The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-08
CHEROKEE is BOOMING.
Orient Road Is Making Things Hum
in Oklahoma.


Cherokee, o. T., Feb. What to many
of the people Of Woods county a few
| months ago was a dream, is fast becom-
| ing a fact and a fact that will go into
| history and make several pages the farm
ers, merchants and in fact everybody liv-
| ing in Woods county may feel duly proud
| of. Cherokee and all of the good people
around will shake hands with the ''Ori-
| ent' steel Saturday morning. No people
| on earth could have paid higher COM
pliment to Mr. A. e. Stillwell and his
wonderful project than have the people
at Cherokee. They have never shown the
white feather but have always and in all
places, public and private, declared that
| the Orient would be built Now all any
one has to do to know the kind of stuff
Inc Cherokee people are made of is to
| just make them a visit and talk with
them. 1t is: How are you, sir? Where
are you from? Can't you come and live
| with us? We welcome you and We think
we have the best town of its size, and the
biggest and best county on EARTH
Cherokee is twenty-one miles east of
Alva, thirty-seven miles south of An
thony, thirty-eight miles west of Enid.
twenty miles north of Carmen. The town
has made steady growth the past two
years with only the Orient grade as an
invitation to outsiders, until she is now
town OF about 100 population. With III
Orient actually built and connections
with the markets at Wichita and Kansas
yity and soon with southern markets will
make clear sailing for Cherokee and the
people who may cast their lots with us
in the next year. for the fact seems emin-
ent that values certainly will double or
bstter
The present push and enterprise Of her
townspeople Is noticeable on every hand.
New buildings are going up, new people
coming in. new enterprises locating daily.
Cherokee has never had business fail
ure and IL the town doesn't make the
best and biggest market point in north
western Oklahoma we will muss our
guess.
Cherokee people are justly proud of
their big and grand county and with one
accord say IL ever a county division Is
forced on her people that this is the ex-
act place for one of the county seats.
Among the business and professional
men who have helped to make the town
it is our pleasure to mention:
/. o. Trask. cashier of the Bank of
Cherokee is an old timer. though young
man, and always ready to help his town.
The firm of Huntington & Halstead.
composed of DR.. Huntington and ]. L.
Halstead. are doing the leading hardware
business of the city.
W. H. Pickrell proprietor of the big
general stores OF our town, Will soon
combine the $4,000 stock now at Webber,
Kan, with the stock at this place. His
brother. ]. w. Pickrell, is the genial local
ma nager.
One of the neatest and best kept drug
stores in Oklahoma is "Klinck's'' place.
The travelling man is the fellow who is
always asking for a good hotel Well,
you have It when you stop at the stflts-
c. l.. Wilson. one of the early pioneers.
started in business on si5 at Driftwood
and today has a big general store here. ~
Noble & Heron are the BARRIERS an
have a very neatly arranged three-chairl
shop.
Professor T. ]. Miller. the principal of
the schools, is a graduate Of the North
western Normal at Alva-
V. H Correll. dry goods merchant OWES
and does business on one of the best fou-
corners Of the town. Mrs Correii viii be
remembered by many Of the travelling
men as landiadv OF the Correr hotel.
Tho live stock interests OF the town are
looked after By the Powell Bros. whs
also run p meat market
A J. Titus attorney at law. IL agent
for the Cherokee Tow-si;e company and
also e member Of the real estate firm of
Southwick & Titus
Beatty Bros have q general store on
North Grand and enjoy a splendid trade.
F. E Cheaele has a splendid location
on Grand avenue. He has large and
eomrnodious store well stocked with
everything usually found in first class
racket store
Mr. Hiskstt is our genial. wide awake
restaurant man.
The furniture business Is represented
by the firm Of Small ard Weeks Both
Of these gentlemen are old settlers ard
they have ths largest stock Of furniture
in western Oklahoma
Cherokee also has .ro vsee-svase. NJ
to-date newspapers. the Orient which -
Republican IN politics. with c 2 Wood
EDITOR ard J. y. Har~ari tu<sresz man
axer. ard the Happy Home. P-ohib.-
ton weekly. Rev. Charles B-ovr editor
II. ? Broadsent local editor sr3 hssf-
nsss manager. This raprr is o-ret ~
stock company and is the leading tenn
perznce organ in Oklahoma
Carlisle 4 Carlisle oDeszte tie Hotel &C