The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PRAGUE RECORD.
(Successor to The Prague Patriot.)
Guaranteed Circulation.
FRANK S. NIPPER Editor.
PRAGUE, LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.
Issued Every Thursday. One Dollar Per Year.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter, May
IS, 1909, at the Postoffice at Prague, Okla-
homa. under Act of March 3, 1879.
Advertising Rates:
Our advertising for 1915, are as follows:
Display advertising. 6 inches or over, inch. . 15c
Contract, 500 inches or over 10c
Locals, per line, one or more issues, per line, 5c
Professional cards, 1 inches per month.... 50c
A NEWSPAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED
NEIGHBORHOOD PATRIOTISM.
FOR
Outline Of A Method For Securing Commun-
ity Co-Operatian In Business Affairs.
A scheme for the organization of rural com-
munities for both business and social affairs
is worked out in an article which appears in
the forthcoming Yearbook of the Department
of Agriculture and which has already been
printed as a phamphlet for the use of the
department's Office of Market and Rural Or-
ganizations.
The scheme calls for 10 committees, 5 of
which are to deal with business needs and 5
with social needs. Every member of the
organization is to serve on some one of these
committees. In addition there is to be a cen-
tral or executive committee composed of the
president of the organization, its secretary,
its treasurer, and the chaiman of the 10 other
committees. This cental body is to direct
the general policy of the organization, raise
all funds and control their expenditures. The
committees that are to deal with the business
interests of the community are as follows:
1. Committee on farm production.
2. Committee on marketing.
3. Committee on sectoring faVm supplies.
4. Committee on farm finance and account-
ing.
5. Committee on communication and trans-
portation.
Similiarly, five committees that attend to
the community's social interests will deal
with:
1. Education.
2. Sanitation.
3. Recreation.
4. Beautification.
5. Household economics.
The work of most of these committees is
indicated sufficiently clearly by their titles.
For example, the committee on production
can do much good by improving the breeds of
live stock in a community through co-opera-
tive purchases of pure-bred males. It can en-
courage the formation of corn, poultry, pig,
cattle, canning, and gardening clubs, which
have already demonstrated their value in
the secions where they have been established,
and it can carry on useful studies of the type
of agriculture best fitted to local conditions.
In the same way the committee on market-
ing can secure the standardization of the com-
munity's products, and thus obtain better pri-
ces than are possible when no descript goods
are dumpped upon the market. The com-
mittee can also search out the best markets,
make contacts on a large scale which will
be more favorable than any individual can
secure for himself, and in many other ways
economize in the selling of the eommuniy's
goods. Even if co-operative marketing is
/lot actually resorted to, the information
which the committee collects can hardly fail
to be of great assistance to the individual
shippers.
Just as the committee on marketing can
facilitate selling; the committee on farm sup-
plies can economize in buying. Farmery are
warned, however, not to understimate the
cost of running a store or commercial agency
and not to overstimate the saving which this
can effect. The co-operative society, of course
does away with the necessity of the sto're's
making a profit, but somebody must manage
the store and that somebody must be paid
for his time. His salary, therefore, corres-
ponds in a way to the ordinary store's profit,
and it is not always possible to secure a good
man for less than he would be able to make
in business fr himself. Thert> are, however,
several methods of purchasing farm sup-
plies co-operatively which will be found to be
of advantage. The simplest is the joint order
in which a group of farmers can buy a given
article in large quantities, thereby effecting
a consideable saving in the expense of hand-
ling, commissions, etc. Sometimes when this
method is adopted a warehouse is added,
which is owned or rented co-operatively, and
in which the goods are stored until the as-
sociated purchasers need them.
If these two methods have been tried and
found successful, it may be desirable to carry
them out to their logical development and
conduct a co-operative store which renders
the same service to its customers that a pri-
vate enterprise would. This, however, inevi-
tably leads to complications and should only
be undertaken after some experience with
simpler methods of co-operation.
With the committee on farm finance and
accounting the first duty is to ascertain what
farm enterprises can be financed. This is
only possible when accurate accounts are
kept and carefully analyzed. After this has
been done, the next step is to secure the most
favoable terms for financing proper and sound
enterprises. This is frequently not difficult
if the committee has thoroughly mastered the
subject and is able to put it clearly before
local bankers. Where the local bankers are
unwilling to finance genuinely productive en-
terprises at a reasonable rate of interest, the
committee must consider other ways of sec-
uring capital. One of the simplest plans for
accomplishing this is a credit union or co-
operative credit association. The assential
features of this plan are that a group of farm-
ers organize themselves to receive deposits
and make loans. By keeping the expenses?
down to a minimum it has been possible in
some cases for such associations fo pay inter-
est on deposits that is within 1 per cent of
the interet it charges on loans.
The committee on communication and
tansporation should deal primarily with the
roads nad telephones. The keynote of the
work should be organized self-help, not ap-
peals to get Government help.
Just as the five business committeees are
to grapple with the fundamental problems
of producing and selling in their vaious forms
the five social committees should direct their
efforts to the improvement- of living conditions
in the country.
To increase the farmer's income is not the
only thing needed to make rural life what
it should be. As a matter of fact, says this
article, it is the prosperous fanner who is
more inclined to move to town than his less
fortunate neighbor. Having accumulated a
competance he wishes to enjoy it, and there
are five principal reasons which lead him to
believe that he can do better in the city: First
there are usually better facilities for educa-
ting his children, second, the sanitary con-
ditions are frequently much better in towns,
and the time does not seem to be far distant
when the cities will be actually more health-
ful than the country. Again household con-
veniences such as hot and cold water, heating
and lighting systems etc., are more abundant
in the towns and add greatly to the comfort
of living. Finally, there is more opportunity
for recreation in the city, and
frequently, strange as it ma:,
appear, more to appeal to the
same sense of beauty that is
inherent in practically every
man.
Co-operation on the part of
rural communities can do as
much to alter these conditions
as it can to increase the aver-
age cash income. The com-
mittees that have these mat-
ters in charge should there-
fore, be regarded as quite as
important as those which deal
with business questions, and
they should receive the sanif
support from the entire com-
munity which they are en
deavoring to benefit. The re
suit will be a community spirit
which, in its way, is capable
of producing as valuable re-
sults as the national spirit. Ir
fact, says the article in closing
"Patriotism, like charity, be-
gins at home; that is in the
neighborhood."
As an appendix, the pam-
phlet contains a bief list of
suggested readings fo the var-
ious committees. Many of
these are Government publi-
catiins which may be had free
of charge by addressing the
Division of Publications of the
Department of Agriculture, or
at a nomianl price from the
Superintendent of Public
Documents.
Ideal Cafe
Melvin Powhatan, Prop.
The Best of Everything
Good To Eat All Times.
When Hungry, Call and
See Me.
Your Patronage Desired.
MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY
Chapter XX.
Braine Tries Another Weapon
"WhatI wantn ow," saiil
Braine, as he paced the living
room of the apartment of the
countess, "is revenge. I've
been checkmated enough,
Olga; they're playing with us.
"Thereis not hing new," she-
replied, shrugging. ' 'At the
beginning I warned you. I
never liked this affair after
the first two or three failures.
on the hook his face was not
pleasant to see.
"That girl."
"What now?"
"It seems she had been out
horseback riding that morn-
ing. She had seen one of the
boys cross the field and sud-
denly disappear; and she was
curious to learn what had be-
come of him. With her us-
ual luck she stumbled on the
method of opening the door
Buty ou would have your way | of the cave and went in. She
You wanted revenge at that must have been nosing about
early date; but I cannot see
that you've gone forward. Has
it ever occurred to you that
the organization may be get-
ing tired too? They depend
solely upon you invention, and
each time your invention has
resulted in touching nothing
but zero."
"Thanks!"
"O, I'm not childing you.
I've failed, too."
"Are you turning against
in.-?" he demanded bitterly.
"Do my actions point that
way?" she countered. "No.
But the more I view what has
She didn't have muc htime,
though, as the boys came up
to await me. Evidently she
crawled into that old chest
and in some inexplicable man-
ner purloined the letter from
Jackson's pocket. They left
to reconnoiter; and it was
then that Jackson discovered
his loss. When Florence heard
them returning she jumped in-
to the well. And lived
through that tunnel! The de-
vil is in it!"
"Or out of it, since we con-
sider him our friend."
"And I had her in my hands.
passed, the more disheartened note and all!"
I rrrow. It has been a series, "But with all that water
of blind v.] leys, and .'.11 \\e i there will not be any writing
hav e succeeded in d ling is' left on the letter."
knocking opv heads. I can see! "Invisible ink is generally
do vv that r.U our fa", ires are indelible and impervious to
NEW MILLINERY
THE ARTISTIC SHOP
GOLD MEDAL HATS
Represent Qual ty, Style, Beauty and
Becomingness.
I have in a new line. They come in all shapes
and colors of Straws, Braid, Silk, Crepes,
Chiffons and Malines.
MY HATS ARE OF QUALITY that is seldom
seen only in the City Millinery Parlors.
Models for All Sizes, Ages and For
Every Occasion.
MISS LOWE, Milliner.
ONE DOOR EAST
OF POSTOFFICE.
The Court of Last Resort.
Around the stove of the
cross roads grocery is the real
court of last resort, for it fin-
ally over-rules all others.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
has been brought before this
court in almost every cross
roads grocery in this country
and has always received a
favorable verdict. It is in the
country where man expects to
receive full value for his
money that this remedy is
most appreciated. Obtainable
everywhere.—Adv.
due to one mistake."
."'And what the de\ il
the action of water: at least
is j the kind I use is. I'd give a
"We were intoo much of a
"hurry at the beginning. Har-
greave prepared himself for
quick action on your part."
"And if I had not acted
quickly he would have start-
ed successfully on one of his
world tours again, and that
would have been the last of
letter1."
"And it might be worth a
million." Olga suggetsed.
"Not the least doubt of it
in my mind. Olga. old girl,
it does look as if my star was
growing dim. We'll never get
our hands on that million. I
feel it in my bones. So let's
him, and we should never settle down to a campaign of
have learned of the girl's ex- revenge, without any furbe-
istince. So there's your argu- lows. I want to twist Har-
ment." i greave's heart before the game
"Perhaps you are right. But. winds up."
for all we have not played "You wish really to injury
the game with any degree of her?"
finesse." "I do not wish ":o iniure
"Bah!" Braine lit a cigarette | her. Far from it," he replied,
and smoked nervously. "I smiling evilly.
can't even get rid of that med- "You^ want her dead?"
dliing reporter. He has been whispered Olga. paling,
as much to blame for our "fail- "Exactlv. I want her dead.
And so if all my efforts here
come to nothing, so shall Har-
greave's. His millions will be-
come waste paper to him.
That's revenge. The Persian
peach method."
"Poison? You shall not
San Diego, Cal. March 18.—
Chicago yatchmen are mak-
ing preparations for the great-
est motorboat excursion ever
attempted, going down the Il-
linois river to the Mississippi,
across the Gulf of Mexico,
through the Panama Canal,
and up the Pacific coast to
San Diego for the summer
races, and hence on to San
Francisco. The race is looked
on as an important experiment
for merchantmen and the pro-
bable start of a new freight
service from the upper Miss-
issippi to the Pacific coast.
San Diego, Cal. March 18.—
The baseball fans among the
Exposition visitors are having
their desires satisfied, with
the Venice, Cal., and the In-
dianapolis baseball teams,
training on the Exposition
grounds and the Chicago
White Sox due in a few flays
for their spring training in
the southwest. The games
are played on the parade
ground of the Marine Bar-
racks and attracts throngs of
visitors. The players are re-
gular evening tourists of the
I amusements on the "Isthumas"
I where all concessions are
I thrown open to them.
£
Lawyer Frank E. Lee went
to Weleetka, Monday.
ures as teither Jones or Har-
greave. I admit that in his
case I judged hastily. I be-
lieved him to be just an or-
dinary newspaper man and he
was clever enough to lull my
suspicious. But I'm going to
get him. Olga, even if I have kill her'" vehemently,
to resort to ordinary gunman "Tender hearted?
tricks. If there's any final; "No. If I must in the end
reckoning, by the Lord Harry, go to prison, so be it; but
he shan't get a chance in the I refuse to die in the chair."
witness stand." ! "Very well, then. We shant
"And I begin to think that kill her, but we'll make her
little chit of a girl has been - wish she was dead. I was on-
hoodwinking me all along. By ly trying to see how far you
Dffi'
will relievo your indigestion. Many
people in this town have used them
nnd we linve yet to hear of a case where
thev have failed. We know the for-
mula. Sold only by us—23c a box.
v ' City Drug Store.
the way, did you find out
what that letter said?" She
asked after a pause.
"Letter? What letter?"
She sprang from her chair.
"Do you mean to say that
they have not told you about
that?" Olga became great-
ly excited.
"Explain," he said.
"Why, I was at the garden
day before yesterday, and a
man approached an dasked if
I was Miss Hargreave. Be-
coming at once supicious that
something very important was
about to happen, I signified
that I was Miss Hargreave.
The man slipped a paper in-
^o my hand and hurried off.
I took a quick glance at it and
wau dumfounded to find it
utterly blank of writing. At
first I thought some joke had
be< n played on me, then I
chanced to remember the in-
visible ink letters you always
wrote me. Understanding that
you were to visit the cave in
the morning, I had one man
at the garden take the note
And you never got it!"
"Some one shall pay for
this carelessness. I'll call up
Vroon and Jackson at once.
Wait just a moment."
He went to the telephone.
A low muttering conversation
would go. The basket of
peaches is in the hallway. F,v-
ery neach is poisoned. No
man in the county knows more
about subtle poisons than I do.
Have I not written books on
the subject?" ironically.
"And they will trace iL back
to you in a straight line," she
warned. "I will not have it!"
"I can go elsewhere," he im-
plied coldly.
"You would leave me?"
"The moment you cross my
will." emphatically.
It becomes her turn to mice.
Torn between her love of the
man and the danger v/'iich
stared her in the face, she was
for the time being districted.
All the time he watched her
with malevolent curiosity,
knowing that in the end she
would concur with his evil
plans.
"Very well." she said fin-
ally. "But listen; we shall
be found out. Never doubt
that. Your revenge will cost
us both our lives I IVll it."
"Hah! The law will have
no hand in my end. I always
carrv a pellet, and that ring
of yours would suffice a re-
g;ment. She will not die. ?he
will merly become a kind of
p.ualytic; the kind that can
i'.u ve a little but not enough;
took place. Olga could hearjalvvay8 whe«'"!tl aboUt in !l
little or none of it. When i < - I'll b ing in the p, .i. h-
I Braine put the receiver back! is; rosy and downy. One bite,
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Nipper, Frank S. The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1915, newspaper, March 18, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147808/m1/4/?q=communication+theory: accessed July 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.