The Hollis Post--Herald (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1910 Page: 6 of 10
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LIVE STOCK DIVISION
I STATE FAIR
OF
IS BEST YET
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New $40,000 Pavilion will be Home of Big Animal Exhibit-
f Horse Show is New Feature—$ 18,000 in Premiums.
MEAN LOWER RATES
EFFECT OF WATERWAY COMFETI.
TION ON THE RAILWAYS OF
THE COUNTRY.
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SAVING
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r The beat crop conditions in yenrs feature of the cattle show of special
- - • —luiorest ami educational value is fur-
nished by the parades of the different
Li th«"~ftdvent*of the great packing
industry In Oklahoma aBsures «
healthy inorease In all live stock fle-
partmenti at tlio Stat© Fair, which will
be held September 27 to October 9.
This, coupled with better facilities In
Ibe Way of buildings for handling the
live itock exhibits, places t high prem
lum cn the prospects for an excellent,
showing to be made by the devotees of
animal hMbaadry.
By fgr the most Important bnlldniR
lmproTlXDWt in this department of
the gre« State Ftftr Is the new $40,000
Live Stook Pavilion, which will be com-
plete in every detail by the opening
4ay. In this building will take
breeds In the pavilion at the evening
shows.
Horses
The horse department will be super-
intended by Mr. W. L. EngliBh, of Ok-
lahoma City, a man well (lualified for
the position. The classes will be
judged by Prof. John A. Craig, well-
known among horsemen, and whose
fine ability is recognized throughout
the United States.
Sheep
The management confidently ex-
pects an increase in the number of
Bheep entries. A number of prominent
Conservative Estimate Is That In a
Single Year It Would Be More Than
Enough to Discharge the Entire Na-
tional Debt.
It was stated In a previous article
that waterways produce both direct
and Indirect savings In the cost of
transportation and also exert what
may be called a creative effect. As
an Instance of the direct saving It
was shown that the 100,000,000 tona of
freight handled on the great lakes
In 1807 were carried for |550,000,000
less than It would have cost by rail.
If the opinion of the United States
army engineers Is correct—and • this
opinion Is based upon results actually
achieved on the rivers of Europe—
we have a number of rivers on which,
when properly Improved, freight can
be carried for less than on the lakes
and many rivers on which it can be
carried for much less than by rail.
If, therefore, the plan advocated by
the National Rivers and Harbors
congress should be carried out—which
Includes the improvement of all our
rivers to such extent as shall be found
advisable after expert examination—
the direct saving In cost of transporta-
tion .would be vastly increased. It
would probably be increased tenfold,
but If It were only doubled the direct
saving in a single year would be more
than enough to pay off the national
debt.
The McClure-Naftzger
Lumber Co
Just Opened Ud. Brand new
stock. Best grades. Best prices.
Best everything. Nice people to
do business with. On corner south
of Dr. Jones's residence.
C. W. Roberts, Myr. Hollis Okla.
NEW LIVE STOCK PAVILION
170x250 Feet—Seating 3,600—Arena 80x180 Feet
place the live stock judging, in full
■Vien^ of ■pectators, for cattle and
horses. Owing to the substantial char-
acter of the building, assurance is
given of an uninterrupted exhibition
regardless of weather conditions. At
night, under the brilliant illumination
Of hundreds of electric lights, and with
the accompaniment of good music and
vaudeville acts, will occur the inter-
esting exhibitions of the First Annual
Hone Show, more fully described by
special article.
Premiums
ThS association offers $10,104 1n rep
ular premiums in the live stock depart-
ment. Breeders' associations. Includ-
ing both state and national, offer $1,847
in special cash premiums.
Cattle
Mr. Sydney L. Brock, Oklahoma mor
chant and catHe breeder of national
reputation, is superintendent of this
department. An Increase of interest
and number of entries is expected
largely on account of the recent assom
btlng in Oklahoma City of the packers
and llye stock commission firms. A
national and Btate breeders have signi-
fied their intention to participate.
Swine
Seven barns replacing one used here
tofore will furnish shelter for the
swine department this year. All of
these barns have been supplied with
places for the storage of feed, with
concrete floors and all thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected. City water
and electric lights are. added good fea
tures. Mr. R. Kleiner, of Wheatland,
assisted by Mr. A. E. Lovett, will have
charge of the sheep and swine depart-
ments.
Meetings
The annual meeting of the Oklahoma
Swine Breeders' Association will be
held In the auditorium, State Fair
Grounds, Monday evening, October 3.
The Oklahoma Improved Stock
Breeders' Association will meet in the
auditorium, State Fair Grounds, on
Wednesday, October 5.
Premium List
The premium list of the 1910 Fall-
to be held September 27 to October ,
can be had by addressing Secretary I.
S. Mahan at Oklahoma City.
Notce
After Sept. 15th. we, the un-
dersigned banks of Hollis, will
open at(.) a. in. and close at 4 p
m. We wish to advise the pub
lie that we will accept no depos
its or pay any checks or trans-
act any business before and af-
ter the hours above named. In
3bt- wl. . . | the fall and winter months the
But this Is not the end of the bene-
" business necessitates very late
hours and it is aosolutely nee-
essary for us to observe these
rules in order that we may get
dur work on f< r the day. Our
by laws call for closing at 4
o'cli ck i nd if after that time the
l auk is open the burglar insur
ance is of no effecct hence
ue are forced to observe the
above hours.
Signed:
i roves Natl Bank,
Fir.-1 State Bank,
ll..his State Bank.
SALE OF PUN (C LANDS
IN HARMON COUNTY
The sale of public land in Harmon count' will take p'ac# in II l-
lis at the door of court I muse Thursday .1 in. ti', 1011. Th«ie an
27 tracts, containing 37*1 acres, to be sold to the highest bidder
the lessee being givon preference right.
Ter ns of th-
>ale a
•aid.
Below is given
a description of the land in Harmon county to b
sold at this tiuu :
Val. Imp.
Lessee
Description Acre* Vt
il. of Land
W, W. Sheldon
N. E. W B 24
160
1,200.00
676 00
R. C. Duncan
N.E. 14 3 24
IbO
2,000 00
120.00
Chas. E. Duncan
S. E 22 3 24
180
2,400 00
274.00
D. C. Criswell
N. E. 20 3 24
1 <>0
£ ,600.00
507 01 1
W. B. Boyett
N. W. 26 3 24
Itk)
600.00
20. Of 1
W. P. Balthorp
N. W. 4 5 24
I tit).
1,310.00
752.00
H. C. Dial
8. W. 4 5 21
I GO
1,000.00
59.00
J. W. Harvey
Lot I & S. F. of
N E 5 5 21
80.02
400.00
160.00
John Mize
Lot 2 £ S W of
N E 5 5 21
wo.l'7
400.00
00. Of
John Mize
WJ of S E 5 ft 24
{H >0.00
7u2iH.
J. W. Harvey
K* of S E 5 25
80
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1,155,00
J. C. Foley
Lots 3-4 & S-5 of
N W 5 5 24
llruv
1400.00
029.001
S. B. Moss
S W 5 5 24
IC,
1400,00
972 501
Aust'm Barling
Ix)ts I 2 & Si of
N EG 5 24
1(H). 20
1340.00
093 00
Dan D. Moss
Lot 5 * S E* « r
N W 0 5 24
77. ^3
640.00
l.!5,00j
Henry J. Smith
I/vls I. 7 & SA of
tS W 0 D 21
155.1 ^
IH7.-.U0
7o0 tO1
W. A. M.-Curdy
S E 0 5 21
100
1500.00
507 00
J. S. Polk
L ts 1 2 iV Ki of
N W 7 5 25
IW.Hl
2 O t.oO
207.00
JoeC. Thompson !x>is ! 4«v M* I
S W 7 r 24
155. Ml
Mm
1400.00
William G. HusUhI S W i I iT.
100
StHM'.tlO
Io7o.00
C. R. Snider
S E 3 1 25
100
5000.' *0
Dan D. Moss
SA of N K 1 25
SO
430 00
00.00
M. R. Fisher 1
,i a si..( ^ W I:
' 25 150.:
"7 IMMMKI
77.50
C. W. Fisher
S \\ 1 5 25
Mo
T600 0U
7y5.t>
Mrs. M. D. C'oll.er S V. 14 21
It
J 7< ► tO
:.9* i k
A. A. Hartmau
>i K t* j i'i
100
2lMiv'.00
790i00
J O. liartuaa
btlii £
100
1900.00
1134 00
a
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fits which the general improvement of
our waterways would bring, it Is only
the beginning. Beside the direct sav-
ing there is an indirect saving which
results from the effect of waterways
on railway freight rates, for rates
are always lower on railroads which
meet water competition than on those
which do not. The amount of this sav-
ing Is not everywhere the same, owing
to difference In conditions, but we
can get a good general Idea of It from
a study of some sample Instances.
Freight Rates Affected.
Freight rates from New York to
Salt Lake or Spokane are much high-
er than to San Francisco or Seattle,
although the distance Is much less, be-
cause goods can be carried to the Pa-
cific coast by water, around Cape
Horn, while there Is no waterway of
any kind to the Inland cities named.
It is not the ocean alone that affects
railroad rates. Compare the rates on
first class merchandise to river towns
and inland towns sltu&M about 250
miles from St. Louis. Towns oj the
upper Mississippi get a rate of 33
cents a hundred, Inland towns pay 63
cents; towns on the Ohio pay 41 cents,
Inland towns in the same region
pay 87.
A still more striking Instance, and
one showing the dlreot result of wa-
terway Improvement, is to be found
on the Columbia river. Before the
locks at the cascades were built
freight fates on nails, and that class
of goods, from Portland to The Dalles
were $6.40 per ton. As soon as the
locks were finished and the steam-
boats could get through, the railroad
rate dropped to two dollars per ton-
less thau one-third what it was fcefore.
That the difference WftS due to the
river Improvement Is shown by the
fact that rates were not reduced be
yond the point to which the steam-
boats could run. For instance, the
rate on salt in car load lots was $1.50
per ton to The Dalles, and $10.20 per
ton to Umatilla—$1.60 p#r ton for the
£8 miles with water competition and
$8 70 per ton for the next 100 miles
without. These rates have since been
reduced as the improvement ha£ pro-
ceeded, and when the work Is finished
and boats can run far up the Colum-
bla river and to Lewiston and other
point in Idaho on Its principal tribu-
tary, the Snake river, the people In
all that region will benefit not only
by the direct saving on goods carried
by water, but also by the indirect sav-
ing through the reduced rate on goods
carried by rail. Exactly similar re-
sults would follow the radical Im-
provement of rivers all over the Vnlted
States.
Indirect Saving Large.
There is, however, no possible way
of finding out Just bow much this In-
direct saving would be. Rates ou some
freight would be reduced greatly, on
some freight slightly, on some, per-
haps, not at all But we can get some
idea of the amount of freight which
might be Influenced. In the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1907, the total
amount of freight handled by the
railroads of the United States was
1.796.336,669 tons. Some of this was
hauled a short distance, some a long
distance, and some waa handled by
more than one road, but It was equal
, to 238.601.390,103 tons hauled one
mile If the comprehensive Improve-
ment of our waterways should jnak*
an average reduction of one mill per
ton mile—the difference In the rates
on salt given above is 70 times ss
jx>uch, or seven cents per ton mile—I.
would Htske a saving ftf over $2:16,600,-
000 on the value of business handled
tn the fiscal year.
At first glance. It looks aa If that
would mean disaster to the railways,
but that is the exact opposite of the
truth. Strange ae U may seem, the
Kureet and speediest wa, w eglsrgA
the buslnee* aad taMree&s the proAta
of the r llway 0l the V'ait«4 States
to te Improve tte
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The Pioneer Yard
We have ordered a big supply of all kinds of building
material, and are prepared to make you the best prices
on lumber that you will find in Harmon county.
And if its not first class lumber you^will not find it in
the United States. Come in and let us show you.
We are the exclusive agents for that
Old Reliable B. P. S. Paint
Put it on your
anv other.
We will be Glad to Figure your Bill.
Yours to Please,
house or barn and vou will never use
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Roberts, Luther. The Hollis Post--Herald (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1910, newspaper, September 15, 1910; Hollis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc185305/m1/6/: accessed April 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.