Eldorado Courier (Eldorado, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1909 Page: 4 of 12
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bi'»n vUittntf in Howie, Texan.
returned Tu» tin
A. C. Ford an4 NVm. II in "ton
uf L/»oncy wiw in town Tu»ndu>.
Jiv.HU' Holmes ha* accepted u
| paction an delivery buy for the
I Eid »rado t»ruc*ry Co.
S. . Hollander wad a visitor
at Uuanah Sunday.
Furniture
Kinds of
Wc hnve moved our place
of business to the WillTnl
halt Hulldlng. We ask you
to call en us at our new
stand.
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any other real is'ote <* net roilli: §. 0. Brewer made a busimmi couLfCTon ron a sncv/env.
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count... wn^'dalkj. trj oHoMb Tu
f this concern means much t«
JKIdorado. It means much to thi
|merchants, the men who wrnt
I to stay here and the man whr
I has property for sale.
You use bakinjf powders? Well
[why not buy ths white elmer
I possibly »ret a steel range.
| Ulack 6i Son.
J. J. Bennett was a pleasant
| taller at this ollice Monday.
For Rent -A good 200-acrc
I farm, 140 acres in cultivation.
I good house and barn, good water.
I Seven and one-half miles west of
i Bldorodo- Enquire at Summers
| Hardware store.
Dode Farley istup after sev-
eral weeks in bed where he has
I been paying the penalty for some
I boys' carelessness with a twenty-
[ two.
We are all ways glad f.o see
|,you at the Palace Barber Shop.
J. E. Bodenhamer, manager of
I the Majestic Opera House has in-
I deed shown taste in his selection
] of shows of late. "Bose" doe?
I not spare time or money to give
I .theater-goers of Eldorado clean,
I up-to-date shows.
There are more barbers at the
Palace Barber Shop than any
| other shop in town.
STRANOe CAPTURE OF SALMON.
Incident Piwve* That Belief of Same
Flahermen !• Wreng.
FWblng a w*n.fcaown river la Nor-
way tb!* Jun*. oca of the tenant * »>f
tba Sablac ojiposit•• our* ceuaHt
a flah of 19 pousd- In mortilag and
loal nooUipr. Ms •ptantjie lin» t»*laa
brokoo l.y tba nuh of a b««*y #»h
Flahlag with prawn the «n«rooon of
I be midc day. the Mm" anelrr. Id the
tarn* pool, got Into a good flth at bU
fir»t c«»t. Alter a long tight the flab
waa gaffed and landed. Then was re-
vealed u b'r«ni;e mate of thlng« Tba
prawn tackle had nev«-r touched the
flah; In fact the hooks woro n f»Hit or
more from It. They lin<1 caugh' In the
cant which hat] !>eon lo*t that morn-
lux. and whs now twiuu-d Into knot?
and tangles, ou doubt by the salmon
endeavoring to get rid of the treble
Norsk cap? and b«>oka. The line had
been got rid of. As the prawn swung
down the pool lt had grappled the lost
raat still attached to the xalmon, and
flsh (3J pounds}, cast, and tackle were
rocovered. We watched the Incident
from the road, and crossing the river
handled tbe recovered csst. Many ,
maintain that salmon once hooked and
played for any length of time leave the !
pool.—W. H., in London Keid.
HI8 AN AMUSING AUTOGRAPH, j
Clyde Fitch Values That of arecken-
ridge, an Eccentric Jurist.
So H.a Wife and CMtfreft Oidn t Mini
Hie viaiting tateane.
Th.- wan bad hardly «uierg*<4 fiwa
| ijw dingy mIuM on tb* writ,
'ih.- w.*ll-dra*e4 hidy »twjn"*d up aad
».-c,»t*->t hltn.
• Mv pu»r fellow.- aald eh*, "do fma
spend tnu< h of yi*r tfuie In t ucb ell*
plan* m* that?"
fin «f«wd and eyed h*~ cilUrmUf.
•I'm In and out of >h all day k>ea."
b* then retornod. a littl* sullenly.
t»od botp you' Ja.'t think of Cte
nreotous hours wasted In such dive*
if the dorllt Do you s{>*»d much tatfr
ey In sahiuns?"
Te«»; over $10 a day."
"Merciful beavon! Arn yoe mar-
-led?"
• (let a wife and litre children.-
"And ywt. while your wife and ebtl-
tren are borne er.vlng. dotibllesa. for
ood und clothing, you are g.Hng from
saloon to &aJoon Uke a sot!"
"TI . • ain't cryla' for iood nor noth-
!n!" retorted the mau, huBly, "and I
tln't tju not 'cattae I don't drink!"
"Whar! You don't—"
"And what's more, my wife and chl!
Iren 're tickled to have m* eo'n' Into
hese place* all day!"
"What do you mean?"
"And besides, by golu' from saloon
o saloon spendln" money I'm doln' my
luty to them, myself, and my ea«
doyers, ma'am!"
"What la your business?"
"I'm collector for a browerr!"
In Clyde Fitch's large collection of
autographs there Is none that be
values more than a letter of the eccen-
tric and brilliant Jurist, H. H. Breck-
enrldge, on dueling.
Hreckenrldge, a youth at the time,
replied to the challenge of a Britjgb
New crop of Pure Ribbon era ^ with tbi# ««usin5 letter. He
has just been received at the -t have two objections to this daei
jEldorado Grocery Co. matter
U Horace W, Shepard of the
Altus Times was here Wedne;
day on U. S. Commissoner busl
Pugiliet la Not Proutf.
San Krancisco la chtickllng v-"* a
j story about BatUIng Nelson, the ton-
jueror of Joe Gans, tbe "old Master."
Nelson appeared in a ft. bionable
! restaurant a day or two a».e' the
fight. His presence made a »■ i-
-jv at ii though b© bad
' been a pretty girl In a shealli skirt.
It happened that an English woman
r r* .a » a wrlt*-r la iU T i <ar»b
•d i»-4i
Tabf ibn fl'-anr'*! dl.irt-' tvr I"*.
It u n<i known i«» »«* b. *
ibuM> wh«»»- t*a»!h>*»» ■mil > tt-«*4»
''.rough «hj» dUlitct •-n.'M-h lo kiM»»
ihr path*. I ut <>n a mint day n»> <*,n
•rut >-| nim all an*und d »#iii-»wn
Ww V" k without aoiug out»'o- "I
K'pt ai c«-.'tuin iiltnt wh«*r»* they have
Ki-llwiitd to tuaki* tunnels
The ki 'Wledg* ut ell ih.-« subt*f-
ranean »a>» in h«w»r New York la of
iwiuenM. talue lo tbr u*n «hu handle
tb* bllllone lo lhat e*<-Uon and in tb*
i < l*rks who rbaae around oa various
rrtaada. *spectally on i«lny daja.
t waa downtown tb* other day aai
If waa ralalng. I bad aiopp*4 In to
eeo a banker friend and be propoeot
that we go to a certain plaee for lunch.
I remarked that 1 had no umbrella.
"It makes ao differ**ce,- a* enid.
-We will not go outalde.-
I eroaw and followed him, wondering
what be meant. II* took me down to
n basement lu an elevator. Then we ^
wound around through tb* bas^meat
| of one great oflc* building after ao-
j other. We arrived three blocks from
j where we started and we never went
j Into the outside air.
It was a revelation to me. He aald
(hat was nothing. "We traveled over
but a little bit of the ground w» might
j have gone over, or perhaps it would b*
more proper to any 'gone under.' thla
] way. You may travel all over the II-
tiauclal district without going outside
: except at two or three places, and
j tl»e#e will be tunneled within tha neit
' year or two. It takea an expert
knowledge of downtown New York to
get through these passages, however.
There is no danger of getting lost. It
Is not a cave. But if you do not know
the wuy you are liable to fetch up at
gome other point thun the one yoa
started out for."
CAPTURES RUNAWAY ENGINK.
TO THE PUBLIC
I have purchased the Laun-
dry and Tailoring business
formly conducted by W. J.
Corbett, and will continue the
business in the same &and.
Will call for and deliver all Laun-
dry free of charge. If you have any
work ju& phone 129 and we will do
the re&. Also have an expert tailor
who will have charge of the Tailoring
department.
Your patronage is respectfully solici-
ted. Yours for business
J. B KELLEY
Eldorado, Oklahoma
AI
<- w , of title was dining in tbe restaurant.
hess.
A; F: Dawson, son of Mr, apt;
Mrs. S. B. Dawson arrived here
Wednesday night from Chicago.
Where he will visit for several
[ 'weeks.
j W. J. Bell of Okla., City was
here Wednesday en route to
[ Looney in behalf of the Macca-
bees.
. Dr. Lee purchased the resi-
dence of Jas. E. Kelley, whicl
I he will occupy at once.
Black & Son have anything
you may want in the way o
Edison Phonograph Record.
Come to our store and see th-
I steel Range, we will ex
i how you can get it entire!
s of cost -Black 4 Son.
Now to the time for you t
i for the Cot MSB. .;
DaveMcGartey. daugeteran-
taon who have been visitin;
. T. Gillentine and family lei
t. night far StephenviQ-
Chtt. A. Scott ami wife left
for Anadark*
ill aake.their
i hi the future
C H. Mmm and His. Maggie
tt» Qoanoh* Tue»-
wmm happily
nesj fh»na|f«r,
any culinary purposes, as I would
rabbit or turkey. I am no cannlb^; . ''Battling Nwlson Countess
to Jjed upon the fletth of men, ^'by, i *'l,h him countess. T
tlen. 4oot lo^a ft hun^j (Mature of | ain't„ no ^ride about hhn- He 11
whom 1 can ma ire OS ^se? A buffalo
would be better.
"Ytiu vttlll hwke a good barbecue,
It la lrt% neing of the nature of a
raccoon or opossum; but people are
not in the habit of barbecuing ear-
thing that la human now. And aa to
your bide—it la net worth taklag off,
being little better than a two-year-old
colt'e.
"Aa to myself -l do eot like te ataad
la tbe way at anything that la hurtful.
i aaa under tbe Impreeelen that fee
might hit ae. Thle being tbe ceea,
i think it aioet advisable te etay te tba
distance. If you meaa to try fear
pistol, take objects—a tree or a bare
door—about mj dimeasloas. U yea
bit that, sead me word aad I will aa-
knowledge that If I bad beea la tba
ease place you might ale* ban
bit me."
you.
Hie Act.
"Father," said young 81 Coraallb,
"I have long desired to go on tbe
etage. and now, with your permia-
sloo—"
Hosee Cornallk tbeasbtfully strobed
hit* lleme-colored chin beard.
"All tbo world's a atage, my eoa."
be eaid. geatly. "Take that hoe aad
dig up the potatoes la tbe half acre
fleld behind the bog pen."
a Oit Abeent Minded.
RnMa Choate, the great lawyer,
oace endeavored to make a witaeae
give an lltaatratioa of abaeaVmtaded-
neee. "Wall." aald tbe wltaeaa, caa-
tlousty, "I sboold aay that a man Wba
thought be'd left bis watch to bum.
aa' teak k aut'a hie paebet to ee« tf
bo bad time to go bam to get It—I
aboald aay that feller waa a leeUe afr
.eent-minded."
Hew a Plucky Engineer Overtook Hie
Locomotive on an Englieh Railway.
One of the finest stories In the hle-
lory of the English railways centera
round a runaway engine on the Stock-
ton & Darlington line.
T • < h tine was observed by the
dn.: cf ano'.Lur and more powerful
one. Seeing the fugitive speeding In
'.!.<? Ji. ::'.:on cf Darlington, ho un-
orftsaed the ,
on the
class, but
grad
uallj overhauled the runaway,
At last it came near enough for tbe
driver to crawl to the front of his ea-
sine and drop a stout chain over th$
tender hook of the other, fie ivflfhed
to his footplate, abut off Steam, and
screwed down hie brake.
TOaOGCANINO IN THE SUMMER.
Sport In Auetria—Other Uaea for the
Mountain Sleigh.
Summer visitors at tbe Semmerlag
aad other moaataia roaorta aear Viea-
na are thla aoaaoa enjoy lag toboggea.
lag—a sport hitherto confined to tba
wiater moatba, aaye tba Vienna aoa*
respondent of Pall UaJl Gazette.
Tbe new euamer toboggan baa a
body ebaped very much like tbe ordi-
nary winter article, aad mounted oa
four low wboela. Equipped with
etrong aad reliable brake, aa weU aa
ateertaa apparatea. It affOrde a plena
eat aad apeedy meaas of deaoendiaa
mouatala aad bill patha. aad baa al-
ready b
lOUfWlA,
U la expected that tba m*. tabes,
gaa win bavw other aaoa beaMea aport
aad aamaaaieat, for it offers a swift
Hie Idea * *"d ready vehicle for carrying a mea-
Tbe vouna man bad guoo to tha trom th* botela la
. jfckiirt jo. "" ***** yrT"-'*?- .*i
w "• *Wl»'"•< .b~o. Si
nut «f mmmt to aA i ®««M»*l«g *»d also OB the hitli
-air.- be near Vkmra with the aew 1.1 gh have
m for your daughter s nana. . _ . . -
The old mea. aot te tbe leaat dh p oatfroty aatffaetory.
ooacerted. aald:
-Whtch haad? Tbe one aba -'g— Slia'Maait Trick.
tasrbs wit a. I euppnaa" "T>ere cevtainiy are d'fferwacea la
' f^Hnaa. aaM »h*
TMa la Teiitelal Sbjliasiblaaa
,, . — __ '»«Bt ware M eaprooa.aa 'beat.
?**■ >a**. ?. ^ K few aapa oeo a eharktee tajdaat
lite mmttmn aaeawpw • angat ma
m** aghtr
/*WeB. he-b tite rnum.m*.
da Oapewde ea hte aval a« pad le gae>
Full Measure!
is the the rule and there are no exceptiona to it. Tell ua
the lumber you want ane how much, or tell ua what you
are making and we'll figure the feet wanted. You
chooae the kind and we attend to all the rest "on the
square.'* Little ordera are always welcome and the
quicker and better we can fill thsm the better it plsases
us. Hie lumber is graded carefully so you can have
just what is best (or the purpose.
Simpson-Morris Lumber Co.
c. B. HALLMABK, nor.
Dascomb-Daniel Lbr. Co.
Want your business. -#• tarry a fuH lfoa
of Lumber* Shingles, Saab. Doors, Moal-
dings. Lime, Cement, Brick. Ptota, Piek-
c$s, Paints and Oils.
We Appreciate your bill, large or small.
Let us figure with you.
S. G. AS&BT, Mjurageir Eldorado, Ok. .
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I. E HARBISON
ATtORNEY-AT-LAW
DR. DEWITTC. BUCK
ItWMaAJI AMD HVapSON
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Johnson, Stephen W. Eldorado Courier (Eldorado, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1909, newspaper, January 22, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc404911/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.