The Pond Creek Tribune. (Pond Creek, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1893 Page: 1 of 4
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Pond Crook io the County Seat of “LM County, the Banner County ot the Cherokee Outlet.
THE TRIBUNE has a larger
aONATIOC OIAOULATIOH THAN ALL OF
TNI FAFAI FJBOIHID IN BOTH TMB
BONO ONCIKB COMBINED.
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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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0. S. Dailkt,
I. t}. Rom
Dailey & Ross,
attohneta-atlaw.
All legal business will rerrlv* prompt
•Million. Ont*rt. • «p»ci»lljr.
C. C. Daniels,
COCETT ATTOHRBT.
Attoiuei-at-law. Pond Crook, O.T.
Marchant & Ologston.
ATTORKBTO-AT-LAW,
Pood Crook, Oklahom*.
Thames S. Tripp,
ATTORXET AT-LAW.
C. 9. Load Practice ••pecUlt/s twelve
jr.tr. experience.
Office, couotjTMOt of L county.
D. D. Temple & Co.
ATTOIIMET. AT-LAW.
Practice before the Interior Dopsrt
moot end Territory Court.. Land Office
ptpon ctrefully prepared. Fifteen
year, ex'jeri.uc*. Enid, O. T.
H.I.Wasm*. P. E. WAiiON.
Wasson Bros.,
LAWYKH*.
All kindi of paper* made out—we
practice iu ell court*. Pee. moderate.
A. M. Mackey,
Attourey-at-law,
Pood Creek, County Sent of L Co. O. T.
U. b. Land Office practice a .pecinlty.
S5 years experience. Office lot 6 block
42, west side public sonar®. Claim* lo-
cated by J. W. Craig, Suiveyoi.
If tho c.»»l denier were * piigillit hi*
would probably lie a light-weight.
It teem* that then* ivn, a string to
lleavor County’* movo to foraako tlio
fold of Uklabonia.
Evkr the atntehood movement could
not get away fr<nu tli« wunther. It turn
• cold Iji It. head.
Bum Small 1. lighting ilm devil down
In old Oklahoma. At Inut Recount* tho
devil wu« reported nu coining up a Utile
groggy. _
Him h (Jut. Lewelllug hit. luuuiid lit*
tramp proclamation It U hotter to bo i.
bubo in Kansas than a land office official
In Oklahoma.
Tug people of Kansas City arc wor-
rying for fear that their water .upply
will run out. They never worry over
their bacr supply.
Tom Wamflek. W. T. Watson
Wampler & Watson,
O. T.
Attorney-at-law,
Eeid,
J. T. Voss,
Attou.nkyat-i.aw,
And Real Estate Agt.
Buying and aelling of claim* a
specialty.
Wallace& Williamson
PHYSICIAN AND 8CU0E0N,
Call* answered promptly, day or night.
Diseases of women aud children n spe-
cialty- Office, four doors east of Tribune.
Dr. J. C. Mahr,
PHYSICIAN.
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER.
Office over Arkansas Lumber Compouy
J. 0. Moffett,
Veterinary
Surgeon.
Infirmary In South-
west part of the
City.
DR. H. P. D. WALKER,
VETERINARY SURGEON.
Will be in Pond Creek
on Monday’s and Tices-
day’s't of each week.
Will stop ai barn'opposlte ribune office
Consultation free of charge.
Tub Democratic congress says pnlyga
my in Utah has got to go. It was all the
go while Brlogham was alive eud Its
■pirit still goes marching on.
The Enid Wavo published u column
and a half salutatory. We note tlm fact
that It failed to nssuru the general public
that It has “come to slay.”
J. B. Doe lias been nominated by tho
president to he assistant secretary of
war. We arc glad to note that John Inis
at last gotten In positlou to show some
visible means of support.
A $10,000 COUNT HOUSE,
Tnu Kansas City Times’ explanation
of the strip frauds didn’t explaiu. It
was a tissue of falsehoods woven around
a very flimsy circumstances to hide tho
real guilt of money-grabbing officials.
Tnn TniBUS* asks the Enid, Med-
ford, Caldwell and Perry papers to re-
tract the statements made about this city
surrendering tho name of Pond (.reck.
There is hut one Pond Crook In tho
county and that Pond Creek is the county
seat. The citizens of this (dace wore so-
licited to change tile name of the city
but they refused to do so. All fair and
honest newspapers that published the
fake article stating that this city had re-
linquished its name will gladly make
tho correction.
Jvdoe IIknhy of Kansas City, Mo ,
last week Axed tho injunction bondof K.
R. Rice & Co. of 8t. Louis, Mo. vs. the
James McBrlan Cigar Co., of Kansas
City at $5,001) to restrain the latter from
using the word “Americanite” on a
brand of cigars. Two weeks ago Judge
Burford of this territory placed the boud
of a miserable tool who restrained this
city from holding au election at $100
That Is the difference between cigars iu
Missouri and elections In Oklahoma.
Judge Burford’s $100 bond will always
stand to his discredit.
Qround Will lltokeo Monday for tho Pin
**t Structure In tho Snip.
Ground will bo broken in-xt week for
a #10,00 court house for 1. county. It
will he built In (In* center of tho public
square of this city and It will lint cost tie
tux pave is of 1. county a cent. Tho citi-
zens of Pond Creek have raised almm
$2,500, enough to got tho work well
under way, and have gilt edged ntiturau
ec, that tin- balance of tin. money will be
forthcoming us fast il« It Is Heeded 10
curry on the work.
The court house will ho one of the fin-
est county buildings In Hn> Clierol uo
strip. The design Is an nreldtoctur rl gem.
Tho building will be <10x72 feet aud two
stories high, with a clock tower dome.
Tlo-r* Will be four lumndve iron vaulfi^g,
hold the records of tli* eoitaly In Vks" * • •
lute security. On the ground lloor there
will be six rooms. Two wide halls will
Intersect tho ground lloor. There will
ho a miilii stairway uud a private stair-
way leading to the upper floor. The ills
trict court room will be 02x110 feet. The
board of county commissioner* will Imve
two rooms, each 22xlt) feet. The court
houio will ho hurried through to com-
pletion in order Uiut the county officials
may he located in the county building,
thus sliving lie* expense of renting at big
cost to the tax payers.
The plan of erecting tho court house
by popular subscription originated with
tho Board of Trade and the hoard have
been working ou tho details for some
time pust. List Monday Mossr.». J. \V.
Berryman, 0. 8. IV at son, P. J. Gentry, P.
T. Walton, 11. X. Wlxoni and E. J. Eu-
glert started out to raise funds by popu-
lar subscription to he used in the con-
struction of n $10,000 building. Tin: list
given below shows the amount raised up
to Tuesday noon and the town has not
been half canvassed. Beside there are
scores of busiuess men In Kansas and
elsewhere spending the holidays who
may he counted upon to a certainty to
contribute freely to this fund. The list
below evinces the -it o the people of
this city, ltdenio.i l n - tLi r loyalty
to the city of Pond i 'e ■ k md their un-
shaken faith iu its future. It. evinces
POND CREEK POINTS.
Ore Statehood Schciiv .
WasKIooIon, Dee 15 P, It
I.ONl.t'n, :■., <). T Dee Id. I*P«-W , ,)f 0M,..........
telegram <" Will ltnEn tie. | I.....OU My ,.......... ..........................
tii'ii! ol J, cuddly I* building u|» rapidly. |
TIdi wooit I •«' ilit* luitiinvr unit imtv iit*<
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THU TRIUUNE.
VIM loo'l I i (I NOT f}|* OH v
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\\ i* iiro In receipt of u copy u( Ad
Ufuid on nil iiM . Tliere iiru fourliuml
(KifnO throe r'tnrv bulhlln^H now Incuiino
of con-i»•ifitl'in, flfUMiii or twenty
fmnio biilUllnipi,11,1 ^ *l big t^rlck block to
be occupied fxolunlvi ly by u cluthllu
company.
Tbc r< ihlcni- of Pond t.’rccrf, tli«»
county <mi, look forwurd loftprcDpcrotH
year Iu i^M. In tho *prltig there will be
a xcftlnr on every claim In th«» county,
mut ILl/ c.ty ib ho aitmitod that it will
) avn a territory of from IIvo to twenty
mtlft«; i Kdpplyitkg point. Already tin*
vii'iRia >r4 f the hoiufttfoekoiv ban put in
•nu^uxec, ami i*aJ oututo (IcaJaru arc
tryiug to flnft rfaltm for pt*»*
poctlvc M.-ulcni.
Pond Creek enjoy* the dUtiuctlon of
being ou^ of tho moat MuhHtuntht] citlfn
in tlio Strip. Ita growth lnu b *ou nion ly
and constant. Today there ar«» 2,000
peoplo h»*r»», und uoxt spring will uce
that number doubled. Them nn* no
empty houses In the city, uud new build
||A0!| COliftTI III LT
with tho 1." i'.r <>fltct.d« In r'lerem a ta ......... P.ind (’r* "I.. Oh'.Timn m
thu Statelm • I que.tl.....mil u very In pur-1 wi„, p|(,.,mri, tl„, ,.v
Ulllviinelii.mn whs leached today. >! j pwi-pmliy of the pap* r. Mr. ur-cu
was decided to have a nmveutloii r*vi<l.*ntU liua it homm/ii In Ilm Tumi si
•'V I" • lialrmnii of Dll* .......... | |,a* 'i„.,r ,ci I, in the l*-ii" lieron* |. |
central cnnnilllee lai ps>. I...... tic .pc- j )l(( ,„rm| ltl
11 ” ‘•'•■■idl’d that It will h• til” w|lUl> ,,,,1,11,1,1,,,; ,|„ tlancheai.-r Sun
proper thin:* Mr the democrat ef Ollla [ |,n wl'l> hi- limn i ,. DlcUIn
lieinri <o it ■ t In regular convention ami |.............. fr|,.,„], c|,r„„le| . , i
I"*-......... .... l' ivofiug.tjitehoud nil I *r IMr><i,...... |,|, Hii ... ,r.il
certain condition., and limitation- pre L,mlllf„ .\Iillen.- Cl.ronlele.
*erlheil. t
rite reorlutions will likely he wiiit-M Aij(1|ki1|| Mime!.,
here anil import.'.I for »d p'.i-m. Tlie, ] (vI(„. c. nic. formerly of thl
Will di-clan' in favor of single slnlehoo.l
Imt do ibl (t iti lo.od never.
er uud
OUtt MOTTO:
QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS.
!] Our stock is now complete in all its bran-
d ches, consisting oi Dry Goods, Clothing,
i Boots and Shoes and Groceries. These
i goods are all now and fresh, no old stock,
l? but bought direct from Jobbers and man-
Hjiladopt thu plan 1»v v.nv of
mnklii^ It rcitiun ti nt the Indinn territo-
ry will he Included in thconontat^ which
In tlmir opinion will lu*iiro a (l^movtatlc
(vt’ifo, and hence it will Iu* ii-solvcd that
the democrats lo^cmhled will not In* r at
iidled with anytJiiug Ion than miirU*
statehood.
It in Htatcd by tic ho who have been con
*ldorln* the matter that while it uppem-
city are
ninnlmr ii pg’-r ttt Pond Creel:, in limit
Torrlto-y. They call tholp pup« r tlu*
Cum.i Tjum.m , the dr** cop; i#/J
which li. . LoKire u/«. Tlie I' d” r '* J‘
fclx < olnnr.i -tuarto, bright ar«l «]mrkUny, 1
and was got out tho name day the 'p*0
prtetorn re. do «l Pond Cr.« k. Wo will
quote exto.ivlvoly from Tiik Timiji m. j
next week. ’ 1 lltlie ipoli • (IvUtl.) Illdcx. j
* ♦
We nr** in receipt of T:;i: IVimi Ciu i a
Tiiiiunk, IiiHth" 2nd N*». column I,'
lugs are being star* ed every day. The B0W ,hllt ,Uo ^m(K!Wllor oktahonm are I ..... .........
futnilleH of buninok. utcit are beginning , , , s . iA ‘ 1 ,l 1 1 •( ' "
to arrive end a,Id to .he population. | ’ '“U ',ls Ur ! •< «•*«• '* »«* well known j
Baity lines arc bol.ig drawn pretty “ml W"“ d ' ' " *" ' 1' ',y ",liny "f r,'‘"!,‘r ....... I’1’"'''’
> 'unpopularduring the coming statehood llltvim,. ono„ bePn pffii,,,, ,,f a paper
plus.' !u I, county. Tli'n city is uliout
equally divided bet ween tlm Kepublican-
uml the Democrat . Hut tile county i
Bulidly repuh'.i.'an. Tlier.i are lm> few
populi-ts In tho county, ns this i- too
glo.ii.u< a country for the calamity howl
er to utter his dreary yowl of woe. Tin
Kansas Democrats who straggled down
into the stilp hoping to curry favor «
the powers that he arc kicking long atu’.
loud for pap, hut they kick iu vain.
Every appointive office in I, county,
with possibly one exception, was given
to a Democr.'.* who came from : »u'h of
Mason ami Dixon’s line. Hem • of the
sunflower 1) mocrais who love office n i h
patriotic a.Ti 'tint, are I, "ginning to eu
quire: “Wli. t are we here for?’’
Property is steadily advancing in va!
uo mi l next mouth, when deeds are is-
sued for lot . tli-re will ho sum ■ rapt I
changes iu real .-state. Tho residents of
convention.
| printed bore called the Clyde Mail. They
ufacturora. We will sell at greatly
REDUCED PRICES
a beautiful line of Iiand-sewed
and. flexible coles ladies shoes,
consisting of Dongoia, Kid and
French. In both button and
lace can supply you in any width.
These goods are made oi the fin-
est material and by the best
workmen the market affords.
They are shoes that sell any
where tor $4.50 to $5 per pair.
We bought them at .slaughtered
that tlio business meu and the laboring I’ .n.J (reek .ire firm in tho I.-ii I th.-i
men slau.l shoulder to shouldet when
the city’s interests arc in issue.
Following is the list of those who sub
scribed $50 each:
Coltnau & Thomson.
TWKNTY-KIVIS DOI.LABS KWH.
C B Franks PT Walton
Badger I.umber Co J S Jenkins
A M Mackey
S. W. HOWARD,
JLE.OHlI'ECI'X’
Plans, Specifications and Detnll Drawing
for Public or Private Buildings.
• TERMS REASONABLE.
0TOffice with E. Grosser.
City Meat Market.
LEMON & BROADLEY
Fresh and salt meat.
Flour, feed and Pro-
duce
ry-n paid for Fun and; hides.
Pioneer Meat Market
BROWN R73. Proprietor*.
All kinds of fresh and
salt meats.
OT Nevor allowed to be undersold,
On Broadway near courthouse square.
J. H. Ransom,
ARCHITECT,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
OT Estimates Furnished.
Gust Cook,
Ths COAL DEALER
Correct weight* fives.
ggTOn O street, eaet of railroad.
Charles Keating,
PAINTER,
gins and Decorating, Mixed Paint* and
Oils a specialty,
Office With Vaughan Bro*.
P. Parker,
Blacksmith
and
:: Shoeing.
tad At South Courthouse .Squan
While out on the road this week wc
learned that there wuh no question but
that, tlio division would be removed to
North Enid in March. News is getting
better all the time.—North Enid Tribune.
Awl say! “what you givin’ us?’’ San-
dy Point's going to get the division, sure.
Tho Hock Island road makes a specialty
of carting its division up and down its
line and locating it at every jlm-crow
town that wants it. All you’ve got to do
to get it is to ask for it, became the motto
ot the Rock Island road is well known
to be: ‘Ask and thou slialt receive.'
Perhaps the Rock Island is contempla-
ting maintaining a division nt both Sandy
Point and North Enid. Surely, it must
Sandy Point says they are going to
get tho division beyond a doubt, North
Enid says they will also get the division
and Caldwell claims to have indisputable
evidence that the division will not be re-
moved from that town. A division at
Caldwell, Sandy and North Enid would
be quite a freak of railroad mauoever,
but there’s no telling what the Rock Is-
land might do. It is to be hoped they
will ail get it aud then cable it or preserve
it in alcohol. By all means, on with the
division.
After the Postmaster’s Scalp.
It isn’t all joy to occupy a government
Job. Postmaster S. H. Cummings in
this city has discovered that fact.
A rumor is sneaking around town to
the effect that a petition as long as the
numbering line at the Enid land office
has been forwarded to the postoffice de-
partment at Washington, asking that
there be a change in postofflee affairs in
this city. The petition was signed by
northern and southern democrats of this
city, so it 19 said.
The present incumbent of the office
is a democrat and as it iB democrats who
are after his scalp, of course the affair
is of small concern to the republicans.
There are democrats here who allege
that the present postoffice is inadequate
to supply the demand and that Uncle
Sam should furnish this city a better
postofflee than the present one. They
go so far as to claim that Pond Creek
has outgrown her swadling clothes and
needs a postofflee with 200 or 800 boxes.
There is one sure thing: the city should
have a room larger than a Henry Clay
cigar box for its postofflee and it should
be so conducted that a business man
could get his mail by simply going after
K at any hour between daylight and
dark. __
Wasson Bros
Greenfield & Co
I) B Madden
It il Htigar
Wm Hamm
Bichard Bios
J M Asher
Long-Bull LumC'o
A Linden
Davidson & Case
H N Wixom
John Colo
Charles F Kelly
A C Vaughan
J 0 Mahr
C S Watson
J W Berryman
C M Hazlett
John T Voss
Trekfll & Hounds
It iy Ferguson & Co
C C Daniels
Cnl Outliout
Lemon & Hroadley
J S Thompson
8 L Bradley
Arkansas Lum Co
C W Retch & Co
I 8 Ross
E ,1 Enciert.
W K..McKinley
Barry Bros
Charles A Dow
Western! & Crooks
John Bach
W F Delzell
Reitz Bros
Williams & Skelton lirowu Bros
8 VV Higgins
TWENTY DOLI.AU8 EACH.
8 8 Crawford
FIFTEEN DOLL.Vns EACH.
JR Talent I D Jessup
L A Hurlburt J 8 Harper
J ll Hansom Addison Green
TEN DOI.I.AKS Even.
T (’Elliot W GROSS
L L I.ee W 8 Chandler
W E Looney Charles Keating
D B Crawford J F Myers
FTh impsou Ed Jackson
II Daugherty & Co Dawson ifc Goss
E 8 Gould
E Grosser
W T Hutson
C E Stamp
W 0 Duncan
B N Dunning
John Beil
F J Gentry
A Calhoun
FIVE DOLLARS EACH.
A L Snyder if C Carter
F E Dunham F M Menzie
W H Hover
F Fehr '
W B Smith
A L Brown
W A Howenstein
.1 II Pabst
i W McIntosh
J A Gallant
J W Moffett
this city will be the banner city of the
strip. Keep your eye on Fond Creek.
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“Death o.‘ The Republican."
The Republican closed its career and
censed to e'.is' ns a newspaper in thi-
eity last week. Tho plant will be moved
tu Blake mail, Kansas, and consolidated
with a newspaper at tImt place. The Re-
publican was nine weeks old at the
time of its demise aud its publisher says
he lost about $15 a mouth during its life
in thi- oily. Th*- fiito of it’*’ H'-p-tMi,. ..
was not uu-xpccted. it is predicted that
it is roi tho only paper in this town that
will die before the Mowers bloom m the
spring, tin la. Tho death of the Repub-
lican was l ot caused through the inabil-
ity of its publisher to got up a readable
newspaper, hut because there was nut a
field for it in this city. Tue Tiiiiu nk
covered the republican field. There was
opening for a second republican
paper her*'. Tbc tax was too great ou
advertisers. One or two newspapers
well supported better set forth the advan-
tages of a town than half a dozen poorly*
patronized papers. On the other hand
the Democratic field in this city is blank-
eted by tw o newspapers. Probably there
will bo a struggle for supremacy be-
tween the two. Certain it ii that tho
Held is crowded. But it is of no concern
to The Tiuiujne. It remains for tlio
Democrats to chose their standard bear-
er in the newspaper field and then push
it forward in the line it should follow as
a successful party exponent. Mr. Dirn-
mick, the proprietor of the Republican
plant, is a young man full of life and en-
ergy ami lms made friends in this city
dining his slay here. The Tiurlne
wishes him success in his new field in
Kansas.
It is then thought to ho clever polities . ,lfn enterprUde*; and know how to get
for Hie democrats nut to he placed in the I ,ut „ finod |,..|„,r> p,„m llU cun
acknowledged attilnde of opposing wlmt! .iIlllin rrom jt |WJ ( r,.,,k ,, )lounil
the people want. The plan of having a ])M!„me tt city of note. V,V wish them
convention is to try and make the......pie i hUl.(.,„s j,, lb(.ir r,.w enterprise. -Clyde
of Oklahoma lwlievp tint the ilmnocriu - ] (
ut huiiK‘ and here ur* in favor of state- j *
hood. There ii no assurance that the. |.nm) Cr.ek <0. T.) Tkii l ni. is a
-etieme is not a play by way oi buncoing five c olumn quarto, neatly {Hinted and 3 . - • j i v n i.
the people by preten-e, that Hie demo -; rtv)| j,,., ,,t ii|>,ii the J PI’ICGS 8/HCl glV6 YOU lolG DGIlGIll;.
orntlo party is in lavor of statehood for | nimc(1 wavM ()f jUIlrnaii»m at Pond"
Oklahoma. Should it be in earnest and | (.r,.,.k |„ thc (•),, rnkee Strip. Kucee-s
tlm interior department can he induced ,)0ya_ \vc extend our VfT. -Argentine
tu let til" prize o, it is reasonably cei tain (,.'.IU / gn,Tj(l_
that the Oklahoma single statehood bill I
will pass Till-: I’ond Cheek TrtruuxF. by Addl-
, ,, , -ion Green was the first paper published
Sandy Pent to Be Rock Island. | ^ lJ((( c)ier,>kl... Slri((. Mr. r,,n„. I
Those whom the gods love nr,- gen. nl- „r|y puliHahed Hie Munchotcr Sun imt '1
ly in pretty umgh luck. Aft. r a running ] ,,01u.!U,ied ),*• e .tild <lo better by moving ’
lightwvith fat.* for twelve long week the i ,]is p!.,nt Ul u,,. rt(rip. The cxporlmenl
little burg north of here ill the saud hill i j ^ 1)r„V( i) .U1,i p,, now |
has tacitly acUnowh : I its weakne-s |idi1(.s ihe, b-.-t weekly papers in!
and laid down in the slough of de-qinud. ,U(. Strip. Ka:i as Newspaper Union.
Afte r n prolonged contest for the name of j
Pond Creek, the people of that town final xhk Pond Ceee!; Tuiiu me edited by
ly decl.b d that the name was not for them Cl>1!,. „f up , < ity, is the
insomuch that they have petitioned lit1’ j i„<sl pn]M?r llui cnine- to this office from
po-lii] department for a po.-toffico utnl.-r (jynii,,mu Territory. Minueupolis(Kan)
another name. Of course, the petition
asks Ar t for the name of Pond Creek for
the postofflee fur that town, but as there
is already one Pond Creek postofflee the
absurdity of thv petUjt.it is tnmife t.
'!*V. n iv<t 7IIY11 triwltfil* TiI*OL*(4 flux
; au- ----—----a- - ~ ---
! You can have them at the enor-
mous low price of only $2.50 per
pair.
Rememljcr, this Sale continues to Next Week only
THE BOSTON STORE. e.v;ainst.
i'rr: ■■ eV\ 1
^BSSSSSSSt
Messenger.
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A Snow Palace.
The little folks will have a jolly goo 1
Lis»v«- rrr?ih »—> V--*r ( ‘’Jhr^irr
Have the Largest Sti ck
—of—
F
Tlie petition lurlher prays tlie ilcpari bviildiug. Tbc worthy ladies of the city
Fined $roo and Coat.
J, E. HalUssy has gone to Jail.
The
Sheriff took him to Kingfisher Monday
and locked him behind the Iron bars
where he wlU languish out a fine of $100
and $48 coats. Holllasy stole an overcoat
from C. B. Franke of the Boston store
last Saturday. He was arrested Sunday
night by Under Sheriff Johnnie Jones
and given a trial before a jury In Judge
Madden's court. The evidence was all
against the accused and the jury had no
trouble In reaching a conclusion. When
Hallissy came np.before his honor tor
sentence, Jndge Madden read him seven
consecutive chapters of the riot act for
pleading not gnilty, when it was so plain-
ly apparent that he had stolen the coot
tfcae piling $48 cost* upon the county.
The Judge then fined HiWay the limit
of the law.
Work Done at the Enid Land Office.
At 13 o’clock noon, Saturday the 10th,
the ninety days required by lawr for
homesteaders to make application for
their quarter sections of land expired.
For the first timo since tho opening of
the Strip the line was disposed of and
the land office doors thrown open, and
every person desiring to file was allowed
to present his application and the same
was placed ou record.
The Enid land district contains about
1,500,000 acres, 7,800 homesteads, besides
sections 16 and 36 set aside for school
purposes and sections 13 and 33 for ed-
ucational purposes.
The work performed by Register Pat-
terson and Receiver Hasslcr and their
clerks ha3 been won • M they have
been kept busy day n. ,1 , it, ami it is
said that they have - . ruoro work
and made a better r- *ord tb*u any other
land office in Oklahoma.
The first homestead entry made was by
N. F. Locke of Mobatite, Texas, at about
1:20 on the 10th, the northwest quarter of
section 21, township 23, range 5 west.
Tnis was before the land office building
was completed, the frame was simply
standing and the tables and desks used
were constructed of boards laid upon
carpenters' trestles.
The following is an abstract of busi-
ness done nt the land office between the
16th of September and the 16th of Dec-
ember: Six thousand three hundred and
fifty-nine homestead entries, 277 soldiers
declaratory statements, 9 townsite appli-
cations, 1,563 rejected and suspended ap-
plications, 23 applications to amend, 44
restorations of right, and 907 contests
filed. Between 1,500 and 1,600 of these
were filings by mail. The filings by
mail have all to be examined, and, if
found correct, placed on record, and the
applicant notified. If rejected they have
to be sent bsck to the applicant, stating
the cause of their rejection.
A contest buildiog has been added to
the office, sad contests wall begin at an
early date. This department is conduct-
ed by Judge Robinson a lawyer who Is
well qualified for the position.
The County Pays the Freight.
Tt, cost the tux payers of L county close
on to $80 Friday to leant that Wiliiam
Rowland di 1 not maliciously tear down a
fence that bad been built by J. li. Atkin-
son. Tt seems that Rowland settled on a
claim near this city, along early in the
opening. He dug a cellar, -iartefl a well
and made other improvements. He loft
his claim fur a couple o£ weeks and when
he returned he found that some one had
filled up hi; excavation, scatter, d his ar
tides of wearing apparel about tho place
and built a wire fence around the claim.
Rowland tore down one corner of the
fence so that lie could pass In and out, of
the claim. .1. II. Atkinson warned Row-
land away, saying that he was the first one
on that claim. A joint debate followed
between the two men In which large ex-
plosive words and a second-hand assort,
meat of expletives were used. Roth men
refrained from doing each other violence
and a few days later Atkinson repaired
the fence. Rowland promptly tore it
down.
Atl.inson came to this city and swore to
a complaint charging Rowland with ma-
licious destruction of property. Rowland,
was arrested and put iu jail. Friday he
had a hearing before a jury of twelve in
Judge Maddens’ court. County attorney
Daniels prosecuted uud Lew E. Clog-ton
defended. The case was tedious and
dragged its weary way through the cour'
the greater part of tho afternoon. Tlie
jury found a verdict for the defendant
thus assessing the costs against tlie coun-
tv. Rowland was discharged.
meat, in the event that it cannot purloin
the name of this town, to give them .a
postofflee under the name of Rock Island.
There ai'" two candidates in tlie field
fur the piwtuiastership of Rock Island,
George Davis and Mr. Iiicks, with tlie
odds in favor of Mr. Davis.
Rock Island is a much more euphonious
uumo for the village than Sandy Point,
but it is not as appropriate.
A New Road Through Oklahoma.
The senate bill granting a light uf way
to the Kansas, Oklahoma Central & South-
western Railway company through the
Indian and Oklahoma territories, war-
called up in the house uf representatives
Friday by Representative Hudson and
passed. The bi'l is In the interest of
Judge Martin, ex-Sccretary of Oklaho-
ma; J. li. Clark of Stillwater and R. Por-
ter of Can -y, Kansas. They have form-
ed a company to act for tho Missouri Pa-
cific railway in constructing tlio new
road. The line is to begin on the border
in Montgomery county, Kan., and will
extend soiiib through tlie towns ol Still-
water, Gutbrie, and El Reno, then through
the Osage, Pawnee, Wichita, Comanche
and Apache reservations.
The company is given the right to con.
struct, telegraph and telephone lines.
The right ni v ay is 100 feet wide, with
a 200 feet wide tight of way for a dis-
tance of 3,(100 fset at all station. Tlie
franchise is considered an exceedingly
valuable one. The bill will become
law when approved by the President.
Judge Moran Files a Demurrer.
Judge Daniel Moran has filed a demur-
rer in thc injunction suit of O. P. Swen-
son vs. J. H. Ransom et al., in tho district
court before Judge Burford. The demur-
rer sets up that the defendants demur
to the petition of the plaintiff on the
ground that the court lias no jurisdiction
to grant the writ of summons and Injunc-
tion order, for the reason that all the pro.
ceediags were had and acted upon with
out notice to the defendants, who were at
that, time and now are residents of L
wm
are zealously working to give them a
real old time Christmas jubilee. Instead
of the customary tree of Christmas eves
there will be a snow palace. The com-
mittee on decoration is n good one and
they promise to have something that will
make thc eyes of all the youngsters
sparkle aud their hearts glad. A gen-
uine all-whiskers-and fur overcoat, Santa
Clause has been contracted for with a
supplying agency iu Greenland icy cli me
lie will have a present for every little
boy alld every little girl in Pond Cheek.
All the boys and girls want to be at tills
wonderful ice palace. They will have a
real good time and never regret the first
Christmas spent in Pond Creek. The
following well known ladies and gen-
tlemen bare the matter ill charge, which
is sufficient to guarantee a successful en-
tertainment :
Committee on finance -Mr*. Tarbox,
Mrs. Lull's, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Thomas.
Commit tec on Decoration—M rs. I.vtcs.
Miss Fannin MeCune. Miss Bca-i ■ Me-
dium, 1. S. Ross. J. M. Diirrough, ('. (’.
Daniels, .Mrs. Dr. Mahr, Mrs. Wm. ii.
Taylor.
Puteb.nsingCommiltee- Mrs. Dr. Malir
Mrs, Lyons. Mrs. Thomas.
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Brick Block.
A brick block 50x110 feet and two
stories high is to be built at the corner
of C and Ninth streets. Tuesday tho lot
opposite tho northwest corner of the
square and occupied by a big tent was
sold to P. T. Walton by a Mr. Martin.
The adjoining lot is owned by Alven
Aden and Messrs. Walton and Allen will
erect a joint building 50x110.
There were two or thro,' contests filed
on Martin's lot, but they were all with-
drawn when Mr. Walton made tlie pur-
chase.
IN THE CiTY.
Keep al! kinds of Building Material.
E3TCull aud Cot Estimates.
I»tO>TC MAC
BRtitt ST'ttKH.
Drugs.
Medicines,
Util.,
Wallpaper,
Window Shades.
1 1 1 171177
Only the very rttti"- used. Kspeci il attention uiviMi to l nysiciims’ Proscription*
Oil A 8. A. DOW, Pharmacist.
Da\i\dson # OqjoB-
—Dealers ill —
Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors,
IBTT-LLIDinsrGh PAPER,
Located ou C Street ju t e„st of the Railroad.
Pond Creek,
Oklahoma.
Church Notice.
Sunday services in Calhooti building
ou Broadway. Sunday school al. 9:30
and preaching at 11:00 by Rev. MeCune.
Mrs. Reid of Pond Creek station has
been invited to speak iu Mr. Etiyeari’s
place at ui.gbt as he will be absent, at
conference. If Mrs. Reid should tie mi-
comity where the proceedings should I able l0 cmne Mr. Euveart has invited
have been bad. Tho demurrer furthersets Mr- MeCune to preach and he consented,
up that the petit ion of the plaintiff does
not show that Swenson is a re-ideat of
Round Pond or Pond Creek, territory of
Base Ball.
There will be a match game of Base
Oklahoma or United States of America or ; RaU <m courthouse square on Christ-
tlmtthe plaintiff had legal capacity tosuo. , maf. <Uv at 3 m. AI, desiri.ig to take
Judge Moran also sets up iu his demurrer wjn t all a, CoIman & Thomson’s and
that the petition of Swenson does uot, state ^ their naU)(.,. Tum out everybody
facts sufficient to constitute a cause of ac
tion, and that the petition is uncertain
informal and insufficient m law or equity
A Railroad Scheme.
Today Messrs. P. T. Walton and John
T. Voss start to Arkansas City to confer
with railroad officials and the board of
trade at that point about some import-
ant railroad matters of high interest to
the town. They will drive across the
country aud stop at Blackwell Rock and
Lamont, at which places they will be
joined by contemporaneous Committees,
who will proceed with them to Arkansas
City to bo present at the conference.
Effort will lie made to got thc Missouri
and see tlie fun.
A Dry Goods Store.
H. I. Wasso.i and W. O. Duncau last
week sold their lot just west of the Lein-
on A Broadly meat market to O. C. Daw-
son of Goodland, Kansas, who will iinme
dately put up a handsome business build-
ing for a dry g' 'd* store. Mr. Dawson
» . s , Pacific to build across, but there 13 an
is said to be a careful business man ami , ..... ... ,
, other plan that the committee has not
evlncee ^^«n>i-Bent^>od 1 udginent^ j made public to give this place railroad !
Mr. Dawson was in tin id looking over ‘ facilities, iu the event that the Pacific
that town. Ha found the land office city ‘ n,aq eanuot be reached. Mes-rs. Voss
to be greatly overdone in a business wa} , Dalton comprise the railroad com-
S?r«n3el2wto», ro he returned to the I “(Kee of tlie board of trade and are
capital of L county and Invested. acting for tl.at body.
E. B. Wescott. 8. 51. Cbooks.
Wescott & Crooks,
REAL ESTATE,
Notary Public,
West Side ot Square.
HaF&ei?
Ibop*
Edgar B. Marchant.
Lew E. C’logstou.
George II. Johna
The Oherokee Real Estate and
Abstract Go.,
Offers superior ad vantages to those dotdriog K * vl Estite l u vestment 3. 8d* t • * t
before listing your property for bull*. The volume ot their Eastern
cone-pondence is unsurpassed by any other associa-
tion of like character in Cherokee Strip.
Arrangements are being made t 1 secure a number of reliab.e Insurance CTmpnio
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Proprietor.
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