Harmon County Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1918 Page: 2 of 4
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Harmon CountyTribune
.J. Fred Bell
Editor and Publisher
iS'iiered in the postoffice at Hollis
Jkla..a* second class mail matter
*al. n. ti hi $1.00 par yaar
Telephone 150
BIOGRAPH
Under this head your editor
hri several minutes meditative y
chewing the end off of his pen
staff trying to think of a pleas-
ant subject. The day was dark
and dreary and there was con-
stant patter of the rain on the
shingles over, head and the
dreary darkness of the day
seemed to impart itself to at-
mosphere and the mood of all.
The wighty question was whom
should we herald in our next
issue as one of the bright and
shining lights of our cosmopoli-
tan community. We ran the
whole schedule of our many
brilliant men, but none of them
aeenu'd to lighten our gloom
until we thought of one and it
made us smile, not that our
smile is infrequent, but we
thought of one who when we
name him will make you smile
in sympathy with r.he magnetism
of his wholesome good nature
and dry humor.
Physically, he reminds you of
the Atkansas Traveller; a man
of considerab'e altitude and
limited circumference, a counten
ance which not strictly hand-
some seetns to have been at-
tractive to at least one woman,
and as we have noticed his many
winning ways in the Post office I
while getting our mail, we be-
lieve we have observed the
flutter of several female hearts
when our friend and fellow
citizen R. M. Phillips ap-
proaches.
Professionally Mr. Phillip# is
enuaged in seeing how many
Knot holes he can include in a
bill of lumber sold to an unwary
home builder. Me believes the
greatest man is he who can
make Three Roses bloom where
only one bloomed before.
That the weaker sex may be
put on full notice we wish to
state that Mr. Phillips i< a fam-
ily man; In fact if Germany bad
a few men like R, M. within
her domain during the last fifty
years, she would not be com-
plaining of her waneing man
power at this crucial moment.
There is one thing that peculiar
ly commends \lr. Phillips to u.<,
and it is this: That when Mr,
Phillips has any thin* to do he
never goes to sl-ep on the job,
When we thiui; of Mr. I'hMlips
we are reminded of that portion
of Grays Elegy on a Country
Churchyard, which speaks of
"Many a rose blooms to blush
unseen and wastes it fragrance
upoi: the desert air''. Gentlemen
tfe know Mr. Phillips and ve
like him; he commends himself
to us and w^in turn commend
him to you. So tip your glasses
boys "Here is to R M. Phillips.
City Treasurer and Shcool
Trustee, etcetera.
otKansas and the cactus and een
tipede of Texas meet on common
ground and taunt the alligator
of the swamps of Arkansas; row
laugh. From the days in tickling
pickeral and putting salt on birds
tails to our present high estate,
has not been s i many years and
we have had the pleasure of
viewing life from many angles.
We first saw the light of the
day in the sear and yellow leaf
of Autumn, when nature was
seeking to compose her selfffr
along winters nar I survived
th<> usual attactf? of summer com-
plaint, men-els and whoopinp
cou«h and conquered the mumos
without much damage And as
usual a loving mother looking
into the future, sought to direct
my youthful steps into the
ministry, but by the lime I
reached 16, she concluded she
would do well to l<e°p me out of
the penitentiary. 1 was born in
ja country town about 50 mile-
[from the railroad, at ^aldron
Ark. Oct Uth. 1870, and when a
chunk of a boy moved to the
city of Fort Smith where mv
fath'T engaged in the wholesale
boot and shoe business. Conse-
quently my school experience
was "the country dog come to
town." We moved from Ft Smith
to Quanah, Texas, in 1889, and
there I met Miss 'ulia Pureed
and we weie married in Dec.
1897- While I have been fre-
quently complimented <m my
[good looks I have never been
able to deceive any one but. Mrs
Hell and I'm afraid that I lmvn't
got her fooled very bad. I was
on a cow ranch for 1$ years,
then in the lumber business for
a while, afterwards irving
,iardwa •<; to a tini-h, lutei a
confectionary,and at the pie-ert
time, trjing newspaper business
With a few of my acquaint-
ances, have it« I he pad carried
fortifica'Jons of John Karlejcorn
and placed the flag * i bu y nt
youth on the hi ;bts beyond
And while not a ladies ma i,
by observation I have acquired
some exptrience bv observation
and believe that medicine
; should be taken as prevent at io<>
of ills etc.
1 h^ive lived in Harmon Coun'j
since it's creation and in old
Imperial Greer before, and be-
lieve I am qualified to sav that
we have the best country
and the best people on earth
I am trying to publish a paner
that will reflect our enterprise
[and our ambition; so hoping
for your co-operation, I am
yours very trulv, J. Fred 13'11.
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Do You Think There is
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No Competition?
If anyone thinksthcre is no competition amongst
the big packers he ou/.ht to go through a day's
work with Swift & Company.
Let him begin at the pens when the live stock
comes in; let hm try to buy a-nice bunch of fat
steers quietly and al his own price without some-
body's bidding against him.
Let him realize the scrupulous care taken at the
plant that not one thing is lost or wasted in order
that costs may be held to a minimum.
Let him go up into the office where market
reports are coming in,—and reports of what other
concerns arc doing.
Let him v. alch ;!. director of the Swift Refrig-
erator fleet, ir.aneu\ • ring it over the face of the
country like a licet ol battleships at sea.
'Lot himtrke a trip with a Swift & Company
salesman and try to sell a few orders of meat.
Let him stay at • branch house for an hour
or two and sec thr: retail meat dealers drive their
bargains to the last penny as they shop around
among the p ikers' branch houses, the wholesale
dealer s, and the local packing plants.
And then, wh \i the day is over, let him have
half an hour in the accounting department, where
he can see for himself on what small profits the
business is done. (Less than 4 cents on each dollar
of sales.)
If he still thirds thorn is no competition in th"
meat business it will be V -cause he wants to think so.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
Quarantined
a I county and city Sup-
i ents of Health, Town
' • wnship Hoard of Health,
in the State of Oklahoma:
it Having appeared t<> me, the
i eri-igncd Health Officer,
hat thert exists throughout lh-
late of Oklah ma a contagion
rd i fectious disease, khown
^twnish Influenza, and fot
the preservati n of public heahl ,
is necessary to quarantine
i: n st the same.
It is hereby ordered that a
Quarantine be and the same is?
i v declared and establish^
s to the premises as follow.-:
il churches, picture show*.'
ik'u • rs, schools, pool halls anc
ti p aces of congregation, and
jhlic gatherings where more
lian twelve people assemble,
md that said quarantine b-
mintained until this order i.
ide and quarantined raise*
Iness Whereo', I hav^
hereunto set my hbnd this '8t«
d.v f October, 1918.
John W. Duke
Slut* Health Commissioner.
This does not prohibit eatim
i cafes, restaurants, or hotel
On account of the absence >
ur County Health officer W, < .
dergraft, our city Mavoi
v. I. Giles has taken the matt*
uo with the State Health Com
missioner, and as soon as th
, a amine is raised will let ih.
eople of this countv kno v.
WeeklyFinancialReview
Prepared for Harmon Coun-
ty Tribune by the St.
Louis Union Bank, St
Louis, Mo.
The naval approriation bill
recently passed by Congress
voted a total of $1,573,468,415.
the largest credit ever appropri-
ated f^r any navv. in a single
measure.
For the fiscal year which en-
ded June 3o. 1918, five separate
tills, carrying a total of
It (9,668, were passed. This, for
he first and second years of war
nnkes a total of $3,249,878,083.
The principal object of ex-
penditures and the amounts
made available therefor in the
act just approved are as follows:
Some of the iterm.
\vhtion $220,^83,119 00
Enlistment, transfora-
tion and training of
enlisted men 17 O60.36 .00
Ordnance 26 \0 3 ,919.50
Public Works 83 543.375.' 0
lepair and unkeep of
the fleet 113,4 >9,8 0.00
Medicine & surgery 10,^1)1.600 ! 0
*ay of the Navy 227.372,9^6.< 0
Puppies, fuel etc 98 2^6 6-^5 00.
:ubsisteiv*e(food,) 75.520,216 00
!lotning outfits 9 975,000.00
•Javal Academy 1,252,846.20
1 arine (,orps 1'>0,016,756.14
>hip co i: tru tion 284.'7 uO1' 0U
W?i:
All you who have torpid live)
veak digestion or constipate'
b iwels k'ok out lor chills. Tb<
aeas-on is hera and the air is ful
of disease getms. T"e best thim
ro (io is to get your bver in go .(
condition and purify the stotnac;
H'td bowels. HEHBINK is ti
remedy; it answers the purpo*-
c tmpletely. Sold by iloib.D/ m
C
Dr. E. A. Abernethy
Eye, ear, .tost,, and thro; t
specialist will be in Hollis Nov.
4. He will he found
Dr. Pendergraft's >ffice up std
over Hollis Drugstore.
PI LES-r-RU FTU RE
Lost
On the st reets of
RECTAL DISEASES
Cured Wii'iout
Surgery by my
Horn, HH MILF DIRECT KEIBOG
week one child, red oordu™, J
HUWft tags: MoiuUiys, WcJiir-.u;,- ft'Hl imlaj.., Cto 8.
SBND WS AM) IIOLID\YS JiV APPOINTMENT ONLY.
> _ —1an wes > ; Krp il.llc BulMlnSf. Tenth nni
J. HEWDERSOw, IVS. P.
coat trimmed m fur. lender
please return t> Mrs. Hugh
Garrison or leave at Nat I Ban'-
Of Commerce.
Nance Oil Co. bandies only
best of oils.
Tribune $1.0) per year
If your child is pale and shklv,
pick-* at th" n^e, starts in the
sleep md trrinds the teeth while
sleeping, it. is a sure of
worms. A remedy for the^i1
parasites will b? fiMind ?n
! WHITE'S CREAM VERM1
FUGE. It not only dea'S out. ti e
worms, but it restores health and
cheerfulness Price25c per bottle
sold by Hollis Druur Co.
AUTO BIOGRAPH
Since we haye developed such
a penchant for the delineation of t
the characteristics, foibles of our
fellow townsmen, we have been
frequently requested to write
our own biograph: and while
a prophet has no credit in hi
own country and a man is never
a here in his wifes sight, we will
simply attempt to briefly sum
marize the salient of our not
wholly uneventful career.
We were born in the section of
country where the sunflower
Bill Berry, wife and 1'ttie
daughter a *e spending this week
in Albany. Texas.
An infant of *'r. and Mr?.
Jim Thompson yesterday
after severa' days illnes-' caused
by pneumonia.
Luther Wolfe died this morn
in;/ at the hnme of hi" parents 6
miles northeast of Hollis. Henad
an attack of Influenza which
dveloped into pneumonia causing
his death.
Horses. Mules and little Mares,
Wanted, broke or unbroke. Irom
$15 up lo as good as grows.
We will iny any cay.
MAM IH
Hollis, l>kla.
Fairview items
Since our last communiqut
the following events have takp
.ace.
Miss Doris iuynoid? has pas-
ed from our midst into a coui
try where there will be no m«r
s<rrow nor sighing. Wp w;
. :ss her in our Sunday Sc
d social gatherings' t'm s*-
as faithful in everything th*
sde for the bettennen' ■ f
neighborhood. To her l.w*?'
will say, you have the *
patfty of the neighborhood.
Mr. W. C. Black, from
rnett spent 3a turd mv ~-'u
jday wi'h homefolks
Mr. Luck spent Sundav wit'
the McKalls.
We have at. last bad a
rain, nnd wheat in nir npigrbho'
hood it cominc up r«i elv.
Mr and Mrs Hpnrv Wntta an' "
'ndav *.tt Mr.9. VT. \fnnrp'a
Vfr. I^oqtpr Fio'da
liovp l>o-V> hod a r'fh'
ca«e of "F'n" h'O nr« bn trn
Mr. and Mrs. CV>as Mc^Tnn^
are proud parents of a
? *:d;er ^ hi^h nr',sentpd
en tra'nlnsr o«e If)-',
°ant. f,ha tps
*isk Hero's hie'' to von,
Mr and Atr9_ Rains oo*: wore1
*'>ut thpir son .^av was quite
ind s co-fined in a ho5 P:fo'
■ iYie«') rre in V'*'-**''w* ' •
« alon * n'Hcht A'oft.Tliow
''-ricfebin ' who is 'n Vn. si?' .
• vvi iwH " 1
"sr^b" "S nil hnv?nr trials ;r
cummiin,
Onr scVrol is to be-
Nov 4. Ij#1^ evArvhod" n
npi 'ViK#!'t I e 1
th' rp t^f first rlsv
ore; Palp's famil" v
to Oklahoma Oifv
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Opal items
\ n:ce little crowd
■Iks spent the evenin.. wi it...
sses Carpenter Sunday.
Mrs. Abercromby and chiPdren
•.i"ed home from near 'Erick,
i«'-e they have been picking
t on, Friday.
vad Sfinson and Oscar Al en
' r for -Sweetwater comtaunit*,
e ti ey pxnaef . ' 0 some
<m picking.
j d V. u, Hammons
nude ! -x'sineas trip to 'Aei ing-
ton, lexas, i'nday
ivtr Jan Trench s f I & have
been suffering from Infiuei.za
lately.
The v'raig boys from Aberdeen
were visiting friends here Snn-
day.
v* e had a nice rain last night,
and it is stiu tookini .ainy.
Ottis Cc'aiv and Vallot Mc-
Ginnis arr v d home from Sa.,re
Saturday evening.
Miss WLrcet'd Mu) wald w. r.t
to ErLw buturday io do some
trading.
For the best of oil see
Nance Oil Co.
THE. CHEERFUL CHERUB
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Bell, J. Fred. Harmon County Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1918, newspaper, October 24, 1918; Hollis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc234322/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.