Okeene Democrat (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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OKEENE DEMOCRAT
,EO. F. DESHA BEK, Owner.
CRAWFORD HI.ACK WOOD. l'diior
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Subscription $1.50 per year ^
Enteml as second cliiss matter,
September 15, 1010, at the post
iffice at Okeeiie, Oklahoma, un-
l.tr Act of March it. 1 STD.
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ceived bv the Democrat and we
have used all diligence to print
them in their totality in order that
the public might be informed.
Vet, people w h o receive tie
Democrat each week, claim that
they are ignorant of the rules.
All of which leads us to this
You MUST be a subscriber ti
some newspaper and you MUSI
read same carefully if you are to
be fully informed as to tin* rulings
of the Food Adminstration as well
had adopted our soil, they have
used it as a time in which to argue
igainst the suppression o f the
Derman language, against govern-
ment secuiities and consciously or
unconsciously to spread German
oropaganda. These statements
ire true and evidence is already
>n file with the state anti County
Councils of Defense to prove their I
truthfulness. So there is no use
in denying them.
Now forbearance is stretched
to the limit of its elasticity. After
hese parties have been warned
repeatedly through the press and
from the platform, they still per-
sist in committing the same old
offenses. They still claim that
they have a right to talk the
German language in public places
and they continue to talk it in the
face of the County Council’s order.
And they continue to do other
things against the dignity of our
government and our people.
The limit i s about reached.
'Hie camel’s back i s cracking.
Some of these days pretty soon
they will learn what authority
the County Council lias to visit
punishment upon them. , Some of
these days thev are going to be
looking out from behind the bars
of a Federal penitentiary and
wondering how it happened.
Men are already on trial in this
state for arson, charged with the
deliberate and malicious burning
of valuable property—i. e. straw
stacks. Some oeople thought
they had the right to burn their
own straw—but they haven’t and
the court will inflict suitable pun-
ishment.
There are some other laws that
apply to some of these other act-
ivities. The authorities will get
around to the enforcing of them
after a while and it may not be a
very long while either. When-
ever that time comes, you can
imagine the predicament of a man
who has an unbroken record of
disloyalty? Do you think he will
stand any chance o f receiving
forbearance or mercy?
Go on and laugh. You say this
is a free country and you have
the RIGHT tc do as you please.
A large number of people in
Okeene and vicinity have lately
made the assertion that they were
not familiar with the regulations
ot the U. S. Food Adminstra-
tion, the presumption being that
any violations of which they may
have been guilty were due to
misinformation or ignorance of
said regulations. Now it is a
postulate of law that ignorance is
no excuse thereof. Anyone, who
is ignorant of the regulations, has
only himself to blame and for this
reason. The daily and weekly
newspapers of the United States'
have made it a point to publish
all orders of the Food Adminstra-!
tion for the information of ttie
general public. The State Food ;
Adminstrator of Oklahoma has;
as t o numerous other things.
Word of mouth information is no
longer of value. It is open to
question, but the offical publi-
cation of the Food Adminstration
are accurate and give you facts.
(Therefore it is “up to you” to
keep yourself informed with re-
gard to the matter. If you do
not keep yourself informed, you
only are at fault.
ARMY Y. M. C. A. CHIEF
WILMAN E. ADAMS,
Executive Secretary, Army Y. M. C. A.,
Southern Department.
Direction of all Army Y. M. C. A.
activities in the entire Southern De-
partment is the large responsibility
given to Wilman B. Adams, Executive
Secretary, by the National War Work
Council early in the development oi
the extensive program of the Y. M. C.
A. in its efforts on behalf of the sol-
diers.
Mr. Adams is the adminstrative
head of the territory made up oi
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisi-
ana, New Mexico, and Arizona, in
which is located a large per cent of
the army camps of the entire country.
Under his administration the opera-
tions of the Army Y. M. C. A have
grown until there is now in opera-
tion. or in process of construction, one
Y. M. C. A. building for every 3,500 sol-
diers located in these Southwestern
states. When it is remembered that
there are several hundred thousand
soldiers in training in the Southern
Department camps, including Camp
Travis, Camp Pike, Camp Bowie, Camp
McArthur, Camp Cody, Camp Doni-
phan, Fort Sill, Camp Beauregard.
Kelly Field, and the other great flying
fields of the department, it will he un-
derstood that Mr. Adams occupies a
position of ^similar importance to th;
of a Major General.
In addition to the camp activities oi
the Army Y. M. C. A. directed by Mr
Adams and efficiently executed by hi-
army of men in the uniform of the He.
Triangle, the Southern Department
executive secretary has under lib
supervision the Army Y. M. C. A. ac-
tivities along the entire Mexican hoi
der, from Brownsville, Texas, to Yuma
Arizona, where many Y. M. C. A. sta
tions are located, and where n fleet <d
eighteen auto trucks take to the sol
diers in isolated places the comfort.-
and pleasures of the Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Adams is one of the pioneers
of the Army Y. M. C. A. movement.
He was actively identified with th«
Army **Y” work with the troops od
the border and in Mexico.
Mrs. S. H. Cline and daughter.
gone to a conoid Table expense to Grace. returned home Sunday
prepare plates, containing t h e after spending a two months’ va-
rulirrgs of the Adminstrator.' cation at Galveston, and other
Each week these plates are re-1 Texas points.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. G. Graalman Miss Kinilev, of Kansas City
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Christ- expert milliner and trimmei
man arrived home early Tuesday arrived in Okeene several day;
morning from Colorado Springs ago and lias ; assumed her duties
m Manitou, Colorado, where they at Mrs. .1. W. Fanning s.
-petit a delightful vacation.--—
Patriots will register—OTHERS
—Registration Day Sep. 12— MUST.
SENDING THE “CIV.IES” HOME
Many a kid brother is sporting his soldier brother’s Sunday silk shirts
and best serge suits these days, and brother doesn’t mind, because he is
wearing the very latest style for men—khaki of the regulation military cut.
The Army Y. M. C. A. helps the rookie soldier with his civilian clothes
problem. “Y” furnishes wrapping paper, and a "Y” man is on band to help
with the wrapping, furnishes the twine, and assists with the addressing of
the bundles of “civics” (military parlance for civilian clothes). These bun-
dles are sent back home to be packed in moth balls until after the war, or
worn out by the kid brother.
Here is a parcel post shipment of clothes to go back home a few hours
afler a bunch of Louisiana boys had reported for service at Southern Depart-
ment camp. _ ______ -r-p
What
Does a Bank
Mean to You?
Just a place where you can leave
your money for protection? This pro-
tection is important but an account at
a home bank affords many other ad-
vantages to ambitious men or women.
Come in and let us explain the spec-
ial advantages that The Citizens
State Bank offers you.
THE CITIZENS STATE BANK
OFFICERS
II. CLAY WII.US. President ** c- rasM- <«slnrr
O. O. GRAALMAN. Vire-Pn-*. E- B UREXXELL. Asst. Cashier
KEEPING THE HOME FIRES TURNING
Here is a little bit of home which may be found in any Army Y. M. C. A,
building iD the Southern Department. The big open fin place, the curtainel
windows, the cozy corner, and the little feminine touch' s which have bee|
added by friends of the “Y,” all contribute to the com:.at and morale of thi
soldier away from home.
Here the soldier will find n happy substitute for the home fireside, wlC|
music if he prefers it—the home paper—good magazines—a game of check*
ers with his chum, and a lot of other tilings that help make life Interesting
for rlie- soldier. This is the social room which may b< • mtul in nearly ever
Army Y. M. C. A. hut. This particular one is enjoyed by soldiers from tliI
Southwestern states at a Texas camp.
The headquarters offices of the Southern Depart no t, Army Y. M. C. A,
are at San Antonio, Texas. William E. Adams is the executive secretary.
date Fair V isitors
Not To Be “Gouged"
Oklahoma City, Ok la.. Sept.—
(Special. 1 To prevent over-
charging of vistors to the Okla-
homa State Fair and Exposition
here from September 21 to 28,
inclusive, the Oklahama City
Chamber of Commerce is con-
ducting a survey of local hotels
and rooming houses. Prices
for rooms are obtained. These
are to be printed by the Chamber
and distributed to State Fair
visitors, and any variations from
the prices quoted will bring
quick action on the part of offi-
cers of the civic body. Vacant
lurnised rooms in the residence
district are being listed to are
to care for overflow.
In addition, a further con-
*
venience i s provided for the
convenience of strangers. It
is an information bureau which
will be run by the Chamber of
Commerce throughout State Fair
week in the building occupied by
the War Savings bank. Located
as it is at the intersection of
Main street and Broadway, tl e
two principal thoroughfares of
the downtown retail districts,
this bureau may ne reached with
little effort. Clerks will be on
hand at all times to direct visi-
tors to hotels, rooming houses,
and restaurants, and to give any
other information desired.
At the State Fair grounds it-
self another information bureau
will be located. It will be housed
in the building. Formerly used
for the State Fair offices.
Combined with it will be a tele-
graph station, branch postoffice
branch express office, police
headquarters, etc. Telephone
express, telegraph and mail com-
munication to any part of the
state or United States may be
had without leaving the ground.
AT THE FOUNTAIN
Here is a familiar scene in any Y.
M. C. A. building at our array camps.
Ice-cooled water “bubblers” quench
the thirst of thousands of soldiers,
and during a “run” on the fountains
the “water line” often extends across
the building.
The Army Y. M. C. A. is the en
listed man’s club, where he may read
write letters, buy stamps and post
cards, have bundles wrapped free ol
charge, get money orders, ploy games
and meet bis comrades for a soda!
hour.
The bubbling cold water fountain It
one of the most popular advantage?
offered the soldiers by the Army T*
In the Southern department, which H
composed of Texas. Arkansas, Okla
honin, Louisiana. New Mexico aad
Arizona.
Patriots will register, others must.
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Blackwood, Crawford. Okeene Democrat (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1918, newspaper, September 6, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1077240/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.