Harrah News (Harrah, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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The smallest weekly newspaper in Oklahoma County, but not tne worst.
Volume 5
Harrah, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Thursday February 12,1914
Number 3
A PAGE OF LOCAL NEWS
News Items Of The Week
Gathered For Our Readers
COMMUNITY CO-OPERATION
COPYRIGHTED FARM AND RANCH- HOLLAND'S MAGAZINE
Mr Donnell was a Shawnee visitor
Saturday.
Mr. John Torbitt was a Shawnee
visitor Saturday and Sunday.
G. A. Munson was an Oklahoma City
visitor Saturday.
Win. Stoker was an Oklahoma City
visitor Monday.
The stork left a fine girl at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. O. Perryman
near Newalla a few days ago.
John Gorney and wife of Shawnee
were here Saturday and Sunday, visit-
ing relatives and "friends.
Mrs. H. O. Eckle northeast of town
left Friday evening for a visit with
her mother at Denver, Colo.,
Mrs. S. M. Honea returned Friday
evening from Cushing where she had
been visiting relatives for about a week.
Julius Makowski was here Friday
from McLoud to attend the funeral of
his grandfather, L. Drew.
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Zynda were Fri-
day attending the funeral of the lat-
ter's grandfather, L. Drew.
Miss Katie Beal visited her aunt,
Mr?. A1 Spencer and family at Okla-
homa City, Sunday.
James Robertson was down from the
City Saturday, visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Robertson, north
of town.
T.L. Richardson attended the county
republican convention at the City Sat-
urday. He went there with the proxy
Porter Ragland.
Mrs. Jennie Zickefoose of Rossville,
Kansas, arrived here Wednesday for an
exteikied visit her sister-in-law, Mrs.
C. Beal and family, and other friends.
Dr. Haas reports the birth of a fine
son to Mr. .and Mrs. John Schykowski,
north of town, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Loess in left Tuesday
for Hiedleberg, Minn., where they
will make their future home.
Mrs. Janie Jones and little daughter
left Thursday for their home in Peubln,
Colo., after a two months visit with
George Sanders and family.
John Miller and family returned to
their home at Milwaukee, Wis., after
spending a months here with his bro-
ther August and other relatives.
The News printed sale bills for
Williams & Co., this week. They will
have a big sale on Tuesday Feb. 17.
Look for their ad elsewhere in this
paper.
B. F. Miles and Carl Wittkopp were
selected as delegates to the state re-1 DcCfCclSC III
publican convention at. the county con- j A 1 I I
vention Saturday. The convention Cattle AllCl HogS
Not long since l was making a drive
through a North Texas county. The
contour of the country was rolling,
with strips of woodland alternating the
cultivated fields. On making a turn
in the road I came upon a recently
built commnuity school house. It was
painted white with green blinds and
set in a grove of native oaks. There
was an air of abundance, prosperity
and progress about the very building.
It seemed to say: “I am the represen-
tative of this community; look on me
and you will know the kind of men
who built me and the mannerof children
who will come to me to be taught.”
That building did typify the communi-
ty as I fonnd afterwards. The parents
of the school were honest law-abiding
Americans of more than average thrift
and intelligence. They had voted bonds
and built the school house and seated
it and there was a special tax-to supple-
ment the state funds for the payment
of the teachers. Two teachers had
been employed for a period of seven
months and both patrons and children
were looking forward to a happy school
year.
Now I believe that such schools are
the hope of the American people today.
We need thousands of thepi dotting our
broad land and we need teachers who
will go into them and teach our boy3
and girls the essential principles of
i right living. Furthermore wo need to
train up the coming generation to stay
at home and^stay ip the country, and
not be holding out constantly to them
the allurements of city life and the
great rewards to be gained in the
learned professions, politics or commer-
cial pursuits. We have enough mer-
chants, lawyers, doctors and politicians,
such as they are, and judging from
the present drift the supply is not
likely to run short, but we do need
more men of sense and sinew who are
willing to help solve the problems that
are giving our people so great concern
today. Oratory won't do it, writing
won’t do it, theorizing in anpe or form
will do but little good. It is going to
take hard work, backed up by common
sense to get us out of the woods.
As has been preached by Farm and
Ranch for years the couutry school
should be the nucleus of the social life
of the place where the grown people as
well as the children could go for in-
structions, and it should also ’ be the
place where all could get recreation
and amusement. But before much can
be done there must be the individual
desire to better conditions, to get out
of the rut we are in at present. So
coming back to where we started, it is
up to individuals, scatered here and
there, in country, in city and in town,
to begin the good work in their own
particular communities and then t o
keep it in progress. We do not need
to go back to the little red school house
of ous fathers, but we do need to go
forward to a better school house than
any of which our fathers have ever
dreamed,
Lawrence. Drew
Died Thrusday
After an illness of five days, Mr.
Lawrence, Drew, south of Harrah,
died in his newly built home Thursday
morning at the venerable age of 73
years. The deceased was one of the
pioneers settlers in this community,
coming here from Arkansas some 22
years ago. He is survived by his wife
and five children: John and Tom of
Harrah, Mrs. Makowski of McLoud,
Mrs. India of Guthrie, and Mrs. Chmi-
levvski of Foraker, Ok!a., all of whom
were present at. his obsequies.
The funera1 was held from St. Tere-
sa’s church Friday morning at 10:30,
with a Requiem Mass, celebrated by
his pastor, Rev. Father Suwalski Bur-
ial was in the Catholic cemetery. The
following acted as pallbearers: J. Jan-
owiak, A. Magott, Ben Jorski, A.
Wozniak, P. Jorski, and John Kliru-
kowski. May he rest in peace.
Woman’s League
• At McLoud Busy I
County Districts
Undergo Change
New county commissioners districts
were created by the board of county
commissioner in session Saturday.
The redistricting of the county was
done in compliance with the statute
which makes mandatory the district- unmiiuiijii _________ ______
ing of the county on a population bas-1 aijve to this opportunity for increas-
es- ing their knowledge and getting into
a co-operative movement.
trial problem confronting us. Concert-
ed effort in this direction is necessary.
No farmer is following the best policy
if he is not striving to increse his live-
stock out put.
Education along this line is vital to
our future. Organized effort is the
solution, /it the convention of live-
stock men in Oklahoma City, March
3-4-5, this great subject will be treated.
Oklahoma .farmers should be keenly
The Womens Civic League of Mo
Loud, have undertaking the work of
putting in good condition the road lead-
ing from the Venable Hotei to the
depot. This road has been in bad con-
dition since it was opened. It was
neither a county or city road and has
been neglected. The ladies have had
the road surveyed, an estimate of the
work made, and will solicit funds for
the -improvement. The road will re-
quire grading, Ailing, a hem y layer
of cinders, and a coat of crushed
rock. The drainage will be properly
taken care of, and culverts put under
the crossings. The action of the
Woman's Civic League is commenda-
ble.
Under the new arrangement of the
districts, all districts go into Oklahoma
City. The first district takes in pre-
cints one to nine in the City, and all
of the eastern part of the county.
District No. 2 includes Lincoln, Spring
Creek, Deer Creek, Edmond, Britton,
Hartzell, Councle Grove, preeints 1 to
5 in Oklahoma City. District No 3 in-
cludes practically all of Oklahoma City,
together with Mustang and Greely
townships.
The political complexion of the new
districts are about the same as before,
the first being republican and the other
two democratic.
Dr. Davenport
Sues For Pay
Doctor’s Wile-
Asks Divorce
Mrs. U. L. Russell, wife of Dr. U.
L. Russell of Oklahoma City has filed
petition in the District court for a di-
vorce. She charged her husband with
being “money mad,'' and that he con-
sider nothing else save the acquisition
of money and property. It is alleged
by the wife that the husband has
grown so fond of accumulating money
that he has objected to an expenditure
of money for her wearing .ipparel and
living expenses.
Dr. Russell is said to b« .vorth $250,-
000. He is well known in this part of
meets at Tulsa.
Elmer Maloney returned from Perry
last week, where he had been taking
treatments for cancer. He left Satur-
day for Marlin, Trxas, where he has
gone to take treatments from a cancer
Year after year national statistics
show a decrease in the number of cattle
and hogs. The population increases
and of course the prices increase. If
this ratio continues a aerions condition
specialist. It is hoped that the change t must result
will be for the bettor, as Elmer’s con-1 Oklahoma is designed by nature as a
ditions is getting is serious. i livestock is the most important indus-
The county commissioners "Thursday
ordered the county attorney to bring
suit against A. E. Davenport for $9,-
000 which has been paid to Davenport
since he has been in office. Friday Dr.
Davenport filed a petition to recover , Oklahoma County.
$357 from the county commissioners j
for payment of services in October, YpnmO- l
November and December, last. The; 1 ^U1J&,
controversy is badly mixed and it is j Jy|p0£ | OFllsHt
hard to predict what the outcome will j ®
*3e- _ | A call has been issued to the Young
R. F. D. Carriers Exam. Men’s Democratic Clubs of Oklahoma
county to meet tonight at Oklahoma
An examidation for rural mail carriers City> and seiect delegates to the state
has been set for the 28th of February, I conventiont which will be held Satur-
at Oklahoma City. Those who desire : tJayf *’e5r.Jary 2J. Ten delegates at
to take the the examination should see ,arge win he selected from the Clubs
the postmaster for particulars. j outBideof the City.
Rev. Wood of Choctaw, will preach
at Star School House'next Sunday at
11 o’clock.
A baby girl was was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Will Chamberland of Choc-
taw one day last week.
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Todd, J. A. Harrah News (Harrah, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1914, newspaper, February 12, 1914; Harrah, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937581/m1/1/?q=del+city: accessed May 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.