The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1929 Page: 4 of 8
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THE OLNET ENT!
Friday, August 30, 1929
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-Established in 1910, aad published every
Friday at Olney, Texas. Entered at the
Postoi'fice at Olney, Texas, as Second Class
mail matter, under Act of Congress._
GEO. T. SPEARS, JR.
Editor-Manager
.Four issues constitute one month and all
advertising is run and charged for until
it is ordered out. All obituaries and cards
.of thanks as well as all notices of church
or lodge affairs where an admission is
charged will be charged for at the regular
advortisine rate. __
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Invariably Cash in Advance, and posi-
tively stops at the expiration of time
.paid for.
One Year ___________________$1.50
.Six Months__________________$1.00
Three Months________________ .50
ADVERTISING RATES
Minimum charge for Display advertis-
ing is $1.00 and no kind of reading notice
or local ad will be accepted for less than
twenty-five (25c) cents.
sDisplay, per inch______________40c
■Classified ads, per word_________2c
Reading Notices, per line_______10c
Special rates made on contracts for
1,000 inches or more to be used in twevle
months time.
In order to insure insertion in the paper
advertisers must have copy in this office
not later than Wednesday.
Despite the dry weather and des-
pite the many predictions that the
cotton yield will be a very small
*‘drop in the bucket” this fall, the
Enterprise forecasts there will be
•much more cotton than anticipated
at the present time.
The dry weather is the breeder
of a fire germ. The grass and weeds
and what rubbish may have been al-
lowed to accumulate is dry as tin-
der and a live spark from any source
in this dry substance will set it afire
almost instantly. It behooves every
citizen of Olney to exercise extra
precaution to guard against possibly
heavy loss by the fire demon. Light-
fed cigarettes or lighted cigar stubs
-carelessly thrown in the grass is like-
ly to start a conflagration that
would result in thousands of dol-
lars property damage.
There must be something not just
exactly right with Editor Gallagher
«of the Quannah Tribune-Chief. In
his column Main Street he publish-
ed this editorial squib, and we will
leave it to the men folk after they
have read it: “Perhaps we are not
supposed to see such things but any-
how we will be glad when thi,s
stockingless fad runs its course. No
sir, our uncle doesn’t manufacture
silk stockings. But honest bare legs
don’t look g’ood to us.” Can vou beat
it!
The Enterprise sees no reason for
lukewarmness to be shown about
entering the dairy business by any
citizen who wants to provide him-
self with an all year around money-
-making proposition. There are cheese
factories and dairy product manu-
facturers that are clamoring for
loctions, but the community must
. first show to the factories that/t has
a sufficient amount of dairy pro-
ducts to supply them before they
can be induced to locate. So it be-
hooves Olney to busy itself and start
a campaign of “dairy-mindedness”
among our people, that it may get
in the game early and reap the
■■benefits that are certain to come
from'the milk cow.
N Fred A. Story, who has been
-editor and manager of the Childress
Index has stepped down and turned
over his-official toga to Alger Jones,
: reeeritly- of the Hereford Brand, f’or
a number of years Mr. Story was
owner and publisher of the Child-
ress Post, a semi-weekly, a live
going newspaper. Later he merged
Jus interests in the Post with that
of the Index and he became identi-
fied with that publication. The news
of the change didn’t say what Mr.
Story intended to do. We hope he
stays in West Texas and remains
identified with the newspaper fra-
vtdrsnity, as we can’t afford to lose
as good a newspaper man as Fred
Story,
mers entire source of revenue.
Dairying,, poultry raising, sheep and
goats have proved a great boon to
West Texas. If this county was
rid of the wolf and the wild cat, the
Olney country would see a vast in-
crease in these industries which
would mean a vast increase in the
deposits in the local banks and a
considerable increase in the busi-
ness of our merchants. We hope the
day will hasten when Young county
will be free of the pedatory animal.
From many of the exchanges com-
ing to the Enterprise we note they
remark of the many mail order’
catalogs being received at the po3t-
offices. This is the season of the
year when sacks full of these cata-
logs are sent to various postoffices
over the country. The mail order
houses have the same right to the
mails as the individual. The only
difference is the individual knows j
whether he is pursuing the proper |
course when he buys from them in i
preference to the home merchant. He
should and does know where his
money comes from whether it be
the mail order house or from the
citizen in his local community. It is
easy for him to decide whether it is
best for him to spend his money so
it will_ circulate locally or send it
away where no one but the cata-
logue house will ever see it again.
Ninety per cent of the merchandise
that the average citizen wants will
be found in the Olney stores. It is
also very easy to see that if all of
us sent our money away from home,
it wouldn’t be long until there would
be just\. one general merchandise
store here. So it’s no task to decide
the best plan to adopt in buying
your wants.
KNOW TEXAS
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Italy was fourth with 8,024, Eng-
land fifth with 7, 685, Russia sixth
with 7,057, Austria seventh with
6,441 and Poland eighth with 5,047.
Densest population in Texas is in
Dallas county with 3 60.9 persons to
the mile and the Loving county is
the most scattered with 0.1 of a per-
son, the population (1928 estimate)
being 82 in an area of 753 square
miles. ,
Texas has 253 organized and one
unorganized county—Loving.
Texas public school system com-
prises, 1,000 independent and about
7,000 common school districts with
school property valued at $179,-
200,598.
EDITORIAL SPARKS
—o—
“Gold Discovered in the Philip-
pines.”—Headline . Thus vanishes
the Filipinos last hope of becoming
capable of self-government.—Ariz-
ona Producer.
—o—
When and if the meek ever do in-
herit the earth they will not note
any great difference because the un-
meek wil continue to boss them
around.—Louisville Times.
Another thing that Russia and
China should thoroughly understand
is that if they have a war the
United States is not going to pay
for it.—Indianapolis News.
v —o—
Little did our grandparents think
the day would ever come when
young people wouldn’t live at home
until they were married.—Louisville
Times.
One reason it is difficult for the
average family to make permanent
and satisfactory economic adjust-
ments is the increasing necessity of
some of our more expensive luxur-
ies.*-—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Improper arm signals are blamed
for 20 per* cent of accidents on Cal-
ifornia highways. This* is an allu-
sion only to the arm that shows on
the outside.—Portland Oregonian.
DEVIL TURNED SAINT
—Q———
Thirty years ago, when the Stand-
ard Oil Company was considered an
outstanding menace, John D. Rocke-
feller was probably the most hated
man in America. That the methods
employed by him in building up
his great fortune were often ruth-
less and against the public interest
in those days can hardly be denied.
But now at the age of 90, this
same man finds himself beloved al-
most as cordially as he was hated
formerly. In the meantime he has
given away, more than five hundred
and fifty million dollars for the
benefit of mankind.
His benefactions touch the health
and life of every person in the civi-
lized world, and many who are still
in a semi-savage state. Largely
through his gifts in aid of scientific
research yellow fever, which annual-
ly took its toll of thousands, has
been practically banished from the
earth. In 1927 only three cases
were reorted in both North and
South America. Liktwise hookworm,
typhoid fever, diphtheria, malaria,
small pox, leprosy and other dis-
eases have been wholly or partially
conquered through the millions
poured into the Rockefeller Insti-
tute for Medical Research and the
Rockefeller Foundation.
Many other millions have been
devoted to the cause of education,
thirty-one million dollars having
been given to the University of
Chicago alone, and gifts for all
these purposes are being contin-
ued rom year to year:
Thus through a series of bene-
factions without a parallel in the
history of the world, John D. Rock-
efeller has been transferred in the
public estimation from a devil of
the past to a saint of the present.
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NEWSPAPER 222 TIMES MORE
EFFECTIVE THAN RADIO
—o—
The relative merits of radio and
newspaper advertising is coming in
for study by those most interested
Immense sums are spent for radio
advertising—to the interest of some
radio fans and to the disgust of
others.
From Cleveland, Ohio, comes a
recent news dispatch telling of an
actual comparsion made of the re-
sults of the two kinds of advertising.
Roger Babson, business statistician
of national note, is responsble for
the comparison and gave out the
statement which was to the effect
that a certain newspaper advertise-
ment published ni, five cities at a
cost of $30 00 brought 222 inquires
for every* single inquiry resultant
from the same amount of money
spent with radio corporation.
The broadcast was from 8:30 to
9":00 o’clock p. m. , Saturday, May
ISh. Babson said. A well known or-
chestra played and there was a five
minutes talk on the Babson service.
The result was sixteen inquires and
2 telegraph orders.
On the following Monday the ad-
vertsement appeared in the news-
papers in Cleveland, Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago. The
result was 4,000 inquiries. Babson’s
figures indicated that each reply
from the radio cost $166.6 6, while
those from the newspaper adver-
tisement cost 75 cents each.—Rock-
dale Reporter.
a comparatively small effort and
sacrifice will place them on the
roadway leading to absolute indep-
endence,.
The practices of thrift carry cer-
tain personal inconveniences. They
mean giving up of certain pleasures
and comforts. But how much better
i it is to give up a few of these things
during the years when we are strong
and in good health than to face
poverty and distress when our old
years are upon us.
Thrift is an investment in hap-
piness that pays limitless returns.
LAND LOANS
My loan companies advise me they expect to have funds
■ o take care of all desirable loans this fall. They are not
FAIR WEATHER loan companies and usually have the money
when you need it. \
If you are going to need a loan this season
suggest that you make your arrangements early.
we would
The same prompt service without red tape we have offered
for many years.
A. A. COOPER
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
OLNEY, TEXAS
REAL THRIFT INSURES
FOR THE FUTURE
—o— «
By S. W. Straus, President of the
American Society for Thrift
Thrift insures against failure and
possible dependency in old age.
Those wfho practice thrift faith-
fully may be sure that they will not
entirely fail. They may not gain
world renown or immense wealth;
they may not become possessors of
great power, but they may be certain
that they will occupy respected
places in the 'affairs o men.
Advantages of thrift are too little
appreciated. One gx*eat tragedy of
life is the dependency of old age,
the possibility of which often causes
heartbreaking worry and needless
apprehension.
On the other hand, there is con-
stant happiness and much content-
ment of mind to those who practice
thrift as a practical insurance agaftx-
st old age dependency.
There is a whole world of differ- j
ence between the outlook of those j
who are making no provision for the •
future years and those who are slow- J
ly, steadily building up their per-1
sonal resources. The difference is
so great that one wonders how it j
is possible for any sensible person
to drift along to certain failure when :
I Job Printing
■
When you need job printing of any
kind remember that we are equipped for
any kind of printing and we want you
to give us a “ring” and let us quote you
prices on your work before you send it
out of town. We are always glad to
serve you.
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Drive
Your Car
Trial
Drive any car you select
for three day*. If at the
end of that time it fails to
satisfy for any reason, or
if it is not just as repre-
sented, drive it back. We
will allow every dollar paid
on it to apply on any New
or Used Car in our entire
stock.
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In this age of heroes where much
is said of those who fly over the
aea and land, the Enterprise wishes
to' call attention to the bunch of
•workers in the o‘l fields. We call thes3
heroes that. live in this citv and
boys who are termed the drillers,
the roughnecks, the roustabouts and E
the truck drivers in the Olney oil j E
fields real heroes. Their work never. E
ceases. No matter the heat of the j ~
day, the blackness of night/ or the j E
storm that prevails, the boys out
at the well are climbing the tower
or working on the ground below
handling heavy tools and every
minute subjecting thajir lives
every minute subjecting their lives
■ to the fall of heavy pipe or a fall
from an 80-foot tower. The truck' E
man is doing likewise, hauling and-j =
umloading heavy boilers and pipe, j E
These are real he-men heroes—death E
defying heroes and we doff our “
hat to them.
It is said that the boll weevil and
the leaf worm as well as other de-
'•vastating cotton insects have really
been a blessing/ in disguise t(^ the
farmers of East Texas. It has turn-
ed their attention to dairying, poul-
try raising a_pd truck farming with E
considerable stress laid on raising j E
feed. Now many cotton patches jn ! E
that country have turned into ' E
meadows for cows anid poultry =
ranches with the result that drouth E
nor flood will cut off these far- E
with smashed fenders or dinged bodies
when we can do this work for you
as good as the best.
We are Equipped
with body and fender tpols manned by
men properly trained by Fisher Body
Corporation to repair any body or fen-
der. We also do refinishing* with
DUCO PAINT
applied by Duco Process.
Let us make you an estimate on your car
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“Your Used Car Market”
Phone 42
1928
CHEVROLET
TOURING
A Sure Enough
Good
Chevrolet
$325
For performance, for appearance,
for mileage, you can’t find better
USED
CAR
VALUES
than we offer. Every machine will
meet the most exacting require-
ment* for mechanical efficiency.
1925
CHEVROLET
TOURING
Good tires.
Looks good and
Runs Fine.
Guarantee
Every late model Used Car
in our entire stock carries
our personal 30-day ^guar-
antee which is similar in
detail to the standard war-
ranty issued by the leading
Automobile Manufacturers.
Come here, select any car
within the guarantee class
and drive it away with our
guarantee.
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DODGE
COUPE
Runs fine and looks good.
You can afford this car.
Only
$75
$90
1928
CHEVROLET
COUPE
Looks like new. Five good
tires. Perfect condition.
A bargain at
$395
1928
WHIPPET
CABRIOLET
Sport model. New tires.
Mechanically perfcet
Completely equipped.
$450
1925
BUICK
SEDAN
Good tires and in perfect
condition.
A bargain at
$400
1926
OLDSMOBILE
COACH
* Good looking.
Five good tires.
Don’t miss this at
$275
1927
WHIPPET SIX
SEDAN
Mechanically perfect. A car
that any one would be
' proud to own. Only
$575
1928
CHRYSLER
“52” COUPE
All New Tires.
Good looking.
Fine Performance.
$450
Other makes and models at still lower prices.
Full value in every one.
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Spears, George T., Jr. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1929, newspaper, August 30, 1929; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113692/m1/4/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.