The McLoud Standard. (McLoud, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. II.
Mf'LoUD, PoTTAWATOM!K CoiNTY, OKLAHOMA, FkIIHY, FkHKUARY ]<».
1901.
No.
THOS. HOLLIS, Pres. C. B. BOYLAN, Vice Pre«.
L. B. HELIKER, Cashier.
First National Bank
McLoud, Oklahoma
CAPITAL $25,000
A General Banking Business Transacted.
The Valentine Party nt the home (i nsideml onlv from the stand
of .Miss Stevens on the night of point of how many votes they could
the 12th inst. was a n.ost gratify- him. the machine. Tin* brine ru-
ing success. It was given in honor ‘ .-r is worse than the hrib• taker,
of Mi- E Ina’s guest, Miss Suej bndling in office is worse tiiim
Paine, and die young people pres lx. » I ngi . m y. H , v|,o soil
ent seemed to enjoy themselYe* \ his integrity for ati o lie.* is w.irs.
Wo t.
-THE-
White is King.
The Ross Grocery Co
STAPLE AND FANCY
Groceries.
Country produce bought and sold, East Main Straat.
Mc’LGUQ, GKLAOMA.
greatly. Tin* house was very taste-
fully decorated in hearts mid the
games of the evening were most
appropiatc, being the writing of
or ginal valentines and the shooting
with how and arrow, of a little red
heart in the center of a large piece
of whit cloth. Miss Kavur and
Mr. Hollis carried off th prizes
of the latter game.
S. A. llill and family, who h ive
been for ti e last t wo years in Ok-
lahoma Ck.y, returned to M Laid
Thursday.
CHAS. E. BILLINGSLY
PRESIDENT.
M. LAUPAEIMER
VICE PRES.
HARVEY E. GREEN
CASHIER.
McLoud Oklahoma
CAPSTAL $10,000.00
INSURANCE.
A six months piad tip SCHOL-
AHSHIP in tl.eCEN RAL BUS
1NESS ( OLLEOiv, Sedalia, Mo.,
will he given to the person receiv-
ing highest number of votes.
All persons paying money on
subscriptiot. shall bo entitled to
100 votes for each dollar so paid.
Persons in arrears shall he enti
led to the privilege of vo'uig
when settling same.
Contest "ill open Monday Feb.
8th and close May 8th.
The scholarship will be i+sned at
close of 'he con'est, by C. \Y
Robbins, Principal of the above
named school, to * he person hav-
ing the high-t number of yotes at
the close of contest.
to* rfu ^ -W-NPSl <V «W V V
4 GEO. W. BAIN will . in 4
■ McLoud, March 2ond. Se- 4
I cure your tiket and mii >y ibis ^
5 grand intcllectinl feast. 4
g, Jaiiu De Witt Miller - v
^ Any audience that can heir *
^ him and not enjoy him, ae- ^
a, cuses itself, and one thin can °
^ hcar him and not he bemdii .<|
FARM LOANS, .fr by *’hilt h° S’ "S , 'f’"r I
- k good as to be beyond the n ed 2
^ of improvement, or so had us *
a to be beyond its roach.
tiian ho w, o sells ii for m ney.
i Dr. J. Mnonev has improed
Ins irug store fr thy putting in
ty,» new w nd.nrs auj setting the
doors back.
! injc to drown their
oni drink brings
Itut Hi n there are
S ime men
sorrow. Of
ui"e 'now,
more drinks.
■ It isn t so Iri I o be ih- uit mind-
ed d 'oca nl> forget our
Its.
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Tee future holds no fui.uie
the eve of fai h.
to
There is no disguising the fact
that a majority of the men who
control tolitics at Muskogee are
opposed to statehood of any kiud.-
Okeaiah Journal.
We he ieve that a in ijenty of
the Demoerati voters of tin city
who have givi n the matter an v
thought are in favor of nominating
the candida'cs for cotineilmen,
chief of polit-c, hoard of edtieatiou.
> and mem tiers of the city central
committee by the regular ward
primary election, and the reasons
seem good and snffici-ut. First,
ihe offices to *>e filled are princi-
pally ward offices this year. Onlv
one official, the chief of police, be-
. iug dependent oo a vote from the
wbocity. Secnu-1. by ih- pri
man and delegat- plan and a city
convention the important minor
offices are neglected, and delegates
eluded wholly on i lie issue of for
or against one man.
The necessity of selecting go-al,
capable, progressive and substan-
tial ni'ii for places on the conned
and school boar I has never been so
apparent and vital as now, mid tne
people ought to he given a direct
The republican party of the In-
dian Territory placed itself on rec-
ord yestesdav in iV or of piecemeal
statehood. It is well that die peo
[ile of the Indian Territory now
know definitely how the G. O. P.
s ands upon this important prepo-
sition.-Yinita Chieftain.
I1 looks now as if s' itehood for
Indian Territory betore 1906 is
quite out of the question, for which
the people are indebted to the
Dawes Commission and other fed-
eral pie-eaters. -Oketnah Journal,
Take th*- federal officers out of
re,publican politics in the Indian
Territoiy and the party would look
like a punctured balloon. The
private citizen has little to gain ot-
iose in the matter, and hence is
mining the business to those who
are drawing salaries from the gov-
ern meat.-Vmita Chieftain.
American cities are paying ex
truvagant prices for government
and getting very little gevermmv.t
m return for the exper i ur n Tin-
average elective official in munici-
palities concerns himself vet v muc h
with personal politics and very lit-
he with official duties. He is t o
busy keeping the machine in repair
to waste time in doing his work,
and it is time that a - wholesome
lesson was taught to this class of
public servants. If a few careless
a id indifferent officials were sent
to tbo penitentiary ‘‘to encourage
the others," as Voltaire once said,
the effect on municipal government
throughout the country would
soon he appreciable. Official care
lessness has well earned a scourg-
ing.—Detroit Free Press.
m >st links
mot i v<
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THE EASIEST SELLING
THE BEST SATISFYING and
THE FINEST BALL-BEARING
Sewing Machine
IN THE WORLD.
The most elegant, strongest and
best woodwork on the market.
1,500,000 now in use. Every one
gives satisfaction. The White is
the peer of any Sewing Machine
now made. The White is the light-
est running and best finished Sewing
Machine in the market.
Its construction is simple, positive,
| and durable, its workmanship is un-
surpassed. Made in Vibrator and
1 Rot? v Shuttle styles.
1'he Oil I v ill ill who e in wor -at -You can sreure (he Agency if you
tide he ,.s loJin-r is til - baker. at onc*» we want Defers in unoccu-
p <id territory.
Tie* fojniui e ambition begins
with dolls and ends with dollars. I ^es and Terms made satisfactory.
Address,
F st 1. uu in k(
the devil's cliaiti.
Gud measures m
U\ mis akes.
Ilee i-Ih. ti’WchiugS of a Ivvl sity
if V" . would .void ,i second le~-
son.
Regret i.s .something we feel
fh mistakes of our friends.
i bty. on i .-lu.ie i:- nie fc-r |
•*i“ '■ 'on «ish a fraiii'? If so,see
Hasfikld s line of m -iding-
Whlte Sewing Machine Co.
„ CLEVELAND, OHIO.
S. B. KIRBY, Lit til Ye h. Ark.
Dr. Lons lias impoved his j The contest nts in the Fr**e
Ksi lence hy leveling up his yard j Scholarship Contest and the nutn
h*rof yutcsoip to-Thursd y even
and putting a ne'.v fence around.
M . 1 1 ymore aud wife, of Dale,
are in town looking after a
location
Win Fugott, a popular drummer
of Shawnee, was in town Saturday.
There wdl ho a bull at Hollis
Hull Feb. 22nd, in honor of Wash-
ington’s birthday. Quite a num-
ber from Elmoud will be in atten-
dance.
S.-ott Yates and Tom Finley
were Shawnee visitors Wednesday. 1
ing will lie published encli week.
Bertha K<tester 200
150
The contestant’s nimo ' ill bo
pl:icedjin*l)lank spaceaboye in our
tioxl issue.
At 3:30 p. m,, Rev. Poole will
preaclna special sermon for the
little folks. All are invited to
j attend.
Our presen gu-sson ihe state-
hood matter is that a bill will be ,ri
passed at .he short session of the ^o prosontprice ot the Btnplecor-
rr, . | , . , , C. F. Kohler^niudo
n,e right thing and the safe Shawnee Saturday,
thing for cotton planters to do is- '
to raise their own bread and meat
first and then to grow as much
cotton as they can as a money crop.
trip
BAPTIST CHURCH
j ! Lessons in the Life of the Apos-
i tie Peter.
Sunday morning, Feb. 21, 1904,
O, S. De i^la was the high ! 11 »• in. Subject, ‘‘Peter’s Iilun
man at. the Gun Club shoot Tue- dering Sword.”
day, b iking 43 out of 50 chances.
present congress, and we will en-
ter statehood at ffie time ihe tribal
govenmiems end iu 1906. Of course
it will be single statehood-nothing
else is even miked of tliese days.-
Purcell Register.
It seemed an easy matter to con-
vince Mr. ohufroth, of toe first
district of Colo., that fraud was
used to secure his election. If the
work of unearthing fraud continues
at the present rate, eva u the aver-
age politician will make a pretence
vote oa the qualifications aud avail- j 0f having a conscience,
ability of the men who are being!
brought forward for these places.-
tainly cannot be maintained if its. ^ls‘ J. II. 11 uskey, of Hail ih,
production shall exceed the demand (lit‘d‘Mon(laJ’ of l,netimo ,itt‘
for it by tlmse engaged in its man-
ufacture. A crop of 10,000,000
bales of cotton at the average price
of 12 cents would bo worth a great
deal more to ihe people of tho
south than 20,000,000 bales at 5
cents a pound.—Lawton Enter-
prise.
Sunday evening, 7:30. Subject,
“A Crisis in the Life of P. ter.'’
All arc welcome. Please come.
W T. Scott, Pastor.
Herald.
We believe a primary would be
best for Pottawa omie county.— Ed
The ludiauola, Miss., incident
suggests the propriety of allowing
each community to elect its own
postnnutcr. Certainly this would
be more satisfactory than to have
a president ignore the wishes of a
community aud appoint postmasters
according to his whims;
The Democrats of Pottawatomie
county want a primary. It is up
to the County Central Committee.
V\ Hat will you give uq geuth men?
E. W. Hoch, the country editor,
whom tho Kansas ‘boss busters’
propose to make governor of Kan-
sas, in a recent address paid, a de-
serving tribute to Joe Folk when
he said: “Tho movement agaitis
bossism and corruption is not con-
fined to this state nor to the Repub
lican party. I am pleased that I
can cross party lines and giye de-
served praise to that magnificent
Democrat, Joseph Folk, who ought
The casing for the oil well has Aro you .in arrears with your
arrived -u I he drilling is now in subscription I If so, settle up and
progress. Only » short time to got your votes in the Free Sell.dar-
wait for the boom. ship foulest.
JiiglSii. .
JKSKm. . i
....— .. .i
W. W. Cole, living seven mile»
northeast of town, is verv sick ^ and I hope will be, elected
this week. governor of Missouri. In the suite
- ~ - | of Kansas even the judiciary has
Co. Supt. R. E. \\ idler was in not boon sacred to the boss High
town 1'hursday, visiting the schools judicial offices have been bartered.
Dick Aveiy i8 reported on ih J Mc"d"’"f
sick list ibis week. I 7“,l"raJ h-Y““'m of l"’1' .......
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