The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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THE MANCHESTER JOURNAL
d. M. SIMMONS, Editorand Prop’r.
Published hirery Friday at Manchester.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
Entered at Manchester,Okla., Postollieas Second
Class Mall Matter.
FRIDAY, MARCH I, 1904.
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THE OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
SAMPLE COPIES.
If you pet, a copy of this issue of tlie
Journal and are not a subscriber, it
is a sample copy and you are invited
to take it home and read it. There
will he no charges. J. M. Simmons.
Pasture land is becoming so scarce
in this part of the country that the
average farmer can handle only a few
head, at least in a profitable way. The
Journal likes cattle, hut the low pri-
ces which have been paid for them by
the beef trust under the present Repub-
lican administration makes it next to
impossible for the producer to make
a dollar raising them. But we have
hopes that the beef trust will he bust-
ed up some day, provided the country
is fortunate enough to elect a chief
executive and congress favorable to
the interests of tlie producers, and
when that time comes we may look
out for better prices. Beef is sold
plenty high on the block in the great
cities at the present time to warrant
the packing houses in payiug one to
two cents more per pound live weight
for cattle, but they will never do it so
long as the trusts are in control, and
the indications are they will be in con-
trol as long as tlie Republican party is
continued in power.
The high price of potatoes this
spring will make it hard on those who
have seed to buy, but still we would
urge liberal planting. Prepare tiie
ground by plowing deep, then pulver-
ize and pack thoroughly by harrowing
several times. Furrow out in rows
three feet apart, not too deep, drop
potatoes 12 to 14 inches apart and
level the surface by covering seed
about two to three inches deep. After
cultivating the secoud time, mulch
with straw about 0 inches thick being
particular to place the straw well up
against the vines witli the hands and
do not cover any of tiie tops. If you
will do this you can grow 200 bushels
per acre any year in tin's country, wet
or dry. Tiie potatoes will be large
and tine and can be left in the ground
without danger of rotting or freezing
until Christmas if necessary. Try a
small patch and you won't regret it.
Straw is plentiful in this country and
labor is cheaper than potatoes at $1.25
per bushel.
The Republican legislature in the
state of Kansas lias so complicated tiie
voting of a fusion ticket that it has
reduced the fusion vote in that state
many thousand by reason of mutil-
ated ballots, and in consequence tiie
fusion forces are striving to get
together in the various counties as
one party. In Barber county the
People's Party central committee
held a meeting recently and decided
to not put out a ticket this year. In
reporting the meeting tiie Medicine
Lodge Index has the following: “The
political situation was thoroughly
discussed and opinions were varied,
and after everybody expresed them-
selves a resolution was adopted that
it was tiie sense of the Populist com-
mittee that no People’s Party ticket
be nominated in Barber county this
year. Four of the members, thought
a more effective campaign could be
made against the Republican machine
by working with two organizations—
Populist and Democratic—but the
objection was urged that the infam-
ous ballot law made it impossible for
two parties to work together success-
fully with two different tickets.
Sucli a course would result in the
Democrats and Populists being de-
frauded out of their votes, just
KICKS ON FREIGHT RATE.
Guy Cromwell, who lives several
miles southwest of town and buys
cattle and hogs for the big markets,
was a caller last Saturday. Like all
the local shippers hero, ho naturally
has a kick coming on t he discrimina-
tion in freight rates over tiie Santa
Fo from Manchester as compared
with the Orient and Choctaw rate at
Waldron, 8£ miles west of 1 his place,
which Is 21 cents per hundred cheaper
to Kansas City or St. .Toe. But Mr.
Cromwell usually ships to St. Joe and
can get there over the Santa Fe in
better shape than over t he Rock
Island or Missouri Pacific, as both
these roads delay him by stopping at
Kansas City for feed and water, while
tiie Santa Fe runs him right through.
For this reason he pays the excessive
Santa Fe rate, but onIy in making
shipments to St. Joe.
It is a puzzle to the Journal why
the Santa Fe does not, meet the
Choctaw and Orient 1 ate from Wald-
ron, for the reason that they are
losing business at Manchester all the
while by reason of it: and the mere
fact that the road does a good busi-
ness at this point in spite of the dif-
ference in rates is no reason why they
should not try to increase it.
It has only been a very short time
since C'. T. Brown took three cars of
stock from within 2t miles of Man-
chester to Waldron for shipment to
Kansas City, and this loss alone won Id
cover the difference of cents in the
rate on a good many car loads.
Tiie Manchester stock yards are
just over the line in Kansas, same as
they are at Waldron, and even though
our depot is in Oklahoma it should
not cause the Santa Fo to discrimi-
nate to their own detriment.
We might add here that there is a
serious doubt in the mind of tiie
Journal about this rate being field
legal if tiie question were taken be-
fore the State Board of Railroad Com-
missioners of Kansas, for the reason
that our yards are in Kansas and all
shipments from here are in reality
made from a Kansas point and not
from an Oklahoma point.
But if our stock shippers are dissat-
isfied with the rate there is no >ieed
of reporting to anyone but tiie general
freight agent or general manager of
the Santa Fe road, and we believe
if t hey will do this they will have no
trouble in securing the same rate
that the Orient and Choctaw gives
from Waldron.
The business men of Manchester
should feel an interest in this matter
in common with the shippers for the
reason that it tends to drive business
away from the town as well as from
the railroad, so tiie best tiling for one
and all is to join hands and ask for a
general freight, rate, in and out, the
same as tiie Orient and Choctaw have
at our neighbor town of Waldron.
The Santa Fe railroad never stands
in its own light when once its head
oilicials become aware that something
is going wrong.
Well, we have concluded not to
locale a county high school at La-
mont. We were beaten, but we are
not dead yet, as we will thoroughly
demonstrate to those who pledged us
their support and then went back on
us. Jefferson is the only, town that
gave us a majority and we will say t o
Jefferson, if you want anything ask
for it and you will find Lamont. and
tiie News right at your back. Go
alter the county seat and the county
fair and wo are with you for keeps.
These are our sentiments and we
speak them right out loud.-Lamont
News.
In playing with the affections of an
old maid “the devil is to pay” when
the truth comes to light. In the
high school matter Lamont played
the role of old maid and we would in-
fer from reading the wail of the News
that I he towns of Deer Creek and
Pond Creek played with her affections
and when it came to a “show down'’
threw her overboard, and now, ac-
cording to the News, Lamont stands
in waiting to retaliate in an effort to
beat Deer Creek out of tiie county
fair and Pond Creek out of the county
seat- But why should Lamont pin
her faith to Jefferson any more than
to Manchester, Wakita, Medford or
Renfrew? All these towns were frank
in saying where they stood on the
high school question when it first
came up for consideration, and surely
they should not be censured for act-
ing open and above board on a ques-
tion in which they are vitally in-
terested in a way of increased taxa-
tion. Nor can we see any just reason
why Lamont should wish to stab
either Pond Creek or Deer Creek for
their failure to carry out a pledge
made by parties acting without au-
thority form tiie people whom they
pretended to represent. If there has
been a mistake made Lamont should
be fair enough to admit that site
made it herself and not blame tiie
people of any other part of tiie county.
FARMERS ORGANIZE.
The farmers in the \ leinity of Gib-
bon met recently and organized what
they call the Gibbon Grain, Live
Stock and Supply Co., with headquar-
ters at Gibbon, Grant county, Okla.
Officers of the company are as fol-
lows:
Cal Vowel, President.
G. C. Dotson, Vice-President.
T. J. Kenny, Secretary.
(’has. Bigger, Treasurer.
Board of Directors—John Melcher,
Jesse C. Jones, Win. Bellinghausen,
S. R. Rencau, Tom Koehler.
A charter will he secured and the
company intends to proceed at once
to the erection of an elevator for the
purpose of handling their coming
wheat crop, and those of the future,
which is the chief object of the or-
ganization.
This movement is due to what the
farmers consider unfair treatment on
the part of grain dealers and is along
the same lines adopted in many parts
of the country, particularly in Kansas
and Oklahoma. It is plain to the
Journal that the farmers can do
more in their own interest in this
way than any other in I he marketing
of their grain and we are surprised
that many more localities do not go
into it. It has been talked at Man-
chester, but so far t here has been talk-
only, eaeli one holding hack waiting
for the other to start the ball rolling.
Tiie Gibbon association will hold
their next meeting at (ribbon
Monday night, March 7, at 7 p. m.
I)R. LUCAS’
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Red
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Drug
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LUCAS DRUG
CO., Prop's.
MANCHESTER, 0. T.
AGENCY
MODEL
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FOR
CATTLE.
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To the place where you get THE MOST and TIIE BEST for
LEAST MONEY, and youll come to the new
Central Meat Market,
The Market which always keeps on hand EVERYTHING IN
THE LINE OF FRESH AND SALT MEATS, Poultry, Fish,
and everything usually kept in a First Class Meat Market.
Come and see us. , _ „
We’ll treat you right. I. E. WATKINS, Prop f.
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It lias been said of Delegate Mc-
Guire. or for him, by a number of our
exchanges, that if a single statehood
bill is reported by tiie committee on
territories, that McGuire will fight- it
on tiie fioor of the house. For Mr.
McGuire's sake we hope that lie has
been misquoted in this matter. There
is no surer way for him to commit
political suicide than to oppose the
passage of a single statehood bill, if
sucli a bill should be reported favor-
ably by 1 lie committiee. McGuire's
political advi-irs, in tiie person of
federal appointees in the territory
may think differently, but we venture
the opinion that tiie people, the great-
mass of voters in Oklahoma, will not
stand for any such foolishness on the
part of their delegate in congress, and
we do not believe that Mr. McGuire
will allow himself to lie influenced in
any suce way.—Pond Creek Vidette
Republican.!
—At tiie Shelborne and Black stand
I have a fresh tine of groceries and a
new stock of dry goods at reasonable
prices. Also have a piloto gallery up
stairs, up-to-date. Professional man
at the wheel. Give us a call.
W. F. Johnson,
Wakita, Okla.
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B. W. SAFFOLD,
I’llVSIC'IAX and
SURGEON ..
All Calls Given Prompt Attention.
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„ SURGEON.
THE HOME NURSERIES,
HENRY BELLINGHAUSEN, Proprietor,
Offers for fall or next spring an except ionally fine line of
Fruit, Ornamental, Shade Trees and Vines.
At very low prices. Come and see what you arc buying and get
your trees iresli out of the ground and you will be surprised to note
the difference, i have learned my trade thoroughly and have had'
lots of experience in this line in ibis country and in Europe and
like to talk on that subject. Come and see me. (ij miles south
and i mile west of Manchester.
HARDWARE.
I,eng Distance Telephone
No. 10......
ANTHONY. KANSAS.
V. T.
It is a generally conceded that hog.-,
are more profitable than cattle to Die
producer. To handle hogs profitably
requires more capital invested, in im-
provements than for cattle, but once
a farmer get.-, his land fenced and
cross-fenced with woven wire properly
put up, lie lias a fence that lasts for
years, whereas handling cattle with
three or four wire fencing you are
kept everlastingly fixing and spending
money keeping up fences. Besides, a
farmer on a quarter section of land, if
lie farms to any extent, has not suffi-
cient pasture to keep more than a few
head of milch cows and their offspring
unt il they are one year old. But with
his farm fenced and cross fenced hog
tight lie can shift them from place to
place as the different crops are
removed from tiie fields and make
room for ten head of hogs to where he
would have room for one cow if kept
on our native grasses in summer and
fed during w inter from crops grown
on tiie same farm. Five acres of cane,
after it gets a start say knee high
w ill keep a good sized bunch of hogs
| all summer. Five acres of alfalfa will
. , . , ■ do tiie same if cut and hauled out
done last year, and to overcome that cach dav t0 Uie hogs a, they need ir.
little disgraceful trick the Populist-, but we doubt very much the pro-
very wisely and unselfishly concluded priety of turning them in the alfalfa
to go into the Democratic primaries 'We are inclined to believe that
and work shoulder to shoulder in
Thk Jefferson Review is talking up
a creamery for that town. Manches-
ter passed t lie creamery stage several
years ago. A creamery is all right
when patronized, but you can’t get
Oklahoma farmers to stay with it.
They appear to have too much to look
after which they think pays them
lietter.
MANCHESTER.
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L ity and points south to i. il veston* Texa«.
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SEVIER,
CITY
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YVe will do your work promptly, satis-
factorily and at a reasonable price.
Jno. G Tuttle,
AUCTIONEER.
Special attention given to tlie crying of
I’ublic Sales. Thirty years experience.
Reside on s e q, sec. 30 twpg'J, range 7. I’ost-
nttiee, Gibbon, Okla.
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SEWING AND WASHING MACHINES. BEST HEATING STOVE
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time day or night. Telephone
calls may lie made at my ex-
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Agricultural Implements, Windmills, Pumps, Tanks and
Wagons.
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‘Vill la* printed for three dollars per year.
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to attend.
W. T. ULAKI
MANUHFSTKU LODGE,
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every Saturday night at
l.tUi.F Hall. Manchester,
Okla.
All Odd Fellows !n g'lra]
standing cordially in vlted
G W . MORRIS, N O.
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Seen-tury.
A. H. T. ASSOCIATION.
"-.u -I,.r 1,0rig,. >|. A.II.T A., tn-pfs
very I rill .;, night. Members in go,Hi
Frld
standing a! v
common cause and put dow n elect ion
frauds and ring rule in Barber
county."
the best method for the Oklahoma
farmer to adopt is to get his farm
fenced hog tight as soon as possible j
and pay more attention to the raising
of hogs.
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Vtt. I’ATToN. President.
, J. M. -IMMONS, Vlce-I’re*.
■ I• I LINO. Tr»*:isurer.
I MeMULLIN. Secretary.
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;ir-.t and third Monday nights In tael,
b A ! in.-niix-i- In gmA slandinir
• illy invited to attend.
Jot: Ritter. V. O.
O. II. i’owEUn W. A.
Bi.rr.. Clerk.
UNDERTAKING-
FUNERAL
DIRECTOR....
WAKITA. OKLA.
Our line of Undertaking Goods
and Equipments is second to
none in Grant county.
Picture Framing a Specialty.
Everything in The
Furniture Line.
Your Patronage Solicited.
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your Folks Want to see you.
Don’t you want tn spend the holidays with them or with the
friends of Other days; If you do the Santa Fe will help by
making a very low rate for your passage about half rate.
You've prospered in Oklahom a. Why not tell the folks how well
you did and how It was accomplished ' Also toll them about your
new homo, your prospocts. and what opportunities are open to
those who wish to gain ruore than a mere living.
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Territory to which low rate tickets may he
la; sold: All polhts iu Kansas. Missouri,
Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota; .many laiinls In
Illinois and Old Mexico; Denver. Colorado
springs, Uueblo, Trinidad und Intermediates.
Rate: One fare Plus f.'iio. Date of sale;
December 10,20, ‘.’1 and 2H. at all Santa Fe
stations. Return limit: Thirty days from
date of sale.
i.et me know where you want to go and
I'll quote you lowest through rate.
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F. C. O'NEIL. Commercial Agent.
The Atchivm. Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.
< iklahoiua City, < >. T.
0. D. PICKLNS, Agent at Manchester, 0. T.
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