The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1908 Page: 4 of 9
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President Roosevelt Has Said:
Frank
Frantz
"TEXAS IS THE GARDEN SPOT OF THE LORD"
Orville G.
Frantz
FRANTZ«FRANTZ
f
r T rxri?l?«g OF _
W1NCERANCH' ARTESIAN LANDS
healthful San Antonio, ' The Edeu of A merica +hnusands who afe finding HOME
South Central Texas, near bcautitul [jealtlifu^ San Antonio, TIhe E shou|d , e one
YOU It OWNAre you one of the thousands 1 o ok g <j ut HC E N T R A L TEXAS
no vou o«n a HOME which you may truly call
o/the thousands who are hnd.ng HOMES
in the proven Artesian Belt, where panic has no terro ,
drouth cannot wither, neither hard times came.
artesian lands are farmers best insurance
POLICY , ,o
fully paid up and forever non-assessable by the relentless de-
ciee of hot winds and drouth. Contrast this
UEAUTlFUIi HEALTHFUL ITALIAN CLIMATE OF
SOUTH TEXAS
with the variable climate of the north with its dreary, Arctic
winters and scorching, torrid summer. In the
"PRTNOE RANCH"
country Old Age bathes In Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Eternal
Youth blessed with Endless Springtime, in a Land of Sun-
shine and Flowers.
For years the famous "PRINCE RANCH" with its oO.OOO
acres of rich black sandy soil, its fine flowing Artesian well al-
most in the very oe*,r of the Ranch, and thousands of fatten-
ing cattle feeding at Its broad bosom, has been watched win.
a jealous eye by real estate driers and farmers all over Mm
State of Texas, anxiously awaiting the day when It might be
subdivided into farm-sized areas and vegetable and fruit
tracts. That day has at last come.
We have recently purchased this wonderful Ranch, in tho
heart of the proven Artesian Belt, fifty miles south of San
Antonio. We are subdividing these rich lands into smaller
areas and now, for the first time, offer them for sale in five-
acre, ten-acre, twenty-acre, and larger farm-sized tracts, bring-
ing within easy reach of every Industrious person who is am-
bitious tb own a home and enjoy an Independent income of his
own whether employee or employer—clerk, merchant, banker,
lawyer, physician, railroad employee traveling salesman,
farmer and real estate investor—the possibilities of a splen-
did investment that is calculated to double his money in th •
very near future, or provide him with a home and a regular
and certain income of his own.
. * 75 to 1200 per acre
. $ 40 to $ 75 per acre
.$125 to $225 per acre
.$100 to $125 per acre
.$100 to $125 per acre
.$125 to $400 per acre
$150 to $800 per acre
.$500 to $900 per acre
.$ 60 t'o $100 per acre
cotton, corn, oats, alfalfa, hogs, cattle, poul-
try, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, melons,
tobasoo peppers, oranges figs, lemons.
The profit in growing vegetables in this section will be
seen by an examination of the following figures, secured from
the records of the Business Men's Club of San Antonio, show-
ing net returns per acre:
Watermelons
Cantaloupes
Cabbage
Beans
Peas
Tomatoes
Onions
Peppers
Potatoes
A FINE ARTESIAN WELL „princc
is constantly flowing almost in the center of
Ranch" into a huge tank covering several acres. The watef
is pure and flows unceasingly, coming from a depth of about
700 feet. The artesian water varies from 400 to 800 feet in
this section.
The International and Great Northern railroad, running
from San Antonio to Laredo, passes within about 15 miles of
the western boundary of the "Prfcce Ranch. Another iai
road is to be built on the east side of the "Prince Ranch,
running south from San Antonio, for which $300,000 is now
cn deposit with A. L- Matlock, Esq., trustee, 215 Alamo Plaza,
San Antonio, as a guarantee for the construction of this rail-
road, which will run through or very near the "Prince Ranch
These funds cannot be used for any other purpose and the road
must be built in the very near future. It is understood that
the terminals in San Antonio have already been purchased
and the ties are now being cut, treated and made ready for
its construction. We are negotiating to have this road run
"through the "Prince Ranch" and it is hoped to
town o£ Prince, an important railroad c y, *
about 50 miles directly sbuth of San Antonio, and hence
close touch with that metropolitan market. ^
With every tract of land purchased, one town
new town Of Prince to be located, immediately adjoining^
Artesian Wsll, surveyed and platted, will e n
one residence lot 50 ft. by 140 ft. ' .,oininB
PRICES AND TERMS: Five-acre tracts, next adjoin! g
the town, will be sold for $150, terms *50 cash, balance |W
per month, without interest; $6 00 o# for cash. Ten ac^
tracts next surrounding five-acre tracts, $2o5, terms -
balance $15 per month, without interest; $10 off for all
Twenty-acre tracts next to ten-acre tracts. $41 . tern. *
cash, balance $25 per month, without interest; 20 off tor a
cash. For eighty-acre farms and larger write for terms
prices.il rem.ttanceg ghould ^ made payable to frantz &
frantz, and by Draft or P. O. Money Order, addressed to us
at our Genera! Office. Oklahoma City. Send in your order with
remittance at once, that your turn may be reserved early
the list and your choice of tracts be among the earU r on^.
We ask you to be patient with us, allowing us time to
vour orders and answer your communications, in as much -
we are behind with answering the many inquiries which have
poured in on us already concerning the "Prince Ranch and*
YOU will never again have such an ideal oppor u .
this one we offer you in the sale of the "Prince Ranch' lands.
1*7:1 ,, RpOn eot e Fortunate Investors
*£ you neglect to ^etee this golden opportunity, thereby
bringing upon yourself the fateful regret which is the constan
Iof I L, meaning, though <.rr,d," mm ■■
m. ... ««« •«* Thu,r°so. .g.U
portanttles n„«*d « "" 1 °«< "" " *
have been!"
Wr te us for full and complete particulars
as tot e terms and prices and we will
mail you our circular
FRANTZ & FRANTZ
Hugh Scott, Secretary
General Office. 531 Lee Bmlding.
Oklhoina City, Oklahoma
does the woman teacher
benefit or hinder?
He has visited these institutions of J gagement of the female tea<d>er of
learning in at least three-fourths of for anything above the
. . ti TfnlAn niarolv In . • .
Ctoorge A. Kennedy of Tbi.s lily
Touches Some Salient Features
1 of Uie Educational Problem.
the states of the Union, merely In
the capacity of a lay observer, an.d
the conclusions reached after consid-
ering the advancement made in other
things by the people of the nation,
is not encouraging.
If wo have advanced in other
thingu not so Important, and our
There will be an International con
m.«...r::
primary
grade. It is questionable, even in
this low grade, as to whether the
best results are obtained, when the
boy from seven to thirteen years o!
age enters into the problem.
That the boy is the problem goes
without saying—in short, he ia the
The boy is father to the man,
and for certain natural and physiolo-
gical reasons peculiar to his sex, he
calls for the direction and leadership
of a man during this period, and if
the State does not furnish this, it is
the State's loss.
"As the twig is bent the tree is
WHUVUl •" ,, (
head and front of our whole public I inclined," is an axiom as old as t-
school system, and that he is not j advent of the genus homo, and tlr
1 1 ... ,.M nUro 1 . jit in thi
* .v „i,i rioiihprato and or .detieroriated cjurjng vnw time, school system, ttuu ui v ^ advent 01 uie 6«UUB '
lKts of t. e woi btJ of thero la surely a cause for this and getting a square deal under an ultra i 8UC0es8fUi teacher will find in this
exchange ideas | if the pretension is not frank enough effeminized pedagogy, is patent to a much more interesting problem
profound lntert-Bt to thsewh are in ^ ^ a(jmit it, the laity may after years everyone who cares to look at re
charge of our puMcschoolayse forl>earanj0G and -toleration, ibe BultB. The Rev Anna Shaw would
in this country, and It is hped, th t ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ( ^ ^ # ^ of ^ ^ and
our American representatives, w^J ^ ^ maeg of 0ur people are perhap8 9Uggests with that Bohemian
will be Mnttheretoco from torce 0f habit, "standpatters," , smlle of her's, that my emphasis on
representatives of other nations, w ^ proposition in the way of a the boy8 education where the oppor
public service, that does not seem to tunities are the same for both sexei,
have a direct bearing on our Individ- ig mediaeval and not in keeping witu
ual intercuts and even when we toow twentieth century progress in the
that the service rendered, is of the United States of Amrlca. While t
most indifferent kind, we are will. make my most profound bow to th
ing to let it pass from year to year pev Anna and have the highest re-
. ivf.. ! TV U ' I. —. li. .n-1 ft-: a.
not be totally blind to the faults in
our system, and will be willing to
jdmit them as fran*y as they wll any
virtues which the system may pos-
sess.
Our present High school system
is now under criticism and condem-
nation, not only by the lay press, but
l>y the professional who holds an of-
ficial position In connection with it.
But as there are only about three
per cent of the children who attend
school, few have an opportuntyi to
nomplete a High school course, and
a smaller percentage still are admit-
ted to our colleges and universities,
a consideration of the faults and
weakness of the higher schools by
the citizen, who may be interested in
the subject, is a very minor affair,
as compared with the faults of our
elementary or graded schools. As
th *ee have in charge the education of
ftie great mass of our children of
school age, who never get beyond
these schools, it becomes a grave
question, when this system of mental
training has little or nothing to of-
fer In return, for tihat which is con.
trlbuted by the State for It's sup-
poit.
It is now twenty years since the
writer left the class-room and dur-
ing this time he has never lost sight
of the ''little red school hous«, '
ftiat. has stood for over a century as
without comment or chltlclsm. This gard for her womanly wit ami wis-
is a grave mistake—a mistake, which dom yet j have serious doubts as to
in time would undermine and bring the quailty of her wit and wisdom
to ruin our Republican form of gov- ,v>(,n 8]le has to deal with th-j .raull-
ernment, and when it involves our | fol glde o( the average American
publio school system, it is especially
so. j That his education is not
When a popular fallacy that has Rnd (n proportion with that of the
than the application of a few set
rules and formulas that the average
boy forgets, cr trys to forget fifteen
minutes after he has left the class
room.
Boys are superior or inferior, just
in the ratio that they possess certain
qualities, and the wise teacher will
take this into consideration before
the sets up a standard that Is not
withlu the reach of all. But stupid-
ity ni ti pedantry has been «ud is
now the hall marks of the system and
it is hopeless, as far as the boy is
concerned, und«r those conditions to
look forward to any standard, ex-
cept that which is fixed and handed
down by way of a general order.
About all the lay critic can hope
COLONIST RATES
California, Arizona,
Etc.
Daily Until October 31,1908
$30 00 from Enid •
r.i\-\ 1 ditou Personally couductcd excursions. ,
SSSSIf£5i5' .1
chair car, ,mH\lnt«l with the Great Southwest, where
N° ^all7ayrmSSdmi &^ence, than by traveUny ver the Santa Fe.
L?tewtur"about Cftlffornl*, ^ Agent, Enid.
Arizona, etc.
clasa_rooni worflc.
I agree with her that, she tc not
responsible. It is difficult to bold
ar-yone responsible fpr something
that is utterly beyond her power to, gpect-
teacher may be able to do the same,
but so far as her direction and leader-
ship goes, it is, as a rule, limited D
her own sex. To the average boy,
she is a negative quantity in this re-
WVen a popular fallacy that has Rnd ,n proportion with that of the j ^ ^ ^ tQ thrQW a gheU into the
grown hoary with age and error has g,r) ,n (jjg gamP grade, while under ■ 'Qf the aygtem and then watt
crept Into a «y tem of education an I thp dtrection of the female teacher, | nnother Reneration to see what
remained there for a generation or j )g on)y too evident by the results ■ Ul08e |n command will
two, it may take several sledge ham-
mer blows on the head of a slowly
moving public before It will waken
up to the fact that there is anything
wrong with this much love! institu-
tion. That there Is something wrong
is self-evident, even to the casual
observer, and th > lesponslbilitv muf>
i,.st on a public, that gets what it
shown. I do not mean by this, that
the female teacher is partial to her
own sex In the class room, or that she
is to be held responsible or ten girls
graduating from our High or secon-
dary schools to one very much em.
| Imrrassed boy. As far as the driv-
ing on dry facts, the child labor or
mental drudgery that ought to be
U'3i 011 u iiui/ii*. v—- o— meniai aruuR^j mm —
pays for and that lr IndiffereV as to )ookpd ,nto by a factory Inspector is
ie>i'ltn or tho character of tje soi concerned, she will do equally as
vice rendered. | well no doubt, as her male compan-
It may bring dowu on the head jon |n the profession, and while this
of the writer, • fusllade of anatlie- i may be all the boy will get out of
ma, If he repeated a statement that oul. present system of conducting
has been made time and time again,1 thege schools, still It is only a very
that the primary cause of this, and meagre part of what Bhould be
that which has brought these schools ,he training in this plastic lmpres-
• • > ...atlnm nitfl/wl
action, if any, those in command will
take after the entire camp is waken,
ed up.
Bear in mind that I am trying to
discuss this subject, from the prac-
tical side of the boy and my conclu-
sions are drawn from a boy's ex-
perience in passing through the
graded school. The profession will
say that this is rather doubtful pre-
mises on which to base a criticism,
but i am quite familiar with the beau-
tiful and comforting theory that lias
always been advanced, that, th! work
of the teacher is confined exclusive-
ly to the training of the intellect,
and that she Is not responsible, if
impart, and the burden of mi' crit
icism of the whole system rest on
this.
The school should iiave a sjul as
v/ell as the church or the ho<M. and
noun. This personality means every-
thing whether it has,or has not, will
depend upon the personality of the
teacher—not on the multiplication
table or the definition of a relative
pronoun. This personality means
everything to the boy for his impres-
sionable mind calls for an ideal, that
stands above the level of his environ,
ment, and if the high office of the
teacher can furnish this ideal, it will
mean much for the future citizen-
ship of that boy.
Truth, honor, industry, devotion to
duty, obedience and a spirit of help-
fulness for others, are so far above
other things he receives under the
name of ''mental training that it
Is absurd to try to make a compari-
son. These qualities call for leader-
ship and proper direction in th
class room and on the play ground,
and the strong masculine character,
to whom the (hoy looks up to for
anu uiai biic ■ — <■"
the boy does not get that which is, counsel and advice, should always be
due him out of the daily routine of1 i„ posiMon to respond. The female
For over a quarter of a century,
the commercial spirit has dom.
Inated and influenced almost every
phase of our national life, and while
this spirit is not an evil in itself and
a nation can only prosper in propor-
tion to the thrift and industry of it's
people as whole, yet the emphasis we
have placed on this at the expense of
higher things and greated virtues,
has been dlsdirected into flagrant
abuses. Our educational system,
from the elementary school to the
university has felt the touch of it'#
tainted hand, and to such an extent,
that the greatest of all professions,
especially the male portion of It, ha*
been reduced to a condition ot ah
Ject dependence on a parsimonioui
and Illiterate school-board, at leaa<
Illiterate to the extent, that the m..
jority of them have little or no know!|
edge of what the requirements shoub*
be in a high standard of training i
our graded schools. The official1
higher up are, in some instances n
ibetter qualified and when It reaclu
the domain of politics, are frequen
ly corrupt.
It will be readily seen from th|
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Purcell, F. Everett. The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1908, newspaper, September 24, 1908; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc159941/m1/4/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.