Fairview Republican. (Fairview, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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FAIRVIEW REPUBLICAN.
VOLUME FIVE
FAIRVIEW, WODS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, JULY 7, I»05
FAtRVlEWS BIG CELEBRATION
DAY PERFECT AND AN IMMENSE CROWD PRES-
ENT-GRAND BUSINESSMEN’S PARADE A
WELL RECEIVED FEATURE.
RANK ATTEMPT OF BALLOONIST TO BUNCO CITIZENS AND
'HIS FAILURE TO MAKE ASCENSION THE ONLY BAD
FEATURE OF DAT'S ENTERTAINMENT.
NUMBER FORTY-ONE
The Celebration at Fail-view, | malie the parade a success and
July 4th. was a day Vo be long and i should be accorded a full measure
pleasantly remembered by the in. \ of praise for their splendid work,
mouse crowd that came from the I We wil1 not attempt to make spec-
surrounding country and neighbor j ia' mention of all who took part in
-lug towijs. Shortly after the thuu-I tho big parade, but suffice to say
. during salutes lired by Captain Van j that all who did take part felt well
Gteson s true squad, announcing | repaid for their labor and money
tin- sunrise of Independence Pay, | expended and those who did not
had ceased to reverberate through I take part wished afterward that,
t lie hills to the west, the crowd be- {they had, as At was a splendid
gau to arrive. j advertisement, lor each and evorv
At lii-st only ■one or two vehicles \ business house represented and for
arrived at a time, but soon a steady I the whole town as well
stream of wagons, carriages aid J A rank fake '
all kinds of conveyances lined every; The balloon ascension had bee,
road leading to the .city, each one I ,.x,0li:5j ve,v lldV(l|, ised and was
tmtlded i.iln uappv oX pce‘ant poop. f ., „ . „•* pTra-^’
By ten o'clock; the time set -for bn.; .greatst .factor In drawing .He
the street parade, acrowd of perhaps ,0 Kail.v‘mw and t,h(J ......
twenty live hundred people were in
town, awaiting with eager expect
anc.v tlte bi* feature of the day.
Pivmpt.lv at ten o’clock the parad
formed south of town and moved up
Main street. Each Boat, was ar-
ranged to represent some particular
business andall was enthusiastically
cheered.
Perhaps the most novel and appro-
priate Boat was that of the Fail-view
Milling Company. “Our Cream''
flour made up the decorations,
of the aeronaut to make good was a
great, disappointment to them and
to our businessmen as well. The
advertising of this feature was all
done in good faith and no one living
at Fail-view doubted the balloonist’s
intention to make the ascension un-
til he failed to act when culled upon.
The early part of the day was
rather windy but about three o’-
clock the wind feti and the commit-
tee called upon the aeronaut to make
the ascension. Not only that, but
however does not justify a man in
working a fakir’s game and when he
ran up against Fairview he struck
a snag that we hope will puncture
his faker bubble for all tune.
We wish to say to the people who
were so sorely disappointed, that
Fairview fully intented to de-
liver the goods uud that her
people are as greatly disappointed
as the thousands of guests who
came here hoping to see a sight
worth a long journey, and, if it is
| possible, will at some time in the
future repay them by bringing a
real ballooist here who will fulfill
his contract.
f..'A
CONTESTS.
Horse races:—Free fer all, "bony,
1st by England’s pony, 2nd by Chas’.
Wilson’s pony. Free for all horse
race, 1 mile, 1st, Ira Smith’s horse;
2nd, Jim Jarvis’ horse.
Baby contest;—There were four-
teen of Oklahoma’s sure crop in this
exhibition and of course each and
every one was the sweetest one on
earth,but the judges decided in
favor of Miss Clarice Miller, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller,
for 1st prize; Master Paul Willis,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay Willis, I
I'm- 2nd and Miss Maggie Campbell, |
daughter of Mrs. A. Campbell for
3rd prize.
.Ropingcontest: W. G. Stranuthan
and Joe Wilson, of Roscoe, tied for
1st, time31 minutes, and divided the
1st, and 2nd prize, W. W. Hamilton
-ock the 3rd priz*, time 5J mVhnl.es.
l'he boys were unfom.ate in having
ooor ropes which broke and made
tlte time slow. There were live en-
tries.
H. CLAY WILLIS.
President
WM, A. WILSON, V. President
Kansas City, Mo.
L. WILLIS.
Cashier
The Bank of Fairview
(‘‘The Oldest Bank in Fairview”)
Capital Stock, fully paid In,
$10,000.00
ndividual Wealth ofStockholders . $300,000.00
U» hnve a Complete Tax list for this part of the County. Call
for your Old, and pay for your New Tax Receipts. We guar-
auteo Receipts when paid with us.
FAIRVIEW,
OKLAHOMA.
Go to H. C. Kliewer
FOR A GOOD SELECTION OF
FJJY NETS,
Single and Double Buggy Harness,
Saddles, Collars, Swea Pads,
Harvester and Buggy Whips,
G^LL CURE,
Y ESJn fac* Everything in my line used
by horse owners.
^ __ _ > _
RilPxVlRiyq PKOMI^TTgX DONE
~ — --------------, me ascension. ixot only that, but
while.Toe Haley fired buttered his- j they brought fuel for him and gave
cuits into the crowd. ! every assistance possible. He kept
Bower Brothers’Negro minstrels | wajt.ing with no apparent reason for
brought cheers from the crowd, and ! the delay, until about four o’clock,
while perhaps not being as good | when a smaU cIoud came up the
a representation of the firm s bit- wind raised and some rain fell,
siness as some others, yet attracted This was evidently the excuse he
much attention and favorable com- had been wishing for, for he rolled
me,lt- | up his dilapidated gas bag and made
A. A. Clark occupied the center
D. R, Thomas’ gaily decorated wagon
aiK. put in good time pounding im
aginary rivets into a big water
tank.
The Knights and Ladies of Secu-
rity had two floats showing by con-
trast the difference between good
insurance and no insurance. The
first float, a carriage occupied by a
lady and several well dressed child-
ren, and showing every evidence of
prosperity, reprasanted tbe widow
and family of the deceased member
of the K. and L. of S., while the
second float, an old wagon occupied
by a poverty stricken widow and a
large family of ragged children,
represented the sorry plight of the
family of the min who had neglected
to provide for his family, and was tt
tolling argument in favor of frater-
nal insurance.
The Fairview Republican “angel'
and “devil” called out cheers ail
along tbe route.
J. W. Cox, dressed as a clown
and driving a pony hitched to an
oddly decorated cart was certainly
an amusing feature of the parade.
“Floyds Pets”, made up as pio,;-
aninnies formed an odd and inter-
esting feature. They were not ns
handsome as without the burnt-
cork trimmings, but were roundly
cheered just the same.
no attempt to inflate it. At about
six o’clock the wind died down to a
gentle breeze and everyone fully ex-
pected that now he would surely
make the ascension.
The crowd waited patiently but
he made no further preparations,
alleging that “he couldn’t inflate
the balloon so long as a breeze, how-
ever light, was blowing.” Not only
did he refuse to make the ascension
but gave it out flat that he expected
the committee to pay him tlte one-
hundred dollars, ascension or no
ascension. The crowd) lingered un-
til dark, hoping that he would ful-
fill his contract, but they waited in
vain.
There is no doubt but that he
came here with the intention of
faking the town out of the contract
money, but the committee very
properly refused to pay a cent
and he left the next day declaring
that he would bring suit against
them, notwithstanding the fact
that he made no real attempt to
earn the money and that lie had
no plausible excuse for his failure
to do so.
It has since been learned that lie
has done the same thing at several
other towns in the wost, evidently
making a practice of gulling the
people, and relying on the fact that
he is a cripple to boar him out in
The Fairview baud bovs played I his demand for payment of unearned
an important part and did much to j money. Being a helpless cripple
WOMAN SUFFRAGE NOT WANTED BY
POLITICAL GRAFTERS.
The perfidy to which Democratic
politics is carried in Kentucky is
enough to arouse every honest cit-
izen. The Constitutional Conven-
tion-in 1890 inserted a provision em-
powering the General Assembly to
regulate school elections and to ex-.
tend school suffrage to women. I
The Kentucky Equal Rights
Association in 1894 secured a clause
in the Charter of cities of the second
class, viz: Covington. Newport and
Lexington, whereby women were
made eligible to and might vote for
school boards on the same terms as
men. These privileges they exer-
cised- for seven years, to the advan-
tage of the schools. In 1902 the
General Assembly, for partisan reas
ons, repealed that portion empower
ing women to voto, notwithstanding
a strong effort for its retention was
made by the best citizens of these
cities.
It was wrong to repeal the law
and yet its repeal was the best com-
pliment that the women of Kentucky
ever had passed on them. In the
seven years that they were permitted
to exercise this limited suffrage
they had demonstrated that they
could uot be controlled by the poli-
ticians. It was necessary for tlte
perpetuation of the Democratic
machines in Lexington, Covington
and Newport that they control the
school boards and school funds.
This they could not do with the
women voting.
The grafters are wise in denying
to women the right of suffrage.
The enfranchisement of women
would spoil their graft.—Winchester
Ky., Sun-Sentinel.
Room 25, Floyd’s Hotel. Fairview, Oklahoma. “
H, D. THOMPSON
EXPERT CEMENT FINISHER
Builds jour Curbs, Gutter. Walks. Cyclone
Cellars, Walls, Cisterns, Etc. Also all kinds
of Decorative and Ornamental Cement
Work. I solicit businesss in any part of
the Territory.
REFERENCES;
L R RODMAN. (-OF FAIRVIEW. slmp“,mlPavin«tCo!TiUff C°’ l
of Chicago.
GENERAL FEED STORE
Mill in connection. Chop all kinds
of feed at reasonable prices.
HAY, FLOUR AND FEED
For sale and delivered in all parts
of the city free of charge. Next
door north of the Enid Lumber
Company,
Ffiirview, Oklahoma.
vK«h:-Kv::v:K:
A SUSPKISE PARTY.
A pleasant surprise party may bo
given do your stomach and liver, by
taking a medicine which will relievo
their pain and discomfort, viz: Dr.
King's New Life Pills. They are a
most wonderful remedy, affording
sure relief and cure for headache,
dizzinoss and constipation. 25c at
Elk Head Pharmacy.
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Clark, A. W. Fairview Republican. (Fairview, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1905, newspaper, July 7, 1905; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc848134/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.