The Davis News (Davis, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL XXIX— NUMBER 51
DAVIS OKLAHOMA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20 1923
$150 A YEAR
SCHOOOTES
A total enrollment of 64 pupils
19 reported for the third grade
in the Davis School -’jThe school
law recommends that one teach-
er should not teach more than
thirty five pupils hut there are
very few towns in the state that
do not violate this recommenda-
tion The Davis schools can be
proud of the fact that they have
added another teacher in order
to divide this grade into two
third grade rooms
Miss Nellie Morgan of Davis
was secured to teach this room
Miss Morgan is an experienced
teacher a senior in Burleson Col-
lege Texas and has taught in
the schools of New Mexico
Due to the disturbed political
conditions report comes from the
state superintendent’s office that
the vote on the school levy will
not be held October 2
SCHOOL FINANCE IN DAVIS
Valuation of District $123443500
Legal limit for school levy '1851642
School cost for 1921-1922 1907500
Taxed by proposed law 469085
Average attendance 1921-22
470 students
Revenue by $1500 per child 705000
Net Balance 235915
Decrease in Davis taxes made possible
2 mills 1 '
f
By a study of the above statis-
tics it is possible to prove that
the new school levy would bring
tax revenue from more wealthy
parts of the state into Davis and
in this way reduce local taxation
or make possible' better schools
without a local increase in taxes
The Visual Education Depart-
ment of the Davis Schools has
selected “The Third Alarm” a
5-reel picture showing the life
of firemen It is full of loyalty
to father mother and the call to
duty Everybody come admis-
sion is only 5c and 10c
Other short numbers of in-
terest will be added to this pro-
gram Gas Line to be Actually Be-
' gun Now
That the O and 6 Fuel Com-
pany will begin at once the work
of ditching for their proposed
gas line from the Robberson field
to Pauls Valley is an actual fact
was the statement of Leslie
Prince cashier of the Security
From now on we will test the batteries and put
water in them free on every car that is in our garage
on the 1st and 15th of each month
If you do not store your car with us bring it around and we will attend
to the Batteries on it
The Battery is one of the most important parts of your car Did you
know that around 90 of all car trouble is ignition trouble
Business of today is built upon SERVICE
and we want to be of Service to you
SOU P HALE MOTOR GO
' I
Lincoln Tordsorv '
CAM-TRUCKS -TIUCTOM
Davis - - - Oklahoma
National Bank of Ada who is
interested in the fuel company
Wednesday
Prince states that the work is
scheduled to begin Monday or
Tuesday and feels confident that
the line will put gas into Pauls
Valley before real winter begins
It is anticipated that the work
of laying the line and of comple-
ting connections will take about
60 days
The franchise to' the O and O
Fuel Company was granted at
an election last spring— Pauls
Valley Democrat
Ministerial Alliance
The Davis Ministerial Alliance
composed of the four resident
pastors met and formally organ-
ized last Monday at 10 o’clock in
the Methodist church The Rev
Mr Parham President and the
Rev Mr Butcher Secretary
This organization- is for the
purpose of conference and study
It is to meet in business session
the first Monday in each month
and the third Monday is to be
spent in reading and discussing
a paper or in delivering a talk
on some topic or subject connect-
ed with church life or doctrine
some problem in morals philoso-
phy or psychology and discus-
sion of it
Any member of the organiza-
tion may request a called meet-
ing when in his judgment it is
best to have one and any othfer
minister or layman wishing to
meet with us at any time is wel-
come to do so
W 0 Butcher Secretary
For Sale
A well established plant and
seed business with a cream buy-
ing station in connection Rent
cheap L C Haggard -
Sulphur
OMCO FLOUR
The Oklahoma Milling Co
one of the largest and best flour
mills in the west have a labora-
tory in the mill and a bakery
A baking from the regular run
of flour is made each day and
the quality of Omco flour is at
all times uniform Ask your
grocer for OMCO flour tand take
no other because they tell you it
is just as good
Davis Grain Co
Announcement
State Under Martial Law
Since Sunday the whole State
of Oklahoma has been under
martial law under order of Gov
Walton who claimed that a state
of insurrection and ' rebellion
against the laws and constituted
authorities exists throughout the
State So far only Tulsa and Ok-
lahoma counties actually have
been placed under the rule of
the bayonet but other counties
are threatened The governor
states it is a fight between the
visible and invisible (Ku Klux)
governments
In a State as peaceable and
quiet as Oklahoma it is hard to
make its citizens' believe there
was just cause for martial law
In fact 'unless the governor
knows a lot more than has been
told martial law was not justifi-
able in any county in the state
Our state gets much adverse
advertising The north and east
may consider us a state of band-
its and outlaws when ours is a
progressive law-abiding citizen-
ship equal to any in the union
Walton may be acting for the
best interests of the state but it
assuredly does not look like it
Moving Day for Milner’s
Bakery
We will soon be ready to move
to our new location in the new
Hale-Howell building next to the
Hutchins building We have
bought a new oven which we ex-
pect to arrive this week and as
soon as we can get it set up we
will move in We expect to have
the nicest and most sanitary
place we have had in Davis and
the best bakery that has ever
been in Davis when we get locat-
ed 7- And with ’ the ' help of our
new oven and the fine flour we
are buying now we expect to
give our customers some of the
best bread they have ever eaten
We also intend to increase the
variety and quality of our past-
ries and will soon be making that
good home-made candy again
We will also carry a line of fresh
fruits nuts and other confections
Will be glad to have you call and
visit our new bakery when we
get located You are always
welcome
G L Milner Prop
State Fair Opens Saturday
The Oklahoma Stafe Fair opens
Saturday the 22nd and con-
tinues one week Or) account of
martial law throughout the state
the order was given Monday that
the fair must be called off
After a conference between the
military officials and the state
fair officials the order was re-
scinded and permission given to
go ahead with the fair
Fair officials state that more
and better exhibits than ever
shown before will be given and
the people of the state are urged
to attend with the assurance that
martial law will not interfere
with the holding of the fair in
the usual way
Tracy-Sawyer
Mr N FV (“Uncle Nott”)
Tracy and Mrs Polly Sawyer
were married Sunday afternoon
at the Old Soldiers’ Home in
Ardmore Rev Lewis superin-
tendent of the Home conducting
the ceremony They returned
to Dqvis Monday and will make
their home here
Uncle Nott is ’ an old Tennes-
seean and ex-Confederate vet-
eran He is 84 years old and has
lived in this section nearly 40
years Mrs Sawyer is the wi-
dqw of a Confederate veteran
and has been in the Home seven
or eight years She is 70 years
of age She formerly lived in
Texas
1 The News in common with
other Davis friends wishes the
couple all possible happiness and
contentment
Hiss GabelGrowned Queen
A grand musical pageant and
coronation of Her Majesty
“Queen of Myrth” was held at
Okmulgee last Thursday evening
Miss Lois Gabel a Davis girl
now teacher in the Okmulgee
schools was the queen and her
coronation was effected “amid a
dazzling splendor that glowed
under the beams of the footlights
with the glamour of an old world
court ” as stated by an Okmulgee
newspaper
“The court setting and coro-
nation exercises gave a regal
aspect to the production which
combined with the modern jazz
shown by individual characters
and choruses in the pageant in
honor of the coronation and the
western touch furnished by the
stunts of the Harmon sisters
made the home talent classic a
pleasing production
“The singing and dancing of
the choruses were unsually good
and the leading characters were
accorded support in every act
The dance of the royal guards
was excellent The play from
start to finished moved with the
smoothness that might be com-
pared to a professional produc-
tion” the newspaper stated
New Jewelry Stock
Have just added a line of good
jewelry to which I invite the
inspection of the public It shall
be my purpose to keep a line of
late design dependable jewelry
and to sell it at a 'reasonable
price If interested in the pur-
chase of anything in the jewelry
line don’t fail to give me a call
Remember I do all kinds of
watch and jewelry repairing and
guarantee my work Your
patronage solicited '
Myron W Woods
Twentieth Century Club
The Twentieth Century Club
held its first meeting of the year
at the home of Mrs Frank
Adams Wednesday Sept 12th
at 3 o’clock Almost a full mem-
bership answered roll call with
current events led by JJiss Bar-
nett A very interesting busi-
ness meeting was held by our
new president Mrs A E Clif-
ton and the club feels like a
splendid year is in store for them
with so splendid a leader
After the busihess was over a
delightful social hour was enjoy-
ed with games of “42” Deli-
cious ice course was last served
by Mrs Adams assisted by her
two charming little children lit-
tle Miss Adams and Master J L
Adams
The next club meeting will be
with Mrs A E Clifton Sept
26th Reporter
Whitehurst Says Let Cotton
Dry in the Field
J A Whitehurst President
State Board of Agriculture says:
The cotton growers of Oklaho-
ma can avoid thousands of dol-
lars of damage to both seed and
lint by permitting the cotton to
thoroughly dry out in the field
Cotton picked wet will not make
as large turn out of lint and the
sample will not be nearly so good
besides after long continuous
rain like we had the last week
will almost ruin the seed both
for home use and sale to oil mills
not 5nly frequently spoiling but
damaging other seed that it
comes in contact with - A few
days drying in the field will per-
mit other new cotton to open and
thereby improve the grade of
lint and quality of seed
On the Market
Oklahoma City Sept 18— W
W Corbin was in the Thursday
market of the Oklahoma National
Stock Yards Oklahoma City
with five loads of cattle which
included 45 head of 890 pound
average steers that crossed the
scales at $475 Mr Corbin also
furnished the big end of the steers
on Friday’s market 25 head of
1074 pound average sold at $525
31 head of 937 pound average sold
at $500 31 head of 806 pound
average sold at $475 and 33 head
of 753 pound average at $450’
Floyd Randolph was among the
Murray county shippers on the
Thursday market of the Okla-
homa National Stock Yards sell-
ing three loads of cattle which
included 34 cows of 670 pound
average at $425 and 30 cows at
$375
Just come in and see these new
style charming blouses now so
low priced— $5 blouses for $395
B Wolf’s
After all’s said and done— there is only one way to save
money on anything buy the best In clothes the good
woolens and tailoring that Hart Schaffner & Marx and Cur-
lee use give you longer wear and more satisfaction they
save you money We’ll guarantee that they’ll please you
If they don’t— your money back
Suits $2500 and up
Home of Dependable Merchandise for the whole family
Rodeo and Barbecue at Da-
vis Neit Week
Next week is the time for the
rodeo and barbecue in Davis It
will be held three days— Thurs-
day Friday and Saturday The
promoters Garland Dotson
Frank Stedman and Will Short
have been working hard to get
everything in readiness for the
event and it is believed that
success will crown their efforts
that big crowds will be here for
the three days and that they will
be amused and entertained and
fed in fine shape
Some of the best riders and
ropers in the State are to be here
and the lovers of this class of
sport are assured their money’s
worth The rodeo starts at 2 p
m each day and the perfor-
mance will last three or four
hours An admission of 25c and
50c will be charged to the rodeo
Barbecue bread pickles and
gjavy will be served free each of
the three days The managers
request that you bring buckets
for gravy
The picnic will be held in the
city park near the waterworks
tower and the rodeo takes place
on ground near by
Everybody is invited to the
barbecue and rodeo Come
Ruling on Plugging Wells
Arthur McClure deputy oil in-
spect and chairman of the board
of county commissioners has re-
ceived word from F M Conner
chief conservation officer of the
Oklahoma corporation commis-
sion relative to complaints pf
improper plugging of abandoned -oil
wells in wildcat territory
The commission has ruled that
it may on its own initiative re-
quire all companies operating
within the state to furnish bond
in the amount of $2500 each-
covering their operations in any
particular location for a period
of two years The ruling also
provides that a blanket bond in
the sum of $10000 shall be fur-
nished by such companies as con-
template operations of any great-
er extent than one location
Have Your Glasses Fitted
Next Monday
I will be at the Youngblood
drug store next Monday from 1
to 3 p m to examine eyes and
fit glasses
W W Sadler M D
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