Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1920 Page: 4 of 4
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ARMY OFFICER SPEAKS
ON MILITARY TRAINING
Noonday Luncheon of Rotary Club
Monday Was F®atured With Ex-
cellent Address by Col. Baehr.
THE CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE, NORMAN. OK^A..
Numiroui Irkitmcti were giyar, ef;.V.«ri«h ,n4ifftrenc« ri trj f.ce*; 1 r.ec««iivj- mutt recofnii* the idf r-|
me gr it ben*iit that hM to [ ■ . command all clajse: of peaple the sities «jiU r which the m« r.anisci
those who took part in ti* training wisdom of fnaVing purchases carefiillT department is laboring-,
caps at Plattsburg, N. Y.. and other j patronizing those who sell the cheap-i Short linotype operators and print-'
ware taken on pxMidftQt and Lowdto
was the farorit* by ft large majority.
camps and institutions
] est and insisting that er.-h factor in
He declared it his opinion that only . the handling of the goods demand of
by such universal training could ; every other factor that smaller prof-
America hope to keep out of future j be accepted as an emergency
wars,
I degree
that
least
preparedness, to a
that would enable
ers, the foreman is having a hard
time of it. By close co-operation and
in appreciation of the support of I
Norman people, the "tackjhop'' j prednct Meetings in Norman Last
_ , I thc United States to put an army into
(Editor's Note: Hie universal ( ^ {ie)(1 Qn conlparative short notice
training measure now pending in | uW further to prove to all na-
congress provides for the complsory ( g tha( she was ab|e and wjuing to
training of all young men of 18 to M > ( |lerse|f than any other
years. The first year each of them | ^
must spend four months 111 a training ( •• j jle United States is a world pow-
camp, and two months^each year Jot | ^ todBy," the colonel declared, ""
three years thereafter. They are then
placed in the reserve corps and sub-
ject to call for military duty until
they reach thc age of 46 years.)
"Equality of responsibility as we'I
as equality of opportunity" was the
keystone of the movement for uni-
versal training in the United States,
according to Lieut-Col. C. A. Baehr
in his talk on that subject before the
Norman Rotary club Monday noon.
There was almost a full member-
ship present at thc noonday lunch-
eon and the marked attention which
was paid to Col. Baehr's remarks
indicated thc interest being taken on
the question; a question, by the way,
that is receiving much thought
throughout the country and upon
which there is a wide divorgence of
opinion.
Col. Baehr being a military man
himself and a graduate of West
Point, naturally favors the proposi-
tion, and is certainly able to give
some convincing reasons for the faith
that is within him.
As one instance of what the lack
of universal military training meant,
he emphasized the fact that it was
only after eighteen months of fevered
activity after our declaration of war
with Germany, together with the ex-
penditure of great amounts of money
(something like $1,000,000 every
hour since April 1, 1917, to April 1,
1919), before American troops in the
late war were able to make an offen-
sive engagement, and that it was the
very lack of such training in thc
United States that made Germany
so arrogant and- high-headed; that
that country realized what it meant
to put an army into the field, and
did not believe America could do it
before (Germany) had brought the
war to a successful conclusion against
France and England.
Col. Baehr declared it was now well
recognized by all military men of all
nations that America's troops won
the war—but she would have done
so much easier and quicker had she
had universal military training where-
by trained troops could have been
almost instantly put in the field.
Col. Baher also touched upon the
educational value the training would
be to the young men from 18 to 24
years of age; how it would put them
in perfect physical condition, or at
least greatly benefit them in that
respect; how it would take the alien
young man who knew little of the
ideals of America and put the love
of country into them; the vocational
features of the training were also
mentioned, which perfected the
young men in various occupations
and professions, better fitting them
for commercial life—all, he believed
We believe also that the policy of I force is averaging sixteen hours a
REPUBLICANS ELECT
DELEGATES TO MEET MATERIAL FOR MASONIC
DORMITORIES ORDERED
the consumer to use sparingly of any
product which attains an exhnrbitant
price will have the effect to rrduce the
pricc of that commodity."
High profits, the report declared,
arc being taken but no instance was
found of "amlicious or vicious prof-
teering in the county."
The jury was unable "with all its
investigation to form a definite run-
elusion n to the high ci-sc of living."
Offer of the general field secrc
taryship of the Y. M. C. A., southern
division, was made Monday to Dr.
first class porwer among the nations
of the world, recognized, indeed, as
the greatest nation, and it behooves
her to do all things that are required
of her to retain that position. She
is no longer 'isolated' and never in-
deed will be ill the future. Universal
military training is one of the things
that will have the greatest tcii'ltncy j r«|||| nu nil 1111 I
tBE RUN BY OIL MILL
MATTRESS FACTORY TO
PUBLIC IS BLAMED
FOR LIVING COST
Grand Jury Report in Texas
solve.! Merchants from-All
Responsibility.
Ab-
UEAUMONT, Texas, l ei). 6. —
Blaming the buying public for lugn
iri .■< because "there is a spirit of ex-
V ivagance prevailing among the con-
sumers," and "the purchasing class
ti! t- ir< entirely willing to pay any
price asked," the Jefferson county
'rand jury in Sixtieth district court,
, cported its finding in an investiga-
tion of thc high cost of living.
The report sad:
Extravagance Prevails
'The testimony of meicliants and
dealers had a singular coincidence in
the complaint against the consuming
public, that there is a spirit of ex-
travagance prevailing among the con-
sumers. We heard witness after wit-
ness repeat that prospective purchas-
ers, whether rich or poor, demand the
best there is in the market. They
demand the very highest quality of
food, of clothing and everything
that entered into the needs of liv-
ing. There is a lack of discrimina-
tion, an entire absence of selection
with a view to saving. We find
people arc indulging in luxuries to an
abnormal extent. We therefore, con-
fess a certain timidity about making
suggestions. Nevetherless, we be-
lieve that conditions eventually will
right themselves.
"We believe that constant applica-
tion of the principle of frugality,
discrimination in buying, seeking and
patronizing the merchants who offer
goods at reduced prices; eliminating
luxuries; saving with that same care |
and -rccision that was practiced dur-
ing the war; eliminating of excess in
everything and the insistence of the
purchaser upon the lowest price con-
sistent with living profit will even-
tually bring about a lower price level.
"This condition can also be hasten-
ed by merchants and dealers and
laborers manifesting a broad patrio-
tism and a spirit of unselfishness, by
voluntarily confining themselves to
tending to the great benefit of the profits, wages and salaries, which will
i Will Be Started in Fall By Norman
J Oil Mill; Cotton Linters Will
Be Utilized By Them.
A mattress factory will be running
in Norman by fall, operated bj- the
Norman Oil Mill company, according
to Secretary C. W. Kuwitzky, of the
Chamber of Commerce.
John G. Lindsay, manager of the
oil mill company, is now in communi-
cation with machinery houses, and
expects to have a favorable report
to make in a short time.
Cotton linters which the oil mill
now has a surplus of can be used to
good advantage in the manufacture
of mattresses. Many pounds which
have gone to waste in the past can
in this way be utilized for revenue.
Expect mattress workmen will be
employed and there is no reason why
the Norman mattresses should not
have as great a reputation as the
"Seeley" or any other.
It has only been a year or two
ago that a mattress factory was es-
tablished in Oklahoma City. It was
a success and a money-maker from
the start, and now there are four
similar factories in that city and all
working to capacity.
Kuwitzky also is in correspondence
with a shirt and overall manufacturer
of Ohio, who is expected here soon
to look over our city with an idea
of establishing a branch of his Ohio
establishment in Oklahoma.
These arc the sort of manufactur
ing establishments that Norman
reaching out for, and the sort she
ought to reach out for. Numerous
"loft" factories are really better for
a city like Norman than one or two
large ones.
day in an effort to carry out the
rovements made by the manage-
ment.
Setting up, making ready, and print-
ing a daily newspaper is no small
ob, and one with which the average
ayman is unacquainted. It requires
iours of time and during days when
ime is valuable the printers work
vith almost break-neck speed.
n v by day we are adding new
features and more news. We are
handicapped, of course , with the
"Ort mechanical force and can but
radually add these new departments
We would like to give them all to
you now, but under the present cir-
cumstances art* prohibited.
Letters are going out on every
mail, telegrams dispatched every day,
in an effort to import more help, but
results so far have been naught.
The Transcript soon will be "hit
ting on all and giving Norman and
Cleveland county tile best paper she
has ever had.
MECHANICAL FORCE
SHORT OF PRINTERS
With Splendid Co-operation They
Are Helping Us Give You
Better Paper Now.
In planning early improvements in
young men and the whole country.! safely carry them over this period of the Transcript the editorial force by
Night for Election; Straw Vote
Favors Lowden for President.
WHY TELL A LIE?
Why must people go through life
living and telling a peroetual iier
Why not tell the truth?
For instance.
If your neighbor is- lazv, and Ins
wile earns the living, and his chil
dren are hungry and half clothed,
why not tell hhn so?
If you think the public officials
are inefficient, and grafting, and mis-
representing their constituents, why
not tell them so?
If Mrs. So and So ambles along
the street exposing a yard or so of
her leg, why not stop her and tell
her so?
If Miss Pertness has her face
smeared with powder, why wait for
the wind to blow it off? Why not tell
her she is a freak?
If you have been making love to
your stenographer, and your wife
suspects you, why lie about it? Why
not tell the truth?
If you want your friend to endorse
your note, and you know you can
never pay, why not tell him so?
If Miss Dimple looks like a scare-
crow, and you want to marry her for
her money, why tell her she i3 a
sylph, and an angel, and all of that
rot? What's the matter with the
truth?
If you are selling a spavined old
horse, and you know it will fall to
pieces before the purchaser can lead
it home, why not tell him so?
If you owe the grocer, and the
butcher, and the editor, and you
never expect to pay them, why not
tell them so when you place your
next order?
If you drop a nickel in the collec-
tion box, and you expect your gen-
erosity to boost you into a choice
seat in heaven, why hide your light
under the cloak of modesty? Why
not get up and tell the congregation
so?
What's the use of living or telling
a lie, any way?
Isn't the truth good enough?
Try itl
The republicans of Norman held
their precinct meetings Monday
night and elected delegates to the
county convention which meets at
the court house at 2 o'clock Thurs-
day, February 5. No instructions
were given on precinct or national
committeemen, but all heartily fa-
vored the election of Fred Reed as
delegate to the national convention
from the Fifth district. The following
were the delegates elected with one-
half a vote each:
First ward—Ralph C. Hardie, G.
D. Graves, D. W. Gooding, J. M.
Gresham, C. M. Smith and Dick
Boeskin. D. W. Gooding, precinct
committeeman.
Second ward—John G. Lindsay,
Ed F. Shinn, J. W. Songster and J.
J. Burke. Ed F. Shinn, precinct com
mitteeman.
Third ward, first precinct—R. V.
Lewis, J. D. Pierson, Levi Green-
field and E. B. Barnett. Roy Lewis,
precinct committeeman.
Third ward, second precinct—C.
M. Keiger, R. V. Downing, W. C.
Weir and Jas. D. Maguire. C. M.
Keiger, precinct committeeman.
Work Will Start During February;
Old Y. M. C. A. Building Mast
Be Razed Before Beginning.
Work on the first buildings ever
erected at a state university by the
Masonic lodge, will start on the two
dormitories to be erected here by the
Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection No.
2, some time this month, according
to H. L. Muldrow, member of thc
lodge.
Material for Ilic construction has
been ordered and will be here in a
week or two. Two buildings will be
erected at an approximate cost of
$100,000.
Two buildings, one for men at
Boyd and University boulevard, and
one for women, north of the Delta
Delta Delta house on University
boulevard, will be built.
Despite our crude savagery, there
is one thing about we Americans for
which Europe entertains an undying
affection—our cash.
FOR SALE—Three registered Buroc
Pigs. Also cow with calf by side.
Phone 607 or see Fred Close nt poit
27-tf*
Fourth ward—M. F. Fischer, j office.
Henry Meyer, A. McDaniel, L. H.I —
o CS°yirC'n.A ^e,rrington .and Fred i No- we simP'y c °t P«mit you
Reed. M. F. Fischer, precinct com-. to forget our great and good friend
mitteeman. | Carranza. It is about time for him
Votes in a number of the precincts to tear loose again.
GREAT
SHORTHORN SALE
AT CHICKASHA, OKLOHAMA
Wednesday, February 11th, 1920
At the Sullivan Barn
The Grandy County Shorthorn Breeders Associa-
tion, is offering in its Fourth Annual Sale.
70 head of Select Shorthorns, consisting of 45 Cows
and Hc'.feis and 25 Bulls.
Many of the cows have calves at foot by, jr are safe
in call t i sucii bulls as Milk Maid's Type bv Cumber-
land's Type, thirty-six times Grand Champion in thihty
six shows; Snowball Sultan by Glenview Dale 3rd by
Avondale; Golden Favor, bred by the Sni-A-Bar
.Farms by Imp. White Favor; Princely Sultan, the
only son of \\ hiteliall Sultan in the Southwest and
sire of Augusta 103, a fourteen months old heifer,
that was sold in the International, at Chicago, in De-
cember for £2,000.00 and many other bulls of proven
merits, as sires.
These bulls consist of rugged fellows, 5 to 20 months
old, many of which are pure Scotch, also Golden Fa-
vor, Hampton Goods and Prond Victor. Sell all pure
Scotch and proven sires.
Certificates of Registery handed you when settle-
ment is made. For further information and catalog,
address J. W. Kunkel, Pocasset, Oklahoma.
Remember the rate, Wednesday, February 11th,
1920, at Chickasha, Oklahoma.
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Four good reasons why
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Of Karo
"Crystal White"—in the Red Can
"Golden Brown"—in the Blue Can
Maple Flavor"—
the new Kara with plenty of
ftubitance and • rich Maple tart.
in the Green Can.
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Corn Products Refining Company
P. O. Box 161 New York City
W. R. ADCOCK, Sales Representative
904 A. O. U. W Building Little Rock, Ark.
f Thick
flavor
Karo is preferred everywhere.
Karo is pure. It is splendid energy producing food—
practically predigested. Mothers give children Karo
and siiced bread because it satisfies nature's craving
for sweets, and takes the place of candy.
IMPORTANT NOTICE — Every can of Karo it marked with
exact weight in pounds of syrup contained. Do not be milled by
packages of similar size bearing numbers only, and having no
relation to weight of contents.
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