The Craig County Gazette (Vinita, Oklahoma), Vol. 27, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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NUMBER 11
VOLUME 27
COUNTY AGENTS’ A VISIT TO EASTERN
NOTES
BY E. M. SLEDGE
the
of legume crops on the place, such as governments.
pint of the Vinita folks.
BAND CONCERT WAS FINE
NEW LYRIC MANAGER
pur-
Hubert Hester, of near Pryor, was
efforts TO OBTAIN EDI ca-
tion CARRIED ON DESPITE
MANY REVOLUTIONS
100
and
S OF CRAPES AND
APPLES ON THE FRISCO
Leforce brothers announce they
shipped out thirty car loads of cattle,
from Ramona, Oklahoma, over the
week end, ten can being shipped
Saturday. Si. dsy, ard Monday.
BIG CABIN TOWNSHIP FAIR
AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 1
- MAKES |
STIRRING SPEECH
MACHINERY SHIPPED FOR
SOY BEAN MILL
MEXICAN STRUGGLE
FOR EDUCATION
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
ARE CHANGING PHASES
VINITA STREETS TO
BE REPAIRED
Flpank Bad~> <.* sporting a new
Ford coupe.
)LD FASI’IONED
CAMP MEETING
T. W. Ridgway, of the Sanders-
Ridgway stores is in the eastern mark-
ets buying fall and winter merchan-
dise.
republican convention se-
lects DELEGATES TO THE
STATE CONVENTION
At the end of 1927, there were 3,433
country schools in Mexico, of which
400 had been built during the year!
This year, though, Mexico is a poor
country, heavily in debt, President
Calles and his minister of education
plan to found 1,384 new schools in
country districts.
Mexico is sometimes thought of as
| a land of bandits, oil-wells and gamb-
. ’ President Calles has been
said he desired to become a member I caHed Bolshevik, Anti-christ, impos-
He , * ‘
C. C. Porter, of Tennessee, has
chased an interest in the R. *™1 R
„„ ta ~un-.s.
Little Rock, Arkansas, to v*it » w
John Rosenberry, who recently pur-
chased the Carrico farm, 2 miles south
of Vinita, suffered the loss of his barn
when it was struck by lightning, Fri-|
day afternoon. Fortunately there
was no stock in the bam when it burn-
ed. Mr. Rosenbet .y .arried no irsur-
ance, which makes it a total lota to
him.
Next week, the sales day circular
will be printed by this office. It
will be in the mail, Friday morning,
ard a paper will be sent to every home
in Craig county. Be sure and read
your copy, and note the many bar-
gains offered to you by the merch-
ants of Vinita, who are doing their
I best t0 make the 8a e’ day a me*tirg
' and I place for the farmers of Craig coun-
to' an advantage to themselves. List
Friday and Saturday, August 31,
and September 1, Big Cabin township
will stage its annual fair. Plenty
of excitement in the form of potato
racing, sack racing, three legged and
fat man’s racing and even a hog call-
ing contest, to say nothing of the po-
litical speaking, is scheduled on the
program.
Sixty five dollars in prizes to in-
I habitants of township 8 are being of-
I fered by those in charge for the best
I agricultural exhibits school and indi-
I vidual.
I On Saturday night of the fair, there
I will be an old-fashioned fiddler’s con-
I test and a regular old time country
bam-dapce.
VINITA, CRAIG COUNTY. OKLAHOMA TH< RSPAY. AI GI ST 23, IMS
A. W.
Kennedy. E McQuerry. Roscoe Marks.
f the state.
••••••
THE soybean tour, from Vinita,
on the 21st was a decided suc-
cess in every way except attendance.
There were about fifty people on the (
trip and some wonderful soy bean
fields were visited. We saw four va-
rieties being grown all of which are
good. Mr. Osborn, the soil ard crop
specialist, of Oklahoma A. and M. col-
lege, says that he can see wonderful
advancement in the soy bean crop in
I Craig county, not only from an acre-
age standpoint, but from method of
planting and cultivating. He says
that he does not know of a county ml
I the state that stands up with < raig ini
production of dairy feeds, and tnat we I
should continue to be the leading dairy-
county in the state. The tour at
Welch has been postponed. Another
date will be set in the near future for
| this tour.
It has been deci led by the State De-
partment to hold an Horticultural
Judgin school at four places in North-
eastern Oklahoma. Vinita has been
selected as one of these places, and
six counties are supposed to have rep-
resentatives of the 4-H clubs at these
schools. The school at Vinita, will
be held Wednesday, August 29th.
Employees of the Public Service I
company, of Vinita, were busily occu-
pied, Sunday from five a. m., unti.
late in the day, working and making I
the changes from a two-phase to a I
three-phase distribution.
The work was continued Monday,!
and the workers are feeling much!
i better that the job is about completed.
Although it will be possibly all week
before all the changes are complete, |
I and interruptions in service will nec-
I essarily be during such work, the
largest part of the task was done
I Sunday morning, when the cut over
at the local plant was made.
Thomason Brothers announce the op-
ening of a new store in the Berkland
building in Vinta, Saturday, at 9:30 a.
m., and they invite the public to come
in and get acquainted.
They will carry merchandise of a
I dependable character such as Hart
Schaffner and Marx clothes, Nettle-
ton and Walkover shoes, Stetson hats,
Chesterfield and Shirtcraft shirts, and
flhe U. S. Rubber company's line of
I footwear and raincoats, in addition to
many standard lines. They will also
show Ladies coats and dresses.
Thomason Brothers come here from
, Westville, Oklahoma, where, they have
been successful merchants. Their
coming to Vinita will be welcome! by
\he business interests and people in
J this week, from Oklahoma. Arkajisa*
and Missouri.
Church of God old
meeting, in------
of the visitors and a
• . They have
ringing, praying, preaching, unity,]
power, and fellowship with all Chns-
tr» They invite every one to come,
regardless of creed. The meeting con-
tinues until Sun,lay ndght.
A proposal to patch, repair and re-
surface the streets pave! with tarvia,
in Vinita, presented to the city council
by W. A. Armstrong, met with favor,
and upon motion by councilman Mar-
tin, the proposition was referred to
the finance committee, who were au-
thorized to enter upon terms present-
l ed by Mr. Armstrong.
for the making of repairs at the Craig orderly government.
County Free Fair grounds: Revis .-----
Page. L. D. Dalquest. Reid Luginbuel. now fortunately settled, did not check
Roy Warner and T. W. Ridgway. The the prOgress of the schools,
committee will start raising funds this! .....—
week.
W. F. Reynolds offered a resolution
which was passel, asking the finance
committee to arrange to remunerate
O’Connor club among hi* brethn -
LOSES HAND BY DIS-
CHARGE OF GUN
Jake Ingle, Cherokee Indian, nar-
rowly escap'd cecth, Tue .ay. when
a shot gun he was hand .ng, acc.dent-
ly discha.g.d, and the had of shot
tore his left hand to threads arm
, came close to his breast. So severely
was the hand tom that it was nec-
L -ry to have it amputated at the
1 Vmita hospital.
HOSPITAL FARM
The first place visited cr the Soy
Bean tour, Tuesday, was the dairy
department of the Eastern Oklahoma
The dairy is composed of
of tbs Holstein and
T’ e m. king is don
, y b irr. of the modern
Captain Carranza, the "Mexicaa
Lindbergh,” who met death recently
while attempting a non-stop flight
from Washington to Mexico City, has
proved dramatically that the Republic
of Mexico is alert and looking for-
ward. Mary school children in the
United States have just finished pack-
I ing school bags, to be sent as tokens
I of friendship toward the children of
Mexico. For the hope and enthu-
siasm of Mexico centre about her
schools.
It is said that when the governor
of the Mexican State of Tabasco was
informed that ninety per cent of the
inhabitants of his state could not read
I or write, he gave orders that nvery
school in his district should remain
I open day and night for six months.
At the end of that time, people who
still could not read or write were to
be severely punished. This story
■| illustrate* the energy with which the
Mexicans now seek educ-,.v.~
In 1911, when Porfirio Diaz ended
his thirty-five years of rule for the
benefit of the rich, eighty per cent of
all Mexicans could neither read nor
Today, the percentage of il-
I eiacy has been reduced to sixty per
lr.t, in spite of the very serious diffi-
culties faced by successive Mexicaa
•
From 1911 to 1920, revolution foi-
led revolution. Still the struggle
Lor education went on. In 1920,
damaged by hail and the President Obregon’s administration
I became firmly established and educa-
Prerident Waddell announced the! tion made great strides. President
committee to raise funds Caneg continued President Obregon'»
■ - *»--»-• --t The difficulties
with the United States about oil laws,
his foot became caught in 8 foot-feed
baler, on which he was working Tues-
The foot and leg were
hospital.
Sil milk cows
Jersey breeds,
in a com.. - • .
type, which will accommodate about
io‘ cows. Another bam was start’d
abcut t- y arn ?go, the walls o-
which are t—
account of the
lature to appropriate enough money
ta —_
stalks to this office, Tuesday
they show a good yield of cotton
one limb, about a foot long, are four
bolls and two squares and the stalk |
show production from the top to the
bottom. Mr. Ramsey things the crop
I this year will be almost double that
of last year. There are some evi-
dence of boll weevil but very little
I damage has been dore.
PRESENT DAY PEWBCTlON IN RAYON FABRICS HASA««W>
BY CONSISTENT CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL AND ARTISTIC ENDEAVOR.
AND THIS NEWEST OF TEXTILES IS EVER WINNING INCREASING POP
i’tARHY, BECAUSE OF ITS CROSS DYE POSSIBILITIES, ITS WEAVES.
AND ITS UNIQUE DESIGN EFFECTS
PHOTO SHOWS WAM» RAYON THREAD BEING PREPARED FOR THE
WEAVER’S LOOM.
GRAND OPENING
OF NEW STORE
. hiP crowd of visitors, farmers belonging to *, - --
Vmita has a big .----I the estimated membership
- - Fwho ar* attending the I is three million, divided among 1the
---1 more important of the commodity
" Zrth P.7k"Tents house groups as follows: Grain marketing
‘n N large tent association, 900,000; associations mar-
keting dairy products, 600,000; live-
stock marketing associations. 450.000;
fruit and vegetable marketing assoc-
iation*, 215,000; and cotton marketing
associations, 140,000.
standing without a roof or. following
failure of the legis- '
‘ *7
for it* completion. This barn is to be
finished, however, before winter.
The dairy is equipped with milking
machines and a modern cooling and
J. sin? ys-.tm, which keeps the milk
drita y at ail times for the 1500 pa-
j tients and 150 attendants. The - cowf
b.d!y«
their production up to the highest
point.
There are 1,700 acres in the hospit-
al farm and it !s always a busy place,
r? " -I - * “ ■ a- ■
t .na muu , in a«in8 .be n.H W ««
farm work. This year there has been spirit of the Vmita folk-
4'100 bushel* of oats harvested from ’
.rd tX. follow NEXT SALES DAY SEPTEMBER 3
yield a big acreage: 7 acre* of turn-'
ips; 40 acres of soy beans; 120 acres
I of com; 50 acres of cane hay; 40 ac-
res of higera; 6 acres of sweet pota-
I toe* besides all kinds of garden truck.
We are proud to knew that for
month of July, Mrs. Lillie M. Poulson
with her flock of R I- RH« continued
to head the list for the highest pro-
ducing flock of this breed in the state.
Mrs. Robert D. Wa’kcr continue* to
hdd fourth place in the state against
all breeds. These two ladies are keep-
ing definite record* of both the cost
and production and are continuing to
work. Mr. Starr stated there were
228 negro voter* in -----
not registered. He g.ve some inter-
eating account, of regro pohtid
work in his home state of Texas. I ,haw business. Wrirht has
where they play ar. important part >n|kneW him is sorry . it Mr
every election
Local candidates, ,
made I permanent home here in the future.
___-----__ Rn.^lli brought to the Vinita hospital, when
The resignation of Mrs. K . | . -----u.
». ot the Rep»M'«»
Ke“X”». •" I
According to the statistics of the
department of agriculture, the follow-
shows interest taken in farm co-
Although only about thirty-five pie-
es of the three bands were present,
Sunday. G. W. Parker s concert came
off in fine shape, and was well attend-
ed. Every one seemed to enjoy the
music, as testified to by the applause,
both by hand and auto horns, which
followed each selection. Not only
was the concert enjoyment limited to
those present, either, but carried to
houses all over town, and many peo-
ple listened to the music from their
homes, and enjoyed it almost as much
as if present.
NEARLY ELECTROCUTED
H. M. Cook, an employee of the Pub-
lic Service company, was severely in-
jured, last Saturday afternoon, when
his knee came into contac. with a
300 volt “hot” line. He was taken to
the Vinita hospital, whore he was
forced to remain until Monday even-
ing because of the severity of the
shock. First aid probably *aved Mr.
Cook’s life.
MERCHANTS’ AUCTION SEPT. 1
The next Merchants Auction, which
is held the first and third Saturdays
of each month will be held Saturday,
September 1. Those having auction
money should be here on that date to
purchase the goods given by merch-
ants participating.
Mrs. Chas. Johnsen, of Covington,
Oklahoma, arrived Wednesday for a
week's visit with her parent*. Mr. and
Mrs. S. H. Hudson.
ST. 120V1S. M., A»,«.t 22.-TH, b.ve tWr name. ..on, the M ten
l'.»28 >pp!« «n<! grape crop* in the I
Ozark territory, served by Friaco lines
will be the largest in the road’s his-1
lory, according to estimates complete!
yesterday by W. L. English, .upervi.- <
or of agriculture and refrigeration for
the Friaco. I
The Frisco will handle 2,357 car* of I
grapes from the Ozark region this!
year, as compared with only 130 car* I
last year, the report state*. < *rl<*
movement of apple* will total 2.350 as I
compared with 603 in 1927.
The grape shipment began in Aug-1
u»t 1, and will last until September
15. The heaviert grape movement*
I will come from Spnngdale, Ark., 900
car*; Exeter, Mo, 125 cars; Fayette-1
ville, Ark, 125 car*; Republic, Mo,
125 ear*; Noo*ho, Mo, 100 car*; Lo-
well, Ark, 100 car*; St. Jame*. Mo,
car*; Johrwn*. Ark, 100 car*;
Bentonville, Ark, 75 car*.
left Vinita, all join in welcoming Mr.|
T. McQuerry. "X"^h7i^ pre«m. in
cX“
treasurer; and Harry e |____
Sheriff, were irtroduced and
.horttalk*. Jo-hn Franklin, candidate
for representative, was also r«-
at the time of candidate •P~h?’
working with the committee *ele<ung
delegates to the convention at U» a-
homa city and did not address the as
^Chairman Butler made the state-
ment that never before were
tion. more favorable for a ep an auditorium.
can victory, in Oklahoma, and stated!
he believed Oklahoma would eas.iy
gv republican; and that Craig coun- P<
ty. if the republican* would work to-
gether, would be republican by any-
where fn>m 200 votes upwyd. nt ■
declared* the only reason Craig was
not a Republican courty all the tin*
was that too many republicans re-
mained at home, believing the coun y
was democratic any how and there was
little use for them to vote.
The machinery fcr ths soy bean feed
mil, to be er cted in Xinita, has been,!
according to a letter received by R. E.
Moss, stating that work upon th* mill |
will be pushed as rapidly as possiblbe
to have everything in radiness to han-
dle the crop when it begins to mature
enough to be harvested.
LOSES BARN BY LIGHTNING
16 show*,--- .
While every one who
COTTON CROP LOOKS GOOD
E. E. Ramsey, manager of the Y ini-
Gin Co, brought some 1928 cotton
On I ty, where they can buy, sell, or trade
I. vzii | * , ,____ t
anything you have to sell with P. B.
Vandament, at the Craig County Ga-
zette office and have it advertised
free of charge in all the homes of the
county.
Charlie O'Connor, of Tulsa, candi-l 1
date for congress, on the republican!
ticket, spoke to the republicans gath-l
ered at the Craig county courthouse.!
Tuesday afternoon on party unity, and!
the importance of electing the loca l
ticket, then the state ticket, and last
the national ticket. “If the county
ticket, and the state ticket is elect-
ed,” stated Mr. O’Connor, “the nation-
al’ticket will take care of itself.
"The United State* i* coming into
one of the greatest eras of prosper-]
ity,” Mr. O’Connor continued, “And
with Hoover at her head, will contin-
ue in that prosperity. He i* a scien-
tifically trained man; having an un-
derstanding of all people* throughout!
the world, and the conditions under
which they work.......Agricultural .
relief will come to the farmer indi-l
redly, and Herbert Hoover i» the man
to bring this about. He ha*, in spite I
of all hi* opponent* say, a BIG heart,
and will help the fanner in ev«ry
way possible, because he understands
what he i* up against.”
Mr. O’Connor stated he wa» mak-
ing hi* personal campaign on the rec-
ord of Senator Charle* Curtis, c»ndi-|
date for vice-president on the republi-
can ticket, and the record of the re-
publican party, because he is a firm
believer in the good that ha* been
accomplished by both.
Following Mr. O’Connor’s stirring
speech, calling upon every republican
to aid in bringing about a republican |
victory, in Oklahoma, this year, the
committee reported the follow.ng del-
egate* had bcM* chosen to represent
Cmig county at the state convention,
to be held at Oklahoma City, next
Monday, August 2?th.
Roscoe Woods, Cha*. Newman.
Shade E. Wallen. Pauline Meeks, Mr*.
J. M. Darrough, P. B. \andament,
Mr*. J. L. Wharton, Mr*. Bert Os-
kinson, C. R- Spradlin. George Cost-
ley. Clyde Shepherd, F. R- Unox,
Ralph Hogue.
Alternate* seleded were:
Hebert Ray. Lee Beets. Ray Fore-
man, C. T. Spradlin. Francis Frank-
lin. James Shives, M. E. Milford, Mr*.
Russell Harri*. and John A. %,,e'
This matter having been disposed
of. the organization of a Hoover-Gur-
t.►O’Connor club was discussed, and
by a rising vote, *11 present were
made charter members of the organi-
sation. in Craig county.* A commit-
tee of five was appointed, whose du-
tie* it i* to further the work of thi*
club, which i* entirely independent
of both political parties, being a non-
partisan organization (unctionrg for
all who wish to enroll regardless of
party affiliation*.
R*v Starr, colored, was present, —
an ! asked the member, of the republi- LyHf, of Vinita. *nl assumed the man-
ean party m Craig county, to author- ajre„hip. Sunday, of this week. . d
ixe the organizing of * Hoover-Curtis- Wrigh., manager to t. attime, f f
R„. - us. - ™k-? R.
ta Vimu, .!">-• •“I
„ ta e,pen.n^ - .r.
now participating in cooperative mar-
keting and purchasing activities, a re-
, cent survey by the United States de-1
18 in partment of agriculture indicates^
her husband here Some of the farmers are participating
, rnembei* of particular associations,
some as share holders, some because
of contractual obligations to market I
cooperatively, and some as shirrs I
by the various ©operative enterprises. |
Including duplications because of
farmers belonging to 2, 3, 4, or 5 as-
three million, divided among the
c. OF C. THANKS ]
MILKPRODUCERS
At the regular meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce, Friday, a res-
olution was unanimously adopted, ex-
tending a vote of thanks to the women
land members of the Craig County
Milk Producers association for having
mvited them to their picnic and din-
ner held at Electric park. L. D. DaL
| quest also offered a resolution thank-1
I ing Dr. H. G. Bennett, president of the
A. and M. College, for having spent
a day as a guest of Vinita, and this
was also adopted. ,
L. H. Staub, ma-ag?'. of the Vinita. vr te.
Fruit farm, was a visitor at the meet-
ing, and told of the work being done
on the farm. He ha* sown a number
sudan glass, and cow peas, which will
be used as dairy fetd to feed 8 or 10
head of milk cows. The grapes on the
place were <------
rop will be short this year.
of alfalfa I Carey Caldwell for the repairs on his
1 «--
attending a road’ meeting, at Pond
Creek a few weeks ago.
W. J. Ryan. Jr., the new coach of
the highschool was introduced, | ;jng-der.s.
tor, yet the country south of the Rio-
Grande may yet be known as the scene
of an unparalleled educational exper-
iment, and Calles become famed to
posterity as the educator of the Mex-
can people.
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