The Pittsburg Enterprise (Pittsburg, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1912 Page: 8 of 8
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A CEMENT PLANT
This Part of the Country.
PITTSBURG AN IDEAL PLACE
Plenty of Limestone of the Br?t Quality.
Adequate Transportation Facilities.
Cheap Fuel and a Ready Market.
tie*. At one time they were piled
along the Kcxk Island and the Katy
_ tracks for a mile. How many ties
. |i»,
Would Be ii (iood InNcstniont In p“ ^n' k? « it •• hn uht
In a lot of money. The Bank of
: Pittsburg declares that the tie money
i proved in many instances a better
; crop than w heat or oats or alfalfa,
i This year asain there will be a big
, turnout of ties and a picture of the
big pile that usually lies along the
roads will show what a big business
it really is. The average man who
simply sees a farmer coming to town
with a load of ties doesn't appreciate
what money there is in it and what
a help it is to a new farmer on new
land Just getting started in the bual-
DNS.
Of course a miss |s as
mile Inn (here is alway
consolation in knowing that any < er-
tain business man has been looking
at you with a view to ie.atir.it In
vour town. A couple of weeks ago
Pittsburg was the center of the eye?
of a great railway system that .ante
near locating one of their biggest in-
dustries in this thriving city, for
the present. It is sal. they have given
up the idea but the fait is it cannot
be very long before they are forced
to again east their eyes toward this
town and they they will come—or. at
least, we hop?' so
I-ong before this country was set-
tled with the white man. before
Pittsburg was thought of. before
there even was such a thing as Pitts- 1
burg county, the Katy railroad began
to ballast • • r track wrh :
They needed ttieston* for that pur- JOHN SCHAAP dk. SONS,
pose and they found it in a place
called Limestone (lap south of Pitts-
$100.00
Will be paid for ar.y case of Chills
or Fever. Swamp Fever, Dumb Ague.
EiKious or Intermitter.t Fever, or La
Grippe that
SCHAAP S LAXATIVE CHILL TONIC
Will fail to cure if taken according
to direction*;. It is the BEST CHILL
TONIC made. a.*.d is warranted to
cure. It is pleasant to take. Pre-
pared by
burg on their line. There they put
in a big quarry and plant for crush-
ing the stone for ballast. That was
many years ago and in that time they
hare blasted out a huge hole in the!
side of the largest hill in that coun- 1
try. But they vrere out of rock a !
short time ago and either had tc
move their plant or look about and
ret some more stone Now there
happened to be more stone in that
section bui it was much harder to get
at than the old stone had been.
Pittahurg offers an ideal place for
such a plant and there is enough
limestone, almost pure, to warrant
such a plant as the Katy has in work-
ing for 100 years Eventually Pitts-
burg will get such a plant whether
from the Katy or from some other
roa or from some individual.
You may not have noticed it but
this section is largely a sand stone
section. There is a limestone ridge
-—continuation of the one that passes
just south of the townsite of Pitts-
burg—running through this section
of the state. At Hartshorns a ce-
ment plant is locating and others
will Come into this section when the
oil and gas in Kansas and northern
Oklahoma is exhausted. Just 'now
there are twice as many cement
plants in Kansas as can profitably
run and they must seek another mar-
ket for their goods. That market
exists in Oklahoma, Texas and New
Fort SmitFi, Ark.
For sale by all druggists.
To
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Memphis
And The
Southeast
Via
ROCK ISLAM) LINES
A Quick. SafeTrip
Good connections maintained at
Memphis for all points in the
East, Southeast. North, and
Northeast.
Modem equipment and superior
service makes a delightful trip.
Write or see
FAV THOMPSON H. F. HERBIG
Division Passenger Agent Ticl.er Agen!
Oklahoma City. Pittsburg. Okla.
EVERYBODY'S SALES DAY
First Saturday in December Will Be A
Red Letter Day for Pittsburg.
Farmers and Others Cordially Invited to Come to
Our Town on That Day and Enjoy Its
Privileges and Immunities.
Saturday. December the 7th. will be our next Sales Day at Pittsburg, and as this is
our last Salesday oefore Christmas we are trying hard to make it a big one. Bring ail the
family in on the above date and let them select their own Gnristmas presents, while the men
folks will be entertained in the usual way.
All the merchants will give away nice prizes better than ever l ■ >re. and any of them
are worth your trip to Pittsburg. The Pittsburg chamb?r of commerce will give away a
Gutting Harrow, like the one given away once before. L. H. Shaffer will give away a Fur
Scarff. va.ued at S 15.00. Bond's Pharmacy will give away a large and handsome Mirror.
27x48 inches, valued at S20.00. J. W. Waikup will give away an Oriental Pattern Smyrna
Rug size 48x80. retail value S8.50. The Banner Store will give away a pair of handsome
Wooi Blankets valued at $7.00.
All these presents are on display in the above named stores. Gome early and bring
what you have to sell, as trading begins early.. Wishing you a merry Ghristmas. peace,
happiness, and prosperity for the New Year, we are
CONTENT WITH OPPRESSION.
Th# Sicry of Honest John Hawkins
Which Hath a Moral.
Tfc<wn‘s honest John Hawkins, a
m poor. il »<*s n »t want l»«* ri< lM»r:
Nr a
pf»«
imz cimtiMited.
Though <*old Ih* tin* won!her and
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'a a
frequently lioanl t • deH
cannot |
*Kor why sboulil I g rum bit*?** In*
•flea
I can surely gi»t brem! Anil tli<»UL *
fr*»» tifiu will mak<* m.\
deeper, it never will make 1* - i l mid
ehe***** nny cheaper.”
So he cheerfully toils :«f such tasks
as are sent, xml whatcxei* it - far*
Is always content oh, I wish that >on ••
folks who nre smarter a ml richer
V .
ami ditcher
He lives iii the village then* on my
•state, wii improvement euipl*' s
M:n early and late. There live many
livelihood they are indebted to me
They have sense in their heads, they
have strength in their hands, but of
what use vv mid these be except for
my lands? So they humbly with me
I thank the heavenly bounty which gave
them stout muscles auil me half a
! county.
Ttiey have built me h mansion with
' terrace* fair and tower* rising grace-
fully high in tin* air. To me every
season they cheerfully yield each uiau
the first fruits of his flock or his field.
Their souls with mean envy are no-
wise distressed; they Just do the labor
and I do the rest. No questions are
asked how I came to be richer, thanks,
largely, to John Ilawkius, the hedger
and ditcher.
But soon in the future a time I fore-
see when this sweet state of things
will far different be, for (’olnleu and
Bright and that pestilent crew more
mischief have done than they set out
to do.
With specious pretense they encour-
aged the poor to rebel agrdnst ills <j>d
would have them endure, and all the
land over, wherever they went, they
•owed the foul seeds of the weed dis-
content.
Boon questions and arguments ou
every side <lod’s wise dispensations
will baldly deride. Oh. would that some
folks who are smarter and richer wer
more like John Hawkins, the hedg,
and ditcher!—From an Old Rhyme.
New York—For the fir«t Mme 6lnck
w„, „ | - _... , . | Woodrow Wilson became the Demo-
Mexico. Look at a railroad map an.i |___ . .... ... ^ ..
,_____ cratic presidential candidate has Mrs.
reach all | Wilson appeared. She attended In
see how Pittsburg can
these points with itis connection with
the Katy and Rock Island. It is vi
olatlng no secrets to say toat a ce-
ment plant is flirting with Pittsburg.
Here is cheap fuel. coal, the best
fuel in the world and the safest,
limestone that assays
and according to the chemists of the
[ person her husband's daily conference
with reporters, although heretofore
she has made special requests that
she be not quoted nor written about
In the papers.
That Mrs Wilson wished to have
almost pure ,U,I'V “^erstood was that if she be
comes the first lady of the land she
will not, as has been said In a widely
Rock island entirely suitable for distributed interview, hare packages
Portland cement, first class railroad of cigarettes in her personal desk at
facilities that reach Into the seit u.i the White House and indulge in smok-
of country that is showing the most ln* with her callers,
rapid development in the Inlted 1 Through Governor Wilson, Mrs Wii
States. son asked that publicity be giTen to a
The day is passed for a p ant to be t<T ,he Thad w?,,*n'? ,h* ot
„ , the State Journal at Columbus. O.. re-
locate in a section just for specula-
tion. Plants are located these days
so that they can operate economic-
ally. A cement plant can earn s
larger dividend on^its capital in
Pittsburg than in any other town in
this section of the state. And we
have just stated the time is fast com-
ing when the cement plants mu?;
seek coal for fuel. In fact, that time
is alreay here. And Pittsburg will
be at the bat when any of them
want to look for a place where the;
can really make money.
TUI WINTERS ( lioP.
Tie Indu-try
and \\ age
I urnishes Employment
- to a lad of People.
In most countries when the wheat,
oats, corn and alfalfa are gathered
in the season's crops are completed
and the farmer has nothin: to do but
look around and make arrangements
for next jaer Not so with the farm-
ers around Pittsburg Just now
they are preparing for the winter
crop of- railroad ties
Some people declare that the fare
to buy is one that needs no work .n
tbe clearing. But there is another
side to the story. When the crop
is on th land to lie cleared is value-
less the statement is probably true
But it must be remembered that
many farms about Pittsburg contain
timber tbat is as valuable as the land
pudtating an alleged interview with
her In which she defended cigarette
smoking for women The interview
bad come to her in a letter signed
"American Citiien." which said:
“Dear Madam—I can scarcely think
of any greater calamity to tbe young
women of the nation than to resd such
a preachment at your interview otter*
them. I am a workingman, and I see
men lose their jobs almost every day
because they are incapacitated for
work by the use of the cigarette. If
smoking doe* this for strong men
what will it do for girls and women?'
The "interview” was indeed a cor
dial indorsement of the woman smok
er Here are some of its assuring
phrases, all credited to Mr*. Wilson :
“A woman writer for a syndicate o!
Sunday newspapers asked Mrs. Wood
row Wilson If she agreed with Ger
trade Atherton's opinion of the smok
lng of cigarettes by semen. She smll
lngly exhibited three cigarette boxes
piled In the corner of her desk, all tul
empty.
“ 'Why shouldn't & woman smoke U
she enjoy* it?” she queried.
" 'Why hasn't eke just as much right
to a cigarette aa a man? Certainly 1
agree with Mrs. Atherton that anj
existing prejudice against women
smoking Is to the last aUly and ab
surd.
“ Smoking cigarettes is a question
of manner*, not moral*. It promote*
good fellowship.
“•Come women feel that a rtgaretf*
calms their nerves and helps theii
brains into working order. Personally
smoking diffuses my thoughts Instead
itself and a fanner when be dear- of concentrating them. I enjoy it at 1
the land finds that be has the !.«n i1 *f,0r »f"r-<llan‘'r «>*" Both am
l .k i pleasant ways of ending and finishing
free. Last winter the people about o9 add to conviviality and good
this city bold thousand* of ia.-road fcllo* **
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THOUGHTS ON MOVING DAY.
Hsfn, a Thing of the Past For Dwell-
ers In Great Cities.
The home Is a thing of tbe past for
the great majority of the dwellers in
•very great city, anil more ami more
tbe city dwellers are becoming tbe
•Terwhelmiug majority of the popula-
tion.
The word home has always carried
with it something of the idea of per-
•salience.
One of the points which distinguish
man from the brute is tbe long child
hoist of humanity. At an age when
the animal is fighting his way in the
world or even rearing a family of his
• w-a the human child is still iu need
af close parental care.
This means that the human home de-
• tauds this element of |<ermanenee Iu
a higher degree than any or all the be-
ings that have come before.
This racial necessity lias been bull*
Into the very life and literature of hn
inanity. In song and story for ages tbe
lore of home has been sung, and al-
ways the old home.
It Is the home in which one has be-:i
born and played and suffered tbat
awakes those memories that have ever
been one of tbe most powerful force?
of social solidarity.
Today this sort of home is gone.
Capitalism moves its human com-
modities. its l-carers of wage labor,
hither and thither as profits may de-
mand. Constant changes in the loca-
tion of industry, the amount of wages,
the rate of rent, ail send these human
pawns forth to find new shelters.
There is a way that this can be
changed, that the home can be restored
and the worker transformed from a
"wanderer upon the face of the earth-'
Into a human being with su-’h a degree
of permanent location as be may de-
sire.
This change cannot come so lone as
another cliss determines where anl
how the laborer shall lire—A. M. Si-
mons In Chicago Daily Socialist.
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To This We Have Come!
If It Ih- true that "the average wage
earner has made up his mind that he
must remain a wap? earner." as a
prominent labor leader claims, what-
ever may Ih- the cause, then organircil
Industry has ceased to tv- the aid and
helper of democracy, for democracy
requires as the first necessity of its
existence mobility of condition as op-
posi-d to fixity of condition The mo-
ment the average man of any class
anise, to aspire and accepts his eond
tion as fixed, that moment he ooa? -s
to express himself in the spirit of de-
mocracy President Tucker of Dart-
mouth College
In tbe Socialist Direction.
Aa w aa stati-d In tills paper several
weeks ago, the Socialists carried the
city of t 'openhagcti, Denmark, and
non tlici an- bol foot arter the public
service corporation? The clt.v council
bus lust mint to municipalise the street
railway lllica of Copenhagen The
company ? rtntieliUo lias expired 'ts
equipment I. old. and it will not re
* ........ of n«m|mutation for
having done the people the great faior
of doing Ini,lues? in their streets T s
......... ll"' t-ii'i-iHitton was '.W to U
' ’........ 1 " III l-e direct It of th,- new
iiiimii-ipiii Hi II tv ay Ok* v el and CiUseo.
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Williams, B. W. The Pittsburg Enterprise (Pittsburg, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1912, newspaper, December 5, 1912; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1043018/m1/8/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.