The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1921 Page: 4 of 12
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SEES ROTOGRAVURE
SECTION; THOUGHT
WAS POST-DISPATCH
CALLS AT LOCAL NEWS STAND AND
PICKS UP TIMES-DEMOCRAT
THINKING IT WAS A MISSOURI
NEWSPAPER
GOOD NEWSPAPER
'UNCLE HENRY GILLILAND STATES
TIMES-DEMOCRAT IS BEST PAPER
HE RECEIVES; PRICE IS NO
HIGHER
* * * * * * * *
* ALTUS TIMES-DEMOCRAT HAS *
* ROTOGRAVURE PAGES *
* The Altus Times-Democrat which *
* appeared recently with a three- *
* page rotogravure section, is the #
* first newspaper in this state to in- *
* troduce such a section, so far as #
* Sooner State Pfess has been in- *
« formed. The fourth page of the *
* section is covered with advertise- *
* merits from twenty Altus business *
* firms. ...
* Apparently these advertisements *
* pay for the rotogravure section, as *
* the paper makes an appeal to read- *
« ers to patronize these advertisers, *
* since it is only through their con- *
* tinued advertising that it will he *
; * possible to have the new feature *
section.—Sooner State Tress.
‘ * # * # » * * * * #
"You are certainly getting out a fine
■ paper now; one of the best that I receive,
and 1 alwavs make a grab for it each
week upon its arrival/’ stated Uncle Hen-
ry Gilliland a few' days ago when a re-
presentative of the Times-Democrat ask-
•ed him "how he was getting along, and of
course it did not’ relate to the paper, but
Uncle Henrv couldn't keep from telling
.- about the "best weekly paper in the
Naturally when he made that statement
the representative questioned him regard-
ing the picture service the Times-Demo-
crat is giving to is readers, and he said
when the first one came out he thought it
was a Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and
Bland Harding of the Orient Hotel is just
- Uncle Hcr.rs in that respect. Bland
tells ua that he was at Bob's Newstand
and looking over the papers started to buy
•i St. Louis Post-Dispatch and thought
he had the rietit |>aper, but Bob seeing
him told him that it was the Altus Times-
Pemocrat. So like Uncle Henry ano Bland
Harding the readers are all glad to get
the new addition to the regular paper.
It is one of the best features that can be
bought. No other paper in a town the
size of Altus that handles a rotogravure
section. A feature that gives to the read-
ers the latest pictures from the world's
Travels 10,000 Miles
To Attend School
The ambition to be Alaska's first kin-
dergarten teacher lias brought Miss Doro-
thy Troy ten thousand miles from her
home in Alaska to
fit herself for her
chosen work. She
has entered the
Kindergarten
Training School at
New York Univer-
sity. Miss Troy is
the daughter of
John W. Troy,
editor of a Juneau,
Alaska, newspaper.
She was horn in
the States, but has spent most of her
life in the far North. "There isn't a
kindergarten in all Alaska." said Miss
Troy, "and it Is my plan to start the
irst one there. After I have finished the
course 1 expect to get a year's practical
training and then go back to Juneau,
where I will start a school of my own."
“RED TAPE” TO BE
OUSTED FROM POST
OFFICE DEPARTMENT 1
i u
Postmaster General Hayes today issued
,an announcement ootc»n:ng important
new organization olans, which contem-
plate the elimination of red tape, delay
and waste in connection with departmen-
tal affairs. '• -
Mr. Hayes holds that one little word
"REDTAPE." with all it conveys, has
done more to create a lack of confidence
and respect for governmental operation
than all the disloyalty propaganda ever
issued.
The Post Office Department proposes
to eliminate it by the adoption of the
principle of decentralization and the dis-
tribution of detail under the direction
of Department heads.
The large post offices which are now
central accounting offices are in a sense
miniature departments as pow organized.
They have sections and divisions already
performing in some measure work whicn
is contemplated to divert to them. All
that is necessary is to enlarg'e the scope
of these several departments in the post
offices and have them absorb work now
being done in the Department in Wash-
ington
In no sense would any postmaster's
contact or responsibility to the Depart-
ment be interfered with. It would sim-
ply mean that the smaller offices and
the Department could be relieved of much
detail in accounting, etc., with the re-
events. ...
And the readers all want to see this
.feature continue. They have told us of
such but we are forced to tell them that
in order to have it continue we must look
to the merchants of Altus to support it
so that wv can be able to issue it, and in
turn the merchants must look to the read
rs for support so that they can continue
to advertise; thev must get results. This j suit that both could function with less
an be easily made a permanent feature j expense, less delay to governmental busi-
l all will cooperate. The reader appre- ; ness and with more time to working out
iates the feature and by going to the ] rea| problems of service.
merchant who advertises in this feature j
md tell him that the advertisement was
seen in the rotogravure section of the
Altus Times-I>emocrat will show to him
* that it is a business-getter. However, the
management of the Times-Democrat does
not ask the readers to spend all their t
.money with these merchants, but enough •
*co increase their business. It is not ditfi- :
• mlt for the reader to do that—very easily j
done, and by so doing then the rotograv- j
jre section will continue to he mailed out
The State will be the , unit and every-
thing of a postal nature that can he done
for the State will be done within the
State.
A complete survey of the entire De-
partment will determine where there is
congestion, delay, duplication, and lost
motion. Following this, where it can he
expedited and handled with greater con-
venience to the public and less expense
<o Times-Democrat readers. j to the Government, work w ill be divert-
Several have asked the management ! ed to central accounting post offices in
tiow they could afford to add this special j each State
feature at the same subscription price, j The possibilities are unlimited. A few
The management admits very freely that contemplated which it is expected
H ^elLrorghbVdl*cWd°rbSt realizing | will *<- put into execution as conditions
that its readers would appreciate a roto- w 1 permit are.
srravure section it was undertaken, and
will be run for nineteen weeks. After the
expiration of that time, however, it will
•either be continued or discontinued, and
the Times-Deinocrat in order to keep it
■going must have the hearty support of its
• readers bv going to the merchants and as-
suring them that they read their adver-
tisements and also buy their merchan
<lise. All the stores represented in this
section are as good as can be found in
Altus, and their merchandise is of the
•very best grade.
Since the beninnlre of the rotogravure
ssection the subscription list has already
increased son ■ ns like three hui Iri
-and it is expected by the time the expira-
tion of the section the subscription list
Quick settlement of claims through lo-
cal post offices, eliminatnig delay at-
tendant upon submission to Washington.
Simplifying accounting systems . large
part of work being absorbed in account-
ing divisions of central accounting post
offices, eliminating duplication and de-
lay at Washington and opportunities for
errors and shortage in smaller offices
Schools of instruction for postmasters
and other employees.
Frequent conferences in Washington
between Department officials and those
chargtd with work ill Slates qta
Money orders cleared. listed. and filed I —I—
In a large post office of each Slate, which 9B
will have have been Increased one thou j wm i„. . julpped with modern appliances ; aig
:sand. It is a picture service that has no l for ,j p purpose. This one operation now
•qua!, and i(u '"aJ "’t'would bel ! belnn worked out will effect a net saving
good 'idea to come in and enroll, thereby ! f,f scores of clerks
having a co^ix mailed you. The subscrip Department
tion price in Jackson county is only $1.50 service
and
in one division of our
render more efficient
and the management feels assured that
‘the people realize this is the best weekly
newspaper n the state or elsewhere. Tile
Times-f>emocrat gives more local a"d
ounty news than any other paper in Ok-
lahoma. The foreg gn the statf of the j
Times-Democrat ■ an? all experienced in
Supplies contracted for and purchased
in Washington to be distributed from
regional depots, saving delay.
Using central accounting offices in
each State as centers from which to
quickly disseminate information of im-
newspaper work lipch week they make , portance A recent order has been is-
a still greater effort than the succeeding ' „ued which makes ii possible to announce
week to fill the /rolumns of the Times- i information concerning exchange rates
Democrat with more local and county jn a jew. hours notice. Quick informa-
mws. Thigja something that no o er ^jon jn r.,,jar,| to money orders stolen in
.newspaper in tins county does. I different parts of the country to pre-
vent their being passed on business men
is another iiossibility of the near future.
| Giving more discretion of postmasters
in meeting requirements of the public
by placing greater responsibility upon
them, ami holding them to it iJoing i
away as far as possible with the stock I
phrase, which drives the public wild —
“I will submit it to Washington "
Consolidated State Urinting Plants— A
Further elimination of waste. j £3
Dmi . - ?+?
posed i : in tn. State Saying i _■ JE
p.d d< disi« ^r-
ter when it all comes to Wastiingto: a|a
sT=
V MtK IN KTVI.K tt ITH “GET-KICH-
«*l It K" FIEND*
In the old da)s, gasoline economizers
■were quite in Style with the get-rich-quick
fit nds. They were much more common
titan they are now . Urn* could buy them
in powder, tab et or liquid form and pro-
bably administer them in homeopathic or
allopathic doses—for the effect was just
the same. As long as the <ar owner was
, refill t• * l:a\e the carbon removed from Further elimination of w.isi* eir
I lead etters and packages to
tor adjusted t .... i SI 9
ply the So-Called economizer to tIn fuel .lIi(j ,v ,,, !f,. dlsposiiio* of t - " - s
■ I • nil to get g tel mil* * I ter when all comes to a
tin-I fa
• pi'll i * ■
St ■ g. battery “reJuvetMtora re- of do A
knd u li it dot, that j t - A.
rtoua compound* ! institution ■*■
anti wo ride rf ul discoveries width recharge? --——-
your storage battery In twenty minutes, j
\ny battery service t.ition ran do the ARRIVED SIX HOURS AFTER
-mme tldng by doping « battery With
strong acid—but they know the harmful
effect of such treatment.
The surpilsing thing is the willingness
of many people to pay fabulous prices. I
three to five dollars being asked for a j
-ingle application of these dopes when |
most storage battery ser vice stations
would do the same thing for twenty-five |
cents.
There is nothing mysterious about pour- [
ing strong acid solution into a discharged *
battery and Laving it operate In twenty
or thirty minutes afterward. Any service 1
station can do that, but ttye normal way
to recharge a battery is to pass a current !
■of electricity tbnxigh it and avoid Injuiing j
it or shortening its life. The quick way
>s to pay three to five dollars for about
twenty-five cents worth of strong acid— j
*nd then suffer the Consequence*.
MOTHER HAD PASSED AWAY j
Mr C! as Trduttnan returned last Mon - j
day from Fort Wayne. Indiana where
he went in summons to a telegram tell-
ing that his mother was dying He left I
immediately, but arrived there six hour* j
after she had passed way The citizens j
of Altus and the Times-Democrat sym- |
pathime with Mr. Troutman during his j
hours of sadness.
WILSON FOUNDATION
COMMITTEE
TO MEET
OKLAHUM % CITT. Dec T —(Special »
—A call has been issued by the State
Headquarters of The Woodrow Wilson
Foundation for a Meeting of
Sxwrtlvt Commltt** and
■mmi of thU Ormnimation In I*.
flktrvin HMd. at 2 o'clock oil
afternoon of I tec# fritter ij?h
b^irt* mad* to I
* speaker of Nat tor a! prominence add
this meeting It is especi-i that »
^ouniT Ui 1fftbate util igga r**1
•Hltfd at thftf
DAVIDSON MAN DIES IN F RE
rit. j i
Tom Simmon# of lavklaon. Okla
State j which dt*«trv)x1 the Otv Rooming Houw
’hair- ' at Chililcothe
■M at | The tsody »a< found Ir tht tntraan
t« ♦ ®t
;»u' •■*! _ s.
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Executors Distribution
and
Reorganization Sale
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WELL KNOWN MAN OF THIS
COUNTY BURIED SATURDAY F}«
Robert Williams, well-known in Altus
■To
!a*f we - - and was brought Kli-ir.ido :e*
for burial He waa ma B
Banka, who Is also wgll-knowr. in Java-1
son county
—I told you through a large circular last
week, that as executor of the estate of my
deceased father, whose undivided interest is
still contained in this firms stores, that 1
would make final settlement with thei heirs
: *V : ^ 1 (
and completely reorganize the business on
January 3rd, 1922.
V ■ 1
—In order to accomplish this a large! sum of
cash must be derived from the stocks and the
first days of this sale have seen large crowds
of eager shoppers in the store form early
morning until the doors are closed. The first
few days selling has made but very few dents
in the stocks, in most instances they are still
complete as to color range, and sizes and
there are countless bargains in store for those
who really want to affect a savings on their
fall and winter apparel.
—Except possibly, a very few items on
which the price is fixed by the manufactur-
ers there are no reservations. The prices on
every item in the store are reduced radical-
ly and sensationally for we must move them
to accomplish our aim.
—Every day sees many new items shoved to
the front nad disposed of at ridicilously
prices. Get in now and do not dielay this op-
portunity to lay in your supply of fall and
winter apparel and gift wants. LET NOTH-
ING KEEP YOU AWAY.
W. F. RUSSELL,
Executor of the Estate of H. C. Russell
i
Men’s and Young Men’s Suits and
Overcoats
Men’s black and brown Herring Bone
Worsted suits size 35 to 42
former price $22.50, execu-
tors sale price------------S17.95
Lot of men’s staple made blue serge
suits former price $25 execu-
tors sale price
S19.45
Men’s Curlee Guaranteed all pure wool j
serge and worsted suits |
workmanship and wear g
guaranteed to give satisfac- g
tion or a new garment free, g
executors sale price-------S28.45 |
Men’s $40.00 pure wool suits Kuppen- 1
heimers and Griffon make,
executors sale price-------S30.45 j
Men’s $50.00 fine and wool worsted j
tweed and herring bone suits {
in both men’s and young I
men’s patterns, executors |
sale price----------------$41.45 I
Men’s dark gray diagonal weave dou- j
bla breasted overcoats, exe- j
cutors sale price-----------$12.45 g
Men’s dark gray double breasted Ul- |
serete overcoats former price |
$30, executors sale price —$24.45 I
I Men’s assorted all wool overcoats dou- J
I ble breast ov’ercoats former
price $35 executors sale price $28.95
I 1
Men’s and young men’s overcoats for- |
merlv selling at $45 execu- (
tors sale price------------$36.45 I
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Toilet Articles
i
&
Gifts For Mi’Lady at Money Saving \
Prices |
Black Cat, Eiffel, and Niagra Maid, Silk hosiery *
executors price 95«\ $1.29, $1.79. $2.29 !
and upward to $3.69. ?
Kid gioves in all the leading colors, reduced by J
the executor________________15 PER CENT
|
Ivory mirrors, brushes, combs, hair receivers, g
puff boxes, perfume bottles, picture frames, and .
manicure sets reduced bv the execu- i
tor________________________15 PER CENT !
A mother or wife woiild appreciate a satin cov- j
ered comfort, they are filled with lambs wool g
and cotton and make a useful gift, executors
price----------------------------$15.45 |
Ladies’ felt house slippers in all the good shades ■
they make excellent gifts, executors price j
$1.35, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.25 l
■
Men’s fine 80 square count checked and striped
coat style shirts with attached and detached
collar, all sizes up to 17 regular price
$1.50 executors sale price________
$1.19
Woodbury’s Facial Soap, sal£ price. plu3
war tax_________________________19c
Hinds Honey and Almond Cream regular
price 50c, executors sale price, plus
war tax________________________39c
Woodburys Shaving cream regular price
35c executors sale price, plus tax____29c*
Pebeco tooth paste 50c gradt, executors
sale price_______________________39c
Mavis Talcum Powder, plus tax_________20c
Gillette Safety Razor Blades, dozen_____95c
Oriental Cream, regular price $1.50, ex-
ecutors sale price, plus tax____$1.29
(All above subject to war tax)
i
I 9-1 Bleach Pepperell Sheeting, limit
I vards to familv, the yard----------
f_______[
*
Houston LL brown
weight 6.15 yards
pound, 12 yards
for______________
muslin
to the
$1.00
27 inch fast colored Eri*
Madras Shirtings in plain
checked an»l striped
8 yards for-------
64x76 Genuine Nashua As-
sorted Plaid cotton Blan-
kets. executors sale |A
price____________
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We bid ) OU WekXMBe WS*N»
waul Hut pfaB** to r*tn»mb#f
you Uve eaten of our mlt.
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Forgy, Burney B. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1921, newspaper, December 8, 1921; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc826121/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.