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THE TEXHOMA TIMES
A Complete JOB
Department
Volume 11
Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, Friday, December 5, 1913
Number 12
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Wonderful Changes in
Condition of Country
There have been numerous won-
derful changes in the conditions of
this section of the Panhandle coun-
try within the past six or seven
years. We have been here about
six years and this section seems to
be entirely a different country than
it was six years ago, and it is dif-
ferent beyond any question of
doubt. Conditions have gradually
changed from year to year. Those
of the days of the early settlement
of this country will remember how
the wind blew almost continuously,
day in and day out, year in and
year out. Then again, those who
have been here all the time, or
those who have been here two,
three or four years, will agree with
us that the conditions of the coun-
try have grown better with each
year that has passed. We have a
little wind here now occasionally,
but it is nothing to be compared
with the times of a half dozen
years ago. If one of those terrable
windy years should come upon
this country again we could then
recall the back years and remem-
ber them with more accuracy of
knowledge then we do now while
they are practically a thing of the
past. It is indeed gratifying to
think of the wonderful change this
country has undergone for the bet-
ter, and we should all teach our-
selves to show our appreciation of
this fact in every way possible.
Take advantage of the splendid
opportunities which now stand
open to you. There is nothing to
hinder prosperity and happiness as
there was in the older days.
"Pastime" Coming to Life
The "Pastime" is now making ex-
tensive improvements. A new
motion picture machine has been
installed, the biulding has been
remodled in a general way and has
been wired so it will be electric
lighted in the future. The picture
show has made little progress in
the past few months on account
of the equipment being in poor
condition, but Tom Campbell in-
form us that the show will- start
up within a few days time, that it
will be by far superior to the one
which was previously * operated.
The "Pastime" building is located
south of the Texhoma Mill &. Eleva-
tor.
Wheat Looking Fine
Wheat still continues to look the
finest ever known. It is severa
inches high and making fine pasture
for the stock. Perhaps the largest
acreage ever sown in Hansford
county was put in this year and
prospects are that next year we
will have more wheat than can be
marketed.—Hansford Headlight.
Would Eliminate
Government Printing
The fact is now apparent that
most of the printers of the country
and the various printers' and ed-
itors' organizations are taking sides
against the government's public
printing institution. Over a year
Reforming World by Force
The Biggest Rain Ever
Known at This Season
How Woodrow Wilson
Sees Trust Problem '
There are many ways to bring
How the administration views about reforms, but the method of' probably the biggest rain and
the trust question, as set forth by / enforcing it on others is now and | the most precipitation of any nature
Joseph E. Davis, United States | always will be resented by those ^at }ja8 ever jjeen known to fall in
commissioner of corporation. I who do not want to be reformed, this country at this season of year.
Two hundred "artificial persons" Their protests are voiced by one of commenced here last Friday night,
own $225,00,000,000 worth of pro- them in this way. An awful heavy rain fell Friday
ago we came out in a lengthy ed-1 perty in the United States. "0ne of the worst nuisances is night an(j Saturday, estimated at
itorial advocating such move- j Corporations own three times i that class known as reformers who1 about two inches. The rain con-
ment, but at that time very little i as much natural wealth as the jllt) nwt enjoy a smoke and want tjnued untn Sunday morning, then
had been said or was being said whole country held in 1850. j smoking banished from the world. qujt untjj Sunday night, when a
Destruction or control of mono-
Change in Light
Plant Schedule
A change in the running schedule
of the Texhome light plant took
place the first of this week and is
now in full force and effect. Prev-
ious to this change the plant was
put into operation about five p. m.
and continued until midnight. Un-
der the new rule the power is put
on at four p. m., and is continued
until midnight, then it starts up
again at five a. m., and continues
until eight a. m. This is a much more
satisfactory schedule than the old
one, it furnishes by for more accom-
odations. Clay Penick has been em-
ployed by the company to assist in
the operation of the plant.
A Long Hike
H. S. McCord, who is a victim
of tuburcolisis of the lungs was in
Texhoma this week and the latter
part of last week. He was com-
pelled to lay over here on account
of the heavy rains. Mr. McCord
has been out on a "hiking" expedi-
tion ever since the 20th day of last
June and the only companion he
has with him is a Shepherd dog, of
which he is very fond. Mr. McCord
came from Maryland and intends
to complet the walk from that
country to Phoenix, Arizona. Jie
is gathering some data of the coun-
try which he traverses which will
aid him in a livlihood after he
oompletes his tour. The trip has
been very beneficial to his health,
he claims.
about the matter. Now it seems
that a big fight is brewing and
there is no reason why the govern-
ment institutions should not be
eliminated. It is shown that through
some hook or crook the government
can furnish printed envelopes
cheaper lhan the price the printer
pays for them blank. The country
printer is kept busy working for the
interests of his respective commun-
ity and it should not be that some
other concern should reap his pro-
fits. Uncle Sam has enough to look
after without taking what is justly
do the printer, and we say again
that this unfair method should be
stopped.
poly to be the big question in the
next session of congress.
The cost of living will be the fin-
al argument in the people's judge-
ment of the trusts.
The government seeks to make
"our children" men, not slaves to
an industrial hierarchy or a govern-
ment despotism.—Capper's Publica-
tion.
Now watch Woodrow break the
trusts. Do You "reckon" he can?
We'll just watch and see.
The Chronic Grouch
It's a bad habit to drink whiskey,
it's bad to form the tobacco habit or
swearing and other things wfc could
add to the catalogue, but its equally
as bad to form the habit of being
grouchy. You not only do away
with all your pleasure but you also
destroy the pleasure of every one oompanies and establish factories;
Why Some Towns Fail
The reason why some towns grow
is because they have men in them
with push and energy who are not
afraid to spend their time, energy
and money in anything that will
boom and benefit the town. They
have confidence enough in their
town to erect substantial and mod-
em buildings and residences and
woik for public improvement in
the same order. They organize
Their stomachs rebel at beer and j sloW( 8teady down pour began. It
wme and they want total abstin- continued to rain Monday, Tuesday
ence for all of us. If they had liv- i and Wednesday and is raining hard-
ed at the time of the inquisition er than ever while we are at ' our
they would not have hesitated to | writing this, Thursday morn-
put to death even the children ing At the very ,east calculationf
playing in the streets, because they; five inche8 of water has fallen dur.
were annoying. j ing thi8 time With the exception
They are again at the game of of the b8ginning of the raiD( it
trying to stop horse racing, Sunday has beeQ slow and 8teady( ju8t the
base ball and all sports in which kind that wiU aIlow m08t of the
they take no interest. They com- precipitation to be absorbed by the
plain loudly against women's fash- 8oi). It is ahnost impossible to
ions and the sight of beautiful P>c- travel over any of the roads with
tures and sculpture in which others wagon and team, so soft is the
can see nothing vulgar turns them earth.
sick. They seem to delight in This moisture will soak down to
making life disagreeable for others a depth of at least three or four
and in many instances it is hypo- feet lt wiil stay with the soil for
crisy, pure and simple. six months to come and the effects
While this point of view is quite thereof will be* in evidence for a
comprehensive, it probably is not whole year.
entirely fair, since out breaks of This practically insures the largest
Puritanism are not precisely hypo- wheat crop this country has ever
critical. They are in the main sin- known. The acerage is by far great-
cere. They arise from a predilec- er than ever before and there is
tion in many minds to make peo-
ple be good by force rather than
trying to inspire in them a desire
t01 for uprightness through their own
now but very little question about
the enormous yield we have been
predicting all along.
One fine feature about thi? enor-
around you—Elkhart Enterprise. I induce industrial enterprze , w
We would agree with our friend j locate and nse every means to i ^ree w'^; Such methods are slow, j m0us rain is the fact that there
Burks that the chronic grouch is a | further the best interests of the jaa^ Puritanism is ever impatient, has been not even as much as
town. Their work is never censid-1an^ °ften irascibale. j freezing weather with it. It has not
ered finished and the accomplish- J Rather than precept on precept, been a cold spell by any means;
ment of one thing is'tmly an inceti-!^ Pr®f®*6 a-bed slat. It is not an Just a good, wet rain.
very undesirable citizen to have in
any town or community, but there
is some difference in the habits
mentioned in the above article. In
the first place, a habit as those
spoken of above, with the exception
live to another. On the other hand, admirable temper, to be sure, but
the town that does not get ahead there it is and for reform purposes
will be found to be dominated by k Possibly works not nearly so well
of the grouch question is something | either a set of men who are per- as the somewhat discredited moral
suasion."—Oklahoma City Time3.
that every individual who posses it
has to train himself to, while most
people are born with a grouchy dis-
The members of the Christian position find it is something that
must be overcome instead of a
habit. You never heard of a baby
being born which had in its posses-
sion a bottle of whiskey or a plug
o f Star Navy, but it Is certainly a
fact that most new born babes are
crabbid and cross. The chronic
grouch is, of course, nothing to com-
pare with a new born babe, but he
and Presbyterian churches will
have their Christmas tree at the
Presbyterian Church on the even-
ing of the twenty-fourth of Dec.
The musical program will begin
at seven-thirty. Santa Claus will
be there with gifts for all the
children.
Any old thing repaired at
Kimballs.
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J. J. DIMMITT,
President.
FRANK A. SEWELL,
Vice-Pre«ident.
ARTHUR LITTELL,
Cashier.
WE ASK YOU
To examine our Statement of condition. We
are surpervised by the United States Govern-
ment. We are always corteous and accommodat-
ing. The annexed statement speaks for itself—
on its strength we solicit your business.
No. 8852
Report of the condition of the First
National Bank, at Texhoma, in the
State of Oklahoma, at the close of
business October 21st, 1913.
RESOURCES:
Loans ----- $70,596,54
U. S. Bonds - - - - 7,350.00
Stocks, Bonds Etc., - - 1,522.25
Banking House - - - 12,150.00
Cash & Sight Ex. - - 61,311.77
Total $152,930.56
LIABILITIES 4
Capital $25,000.00
Surplus and Profits - - 7,809.77
Circulation -. - - - - 6,250.00
Deposits - - 113,870.79
Total $152,930.56
I certify that the above is correct,
Arthur Littell,
Cashier,
"THE OLD RELIABLE"
The First National Bank
of Texhoma
fectly satisfied with their surround-
ings or who are afraid somebody
else will be benefited in the event
that something is started; conse-
quently no effort of any kind is made
by this class for those two reasons.
If some men, or set of men endea-
vor to start something they are
met with opposition and discourage-
ment anc it is uphill work all the
way, and very often a failure.
Every town, however has a cer-
tain progressive element which
usually reminds a fellow of the fact hopes for a turn of the time when
thaf some folks haven't much more
sense in their older days than they
j had the day they were born.
I Grouchiness is not a habit alto-
gether, it is something that was
the town will go forward by leaps
and bounds and occupy a position
of importance and obtain numerous
advantages which go to make a
good town in every sense. But it
contributed with birth, and when | can only come from harmony in
you find a fellow who wears a long ; purpose and action and the eternal
face at all times, who is for ever j vigilance of its citizens. The town
grouchy, you have found the fellow
who has not the willpower to re-
I sist the worst kind
He may hide some of his other
faults, but the grouchy disposition
is ever with him to the disatisfac-
tion of all fair minded people who
may be thrown into contact with him.
with these things will continue to
grow and improve, but without
of temptation, j them a town can be expected to
remain in a state of lethargy inde-
finitely without affording its re-
sidents anything but a mere ex-
istence.—Nashville (Ga) Times.
The Boy Needed Money
The money drawer of the Bennett
barber shop wes "touched" one day
the latter part of last week. Mr.
Bennett had suspicions as to who
was guilty of the act so he called a
young fellow up and ' raked him
over the coals" and the money was
returned. The amount was only
a little over a dollar, but this is as
bad as it would have been had
there been a hundred dollars, on
the part of the party that took it. 1 days of the week.
Such things are what usually hap-
pen from the class of boys who are
allowed to loaf the streets until
midnight any time they choose to
do so. You need never be surprised
at the boy who keeps late hours on
the streets getting into most any
kind of meanness. Lord pity the
young boy. It is not his fault
altogether.
Texhoma as a Sunday Resort
That Texhoma is becoming quite
attractive of iate as a resort ior
Sunday visitors, is shown by the
advertising matter the Rock Island
is getting out. In a display ad put
out by the railroad company the
other day we noticed this: "Texhoma
—Don't forget the Sunday excur-
sion rates from Stratford to Tex-
homa, 70c round trip". And why
not: Texhoma is a nice place to
spend Sunday as well as all other
Since the fine rains, we here
many speaking of putting in more
wheat right away. There never
were better prospects and we be-
lieve that those who plant as soon
as it gets dry enough will make a
good crop as well as those with
thousands of acres which is now
up and looking fine.
To Subscribers
We are mailing QUt statements
to our subscribers whose subscrip-
tions have expired. Additional ex-
penses in t moving and improving
the office in various ways has put
us in position that we need your
assistance at this time and if you
receive a statement be sure to look
after it at once. We have given
you a paper of as much interest in
every way as possible and your
assistance in a financial way at
this time will enable us to keep
The Times up to its usual standard
and in addition, every improvement
possible for a better paper at all
times is our object. Be prompt in
your response to our statements.
The country is taking on new
life. This is something new for this
country at this time of year, and
the effect thereof will certainly
remain with us for the next year
to come, even if there should be a
dry spring, yet that is hardly prob-
able with so much moisture in the
earth at this time. Get busy and
conserve the moisture when
proper time comes to do so.
the
Standing of Piano Coutest
Wednesday, December 3rd, 1913.
NO. AMT. NO. AMT. NO. AMT.
2 311,345 107 343,975 4
30 78,015 47 132,780 15
18 18,800 22
24
8
21
113 26,830
93 3,960
5 2,700
25 2,890
16 24,000 12
Blue votes are
39,065 43
24,510 9
2,865 17
24,460 58
not good
94,685
34,995
14,360
19,400
2,865
2,975
18,550
after
Wednesday, December 10th, 1913.
Elkins' Drug Store and Texhoma Times
See Ad on another page.
What The Farmer Receives
Had you ever stopped to think why it is that for
all your saJes of grain, stock and produce you re-
ceive a bank check in payment? Has it occurred
to you that the purchaser of your farm products
takes your receipt for every dollar paid you in this
manner?
A CHECK ACCOUNT
Eliminates all chances of error, for your check on
this bank is a record in writing, witnessed, receipt-
ed and therefore undisputable EVIDENCE.
The Farmers State Bank
State and County Depository
Texhoma, Oklahoma
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