The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-25

| vice-president. \. c. Bordman; cashier,
Z. E. Cressler.
Two furniture stores are now in oper-
alton Of supplying the public with their
/ necessary articles. =. N. Armstrong, of
] Hennessey. has the larger of the two.
and is a man Of experience in his line
Of undertaken and furniture dealer He
/ owned and operated enc of the first fur
/ niture stores of the town
! A J. Kelley, the postmaster Of four
, years standing and one Of the pioneer
settlers, who has always in his eye the
good Of his town, is the other furniture
dealer and undertaken.
Zeigler & Dill. who have for three
years supplied the trade Of Okeene with
everything ia the harness, saddlery line
etc are one Of the permanent fixtures
in the business line of this place.
4 livery stable. operated by the Stokes
Bros. add greatly 10 the convenience Of
the place. This firm also owns and op-.
crates pool and billiard parlor with
cigars and confectionery in connection.
Along with the Haugherty & Diapers
tonsoria1 shop. is the agency Of Enid's
Steam Laundry. So a visitor may have
no dread OF his long whiskers or dirty
linen unies she wears q rubber collar,
which NAV be purchased here along with
the big stock Of general merchandise
one may see should he take the oppor-
tunity to enter J. y. Chipley's fine store,
which is not expressing by half the many
features Of that energetic business mans /
store.
Houser & McCIung have a wholesale
liquor house and they also do retail
business. with billiard parlor in con
necti0n.
T. II. Mansfield. Of the firm Of Mans
field Bros, dealers in hardware. imple- I
ments groceries. and general household I
supplies. has the distinction OF being the |
man to name this fine and prosperous
little city. Should Okeene grow to be as Z
good city as ar Mansfield predicts, /
Oklahoma viii have another metropolis +
One other club resort has the distinction /
OF being run on manly principles. This I
is owned ard operated by J. @. Moore,
who keeps the finest brands Of cigars.
wines and liquors 10 be had. There is a
bowling alley in connection to his establ-
Hshment.
The w T. Bort Lumber company, Of
KingGsher has a branch yard here. which
is capable of supplying Okeene with all
the lumber material necessary. owing
possibly to its being operated by Mr.. F.
". Hoyt, who is one "once met leaves
a desire to be met again"
And now for the hotels. There are
three two running and one under con
struction. Mr. kuhlman has just COM
pleted one. and the other which has an
established trade Of commercial and reg
ular people is called by its deserving
name. Commercially Mr. J.. l. Merreu
is the genial landlord.
Owing TO the great amount Of money
coming iu to buy property, TWO reliable
firms have opened up their offices i'm the
real estate business. Bear * Malcomb
have one office and Hastings & Neary
are the people who handle the cash I'm the
other establishment. No one need to
doubt the honesty and stability of these
people as they come with the best Of pur-
poses to Okcene-that Of building up the
town
Should one get sick while in Okeene.
I'd Adams. the druggist. has doctor
with him. who win tell one what TO take
and it can be found on the shelves of the
Adams drug store. Mr.. Adams is to build
"a fine building to Accommodate his in
crcasing business.
And now by wandering over in the east
part OF town one VIII run across livery
barn, which is for sale owing to its fine
old proprietor. Mr. A. LeRue, having
made too much money, which has dis
abled his limbs by hammering them when
his pockets We're his bank
Besides these institutions mentioned.
there are numerous others of promis-
ing prospects toward becoming as pros
porous as these mentioned. we hope so.
however. Thus is traced those institu-
tons which it was the pleasure of your
10 see. and should anyone
wish to dispose Of their wandering de-
sire and finally gain them a home in this
promising country It VIII wen pay you
to 20 no farther than the northeastern
part Of Blaine county, near Okeene.
some time perchanco it VIII be pleas
are 10 remember that one was on the
.ownsite which then was unfolding but
Loco now 10000 and comprising an the
essentials of CITY: peace prosperity,
ana esteem. brought about by the siren
}us efforts Of these pioneers herein por-
raz-rd