The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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The Davenport public schools will close this week one of the most success-
ful terms in its history. MissSittler cannot be too highly commended for her
untiring efforts to make our school bigger and better. According to the new
transfer law, which we will publish in an early issue, the financial problem will be
more easily solved than heretofore and we expect a still better school next year
as we will probably have more funds. We understand that Miss Sittler has been
employed as principal again for next term and we feel sure that if such is the case
we will have another successful school term. The two members of the twelfth
grade who stayed here to finish their high school work graduated with honors.
lso a laige eighth grade completed the common school course and will enter the
high schoolI next year. Our good school is one thing we have in Davenport of
which we should be and are proud. Stand by it! Vote for the extra levy again
this year and let s have another good school term in spite of the war. Your boys
and girls need hignor learning at this time worse than ever before and there is no
good cause as yet to cripple our schools as a war measure, according to President
Brooks of the Oklahoma Lmversity, who has been in the east for the past month
studying the situation. Keep your boys and girls in school!
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In the cotton country the
efficiency and service offered by
the cotton gins in a town helps lo
boost the town and draw trade
and patronage from surrounding
communities. Davenpcrt can
well be proud i f her cotton gins
and promptness and courtesy
shown by the local managers in
dealing with the cotton raisers of
this community. Mr. i. L. Lewis, the manager of the K. C. .Jones gin. and Mr.
Bay less ( hywning, the manager of the Farmers gin, are popular, courteous and
efficient, and handle our cotton business satisfactorily. The K. C. Jones gin has
advertised in the New Era the past four weeks a desire to contract for cotton at
a hundred doliars a bale for delivery this fall. This will mean a lot o! cash to the
community, but don't neglect to raise something to eat.
Baptist and Catholic Universities,
ending at Benson Park, where a
sumptuous barbecue dinner was
served. That night th? Editois
and their wives were entertained
in the High School Auditorium
by Shawnee's best talent.
Saturday's business sessions
ended with the annual b 11 and
reception which was held at the
Elk's Club.
1 he music during the conven-
tion was furnished by the Okla-
homa City printers' band.
Sunday morning we went on a
special Rock Island Santa Fe
train to Norman, the University
City, where we were met by
automobiles and taken to the
State University, where we in-
spected the numerous buildings
and heard a delightful program
in the main auditorium. From
the University we were then
taken to the state institution for
the insane, where we were most
bounteously served with Okla-
homa grown products. After a
thorough inspection of this insti-
tution we returned to the station
and from there to Oklahoma City
on the spec'al train.
Arrived home Tuesday.
Below we show a section
of our popular hardware store i f
which Mr. O. (J. Robertson is
now the owner and manager.
Mr. Robertson h o;; hand tt all
times a ver> complete line of
farming implements, from the
largest machinery to the smallest
tools for use in the garden. Abo
the T. H. Rogers Lumber Co.
handles a supply of hardware in
the line of builders' supplies.
DAVENPORT. OKLAHOMA
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WE ATTEND THE STATE
PRESS ASSOCIATION
I hursday afternoon Ye Editor
packed his tooth brush and a
pair of clean sox in his "go away
bag," and went to attend the
annual conflab of the pencil push-
ers of the state, which was held
in Shawnee Thursday night, Fri.
da} and Saturday, ending with an
excursiou trip to Norman on
Sunday.
lhe entertainment began with
a gridiron meeting and banquet
in the Chrisney h^ll by members
ol the Rotary Club and other
citizens of Shawnee.
After business ^sessions Friday
until four o'clock we were load-
ed into a hundred automobiles
and shown over the city, the
I lie progress and financial standing of a community is largely judged by
the amount of business done by the banks and newspapers. As far as the bank-
rag business m Davenport is concerned, you have only to look up the statement of
he Davenport State Bank on another page of this issue and see the amount of
business this popular concern is doing. President Groom tells us that the Daven-
port State Bank has done more business in the past year than in any other year in
its history I his also speaks well of our farmers. It shows that they have bank
accounts that are well worth the solicitation of any bank. It shows that more
livestock is being raised and marketed than ever before in this community.
A|S° Zx W'"h t0 °a" attention to the statement of the Bank of Kendrick in
his issue 1 his concern is a regular patronizer of the New Eta and shows that it
handles the banking business of our neighbors on the north in a very satisfactory
manner. J
In spite of the fact that a number of people vilify and curse the banks we
find the banks a very great necessity in the conduct of business.
Davenport should be-a very-
good town from the mere fact
that we have here six active
churches, all doing their utmost
lor the good of the cause. A
large variety of denominations
are represented, there being the
South Metho list, the Christian,
the Baptist, the Presbyterian, the
Nazarene and the Apostolic, all
oi u horn have regulai services in their various meeting places. During the pa-t
Jew weeks the Sunday Schools of the Methodist. Baptist and Christian churches
i<ive consolidated, making one large Sunday School that meets alternately at the
three < hurche,;. We would be greatly pleased to see all of the churches in Dav -
enpoit united in an effort foi «ood, and believe they could hav more power and
oetter success in the work of the Master were this the case.
In the above illustration we show the junction of the Frisco and Santa Fe railroads at this
place. A,so the illustration shows the wooden trestle that is being replaced with a couple of large
concrete arches. I'his work is being done by a crew of twelve or fifteen men and will take at least
four months to complete. These arches will use several car loads of crushed rock, three or four cars
ol sand and as many of concrete, costing the Frisco people several thousands of dollar , This cement
crew -ias been at work in this vicinity, replacing all the wooden culverts along the Frisco lines.
The Davenport Comet Band and tj^e Davenport Orchestra, under the management of Mr. .1. M.
Kimball, are a couple of organizations that deserve special mention as boosters for Davenport. The
mih us woi ked on and on, year after year, boosting the' town with little encourafjem'Mit and no pay.
11 ( ut ing t ie past few weeks we have arranged for a band concert every Saturd \ afternoon to be
paid fm by the business men, The orchestra is a new organization. May it prosper.
Below we show a picture
of lhe inside of one of our drug
stores. We have two of these
medicine compounding institu-
tions in Davenport that fully
meet the demand of the public
along this line. Also both drug
store have large fountains and
help the Bon Ton Confectionery
suppl\ the cold di >nks to quench
the thirst of our farmer friends
who visit Davenport.
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Tryon, W. M. The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1917, newspaper, May 17, 1917; Davenport, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109418/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.