The Quapaw World (Quapaw, Oklahoma), Vol. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1918 Page: 2 of 4
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
'Y lh
f 7 '
Ttt Oaapaw World
UB HOUCK Editor
- btmd at the poet office at Qua-
ys Ottawa County Oklahoma as
saetad Clan Matter October 15 1917
Bader the Act of March S 1879
MbHahed crtry Thuraday
Quapaw Oklahoma
in
n World will ffladly correct
acp ariadcadinf atatemanta that
an aaada in ita columns if the
error is eaQed to the attention of
Cm eAitor
Sabeeriptioa Rates:
1 fear 1— $160
I months 71 i
t months I 40
Payable ia Adraace
All Home Print
‘This taper has etilistad
frttgewernmentmthe
taose of Arnerita for the
period of the war
People’s Forum
Raadars are Invited to contrib-
ute short articles to this column
All article! mutt bo signed but
real names will aot bo ( printed if
wo are requested not to do io —
Editor
v How’s This? -
Editor World :
A few days age a man bought a
ticket from Quapaw to Baxter
Springs the fare being SI cents
He threw down 60 cents and re-
ceived 25 cants in change whieh
was 4 qenta lees than he should
have received I have heard of
others being "short-changed" in
the earns way and when they
kicked againet being cheated out
4 cents they were told they were
supposed to have the correct
price of tickets
Now the Question is does ths
railroad get that extra 4 esnts
that each passenger to Baxter
who has not tho correct change
lotos or doss some one olss get
It?
And alee if a railway company
it allowed to cheat passengers out
of 4 cento because they mav not
hays just exactly 21 cents
when they purchase tickets to
Baxter Springs why would it not
bo right for grocery stores etc
to do the same thing?
B 4 Sauare
FREE 'BLOTTERS
Call at The World office and act
a supply of our handsome blotters
whish ws here just printed for free
distribution among ourfriends
THE ECLIPSE
The solar sclipss as ' viswed
frein Quapaw was a grand suc-
cess' The obscuration was not
total A small rim of tho sun
about ae large as a 120-point per
sathesis remained visible It is
said tho phenomenon will not oc-
cur agsin in about 600 years
And by that time perhaps a sys-
tem oflnter-etellar communica-
tion will have been perfected and
the people than on earth will have
a more lucid understanding of
these vaudeville performances that
are taking place in ths sidereal
universe In ths meantime deni
ferget to protest your food from
fly pollution and eoma in an!
subscribe for an extra aopy of
' Tho Quapaw Worli
For Rent— Five-room furnished
house Inquire Osborn-Blaekwsll
Drag Co tf
Quapa The Richest Mineral
Eldorado In the World
Billions of Tons In Sight and Development Still In
Progress— A Concerted Move Wonld Pnt
Qnapaw On (he Crest of Pros-
perlty’8 Wave
FINE FARMIK6 AREA
This mining -district is ths rich-
est mineralised territory in ths
known world and Quapaw is right
In ths very heart of it Don’t
lose faith in the future of this
town for Quapaw will stay oh ths
map u long as there is a market
for ore and corn And wheat and
hay and other products of ths
soil This is ths logical shipping
point for every surplus product
o
produced in ths surrounding coun-
try as our town it traversed by
a trunk line of the Frisco Rail-
way and Quapaw is ths radiating
point of tho Mineral Belt railway
whieh is tbs steel artery connect-
ing all the mining camps of the
district I
The biggest mining deals run
ning into millions of dollars are
centered on leases and mines
within a radius of two miles from
Quapaw
v
Ths largest concentrating
plants are located and being built
on four sides of Quapaw and
more than fifty drills are working
within a shirt distance of tho city
limits ’
Ths surrounding land not al
ready developad isdivided intq 20-
soro 40-aere and 80-acre leases
and in due time will come in as
rich era-preducing territory
Drill teste during the past year
show that the richest mineral de-
posits in ths entire district exist
in the Quapaw field In fact the
town itself is located upon a prac-
tically solid body of ore which it
proven by the discovery of rich
lead and zinc deposits near the
present site of the Frisco depot
and alto by tho fact that a large
mill hat been built and it running
two Mocks west of tho city limits
Rich corn fisids hay fields and
pastures abutting the outskirts of
Quo paw have been leased for
mining purposes and are now pro-
ducing on tho surface and beneath
the surface
While undoubtedly this is ths
richest mining district in the
world it will product mors wheat
and corn to ths acre thie year
than over before The most mod-
ern farms are situated only a
short distance from Quapaw the
farm residences being lighted with
electricity and equipped with all
modern conveniences end the
farms well kept and provided
with silos running water and
up-to-date barns stables stc
Quapaw hat ths advantage ol
being located in the center of a
fertile farming area which after
all ia tho standard basis of per-
manent and dependable prosper-
ity Our mintral rtsourcts art
praetiealiy inexhaustible Qua-
paw has ths goods going or !com-
ing Looking down ws behold
subterranean mountains of glitter-
ing ore worth incomputable mil-
lions Qesing out fn glad surprise
upon our rolling plains eur eyes
art greeted with cheering vistas
f waving wheat and walls of
growing corn In fact Quapaw ia
nituated right at tho ' mouth of
THE
" A
SUXOIKG THE CITY
v Si r
nature's cornucopia ’'ahd'Tlnjpye
the continual outpour of prosper-
ity’s munificence
Quapaw lacks one thing -That
one thing ia more publu
ity The power of the printed
word has been overlooked Ad
vertising pays and the diseemira
tion of Quapaw literature home
collated and home-printed ’ hat
bepa neglected Our bueineie
men haye been content to enjoy
the cream and let the tkim-milk
go to waste The time hat come
for them fo look after the bmall
charge metaphorically - aptaking
Many little inducements ’ to
horns seekers or shoppers equal a
big one Among such induce
mente might be mentiened reason
able rentals and reasonable profits
en salsa This writer has known
men to “get sere’’ and quit tracing
in certain towns because they
thought t they were being over
charged for such small artieles at
matches pocket combe tmokini
tobacco hot cake and coffee etc
Uniform politeness and careful
considerate service is another lit-
tle strand in the myetie chord
that draws the customer back
again These little magnets that
draw trade and hold it hav a dis-
tinct cumulative benefit to any
town We ence knew a traveling
salesman who allowed his whis-
kers to grow until he reached
certain town whore he was sure
of getting a satisfactory shave
The tame princle will hold good in
evtry line of business from tell-
ing ham sandwiches to real estate
dealt It pays the individual to
be ’en the dead square” with the
public and it benefits the commu-
nity in which he lives ”
Another thing Let us not be
so absorbed in our own pertonal
affairs ae to neglect the larger
and broader interests of commu
nity building The old business
maxim of “getting all you can and
canning ail you get” it obsolete
No business man can adhere to
that time-worn motto now with-
out being classed ae a Titewld or
a moee-coyered Troglodyte -Live
and Let Live— thia is 'the
keynote to honorable aehievement
these days and the “open sesame"
to the affections and respect of
our fellowman -
Come to Quapaw - ‘ r
For Rent A)
Royal Typewriter good condi-
tion World offico Quapaw Sf
between 3rd and 4th
Bojr and mU the Want Ad way
—It Paya A waat ad Is
but aa is a dyaaarita cap
QUAPAW WORLD
Why We Fight
r Nfc
OWM
tbW
PrdedemelthaWeHdaadRBiila
Cm ss LMger SeeieO t
By CLA&KNCS U Of BED
Secretary ( the Wer ‘Committee of the
Ualoa League Club o I Chicago
We are la this warwlth Germany
because It Is e war for freedom more
truly thaa ever before waa a war
fought for the liberty of man In times
pant It Is tree men have fought for
freedom from oppressors Sometimes
they hava woe and sometimes they
have loot But always there has been
place la tibia Mg world where those
who had loet In the strugle at home
Blight go and find e country where
they night enjoy the liberty they
loved
Now all la different If the forces
which are fighting for freedom la this
war are defeated there will be no
place la the whole world to which they
may go to find a refuge from Pro
lan domination Every land under
the sun win ha directly or Indirectly
under control of the victor: and If
the vtctor I autocracy freedom per-
ishes The tpnd where freedom la most Im-
minently menaced by the legions of
Prussian autocracy at this moment
is tho land where unwonted freedom
temporarily baa run riot and ha lost
tho power to fight for Itself— Russia
Wo are fighting for the freedom at
Russia and must eonflnua to fight for
It until Russia learns what freedom
means and Is again able to fight If
wo do not freedom will die In Russia:
Prussian autocracy will rule and ex-
ploit tho country for Ita own benefit
and the very force which overthrew
the czar will bo turned against tha
freedom not only of themselves but of
other lands v - '
In yean gone by when the forces
of revolution wen showing themselves
hen and then Injtusala they bad tha
sympathy of America In eplta of tha
methods of terrorism of which
did not approve When tho czqr and
tho kaiser leaden of autocracy were
locked In a death grapple Russia still
had our sympathy because aha was
fighting on the aide of those who were
seeking to safeguard tha world from
Prussian militarism
When the czar waa deposed over
night American feelings were mixed
Then was Joy at tha downfall of an
old and sometimes cruel autocracy
but there waa fear that Rusala would
become too disorganised to fight fur-
ther eoupled with tbs thoight that per
haps ths revolution had come too boob
to bo effeetlvo
Then followed the brief regime of
Kerensky when Ik began to look as
though freedom In Jmsshumlght bo an
organised freedom prepared to fight
for Its right and all America helled
ths R aerial revolution as a blessing
It bad become absolutely correct to
ay that the war was n war of demoo-
ncy against autocracy No pro-German
could longer print to tho czar
whenever an argument aroea
Finally cam the botshevtkt revolu-
tion In which Kerensky was ore
thrown Reerian Industry and Ro
elan society were disorganized and
Russian armies ceased to fight Tho
kaiser’s armies preeesd on Bnopposed
took what they desired In eplta of a
rigned peace and Russia appeared ta
ha about to pona completely under con-
trol of Germany America stood
aghast at tha prank freedom bad
played and American -opinion tamed
hugely againet Basria bat thinking
man refused to giro op hope Rus-
sia was and still Is Incapable of offer-
ing reristance hot Baarig Is not re-
signed to entocracy It devolves upofi
other to fight for tho freedom Bn
da moat have
The experience of other nation ban
been that men who loved freedom
were willing to fight for It and to die
for It If necessary The Russian at-
titude of nonreslrianco was something
new In the world and la hard to un-
derstand The bduherlkl represent-
Ltbe extreme Idea of liberty To
them freedom meant not tho right of
tbo majority to choose their form of
government bat the right of the Indi-
vidual to be free from all forme of
governmental restraint They would
tear down tbo old order completely
at one stroke nod set up tho mlW
lenlum They would divide tho land
tho factories and the tools among tbo
worker and bars no masters bene
forth - — —
Even In Borin however there were
dtoenter Bocae took up eras end
tho bolibevlkt who fonght tho Oer-
mens not et ell fonght their brothers
most ferociously Tbo result wee an-
archy lawlessness mi sea era ths fit
organisation of tho railways and tbo
fallnrs of ths food supply Ths mU-
lenlum refused to corns at tho mere
decree of the botehevlkL It ws shows
that there must be organisation and
government of torn sort
Bnsria will aot longer fight ride by
ride with her former allien Bo In-
ridoons has been tbo German props-
mods that In many Instances Rnarian
latred of tho elUeo seems to bo deep-
er than hatred o t Germany -Therefore
tbo Halted Steles cannot
render direct eld to tbo struggling peo-
ple of Russia She cannot send them
erodes And oopplle for they have re-
fosed to do battle for themselves Ts
fight for Roasts oho most fight on tho
western front fibs nmst do fier share
toward bambllng the kaiser sad fore-
iog him to rrilaqalrii bis grasp on tbo
That Io why ws cannot talk pssre
VUh Germany as leaf the kataer
bs m single RamUn pcs risen
derdUabesL n
4 -4 t
iXI-" J'
For Sale—' Touring body for
Ford Good top and wind shield
Box 127 Quapaw Okla 4 - 2p '
PRESIDENT WILSON
TO HRS POTTER
'
' The following letter has been re-
ceived by Mrs Elisabeth Herndon Pot-
ter at the National American Womhn
Suffrage hesdgnarters In Washington
D C Mrs Potter Is thlnlvlce presi-
dent and congressional chairman of
the Texas Equal Suffrage AsSodatlou
The President's letter redds : J
The White House
Washlngtdh March 8-
My Dear Mrs Potter:
Through tho courtesy of Senator
Sheppard I have received your letter
of March 7'- I feel It a privilege to
express my game hope that the leg-
islature of Texas may see Its way to
adopt a statute which will give women
the right to vote la the primaries Tho
Democratic party la so clearly commit-
ted to the -principle of woman suf-
frage that I feel It my duty as the
leader of the party to urge this action
by tho legislature and if la alao a
privilege which I value to yield to my
own personal eonvlctlofta In this mat-
ter and urge ouch action on Its merit
I zinc rely hope that the measure may
become law
Cordially and ilneerely yours
(Signed) - WOODROW WILSON
Mr Elizabeth Herndon Pottos
'U: V--
A T LEWIS
Mining Leases uiSr
A SPECIALTY
mm
LOST— Enough money to otart a bank account -by
not eating at the
CL ASSY CAFE
j M L BEARDEN Prop l' ’ -
Short Orders at All Hours Open Day and Night
A New Jewelry Store
IN CART EN DRU3 CO
FULLLINE OF JEWELRY
WATCH? & JEWELRY REPAIRING
Everything Guarantied t
' NEECE The Jewrler
NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE 1
o— — — — i—— mi — — — — — — r
YOUR CAR OVERHAULED I
Storage Batteries Recharged
’
Tires Spark Plugs Accessories
GAS0LIHE OHS d GREASIS
FORD
Cardnar Droit Garage
Fourth find Qtupiw Stireti
rr
Mirier Darber 8hop
City Pool Hall Fourth and Main
Open until 8 P M
Hot and cold water '
t Sanitary service
J A MATTHEW’S Prop
Open DayandNighr ’ " 1
GAULT ONIlIffllDiG CO
PMm m OViPAW MIA
- Undertaking Embalming Met
Ambulance service any whore 4 a
or night: -
DR CHAS McCALLUU
I’liysliian and nrgeon
Room28 Mitchell Bid Phone 47
Residence between 3rd ji 4th
Whitebird St Quapaw
Sol E Bronson j
“ LAWYER vi
r‘ Rooms 19-21 'Mitchel Bldg- ‘
Fourth and Main -r
" ii c' stuUficid
i
4 ’ Attoraey-al-La ?
Quapaw Banl building I
Will practice in all court!
SEWXLL TUI & SDFFLT
' COW
NICIIIXE'MIOI1
General
- Repair - Acetylene
Work Welding
Water is pi irtiful at our deep well
GET THE
Standard Magazines
dilivered to your hoira
' every week
' Saturday Evenihg Post -'
Country Genthman
? Ladies Homo Journal
PAUL MILLER V
' Phone 43 " ’
Bog 12 Quapaw Oi-tahoma or
3030 Je plis St Joplin Mo
’ J
r
PARTS
jiwma
-
1 N “v
-a’ -U f
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Houck, L. H. The Quapaw World (Quapaw, Oklahoma), Vol. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1918, newspaper, June 13, 1918; Quapaw, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1839386/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.