Mountain View Times (Mountain View, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, June 25, 1920 Page: 1 of 4
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JUNE 25. 1920
Established April 28, 1899
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PREPARE FOR WAR
IN TIME OF PEACE
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After looking over the premium
list of the State Fair, 1 find that
Blaine County has won the prize
for best county exhibit in the past
three years, and the secret of her
success has been early prepara-
tion.
The purpose of this article is to
ask and encourage every citizen
of Kiowa County, who is inter-
ested in making and showing this
county to be one of the best coun-
ties in the state, to begin prepar-
ing an exhibit of their best pro-
ducts for the County Fair this
fall with the intention of sending
a good state exhibit to Oklahoma
City. Let’s make Blaine County
sit up and take notice.
Kiowa County is purely agricul-
tural, and nothing will so adver-
tise her products 'and resources
as a good county fair, and a good
state exhibit. Each township in
the county has a fair board, and
if you want a township fair, be
sure and get the names of these
men and encourage them to have
a good fair and exhibit to send to
the county fair. With present
prospects we will have a chance
to select an exhibit that will be
an honor to any county. Let’s
advertise the largest business in
the county.
This can only be done by begin-
ning now, and selecting samples
and keeping them in good shape
until fall, and as your county
agent, am going to ask that you
help in this and see that this coun-
ty will have on display products
that she will feel proud of, and
that you will not feel ashamed to
show your friends that may visit
your fair.
You cannot select all of the pro-
ucts now; but you must get
some of them now because it will
be impossible to get them later
on. Don’t let this slip from your
mind; but take the first oppor-
tunity to help in this matter. If
you leave it to your neighbor, re-,
member he may be leaving it to
you. In order to have your live
stock in shape to show, it will be
best to begin work now.
Business men of the towns, it is
to your advantage to have good
township fairs. Help in this and
see that every township sends a
good exhibit to the county fair.
L. E. CHARLTON,
County Agent.
BASEBALL GAME.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The M. E. Missionary Society
met at the home of Mrs. Hatha-
way Thursday, June 17. Mrs.
Kobs led the mission study assist-
ed by Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Lane,
each giving a short talk on Ar-
rested Assimilation. This is the
fourth lesson on Christian Ameri-
canization and each one has been
very instructive.
We were dismissed with prayer
by Mr. Shelton.
• The baseball game at Carnegie
last Sunday between Carnegie and
Mountain View was ended in a
dispute in the first half of the
ninth, the score standing 7 to 6 in
favor of Carnegie. The Mountain
View club was taken from the
field at this stage of the game,
thereby forfeiting to Carnegie 9
to 0. The management of the
Mountain View club refused to
furnish an umpire, and demanded
of Carnegie that they furnish two
umpires, which they unwillingly
did. The decisions of the um-
pires were what might he termed
“rotten,” with the result that the
local team left the field as above
stated.
Such tactics does the good old
game harm and should not be en-
couraged. The Carnegie club is
held entirely blameless, as the lo-
cal management should have fur-
nished one of the umpires.
It is hoped that this will be the
last occurrence of this kind.
SECKMAN BUYS SMITH
INTERESTS IN OIL WELL
NEAR MTN. VIEW.
George W. Seckman has pur-
chased the interest of H. K. Smith
& Company, consisting of their
rig and entire block of. acreage
near Mountain View,' for a conr
sideration 'of $40,000.00, and ex-
pects to begin operations at once.
Drilling was suspended in this
well at about 7$0 feet. The for-
mation was hard lime that is pro-
ducing both oil and gas. Gas pro-
duction increased gradually as
the hit went 200 feet into the lime
and is now forcing oil over the
top of the casing. There seems to
be no doubt that when the well is
drilled a few feet deeper it will
pay-
Two well known geologists,
both of whom have been' success-
ful in Oklahoma oil fields, have
just made a survey of this acre-
age and asserted their belief that
a good pool of oil has been found.
They are agreed that the surface
formation is volcanic origin and
that an enormous gas pressure is
pushing oil near the surface. They
also agreed that the location is
not too near the Wichita moun-
tains to find a good sand.
Mr. Seckman is in Mountain
View, making arrangements to
begin drilling about the first of
next week.
Victory Medals for Soldiers
HELPING US OUT.
Following is a list of those who
have either subscribed or renew-
ed since our last report:
Frank Rogers, City.
Mrs. F. E. Dixon, Tulsa.
J. A. Pewthers, route 1.
John Thompson, City.
S. W. Wallace, route 3.
W. G. Hummel, City.
Stinson’s Cafe, City.
Mrs. M. E. Biggs, City.
D. H. Van Kirk, City.
Mrs. B. E. Drennan, Lebanon,
Tenn.
W. H. Boyd, route 1.
W. F. Cater, City.
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GROCERIES
Stinson Mercantile Company’s
Price List
Acme flour, “guaranteed1'per 100 lbs...... .. ,,$7.20
500 lb. lofs or more ............................710
Criscoi 6 lb. pail............... .................2.35
Compound lard, 10 lb. pail.......................2.75
Mexican Beans, pound ..............................10
Gallon blackberries................................1.20
Gallon Apricot or Peaches ........................1.00
Hominy, per can..................................15
No. 2 tomatoes per can.............................15
White Karo syrup per gallon......................1.15
Blue label Karo syrup per gallon...................1.10
Ribbon cane syrup per gallon.....................1.75
Dry salt meat per lb......................... 27
Smoked meat per lb...............................30
Sweet Potatoes, per can..........................30
Large navy beans. 8 lbs. ... ......... ..........1.00
English Walnuts, per pound............. 45c
Car of Feed Just Received
Mill Run Bran and Shorts
Stinson Mercantile Co.
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RETAINING THE TEACHERS
Washington, D. C., June 21,
1920. — Announcement is made
that distribution of the Victory
Medals will commence June 21,
1920. All persons who have been
discharged from the military ser-
vice, or next of kin of deceased
persons, entitled to a Victory
Medal, will submit applications
on the prescribed forms. Those
who reside in Oklahoma will ap-
ply either at Fort Sill or at the
Main Recruiting Station, 104^2
West Main Street, Oklahoma
City. Their applications will be
verified by an officer detailed for
that purpose. An applicant ap^
pearing in person for the neces-
sary blank form must bring his
discharge certificate in the case of
an ex-enlisted man, or discharge
order in the -ease of an ex-officer.
Applicants may also apply by
mail to the above designated
places for the blank forms which
when received must be filled in by
the applicant, according to the di-
rections printed on the back of
the form. When filled out by the
aplicant, the form is to be return-
ed to the Fort or Main Recruiting
Office, or a true extract from this
discharge certificate or true copy
.of discharge order, made out on
certain prescribed forms which
will be supplied by the Fort or
Station to which the applicant ap-
plied for blanks. This true copy
or true extract must be attected
by a civil officer empowered to
administer oaths, or by an officer
of the Regular Army. After ap-
proval of the application it Will be
forwarded by the Fort or Station
Recruiting Officers to the Phila-
delphia General Supply Depot,
Penna., for issue to the ex-soldier.
The next of kin is meant the
first of the following who is liv-
ing: Wife, 'Eldest son, Eldest
daughter, Father, Mother, Eldest
sister. Eldest brother.
The applicant in case of next of
kin must affirni himself as the
closest of living kin in the order
named above.
It is anticipated at the Recruit-
ing Office at Oklahoma City that
.somewhere in the neighborhood
of 80,000 Victory Medals will be
distributed to Oklahoma’s ex-sol-
diers, and the distribution thereof
will entail a great deal of labor on
the part of the Recruiting Office
at Oklahoma City.
The Victory Medal as designed
for World’s War Veterans is of
Bronze, pendant from a ribbon of
the now familiar rainbow hues.
The ribbon itself, in the case of
overseas men, is pendant from
certain battle clasps, varying in
numbers according to the coun-
tries served in by the soldier, or
the battles or campaigns taken
part in, or defense zones occupied
by him.
A summary of reports from the
various counties of Oklahoma in-
dicates that fully ninety percent
of public school teachers who
taught during last school year
will occupy the same or similar
positions in the state next year.
This is due, it is stated, to a gen-
eral increase in salaries averaging
more than twenty-five percent.
In some of the country districts
an additional inducement has
been added by the construction of
homes for the teachers.
Before the increases in salaries
were voted, a number of instruc-
tors quit to enter other work and
many others planned to resign.
With the increase in pay, how-
ever, the teaching positions were
more attractive to the instructors
and the great majority decided
that they could afford to sign
contracts for another year.
The situation as revealed by the
summary augurs well for the effi-
ciency of the public school sys-
tem of Oklahoma next year. A
school organization is a great deal
like a business organization in
this respect; frequent turnovers
(or changes) in staff interfere
greatly with the quality of the
work. It is to be expected that
an experienced teacher can im-
part knowledge to students with
greater success than can one who
is new to the profession. Hence,
it would appear that, other things
being satisfactory, the longer a
teacher remains with the organi-
zation, the more efficient he or
she should be. This is true, not
only in regard to the psychology
of handling children effectively
in the classroom, but also to the
teacher’s knowledge of the par-
ticular studies which are to be
taught. For instance, it is rea-
sonable to believe that an instruc-
tor who has taught English over
a period of years is more efficient
in that branch of work than one
who, for the first time, is in
charge of an English course.
It is fortunate for the children
of Oklahoma that there was a
general recognition in this state
of the need for raising the salaries
of the teachers. The increases, it
is true, were not so large, in a
number of cases, as might have
been desired, but the raises were
much greater than ha^je been giv-
en in many states. It is not at all
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MARRIED.
Saturday afternoon at the court
house in Hobart, John Rand and
Miss Rosa Moore were united in
marriage.
Mr. Rand is the son of Chester
Rand and the bride is the daugh-
ter of Tom Moore. Both are well
known here and have the best
wishes of the community.
Heavy runs of-cattle at all mar-
kets last week brought lower
prices on all classes of cattle.
Steers at Oklahoma City sold
around 75c lower Friday and Sat-
urday of last week, while the mar-
ket opened around 50c lower this
week, making a total decline since
our last quotation of about $1.25
Butcher cattle are lower even
than the steers, nearly all local
sales registering from $1.25 to
$1.50 lower than a week ago. The
decline is very noticeable in prices
below. Choicest fat heifers $8.25
to $9.25. Good fat heifers $6.75
to $7.75. Common to fair heifers
$5.50 to $6.50. Choice heavy fat
cows $7.75 to $8.25. Good fat
cows $6.75 to $7.75. Fair butcher
cows $5.75 to $6.25. Cutters $4.00
to $5.50. Canners around $3.50.
Choice bulls $6.75 to $7.25. Just
good bulls $5.75 to $6.25. Com-
mon ones around $5.00. The $10
top for veal calves is about $1.50
lower than last week, and heavy
calves must be choice to bring
$9.00, while the common kind sell
as low as $5.00.
If you own Stocker cattle out
advice would be to keep them at
home, because to ship them may
bring much disappointment. They
are hard to sell at anything like a
reasonable price, if at all.
The hog market was 10c lower
Monday with a $15.00 top. Bulk
of hogs selling from $14.75 to
$14.90. Pigs $9.00 to $11.50.
improbable that the cost of living
will be reduced within the next
year and if this is done, the pur-
chasing power of the teachers’
salaries will be greater, which
will be the same, in effect, as an-
other increase in pay.
It is to be hoped that the de-
crease in cost of living will he
such that combined with the in-
crease in salaries to be paid here-
after, the instructors will be en-
couraged to make teaching their
life work.—Oklahoman.
PUBLISH THEIR NAMES.
Do you realize the advertising
power of names ? Not many of us
do, really. Yet names, rightly
used in a retailer's advertisement,
can be made to pull much trade,
much new trade, into the retail-
er's establishment.
Like so many other simple
things, the capitalization of the
names of purchasers is likely to
be overlooked. The advertising
dealer should guard carefully
against this form of negligence.
The best argument in favor of
any article is that people buy it.
Obviously, an article unsold is an
article unknown. It makes no
difference whether it be a cream
separator or a grain separator, a
spreader or a tractor, the fact that
a farmer in a given community
buys it is an item of real news for
every other farmer in that com-
muity. When the dealer publishes
that news in his advertisement,
its advertising value is saved.
Moreover, the publication of
the names of purchasers has the
effect of paying them a compli-
ment. It sets them up as compe-
tent judges, and where is the man,
be his powers of discrimination
ever so feeble, who does not enjoy
the reputation of being a compe-
tent judge? Such use of names
plants the desire to emulate in the
minds of the farmers who have
not yet bought. And it gives
them a chance to pick out the
names of some friend on the list
and talk to him about the ma-
chine bought instead of to you.
Regardless of your standing as
a dealer, there are times when the
farmers like to talk over things
concerning you “behind your
back.” It is one of the jobs of
advertising to influence that talk
in your favor. This is the phil-
osophy behind the publication of
lists of purchasers. It not only
has a stimulating effect upon the
farmers, but it lias a similar effect
upon your own organization.
When it is decided to publish
the name of every purchaser of a
given article for a given period, it
puts the members of a selling or-
ganization “up on their toes.” For
their efforts then become a matter
of public record and they are in-
variably proud enough to want to
make that record as fair and long
as possible.
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MAKE A NAME
For YOURSELF
The young man who cannot save
money is doomed to go through
life unknown and unsuccessful.
I he man who does save shows
that he is boss of himself, and
ready to assume other responsi-
bilities that may come to him.
Saving means more than having
just so much money—it means
building character, winning the
Deposits
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Guaranty Fund
respect of others and being able
to grasp opportunity when it
comes. It means making a name
for yourself.
of the State
Start now. We’ll tell you how.
of Oklahoma
Ask us about it.
Bank of Mountain View
Mountain View, Oklahoma
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