Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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THE COLONY COURIER
ISSUED EVERY" THURSDAY AT COLONY, OKLA.
iMU.J .« 1, « « >"» P-tolllo.
nolony LOkl»hom*kun^er t,hp Act ot M»JchJL |°j9* 1,1 ^ i , '■*
MATTOON SEGER,
Owner and Publisher.
NEAT-HA H. SEGER
Editor and Manager.
$1.00 Per Year—but It's Worth Twice the Money
AAMrttoins 1,1 ln*. !"?•!?. 'it,-i‘ * —•»«-*» '“** *
f ftaA WMat sdvsr*U.ma»U v .......jnaW« «U»rg. wlU bo made tor ObHuartos. Resolutions
I *»tu-uv..r OUUroli Affair., ietc., give.. for gain or wav,
I g p^r ney«
1 have made a business
change th r.l re quires me D> get
all my hook accounts and notes
collected up )>.y January first-.
All who owe me on account or
on note are requested to call
and settle immediately, us all
unsettled accounts will he plac-
ed with an attorney for collec-
tion, Jan. 1st., next. ✓
Gee Kendrick.
A;\
Cutting C««Jio County.
.Since the question of divi
? Oaddo County is Uing dis-
ct Jed pro and - and more
...necially in that part of Oaddo
that will not be a part of either
a0trer or Hook county, *W<1 f
division be made it might be
well to say that Oaddo Oounly.
ft3it stands today has, a gross
area of 1300 square miles and a
I taxable area of 900 square mbes
^ as reported to the State Audi or
xy the County Clerk The pro-
posed county of Cook leaves
do county with about 4«.»
mile, of taxable area, v.n.lv tb
nropesed Seger county leave.
Oaddo with over 000 s-quaro
miles of taxable arpa.
I„ a short time Governor Has-
kell willdecidd which of ^
counties Will he entdh d l» |
election. Now that ll seem,
certain that one of these i»n pos-
ed oounties will be entitled t<
a call for an election, the peoph
of the south and southeast, pin
•of Caddo County county are al-
most unanimosly in favor . f t o
Seger oouuty proposition. air -
negie Herald.
Nuts, Candy, Oranges and Ap-
ples for Xmas. We are ready
to fill all Xmas orders* Be sure
and look at our line.
Cash Mercantile Co.
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CMRISMTAS 1910
GREETBINGs
/
For Christmas we have purchased select gifts
(or all young and old
All our s/cck is new and fresh, no old stock.
‘OlidSTMAS
SUGGESTIONS
We have also fine fresh Chocolate in
fancy boxes, Fresh nuts, Fresh
Oranges, Apples, and Batinas
Our store willbebeautifully decorated.
Make our store your home while tn town, Plenty of chairs and a
good Jirc Visitor welcome
T X AVK you ,rrn our beautiful
If 1 Hnral ivindo**? And <li<l
you notice tlie prettv lit
tie Xnai noveltle. wr’vc mjuttered
amot'i; tbr (lo'.vrri?
Well, v*r've bmulredi more of
juit nu ll holiday u'dli ineiile 'be
More- little uni'lei of tb- IMt
that *|ipeal to clever people, nut.
of the-onlinery gift", which »l
though enrecilingly novel are alio
exceedingly re. .onable.
Among them are some P*r-
fumei from California in fancy
boxei—
Paul Rieger’s
California Perfume.
So come in when convenient
for you’ll find many a iiiggeition
ami mlve many a Xmai problem
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WHAT THE STRIHG WAS FOR
Forgetful Citizen Thought It Meant
Hit Wife Wanted Something, 8o
He Did Not Register.
SALS BILLS
us ns w*
i-fSiSSW ifi
I DR. S. C. DAVIS
% Physician *nd Surgeon
| COLONY, OKLA.
Our physicians in the Stab
of Oklohoma evidently don
know all about leprosy,
gay a negro iu the state p*n»te.
tiarv has the leprosy one dr
and the next day they say i
has not the l«pr >*>'• #
Mahr. State Healtu Com mi' -n
•er, believe* it will he necessar;
to maintain a leprosy colony.
We say *’*oo<l for Ju-lgc Bu.-
iium of Okmulgee l-<
witness to jail Or not remem-
bering (?) in a bootlegger*
trial. There are too man>
•hurt memories when < ’
th enforcing prohibition. 1";
ilily filing to jail w‘li. i nprovi
this man’s memory.
E. L. Fulton is «•'**- satisfied
with the count in ,the recent
} i-lection, and has tiled a contest
hoping a d. m.crat congress may
of that 10 id
The well-meaning citizen is some-
times so busy that be forgets to
register until he Is reminded of the
fact, v.-ben he hustles around to the
polling place and gets his name down
A hint of this human weakness 1»
contained In a little pzrtble told by
John Smith In the BuTalo Express:
Bunker was In the habit of wearing
a thread around his finger to remind
h'm that he was to do an errand for
his wife; and his acquaintances wer-
wort to Joke him pleasantly on the
subject. On that particular day, as he
was leaving the office for home, one
of the boys, seeing the thread, asked
“Well, what is It this time?” “Oh.
Just a little—er—well, what was 1
for today, anyway?" said Bunker. “Be
me see, nov«--what dors she want '
i steak—Ice tickets—pay for somethin
! —telephone to some friends of here-
go to the employment agency for j
! giri—r/hat could It have been?^ !”-
Just stay here until I remember." Be
there he sat until the time for the lar
train out approached. When h“
reached home he was In a s’a.e o.
worry. “Ada,” he called, “what did
you want me to do In town today
I've been worrying for three hour?
what this thread was for.” “M-hy
Stephen,” she replied, “you asked ms
yourself to put that on to remind you
to register on your way up from the
train.’’
WANTED—Anybody to buy » bran
icw 112 calbor rifle, and good road-
ster bicycle with new tires that have
heen used hut very little. Price for
bicycle $12.00, an l f-.rrefle If,75.
tee Theo Kendaick Colony.
von Palp.—500 to 600 bushels of
>-,,od bottom corn for sale at my
ilace 4 miles east, of Colony.
W. H. Green.
Subscibefor the COURIER $1.0 0
", APT CALI-1 will sell out the rest
[ my Texas .uebane cotton seed at
, if taken before Jan. 1
2d C.e.vt \ mile north of Colony.
the best
pfootegrsphs
ore made by
G. H. Clifford
Every day of the week, ji:*t norlit
of the rl*olophouo C/Clitrftl*
Post Ctrds, Enlarging ar.d opying
Charges Keasonable.
WANTED to veil n 1-3 lots anil three room
liC'JSe In Colony. Hev or wrlti- N. H. Hesc-r
,l, r,l F.xtat/: anfl Insurance. Colony. Oklu.
Bout n c vr
rigs ami safe
drivers.
Charjros
rea4'»nahlo
COLONY
S
B. HASBROOK, Prop.
h
•
; .
t,et us care
and feed
yonr t e n m <>
when you
Stop in
Colony
Drop in and aoe out* fine
Stallions and Jacks
IF,WARD of $1.00 will he paid tor
..turn of flat gold bracelet, lost at
i,„ tacky I’arty in town hall Satur-
,-iy nigi't Nov. 26.
i-rtrude llasbrook Tel. Office.
3
lP
'01
seat him in spile - j
majority uncle Dick M >rgan | SOFT HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS
piled up on him even ai^r the
ne^ro vote ha-1 been eliminated
VANTED— 110 o,“w sohsertbers to the
Ot'P.IKB. /Also neversl renewals by tbo*r i
uo-,« subscript Ions hare csplred.
Tsst me assist job to get your bid o.i In-
li.ndi nimle out correctly. '
■It*enable. N. II. SEGKR. Ren. kuno
Colony, oktn.
s i-ave roW try term sttd v.155 move to towni and will sell «»mjrptawa "•««*
o: L d i north of Co.ony 3 1-2 miles west and 5 1-2 north of Cekly,^ 3 *
southwest of Ghost r/tound on
^ “a
)
Fulton must 1>*1 l,rl>Uy i,',, j
over hi* defeat.
Lee Ortue is afrai-l Iip "nglP
gtep on the la'li ’* l"' J 1 ‘ '
frhould attempt t<> dance r’ u
inaugural ball.
learned how tn ilaii'.t'- 11
says he never wore a dr ** suit.
, Lieutenant Ge^rtl BeilamJ
was held up and rohled
• about *(JOUU.»)d "> J‘‘ ’’7,
ry anti vmuuhle aj r
Ruing down Oaiilotnia Ave.
OkUhoui ‘ Ci. y, a f<’ <f
Wo will he.
e ml lu’t take that much #«“
fr >m u(.
in
Old Notes Wanted by Women Auto
moblllsts Because They Can B*
Easily Tucked Away.
“Ths request for an ’old soft hun
dred-dollar bill' has become so fre
quent of late.” said the ladlca tel.er
tn a New York bank, "that I mads sc
bold as to ark a friendly depositor
what, this feminine craze for shabby
hundred dokar bill* stood for
" ‘AH your taundred-dollmr bill ladle* (
have auto*, I *upro««? 8he a*ked. 1
admitted that most of them had.
" Most of them have country placer
within easy motoring dlstanc*’' wa»
her next, question. I thought a minute
and said that many of them were semi-
suburbanites.
“She then went on to say that »
commencing at 10 o’clock sharp, the following described
property to-wit. .^ss—s-ssastL
VASTRIi— Hsv»r»l persons to stop run
I. - - th. risk <,t n total loss of th.U hoo..-
,r o*h.r property by nm. <iet ProtseUen
o, letting ntH write you a good flr« insur
uoU.ur AlONCr.^ h
Real Estate an>l Insurance
Market Report.
Corrected Thursday tula week.
\TT*. D' f dOmny.ee*------ ”*
..untrr Butter, fresh «toek. per lh..
POIM.TRY
Ueti.t, p»‘r lb...................... ......
r.,i,erx. 11 he. and under, P^r lb.....
•Ir| ............
Turkey*, per lb............-...........*"
10 Head
Horses and Mules
w ^ **W-
WEATHfcRroRD.
fog*.*1 ibe. -JO. well Pnieh'd.
A'heat, perbu. ..................
orn. miked. ..............
lorn, whits
nil...............................
Kxtra expcMM’ at-'1
Itnlti-VHii
wi'l folluw if .V»u 't*
lc i*», half yur tax
yl, this year.
hef.-rd Df
I was any klr.d of a Sherlock Holmes
I d be able to put those facts to-
rr and son that suburban living often
necessitat'd rapid motoring, that j
this meant arrest and that ball was
a good thing to have on hand An
extra hundred dollar hill pinned un-
der S cushion of the machine wag fair-
ly ssfe from theft and often saved
the situation A new bill 1* too crlap __
for easy hiding and tfBalai«•| - SECRT ORDER-
to rustle when touched, The old bUls
just the thing for tucking away in a
eardease or vanity bag or pinning In -----
some pocket of the machine Qulwt,
rafe, but effective,* was the way she
summed up the balling virtue of th.
shabby hundred-dollar bUL
id' 1 p.ir of soWm? 2 ind 3 yr., old both broko, full brolh.rt, I bl.ck hor« 3 yr.. .Id
about 16 kandt, I 8 month old filly » food one
Farm implements.
] Wapons,
l op' n '• ?J,
l ncarfy now top Bu^gy,
1 Disc CuitjvatoT, 4
l Wa/king cultivator,
1 Di*k s/td,
2 knife Sfo l,
l two section Harrow,
I l one row corn and cotton pfntr. ^ (
-.»■ mmm
1 kit carpenter Too/*,
.'»')») hu. of corn,
Stock.
14 head of Catt/e,
Itl extra rood mi/eh cow*,
;1 8u'L
1 two year old Heifer,
•» # * * •
2 one
j 1 srirrintr plow,
i - j Thomas crow n mower,
; 1 John iJoere riding litter,
1 Cora »hel/r r,
•j get* work ll'rner*,
1 «qt, h'i#cy Hame-d,
1 Ha M •.
5 hd of hogs, weight lh,
U doz. rhirk'Ti*,
H doz. fufl b/oofl Buff Ofrpinjtoh'
4 doz. I-eghorn*.
Household Goo !*.
1 rood Sewinr machine,
j 1 ( ream Separator, new,
1 good Kan;'e cook *tove,
l Heater, new,
1 waihine; Machine,
1 dresser an'l kitchen eahinet.
2 good Itiriing tallies,
2 Cupboard*,
$ I lockers,
4 B'*ds,
1 Davenport.,
I I Stand tab/e *r.d dininr fdiair*
A/1 homeho/d rood* and dish-
es, and canned fruit.
I lot Corn Fodder,
1 “ Kaffir corn, bound.
I An! otner thing;*
on* to mention.
too nuni -r-
Buyer* «nJ Fraah Fi*h l* ••••on
always f.und *« ^ ,.f „ld., ..d Prodiww
A th. quality V. them bef.r* *
1. O. O. f.-Coiony r'
,.rr w«ln»wl(»y
E.W t%vt«)rt. *««!'/• t’O *' ' '
•j yy a.—C'lMk f •-U ' B ** ‘ 'a
Coto.ybaU.vsfy y ,
5. n. t.f.r. n.fk. o. r.. IMW- w v
.1
yy r>. W —Colony lo«1«* WoSW.
tacoioay an **•*»
<q»» K.pen.a *»« f
T. w H.nsott. r
T i B.s-tyl.*- L. A
fREE LLJfNGi SERVED AT MOOIN
-~ERMg of SALE
Aiu urn« of c,to. oo and under, CASH. On «;um^ over 1 o.oo
erf dit of lO months, on appoved notfi, !>ear»m< 1 o €^rtl ,Jli#
will be given, 5 per cent discount for on $um4Q^r»lhoon
M. E. Scott Auct. _
u u/ rwu n.,b Mace Ritcnison Owner.
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Seger, Neatha H. Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1910, newspaper, December 22, 1910; Colony, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc942050/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.