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Ike Auh> EutirprUr. f.miwWd N«*-
IS, 1W»1. beuune
RKXFKlVi KECOBD
July 10, me.
RENFREW'S RECORD.
One Dollar Per Year.
Entered July IX tm. Alva. OkU..
' Am Ikrcoiid cUrnm matter under act of
Ceaffftt of March 3, W7S.
ALVA. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. THURSDAY. OCTOBER^
1903.
V ol. 2. No. 47.
J. A. STINK. PreuMnit.
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Firtt National Bank
ALVA. OKLA.
y4 4 4 1 * * *
Furniture Bargains.
going to get
A seven yeal old sen of J. JM Normal Not** C * .* * J
Roller 3 miles westoi Alva while literary societies met last w l •
leading a cow was thr°™ Thursday and adopied a revised MONTH BUYS A
the end of a stick which run 0ne of the prmo- A MUiN JHE
several inches into his abdomen. chang=3 was the institution of PO Lly ‘ AULDir v Ki
Drs.Bilby,Bowling and Long ftt- P Umintry contest in the soci- NOR t H AMERICAN
formed an operation to ascertain et[es t0 determine the candidate AGCIDEN1 INbUn-
if possible the extent of the m- for the inler.» >cietv contest. 1 he COMPANY O F
jury. It i* » senoui annual contest will be heid on INJOiS WHICH
but we hope the boy will aoon be ^ eyeningl in the future. The ILL1NU.- .
on the mend. oration, essay and declamation HAYo T VJ U
»j* 1 S.’S s 50.00
RiCev *■ 1 piano coming in the spring. In AMV
Hon. J. C. Major of Oranton, fh# preliminary contest the tocie- A MONTH 'Oil ANY
was in the city Thursday. »*• ties elect three persons. KIND OF ACCIDLNI
Major represented the west hal The Occident contestants in ot-
, -u-----------„tv of Woods tu Me Meisers Thomas, Stras- * - -
■■j. .. --------"‘“-1 S5U/JJ
of'the gieat county of Woods in
the last legislature and pt°7e«
himself to be one of the ablest
ation are rar*&eu j,
baugh and Scott; in essay kisses
wyi;jSa^S:b'"afii.Co K A month for any
experience he now h,s’ 'Y® * Nourse and Edwards. KIND OF SICKNESS,
couutv cannot find a The Orient contestants are: 'N .o 111 ST LIKE
oration, Messers. Evar.s, Johnson IJI LODGE AG-
and H A. Powers; essay, Miss PAY iNb LUL»Uu
Pi
B
u 14 NITU K _
These goods came direct from the factory and
C II HA l* f D
County. All we ask is tnat you K» r—- h
LOUIS MILLER. J
The Maker of Low Prices
4 on Furniture. \r
county cannot find a man
qualified for that position and the
i6th district will insist on return- -‘-."h a" Powers; essay, Miss PAY1NU Luuu.
ing him to that body. Robertson and Messrs. Green and SESSM E NT SWl [ H
. q Ohilson corner of Barnes Affholder; declamation, Misses 7 H E DirhERtHCh
•nne and 4th* has added an ex- Kelly, Ruble and Hayes. iYOU DON I HAVE
relent stock of shoes and no- The lecture course opened Mon- ^ Q|jr GET N OUR
•" „ C , MONEY IF YOU A,|
,***.*« MONEYCOME®IN
after a load of supplies. !• | position in the city schools. PROMPTLN E\ Er\
Lr,do“ ms » Si iIpM.Tho,»,.«o.w t.,- week.
of hi. 6«h d.y. ‘ SEE OR WRITE.
birthday He invited us to at-1( The Junior class met for organ
tend the jubilee and promised us Nation Monday, with Mr Vva - Joseph
a hi? dinner. It is hard for a1 lace Willmont as President. _ -y
hungry editor to refuse a bid of | The delegates to the Territorial ALVA,
., j v,,,. f#.ar that it will w> q_ t. U. visited the normal
E. Johnston,
that^kind but we fear that it
be impossible for us to be there
The RECORD is We buy duce, butter, eggs,
located .Istdoornorth c p d « a* ugu Wm't.
De m°niCO Rebtauran Jjmm, Tw*>it, J htrvest. side, opposite cold borage house. ^ that the Occident, give tion w|th lhe union tent
Call and see US. _ ?nTaXhreshinK. LF,Re their first program of this year on The following union
*“0 1 TJriHftV PVC. _____:___..,*11 Kc» Rplcl;
last Friday.
^ The Orient program Friday ev-
ening was a good oue. If y°u
did not get to attend it, be sure to
____tViot the Orcident* give
Unijn Sunda/ Services
All the services of the various
* _ „ QnnHav Will uC
6 ALVA LOCAL. J
Eggs wanted at Share’s.
Old papers at this office.
Best Fresh Fruits at Chilson’S.
County Commissioners meet in
regular session Monday.
J. W. Wise andT. B. Perry-of
Zula were Record callers Monday.
For Sale: School lease near
Alva. Enquire at this office.
Judge Pancoast
district court in
count/
We call attention to the adver-
tisement of the Alva Burial Asso-
ciation in another column. It is an
organization that has long been
needed here and it will not cost
you much to give it a trial.
Rev. Mr. Todd made the Rec-
ord a pleasant call Friday. He
likes Alva and her people and
will probably accept the pastor-
ate of the Congregational church.
We hope that Mr. Todd will con-
clude to remain with Alva.
is holding
Grand, Day
Ernest DeGeer has entered the
freshman class at Fairmount Col
lege, Wichita.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schmidt
of Hardtner, called on the Recor
last Thursday.
Phone r33 will get Alexander
& Racev’s Meat Market.
A. McC ray returned from Kan-
sas City, Monday He .received
20 for his two year old steers
which was the top, but it seems
low when compared with former
prices. Archie came back by
way of Medicine Lodge, his old
home. .
HONEST
PAINT
next Friday eve.
On Thursday some one procur-
ed two of the beautiful Franklin
! «* ,1__a_____ nnecimr HUPf tl<C
Q WHO WIC UUiL/u vv*.*
meetings. The following union
services will be held: , ,
7 a. m. at big tei.t, morning
praver led by Rev. L. T. Fischer.
orVn •♦tended the wonder-
ea iwu ui --------- - praver lea Dy rcev. a,.*. *
Gulls that were passing over the ^j10se wbo attended the wonder-
citv and donated them to the mu- . . <--* mormne
seum. In addition to this Mr.
seutn. In addition io mia •
John Boughan presented a young
pelican, killed near the Salt
___ Plains.
Sherwin-Williams mixed
paint is not a secret, patent _
or mysterious compound It I j. F. Epley
is simplv an honest mixture I Monday.
of those ingredients that any I j, m. Kelso and Wallace Will-
good painter would employ I mont j,ave been elected associate
if he wanted to make the I edjjors 0f the X-Ray.
very best paint. But even I 1 -
lnOSe Wro aucuutv. j
ful meeting last Sunday morning
will want to be present again,
and those who were not present,
r>':
lUn^ and those who were not pre^t
pelican, -— — SaU should come on this occasion.
Plains. 9:45 a. m. at the tent, union
The foot-ball boys are practic-1 Sunday School rally led by Smith
ine every day. and Colburn. Each school will
g. - begins teaching have its own section. It wall be
Stylish
Clothing,
Hart, Schaffnei and Marx on * *®u *
clothes stand, for all that is de.Uable in
style fit and quality. We are the sole
l;,nt8 in AlvaV H. S and U -uit. and
overcoats. If you purchase one of the^ H.
« tud M. suits we will have you for a .eg
uiat customer. Our boys’ school suits
a id children’s school suits have sn «nT‘‘b^*
reputation in Woods county. We «howtha
ia-aest assortment of negligee shirts in
Woods county, and the latest Patter°a a"d
c .rrect fit cost you no more than some mer
chants get for poor fitting, poorly made
shirts. We are showing everything new in
trunks, telescopes, suit case.. ttJveU«g
bags, neckties, sweaters, etc. “en •
shoes are made to wear and are backed up
by more than thirty years
reputation of the makers. Sell, Hamilton
Brown & Co., Peters, Geisecke, and Fair
field aie a few of the brand, you find on our
shoes, a id if you buy a pair ^at U not Ml
right v e stand back of them. There is only
ore th ng wrong with our hat department
and t) at is our inability to get enough hats
to supply the demand at the low price we
are Slling them. October will be a record
breaking month in our men’s department.
S. B, Share & Brother
lhe Eagle
P*
Kansas relatives.
One cornbinder for sale, near-
ly new. J- W. Patterson.
J. J. Counsil of Orion was at-
tending to some probate court
matters, Monday.
Coffee
Fresh and Cured Meats of all
kinds at Alexander & Racey’s
Ed Rumsev, who has been with
the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. here,
for a long time.has moved to Am-
arillo, Tex. and will take charge
! of the company’s interests there.
I Ed has many friends in Alva who
wish him success in his new
home.
Blanke’s Jersey Cream
at Chilson’s. Try it.
Mr. Shide of the Leader, is
moving his goods to the Monarch
Clothing Store, south side, to
day.
Saur Kraut at Alexander &
Racey’s.
Commissioner Brewer
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Boyce of
Augusta, attended some of the
sessions of the Territorial W. C.
T. U. Thursday and Friday. They
made the Record a pleasant call.
Mr. Boyce is one of Sheriff Oates
tax collectors and made settle-
ment while here.
have its own section,
delightful service,
n a. m. at the tent, great union
morning service led by the evan-
gelists. The theme of ui« ac-
jj. ax'- ------ | cuuwia v^*- --------* \ 'dress and. music will be, lhe
very best paint. But. ***“ I Miss Bertha Wright visited t ove Gf God.’-’ It will be a long
though he used the highes I tbe Hornal Wednesday, ^.he be- ^
grade of materials through- I ; teaching Monday,
out, his product would not I K --
S35SS5. ™ B 3
so thor- I 1 Sunday evening as W. B. row
itz, Miss Nellie Cowgill and Mrs.
; Orrin Cowgill were out a short
1 distance west of town, the horse
became frightened and breaking
one of the lines, ran away, lhe
I two ladies jumped out of the
buggy, Miss Nellie breaking the
right arm near the vvrist in her
fall, while Mrs. Cowgill sustain-
ed a sprained ankle. Mr. Fowitz
I _ !___A fVlP
,,rr s. ldom Kqual. W<> *♦«
^’^i.l^’riiKKHNKiowa, K*.
FURNITURE
STORE
Undertaking
and Embalming
___________ —---c
mixing cannot be so thor-
ough as machine mixing.
Thorough mixing gives
greater covering capacity
and more durability. Sher-
win-Williams Mixed Pamt
is honest in quality, honest
in measure and honest in
price. Sold at the
Corner Drug and
Book Store,
J, W. ivlONFORT
l*DVe Oi LTOU. 77 ***
to be remembered treat.
1 p. m. at the tent, great union
meeting fer men only. Mr.
jSs subject will be “Profit
and Less—a Paramount Issue
He will relate an incident M
thrilling as the story of Win
McC Lire” and have a word to say
along the line of which he spoke
last Sunday. Singing by male
quartetto and chorus. No man
can afforef to miss this truly great
meeting, it will be the best of all.
3 p. m. at. the M. E. church,
meeting for women. This will be
____affair
1 it was a very unfortunate affair
j but might easily have been worse.
' We hope to hear of their speedy
recovery.
mills auu
ture of Cherokee.
Anyone needing dental work lendid wnrk for the W. C. T.
should call at Dr. J. C. Her.ois Professor Marshall at the
office, south side square. ! organ and the ladies quartette,
F„»k Tatum ot the Horn. r=s-;Vud“£ia““SS’
S.”'to,' Mo., S^hap»rch..aU iDall. Wiggly
:££5*^
goods. He will sell the clothing dered.
at two-thirds the usual price. Call
___ v,;m ot tB#» Home Restau-
at two-thiras me usual
and see him at the Home Restau-
rant, east side.
M.ss Permeha C. Mahan, state
organizer and lecture W.C. l.U.
for Missouri entertained a large
audience at the big tent Saturday
evening. Her impersonation of I
I tig, honest Jim Fenton and his
Chas H. Heskett cf Cherokee, little sweetheart, frop Dr. J. u.
was transacting business with j Holland’s Seven Oaks was fine
the Register of Deeds and other and Sam Foss Waking the
county officials Tuesday, and i children” and the story of the
called7 on the Record. Charlie 1 little crippled newsboy was: re
has an interest in the new rollertdered in a manner that has never
Commissioner mewcx went bas the fu- been excelled in Alva. Miss Ma-
through Alva to Oleta,Woodward han is a gradnate of the Chicago
county on private business Tues ture o _____^ wnrV School of Oratory and is doing
day.
I. L. Magee, editor °£ the He-
lena Free Press, made this office
a hasty call between trains, t>at
urday.
S B Share & Bro. want 5000
dozen eggs every week.
j D. Share returned Friday
evening from St. Louis where he
Uid in a large stock of goods for
the fall trade.
Mrs F.C. Shide returned Fri-
day from St. Louis, where she se-
fied a fine stock of new goods
for the Leader.
Pickles and Bulk Olives at
Alexandea & Racey s.
r F Fieg who left Alva a
difJewess
to Ballard, Wash. ward county maae a dusiucss uiF
„ ra1tie Surface is teach- t0 Alva Monday. He is a formerly
• Mtbe Green Valley school near of Capron boy. Mrs Thou as
ing the Ween T splendid and the children have been visit-
Hardtner, an^earvlDg P her parents Mr. and Mrs.
as a teaChC Worland and his parents Mr. and
Mrs. L. Thomas of Capron the
past two weeks.
Superintendent Cooprider has
just completed a fine school dis-
trict map for the county treasur-
er’s office. He reports that the
280 school districts of Woods
county are supplied • with teach-
ers with the exception of five or
six. Over half of the schools of
the county had commenced by the
14th of September.
S, T. Carrico
THE EONDED ABSTRACT. ER,
South Side Square,
Has unlimited funds to loan on
will be enjoyed1,
7*15 p. m. fit the tent, gica.
union service for everyone. There
will he no union young people s
meeting. It will be merged into
the other services, so that the
Sunday night meeting will com-
mence a half hour earlier than
usual. Grand music and Mr
Smith will present a practical
theme.
JLATES
PENCILS
TABLETS
PENS
RULERS
INK
ETC
AT
Strawn & Son,
Palace Drug Store
Renfrew &> Gadbois,
S. w. Corner Square,
ALVA.
Corporation and Private Funds^
If you want a loan call and see
him. ,
s. T. CARRICO,
Alva, - . O. T-
A Fatal Accident
Mr E. Parker, who lived 12
miles southwest of Alva, met
with a singular accident Satur-
day evening which caused his
death, three days later.
One of his horses in throwing
its head around struck him just
above the eye, knocking him
Chas. Niday who has for more
than a year been line-man for the
Suthwestern Telephone Co. left
for Woodward Tuesday to take
charge as manager there. Mr.
Niday has been faithful and ener-
getic in looking after the compa- aoove —complain
_ - _ L n ~... „ TX7*n^4_ « ____All,-. ♦- tho familv
Home on a Visit
FARMS &
1 "___ A. Landis, at 528 Bellefontaine ave-
nue. Lieutenant Landis is on
leave, but yesterday received or-
ders to report within a week to
the naval academy at Annapolis,
Md. for eight months’ service as
instructor. .
The young Kansas Cityan gain-
ed the commendation of the .Navy
department when, as navigator
and signal officer, he took the
monitor Monterey to Manila and
participated later in the bombard-
ment and capture of Manila.
Kansas City Star.
Lieutenant Landis grew up in
Barber county Kansas and prior
to his appointment to the U. S.
1 Naval Academy received his ed-
, ,VipiT 1 ucation in the public schools of
announce to tbel*; ^ county and Medicine
Money to Loan on Farms.
We represent The Mortgage and
Debenture C.».,oi Topek»,Km«»
and we ate ;.i-epared to l“"
loans on shore notice. We loan
on 5 years time with the privtleg
of paying $1 » or any multiple
.thereof at any interest paying
J.C. HERRON, D.D.S.
MODERN DENTISTRY CORRECTLY
tni SCIENTIFICALLY DONE
South Side Square,
ALVA, OKLA..
GINGER SNAPS
And How to Make them.
1-2 lb Butter,
1-2 lb Lard,
1 lb Sutfar,
1 pint West India Molaases,
1-2 pint Cold Water.
2 tableapoonsful(linger freshly ground
-> “ Cinnamon "*
2 « Cloves “
2 “ Soda,
Klour as required.
r 1UU1 ua a ----
Cream the butter .lard and siiffar.ad.l
the molasses and water,then the spices
and Soda dissolved in a little water,
work altogether with flour enough for
.. 4.....rk *-,»ii nut very thin, cut
_ - -J -thjn’ cut
time after one yetr. 7^ percent j„to caj<„ and b^kejn a^qmci^oven.
List Your Property
—WITH—
Geo. S. ParksR
& Co.
time alter one ye t-. , r-
btcrest with 1 t vcent com“1®.
aim. Thismai e: > ou ar eight
pe. cent straight loa^, w privi-
[egts that you can’t g£.
othe: company doing efusmess 1.
Wooes county. We A our own
inspecting and pay the
soon as the papers ( are
This company don t ^el.. thei
mortgages, and if you wa
pay your Mortgage oft you
know wher* to find it. we _
a loan record and will send y
money off foi you. If vou have
a small loan a d want more mor-1
into cakes and bake 111 a quiew „
If you havn’t time to make them
GEORGE MEIXNER'
Keeps Them.
Long & Rutledge,
PHYSICIANS and SURGEON
ALVA, OKLAHOMA.
All calls answered promptly day
or night.
Office Phone 43.
Residence Phones:
Rutledge ax, Long 36.
<»y conts in &nci we
mortgage off a d
Who wish to announce to i rnllntv and Medicine mortgage on « a. ui^
many friends and customers that Barber county a z loan. Wa have agents in
,n their Lodge. Herecei.- ^ all smaller towns, and they will
SSttr&LE*NOAH.
n.
John Thomas of Peruna, Wood-
ward county made a business tiip
. , 1 r ITo ic a -fnrmpriv
auu.
success as a teacher.
Mr Temple of the Alva Lum-
herCo is building- a large dry-
Highest cash price paid for
eggs at Share Bros
■Rev T. K. Tyson, who has
sms1 °s
called on the Record last Thurs
day.
muen auuui
but Sunday evening he grew so
much worse that the family sent
hastily for Dr. L L-Long of Alva,
who found him unconscious when
he arrived. Mr. Parker steadily
grew worse till death came to his
relief, yesterday morning, Sept,
■joth The remains will be buried
today in the A. O. U W. ceme-
tery. He leaves a wife ana five
children who have the sympathy
of all in their sudden loss.
Breaking Wanted.
I want 30 acres of sod broke on
my farm, one-half mile sou^ ^
Capron,better known as the tfeir
farm. For terms call on me at
my store.
Alva, Okla.
two nice rooms. See sign Geo.
S. Parker & Co., across side-
walk and on window.
We wish to thank our old cus-
tomers for their liberal patronage
and solicit a continuance of the
same and extend a hearty mvita
tion to our country friends to
come in and make our office their
headquarters while in the city.
We are the oldest real estat. firm
in the county and having had long
experience in the business and a
most practical knowledge of the
country we are m a position to
serve you as few others can.
Call on or address us.
GEO. S. PARKER*CO.,
Lock Box 20:, Alva, Okla.
many triciias h-uva ^—- .
thev are now established in their ^UUKC. —----- -
new location near the northwest meat as cadet through the influ
corner of the square, where they nce 0f Congressman Jerry Simp-
arevery pleasantiy^situated with ^ and Senltor Wm, H. Harris
0 ' q{ g;ansas in 1893.
C. O. G Specials.
Town lot sale, Shamrock. KWb
MS-»■«"•' ......
S Hot.SvrinK- ami return .luring Se,.t. j
$1Tr"enniai Convocation Grand Chap-
^Many’ot^r^atea
application. J • Agent.
aUBsmaller towns, and they will,
take your appiic” ions, and this
will save you a lour ride to the
county sea*. See n for quick Alva,
money. We also ao big land
business, and want th exclusive
right to sell your land. We run
two excursions a mont, Write
or rail on us at once.
G. F- McKNIGHT & CO
Managers, AWa «>kla.
Nice men to do business with.
Lawyers
Oklahoma
PIIOTOS.
' For something artistic an ,
s,ric&ToS"°
HUGH DONNAN. s* ton.
JOS. SCHVITZER.
Pi oprieOor.
None but the choicest meats sold.
Highest cash paid for -3i4es, furs
.-a__,i„^ Fish tail
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