The Ringling Eagle (Ringling, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1923 Page: 3 of 6
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Volume XIII
RINGLING OKLAHOMA THURSDAY JAN 25 1923
NO 31
FIND RADIUM IN
BELGIAN CONGO
Means Reduction in Price of
Rare Metal From $120000
to $70000 a Gram
VAST STOREHOUSE OF WEALTH
In It Potentialities Belgian Congo
Might Be Called "the Brazil of
') Africa"— Possibilities Bare-
I y Scratched
i
: Washington D O— 1 "Discovery In
the Belgian Congo of large quantities
of pitcli-blende a radium-bearing ore —
- a discovery credited with the signifi-
cant result of reducing the price of
radium from $120000 to $70000 a
gram — has served to emphasize the
probable great Importance to the
world of this country at the heart of
Africa when It shall have been fully
developed” says a bulletin from the
Washington headquarters of the Na-
tional Geographic society
"In Its potentialities the Belgian
Congo might be called the Brazil of
Africa’ " continues the bulletin ‘‘Like
the' largest of South American states
It is of vast extent covers the heart
of a continent Is situated In the trop-
ics and has flowing through It one of
the world’s greatest rivers capable of
carrying an empire's commerce
'Area One-Third That of U 8
I’erhnps the vast bulk of Belgian
Congo can best be understood If one
Imagines the country lifted bodily and
set down on the surface of the United
States Its 009000 square miles would
cover almost exactly one-third of the
area not Including Alaska If the
southwestern corner of Congo were
placed at San Diego California the
southern boundary would roughly cor-
respond with the Mexican border and
the southeastern corner would fall at
the southern point of Texas Forming
a very rough square Its northeustern
corner would lie at Des Moines and Its
northwestern corner In Yellowstone
park
“But though this comparison gives
a good Idea of Congo's great size Its
latitude und climate are different from
those of the states covered If It
were shifted to the Western Hemi-
sphere In Its true latitude It would He
astride the Amazon and would cover
most of tho Guiunns and a largo slice
of northern and central Brazil
“Wlint is now the Belgian Congo
has had an unusual history Living-
stone and Stanley put the country 'on
the map’ Soon afterward In 1882
an International commit too organized
a government call’d it Congo Free
State and selected King Leopold of
Belgium to he its ruler Many- Irregu-
larities in I lie administration of the
region were alleged to have resulted
from this personal rule and In 1908
Leopold ceded the territory to Bel-
gium A year later King Albert came
to the Belgian throne reforms were
pushed In the Congo and if new con-
structive era began
“Measured In dollars and effort ex-
pended nmcli has been done to open
p the Belgian Congo Fleets of gov-
ernment ns well ns private steamers
ply tlie several navigable stretches of
the Congo ami the lakes Railroads
have boon Imilt around tho various
regions of rapids and falls and nre
I'ring pushed Into the Interior and
laid to connect with British and Por-
tuguese lines at the borders' Scores
of radio stations have been set tip and
rmv fling their messages where in the
past savage drum signals alone were
hoard Tho Belgians -even have a
trans-Congo airplane mail service
which rushes European mail across
the country twice a month on the nr-
ilval of steamers at the Atlantic port
of Bomaj at the mouth of the Congo
Contains Gorilla-Haunted Eden
' “But with all this activity the sur-
face of the Belgian Congo’s possibili-
ties lias barely been scratched Enor-
mous tropical Jungles like those of the
Amazon valley await proper forestry
In the southeast are extensive rolling
prairies teeming with game that with
live solution of the tsetse-fly problem
Could make excellent cuttle ranges
And chance discoveries have shown
tla t the mineral stores of the country
sire seemingly unlimited Copper tin
gold and dlnmonds to tho value of
many millions of dollars have been
extracted Some coal and Iron Is
mined and it is believed that much
more exists Now when science Is
finding epoch-making uses for radio-
active substances the opening up of
what is believed to be the world's
richest radium ores caps Congo’s min-
eral climax
“Congo to not entirely a torrid land
In the extreme east around Lake Kivu
—Itself 0000 feet above the sea —
ise mountains as high as Pike's Peak
Ip this UplaQd region the weather to
4£llghifiL and fill slopes and- vaHor
MRS ADDINGTON DIES
Mrs Orb Addington died Sun-
day at four o’clock a m in the
T B Sanitoriyiri at Clinton Ok-
lahoma where she had been for
about two weeks She will be
remembered a a Miss Arizona
Newby who moved to Cornish
with her parents when she was
about 14 years of age Her
mother Mrs Bettie Newby died
in December 1917 and her fath-
er passed away in April 1919
The deceased leaves -a husband
and four small children all girls
and she leaves four sisters as
follows: Mrs Mattie Gibson and
MrB T F Morris of Ringling
Mrs Sam Moore o f Wichita
Falls Texas and Mrs Mollie
Browning of Waxahacie Texas
The brothers are: W J Newby
of Ringling Oklahoma and E
M Newby now in California
Mrs Matta Gibson was the only
one of the siBters present when
Mrs Addington died The rem-
ains were taken to Gotebo where
funeral and burial were had
Mrs Gibson and the other sis-
ters and brothers wish to exprees
their appreciation for the manner
in which this dear sister was
cared for during her stay at the
Sanitorium The untiling Iwork
of Dr and Mrs Willingham and
the nurses will never be forgot-
ten by the bereaved ones
The departed one having been
practicaly reared here had many
friends who join with the grief
stricken husband and small child-
ren and with the sorrowing
brothers and sisters in this their
great affliction
METHODIST CHURCH
The Eagle is highly commend
ed for its good Methodist reading
last week and although the
weather was quite inclement the
crowd that greeted Joe’Williams
Supt made him grin all over
his face and brought forth cheers
for the Eagle Every offi:er and
j teacher were in their places on
time and were met by full class
es Ani yet there is loom
Brother Roif and his class oir
grown people have a great
time They swear b y their
teacher Mrs Turner and her
girls have great times in their
corner
The Pastor will visit the Corn-ish-school
Sunday
The 11 o’clock hour will be de-
voted to the Armenians accord-
ing to the Commission of the
Me’fcodist church At 7 p m
the pastor will preech on “The
Elder Brother”
The weather and other things
knocked out the installation of
officers cf Epworth League and
so it was set for next Sunday at
6 p m Every cfficer is expected
to te prepared with their part of
the service
The Woman’s Missionary So-
ciety meets each Monday at 3 p
m They are studying the In-
terracial problems All women
are invited to join them Mrs
Chas Griffin i s the efficient
president
Rev D P Abbey was received
into the church Sunday
List of Epworth League of-
ficers: W B Roberts Pres Miss
Bonnie Turner Vice-Pres Miss
Cecile Moore Sec Carmen Har-
ris Corresponding Sec John
Pederson Treas Miss Hannah
Ashby Era Agt Miss Bernice
Dulaney 1st Dept Supt Miss
Bonnie Turner 2nd Dept Supt
Mrs W B Roberts 3rd Dept
Supt- Miss Eunice Long 4th
Dept Supt
MISS KNIGHHNTERTAINS
About thirty girl and boy
friends of JMiss Ruth Knight
helped her celebrate her seven-
teenth birthday at a party at -her
home on Wednesday evening
games music refreshments and
every thing it takes to have a
good time were had At any
rate on returning all reported
an enjoyable evening
GOLD FLUME COFFEE
Mr M L Puckett represent-
ing the Brooks Owen Co of
Healdton Ok'a was a Ringling
visitor Wednesday While here
he Superintended the distribut-
ion of sample packages of the
Gold Plume Coffee to the homes
If the house wife receiving a
sample package is pleased with
it she should ask her grocer for
that brand when making her
next order Most of Ringlings
merchants have it in Stock
LOCAL WIRELESS
Carmon C Harris is a well
pleased young man these day’s
Three years ago he began to
assemble the parts to make a
wireless of his own By steady
application and bull dog persev-
erance he completed his out fit
recently He turned in 0 K
and caught Kansas City success-
fully Cant blame him if Be does
strut just a bit We are proud
of him too
SALESMAJHEGISTER
R F Moore registered the
following salesmens this week
Thanks Do it again Let others
follow suit J N Nessbit Ard-
more Pennington Grccery Co
O C Myers Dallas New Or-
leans Coffee H M Braunsdorf
Ardmore Redenow Baker Merc
Co T P Taulor Okla City
Miller Jackson B Sparks Okla
City Scrioner Steven Coffee
Mr Craig Ardmore Armour and
Co Mr Baker Ardnoie Tur-
ner Ardmore Co Mr Adcock
Healdton Dawson Produce Co
Ardmore John Winston Ard-
more Tylor and Simpson J F
Nichols Ardmore Swift and Co
Okla City E F Price Ard-
more C B R Okla City C L
Smith Okla Ciuy Okla Janitor
Supply Co Okla City
N C Harris representing the
Mayfield fVoolen Mills of May-
field Kentucky was here Wed-
nesday Their firm is the larg-
est exclusive “Mens Trouser”
plant in the We9t Mr Harris
sava his cousin W R Harris of
this city is one of the hardest of
his many friends to sell
He enjoyed his visit in Ringling
aLd with cousins
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs 0 0 Hollingsworth en-
tertained about 19 children Fri
day afternoon the occasion being
ler little son Woodrow’s f rat
lirthday The children being
too small to play games Mrs
lollingsworth entertained them
by serving candies nuts and
'ruits of various kinds Those
aeing present were: Jack Rattan
Alzada Gilcrease Mildred Vlasak
Guendolin Dulaney S I Pen-
nington Jr Joe Jr and Francis
Marie Harper Chas Parker
Glen and Fern Hendrix Mirgar
et Kelley Juhree Worsham
John Jr Rich Wilma Ford H
M Kid well Jr Johnnie Bugg
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Mrs Ben Parker is on the sick
list this week
Dont forget “A Poor Married
Man” January 27
Mr and Mrt Joe Storey
ored to Waurika Sunday
mot-
Mesdames Wade Sappington
Lonnie Wade and Ren Bugg
agent Tuesday with Healdton
friends
Mr Chester Cowan of Chick-
asha spent several days this week
with O 0 Hollingsworth and
family
See “A Pior Married Man” A
three act comedy at the High
School Auditorium Saturday
night January 27
J P Dellinger returned Tues-
day evening from a three daya
trip to Pauls Valley where he
transacted business of import
ance
T A Harwell and J L Harper
of Ringling and L D Evans of
Dixie left early Tuesday morning
fer Ardmore where they have
business which will no doubt
make a noise like oil
Jos Myers ani Wilton Howard
two Mind Creek Cattle breeders
were pleasant collers in this office
Tuesday Mr Myers is a breed-
er of Herferds and Mr Howard
of Shorthorns and ’ each have
some Surplus Stock for Sale
Miss Virginia Barqard Irene
Wardlow Bill Cornish Sam
Elkins and Mrs Ellison accom-
panied Mr Ellison and Francis
Anett Ellison to Waurika Friday
nigot Mr Ellison and Francis
Anett were cn thier way to
Aoadarka
II Porner and J W Biffle
camein town Tuesday and
almoit raised an excitement
among some of the citizens
when they stated that they bad
confered with the surveyors on
the line between here and Waur-
ika They stated that the main
boss of the crew stated that the
rail road would go through
Cornish and connect at the junc-
tion Now we wish the reader
would bear in mind that this is
not the wi iters get up but we
just happened to hear these men
talking to others in RingliDg
who arfe interested
A representative from each of
the following meat concerns were
here Wednesday looking after
business for their comp miss:
The Brooks-Owens working out
from Healdton The Swift Com-
pany working out from Ardmore
The Wilson Company working
out from Wilson and the Morris
Company from Oklahoma City
J L Morgan who is driving
with the surveying crew for the
Rock Island road and whose
home is in Waurika was a Ring-
ling visitor late Wednesday The
Locating Engineer Roy Lease
of Chicago accomanied him here
F C Harris from the South
Center Point community was in
Ringling Wednesday asking about
the prospects of oil northwest of
Ringling He got a favorable
answer
Zaneis C S
(By Mrs Theresa Sparks Couner)
In spite of the inclement weath
er the Woodfrof- high S:hoo
basketball teams kept their ap-
pointed match game with the
Zaneis teams Friday afternoon
The girls game resulted in a
score of 22 to 16 in favor of
Zaneis A good clean game was
played throughout The Wood-
ford boys outmatched our team
and won their game
The Jolly juniors are even
jollier than usual this morning
as they have a new member in
their class Yes we refer to
Cassie Tucker of Orr Cassie
brings her grades from the
Healdton high School
Mr and Mrs Zenn Rogers and
family of Duncan Okla spnt
Sunday with his brother Supt
A A Rogers of this place
Miss Irene Hoover is substi-
ute teacher in the primary room
Miss Pearl Miller went to
Denton Texas Saturday return-
ing Sunday
Mrs Scott and Misses Selma
Bodovitz and Celeste Caldwcl
spent the week end with home
folks in Ardmore
Miss Eva Bradley was the
guest of Miss Celeste Caldwell
of Ardmore over Saturday and
Sunday
Miss Alpha Belle Clard the
artist for the Carter 90unty
school annual is making pen and
ink drawings of sixty school
buildings Miss Clark is an art-
ist whos work you will be glad to
keep (Buy the annual) Zaneis
is justly proud to number her as
a number of the faculty
Richland
Mrs Will Ritter Mrs I M
Houston and the little daughter
of W D Tipps have been sick
for the past week but on report
ed better
Mrs Clab Borders of Heal-
dton spent several days last week
with her mother Mrs- T J Creel
James Hutton of Hammond
has b:en looking after his in-
terests in our vicinity this week
Miss Davis Robertson spent
the week-end in Ringling the
guest of her aunt Mrs John
Sise
In the basketball game between
Richland and Mountain Home
the score was 5 to 10 in favor of
the visitors The boys all show-
ed good sportsmanship and
treated the spectators to a game
of real basket ball
The Baptist minister from Wirt
preached for us Sunday but ow-
ing to the fact that few knew of
the appoint only a small congreg-
ation was presant We are look
ing forward to anotner opper
tunity of hearing the same man
when we are sure he will be
greeted by a larger crowd
The community meeting con
ducted by D P Abbey Friday-
evening was a most satisfactory
evening The breeding of hogs
was discussed and -the close of
the meeting Fred Houston and
Haskill Creel made arrangements
for the purchase of a pure bred
pig We realize these meetings
are what we need and we hope to
have regular bi monthly pro-
grams Mr Abbey has promis-
ed to discussed the hen at next
meeting
Mr and Mrs A L Means of
Wilson Mr aid Mrs Dewey
Pickens and Mrs Will Pickens
of Healdton spent Sunday with
D F Spradling and family at
Cornish
-
Bible Thoughts for
This Week
Sunday
HE REDEEMS AND CROWNS :
— Bless the Lord 0 my soul and
forget not all tils benefits: who
redeemeth thy life from destruc-
tion: who crowneth thee with lov-
ing kindness and tender mercies —
Psalm 103: 1 4
Monday Ww
A MORNING I'RAYER:— Create
In me a clean heart O God and
renew a right spirit within me —
Psalm 51: 10
Tuesday
THE LOUD IS GOOD:— O taste
and see thnt the Lord 1s good :
blessed Is the man that trusteth
In him — Psalm 34: 8
Wednesday
THE GOLDEN RULE :— Whatso-
ever ye would that men should do
to yon do ye even so to them : for
this Is the law and the prophets—
Matthew 7: 12
Thursday
SAFEGUARDED:— He shall give
his angels charge over thee to keep
thee In all thy ways — Psalm 91 : 11
Friday
RICHES HAVE WINGS:— La-
bour not to be rich : cease from
thine own wisdom For riches cer-
tainly makes themselves wings
they fly away— Troverbs 23 : 4 5
Saturday
BETTER THAN RUBIES:—
Search the Scriptures for in them
ye think ye have eternal life and
they are they which testify of me
— John 5: 39
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APair of Stockings
By CkfatopW G Hazard
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( 1S22 Western Newspaper Union)
TDUDDY SMITH had three Idea
about hts stockings — they wer
full of feet full of holes and they
could be full of presents It was will
regard to the third Idea that he wa:
paying attention to the second Will
Ing to go barefoot under the clrcum
stances he was ttelng up the holes II
!hls best stocking with a view to th
Christmas possibilities His sister
jAgnes had already bung up a mucl
longer stocking with a note attachec
iln which she Informed all who mfgbi
be concerned that this one was hers
But Agnes like the moDkey that use
a rabbit for a muff and kept hlmseli
warm by hugging It was a little sel-
fish Not only had she hung up one ot
her mother's stockings but she had got
an advantage over Buddy In the mat
ter of the chocolate cake In the cup-
board for there were holes all round
It the size of her little finger
So It was that on Christmas morn-
ing the shorter stocking had the most
In It
(® 1922 Western Newspaper CnfoQ)
TX7 ELL I'll be getting lots of
v presents soon” he said He
had Just met some pleasunt new
friends
“Yes” he continued "Christmas Is a
good time for me You see I’m popu-
lar with wives I get notes from hun-
dreds of them there nre any number
who write to me and when Christmas
comes they knit ties for me or buy a
handsome silk handkerchief or two or
a fine nmfiler — a little thought of me
at any rate And I’ve never been In
a divorce case yet” he ended
‘‘You must be a diplomat or luckier
than you deserve" someone remarked
"Neither" he answered "I'm a milk-
man and a milkman's Christmas is apt
to be full of cheer and the gooil-heart-ed
wishes of the ladles r
'Cherry and Plum Trees
Can you positively distinguish be-
tween a'cherry tree and a plum tree
I the spring of the year before the
trees carry fruit? You may think
that you can yet so similar are some
cherry and plutn trees that eventual-
ly you will surely fall unless you em-
ploy the simple rule that trained hor-
ticulturists follow That one infall-
ible guide Is this : The leaves of the
cherry both In the bud and just after
emerging from the bud are folded to-
gether like the pages la a book while
those ot the plum are rolled up like
a magazine And by the way the
leaves of the peach are folded like
those of the cherry and the leaves
of the apricot era rolled like those
of the plum
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