Wheatland Weekly Watchword (Wheatland, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Wheatland Weekly Watchword and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
0
KB!
\
K
tie
AT THE PLAYHOUSES
flavins received a number of com-
ftalnta from anbacribera to tbla paper,
who have been "taken In" repeatedly
at the Overbolaer theater, by the
number of inferior productlona that
have appeared tbere tbta reason, we
wlab to voice this complaint, with
but one apology—that It did not appear
aooner that our readers might take
heed.
When the Overhoiser theater opened
the season last fall, under the manage-
ment of G. H. Jordan, the patrons an-
ticipated an unusually good list of at-
tractions judging from the press no-
tices that had been given out. A few
weeks after the season opened Jordan
was succeeded by H. J. Moore, who
came here from San Antonio. The at-
tractions up until that time were of
very mediocre quality. Under the new
management better things were ex-
pected. The "better things” proved to
be a class of performances at hfgh-
class prices with companies—to call
them third rate is a compliment. In
the meantime, we have seen played by
two local stock companies—North
Bros, and Theo. Lorch and Co.—the
same attractions with the best seats
gelling at 25 and 50 cents. Need we
gssulnd you of The Battle, Cameo
Kirby, Girls, The Blue Mouse, The
Climax, Beverly, Man of the Hour,
etc.? Shows that played to a $1.60
and $2.00 scale at the Overhoiser and.
15-15-50 at the Metropolitan and Lyric.
With a scenic equipment at the latter
bouses Invariably superior to the Over-
bolser, because It did not have to bear
the brunt of the baggage man.
Omaha last year in attendance to the
National Ad Mens’ convention.
COFFMAN OPTICAL COMPANY
INC0KP0KATCD
OKLAHOMA’S STREET RAILWAY.
GREETINGS, and a Few Words About
Ourselves:
The COFFMAN OPTICAL COM-
PANY, with this announcement greets
their old patients and customers, and
extends a hearty invitation to the pub-
lic to call and see them at their new
location, 26 North Harvey Street, Se-
curity Building.
We do not come as strangers, but
make our bow with all the confidence j
which iB accorded to old friends.
None Better in the United 8tates for
the Size of the Town.
If there is any one thing the citizens
of Oklahoma City should be proud of
its her street car service. People from
abroad marvel at its completeness in
general equipment. During the past
year thousands of dollars have been
spent In promotion lines and thous-
ands are yet to be spent on extensions
and general improvements. Our citi-
zens feebly realize what the company
has done and is doing. At Belle Isle
alone a weekly pay roll of nearly
$1,000 is going in to beautifying that
delightful rest and recreation spot and
when the season formally opens many
happy and pleasing changes will be
noticed by devotees to that popular
It Is rogrottable that not a dally
m
paper here conducts an advance the-
ater ootewn that amounts to a whoop,
people have left the performance after
the second act on several occasions
with disgust, to And the production
"reviewed" the following day as "one
of the best of the season.”
The policy of the New York man-
agement who control the house here Is
au —<r»« Attractions of the better
aort play usually to well-filled houses,
while thoee who are “taken in” occa-
sionally on a flfty-cent performance at
$k.tO could not be induced to patronize
the house again by the cleverest press
agent in the land and In the one, two
or three night stands it takes publicity
to produce business. In cities where
a play for a week a meritor-
ious production advertises itself.
Viola Allen, James T. Powers. The
Midnight Sons, Madam X, DeWolf
Hopper, Geo. Cohan, and others of this
emMnr* have played here and the re-
oaK was—a line of autos on Grand
Ave. from Harvey to Robinson streets,
and good business.
If Mr. Moore, the popular and affable
local manager, bas no Jurisdiction in
the hooking and consequently can offer
no relief. We are of the opinion that
when a report reaches headquarters at
the ol«— of the season they will learn
; the spirit of the day Is past when
i|(W«m climbed the stairs at our
theatre to see any "troupe” that
as along, because It was a “show.
B number of Missouri residents here
I evidently permeated tbe makeup
i oar dtlsena with the Show-me spirit,
! the writer can be guided by the dis-
ooalmT of "shows that have been
hare this year." BILL JONES.
HI' —
METROPOLITAN.
North Brothers Stock company
i a hit last night in ’Girls.” The
y concerns three bachelor girls
bawd themselves together for the
aarpoee of declaring over crossed hat
alas never to associate with men. They
gat ni««g pretty well until a handsome
Mow gets into their studio by mis-
take, and from that moment the man-
haters club is doomed. “Girls” is in
three acta, and all the scenes are laid
la Mew York City.
This performance was played at the
md Overhoiser two weeks ago. If there
is any difference between the compan-
ies It would point in favor of this pro-
fptiM, The advance sale is big, show-
ing that theatergoers appreciate the
efforts of North Bros, in securing this
«i«— of plays. In response to many
lenoesis “Brewster’s Millions” will be
played next week. Tickets are now on
OLEN PRATHER TO LEAVE.
Is*.
A Young Man Who Has Made Good and
Gets a Boost
The latter part of next week Okla-
homa City is to lose one of her bright-
au young business men—Mr. Glen
of the Sidney L. Brock Dry
Store, who goes to Newton,
to assume complete manage-
ot tbe McManus Bros. Depart-
store, one of the leading and
establishments in South-
naas. Mr. Prather’s ascend,
la the mercantile Hues bas been
and bounds, brought about by
at and fair dealing principles
employer and tbe public with
m an advertising writer has
himself perhaps as no other.
Mr. Prather’s first experience in the
business was in a small
in Kansas fifteen years ago.
he hired out on a salary of $100
_ ^ year, including board and wash-
ing, hat after working on that million-
aire scale for three months concluded
Ms last factors were not the kind to
s the training he was after, se
be the contract and engaged
bother at $3.50 per week and
himself remaining at this post
a years, when be went to Har-
l, where be remained but one
teg to Newton, identifying him-
wttb the seme firm he now goes
aeral manager. After remain
McManus Bros, six years Mr.
came to Oklahoma City and
by the Sidney L. Brock
to take charge of the carpe*
He was soon promoted
1 the heads of departments and
realising his ability gave
l full charge of the advertising and
assistant, which position
has filled to a degree of
. Prather will ha missed in more
baa one in Oklahoma City. He
of the stalwarts and it wss
it in ‘‘things doing”
-----City Ad Club was
, serving as Its preaidant last
untiring interest in
Hugh Chalmers
-----1 to this city to ad-
, also la getting the dele-
Louisville in IPOS sad
The company this year will have cars
1 running to Edmond. Norman and El
We are the oldest exclusive Manu-, Iteno and a trip on the new Pullman-
facturing and Dispensing Opticians in' like palaces is a pleasure only experi-
the atate, which for the past five years ; enced on the old established and rock
have been located at 13?tfc West Main i balasted systems of the iron horse pro-
Street, and are now permanently lo- * pelers in the effete east.
cated in our newly furnished Optical;---
Parlors, and with additional space for THAT WATER PROBLEM.
added machinery, are fully equipped | -
and prepared to grind and manufac- j Graft Has Had Its Day in Oklahoma
ture any style or kind of Spectacles, City,
and Lenses—Including Cylinders, Toric} The bonds were a pleasurable flz-
Compounde, Opifex and "Our Own”; zle. Their defeat can only be attrib-
One-Piece Fused Toric Invisible Bi-1 uted to the fact that the voters of Ok-
focal Lenses. I lahonia City have come to the wise and
Aside from our complete Lens Grind- sane notion that graft wont go with
CAP
• and
BELL 5
m
w
HIS ENUNCIATION WAS POOR
ing Machinery we are prepared to
manufacture special Spectacle Frames
and Mountings, to order, which is so
pften necessary to insure style and
comfort to the wearer.
We moat qordially invite the public
to call upon us freely at all times, for
any adjustments or slight repairs nec-
essary, which will be promptly cared
for without charge.
Trusting you will call upon us at
your earliest convenience, at which
time we will take pleasure in showing
you through our complete factory, ex-
plaining the different processes in the
details of manufacture by our skilled
mechanics.
Awaiting your pleasure to serve you,
we beg to remain,
Very respectfully yours.
COFFMAN OPTICAL COMPANY,
C. F. COFFMAN,-Pres.
26 N. Harvey St., Oklahoma City, Okla.
them when practiced In the high hand
as promulgated by the city adminis-
tration and its importation from New
York.
Oklahoma City stands ready to vote
all kinds of money for the extension of
water facilities. The city needs ample
water power of a good kind but the cit-
izens of Oklahoma don't want to be
held up by inexperienced promoters:
besides they want their money to be
paid out by those in whom they car.
trust. What will bring the matter to a
successful issue is to introduce the
commission form of government and
then hold an election for the voting of
water bonds.
There have been too many hold ups
in the past for the citizens to sanction
any more. *
Postmaster Had No Latter for Farm-
er’s Cow When Asked for Mail
for Mika Howa.
The burly farmer strode anxiously
into tbe postoffice.
"Have you got any letter for Mike
llowe?’’ he asked.
The new postmaster looked him up
and down.
“For who?" he snapped.
"Mike Howe!” repeated the farmet
The postmaster turned aside.
"I don’t understand,” he returned,
stiffly.
"Don’t understand!” roared the ap-
plicant. “Can’t you understand plain
English? I asked if you’ve got any
letter Jor Mike Howe!”
“Well, I haven’t!" snorted the post-
master. "Neither have I a letter for
anybody else's cow!”
MANUFACTURERS SHOE LINE
Messrs. F. P. Turner and C. H.
Bright Open Sample Display Rooms
Mr. F. P. Turner representing some
of the leading shoe manufacturers of
the east in thia territory, has estab-
lished a permanent shoe display room
on the second floor of the Culbertson
building. lie has associated with him
Mr. Chas. H. Bright, the sample hat
man. This new addition to Oklahoma
City's rapidly growing reputation aa a
wholesale center will be met with de-
light on the part of merchants in the
smaller towns as well as regular Bale
merchants in the city. It will give them
an opportunity to buy their stock here
without going to the expense of paying
a visit to the eastern markets.
Horses Burned
McAlester, Okla.—Eleven head of
horses were killed and 800 bushels
of fcorn and 90 tons of hay were de-
stroyed by fire which burned the bam
on the farm of Lee Pollock in Kiowa
township. Loss $3,200.
! AA/V>/W/NA/WV/W/\/N/WVWWS/V\A/V*
We Gan
Amenities.
A solicitor who had been asked ou.
to dinner and was delicately “pumped”
for legal information by his host sent
in a bill for "advice.”
To this the host responded with t
demand for payment for the dinner
eaten by the solicitor.
Equal to the occasion, however, the
latter promptly threatened a prosecu-
tion for selling wine without a li-
cense, thus effectually silencing the
layman.—Tit-Bits.
HALF PRICE SALES
Saturday at Brock’s
Merchandise slightly soiled by handling is as good as new except does
not look so inviting to the buying public. The quality is here—the
pree Is half—the sale is Friday and Saturday.
Half Price on Muslin Underwear
One lot of slightly soiled white skirts, corset covers. Princess slips, and
drawers, in prices that rangfi from 79c to $8.50 a garment. A total of
5 dozen garments that go Friday and Saturday for JUST HALF PRICE.
w
REST ROOM.
Remember when
you are tired,
want to telephone
or write a letter
it’s all free in
Brock's rest room
Garments that
Garments that
Garments that
Garments that
Garments that
Garments that
Garments that
now .......
were 79c.. .40c
were $1.00 50c
were $1.50 76c
were $2. $1.00
were $3, $1.50
were $4. $2.00
were $8.50
.........$4.25
CHECK ROOM.
When you have a
grip or some bun-
dles you want
cared for don’t
bother
them
Checked
Brock’s
room.
carrying
around,
free in
Check
Hadnlcerchiefs Half Price
Ladies and Gents
Linen and Cotton
/
About 25 dozen Ladies’ and Gents’ Handkerchiefs in plain hemmed,
hemstitched, embroidered and initial, some pure linen, some are cot-
ton; not a.handkerchief but what Is well worth tbe regular price. They
are slightly soiled from handling, used in draping the department, etc.
While they last
Just Half Price
HANDKERCHIEFS THAT WERE
10c—Now .................... 5c
25c—Now .................. *2'/2c
35c—Now .................. 17'/2c
40c—Now .....................20c
50c—Now ....................25c
75c—Now .................. 37J/2c
Including a fif-
teen cent pat-
tern free. The
spring number
ia selling fast.
CXVXK
jt < * • *'*■*" *
Holly
Batiste
15c
Arnold's f a st
color summer
batiste in ev-
ery wanted
shade, color and
pattern.
LATEST MARKETS
Prices current on day of publication
(Thursday) at Oklahoma City .
Fruits and Vegetables
(Quoted by A. Morrison.)
Potatoes, per bu.............85® 95.
Cabbabe. per 100 lbs.......$2.00@2.25
Celery, per doz................60® 75
Turnips, per bu.............85®$1.00
Sweet potatoes, per bu......75®$1.00
Apples, per box...........$2.00® $3.00
Lemons, per box...........$3.50®4.00
Oranges, per box..........$2.25® 2.75
Bananas, per 100.........$2.50®$3.00
(Quoted by J. E. Lucas.)
Corn, per bu.. No. 2................50
Oats, per bu......................33
Baled hay. per ton......$9.00® $11.00
Straw, per ton................$5.00
Alfalfa,, per ton.-tr'TT...$14.00@$15.00
Wheat, per bu... 7.................86
Eggs, per case ......... $4.00
Butter, per lb........... 15
Hens, over 3 lbs., per lb.........11
Hens, under 3 lbs., per lb.........10
Springs, over 2 lbs, per lb.........12
Springs, under 2 lbs., per lb......15
Roosters, per lb..................06
YOU
OUR 28 years experience in
the tailoring business must
convince you that the above
statement Is true. We em-
ploy only skilled labor in our
establishment, every garment
made by us is guaranteed to
fit perfectly.
We sold 191,618 suits last
year in our seventy-seven
branch stores. This also
proves what the middle-
man’s profit means to you.
We save you this profit by
our weaver to wearer plan.
Saturday Extra Special
Navy blue serge strictly all
wool made to your order for
Had a Tough Foot.
A bare-footed negro wandered into
a blacksmith shop in a little southern
town. While watching the smith
peund the iron into shape he uncon-
sciously stepped on a red hot coal.
After several minutes had passed he
sniffed his nose once or twice and re-
marked In an incidental way: “ ‘Pears
to me. sah, dat I smells rubbab
burnin’.”—National Monthly.
Oklahoma City .Railroads collecting
hospital dues from Oklahoma employes
must maintain such'hospitals in the
state of Oklahoma, if the senate passes
the house bill by Barrett, which has al-
Sleeper Fare Now Cheaper.
Chicago.—The reduction of Pullman
sleeper rates went into effect Feb-
ruary 1 and from now on it will be.
man upper berth than in a lower.
His Share.
“I wish you would tear a little piece
off the corner of one of those bills
in your pay envelope," she said, as
her husband passed over his wages
ts her.
"Why. dear?” he asked with some
surprise.
“Because I don’t want you to be
able to say that I get all your
money!”
An interference.
"How many ducks did you shoot,
Pat?” ,
"The divil a wan!”
"Weren’t there any there?”
“Sure! Tbe lake wor full av thim.
But iv’ry time I’d point me gun at
wan, d’ye moind, another wan w’d get
betwixt me an’ him an’ spoil me
a’m!”
ETROPOLITAM
THEATRE II
North Bros. Stock Co.
THIS WEEK
“Girls”
PRICES 15c and 25c.
Matinees, Wednesday, Saturday
and Sunday.
NEXT WEEK
“Brewsters Millions”
Unclaimed Goods Sale
Oklahoma City.—The Jackson and
Champion house bill, providing for tbe
sale of unclaimed goods held by rail-
roads. express companies, storage
warehouses, etc., was also passed,
which completed the calendar so far
as all bills on final roll call is con-
cerned.
Masons Granted Preference Rights
Washington, D. C.—The senate
passed a house bill granting ninety
day perference right to Oklahoma^
Masons, to purchase the forty-acre
tract of the public lands adjoining El
Reno, from which the supply of water
for the Masonic Orphans’ home is ob-
tained, a fine spring of water being
located on the land.
SHE KNEW.
The Transcontinental Passenger as-
sociation has voted a round trip rate
of $62.50 for the international Sunday
school convention in San Francisco in
June.
Ferris Gives ‘ ‘Tip”
Oklahoma City.—The house of rep-
resentatives received a message from
Congressman Scott Ferris at Washing-
ton to the effect that President Taft
had inferred to him that the Crum-
packer congressional redistricting bill,
which passed the lower house of con-
gress Thursday, would pass the na-
tional senate without material change.
Seed Potatoes
We have to offer a few hundred
bushels of the celebrated Irish Cobbler
second crop seed potatoes, at $1.75 per
bushel, F. O. B. Oklahoma City. This
la not only the best eating potato
grown, but will make potatoes as soon
aa the Triumph and yield twice as
much aa any other potato grown in
tbe south.
A* Morrison
Oklahoma 6ity.
Seed Potatoes
We have on hand 800 bushels
of seed potatoes. Sweet potatoes,
Irish Cobbler and Triumph.
Can quote very lowest prices.
J. E. Lucas,
16 W/California Ave.,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
EUCLID
HALL
Tm
•aGtaadAva
Dancing every night.
fleet end private Iee>
Beat end largeat hell
in the southweat.
Actually worth $30 because
we own the mill.
A choice selection of 1000
of the season's latest patterns
to select from.
See Our Window Display
We make pants too—$2.25 a
leg, seats free.
The World’s Largest Tailors
British
Woolen
3 No. Broadway. 3 Doors off
Grand.
OKLAHOMA CITY.
NEW STATE CANDY CO., Inc.
JOBBERS
“Home Of Fresh Candy Service”
314 W. First Street Oklahoma City. Okla
If you are NOT USING
CHOCTAW
You are NOT using THE BEST FLOUR.
Your grocer has it.
Two young ladles who had been
brought up in the city, while visiting
at a farm in Ohio last summer, were
much Interested in the milking of the
cow’s. “Which is the cow that gives
the buttermilk?” innocently asked
one of tbe girls as she inspected the
herd with a critical eye. “Don’t make
yourself ridiculous,” replied her
cousin, who had boasted that sbe had
been In the country before. “Goats
give buttermilk.”
In Primitive Districts.
“How’d that candidate come to git
beat after he hired tbe best brass
band in tbe county?”
“The other fellow got closer to tbe
people. He'd come right into the
parlor an' play us a tune on our own
tnelodeon.”
'
Etymology.
“Pa, why do people say that some-
thing easy ta a ’pipe?’”
“1 don’t kaoor, my son. unless the
Mon is vaguely associated with tbs
■oney plumbers get”
HEADQUARTERS FOR
POULTRY SUPPLIES
STATE AGENTS FOR
CYPHERS
INCUBATORS AND BROODERS
MANUFACTURERS and DISTRIBUTORS of
—BART ELD ES—
Celebrated 0. K. Scratching Food
and Chicken Food
INDORSED BY OKLAHOMA POULTRY ASSN.
WE ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF
DRINKING FOUNTAINS, EXHIBITION COOPS. SHIPPING COOPS
TRAP NESTS, NEST EGGS. LEG BANDS, GROUND BONE,
BEEF SCRAPS, DRIEO BLOOD, CHARCOAL, OYS-
TER SHELL, MICA GRIT, ETC.
Write for Catalogue and Price List.
BARTELDES SEED CO.,
Poultry Supply Dept. Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma Seed House.
*r:
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Browne, T. Wheatland Weekly Watchword (Wheatland, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1911, newspaper, February 16, 1911; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937711/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.