The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1916 Page: 1 of 6
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The DAVENPORT NEW ERA
"Ye Little Olc F.omc Paper"
Vol. 8. No. 24
DAVENPORT, LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULYW 1916
$1.00 per year
TO THE REPUBLICAN VOT.-RS
OF LINCOLN COUNTY:
Sirs:
1 take this means of speaking a
word to you before the primary,
August 1st, as it is impossible for
me to see every voter personally.
Owing to the duties ; the o3(cl\
1 hiiv been uuabh t, inaki ,
very vigorous campaign
close of the campaign c:jmi
SAILING UP SALT CREEK
By "FARMER" MITCHELL
It'-;voyage to be taken by all
candidates not winning in the
side show election the First of
Auyusi.
Salt Creek is <> mysterious;
. stream. It flows onlj immedi-'
The ;>teiy after election retun.s are'
ing received. No one knows where'
right at the time of the year it starts or stops. It just comes,
when we had to hold our summer an(' K"oes without being bidden or
Norma! and take care of th • re- i welcomed. The waters are so'
ports from th.? annual meetings salty and brackish and strong
of the 140 school districts in the j that they will hold up all disap-
county, and also make our re-! P 'jnted candidates in one boat,
ports to the State Superintend j"■a novel trip, yet not exactly
dent, I have felt that the people •'jo.v ride. No insurance policies
of this county would take this aiP sought, as noni
proposition into consideration
when they go to the polls to vote
August 1st. Even with the cam-
paign on, and the extra work
that it brings to the candidate,
the work in the Superintendent's
office was never in better shape
before at this time of the year,
than it is now. 1 have endeavor-
ed to give to the people of this
county the most efficient work
possible on through the campaign
even though it has worked an
extra hardship on mysel! and my
help.
I wish to say again about my-
self that I have been in Lincoln
county nine years and have been
continuously engaged in the
school work during this period.
I taught four terms and had
none ever get
even injured upon this trip so;
badly but th: . come buck again
not to take the trip, but to give
some other fellow a chance.
The ship's architecture is
unique. It was designed by the i
well known architect, Fate, and i
builded by the Destiny Company, i
It is rudderless and run without |
a Pilot. It has no windows and
but one door, which is in the top. I
The disappointed canddate; are'
its only passengers and they are j
let down into this phantom ship j
by Captain Lack of Votes. It is!
presumed they are liberated by j
the explosion of gas accumulated
by the assembling of too many 1
candidates in one place.
The ship makes one trip-only,
and never comes back. But the
started on the fifth in the Prague disappointed candidates do. They
schools when I resigned my posi-j would try it again.
tion there to ac-ept the appoint- There will be a full cargo of
ment of County Superintendent! candidates embarking about mid-
which was tendered me last Sep-1 night August the Fii t Who
tember by the Board of County will be the fellows to go? I
Commissioners. I have served (know. They will be the fellows
you as County Superintendent i who fail to attend the picnic at
through one school term and I Davenport next Friday and Sat-
have been in the office to date, unlay (tomorrow and next day).
about 11 months and I feel that Those who are there and shake
my experu has been such thai hands with the voters and make
I can make you even a better j speeches will be elected. If you
County Superintendent than I don't come, into the hole you will
have in the jm .t and I am not ask- jjfoand up Salt Creek you will
ing you for the office because 11 -ail
think you owe me any political !n some towns u , "j
debt or because I want yov to c:lll(|i(lales fol. shaki lands' J(,
give it to me through chanty,! ki speeches< buf ja Da^ |
but I am asking you for the office t irs a], f]Vt, A„ , ?
because that I feel that i can ren-
der you more efficient service for
the money ;pens on the office
than any other man that you
have a clvince to ele"t at this
time.
I ant making this rrce foi
County Superintendent on my
qualifications and record as a
school man and efficiency in the
office of ( unt\ Superintendent
and i solicit you1' support on this
score and feel that vou will give
it.
I wish to thank you for the
many kindnesses that have been
shown me and the valuable as-
sistance that has be -n rendered
me b* the public from time to
lime since rhave b en in the of-
fice and with this I leave rayMase
for you to decide August 1st.
Thanking you in advance for
what you may do for me. I am,
Yours truly,
0. W. BAS!
for the candidates to sei up anil
maintain a free lunch counter, j
(jive us twenty gallons of lomon
ade and seven barrels of ice
cream. Come to Davenport if j
you are looking for votes. Wei
have got them and you may need I
them.
SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT
AUTO SHOW AGAIN THIS YEAR
The following clipping from I
one of our exchanges is very
timely, and applicable to Daven-
port as well as many other towns.
"We must insist that every
town has its advantages and we
should make the most of them.
Every town is peculiarly fitted
for some one enterprise more
than anothei, and as soon as ;t is
ascertained what what would be
most conductive to the growth
and prosperity of the place, the
y I citizens should take hold of the
matter and push it for all there is
in it. One man cannot make a
town. The newspaper cannot
make it. But either, with the
help of wide awake men of the
town all pulling togetlu: can
make a great differrence in the
town. Yet you never saw a town
amount to anything where the >
weeds were as high as the hous-1
es. This is enough to kill all the
people of your town a-- well as
kill j our little city. If you want
your brightest hopes fuliy realix-
at
Many thousands o! visitors
the state fair last year made it „
point to view the motor cars on
display in the Automobile build-
ing whe e the annual Auto Show
is held.
This has come to be a popular
part of tijj fair and serves its
purpose admirably, in acquaint-
ing prospei. ive buyers of cars
with the merits of the various: ed, look after the weeds."
makes. They may bp examined,
compared and selected, with!
every buyi r feeling he is better
versed in the leading features of
every car, than selecting from
among two or three models
Music, souveniers and refresh-
ments will be provided by the
dealers, and "open house" for ,, ,, . . ,
visitors and agents thruout the ,{,,,! c{" rt'(,nda.\ night, August 7
state, every afternoon and even- ' " purpose of discuss
TO THE CITIZENS OF DAVENPORT
By order of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Town of Davenport,
(Oklahoma, I invite the taxpayers
and citizens of Davenport to meet
with the Board at the Council
ing the matter of building a fire-1
proof jail in Davenport.
W. F. HAMM, Clerk i
ing, will prevail.
Picnic Friday and Saturday.
OUR WEjKLY_ DON'T: I EdVanMeter is h^T putting
qr DON'T fail to cut jour weeds foVthebfg^cnic 'hnnormw and
and help clean up the town. I next day.
VOTE FOR
O. W. BASS
Candidate for
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Subject to Republican
Primary August 1,191(5
RAILROAD
Shall they be determined by
Industrial Warfare or
Federal Inquiry?
To the American Public:
Do you believe in arbitration or indus-
trial warfare?
1 lie train employes on all the railroads
are voting whether they will give their leaders
authority to tie up the commerce of the
country to enforce their demands for a 100
million dollar wage increase.
1 he railroads are in the public service—
your service, [his army of employes is in
the public service—your service.
\ou pay for rail transportation 3 billion
dollars a year, and 44 cents out of every
dollar from you goes to the employes.
On ail the Western railroads in 1915, seventy-five per cent of the
:rain employes earned these wages (lowest, highest and average
oi aiij as shown by the pay rolls—
Passenger Freight Yard
1355
973
1107
The average yearly wage payments to all Western train em-
ployes (including those who worked onlj part of the year) ai
shown by the 1915 paj rolls were—
Purenier Freight
Engineers $2038 $1737
Conductors . ... , 1772 1624
Firemen 1218 973
Crakemen 921 1000
A 100 million dollar wage increase for
men in freight and yard service (less than
one-fifth ol all employes) is equal to a 5 per
cent advance in all freight rates.
1 he managers of the railroads, as trustees
for I he public, have no right to place this
l.ui'den on the cost of transportation to you
witnout a clear mandate from a public tri-
bunai speaking for you.
I lie railroads have proposed the settle-
meni of this controversy either under the
casting national arbitration law, or by refer-
ence to the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion. I his offer ha? been refused by the
employes' representatives.
Sliail a nation-wide strike or an
investigation under the Gov-
ernment determine this issue?
National Conference Committee of the Railway!
Engineers .
Range
$1747
3004
$2195
Ranee
$1537
3076
AveraH*
$2071
Ranie
$1056
2445
Conductors
1543
2789
1878
1454
2933
1935
1151
2045
Firemen .
0 i3
2078
1317
751
2059
1181
418
1552
Brakemen .
854
1719
967
874
1961
1135
862
1821
Yard
$1218
1292
832
1026
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THE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
The school for the Blind, locat-
ed at Muskogee, Oklahoma, clos-
ed its eighth session May 24th.
There were enrolled this year
108, and several were graduated
from the Industrirl Department
of the Institution. Young men
left the School for the Blind in
May, trained to tune and othei
wise repair pianos and organs,
and they go forth to creditably
earn a living and in doing so, to
tender valuable service to so
ciety. The State erected a new
dormitory this year which will
accomodate thirty-six more stu-
dents. ! he State provides tui-
tion and board for blind children
and the School's Superintendent,
O. W. Ste wart, wishes the name
and address of every blind boy or
girl in Oklahoma, that he may
furnish information to the blind
and their parents concerning the
institution for the sightless. The
law governing the admission of
persons to the School permits the
reception of those but partially
blind if the impairment of vision
prevents the person attending
the public schools. If you know
and are interested in anyone
wholly or partially blind, write
to Superintendent O. W. Stewart,
Muskogee, Oklahoma, for a cata-
log and information.
MAKING SOOO CAMPAIGN
from I he Wellston News
HE DIDN'T WORK AT ALL
A certain young fellow, so the
story runs, was employed by a
Jewish concern, and after a lapse
of time, thot it time for a raise.
He approached the boss and
stased his case.
Veil," said the boss, "you say
you have worked faithfully and
have given lots of time to the
firm. Let's see whether you
have!
There are .1(15 days in the year.
Now, you sleep 8 hours a day,
which means, in a year's time,
122 days. That leaves 243 days.
Then you rest 8 hours a day,
which means 122 more days off;
and leaves 121 days.
You get Sunday to yourself
and that's 52 more days oft, or 69
days left.
You get 2 weeks vacation ev-
ery year, which takes oft 14 more
days oft' and leaves 55 days.
We've closed every Saturday
afternoon, so in a year's time
that's 2<> days off and 2!) days left.
You get 1 hour for lunch every
day, which means 16 days in a
year or 13 days left.
| I here are 12 legal holidays in a
a year, which leaves 1 day.
This is a Jewish concern. Kv-
ery year we give you off on Yom
Kippur. 1 day from 1 day leaves
nothing.
You don't work at all!"
Prof. F. T. Johnson, candidate
for County Superintendent of
Public Instruction, is finishing a
most dignified and courteous
campaign. I rue to the nature
character of the man, he refused
to be drawn into the vortex of a
mudslinging campaign, when the
door was opened to such. He be-
lieves that personalities and vili-
fication, as well as putrified
methods should not be permitted
to invade the sanctity of our
schools but that our schools
should be kept as hallowed as our
homes.
He entered this campaign, not
is the advocate of any corterie of
Politicians, but as the champion
of the cause of education. Being
disgusted with the political tac-
tics nianipu - ted in the name of
education, he is giving his time
and money to break the power of
the political henchmen who use
the public schools as a club to
carry oftt their political resigns.
This cause has attracted hundi wis
to his standard, and from all indi-
cations, the voters on the first of
August will nominate him as the
next County Superintendent by
a large majority.
Mr. Johnson is in every way
worthy of this honor. He has
the reputation of working with
all his might and energy, and
does successfully whatever he
undertakes. He is broad minded
and liberal in his ideas, and is not
moved by the criticisms of his
enemies, nor intoxicated by the
praise of his friends. Were he
as well known throughout the
county as he is here and in the
surrounding communities, the
result on the first of August
would be a landslide in his favor.
The County Superintendent is
a member of the County Excise
Board, and Mr. Johnson is the
logical man for the position. He
is interested from the standpoint
of the taxpayer, and by taking
care of his own interest he is
"looking out" for yours in the
same way. His eighteen years
experience as a teacher, in every
department of school work,—ia
the rural, graded and city schools
-makes him familiar with our
educational needs. His qualifi-
cations are equal to the best. He
is not only qualified, but author-
ized by the State Board of Educa-
tion to teach or supervise in any
school in our state for life. The
voters should congratulate them-
selves on having the opportuniiy
of selecting such a man as Prof.
Johnson for County Superinten-
dent.
A UNIQUE CAMPAIGN
A unique
campaign against
SHOULD SLOAN'S LINIMENT 60
Nixon, receiver and chief operat-
oflicer of the Frisco.
Of course it should! For after
a strenuous day when your mus-
cles have been exercised to fhe
limit, an application of Sloan's
Liniment will take the soreness
and stillness away and get you in
fine shape for the morrow. You
should also use it for a sudden
attack of toothache, stiff neck,
j backache, stings, bites and the
many accidents that are incident-
al to a vacation. "We would as
soon leave our baggage as go on
a vacation or camp out without
I Sloan's Liniment," writes one va-
cationist. "We use it for every-
thing from ciamps to toothache."
Put a bottle in your bag, be pre-
I pared and have no regrets.
WHEN YOU COME TO THE PICNIC
int
"Are you to be one of the un-
fortunate 13," is inscribed on the
front of the leaflet which is to be
distributed among employes who
meet the public using the tracks
as a highway.
On the inside of the leaflet is a
statement of the large number of
trespassers who are killed and
injured on the railroads of the
United States every year and a
friendly warning against such
practice.
THE WORLD'S WONDERS
By Ben Craig
mile
f-Pt
t- Ct
Friday and Saturday, make your
loafing place at our store, where
you can buy cold drinks and ice
cream and your groceries for less.
A. E. GRIGSBY
Post Office Store.
Picnic Friday and Saturday.
WANTED: YOt'NG MEN WITH
NERVE. Good pay, short hours,
opportunity for travel, advance-
ment; normal physique, good ref-
erences required. Aviation Dept.
The O'CONNOR CORPORATION
630'J S. Eggleston, Chicago, 111.
1 once saw a court house, a
from any town;
1 once saw a circus, that hadn't
any clown;
I once saw a steamboat, a mile
From any stream—
iNot even a lake, and this story is
not a dream.
I even saw a horse car, that did-
n't use a horse,
But I've never seen a mule, yet,
driven to a hearse;
And not until today now, mind
my little talk
Have I ever seen a crossing,
where there wasn't any walk.
FOR SALE. Team, wagon and
harness, farm tools.—E.C.Lower.
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Tryon, W. M. The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1916, newspaper, July 27, 1916; Davenport, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109376/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.