THE PRAGUE RECORD.
(Successor to The Prague Patriot.)
Official Town Paper. 
FRANK NIPPER, gd.it or
Prague, Lincoln County, Oklahoma,
luued Every Thur day. $1.00 Per Year.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter May 13, 1909, at the Postoffice at
Prague, Oklahoma, under Act of March 3, 1879.
A Newspaper For All The People.
IFS
TH B.PJJAUUK HKCOiri).
Don't Forget That
Barrett (Si) Graham
has one cf the ' test stocks of Groceries in Prague,
and are selling at lowest prices. Their iine of Dry
Goods, Furnishings, Shoes and Hosiery is complete
in every particular. Special attention given the
Farmers' Trade. They want your Produce. L se
ACME FLOUR—satisfaction in every sack—none better.
Advertising Rates.
Our advertising rates for 1913
are as follows:
Display advertising, 6 inches
or over, per inch, 15c
Contract,500 inches or over. 10c
Locals, per line, one or more
issues, per line, each time, • • 5c
Professional cards, 1 inch, per
month 50c
WHY SOME MERCHANTS ARE
tyOBI.N'Q HUSINESH
Editor's Note—ThU article which
recently appeared In The Drysooili-
man. gives the result of an Investiga-
tion by Mr. O. A. Charles, President
of the National Home Trade League.
It has been said that this decade
1910 to 1920 will decide the fat<> or
rather the future of the retail busi-
ness as an Institution, if the decis-
ion Is to be In favor of the retail
business there must bo a "right about
face" on the part of the country re-
tall mercnant in his relation to his
local newspaper and In writing this
article I believe that If I toll Just
what I discovered In a number of
towns on n recent trip I can Illustrate
this point more forcibly.
About the middle of April I started
on a tour throuuh central Illinois,
making the towns of Champaign, De-
catur. Taylorvllle, Pana, I.ltchlleld, |
Alton and Gillespie, and this story
deals with what I found in those
towns. At Champaign I found a
atate of affairs in the relations of
the newspapers and business men
that I would -hot have believed pos-
sible. One of the principal newspap-
ers of the town had l>een openly an-
tagonistic to the Chamber of Com-
merce, and had l>ee-i lighting prac-
tically every effort of that body to
better trade conditions.
The editor of tWI*' hwwspaper had
been expelled from tho (Chamber soma
Ave years previous, upd tlie original
trouble was almost forgotten. Yet,
there was still a failure to get togeth-
zr. r;
The facts In th« case showed that
the light was the result largely of
misunderstanding,'- both' sides t>elng
equally to blame. But there was no
effort being made to effect a recon-
ciliation. —
This condition had seriously In-
jured the town and retarded its pro-
gress. and for thrrc. }£i rs bad been
totally unnecessary even 1( there was
an excuse tor the beginning of the
light. ' ,
To show how easily a thing of this
kind can be settled. I personally called
on the editor of the paper. 1 was
pleasantly surprised at tlndlng a very
friendly, amicable man. u man who
had the interests of the city al heart,
as much as any man In the town.
I found that he had been very much
misunderstood, and after discussing
the matter at length I asked him if
-ho was willing to let by-goncs be by-
gones, and to light for the town,
shoulder to shoulder with the busi-
ness men instead of against them.
His answer was. "I am willing to
do all I can for this city and this
community. I am willing to lot by-
gones be by-cones and work together
for the good of Campaign."
i The result of this was to bring
about more cordial relations between
the merchants and this newspaper,
and as a direct consequence, better
/eellng generally In the town.
I claim no personal credit for brnlg-
ln  about an understanding between
the business men and newspapers In
tills one city. Anyone could have
gained the same results. What I
want to Illustrate Is that ssrh a con-I
dltlon Is totally unnecessary and that
where misunderstandings do (*ist
and where there are differences of
opinion there Is a common ground for
getting together the welfare of the
town. Certainly all should be will-
ing to inake some sacrifice when the
Interest of "my town" Is a stake.
I next went to Taylorvllle, a beau-
tiful little city of about 700 popu
state It Is also an Important mining,
center anil should be a pro!.ta de lo- j
ration for retail merchants Instead of
a market for the larg • stores o* n -
atur, Springfield aiul St. l,ouis. as
well as a dumping ground of the mall
order houses. When I visited the
freight stations with a merchant I
found more goods consigned to con-
sumers than there were shipments
consigned to merchants.
I was not at all lurprlsed to I'l.'l
that the merchants of Taylor.villc
were'not advertisers In their ducal
papers.
There are two good dally papers in
the town, each having h circulation of
approximately 2,.100, and an advertis-
ing rate of less than ten cents per
rolumn Inch. Yet. aside from a couple
of shoe stores and a few p'm-crv
stores, practically ttu merchants in
the town advertised at all. In fact I
was told, and not by the newspaper
owners either, that there was a tacit
understanding among the drygoods
merchants of the town not to adver-
tise.
The local papers were forced to go
to the larger cities for support to en-
able! them to exist, and they carried
advertising from stores of Sprlnjtleld
and Decatur.
1 asked the editor of one parer
how much local advertising It would
be necessary for him to get from the
local merchants to Influence him to
refuse advertising of out-of-town
merchants. He replied. "Only about
$2011 or $?00 worth a year." Thjnlc
of it! For the sake of  200 or JIUIO
worth of suuporl Litu editor was forc-
ed to (111 his column* with advertis-
ing from the city stores, What must
be the fate of merchants who will sit
idly by and watch their customers go
to some other town. Intluenced by ad-
vertising in their own local papers,
when this Iniluence could be used In
their favor through spending J2U0 or
 ::00 In advertising their own goods.
I am glad td'say that this condition
In Taylor Mile will be. corrected. The
j papers have begun a Home Trade
| compnlgn, anil will do their part to
build up their lowu. giving the mer-
chants a chance, to show their ap-
Don't Buy That Stove Until U See
OUR LINE OF
MOHAWK
"HOT BLASTS,"
the stove that gives the greatest a-
mount of heat from the smallest a-
mount of fuel. The price is right.
Your wife would appreciate a
NEW COCK STOVE or RANGE:
Come in and see the Panama and Renown Ranges and get our prices on them.
A Full Stock of New Lap Robes
that will meet your fancy, and will please you in weight, quality and in price.
Aait lo Diamond Washing Machine, No. 22,
it is a labor-saver for the women and makes "wash days' pleasant days.
Parks (N: Barry,
Phone 45.   Prague. Okla.
r „ j i \v M iwho lives in Otffu^ee
Out substantial farmer . riend. . • • • •. . Mp Maves s
his per.oi.nl efforts, hut w.ll ' derate
«•  "«<■" * \ a.
farmers throughout the entire affecteil uistrux
that appeared . W*. ^ ^ put tlmt
6*  Co., going to Wm out
machine or „ on the & (, Co., told in
the matter li what n repim-.uat wi„ a|j(, voUt.|, for the
presence of otnei ' " j> () & (; 0r not,
matter. Whetlier the lord interests wll •
„r <rbother Ibero is any truth to the matter or not, " * 1
the afon-aid representatives, yet we ,1„ know Iron,  lmt we hint a.
ready seen li.a, there is a ri.lit smart Lit of ' unea .m® in
entire auto manufacturing circles just at the present time.
The '"fir.-t" union Tlianksgivinu' service# to be held by the
churches in Prague for a nu.aU,- of years was that ot last 1 urs-
d „i,l,t at ti, M. K. Chun-:,. The attendance was ^.,1 and an
• " , , .. . k 'I' Heatlv of the Presbyterian
excellent sermon delivered by Met. K 1. Hutu. j
church. The son* service was one of unu.-ual merit. f
Hopkins. ll v. SI.[«, of tlu- M. I-   
M. K. Church. South, also assisted with the service and . i, to U
hoped that the "Union Thanksgiving" meeting will now be an an-
nual occurrence among the churches in Prague.
We acknowledge the following invitation from the Chamber
of Commerce of Guthrie. p,
"Dear Sir:—We want vou to be the personal gue^t oi the da. -
ber of Commerce while attending *l.e opening ancl cledieation of
Guthrie's new one hundred thousand dollar Municipal bath House,
Thursday. December 11. Vour money will he no good as long
as you stay inside of the city limits. Come if you can and remem-
ber the lady is we homed also."
Yours very truly,
FKED L. WENNKH. Secretary.
CHINCH RUG PROCLAMATION
Governor L-e Crutv has i-sn--! !us annual "chinch bug procla-
mation," whit ii wiH he found in full elsewiiere in this i*sue of the
Record. As a usual thing, proclamations are very dry reading, but
this is one rhat < # tanner - oul J read and comply with the Gover-
nor's request, it wift U- wort'.i r.iuc'i money for you if you will do
That we will accept of tii generous invitation, we assure Mr.
Wenner and his honorable Association, and trust that we will be
able to partake of that hospitality arid good cheer for which Guthrie
is noted.
A statewide eampulgn for the ex-
termination of the chinch bug. one of
Oklahoma farmers" greatest enemies,
is urged* in a proclamation issued by
Governor Cruce Monday morning,
designating December 1!? as the day
to begin the work. Destruction by
lire or otherwise of tbe places where
the bugs take refuge in the winter is
plan, following is the procla-
mation:
"During the month of December,
1912, at the request of those who had
given the matter th<; most careful
<*•><> wltn wnrt* nniuarilv in-
terested In the grain products of this
state, I issued a proclamation desig-
nating certain days upon which all
farmers were asked to burn stubble,
tufts of grass and other hiding places
of crop destroying Insects. A num-
ber of farmers, realising the import-
, ceinuer, l'JU. j
ance of the object ot the ; ..1EE CRL.CE, Governor of oklahoma:
tlon, eontriliuted their efforts towards I
a destruction of these insects; Out a A guI, ~7,tion t0 the
iarge number of the farmers paid lit- ( ^ ^ ^ ^ invMtment
Ml
GET THE RIGHT FLOUR
For the Right Purpose
should this das. because of rain or j
other reason, be. such as the proela- | 1I « AM PI All!)
matlon cannot ,1m o'. served. the.i I qLJJE RIdDOh I LvUH
A Soft Wheat Flour For
BISCUITS AND PASTRY
Minnetonka Lumber Co.
O. W. Appleby, Manager, Prague, Okla.
First-Class Building
Material of All Kind
We Sell The Famous BUCKEYE
Galvanized Iron Hog Wire.
WE FURNISH BUILDING ESTIMATES FREE!
MBER.
request tnat tne lira! nay inere;
that is suitable be observed for this
purpose.
"In witness whereof. I have hereun-
to set my hand and caused to be af-
fixed the great seal of the state o.*
oklahoma, this the 1st day of De-
>mber, 19i:s.
UPPER TEN FLOUR
A Hard Wheat Flour For
BREAD OR ROLLS
Aak Your Gr .cer
PLANSIFTER MILLING CO.
OKLAHOMA ClTY
I preciation by supporting their home
papers
In Pana. Hlllsboro. I.ltchfleld. and
otiter towns I found tit** same condi-
tion—newspapers forced to no to the
larger cities for advertising, and the
people going to those larger towns
and cities to buy their merchandise,
having been influenced by that adver-
tising.
The country newspaper Is the main
spring of the country town, and the
country town will never run proper-
ly as long as it* merchants allow that
main spring to run down or rather,
to put it plainly, as long as they
force their local newspaper to ga to
the city to sell the space that should
be used in building up the local busi-
ness.
tit' or no attention to the proclama-
tion. The result is now apparent, and
every grower of small grain in the
state, especially in the northern and
western sections, appreciating
It
ai vou
[•an makp for a dollar.
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Volume 1. No. 1, of tin1 Tulsa
iiic Evening Sun l'i'achetl our table
ra\ ages wrought by the chinch ilu. | Wednwdar. This  .anew_dai-
■turln, the pas, year. Th- dostru,- ly for the thnv.lg 0,1 City of the
tlon tney diu 13 the wheat and oat j RTP'tt South w t*St.
crop alone totaled millions of dollars,   '
and rnanv farmer, are feeling the .'uft roceivcd ,1 Till; now rtw
hand ot adversity which would not Kn,. ,-.>niiner.-iHl stationary Hi t.ie
have been so heavily laid upon them ! Uwrn nltice.
If they had taken this precaution. i    ~"
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"A great many people were under A Marvelous Kscspe. | M
the misapprehension that it was ex- "Mv little boy had a marveloas es-
pected that all meadow and pasture cape," writ«*s P. F. Bastlann of Prince ,y
, , , ... , ..rr i, i. ,.nu- Albert. Capeof Good Hope. "It occurred ri
lands should be burnt off. It is onl> . , . , . „ . „
In the middle of the night. He got a > ery
intended lo ask farmers and others #ttaok of cronp. As lack would *  • ---- - " . . .
Interested to destroy tufts of grass have it, I had a large bottle of Cham- J* heavy ballast. ul > H"
and other hiding places of the chinch berlain's Cotigb Remedy in the house. \\-rite either of the under-
bug. Those who have given this suo- After following the directions for an hour   * slgnetl ffcr
anil twantv ttiinnt >4 lit* throilirll all nml servlPf
Philadelphia. Dec. I. -Philadelphia
manufacturers withdrew more thin
8,000,000 pounds of raw wool fro i
bounded warehouses here Monday un
der the free raw wv l,clause of the-
new tariff law. About 2,000,000 pound
remains In the warehouses.
Providence, R. I., Dec. 1. One mil-
lion. three hundred thousand pound-
of wool were withdrawn frdm bond-
age here Monday by m'.H men who
had been waiting for the new fr>e
I list on wool to go Into effect on this
date.
A VERY GOOD
RAILROAD
TO KANSAS CITY
AND THE
NORTH AND EAST
Vi We try to please our pas-
tie sengers. We provide the best
ttr equipment available, all-steel
•'J chair cars and coaches, mod-
ern Pullmans and heavy.loco-
Vi motives. < >ur trainmen arc
competent and courteous, and
our eating houses are manag-
ed by Fred Harvey. The track
The Best Line
of Woolens
ever shown in this town awaits
your early inspection. When I say
the BEST I mean the best in quali-
ty and design, spun from the best
New Wool—(not shoddy)—dyed by
the best designers and woven by
the Best Weavers.
Come in and look them over.
Make your selection from nearly
1.000 styles and let me make you iht
best suit you ever had—a faultless
merchant-tailored garment at a sav-
of money for yon. My suits are cut
to indiuidual requirements, insuring
perfect fit and satisfaction.
G. M. Sadlo, Tailor.
Cleaning and Pressing.
Prague Oklahoma
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Iprague oil company \
'Dealers in
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Ject any thought know when- these and twenty minnte* he waMhrough all
danger." Sold by all dealers.—Adver-
hi ling places prevail and know that "
tisement. * ■ ><* *<
these spots can be burnt off without  
injury to surrounding land anil with- j
out harm to pasture land. Road over 1 Spoilt! Jl dollar with t|}0 I*ocord
iwui uvu. v..# —   - >Vntch the columns of, the Rec-
lation, the county seat of Christian or(|^ for Christmas guj{goatioiis and
county. Surrounded by one of the I (0 advertUmenta of Prague's host
most fertile faHnlng soctlons of the mercantile institufions.
rs should see that all such places
along the highways are destroyed, as
should the officials of railroads along
their right-of-way. To make this
day of practical value every man
should do his duty. It is of little
effect for a single man In a neighbor-
hood to observe this proclamation
if his neighbors neglect to do so.
"Wherefore, l, Lie Cruce. governor
of the state of Oklahoma, designate
Thursday, December IS. 191.1, as a day
to be o'i er\ed by the farmers, road
overseers, railway employes and oth-
er Interested parties and call upon
them to destroy all hiding places
where chinch bugs are known to have
sought their winter quarters; and
and get a good, reliable, newsy paper
for a vear.
CLASSIFIED WANTS.
AdveihtemenU under thii head I cent pei
word lor first is*ertioft; ' -2 cent per word each
subsequent insertion. No «dveft;sement accept-
ed for less than ten words.
Write either of the under-
detall Information
and service.
G W. KNIEREM, Agent,
•g Warwick, Okla.
*¥ C. O. Jackson, D. P. A.,
ei 112 Colcord Building
Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Causes of Stomach Troubles.
Sedentary habits, lack of out door ex-
 . ercise. insufficient mastication of food,
PUBLIC SALE BILLS—Pnnied or .hort constipation, a torpid liver, worry «'-d
.ot. ..d .( lowrrt P.i« coo.i«enl w„h «ood  niiety.oVerearinK, partaking of'foo.1 anl
wo>k The Rrcutd Publi.hioj Hoa«-. P..«u«, drink not snittnl to your age and occupa.
Okl.. Phoo,, eli 0. write u, you. and. is j «on. Correct your habits and take Cham-
jhi, |ioe. I l)erlaln's Tablets and you will soon be
^      well again. For sale by all dealers.—
TO^ .nd Coanl.y P,o^.y U S.I, be, AdvtXment.
]«kr Z.bloudil .1 Firrt Stsle Binli. i tjgue
There i9 every reason to be-
lieve that the "new county"
proposition will be a winner.
For prompt delivery of your
packaitei*, call phone 56. Dickin-
son Bros., Dray Line. adv.
ill Kinds of Coal, Gasoline and Oil,
McAlister Lump Coat, per ton, $6.50
Nut " " " 5.50 |
Henryetta Coal, the same as t
you used last year, per ton - 5.50 |
Less than ton lots, 50c per ton extra. X
Rememember Coal is strictly cash. J
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D. BARTEK
Contractor and Builder
All Kinds of Stone, Brick
and Concrete Masonry
Special attention (l.en all or£«  for eenerate tilerk. ter kulldlnc.
fouadatlan tyk or other forma. Concrete paMe a epeetatty 3*e me
before placlng  onr order* for anj kind of Muonrr. All work Guar
aataod.
Phone Ne.  ♦. PRAQUt, OKLA.