The Curtis Courier. (Curtis, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1906 Page: 1 of 10
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Curtis Courier.
Vol, 6.
Something Doing.
Thf' latest pl*v in*«!#• on the
rmln>H<l i-b**«-k» rboard •• by the
HmiiIx Fe company, win* *rp •* Irast
trying in make the people believe
Amt it i*de«ir»uaot building a line
aoulhe*«t Miiin wbete from ALtou
station, six mil** thin side of
.Woodward Tbeu tr.nu Alston the
hoe will row oil the present Sautn
F«? track through Woodward to
Taugier. a.h«re it branches off for
Supply and uo teWtfli where- #W.
We take but little stock iu the
project, tor if looks to ua very
■luuh like the pla\ made bv Wood-
ward parties about two wears ago.
wheu u was thought that « railroad
would be built b) Cento#, Selling
CURTIS, WOODWARD COUJMTY, OKLA.. WAY 3. 1906
No. 20.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
J. R Whitworth war in Heman
Frida* night.
Curtis needs booster*—there i*
no room here for knockers
Miss Anna Jordan left for Iowa,
her old home. Saturday morning.
Merchants should see J. R.
Whitworth, C'urtie, before selling
rgge.
Two «j
shipped front, the Curtis stock yards
Tuesdav.
Nine divorcee were granted by
the late term of the Woodward
district court.
O. H Munyon of Mooreland
waa a welcome visitor in this city
aud Mutual, with some outside as
eistance, to Woodward. Then s Satnrdav night <
gcouipauy a«s Oigamaed iu Wood-j Get a policy iu the Hartford Fire
ward undoubtedly frieudly to the | Insurance Co. aud your property
Sauta Fc, to build u line over | will be safely insured,
aooui the fame territory. A pre- Ben Evuus shipped five cat
limiusrv suivej was made end * load* of cattle from the Curtis
good deal of uoise with it. This stork yards Sunday uight.
George W NealfV was iot'leo.
Mowdav.
A Knight* of P*t hiss lodge will
soon be orgsn’ted in Gage.
The Chtistiau church building
in Qoinlsn is nearly completed
C E Usll and wife of Haskew
were guests in this citv Saturday
night.
Enoch Hagen hi* been promo-
ted Ui night operator at tbs Santa
Fe depot in this et$v..
When vour pfotudhy
in the Hartford Fi
it ia insured C
local agent. t |,~t
The cit*<«eace*OT of Woodward, j
I. W. Hart, produces Agorae which I
sbAw that that citv has over 2.800j
population. , -w
There wa« not half enough bitch ^
tacks for the farmers who came to
Curtia. Saturday, to trade to tie
their teams.
Mrs. Susie Carpenter is having
her restaurant building fixed up
Wf Hive Lots of Aooey to Low!
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
WOODWARD, OKLA.
SL£&i *GU(W1S DRUG G0MBAPY*-
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bsd the desired effect, lor Ceatos,
et. al., laid down with the expee-
• atinu that they would get a road
for nothing aud soon after the
utbei teliowa laid down, also But
it ia probable that Jibe Sauls he
people will not have such au easy
math this time, for it ia oar un-
derstanding that it will have In
oouteud with the Kalv or Rock Is*
land railroads, which will uecesi*
tate a much stronger hlnff and the
new liue may have to be built,
which would make a good towu of
Alston aud some contend that it
would at aud a good abow to be-
come the couuty seat. Good water
-eatMNt'weewred at that point at »
T. L. Whitworth and wife ot
Cedardaie were here, Saturday, to
visit their obildreh and attend to
business.
A party was given at the home
of M. H Lvdcc, Fridav uight, in
honor of Miss Anna Jordan, who
baa since goue to Iowa.
L. M. Maddan. who it oow a
resident of Woodward, waa circu-
lating among old frienda in this
citv the first of the week.
The Oklahoma Citv commercial
club ie expected to pass through
Curtis on uext Tuesdav forenoon.
It will be iu Woodward fordinner.
fc E Tiftrtofn TWfufkfV 111 otfiog j <
in such a way as to provide sleep-
ing rooms for gucata.
T E. Bald**? J. W. Adair.
C. W. Bylaad and W. P. Fuls of
Priogev attended Masonic lodge in
this citv Satnrdav tight.
D. M. Tavlor,haa two fine jacke
and two floe horses. One of the
horses is a draft auim*! aud the
other is a roadster. Come and see
them. Terms: horses $8, mules
$10. x
While serving legal pa pets on
Baud creek, Monday. the high
waters on that stream came very
| Drug; aoi Medicines,
Druggist Sundries,
(§j Toilet Articles, including Combs Toilet Soaps, 0
Chtunoi^ Skins Brushes, IVt fumes. Sponges, Etc. (Qj
jg Choice Line of Cigars, <§j
Z FINE CANDIES AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES, (g
#JpS. >riRV JVI.
reasonable depth and altogether it
would be a good place for a towu.
I'be surveyors ire now making a
survey of (be uew liue aud k abort
time will abow what there Is iu it.
Something Wrong
It will be remembered when the
deep railroad well* w**ie bored at
the depot in thia city it waa re-
ported that au immense quautitv
or water was secured, hot after-
wards aoothei gang of Santa Fe
men ware sent on b#rc and they
that
PROPRIETOR1
HOTEL MAINE,
Give us a Trial. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
him to call and settle immediately,
as it is ueoessary to close op *bis
former business at. the earliest date
possible,
The Royal. Neighbors will give
an entertainment and iee cream
•upper on Tuesdav eveuiog, May
8th. Yhe entertainment will be
tree and ice cream and cake 10c.
County Attorney Willet was iu
the city, Tuesday, as con usd in the
ease of the Territory vs. C. E. Hal.
Mr Willet mav uot be perfeet iu
. all things, but he has kept countv
io,Bipul,t«d «■•>!«. .h.l «>"|Mdo.. womlwMIl,. «•„«-
‘"J ,or ' j„ „*.rd ,o „r.»d juria.
T. A. Seibert, formerly of thia
citv. has takeu editorial charge of
the Supply Republican. Tom will
probably develop into a first claae
newspaper man, but be cao uever
expect to exceed iu this respect bis
reputation aa a school teacher. He
will flud bia efforts as a newspaper
man similar to school teaching—
not mnch appreciated by the peo-
ple whom he works tor.
The following telegram ia sent
out from Kansas City, but who
the party was wja are uuable to
'A woman got off the
Santa Fe traiu from Cnttis, Okla-
homa, at the Union depot yester-
day morning. Half an hour later
•be aunounced that she bad for-
gotten her baby. The depot em
ployeea found the babv sleeping in
the car where the mother had left
it. The womau and baby went to
Princeton, Mo.”
time were little used Lately, we
understand, ooe of these wells is
beiug used and if is round tbgt it
furnishes more water than the
moll sanguiu** dreamed of. This
would indicate that the “lid” has
been carelessly left off by those in
the scheme. It was confidently
believed by well posted men here
that there waa something np
which the general public Wes not
outo and the condemning of the
wells waa expected by uihuv of
bf pur people* Mig befrtfe if triiS
done. It was believed to be a
scheme ot some kind, but as yet it »ti^te
hpf not developed. Some thought
it waa done for (be purpose of ah
lowiug some of the Santa Fe
officials to bdv np considerable
land abodt Curtis and wins this
was done a division point would
be made here, but nothing ot this
kind has occurred. It was also
hinted arouud that • the Santa Fe
would branch off here for Supplv.
sew n*N*«nesT
for himself.
The case of the Territory vi. C. I
E. Hall waa tiled iu Squire Bax-
ter's court, Tuesdav. On account
of not producing sufficient evidence
by the plaintiff. 'the ease was
thrown out ot court. «
An immense rsin fell in thjw
locality, Bonder, which was suffi-
eCot for almost any purpose In ! jj
•one porta of the codnty much
hail fell and at Avard, Woods
county, we learu mnch damage was
done in the way of broken window
glass, but in this locality no in
jury was done and only now and
then only au ooeational hail fell.
ard ^aspnqble,
CURTIS, OKLAHOMA.
PONT CRUSH
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For 5®le or Trade.
\ I have a good farm of 160 acres
jn the famous Pecos valley of New
Mexico that I will trade for good
Oklahoma land, and artesian water
or irrigation mav be bad at a
distance of from 250 to 706 feet.
We can raise anything here that
grow* in this country. Anvuuc v
no Woodward county wishing for
art her information in regard to®
rade or purchase, write ! 0
J. U. Smith, q
Lake Arthur. New Mexico. W
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However, uothiag came of either
ruibor, and it looks now ittiee'fe
has determined to branch off from
Alstnu that nothing would come
of the affair. „
Blank receipt books for sale at
this, office.
Equalization Board.
The township board of Liberty
.ownship will meet in Cnrtis as ao
equalization -board on May 4 and
5, 1906.
Chas. O. Caldwkli..
* Township Clerk
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Its
x For 5ale or Trade.
I will trade my complete stock
of undertaking goods, furniture,
■awing machines and trunks, with
lot and bqildings on Main street,
Cnrtis, for land or stook.
R. A. Lincoln.
The life out of your pocket book,
purchasing goods with u view of
gettiug rebates “after while.”
Buy here where goods are sold at
a living profit, one price to all,
and goods marked in plain flgnres.
I buy for cash and sell for easb or
prodace, consequently 1 do not
have the losses as sustained bv
sonje credit stores. Yon pav for
just what you get. aud do high
price tacked ou to pay the bill of
someone else who did uot iutend
to pay. In a business conducted
on credit, someone must pay these
bad bills. Are you helping to
do itt
Give mv store a trial, and con-
vince yourself. Don’t lei preju-
dice stand iu your way bnt corns
and see.
|I have jnst added a nice line of
men’s shirts, overclotbes, shoes,
ladies and gents’ hose, which I
will sell at moderate cost; Ex-
amine them.
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Remember.
It’s not how you live, but how’s
year liver. If not in perfect order,
make it so by nsmg Simmon’s
Liver Purifier,—tip boxes only. Its
tbs sdrast, safest and most agree
able aid to thpt organ pnt np.
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Free Concert Saturday Afternoon.
JOHN M. STARK.
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