The Spencer Siftings (Spencer, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 4, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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Spencer Siftings
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Oklahoma City, Okla
Shoe Business
How a Clever Drummer is Making Money For
Himself and Saving Money For Shoe Buyers
—Manufacturers Considered Samples a Loss
Till W. T. HEAD Found Way To Market Them.
Scema « little late, but we are likely to have three to five months of it. o«« •*
good! time to arrange the household necessities for convenience and lighten the labor.
now will be a
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Entered as se -ond-class matter, at the
postoffice nt Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
under the Act of Congress, March S, 1S79
NEW STATE NOTES
At a mess meeting at Pauls Y’alley,
12.HO wan raised for relief of thg
tornado sufferers In that county.
McAlester Is soon to have a furni-
ture and bent-wood factory that will
employ over 400 men.
An Industrial company, with SUM).-
000 capita) has been organized at
Sapuipa, with city building as Its
purpose.
Henry £avis, a prominent farmer,
residing near Fulsom Grove, waa
fatal<y Injured by a falling tree, which
fractured his skull.
Clinton U to have an $180,000 knit-
ting mill, which will employ over 100
people and have a weekly payroll of
from »760 to |1,000.
W W. Scott will leave Enid for
Montana soon. He has been appointed
agent at the Crow Indian reservation
and will take charge July 1.
A state charter has been Issued to
the First Methodist church of Ponca
City. The trustees are E. G. Main,
L. A. Cain and J. F. Dunham.
Loss of one life and the destruction
of flOO.OOu worth of property by tire
is the record made In two fires at
wister, Le Fiore county last week.
flovernor Haskell has issued a pro-
clamation declaring Wilburton a city
of the first class. An election on
this question was recently held there
A reward of |200 has been offered
for the arrest of Norris Hardy,
alleged murderer of Denver Allen in
Pittsburg county.
What to do with samples of their
goods tout the drummers have had
on the road all season has long been
a puzzling question for the manufac-
turers to solve. They would undoubt-
edly be still figuring them up as pro-
fit and loss If W T. Head had not
solved the problem for them.
.Mr. W. T. Head, who for years has
traveled for some of the largest shoe
factories, wan musing one day on the
number of shoes carried around by
tile different traveling men through-
out the United States ami rapidly
reached the conclusion that enough
shoes to stock several large stores
were constantly being packed
town to town. Then the happy Idea
struck him of securing these samples
after their time of usefulness to me
manufacturer had passed.
He straightway corresponded with
the best makers of shoes in the coun-
try and contracted for all their sam
pies and surplus stock at a figure
that enabled him to sell the best
makes of shoes at $2.50 per pair.
After making this contract he came
direct to Oklahoma and established
sample shoe shops in the principal
cities. The one in Oklahoma City is
located on the seconu uu„. Culbert-
son building. West Grand and Broad-
way, salesrooms 203 5. Open 8 to 6.
Saturday evening till 10.
The success that he met with can
be readily understood when it became
known that the leading makes of
shoes that usually sell for from $3 50
to $7.60 per pair could be bought for
12 50 per pair.
Encouraged by this success Mr
Head has reached out and is constant-
ly adding new lines to his already
large list of high-grade shoes.
He does not care to handle any
shoe unless It has a well established
name, for, said he: “New customers
are always »kepticaJ till they find they
can get toeir favorite make of shoe
without any alien.', at substitution
After that they are sure to be steady
customers.
“It is often amusing to see a new
w,„ customer after getting her first pair
from i of Mhoes fr<)n’ us come rushing hack
next day to get another pair right
away before we run out of her size,
j You ran just bet women know bar-
: gains when they see them. Why half
the men who visit our rooms are
brought here by their wives or sis-
ters.
“Another thing that the public
greatly appreciates is that no person
fs urged to buy any shoes unless they
fit satisfactorily. Our stock Is suf-
ficiently large to give every person a
perfect fit, no matter how hard they
are to be suited.
•This year has certainly been a
prosperous one for me and It gives me
additional pleasure to know that I
have saved my customers from $1.50
to $5.00 on every pair of shoes they
purchased here. Oh. yes, we do a
g’eat out of town business, and it is
constantly growing.”
Alaska Refrigerators
Imitation Golden Oak, zinc-lined and
charcoal-filled; have patent casters which
will not drop out, but are easily removed;
patent automatic lift-lever, brass locks,
metal shelves, removable waste pipe, pat-
ent removable trap, brass surface hinges.
Highest awards at all the leading
expositions. 900,000 Alaska Refrigerators
have been sold since 1878.
We show 15 styles of Refrigerators at
from $9.50 to $35.00.
12 styles and sizes of Ice Boxes at from
$8.00 to $27.50.
Jewel Evaporator Cabinet Range
No. 896. Price $35.00.
All steel. Large oven and warming closet below top.
Features : Polished brass tank, valves for each burner,
removable and renewable, with German silver needles.
Sub-flames which prevent flooding and make perfect
combustion. Three burners on top; large burner in oven;
cabinet frames of sheet steel, mounted on casters; drip
pans under all burners; raised grates. The nickeled trim-
mings and polished brass tank stand out in rich contrast
with the dull ebony finish of the steel body of the stove.
Other Styles
$20.00 and $25.00
Keep cool and comfortable. Buy a good HAMMOCK
and enjoy life. We have a big lot of Palmer’s goods,
$2.00 to $8.50, complete with the hooks.
ImI
Arnett, me county seat of Ellis
county, le Just In receipt of a new
ana up to uate tire engine irom tne
Ajax Fire Engine works, New York
Uty.
Rogers county defeated the proposi
tion to vote $200,000 in bonds to
build bridges, a court house and a
Jail. The vote was about two to one
against.
The Musaogee Gas and Electric
company hoa increased It* capital
•toes irom $l,M>o.ooo to $«,ot)u,uoo.
This increase Is on account of the
building of the electric railroads
about Muekogee and of extenslou of
me e,ectrlc power business.
State Insurance Commissioner
Milas Lasater has granted a state per-
mit to the Catholic Mutual Benefit
association of Hornell. N. Y., a
fraternal beneflelury organization,
confined to Catholics.
if You are Unable to See
As well as you should, or suffering from any
eye trouble, the safest plan is to consult us. We
use only lenses ground in our own factory for
each individual case. Consultation Free
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Porch and
Lawn
Furniture
Old Hickory,
Rattan and Wil-
low Chairs, and
the regular slat
constructed 4, 5
and 6 ft. Set-
If
tees, in red,
green and gold-
en oak colors,
at $ 1 .OO per
running foot.
This large Wagon
Umbrella free—sells
regularly for $1.00—
with every $20.00
worth of goods pur-
chased of us between
June 3rd and 11th —
provided you bring in
this entire adv. to us
when you buy.
DOC & BILL
THE HOUSE FURNISHERS
PHONE 260
8-10 GRAND AVENUE
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
132 1 2 West Main, OkLhoma City
The Santa Fe appears to be the
only railroad in Oklahoma that is
spending and preparing to spend mil-
lions for improving its roadbed. From
Purcell south to Red River, half a
million dollars in cuts and regrade®
is being spent.
State insurance commissioner Mlies
Lasater has granted a license to the
Germania life insurance company of
New York, a company with $40,000,000
«t business. The Germania did busi-
ness in Oklahoma before statehood
but withdrew after territorial days.
Checks to tho amount of $114,000
have Just been sent to creditors of
the defunct Columbia National Bank
by Bank commissioner A . M. Young.
With the exception of the $300,000
due the state guaranty fund, this
clears us the affairs of the bank.
Jeff Ghows 1 are Form
San Francisco.—Giving his second
public boxing exhibition since he be-
gan training, and making what is said
probably will be his last public appear-
ance before the big fight on July <
Janies J. Jeffries surprised more than
2.000 enthusiastic ring followers by
his apparently excellent condition and
speed when he boxed three rounds]
with his brother Jack, and three with j
Joe Choynskl, at Dreamland rink Frl- ’
day. The big fighter was fast and
snappy In actfon and surprisingly I
f’t’ek on h!s feet.
Take tke little ones
to tfie seashore
this summer.
j
There is nothin); healthier or better ths
breezes for growing children.
Jirretion. o(("' « ■"•»* Jdtfk.fJ trip.
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w. S. ST. GEORCE
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT
MISSOURI. KANSAS A TEXAS RAILWAY
ST. LOUIS. MO.
about these
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
We are authorized to announce M.
C. Blnion as a candidate for the nom- I
Inatlon as Bherlff of Oklahoma county 1
» object to the democratic primary in j
August.
THE BIG BOOSTER SALE IS ON
NEXT WEEK
This is ao important adjunct to the second week
June White Sale. 2 per cent of all cash sales next
will be given to the Capita! Campaign Committee.
HILL’S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
This week we are going to publish
recommendation of which we feel
justly proud. Thirteen years ago we
took up the Gregg System of Short-
hand, being the first school west of
Chicago to adopt it. At that time
we were writing and teaching the
Pitman System. At first we used
both systems in school, but *in a
short time we found that the Gregg
was far superior and have been teach-
ing that ever since. We also had the
different systems in school and never
yet found anything to equal the j
Gregg.
Another reason we are proud of thijij
testimonial is the fact that Mr. Gregg
makes it an invariable rule not to give
testimonials to schools and teachers
and for that reason we prize this
very highly, indeed. The following
testimonial speaks or itself:
New York City, New York,
Mr. John M. Hill, May 19, 1910.
Hill’s Business College,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Dear .Mr. Hill:
When 1 was in the Chicago office
j recently I was glad to note the large
j orders for books which are being re-
| ceived from your school. That is the !
j best possible evidence of the sue- j
cess which has attended your insti-
j tution, and 1 am glad to have it con- j
confirmed by the letter received from
j you a day or two ago.
I well remember that you were one !
of the first school men to adopt Gregg ;
Shorthand, aifd I therefore take a ;
deep personal interest *n your sue- j
cess. Every now and then I meet |
some writers of Gregg Shorthand who
graduated from your school, and they
always speak in the highest terms of
the character of the work which you
are doing. With your wide experi-
ence in teaching the commercial sub-
jects, you are exceptionally well qual-
ified to conduct a modern business
school, and I have confidence that
the work done in your institution will
establish it in public esteem as one
of the foremost colleges in the land.
With best wishes. I remain.
Very cordially yours,
(Signed,! JOHN R. GREGG.
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NEW
FARM
INVENTION FOR
AND RANCH.
The question of water and how to
get it is a problem which all users
of this indispensible liquid, especially
j farmers and stock men, have been try-
| ing to solve for many years. With
j this new invention it practically con-
certs your well into a spring, where
your stuck can go and get water
whenever they are thirsty. You can
have water under pressure in
house or barn and with the method
j
!
\ ou will find our store the place to get that new
Carpet or Rug. We wish everyone in this city knew
how carefully we pick out our stock of Carpets and Rugs,
bearing in mind not only the patterns, but also how long
they will wear. Before that new Carpet or Rug becomes
yours let us show and price you ours.
W'alk a block or two and save a dollar or two.
Sparks & Ligon
132 and 134 West Second
I
OKLAHOMA CITY
rated with offices in Rooms 305-7-9 Another Big Oklahoma Wheat Crop.
Baum building in Oklahoma City, Ok- j Weather conditions have been so
lahoma. to manufacture this new ma- avorable for Oklahoma growing wheat
chine in this stale, and the company that a bumper crop is now assured,
will place machines in new territory This means the continuation of the
on thlrty <invs fr«“e trial with the one same high grade of Acme Flour
that sends in the first order. Your which has prevailed for 17 years. It
' of installing the machine you could
|have good fire protection in case of attention is called to their advertise- is always best, yet it costs no more
fire. A company has been incorpo- ment on page 5 of this paper. than common Flour.
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Greason, J. Floyd. The Spencer Siftings (Spencer, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 4, 1910, newspaper, June 4, 1910; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937551/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.