Woodward Dispatch. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1902 Page: 4 of 12
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WOODWARD DISPATCH, NOV. 28.
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Entered at the Woodward Poet Office
A* Second Claaa Matter.
An exchange in giving itaeelf a
puff in its own colotnne, and telling
of its great circulation, winda np the
article bj laying, “we are always wil-
ling to correct mis takes, and we
make ’em.”
Eastern capitalists are correspond
ing with some parties in Woodward
relative to putting in an electric light
plant, it is to be hoped they will re-
ceive the proper encouragement
Some mighty good work is being
done on the sidewalks and street
crossings. And while the good work
is going on we suggest that the
crossing between the York-Key Mer-
cantile store and Wiggins & Burt
hardware store, be made at leat a
foot wider.
It is a common saying for a repub-
lican to say he will vote for a yellow
dog if there is one on his ticket.
But about the latest comparison we
have heard is of a republican paper
comparing Govenor Odell of New
York with a dog, in speaking of his
pluck.
Hons. A. G. Cunningham and Mr.
Van Deusenberry, were the duly se-
lected committee to meet and report
to the committee on statehood as
they passed through Woodward on
their way to Guthrie and other points
in Eastern Oklahoma. With such an
able representation, no doubt the
committee on territories will report
favorably on Woodward county coming
in as a state, and the other counties
come in as soon as they are ready.
KMKS FOR ROOSHRT.
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There are about sixty legal voters
in Salifle township who, if they were
disfranchised, would roar like bay
steers, yet failed to vote last Tuesday.
Do not such men think enough of
their country to exercis the greatest
privilege which that country confers
upon them, or don’t they care as to
what class of men shall be our.officers?
While we admit that neither party
will bankrupt this grand common
wealth, but that all are working for
her greatest good, yet we all realixe
that scoundrels do get office, and as
American citisens it is our duty to
try and keep them out—Jet News.
Another new brick building for
Woodward. Prank Davis is to begin
the erection of a two-story brick
hotel at once. The building will be
located jqgt East of the Chandler
Drug Company, building to be 25x57
feet
For several days past a negro ban
been in this locality advising negroes
to leave Alabama and go to Liberia,
Africa. Thus far ho baa succeeded
in getting families to promise to go
with him. He is charging them a fee
of $2. and some say be is a fraud.
8everal negro families have sold all
their property here and turned the
money over to this strange negro,
and they intend going to Liberia
with him.
Many negroes say they don't care
to live in Alabama any longer, since
many of them have been disfranchise
by the new state constitution.
Some negroes here say that, while
the democrats and repnblicanr have
gone back on them and their race,
yet President Rocsvelt is their friend,
and that he has demonstrated this by
appointing men to office in Alabama
who were indorsed by Booker T. Wash-
ngton. Many negroes here glory
over the fact that Roosevelt is presi-
dent, because they say he is one o:1
their kinsmen. They claim that one
of the Roosevelt grandmothers
an octoroon. How this story came
into the possesion of negroes is not
known, yet they believe it firmly and
say Roosevelt will stand by them on
this account. They say the old saying
“the first shall be last and the last
shall be first,” has come to pass by
the descendant of a negro occupying
the presidential chair.
No negroes voted in the last elec-
tion. The negroes said they wanted
to show the Lilly Whites that the re-
publican8 could not win In Alabama
without the negroes vote —Globe
Democrt.
Now, will the republicans be good
and quit scolding Teddy for eating
with his kin folks?
J. A. Stine, Pres. Pete* Maetinsn, Vice-Pres. L. L. 8tine, Cashier.
The First National Bank <4*
!■ Ml NATURAL IAK VwSWSBTaI N KVIT dWTE.
If you Appreciate Safety, Courtesy, Promptness, Accuracy aad
Liberality, Give us Your Business, Large or Small.
MTmmmtT paid os net* ompo»itb.
Pilgrim and Dispatch $1.25.
John Mincher returned from his
trip to the salt plains in Woodward
county to look after the development
work for the mining company. Three
holes were put down. In the first at
a depth of 28 feet the drill dropped
into a sheet of flowing water, sound-
ngs showing it to be 12 feet deep.
The second hole was put down one
and a quarter miles from the first,
showing the same formation and the
same sheet of salt water, but in thit
instance the currant was in the oppo-
site direction from the first. The drill
was allowed to work below the water,
encountering a strata of red granite,
or some stone similar in formation.
Below this was a three foot
vein of asphaltum. The third hole
was put down near the river and
when Mr. Mincher came away was
fifty feet in pure rock salt.—Aine
Chronoscope.
Pilgrim and Dispatch, $125.
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interioe, United
States Laud Office.
Woodward, 0. T., Oct 22, 1902.
' A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Judson T.
Kelsey, contestant, against Home-
stead entry No. 8038, made May 31,
1901, for the s| of the nej Section
24, Township 26 N, Range 22 W, by
Charles Luces, conteetee, in which it
is alleged that said Charles Luces has
wholly abandoned said tract of land
for a period of more than six months
since making said entry and next
prior to the date of the initiation of
this contest, be having failed in any
manner to improve said land or to
establish residence thereon within the
statutory period (six months) as re-
quired by law. That he has never es-
tablished residence thereon; that the
said default has not been cured, and
that said alleged absence was not due
to his employment in the Army, Navy
or Marine Corps of the United States w* v/urp» «i toe united states
during the war with Spain or during1 »n any capacity during the war with
any other war in which the United Spain, or any other war in which the
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office.
Woodward, 0. T., Oct 18,1902.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Samuel
Eidson, of Ashton, Kansas, contest-
ant Against Homestead Entry No.
8901, made August 26, 1901, for w|,
sel of Sec. 4, and the nwf, nef, and
net, nwj of Section 9, Township 28
N, Range 22 W, by John J. Ingersoll,
of Kremlin, 0. T., contested, in which
it is alleged that said John J. Inger-
soll has wholly abandoned said tract
for a period of more than six months
since making said entry and next
prior to the date of the instiation of
this contest; that he has never estab-
lished residence upon said land, or re-
sided thereon, or unproved or culti-
vated the same; that said defaults
have never been cured, and that said
absence from said land was not due
to his employment in the Army, Navy
or Marine Corps of the United States
States may be engaged.. Said par-
ties are hereby notified to appear, re-
spond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o’clock a. m. on
Dec. 15, 1902, before the Register
and Receiver of the United States
Land Office in Woodward, Woodward
county, 0. T.
The said contestant having in a
>roper affidavit, filed October 22,
- --OEI Vive
>r this notice can not be made, it is
lereby ordered and directed that such
notice be given by due and proper
publication, E. S. WIGGINS,
Receiver.
A Missouri editor expresses him-
self as follows:
He’s gone, the smiling candidate
No more he’ll wring our hand;
Between our shoulder blades no more
' His smashing t>lap will land.
No more he’ll give us rank cigars,
And land old jokes and pranks,
The candidate at last is gone;
Oh, Lord! accept our thanks.
United States may be engaged. Said
parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o’clock a m. on
Dec. 15, 1902, before the Register
and Receiver of the United States
Land Office in Woodward, 0. T.
The said contestant having in a
proper affidavit, filed Oct 20, 1902,
set forth facta which show that after
)roper amaavit, oied October 22, set rortfi facts which show that after
1902, set forth facts which show that due diligence personal service of this
after due diligence personal service n°tice can not be made, it is hereby
nf ihi. —‘ *----j- - • ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publica-
tion. E. S. WIGGINS,
Receiver.
beach pound package of
Lion Coffee
from now until Christmas will
be found a free game, amusing
k?nds,n,m,Ct,VC~50 diff*ren‘
OrtUon Cofise and a Pree dame
at Year 41racunb
Painfully Injured.
Mrs. J. D. Helmer, wife of J. D.
Helmer, Commissioner elect of Dist-
rict No. 2, received a very painful if
not serious injury this week by a
team running away. From what we
can gather it appears that the neck-
yoke came off of the tongue and the
team became frightened and ran
away, throwing Mrs. Helmer out on
one of the wheels almost severing
her left ear from her head, and in-
juring her internally. It is to be
hoped her injuries will not prove fa-
tal.
Died,—On November 25, 1902, at 5
p. m., Peter J. Carroll, of heart
trouble. Pete Carroll as be was
commonly known around town was
the first postmaster of Woodward
under President Cleveland’s ad-
ministration, but has since been
engaged in the saloon business and
perhaps was the best customer he
had. The remains were shipped to
Leavenworth for burial. He was
not sick at all being about town ail
day, and died Bitting in a chair in
the saloon in the evening.
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Kellogg, O. R. Woodward Dispatch. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1902, newspaper, November 28, 1902; Woodward, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc848030/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.