The Shattuck Monitor. (Shattuck, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME NO XVII
SHAtTUCK ELLIS COUNTY OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MAY 19TH 1921
NUMBER 8
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SHATTUCK DON’T
LIKE TRUCK LINE
John W Foster and A E Perrin
were here from Shattuck Monday
coming out to discuss the 3h ip-bytruck
movement with Spearman busi-
ness men the object being to discour-
age the same wherever possible
These men claim that if the ship-bytruck
movement continues to glow
in importance along the branch line
there is danger of the Santa Fe tak-
ing off one train giving us train ser-
vice only every other day This
would be mighty popr train service
and would be a serious blow to Spear-
man and the Spearman country But
on the other hand to discourage the
truck business would also be a ser-
ious blow Spearman is located dif-
ferently from other towns in that it
is located at the end of the line and
has a trade territory immense in
soope which has 90 railway facilities
whatever The logical way for these
people 'to market their products and
for Spearman merchants to supply
thfir wants is through the use of
'trucks and the use of trucks in this
instance is not' a detriment but a help
and benefit to the business of the
Santa Fe For instance: S E Har-
binson made his first run with a truck
from Spearman via Dumas to Amar-
illo and return the first of the week
He left Spearman loaded vfith gas and
oil for Dumas Formerly this gas
sad oil wpshauled to Channing over
the Fort Worth A Denver and freight-
ed out to Dumas by the' horse - and
mule route Thus it will be seen that’
a fight on the truck lines will not
only hurt Spearman but from this
particular point will hurt the busi-
ness of the Santa Fe
A meeting of -Spearman business
men was held Monday night to discuss
this proposition and a committee
was appointed to draw upa' °-' iwion( that is about all that -U
lotion not in harmony with the sup- beeh made! Slates for state candi-
by truck movement It is dopbtfuj dates tw0 yea hence etc- but about
- if this resolution will meet with the
approval of a majority of Spearman
business men They seem to think
thait the Santa Fe has no ust reason
' or excuse for asking this of Spear-
man business men and that if the up-
start of the whole affair is a fight
between Woodward and Shattuck bus-
iness interests that Shattuck' should
pull her own chestnuts from the fire
A new truck line is being establish-
ed from Woodward to Perry ton run-
ning through the towns of Catesby
Follett Darrouzett and Bookef The
truck line will be known as the ‘B’
Line Highway Truck Line The sch-
edule provides that two trucks will
be operated each day and will accom-
- odate both freight and passenger
traffic This may or may not have a
bearing on the case but there is one
thing that will bear heavily on the
case of the truck man and that is
the passage of Senate bill No 101
commonly known as the "Truck Bill”
This bill t provides fpr the payment
of a tan on all trucks used for com-
mercial purposes based on the -capacity
of the truck and the number of
wiles it travels in a certain period
ever 'public highways outside of citj
limits The tax ranges from one to
eight cents per mile and’ payable
quarterly —
The purpose of the bill was not to
raise a revenue for the State of Tex-
as but to put the large truck off the
public highway The law fs now in
effect and the first payment will fall
due in July — Spearman Reporter
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In spreading the mantle of char-
ity it is always best to begin at home
We say this because we are "hit”
almost every day to help some foreign
' ' objects when home needs it more
Human affairs cannot be arranged
just exactly to suit everybody If it j
was we would all be satisfied The
consequence is that the fellow who
shoots at the bull’s eye hits something
and the random shots go wild
The sociability of today is lacking
to some extent in the most of us be-
cause it costs something to do it
When it costs about $200 extra to buy
grub enough to take a friend to din-
ner and you haven’t the $200 -you
draw the line on the sociability
SHATTUCK
PROSPECTS
Considering the way that the busi-
ness interests of the town are stand-
ing together we can look forward to
the future with great hopes for the
town In our 17 years as a resident
of the town we don’t believe we have
ever seen the people more in "'har-
mony than they are today Things
have happened so all-fired fast here
of late and Important things have
come to hand in such rapid succes-
sion that it has warned us to get to-
gether and forever cut out any scrap-
ping among ourselves If Shattuck
is to grow and take its place among
the towns of the state selfishness in
a business wqy and petty spite with
eachother must cease No town ever
made any headway that was divided
against itself No business can suc-
ceed "nagging” at its rival We must
all be in happy unison and work un-
ceasingly for the betterment of Shat
tuck in an effort to bring about a
better feeling among our own people
Be for Shattuck at every turn of the
road Helping the town is hepling
yourself and if you need any public-
ity assistance the Monitor is there
with the goods to help yOu push it
o
D G Steinert one of our regular
readers oh Route 2 Shattuck drop-
ped in today before going to press
and set himself from 1919 to a year
ahead on the paper -Dave has just
recently had some hard luck in the
loss of one of the best-farm barns
in the country by fire together with
5 hegd of horses and other stock
but hd is a stayer and is going to
come agn
Jt looks like a whole lot of politi-
calmedicine has been made down at
the ‘State Capitol during the extra
We know of n few-of our newspaper
friends who run subscriptions on the
sliding scale — fl50 cash $200 on
time and $300 where they never pey
at all
o
The new school superintendent
Prof Ward of Woodward was down
this week taking in the commence-
ment exercises of our public school
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Superintendent McKee of the Pan-
handle Division of the Santa Fe spent
last night in Shattuck going out over
the Hi-Line this morning
Shattuck is showing signs of get-
ting back to normalcy on the ship-
ments of eggs and poultry as well as
cream since the stir was made on the
truck proposition The freight and
express receipts begin to show where
this stuff all comes from
Memorial Day will soon be here
and it should be a day of the rebirth
of the nation’s It will be if we give
up chasing the dollar for a few hours
and allow the elemental instincts of
humanity have full scope Shattuck
has every reason to observe Memor-
ial Day
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OIL OUTLOOK
The fact that they have oil in the
No 2 Gulf well at Panhandle is evi-
dent that oil field is east of the Am-
arillo gas wells On a line northeast
and southwest gas also shows up at
Liberal Kansas If the same line for
oil at the same distance from the gas
extends as far north then the show
for oil in the country is very flat-
tering and is worth the feffort of try-
ing' No one yet knows how much oil
the Panhandle well will produce but
it is estimsted at from 500 to 1000
barrels daily Two five-hundred bar-
rel tanks have been filled and the well
shut down for tankage and pumps
The country north and northeast of
this well is being leased up at good
figures and locations being made for
more drilling The Coble & Hey-
wood well and the Foste & Null dis-
trict across the river north has taken
on new life and at' Higgins they are
getting ready to punch a little deep-
er The chances are that within the
next 30 or 60 days some surprises
are going to be in store for the na-
tives At any rate the striking of
oil ip the Gulf No 2 has opened the
way for a whole lot of new develop-
CHURCH MOVE TO DISARM
Harding Will Be Appealed To "As
A Christian” to Call Conference
President Harding will be appealed
to "as a Christian” to take the lead
in a world-wide movement to bring
about a gradual reduction of arma-
ments The appeal will come from Ameri-
ca’s leading church workers who ex-
pect to have the powerful church
sentiment of the country back of
them
President Harding will be asked to
call a conference preferably in Wash
ington of representatives of the Unit-
ed States Great Britain France It-ly
and Japan with a view to taking the
first actual step toward world dis-
armament Meantime sentiment for world
peace is to be created throughout the
civilized countries On the first Sun-
day of next month the churches of
the United States will observe “dis
armament Sunday" - -
Noted clergymen of thirty-one of
the American denominations co-work
era with the church federations of
this and virtually every other nation
having Christian churches assembled
in convention here tonight outlined
the above program as their definite
and immediate objective The ses-
sion called by the world alliance for
international friendship through the
churches will last three days
CHANGING POLICY
Harding has abandoned definitely
the policy of splendid isolation to
which he apparently stood pledged
when he took office aa president We
were 'led by hia campaign speeches
to believe that our new ' president
would keep us safely out of European
affairs and would not permit our
state department to become sullied
by the touch of foreign complications
Mr Harding in consultation with
his astute secretary of state has
reached the conclusion that isolation
Is impracticable no matter bow de-
sirable it may be in the abstract We
want business prosperity Business
prosperity is one of the things the
Harding administration was elected
to bring us We cannot have busi-
ness prosperity without healthy for-
eign trade To get the foreign trade
we must mix up in foreign affairs
and help to regulate the affairs of
Europe
Hence the throwing over of the
irreconcilable point of view by presi-
dent Harding Hence the appoint-
ment of American representatives to
sit on the supreme council and the
reparations commission Wichita
Eagle
Mr and Mrs Omer Chadwell of
the Old Goodwin vicinity were among
the traders from that section in town
today While In town Omer dropped
in and took a look on how we were
hooked up with electricity
: RESOLUTIONS
WMwaw
1Qnce again" death has summoned
a sister (Susan ' Andersan) and the
golden gate way to the eternal city
has opened to welcome her to her
home
BE IT RESOLVED —
That we the members of Shattuck
Chapter No 173 Order of Eastern
Star extend to the beloved family
our heartfelt sympathy in their great
loss and bid them look to God the Su-
preme Ruler of the Universe for
comfort
feE IT ALSO RESOLVED—
That the Charter of the Chapter
be i draped in mourning for a period
of thirty days
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED—
That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to the bereaved family a copy
filed with the records of the Chapter
and a copy sent to the papers of the
city for publication
' Mae Foster
V Committee — D C Irwin
1 ' Jennie Mason
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SOROSIS
The General Sorosis will meet next
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
thq Presyterian church Executive
Board meeting at 2 o’clock P M Hos
teases — Mrs Ruby Mitchell Mrs D
C Irwin Mrs White Don’t fail to
attend these meetings There is al-
ways something of great importance
brought before the club at this time
Mrs T T Baldwin President Mrs
O IE Helton Acting Secretary
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An old codger up in Missouri 61
years of age married a kid 15 He
evidently had a fondness for raising
thqpi
bne thing we should be thankful
foftnfc least no one at Shattuck has
so far had to pay income tax on their
oil stock
Apparently the spring winds have
just begun - to come The past few
days is giving us some old time ex
periences
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We note that the run of the North
Texas trains was not extended to
Woodward on the 15th Wonder the
reason why?
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Mrs Morrie Ingle and Harold Ed-
wards came in last evening from Phil-
adelphia to spend a time visiting with
the folks at Shattuck They will
likely remain for a month or so
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' Rev T A Butler former Baptist
minister at this place who is now
located at Nash Oklahoma came in
this week on business and for a visit
with his son Clarence
Nobody knows how much junk they
have until they begin to move it
round and printing office when they
go to move find they have more than
anybody — we’ve tried it -o
—
Carl Rauh who has been a regular
reader of the Monitor for some time
called at our office while In town yes-
terday and had the paper changed
from Route 3 Shattuck to Arnett He
is farming in that vicinity this year
Absent mindedness is not common
with the young but there is a story
going the rounds about a certain
young lady not far distant who dress-
ed herself for a ball looked in the
mirror and absent mindedly went to
bed
The woman who hid her husband’s
wooden leg so he couldn’t go to
lodge exhibited her hatred for secret
societies but if hubby should hide
her high-heeled shoes to keep her
away from the club she’d be madder
than a hornet
Over on the east side of the state
the felicity of married life has got-
ten to be a bore 26 divorces at Mus-
kogee 13 at Oklahoma City and Paw-
nee county and it all happened in a
day Some divorce mill over there
and a record that puta Reno Nevada
to the bad Oklahoma City is get-
ting her “rap' up
BUSINESS IS
SHOWING UP
The mercantile agencies of the
country are making a bet'er showing '
and the prospect for the betterment
of - conditions generally are brighten-
ing up quite a bit Good rains thru-
out the agricultural section' of the
country have put more powder be
hind the gun if fluctuation in farm
prices can be held down to a mini-
mum within the next sixty to ninety
days normalcy to a degree is going
to be reached In Shattuck there
is not a merchant tradesman mech-
janic laborer or man of any avocation
but what says that things are loom-
ing up Prices are lowering to some
extent but not enough yet in com-
parison to the price of farm products
Money is easier somewhat and wages
have declined but little Building and
improving property in both town and
country is going on some and pros-
pects' with the drop in price of mater-
ial is that there ia going to be quite
a bit of it going on by late summer
and fall Shattuck has everything to
gain by the changing of conditions
and will be ready to start with a rush
in the resumption of general prog-
ress throughout the country Being
located as it is Shattuck has the ad-
vantages for making a good town in
a most resourceful country for hand-
ling all kinds of stuff in the way of
transportation is a big factor and the
splendid stocks of goods to select from
makes it an Ideal plce to trade The
social advantages and its schools
churches and lodges puts it in the
lead of the average towns and makes
it a desirable place for those seek-
ing locations to better themselves fi-
nancially and to build a home where
they and their families can enjoy life
AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
“ Va-Ai ' ’ '
Bible School- -
Attendance last Sunday 125
The new class for young married
folks named the “Live Wires” Prof
E G Pickett teacher
The Loyal Berean Class (The Adult
Bible Class) will go to the creek
Sunday after Bible School with lunch
baskets and eat dinner in the open
Bring your lunch and go along You
will be welcome
Evening Services
The subject for the evening will be
"Using our spikes” Don’t miss it
The usual good music will be a
feature of the service Come
NOT AGAINST OTHER TOWNS
In the struggle for life and exis-
tence Shattuck is not against other
towns but is wholly and upon its own
responsibility strongly for itself In
the natural way if encroachments are
made upon it it would not be true
to its own inqfyta and rights if it
did not put up a live and let live
scrap to maintain its supremacy of
location and territory That is just
exactly what we will do ia a commer-
cial war with our competitors anC
yet at the same time we can extend
all the social courtesies that are com-
ing aiid even help our neighbors out
of the ditch But Shattuck is going
to be "Johnnie on the spot” when it
comes to taking care of her own in-
terests When our neighbors think
we are going to feed the cow at this
end just in order to let them milk her
at the other they have a few more
guesses yet coming
You can’t get sohie editors to take
on the reSpnsibility of umpiring a
game of ball because its not a very
good subscription getter
o
Mr and Mrs Walter Walker of
Follett came down last evening to
be present at the graduating exer-
cises of the High School their
daughter Leola being one of the
members of this year’s class
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Mr and Mrs Oscar Haines of the
Follett vicinity were among those
who came down to attend the com-
mencement exercises of the Shattuck
High School Mrs Haines used to
be a teacher at Shattuck and ie al-
ways interested in school work
KANSAS CITY MO
LIVESTOCK LETTER
& MARKET REPORT
CATTLE AND HOGS LOWER
SHEEP ACTIVE HIGHER
Kanpas City Stock Yards May 16
1921 — Cattle prices today' were It)
to 15 cents lower than the extreme
high point late last week and about
25 cents hffher than h week ago De-
mand from killers was fairly active
Hog prices were 10 to 15 cents lower
top $835 and bulk of sales $790 to
$830 All classes of lambs were 25
cents higher and the highest of the
year Sheep were strong to 25 cents
higher
TODAY’S RECEIPTS
Receipts today were 13000 cattle
17000 hogs and 10000 sheep com-
pared with 12000 cattle 12500 hogs
and 16000 sheep a week ago and
11000 cattle 24000 hogs and 12450
sheep a year agoi
BEEF CATTLE
Trade in fat cattle opened slowly
with buyers bolding back for lower
prices As soon as a 10 to 15 cents
decline was established trade be-
came active and a fairly good clear-
ance was effected’ Demand was about
the same in all weights though choice
to prime tidy weight yearlings con-
tinued to bring a premium over other
(lasses Cows and heifers were steady
to 15 cents lower and veal calves
weak to 50 cents lower The general
demand in the market now is much
broader thjn a few weeks ago
STOCKERS & FEEDERS
Trade in stoskers and feeders was
wereactive at steady prices Receipts
were moderate There was a fairly
gooff inquiry for stock cows and heif-
ers HOGS
and at the-Mver level there vss ec--tive
demaiidr' Fairly liberal receipts
and lower prices at more eastern
markets caused the decline here The
top was $835 and bulk of sales $785
to $830 Pigs were strong to 25 cts
higher top $875 On ' the basis of
present demand from packers prices
are expected to hold to about present
levels for- some time to come
SHEEP AND LAMBS
With prices strong to 25 cents
higher sheep and lambs sold at the
highest levels of the year Spring
lambs sold up to $1250 wooled lambs
up to $1170 and clipped Texas weth-
ers $725 Some goats brought $400
Trade was active with a close clear
ance
HORSES AND MULES
Prices for horses and mules were
steady compared with a week ago
Receipts continued moderate
CHAS M PIPKIN
Market Correspondent
SHATTUCK vs WOODWARD
Since the possibility of the removal
of the Santa Fe shops from Canadian
a real town fight has developed be-
tween Shattuck and oodward Okla
Both of these towns have aspirations
toward obtaining these shops and at
the same time get the division point
which means much for any town
A meeting was held at the Court-
house last Monday at which the
claims and argument of Shattuck
were presented in a very able manner
The gathering was called to order by
Attorney Sack Allen who introduced
the principal speaker of the evening
Mr Geo L Hyde stockman and man-
ager of the Shattuck Co-Operative
Stores and Elevator Short talks
were made by Mr Roy Edwards of
the Tomlin-Edwards Merc Co of
Shattuck Judge George M Perry
Fred W Hood and A W McDnff
The Chamber of Cammerse of Shat-
tuck are endeavoring to secure a
wholesale grocery and produce house
for their town We wish them all
success for it would mean much ror
our neighbor town and at the sane
time be of much benefit to our wn
merchants '
The Shattuck 'boosters were a
bunch of real live wire business men
and it la our guess that what they
go after they are most likely to get
— Ochiltree County Herald
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Mitchell, Cap. The Shattuck Monitor. (Shattuck, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1921, newspaper, May 19, 1921; Shattuck, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1779340/m1/1/?q=Caughey: accessed May 21, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.