the Tuesday
previous. At 11 a. m. the com-
muuicauts of the church in this
city and a few others, assembled
at the M. E. church, South, where
tt short service and a fine sermon
proceeded the celebration of the
Holy Commuuion. At 8 p. m. I
large congregation was present
for Evening Prayer and a second
excellent- sermon, which were
heard with reverent and appre-
ciative attention. The musie of
the ovpiiing service was rendered
by Mesdames V. E. Conkle and
R. E. Dunlap, Miss Nette Massey,
Messrs. Brewer and Shepard.
with Miss Shepard as organist,
and was an attractive feature of
the oecasiou. Mr. Cross' viait
was greatly appreciated by all
who attended the services, and
an effort will be made to have an
occasional service by him at reg-
nlar intervals.
Advertised Letters.
Tho follow iug letters remain in
the Altus postoffice for the week
ending Oct. 17, 1904. In calling
for the above phase say "advat-
tised."
Campbell, Mrs, Edith.
Jones. O. (i.
Sledge, Mrs. Mat-tie.
Smiley, Bill.
Wynne, Dick.
Wainaoott, Frank.
J. Ed VANMatb*, P. M.
Death 0? ao Infant.
The five months old baby of
Robt. Stringfellow, who ia lam-
ing the J.M. Sledge plaoe, one
and oue-half miles north of
Elmer, died Sunday moraine of
cholera infantum after an illnaaa
of only a few hours. The funer-
al services were held Sunday Al
Flower Mound Cemetery, Bar.
Evans officiating.
Remember the
j speaking tonight.
I Seats for all.
Repnblioaa
Con* ort.
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Shepard, Susie W. & Shepard, Horace W. The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1904, newspaper, October 20, 1904; Altus, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc403975/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.