The Spencer Siftings (Spencer, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1909 Page: 4 of 9
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HOMINY’S NEW HIGH
SCHOOL BUILDING
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REAL LIKE SQUIRREL IS
LATEST HAT DECORATION
SPRIGHTLY ANIMAL ON HEAO
GEAR CREATES SENSATION
ON JERSEY STREET CAR.
Montclair, N. J.—Quite the neweet
thing in a peach banket was on ex
hlbltion the other morning on a trol |
ley car which rolled Into this city j
from Verona. Mias Kthel Mclllwain1
of Montclair Heights, who wore th«
hat. boarded the car with anothei
young woman and two young men.
The car waa well filled, and. of
course, as the quartet entered every i
one turned to look at them.
Mrs. Eckert of Bayonne looked for j
a period longer than any one else, I
and as she looked she noticed in j
Miss Mcillwain's bat what she con- I
THE LAST INDIAN
=— TO BE KEi
This land'consisting of over 1,470,000 acres, is situated in the county of Osage, her!}
HOMINT
Hominy, Okia„ July 30,—Hominy isjtory and another railroad. Hominy
sure growing; It is less than lhree is surrounded by the 4>est farm laud!
yew* since Hominy was made a gov- in the Osage nation, which will be j
erwnent townsiie and in this short put on the market this fail. Hominy
time Hominy has grown from a one will be a town of 10,000 in ten years,
store town to 1,300 people and it is and many fortunes will be made by
now conceded by all who art* in a po-jtbooe who get in tarly.
siUon to know that Homln.v is going! The above school building will be
t J make the largest eity of the Osage I finished in October and many new
nation. In another year Hominy will. brick business houses will be built
hare electric lights, water works, soon. Hominy has fine water and Is
sewers and likely a large brick fac- j In the oil and gas belt.
The Return
of The Fischers
iu •wort* Cor my own taamy i was »
Christmas tree, and I had to sett!*
littie biiis that Max ran up or 1 had tc
buy an outfit for Martha that sh<
should look well and get a husband.
•Always they had their bands oul
to me. every one. You know wel
enough how It was with us. We wen
not rich, maybe if we have $5,001
a year we ore lucky. What is that!
:
The Conductor Stepped Inside to
Catch the Squirrel.
sldered an odd conceit. The odd
conceit moved around a bit and Mrs.
Eckert with a scream announced that
it was alive. It was. It was a real
squirrel.
The bright little animal hopped
Mrs. Waidvoge) had not finished ---- — — ,, luai
her third cup of afternoon coffee when < And worst of all my man was cranky
Mrs. Fischer came in. Four months night the trouble came when raj
before Mrs Fischer had said fgrewell mother and sister and some friend*
to ail of her friends, for she was re- were by me and telling what ! must
turning to Germany to live in peace, do My man Otto he ups with hit The br,ght mtIe anJniaI hopped
comfort, quiet and comparative lux- c**r and throw-s it right on the car froiu ,he hat into thfl lap of another
ury after years of hard work in Amer-j P«t and says in English: | woman passenger and then followed a
ca. Mrs. Waldvogel asked no que* *Ofc. hug itf I wish I was Ir chorus of hysterical sounds. Every
tlons. Like a sensible woman she j >orkville. I m going home.' move of the squirrel was calendared
poured a cup of coffee and cut some ( "They knew he was mad. but they ! bv a scream. It jumped from lap to
cake for the unexpected guest. Then didn t know what he said. Right be lap and from hat to hat and all over
Mrs. Fischer explained, without being fore the whole of them I hugged and the seats and the sides of the car.
pressed, and she spoke in English, kissed him. The conduct0r stepped inside to
though German came more natmal to Otto.'I said, crying It s the hap | catch the squirrel, but he wasn't
“Ach,’* she said, shaking ter head
dolefully, "what a mistake1 Nothing
what I thought Potsdam la still beau
tifui. yes: hut the living had me near
gravy 1 like to live good and ( can
pay for It. But my own mother, near
go though she is, says right away:
* An heaven's name, Freda, do your
servants eat what you do on the
table T
“And why not? There was so much
cooked, so much meat, so ranch vege- J
tables, and what was left over they
could have But no. Mother was after
me.
"‘Youil ruin everyth:ng vsth your
American ways All our good serv-
ants will be ruined and want meat
piest day of my life.’ j quick enough, so the motor man
“Everything we sold right away and stopped the car. entered and took a
came bark. Ach. no, Mrs. Waldvogel | hand in the hunt. He wasn*t a bit
It s new the same? For a visit, yes j wove successful, but his swings with
To five there, no I was born in Ger i *he controller handle so frightened
many a&d soe and Otto, having n< | squirrel that It executed a number
■k*Mrea, wasted to end our days 1 of wonderful springs which drove the
e
there. Bat wfce* I saw away off New
Y -k with - tali buildings. I cried
like a little girl coining home.
“ ashamed!' said Otto to me.
makisg oat to he mad. 'Keep still!*
“1 did not say anything, but the
man was near crying with gladness
I know," said Mre. Waldvogel. pla
cldly. “Four years ago we went over,
may be to star. We were back in
three months. It's like baring to live
------ ----- —° iu live
three times (he week Count them out on a dollar a day. with every one to
their coffee beans. Weigh them oat tell you how you must spend it. Why,
the l&rd for their good, rye bread my Reinholdt said he didn’t like even
l^t them have an onion to it, or the the beer. It had no snap to It. So 1
fat of the ham. Let them have their knew you'd be back. That's why )
good, nourishing, fine bean soup. Give didn't bother to write.**
them wuerst to it once the week But. .....................
FVeda. don't let them hare meat. It Desert Island Booh,
makes them lazy. And the butter and j “When I wish to be really edu-
eggs! Oh. this America: this Amer- eated.“ the A. B. lady declared. “I
lea? It has spoiled me my own “*■“**
child'
the servants here,' she
said, walking up and down wringing
her hands, *A mark, or two marks
for the New Year. Very good! But
will you give a mark here and a mark
there every time they do the work
they should to dor
“Then she came back ta the way I
fed them and paid them. Three good
girls they were, and the cook only had
25 marks a month. It was too much.
I must pay her but 22. or maybe she'd
work for 21. or 20. Always looking
the A. B. __ _______
shall be cast away on a desert island
with a Standard I'nabridged diction
ary. And I shall stay there till 1 have
read It all! Think how much I'll learn
—science and philosophy, and more
French and German phrases than I
have at my tongue's end now. And
geography—and my own language—
I'll hare a bigger vocabulary than
any author. And as for literature—
do you realise how many quotations
there are in a dictionary? More than
you could find in a whole system of
anthologies.
“They make fun of the idea of a
passengers from the car.
Women tumbled over each other in
making their exits. The squirrel, like
the captain of the ship, was the last
to leave. It sped off to a fence on the
fringe of the road, and laughed a
squirrel-like laugh.
Mrs. Eckert was carried into a drug
store. She was plied with restora-
tives and then went home. Miss Mc-
lllwain said that she and her com-
panion had been picking flowers in
the woods at Caldwell and that they
had then sat down to eat luncheon,
which was probably the opportunity
seised by the squirrel.
HELD IN CELLAR 13 DAYS.
Man, Wife and Child Are Prisoners
in Storm Cave for Nearly Two
Weeks.
”** *i. «r Always loosing ---- — •*“- ■ **** *■*» me lut-a oi «
to give them a mark less, a little food talking dictionary. I tell you a worn
less, or food that was cheape Al-1 *» * ho really was that wouldn't need
ways must I watch to see they didn't j to •** signing equal-pay teachers' peti
eat too much, or that they didn't!
°r ,b*' “* a. ««ih. »>. »Wi,
•I k~» table coat, and —«“■ —
•ba, . ... w, and abonld » Z
But no. mother would have it that l
must get more and save and save.
Butter was high, so I must give my
people lard or beef drippings For a
; livkra, for whistling has come into
fashion, and It would be cruelty to
prophesy calamity to all the girls now
striving to attain proficiency in the
their crumb cake three nights the
week. But a couple of pieces from
treat when they tried out the leaflard ... .. ...
they could have the crackiings with ££. STto “
apples. But the other f»t k, - s ao 10 * rustling, while others
kept away from them so they CPttld 1 *** ***** *re 8tiU
not eat too much. Lot them have lhfr* whosM? lipa to refuse to
iree nieht* the pucker up lD lhe **sh*on necessary for
tT Proper results. Boisterous whistling
my own table*' T waTmSTto think !* TL ln ,vosuc* bal
0t ft. j blndhke rendering of melodic trills and
think I had insulted the kaisoi. or What It Was.
duin t know how to run my own house- A negro preacher was conducting
hold. 1 was getting good work from his flock through York town, and had
ray servants, and it people would led them to the government reserva
leave me alone 1 could N* comfortable Hob where a tall shaft rom^r-rors!*!
Then my friends began How could the victory of the American and
they with their stingy UtUm UHtNim> French torcee over Cornwall!* one !
be extravagant like Americans* 1 iof hts disciples pointed to the figure
Galveston. Tex.—Charles Dilsen of
Brown county, wife and 13-year-old
daughter were rescued from a storm
care or cellar where for 13 days they
had been imprisoned. They were al
most famished when found and had
lived on raw potatoes for six of the
days of their terrible experience in
the almost airtight compartment,
where they had worked like men in a
mine trying to dig their way to free-
dom.
The storm which swept over Broun
county two weeks ago wrecked the
Dilsen home and moved the house
from its site about 50 feet, planting it
over the storm cellar and blocking
the only exit from the cave, which
was eight feet deep and 12 feet by
10 feet square. With the approach
of the cyclone the family had rushed
to the storm cellar, taking with them
only a few biscuits, some jam ami
a three-quart can of water.
In the cellar were stored some po-
tatoes. Finding their escape cut off
after the storm the prisoners were pa- j
tient for two days, hoping neighbors j
would rescue them Then they tried !
to dig their way out through the one
side not boarded up and with their ■
hands dug a channel 15 feet long, but
it caved in. Rescuers found tha.
farmhouse wrecked and presumed the
family had left the country.
!
Equina Rotate Digger.
Columbus, Ind.—Nobody ever heard
of a horse digging potatoes until Wal-
ter Rynerson, a local attorney,
brought out a story of that kind, and
now he is trying to get a patent on
i (be horse.
j The other day he turned his horse
. Into the lawn to graze, and Instead
>f keeping on the grass the horse
fence and entered a potato
mm
*** * **»<* example, i was pot-: of the Angel of Peace at the summit j *
ting on airs I was mailing every rate ' of the column and asked patch- There it began to roll and
discontented with their lot. I gave What might that statue be Brother : k,ck- *®5e€tia* hUis containing pota-
wocer boy a mark because fee Williams?** ! toes for its kicking.
a bright, obliging little fel ; Brother William was stamped bu* I At Crsl »tt*oapt the animal
A week after the grocer blamed i aouid never confess it * ’ l Mcked 21 potatoes out of one hill,
the boy ran away to I “That, brothers and sisters “ he < 71118 to please it consider
began said. “I* a statue of Mass’r Abe Lira | **',*-v' 80 *‘ continued the work and
”!'**“ *—•—«—»—- - \ dug about half the potatoes is the
urien. Then ouwtde
to get (things from me.
rled to charge me
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The i coin a blessing the fruitful fields of ele ‘ du* **
i lit-1 virginity." ^ patch.
PRICES
TO
$225
A PAIR
LOTS
25X140
Feet will be sold
in pairs or more,
and will be sold
from the plat at
private sale.
PRICES WILL BE
ADVANCED
On all Lots after
the Sale closes
August 7th
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IN^THE HEART OF THE BEST OF IT—A Government Townsite Only Three Years Old: Nearlyt’eop
No Country in the United States Will Deske 0
Big Opening Sale of Lots
Birdseye View of Hominy, SBe C!o:
PETTIT ADDITION, THE CHOICEST ADDIT
'„N,f wmTi»S; 212^^ B? think StovoIu'know
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only tw
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ing land
the Ind
i Homln
Three Free Lots—Big Ext
LOOK
HERE
Some one who answers out advertisements and sends in the
coupon like the one below, will get a lot absolutely without
cost to them, whether they attend our big sale or not. AGAIN,
someone who attends our big opening sale will receive a free
lot. Come, you may get it. And someone who buys a pair of
lots will get the third free lot. An exciting event that will
long be remembered will determine the third.
This Letter is From a Man Whfl
Surveyed Most of the
Osage Nation
>Osage L
Osage Land & Loan Co.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
t.entlemen: You ask for my opinion on resources as!
prospects for future development of Hominy, Oklahoma, 6^
espec.al.y the Pettit addition, will say:
I b< .ieve from my knowledge of the country that KomiSf
will at least double in size in the next two rears, as there*
more good farming country adjacent to Hominy than an?
other town in the State where 1 am familiar with condition*
a.M* J<*ur F> :'it addition looks like a s U ndid investment, •*
there are very few vacant residence lots in the old town, and
there is very little land available for additions on account
most of the land adjoining town being Indian Homestea
and as such, not transferable.
Respect fauliy.
CHARLES MARTIN,
is Lett
Homi
Mleme
•t the
Ich yo
•ve a j
chase,
■t the 1
?. near
town
ng tru
■n to tl
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* '.r
Civil Engineer.
SEND IN THIS COUPON
Dat*-* .............
Osage Land & Loan Co.
Oklahoma city. okia.
Gentlemen: I have read your advertisement
r ami as I can't come to you
sale of the Pettit addition, send me plat and prfet
list, also your souvenir on Hominy.
Very truly your*.
Name ..................................
Address ................................
Send this in, you may get the Free lot
and -
i to d(
Office Open from 7 Til! 9 Every Evenic
Osage Landk
12 Norwood
OKLAHOMA C, O,
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Nixon, R. W. The Spencer Siftings (Spencer, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1909, newspaper, July 31, 1909; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937127/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.