Wheatland Weekly Watchword. (Wheatland, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 4, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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UAL ANDNEWS NOTES
of October. Think of the
Local communities, like families,
® 'j».t 2 cannot afford too many Jars.
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v t r Keep your eye on the men who wan.
your vote for political office, and mark
**' tks mn" who does not ring true.
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It is time to begin thinking of the
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great State Pair. Preparations are
now under way to make the 1908 fair
pl||| • a. bummer.
fe The farmers of Oklahoma are very
I s®1 btuy In the harvest fields. We are
glad to learn that the crop situation
is not so bad as It was expected It
f would be because of the heavy rains.
Col. Chas. P- Lincoln, of El Reno,
Secretary McKeand, of the. Okla-
homa City Commercial Club, says all
arrangements are completed for the
celebration of the Fourth In the city.
There will be a great big barbecue
and two large and excellent displays
of fireworks. In the evening you can
take your choice between Belle Isle
Lake and Delmar Garden. If your own
town Is holding a celebration, stay at
home and help to make that celebra-
tion a success, but If your town isn’t
celebrating, go to Oklahoma City and
have a good time.
Because of the presence of certain
unsanitary conditions In Colcord park,
which were not observed on first ex-
amination by the committee, the
Fourth of July barbecue will be held
Immediately east of the Delmar thea-
ter, an' even more desirable place for
such celebration. Beeves sufficient to
feed thousands, water with tons of
Ice, and all other holiday property will
ba In the free and Immediate reach
of the multitude.
VUL VU»p- -----------
f yrbo Is s candidate for the nomination
for congress at the hands of the re-
publicans of the second district, was
in Oklahoma City recently, teltng his
frfspds he excepted to secure the
) nomination.
Pull means progress. Pull for your
* ''few*. PuU for all you are worth. Say
__ good you can for your
m Tell your friends “back home”
t a pretty and progressive little
live In, and tell them to
__at to Oklahoma, to your town,
kelp to boost This Is one way
When the forty-six star-spangled
flag, presented by the people of Okla-
homa, Is unfurled from the top of In-
dependence hall. Phllaaeiphla, Satur-
day at noon, It will be a sign for a
general outburst of patriotism by cit-
izens of the new state. By a special
arrangement of the Western Union
Telegraph company, a direct wire
from Philadelphia to the governor’s
office In Guthrie will flash the signal
of the event.
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we could all be good all the time
pleasure of living would be con-
tbly enhanced. But variety, they
r, |s the spice of Ute, and so we
• mixture of good and bad, truth
Has, righteousness end unrlghte-
isss, etc., ad Infinitum. It baa *1
so, end, we presume, will
____ to the end of the chapter,
■ ean all try to be s Uttle bit
we have been. Suppose we
We wish to call to your attention
the firms who advertise with us. They
are asking for your patronage, and of-
fering bargain i worthy of your con-
sideration. When you call on them
please tell them you saw the adver-
tisement In this paper. It will not
only assure you of good treatment, but
It will help us tc continue giving you
i good paper—the very best kind of
a weekly newspaper—the kind of a
newspaper you would enjoy anytime,
anywhere.
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see the eellpse last Sunday?
know that the shadow on tlie
not a shadow, but that the
botween you and tbs sunt
generally prevailing was
anna* w»- canted by the
This is erroneous.
^shadow,
eclipse of the sun Is. as
tile pssssgs of the
i us and tbs sun. By the
do you kfiow bow far away the
‘If. and what distance away the
Off band, you couldn’t an
nop, could you?,
.person In this vlcln-
You should be
in what your neigh
■ and you can keep in
thdm best by being a con-
' Of your own local paper,
i you ante week what is hap-
wbo la sick,' where your
km *bo comes among
^__all that la iatereettag, at
i *ii that the local editor can get
of. Wc ask you to help la
work of making .the paper Just as
as It ean bo. Ton can do this
,y letting the editor know of any
I auwa which happens to come to
e. Very often you know
he doesn’t know, and he
_ __it a kindness If you would
tetThho.
We are offering the Oklahoma
Farm Journal and this paper, both,
one year for $1.00.
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COUNTY NORMAL INSTI
The eighteenth annual sen
the Oklafawmn County Normal insti-
tute will convene at the high school
building tu Oklahoma City on July 6,
1808, and continue in session, four
weeks. «
Teachers’ examination, Thorsday
and Friday, July 80 and 31.
Our coming teachers’ institute is
the first to be held in Oklahoma
county under thes state government
and there are special reasons why
every teacher should attend the en-
tire session unless prevented by sick-
ness, or by being enrolled in some
higher institution of learning, or by
I being actively engaged In teaching.
Enroll before the Institute opens,
secure a course of study, snd prepare
the first lessdn In each branch you
expect to take up. Recitations will
begin promptly at 7:30 a. m., July 6.
It Is advisable to secure boarding
places In advance. A list of places
where board can be secured will bo
kept at the county superintendent’s
office.
Teachers win please note the rules
for organizing and conducting the
institute, and the rules for promotion,
given in the course of study.
Members of school boards ana oth-
ers interested in education are earn
estly reuqested to visit the institute
at any time.
I would kindly remind teachers
that the unsettled situation and the
neto requirements call for your attend-
ance and best efforts to meet possible
new conditions.
Wlfh the hope of meeting you the
first day of the session, I am
Fraternally yours,
MARY J). COUCH.
Next, week, at Denver, the demo-
cratic national convention will name
the party's standard bearers who will
contest with Taft and Sherman for the
presidency of the United States. The
general opinion now Is that W. J. Bry-
an will be named for the presidency,
with a sharp contest over the vlce-
presldeqcy. A very spirited fight is
expected to be had In the resolutions
committee over the anti-injunction
plank to be Inserted in the platform.
A novel feature of the convention will
be the use of snow to keep the hall
cool. This will be done if experiment*
now under way are successful.
AIRSHIP DURING STATE FAIR-
The management of the State Fair
la expecting to have an airship on
exhibition during the State Fair
week. Negotiations are now under
way with one of the worlds’ leading
airship men to bring his machine to
the fair and make dally flights. It I*
stated that It will take several thous-
and dollars to get him to come, but
the managers say they are determined
to have the best attractions money
can secure, hence an airship.
Reports are coming In from all sec-
tions of Oklahoma that the people
are making plans to' come to the city
and attend the fair. These reports
are brought to us cy the men who
have occasion to travel over the state
and who thus have a chance to learn
what the people are contemplatig. It
la the duty of every Oklahoman to pull
for the State Fair. If everybody pulls
It will toe a success we will be proud
to tell about.
According to the report of J. P.
Slaughter, section director of the Ok-
lahoma City office of the United
States weather bureau, the month of
June Just closed, has been surpassed
In amount of ralnfgall but once.
This June had 12.12 inches of rain-
fall, while June, 1904, had 12.33 Inches.
Thunderstorms boomed out salutes on
thirteen of the thirty days; while the
mean temperature for the month was
74 degrees, which falls only 1.8 de-
grees the mean temperature of June
for the past eighteen years. Sixteen
rainy days marked the mouth; the
I same number wen- partly cloudy;
eight were cloudy, and six were clear.
The greatest precipitation was on
June 23 when 2.82 inches of rain fell.
Average velocity of wind, 17.7 miles
an hour.
Not as a forecast, but simply show
ing the characteristics of the mfmtk
of July for the past seventeen years,
the average precipitation Is 3.48
inches; July, 1906 having the greatest
precipitation, 7.30 inches.. The av-
erage velocity of wind is nine miles.
Ordinary temperature 79 degrees, July
1901 being the warmest month in any
year, with an average of 85 degrees to
[its credit. The average number of
clear days for this month Is sixteen,
Three Flree in unrekasha
CHICKASHA: Three fires originat-
ing In as many parts of the town caus-
ed the simultaneous burning ot three
buildings at 2 o’clock Sunday morn-
ing and the loss of aoout $9,000. The
fires are believed to have been of in-
cendiary origin. The losses are as
follows: Indlahoma Gin company’s
plant, $6,000; J. A. Darnell’s paint
shop' and storage house, $1,500;
I Claude Earley’s residence, $1,500.
Each was a total Iobs with its con-
tents.
IN OUR NEW QUARTERS
CENTRAL TITLE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY
12 N. ROBINSON ST.
luinitrnr te the Owen A Welch Co..Ed. L Dunn, O. W. Stephenoen and
T. H. McConnell
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BONDED ABSTRACTER
Auditorium for Wfagoner
Norman’e Now School Building
NORMAN: A committee of the
board of education has returned from
[ a visit to several cities In which they
studied the etyle end architecture of
school buildings. As a result plana
[are toeing drawn for an eight-room
school bnilding here that will cost
$25,000.
MlAIOlUfttN JOURNAL
OKLAHOMA CITY
WM W John Fields. w1h> was Director of Ae Oklafoxna Agricul-
t Station from 1890 to 1906.
Semi-Monthly. Subscription price: One ynnf* Ste
.. TKrt JMfc Ten years. J2.50. Stops when time front.
I > Non-Political. Gives just the news end information
t fa farmers of the Soutfrvcrtwant. Nowi
ET?SeSemSciv or ^U"aM^tLeol
let no ahow you the paper end send m your subscription.
Charge of Desertion Still Helds
FORT SILL: Private J. H. Miller of
the first field artillery, who waa
charged with stabbing a comrade la
Lawton a few days ago, and who has
deserted, has been acquitted of the
stabbing charge, but now has a do-
sertlon charge pending against him
SUBURBAN— SMITH rflflff fllle
THE MARKETS.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
Tent & Awning Co.
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(These figures are corrected weekly
by the Max Hahn Packing House.)
The following prices prevailed at
the local stock yards yesterday:
Hogs ......... $5.00 to $5.35
Cows .................2.76 to - 3.25
Heifers ..............3.00 to 3.50
Steers ...............3-00 1°
Bulls .................I-60 to 2-50
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Tents And ill Kinds of Cmnvaa Goods
Expert
Awning
Bttilders
Ercl
ORAIN AND HAY.
Corn ....................70 to 75c.
Praire hay ............ $8.00 to $9.00
Kafir corn, per bushel ..........55c.
Oats .................... .55 to 60c.
Llv# Poultry.
(Prices furnished by the Oklahoma
City Produce Co.. <04 W. Second, St J
Hens, lb.................... -07
Springs, lb...........—......ISM
Roosters, each ................15
Fresh eggs, case count.......8.75
To the E.litor: ||gr . \
In view of an existing sentiment,
in your village for a better and more
efficient system of school!, a few
facts on the subject of consoHdatlou
mi"t be of value.
Iu "ye olden days.’’ the days of the
pioneer, when the population of the
United Slates was scattered, and be-
fore men had commenced to crowd
together in cities, most of the schools
were country schoolB. These were
generally taught by men. They were
sometimes taught by women. They
were, in some Instances ignorant, it Is
true, but very often the schoolmaster
was the local preacher, and very fre-
quently it was a college student,
bringing the learning or the wofld to
the common school, where by personal
contact and the enthusiasm of youth
he became an inspiration to the chil-
dren in his care. In this way many a
famous lawyer, statesman, Jurist and
Journalist, has made his first impres-
sion on some country school, taught
during vacation to eke out expenses
at college.
It was then that the United 8tates
contained many cities known for be-
ing little more than trade centers for
a large rural population.
But at the close of forty years of
peace since the civil war, Industrial
conditions are found, which have ren-
dered necessary a greater amount of
hand labor in manufacturing than In
farming. Factories are now filled
with men from the Bmall village and
from the farm. Owners of farms have
many times sought for themselves and
their families a better social atmos-
phere and higher educational advan-
tages in vilagea of from five hundred
to five thousand people. On the farms
are found renters, or hired men, who
as a rule, change their residence fre-
quently enough to render more or less
unstable conditions m the little rural
district school.
Now, with the development of the
times, the diversification of industries
and the increase of population, there
has also been a development in like
proportion In the schools of the cities.^
Schools have been established at*
these population centers, graded and
developed to the extent of becoming
small colleges. In Oklahoma these
schools have already taken the place
of the academy of the northern and
eastern states.
Meanwhile the country schools have
not developed. Speaking relatively
they have gone backward, because the
old time “good scholar” has followed
his old time “good teacher” to the
city, often times taking the family
and interests' along, sapping the coun-
try school In attendance, personal in-
terest and financial support.
With the population of Oklahoma’s
cities Increasing at least 20 per cent
faster than her rural communities, her
city schools stand a good chance of
further development at the expense of
the surrounding country.
Observing men have long since con-
cluded that If this constant stream of
the country’s best youth toward the
cities for higher education Is not
stopped ere long the country school
will exist In name only. This thought
has taken form in the expression ‘the
country child is entitled to as good
educational advantages as the city
child; and that, too, without breaking
np the family home, that anything
short of this is unprofitable to the na-
tion and unfair to the child.”
Farmers often wonder why boys
leave the farm, when the reason is
plain. Make the educational advan-
tages equal to their city cousins’ and
they will be glad to stay. Your rem
edy Is In consolidation of schools, be-
cause it is the only system that will
do this for the farmer’s children
Consolidation means the uniting of
two or more weak districts Into one
strong district that shall be large
enough In point of numbers to be in
teresting and strong enough In the
way of money to afford a comfortable
building and a number of efficient
teachers.
Consolidation means the transpor
tation of a number of the pupils to
and from school. At first thought this
seems an expensive proposition, but
experience shows it i; not, because
drivers are cheaper than teachers and
wagons are cheaper than school
bouses.
Consolidation also means some
changes in the buildings as they al-
ready exist. This Is sometimes done
by moving two or more old buildings
together. A .makeshift seems often
best at first until the plan is in full
operation, when a permanent building
la sure to follow. There is no in-
stance on record where this system
has ever 'been abandoned after being
tried.
Tbe cost ot consolidation we can
count from the experiences of others
only. This will be made the subject
of another article.
Consolidation always meets with
many objections wben first advance*.
The next article will deal with the
principal objections and advantages.
IVAN L. HARRIS.
Choctaw. June 20, 1908.
mood our odor of tho Ohio homo
Form Journo! ond your Homo
moth For One Dollar
$ $.iii i
Drowned While Saving Another
LAWTON: Unmindful of his own
safety, Private Cohen of Battery C,
first field artillery at Fort 8111, lost
his life in Medicine creek while at-
tempting to rescue M. S. Simpson,
manager ot the Lawton Mercantile
company. Simpson was in a treach-
erous swimming hole and called for
assistance. Cohen, mounted, rode Into
Ihe water, and both he and his horse
were drowned.
Alleged Thief Sues Officers
RAVI A: Suit for damages in the
sum of $15,000 against Constable Lee
Parker of Ravla, Sheriff Tribble of
DeQueen, Ark., and two other officers
has been instituted In the district
court at Tishomingo, by Thomas
Nance, a young man who was cap-
tured recently on the charge of horse
stealing and taken to Arkansas.
Nance charges that he was kidnapped.
SHIP YOUR
PRODUCE
to the
OKLAHOMA CITY PRODUCE CO.
Dealers in
Eggs, Live and Dressed Poultry
404 W. 2d. St. Oklahoma City
Phone 345
DR. B. A. HALL.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Rooms 526-528 Bassett Bldg-
PHONES: Office 3699-X. Res. 3699-Y
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
DETROIT, MICH.: The News, in
an article on marine conditions on
the great lakes, states that 1,780 ves-
sels are Idle at the present time, and
that 14,000 marine laborers are Idle
as a result, entailing a monthly loss
to the laborers of $840,000, and to the
ship owners of $2,000,000.
PosiillS
DO YOU WANT A BU8INES8 COL-
LEGE EDUCATION?
LISTEN!
We have two scholarships for sale
One for Hills’ Business College.
One for Draughon’s Practical Busi-
ness College.
You can take a book-keeping course,
or you can take the stenographic
course. . . . „
We can arrange for you to take
BOTH COURSES if you desire to do
so.
bookkeeping Sots
esmssssesf
SHORTHAND
of tbe
tates
ISK Courtlteporters
heir
onor write Jno. r. Draughon,l-resldeat
LISTEN I
RIGHT NOW Is the time to enroll.
The colleges CANNOT SUPPLY the
demands made upon them. Just as
soon as you complete the course you
can step Into a position paying any-
where from $50 to $90 per month.
IT’S WORTH WHILE, iand the busi-
ness world wants workers, wants
BRAINY young men and young wo-
men.
Write us AT ONCE and we will tell
you all about It.
SUBURBAN NEWS PUB. CO.
Oklahoma City, Okla.
am - — o —
on or write Jno. .. ------ •_
DRAUGHON’S
PRACTICAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
IWF also teach BY KAlD
BALTIMORE BUILDING.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA.
GET THE GENUINE
m Dtl’T 1011 IEIS 111 Mill
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY
ARE LICE INFESTED
Therefore you should use CHAD’S
LICE KILER. Full information with
each purchase.
AH poulty are actually lousy? Hens
lose their vitality and become sick be-
cause of the body lice that torment
them. All the relief she gets is by
picking the lice off herself and swal-
lowing them. This is the only cause
of Cholera among bens and young
chlckenB.
There are many remedies on the
market purporting to rid bens of lice.
Do these measure up to their claims?
Mine does, and promptly. My ex-
terminator kills body lice on Hens,
Horses. Cattle and Hogs, or Fleas on
Dogs, kills Mites, Bed Bugs, Flies,
Ticks. Roaches and any small Insects.
Flies will not light on horses, cows,
or any animal where ths Insecticide
is applied.
Instantly applied, no handling of
poultry or confining them. No paint-
ing the hen house. Five minutes
work with this Insecticide will rid one
hundred hens of all lice. Have pity
on poor suffering biddy by extermin-
ating these pests and she will respond
with two eggs where you are now
getting but one, besdes you don’t
want to feed corn to lice.
Cheapest, Quickest, Safest, Surest,
Best and Easiest applied lice killer on
the market.
E. H. CHADWICK
Inventor and Owner, Telephone 345,
404 W 2nd, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Bottled by
mum GOGH COLA BOTTLING COMFY
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Bottlers of the
GENUINE COCA COLA
Jack Frost, Red Rock Ginger Ale and
High Grade Soda Waters.
LARGEST PLANT IN THE STATE
All orders, large or small, flllerd on
Short Notice.
V,- £
Summer School
Anyone enrolling with us now can get three months for $20.00
or six months for $40.00 In any department. Fare paid to school.
Penmanship
We have the finest professional penman In the southwest, and
one of the best in tbe United States. To all those who enroll with
us this summer, we will give a course In penmanship free.
Positions
We are anxious to enroll a number of students uow to get
ready for positions this fall, which is the best time to get one. We
are already having more calls than we can fill, and the deband will
be still greater In a few months
If Interested, write at once for new catalogue.
HILL’S BUSINESS COLLEGE
OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
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