The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1913 Page: 1 of 6
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The Independent.
VOL. VI.
"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS BOUND TO BRING SUCCESS.
CASHION, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4. i9>3-
NO. 31
Breaking of Bottle of Min-
eral Water Will Christen
Guthrie's municipal Bath
House
Two years ago, convinced by the of*
fieial analysis and the testimony of
many cures that the artesian Mineral
Waters flowing from wells in the parks
of that city, were the equal of any in
the world, the people of Guthrie voted
$100,000 in bunds to build a Municipal
Bath House to exploit these waters.
This structure, the only Municipal Med-
icinal Baths in America, is now finish-
ed and ready for the use of the public.
Being constructed wholly of cement
and marble, it is pronounced by all
who inspect it to be the finest and most
complete bath house in the west.
On December 11th, the bath house
will be dedicated and formally opened
with appropriate exercises, being first
christened by breaking a bottle of Min-
eral Water over the front balcony.
There will be addresses from disting-
uished men from within and wiihout
the state, a reception and a banquet;
live hundred guests will be olficially
entertained by the city and the homes
of the citizens will be thrown open 10
the visitors who come to attend the
opening and to test the waters.
The Power of the Press
The Shawnee News complains of the
small crowds that turn out to hear the
spellbinders orate on the political ques-
tions of the hour. The Sruth of the
small crowd is that the average voter
is depending more upon the newspapers
for informat.on instead of sitting on a
hard seat listening to promises full of
prunes and bromide hallucinations.—
Pauls Valley Free Lance.
Any man who sets sail upon the great
sea of politics without the moral sup-
port of a respectable portion of the
public press to waft him on his journey,
has about as much chance of landing
safely in the harbor of the goal of his
his ambition as a man who would
launch a vessel upon an unknown and
untried sea without sail, chart or com-
pass. Newspaper comment is the
breeze that fills the sails of the politi-
cal voyagers, and a politician cannot
hope to make progress in the face of
adverse comments any more than a
sailor can hpe to make progress against
an adverse wihd. Any man who un-
dertakes to launch a political boom in
the face of adverse newspaper criti-
cism, is doomtd to a disappointing and
fruitless voyage.—Alva Pioneer.
Lambasts Barleycorn
In his recently published story,
' John Barleycorn," Jack London has
written his personal experiences with
the liquor demon. The story is pro-
nounced probably the strongest ever
written by this virile suthor. Follow-
ing is an extract from the boek:
"The philosophers, priefcts and doc-
tors of China could have preached
themselves breathless against opium
for a thousand years and the use of
opium, so long as opium was ever ac-
cessible and obtainable, would have
continued unabated. We are so made,
that is all. We have, with great suc-
cess, made a practice of not leaving
arsenic and typhoid and tuberculosis
germs lying around for our children to
be destroyed by.
"Treat John Barleycorn the same
way. Stop him. Don't let him lie
around, licensed and legal, to pounce
upon our youth. Not of alcoholics nor
for alcoholics do I write, but tor our
youths; for those who possess no more
than the adventure stings and the gen-
ial predispositions, the tociul man im-
pulses, which are twisted all awry by
our barbarian civilization which feeds
them poison on all corners It is the
healthy, normal boys, now born or be-
ing born, for whom 1 write.
"It was for this reason more than
any other and more ardently than any
other, that voted for equal suffrage.
I voted that women might vote because
I knew that they, the wives and moth-
ers of the race, would vote John Bar-
leycorn out of existence and back into
the historical limbo of our vanished
customs of savagery.
"When the women get the vote in
any community, the first thing they
proceed to do, or try to do, is to close
the sale .ins In a thousand genera-
tions to come, men of themselves will
not close the saloonB. As well expect
the morphine victims to legislate the
sale of morphine out of existence."
Serious Accident
Frank Nakvinda met with a serious
misfortune the 20th of November, the
result of which he is carrying his left
arm in a sling. He was hauling about
70 bushels of wheat with two teams
and was almost to Dutcher, to which
point he was hauling his wheat, when
an auto came along and scared his lead
team They buckled back breaking
the tongue from his wagon and almost
upset it. Frank thought sure the wag
on was going to upset and did not want
to get himself tangled in the mixup, bo
he jumped from the wagon, landing on
his hands and broke the bones in his
ieft forearm. It was a painful and
serious injury. The autoists stopped,
took an inventory of the damages done
and promised Mr. Nakvinda pay for
his trouble. He has the names of the
parties. Frank got to Guthrie as soon
as he could and had a physician set the
broken arm. He had previously passed
other autos and hie teams did not scare
at them, but this one was being driven
by a "learner" and Frank thought he
was going to get run over as they were
coming at a good rate and did not at-
tempt to turn out or slow up until they
were onto him, and he could not turn
out with his wagon because he was
heavily loaded and in some deep ruts.
The Independent hopes a settlement
will be effected between all parties in-
terested, and that the broken arm will
heal up nicely, well and sound.
Fred WaBWO is working at Ft. Cobb.
Is It Spring?
At present this country is not suffer-
ing for want of rain. These have all
been spring rains. Some tell us they
have had new string beans this fall,
with new onions and lettuce. E, W.
Pickett says if the frost Btays away
long enough they will have new straw-
berries. Wild flowers are still to be
seen in bloom. Green grass is promi-
nent. Thio kind of weather is fooling
1 everything but the trees, as they don't
| seem to "green up." How's your
i turnips? And say, while we're dis-
1 cussing the weather, don't beBurprised
i if a blizzard hits this country between
' now and the 24th inst.
The First National BanK
of Cashion, Oklahoma.
IS
A Farmers' Institution:
u
With This Strong Bank Yon
Gain Many Advantages
You enlarge your acquaintance by coming in con-
tact with people who are successfully developing the
interests of this vicinity.
You have at your disposal the facilities of this
bank and its influence behind you, and your
DEPOSITS ARE GUARANTEED ij
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. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1913, newspaper, December 4, 1913; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc107165/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.