The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-14
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lew farmers we're w efigfrftte Tor
three days here at titfft3pila How
to make country life MttractVc aud
thus keep the farmer boy dhd girl
couteRted On the farm was tlf prin.
cipRl problem .they endeayored to
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Orators painted beautiful words splc.
lures Of farm life, educators .lold N
crop rotation, dust mulch or dry cul.
sivatiOn. OF green hugs ana boil
weevlls. even irrigation wasigiYen con.
siderable attention as an incentive for
the boys 70 stay by the farm. Almost
all tho speakers we're country born
strange that they would leave the old
farm with its "old oaken bucket" eic,
and rural simplicity, TO 20 TO the cities
with It's vices and sins
! attended every session OF this con.
yentlon and must say that q great
many OF the speeches were gems Of
good things for the farmer and my
regret Is, that they we're not made
AZ some country district school. and
thus give the genuine farmer and In.
splratlon and am awakening. One
speaker said (''You cannot telegraph
or telephone the farmer, you must go
tell him.
This consider, the key note o.
the convention.
Eleven years ago ] took a claim
In Grant county. Oklahoma. Ny first
house was made of sod, with a dirt
roof can speak as a home builder.
Our people were determined home
builders, and In d few years the sod
houses were torn down and replaced
by good substantial frame ones.
The awakening began early In Grant
county, Oklahoma We needed rural
mail routes. and we flooded our con
gressmen with petitions esklng for
same. He of course. wanted re.elec.
ton, and routes were soon establish.
ed, This brought the daily news.
paper and one year after route No.
2, out Of Waklta. was establlst 4 sup
ply'lg i0S families and Families
along this line we're taking daily
papers, Even the daily papers we're
to0 slow for our people, the rural
telephone was introduced and In.
stalled into over 5000 homes IN Grant
county With this awakening we be.
gan TO become disgusted with our old
fashioned district schools and the au.
thor OF this letter wrote talked aid
begged for five years Tor consoll.
dated school Well. we have cot the
rural consolidated school, and II has
heenin operation the past four months
and We would not hade II for all ihe
district schools In the state.
! wish 20 give the evidence right
now Of the great growth OF this
school clip the following from the
Wakita Herald. The article was writ.
ten by the eprinclpal OF our school:
"Onr graduation exercises, held
Tuesday evening last, mark an epoch
Ia the history OF our district. Our
graduating. class. nine IN number, ies
tlfs 70. the wisdom Of the people IN
The houndarles Of thls district IN al.
Iordlng them the privilege OF graded
school Following are the ,names Of
the graduates: Cephas Leforce. Min.
ME 10y, Clyde Wilson. Grace Gilbert
Gail Littlepage, Edwin Neil. James
Sprait Claude Lltllepage. Clyde
siearns The hearts Of every loyal
patron In this district should swell
with pride ~ know that we were only
exceeded hy Pond Creek and Lamont
IN the number OF applicants Few
trees bear so abundantly AT four
m0nths OF age Costs are not 10 be
considered where results are 20 great.
And It is seldom that an audience
Was so wen entertained my addresses
Of such excellence and worth. Prof
Meier Of Norman gave US a hear to
heart talk Just chock fpll Of good
advice We sincerely hope that the
patrons win let Il sink deep In their
minds and that when the nexf Term
opens VIII heed II. Our sunernten.
dent did not fal a whit behnd the
first speaker IN the coed things said
Tie talked rIght to the point and his
address just bristled with good points.
TIE aplendi1 success Of the occasion
VIII be spur and impetus TO others
who follow, TITS seldom fortune
grants such favor ais fell TO the peo.
pie Of consolidated district on Tues.
day evening last IN being permitted
% listen 70 two such great talks then
given, We trust that the seed has
not fallen On stony ground"
TIE consolidated school house Il
the educational social and amusemeni
center Of our township. We have ali
the virtues Of the city but few OF lts
vices, Back 70 the country" In our
case, means something.
The district Is composed OF -four
horse farmers. Back 10 the coun
try did YOU say? Yes. II you are
going 10 Gore township, Grant county:
no. II going back TO a one horse farm
and q cotton patch. where the boys
and girls pick cotton nina months
OF the year and attend school at thu
one horse school house two or three
months during the year. An educated
farmer win not remain a seri.
The farmer awakening In Grant
county extends even into politics, and
the intelligent farmer dictates the
locHl policies of the democrat and re.
publican parties In Grant county. and
they see 10 Il that farmers have all
the best places IN lhc glft OF the pen.
pie II Il were not for q constitutional
provision, even our coun.y attorney
and nfebgie Judge would be farmers.
And &hS rot elect farmers We fur
nish, 4 per cent ol rho votes IN Grant
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