Ellis County News (Shattuck, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL 8 NO 14
SHATTUCK OKLAHOMA THURSDAY' JANUARY 191122
Five Cents Per Copy
TIIE SCHOOL PROPOSITION
Considerable discussion has been
' going on in Shattuck for some
time in regard to the buliding of
a new school building in the town
but until i the - last few days it
has been mostly talk and discuss-
ion with vcry little if any action
This week however much talk
has been followed by considerable
action" and a movement has been
put in motion to combine dis-
trictsNo 42 and 43 forming them
into a union graded schpol for
convenience and economy The
movement means the abolishing of
the Shattuck independent district
and district 43 uniting the two
enabling both to have more and
better educational facilities than
they now have A new building
will doubtless be erected in the
district possessing more and bet-
ter accomdations than any in the
county and the rural pupils from
what is now district 43 will be
transported to and from the bulid-
ing providing the taxpayers of
the district so vote The matter
of transportation is left entirely
up to popular vote at the annual
school elections
In practically every community
where the union graded school
plan has been given a fair test it
has proven a great success not
only from the point of view of
increased efficiency but in the
matter of being more economical
as well Where two districts so
close together as these two are
combined each is placed a great
deal less expense than if they were
to be operated separately not to
mention the advantages of a more
extensive corriculum being offer-
ed and taught
An election has been ordered by
the county superintendent which
shall decide whether or not these
two districts will decide whether
or not they will discard the pres-
ent inefficient arrangement and
unite into a larger better more
useful district :Ttinkthe jnat-
ter over carefully and you wul
see that the most economical way
is the united way and cast your
vote accordingly
AMERICAN LEGION NEWS
Membership in the American
rgion of Oklahoma is increasing
a greater rate than ever before
the history of the organization
rcording to a report issued this
eck by state headquarters of the
stcrans’ organization During
ie week ending January 7 1213
embers were added to the rolls
: the organization The record
ir the week is nearly as good as
lat established during the entire
onth of January a year ago
Campaigns for membership are
progress in virtually every one
the 255 cities and towns in the
ate where Legion posts arc lo-
tted In the first week of the
w year six posts had reported
inewals of every member for 1922
ith increases- of from ten to one
indred per cent Posts at Erick
arshall Billings Holdcnville Ral
on and Fairfax were placed on
ie honor roll as a result by the
ate executive committee
Preliminary reports made in let-
rs to the state adjutant indicate
tat he honor roll will be doubled
i the present week Oklahema
pod seventh place among all de
irtments of the American Legipn
organization work in 1921 ac-
irding to records of national
sadquarters' in a report issued
k week At the beginning of
21 the state had 205 posts char-
red Applications of 48 new post
ere approved by the state ex-
utive committee during the year
The leading state was only 12
sts ahead of Oklahoma
Our local post here has grown
r the addition of several names
i the rolls and it is expected that
lis year will see it grow still larg
- The officials of the local post
-e anxious that all men who are
igible to "Legion membership be
trolled in! our ppst inorder that
ore good’ may be done for ' the
c-service men of the’eounty and
le people of thei community and
NOltCE!
There will I competitive ex
ninations for the office of post
asters in the various post offices
this section held ex Wom 1 card
i February U All who are sepk-
ig appointmentsto these positions
lould take this examination
POINTS OF INTEREST
By Tom M Marks County Farm
Agent '
You have probably read a great
deal about the extra yield and
other advantages of Bishop kafTir
I saw this growing at Jhe 'Still
water experiment station this sum
mcr and it was far superior to
any other strain of ’ kaffir corn
I mentioned this kaffir corn some
time ago and ’ stated that I had
subscribed for eight bushels 1
have a letter from the boy who
raised it stating that he would
have several bushels - to spare it
taken right away He will thresh
in a few days 1 emphatically reO-
commend this kaffir and I believe
it would pay us to get as much
of this see as possible he asked
four cents a pound for it which
would make it cost about five cents
a pound laid down here I will
not order more than what I sub-
scribed for If you want some of
this seed send me your order with
check made to kaffir corn account
Quite a number are agreeing to
plant sweet clover and I would like
to have a' good many move One
man made here last year about
eleven bushels from one acre and
another made about twenty-six
bushels from what he estimates
to be about two acres They are
selling these seeds readily at ten
cents a pound which is bringing
them $6600 and $7800 per acre
On several farms last year it fur-
nslicd grazing for about three
head of stock per acre besides
cutting a ton of hay equal to al-
falfa It looks good to me I
would like to get some to plant it
in wheat and rye fields Some
are waiting till c season comes
I think it is a good idea to get
the seed and and be ircady to
plant when it comes Where one
waits for the season he then may
not be able $o find the seed
Wheat following sweet cloverwill
make from three to eight bushels
-more tathjO-er' - ( p
Several have left word with cuff
ertnit people to tell me to call
and gi aft some grapes for them
and show how it is done but in
many cases the parties told forgot
the name or where the party lives
or initials or something The best
plan is to drop me a card telling
me just how to get to your place
To those bays in the pig clubs
who have not their sows or gilts
I would say watch for the coming
auction sales ’of pure bred hogs
Now is a good time to get you
a pure bred hog as they will sell
for probably A fourth less than a
few years ago It is a time now
that everybody can get into the
pure bred business '
LYDIA SCHULTZ
Lydia the sixtcen-ycar-old dau-
ghter of Henry Schultz of southeast-
of town died of convulsions
brought on by an attack of acute
nephritis at the Shattuck Hos-
pital Saturday January 14 1922
He death which has faddened the
hearts of her relatives and friends
came as "a shock to all who knew
her as her youth and former good
health seemed to assure her of a
long life Funeral ’services were
held at the home of her parnts
and at the Luthran church south
west of town on Tuesday of this
week burial having Jbeen delayed
to await the arrival of an unde
who resides in Texas The News
extends its sincerest sympathy to
the sorrowing relatives and friends
of the departed one and hopes that
time will be kind and speedy in
healing the wounds in the hearts
made desolate by her departure
She is gone the God who gave
her the breath of life has in his
great wisdom seen fit to take
her from among us and may those
still living who loved her strive
to be ready for the Great Call
when the last hour of our lives
here on earth has come so that
we may meet her there in that
land where we so earnestly hope
she has gone
MRS MARY SCHULTZ PASSES
AWAY i
The ' friends and old neighbors
of Mrs Mary Schultz will be sorry
to learn of her death at Portland
Cregon recently She moved north
of Shattuck and filed on a home
stead in 1902 later moving to Ari?
on a and last October she moved
to Portland living her last dayt
with her daughter Mrs John Day
who resides there -
DE
R'ttiember
THINGS WE THINK AfcOUT ’
By Uncle John
The Ford Idea
And the Hon Henry Ford is go-
ing to revolutionize the money
t system of the United States? Well
maybe it dees need fixing a little ing of this week when our local
and what system have we got that strong man Alex Meier will meet
don’t need fixing? Henry does
business in a very successful man
ner for both himself and his loy-
al helpers He seems to have-a
hunch that the money system is
getting terribly one-sided and 4s
twirling itself out -of its natural
orbit into ways -'the King bf
( Chance only konws Like Elijah
twhen he went down to-speak: a
little plainly to Ahaband Jezebel
Henry thinks he is pretty well la-
long in the reform business But
let’s see the Lord said “If we
remember aright “There are ten
thousand who have not bowed their
knees to Baal” but Elijah fled
Henry may not be that kind of a
prophet’ He haa the toola- towotk
at the job money printing press
sub list and a dozen good argu-
ments And the tin Lizzie is back
of the whole thing So we say
"Go to it and we will watch the
trail -of the dust you make and
note if you strike another New-
berry whether it be still Newberry
or a Newbury But as long las
Henry drives a Ford car he has
jour Sympathy for we all know he
j will have his troubles like the
rest of us poor folks who can only
afford a Ford
The Intellctual Train
Humanity is somewhat scattered
in an intellectual sense They
reach from the way back to the
present now — non progressives or
hitched and the progressives ever
rambling on One the stone that
has Allowed the moss to grow un-
molested on its every side and
well termed moss-back and the
roller that never stands in the
same place more than long enough
to get an introduction to every
member of the moss family - al-
ways on the polish ever sparkl-
ing because in close toch with the
source of life and light Yes —
strung out from day-before-yesterday
to day-after-tomorrow The
former with his “Hey come back
here and get the perfect truth of
all ages” while the latter yells
back the hearty greeting “Come
old man shed your casket ward-
robe' and come to life and learn
what it is to live and live abun-
dantly” Yes a groat stream of
humanity with various thoughts
of various dates
Folks just naturally keep on
working the problems that come
out in the News and each week
we add a new name or two to the
list of our subscribers as friends
or relatives send the paper into
the homes of the county We are
not sure that it is true but it
has come o us rather indirectly
that folks who ought o he regular
readers of the News and are not
have borrowed their neighbor’s pe-
per to read and get the problems
' that is thecase we would ad-
vise those parties to come in and
subscribe so that they will be sure
of getting the peaper each week
B A Ilumiston formerly owner
and editor of this paper who now
’s located at Sharon Oklahoma
vas in town last week visiting
"riends and acquaintances He re-
urned to Sharon early Tuesday
norning to resume work on his
paper the Sharon News
w
A REAL ATHELETIC EVENT
The American Legion of Shat'
tuck has made ararngements to
stage one of the most thrilling
and spectacularatheletic events of
Jhe season to be saged at the Nor-
thup Club House on Friday even-
the champion wrestler of this sec-
tion of the country ”Coonv Estes
of Gage Local men who are in-
clined to be sportsmen arc show-
ing a great deal of enthusiasm in
regard to the coming grapple and
it is expected that the affair will
draw a full house at the Park
as both of these men are very
well know in sporting circles of
the county and their prowess has
been demonstrated in many events
of like nature Mr Estes met and
defeated A A Wickham another
local man at the Club House not
long ago and is anxious to hold
his reputation as a grappler in
Ellis County Mr Meier has not
hath-the experience an4- training
in wrestling that his opponent has
had but he has the strength and
nerve that will just about balance
his deficiency in that respect All
things considered we are anticipat
ing a very interesting time at
the park Club House Friday night
If you inclined to enjoy good ex-
hibitions of physical strength and
skill you can not go wrong in
seeing this sporting event
MOVEMENT OF OKLAHOMA
AND TEXAS LAND
A very commendable movement
has been started by the North Tex-
as Land Company by which they
arc reaching several thousand peo-
ple in the north east and south
acquainting them of the true con-
dition and- wonderful possibilities
of imvestments in farm and ranch
lands in northwest Oklahoma and
the Panhandle district of Texas
There is no question but that
there are thousands of people who
would prefer living in the wonder-
ful climate for which this section
of the country is noted on the pro
ductive land that we have here
if they ony knew the conditions
under which they would live The
facts are that out twenty-five and
fifty dollar per acre land will pro-
duce practically as much as the
one hundred fifty to three hund-
red dollar per acre land of the
east This movement of the North
Texas Land Co will be the means
of bringing many new thrifty
farmers to our se'uon f the roim
tr who will be accorde a hearty
welcome when they asr’ve
Wiley Walton the pure bred hog
man of this vicinity tells us he
is going to put on a real pure
bred hog sale soon “Dick” has
some champion stuff and parties
who want to get a start of good
hogs should attend this sale when
it is made for there is no ques-
tion but that he has what you
want
The II at ten -Produce Co ship-
ped another Car load of Ellis Co
chickens to t ic Ncv Yrk City
market today
See A A Martin public steno-
grapher at the Ellis County News
office -
FROM STATE HEALTH
e ””
DEPARTMENT
Health is a question that can
be discussed from many different
angles It is a personal asset and
health and efficiency is a personal
problem To be physically com-
fortable and a sucecs a man must
have health equipment
He must haVe sufficient strength
to do a day’s work with reserves
for energy He must be fortified
against disease both physical and
ihental which comes more readily
to the weakened physique He
must have sufficient vitality and
nervous energy to be cheerful to
put enthusiasm into his purpose
His physique should be such that
it will not handicap him when
engaged in a serious piece of men-
tal work — that it will not inter-
rupt his concentration upon a pro-
blem or task An over abundance
of srength is not necessary but
the body should be ready and able
to stand whatever strain our work
demands Best work can not be
done when one is ill and when
the body is fatigued the mind re-
fuses to act with its greatest eff-
iciency The question of maintaining the
health is largely a question of
what you don’t do — not a question
of what you do - It is purely a
question of self discipline purely
a question of understanding what
to do and then having the back
bone to do it
Good health depends upon ex-
ercise sleep cheerfulness cleanli-
ness work and play good food
good water good light good heat-
ing morality and moderation
Therefore physical fitness and
health are largely matters of hab-
it and when once right habits
of living have been established
health follows almost automatic-
ally It is very worth while then
to teach children health habits
and for adults to form right hab-
its of living ’ - £
Every individual owes it to him
self in the matter of health to
breathe deeply eat temperately
chew thoroly dring (water) co-
piously clean fOeth carefully hath
frequently eliminate freely laugh
heartily sleep regularly work" play
fully exercise daily serve willing-
ly speak kindly play some read
much think more To live well
dare to be yourself — cheerful con-
scientious brave
WHY LOCATE AT SHATTUCK
As a town that holds out tempt-
ing inducements to the investor
and business man Shattuck can
be given first place at all times
Those of us who have witnessed
her progress in the past fifteen
years know that the advancement
that has been made by the town
in that time has been phenominal
It has grown from a mere “wide
place in he road’’ to one of the
most flourishing beautiful and
progressive towns in this section
of the country striding forward
year by year and adding new im-
provements to her already good
facilities until we find ourselves
reviewing in our minds occasional-
ly the condition of the town as
it once was in order to realize
the blessings we have in the pres-
ent And there is yet golden oppor-
tunity in the town we call our
home The resources of the coun-
try have only been touched and
many possibilities yet lie in wait
for development in order to give
forth additional wealth and hap-
piness to those who would seek
to find them We do not exag-
gerate when we say that Shat-
tugk and the country tributary to
the town presents one of the rich-
est fields " for development in the
southwest Our fields of growing
wheat and herds of heal ty fat
cattle bear us out in the state-
ment that no business enterprise
can go far wrong in locating here'
Especially does this hold true
the creamery and flour mill in-
dustries for the possiblities in this
line have scarcely been tried out
We are surrounded by a country
that raises ideal wheat for mill-
ing purposes and the country is
especially adapted for the breed-
ing and raising of dairy cattle
It is not doubtful that one or
both of hese entrprises will locate
in Shattuck in the future but it
should be soon as the sooner we
land either one or both the bet-
ter off w-e will all be
Stenographic warV done for the
public by A A Martin at tlc
Ellis County News office
DAVIS DRUG STORE TEMPOR-
ARILY CLOSES DOORS
One of the oldest and longest
established institutions in Shat-
tuck the Davis Drug Store ' was
temporarily closed by creditors
last week and a greater part of
the stock will be sold soon to
satisfy outstanding claims against
the institution We have been re-
liably informed by those who are
in a position to know that the
store will reopen under the old
name at the same stand with an
entirely new management just as
soon as the necessary legal action
in regard to the closing has been
taken The Davis Drug Store has
been in existence almost as long
as Shattuck has been a town and
it i3 the firm intention of the
Davis family that it shall not be
allowed to become inactive There
fore the personnel of the man-
agement will be changed and the
place will be opened again im-
mediately following the settle-
ment of the present condition
It has not been made known
publicly under whose management
the reorganized institution will be
placed but we have every assur-
ance from official sources that it
will be placed in competent hands
and vvill be conducted in an able
and efficient manner We are sor-
ry to hear of the closing even
temporarily of this established in-
stitution of the town but we are
pleased to learn that this old land-
mark of Shattuck will not become
extinct ’
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS IN THE
!" STATE
The state labor department this
month' will begin inspection of
industrial plants in Oblahoma to
determine whether they are ad-
equately lighted The department
has an instrument" for testing in-
tensity of lighting and where
lights are found to be insufficient
it will request owners of plants
to in£rease ligthing facilities
-M'Afeleciric be a
feature of the Food Show and
Household "Exposition to be -held
January 31 to February 4 under
the auspices of the Daily Okla-
homan and Times at Oklahoma
City Several of the larger e'cc-
tric firms of Oklahoma will have
exhibits
Oklahoma mined 2034000 tons
of soft coal in 1921 to October 31
compared with a national produc-
tion of of 340075000 tons
The Okmulgee Light and Ice
company has purchased the brick
building at Okmulgee owened by
Dr V Berry This building will
be used as offices for the company
in order to meet the expansion
of its business
Wapanucka is considering vot-
ing bonds to make a connection
with high line of the Public Ser-
vice company of Oklahoma run-
ning out of Atoka
The big generating plant of the
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co at
Enid installed at a cost of $125-
000 has been completed This will
give Enid and surrounding ter-
ritory additional light and power -facilities
Ramona and Ochelata will on
January 14 vote on a proposal to
grant franchises to Charles E
Pag of Sand Springs for electric
high lines These towns will be
connected with a new high line
now being built from Skiatook to '
Avant
The city of Rosselvelt is to have
a new electric light plant having
granted a franchise to the Roose-
velt Light and Power Co This
company is to have its plant in
stalled witihn one year
The Cities Gas Company has tak
en over the interests of the Cozart
Gas Co at Perry" and has begun
the laying o£ natural gas distribt
ing mains ard will supply that
city with natural gas
v GENERAL sorosis
The General Sorosis will meet
next Wednesday January 25 at
3 o’clock at the home of Mrs
Roy Edwards Subject “Intelli-
gent voting
Program hostess — Mrs" D Ci Ir
Win
NOTICE TO THE FUCIIC
On account of bad weather on
Wednesday night of this week we
will show our" new" serial “Win-
ners of the west” on Friday night
of this week in connection with
our regular Friday "night show
No additional charges will be made
for this extra show
J R Davis Manager
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Ribelin, Fred. Ellis County News (Shattuck, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1922, newspaper, January 19, 1922; Shattuck, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1757108/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.