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THE MANCHESTER JOURNAL
d. M. SIMMONS, Editor and Prop’r
Published Krery Friday at Manchester.
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THE" OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
announcements.
FOR TREASURER.
I am a candidate for the office of county
treasurer of lirant county subject to to w
of the Fusion county convention to be held
at Medford on Thursday, September L 1904.
F.D. M. GARRETT.
FOR PROBATE JUDGE.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
probate judge of Grant county subject to the
action of the Fusion county convention to tie
held at Medford on September 1st, IIKS.
JAMES T. GRIFFIN.
for’smeriff.
I hereby a nounce myself as a candidate
for re-election to the office of sheriff of
Grant county subject to the will of the
fustou convention to beheld at Medford on
Thursday, Sept. 1st, 1304. C. I. BRA I I A IN.
FOlt REGISTER OF deeds.
I will be a candidate for re-election to the
office of register of deeds of Grant county,
subject to the will of the Fusion convention
to be held at Medford on Sept. 1st.
_J. W. CHISM.
for countv superintendent.
1 will be a candidate for re-ele 'tlun to the
office of county superintendent of Grant
county, subject to the will of the fusion con-
venuunuibc held at Medford on Septus,.
democratic ticket.
Eor President,
ALTON B. PARKER
of New York.
Eor Vice-President,
II. G. DAVIS
of West Virginia.
Eor Congressman,
FRANK MATHEWS
of Greer County.
Tuesday, September 0, Is Oklahoma
Day at the World’s fair. Those who
expect to visit the fair from this part
of the country should make it a point
t,o lie there that day.
The Kansas City Times and the
Kansas City Star, true to the party
in whose interests they always labor,
are putting in some good licks for the
election of Roosevelt for president.
The Star professes to tie independent
Democratic, but never fails to give
the Republiban ticket a boost when
an opportunity presents itself.
The fusion forces of Woods county
hold their primary election on Satur-
day, August 27, for the purpose of
making their nominations for county
officers to he voted for at the Kovem
her election. We believe it is a bet-
ter method than the county conven-
tion plan where tlie work is done by
delegates.
Dick Graves, of St. Joseph, ac-
cording to the News and Press spent
fifty cents at the World’s Fair. It
was intended that everything should
he free to t lie press humorists, hut
Dick followed a balloon outside tlie
grounds, going through a hole in the
fence, and had to pay fifty cents to
get hack inside.
The Medford Patriot came out
square-toed last week and in tones un-
mistakable announced that it is ready
to stand by the tricksters and schem-
ers in the Republican ranks in Grant
county in the coming county cam-
paign, let t lie nominees of 1 lie party
be whom they may. You didn't need
tell us that Palmer, for we all well
knew it beforehand. We know pretty
well how your "slates" are gotten up,
and we also know that it matters not
how unscrupulous any man who is
nominated by your party may he, you
will stand by him just ttie same.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Pursuant to call a Democratic County Con
vcntlou will lie held at Meuford Thursday,
Seotember 1st at 11 a. m., for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the following of
flees: Representative, County Treasurer.
County Clerk, Probate Judge, Sheriff, County
Superintendent, Register of Deeds, County
Attorney, Coroner, County Surveyor, and
County Weigher.
The representation will be one delegate for
every 15 votes cast for lion. W. M. Cross and
one delegate at large for each precinct. The
representation will be as follows:
Bluff.................B Fairview
Hickorv .............«* Jarvis ......
North Wakita..... 3 South Wakita
North Manchester 2
Ware....................."
South Manchester
Valley
West Dirigo
East Dumont
East Rock Island
North Ooldwater
Prairie................
West Berry
West Salt Pork
Pond Creek—
2nd ward .......
4th ward ..........3
Renfrew.....
Jefferson.............2
Lament ......... 5
.5
Medford 4
East Dirigo •>
West Lament 4
West Rock Island 4
South Coldwater 3
Banner ................4
East Berry ....... 4
East Salt Fork ..... •'<
Medford 4
Wakita.........3
Manchester 3
1st ward.......3
3rd ward .... 3
5th ward- 2
Committeemen will call caucuses for Mon-
day the 2»th of August, 13U4 at the usual vot-
ing place. K j, Pf.tkks. Chairman
Ur. F.. B. MlI.I-.ER, Secretary.
COMMISSIONERS’ CONVENTIONS.
The Democrats of Grant county will hold
conventions for the purpose of nominating
candidates for commissioner as follows:
1st IJlst., Wakita. Sept, ft, 2 p m.
2nd Dlst., Medford. Sept. 8, 2 u m.
3rd Dlst, Pond Creek, Sept, tt, 2 p m
Delegates In equal number to these in the
county convention will he chosen at the
same time and place, on Monday. Aug. 29f as
that for electing delegates to the county
convention.
Du. E. B. Miller, E. P. I'eteks,
Secretary. Chairman.
Peoples Party Convention.
By order of thee ntral committee of the
People’s Party of Grant County. Oklahoma
Territory, we hereby call a delegate conven-
tion of said party to assemble at Medford,
Grant County, Oklahoma Territory, on
Thursday. September 1. 1804, at 11 o’clock a.
in., for tbe purposeof nominating candidates
for the following offices:
Representative County Treasurer
County Clerk Probate Judge
Sheriff County huperlntend-
County Attorney ent of Schools
Coroner Register of Deeds
County Weigher Surveyor
The ratio of representation will lie one del-
egate for each 15 votes cast for Hon. Win.
Cross and one delegate at large for each
precinct. The wards and precincts will be
entitled to representation as follows:
Bluff ....................„ « Eairvlew ....... rt
Hickory S Jarvis .. ii
North Wakita 3 South Wakita . 5
North Manchester 2 South Manchester
Ware
Valle
East
THE CATTLE MARKET.
The market for stock cattle does
not appear to he tlie least encourag-
ing to owners of cattle. Cows and
heifers appear to go begging for
buyers at the big trade centers, the
price in Kansas City hovering around
$1.50 to $2.40 per loo pounds. This
means 11 to $1.75 for this class of
cattle here, except where they have
llesh enough to pass for beef the
price is better.
Feeders weighing 1*hh) pounds or
better are worth close around J cents
here, but light weight steers sucli as
yearlings and short twos would do
well to net the owner 2* cents on the
home market according to Kansas
City quotations.
We don’t know how long these
prices will continue, but men who
ought to know say the bottom lias
not yet been reached. But there is
one thing certain, and that is it will
not pay any man to turn his growing
cattle loose on ths misearble market
if lie can possibly help it. The
.Journal feels so sure that there is
money in holding yearling and 2-year-
oldsteers that it is now about ready to
announce to ttie farmers who have
them to sell that it is in the market
for loo head as a profitable invest-
ment. but before we will buy we
must make arrangements to carry
them through the winter for con-
siderable less money than the price
has been for several years.
There is more feed in the country
than will be consumed, unless cattle
are brought in from the outside to
consume it. This condition is not
only true in this immediate locality,
but it extends throughout the
country north, south and west of us
We thus look ior feed to be cheap
and we would advise every farmer
who can do so to hold his growing
cattle, even if many of the best
posted men do contend that the
bottom lias not been reached in
the market.
“WONDERING.”
No, Mr. Journal man. we are not
throwing chaff to the Populists. We
simply are wondering how they can
fuse with t hu Democrats this year.—
Renfrew Tribune.
The above was one statement
among many made in the last issue of
ttie Tribune urging the Populists to
pull off from the Democrats in Grant
county and thereby let the Republi-
cans slip into office. We have no
objections to Bro. Williams "wonder-
ing” about this or any other matter,
lie can just “wonder” until the polls
close on the 8th of November if be
wants to. The fusion .agreement in
Grant county is just as much in the
interest of Populism as it is in the
interest of Democracy, and all Hie
“wondering” on the part of the
Renfrew Tribune, the Medford
Patriot, tiie Wakita Screwdriver, the
Deer Creek Times, the Pond Creek
Pill Bag, the Jefferson Review, the
News and Dispatcli at Laurent, the
Pond (.'reek Vidette ^nd all the other
Republican sheets in the county
cannot change it. It's one of those
iron-clad fusion agreements, equally
just alike to both Populist and
Democrat, which appeals to the
better judgement of the voters to
stand together and take no chances
on seeing the Republicans again get
control of the management of the
affairs of Grant county. That was
tried once from January, 1*145, to
January, 1897, and the one experi-
ment was enough. As we said a
week or two ago. it takes too long
and costs too much to recover from
the shock.
Wakita's resident dentist will
THE JOTJRNAL IS READY.
The Medford Patriot takes excep-
tions to tiie Journal’s statement
that the people of Grant county do
not want to see another Republican
administration in this county because
of t ho record made liy that party
when it. had control from January,
18U5, to January, 18H7, and in order to
shield his party in tiie many wrongs
committed during those two years lie
goes hack at us with a hAtcii of
stereotyped lies which lie has printed
so often that lie has almost come to
beleve they are true.
Permit us to say, Mr, Palmer, that
if you want the Republican record ol
those t wo years fully exposed so that
every man in Grant county can know
and understand, all you have to do is
to make one more break and we will
dig up the record and shield no man
in stating the facts. Your effort to
saddle all Hie crookedness upon tiie
Republican sheriff and county clerk
that was committed during those
two years won't work worth a cent.
There were a number of you into it
and when tiie Journal goes into
details it will dig up every one,
yourself along with the balance.
We don't approve of mud-slinging
in a campaign, hut if you insist upon
it the rottenest record ever made by a
set of officers in Oklahoma will be
fully brought out in order that the
new voters in the county who are
unaware of the real facts may fully
understand what was meant when
we said that the Democrats and
Populists of Grant county could not
afford to split up and take chances on
elect ing another set of Republican of-
ficials. We are willing to admit that
you have good men in your parly, hut
the record in the county has been that
the tricksters and schemers control
every convention your party has ever
held and almost without exception
your honest official aspirants are
crowded out. Your cat-hauling for
the Joaves and fishes is what con-
demns your party with Hie masses of
tiie voters in Grant county, and this
is why the people feel that they
cannot afford to lake chances in
turning you loose to the public crib.
MARKET LETTER.
Special to the Journal.
Kansas City. Mo., Monday. Aug. 22,
1904. Cattle last week was well dis-
tributed throughout the week, mar-
kets were steady or better most days
and yards were well cleared ol' every-
thing desirable at the close of each
dav's business. Best beef steers gain-
kC'IO to 50 cents, and other kinds ex-
cept common stock cattle and stock
calves steady to strong with mild
fluctuations, but common stock stuff
was at bottom prices. Supply today
is Hi,ooo head, and 29.000 at Chicago,
with prices irregularly lower, except
for best beef steers and good feeders,
which are about steady, top steers
$5.70. One third to one half run to-
day at all points is range cattle,either
from quarant ine territory. Panhandle
or Colorado and the northwest. Best
steers bring $5.25 to $5.so. grass finish-
ed steer $:1.75 to $5.25. corn fed cows
and heifers $4.00 to $5.00. grass she
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THE BK STORE
NEW TABLE LINEN FROM
25c yd to $1.50 yd
NAPKINS $1.25 to $5.00 doz
NEW LINE OF LADIES 0
BLACK PETTICOATS. 0 0
All kinds Ladies and
Gents Pocket Books.
Giesecke and Edwards
Stanwood Shoes.
Butterick Patterns in
Stock. + ♦ ♦
LADIES SHIRT WAISTS
MARKED DOWN.
NEW STYLE LADIES BELTS
JUST IN.
LAWNS and DIMITIES
MARKED DOWN.
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ii in i n :il 1 tied recommendation. * ■ **•
Sold hy Manchester Dm* i '•
_......... 7 Medford
.......... 3 West Dirigo ... .
_ Dirigo .. 5 East Lament
West Lamont 4 Ea-t Bock Island
West Rock Island 4 North Ooldwater
South Coldwater 3 Urairie ..........
Banner 4 West Berry
East Berry 4 \\e~i saltrork
East Sail Fork . 5 Medford City
Wakita .......... 3 Renfrew
Manchester .. 3 Jefferson
Lamont ..... •• .....5
Pond Creek City.
1st ward_________ 3 2nd wan]
3rd war*!......- 3 4th ward ............3
5th ward................-
Committeemen will call primaries for
Monday, Aug. 28. at the usual voting
places at an hour to he lived by the com-
mitteemen for the several precincts.
By order of tbe county central committee-
man of the People’s Party of Grant county.
01,1* GEOBGE IL FORD.
C. A. TAYLOR. Sec y. Chairman.
COM MISS IONICS’ CONVENTIONS.
The People's party of Grant county will
bold conventions for the purpose of nomi-
nating candidates for commissioner as
follows:
1st Dlst., Wakita. Sept.. 8. 2 p. m.
2nd Dist.. Medford, Sept., s. 2 p. m.
3rd Dlst., Pond Creek. Sept., s, 2 p. m.
Delegates In equal number to these in the
county convention will be chosen at tbe ~~ . 77 .
same time and place. ..n M.md.y, Aug. as make regular visits to Manchester be-
that for electing delegates to the county ginning in September the first Tues-
conveution. | day. Wednesday and Thursday of eacli
C. A. Tatlob. G. H. Font). monttj
Secretary. chairman. | ni0nU*’
St ulf $2.50 to *3.50. veals $3.75 to $4.0n.
Canners dull at *2.00 or less, stockers
$2.75 to *3.75. feeders *3.ini to *4.25.
stock cows and hulls $1.75 to $2.00,
stock calves up to $4.00.
Hog market had a higher tendency
last week, but liberal runs this morn-
ing spoiled prospects for today, as
market opened 5 to 15 lower, l’igs
and light weights bring up to $5.25,
medium hogs *5.05 to $5.20. and heavy
weights *5.oo to $5.15. Shippers should
remember that pigs that bring best
prices are smooth and fat. t hut skips
and sickly pigs ars hard to sell. There
wasn't much excuse for lower prices
today, except that too many hogs were
centered at (’hicago.
J. A. Kick art
Live Stock Correspondent.
—Tiie Ottawa, Kansas. Herald tells
of a farmer calling on a certain mer-
chant in that town with an itemized
list of goods. He had looked over a
mail order house catalogue and found
the goods would cost him $24 and he
was willing to pay tiiat amount. « me
standard article in tiie catalogue was
very low and he supposed the same
cut had been made on everything.
The merchant figured the hill, giving
his regular prices, and it amounted to
$22. The mistake the merchant was
making was in not advertising prices
T >be Bowers returned Monday
from the old home eight miles north
of Kingman, where lie went to at tend
ttie funeral of his father. John H.
Bowers, who died very sudden!\ of
heart disease on Tuesday, August in,
and was buried Friday. Mr. Bowers
was a man til years of age and was
very highly respected in the commu-
nity where he resided. Those who at-
tended the funeral from here were the
two.sons and daughter, John and Otie
Bowers and Mrs. B. F. Goff, together
with Mr. Goff and /.. G. Scott. The
family have Hie sympathy of tiie
Journal in their bereavement.
—J. W. Broee. a prosperous farmer
living near Attica, is sailing in tiie
fastest company and makes good the
claims of the comic writers and pic-
ture makers that Hie farmers will
have cliug wagons on tiie farm. He
tiought a late model machine of tiie
i>est make and it was delivered to him
last week. He had more fun than a
hand wagon until it got away from
iiim and ran into a ditch and broke or
bent something that will set Mr.
Broce hack forty or fifty dollars for re
pairs. But lie can stand it all right
as he is the owner of several ol Hie
best farms in filial section of ttie
county. Anthony Republican.
rheumatism. \vii**n paiu*<>r irritation «•*-
tot on any part of tb** th«* application
of. Ballarat Snow Liniment prompt
relief. K. W Sullivan. Propr. Mjillvan IIoum*
Kl Reno. O. T . write* June «. !'•*«: -| take
iohru in reeoaimendiii* Italian!** >n«»w
Liniment to all whoart- afflicted with rh*a-
niMlfocn It to the only remedy I have found
tilHt Kives immediate relief. -Vw-. flOO.
«oid by Manchester |>r«ii <*o.
\ partv of railroad surveyors
came in front the direction ot Byron
Tuesday. The line run may'be a
good one from the standpoint of the
Enid road promoters, but as it- cuts
pearlv every farm crossed from Lyion
to this city diagonally hi two, it
arouses the indignation ol the fai-
mers. and if Hie right-of-way will
ever be secured it will he at the cost
of big damages. As the hi®™* j"
the locality are worth Irom to
$o ooo per quarter or more and a strip
taken diagonally out of them, will
reduce their value materially, it is
apparent the right-of-way will be
very expensive.--Kiowa News-Re-
view.
The hand concert given on the
streets of Manchester last Satin day
evening by the Manchester hand
brought out a good crowd wire appre-
ciated the music very much. With
Prof. E. A. Watkins as instructor the
band is making fine progress and
promises soon to he one among the
best in this part of the country. This
town lias tried hard for a numbei of
years to get up a good band and has
expended lots of money along t hat
line, and ii appears now thatthey
liave succeeded in good shape. A fine
hand stand is being erected al the
cross street near Hie hotel for perma-
nent use, but especially for use on the
ltith of SeptemlxT at the big anniver-
sary celebration.
FARM FOR SALE.
My farm of inn acres, laying 13
miles south and $ mile west of Man-
chester. is for sale at a very reason-
able price. This is one of t he finest
corn and fruit farms in Grant county:
85 acres in cultivation, balance in
pasture and meadow. Land is mostly
al! under fence. Good three room
house and small barn, two wells,
windmill and tank, sou apple trees,
loo hearing peach frees, pear, plum,
cherry, and all oilier fruit trees,
together with vineyard, blackberries
and all other small fruits. Telephone
in house. Write me at Sand Creek.
Ok la. S. W. Got.nv.
| DO YOU WANT A DRILL?
If so,call and seethe INDIANA and
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horse drills, and will bear the closest J
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The best place to go for a refreshing drink of ice cold f.
beer, pop or tlie finest whiskies, wines and cigars is to jjj
(THE NEW SALOON
J. W. BURLINGAME, Proprietor.
Fine billiard and pool tables. Call and we will treat
you right. Two doors west of bank, Manchester, < >.T.
DR. G. W. SNOW. § ****JSGa*s^«5arste*««E«a!c
USTReady to answer calls any
time day or night. Telephone
calls may lie made at my ex-
pense. Office north side Main
st reet, opposite drug store, Man-
chester, Okla. Residence, first
house south C. R. Leland’s, east
side of street.
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Manchester
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Prop’s.
Local and Lon; Distance
Telephone No. 10.
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