The New Era. (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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IN POLITICS - A FAIR
OEAL FOR EVERYONE
TFRESTS OF ONE OF
THE BEST TOWNS IN
OKLAHOMA
Vol. 3. No. 17.
DAVENPORT, LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1911.
$1.00 per year
Among The Farmers
To the boys of Oklahoma:—
You are expected to bring
great distinction to your state
this year.
You have a great opportunity
and I believe you are going to
rise to the occasion. The prizes
offered to you by Senators Owen
and Wore, as well as those offer-
ed by citizens in the various
counties, show the interest your
leading men have in you and
your work-
Allow me to call your atten-
tion to the prize of one thousand
dollars in gold given by Senator
Robert L. Owen. As a rule
prizes have gone to one or two
boys in each club who stood
highest, but this offer is differ-
ent. You will have a chance to
honor your club, your county,
and your state, as well as your-
self. Senator Owen will give
$1,000 in gold as follows: 1500
to the county club which makes
the best records with forty boys;
$300 to the club which comes
third.
There may be more than forty
boys in a county club but when
it comes to select the team to
represent the county in the con-
test with other counties, only
forty with the best records will
be chosen. Yoi can see bow
every boy in the distinguished
group of forty will get a fine
prize as his share of the gold.
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Sat. May 20
We are serving the
finest home made ice
cream at 5 cts in dish
or cones. ' 'The proof of
the pudding is the eat-
ing.
Home Bakery
Furthermore this office will de-
sign and furnish a beautiful
badge for every boy in the prize
winning forties. Each group of
forty will be sub-divided into
four classes, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and
4th, and the awards apportioned
to each.
As you already know, Senator
Gore offers his prize trip to
Washington again. Every mem-
ber of our corn clubs in Oklaho-
ma has the opportunity to work
for this wonderful trip.
Now you may be anxious to
know what you must do. In the
first place be sure that you are a
member of a County Corn C,ub.
If there is no club in your coun
ty ask your county superintend
of education to organize one.
The business men will offer more
prize3 and the teachers will help.
Our agents will advise you and
talk to your meetings whenever
they can. Give your name and
address to your teacher with the
request that it be sent to the
county superintendent of educa-
tion, or to the county organizer
of the club. When the names
and addresses are sent to this of-
fice we shall send circulars and
bulletins from time to time
throughout the year, giving sug-
gestions on seed selection, pre-
paration, fertlization, and cul-
tivation. Prepare your acre of
land if you have not already
done so, because the time is short
and all lines of work must be
rushed.
You will be judged this fall
on four points in connection with
your crop vjz:
Yield, 30 per cent.
Showing of profit, 30 per cent.
Best ten ears, 20 per cent.
It will be necessary to keep an
accurate account and a careful
record of all expe ises and work.
We shall send circulars and re
port forms giving suggestions.
You want to make a large yield,
but you must be economical,
and do such profitable farming
that it will demonstrate to all of
your neighbors that large crops
can be made at small cost. You
will need to get good seed which
has made large crops in Oklaho-
ma or nearby. In the fall select
your best ears from the best
stalks in the field for exhibit and
for seed. It is very important
for you to study the circulars
and bulletins and study the corn
the soil and other conditions, so
that you can write a history of
your crop in simple clear lang
uuage, showing that you have
learned some important princip-
les of good farming.
Get busy and show what kind
of stuff you boys are made of.
We stand ready to advise and
aid you in every way possible.
Very truly yours,
S. A. KNAPP.
Special agent in charge.
Lady Maccabee's Feast
A ftjw weeks ago the Macca-
bee's started a friendly contest
among themselves to secure new
members. At the close of the
contest the losing side was to
treat the winners. Miss Athalia
Quackenbush w as leader of the
'"Stars", and Mrs. Clyde Price
leader of the "Diamonds." The
Stars proved to be poor workers
and at the final counting of
points the score stood 516 to 200,
in favor of the Diamonds.
Tuesday night after the re
gular business meeting of the
Hive, the Stars fulfilled their
promise and treated the Di-
amonds to a delicious three
course lunch. The Hall was
tastefully decoiated with red and
white roses and each table bore a
center piece of roses in the form
of a star. The first course serv-
ed consisted of dried apples and
prunes, both very "swell" eat-
ing. The second course was
salad, sandwichs, olives and
lemon punch, and last ice cream
and cake. The diamonds agreed
that even if the Stars were a
little slow about securing new
members, they certainly could
have won an easy victory in a
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SHAWNEE, OKLA.
Formal Opening of Benson Park for this year
will take place on
Sunday May 21st.
Day and Night Fireworks, Band
Concerts, Boston bloomer Girls
ball Game, Park Amusements,etc,
Benson Park is better than ever this year, Come
Benson Park
contest of culinary skill.
About twenty ladies enjoyed
the feast, five of them being in-
vited guests: They were Mrs.
Shaw, Ware, Quackenbush and
Mrs. J. W. Fristo of Kentucky,
and Mrs. J. M. Hotter of New-
kirk Okla.
A Good Farmer
T he Era force took dinner
last Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
T. W. Massey, who live on what
is known as the Clark place a
short distance east of town.
With regards to the dinner it
might be said that anyone who
misses a chance to eat at Mrs.
Mssseys table is making a serious
mistake.
After dinner a trip was made
over the farm The place is lo-
cated so that part of the land
under cultivation is on the hill-
side and the remainder is bottom
land over which a great volum
of water flows at every heavy
rain. To guard against the
washing that would eventually
render the farm valueless, Mr.
Massey has done a great amount
of work. He has built a system of
ditches to conduct the water
where he wants it to go, and
where it has broken through and
cut out ditches he has carefully
made little dams of rock to stop
further damage and, by catch-
ing other soil that washes down,
to repair what damage has been
done. He has a large amount
of water to take care of at every
hard rain but he seems to be in
shape to handle a flood without
serious damage. It is unfortu
nate that the land in this county
requires such constant care, but
it does, and the only salvation
for the fellow with hillside land
seems to be constant vigilence
ortoresoit to Bermuda. The
creek where it touches tne Clark
place is very crooked and, until
lately choked with brush. The
latter has in a great measure
been remedied by some hard
work with axe, A big "ox bow"
is being cut off by a short chan-
nel and several acres more of
valuable land can soon be added
to the bottom.
Mr. Masse.y's cotton had been
in the ground, some of it two
weeks, and some three. It all
looked about alike. The older
was just putting on the fifth leaf.
The upland was right along with
the bottom because it had been
well manured. Corn was boom-
ing.
The Masseys raise a cracker-
jack garden and a big fiock of
chickens. The Era believes Mr.
Massey is a good farmer and
hopes he will make a barrel of
money this year.
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What About Your
Vacation?
What do you expect to do
with your summer vacation t
Time is too valuable to be idled
away. In view of this fact the
Enid Business College has out-
lined a special course for the
summer, especially arranged for
a Bookkeeping course, a Short
hand course, a Penmanship
course, a Normal course, all cal-
culated to give vou the most in
the shortest possible time.
Should you desire to continue
and complete the work, Should
you desire to complete the full
course of the Enid Businoss
College. This work is soarrang
ed that you can do it without
loss of time. The term is now
open. So don't delay but mat-
riculate as early as possible.
For any further information
address the Enid Business Col-
lege, J. E. George, President,
Enid Okla. 2t
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Will buy as many, good gro-
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you your money's worth. We
are careful in weighing or meas-1
ureing our staples as well as our!
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any mistake we gladly make it j
right. We have just received a|
shipment of fresh fruits that we
Know will please you.
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How many times you have to wait for a de-
livery of groceries unless you order from a store
like ours where prompt delivery is a matter on
which we pride ourselves.
How many times do you find when "a meal is
nearly ready that you have forgot something very
necessary. If you have trouble of that kind
phone your orders to us for we know how to care
for these wants
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In order to make room for my mid-summer
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cent reduction on all Coats, Skirts, silk dresses,
coat suits and hats.
You should make selection of what you
need early
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insurance and look after rentals.
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The New Era. (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1911, newspaper, May 18, 1911; Davenport, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109794/m1/1/: accessed May 14, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.