The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. VI.
"keeping everlastingly at it is bound to bring success.
CASHION, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23. 1914.
NO. 51
£ The reader is cordially invited to JJJ
5 attend the Demonstration which 2
25 wiil be held at my Store in Caeh- _
3 ion, Saturday, April 26, 1914 J5
3 Bring your friuidsand neighbor?. 2
2 Lunch will bo served. Every- JJJ
2 thing served wili be free. 3
- HENRY BORKLUND, 3
3 The Silo Man. 3
Woodworth Gets
His Commission
Fidelity is finally rewarded and the
last act in the post office drama was
completed today, when Dave Wood-
worth received his commission as a
worthy follower of Petroleum V. Nus-
by, lit# P. M. at Confederate X roads.
For zealously, faithfully and intelli-
gently steering the D.macratic mule
in Kingfisher county, the Times editor
has received the long sought after of
fice, and can "elevate his feet to the
mantle piece" and whittle ard "chew
the rag" and squirt tobacco juice to
his heart's content.
Dave says.
••This is the place I lontf have sought
And mourned because 1 found it naught."
und, "new if I can have as long and
hard a time getting out of office as 1
had getting in, I will consider honors
even." He thinks he has all the re-
poseful qualifications and the capacity
for appreciating and enjoying the
"snap" whether it's a public trust or
not.
He will take possession next Monday
(20th), with the same old clothes, san e
old smile and same old cordial greet-
ing to the public, regardless of party
affiliations. —Kingfisher Free Press.
believe.
Ir would not be so in England with
its old-age pensions.—Muskogee Trib-
une.
How Do You "Cuss?"
A very rice lady n-as speaking of the
wickedness and profanity among our
boys the other day and in her talk used
the word "Gee." It never occurred
to ker that this was taking the name
of the Lord in vain, and the chances
ara that hardly any of ths poople who
indulge in this sugar coated profanity
have any idea that they are swearing.
But "Gee" is nothing more than a
mild term for "Jesus" stapled by
someone who was wicktd enough but
not brave enough to say it. "Dear
Mw" comes from the Latin "Deo Meo"
(My God); "For Goodness' Sake" is
only "For God's Sake;" "Drat it" is
"God rot it;" "Judas' Priest" and
"Jiminy Christmas" are "JesusChrist"
"Golly," "Go-h," "Gorry," etc., are
only coriuptions of "God." —Floater.
England's Lesson
Sick, out of work, 70 years old, pen-
niless and smarting under the indiffer-
ence of thankless children upon whom,
in better days he had lavished the
treasures of his affections, Chas King
the other day hobbled up a rocky hill-
side overlooking Scranton, Pa., hid be-
hind a granite boulder, drew from hia
pocket a gleaming razor and made two
passes to cut his throat. His nerves
trembled and his aim went bad. Though
bloody, the cuts were not fatal. Then
came the rebound. All at once the life
which but a moment before had seemed
so useless became immensely precious.
In place of an eagerness to lose it there
came a desperate struggle to save.
And the poor old man faint though he
was, crawled painfully to the nearest
roadway and collapsed just as rescue
came. At the hospital he revived
enough to tell his story and that is
how we are able to tell it here. A
simple tragedy of the aged poor. A
pitiful ending to a life of toil and sac-
rifice. The tragedy of King Lear en-
acted in rags on a stage with no make-
Reclaiming Waste Men
Why should not a man, idle thru no
fault of hi3 own, and eager to work,
but perhaps not skilled enough to hold
a job against fierce competition, bu
put by the state in a farming or an in-
dustrial colony, allowed to earn his
keep and meanwhile be taught to do
something well?
We frequently use public money and
public talent to reclaim waste lard.
Would it be any more socialistic to use
them also to reclaim waste men?
The unemployed who year after year
form a complex winter problem in our
cities include those able to work but
not able to find work and those unfit
to work because they have never been
properly trained.
Both groups have to be tided over.
The second remains a dead weight to
society.
Along with legislation fixing wages
at a living minimum comes the duty of
providing training for those who fall
below even the minimum standard of
efficiency which naturally goes with a
minimum wage.
You can't long force a private em-
ployer to pay $10 a week minimum
wage to a $5 a week man.
But you can, if you go at it soon
enough, and are willing to use the re-
quired time, money and patience, make
the $5 a week man over into a $10 or
even a $20 man.
And when you do not only improve
earning power, which is measurable,
but you enrich society in a way which
no figures ever measure.—Times-Dem-
ocrat.
The First National BanK
of Cashion, Oklahoma.
IS
A Farmers' Institution:
Under the authority of the Federal Reserve Board the
Federal Reserve Banks may issue notes in denominations of
$5. $10, $20, $50 and $100 against re discount paper, dollar
for dollar. These notes will be a first lien on the banks assets,
will be an obligation of the U. S., and will be backed by a
gold reserve of 40 per cent, 5 per cent of which must be de
posited with the U. S. Treasurer.
Under the new law much smaller reserves will be requir
ed of the banKs, and much less will be actually needed. A
distinction is made in the reserve required against demand
deposits, which will enable banns under the new conditions
to carry a greater volumn of loans, thus increasing their earn
ing capacity and lowering the rates of interest to reliable bor
rowers. The payment of the stock and the transfer of re
serves to the Federal Reserve Banks will be done gradually,
and in installments, thus allowing an easy shifting of credits
as required under the new law.
(Continued Next Week)
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Are we to understand that the lesson
of the Tulsa races is to apply .with
equal force to the fall races at Oklaho-
ma City, Muskogee, Ardmore, Lawton?
Witli This Strong Hank Y«u
Gain Many Advantages
You enlarge your acquaintance by coming in con-
tact with people who are successfully developing the j
interests of this vicinity.
You have at your disposal the facilities of this
I bank and its influence behind you, and your i
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I DEPOSITS ARE GUARANTEED
The Farmers' State BanK
Go to the
Houston Lumber Company
For your
Lumber, Coal and Posts.
They always have the Best.
T. E. Cashman, Mgr.
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Barnard, W. F. The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1914, newspaper, April 23, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc107185/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.