The May Monitor. (May, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1906 Page: 1 of 4
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The- May Monitor
is read by monk people in
the Beaver Valley than
allothkk county papers
IT REACHES THE PEOPLE.
An Advertisement ,
to be of value to the ad-
vertiser. must be placed
where it will reach the^f
people he wants to reach. 1.
VOLUME 2.
No. 16.
MAY WOODWARD COUNTY. OKI.AHOMA. JULY '3. 1906
MS •
WHOLE NUMBER 68.
A. W. Anderson,
Vice President.
T. Allen.
Cashier.
S. A. McMannis,
President.
gtock Exchange gank.
Extends every accomodation consistant with safe
Banking. No account is too small to receive
mos't carrful attention.
Lots of Money to Loan on Choice Farms
id per cent interest with no commission
taken in advance.
FARGO, 0KLA;
CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondents will confer
a favor if they will yet their
letters in not later than Wed-
nesday noon as Thursday is]
taken up with late locals and I
we can not handle correspond-j
ence on that day.
Railroad
Coming!!
Fire Protection Needed.
Spring Creek.
v •::*
The MONITOR FOR GOOD JOB WORK.
Donald MacLeod M. D.
Special Attention Given
TO
Surgery jj Diseases of Women.
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\ Local Briefs,
§888800888888
I Insure your property and
crops in the St. Paul. Writ-
! ten by Robt dewberry.
I am prepared to do all
kinds of notary work.
F. S. Enlow,
But for the prompt action «>1
our peopl yesterday, RusselPs
house and contents would be a
I pile of ashes.
Minnie Wilson, who is stav-
! iny there, set. a lard can on
The Monitor was misinform!,lu. stove to nu>it the lard out
ed as to the route the new iUnl went into another room,
railroad would lake and Jias j 1;ini c.mjrht fire and set
betrer news to tell now. TliHt,K> l,ui 1 < 1 in<>•. Her sere: ms
survey passes about 400 feet j |m)U;,|lt the men to the Ionise
south of Russell s store -iu<L ;ilui the blaze was soon out.
town of May will not have to j Very lit tledamaye was done
move. | but it miyht have been serimn.
Woodward has siyned a con- . ,
. , . , S. 1%. liar,buys vounyest
tract with the company to yet . , . . " ,
, . son accoiunauieu him to lieul
the no-ht-o wav from Canton- .
doing finely but C. A. s case t to w oodward and room ^ T)r> wire c;luy.ht aml
i., hop. ess. , f()] switehes, iU. m t ,u m >• overturned the wayon break-
The F. E.&C.U. picnic at 1 Committees were appointed I ^ ^ ^ ;u m> The fact th.u
Saudi fur’s yrove was attended | and put. at work y^ttiny ^ lu j ^ sca(. ,)roke its ,aH ti,e Wa-
tjon would, have crushed the
the boy. He was brouyht to
listiny in broom corn since cut-j , ............ j May and Drs. MacLeod and
tiny their wheat.
CALL ON US
.... --
We have Lots of Money to Loan.
FIRST
NATIONAL BANK.
Woodward, Oklahoma.
To late for last week.
Wheat harvest is about over
and thresh in,-; lias beyun.
Since the arrival of the ten
pound boy at Mr. Byrns, lie
hasn’s been able to do a whole
days work. Mother and baby
by a larye crowd.
Some of the farmers are
Jennie Staker took dinner! May, Okla.
at the hotel with Ida Webb Mr. Sumpter, of Bethany.
Sunday and or. account of the | called at the Monitor cilice
heavy rain Sunday ivylit could Tues lay afternoon.
C. A. Byrnes and wife ser-
ved ice cream to a few of their
friends Thursday eyeniny.
Crops of all kinds are look-
ing fine in this lucality.
Ester Smoot yot her arm
luirt the fourth by a boy ruu-
riyht of wav and the road is
to beyin t hrow iny dirt within
sixty days.
Phe mad will hi in op.i.i • Xrx-ir.”- reduced the fractiae itud
tion over the first liitv nulesj
out of Woodward west early i . ,
. easv as could be expected
in the spring, likely by April " „ _ „
grsL Cirl Patents a Button.
Miss Edith A. Smith, of Sal*
i .she Cr y. has been granted a pat-
ent for a button that can he se-
•virely fastened oil a garment
vithout sc-winy. The button is
said to be washable, and, better
vet. unbreakable, and is partial;
hudv adapted for underclothing
and wash material. Miss Smith
ha-- had an offer to place her pat-
er! with a large manufacturing
[Uni.
I the little fellow is resting
**—-7 - - i - iiuruuc niuuu i-y iw
not go home till Mouc a> a ei j The rains of this week has u’in„. ay.iinst lier knocking' her
noon. j put the streams on the ltiyli.
Ellen Willi inis and Willa, All the creeks yot up a boom-
Hatcher were pleasantly en-ihiyand were mean to cross,
tertained at the home of J. T. j The mail carrier drowned one
Allen’s whin in Faigo tie Qf his horses and cane near i
first of the week. |yetting killed himself. T1 e
Mrs. Deem and children j rig upset in Wolf creek Mon-. 7
were entertained Monday niyh j JaY-
at the home fo Mrs. George j NOTICE
Wilson ......^ ... ....
Take advantage of your op- health I want to rent the May j
down, fortunately
were broken.
no bones
X. Y. Z.
j Messrs. Maulman, Ivriny
j and Morris, of Laverne, were
li-i May Thursday on their
way home from Woodward.
Onou Beasley and Pearl Si-
dener were married at the
K
couutv seat Wednesday. 1 he
, --- | Monitor offer.-, congratulations
Money- to loan on good farms a’-1(1 wishes them a bmg H^l’PA
per cent interest, ij-fs per! life.
.cent commission, 5 years time, For some reason the tent
! money always ready. Call on j for the meeting has not arriv-
J or write R. H. Elder, Fargo, e(j, but the meeting will con-
Owing to my M iles ill ; Qkla> Ghtf. ] tinue ail next week. Come to
\ Well, We’re Owine To Do It! %
Had thought we would fora long time, now we kuow
3 we will. Can’t help but accumulate a surplus stock,
/i Now this stuff is just.as-good as if you paid straight
' prices, but we’re yoiu’to save you a big 25 to 50 per
cent on tliis odd stock list. Don’t come ip and buy
all we have, but you should get a few of these bar-
gains these are only as lory as the stock lasts.
-L Tod llm-'-ies worth $(>8. for only $47.50.
,'( .. - “ 08. - “ 68,00-
1 'Troy Stanhope “ 1<>5. “ “ D8-50.
2 Surreys “ 145. “ “ 95 50-
(» Road and Delivery wagons worth GO. for 39,50.
Don’t stand back, but get in on this before they are
all gone.
T. B. Howard & Co. Gage, Okla.
Want Libraries Open Late. Name of Your Beer.
There is a growing demand in Captain John Quinton has in-
v .... York city that ’be public li- vented a pencil that wn.es on the
.j'nrics be kept open after Q foam of beer. The other day in a
,/clock at night, so that those P.r jadway cafe a dozen boon com-
whosc days are filled with work pan ions ordered beer. An alarm
have access to books more of fire called them to the side-
tlKin two hours out of '-very two walk. When they re-cntered^thc
tv-four The svstem under which report each man fonnd nts nain® _
ibe two wain 'return..** Jihrwp,- nr, hi- vottm—lh*t T8, oill top of
the Astor ami Lenox, and tne the foam m his glass. The w®#k|
Corporation Directors.
Hvmncey M. T5eoeW is a direct- the Astor and Lenox, aim uw me mu... »». j"; a®
r vi" ventv-four corporations, thirtv-four circulating branches in could not have b«n better dpn«
r ,a ........ ........... ,i,.. Hr„-,v :md Rich hv an engraver. Amazement sat
pertunitv in securing the right ! hotel. Mrs. Thomas is sick |
goods at the right price— a ! in bed and unable to attend to
number are taking advantage ; the work of the hotel. II you
of the prices made on vehicles j want to rent call and see me.
hi the Reduction Sale of T.
B. Howard & Company at
Gage,
money to loan
farms. Five years tune at
Grate Suggestion From England.
An English writer makes an in-
] the meetings an I help us.
Verda Langston made final
w. N. THOMAS
J. P. Becher, of Indiana, a
steam shovel contractoi was
in May Saturday.
R. H. Elder, of Fargo, was)
7 percent interest with 1 'A Pe 1. Up this part of the county
cent commission T his makes weok closing up some
you au 8/1 per cent loan. farm loans,
F. S. Enlow,
May, Okla. j this week that the team was
J. C. Enlow and family j expected in Ivanhoe Aug. 4th.
started for the mountains of! Thomas went to Gage
Colorado last Saturday and yesterday for a load of freight,
took Mrs Russell with them.!- Bor„.ld FeIhlu„ came in
They will spend the nest few WcdoMd to milke tinill proof
weks in travel, seeinj; «>« i 0„e ,lf hi, w„nesses was
sights and ltv.ntfont of doors. and he coaM „ot
Cleet has rented the of thc other two and
in Woodward and has nothmjf, haJ ^ bave t.„L. datc reset,
to bother him now and will
enjoy life. j Charlie Hopingardner was
, ...... ... , I in May on business Wednes-
Mort Phillips came up »\ ed- j ^
nesday and changed the piione I '* .
from the Post Office to the; The survey for the railroad
hotel. Mrs. Williams is well! run about 400 icct south ol
tions. George F. Baker, president
c-f the First National bank, is m
forty-four corporatirns, while
Kes an in- r „ Uar. ,„r>ti,i'1-iini I Tames flillman, president of the
trresting suggestion regarding i Proof 0 c ' ‘ I National City bank, is i:i fnty-
,rrate fires. After discussing “gas this week. | eight corporations. \\ illivu 'vOC '*
figs" he says: “I plump for the j , . , c wjie;lt ;s re. cfellcr, brother of John I). Rock-
old-fasbioned coal fire, but in a | A ,kal ° , ^ efellcr, is in forty different corpor-
imvvfashioned grate. I am sure ported damaged by the "Lt at;ons George J. Gould is in for-
Uv-t with all its difficulties as to weatiier, probably on account ty-five corporations, and b«s
' of UOUI- BtackiBK. | brother. 1'rank Gould, m abhu,
r twenty.
S. S. Convention. , Bha Y,a,„ed Exci,„c„t
i pha Palmav, the Hungarian op-
The delegate convention tw I eratic diva who married Count
Assuran-.-c Society, was a director practically inacccssio.e . .
fortv-fivc different corpora- great mass -4 wnr.-.crs tne «)-,o,c >
“ - • ■ volumes of these two mam li-
braries.
keeping it in and with all the stok-
ing it demands, it is still the best.
But T learned one thing from the
asbestos gas fire, and have since
ndonted it. 1 have some gas jets
under my grates, and light mv fire
| i>y1 and"through tlicyi." The up- arrange a program for the ■ Kinksky, has separated from her
j draught at first gives you the idea townsbip meeting was adjourn j husband, and with great v.im or
D,-. MacLeod received word |,ha, \ed till 2 o'clock Saturday, Ju-; gj™ ^ ^
your
iets up flames your fire, full of
healthy incandescence. And in
this wav wood a little damp mat
ter:; not, and a fire that goesjow
is still, and soon, revivable. ! wa||ace in Esteem Agai/i.
When Tanner V.'as “Converted.” j Engineer Johon F. Wallace,
Corporal Tanner, recently elect- who was handled so roughly by
witnesses was C(\ head of tlie G. A. K., lost both Secretary L aft w ren is
his leer's at the second battle of Panama canal job last summer, is
Bull Run. Later, when in hos- rapidly recovering his ohnmsuum
he and other FtiRn soldiers
so doing.
... i The count,” she says in a letter
; ly 28th. Each school is re‘ I to a Budapest newspaper, “has al- living.
11 quested to send two delegates, i wavs been a good husband to me
i i * I * __ _ in norfr»rt neace.
Don t forget the date.
pleased with tfie change as
she was tired of the thing.
Mrs. Deem had a pleasant
time at Mrs. Stakers Snuday
aiternoon and evening. When
they reached Otter creek Mon-
day on their to town they
Russells store.
Mort Phillips was accom-
panied
sister. Mrs. George
by his wife and her ni>
pital. nt -..... - -• - :---
were visited by charitably inclined ;
women. One day an elocrly fe- ;
male carrying a ncal basket sat
down beside Tanner and talked
religion to him while be thought
of the delicacies in tii“ basket. At
length she lifted the lid and took
therefrom a tract on the evils of
dancing, which she handed to the
patient. Tanner looked it over
and then said earnestly: “I give
word of honor, madam,
111 never dance again as
in" professional regard. _ The En-
gineering Magazine is giving
waw ovt.. -
and we separated in per.vet peace,
but I now see that a ticketed, cold
and distinguished aristocratic life is
not the thing for me. Blood flows
in my veins, fiery Hungarian hlood.
This drags me "back to the stage,
and it would be a vain struggle
against the attraction. I have re-
tired to our estate at Altenofen. I
have tried to live in Vienna as the
bv an engraver. Amazement sat
upon the faces of the “boys,” and
all watched the handwriting on
the "wall” until the collar wilted
and the beverage grew stale. This
is the prettiest trick J have seen
in years. . '■ r -
Tall Lake Ccptain.
Every person who travels on
the steamer Chequnnicgon, whieh
p!Es between St. Ignace, Mich.,
ana The Snows, is fov-d to look
in to the master of tne craft,
es -Yi years, jonn is me uiucm Christa C. Fowler, for he stands
of the trio, being 87 years. George six feet nine inches, and is the taH-
is four years vounger, while Ma- est m t captain on theTakes.Cap-
,1.x, ic regarded as an infant, his tain Fowler is a member of » W-
being only 81 years. The markable family. His horthef.
brothers are natives of Germany, Irving j. bowler, of Whitecastle,
but have been residents of the La., three years lus junior, is of
l-nited States for the last fifty- the same height and weight; h»a
fmr vears. All are married and father, J. K. howler, of Nashville,
have'children and grandchildren Mich., also is six: feet nine inches.
and Ins sister, hlora Fowler, of
Kalamazoo, is six feet two inches
tall. The mariner is well propor-
tioned.
Three Aged G-.-olhei-s.
A remarkable instance of lon-
gevity is displayed, in the life of
Mathias and George /week, of
Beaver Dam, Wis., anil John
/week, of Pittsburg, three broth-
ers, the total of whose ages reach-
es 251 years. John is the oldest
1 TRADE-MARKS promiitlj obUlm-1
ail eountrkf*, or 110 lee. V»© PATENTS L
THAT PAY ■Avi-n.-v: tuern thorou^iiljr, at our I
< xponse, and Lelp you to suroca. I
Send model, photo or Eh etch for FftKE report I
on patentability. 20 yearV practice. |U9* j
PASSING RCTCRCNCCS. FcrfreeGuid#
Book on Profitable Patentt write to
BOJ-BOB Sevonth Rtrcat,
WA8HIHOTON, “ “ 1
l u dl ii* ir. > v.i uu-iLv «- ■ ■ “ -------. .. .
Stout, lonj? af. T «ivr - The elderly lady I comment of the commissioners,
from Lawtan, who is visiting departed with great satisfaction
prominence to a series of articles w,fe of a magnate, but m tne end l
from bim regarding tl c canal pro- aiWays felt drawn back to til*
jeet. and now he is participating stage,
in a conference with tne advisory j
board of canal engineers to de :
termine whether the s-a-lcvcl plan :
shall be chosen or net. Mr. W al-
lace’s willingness to aid the gov
ernment which used him so harsh-:
lv has impressed the canal com-;
mission most favorably. He i-;
acting very magnanimously, is the .
Fond of Fast Driving.
So fond was he of fast driving
that Joseph Byrne, ambulance driv-
er for the German hospital, Sn
Francisco, used to send in false
calls from the stable at which the
ambulance was kept. He had al-
ready killed two horses by his driv-
ing when he was caught tdephoa-
lier.
j fully believing that s::e had made Few British Whale*,
a convert. 1 Dundee is the only pert in the
Roy Wilson left Sunday for ...... British isles that owns whale-
Minister Learns Stono Cutting, j shil|K Toward the end of the
Rev. J. A. Dixon, psstor of the centurv before last nearly all the
Methodist church in Hardwick, t,ast coast ports bad whaler* of
,-------- ------ | Vt.. in order to get acquainted th.cir own. London had thirty-
creek was safe to cross. Mrs.! there he will go on to Omaha. , with the laborers of the village, i folir chips. The falling oft of the
Grey served them to a num-! Nebraska. Ellen Williams, amltherebvbe letter enabled to industry is dot^chiefly to ^
. y , „ , . * reach them through the pulpit, has scarcity of right whales, nm
ber one good dinner. and ilia Hatcher took nim j <1f)nned tj,r apron Qf a stonecut- ti,c -. ruing point of the decav
foud it up and the wire down Kansas City, where he expects
so they turned around and to enter the employ of some
went to Grevs to wait till the ‘ druggest. If he fails to land
THE MAY -GAGE HACK LINE
Passenger traffic a Specialty.
Baggage and light express.
You CM b., a .rood top bus t° *"j" « Flr^"i
fry guaranteed for one year
for only £47.50 of T. B. How-
ard & Co. at Gage. Okla.
T. B. Howard & Company
great Reduction Sale will con-
tinue until the surplus stock
is disposed of-
S. J. Rickncr. of Speer-
moore. was in town on busi-
ness Wednesday.
The editor went to \\<K*d-
ward to the county press
iKi-etirg Monday and ha-1 to
w ade deep water to get home.
j donned the apron of a stonecut-
i ter and with mallet ?nd hammer
is learning; the trade of granite
' cutter in the shops of the largest
cr ncern in the village. Previous
to entering the ministry Mr. Dix-
was a sailor. He begins at
bottom. do;-’g onlv the very
-.Vi: «-f vi »-k. but expresses
■ • - v
some day
to do fine
was taken when coal gas was dis-
covered. and there was a fall in
the importance of oil- as illumi"
nan**. But each season Dundee
--en-ls her wha’,ng fleet to the
\n- ic. So few are
wit' in the circle i
Dundee experts
it is *ai
Dundee
Leaves Gage 6:00 a. m.
Leaves May 1:00 p. m.
Arrives May 12HK) m.
Arrives Gage 6:00 p. m.
Was
whale*
-*w that the
iow them all,
aver that the
i have names
Gage Headquarters, Qentral Hotel.
May Headquarters, Residence one block east of Post Office.
D. E. Hartman.
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Deem, Charles F. The May Monitor. (May, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1906, newspaper, July 13, 1906; May, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc942023/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.