The Oriental Progress. (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 24, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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The Oriental hmgress.
VOL. 11
SATURDAY WAS A BIG DAY FOR
THE MERCHANTS ARP FARMERS
OVER SEVENTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS OF POULTBV BROUGHT TO TOWN NT THE
FRAMERS UST FRIDAY AND SATUROAY WHICH BROUGHT NEARLY S2.000.00
BLAIR. JACKSON COUNTV. OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24. 1915
OLO COSSACK STILL FIGHTS
Last Friday and Saturday was
two of I lie busiest day Blair has
known in some time. It should
have been known as "POULTRY
DAYS.” Even though it was not
advertised outside of a few hand
bills and a few men out one day
in a car we can say that nearly
every man that came to town
hail a few chickens. The market
was good, being from 12c to 12Jc
per pound.
The Farmers Supply House had
a poultry ear on the track and
paid 12c per pound forhens.They
bought over 9,000 pounds, which
brought the farmers about $1,100.
Lewis & Scogin bought over
7,000 pounds at 12ic per pound
which was over $900.00 that they
paid for poultry in two days and
they would have bought more if
their coops hadn’t given out.
Talk about hard times all you
want to but we are more scared
than hurt. Just think about two
business houses paying over two
thousand dollars for poultry in
two days and with the exception
of a few chickens sold by the
town people, the bulk of the
chickens were brought in by the
country people and many brought
in as much as $75 worth of poul-
try while others brought in much
smaller amounts. Hard times is
more immagination with our
people than a realty. Why should
we cry hard times when there is
as many different things that we
can turn into money.
POULTRY RAISING PAYS IN JACKSON CO.
As one of the most assuring signs of
the permanent growth, development^
and economic progress being mrde in
Jackson county is the rapid strides be-
ing made in increasing interest mani-
fested in poultry raising, not only in
the rural district but in the towns as
well. Statistics on the growth of the
industry are not obtainable, but if it
were possible to measure its develop-
ment in figures and dollars and cents
they would beyond doubt, reveal a pie
asurable surprise to the friends of the
country and put to flight the doubts of
the skeptical.
The time can be easily recalled by
those who have spent a few years in
this county when a respectable flock of
t hickens was a rare sight. In the old
days of canned goods and the papei bag
larder, when it wnn held impoMiblv to
muke a f»rm in this western country
self-sustaining, little thought wnh given
by the farmer* and the farm women to
the eomrnercial value of the poultry in-
dustry. Standing out in vivid contrast
to the condition a* obtained in those
day* is the ever-increasing volume of
ruckle sound that greats the ears and
the fast multiplying barn-yard scenes
that the eye of the casual observer
meets today. Today practically every
farm in the county and a large per cent
of the town homes possess a fine flock
of full-blooded hens at the head of
which struts a prize bird or two. More-
over the interest manifested in the in-
dustry has taken a form that none of
those who have any chickens at all are
satisfied with just a common, mixed
grade of poultry. Only the best grades
are to be seen, and in every community
a keen rivalry has arisen among neigh-
bors for the reputation of having the
finest rooster and the thriftiest hens.
The effect of the growth of poultry
raising as affecting the farmer, mer-
chant. mortgagee and mortgagor, and
even the day laborer, has been remark-
able and an eye-opener, and will be
more so in the future. To have told a
man in this county five or six years ago
that he could pay his grocery bill or
liquidate the indsbtedness of his home
or farm with a flock of thrifty hens
would have subjected yourself to his
scorn and ridicule. Yet there are scores
of instances in Jackson county where
those very things are being done. There
are families in the acquaintance of the
writer in towns in this county that ev-
ery month pay their grocery bills and
household expenses with the profits
from their hens. There are scores of
farm wives in the county who have
built up substantial bank accounts and
met the annual expense of their homes
by means of the barn-yard revenues.
The credit system is now a thing of
the past with many, and it has been a
great thing for the merchants accept
the surplus.chickens and eggs as readi-
ly as they do the money, for at at the
present price they are as good medium
of exchange as the coin of the realm.
In short, the little biddy has solved
many a vexatious problem for our peo-
ple and has firmly established herself
as one of our most valuable commercia’
assets. —A ltus Democrat.
Ivan Trufunoff, uged alxty-two
years, is the oldoBt volunteer in the
armies or the czar, lie !h a Cossack
and has taken part in three previous
wars.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Rooherstein were
up from Altus, Sunday, visiting at the
home of E. E. Snodgrass.
The cold spell of the last few days
has caused a rush on the coal dealers
they were out of coal and several wag-
on loads were hauled from Altus. K. H.
Clark received a car Monday and many
had to go home with empty wagons be-
fore night as the coal had all been sold.
T. H. ROWE IN
UNIVERSITY CITY
T. H. Rowe, one of our progressive
farmers living north of town, was a
pleasant caller at the Progress office
Tuesday morning. He has just returned
from a short visit with his son, Ural,at
Norman and other relatives in Blaine
county. Mr. Rowe reports that the
small grain is looking fine as they had
an earlier season than in this part of
the state. He reports a very enjoyable
trip and especially at Norman, where
the State University is located. It was
his pleasure to be with his son,Uial A.
Rowe who was principal of the Blair
High school in 1912-13, who is now a
student in the law department and the
coach of the debating team, and one of
the debaters that goes to Los Angles,
to debate against the California team
He will start for California April 1st.
and stop for a visit of the Grand Canyon
and after the debate on the 6th he_will
go to San Diego where he will take m
the sights of the world’s fair. We are
proud to learn of Ural’s advancement.
Mr. Rowe also talked with E.E. Dale
and Mack Heath, who were also Supt.
and Principal, respectively of our High
school, Mr. Dale in 1912-13 and Mr.
Heath in 1913-14. Mr. Dale is one of
the faculty, having the chaisin history
while Mr. Heath is a student and teach-
es one class in Latin. He also saw
Lewis Reid, who is a first year student.
It had been four years since Mr.
Rowe was in Norman and he say that
there has been a great change made in
the way of improvements on the L ni-
versity campus.
TEN CARS OF CATTLE AND HOGS
SHIPPED TO K. C. SATURDAY
OUR LITTLE CUT IS HOT DEAD BY A "LOIS SHOT" AND WILL SOON PROVE IT-
SELF TO OE ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE TOWNS IN THE SOIHH-WEST
Blair is yet destined to lx* one
of the most progressive little
cities of th« south-west. Nine
cars of cattle were shipped to
Kansas City and one car of hogs
was ship))cd to Wichita last Sat-
urday. The shippers were: F. A.
Smith, 1 car cattle; R. C. Dennis
2 cars cattle: J. D. Tinsley, 1 car
cattle; Perry Steed, 2 cars cattle:
W. W. Grimes, 1 car crttle: S. B.
Scogin, 3 cars cattle: R. C. Den-
nis, 1 car hogs.
Perry Steed, S. B. Scogin. W.
W. Grimes and Frank Knox ac-
companied the stock.
Our buyers always pay the
lighest market price, so please
remember them when you have
any live stock to sell.
ator* who oppose this legislation the
wrath of the people. Two years from
now thia will be made the iaaue ami per-
sonally we shall aee that the rotton
section of Oklnhoma will know who op-
posed this measure in the Senate.
Yours very truly,
HARRY B. CORDELL,
C. L. EDMONSON.
THE U. P. CHURCH
There will be special sermons at the
United Presbytornn church Friday night
and Saturday night of this week illust-
rated with steropticon views, also «er-
vices Saturday morning at 11 b’clock.
The subject foa Sabbath morning will
be: “The Lord’s Supper” and Sabbath
night the subject will be: “The Cross
and the Tomb” illustrated.
YOUNGEST RUSS VOLUNTEER
Constantin Malafeeff, the youngest
volunteer in the Russian army, is only
fifteen years old. He was promoted
to sergeant on the battlefield and
made a knight of the military order of
St. George.
CORDELL WRITES
To the Cotton Farmerd of Oklahoma.
House Bill No. 157 the measure di-
vorcing oil mills and cotton gins passed
the Lower House and is now being held
up by the Senate. The Senate Steering
Committee headed by Senator Shaw re-
fuses to let this bill come to a vote,
though it means millions to the farmers.
There are raised in this state approx-
imately, one million bales of cotton ;the
amount of seed kept for planting and
feeding purposes by the cotton raisers
is 20 per cent of his crop, which lets the
oil mills crush SO per cent; the average
amount of cotton seed in each bale is
eleven hundred pounds, hence when you
figure eight hundred thousand bales of
seed at eleven hundred pounds to the
bale.it will show the oil mills buy about
880,000,000 pounds, or 440,000 tons and
the price of seed in Oklahoma is in nor-
mal years always four or five dollars a
ton less than in Arkansas or Texas.and
ti figjre conservatively, four dollars a
lower shows a loss to the Oklahoma
farmer of $1,760,000.00. which should
1 brine down upon the heads of the Sen-
SOME “BIRDS.”
The wife of a Methodist minister in
West Virinia has been married three
times. Her maiden name was Patridge,
first husband was named Robins, her
second, Sparrow the prqpent one Quale.
There are now two young Robbin, one
Sparrow and three little Quales in the
family. One grandfather was a Swan
and another a Jay, but he’s dead now
and a Bird of Paridise. They live on
jjawlcs avenue, Eagleville, Canary Is-
land, and the fellow who wrote this is
a Lyre and a relation of the family.Ex.
The man who does not advertise simp-
ly because his grand father did not should
wear knee breeches and a wig, tayM an
exchange.
The man who does not advertise be-
cause it costs money should quit paying
salaries for the same reason.
- The man who does not advertise be-
cause he doesn’t know how to write an-
advertisement should quit eating be-
cause he can’t cook. v
The man whodoes not advertise be-
cause somebody said it did not pay
should not believe the world is round
because the ancients said it was flat.
I. Kammenzind has been the victim
of the La Grippe the past week.
Billie James motor car has been act-
ing badly. The duevan on the deiavalle
slipped and the bumticator would not
ignite with the magnifue.
Watch for the white ribbons.
It’s easy to make scandal. Here's an
infallible receipt: Take a grain of false
hood, and a handfull of runabout, the
same quantity of nimble tongue, a sprig
of herb backbite,ateaspoonfull of don’t
you tell it, six drops of malice, and a
few of envy. Add a little -.discontent
and jealousy, and strain through a bag
of misconstruction, cork it up tight in
a bottle of malevolence and hand it out
on a skein of street yarn; keep it in hot
atmosphere; shake it occasionally for a
few days and it will be fit for use. Let
a few drops be taken before walking
out and the desired result will follow.
Mrs. E. E. Snodgrass returned from
Anadarko, Sunday night, after a short
visit with her mother.
SPEEDING THE PARTING GUEST
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Beaver, Dennis. The Oriental Progress. (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 24, 1915, newspaper, March 24, 1915; Blair, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956306/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.