The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, September 2, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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THE MANCHESTER JOURNAL
ii. M. SIMMONS, Editor and Prop’r
Published Kve.ru Friday at Manchester.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
f nlerod it Mincheiter.Okla.. Poitofliaai Ssconil
Clan Mail Matter.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 1904.
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THE OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President,
ALTON II. PARK Kit
of New York.
For Vice-President,
H. G. DAVIS
of West Virginia.
For Congressman,
FRANK MATIIF.WS
of Greer County.
Wk never before witnessed ;i na-
tional campaign in which there was
so little interest shown by the
general public, and just where the
lack of interest comes in we are at a
loss to know. Cood clean men have
lieen nominated by both the old
parties, one or the other of which is
bound to be elected, and no doubt the
country will live through it and
prosper, let the result terminate as it
may. On the surface the Republi-
cans apparantly feel that Mr. Roose-
velt is equal to the emergency and
will carry them through to victory.
They feel that he is safe in the west,
but like the Democrats, they don't
appear to be so sure about the east
and they are also sure that the
"solid south" will line up against
him. On the other hand, the Demo-
crats have about as little to say as do
the Republicans. It is quietly inti
mated that the monied interests of
the country are afraid that Roosevelt,
if elected, will plunge the country
into war with some other nation with
the view of making himself famous,
and they naturally look upon Judge
Parker as a more conservative man to
guide the general business interests
of the country. As to the question
of trusts, we all know that Roosevelt
has done nothing in that line that
lias benefited a single man in Okla-
lahoma or Kansas, hence on that
score it would be far safer to try the
Democratic nominee than to give the
place to a man whom we know will
do nothing. While the Democrats
entertain a feeling of doubt about
the tinal result of the campaign,
there is a strong undercurrent
working which goes to show that
they have confidence in carrying
enough states in the east to win out.
Every man in Oklahoma should en-
courage the election of the Demo-
cratic ticket in every way that he
can, in order that we can get state-
hood and rid the territory of the
many appointed grafters who have
worked the people for years for all
they are worth.
M
A NEW IDEA.
A novel method of handling the
school land question was submitted to
the writer a few weeks ago. and lie
has been turning it over in his mind
time and again, and has not as yet
been able either to approve or reject
it. The plan is as follows:
First, appraise the land at its act-
ual raw value. Then give the resi-
dent lessee a clear deed to the land,
so that he can sell, mortgage or do
whatever he pleases with the land.
But in the deed place a perpetual cov
enant that, for ali time to come, the
land is to pay a st ipulated price annu-
ally into ttie school fund. To illus-
trate, we will say that the land is ap-
praised, at its actual raw value, at
one thousaud dollars. On this ap-
praisement the land must pay, say
four per cent, or forty dollars per year
into the school fund, collected in the
same manner and at the same time
taxes are collected, and to be sold
when delinquent the same as land is
sold when taxes become delinquent.
This system gives the lessee a clear
title to the land, creates a perpetual
school fund, the security of which can
never be destroyed, ami would build
up a school fund in time that would
be something enormous. The lessee
does not pay out a single dollar for
the land, further more than the coat
of making out and recording the deed,
but that covenant in the deed, where-
by the state parts with its title in the
land can never be changed, and al-
ways follows the land, no matter it lie
sold from one party to another, or
whether it be sold for taxes or under
mortgage, the buyer always takes it
with the covenant attached thereto.
It is an idea worthy of considera-
ation. As before stated, we have not
yet made up our mind as to its merits
or demerits, so we present it to the
school land lessees, and ottiers inter-
ested in the matter, for their consid-
eration.—Blackwell News.
—H. P. White has grown tired
resting since he sold the Star restau-
rant to Tommy Christian and is tit*
ting up a dray wagon as a means of
employment. He is pretty well along
inyeais but gets around as well as
most men who are much younger.
(JETTING WARM.
The Republicans of Grant county,
true to the calling that lias been
in vogue among the "heelers” and
leaders in the ranks In this county
since its first organization, are getting
t hings wanned tip in tine shape for
the free for all light in their county
convention which is to he held at
Medford Sept. 12.
One item in the Deer Creek Times,
one of the stalwart Republican papers
of the county, reads as follows:
"There will be no necessity for the
Republicans to hold a county con-
vention. All that will be necessary
is for each township to indicate its
preference for treasurer, endorse the
gentleman who desires the office of
county superintendent and send tlie
same to the secretary of the central
committee with orders to canvass
and publish. The other offices are
not wanted."
It will Ik- remembered, also, that
not very long ago when the Republi-
cans met in convention and elected a
territorial committeeman, that the
warring factions pounced upon I’. A.
Becker and got his scalp, tiring him
out of the position and giving it to
one S. F. Cones, a man scarcely known
outside tiis own township, but one,
perhaps, wtio could be relied upon to
carryout the wishes of tlie "gang"
who elected him. Becker had done
more for the Republican party in the
county than any other man in it, but
merit is an unknown article among
the Republican schemers in Grant
county, all of whom are waiting
at the appointive pie counter
tremblimg in their boots in the fear
that ttie other fellow will get more of
the loaves and tishes than he. But
Becker isn't altogether downed. Ilis
services have been recognized by
Chairman Filson of the territorial
committee, and at a recent meeting
Filson appointed Becker "financial
agent, or secretary," of the territorial
committee in Grant county, and in
this way took a good share of the
business of the county territorial com-
mitteeman out of Cones' hands.
Sensible mindid politicians in any
party would accept ttie aid and as-
sistance of a manlike P. A. Becker
as a good polilieial move, but the
Cones crowd say it was a direct slap
in their faces and they threaten to
bolt McGuire unless Becker is turned
overboard at once. Here is what Kro.
Jones has to say about this matter:
"This is a direct slap at t he Repub-
licans of Grant county and numerous-
ly signed protests have been forwarded
to Chairman Filson asking that this
mistake be rectified and if not done
at once will re-act against McGuire in
the election.
It is amusing to the* fusion forces
to see the old scrappers .scrap among
themselves, and the earnest wish of
the Journal is that the Cones faction
will succeed once more in throwing
Becker overboard, for we know that
Alien Becker goes overboard the Re-
publican party in Grant county will
go overboard with him.
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
Vs we go to press Thursday after-
noon the fusion county convention of
the Democrats and Populists of Grant
county is in session at Medford. It
is safe to say that the convention will
do the right thing in putting out a
county ticket to be voted for this fall
and in ttie next issue of the Journal
we will give a complete report of the
convention and tell our readers who
and what ttie men are that are nom-
inated. together with tine half-tone
cuts, as far as it is possible to obtain
them, showing an exact likeness of
each of the principal candidates on
the ticket.
We have the material in the fusion
ranks in Grant county to put out the
strongest and best ticket ever nom-
inated in t lie county, and the record
of the fusionists in the past, con-
vinces us that no mistake will be
made in this convention and that the
candidates named will be elected
from top to bottom by good majori-
ties.
"A SAD MISTAKE."
Mountain View Republican: There
arrived in this city one day last week
a prepossessing young lady who in-
quired for Mr. Fisher. She was told
to go about t wo miles down the t rack.
When she bad gone about that dis-
tance she met a second party and
again inquired. "That's the man
right over there in the field," she was
told. She hurried up to Mr. Fisher,
and to that gentleman's amazement
began poking him in the ribs. He be-
gan to shy, whereu|K)n siie threw her
arms around him. After a wild look
toward ttie house to see if his wife
was looking, he finally managed to ex-
tricate himself and recovered suffi-
ciently to inquire tlie cause of this
demonst ration.
You don't know your own cousin,
do you?” said the young lady.
Mr. Fisher replied in the negative.
To make a long story short the
party she was looking for lived in a
different direction from town, and
bore the same name. The young lady
almost had hysterics, and Mr. Fisher
has been hiding out ever since. afraid
to go home.
This i-> vouched for by one of our
citizens who, we understand, was an
eye-witness and is sore because he was
not the victim of mistaken identity
himself. Some men are so fortunate
that all the good tilings in life come
I their way.
FROM COLORADO.
Denver, Colo., Aug. 2n, 1904.
Editor Journal:
On account of the delightful time
which I am now having I waited too
long to send you a communication for
the issue t his week.
The idea of being just one mile up
in the air as compared with Hie sea
level and about two-thirds of a mile
higher than our city of Manchester is
almost beyond belief if it were not
that science has taught this fact.
Looking to tiie east one can Imagine
only intense heat at this time of the
year. Looking west one sees the snow.
A furnace on one side, a refrigerator
on the ot tier.
The new railroad which is being
built is now in the region of the range
of snow. They are working in snow
Unit fell last winter. This road goes
through a mountain known as Jim’s
Peak. The tunnel through it will be
more than two miles in length and it
will take two years to complete it.
A road called a switch back is being
built over the mountain and will be
used for tourists and all t raffle until
the tunnel is completed. A glacier is
on the mountain on tiie north side.
There is now in Denver a block of
snow from tills glacier placed on exhi-
bition and is kept from melting by
the method it takes to manufacture
ice. This railroad which is only
completed to Momtnoth, is doing a
wonderful excursion business. This
will be the leading route to western
points from Denver.
Tiie Eden wreck on August 7, of
which you made a slight mention in
your paper of last week, was by far
tlie most destructive of any that has
happened in t he west so far as tiie loss
of life was concerned. Over one hun-
dred lives were lost in about live min-
utes. Sixty-tive of them were rusi-
dents of Pueblo. Quite a number
from Denver(oneof our acquaintance)
was killed. The whole state wa-.
thrown into mourning. Nearly every
eastern state had one killed. An in-
vestigation is being held in Pueblo to
ascertain on whom the fault should
be placed. The general opinion is
that it was due to carelessness of tiie
railroad management. Tiie citizens
demand that the company make this
right so far as it can be. Some of the
dead were found down as far as Jo
miles from the wreck, buried in tiie
sand and many will never be found.
In some instances whole families
were among tiie dead.
There is an invention perfected
which is causing considerable com-
ment in ttie scientific world at ttie
present time. It is a machine where-
by water may be converted into
steam by the heat which is produced
by friction. The water is placed in a
cylinder as in a gasoline engine and a
shaft which is surrounded with strips
of wood, turns with a motion of “no
revolutions inside the cylinder and
tiie heat generated will pass through
the walls of the cylinder and thus
heat the water and the steam thus
generated will run tiie tiie engine
which turns the shaft that produces
tiie heat that converts the water
into steam. It comes as nearly being
perpetual motion as can be. This
machine only requires a little motor
or a little heat produced from com-
bustion to start it, then it will run.
This is thought to completely revolu-
tionize the method'of heating and
producing power by steam. The
machine has been used as an experi-
ment for about nine months and has
proven, so far. to be a complete
success in every particular. This
will also completely change the
process for heating purposes of all
kinds, and will greatly reduce the
expense of heating and power
appliances.
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CURES SCIATICA. Ki*v. W. L. Ill ley. L-J- l>-
Culm, New York. writes: “After fifteen
days of exuruelatintf pain from sciatica
rheumatism, under various treatments,- i
was induced t«»t rv Hilliard's Sncw Liniment;
the lirst application giving my iir>t relief
and tiie second entire relief. I s-dve it
untjualilled recommendation." ~.V, tic. tl-Oti.
Sold hy Manchester brut: To.
FARM FOR SALE.
My farm of 1(10 acres, laying 13
miles south and 1 mile west of Man-
chester, is for sale at a very reason-
able price. This is one of the finest
corn and fruit farms in Grant county:
x."> acres in cultivation, balance in
pasture and meadow. I.and is mostly
all under fence. Good three room
house and small barn, two wells,
windmill and tank, Son apple trees,
UK) bearing peach trees, pear, plum,
cherry, and all other fruit trees,
together with vineyard, blackberries
and ali ot her small fruits. Telephone
in house. Write me at Sand Creek.
Okla. s. W.Goldy.
FARM FOR SALE.
The farm of G. W. Schutz, 2J miles
southeast of Manchester, is for sale1
now at a very low price. This farm is
not only close to a good town, but is
pretty well improved and comprises
some of tiie most productive land in
this part of the county, as the crops
that have been grown on it prove. If
you want a bargain, write G. W.
Schutz. Yuma. Arizona, or call at this
office.
ATTENTION FARMERS.
The Manchester Mill and Elevator
Co. will receive wheat on deposit for
Hour, also will exchange Hour for corn,
shelled and ear. or kaffir corn.
Bear in mind we guarantee every
sack of our famous "Blue Ribbon"
Hour. Our "Star" flour is well worth
t be money.
Now is the time to buy shorts and
bran while it is cheap.
Manchester Mill .v Elevator Co.
i DO YOU WANT A DRILL? I
1 $
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4J? If so, call and see the IN DIANA and 4
ijf the THOMAS makes. They are of the %
iji Disc make, in 10 and 12 disc and one-
horse drills, and will bear the closest
1* inspection. Don’t fail to see them be- ^
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jjf fore you buy. ?}r
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S. B. FLING.
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The best place to go for a refreshing drink of ice cold
beer, pop or the finest whiskies, wines and cigars is to *
—Mrs. Whittington and daughter,
Mrs. Lacy, left Thursday for a visit
to the big fair and will visit relatives
in Illinois while away. Miss Estella
Whittington was home from Anthony
for several days to help get them
started.
WANTED MONEY
You that owe accounts at the |
NEW SALOON
J. W. BURLINGAME, Proprietor.
Fine billiard and pool tables. Call and wo will treat
you right. Two doors west of bank. Manchester, (>.T.
People’s Drug Store
will please call and settle lxifore
SEPTEMBER 1st. will help us.
The MANCHESTER DRUG CO.
J. L. Mathis, M'g'r.
Miss Bertha Iladdican received a
tirsi grade certificate in Woods county
and on Sept. 12 will begin a term of
school at Ashley, nine miles east of
Alva on the Choctaw road. There
are but few tirst grade certificates
issued in the counties in Oklahoma
and wo are glad to know that Miss
Bertha holds one of them.
A watermelon weighing Eighty
pounds is on its way to the world's
fair. A pretty good sized melon but
not equal to the one presented to u.->
by "Watermelon Sam" while we
were in tiie newspaper business at
Jet last year. The seeds alone
weighed a quarter of a pound apiece
and there were three hundred and
eighty of them, sc our readers nun
judge as lo tiie size of tfie melon’.
We have always been sorry that w>
didn't save that melon if for no other
reason than to introduce it as
evidence when telling about it. It
was a whopper! Goltry News.
Frank Kinsey, tlie local breeder
of white wyandotte chickens, ha-, a
pullet of that breed hat cited Feb. 22______
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Fine Wines. Liquors and Cigars.
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Manchester
Saloon.
Jolly Bros.,
Prop’s
Local and Long Distance
Telephone No. 10.
Our 10 cent Whisky is Sure to Please.
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before she was five months old and
up to date lias produced 29 eggs at J
ttie rate of one a day. She appears to +
be satisfied with the job. but may go ♦
on a strike at any time. Mrs. Thov T
Stubblefield reports that on the loth +
of February she bad a hatch of 12 +
chicks from a setting of 15 eggs, out of J
this hatch >he raided 4 cockerels and •>
7 pullets. Two of ttie pullets began
laying June 20 and 24. tlienbecoming
broody' they were set on Li eggs each
and when three days over six month-,
old they hatetied out a total of ten
chicks. Mrs. St 11 Wile Held believes
they would have done better had it
not been for a pup that persisted in
occupying ttie nests for ,\t-
, lauta (111.) Argus.
Established
1894.
Restaurant in
Connect ion.
BURCHFIEL & WARNOCK
Su<vi-*»«iiirw t*» ItltOWN .V LLK.
GENERAL DEALERS IN
I LIVE STOCK.
North of Rock island Lumber
Yard. Manchester. Okla.
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Gentleman’s
Resort.
Fine Wines, Liquors
and Cigars.
E. F. Bacon,
Prop.
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Simmons, J. Mason. The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, September 2, 1904, newspaper, September 2, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc497795/m1/4/: accessed May 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.