The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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Do You Want an Office?
There is nothing open this spring
in the way of office except city of-
fices, but these have to be filled and
we must see that they are filled by
as good men as we now have. So
if you are the right sort of citizen
to take hold and help manage the
affairs of Manchester during the
next two years, now is the time to
get busy.
On Tuesday, March 21st, there
will be held a primary election in
this city, for the purpose of nomi-
nating candidates for the offices of
clerk, assessor, treasurer, justice of
the peace, and a councilman from
each ward. However, in the event
there is but one ticket in the field
the necessity of the primary elec-
tion is done away with, in which
event those desiring to have their
names placed upon the ballot for
the general election in April must
petition the election board at Med-
ford to that end. These petitions
must be filed after the 1st day of
March, and not later than the 11th.
If you are desiring to run on an
independent ticket rather than a
party ticket, you must file your
petition just the same. This is re-
quired by law, and unless your
petition is on file, your name will
not appear upon the ballot. Peti-
tions for this purpose can be ob-
tained from the city clerk or from
secretary of the election board at
Medford.
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News From Washington
Through the vigorous efforts of
Senator Borah of Idaho, the Con
stitutional amendment providing
for the direct election of United
States Senators will be voted upon
at this session of Congress. For
many years different Senators have
tried to get a vote on this amend
tnent out the old set of Senators
Cave always opposed it so strongly
that a vote has heretofore been
impossible. Senator Borah out
generalled the old regime and forc-
ed this amendment to be made the
unfinished business of the Senate.
\\ lien the vote is had the country
will know what Senators are op-
posed and what are favorable to
this much needed legislation.
The Postal Appropriation hill
contains many new items this
sion. fhe provision for an increase
ol pay for railway mail clerks has
been recommended by the Senate
Committee. A provision lias also
been inserted raising the postage
rate on the advertising sections of
magazines It also provides for
a limited parcel post, not exceed
ing eleven pounds on rural routes.
The salaries of the rural mail car-
riers has loen increased from S900
to 81,000 per year.
The recommendation of President
Taft that a treaty of reciprocity
with Canada be entered into is cre-
ating much interest throughout
the country. Many are favoring
it.
The deep-laid scheme to oust
Governor D. C. McCurtain. who
was recently appointed Chief of
the Choctaw has come to light,
rhis conspiracy is born of politics
and of worse methods. McCur-
tain is honest and would not be a
tool in the hands of those who
would plunder the Indians, hence
he is undesirab le.
Senator T. P. Gore has arrived
in \\ ashington after a short visit to
Oklahoma. He reports that his
fences are in sk ip shape and says
i that Oklahoma is the best spot on
the map.
Everybody Smiling
Yes, nearly everybody is smiling
this week. Men who have not
smiled since last September (when
it rained) were seen this week to
relax the muscles df their respec-
tive faces, and actually beam upon
their neighbors in a cordial smile.
Men who have been in the habit of
smiling in the very face of adver-
sity are smiling just a bit louder
now, and a few of them give vent
to their pent up feelings in other
ways, such as Jim Warnock whist-
ling a little louder and faster than
his wont; he actually whistled so
vigorously Monday that a fellow
could nearly tell what he was try-
ing to whistle.
Want to know why everybody is
so happy? Well, that Democratic
congress goes in just two weeks
from tomorrow, but that isn’t the
reason. It has rained in Manches
ter. Actually rained! A well de-
veloped, fine proportioned hand-
some looking cloud came out of
the southwest, passed over our part
of the universe, and liberally
sprinkled the dusty earth with its
blessed shower. We say liberally.
Well, it wasn’t so liberal if measur-
ed in inches, as only about one-
fourth inch of water fell, but when
we remember, as most of us do,
that this is the first we had since
September, we welcome it as we
once would a two-inch rainfall.
And this rain came so easily—no
bluster, no effort, apparently, just
a gentle, moderate shower, without
wind or other demonstration. And
the next morning, instead of being
cold and blustery, as might be ex-
pected in February, the sun came
out. and the day was like one
picked from the month of roses and
placed in the lap of winter.
We believe things will begin to
"look up” now. especially as there
is abundant prospect for more rain
soon. The air is just right, the
weather man seems to be coming
to his senses, and goodness knows
everybody around here is willing.
A Good Plan
The other day George Suez came
in, sat down at the desk and wrote
a few locals advertising his business.
He said, "business is just a little
dull at my shop and I guess I’ll
advertise some more.” It is a
lapit with him Whenever it gets
a trifle dull at the Suez shop Geo.
comes over to the Bulletin office
and leaves a good big bunch of
ocal readers to remind old custom-
ers that he is still doing business at
the old stand and letting new ones
know that he is a live wire.—
Anthony Bulletin.
One More Good Road
Manchester is to have another
good road, and the best part is
that it doesn’t cost us anything.
The road along the state line is
being put in fine shape by the
Harper county officials, and the
value of the work to Manchester is
almost invaluable.
That high hill which marks the
northwest corner of the townsite is
being cut through this week, and
the dirt and rock pulled into the
sag a little farther west. When
that is done, the rise just west of
that will be cut down, and that
dirt hauled on down to the low
places in the road still farther west.
On the hill at the corner of the
town, the cut will probably be
more than six feet deep, and when
all that dirt has been put into the
hole west of it, we will have one of
the finest stretches of road in the
country.
That hill has long been in the
way of heavy traffic along the state
line. A heavy load could hardly
be pulled over, and the farmers
were obliged to either make this
heavy pull, or go two or three
miles out of their way to get to
town.
And this is not all the good work
to be done by the Harper county
officials. They are working under
a new road law up there this spring,
by reason of which the road lead-
ing from here to Anthony, and
thence on to Harper, will be put in
first class condition and kept that
way.
E. A. Watkins took the writer up
to the scene of operations Wednes-
day, and we are very much im-
pressed with the way those men
are go:ng after the job. There is
bui one thing, so far. that strikes
tfe as being inconsistent with good
roadbuilding. Just west of the corn-
er of the townsite. and on the north
side of the road, is quite a sag,
which drains a good bit of the ad
joining field. The dirt from the
cut is being dumped across this
place, and no provision has been
made for drainage. There is not
enough of a fall there to ever cause
any danger of a washout, but in a
wet season much water will ac-
cumulate behind that fill, and will
have a tendency to keep the road
in a soft mirev condition. It seems
to us that some sort of a drain
should be put in there, but as the
work is being done and paid for
by Harper county, we have no
complaint to offer.
Now if the people of this town
will get busy and cut down that
other hill, or rather the south slope
of the same hill, we will have a fine
inlet from the northwest.
The Difference
Tennyson or Longfellow could
take a worthless sheet of paper,
write a poem on it and make it
worth $5,000 or 810.000—that’s
genius.
A mechanic can take raw mater-
ial worth §5 and convert it into
watch springs value! at 81.000
—that’s skill.
A ditch digger works ten hours a
day and handles several tons on
earth for SI.25—that's labor.
The printer of this could write
a check for 875,000, but it would-
not be worth a dime—that’s rough.
A woman can purchase a hat for
82.70. but prefers one that costs
27.00—that’s foolishness.
When a man wants a good suit
of clothes he has it made by H. M.
Marks & Company—best since
1*^72—that’s good common sense.
E. L. Smith & Co. Agent.
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IN HISTORY
What Some of our People were Dolnp
Seventeen Years Ago.
$80.00 per month straight salary aud
expenses, to men with rig, to intro-
duce our Poultry Remedies. Don’t
answer unless you mean business.
Eureka Poultry Food Mfg. Co. (In.
corporated.) East St. Louis, 111.36—it.
—Mr. A. Parsons was here from
Kingman this week, to see what he
could do toward getting possession of
a farm he bought recently. It seems
that the man on the farm doesn’t
want to give possession. Mr. Par-
sons is a brother-in-law of Abe Slaugh-
ter, the auctioneer, and in the event
of his getting possession of the farm,
will move his family here this spring.
—Dr.s McKee & Michael, the lead-
ing and oldest established dentist of
Anthony, have opened a permanent
dental branch office in Manchester.
Their office will be in the old post-
office building, week of February 20tb.
—Mrs Roy White left Tuesday for
Deer Creek, where she will visit
—Mr. .ind Mrs R. II. Metcalf left
I Monday lor llurchinson. Mrs. Met 1 —Notice the advertisement in this _________, _______ ____ _____
calf will visit, fine re a few weeks, "^sue announcing a public sale to be 1 friendsa few days before going to Ox-
• Bob ’ is took it g for a location, held at the Saffold farm on February ford, her future home. Mrs. White
•*o" ',elteve T>i-y will find any- 24th. Roy Miller is advertising a informs us that Roy has bought a
"ivr u wi,' look as good t • them niej lot stuff in the sale, and it will be barber shop at Oxford, and thinks he
ls ■'* er, and we look for them ' to your interest to attend. Saturday, has a splendid location. Here’s best
back any time. l February 25th. I wishes.
From the Manchester Journal of
February I5th, 1894.
Wm. Reid and wife spent Tues-
day night with relatives in Anthony.
Manchester is to have a harness
shop in a few days. Fox a Son, of
Anthony, will put in a stock.
L. Feely has the glass front iu
his building, and is painting it this
week.
Miss Essie Philbrick, teacher in
Manchester school, reports five new
pupils this week.
An unknown man was found
dead on the outskirts of a Kansas
town recently. A revolver and
8100 in cash were found on his per-
son. The corner held an inquest
and took 875 to defray the expens-
es and bury the body. The police
took 825 for carrying concealed
weapons, and confiscated the gun.
The local newspaper, which pub-
lished the obituary, got the balance.
Attorney J. W. Smith arrived
from Norwich, Kansas a few days
ago, and is now numbered among
the citizens of Manchester. His
family will be here shortly. Mr.
Smith is a wide awake business
man, and our town is fortunate in
securing him as one of her citizens.
The firts school meeting for Man-
chester school district No. 11, will
be held in the school house in Man-
chester on Tuesday, Fedruary 20th.
A full school board will be elected,
and a site for a school house de-
signated by the voters at this meet-
ing.
A Sunday Train
Manchester is to have a Sunday
train. For a long time this matter
has been before the courts of the
state, and was only settled last
week, when the supreme cour
handed down a decision ordering ;
Sunday train put on between Man-
chester and Blackwell.
This matter originated when E.
B. Miller and other citizens of Waki-
ta appealed to the corporation
commission for the Sunday train.
The commission ordered the Santa
Feto put on the train, but the
railroad officials appealed from the
order. The case has since then
been in the hands of the supreme
court, until Saturday, when that
body sustained the commission.
This decision comes as good news
to the people along this branch of
the Santa Fe. When we have but
one railroad, and the road gives us
but six days service in the week,
it makes it pretty hard on some of
our people. There is some talk of
the Santa Fe running the train
only between this place and Black-
well. That will help some, but it
is to be hoped that the officials of
the road will see the advantages,
both to themselves and to the pat-
rons of the road, in running the
train through from Hutchinson.
—Good corn for sale at the Man-
chester Mill. 31-tf.
J. W. MALLORY
at Citizens State Bank, will re-
ceive all watch and jewelry re-
pairing left with him, rand give
prompt and careful attention.
All work returned to him for
collection charges. All work
guaranteed.
F. E. PIRTLE & CO.,
Jewelers and Music Dealers,
ANTHONY, KANSAS;
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Thomas, L. K. The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1911, newspaper, February 17, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc496657/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.