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Renfrew’s Record
Published Every Thursisy.
TERMS: Cue Dollar Per Yes:
|. P. RENFREW. Editor and Pub.
Telephone No. 99.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Bryan the Man,No Other Named was Wyoming, in 1869, and the One Road It Oiled. T C Mt'IHMTrHT
Walter Wellman, the well three other states that have since Oklahoma City, Ok la _An ex* «IVICIVi wlwla I #
knowncorrespondent.writing from followed the example all lie close periment in oil road-making has f--■*
Washington to the Chicago Re- to Wyoming in a solid block, and been begun on a portion of the »-
cord Herald, says for some time bordering upon one another. drive between this city and Capi-
it has been a settled conclusion Equal suffrage evidently does toi Hill, a suburb to the south,
among the political gossipers of °°t lead to the dreadful results About three hundred feet where
the national capital that William prophesied by its opponents, or the dust was the thickest was laid
J. Bryan will again be the nomi- should not find that the com- with li(fBt covering of fine cin-
neeof the democratic party for mumttes nearest to those where , def, and than itturated with crttde
-----j—- j- —o * - •* - it prevails are the ones which
president in 1908. And the same
It produces a fine hard sur-
ALVA MARKETS.
W N
.73
C-rn.....
H >if*...............
Oils
t-TK*..... .... .........
.22
Hotter
..........2»i
H-liS, p«T 111 ......
.*•7
Hprings, jx-r it
,l«#
Hr ximcorn
. . . f.SD.ilil
rirkeyi.................
...........OX 1
K»:tir
...........35
Cane Seed ......................7-
The Barber county
papers are
happy because the D.
K. & G.
bond proposition carried by a ma-J
jority of 700.
- • • • •» wtavvd «* uuu ua« u j a*
authorities, the men who talk successively adopt it.-Oklaho- face. Even with one application
about the hotel corridors and in man.
have it that William H. Taft will
be the republican nominee.
Wellman adds: “Mr. Bryan is
Peterson Sisters Concert Co.
This excellent company, the
first number of the Down Town
the improvement is a hundred
fold. Although a slight dust ac-
cumulates, the wind has no effect
on it, and this, with one or two
more applications of oil, will
.od.y ,b, reall, only tog, fig,,, C..,.., « .h. “^u.Ty go .““form ,h,
in the democratic party. The la- °Pera bouse Friday evening. It
turntable failure of the alliance
which is equal to asphalt, mak-
ing the road hard and smooth.
Water will not penetrate the oiled
road that has been well seasoned,
and it is safe from being washed
Kansas has not expressed him-
self in favor of freight rate regu-
lation with a great amount of en-
thusiasm.
Senator Burton of Kansas has
again been indicted on the
charge previously brought. It is
thought that this indictment will
hold water.
The election last week did not
greatly encourage either of the
____________________WiS a splendid entertainment
between the solid south and New an(^ they had a full house. A!*
York state last year,has convinced most every number was encored.
most democrats the only hope for The Peterson Sisters were mast- ana u „ sate trom being waihed
their party lies in the rsdicalism. «» of the violin m-ndolin, gui- away The ^ road g su<;.
Mr. Bryan’s hold upon his party tar »nd piano, and A. Riae Condit,; cess wherever tried and seemi
---------------------------as whistler, first class. The ly i# the only salvation fa ft saQ/y
country. It is expected that al
the more important roads leading
into the city will receive their in-
itial bath of oil in the near future.
%hY]{
HQE7IT
imm
C. M. ALL.
Proprietor.
None but the choicest meats sold.
Highest cash paid for hides, fura
and poultry. Fish and game in
season.
FAT STOCK WANTED.
Pure
Food
great national parties but did de-!'s n°t a candidate for the presi-
menstrate the tact that the peo- ] dency and does not expect to re-
ple are waking up and are deter- j ceive the party nomination. It
rained to smash the corrupt po- bas generally understood that the
litical machines, wherever they Taft ambition lay in the direction
unquestioned, absolute and appar- be congratulated on the suc-
ently enduring: If Mr. Bryan cess o£ the initial number of their
does not want to be the democrat-j'ecture course,
ic candidate three years hence he
may name the man. The party is
willing to do his bidding. Un-
less he says nay vigorously and
persistently it will name him.
These things have been called
to the attention of Secretary Taft,
and that gentleman has very em-
phatically denied the soft im-
peachment. He declares that he
lloy*' high Clothes, worth up
t' 1 $4.00 |mt suit, on *ale here now
at $2 5o. They're double seat and
knee.
Our big success is not so won-
derful when you consider the val-
ue * we offer.
Tanner >v Humphrey
Rest and Sleep.
Few escape those miseries of winter
a bad cold, a distressing cough.
Many remedies are recommended, but
the one quickest and best of all is
Simmon's Cough Syrup. Soothing
and healing to the lungs and bronch-
ial passages, it stops the cough at
once and gives you welcome rest and
peaceful sleep.
find them.
In the last issue cf the Alva
Courier, the Hon. A. J.Ross very
prop-rly proceeds to “reorganize”
Ed Marchant of the Aline Chro-
noscope, for his unseemly ccn-
of the chief justiceship of the
United States supreme court, and
the refusal ol Judge Fuller is the
only obstacle that has stood in
the way of the gratification of his
most earnest desire.
Colonel William J. Bryan has
duct in criticising Delegate Me- j stated that he was not a catdi.
Guire for his action or lack of ac- j datC) but that declaration has not
tion in .ega.d to securing the . yet been Very genera.lly COnstrued
passage cf a bill in congress int0 an admissioa that he wil]
making a territorial park of Big Mt be a candidate at the propeI
imber, near Aline. Ed probab- j tlme. Bryan is UDwim t0 make
ly deserves it as he does occas- j011g distance race> £uch as is
aionally talk out ,n meetin’ in a popular this year with the aver.
way that is embarrassing to the age Texas politician. He is sav-
Tegular republicans. i ing himself for the real event,
If Senator Aldrich, or Senator which is to be pulled
A TYPICAL WOODS COUNTY FARM.
We here present a front view of the residence of Ex-County
Commissioner J. A. Van Demark, one mile nortwest of Dacoma,
Woods county. Mr. Van Demark is one of the first settlers of
V/oods county, coming here from Barber county, Kansas, on the
day of the race into the Cherokee Strip, September 16, 1893. He
at the 1 fifst settled on the quarter section which joins his present farm or
The first-class Bakery of Alva.'
Corner of Fifth street and
Barnes Av
H. A. NOAH,
LAWYER
Alva,
Money to Loan on Farms.
In Woods and Woodward Coun-1
ties, 5 years time, with the 1WM. AECKERLE, Prop,
privelege of paying part or all at
any interest paying time after one
year, at a better rate of interest
and better options than you can
get from smaller companies. I
do my own inspecting, write my
own mortgages and pay the
money as soon as the papers are
signed, and Abstract furnished.
If you have a small loan on your
land and want more come in and
see me, I will let you have it. I
represent The Mortgage and De-
benture Co., of Topeka, and Close
Bros & Co., of Chicago, also
have $50,000 private money to
loan. My loan companies don’t
sell their mortgages, and if you |
want to pay your mortgage off,
just step into my office and pay it
off any time you want to. You
don’t have to lcok all over the
U. S. to find it. Plenty of money
always on hand. Wouldn’t you
rather borrow money of me than
of some stranger? Why! of course
you would, so dont be hoodooed
any longer, see me for quick
mcney.
G. F. McKNIGHT,
Alva, Okla.
Nice man to do business with.
Bakery
Oklahoma
U OCUdlUi Aiul 1L. II, or senator "****»“ * ^ m a L IUC ---------w n ~ kAvyaa nuiv.u 1 a I Ul OE
Foraker, or Senator Gorman, or j ProPer time- He realizes the im- j the east, which he sold in rgoo. Mr. Van Demark then thought he
fliannfnr Tlaf* rsr nn» DrODriPtV Cff onnoUDCillg llltHSClf 1
a position three
TIME CARD.
I1ICAGO. HOCK ISLAND & PACIFIC' 1{. R.
KASTBOliND
Alva ac’d daily ex Sunday, 10:00 am.
Passenger daily ex “ 3:50 pm.
WESTBOUND
Alva ac’d daily ex Sunday, 5.30 p m.
Passenger daily * •• 12:20 pm.
Local freight conies in 5:15 p m.
Monday. Wednesday and Friday and
leaves 7 o'clock a. ni. every Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday.
Trains connect at Geary for all points
•ast and west; at Anthony with Mis-
iouri Pacific for all points north ind
tast.
J. O. Mathews, Agent.
SANTA FS
CAST POUND.
•\'o 528 Passenger Daily.... 11:00 a ni
At Meal Times
Did you ever consider
the quality of the bread
you are eating? It may
be good. It might be
better, purer, fresher and
more wholsome. It will
be all right if you buy it
at
THE CITY BAKERY
------ — auiu iu iyuu. ivn. van uernarz: men tnougnt ne r,v,inui'*'1
Sector PI., t, or .ny other *».- proprtoy of Mms.lf I M be ---„JiSg£SSg,SS.......«...
tor whe has stood for special a candidate for a position three, ’ c ovei surrounding Xo ^ Krtft UajIy ex Sl;Iulaj, y.3oam
tor who has stood for special a candidate for
privilege will look over the re-
turns of Tuesday’s election he
will have reason to reflect. Could
any such senator doubt for a mo-
ment that if he had to stand for a
popular election at this time, and
i: the lines were drawn against
------------ - j # w Ao worr;
years in advance of the proper * counties in Oklahoma and Kansas, he concluded that there was nc
time, and at the same time real- - ---- -
izes that it is a matter that has
already been settled by the peo-
ple. If the national democratic
convention was held tomorrow,
there would not be much doubt of
WESTBOUND,
issenger Daily.
I .v> l-nsseugcr Daily......3:2<> pm |
place like lake Creek, Woods county, and purchased the farm on No 21,1 Passenger Daily......ii:3Spm
; No 535 Frgt Daily ex Sunday 1:50 pm
which he new lives. He has now brought the farm up to a high i .A,va trnin Ko- 202 n"'8 through t .
^ " Kansas City without change, connects
state of improvement, having built a new hotise and just completed 1 ,a Kansas Citv for Chicago and ail
^ I points east; ci^iinects at Winfield fur
v? has drawn them against the nomination of William J. P‘anted hundreds of forest trees whic
pie, he would go down to Bryan. Knowing these things. I locust trees in front of his residence,
a new barn. He has a fine new orchard, in fine condition and has ! a!! and at Wellington for
planted hundreds of forest trees which are doing well. The black
as seen in the picture, were
him as
toe people, he would go down to ~ ----- ----------------------- ..... --------
utter defeat? And that is just Bryat> can well afiord to wait. His | pianted ia the spring of and bave a remarkable rowth>
rhat ought to be. Ideal oopular1 race ls already won so far as the . .
. I---By industry and attention to business, Mr. Van Demark is now
dll points north.
For Guthrie leave Alva at 4:00 a. ni.
J. C. HERRON. D.D.S,
MODERN DENTISTRY CORRECTLY
and SCIENTIFICALLY DONE.
South Side Square,*
ALVA. OKLA.
- OFFICE OF -
DR. J. A. BOWLING,
RESIDENCE PHONIC 100
OFFICE PHONE ll.Y
ALVA, OKLAHOMA.
G. N. BILBY,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE PHONE
RESIDENCE PHONE M.
ALVA. OKLAHOMA.
FINE
PHOTOS.
For something artistic and
strictly up-to-date in
Photos go to
hugh donnan:
nomination is concerned. The i
government should make it pos-i *» mej -----------
sible for the people, by direct nex* democratic national conven- on easY street, having a fine farm, well stocked, on which he raises
vote, to rid themselves of a Unit-' t*on 0D^Y Pr°ve a great rati- »—--------‘ —•—-—j — • ....
’ f rx UUIl* -- ------J r--* ■** bw“v
ti States senator who is cot for ^cation meeting, where the choice
tr.e square deal. Give the peo-; °* PeoP^ will be quickly
] ‘.e this power and rest assured confirmed,
that thev will use it with ration-
i. discretion.—K. C. Times.
and 11:00 a. in. arrive at Guthrie at 2
p. m. and 11:10 p. m. Train No. 529
makes close connections at Mulvane
for all points south to Galveston .
No. 201 runs through to Amarillo
without change, and makes close con-
nection for all points south.
Nos. 201 and 202 carry smoker, coach
chair car and sleeper.
Train No. 528 runs through to New-
ton.makes close connections at Harper
large crops of wheat and corn each year, which he can afford to hold
lun.maKes close connections at Harper
until the.price suits him, and he is not a candidate for office What f°r Kingmau Pratt and Hutchinson.
¥ ! Connects at Newton for all points east
Mr. Van Demark has done, others have done and many more can do. and west-
Woods county, Oklahoma, is indeed an ideal location in which to
make a home.
His First Marriage License.
Democratic Opportunity.
The March of a New Idea.
It is announced that Victoria,
Russia .s in a ferment through-1 the last of the Australian states
. ut the empire. The Czar is to grant full suffrage to women,
granting most of the demands of has at length accorded it. This is ~ ,---6---— v.umC
.f libe.a.s. Freedom of speech a fresh illustration of the tenden- j from Oklahoma to marry a girl
..eedom o. tne press, almost uni-j cy of a new idea to run through a who accompanied him, forgot to -.....- —......... a ..-ikii-kc
versa! suffrage, amnesty to polit- series cf neighboring comnuni- 1 take his license with him yester-''
ical prisicners, etc. He grants a I ties, as the measles will run day after navinv for it. tt. f
. ... ^r* Hrvan ha*, anuounevd throuEh the
A young man wno had come < !,lumns <>fhU paper. The Commoner, that
the principal cause of democratic defeat
this vear iras that the men who secured
control tit the partv organization at St.
Louis sounded a retreat when a charge
II! Which ther an rt ly. The < 'ommoner. he
announces, will i am or a campaign of ed-
ucation. advocating tarilf reform, the over-
throw of private monopolies, latmr legtsla-
j tl m. muhli ioal ownershipnf public utilities, j
his
He grants a i t;es, as the measles will run day after paying for it. He
constitute u to the Finns. M.! through a whole family when one laughed sheepishly when called
. itte, has ceen made price min-' child catches it. back. “Ain’t never been through iVm mnh-,.. .... '
.iter wit a power to appoint cabi- New Zealand led off by giving | ttis business,” he said; “sorter vdbiicoif-nei-.shipoTraiiroads^MTtcaegrlph
et ministers and establish the ; women the full ballot in i8gt. I rattled me a bit;” and then, turn- Fm'T. *" .‘"".’T ,ax' the elt' tl,,n of
. ew orue: c: things. Mobs ran | South Australia did so in rSos, ing to leave he kicked over a cus- t'nired st.-u'ess, 'rator- i v 1HM!Jiar vou','ndCi-
“ :L”,SVe .
; - ae^sa,^ ..a.saw and j South Wales in 1902. In 1903 i hu hat. it was very emoarrass-
:ner cities, bat at last accounts | Tasmania and Queensland follow- j <ug and amusing, too, but the
TaC being restored. A is j ed like sheep ever a wall, and the clerk rronrised not to tel
encouraging to see that tr.e stu- j last remaining Australian state, | same.—K>. C. Times,
cent militia were preserving or- Victoria,has now fallen into line,
tier,and protecting property while | A similar series has been ob
"ne ' -ssacks were doing more to j servable with municipal suffrage
cr“a..e ,aw.ess conditions than to in Great 3ritain. I a 1S69 tha'
“T.'Vi.. rh?, :"t<U.d*RtSir:”rht w“s &ranted the women fproper manner :o train
k ■ • Sc land, : Is and add sed a letter of
■ ■ i. ...ssia throng., many and m 1893, wita practical^ nolinquhvto th- n 0‘her of ch’u
. ope .ess years should now lead opposition, the women of Ireland I child-e .........
- ---- ’ ''C*,.. ______ ,
wrote as follows: “I don’t pre-
_ tend '0 tell how to raise children
-he course of events in cur
W. J. McCafferty Ajfent.
FRISCO SYSTEM.
Arkansas Valley & Western.
Daily Train Service.
East Bound
Passenger leaves Avard, 1:15 p m
Mixed freight, leaves 9:15 a m
West Bound
Passenger arrives Avard 12:15 p m
Mixed arrives Avard 7:15 p ni
All trains carry passengers.
O S Kream, Apent.
Avard. O T
80 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
A. CRAIG,
Merchant Tailor
Suits made to order. Fit Guaranteed.
Cleaning and Repairing neatly done.
South Side Square,
ALVA, - - OKLA.
Long & Rutledge,
PHYSICIANS and SURGEON
ALVA, OKLAHOMA.
All calls answered promptly day
or night.
Office Phone 43.
Residence Phones;
Rutledge 21, Long 36.’
Tom .VicLeal Fable.
A professor of sociolcgj
reputing to write a
:r-^:r “ --try out into a higher; were given a vote for all officers
c., „r. \.e hope they will ■ except members cf parliament.
pull th.-: ugh to
me nt without
■' ■ the horrors of th si nch .me.
P.ivolu'.i in.
.seTvo.
ll will lie necessary to regain
tht* J*artv oi earn'.ation. To tlo'this the
friends of reform throughout the entire
J on,ntry most work together. A democratic
• 5>ajh*r of national* scoj#e offers the best
! njeans for eat rrlnjc mi this work and The
Commoner occupies tills Held. The cum-
jkaign,of education and organization which
Mr. Hrvan ;viiJTonnce*s w , 1„ carried
tbrouRh The Commoner will noLonlv }>e
Inlet esiing and tnstru< five, bii every dem-
• and Intlei^euUfitt thinker should re-
celve l*be C(»mrccnivr reguJari/ **o as to
Vevv iu touch with thi progress the reform
forces are making, and to fortify himself
piy. the mother
1 pari v offers the surest relief fr :n tla^s
j Icgulation and trust domination,
i The low rate which Mr. itryan bas quoted j
Santa Fe.
Second class colonists rates to
California, September 15th to
October 31st, 05. Rates to all
intermediate points 325.00.
Tr.-.oc Marks
Designs
Co=vniGHT3 Ac.
, , t Arwonr nemtltig n sketch and description nmy
u9<v»rt.-i;ji tn.r opinion freo sHimli»»r h::
................. * on
ili Oil P.iOM'.S
cklT 9»s»n.:iai our o|*linon ftv*.' nhotlier »
v, -1 ri is probobly potentate. < •••uuiunii*
t -triPflvTotiiUioMtlnl. HU^LSd?»N
. » • vp «>!.*"-» Du^tiry for pccnr i,z *-u*c ■its.
I *»* > ».:' ♦nkea ilm iu 'i Mum «’* ,,
1 • nal tt ’tic, r ♦* Lout chrnro, in tUe
. rtvo.va
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bcok cnthe
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xa s • v x .: \ x «>||| it uui 1 ■ I'liiifii i . toft b w r.» .
■’! hope, seuaicr," ventured tho up-
r‘?ht citizen, “that you never cllowed
anyone to hint about a bribe in your
presence."
•1 . houid sav rot,""replied Sender
Eco-'ie, with murh
b,f>- ...... . - ‘ .u 1.1, «v» u «!« uiiiuttaj T|ifi; i i Mr. Ilrvai ....' .....
■ ' urse • V !s IQ otir and trail their ■ .....■ 1 . 1 "•/" • ■' •
-laving to go own country has been much the bn f T hi and Itt-i.frewKvrord l».th one .. *N,0' Elr' ‘.n,,'vr al!o’vo<1 :i'c^ to
out 1 ha.e no ,0i<* maid sister wb „ ... because - ,
‘st 1 state can give yea enough advice toi'"'1''' <"• • ikuing v;at.. ..: i • orm 11 ;!:r-v tinted anything crooked deno
j literature..-mil the election rytvru>in Mti had to say Jt right cut and then
| will >. . at! lor aTwloKU-v'rrcxpIao-a'.Ioas. I’d listen.”
| to grant full su
age to women j fill several large volumes.
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