The Tribune-Progress (Mountain View, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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THE
TRIBUNE-PROGRESS
Vol. 17, No. 34
Mountain View, Oklahoma, Friday, December 31, 1915.
$1.00 per year
We Wish Each and Every One a Happy and Prosperous New Year
MAXES REPORT OF VISIT
County Supt. Hendrix Reports
on Our Schools.
To the Board of Education,
Mountain View, Okla.
Gentlemen:
1 beg leave to make (he follow-
ing report of my visit and in-
spection of your school made
Wednesday, Dec. 15.
1st. I find that the buildings
are kept in a clean aud sanitary
condition and that the teachers
are exercising due precautions
along this line and teaching the
pupils to do the same.
2nd. The program of exer-
cises is good, and organized in a
systematic way so as to prevent
loss of time in recitation to both
teachers and pupils. The interest
manifested by the pupils in the
work is earnest and commend-
able, and the spirit of harmony
between the teachers and pupiis
is splendid. The primaly de-
partment, Mrs. Abernathy teach-
er, is too crowded for the teacher
to perform the service for the
pupils that they should have.
Conditions may be such that you
cannot correct this the present
year, but if you could do so, it
would enable the primary pupils
to accomplish a great deal more
in the same length of time, and
a good and proper busy start in
school often means a student
during tbeir entire school course.
3rd Equipment. You are to
be commended for the general
arrangement of your school and
for your splendid auditorium
Your physics class is somewhat
handicapped for lack of sufficient
apparatus for experiments and it
would be well for you to consult
with the physics instructor with
a view ot increasing the efficiency
of this department for another
school year.
Your library cousists of a well
selected and weli kept assortment
of books and is a credit to your
splendid schools. I note with
much pleasure the use of ihe
Victrola in the schools, which is
a progressive step in the right
direction.
The playground movement in
augurated by the leathers should
be encouraged by every loyal
supporter ot the school. Effi-ieni
playground equipment mc^ns
supervised, organized play which
teaches organization, system, self
control, politeness, consideration
for the rights of others and
makes diciplme among the pupils
of all ages a very easy task.
4th. I desire to commend your
faculty of teachers for the earnest
sincere manner in which they
are striving to give you the best
possible school, and to thank the
school board and the patrons
who are so loyally giving their
support to the school, for under
such conditions the results must
necessarily be for the best.
[Respectfully submitted,
J. B. Hendrix,
County Superintendent.
purposes. I have inquiries for
several car loads of good plant-
ing seeds and don’t know where
to find them.
There will be a gram show and
judging contest during this week
for which ten ribbons are offered
in the different classes and anv
one that will bring or send a
sample of one quart of threshed
grain of any kind, five heads of
any of the grain sorghums, teu
ears of corn, or a sample of
alfalfa seed, sweet clover seed,
or cotton of anv of the staple
crops grown here, 1 will enter
them in your name and help
advertise them tor you without
any cost whatever. Bring or
send them to my office which is
at the court house with the tax
assessor.
Many other interesting features
are added and if you attend this
winter short course you will be
well paid for your expenses
which will be railroad fare and
expenses while there.
F. F. Parker, County Agent,
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture.
Masonic Installation
The following officers of Moun-
tain View lodge A. F. Sc A. M.
No. 168 for the ensuing year
were installed last Monday night:
H. C. West, W. M.; C. S. John-
son, S. W.; R. S. Jolly, J. W.;
E. A. Gorden, treasurers: J. K. ;
Lance, secretary: D. W. Wells, S. J
D.; W. S. Ferguson, J. D.; Dan
S. Haley, S. S.; T. A. Cook, J. S.;
P. E. Doss, Tyler.
The lodge was honored by
having a 33rd degree Mason, W.
P. Griffin, of Carnegie, as master
of the installation ceremony; C.
F. Hunt, marshall. Mr. Griffin
made an excellent talk on
masonry.
A number of invited guests
were present and after installa-
tion lunch was served, after
which cigais were handed around
and a general good social time
was had until a late hour.
Mountain View at Frederick
Four enthusiastic poultry fan-
ciers of Mountain View entered
30 chickens in the Tillman couutv
poultry show held at Frederick
during the week of Dec. 13. and
with sttong competion were able
to bring home a big share of the
ribbons, also a $25 silver cup and
a twenty-pound fruit cake. Fol
Mtn. View Skunk Farm.
On the Thomas Kemp cattle
and hog ranch south of towD,
which ranch by the way, is one of
the largest, in Kiowa county—800
acies, is a half acre devoted to
raising skunks, and is in charge
of Jim Bolden. Mr. Bolden has
captured and raised about 50 of
the largest aud best colored
skunks it is possible to find on
any farm of its kind. There are
30 of the short stripe and 20 of
narrow stripe variety. All fe-
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The Simon’s Department Store
Wishes You a
The Steady Subscriber
How dear to our hearts is the steady subscriber,
Who pays in advance at the birth of each year;
Who lays down the money and does it quite gladly,
And casts round the office a halo of cheer.
He never says: "Stop it; I cannot afford it;
I’m getting more journals than now I can read.
But always says: Send it; all readers like it
In tad, we all think it a help and a need."
How welcome his check when it reaches our sanctum;
How it makes our pulse throb; how it makes our hearts
dance,
We outwardly thaok him; we inwardly bless him
The steady subscriber who pays in advance. Ex.
__________;----
Happy & Prosperous
New Year
We thank you for your patronage the past year and
hope to be favored with a large share of your 1916 busi-
ness. We will guarantee you the best values in our
different departments. The price we ask for good goods
will be a saving to you.
From the Oklahoma State
Board of Health.
By John W. Duke, Commissioner
4VC I'lWfofjj.n|i
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For Pure Seeds
To the members of the Kiowa
County Better Seed Growers
Ass’n. and all others intere ted
in the growing of pure seed of
any kind:
There will be a slate wide pure
seed growers association organ-
ized at Stillwater during the
winter short course January 3 to
8, and I would like to see as
many of you present as can pos-
sible gc, as it will mean thousands
of dollars to the farmers of this
county to grow pare seeds of any
kind aud seU them l&r planting
lowing is a list ol entries:
J. H. Mason entered 12 S. C.
Reds, winning sweepstakes pen,
sweepstakes cockerel, 1 pen; 1, 3
cockerel; 3 hen; 3 pullet; 4 cock.
There were 53 birds entered in
this variety. He also won the
$25 silver cup for sweepstakes
pen and a 20-pound cake for
sweepstakes cockerel. The cup
is a prize to be proud of, and is
on display at Parnell’s store.
C. A. Morris had 6 White Or
pingtons entered and won 1 pen:
1 cock: 1, 4 hen, 4 pullet, 3 cock
ertl. There were 47 birds tn
•ered in this variety.
W. T. Paruell entered 7 Bull
Orpiuglon and won 1 pen; 1 hen;
1, 2 pullet; 1 cockerel. He also
had a cock entered and bad
shipped him with the other birds,
but he was reported sick on ar-
rival at Frederick and died Ihe
next day. The bird is supposed
to have become overheat by be-
ing placed to near the steam
pipes in the express car.
H. C. West entered 5 R. C.
Reds and won 1 pen; 1 cock; 1, 2,
3, 4 pullet.
males arc being kept and a few
extra short stripe males, from
which he expects to raise his
next year’s stock. Mr. Bolen
has already made a large ship-
ment of skins to Kansas City and
has yet a number of skins that
are worth from $3.50 to $4.50.
He expects to raise about 500
skunks in the next two years.
Cotton Report
The following is a report of
the colton ginned of the 1915
crop:
There were 26,193 bales ginned
of the 1915 crop prior to Dec. 13,
1915, as compared with 39,333
bales ginned prior to Dec. 13,
1914. J. W. Bradbury,
Special Agent.
Explain the Joke T. E.
Sentinel Leader
Dr. Givens of Mountain View,
father of Mrs. C. H. Johnson,
wife of the Oklahoma State Bank
cashier, was in Sentinel this week
visiting his daughter. Dr.Givens
is the leading physician of his
home town.
“The Broken Coin”
Tbs Electric theatre has secured
the serial picture “The Broken
Coin,"which will be shown every
Monday night. This serial coa
tains twenty-tw© episodes of two
reels each. A one-reel feature
will be ran each night ia coa-
nection with the serial.
Firs* epvssde Moaday, Itee, &
Farm for Sale!
Good 80-acrs farm, li nvil*s
from town, running water, fair
improvements. A bargain if
taken soon. $©e Jolly, ad the
Tribune-Progress office.
Old papers far sate 3* thte oT
foe fo, pear buswite.
Public Health in 1916
During the year 1916 the peo
pie of Oklahoma in every city,
every village, at every cross-road
and in every rural community
will be urged to give matters ol
public health the fullest possible
consideration. Not only better
health, but good health in each
family and in each individual
means larger incomes in dollars
and cents, as well as greater hap-
piness. The Oklahoma State
Board of Health will attempt in
many ways to convince the peo-
ple that this is true, and will ask
the full co-operation of citizens
in a statewide effort to control
and stamp out preventable dis-
ease in this state. It is scarcely
l-’-s than a crime to permit such
d seases as malaria', lypho d,
diphtheria, pneumonia, scarlet
fever and tubeiculosis to run
without restraint ia Oklahoma.
Improvement must come by
changing ways of living in the
homes, where ignorance of what
to do and how to do it is respon-
sible for most of the trouble.
This movement for good health
is educational. The State Board
of Health asks every Oklahoman
to give health problems in 1916
the same serious thought that he
gives to his business. By the
end of the year it should be pos-
sible for Oklahoma to declare
one of the biggest kinds of divi-
dends knows ia its history.
The Put Pi*
The pig is s valuable aDimal.
But it is les® veleaM* than a boy
or a girl or a man or a woman.
Some pigs are regarded as pets,
and ia qjany ao Oklahoma town
The
Land Life-Saver
A hurriedly given number, a
pause, a deep bass answer, a re-
— assuring word, and the telephone
receiver is hung up. That is all—^before you know it
the doctor’s car is “throbbing” before the door.
Yes—at such times, accidents, sudden illness, and
such—the Bell Telephone’s value can no longer be
measured in dollars.
Take this to heart yourself. How about your
home? Residence rates are low. It would be wise
to call up the Business Office right now. Use any Pub-
lic Telephone—the message is free.
Pioneer Telephone
and Telegraph Company
the pet pig is housed and slopped
in the back yard. The owners
of these pets are often hostile to
the suggestion that the presence
of the pig-stye, with its filth, flies
and stench affects human health.
Recently, in one Oklahoma town
of considerable size, all the peo-
ple save two agree that pigs and
their pens should be kept at a
safe distance from human habi-
tations. These two, however, de-
clared that no state or county
official had any right to interfere
with the comfort and peace of
mind of the pet pig in a small
town. But this particular town
is so determined that it shall be
clean and sanitary that the own-
ers of the pet pigs will no longer
be able to disregard the rights
of their neighbors. The pet pig
like the filthy alleys and open
privies, will soon be undesirable
in town, big or little, where there
is objection to typhoid.
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West, H. C. The Tribune-Progress (Mountain View, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1915, newspaper, December 31, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc914532/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.