The Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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The Hollis Post-Herald.
VOLUME 13, NUMBER 26
HOLLIS, HARMON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1316.
$1.00 A YEAP
LETTER FROM
SUPT. G. P.
To the Boys and Girls of Har-
mon County:
This letter is to you and it is
;in the nature of an appeal. I
^ant each one of you to help me
put Harmon County on the map.
I believe that we have as good a
county as there is in the state
aud I know we have as inteligent j
a set of boys and girls ag is to
he found anywhere.
Every business and every pro-!
fession is thoroughly organized j
?or mutual benefit except the
farmers. Now you boys and
snrls are the future farmers and
farmer's wives, Suppose you
organize into agricultural clubs
and show to the world that farm
^rs can sticn together. In this
stick-to-it ive-ness lies your
future success.
I want every boy ari(^ girl in
the county between the ages of
10 and 18 years of age, who has
•the grit, the courage, the perse-
verance, the get up and push in
them to join some of the clubs
and help win first place at the
•State Fair this fall.
Last*fall at Oklahoma City
three boys from this county
txa^e a higher score than did the
"Tien boys who won third place.
You see it takes a team—ten
-boys or girls—to compete at the
State Fair in team work. Sup*
pose we had had ten instead of
three, nothing could have pre-
vented us from winning first
place. Now I want a team in
evary elub—several teams in
fivt. Are yon willing to
Kemember that in Union there
is strength and the best service
one can render is not,for self
but for your fellow man. When
we are helping our neighbor we
are helping 'ourselves too. Do
you know what the Leper said to
Sir Launfalun his return from
his search for the Holy Grail?
"Who gives of his alms feeds
three,
Himself, his hungering neigh-
bor and Me.',
We have a county Agent, Mr.
J M. Vanderslice, who is more
than willing and will be irlad to
IT IS TIME TO BUY
Whet?
That new Buggy, Planter, Harness and everything you need
in the hardware line. Our Buggies are the best-—the Cele-
brated Emerson and Studebaker. Something new inside top
brace, flint steel Axle, bent reach, a grade hickory—absolute-
ly guaranteed. You know our reputation for making good.
See us before you buy.
Our Undertaking Supplies is complete; in charge of Licensed
Embalmer. Call us day or night.
Spooner Hardware Company
The Quality Store
THIS FROM it
C. L. F
your best sehou^.year, lain
Sincerely yours,
G. P. MOKTON,
County Stmt, of tlarmon County
Hollis, Okla.
i room thfe second time, but Mis HAN'T fflDCFT T9F
Lodney went into the room the
third time and 'seizing him,
g,rabued some wet clothing near
by and extinguiseh the flmae
off her son's clothes, and then
SCHOOL MEETING MONDAY
tions to hold up what business
they have built up and continue
to increase.
COLE LOONEY
BADLY BURNED
Last Saturday night as Cole
Looney, son of Mrs. Lamar Loon
ey, was preparing, his bed for
retiring he overturned a lamp,
and in an attempt to extinguish
the flames, was seriously binn-
ed on the right leg.
As was told to us, it was a
folding bed, and in unfolding
it he knocked a lamp over,
which ipraited and was soon a
roaring fla^ne. His foot and leg
are both badly burnt, and it is
The school meeting next Mon-'
fought out the lre caused from day should not be forgotten by
the lamp.
It is hoped that it will' be
unnecessary to take his foot off
and that he will soon recover.
E. L.
DOLLAR DAY SALE
A SUCCESS
GARDNER AND WIFE
go to Market
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Gardner
left last Saturday for Chicago
and other eastern cities, where
they go to purchase goods for
the Gardner & Long dry goods
feared that his foot will have
assist you in any way if .you will j to be amputated.
just let him itnow you want help! His mother and-sister he al-
and mean business. Ask him ing, the noise, caused by him
for agricultural bulletins and er-j trying to put out the flame, ran j have talked to about the day, by the "Willing Workers' class
rollment cards or write fbe y<>ur in and it seemed that Gole was |pronounced it a success—that No. 6 of the Baptist Sunday
wants and I will see that they j afraid his mother
The Dollar Day Sale last Mon- till today.
day which was on in almost' The meeting, will be held at
every business house in town, i the Court house between 2:30
was one of the most successful and 3:00 o'clock. Everybody
sales day that our merchants come.
have witnessed in some time..
One would have thought there I "WILLING WORKER'S^ DIN-
was a big circus in town, the i NER A SUCCESS"
crowd was so immense. j
All the merchants that we I The dinner given Saturday
the patrons and tax-payers of
this district.
The committee that was ap-
pointed two weeks ago will be
at this meeting and report what
has been don,e and you should ,l'e ^ , . ,, ,
be present to hew it. L Mr. Gardner and Mr. Long
The congested condition of'^ve built up a nice <uy goods
the school is still growing— bu?mess l« Hollis, then- success
there being now 773 enrolled up attabuted to honest deal-
ings w'th their customers, the
high grade merchandise that
they sell and the continued use
Much has been said and writ-
ten about intensified farming
and the wonderful results it is
I possible to obtain by exercising
Scare in the selection of seeds,
i the time of planting, the pr;\parq
jtion of the soil, and the cultiva-
1 tion and gathering of the crops.1-'
The following information would
indicate the wisdom and neces-
sity of adapting better methods
of farming.
We are greatly interested in
the yield per acre on the farms
along our line of railway, since
we have been advised by the
grain dealers of Oklahoma that
our railway reaches the best
producing section of the State.
For the past several years
the Federal Government has,
been organizing boys and girls
into clubs for the purpose of in-
teresting them in scientific farm
ing and stock raising. In 1915,
there was a total club member-
ship in Oklahoma of 12,500, of
which 6,000 were boys and 6,500
were girls. Prizes were offered
bv the government'for the best
•results in the various depart-
ments. In the C6fn growing con-
test 4,500 boys and girls par-
ticipated and the high yield of
111,1-7 bushels per acre was
the result, with an average
yield of 48 bushels per acre for
4,500 entries. In the kamr
corn contest about the same num
ber of youths participated. The
high yield per acre, was 89 bu.
and the average was 46 bushels.
In the cotton growing contest
still more remarkable results
verx obtained. Two-acre tracts
were used, instead of one^ for
the experiments. The high
yield on a two-acre tract was
5603 lbs. The average.-yield
Was 1218 lbs. - *4#
When it is taken into eonsfd-
tration ihat the average yield
of cora in Oklahoma for 1915
was approximately 25 bu. and
the yield of kaffir corn was only
20 bushels p&r acre and of cotton
330 lbs., yon can readily see
what wonderful things the Fed-
eral Government is dofhg by
interesting the com'ng Oklaho-
ma farmers in scientific farming.
C. L. FOUNTAINE.
of printer's ink.
LOST—Elk watch chain, will
pay reward. W. M. Prock.
are attended to.
Hoping you will
would catch
ifire, and shoved her from the
make this room the second time, but Mrs
TO THE TRADE
We are now located in our new brick build-
ing with an up-to-date stock of Groceries which
we offer to the trade at remarkably low prices,
quality considered. It is our policy to make
Quality first. We know your needs and are
prepared to supply them. We need your busi-
ness and you need our goods.
A visit to the store will convince you that you
are in the right place.
Thanking you for the business given us dur-
ing the past, and soliciting a share of your fu-
ture business, we are respectfully,
Leader Grocery Co.
Davis & Lee, Props.
PHONE NO. 13.
i>r,—ir°y~ - \v
they were confident that they Srhool proved to be quite a suc-
sold much more goods than they cess. The receipt taken in was
would have had they not of had $18.00 for which some will go
the Dollar Day Saie. j for putting in a window in their
Not only are the merchants class room in the new Baptist
delighted with the results cl': Chsrch. This is not the first
the sale, but the customers that j time these little folks have giv
availed themselves of this op- en such dinners to help their
portunity to save money speak:church, and they are certainly
■very satisfactorily of their bar- j to be complimented for theiir
gains that they were able to v. illingness and help in such mat |
buv for $1.00. ' j ters.
In this connection we desire; They extend to the public
to commend the party that was the heartiest thariks and assure
responsible for and worked up them they will always be treat-
the Dollar Day Sale, who was -ed fair when they eat with the
Mr. Roy Ellis, who is slaesman Willing, Workers.
at the Chedester Co. He was1 Reporter.
j the man that worked this move
I up. and we think it a great move SIM SEDEN SFTXS BUILD--
ifor both the merchant and the
[neoplo of Hollis and Harmon
jCov.nty.
; Nov.- that ws have cot this
started, why not keep it jroinCi—
j?t least once a month, and aft*1'1-
pv if ?t i? thought that it will
be valuable to all parties.
i Watcb for the announcement
' op the ncrt Do1!.?!* Dav Sale.
'. W. Hor>l:in?
nuel. left on
i for
Bj:
lit
Ho]
W.
Texas.
W Cochran
the Tues-
visit with
:. Mr. and
f Welling-
ING I
J. L. Massie, of Long Beach, {
I. President of all the Massie
tores. £>nd J. E. Willianms of'
n yd or, General Manager of all!
e Ma-^ie stores, were here
e forepart of the week. While!
■"•e. they, and Mr. Frank Wil-
Massie Wil-j
ore bought
h tbn s+ore*
v, jtr. Sim
huv'«r half
T\v
-tills
Evei^yriiiiKg for
tiic Sick roout
(j
Antiseptics
Rags and improper dressings have been res-
ponsible for more blood poisoning and serious
result5 than anything else. The safe thing to ot)
when any wound is made is to come straight to
us for antiseptic gauze, andages and supplies.
Better still, don't wait until some one is injured,
but come now and have in the house for instant
ina?
use.
We have
every oec.
everything
sion.
for the sick room and for
Wils
The Hollis Drug Company
WE TAKE A RE
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Huff, Thomas B. The Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1916, newspaper, February 10, 1916; Hollis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc268165/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.