Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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THE COLONY COURIER
ISSUED EVERY THURSAY COLONY, OKLAHOMA
Entered as second-class matter September I BMW at the post
Colony. Oklanouta. under tne Act oi Marco y. 16Tb.
ittiee
J. MATTOON SEGER.
Ownt.- and Publisher.
NEATHA H SEGER,
Editor nrid Manager.
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SF.PT. 3, 1914
IN THE GLOAMING
In the ghat tiling, oh, my during,
When the* cars arc whizzing pi t
Sit we two up>m our front porch
Till we ste the very b-t
It is time to seek the feathers,
Hut we li iger still outside;
Twenty pt rsons said they’d take
US
Out a-rid;ng, hut they lied.
We will su till midnight's hour,
Ai the ill'.tor cut s fly past, us
On the wings of benzine power
Do not give up Imps, iny darling
Keep a-smilling, und sit tigut;
It we wait fur twenty summer-,
Mo.vhe line v\ifI slop some night
Pal'deviJle, \\)s , Times.
CLIPPED
John Fields put home’' in
Oklahoma ami made it a laO. k
home.
In Missouri the show-uie Dem-
ocrats Windd milier talk Miami
goml mads than about the i mim
wood tarrilf law.
CAMP ROBERT
L. WILLIAMS
Il'e Democrats make politics
uf everything They have carried
it into ihe Oklahoma National
Guard hy naming their camp.
“Camp Robert L Williams,” af-
t - r the Democratic nominee for
governor. Hubert L Williams is
not governor There is no assur
aiic-e that he will he. He is only
a democratic candidate. To <;on
s:a1»11y puade his name in the
teports from camp is enirving
P° I * l i|'J into the National Guard
lint then the Democrats have
burdened ihe state schools with
mditic . ever since stateh .od am!
we presume that they think that
they can just as consistently
make the National Guard a pari
of t heir poll ticj) machine.
H'-w about the goat in John
Field’s goatee?--Clinton news.
That reminds ns of “button,
button, wLm’ee got the button
A a k But) Williams ju>t after the
November e.'ecti >u and lie can
tell you who got (lie Inittin.
L*rov Junes, is republican can-
didate for County Judge, and it is
predicted he will receive a bulge
vote from democrats who d.-u'i
like til see a man try to hold
office for life.
THE DEMOCRATS
PRAISE FIELDS
ihe uevv banking law parsed by
the democratic congress some
eight uionltis ago must liave con-'
tallied a lot of marls as the tut
ministration is still ironing out
the snarls uccoidiug to the Ok la
hoinaii.
Honest Torn Ferguson says
what he thinks. He thinks the
Japs need a licking and says bo
even in the face of the teirihle
picture of horror now’ being en-
acted accrcsB the Atlantic. Why
no' have Mr. Ferguson appointed
Go I mel to organize a regiment
of millionairs tn go ov' rand lick
the Japs? We are not a million
aire ourselves howevei
i his town noBds several more
two and three room homes to he
runted at about live or six d< Hat<
a month. Now some people are
oithar staying out of town or else
living in tents because no houses
can be rented or the rent is too
high on the available house*. A
good school will bring several new
families to town if limy cun Hud
places to 11ve.
\\ oods county Denmcrat-s nr<
having much to say in a praise
worthy way about John Filld
and bis recent speeches in that
part uf the st(t|H Editor D j-j
Carpenter of the Dhcoiuu Enter
priz-‘ (Deniocratic) save in bi
new spa per:
■ l lie w l iter listened to t wo of
t-hese speeches. Die Kepul.Jictno
hu\e selected the ablest and
m st popular man in tneir part'
f.u this high office Mr. Field-, i
u clean man, and alihough ht
charges the DeUl.iO-l’al a-JailliJ-
tration with a great many shoit
coming* and much maladiiiinis
nation, \et his charges and In
demeanor arc free from the u-
ual partisan color and abuse. Hi
is conducting a nonpartisan cam
pain that the independent voter
is going to appreciut”
Editor J. P, Renfrew, a t hoi -
cn^b Deniocrit, said in bis Alva
Record; We have known Mr.
Fields personally for several
,Veais) a off are free to sa.v that in
onr Opinion if late decrees that
Oklahoma shall have a Republi-
can governor, John Fields
will prove to be a credit to hie
party and to the state."—Ok la
hotna Oity Times.
THE RURAL
ROUTE CARRIER
b J. Ward and his wife aie
spending a week in the Slur
neigh Ian hood attending a revival
meeting and assisting wiln it.
Mrs Olara Hall of Danville,
HI-i who has been visiting her
brother Dr. J. N Leeds here left
la-t I’liur-day for her home.
Remember
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I Tlal every ailad tui-
xk ecriber help* to bwIw tlJ«
\ HP« better fot everybody
1 fie rural route carriers reo.eiv
-:d a small increase in salary be-
ginning July ist. That was all
1 i^lit but 1 buy should receive nn
other raise without further dr
a.v It. looks on the face of tin
proposition as if #'J0 to #100 pm
month was about the top price
for driving over 2d or 80 miles oi
toad six days in the week. But
il'cre is a I w a vs another side that
tho cuusual obsri vnr do. a not
“tirt lake «s example Hi,
tliieo routs out ' I Watonga. I b
roads are in such a condition oi
account of the sand, canyons,
vie , that it makes it absolutely
in.ooa«ai> to keep four Imr <■- p
do the work. Ihe feed forties
four horse.- costs during ihe win
ter and spring nmnt ba from jt 10
to f-iti per month. The repairs t,
v< hides i.ml harness will nveragt
•fo per moot li tin' year (Dv.• n:• D
I'hn wear and tear on w agon nn<I
huiHi s is u constant! Iona. An or
dinnry until wagon will not last
longer than from three t> f.'r
vent s. Figiira this all up and -ot
vhat the rural carrier has left
tub which to feed, clothe an
eduoute his family. It looks likt
an easy job, I ut did you ev» r s •
a carrier come in in tire evonirq
after an eight hours dr.ve ii
fieezing weather with bands are
feet nunib from cold? If }o
liave, you doubtless think that li-
earns all he gets, and you will
further avoid leaving ptnines
loose in tire mail box p,r him P
fish after with frozen fingers ii
Older to stamp .VOUr letteis fol
vou. The rural route carrier i-
nke 1 bo school teacher, he. earn1-
all lie gets and then sorin'.- \\'a-
touga Republican.
McCLINTIC THANKS
DEMOCRATS
Jim McOlmtio, the successful
candidate in the recent primary
for the congressional nomination
received 5781 foies 5094 for
Judge Tull.bi t , his nearest i ppm -
ent and 2740 for Cornell, givim
him a plurality of 087 When you
take everything into couaider-
at i• >n ’tis a very satisfactor y re
suit so far as McClintic is 'con
corned, and indicates that the
people are turning from lavvyi is
i.) bustnessn'.eii. Mr. McClintic
desires us tu thank the deni icrat-
and others of tins county f« i
t heir loyn It.v to him in the cam-
paign just closed. — Merabi Sen-
tinel.
TOLBERT THANKS
VOTERS
Hobart, Okie, Aug. 22, . JiU4.
1 o the voters of Washita county;
i haven’t words to express rn.v
.nuuitude to the friends who so
l.«yal!y supported me in join
county. For t! use who oppose
I haven’t the slightest ill will
With u heart overflowing with
charily and a love for the great
Democratic party, 1 ace'lit cheer-
fully 111v defeat, and shall support
ihe Democratic nominee,
binceraly,
J mis R T.dbert.
COUNTY NEWS
II iiiy llubbai' l has moved hi-
toinily from Foss to Cordell. He
his evidently discovered that* u
Cordell man always stood the
best chance f ir un office. — Her
nId Sentinel.
Cordell lias recently received a
report by engineers on a pi tor
piping wat .t to that city from (lie
head of 1! -ggy I he cost of w hich
ij estimated 1>.\ the engineers at
$75000 , and ihe people of 4 or
dull are eonsi lering the matter
of voting bonds to cany out the
plan It lias b< en sain that Cor-
dell I a«n’t had water enough t. to
h.lhe a baby for several months,
from Os present water plant.
J. \V. lira .ii nn, who liv.-s
near Cloud (duet had Washita
county’s first I ale of cotton for
this season firm'd ui Cordoli
Monday of bo-t week. MavoV
Harvey bought H at lOea pound
and the nierchanlb cave a prem
iu u of if22.50.
Tti© 0< r UI Fair will be held
S«pl 24 to "2(>. A good program
has bees*, arranged.
F1GT1NG THE THISTLE
I In; H .ard of C ulily Comiiiiss
i'lui-1 a i their nice t i ng la - I \\ < < I,
iulliori/<*d the road over? -ors oi
the iii(T» rent townships of the
county to carry on a tight against
i h<- Russian Thistle and John-
sum gr,i-* which liusguiuod cm
sid •ruble headway in the e up 1y.
I'ln* jm isd ic iull of rou | overseers
was cxt< nded to : II lanriH hi d
p11blit* highways in his district
iml authoriz'd linn to use even
Means at his eouunuiul b' extor
uiiiiito t bo Johnston uihb* and
Ilursinn thistl • in Wnshitu iViui;-
ty,—-ConicII Riiicen.
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c?-0 K HAVE all read of llie ostrich, that extraordinary bird of the desert,
Wwf which dines on scrap iron, lunches on stones and when danger threat-
- ens thrusts his head in the sand and believes himself safe from harm,
because he cannot see the danger
Picture to yourself this gigantic bird, taller than a man, resliug in fancied
security because his head is hidden from view, although his body can be
seen for miles around.
There are too many of us who adopt the tactics of the foolish ostrich.
We are told of an impending danger and think that v/e can escape It or avo^i
It by refusing to face It.
We are informed that there is great danger of restriction of our facili-
ties for local trade if our local business men are not given better support;
that we may find ourselves deprived of the opportunities for marketing our
farm produce in cur home town if our storekeepers find themselves stocked
up with goods, but with no adequate volume of local business.
What Is more natural than that this may be the case If we do not stop
sending our "fiioney away from homp to the mall order houses in the big
cities? We must realize such possibilities and take steps to prevent them.
If we don’t, we will find out, In ail probability, that our local merchants wilt
look for other locations than in our town.
Which is the wisest tiling to do— to look tlis conditions squarely in the
faro and take the steps necessary to counteract them or shall we, like the
foolish ostrich, refuse to face ihe conditions and decline to take cognizance
of them?
W’e pan permit matters to driff'aiong until the inevitable occurs, or we
can think things over, carefully and with judgment, and take the steps nec-
essary to protect our interests—the interests of ourselves and those who will
come after us.
Onr community is built up ns ihe result of various Interests, not the
least of which is.-the tributury farming population. Our town was created
because of tlie various interests that center here and because this is a nat-
ural point for the distribution of farm products ar.d merchandise. The sale
of tlio farm products brings the money for the buying of the merchandise,
while the merchandise supplies the necessities of those who raise the crops.
It therefore fellows, naturally as one of the unfailing laws of civiliza-
tion, that IK IT WERE NOT FOR THE FARMERS AND OTHERS WHO
PRODIJOPL'TMNOS FOR THE MARKET, THERE WOULD BE NO OCCA-
SION FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THERE WOULD BE NO NECESSITY
FOR STORES AND SHOPS.
On the other hand, were it not for the stores that are the mediums for
the marketing of the crops, there would be a great lack of facilities for mar-
keting and farming would not he as profitable ns wre now find it in our com-
munity.
If the business men of ovr town do not afford the requisite facilities for
niarl-Upg such crops as must be handled locally in order to give full ad-
vantage to the farmers, then tie farmers will find out that they must look
for a market elsewhere or accept a much smaller profit on that which they
have to sell.
On ihe other hand, If the farmers do not do tholr share toward the sup-
port of the business men, by spending their money locally and keeping it in
circulation in our own town, instead of sending it to the mail order houses,
then the local store keepers will find it necessary to restrict their investments
in goods for the local market, thereby resulting in a diminishing of the far ill
ties for getting what we need at homo.
This Is a point we must not fail to observe. We must look the condi-
tions squarely In the face and arrive at a conclusion as to what steps are nec
eccary to preserve and to maintain the conditions which make fop prosperity
If we fall to do this or If wn temporize and let matters drift, we wilt
find (fiat we have emulated the «llly ostrich, until tlie worst happens.
UPEND THE MONEY AT HOME. PATRONIZE THE LOCAL BUSI-
NESS MEN. KEEP THE MONEY IN CIRCULATION IN OUR HOME
TOWN WE NEFD EVERY DOLLAR AT HOME TO HELP THE COM-
MUNITY.
l.et the ostriches do as they will and send their money to the mall order
houses, but let us hope that wo have but few of these foolish birds In this
community.
Mom? Study
GREAT BENEFIT
To Both the
PARENT and CilllH
OUR WANT ADS serve the *eeker and offerer equally.
By “Observer”
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Colony, Oklahoma.
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Ip starting out to furnish The
Polony Courier with a . series
of articles on local matters, l
know of no better subject to
launch than that of the public
school, since they are f>boutlyftn
open for another fall am! winter
term. Perhaps the re; son this
subject is first in my mind is be-
cause of an incident •that, came to
my view a short time ag->, and it
was one that I hope has happen-
ed and is happening in many
homes in (his vicinity ju b now.
For smne reason, 1 do not now
remember what, I was railed to a
neighbor’s house, and up >n reach-
ing there found the mother wii^
her small son working the prob-
lems in arithmetic that the boy
will wrestle with in school the
coming year. The lad was, of
course, opposed to makii g school
• lays of his vacation—an 1 e.-pec
ially so of the very last days of
his vacation. But the mother as-
sured me lie was being depriv-
ed of but little play. Bhe showed
me the school work the hoy had
been doing all summer, and I
am sure that boy is g. i. g to* be
one of the he-t pupils in his class
ibis year. Like the average boy,
arithmetic is hard for him, rfrul
bis mother, realiziug this, has
not, only urged him, but when
necessary has compelled him to
give one hour a day all summer
to the problems he will have the
coming year. lie has gone over
them twice and probably wilt
finish the third time before
•chool begins. 1 have not yet en-
quired, but i am going to enquire
<f that ho,\’s teacher this year
md learn, for my own sntisfactioi/
if that mother’s work lias
bore £o.-d fruit.
I hi woman told nio that her
son always had abhorred the
•tudy ot geography, too, but. the
ieplorahle conditions that have
ii-isen in Europe have chanted
iis mind and have made an eag-
r -ludent of her son in this one
study. Iu fact, the boy does not
ne>-d bp urged to study bis geo-
graphy now, but keeps both bis
father and mother busy answer-
ing questions- and, as might Tie
supposed — makes them refer to
the book quite often to be able to
i n w»-r his quest ions.
It seems to me that every par-
ent should explain the present
war to their children, and if tluy
aro old enough to comprehend,
point < ut llie places of intercut
in Europe just now while the'
child will naturally be more iti-
te.re&tcd in them. Such a policy
might be the starting point i4i
making a boy or girl an eager
student of a study they all need,
but w hich he or she may never
became deeply interested in
otl cruise. Ami the piren’p,
hem,selves, will find much of
interest in using the geography
while 'keeping posted on the pro-
ml turrtnoil across the seas. I,
myself, while not claiming t<> lie
i great srudent, was greatly sur-
pri-'d when I consulted the g<'0-
U'Hphy a few weeks ago to as-
'< Main the latitude of Servin,
M hen in school, myself, I su ejk
hv I'ai nod something of this
country, s climate, butt inn had
wholly obliterated whatever I
have known I was sure 8 -rvia
was a cold country, probably be-
cause | bad f, r o', ten its ha aticr,
fiber than knowing “it win over
by Bnsnia’’ You may imagine my
si i prise, and if you haven’t, read
up on it, ju in self, you may lie
airpiisod to loam jus! how far
•"Utli it in and that its climate is
temperate. A
lepe
By Our liv
The follow
Agents office
Bed Rird, W
bert, Medicii
Walking W«
. Duinkurd ui
.Ti e Oreepi
si reets of Co
been visitin
Agency amo
Stoue 0r<
wife are visi
Creeping B
they are do
Dilations. 'I
named Yt
Creeping Be
be Ball Fla
Renters <
flocking in
every day fo
most of th
anxious to l
so that thej
put in thc/ir
to late.
<
lie is Ble-sf
evei
Acb, Hii
poind ment
now. Yen \
pad ve git-*-
p,v one tri]
UJpe sinasl
mine hand
d< lie me I,
uf two pout
“Happy
him “Mil t
vouId you 1
pouncing i
say?’ Veil
vc take del
ought to lo<
so much t<
told dem r
You picks
pic]4e up d<
iny yon cm
picks up I
dem gels ti
and minei
come to m
don’d I sh
vone,uf del
• < M». wr-•
doin<
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Seger, Neatha H. Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1914, newspaper, September 3, 1914; Colony, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc941627/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.