The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13

organization OF Carter county after
statehood than my boyhood friend.
We elected him u member of the
board of county commissioners--on
which he served as chairman for
about six yearS-and he was chosen
president OF the State Association OF
County Commissioners. This, il was
said, was on account OF his having
persistently advocated good roads,
convenient schools and higher edu-
cational facilities.
Agitates Tick Eradication.
1T has been only few years ago
that Bob was elected as member
OF the state board of agriculture be-
cause of his practical knowledge OF
livestock and agricultural conditions
and, | have been told, his untiring
efforts to rid the state of cattle
ticks was largely responsible for the
inauguration of the campaign now
under way to eradicate the costly
cattle scourge,
when war was declared last year,
Notwithstanding his having been APP
pointed chairman OF the first district
exemption board, he organized or
assisted in the organization OF The
Old Guard, men ply ysically fit, be-
tween the ages OF forty and sixty
years. These old timers are ready to
go to the border, fight the Huns in
the trenches, or serve the country in
any capacity pertinent TO giving the
forces OF the kaiser their final wal
lop.
Like hundreds OF other men who
are raising livestock on Oklahoma
farms, Scivallys knowledge OF the
game has been wrought by thirty
years OF hard, practical experience.
His ideas are practical: he believes
that a great deal more may be ac-
compliShed by cooperation with
men interested in the progress OF
the livestock and agricultural indus
tries OF the community than by ar
bitrary individual action and theor-
etical deductions. He is firm in the
conviction that all men should take
an active interest in the development
OF the country and be willing to con
tribuate proportionate share OF
the financial and moral support es-
sential to its healthy advancement.
Believes in Agricultural Education
"Scivally's success continued my
informant, ''has been greatly due to
his peculiar faculty ior organiza-
ton and his knowledge that cooper
ative efforts will in ninety-nine
cases in hundred, Surmount all
obstacles. He believes suggestions
OF merit may emanate from most un-
expected sources; that every man
should be given a fair chance; that
concerted action will accomplish /
greater results than individual et-
forts, and that every child should be /
afforded convenient means of prop
er education facilities.
above all. Bob believes the Grad
ication of ticks will mean thousands
OF dollars to the farmers and that the
work should be expedited as rapid
" as possible; that practical econ
omy is as essential to greater live
stock and agricultural production
as to food conservation; that taxes
should be placed at the lowest pos
sible figure consistent with rigid
economical expenditures, and that
the educational excellence OF the
states agricultural schools and col
eges should equal that of the best
similar institutions in the cOTntrE.
"He not only believes in these
.hings," said his life Long friend, but
he will work for their materializa
ion. He has told me so many times
and his word is as good as Liberty
Bond"
Son Chip of Old Block.
That was the story OF Bob Sciv-
llly told the writer several months
lgo bv a man who has known him
III his life, and, after many inquiries
lmong residents of Carter county,
t stands unchallenged.
Bernice Scivally, Bob's oldest son,
5 in the army. Although only sew
nteen, he jumped the traces and
and is now training to
wat the Germans.
A Younger son is in college and
rom letter received from him by
is father not long ago it may be
that the youngster is YER
ably chip OF the old block. Al
er describing his impressions OF the