The Oklahoma Miner (Krebs, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 27, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 19, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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ONLY PAPER in the CITY of more than 3.500. Poples.and has the bigest circulation of any and all other papers in the City combind.
Vol. 9
KREBS. OKLAHOMA THURSDAY August 19th. 1920.
Number 27
The Gospel of Labor
By HENRY VAN DYKE D. D.
But I think the King of that country comes out from His tireless host
And walks In this world of the weary as If He loved It
the most;
And here In the dusty confusion with eyes that are heavy
and dim
He meets again the laboring men who are looking and
longing for Him.
He cancels the curse of Eden and brings them a blessing
instead;
Blessed are they that labor for Jesus partakes of their
bread.
Ho puts His hand to their burdens He enters their homes
at night;
Who does his best shall have a guest the Master of life
and light
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OKLAHOMA
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And courage will come with His presence and patience returns at His touch)
And manifold sine be forgiven to tho6e who love Him much;
And the cries of envy and anger will change to the songs of cheer
For the tolling age will forget its rage when the Prince of Peace draws near.
This Is the Gospel of Labor ring it ye bells of the kirk
The Lord of Love came down from above to live with the men who work.
This Is the rose that He planted here In the thorn-cursed soil
Heaven Is blest with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil.
To Each Man Has Been
Allotted Certain Work
to Be Required of Him
Columbus begged his way from
Idoor to door In a strange land lead-
ing his little son forlornly by the
hand. Thomas A. Edison wns the
prey of bill collector who dogged his
footsteps like hungry wolves.
There nre countless other men
iJknown nnd unknown to history who
suffered nameless persecutions even
Buffering death Itself because they
could not be dissuaded from doing the
work that they bellevod It was theirs
to do.
Work was their religion. Tt was the
ruling passion of their lives. "And
after all work is the groat adventure"
ns Frank Lane said not long ago In
one of his public speeches
Work should be every man's re-
ligion. God himself has said that it
Us the truest way to prny. It is only
the devil who loves to find our bands
Idle.
Now It Is true also that It Is not
given to nil men to make magic fid-
dles to grasp beauteous ceramics
from the oven or to discover new
worlds. But It is also true that overy
man enn find work for his hands to
do. It may be very humble work In-
deed ; It may be work that anyone can
do; but no matter what It Is wo can
make It great. We can make it holy
even. We can consecrate our work
by the soul that we put into It.
It seems to us that God's most gra-
cious dispensation to men Is that he
continuously creates a sufficient num-
ber of them to do the common tasks.
If we were nil of us bent on making
fiddles or ceramics painting pictures
and wenving songs there would be
no one left to hew the wood and
draw the wnter.
In other words If we were all "art-
ists" who would cook the meals and
wnsh the dishes?
There is no dignity to equal the dig-
nity of labor. Remember that. And
remember too that there is no labor
that lacks dignity no matter how
simple or how common or how hum-
ble its tasks may be.
SAVE KANSAS MANY DOLLARS
Engineering Experiment Station Tests
All Materials to Be Used in
Road Building.
The road materials laboratory of the
Kansas engineering experiment sta-
tion Is in charge ot the testing of all
materials for ue on federal aid ronds
in the state of Kansas. More than 7o
car loads of detective cement and
bricks submitted for test in the past
year have been rejected thus saving
the state mim thousands of dollars.
FINANCING SYSTEM OF ROADS
Proper Procedure of County or Dis-
trict Is Matter Open for Much
Discussion.
Just how a county or district should
proceed to finance a system of roads
Is a matter open for discussion. It
depends upon how nfpidly they need
thein and upon how well they are able
to pay In other words on their val-
uation and the cost of the wotk contemplated.
Crown for Earth Roads.
Well maintained earth roads need
very little crown. The wider and Hat-
ter the earth road the better If It has
good drainage and Is kept constantly
smooth.
LABOR'S HOLIDAY.
In 1884 the Knights of Labor
held a parade in New York on
the first Monday In September
and a resolution adopted made
it thereafter Labor day. Colo-
rado led In making It a state
holiday on March 15 1887 and
now only two or three states
have not followed. In Penn-
sylvania In 1893 the first Satur-
day wa6 appointed but on June
23 1897 Governor Hastinga
signed the bill falling in line
with the "First Monday."
A BACHELOR'S PRAYER
Backward turn backward O
Time in our flight !
Give us a maiden with skirts not
so light;
Gie us a girl whose charms
many or few
Are not exposed by much peek-a-boo.
Give us a maiden no matter what
age
Who won't u.-.e the street for a
vaudeille stage;
Give us a girl not so sharply in
I view ;
I Dress her in skirts that the sun
' won't shine through
.'hen give us the dances of days
1 long gone by ;
With plenty of clothes and steps
I not so high ;
Oust turkey-trot capers and but-
termilk glides
i The hurdy-gurdy twist and the
wiggletail hlide;
Then let us feast our tired optics
once more
On a genuine woman as Sweet as
of yore.
Yes Time please turn backward
and grant our request
For God's richest blessing but
not one undieed.
PITTSBURG COUNTY FREE
F1K SEPT. 14 to 18.
THE COUNTY FAIR
ENID FIRE IS DISASTROUS
Low Water Pressure Hinders Firemen
Loss Estimated at $250000.
Enid. Fire of unknown origin ac-
companied by explosions completely
gutted the Geromino Automobile fac-
tory at a loss of $250000 All fire de-
partments of the city were called and
although hindered by low water pres-
sure prevented the Bpread of tho
flames to surrounding buildings.
The Are originated in the paint
room supposed to be from spontan-
eous combustion The loss to the
building is $45000. 'to slock $150000
and to tools $50000. Investigations
Df the cause of the fire will be start-
ed immediately according to Will Al-
len president of the company.
The plant is covered by $55000 Insurance.
FATHER SHOOTS HIS CHILD
"Choc" Beer Is Blamed for Act Occur-
ing In Scuffle.
Henryetta While thought to have
been under the influence of "choc"
Lester Burgess workman on the
steam shovel gang at the Alko mines
accidentally shot his child at his homo
here.
Burgess is K-lcjgd to have had a
quarrel with another man while at
town. When be came home he got his
gun and started to leave the house.
The wife with the baby in her arms
tried to hinder him and the gun went
off. The child it Is thought will le-
covor. Burgess who has been liberated
fiom Jail said he served with tho
American army in France.
WOMAN IS RUNNING STILL
Stillwater Officers Find Remote Hid-
ing Place.
Stillwater. Mrs. Wade Tunnell was
captured Saturday August 7 in tho
operation of a still out mile south and
one mile west of tho Yale bridge tho
Btill being hidden in the timber along
the Cimarron river surrounded by al-
most impassable underbrush of weeds
and thickets. The raid was conducted
by Sheriff Lilley assisted by other of-
ficers and the still was found after a
search of several hours. It is the first
still that has been captured in Payne
county and perhaps the first woman
that has been anested for the opera-
tion of one in the state.
Two Indians Killed By Train.
Holdenvillo. While crossing tho
Frisco railroad track four milos north
of Yeagor in a buggy two Indian wo-
won were instantly killed by Frisco
passenger train No. 512. The women
were Kizzie Long and Fixleo Nee.
Their bodies were brought to Hoi-
denvllle for burial. According to the
engineer the women were fully warn-
ed by signals but apparently ignored
them and drove on to the track.
Tulsa Water Well Flowing Gasoline.
Tulsa. Tho well of J. H. Berry lo-
cated in the lnduntrial section is now
giving up CO gravity gasoline. Negro
tenants have been pumping the prod-
uct from the well for two weeks and
emptying it into the sewer thinking
someone had spilled kerosene into tho
well. Officials of a local oil com-
pany here were called and pronounced
It gasoline. They could offer no plaus-
ible explanation for the sudden sup-
ply of gasoline.
BIG ROUND-UP FOR DURANT
Huge Premiums Offerod and Manyi
Cattle Bought for Contests
Oh let us see the county fair
(I orgel the cost of living 1)
Fveiybody will be there
To" see "the show they're giving
The beef-steers broad tho corn-
stalks tall
The windmills humming gaily;
The meek-eyed Jersey in the stall
The races pulled off daily.
We'll go and see the fruits and
grain
That farmers take a pride in
And maybe find an aeroplane
That we can take a ride in.
We want to see the bread and
cakes
And what the high school
m teaches ;
Exam'ine all the plows and rakes
And note the blushing peaches.
To see the fair in days of yore
Was not an easy matter ;
We had to rise at three or four
And all was rush and clatter;
We'd feed and water Ding and
Dong
And hitch them to the surrey
But now "it rambles right
along"
And gets there in a hurry.
Five Civilized Tribes allowed Barnett
$1000 for tho trip. Barnett Mrs. Bar-
nett and her young daughter will
make the trip by motor car.
Dm ant.-IWlth tho exception of ex-
dibits a celebration planned to be big-
ger and bettor than any county fair
ever held In the southwest will be
hold in Durant at the fair grounds
September 1 to 4.
The Bryan county fair association
will not hold a fair this year so the
Durant Found-up and race meet will
be held in its place. More than
F3.000 00 in premiums for running
hoi se races and more than $6000.00 In
the liding roping and bull dogghig
contests will be offerod.
One hundred and twonty-flvo wild
Brahma cattle have been purchased
for the roping and bull dogging con-
gests and elRhty-aix cowboys nnd cow-
Birlb have mado entry for these
svents.
FT. SILL SOLDIERS GET "Y"
Men Now Get Recreation Place At I
Lawton.
McAlester Schools Boost Manual Arts.
McAlester. From this year on tho
aim of the McAlester school system
will be to stress vocational subjects
o that a direct and visible benefit
can bo gained by the pupil In Mb
Work after graduation says W. O.
Masterson superintendent of city
schools. For this renson the manual
training domestic science and art and
commercial departments in the new
high school have received special attention.
Lawton. Oh boy! ain't it a grand
tnd glorloiiB feeling! A big rest room
tvhore you can go when you just want
to loaf around town sonio place to
lake your girl beaideB the court house
lawn pool tables shower baths u
jymnnsium all tho latest magazines
i piano and a Victrola. And It don't
Boat a cent to enjoy it. Geo!
This whb the unanimous sentiment
s the several hundred soldiers from
Fort Sill who attended the opening of
the new army Y. M. C. A. here last
week. This army "Y" under the di-
rection of W. W. Wilcox and an under
lecretary will be run without expense
lo either town or Fort Sill and will bo
Dpon every day from 7 a. m. until 11
p. m. On special occasions it will bo
Dpen longer.
POSTMASTERS- APPOINTED1
Civil Service Examinations To Bo
Held in Six State Towns.
Big Jobbers Mill Burns.
Oklahoma City. Fire ot unknown
origin gutted the warehouse of tho
Russell Jobbers Mills company caus-
ing $75000 damage to that plant par-
tially destroying a freight car on a
nearby Biding and constantly for more
than an hour threatened to spread.
The building a four story structure
walled with sheet iron arad mostly full
K barrels of vinegar and sacks of pea-
auts was spouting flame from every
crack and crevice by the time the firBt
fire companies arrived. In addition to
Its use as a warehouse. "
j Washington. Civil service examina-l
lions for fourth clasB postmasters will1
bo held September 9 to fill vacancies
In the following towns the civil ser-
vice commission announced: Coopera-i
lion Indianapolis Stanley Summer-
Held Tamaha and Watova.
Tho postofilco department an-'
nouncod appointment of tho following1
fuurth-class postmasters hi Oklahoma:
Francis Davis Lockrldgo succeeding1
Aiina Anient nnd John A. Vaughan
Nashoba succeeding Sarah E. Adding-
ton. Doth retiring postmasters re-
signed. 'BROOM CORN HARVEST ON
Long Divorced Couple Remarried.
Miami. Scott W. McCollum 55
years old of Ottawa and Emma Jane
McCollum 48 years old of Joplln Mo.
were remarried here by Justice A. J.
Lampkia after being divorced for
thirty years. This is the third couple
that Judge Lampkin has remarried in
tho last three months.
Garvin County Farmers Storing Crop
for Better Prices.
Indians Have Big Dance At Watonga.
Watonga. Choyonne and Arapahoo
Indians elebrated their Buffalo dance
two and a half miles south of Waton-
ga on the II. S. Lookabaugh pasture
Kiowaa Comanchios and Poncas also
are encamped an the pasture.
Pauls Valley. Last week marks tho
first of the season's broom corn gath-
ered threshed balled and hauled to
the market. All corn bo far has been
stored as there has been no market
There have been a few scattering of-
ferings of $250 a ton but farmers say
it will take $400 to get the corn.
Thore Is only 30 per cent of last
year's' acreage planted.
OSAGE OFFICERS GET RAISE
Kingficher Farmers Organize.
Kingflbher. Farmers of Kingfisher
at a mooting In tho court house le-
cently perfected a farmer's wheat
growing association. The organization
will be used by the farmers to help
them get higher prices.
County Has Increase In Population
Since 1910.
Granary Made In Kingfisher Office.
Kingfisher. A. E. Bracken has
found it more profitable to turn his
largo office building fcito a wheat
erannry. An office room back of a
rug store Is being filled with wheat.
Pawhuska. Because of Increase in
population of Osago county since 1910
salaries of county officers will be rais-
ed. This advance will take effect with
the beginning of new terms and makes
a revision of the county estimate ne-
cessary before tho excise board can
fix tho tax levy for the coining year.
Barnett To Spend Vacation In West.
Muskogee. Jackson Burnett mil-1
ionaJre Creek Indian 73 years old
who WHS married several months ago
to Mrs Anna Laura Lowe a Kansas
City woman about half his ago was
granted. permission to spend a month
In the mountains of Colorado for his
health Superintendent Parker of the
To Control Weevils.
Clean grain bins carefully before
putting grain Into thorn to control
grain-weevils.
CITY WILL SELL STREETS
Purcell Finds Low District Better For
Farm Than Public Use.
Provide Plenty of Water.
Provide plenty of wutor for your
stock and the birds.
Purcell. Purcell will sell some of
Its streets and alleys In the southwest1
part of the city using the money for
city purposes. Quito a bit of low land
unsulted for tho city can be used for
agricultural purposes when streets
and alleys are closed It Is said.
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