Renfrew's Record. (Alva, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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RENFREW'S RECORD,
ALVA. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. THURSDAY. MAY 25. 1905.
No. 29
J. A. STINE. President.
U. E. NICKEL., Cashier.
... THE ...
First National Bank.
Accounts of Merchants. Stockmen. Farmers and Indi viduals sol>cltcd-
Every accommodation extended consistent with sate ana
conservative banking.
ALVA, OKLA.
Be your own
Beauty Doctor
'THERE is but one method of
^ acquiring and retaining a
beautiful, clear, delicately tinted
complexion. The pores of UM
skin must first bf rid oi all im-
purities, and tbe circulation
gently stimulated to carry nutri-
tion to all the tiny cells and
• Pompeian Massage Cream
builds up and rounds out the
contour of tbe face and form by
cleansing, exercising, and feeding
tbe skin through and through-
by strengthening the muscles.
It removes all wrinkles, black-
beads, roughness, and irritation,
without promoting the growth of
Hair or causing the skin to shine
—imparting a glow of health and
beauty that only nature at Her
best can give.
SOc «*/- OO/nr/mr.
For Sale Ily
L. Schuhmacher 8r Co.
Druggists
gru. w.cnowkll. vice-President. ALVA TAKES FIRST HONORS manv haEds onc ,nd a short'
KKANK ti. MUNSON, Ass’t Cashier. _ age the next.
*W‘“7' SandorViggoftheNorthweatern' Those citizen, who earnestly
Captures the Laurels in the desire a good road to a good ,
Oratorical Conteat. market, should not be bashful
The friends of the Northwest- about contributing cash or labor
ern Normal School have reason to insure its completion. Now
to feel preud of the honor con- \ is the time. Those who can help
ferred on Sandor Vigg.one of the should not wait to be called on,
students in the oratorical contest but should report at once to Mr.|
at Oklahoma City, last Friday (Nuce or some member of the
evening. The Oklahoma Uni- committtee. This movement is
versity of Norman, Agricultural of mutual interest to the city and
and Mechanical College of Still-J to the country north of the Salt
water,Central Normal of Edmund Fork, and we believe the farmers
and the Southwestern Normal of will respond as freely as Alva
The members of
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i Share Bros.
Mer. Co.
work was done on this road last
year, and it did much good, but
more is needed. The Business
Men’s organization could take
this matter up to advantage.—
Woodward Bulletin.
Good for the Santa Fe.
Kansas City, May 20.—F. Du-
mont Smith, one of the attorneys
The road north of Woodward
needs fixing. Just north of the
bridge it is well nigh impassable
with every rain that falls, and for
several miles the sand is always an(j ^ouin«tjicin nuimii ui *»,**
a bad proposition. Considerable weatherford, competed with the already has.
a 1-=, Northwestern for the prize. the committee are well pleased
Mr. Vigg was met at the Choc- with the progress of the work
taw depot Monday afternoon, thus far and hope to see it
when the train came in, bv mem- brought to a successful conclu-
bers of the faculty, fellow stu- sion in the course of the next
dents and citizens and carried on two weeks,
their shoulders in triumph to the
normal building.
: muiutjj We clip the following compli waiteuea(1 on tne oama re ouu-
of the Kansas Oil Producer’s mentary notices from the dailies: day morning with Bill Davis the
association, said teday: "?andw Vigi* Qrhnni'at All* m»n whom it it is believed stole
“The Atchison, Topeka and won the first pri2* in the oratori- Fred Hardy’s marc, buggy and
Santa Fe railway is going to give cal contest which was held at the harness, three weeks ago Monday
”■------!1 —J------ in* opera house last njeht during carnival week. Fred
ect being “'rv'*
them to sell their oil in Missouri Last Despotism.
tj p pin. the only young i»uy .*.0. nf
E,p‘ V contestants,carried off the second1 young man named Landers of
the Santa Fe, bonors for the school which she Day county to follow up the trail
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Behind the Bars.
Sheriff Hadwiger came in from
Whitehead on the Santa Fe Sun-
Alva’s Good Example.
The business men of Alva
have raised over eleven hundred
dollars which they will expend
in improving a road through the
sandy country north of town.
the Kansas oil producers an in- Overholser opera house
terstate tariff which will enable night, his subject being “The t ^e mare ab0ut a week after-
Last Despotism.’’ Miss Walker, Hadwiger left a
low. and Nebraska. ** I the only ,<m„s Udy the
ley, president of __________________
has told me that the Santa Fe represented, the Agricultural and and he finally located his man
will put in the interstate freight Mechanical College of Stillwater. about ten mjles east 0f Grand,
soo».S the figures Th< 3’V™,'X ^ »»«, end wired Sheri*
can be compiled. Mr. Ripley also tie(J for third placCj the laurels Hadwiger. Gus went on the San-
said that the road has ordered 500 being equally divided ."—Wichita ta Fe Thursday night to
tank cars for the use of the Kan- ta Eagle. j Whitehead where he met Mr.
sas producers and that where ever “Sandor Vigg of Alva, of the Landers and together they land-
ed their man successfully. The
buggy and harness were found
subject be had chosen was “The
A Mistake. Last Despotism,” and it
necessary the Santa Fe will con- Northwestern Normal, was the
struct the necessary storage tank- winner of the contest. He was
„ given twenty-nine points. Ihe
chiefly if not wholly with the
The article in these columns present Russian absolutism. It
last week clipped from the rr--J *■ J
_________ Enid Was an eloquent address and Mr.
This is a good proposition for Wave, concerning the incorpora- Vigg deserved all the credit there
Alva and a like one would be of ,he Alva. Enid aud Oklahoma
good ior Woodward. City U. B. churches is orslead- Ko[thwest„n Normtl „
The farmers there are ready to ing. The incorporation with proud Qf Sandor vigg.the winner
help the cause along and agreed which the names of C. E. Heisel, of the inter-collegiate oratorical
to haul out loads of manure and J. F. Burket and R. H. Stokes- contest held in this city Friday ------„ r_.
dirt as they return from town, to ' berry are connected is a board of night. After participating in the J county where President Roose-
build the road. By this means trustees for abandoned property ^m^ieVe^made velt had his W°lf, huf wU1 be
mu :h can be accomplished with , of the Oklahoma U. B. confer- Poin
in Davis’s posession. The suc-
dealt! cessful rounding up of the thief
was a piece of pretty fine work
and Sheriff Hadwiger and Mr.
Landers have reason to be proud
of the job.
We learn later that the suspect
acknowledges his guilt.
Big Pasture to be Leased.
The big pasture in Comanche
May Sale of Muslin
Underwear Garments
Ladies’ Skirts.
Regular 50c value for 39c.
Regular 63c value for 47c.
Regular 75c value for 63c.
Regular 85c value for 69c.
Regular 98c value for 79c
Regular $1 25 value for 98c.
Regular 1.48 value for 1.19-
Regular 1.68 value for 1.39-
Regular 2.25 value for 1.89.
Regular 3-50 value for 2.87.
Regular 4 50 value for 3.69.
One lot Misses Skirts, regular 75= value for 39c.
Gowns.
Regular 1.19 value for 93c.
Regular 1.25 value for 98c.
Regular 1.68 value for 1.39.
Regular 2.00 value for 1.69.
Regular 2.25 value for 1.79-
Corset Covers.
Regular 36c value for 25c. Regular 58c value for 39c.
Regular 68c value for 48c. Regular 75c value for 79c.
Regular 98c value for 79c.
The above numbers are “Snaps" and every lady in this
vicinity should purchase one or mote of these garments.
relatively small outlay.
ence.
Grca t Big
. SALE .
Great Big Reduction on an Immense Stock
of Ladies’ Goods, consisting of
Stylish Hats, Guaranteed
Shoes, Suits, Waists, Skirts,
Dry Goods and Notions.
Also receiving the newest ideas in
June Hats,
Dress Goods,
Fans, Collars
AND SO ON.
Will sell at BIG REDUCTION
to make room for more.
Emma Huston,
“The Last Despotism” was the decided to do this as the big cat-
subject cf his oration and his de- tje men refUsed to bid up owing
livery and gestures were good. tQthe threat ol the township
His theme was relating to the , ,
conditions in Russia. He review- trustees to open up the roads on
ed in a knowing way, history of the section lines. This wil open
the past relative to the snbject on 480,000 acres of as fine land as
which he spoke and dealt with there is in Oklahoma for homes,
exactness the conditions existing When in cuitjVation the land
j in Russia.—-Oklahoman. ^ ^ {or $I>50 t0
The Road is Being Built. $2 per acre whereas the Indians
Last Thursday, A. T. Nuce, have been receiving about 25
who had been employed to con- cents per acre rom 1 ecat_“men
. .. . This tract lies on the Red River
; struct the road across the sand inu
northeast of town, came to Alva and's reache y t e oc s
and looking over the job, secured *and and Frisco ines.
implements and teams, and sand
J Share Brothers
\ Mercantile Company
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Memorial and Decoration Day
Services.
Sunday, May 28th the G. A. R.
will meet et Post Hall at 2:20 p.
m. sharp and proceed to Normal
hall where services will open at
3 p. m. sermon by Rev. H. 3.
Mayo.
Tuesday May 30th, comrades
and citizens will assemble at
Post Hall at 10 a m. whence they
will repair to the cemetery and
decorate the graves and hold
special public services. At 3 p.
m. services will begin in Nor-
mal Assembly hall where an ap-
propriate program will be render-
ed, the principal address being
delivered by Hon Dick T. Mor-
gan of Woodward. Everybody
invited.
IFirst door west P. O.
ALVA, OKLA
began to fly by noon, Friday.
Considerable preliminary grading
was done by Saturday evening.
Monday morning, a larger force
was put to work and the first
three days this week from 12 to
15 teams have been at work lev-
eling the sand, cutting down the
big hill at the north end of the
road and tearing up gypsum clay
! in the hills west of it with which
1 to dirt the road. Members of the
commercial club go over the road
daily and carefully inspect every
detail of the work. As the work
progresses, it can be seen that
the undertaking will require more
labor and expense than was at
first estimated.
The daily expense is now run-
ning from 540 to $60 dollars per
day and ali cf the volunteer work j --------
that can be given bv citizens who The Toler Stock Company will hold
are interested in the road will be the boards at the opera house
cheerfully accepted by the com- they ,viu present
mittee. Those who donate work ; felice<„ that beautiful comedy drama
and have teams suitable will be that has ha(] so Rreat a run in the east
given an opportunity to work for for the past two seasons. Miss Marie
cash. An effort will be made to Dale, the leading lady, is no stranner
arrange dates ahead so that a ^ gh; appea„ i„ this her favorite
specified Lumber can come each bjn Admission. 25-35 and 50 cents
day, SO that the superintendent Tickets on sale Thursday morning at
will not be embarrassed by too Moufort's.
HANFORD;
AGENT FOR
J, L CASE THRESHERS
and McCormick and Champion
HARVESTERS.
The Toler Stock Co.
Parties tmbi.g =>>o»ld order e«r!y. We .re matins .
a specialty of
Builder’s Hardware, Bradley^Voorman
Cottage Faints, Enamels, eL*
We carry a complete stock of Gasoline Stoves, Refrigerators, Lawn
Mowers and Lawn Hose.
F. W. HANFORD,
South Side Square. Alva. Oklahoma.
A daily paper for Si.00 a
year i»
Winfield Chau-auqua Assembly , 8omethil)(e ,he public hat-long desired
At Island Hark. Wi.itield, June 20tH The chicaRO Daily Keview. a deligh.-
to 30th. 1905. The attract! .ns ‘hi*-| fu, Dailv giving all important new.,
season include the following:
H-.n. Wm J. Brvaii. Neb-iska.
Mrs B*rt h • K Baker of New York.
I) . Bvrt.n tV. K n r of TMtsluirg.
K v Sam Jones of ti-.-rg a-
£r. R„ c t Forbes of Ph Ldelphia.
Prof. K. Edwin Johnson, St. Louis
The Dunbar Bell ringer*.
Reduced rate* evert day. 1'"''
K. A. Elgar, Agtnt.
market repors and many interesting
departments for men women and child-
ren. is sent to subscribers for $1.00 a
year 75 cents for six months, 50 cents
for 3 months. Subscribe today. Ad-
dress The Chicago Review Co. Coca-
Cola Building, Chicago.
S. B. Share & Bro. want 5<xo
! dozen eggs every week.
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