The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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MANCHESTER. GRANT COUNTY. OKLAHOMA TER., FRIDAY, MAR. }, IPOS.
NOT BUILT ALIKE.
It Is said that one or two parties
are objecting seriously to the build
ing of the big lake that is now
ing built at Manchester, and one man,
it is said has gone so far as to say the
dam will be cut and the water let out.
Tlte public in general, however, is
eager to see the lake built, and where
tiie opposition to it is so insignifi-
cantly small, there cun be no doubt in
tiie mind of any sane man but that it
will stand. Tiie laws of Oklahoma
and tiie Goverment, too, encourage
t he building of lakes and reservoirs,
and the man who bumps up against
public sentiment which is aided and
aiietted by law and the best interests
of the community in general, is very
apt to find himself badly worsted in
the end. The principal kicker who
claims that a lot which he owns on
low ground adjoining tiie reserve
will be damaged by back water from
the lake has been offered all, and more
than the ground is worth, and lie was
very foolish that he dident accept it.
And should he go into court against the
city, lie will have less land and money
when lie comes out, but will perhaps
be a wiser man. Nine men out of ten
would have gladly donated the lot in
question as an inducement to secure
the lake for the town. But then all
men are not built alike.
Votaae 12, Numb# M.
TOM CHASE Cor-ICTED. I A GOOD EXCUSE. I —An interesting communlctkm
Tom Chase was convicted in the 6 Journal appears to be a little from Bond Creek was received this
district court of Grant county on wJ‘d and woolly”* this week, the week, but it came too late for publi-
charge of robbing W. K. Noland of will be easily overlooked from cation. Sorry, but it can’t be helped.
»JSSS'i.y't} .“S?K*yJ“IS.ttrK.'S!!: a<T®Sr\,i,ea! owttSS which “
says is in good shape for making a
—Mrs. Hearldson, mother of Oscar
llearldson of Manchester, is here from
the claim in Beaver county on a visit.
She visited the Journal office and
tells us that all is well out in that
country and that she and Mr. Ilearld-
son like it there very well.
—‘‘Where do all the plnsgoV” is
u question often asked. Well, two
have been swallowed by Hill City
school girls, during the present term
of school. Blanche Sandilon swallow-
ed one a few months ago, and Okie
Washburn did likewise last week.
As yet no serious symptoms have de-
veloped.—Hill City Reveille.
Protracted meeting begun in
Maucheater Monday night at the Con-
gregational, church and will probably
last all the coining week. Rev. Taul-
bee is an excellent preacher and an
unt iring worker and should be greet-
ed by a good audience. Rev. Rogers,
of Medford, is assisting him in the
meetings.
—W. M. McGibbon was up from
Gibbon the other day and left an order
for letter heads and envelops: also left
a change for his ad in this paper, to
which your attention is called. He
says trade is good nearly all the while
and that his invoice at the close of
the first year’s business showed
very satisfactory results
—The cows owned by I. M. Couch
and Hart Rice, which were attacked by
astrangedisea.se last week, both died.
Nothing could be found to determine
what the matter was, but it was be-
lieved caused by a bite from a dog.
Len Couch sent a request for a state
veterinary surgeon to come and in-
veatigate the case but did not get
him.—Anthony Bulletin.
iiaciy, However, unai, uie court win * “ r , - - ................
be lenient, with him, it being his first ^we visited last Saturday
offense of the kind, and a year per- i,ld Sunday. We like fo visit Mr.
haps will see him a free man again. Grove, for we have known him for
The trial of Myers, brother-in law over years as a reliable man and
of Chase, resulted in a hung jury, the on® w"° *8 up-to-date in his farming
jury standing six for conviction and ?nd general business methods. He
six for acquittal. Whether County "asa farm of320acres two miles north
Attorney Walling will continue pro- of Blackstone, and puts out 300 to 350
secution in this case, we are not pre- ?icre? O' wheat every year. He has
pared to say, but the general im- , , on that ^arm about 22 years, and
pression is that the leader of the three "as *.t Improved with fine barn, house,
who did the work has been convicted, out buildings, orchards and fences,
and that was the main thing sought , about 4,000 bushels of wheat
after. The “kid” Howrey, who turn- !n the granary and 350 acres of grow-
ed state's evidence against Chase and i,,K wheat that is as fine as any to be
Myers, was not prosecuted and the ‘Ound in the country. This is due to
mercies of the court were asked in Pie facl that when harvest was over
his behalf. He will doubtless be turn- iast J’ear he did not wait for his own
ed loose. teams to prepare his ground for the
The arrest of these boys and the next crop, notwithstanding he had
conviction of Tom Chase, the leader en°u£h to turn eight acres a day, but
of the gang, is the direct result of P°t extra teams into the field at #1
vigilance on the part of the Anti- per acre anc* turned the soil when it
Horse Thief association at Man- wa? *n £°°d condition for plowing,
Chester. All the cost of the witnesses thus held the moisture tjiat
in the case was borne by the lodge at 8 wheat up in good £hape
tutf DDTvrmjD this place, (the territory allowing no j'1 tfle fa|l and[gave it a good start be-
BEAT THE I RINTER. witness fees in such cases), and the tore winter set in. It now affords fine
C. Rollins, the postmaster at Flor- expense has beau considerable more pasture for his stock,
ence informs us, has left the country j than one would think for, and unless . Mr* '-'rove is just as successful as a
and does not take the Journal out of the large membership is prompt in Punte.r as he is at farming, and while
->------*•-*“- " -* ’ the payment of their dues it is going he “ixes the, two, he never makes a
. to be necessary to make a special asses- conglomerated mess of either. For
merit to pay the bills. years he has visited Wyoming in
The A. il. T. A. has done much ,,e month of September in search of
good in Manchester and surrounding e a- The laws of that state forbid a
country, theftshaving been greatly re- man killing but two elk a year, and
duced since its organization here, and outsiders must take out license to
for the good of the entire community | hunt, which costs $50. In the fall of
took three shots from Mr.
to kill
and does not take the Journal out of
the postotlioe. He fed us on promises
for over four years, until he got
behind to the amount of $4.10 on sub-
scription, and then settled btie bill bi-
sk ipping out. This is one of tlm
most contemptible tricks that a man
can do, and we would warn newspaper
publishers everywhere to beware of
the dead beat who jumped his bill
with the Journal.
—C. Christian is thinking some of
going into tiie poultry, produce and
hide business in Manchester, and tiie
Journal hopes he will. He lias been
buying hides lately—paying (i cents
per pound for them, which is con-
siderable more than iias been paid
here, notwithstanding the market
has been very strong all winter—and
when he gets shaped to handle them
properly lie can probably pay still
more for them.
—Tiie Lopez Dramatic Co. enter-
tainments last Thursday. Friday and
.Saturday nights were well worth go-
ing to see, and the audiences, which
were fairly good each night, were well
pleased. They are a nice troupe, and
should they ever return to Manchester
again they will-lie greeted by good
audiences.
BLOTTED OUT.
The ‘‘Try-County” newspaper sign
that adorned west Main street has
been torn down and the "job print-
ing sign that graced the east side of
the building nas been blotted out.
The removal of the first sign was a
very good thing for the reason that it
will no longer confuse strangers as
to the good name of our county.
A CLOSE CALL.
A heavy wind from the north blew
here for a short time Sunday night
and a number of straw stacks that
had been eaten out on the south side
toppled over. Five head of cattle
belonging to Frank Feist were caught
in this way, and when he found them
Monday mom! ' "
one was nearly
Monday morning and "dug ’ them "out"
r dead, but recovered.
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SNOW here!
And will come again the FIRST D.\V of EACH MONTH and
stay ONE WEEK. All in need of dental work of any kind
are expected to call. Examinations and advice free. All work
guaranteed to please you.
ERDMAN, THE DENTIST.
! Manchester Drug Co. f
Seasonable Goods. Liquid Smoke. Sassaparillas.
Foleys Kidney Cure: get a free bottle. Bring your
family receipts and get them filled. An elegant
line of Writing Paper. Syringes and Attomlzers.
German Grden Cough Syrup. Don't forget us and
come and trade with
for tiie good of the entire community |1,1 ll,e
it is to be hoped that every man will *"”** , t00*{ three shots fi
keep up his dues and at the same , .rove s 40-82 winchester rifle «.n
time urge all good male citizens to us e*k| but 'ast fall only two
become members. cartridges were required. The meat
was jerked and dried, and Mr. Grove
WHO IS HE? | gave us a supply when we left for
J. A. Rickart our Kansas City live brough/back^somefountainC trout
stock correspondent, inclosed the fol- from tiie northwest-the first we ever
lowing with his regular letter this tasted. His next trip, £e says, wBl
,, - T be for bear, and tiie Journal knows he
‘•Dan McBeth, Manchester. Okla., will not come back empty handed,
was here vVednesday with a load of for he has the big rifle down so line
bogs.” that lie can bust a jack rabbit on the
Who is Dan McBeth of Manchester, ruu Quite often at two to tiiree hunci.-
Oklahoira? Inquiries have been reu yards distance. Shoot ing like
made, .'it no one here appears to that would not permit an elk or bear
know.hiin. The Journal subscription 10 escape if within range of his gun,
books (the very best directory this anu it shoots accurately more than a
part of tiie country affords) fail to re- quarter of a mile,
veal Dari’s name. ‘ Can it be that Dan .
is from Blackwell, Alva or Enid, and rROM ARIZONA,
being ashamed of his home town, justl We received a letter a few days ago
told the hoys upatK.C. that he is from Geo. W. Shutz of Yuma. Ari-
from Manchester, Oklahoma? zona. He says, among other things:
“We have just passed through an
overflow from the Gila river which en-
ters the Colorado at Yuma. We had a
28 feet 8-inch river, but our land did
not overflow. John Fishbaugh’s land
right opposite us was covered, and it
was a close shave for us. Today we
got word of another rise at Pheonix,
and we are making all kinds of pre-
parations to fight it. When the Gov-
erment builds its levee here we will
be O. K. I am getting attached to
my new home and believe I will stay
witli it.
“Now I do not want to flatter you,
but I must say your ‘Great Religious
weekly’ is appeciated more than anv
newspaper we take. -When it gets
here it is almost a fight to get to read
it first.
John Duggan is out here and is
favorably impressed with this country
in fact, so much ttiat lie is about to
lease a ranch. We iiad about an
eighth of an inch of ice here two morn-
ings tliis winter. We now .have 310
acres of tiie school laud under irriga-
tion. We are having a great deal of
rain, which has ruined lots of our
baled alfalfa. Regards to ail in-
quiring friends.”
The Journal is a little surprised at
George’s statement when lie said. “I
am getting attached to my new
home.” We had figured that lie
might like Arizona until the new
wore off, and would then yearn for a
return to Oklahoma, which we would
like very much to see. But lie is
still in the notion of selling his farm
here, and has it in the hands of the
Journal for sale..
Dr. A. C. ERDMAN
Wakita’s Resident Dentist, is in
Manchester at the hotel (office
in the parlor.)
TUESDAY
NOON,
March 7 X
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Open day and night. Harry E. Parks, registered pharmacist.
i The Peoples Drug i Book store $
J. L EARNS. Proprietor. . J. L MATHIS, Manager. f! S.SSJ?. w? \ESS'tgH
MRS. NATION AND TROUBLE.
Mrs. Carrie Nation returned to
Medicine Lodge Wednesday night
and started trouble just as scon as
she stepped off the train. Tiie lamp
in tiie bus did not suit her and she
found objection to the personal ap-
pearance of tiie driver. Bill Horn, re-
flecting on his state of sobrietv. at-
tempted to remove a cigar from iiis
mouth and otherwise advertised her
arrival. Bill Horn proceeded to re-
move her forcibly Grom the bus. and
she claims in doing so, used language
unbecoming a gentleman. Some of
her friends were attempting to secure
a state warrant for the arrest of Horn
when the Cresset went to press.
—Medicine Lodge Cresset.
Bill Horn used to be at Manchester
in the early days and drove the Riley
Lake stage line from here to Pond
Creek Just after the opening. Those
who knew Bill claimed that it took a
ham of meat, a peck of potatoes, six
loaves of bread and a gallon of coffee
to make him a square meal. But
what surprises the Journal is, how
they got whiskey enough into Med-
icine Lodge at one time to put Bill in
a state of mind that even Carrie
could detect it on him.
TREES FOR SALE.
I have a few thousands locust trees I
left yet that are not sold, and
i some blackberry sprouts. Call at farm I
4* miles south and 3 miles west of
—Jud VanEvery placed a local in
last week’s Journal saying he had
some Texas red seed oats to sell,
and when lie came to town on Sat-
urday almost every other farmer he
met struck him for some of the seed.
He sold out in a very short time, and
turned buyers to his neighbor, Mr.
Dombaugh, to clean up about all lie
had to spare. A little advertisement
in the Journal is worth more than a
" hole page ad in some papers that we
know of.
—It is reported that one of the men
who subscribed -$25.00 in work towards
tiie building of the big lake at Man-
chester, lias gone back on his agree-
ment and will not make his word good.
We hope such is not the case, for
every cent of work subscribed will be
needed, and more, too, to complete
the job as it should be. And besides,
a man who is able and will not do his
part in this laudable enterprise, might
justly be considered a very poor friend
of tiie town.
FRUIT OUTLOOK.
All manner of stories are afloat con-
cerning the condition of the fruit
buds for the next crop Of fruit. The
Journal has been unable to find any
live peach buds in the orchards, but
the cherry, apple, plum and others
that were examined appear to be all
right. We hope that the peaches,
too, are not all killed; but if other or-
chards are like ours we doubt if there
is much of a peach crop next year.
TRYING TO "FUSE.”
The Pond Creek correspondent to
the Jefferson Review says: A‘‘Con-
soiidation of the Vidette and Re-
publican is under consideration—a
stock company to be organized. ” The
Republican under Mr. woodyard has
been a pretty good paper, but the
\ idette under M. L. Thomas has been
running down at the heel for the last
two years. Thomas was recently read
out of the g. o. p. by the central
committee, he was forced to give up
the publication of his little daily, ana
now the loss of business threatens the
life of his weekly paper. We are not
surprised that he is ready to welcome
consolidation. Poor Thomas!
—J. H. Brown informs us that lie
has sold his interest in the black-
smith shop to Theodore Buckles and
t ells us that he will go to Enid by the
time the thrashing season begins for
the purpose of taking charge of ten or
twelve gasoline engines there and
keep them in good running order. He
also says lie will go first to St. Joe,
Mo., for the purpose of taking a thor-
ough course in gasoline engine work.
John Brown has as many friends-in
and around Mancheter as any man we
know of. and all will regret to see him
leave. We hope he may vet chaoge
his mind before tiie time ‘for his de-
parture arrives.
SOLD HIS FARM.
John Klieson sold one quarter of
his land near Gibbon the other day
for $4,000, but we failed to learn who
the buyer was. John then turned
around and bought the Willis B. Cot-
terill farm eight miles south of town
for $4,000. This goes to show that a
fellow in Oklahoma sometimes thinks
he can better himself, and it shows,
too, that he is sure he don’t have to
leave the territory or the county in
which he lives to do it.
We should hate to see Willis Cot-
terill leave the country, and hardly
think we will, although we have not
been informed as to what he intends
doing. Oklahoma is good enough for
anybody, and Mr. Cotterill should
stay with it.
BUILDING THE LAKE.
A force of about ten teams begun
work a week ago on the fill for the big
lake on the east side of the Manches-
ter townsite, and the work is being
pushed as rapidly as possible. The
till is from,80 to 100 feet wide at the
base, and when completed will be 40
feet wide on top and about 400 feet
long. Aside from the outlet where
the fill is being put in, the formation
of the earth where the lake is to be is
a natural basin, almost rouDd, and
covers several acres of ground, so that
when filled with water it will perhaps
make one of the finest lakes in Okla-
homa. This lake should be the pride
of every citizen of Manchester, for
with proper care in the planting of
trees, etc. it can be maae the finest
pleasure resort in this part of the
country, and will therefore make
Manchester one of the most DODular
towns for visitors. *
GIBBON GABBLE.
Boy Jones is suffering from a very
sore hand.
. Mr. Fite booght a team of horses
from Drew Graham at $325.
, We were so unfortunate as to be
delayed with our items last week so
did not send them at all.
John Kleison sold his deeded quar-
ter for $4,000 to an Illinois man. John
bought the quarter now oooupied by
Hade Hardesty for $3,900.
Our little vllliage is putting on
city airs. There are two more ’phone
lines to run into this place next week
and It seems more than likely that
there will have to be a central located
hen.
The winter seems to have broken
and we are enjoying a touch of tine
spring weather. Farmers are getting
their plows in shape and preparing to
sow oats.
We heard of a "business” man
of Medford who didn’t know where
Gibbon was. The idea! Wearesorry
for the business man whose business
does not permit him to find one of the
most progressive localities in Grant
county. His business certainly ought
to extend this far.
The young folks of the neighborhood
met at Mr. R. A. Moore’s the evening
of the 23rd and gave a surprise party,
it being the 28th birthday anniversary
of Mrs. Moore. Several presents were
given her and refreshments were
served which were enjoyed by all. All
report a good time except a few who
were so unfortunate as to get stalled
in the mud and to lose their hats.
—E. H. Savely returned this week
to his claim in Woodward county, and
called to pav for the Old Reliable a
year before he left. Hope he will
make it win out there.
—Found.—Tom Koehler found a
new razor near the depot in Man-
chester recently. Owner can get it
by proving property and refunding
25 cents to Mr. Koehler for advertis-
ing.
—A. Meikle was in town the other
day and tells us he has an orange
tree at home that has several fine
oranges that are about ripe. The
tree is kept in the house in the
winter.
—Special rates to Mexico City, Mex-
ico, will be on sale March 4, 5, 6 and 7,
return limit 30 days from date of sale.
$45.00 round trip. A good time to see
Old Mexico. E. J. Landes, Agent,
Manchester, Okla.
—Jim Savely has rented theE.
B. Boyers place li miles nprtheast of
town and has moved on with the view
of growing a crop the com ing summer.
He has given np going to Woodward
county to take a claim.
—A double wedding occurred at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Todd near
Jett, Oklahoma. Charlea Foster and
Miss Maude Todd, and Roy Krider
and Miss Beatrice Todd were united
in marriage Wednesday, February 15.
The grooms are young men who are
liked by everyone. They have started
a business here in Waldron and all
wish them success in their under-
taking. The brides are well known
and well respected here. They are
both accomplished and well fitted for
the task of home makers. The boys
are very fortunate in securing such
helpmates in their walk through life.
The people of Waldron and vicinity
join their many friends in wishing
them happiness andprosperty in their
married life.—Waldron Correspond-
ent, Anthony Bulletin.
—Ammunition, a bjg supply, any
gauge shell and any kind or size load
you want. Bock Island Lumbsb Co.
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EVERY CITY HAS ITS LEADER
. i! rr,ie‘Greatest store and the Greatest Business in Manchester have arisen here on the foundation of
public satisfaction, with tiie best service, the best assortments and the Lowest Prices. We never will
permit anyone to undersell us, and every day a Bargain day.
i
We have just received a nice line #0 All
of boys Norforth suits $1.75 to vdallU
Also a fine line of mens pants from
$1.00.................................................
°ur stock of Piece Goods is complete. All Calico 5 cents. Large assortment of Ribbons, Laces,
and Embroideries at lowest prices. '
Miss Alma Morgan leaves this week for Eastern Markets to purchase a complete stock of Millinery.
POSTLEWflIT
WEST ROOIH, OPERA BOUSE BLOCK, MANCHESTER. 0. T.
—Fresh fish and ovsters every
I Thursday at the City Meat Market. " !
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