Harmon County Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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HARMON COUNTY TRIBUNE L
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VOLUME 5.
HOLLIS, HARMON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1915.
NUMBER 30.
Rally Meeting A
Success.
The rally meeting at the Star
Valley school last Saturday was
ft success in every particular.
The program was one of the very
best that we have had in the
county. Rev. A. L. Drumwright
delivered an address on ' "Citi-
zenship", which was declared by
all present to be one of the best
Addresses they had ever heard.
Prof. John Davis, of Edmond,
talked on Consolidation. Prof.
Davis is well acquainted with
the condition in Oklahoma as he
has studied consolidation from
the very beginning. He gave
many facts and figures to show
the expense of consolidation and
showing the advantage of the
consolidated school over the poor
equipped one or two room
schools. The trustees of Shrew-
der and Lewis school spoke highly
in favor of the Union Graded, or
Consolidated schools. Mr. Mc-
Daniels of the Shrewder school
made an excellent talk on edu-
cation. He told of how he fought
consolidation in his district at
first, thinking that it would raise
his taxes, but that his taxes were
not any higher now, and if any
thing, just a little lower than
when they had just a shack and
two teachers. The weather man
was kind indeed as Saturday was
one of the prettiest days that we
had witnessed for some time.
Dinner was spread and every one
present fared sumptously. The
good ladies in that section of
the country are certainly good
cooks. At the close of the meet-
ing every one present was piven,
an opportunity to speak for or
Against cansolidation. A large
tmber spoke highly in favor of
but none found any objections.
It seems to be the consensus of
opinion that the Bearden and
tj)tar Vailey districts should con-
solidate.
Peace In Sight
The war in Europe still goes
on, if reports are true, and Mex-
ico pulls off her usual stunt every
few days. But in America, and
mere especially in Oklahoma, is
peace in sight.
Congress recently adjourned,
and now the Oklahoma legis-
lature is about to follow suit.
Truly the signs are hopeful.
Our Country as a whole has had
too much law-making: tinkering
with "big" business, and alto-
gether too much political un-
rest.
One Gets By The
High Sheriff
Sheriff Gambill lets one get by
him and has been looking for an
opportunity to redeem himself.
Last week he received infoi-
mation concerning a typewriter-
lifter who was said to be work-
in this section of the country.
The discription of his man
waspostive and clear. Armed
with the information the Sheriff
went to the station to look out
for his man, When the train
pulled in from Wellington,
Gambill saw his man sitting in
the smoker. He walked into the
car and after close inspection
was sure of his man, walking up
to him said: "I guess I am look-
ing for you." The victim reply-1
ed "Pei haps you are, but you I
will have to speak to this man i
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Studying The Trade
Marks
A lady who is a costant reader
of the Tribune told us a few
days ago she enjoyed reading
the ads in our paper. The trade
marks appealed to her very
strongly. The association of
ideas is a splendid way of re-
membering things, also that of
studying synomyns an antonyms
is a profitable past time.
We wonder how many of our
readers could tell us without a
moments hesitation the names of
the stores that use the following
trade marks:
"Watch Us Grow."
"We make the price."
"The Price Is the thing."
"The store on the wrong side
of the street."
"Watch our counters, watch
our windows."
"Every day a special sales day."
All eyes are on the Tribune.
These eyes see your advertis-
ment and thus buyer and seller
are brought together.
*-Har4ing in Brooklyn Eagla.
she stays behind with five or six
of her worst pupils and tries to
save the state the job of reform-
ing them later on. If her pupils
make a success in life it's because
of having such noble parents, if
a failure, it is because they
couldn't get along with the
teacher and had to quit school.
Have you ever told the teacher
how much she is doing for your
child?
Planting Vacant
Lots
A well-orgnized plan of
utilizing the vacant lots of the
by my side." The other man j town should be worked out.
replied, "you are right, but I
beat you to him," The sheriff's
eyes opened wide enough for
him to see a hand cuff on the
man's leg with the other end
securely fastened to the seat.
Gambill hopes to be first next
time.
Mrs. H. N. Spoonea was in
Memphis Wednesday and Thurs-
day,
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Mr. Vanderslice, county agent
suggest that the school children
be given permission to plow and
^ <rt the vacant lots. This
work could be done under his
supervision,
The planting of the vacant lots
b> the school children, would
serve more than one purpose.
First consideration would be
keeping the weeds down.
Second, it gives employment to
the boys and girls who other-
wise would have lots of idle time.
The boys need encouragement
and the healthiest cities are
garden cities.
The property owners should
confere with the county agent,
and the boys who want a few
lots to work should see him.
Shrewder Consolidated School
Where the country boys and girls are given an equal
opportunity with the children in the cities
Country Boy's Creed
"I believe that the country which God made is more beautiful
than the city which man made; that life out of doors and in touch
with the earth is the natural .ife of man. I believe that work
with nature is more inspiring than work with intricate machinery.
I believe that the dignity of labor depends not on what you do, but
how you do it; that opportunity comes to a boy on the farm as
often as to a boy in the city; that life is larger and freer and
happeir on the farm than in the town; that my success depends
not upon my location, but upon myself; not upon my dreams, but
upon what I actually do; not upon luck, but upon pluck. I believe
in working when you work and playing when you play, and in
giving and demanding a square deal in every act of life."
A School Garden
A school garden teaches the
importance of order and system.
4<ihs necessity of doing things at
a particular time, the result of
neglcet and habits of thrift. It
will strengthen the nature work
^ -by making the children familliar
with the conditions under which
Itots thrive and tht plants that
are easy to grow. The children 0ur subject.
Shaking The Right
Limb
For several weeks the Tribune
has been talking up a County
Fair at Hollis for the fall. So
far we have found quite a bit of
interest. In fact considerable
more than we expected to see at
this early date. As a rule men
wait until the time for the fair
to work up to a high state of
interest. At the present time
things are humming along at a
lively r.ite and it begins to look
like something bigger than
we ever thought of is to be pulled
off for Hollis.
The old towns are today
lamenting the fact that in their
early history all the available
lands were cut up without mak-
ing reserves for parks, public
grounds, fair grounds, and
places where the city population
could get out and enjoy some
fresh air. Young towns are try-
ing to profit by the mistakes of
the older towns, and are making
| arrangements for the future.
But we are getting away from
learn to see what they look at
and understand what they see.
Hollis needs a fair greunds.
Lands are cheep today as com-
It gives a knowledge of plants pared with wnat they will be in
from seed to fruit, and a knowl- ten or twelve years. Then the
edge of birds and insects. The question is what preparation are
school garden is a good thing and j our business men and farmers
the best thing about it is that it going t> make to establish a per-
encourages home gardens. Every manent place of exhibiting our
teacher should encourage this produce? We include the farm-
work by having a school garden. {ers in this move because thenars
vitally interested in showing
their stuff to advantage. We
include the business men because
it is to their interest to help pro-
mote the agricultural industry
of our country.
We believe the time is ripe for
forming a stock company, buy-
ing a track of land and building
a permanent place of exhibition.
And this is such an easy matter,
and can be arranged so as to cost
each stock holder only a very
small sum of money. We al-
ready have the names of several
business men and as many farm-
ers whe are willing to take stojk
in such a company.
We believe that sixty men,
who are willing to put up $50
dollars each can be located with
in ten days time, and this
amount of money will buy a
sufficient tract of land for all
necessary purposes. We believe
it advisable to limit a person's
holdings to one share, by so do-
ing all probibility of one con-
troling the company and divert-
ing it inco channels displeasing
to the majority is avoided.
Every stock holder will have the
same number of votes,
Ten acres of this tract could
be planted in trees and convert-
ed into a delightful park, which
would add beauty and comfort
to the grounds. There are
many other things which suggest
themselves to us, but these will
suffice at the present time.
We want to see this thing
pushed by those who believe that
public exhibition of live stock,
poultry and farm products is
worth while. And the Tribune
would suggest that the majority
of the stock be held by our farm-
er friends. Harmon county has
several hundred farmers that
could buy one share at $50 and
doubtless many of them are
more than willing to make the
investment. Of course a stock
holder will not be liable for any
indebtedness the organization
may incur futher than the
amount of the unpaid balance cf
his stock. And as the town and
ountry developes, your invest-
ment of $50 should soon be worth
at least $250.
We would like to hear from a
few more interested parties.
A Big Gun
Here
When the state politicians read
the above caption they will won-
der where they were.
A few years ago, when Ted-
dy's popularity was at its zenith,
every time he saw in print, the
words: "a big man is dead," he
pinched himself to see if he was
still alive.
The gun we are talking about
is different from the political gun
and is mora effective. The
owner of the gun iiafoies it is a
wonder, and lots of people
wonder what it is.
In the show window where it
can be seen, is a card which tells
something about it. We can't
give you the name, it is hard
enough to pronounce, to say
nothing of trying to spell it.
It is said to be a gun to bring
dnwn aircraft. The gun was
brought to Hollis for the protec-
tion of our people,but there is no
immediate danger of an attact
from a real enemy.
Dryden Notes
Quite a few of the Dryden peo-
ple attended singing at No. 8
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Velma Enyart spent Sat-
turday and Sunday with homs
folkaat Gould.
Rev. I. F. Harmon and family
spent Friday at the home of C.
H. Grant.
Friday afternoon several of
the patrons visited the Dryden
school, trees were transplanted
and the yard improved. A nice
little program was rendered.
The question, Resolved that
Capital punishment should be
abolished, was debated by some
of the school boys. Affirmatiev,
Walter Howard, Paul Crossnoe,
Aron and Noah Kirby and Teddie
Shrewder. Negitave, Ben Mc-
Graw, Lester Ambrsn, and Fred
McGraw.
Mrs. Paul Nance of Hollis vis-
ited relatives here last week.
Mrs. W, T. McCauley and
children spent Sunday at the
home of Mrs. McCauley's praents
Mr. and Mrs. S. Moore.
Mrs. H. Moore is spending a
few days this week with her
daughter at Hollis.J
Ross Tabor and family spent
Sunday at the home of Marshal
Dill.
Thomas J. Morris and family
visited at Star Valley the latter
part of last week.
J. I. Balcom and family spent
Sunday at the home of J. H.
Edmonson.
Eydith Shrewder spent Mon-
day night with Mary Edmonson.
Mrs. Harmon and children
spent Sunday at the home of B.
F, Dill.
Billy.
School Teachers
A school teacher is a person
who teaches things to people
when they are young. The
teacher comes to school at 8:30
o'clock, and when she has gotten
enough children for a mess in
her room she teaches them read-
ing, writing, geography, arith-
matic, drawing, cooking, board
sawing, crotcheting, deep breath-
ing, bird calls, scientific eating,
plain and fancy bathing, forestry
and other things too numerous
to mention. When school is out
J. M. Shook, principal of Bethel
High School, was a business vis-
itor to Hollis last Saturday, and
while here visited with the Trib-
une and had some nice stationery
printed. We believe that every
school teacher should have sta-
tionery printed, as this helps to
idvertise the school. Mr. Shook
says the Bethel school is doing
splended work, that everything
is moving foward harmoniously.
About all there is to some salads
and some girls is the dressing.
If a man goes shoping for five
minutes he will spend $5. But
a woman can go shopping for a
week and not spend s nickel,
Winners of the Loving Cup 1914
Star Valley School
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Ramsey, A. K. Harmon County Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1915, newspaper, March 19, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc233348/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.