Hollis Post-Herald (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1910 Page: 3 of 15
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The N. L. Jones Lumber Company
The Pioneer Yard
We ha re ordered a big supply of all kinds ot 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. Paints
Put it on your house or barn and you will never use
any other.
WE WILL BE GLAD TO FIGURE YOUR BILL
Yours to Please,
HARMON
Great Progress of Past Year-Hollis Has Just Begun Buid-
ing Career Which Will Put Her in the Front in
This Section of Country.
JIM m toooooocoooooccoaccco
[ber Company h
Influence of Christian Science
Teaching.
New York Tribune: That a
widespread and probably far
from superficial influence has
been exerted by them in other
respects, even upon those who
vigorously dissent from Chris-
tian Science teachings, is not to
be .denied. Churches of other
denominations have seriously
taken up the work of attempting
to heal the sick through prayer
and mental suggestion. There
has been a perceptible reaction
against the extreme materialism
which so widely.. PJ-evails _ and
which has maaier W*
well as out of church, and to
whatever extent MrA Eddy and
her teachings rare to be credited
with this they are entitled to
gratitude". It is probable, m .re-
over, that the cult of Christian
Science has promoted the de
velopment and th exercise of
cheerfulness and of self control,
and in so doing it has benefited
the world. From some of the
fundamental professions of that | Quanah National Bank Fails,
creed a large majority of intel-! Word jias reached Hollis of
ligent Christian believers earnest | the fajlure 0f the Quanah
. . a J U t .r n 1 urn no _ t_ m n
ly dissent and probably always
will dissent; but it is not the
only creed of which that is to be
said, and even those who most
National Bank of Quanah Texas
This banK was considered one
of the strongest institutions fi-
nancially in this part of the
Harmon county, of which Hollis Is
the county seat., was organized only
a little more than a year ago, tlio elec
tlon permanently locating the county
seat r.t Hollis being held In Septem-
ber, 1909. It Is a part of the great
rolling -prairie belt lying at the bast
of the blooming plateau formerly
known as the Llano Estacado or
Staked Plains, and forms a part of
original Greer county. While settle-
ments in this country date back as
far as twenty or thirty years, until
within the past decade little progress
has been made in the industrial devel
opment of the country. Aside from
grazing, industry was practically un
known. Vast regions were traversed
only by the cowboy and his herd.
Some attempts were made to till the
soil, but not enough even for a de-
monstration. It was thought by those
living in the lower altitudes that this
was a barren waste fit only for the
habitation of the jack rabbit and the
prairie dog.
But the demonstrations of the past
few years show conclusively that the
great fertile 8cope*of country embrac-
ing Harmon county is richer In natu-
ral resources thau, any other portion
of our great state. The soil is of the
most fertile and enduring nature and
is adapted to the successful growth of
all those fruits and cereals suited tc
this latitude, and while the rainfall is
sometimes insufficient for all crops, it
is sometimes in excess of the need
But take it "one year with another,"
no country on the face of the earth
surpasses this in agriculture. In fact
we know of no section of country any
aoiu, wuv* ( lidUbiaiij iu f"
strongly dissent from some °f Country. It had $50,000 capital
its features must concede the 3^^, $25,000 surplus and profits
beneficence of others and must
also recognize the extraordinary
favor with which it has been re-
ceived by large numbers of men
and women of integrity, intel-
ligence and judgment.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that
the Annual Meetinc of '^khe ba^k's
Stockholders and Directors of-
the Altus. Wichita Falls & Hollis
Railway Company of Oklahoma
will be held at its Office in Altus.
Oklahoma, February 3, I9II for
the election of a Board of Direct-
ors and Officers for the ensuing
.year and for the transaction of
such other business as may come
before them.
2 4 Wiley Blair Sec'y.
miles to t.ho northeast from the
Staked Plalus, the eternal playground
of the tamelci.3 winds, each breeze
thnt sweeps the prairies is laden with
ozone, that powerful ovldizer which
renders comparatively harmless the
animal enuvia and other obnoxious
products of animal or vegetable de-
composition which are so harni.ful In
the atmosphere of the lower altitudes.
This much for the County of Harmon
Now we come to speak briefly of her
county seat.
THE CITY OF HOLLIS.
The present population of Hollis is
variously estimated at from 1,500 to
2,000. Nearly half of this population
has come to Hollis within the past
twelve months. Hollis is just now en-
tering upon an era of building and
prosperity which will push her to the
forefront as a commercial center. The
rapid development of the town and
country for the past few months, oc-
casioned by the coming of the Altus,
Hollis & Northwestern Railroad, will
continue until it reaches the limit
More than a hundred homes have been
erected in Hollis in the past few
months and some of the best brick
and stone business houses in South
western Oklahoma are now in course
of erection. Practically the whole of
the business section is yet to be built
and will be built within the next year
or so, which means that something
will be doing in Hollis all the time.
Historically, this country is the
youngest born of time, and heir to all
that is best in the older countries and
cultivations. If you have grown tired
of the slow, sleepy, conservative East;
We do not magnify any one part of
our system to the npglect of any
other part. One of our most serious
problems ic to place a good high
school within the reach of everf
country- boy and girl.
We do not claim any surpassing
featuros. We do claim to have a well
balanced system, but take greatest
pride in the character of our teach-
ing corps. Harmon county, the new-
est county in the state, boasts of
forty-four excellent suhool buildings
fairly equipped and organized, and
will measure sucnesB with any county
In the Union, by the character of the
men and women who choose teaching
as a career, by the inducements of-
fered them to enter the work, to pre-
pare themselves well for It and tc
continue in it.
Our taxpayers recognize that young
men and women of ability will not
take any work as a career if the
means of preparation are extremely
difficult, if recompense is not in pro-
portion to the demands; if they are
not recognized as social and political
elements of the community; hence
ths liberality In supplying local taxeB.
These are the best outward signs
of real merits of a system of Bchools.
In all of these respects Harmon county
is equal to the best and' will surren-
der first place to none.
and more than $300,000 on de-
posits. Its president, J. E. Led-
better has lived in Quanah since
the first settlement of the
country and has always been
considered a business man of
unusual ability.
We failed to learn the cause of
the failure or what condition
in.
Hugh harrison is down town
after an attack of typhoid fever,
Last Tuesday evening Mrs.
Anna Whisenant very* delight-
fully entertained a number of
her young friends at her pleas-
ant home. Music and laughter
filled the evening and delicious
refreshments were served.
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iSee Day Today |
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11 Day is the Jeweler in the P. O. Bl'd. ||
"** Having such a large stock of Jewelry, Watches, jjj
Clocks, etc. on hand, and in order to move these |jj
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goods
I Have Determined
to give you the chance to do your Xmas shopping
early and save money at the same time.
20 per cent Discount
on all goods in stock until Dec. 15, 1910. Buy early
while the choice is varied.
This discount will surely sell my well selected
stock. Remember I say buy Early.
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Methodist Church.
J. Day Jewery Comp'ny
where that offers better inducements
to energetic farmers—men who know
how to work, and diversify, and de-
velop the sail.
The real wealth of every country
has ever been and must necessarily
continue to be in the prosperity oi
the agricultural classes. The coun
try founded upon the wealth of the
masses is built upon an unshifting
foundation. It survives the shock of
war and the blasting and blighting
effects of financial panics and politi-
cal revolutions. Oil wells go dry,
mines fail, factories fall, and finan
cial panics come and go; but the soil
of Harmon county endures forever;
and the day is coming in which its
products will rival those of the land
of the Rameses and the Pharaoahs
Recent official statements of the three
Hollis banks published in this paper
showed individual deposits amounting
to more than half a million dollars
and this represents the wealth of the
masses of the people In the imme-
diate trade territory of Hollis. A
great deal of this amount represents
the individual wealth of the farmers
in the Immediate vicinity of Hollis
To give the reader an idea as to the
source of our revenue, we here call
attention to the fact that over a mil
Hon dollars will be paid out for cot
ton alone in Harmon county the pres
ent season, and Hollis will herself re
ceive more than twelve thousand
bales of this staple. When it is re-
membered that this country was set-
tled only a few years ago by a home
less but determined band of men and
women who came to this neglected
[ spot to build up their fortunes, or
11 starve on the prairies as many feared
the present condition of the country is
all the more remarkable.
1 One thing of which we boast, and
I not an inconsequential thing, is good
health. There is no local cause for
sirkness, malaria being practically un
'known. Situated as we are. approxi
mately 1.800 feet above the sea. a few
if you are weary of weeds, mud and
malaria, come to this land of enter-
prise, push and progress, where health
is borne on every breeze, and a
strange weird charm o'erspreads a
landscape just emerging from its wild
tangle of beauty into a city of thrift
and culture.
Our Schools.
(By G. P. Morton, County Supt.)
"The home is the keystone of civil-
ization; America is the best place for
a home;" Oklahoma Is the best place
in Amcrica; Harmon county is the
best place iri Oklahoma; the farm is
the best place in Harmon county for
the making of a true home.
In order to make a home both a
man and a woman is necessary. In
order to secure the- true man and the
true woman we must educate our chil-
dren. In order to educate our chil-
dren we must have a school system.
Oklahoma has a good school system
—not perfect; still there is much work
In the public schools of Oklahoma to
encourage and little to discourage.
While Oklahomas school system
falls Tar short or perfection we think
it has as many excellent features as
anf state in the Union.
The amount of public money spent
by the state for the support of the
schools is not a proper standard of
measurement of efficiency. If this
were true Texas and Missouri would
be in the lead. This indicates a state's
abiding faith in the future of her
schools and forethought in making
provisions for them. There is dauger
when a community relies too much on
the income from the public funds tc
maintain its schools. Rate of local
taxation Is a better test of interest and
indicates more nearly the character oi
the work.
Our schools are organized on the
broad basis ef local control and de
rive their main support from local
taxes.
WOMEN'S CLUBS.
The Post-Herald is in hearty sjm-
pathy withi the women's cltate and wo-
men's organizations of every Wnd.
We know that a great many oi the re-
form moves of our country would
have failed utterly had it not been
organized womanhood. And' it appears
now that men are so engm «jed with
"business" that Important civic duties
have fallen altogether upa«n the shoul-
ders of the women. And they are
playing an important part in the in-
tellectual, moral and social develop-
ment of our country.
We note with genuine pleasure
that the Civic Association of this city
has expressed the Intention to take
up the matter of sanitation, side-
walks, tree-planting, etc. These are>
questions of vital importance tt>
W11 at this tlnie, and we - trust fte
women will pusft tlielV wort to suc-
cess, .Let the., women's organizations
of the varlotis churches f« the city
agitate the laying of sidewalks around
their church property. This will be
a beginning; and property owners
will all fall in line when the pressure
becomeB suffif'snt.
And wnen our city is cleaned and
beautified—when flower gardens man-
ifest their tints of beauty and exhale
their rich perfumeB, and shade trees
spread their cool arcades—then we
can point to our women and say
with pride, not as the old Adam, but
as the new Adam, "The woman thou
gavest me."
There are a number of other clubs
in town, a sufficient number to ault
the varied social and intellectual
tastes of the feminine world. In fact,
we will be pretty safe in saying that
Hollis has more women's clubs than
any other town of her size in the
State.
A Larger Family.
"Do you find the cost of living any
higher than It was, say, five years
ago?" "Yes, Blr. Two of my daugh-
ters have got married since."
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Roberts, Luther. Hollis Post-Herald (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1910, newspaper, December 15, 1910; Hollis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc185313/m1/3/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 2, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.