Renfrew's Record. (Alva, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. 3.
RENFREW'S RECORD.
ALVA. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. THURSDAY. MAY 12. 1904.
No. 27.
J. A. STINK. President.
U. K. NICKEL. Cashier.
GEu. W. CROWELL. Vice-President.
FRANK ti MUNSON. .Wt Cashier.
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First National Bank
Accounts of Merchants, Stockmen, Farmers and Individuals solicited.
Every accommodation extended consistent with safe and
conservative banking.
ALVA. OKLA.
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Alva Steam Laundry j
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A LL ! kinds of Laundry work done in the latest and most
up-to-date manner. Clothes cleaned and pressed.
Laundry taken up and delivered. Agents wanted in out-
side towns. Postoffice box 875.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Phone 113. Alva, Oklahoma.
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The Best
Selected and most reliable
stock of
Furniture, Go-carts,
| Carpets, Shades,
Matting, Linoleum,
Oil Cloth and
Picture Frames
in Alva, will be found
at our store.
Special Attention given
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Thai Investigation.
The grand jury, after spending
several days listening to the per-
sonal attacks of County Attorney
Martin on those interested in the
court house matter, exoneiated
the commissioners from blame.
They had first offered a so-called
report which was simply a reiter-
ation of the stereotyped howl of
Martin and Overstreet that they
had been ignored, but the Judge
refused to accept ^the complaint
as a report and asked whether the
I commissioners had been derelict
or not and ordered Martin to re-
main away from the jury until
they reported on this point. They
promptly reported that there was
no willful fault on the commis-
sioner’s part.
An Old Timer Gone.
Hi Dyer, brother of Thomas J.
Dyer of Labelle, Oklahoma, died
at his home near Sedan, Chaut-
auqua county Kansas, April 27,
aged about 54 years. He was
S foreman of one of the old O. E.
! cattle camps of Gregory Eldred
& Company, from 1879 to 1887.
It was his little three year old
boy that wandered from the camp
in Bent canyon 12 miles northeast
of Camp Supply and after soldiers
and cowboys had searched thro-
ugh rain, snow and sleet for four
days and five nights, he was found
dying, several miles from home.
The incident occurred early in
November 1888 and Scott Cum-
mins, the Pilgim Bard, has made
it the subject of one of the most
pathetic, ballads of the plains,
beginning with the lines,
“The lonely Cimarron is sweeping,
Above its bed of shifting sands.”
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ttAND Tailored Clothes
1 1 are the best finished
clothes. Union made
Clothes are the most sani-
tary clothes. Only War-
ranted Clothes are the saf-
est clothes.
These are the kind of cloth-
es we sell—the kind you
ought to buy.
S10 00 12 00 13.50 15.00
lb.50 16.00 20 00 25.00
Men’s and Young Men’s
Clothes of every style.
WE Co-operate with YOU
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The clothes we ask you to
buy are the best we were
able to secure. We looker
through many lines and se-
cured the market’s best.
SNYDER,MAKEMSON
MERCANTILE
COMPANY
We
See that
You
Secure
Absolute
Fit
and
Complete
Satisfac’n
You
Decide
the
Price
Style
and
Pattern
of your
Clothes
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Our $10” and $12“ Suits
Are values rarely found elsewhere, even for more money. All the
new effects in worsteds, cheviots, cashmeres; serges, crashes,
homespuns, are here in the newest stripes and figures.
Cahn-Wampold Quality, Skill and worth
13.50 Single and double brested suits 13.50
15.00 Spring cheviot and cassimere 15.00
16.50 Handsomest patterns of all sorts 16.50
18.00 Richly finished worsted suits 18.00
20.00 Best values we ever offered 20.00
25.00 Swellest Cravenette rain coats 25.00
SNYDER-MAKEMSON
MERCANTILE CO.
A Big Robbery.
The people of Alva were con-
siderably startled this morning
when it was learned that bold
burglars had robbed J. W. Mon-
fort of about $1500 in money and
jewelry.
When W. W. Star, one of the
clerks, opened the store early
Friday morning he found the door
of one of the safes open and later ^
discovered that a pane of glass
about 12x24 had been taken out of £
a window in the rear of the back
room. No other damage had f>
been done. Mr. Monfort has two
safes; the larger one is in the
back room and is called the jewe- f>
lry safe and the other, a medium-
sized safe stands beside his office
desk and is used for the deposit
of money and small valuable
1 jewelry, such as fine watches and
diamonds. This safe has been
opened by the working of the
combination and its contents
taken. The larger safe in the
back room had been hammered
and tampered with, but no at-
tempt was made to blow it open
with explosives, hence was not £
opened. P
The robbers evidently took no | £
chances in looking after anything f
in the front of the store, as some
good watches left for repair, and C
a lot of valuable charms and other
small jewelry and also the fine f
silver ware were not touched. The
cash register was found open,
but there was nothing in it for
the robbers.
Miss Emma Huston, who rooms
over the bank of Commerce in the
next building north of Monfort’s,
heard a light pounding noise and ^
somebody talking between three *
and four o’clock in the morning,
but thought nothing of it except
that the druggist was perhaps
filling a prescription.
This is the biggest robbery
that ever occured in Alva and
Woods county, and the loss is a
very serious one to Mr. Monfort.
—Pioneer.
SHOES
! Shoos Shoos:
We call your attention this week to our stock
of Shoes that has no equal in Woods county for va-
riety, quality, style and fit, and the prices
higher than you pay for inferior Shoes. For near-
ly forty years we have studied the shoe business
and we feel we know how to make our dollars
bring the most value in shoes. We will not know-
ingly buy or sell a poor shoe and our customers
frequently tell us that our shoes are the best that
they can buy and also the cheapest, quality con-
sidered. Our shoe stock this spring is
Larger than
ever before
and we solicit a share of your shoe patronage,
guaranteeing the best value you ever have had in
foot-wear.
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No foot so large
small but that we
fit it.
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AND SAVE DOCTOR BILLS.
Share Brothers
Mercantile Co.
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Though the officers have made f
diligent search for miles up and
down the railroads leading out
of Alva, no clue to the robbers
has been discovered. It was not
only the boldest but the smoothest
work in that line that has ever
been committed in Alva.
School Report of District No 14b
Begun Sept. 14 ’03. Closed
April 29 ’04.
Length of Term, 8 months. En-
rollment, 38. Average daily at-
tendance, 261-2. Number not
tardy, 33. Cases of tardiness 23.1
Number neither absent nor tardy
2 namely: Ossie Ray Wilkinson.
Glenn and Chalmer Morefield
each were absent one day, only.
The average daily attendance
was reduced by pupils moving
from the district, and others en-
rolling near the close of term.
The school rendered appropri-
ate programs, Thanksgiving,
Christmas and at the close of
school, and each time the parents
remembered the teacher and pu-
pils with excellent luncheon. A
tree was prepared Christmas as a
surprise to the children. One of
the presents the teacher received
from the school was an album
containing the pictures of the
school children. This remem-
brance on the part of the pupils, ’
was returned by each one receiv-
ing a school souvenir from the
teacher at close of school.
Mrs. Fred J. Fash, Teacher.;
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Declamation Contest at the Normal.
On the evening of May 20, there
wi.l be a declamation contest in
the assembly hall at the Normal.
There will be $30, in prizes given
to the successful contestants.
An interesting contest is promis-
ed, Tickets will go on sale at
Monfort’s, May 18.
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BARGAINS!
LISTEN!
2,000 yards Percales, 12 1-2 cents value,to be sold at 9c yd.
Women’s Summer Vests, 4c each.
Ladies’Hats,former price was $2.50,now they sell for $1.29
Pins, 6 papers for five cents.
MENS CLOTHING
SpringSuits were $8.50 down to $5.50
Men’s all wool pants, regular price
$2.75, now $ 1.68.
Money! *
Money!
HARD CASH PRIZES
$25 IN CASH WILL BE GIVEN
As first prize. FIFTEEN DOLLARS Cash or Merchan-
dise as second prize. TEN DOLLARS Cash or Merch-
andise will be third prize. With each cash or trade pur-
chase amounting to one dollar customers are entitled to
chance for either of the three prizes. In case of a tie the
prizes will be divided equally; Chances on Prizes com-
mence April 27th and expires Sept, ist, 1904.
Do not fail to see our Bargains while they last in
Calicos, Ginghams, Lawns, India Linen, Toweling, Mer-
cerized, Waistings, Oxford Vellums, Silk Mulls, Persian
Lawns,’Worsted Goods in black and colors.
1000 Shirts at from 19c to $1.50
Straw Hats worth up to $1.00 at
15 cents. . , ^ .
5 dozen Corsets at 1 9c each.
HOFFMAN'S
The Great West Side Bargain House,
ALVA, OKLAHOMA.
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