Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 21, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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Volume 20
Norman Oklahoma January 21 1928
Number 18
PAULS VALLEY PAPER
CELEBRATESBIRTHDAY
Enterprise Passes Fortieth Milestone
Believes Jt Holds Mark fr Pub-
lication in One Location
Altho not the oldest newspaper in
Oklahoma the Pauls Valley Enter-
prise which celebrated its fortieth
birthday January 15 claims to hold
all records in the stat? for continued
publication in one location
Established in 18?7 as the Chackasaw
Enterprise at the original townsite of
Pauls Valley the Enterprise has 'seen
‘a score of editors come and go but
haS' never missed a press day in the
entire 40 years It is now published
by W M Erwin for two years pres-
ident of the Oklahoma Press associa-
tion Paper Began In 1887
The first edition of the Enterprise
was published January 15 1887 by
Thomas Martin and Tom Fields A
circulation of 600 had been attained
bv its seventh issue
Several years after its establishment
the Enterprise was sold to Col W F
Laney a confederate officer during the
Civil war He sold it in 1891 to Arch
Raney R F Schofield a nephew of
General Schofield of the United
States armv was the next publisher
He was followed by Albert Rennie an
attorney Rennie was followed by R
F L McClain who later conducted a
paper at Blanchard A M Allen Bion
S Hutchinson and Ollie Wilson now
with the Walker-Wilson-Taylor Print-
ing company of Oklahoma City were
succeeding editors
Erwin Bought Paper in 1904
Erwin purchased the paper in 1904
irom Wilson who has conducted it
since that time
The name of the paper was changed
shortly afterward from the Chickasaw
Enterprise to Pauls Valley Enter-
prise At the time Erwin purchased
the Enterprise he also bought the
Valley News which had been in oper-
ation six or eight years and console
dated the two
MAGEE GIVEN COMMENT
ON STATE FRONT PAGES
Carl Magee Oklahoma News editor
who became nationlv known because
of his exposure of the Teapot Dome
while he was in Albuquerque N
Mex has won mention on the front
pages of many Oklahoma newspapers
the last week because of publication
in his column of charges of bribery
against senators in the -ecent session
of the legislature
Magee stated that he refrained from
giving names because he did not hold
himself a "public prosecutor" because
the charges would not be recognized
as bribery in the court as a result of
the supreme court opinion holding the
session illegal and because he refused
“to be the goat" in possible libel suits
Choctaw Indian Writer
Dies in State Hospital
Capt Ben Locke well-known In-
dian humorist and newspaper writer
died on Thursday January 5 at the
Soldiers’ Memorial hospital in Mus-
kogee after an illness which had con-
fined him to his bed for four years
Captain Locke a Choctaw Indian
was a profound student of human
nature He was a regular contribu-
tor to several newspapers and his
Indian humor was a feature of
“Trench 90" publication of the Sol-
diers’ hospital
He was born at Antlers on October
17 1833 and ' has spent the greater
part of his li‘e in Oklahoma He
served in the national guard until ill
health forced him to go to the hos-
pital 4-
O U Journalism School
Is Promised Temporary
Relief in New Quarters
Temporary relief for congested con-
ditions in the school of journalism at
the University o Oklahoma is in sight
as the result of an announcement Wed-
nesday by Presided W B Bizzell
that a $25000 building will be erected
for the school this summer in time to
be ready for occupancy next September
Funds will be available from the gen-
eral university appropriation
It was emphasized by the president
that this building will provide only
temporary quarters and that efforts
will be made to get an appropriation
at the next legislature to build a per-
manent home for tve school
The $25000 building will be entirely
inadequate for permanent use he
pointed out as it will provide only
slightly more room than the school
now has but it will have the advan-
tage of being located adjacent to the
print shop and will have better facil-
ities for practical training For the
past seven years the school has been
housed in one-half of the basement
s’tace in Old Science hall
Announcement of "the plan to con-
struct a building followed closely on
the investigation of the school by a
committee of the Oklahoma Press as-
sociation which reported that phvsical
provisions for the school are entirely
inadequate
REV STEALEY TO START
NEW BAPTIST MAGAZINE
Rev C P Stealey former editor of
the Oklahoma Baptist Messenger
Oklahoma City who is now publisher
of a new magazine called the Southern
Baptist Trumpet has received 250
subscriptions to the publication
Stealey was requested to resign as
editor of the Messenger at a meeting
of the board of directors ( because of
his fight for fundamentalism it was
claimed The new magazine will be
devoted to the support of fundamental-
ism Stealey announces
CROUP WILL DISCUSS
PRACTICE PROBLEMS
Eleven Editors on Program for Meet-
ing at Woodward Jon H Casey
of Norman to Speak
Eleven editors and publishers are
scheduled for talks on practical news-
paper problems at the business meet-
ing of Group Two of the- Oklahoma
Press association which is being held
at Woodward this week-end Prof
John H Casey of the Oklahoma
school of journalism at Norman will
be the only speaker from outside the
district it was announced
The meeting was to have been
opened w’th a welcome address by Clar-
ence Paden of the Woodward Daily
Press followed by the president’s an-
nual address by S C Timmons of
Aline
Topics Include Variety
0'her editor on the program to-
gether with topics on which they were
scheduled to speak were the follow-
ing: “Shop Talk" Harold Hubbard
Kingfisher Times “How We Get On: a
Good Newspaper” A L Kimball Bea-
ver Herald-Democrat “Advertising" J
W Willard Alva Review-Courier
“Does a Semi-Weeklv Pay?" Ted
Hoe'er Cherokee Messenger and Re-
publican “What I Consider a Success-
ful Country Newspaper" S E Lee
Harper Country Journal Buffalo
“The Newspaper T rom a Woman’s
Point of View” Mrs Bert Campbell
Waukomis Hornet: “The Business
Management of a Small Paper" C E
Herschberger Med’ord Oklahoma
“Foreign Advertising" S B Richards
Waynoka Enterprise “How to Buy
Job Stock and Print Paper” a rep-
resentative of Guymon Herald
Field Manager to Be Discussed
The Franklin price list was to be
discussed altho the speaker’s name
had not been announced John H
Casey’s subject was “Operating a
Small-Town Newspaper” The pro-
posed field manager plan was also to
be allotted a place on the program
Officers expected to have some dis-
cussion bringing out points on how
the system operates in other states
Entertainment for the convention
included a dinner to be given by the
Chamber of Commerce Program for
the dinner consisted of music by the
Rotary club quartet three-minute talks
by visiting editors and an address on
the subject “Why Woodward Likes
to Entertain Newspaper Men” by C
O Hambleton president of the Cham-
ber of Commerce
Saturday’s program provided for a
business meeting and election of of-
ficers in the morning and a sight-seeing
tour around Woodward in the afternoon
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