Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 21, 1930 Page: 2 of 4
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' Carter COMHtfT GuWCfli Kyle is business manager of the Jour-
" ' nal
The Hominy News opened a sub-
scription - campaign '‘J urie 9- n
mobile arid six diamond rings will be
awarded- the: winners ‘j " ’
’ i i J i M
Seven' hundred extra copies of the
Konawa Leader were printed May 29
for distribution to tax payers and resi-
dents of the KoriWa oil field'
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE OKLAHOMA—
PRESS ASSOCIATION
"Published weekly by the 'School of Journal-
ism of the 'University of QkJahorrja in the jn-
terest of - the1 newspaper- editors irid publishers
of the state to whom it is sent free of charge
v Entered h secbnd class matter ft fthc post-
office at Norman Oklahoma and accepted for
Office at Norman Oklahoma and accepted for pearc(j june 5( according to J Glad-
mailing at the special rate of postage provided gton Emery
for in Section 1103 Act of October 3 1917
and authorized August 22 1918
ston Emery
Baker will be 'editor-and James H
Clark will be foreman of the mechani-
cal department" Baker has been con-
nected withthe news department of
daily newspapers before entering the
insurance- business He purchased the
Sessions Printery at Ardmore last fall
and was formerly a partner with J C
Hopkins sin the Times-Democrat ?t
Sulphur and later owner or the Wilson
Herald -
Value of Circulation
V'' Contests Questioned
By Duncan Publisher
‘If the newspaper cannot ‘ be sold
to subscribers on: its merits of what
value is contest circulation to news-
paper advertisers?”: asked the Duncan
Daily Banner in an editorial in the is-
sue of June 8 :
“Usually a circulation contest is pro-
moted by the: newspaper that has the
weakest circulation” wrote B L Aber-
netliy editor “Failing to gain sub-
scribers in competition with its rival
it resorts to artificial means to get
circulation that is little better-than art-
ificial There really is little reason why
the public should be much interested in
a circulation contest The facts are
that in Oklahoma they haven’t been in-
terested either It is well
“Fill a newspaper full of all the home
tovyn nevVs possible good cartoons
SH0P TALK
The: Glencoe Mirror began its
twenty -first year ‘on May 30
t
Correspondents for the El Reno
American were entertained at a lunch-
eon given in their honor on May 31
' The Bartlesville Enterprise is offer-
ing its readers $10000 accident insur-
ance policies for one dollar
Jack Bailey city editor of the Okla-
homa News is on a vacation visit to
New Orleans La
Number onej volume 8 of the Porter
News published by Carl Garner ap-
peared on June 5 '
Two gfoups of carriers for the Tulsa
Tribune i wero entertained at a’’ itfcrtic
at Sand Springs park on June 4
iuvvh ncwo The Westville Record wili publish a
photographs and up-to-the-minute wire cial campaign edition on July 24
news and the circulation will take care the week before: the primary election
of itself The editorial department can
do more toward winning and holding
subscribers than 90 per cent of the con-
tests where young women solicit— and
buy— subscriptions for a newspaper”
TRIBUNE READERS SERVED
BY VERSATILE PERFORMER
“Mr X” a versatile man who is said
to be able to perform any task demand-
ed of him was brought to Tulsa June
12 for a week’s service to readers of
the Tulsa Tribune The Tribune print-
ed the ‘ following about-him: “It is
said that Mr X will astound you with
his skill and amaze you with his
feats In truth he is quite the marvel
of the age He has mastered all arts
He can draw cartoons paint in oil
find you a husband or wife drape eve-
ning gowns on living riiodels He can
sew cook or do any task around the
house or store”
The Madill Record began its twenty-
second year of publication on June 5
Herbert J Pate is editor
Number one volume 24 of the Mays-
ville News was published on June 5
W E Showen is publisher
The Delaware County Chieftain Jay
completed its ninth volume with the
issue of June 4 -
Number 52 volume 36 bf the Chelsea
Reporter was published on June 5
J A Trickey is editor
The Henryetta News published by
A R Garrett began volume 17 on
June 12
The Wynnewood Gazette edited by
J N Squiers was 24 years old on
June 12
The Holdenville Democrat is now
being delivered by carriers to the
The Fairfax Chief printed the Okla-
homa law on worthless checks in a
three-column box in the issue of June
5 Elmer Fetree is editor
A record -run of 20000 four-page
circulars was made June 4 on the new
Duplex' press of the Holdenville Daily
News
A new modern front and other im-
provements are being added to the Yu-
kon Sun office P B Vandament is
publisher
Paul Porter editor of the' Mangum
Daily Star left June 5 for Winchester
Ky where he was to marry Miss
Bessie Benton on June 14
A city platform for Clinton has been
drafted following an analysis of sug-
gestions made in a survey conducted
by the Clinton Daily News
Three automobiles and cash awards
totaling $7500 will be given by the
Pawhuska Journal-Capital to winners
of its subscription drive
The Bethany Tribune opened an
‘everybody wins” subscription con-
test oh June 2 The first-place win-
ner will receive an automobile
Mrs Elizabeth Bewley pioneer Tulsa
woman and mother of Eugene Bewley
of the Tulsa Tribune news staff died
June 9:
The El Reno Tribune’s “What’s
Right With El Reno” contest will
close June 23 Three cash nrizes are
offered
Shawnee women were admitted free
to a- theater party sponsored by the
Sfiatfheh News and Stdr June 11 and
12
The Ringling Eagle published by
David K Spradling completed its
twentieth year of publication on June
12
The Collinsville News will distribute
almost $2000 in prizes and commis-
sions in a subscription drive C H
Wright is owner
After several changes in management
the Hitchcock Clarion is now being
published by D ' A Drake with the
Miss Alice Irene' Smith bookkeeper hom of'subscribers in Sasakwa and in help of R E Bain and Roscoe Bam
for the El Reno Daily Tribune and the South Sasakwa oil field H p Cunningham former publisher
John Raymond -Maher formerly busi- daughter Mary Katherine was of the Fairview Republican has en-
ncss manager of the El Reno Daily born to Mr and Mrs j j Diamond of tered the county clerk s race m Major
Democrat were married on June -2 in Sulphur ’on June 2 Diamond is pub- county on the republican ticket
El Reno Mrs Maher was society edit lisher of ’ the Times-Democrat A new series of poems by A J Dun-
tor and bookkeeper for the LI Reno Parnhart who has been in- lap western writer will appear daily
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Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 21, 1930, newspaper, June 21, 1930; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1824618/m1/2/?q=%22new-sou%22: accessed June 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.