The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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THK CHANDLER TRIBUNE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 1916
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* OUR DOPE COLUMN *
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In a learned discourse an exchange
tells us why hair falls out. We note
with regret, however, that it fails to
tell us how to fall it back again.
Some of these days, perhaps, na-
tional and state candidates will learn
that if they want_to impress their
own particular merits upon the rural
voters they will have to use the col-
umns of the rural press, the home pa-
per of the man they seek to reach.
The average city daily does not exert
any great political influence in the
rural districts.
Now that the smoke of the political
battles is drifting away, perhaps we
can pet down to business and dig up
a little prosperity for this community.
We have whooped it up for our fa-
vorite candidates and given them the
benefit of our influence and our votes
all of which they will promptly for-
get. If we are equally energetic in
whooping it up for our local com-
munity we may accomplish some def-
inite and tangible results that will
bring at least a semblance of pros-
perity to us.
If you simply must bet on an el-
ection. bet with your wife and keep
it in the family.
The advent of November brings
peace in Europe another month near-
er. But, O Lord, how many years?
Vast numbers of new dimes have
been put into circulation. But bring
the old ones along. We’ll take them
dirt and all.
An exchange insists that no one
ever plays golf. They work.
Every time the dove of peace tries
to light in Mexico the buzzards scare
it away.
No man is even so great but what
a dirty street urchin can make him
look like thirty cents.
Of course there will be a lot of dead
carcasses lying around after the el-
ection, but the lure of the public crib
will bring them back to life again.
Many a good man has been classed
as questionable because he did’nt have
the nerve to live up to his convictions.
This life is just one grand eat after t
another—when we can get the eats.
The ways of God are strange in-
deed and past understanding, hence
we have the professional politician.
without a populous community all
men are at a disadvantage in its ac-
cumulation, and as the community
gr..ws in population the opportunities
lor accumulating wealth increases.
This by way of reminding you that
however “self-made” you may boast
Skating on thin ice in the game of i yourself you are in reality “commun-
1 l'e is full of zest, until the ice breaks j itymade,” and you owe a debt to your “community farm.” The result was a
and you take the fatal plunge. community. And the size of that pronounced success, and each year
......016 town added to its hold
things seldom reaches the big ones.
With some men a good wife is re-
spected and admired, while the affin-
ity gets the coin.
the mine superintendent, a man of
considerable learning and of a pro-
gressive spirit, conceived the plan of
having all the citizens of the town
own and cultivate a small tract of
land in common. Five or six acres
were first bought and cultivated as a
Life is full of joys,
stomaches aches.
sorrows and
Some men work themselves thin
trying to sidestep the boss and kill
time.
’Tis sad but true, that the attrac-
tiveness of a pretty face is often en-
gulfed by the vitriol of a sharp
tongue.
The bark of a dog or the grunt of
a pig is sublime music to the growl
of the chronic grouch.
If you want a Sunday dinner that
would tickle the palate of a king, just
tell your wife she is the most popu-
lar woman and the best cook in town.
You’ll get it.
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WHAT
DO YOU OWE TO
COMMUNITY?
YOUR
Friend, stop and think what you
owe to your community. But first
stop and think what your community
has done for you.
How many men in your community
have accumulated what they have out-
side of that community? Very few,
you will admit.
Now, how was it possible for you |
to accumulate property? Was it I
purely by your own exertions, or did j
not business conditions contribute j
largely to the result? If you are aj
farmer, and were your farm a hun-
dred miles from civilization, what I
would it profit you? How much
wealth could you amass?
No, friend, your holdings are not
solely the result of your own energy.
1 he entire population of your com-
munity has contributed to your up-
building.
What though you are the most cap-
able lawyer or doctor, if you are lo-
cated for your services, what does
your capability profit you ?
What of the expert builder if there
art no houses to build? What of the
engineers, if the nearest approach to
a locomotive were the old ox-wagon
of our grandfathers?
So you see that wealth is
| debt is in
| amount of your holdings in the com-
J munity.
Now if you owe this debt—and we
do not think you will dispute it—
isn’t it up to you to discharge it when
j tailed upon to do so?
How any times has your commun-
ity called upon you in vain when plans
foi its betterment were being made?
A road was to build for which funds
were not available. Did you contrib-
ute? A school house was to be re-
paired and the grounds beautified.
How much did you help? Your church
was old and out of date, and the mem-
fceiship wanted to rebuild. Did you
chip in?
In short, you are paying your debt
to the world and to your community
in the only logical way—assisting to
the extent of your means to make it
a better community for your children
and your children’s children to live
in?
Now you will admit that you owe
to your parents a debt you can never
repay—to them. The only way you
can possibly pay is to pass it on to
another generation. That is nature’s
eternal plan.
Just so you can pass on to the com-
munity of the future what the com-
munity of the past has done for you.
Will you pay the debt?
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A MODEL COMMUNITY.
Down among the mountains of
Tennessee, high on the Cumberland (
Table lands, lies the little town of
Clifty. It is just a little mining town
ings until this past season it had
about one hundred acres under cul-
tivation on the “community” plan,
and the people announce their inten-
tion of branching out still further.
Now there would be nothing out
of the common in this if the experi-
ment had not developed some gratify-
ing results.
First, they discovered that instead
of fifteen or twenty families (about
the number interested in the “com-
munity”) each having to own and
maintain a team, three or four teams
were amply sufficient.
Again they discovered that instead
of fifteen or twenty sets of agricul-
tural implements being needed, only
three or four of each kind were nec-
essary, and of some only one—a great
saving all must admit. Each stock-
holder bears his pro rata share of ex-
pense and furnishes his pro rata
amount of labor.
Briefly, the plan has proven such a
success that the community now has
its own silo, blooded hogs, and cattle,
and last year their exhibits led all
others at their county fair.
But these are not all of the results.
The close business association neces-
sary in the successful working out of
the plans has developed a spirit of
community brotherhood that is a
pleasure to witness. In this little
town is exemplified a typical brother-
hood of marl. The welfare and com-
fort of the most humble is as careful-
ly looked after as that of the most
I wealthy. They have a splendid school
i church, Sunday school, and recently
Statement of Condition of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of Chandler, Oklahoma at the Close
of Business, September 12, 1916:
Resources
Loans and Discounts_____^300,932.80
Overdrafts ____________ NONE
United States Bonds, par 50,000.00
Federal Reserve Bank
Stock ....... 1,800.00
Banking House and Real
Estate ........... 28,500.00
Cash and Sight Exchange 109,093.36
TOTAL ------—_r----$490,326.16
Liabilities.
Capital .................? 50,000.00
Surplus and Profits_____ 11,106.12
Circulation 4____________ 49,900.00
Deposits........._...... 379,320.04
TOTAL ..............6490,326.16
The above is correct.
E. C. LOVE, Cashier.
Attest: J. A. McLAGHLIN,
T. C. ROSS,
W. E. BROWN,
Directors.
ON
THE
STRENGTH
Of this statement of our
condition we solicit your
business.
Supervised by the United
States Government.
Managed by an alert BoarJ
of Directors.
Officered by experienced
bankers.
Wide awake and progres-
sive.
Always courteous, always
accommodating.
Since the above statement
was rendered, our Deposits
have increased to over FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
First National Bank
CHANDLER, OKLA.
A (JOOI) HANK IN A GOOD COUNTY
,,, , , .... , „ 1 a commodious club house has been
peopled by a hardy, industrious set of , , ., . .
, , , / . , 1, 1 erected --that is proving a power for
people, but it is showing to the world [
how neighbors and friends may "dwell
together in unity.”
We have said that it is a mining
town, but it is more; that the people
ore hardy and industrious, but they
are more; they have the true com-
munity spirit—-they are real NEIGH-
BORS.
This little town has conceived and
put into force some community plans
that might well be copied by other
towns. Of course almost every fam-
ily in the town owns and cultivates
very i its own garden and “truck” patches,
largely a matter of environment, but this is not all. A few years ago | community.
good to both young men and older
ones.
We have briefly sketched the re-
sults of this community plan of co-
operation as showing what a true
community spirit will accomplish.
Many features of interest have nec-
essarily been omitted from this ar-
ticle from lack of space. But should
any other community desire to know
more of their workings, a letter ad-
dressed to the postmaster will re-
ceive prompt and courteous answer
and full information will be given of
plans that cannot fail to benefit any
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A SENSIBLE CIGARETTE IS EASY TO "DIGEST”
No word can describe that mean feeling which often
follows smoking a poorly-blended but otherwise good
cigarette. Such a cigarette might be called "indigestible.”
€f On the other hand, Fatimas always give comfort. They
"digest” easily, smoothly as only a delicately balanced
Turkish blend cigarette can. <J And best of all, Fatimas
leave a man feeling fine and fit—yes, even after a long-
smoking day. (J That’s why men call Fatimas "sensible”.
xytufexs jSCacco Co
A SENSIBLE CIGARETTE
Taik into Your Telephone
^OMETIMR ago, while a business man was telo-
^phoning, a friend in his office heard him say to the
person at the other end of the wire: "I don’t hear you
clearly. Are your lips close to the transmitter? Ah!
That is much better. I hear you perfectly now.”
When the telephone talk ended he turned to his friend
and aaid: "Some people forget that they can’t get the
boat results when telephoning unless they speak
DIRECTLY INTO the transmitter"
Did it ever occur to you that you might not be using
your telephone the right way? Do you speak sideways,
speak above, speak below, speak six inches away from the
mouthpiece of your telephone, or do you speak directly
into the transmitter ?
Your Telephone Is a
Long; Distance Station
PIONEER TEL. & TEL. CC. ,
COLLAR’S
Undertaking and Embalming Licensed Embalmer.
Phone 70 or 276
CHANDLER. OKLAHOMA
ABSTRACTS INSURANCE RENTALS
LINCOLN COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.
First National Bank Bldg. First Door West of Main En-
trance of Postoffice.
Prompt and Courteous Treatment to All. Notary Public
In Office. Give Us a Trial.
CLAUDE McLAUGHLIN, Secretary.
MR. OIL MAN
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We have a complete line of Oil and Gas
Leases, including the following forms
OIL AND GAS LEASE-—Producers 88
ASSIGNMENT OF OIL AND GAS LEASE
Long or Short
RELEASE OF OIL AND GAS LEASE
township plate
We will be glad to have you call and
get our prices.
THE CHANDLER TRIBUNE
Phone 161 Chandler, 0k!a.
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Smith, G. A. The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1916, newspaper, November 9, 1916; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc915083/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.