The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1902 Page: 4 of 8
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Beginning December ist, we will make reductions in several lines of our goods 'ome we
desire to close out and others, which are very seasonable goods but owing to conditions have
not met a ready sale—we want to dispose of at a greatly reduced price to save^ carrying them
over. We know the lines mentioned below will bear investigation r J ~
contained therein.
if you desire anything
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Cloaks and Capes
During the month of December we will
make a 20 per cent reduction on everything
we have in this line. Come in and see the as-
sortment and prices.
Fall and Winter Skirts
These will he sold on same reduction as
Cloaks and Capes and our line will be found
to contain many choice bargains.
Shirt Waists
Blankets
Both cotton and wool and several grades—
YOU CAN bp: SUITED. The warm tall
has made these goods a slow sale, but it is
not always going to be warm and you had
better provide for the cold weather while the
opportunity is presented at Reduced Prices.
Good 10x4 Cotton Blanket lor 39o
and others in proportion.
Christmas Gifts
For ttie Men Pollts
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Mere 9hei( Arc,
Duck Coats
Woolen Shirt Waists—something yon ne-d
everv day now—at HALF I'RICt?. Several
dozen to select from.
Men's Shirts
Good heavy quality, suitable for winter
wear and very serviceable, 20 per cent reduc-
tion to CLOSE THEM OUT.
Warm and handy, especially for rough
wear, and at this time of year, when you need
something to keep out the cold and turn rain (•
or snow-Men's sizes only-are offered at a 25
per cent reduction.
jewelry
That is, if the gifts are to he of the practical sort. Maybe, above all,
he'd prefer an OVE HCOJT—or SUIT. Perhaps you couldn't please Father or
Brother or Son any better than to give him a gift of that sort.
Overcoats or Suits Here at $3.00
and as High as $18.00 l,atn of Price* in Between/
For "HIM" who is not of the family—bat willing to be—we can sug-
gest Smoking .Jackets, Neckwear, Gloves. Mufflers, Handkerchiefs, Etc.
A few minutes in our store may save you trouble and money.
Goods exchanged or money refunded—always.
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M. Meibei gen,
0 The One Price Clothier
and Furnisher
SurrenMor to
M. Ilaarbiirger if Co.,
Medford, Okla.
We have a good stock of jewelry, which
has been sold heretofore at a very moderate
price, but to CLOSE OUT we will offer at a
still lower figure-or a 25 per cent
on the price now asked.
The disposition to unile tli at- , iuumc by means of "sleigh bell" tennis
churches wbuse doctrines do not differ ; racket , were .'Iso appreciated by the
reduction
Several other lines have been included in this cut and you will be well repaid to inspect
the goods offered and get the prices, even if you do not buy.
Early in the month we will have on display a nice line of Holiday Goods. Many of the
articles offered at the reduced price^ will make serviceable and useful Christmas presents, and
you can combine the pleasure of giving with that of dutv.
These reductions are not made after a systematic raising in prices, but are made on prices
to be had any time at this store.
Knowing it will be to your advantage to investigate these offers, we feel no hesitancy in
inviting you to come in the earlier the better..
ty.'ird door West of I'ostofflce, Medford, Okla.
'atrial
PALMEK & SON, l'ubiishers
Official City Voper.
T11UKSDAY, DEC 4, KW2
EDUCATIONAL SPIRIT OK THE
AGE.
The Common School and (lie College
Graduate*.
What is life, as it regards business?
What is tbe object of business tram
mg ? For what are we educating our
children ? School lite, common school
or college is preparatory for what end?
All ttiese questions must be answered
in one way from a business point of
view, to obtain wealth. Not alone
that the possessor may be able to count
his dollars by the millions, not that he
may have a large bank account to ex
hibit and be rated high on change, al
though this Is the sole purpose of many
men, but for the comforts wealth may
bring, the luxuries of life that the pos-
sessor may obtain.
Very few young men, and of later
years young women may be included,
start lu life who do not look into the
future with the hope of being some
day wealthy. Yet, as we view the Held
how few ever reach the goal of their
ambition. Why is ItV To this ques-
tion there must be in at least 'JO per
cent of tbe cases but one answer, he
missed his calling. It is not our pur-
pose in this article to oppose or dispar-
age education id colleges where the
same is made applicable to and assists
the natural inclination of the student;
but we do ailirm, and results sustain
our declaration, that in 70 per cent of
the graduates it is largely a waste of
time. What the parents should do is
to ascertain the calibre of the child,
his natural endowment and capacity,
then so direct his education as to de-
velop that tendency. It iB an old and graduate,
trite saying, "there is no use trying to manded
dren are graduates of a certain high saying of giving the child a thorough
school or college, but far better for knowledge in the 3 Its, "reading, rlting
them in after years to watch the pro- and 'rithmetic," but we would give
gress of them in lines at which they more for a boy or young man well fltted
are linancially successful. So far as a in these three brauches than for the
high school or college education devel college graduate who did uot possess
ops the brain, enlarging the capacity It. We are going too fast in our edu-
ot his possessor, it is beneiicial; but cational courses, the beut of which
this may be obtained as well while the isto get the child out of the common
child is devoted to that avocation school to tbe college. The schools are
which he will successfully follow in being used as a preparatory for college
life. instead of for business life. Though
A young man, who has been engaged less than 2 per cent of those who at
iu a bank a few yearB, remarked to the tend tbe public schools eier see the 111-
writer a lew days ago that be would side of a college, the time of the 98 per
uot give the snap ot his linger for a cent is sacrificed for them. It is
course iu a commercial school so far as wrong.
it applied to book keeping in banks. A Chicago business man recently
He said three moDtbs of practical work placed a want adv. in the city paper
iu a bank was worth more than three for a young man to assist on the books
years of study of uook keeping in and devote the balance of his time at
school. There was one thing he said the counters. He required letters from
he was going to do, and of which he the applicants which would indicate
felt a necessity, notwithstanding; be their qualitications and fitness for tbe
was a high school pupil, devote a few place. Of over 100 received, most of
months to rudimentary branches. His which were from students, only three
orthography, his geography, his mathe- were considered worth noticing, and
malical and other common school these were not up to the standard of
studies were delicieut. He had made: his anticipation. He hired the son of
the mistake of thousands, he had hur- a mechanic who was in tbe sixth grade
ned through tbe lower grades to reach of the city schools. In his report to a
tbe high school, to appear as a gradu- reporter we observe the following para
ate. It is the bane ot city Bcbools geu- graph:
erally, that they are not thorough "These applicants are unable to write
enough in the common school brandies, letters such as any respectable business
Of what protit is a knowledge 0. geom , C0uCem cares to send out. They can-
etry and trigonometry, of Greek and no( gpej| correctly They cannot frame
Latin, if one can not safely and correct grammatical sentences. They do not
ly compute the examples he may meet i^no w the meaningof words in common
in everyday life, or correctly spell the uge Their compositions teem with
words he must use iu business or social y^gar solecisms. Their knowledge of
coriespondence. The writer knew a arjthmetic is very limited and their
man who had secured a position as knowledge of geography is almost uil.
The fact Is, business affairs demand
principal of a public BChool, where
there were several departments, to a more thorough knowledge of the ru
whose lot it became necessary to teacb dimentary branches, and that tbe
higher mathematics, and, though a col- course of study in our public schools
lege graduate, be could not work the be such as conduce to the business af
examples in Kay's 3rd part arithmetic, fairs of life rather than to get the stu
uor write a notice of the time of begin- dent into college as soon as possible
ning school tit for publication. Yet he The sooner we get back to the ilrst
was contracted with at a salary of 9100 principles of education the better will
a month because of being a college it be for the rising generations I'rac
The board of education de-! tical knowledge is worth more to tbe
teacher's certificate, as the young nvn than book learning; It will
material!v is certainly a meritorious
one. A strong church, as any other
organized body, is surely more power-
ful for good than a weak one. In Med-
fold we have four churches and there
are others talked of. Here are four
ministers and their families to be sus- I
talned by our community. It need |
not, therefore, be a surprise that one or
more finds It difficult to maintain a
resident minister, lu fi.ct if it were
not for the assistauce of those outside
of tbe church these could uot be main
talned. With fewer churches abler
onuisters could be maintained, and
those wbo enter the ministry would
better prepan for the services they are j
required to perform. Were there
books by which tbey could the better I
prepare their sermons needed, they 1
would, by reason of better salaries, be .
able to purchase them. So circum-,
scribed must they be and economical
iu their expenditures that they cannot.
buy tbe many books necessary to pre-
pare sermons. A minister without a
library'8 like a carpenter without tools.
Again a minister wbo feels that be is
dependent upon those wbo are not
members of bis church, even those who 1
are not professors ol Christianity, will
naturally be more or less guarded In
his sermons, as well as bis daily walk
and conversation, when he should be'
independent enough to condemn or de-1
uounce evil wherever he may observe
it. It is impossible for a man with a
family to care for to ignore their wants
and say or do that which he knows
will deprive them of the necessities,
say nothing of tbe luxuries, of life.
There is not room in each and every
community for a Sam Jones. Dia we
have but two churches iu Medford we
could maintain their paBtors in good
circumstances aud enable them to take j
a more active part in tbe moral devel
opment of tbe community. Tbe Pa<
triot believes there is another prov
euce tor the minister than to meet
twice on Sunday to preacb in the j
church and once during tbe week for
prayer meeting. We believe he should j
be a living, walking, talking advocate
of tbe doctrine he professes, the head
aud front of the moral columns of tbe
community. Tbe miulster should
stand for the moral interests of the
community where the saloon keeper
stands for the Immoial. He should be ,
of such bigh standing morally that lie
need not fear the contaminations of
evil aud be sufficiently independent 1
through the salary received from the j
church that be need not fear to reprove I
or rebuke evil wherever he may see It.
He should be as well known in the
community as tbe leaders ot the forces
of evil. With a weak church to sus-1
tain him, and dependent upon those
whose evil ways he would condemn for
his support, he is not likely to be as
forceful in his efforts to change them.
audience T is is the most up to date
company in pins and jokes that has
yet appeared i'i Medford, not includ-
ing a stale sa log in the entire evening.
They dest-rve the sucess with which
tliev ar> meeting everywhere.
Titan of
Chasms
For Good Rigs
Call at...
LIVERY BARN
EAST OF ROCK ISLAND DEPOT
Phone 74.
WEBB & DAVIS, Prop®.
The Grand Canyon of Arleona. The
great round world has no Urine Ilka it.
Comfortably reached by rail on tbe
way to California, any day in tbe year.
Excellent hotel* end safe trails.
•'Titan of Chaemv" pamphlet mailed
free—or send 60c for tieautifnl Grand
Canyon book with illuminated cover,
containing special articles by soled
travelers, authors and scientists.
Address General Passenger Office, At-
chison, Topeka and Hanta Pe Railway.
Topeka.
Santa Fe
O. E flONrr,
Agent at Medford.
make a whistle of a pig's tail." If a law required the same ere they couldi better enable him to meet the vioissi
boy be naturally a mechanic, there is legally pay him out of the school dls- tildes of life and compete in the world's
no use trying to make a school teacher , trict treasury. In his attempt to pass race for hemes and wealth. If
or a professor out of him. If he has
no love for machinery it would be a
waste of time and money to give him a
course in civil engineering. If the girl
be a natural musician give her a musi
cal education aDd do not continue her
beyond her age In high school and col-
lege to graduate in certain brauches
which have no more to do with music
than the blacksmith's forge has with
geometry. It is nice and pleasing for
the fond parents to say that their chll-
au examination he failed to procure a ■ have not the calibre of the racer, it
rating that would eutitle him to a 3rd will conduce more to his happiness to
grade certificate. He resigned and
went elsewhere to inflict bis ignorance
upon other communities. We advised
him to enter the ministry, get married
and let his wife make purchases for
his home. His was an Inglorious ex-
ample of college stuffing to tbe neglect
of s thorough common school educa-
tion.
Many attempt to ridtimle tbe old
share tbe lot of the draft elements.
With loving misses and mesdames
on every band 810,000 seems like a high
price to place on the lost affections of
one. Yet this price Is sued for In a
court in Missouri. May be a Missouri
girl's love is worth more than one ef
another state.
Don't Buy Town
Lots in Medford
Until you have looked over the list to be seen at the office
of the Anchor Real Estate Agency.
To the Land of Flowers
in Sixty-Six Hoursy
There's a better train and a better roate to California
than you have ever used. The train Is the
GOLDEN STATE LIMITED
It is the most comfortable train In the world.
Lighted and cooled by electricity. Barber shop
and bath—everything that any other train hae,
and some things that no other train has. Leavee
Chicago daily on and after Nov. 1, 1609
The route is composed of the Rock Island and
Southern Pacific railroads, by way of El Paeo,
Texas. It* advantage* are- Nhorteet to Month*
ern California—easiest grades—lowest altitudes
and most southerly course of any trans continen-
tal line. Standard and compartment sleepers,
diner, observation and library cars, Chicago to
Los Angeles. One sleep*? Chicago to Kent*
Barbara, another Chicago to San Francisco.
Reservations (which can be made at any ticket office in the United States or Canada) should be
made as far in advance as possible. Write for beautiful new California book.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, Passenger Traffic Manager
Hock Island System, Chicago, Illinois
Rockisiand
System
"A Breezy Time'' at tbe opera house
Tuesday evening was greeted by a
large audience and since the play we
have not heard of one but who had
more than a surfeit of fun and were,
glad that they attended. While the
play embraces no interesting plot, the
several characters are whole amuse-
ment series in themselves. Of tbe lit-
teeu characters represented not one
was Inferior but all bret-class. l'rob
ably the three most difficult parts were
those of "Jacob Daub, an Artist in
Difficulty," rejftesented by Billy Wil
Hams, "Smiley Spooner" by Ed. Mack,
and "Moses Solomon" by Ed. 11. Wood.
These three were very successful in
their efforts at entertainment. Grace
Sloan as "Daisy Ligbtfoot" and "Choi-
ly" also deserves special mention. The
specialties, including songs, dances and
Bethany College,
Lindsborg, Kansas.
A Normal Department
A Business College
A Shorthand and Typewriting Department
A Musical Conservatory
An Art School
A School of Elocution and Physical Culture
Modern Equipment Throughout
BHT11 AN Y bas four buildings—tbe mala building, 140 rooms; the
Ladies' Hall, *<6 rooms; tbe Art Hall, the Auditorium and Gymnasium.
Send 6 cents for ISO-page illustrated catalogue to
CARL SWENSSON,
Lindsborg, Kans. President.
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