Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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THE COLONY COURIER
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY COLNY, OKLAHOMA
.Entered ns second-class matter September 1. 19011 at the post olUct
t Colony, Oklahoma, tinder the Aet uf March a, lHTtt.
J. MATTOON SEGER,
Owner and Publisher.
NEATH A H. SEGER,
Editor and Manager.
A Live Home Paper, For Every One !n Eke Home, $1. A Year.
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^OV'EFITIBIING RATER--- I >iv;>1 :i y ml vert!meets IX cent* nn inch, one colunii
,wide. Locals nmt Want iMlvcrtlsomcni-, five rents a line first Insertion amt tlnv
rents a line for eaelt Sitlxeqiieat insert Ion. Special rates nit application for s| \ tnonl le
anti .yearly contracts, a reasoimh fliarae muile for tiliittiarles, KieolutUms ,r H <
eat, (.'arils of TlinnU«. etc.
The man who believes in ad-
vertising, but doesn’t advertise,
la a bigger fcol than the man
who doesn't believe In It, but
idvert!re3.
Tito editor of the Cordell Bea-
con remarks; 'l,Lh<* papers pub-
lished in Washita county are
among the best that come to our
exchange table,’’ » He passes a
complement on every one except
the Herald Hentihel. \Ye fear
Inothet Billups is a little pred-
judeed against (lie esteemed 11.
8.
There lias been a lot of tommy
rot going the rounds lately about
(: • shool districts being t’esponsi-
|t: 1 for tile great- im'rease in taxes
in Oklahoma this year. Fact is.
the average st:!iool district didn'i
vot3 art A" more inoncy for school
purpose# this year Ilian in former
y eats.
(Jolohy merchants advertise
and have made Colony one bf the
(iilest trading points oil- the rail-
road in Oklahoma. Now <'01110*
numerous peddlers, junk clothes
jj rafters it ml oilier itusuiices to
reop a part of tint reward.
Emma McChesiiey Says There
is Nothing in the Gay Life
Roast Beef Medium is
Good enough for Her
In t!i t» Deeebiher AitlerJean
Magazine Edna Eetbor, tlili talent-
ed young Chicago writer, tolls
a not her one of lief Emnilt Mc-
CJiosney stories. Eninla McClios-
ney is in the traveling business,--
t- u* sells pettii‘oat-8. She is used to
tlie and knows the ways of life.
'There is nothing in Ibis wine,
wdmen and song busincto, ” is the
sign advice of Entimt Mi'Uhosney,
'Konst beef medium is the thing
to stick to.” Km nut gift s out
“It's all very well to trifle with
Lite little side-dishes at first, hut
there comes* a time when you’ve
got puit fooling with the minced
chicken, and the imitation lumb
chops of this world, and gettle
down to plain, every-day, roust
LaFoilette Tells
an Extraordinary
Story of McKin-
ley and iyiark Hanna
Senator La Follettc of Wisconsin
who is writing his Autobiography
in The American Magazine.show *■
in the December number that h
held a hige opinon of McKinley.
He tells the following story, illus-
trating how McKinley stood up
for his own Convictions in the
face of powerful influence bi'oiighl
to hear by llutinn.
1 know of m,V otVIi knowledge
that .McKinley stood against tinny
of the eon'iipt iiil'llinces witlni
his own party-1 that even stor'd
against the demands of his lust
friend Ilanmu
’‘Me Kinley had no sootier been
elected than the Wisconsin mach-
ine,hacked strongly by I Inn nn.
tit mantled the appointment t I
Henry G I’ayne as Postihastei
General, And I with others hr*-
light funVard the name <>f Gov-
ernor Hoard of• Wiseonsiii as a
candidate for Qecretary of Agri-
culture*. A fed weeks before Me
Kinle.V’i hiiiiigui'ation; Upon his
invitatitm, I wont to Canton to
see hint. Wlleh l called about
ten o’clock he told his secretary
that lie would not see anybody
else before fiVO that afternoon.
Wo drove it bout town and visited
Ids mother, a hoatltiful oid lady.
We lutd dinner at his house.
We dis’Cufised at lcligtn the ap-
pointment of HaVlit* and Itoard to
the cabinet. 1 explained to him
wlitit forces Payne represented in
Wisconsin, ah’d indeed he had al-
ready knHwn Paylte’s Work as a
lohhyest in Washington in con-
nection especially with beef trust
matters, nhd I kltew lie iihominnt-
ed that sort of tiling. But he
told nle tliut he helievbd no other
titan had eve!' been so Strongly
endorsed by prondneht influential
politi'eank in oVcry ptirl of the
country as Was I’ayne for that hp-
polntlnent. When it wss nearly
time fid' me io go, McKinly suid:
” ‘J.-oh, 1 may not lie hide to ap-
poini Hoard, hut I will say to
you Henry l’ayrte shall not be n
beef, medium. That other stull'j
may tickle your palat for a while] ,lA'kV4\'.>f.r*.
lint sooner or later it Will turn nn
you, and ruin your moral digest-
ion, You stick to must beef* med-
ium. It may sound prosaic and
i magi native and dry,
find that it wciirs in the long run.
Summing tip the Chicken con-
troversy which corrostiondonUs have
been carrying on for sente time, tbo
fact KecuiB to bo thnt there la monoy
In t hickens If you can get It out.
(Urttian noblonieh nro advertising
themrelvcH Iti llerlln noWBptipors oh
niHtrlinonlal primp vt.n. ir they lintl
any real business ability they would
liiHort n few ud.t In Newport pnporo.
To (he inhn who l;t ronlly In a huH'y
row or Ilfr’H SII nil llniloyntiCOH nro
luoro trying than the elevator, which
Is always ut Hie wror.fi end ot the
shaft.
When l haw Me Kinley at the
White House Id the following win
ter, he told me IioW the eil't-rt to
seeitl'e 1‘aylle’s appointment had
hut vou’ll cl'IH’iliatorl. He sa id tlidt Hailna
had come to him just hefore his
final decision was made add said ;
’You may wipe out every obli-
gation that you feel towards me,
and I’ll ask no further favors of
you. if you’ll tally put Henry
I’ayne in t lie cabinet. ’
“Me Kipley's nnswCr Was:
'mark, I would do anything in
the woi'ld I Could fop you, hup 1
eniilitd put a man in my cuhidet
who is UuoWli Its a lobby ist.’
And la kept liif Word.‘
HlRh heola and hobble skirts have
cniiNoil many accidents, Vlilor of which
ts the cbmpottnd frheture of lovely
woman's common sotisb.
II ftin llooprkll't does como Wit It
Will oncoimici' itdn o new cxperlancu*
hi the rush hour orilrli nn tho sio*
Voted. ‘
Mr. Kdloon'B rhmnrk that nvlntldn
tired* dclcnttllc revision should ri**
the aviators puma*.
PROFESSIOAL and |
BUSINESS CARDS
DR. S. C DAVIS *
.
Physician and Surgeon
r /—*vtv/ ™ . 5
l
COLONY, OK.LA.
N. H. Seger
JUSTICE of the PEACE
Colony Oklahoma
Dress
making.
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IV3o's. C. G. Isaac.
-Oniony fVJeat tVJarkeH>
Fresh Bt.'ef, Bacon, alld hard.
G. G. Isaac *: I - I’rop,
Colony, -: :* OMahomn
$25000.oo
Private MONEY td loan or
choice farmst
H. W. EBY Colony Okla.
Wauchpe and Paulsen.
1 H‘»l loi’R 111
Shu* llrahcl Shocp., Hals, and
General MerthanHiac
Colony, -:i- Oklahoma.
o!ony Mercantile Co.
Caskets arid Uh Jtertakers Siifjplise
Carried in stock,
olorty, Okla
Colony Barber Shop
IIA mi JT MASS I I'roji.
Good Work anil cod ft cons I real men I
L'care Latuidp// litre
Lemuel Baird
I i’(i led/ .1 artloneey
(- t'fjH Sale’s • 1 ft >/ir/irye
Turin# t I One per ttenl'.
fM/dh//, ; Oklahoma
G. W. Self
Mends Shoes, Repairs HM'ness
or any old thing.
South of the Hotel
UVdtmy, - Dklali'imn
America’s GrChtbst W etkly
THE
TOLEDO BLADE
TOLEDO OHIO
The Beol Kr,wn Newspaper in
the Uuiited States
Citculatin 240,000
Ppular 5u Every Slate
Hay, Woiildit “1 null he a got <1
time In order a dice pil't'i of deiv-
elry as i\ Xmas present I*u1 your
best girl or Var some meiliher nf
the fituilly. N’cMii’o Kotny ,1* w-
t'ler id Watu'liopc’s,
1’osidhly It la called ,"Indian mini
bocamre rnntbrl' rnt'itrli carry
||i*n tn*Mahfc
Expbnilvc Amuosf'wnt,
Tlit* ntiin who nils expensive spate
nllb. Let Mount ftttiteliM ,’*n competltorii
slioiilu t httiKO the uphep In Ids tier-
sonnl aftmint, lie Is mcrql'y kcHIiik
sunirtliln.1 nut of lilt systbht which
.othorWlse Im Would jmye to pay a doo-
tor to r« tut)vo, U tuny he worth ths
money to Idm, but It Isn't wprtli mon-
ey in Ids llrm as advertising.—FViinli!
ArWistronlt, Wi Moines, ft».
No Whiskey Advertising
'I'll'1’HCVCIII} - e-\v|0 h .vein* t,r If* e\|>-
I' lie*' II iiiIn I In- 'l'ol.-,ln it'nili- iiVtire i>,,]> 11 lo r
tlinii hi iiny phfUmI dVirinu ih innu iuul
•iliMB Nsful ciU^|*r, It |h now n n! ^ ^\^•\\
week liy ptnVe tlitdt n ttimion p, of l, . Tin-
I* I nil's Me ill Is nittltnml inn | ,tne, in to every
stiite ttm( I' rilnry in tho Unlietl f*tntes,
I lle'-eliy Mlvllltr II lilt IIMt|tl<«M11,tunl>le i ImIiI
of *'llllIIIll)|f In lie 1 i,(treateM weekly lie ws
O.llier In Allierlrllf
The We, u Mind,* I-, ,1 IsthieU.v ti fn in I ly
liewsnn|>er. Til nil', nVleet Of It., |U|I<1 Islt-
ers Ini, MlWn.i - l Hill him U, h ii: for l le-
Vmei'li'hli linine. j'nr tin- llre.iile, mnl of
Inler'est Inen-U ne nilnn'Vifthe fninllyTo
ulfll Ibis pm'ii-ei || I, kept ,'letili mnl
wholesome. Tin- n. ws of tie- w-nhl is
Ihi - idled In n fonihreln'n-.l,',- iniiliiel mnl
I In* Mirltill • (l- imi-lin| nt, of tie- I'hnh nre
i-illli-d with pilliist|ikiilk onrn. 'I'h lion.....
Inthl pnui I - n del In lit In t-n tile w ifinii.i Mini
i'hIhlren ; oilrrenI lilliilr, nri-t rVni* >I , tillin'
10 I I.)' w It lioi.l I* 11 J it 1111* 0 * the Mil-In I -tor'les
Ml''- .e|, el.-I Wltll I In-Wl il of |,l--iMmr t III*
Ui-enlesl mdii he ,* of lift loll lov.-’isl die
fjllewl I* n Mill-, lt\i |, h sei-Mphool, ol Infoi Inn-
t Ion j ,t In-l-'m ltt-( M I eolnhtnstire eniidh-'t*
011 with Ih ind'ii’ilM* of ills lim tho pul)fills
ii medium Tor Hie *• vo,Ji»,nun nf, hh m< nlul ]
Uifoi'inol Ion on I'nl'hi lliple,. fib if -|mri iVn-lil
I*, iieul - el Oil l,lit,,every feipnie i. t liken
fitV Of will, lie j*! i, oflmikMu, i'h ' Idmli
h oi l h nil' ii,, I III . • l he iti'h-e ,,r - nh I Ip ‘
i*ih i...-one il I In r i .vein'.
SnliipU enph . niidh',1 IV'*’v Vdilr’
The Blade
TWENTY-THREE DAYS
UNH THE FREE PIANO
WILL BE GIVEN AWAY
Arc you working lo win? Get store votes, Get Jcwefryman
votes, and get subscription votes.
You Will be lucky if you work.
The famous contest will close and somebody
will he the proud and happy winner-—
will you be the lucky one
Work-To-Win
THE FREE PIANO
At tin* rlkflit wi' show m 11 Uo.
ID'sm ti! \ In* fi'iT |1|ri :td io |m>
tflVril HWliy. A III)' s 11 In I ii in I
fill*' piiilio ruwi1 Im* LilM’M » !t Ii
(lie |)l(l II:».
I'lsciu 1‘TIos*
it Is n ST 10 I \ DM 1,1in !i
Uliltn lF.it nrt IM |r <!I’siirn in a
imllloi/Miiy Mulsh, doulilr m
M'i'D tl mnl rn ss Imlidril. hi
sltlr lln«| nut, WnmmU’il fur
D'n yih’li’M and hiovriw wi»,v it
tlmk fit ino.
NN'mirtmpr Mini PhiiImim mv
thl‘ Iim’MI stiihir nifohl For
tills ruinous lo*lrlinciil And
will IM’ pU'a-rtl to show proH-
IM’td l\ »• flu*••• ’mwuF.x.
Rues and Reguations
Any porfloll td; ol'ganizalions nnl eonlleeled yitli (lit*
Billet's whel'e voles ilre kiven, may he miminattMl by
IhenmelVes or H fl'ihlnl by simply Wi'iling llieir name
ami athlress on i! Phei't td' paper anti mailing or Itattfl*
ing to liny of the llanths signed hblotv suyiltg they
are ii c'aililidlltc will 1'el‘eive 1000 vtites Tree to stal't
with, and tlieh’ idler, Votes will ljt* givuli as follotvh
, 11)0 Volt's for eVei'.t dollar’s wortli of ntelchnntlire
puhdia-ed tvf Watieliopt* A I’aulsen or Tlte t’olnny
Drug Store. Votes Will he given for jMiivlittsos its lotv
as fie, nhd Volt's will lie given ll,V the tMiiriet hi*
follow- ’
Six inolllli'
One yehi
Two j'eal'S .
Three y**ors
Four years
Vive fears
•S' .50
1.00
‘2.0(1
a.oo
. 4.00
fi.OO
KlO Voles
nOO votes
IfiOO votes
!>()0O voter,
i>00() votes
.loooo voters
Pluck Means
Luck
If you are plticky
and energetic it may
I easily be YOU. This
is your opportunity;
It may look like work
but opportunity is
never worth while
unless Y OU work
to profit by it.
“Faint heart ne’er
J
—-p—-- Won fair lady,” and
unless you are hustling ybu lyon’t win the piano* If
you determine to win you iarfc likely to get it*
niHimm
A Special Pme of a $25.00
Davenport Bed
will be given away to the Orte turning in the most
money on subscription between Nov* 1st and
Dec* 16th, including all of Dec. 15th*
amnmaaawetM
\m
ore
to get subscriptions51 “-hurry and ttirft in
every dollar you can. If youdon*t want
the Davenport you can have a folding
bed of equal table, as you choose. Th6
way to win is to get subscriptions and
subscription votes count toward Winning
the piano.
? i.lij;.'ii.y)<Mi*Lia(it-ji.Hl1imiL~Tfr**i —rfk-ftr- tt~ r .. h ir— ‘vmdmusuDm.'
VhlHo' OWo
[Wauchope 8c Paulsert,
iColonjf Dm3 Cfi,
Colony Courier,
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Seger, Neatha H. Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1911, newspaper, December 7, 1911; Colony, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc942477/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.