Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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Mangum Weekly Star
PUBLISHEO BY THE
■TAR PUBLISHING CO
(Capital Stock $15,000)
•stared at the Poatoffloc, at Mangum,
Oklahoma, an 8econd-<'lass Mall Mat
Subscription Rates
One* Year $1.00
Six Months 50
don't howl.
This morning the statement* of
taxes due cauie in and the post office
Tvaa a scene of considerable afcitatlon.
Taies on our individual meagre hold-
ing were 25 per cent more than last
year on the same property. JLast year
wa paid $51.00, this |65.00 and we
presume others had theirs raised like-
wise. If this be exorbitant, It will do
no good 10 stand around and cuss the
country, but those who feel they pay
ot much should make careful inrdluu
too much should make carerul ln-
castlgation, and should it be found
the money is not spent, to advantage
«Aen through organization demand a
reduction, but If this amount is nec-
essary It is not the part of a good
citizen to "howl."—Blair Progress.
X
boosting small farm idea
Ttoe small farm Is the thing. Out
in California commercial organiza-
tions and agricultural societies have
organized what is termed "The Lit-,
Ue Landers Movement." the primary
purpose of which is to encourage i
home seekers to purchase small ;
tl*Cts of land.
Oklahoma needs an organized
movement along similar lines. The'
small farm means much to every;
community, it means greater pro-
duction more population and more
btMineM.
| In every state in the union mf
be round towns that have been prac-
tically smothered by an environment
of large farms, well farmed, and a
urealer imputation would have caus-
ed such towns to prosper along with
other more fortunate communities.
IThe large land-owner Is a detri-
ment to any locality, in that be lm-
I pedes de velopment.
I The small farm's the thing.—Okla-
homan.
I X
J Tlx weather man of late lias been
i *ery eratlc, to say the leasn. From
i warm, balmy breezes he gives us a
I change that makes us skip in a hur
ry Into the cover of overcoats and
furs: and from the cool slumbers be
I tween sheets we hasten to the em-
brace of a pair ot woolen blankets.
| And say, for the name of common
sense and human comfort what use
have you got for a linoleum on the
floor at rising time these cool morn-
ings?
l-ast week's Issue of the Duke
Times comes to our desk wl>th a
change of management. Jasper Kob-
erts lays down the work and R. 1J.
Maier takes it up. Too much social-
ism is attributed by the new man-
agement to be the cause of Roberts'
failure. Socialism is not driving all
the papers that are laboring under
hardships to a financial wreck. The
prevailing hard times is going to
make journalistic fields mighty spare
picking for some time to come.
remember the poor
have a surplus of garments, which
will not be worn again. Many have
beddllng which has been supplanted
l.y newer and belter kinds. Ail of
thfse articles which are not needed
• an be used to good advantage by the
Provident association.
That organization Is doing u great
work. Hut It has limited resources.
A number of citizens pay monthly
'iiues to the treasurer to be u»ed in
buying food and fuel, but the asso-
l elation never get* too imich clothing
I or bedding.
Take a look In the attic or closet
this morning, and see ir you can not
find some things which will mak«*
someone comfortable. Then phone
to the secretary and the articles will
be called for.
It la more blessed to give than
to receive. -Oklahoman.
X
one of the greatest
wonders of the world
When the blizzard came Saturday
night most of us hunted up winter
clothing, investigated the domestic
heating plants, assembled extra bed-
ding—all for ourselves—not thinking
perhaps, of those who might not have
a heating plant or fuel or warm cloth-
ing or any of the other things which
the Provident association provides in-
sofar as it is able with Its income.
Don't forget that there may be
others who are not so fortunate as
you are. Many families in Oklahoma
Extra
Pant
Special
ALL THIS WEEK
We will place on sale our entire
Pant stock at prices even below
the already low sale price. Red
tag prices that will force you to
buy on sight. Do not fail to se-
cure a few pair at these low prices
Boy's
Suits
Men's
Knee
Selling
at and
Odd
Pants
Below
Pants
$1.00
Actual
Wholesale
$3.50
and
Cost
$4 and
$1.25
Do not
$5.00
Values
rass up
These
Values
: | 70c |
Bargains
$3.20
MONOGRAM
First Door North Mangum
National Bank
Kor twenty-one hundred years the
great wall of China hasvremained the
most gigantic and amazing work of
human hands. Even now, in
ruined state—in muny places it has
tumbled to dust—it appears majestic,
marvellous. Originally it had 25,000
watch towers on it. The wall was
built In the year :i00 B. <j., by the
greatest emperor China ever had, Vin
Cheng, prince or Tsin. While yet a
youth he succeeded to the throne of
a comparatively small kingdom. Tli?
country had been allowed to degen-
erate into a mere prey to northern
invaders. The young emperor began
to strengthen his kingdom and to pu'
the state in order. Within a few
years after his succession he had or
ganized the forces of what for the
first time in history was China. Then
re conceived the idea of fortifying
his country against the invasion ot
the northern enemy—the Tartars—by
a great wall. This was a massive un-
dertaking, but the young emperor
realized its value. The task was be-
gun at several places along the line
of the northern boundary, and was
forged forward with remarkable rap-
idity.
During the building of the wall
there was a frightful loss of life. But
the Chinese seem to think little, or
nothing at all, of dying in a goof!
cause. One of their oldest proverbs
is: "The annihilation of one genera-
tion has proved the salvation of
others."
The wall diminishes in height and
width as it runs westward, but its
splendid workmanship continues thru
out. It runs across the range of
mountains until it reaches Kalagan.
Then it takes its way over the plains
and lesser mountain ranges to
basin of the Hwang-ho, crossing the
river at Pien Kwan. Thence between
the- provinces of Mongolia and Chi-
na proper, it winds along like a wide
road, reaching Kian Kwan, where
comes to an end.
Of late years many scientists nave
studied the wall, and their investiga-
ucri shows that the wall brancnes
off into two distinct loops near Chun
wel, and that another loop enclosed
a large tract of land to the westward.
The wall from end end is about
1,500 miles in length.
Mr. Geil, a writer on the subject,
has this to say of the great wall:
"Disappointment generally awaits the
mortal who has heard much about
some celebrated object and does vis-
it it; so seldom does the reality come
up to the expectation. But the
great wall is not overrated. Behold
it by noon, gaze on it in twilight; see
it by brilliant sunlight; view jt thru'
the haze of a dust fog or the sundrift
of a rain shower, or between the
flakes of snow storm, ever is the wall
one great, gaunt, still spectre of the
past, cresting the mountain peak or
reposing in the shady valley. So vasti
is it that perhaps alone of all man's
handiwork, it could b? discerned from
the moon. So vast is it that were its
materials disposed around the world
at the equator, they would provide a
|*lfi eight feet high and three f^et
I :'i;ck.
I When we reflect on the labor r.ccd-
' ci to erect it, we 'Jowly divine the
I to1: exacted from corrtless thousand?
'he sweat and tears and bicod tha*
□,?ft have been she*1; nnd we are
I prepared to hear tha' :>*ter two mil-
jknia the name of Cbl is curbed an
I along the wall be the descendants of
i tlosp who were dm en to the hat
liii task, who labored in deatiiv fear
'e't. when flesh an.! blood failea to
respond to the taskmaster's scour**,
the flesh and blood thould b> hurled
11 into the mass of concrete to provide
more material for the all-devounn*
monster It Is a wall of blood. "—I>e
i troit Xewe-Tribuae.
A
Quick
Dime
beats a
slow
dollar
jjtiluL) Akofifc
(
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TH,| TMADI
m
^Worlds
At the time of year that we are in the habit of placing
our orders and making contracts for goods for the fall
trade, conditions were never more promising for an
all round bumper crop for Southwest Okla., and we,
like everybody else, thought a big cotton crop was as-
sured^ and as a result we placed our orders in all lines
very liberally. In fact, to make a long story short, we
simply Over-Bought and now find ourselves overload-
ed on stoves—both cooks and heaters—harness and
vehicles, in fact, practically in all the many lines we
handle, and rather than carry over to another year an
unnecessary large stock, pay taxes and insurance on
same, we have determined to take our Loss Now, and
this is exactly what we propose to do : : : : ::
Profits Or
Even the First Cost of
The Goods
from here out through the fall and winter will not be
considered. Our object will be to reduce our present
stock And Get The Money. Now bear in mind that
we are not offering you any shop-worn, bankrupt
goods, but are giving you access to the largest and
most complete stock of up-to-date, standard line of
Hardware in the Southwest. Now remember that our
interests are mutual, we know that there is many items
in our large and well selected stock that you need and
realy have to buy, and we are equally in need of the
money, hence we will ask you to give us the opportu-
nity and we assure you that we will have no trouble in
getting together on the price. So let us urge you to
take advantage of this opportunity to buy your
Stoves, Queensware, Enamelware, Glassware, China,
Silverware, cuttery, Guns, Amunition, Wagons, Bug-
gies, Harness, Saddles, in fact, any article in our im-
mense stock for less than you have ever had them of-
fered before : : • : .
We desire to express our gratitude and appreciation to our friends
who have patronized us so liberally in the past, and in the face of bad
crop condition, have paid us this fall. We assure you that we appreciats
same very much, and to those who know themselves to be in arrears with
us we will kindly ask you to come in and let us talk over the situatic i
and arrange a satisfactory settlement.
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' ( singer. » undrew from tAe conference J
II to eater Into the evangelistic work. [
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Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1911, newspaper, November 16, 1911; Mangum, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc284582/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.