The Helena Star. (Helena, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1920 Page: 4 of 8
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Every Room Warm
and no dust no soot
“How comfortable your house feels!” —
friends will say No more cold cheerless
rooms No more huddling around the stove
Every room can be warm and cozy at all hours
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Install a Globe Pipeless Furnace—can be 1
put up in a few hours No mutiliation of the
house in any way One register circulates
clean healthy moist heat evenly in every
room downstairs and upstairs
Any grade of fuel can be burned in the
Globe Pipeless Furnace— hard soft slack coal
screenings wood or coke None of the heat ‘
i3 wasted in gases smoke or soot Cuts fuel
bills 35 per cent
The galvanized sheet metal casing of
Armco Brand of American Ignot Iron encloses the entire furnace and prevents
dust dirt or soot from being drawn in and sent upstairs to settle on floors walls
or furniture
Globe Pipcless Furnaces are made in sizes to heat any type or size of house
Hold fire from twenty-four to thirty-six hours No unnecessary heat is circulated in
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THE HELENA STAR
I WATKINS AND SONS
! Editors and Publishers
Published Every Thursday
Subscription Price
$150 a Year ia Advance
Entered at the postoffico at Helena
Okla as second -class mail
matter December 27 1905
HAS OLD NEWSPAPER
Is 120 Years 'Jld-Sfank Rul-
ings — rlourn for Washington
Courtland linns Aug 26— A
rare newspaper 120 years old is in
the possession of Mrs J T Glas-
gow of Courtiaml The date borne
by it is January 4 1SU0 and the
nam of it is “The Ulster County
Gazette’’ Miss Campbell an early
day Scamlia milliner and a niece
of Mrs Glasgow gave it to her
The paper bears a very heavy
black ruling in mourning for
George Washington The paper
is about 18 inches in length and
aside front a few business cards
on the back page carries practi-
cally no advertisements It is four
columns four page paper much
different from the papers cf today
Periodically we see mention of
this paper front different parts of
the country and this is to make the
proposition clear Some ten years
ago the country we flooded by a
lot of copies of this Ulster County
Gazette and a certain mail carrier
on a star route out of Ringwood
to a little post office called Rernardi
carried a bunch of ihcnt and this
editor secured one by the payment
of the small sum of ten cents We
lnue that copy yet add it can be
seen at the Star office any time
night or day The use of modern
tvpe has left the imprint of later
day journalism on its pages but
still it is a very fair sample of
what newspapers were at that
time and contains many unusual
items Among them are adver-
tisements for runaway slaves and
the back page is made up of adver-
tising mostly sheriff sales strayed
stock etc The editor Stmuel
Freer seems to have been in ad-
dition to other things a merchant
for witness the following:
SAMUEL FREER
Has just received an assortment
of GOODS adapted to the Season
which he will (tisrose of for CASH
or COUNTRY PRODUCE only
upon very moderate terms ASHES
taken in said store
December 21 1799
Peter Ten Broeck appears to have
been the sheriff of Ulster county
at that time and ten or a dozen
notices of sheriffs sales listed in
that particular issue A full ac-
count of the death and burial of
General George Washington is
given in this paper besides war
news from Europe which makes
clear the fact that the British
were into it with the Dutch There
is also an account of the battle of
Zurich in which the British Ger-
mans Russians French and Aus-
trians were concerned Some of
the modern publications would
make this effort look like thirty
cents with the three rubbed out
Notice of Speaking in Medari Hall
Catholocism in American politics
will be discussed at Medaris hall
Friday night September 10th at 8
o’clock sharp All voters especial-
ly invited The speakers for the
evening will be M S Hubbell and
others
Cherokee Okla Aug 31— Alfal-
fa county farmers are pledging
their wheat to the National Wheat
to the National Wheat Growers
association which will have charge
of the sale providing it gets fifty-
one percent of the crop
A letter has been sent to the
National headquarters at Wichita
from the growers at Burlington in
this county pledging 33000 bush-
els At Kiowa 100000 bushels
were pledged to the association
The Star has one of the nicest
little home places for sale in the
country There is 160 acres of
land new house and other out-
buildings large chicken house and
90 acres in cultivation Pasture
has some timber but is excellent
land and good pasture 40 acres
of the place is fenced hog tight
and there is plenty of water and a
small orchard Possession may be
had Oct 1st There is a Federal
loan of $1800 at a low rate of in-
terest and owner will carry a
thousand dollars back on the place
besides this if desired If sold at
once purchaser gets 1-3 of spring
crop The price is $8000 and if
ever a place was worth the money
it is this one Ask the Star office 1
about this right away
OLD HICKORY
SMOKED BACON
THE kind Dad used to
make at hog killin’ time
and hang up in the smoke
house only better -a lot bet-
ter This Bacon is “Backs”
and you know what that
means It is the best part of
the back tender ana well
preserved Give it a trial
Creamery Butter
Butter Substitutes
Dried Meats and Fish
Everything We Should Have
in Season ' -
While Meat Market
ART LECRONE Prop’r
FAIR AT MD SEP U-15
The people of Ringwood and vi-
cinity will hold their annual fair
next week on the dates of Tues-
day and Wednesday September
14 and 15
This fair has become an annual
feature there and is well attended
There is always a bunch of good
stuff brought in and shown here
each year This year no doubt
will eclipse any former efforts as
the season has been unusually fa-
vorable to the production of bump-
er crops and the blackjack country
is especially suited to the produc-
tion of big melons pumpkins and
all kinds of good fruit including
garden vegetables as well as grain
of all kinds
Nothing except lack of co-operation
can keep a good country like
that down
PRINTERS INK
HAS been respon-
sible for thousands
of business successes
throughout the country
Everybody in town
may know you but
they don't know what
you have to sell
essssasssaai
Advertising Will Help Ton
W S KOCKENBERRY MOVES
TO HELENA
W S Ilockenberry and family
are guests of his brother George
HcPken berry and wife here until
they can get located in town Mr
Ilockenberry and family recently
had a sale of their personal proper
ty at their farm at Roy ENew
Mexico returning here to get
school facilities for their son as
their daughter is one of the teach-
ers in the school here They were
pupils of the Jet school while Mr
Fisher was principal there so they
feel like it is getting back home
for them The country in New
Mexica where they live is new and
the schools are not as yet fully es-
tablished They rented their farm
there and will spend the winter
here Mr Ilockenberry while at
Jet dealt in high grade live stock
and at his sale out west recently
it is noted that he still produces
some good cattle A clipping from
a local newspaper published at his
home town of Roy states that one
cow and calf brot $505 another
$325 and others over $200 A
suckling brot $55 and seven head
of cows and heifers netted him
$191800
Haugherty Here Tonight
Arrangements have been com-
pleted whereby Hugh P Daugh-
erty of Enid will address the Le-
gion meeting at the Savoy tonight
All ex-service men should be pres-
ent and hear him Mr Daugher-
ty has just returned from the state
meeting at Tulsa and will have an
important message for the boys
here
Mrs Jenkins Undergoes Operation
Mr and Mrs Knupp were ex-
pecting their daughter Miss Emma
Knupp soon from her trip up into
Iowa where she was attending her
sister Mrs R E Jenkins who has
recently underwent an operation
at Mayo hospital at Rochester
Minn Mrs Jenkins withstood the
operation nicely and is recovering
They expect to drive down into
Oklahoma by easy stages as soon
as she is able to travel accompa-
nied by their sister and family
Mr and Mrs Kennedy of Ogden
Iowa
Took Wrong Medicine
The fact that E B Harris while
in camp at a point in Colorado mis-
took a bottle containing iodine for
another nostrum he wished to
take in the dark led a facetous
Colorado newspaper to remark
that the gentleman should be more
careful with his “hooch” This
does not mean that Mr Harris
actually had the said “hooch" but
that it gave the said newspaper a
chadce to say something smart
News of the incident beat him
hack home which goes to show
how rapidly bad news travels es
pecially in muddy times like this
FOR A COUNTY FREE FAIR
Cliprokor Ilrpuldlcan —
If the farmers of Alfalfa believe
a county fair will be profitable to
them from any standpoint they
should not fail to bring in any-
thing they might have to exhibit
at the free county fair to be held
at the stock pavillion Sept 21 22
and 23 This fair will be held in
conjunction with the Boys and
Girls Club fair and the exhibits of
agricultural products live stock
etc is expected to be quite exten-
sive The premium list may be
found on the large posters and
will be printed from time in the
newspapers The premiums cov-
er most everything raised o r
grown on the farm
The Cherokee stock pavillion is
an excellent place to make a good
exhibit and there is no reason why
this fair should not be a success
and continued each year The
merchants of Cherokee have do-
nated the-prizes
Has Your ome ani
C i renew it next
Subscription tlme yoa atX
Expired? in town
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Is the Dress
of Business
That Is the
Kind We Do
Let Us Show You
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FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA
Farm lands sell at $5 to $200 per acre
Has two of the modern packing plants in the world
Ten rivers cross the state giving 15000000 acres
of bottom land
Has a larger percentage of tillable land than any
other state in the southwest
“More minerals and more of a kind than any other
state in the Union”
Farm extension work better organized here than in
any other state in the Union
Has the advantage of close proximity to both
northern and southern markets
Elevations range from 3483 feet at Texhoma (the
highest) to 677 feet at Applachia (the lowest)
Has one of the finest State Agricultural Colleges in
America with six district Agricultural Schools
Good land in Oklahoma can be purchased at 50 to
60 percent of what it would cost in otner and older states
’ Long open season and nearness to markets make it
the "opportunity” for horses cattle sheep and poultry
growers
Destined to become the greatest live stock breeding
region in America with long open season and fine spring-
fed streams '
All the staple crop3 of both north and south are
grown here— corn and cotton wheat and cane grown on
the same farm '
Truly the land of opportunity for the dairyman
As good butter and cheese can be manufactured here as
any place in the world
Oklahoma is young and aggressive Maybe that is
why the plder states cannot keep up with our pace in the
breeding of top-notch Short Horn Hereford and A berdeen-
Angus cattle We have some of the best breeders and
herds in the United States
High prices received for all farm products the past
thiee years and the good crops that generally prevail
have utterly spoiled a lot of perfectly good Oklahoma farm
tenants They have become land owners Good business
Keep it up Which reminds us that many prosperous
renters from the regions of high price land in Nebraska
Iowa and Illinois and other stai es are buying good farms
in Oklahoma This is good bui iness too— for the prosper-
ous renter and for Oklahoma
Phil Horton is a prosperous farmer on only 39 acres
of black jack sand land in Oklahoma His experience is
interesting and suggestive lie made a failure as a rent-
er He succeeded as a land owner Here is his story:
“I have wife and three children We own 39 acres of black
jack land land Eight acres of it is not yet clesred We rent out about
six acres mostly for corn We can’t handle so much laud Then corn
at $L50 a bushel doesn't pay us like fruit and vegetables do We have
one team— two mules They are so set in their wsy that we call them
Kaiser and Hindenburg Then we have a Ford for pleasure and for
use in marketing i
We used to rent We gave the landlord one-third the crop— work-
ed two years for ourselves and one year for him One of those three
years was usually a poor crop year so it amounted to splitting 50-50
with the landlord We could see no future as renters so we sold onr
few cattle and raised money to buy 20 acres of this timbered sand land
We had less than $20 in cash after the land was paid for We also had
a cow and a team with a few implements Wc cleared land built a
log house and a shed for a barn We put in a half acre of rhubarb on
the richest land From it we fold $270 the first year— or $10 more
than the whole farm cost We set out peach trees grapes and other
fruit The middles were planted to tomatoes and sweet potatoes Wo
have since added to the farm till now we have 39 acres We paid $1250
an acre for the first 20 and $462 for 16 acres bought last February
We cleared part of the last tract About 5 of acre we put to rhubarb
last March There is now about two tons of fipe rhubard that we can
sell locally for at least 3 cents a pound About acre ia in melon
and 5-3 of an acre in strawberries Four acres we rented out for corn
which will make about 40 bushels an acre Our income on the two
acres will be over half the cost of the whole 16 acre piece
Our total income from the 25 acres in cultivation this year will
be about as follows:
One acre rhubarb old plants $ 60000
3-4 acre rhubarb new plants 6000
Rhubarb bulbs 15000
Strawberries 1 acre 45500
Peaches 400 trees- 40000
Grapes 175 00
Cherries 5600
TOTAL $17 00
There is no trouble about a market Trucks come here end buy
a ton of rhubarb at a time Our trouble consists in supplying the de-
mand Then we had had our living and we live very well thank you
If you will stay to dinner with us you may have your choice of fruits
and vegetables home cured ham or bacon or if you prefer we will
make it fried chicken and cream gravy
Yes we have some liberty bonds And we have deposits in the
bank to buy more with if Uncle Sam needs the money We are healthy
happy and fairly prosperous Oklahoma suit us to a T There are
thousands of acres of laud like ours to be hah at $25 to $75 an acre
Here’s Your Opportunity! Bargains in Blackjack Farms
Major county 160 acres 90 in cultivation balance
pasture 4-room frame house new and in good repair
barn for eight horses and seven cows also room for some
hay Two new granaries with a capacity of 1200
bushels new chicken house 12x50 feet 40 acres of place
fenced hog tight 30 foot steel lower wind mill small or-
chard jack timber in pasture Price $8000 Now carries
a Federal loan of $1800 at 5) percent and will take an
additional $1000 back on place 45 acres now listed for
wheat balance of land in kafir and feed Possession Oc-
tober 1st
Major county 160 acres 3-room frame house hen
house and granary place fences and cross fenced with
bard wire has well wind mill and tank 65 acres in culti-
vation balance in timber pasture small orchard Town
and railroad six miles school house on place Price $3500
Has a mortgage of $1000 that runs 8 years yet at 8 per
cent $800 will handle this place balance at 8 per cent
back on place
Major county 160 acres 2-room frame house well
and wind mill fenced with lard wire and cross fenced
some woven wire on the place 80 acres in cultivation
balance timber pasture Price $3300 Has a- mortgage
now of 1500 runs 5 years at 5 per cent $650 will handle
this place and will carry the balance back on place in a
second mortgage at a reasonable rate of interest
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Watkins Land Company
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