Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-01

~ \ InN)M COMING .


80 tar in their history Durant and
bryan county have had no boom.
but thanks To rich agricultural re-
turns hay" enjoyed steady and a
solid growth and development unri,
allied in any other agricultural com
munity in the South in the Nation.
for tina, matter. ana are now prob
ably as firmly established cconom,
cally as any community anywhere.
ThlS growth will continue through
vi" CROWN oi our agricultural re
s"u'c"S alone. for Il long time tu
come, Tor year by year our land l.,
h"'oininr NOR" productive and NOR,
"i our land Is being put into Il high
h'a'' "i cultivation. On tn. other
hahd ar" communities in Oklahom,
.hat nav" been suddenly transformed
from sleepy towns to huStling cit
les over night. as il were. through
me discovery Of oil. or lead. or zinc.
or gas. or something else tha,
drought tn" get-rich-Uuirk fellows
S'uTfyinG tn the scene, and tn. bootn
was on. In the history of th,s..
noon towns. thcr" wasn't much tn
'h'm until the boom struck. and In
som" instances, VIXEN the cause oi
'h' boom failed or played out. ,h,.
'oWiH nave died natural deaths
h"f" has probably been Il new oil
li'ld opened up in Bryan county.
lor rrnd" oil is being taken out of
me ground al depth of 500 feet in
Wnh' Is believed To b" paying uuan
'i'i'S' People ar" getting excited
ana paying high prices for oil AMI
gas leases. and th"r" is no telling
JnS' what all may result from tho
"iS'""ry. People are coming in cv-
"r! day not whole ,raiulonds -.
.'"y ha\" done in the oil towns
bnt lots % fthcm are coming. and tbr
NOR" optimistic ones freely urndic.
real boom here THAI win mnk.
som" Of the other boom towns Inn.
iik" counterfeit nickel, cnmuur,I
with gold VS..
hr!an county is probably he hes;
""l'u urai county III the state. and
'uIah' Is admittedly the best cit,
" MS SiI" in III" State all wi,hou.
any hlnd of IL boom. Just What of /
i'V' an oil boom would have upu, |
we community is problcmaticaI
pnr'ht may thank good luck and !
Pl''kN iir'mcn that the east end ar
,"Wh iNnt in ashes this morning for
hah III" old Holland WAGON ward |
E"''th t!r' from the hotel confl,pro-
non. dozen such ruuipm.nts os
~" department has tn nut up win
'"nihnt haN" put it out. and tho
" 'r"nE northwest wind would hay.
done the rest.
Shov"l tagging day has com, and
zone ana II only half of the pcopla
nose ShoEclS are tagged will try
10 save ttr shoyelful Of coal n day
"'t 'h' tag asks for there will he -,
""l Saving OF thousands Of ions :;
lay in The Nation.
The fellow In uur town who ;,
hccaus" There is "A limit nm
IN IN" wheat flour he is allowed :,
'uy would do well To measure him
ell by rule something like mis-
= There isn't enough flour Ia ro a,
ne way around. Who should he d.
rived the boys who are riskin,
heif fortunes and lives to protcc
ny ''mily' or me, who stands bac
'hd watches the sacrifice >"
"hrn the councils of d,frns. ar
,r%anized in every school district r.
"" state, the yellow dog that won,
'ite the hand that's feeding hi,
Won't he able to display much n,
\meriranism without being calle
q task in hurry.
DRY GOODS COMPANY
NOW \ CORPORATION
me Jenkins Dry Goods Compar
u this icty has this week received |.
'harter OF corporation. and is s,,
talized at 5000. The incorpor
ors are James F.. Downen, A. +
IoR kinS. and " Eyana