Taloga Times-Advocate (Taloga, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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TALOGA TIMES-ADVOCATE
Cll/</«AOi< 4 ~ it T_ I W • *
Vol. 30 No. 24
Successor to the Taloga Times, Taloga Advocate, Camargo Comet, Lenora Leader and Seilin
Wheat Growers
Controll Harper
County Wheat
Growers' Association Has
Over Fifjy Percent of
County's Wheat
Contracted.
Enid, Ok la., Nov. 23—(Spec-
ial)—Hnroer county is the nrst
county in Oklahoma where • the
wheat u'reage is controlled by
the Oklahoma Wiieat Growers'
association nine-; the drive for
th controll of the «itate acreage
began last month, John Manley,
Secretary, announced from the
state office today. More than
fifty peicent of the acrrage is
•wned by members of the assoc-
iation and contracts are b ing
signed at such a rate of speed j
that it is evident that the aasoc-1
iation will have 75 percent of thi
wheat before Decem ber 1.
John Manley. state secretary,
announce 1 iast month, that a con
certed membership drive wuiiid
be waged by the association dar-
ing the winter months in an
effort for tne association to con-
troll the 1924 wheat crop. Ot er
w . at producing couiuits will be
visiied in the near future, he
said.
Taloqa. Dewey County. Oklahoma. Thursday. November 22.
S Messenger
1923
A Good Move
We understand that pe-
titions will be circulated in
a few days to call an elect-
ion to vote bonds to build a
convention hall in Taloga.
This is a good move and
shcull have the endorse
ment of every citizen of
Taloga.
* r.
A good place for public
meetings is needed and it
will, also, serve as a r laco
for our schools to uave
their gatherings instead of
having to go to t!ie audi-
torium, which is out of the
way for a meeting that is
held in town.
Official County Paper
Friends Charivari
Taloga Newly-weds
OF
-JUST A FEIV-
OUR REGULAR PRICES
A Charivari party was t-tiged
here Tuesday night, Mr. and
Mrs, Dennis Stidham, newiy
weds, being the guests of honor.
Some of the young folks about
town thought that Dennis wa
trying to steal away with some
other parties, so they blockaded
t.ie bridge across the river ar.d
took him from a car and brou, ht
:iim to town and placed him in
j til lor safe keeping. Altered
Mrs. Stidham was taken tl. re
also.
At seven o'clock a large ri-n -
b<?r had gathered in I he court
house square and found an old
TALOGA SCHOOL NEWS
SM. JV FAIRCHILO, rOITCR
"Take care of the minute* and
the hours will tako care of them-
selves"—Franklin. Franklin may
i'fo have said: "Better late than
never." Tardiea are bad. very
oad, but an unavoidable tardy is
| better tnan an absence. The
"chool time is received regularly
from Central and bells rung by
san. j. The tardy gong is sounded
five minutes after the last bell
both in the morning and after-
noon.
E-rch week a pupil is chosen to
care for the plants which have
beei. brcu^ht by the pupils in the ,?
third and fourth grades. week for on °Peratl0«
TIMELY
■ A
We received word this morn
ing that Dee White died at l is
home in Dewey township yester-
day. Internament will be made
at the Fairview cemetary to-day.
Mr. White was one of the ear-
ly settlers of that vicinity and
served a term as commissioner
a few years ago.
He leaves a host of friend to
mourn the loss of a good citizen
and neighbor.
Favors Johnson Grass
Arapaho, Okie., — Exper-
• ience in the Washita river
bottom near here has
fihownthat Johnson grass
"is a wonderful hay and
pasture crop." instead of
the much maligned nuis-
ance it hat been often con-
sidered, according to a re-
port made by C, H. Guer-
nesy, Custer County Farm
Agent.
Co-ops Are
Most Successful
in Oklahoma
Co-operative Marketing is
Success in Oklahoma,
Says Editor o f
Joplin Globe.
Taloga Couple
Quietly Married
Gus Peters from the Bloom-,
fteld neighoorhood passed throux| dennis Stidham and
n on his way home from I 'ncZ MauP'n wtre quietly
Clifton last Saturday. He took I ^y Foster who
Miss
mar-
per-
Exa mi nation In the grades
this week, also in the high school
for second period.
Earl Newell enrolled in the
eighth grade Monday,
Armv Blankets, new
Two for $8 CO
Pair Cotton Blankets $3 25
86-inch 0 r.ing Fiannel 25c
Percales 20c
Hand Picked Apples $1.50
Henry Diston Hand
Saws.. $2.00
Flake White Compound 18c
4 to 5 pjund axes $1.^5
RA/VZA B. BOGGESS
Taloga, Ok/a.
cultivator which was used a.-
conveyance for the newly v. eds
and a procession was formed let.
oy the Taloga Jazz Orchestra
and marched down main street
to the Ideal Pharmacy where,
after Mr. Stidham was called on
for a speech, the crowd was
treated to cigars and candy.
Rice L°ake made a* trip to Ok
lahoma City the first of the
•veek after a load of oil for But-
er Bros. Gaiage.
TURKEYS FOR SALE
Pure Bred WHITE HOLLAND
Turkeys. Toms $6, Hens $5. Ste
Mrs. R. L. Foster, Taloga, Okla.
The third and fourth grade
folks found Tuesday morning
that they had a new teacher-
Mrs. Dennis Stidham. Previous
to that time Mus Maupin had
been her name.
viiuiuii lost omuruay. ne IOOK [ ' —wuu per-
his wife to the hospital there last 'orm^d the ceremony that united
week for on operation for ap-1 t^iera 'D '^e Holy bonds of matri
pendicitis. He reports that whei. I monJr-
he left she was doing fine ana Miss Maupin is a young lady ot
thought that she would scon be charming personality and has
able to come home. made a host of friends during
We printed bill. thi. week en- MaVuln®,". ft'' * ,ister ?'
nouncing a sale (or Paul Bowse, i^h^Tm -.i,1'.?®60
1 3 4 miles east of Aledo on Tuesfeti ™ ™ wblle
dav. Njv. 27. Hp w.J te^h,"« «cho<> here this winter.
Mr. Stidham is a capable young
day, Nov. 27. He has rented his
farm and will offer all of his farm
stock for sale.
The Seiling girls and Lenora
boys will play basket ball with
us here Friday night. Let all bas-
ket ball supporters be out to see
us win-*or lose—as the case may
be. Up to the time we played
these teams last Friday we hope
we had been good winners and
after that good losers. Our boys
did not know the game on a big
out door court and our girls were
outclassed in six-, it seemed,
with the Seiling girls. Both were
good clean games.
We have been having some
nrghty fine weather the pasi
few days and wheat is taking
advantage of it in making a
ir-fid gro i. Some ot our far-
mers say that the chinch bug is
working some in the wheat, but
believe that the wheat will not
be injured as it is now growing
so fast that the bugs can not
beep up with the growth.
man and has grown up in thia va-
cinity. He now holds the posi-
tion as asiiitant cashier of the
First National Bank a t this
place.
They will make their future
home in Taloga.
This paper joins the many
friends in wishing them a long
and happy life-
For the past year the Okla-
homa Wheat Growers' Associa-
tion, organized for the purpose
ox co-operative marketing, has
gained more than an average of
ten new members a day. It noi^
has more than nine thousand
members and the great mojority
are enthusiastic about the plan-
Just at present checks for ap-
proximately one million dollars
are being mailed out to these
farmers. It is tbe second pay-
ment for wheat in the 1923 pooL
It brings ail payments to 65
cents per bushel on the basis No.
1 wheat, and John Manley, secre
tary, states members will have
two more payments csming.
A total of 3,250,000 busLels of
wheat was handled in the 1922
poo'- For the first year of act-
ual operations this must be con-
sidered highly satisfactory..
Neaily 6.000. C,30 bushels of the
1923 crop has been pooled, and it
is considered certain the 1924
crop will show still larger per-
centage of the total crop handled
by this co-operative plan of mar-
keting which Jjas been approved
by President Coolidge and other
high government officials.
' —Joplin Globe.
KEEP YOUR MONEY ACTIVE
Money in the Sock Yields No Dividends
The agriculture class has learn-
ed recently that grasshoppers
sometimes hatch in the fall. A
number of tiny one* were found
on a recent search for the in-
tecis.
A deal was made this week
whereby Ranza Boggess will
move b s store into the building
Several of our local sportsmen occupied by this office on Dec-
l.ave been going over on thf l®ri«ber 1st. We will move our
North Canadian River hunting l"ffice into the building just west
ducks the past few evenings. 1°^ Shu tise & Rigg store.
They say that there are lots of I When in town hunt us up and
ducks there, but flying too high I tell U3 a" the news from your
Chas. Davis, an old timer of
the Camargo neighborhood, wa
attending to business affairs ii
the county seat last Monday. He
there is a bunch of surveyors-
there viewing the riv< r for a new
crossing for the rail road.
Vera Steers from Thomas was
visiting relatives and friends in,
Taloga the first of the week.
DEAD CAPITAL
stagnates all the
and commerce.
channels of business
A TIME DEPOSIT
of your surplus funds is a good invest-
ment.
PRINCIPAL
drawing interest is like a growing tree.
IDLE HANDS
never tilled the soil nor gathered its
crops.
SO IT IS
with your capital, it must be kept do-
in something.
WE SHALL
be pleased to talk over our time deposit
proposition with you.
FIRST NATION A L BANK
Ta:oga - - Ok glioma
A iai ge soap weed root haa
been added to our collection of
curiowtjes and n.ontrositics.
Walter Pollock and Mary Collier
can testify to the fact that it was
Mtivaged from the river bed in
ilie neighborhood of a scene of u
"fc einuie Roast" one night laet
week when a bunch of farty
urgeters enjoyed themselves
ti m 6:30 till 9:00 P. X chaper-
on, d by Mrs. Conrad.
'i he boys and girls who were
St.cday ochool pupila of Mra
C.r.ton itceivtd a fine letter
from that lady recently. The
school, as well aa the church,
misses her for ahe was always
it. u rested in our activities.
Co the whole we cao say that
gin d work is being done by
higi school p ipils. but in each
*ut .cct there ia pr. uably one or
*noi e who needs to do more home
stu« y if they expect to make
ng grades. Parent, is your
<i4 or girl studying any at
o« u e?
to get many of them.
Frank Bellview from Enid was
visiting with relatives in Taloga
the first of the week.
I neighborh>od.
Watch f or our Christmas offer.
o see a liv.- uire i
j cmetry. Instead of
r citathn, the pupils I
;« ! ed if he .r -h • is n
(dance t'j prove
each day.
!ass<1 v sit
shuni.ing
profy.
Lenora School Items
We have a new flag in our
high school class room and an
attractive picture on the wail
back of the teacher's desk.
Miss Thomas says some of her
pupiIs will have to learn to talk
if they if they exp.ct to be
teachers.
The pupils of the Lenora wing
are sorry to change teachers but
are glad sinca a change must be
made to have Mre. Pearl Kunc
as the new teacher.
The Taloga Basket Bali team
played the Lenora boys Friday
on the Lenora court. The score
■tood 13 to 25 in favor of Lenora
it was an exc.ting game. We
realise the Taloga boya were at a
disadvantage on an out-door
court and hope they will realiz*
that our b.ivs are at a disadvan-
tage on an indoor court.
The school board has recently
put in a new steel book case. We
now have a safe place for bojks
and science eqjipmeu'.
The new science equipment j
haf just come. Now we can study i
science lijii.
The p; * u . > r„ Ft* !
at Rilej w-.< : t?
_ mfocitui uiu
(eight uoiur*
'* -* «cpenJed for books .nd p!^-'
ground equipment.
QfaaaamaeBt
The new Fcrd cars are now ready for your
inspection, i producing change* that iaaptove
the appeira; ce of the various body types and
increase then coaaiort and utility.
They o3er ? eu not only economical acd depend-
able tra risp ; ration, kut also a more attractive
style and .-ater shaie ol motoring convenience
—a coinbin .tion tkat makes the outstanding
value of Ford cars more impressive than eves.
See trie new Ford models ao\ on display ia
our showroom.
The** cuts ram be obtained l'mu-b
tbe Fan! W—ity Pmrebate Kn.
BLTL -.R BROS. Taloga, Okla.
wAKS • TRUCKS • TRACTOICS
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