Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 82, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1921 Page: 4 of 4
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Editorial
Oklahoma Leader
Features
OKLAHOMA LEADER
Pabttshed every <1*7 *-*cept fcun-3uy by The Oklahoma C4
JERRY OS THE JOB —
—BU WALTER HOBAS
Editors
Oscar Anaeringtr I
i nn Hogaa
John Hagel BosintM M*aa««r
SUBSCRIPTION HATEZ
By If a 11:
On* Year 14 1
Hix Months 1-
Tbree Months
17 West Third Street. Oklahoma <:ity. Okie.
P. 0. Hox 777. Telephone M*;i« 7C00.
I~nt«r*d ss ** ',nd ' ass msll matter Juae 1. lilS at the Post 0®cs
et Oklahoma < ity, Oklahoma. under tne Act of March 3. l*7t
ENP0R( ING DISARM AMENT
When the disarmament conference i* over and the nations
have a freed to discontinue further war preparations (except
those preparation! which really amount to anything) for ten
years, it wiil be up to ail of them to see that the covenants
which each have made shall be respected.
Now there is only one way, aside from solemnly expressed
diplomatic assurances (upon which no nation is now willing
to rely) by which this information may be had, and hence,
within a short time after the limitation covenants have been
signed, we shall see each nation despatch to every other realm 1
secret agents who will report to their respective government"
whether the agreements ar being kept.
If it should be ascertained that any nation is failing in
ft* promise to keep its pledge, what is to be done? Will the
other nations enforce the terms of the agreement' If so, how?
Will they make war on the offending power? If not, how
will they do it?
How ridiculous it all is! And yet how simple would
'fce the business of abolishing war if the nations really meant
to do it. The truth is that any nation desiring to make war
on another ran do so without very much preparation. With
well organized sentiment factories—well directed and skill-'
"fully handled propaganda—the trick can be turned, as it was
recently, in a very short time. With the liars in full cry Mars
springs from the peaceful earth magically.
CHOCTAW COUNTY FARMERS INCENSED
Choctaw county farmers, who voted road bonds and who
will pay the interest and the bonds eventually, are now sorry
for their generosity and indignant at the treatment given them
by the county commissioners who let the contract for the
work.
The commissioners failed to include a clause in the con-
tract which would have provided that the work be done by
honje people. The result is that forty teams of mi/les with
as many mule skinners will be imported into the county to
do the work, while the farmers and their idle teams will see
the money pass to outsiders—money which they hoped to use
in paying taxes.
The same thing happened in Oklahoma City when the
present waterworks were constructed. The common labor
was imported, the skilled labor was non-union, and all the
home folks got out of the job was a couple of inspectorships.
Contractors are out to make money and they are going to
employ those who will work cheapest regardless of who pays
the taxes, or the number of unemployed where the work is
ione.
Choctaw county farmers are said to be very busy now
perfecting plans to elect commissioners who will represent
the people. Oklahoma county and Oklahoma City folks are
working at the same job.
Townley said: "The war is coming—we cannot keep out
of it—power of the German kaiser must be destroyed. When
it comes, our boys will be drafted to fight the war, and if we
do not organize, the financiers whose wealth ought to be
drafted to pay the war's expenses, will escape that just
burden, and it will be laid on the shoulders of the people."
For saying this before the war Townley was convicted and is
now serving sixty days in prison. "Oh, Justice, thou are fled
to brutish beasts and men have lost their reason."
Passenger and freight rates go up. Wages and farm
products come down. Down for the farmer and wage earner
—up for the industrial and financial bosses. Why? Because
the industrial and financial bosses know who to place in con-
trol of government.
Glimpses of Big Business
SALARIES OF RAILROAD OFFICIALS
Here is the third installment of trunk line railroad officials
whose salaries are $20,000 or more per year. Are you keeping
the list for your scrap book ? The figures, rememlier, are for
1J1*. You may safely bet they are much higher now. Everv
one of these roosters is a walking argument in favor of the
open shop and thinks that wages are too high, that the engi-
neer, fireman, conductors and brakemen and section men are
ruining the railroads by drawing excessive wages. These Door
officials are entitled to your sympathy, for they are grief
stricken over the way the railroad workers are skinning the
railroads. Save this list. More will follow tomorrow
Edgar E. Calvin, president. Union Pacific lasnitnnn
Henjamln Campbell, senior v pre . and dir.. N. Y , N. 11. A ||. 28 343 33
ChaB. H. Capp*. 1st v. pro and director. Seaboard Air Line 20 000 On
< arey & Keiv, general counsel, Spokane. Portland it Seattle 22 500 00
Myron J. Carpenter, pre*., Chi. Terre Hante A Southeastern 26 040 00
Carter Ledyard K Milburn. gen. coun., Denver* KloOrande r,6 000 00
John Cartonsen. vice pregldent, New Vork ( intral 36 000 00
Robert J. Cary, general counsel. New York Central. 22 000 00
ChTdbourne A Shores, counsel, Denver ft Rio Orande 63 00000
Edward ( lumbers, vice pres., Atchison, Topeka * Santa Ke 2s!ooo'oo
■ames T. Clark, pres., Chicago, St. l'aul, Mluneap. A Urn., ha 25.16000
K. H. Chapman, vice president, Southern soiKonn
Delos W. Cooke, vice president. Erie " 2SJM87
Thomas Cooper, assistant to president, Missouri Pacific 26 000 00
cravath & Henderson, gen. coun., St. Louis * San Francisco 20 Won
P. fe,. Crowley, operating vice president. New York Central 25 0000).
< 1'. Daly, vice president. New York Central 35 000 do
K. R. Darlow. president. HilfTalo A Susquehanna 35 300 fin
J. M. Davis, v. pres., charge of operations and main . H <S o 24 OOb 'iu
Richmond Dean, vice president, Pullman Co 30 0000"
i. bauncey M. Depew, chin, boned o fdlrectors, N. Y. i entrai 26260 00
Aunew T. Dice, president, Philadelphia A Reading.... MOOO OO
.1. M. Dickinson, receiver, Chicago. Rock Island A Pacific.!l20 73i90
fieo. Dallas Dixon, vice pre*. In charge of traffic, Penn'a... 30,000on
Chas. Donnelly, assistant general counsel. Northern Pacific 20 000 00
Joseph L. Doran, general counsel, Norfolk A Western 2o]sto'oo
A. J. Marling, president, Chicago, Milwaukee A HI. Paul. . 76 319.00
il. 11. Earlini;, vice, pres., Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul.. 2o]ouo!oo
STATE CAPITOL DOPE.
If the people generally in Okla-
homa only knew or realized how
their money it being apent by the
Rtatehouse bunch, the extravagance
an d unnecessary expenses of
the different departments, they
would rl e up in their might and
vote for a change at the next general
election. The onea, or a great many
of them that do know, are kept quite
by a few crumbs that fall from the
table and a promise of more. A
large per cent of the democratic
press and aorm- of the republicans
are subsidized with jobs of printin*
at good prices from the state board
of affairs. There is an average of
two where one could do the work in
every department. The method of
buying supplies is crude and expen-
sive. No bank or business enter-
prise could weather the shoals of
bankruptcy run on an extravagant
system as prevails in the manage-
ment of the affairs of the great .
Rtate of Oklahoma. Kvery argument
is In favor of a change from the ex-
ecutive down, and if the parties you
put in do not do any better, change
them and change 'em quick.
Every fellow about the state hou.«e
Is not a <rook by any means; there
are a lot of dandy, nice, honest', ca- "
pable and efficient gentlemen and
ladies about the state house, but lik<-
the old story they are linked up so
that they have to wink at what the
others do. *some of whom are so
crooked that if they swallowed a nail
they would spit up a cork screw
When you are in Rome you have to
be a Roman, you know.
There is absolutely nothing ii^br
ing governor, or any other state of-
ficial. for that matter. How many
of the atate and territorial officials
of Oklahoma will ever be able t<«
have tho^r names engraven upon the L
walls of fame? Blamed few. No mat-
ter how conscientious a state of
flcial may be he is looked upon by
many as a grafter, cussed while in
office and damned when he goes out
The man who is able to go througli
life without political ambitions is go-
ing to save himself from a lot of-dis-
appointment. We hear a good deal j
about purity in politics, but who I
ever encountered it? You got to be a
good l^ord and a good devil, a hypo- |
A-ite and have very little regard for
old man truth or you will not ge-
very far along the political road
The secretary of the state election
board. It is aaid, still draws in addi-
tion to his salary of $2,100 per year
from the state, an extra allowance of
$125 per month from the senatorial
appropriation for the purpose of
maintaining his office at the state
capitol. The watch dogs of the
treasury sometimes fall asleep at the
switch. The governor would have
had a mighty hard time getting away
with anything like this J. n. ("amp-
bell, in Oklahoma Hornet.
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
(Copyright, 1321. The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
LULLABY
Mister Squirrel has gone to bed
In the hollow limb;
Got a mighty level head;
Knows what's good for him.
Old Man Crow ig roosting high
In the hickory tree;
Night's too dark for him to fly
Wise old bird is he.
W ay out yonder in the worlH,
Far from towns and men,
Mrs. Bear's twin cubs are curled
In their cozy den.
Little badgers in their lair
Underneath the ground.
Hidden from the chill night air,
Slumber safe and sound.
Even big old Mister Sun
Hurries to the west.
When the weary day is done
For a bit of rest.
While the stars, like pixies peep,
Through their curtain blue.
Every one is fast asleep—
Every one but you.
Close those little wondering eyes
Till the day shines bright,
Hear the southwind's lullabies
Whispering to the night.
Play on dreamland's happy shore
Until the dawn shall break.
You need the sleep—and furthermore
You're keeping me awake!
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Delegates to the Washington con-
ference know. from Secretary
Hughes, that this country has some- —
thing definite to propose. It can be The Reason Pa lo^groie "Mad
put in fire words, "Let us atop our ™- "
nonsense.
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MY MARRIAGE PROBLEMS!
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
j Revelations of a Wife J
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Break lor It.
"Tcha! tchk! tchk! dis is bad, b
fery bad.'
lie was
man one could almost apply
epithet "handtome" to blm—of uil
--•ry oac. commanding figure, aud apparent!/
With The world racini to speno- The rvtund little proprietor of the countenance. But I could not
thrift destruction, the sensible sug- roadside Inn shook his Lead gravely r'd my.«elf of the eerie feeling which
Station is. Lei us stop right here as he looked at the wounded f • 1,u J seized me at the Mght -of him,
and taik it over. * trooper on the stretcher which I * although 1 knew that never in my
And that is Mr Hughes suggestion Cosgrove, Dicky and the twin- . i;fe had he
made for the United States. lifting from the car. Then L* 1 fore-
started for the house on a ludicrous- 11
No more warship building for ten appearing but ground-covering trot
■ar* fmichin* r%* . V. . U'l.k . 1
ro>.-ed my vision I*.
and Japa_ — - ~
nations in the plan, for they are the for which Pa < osgrove had
-hree greet naval powers and the spreading over them of th -
blankets and sheet which the woman
And Definite. produced as If by magic at the in-
The proposal is definite, drastic, stant they were needed
evolutionary, new in the world fe There was no lack of vofunte^:
aistory. and is all written out in de- *o h*lp g# t the wounded man on th«
tail. Some ships completed are to improvised bed. Indeed, the reveller;
be actually destroyed mithin three in the room pressed so closely around
months—hundreds of millions in- the unconscious trooper that the lit
vested in killing machinery to be tie proprietor energetically shooec him ritl * ,tw
wiped out. All ships building now them back to the corners of the room
go to the junk pile. In ten years a* If they were so many excited hens.
nothing now existing would be worth then went to the; telephone, evi-
using anyhow, even If someone dently to give the summons for the
played false and saved the partly ! Kinestontsurgeon.
finished vessels. "Isn't it perfectly thrilling B-
The ships that must be destroyed, murmured to me. as
although now in the water, ready. f°rwafd in the front seat of the car
and the ships that each of the three matching through the windows the
nations may keep are named. No tf,nse dramatic scene. "It s like beiiu
room for mistakes. a at the theater."
i T threw a furtive, appraising look
We Yield Most. ^er- Yes. she meant exactly what
The United States shows good *he sai'1- To lier the whole thinz
faith in making the greateat sacri- was simply indifferent to the fate of
fice in ships, money and size. .the ^'ouoded boy on the itretdur,
With our wealth we could bank- and 1 added .another mark to fl^
rupt the world, including England 8COre aSa'n*t her.
and Japan, at the shipbuilding game. *lho Thi
Instead of that, we agree
the men of our party. It was a ges-
ture that held in it insolent doubt,
and I wa> ^lad that Pa * osgrove had
hj .!,•>! eneaged
Dicky in quick, rapid conversation,
and that the two m<ji. followed by
ih« twin.* we-, coming out of th«*.
room. Pa t'osgrove s voice reachedi
my ears as he opened the door.
Something s got to be done for
he said. 'Tm afraid,
n't last till that Kingston doc-
tor gets here. If only Dot Moss wag
in this se< tlon tonight. He doctors-
everybody through here, and—"
The voice of a bystander who had
edced his way dut past Dicky inter-
rupted him.
"I seen Doc Moss go by here not
an hour ago. Obi Jake Kerns was
down to the telephone before that,
and said Mis' Kerns was awful bad
with her heart again. MaVbc "
"Did you see Doc go back again?"
Pa c osgrove interrupted ruthlessly.
"No."
Turn your car around. Mis' Gra-
ham." Pa rosgrove shouted. "We'll
run down the road to Kerns and get
Doc Moss."
obeyed him I saw the tall/
nd the little proprietor of the
ome to the door, and saw the
.. As he raised smaller man speak in furtive, trou-
himself he shook his head doubtfully bled f hion to Pa < urove. \t his
and spoke to Dickv earnentlv lim wr«r^« r>
Man *
My eyes turned to the broad
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scrap thirty-three vessels of 843,740 dows again. I saw the burly figure oi man a
tons, against nineteen English ships Pa CoHXOve stooping solicitous!} inn co
of 5S3.37.^ tons nri cpvantnnn iir.on .over the wounded bov. As h<■
latest and sP°ke to Dicky earnestly,
keen as was my interest in th
But
un-
it drawn against their will to the tall
figure of a man who had been sta-
tioned at a small table In the e\
treme corner of the room, and who
of 583,375 tons, and seventeen Japan- ;over wou ded boy.
ese ships of 448.928 tons.
England's king, in his
speech, said England must always — —
have the biggest navy. We could consc*oua youth, my eyes strayed a
have replied: "All right, go ahead, " #l™'** ~
and let us see who will last longer."
Even If England used the billions
i borrowed from us to build ships
against us we could put her in bank- sa* still, quietly observant mean
ruptcy easily. through the bustle of bringing in ti
We take a different tone and say
that England's navy, compared with
ours, may be as six to five. We say,
"You want the biggest navy? Have
it. We'll consent to your navy being
one-fifth bigger than ours, although
we have tw ice your white population
and twice your money."
The plan ultimately Is to have Eng-
lish and American fleets equal, the
Japanese navy not to exceed 60 per
cent of either of the other two. With
England and Japan united In alli-
ance, that would mean an Anglo-
: Japanese fleet by 60 per cent greater
than our. and we consent It is not
merely that we consider 360 to 100
pretty fair odds for us, but that we
want to show GOOD FAITH. And we
are showing it.
worcls. Dicky made two strides to the
car and Jumped on the running-
board.
'That tall fellow In there is try*
ing to insinuate that we're respon-
sible for the trooper's injury. He
suggests holding us hefe, and that
no doctor in time for that
..... Get ready to step on the gag
wounded trooper. At Pa Cos grove's when Pa Cosgrove brenk.- a wa> Now,
despondent shake of the head he rose that w; - pretty!'
Blowlv and advanced as deliberately Dtdtjr'a voice, which had been but
to the side of the tables. There was • murmur in my ear, rose to excltoi
something about him that compelled approval. Pa Cn rme hi- ■ rk
one's attention. One Instinctively (ace dar]tenter, put out a brawny
cided that there was no supernumer- arm mi.-I whirl.. ti„ lilt;, innk. ■■
arv in the drama, hut one of the prin into the arms of th.. t.ill man !.<-
ciple figures. hind him Such force was in the
As he bent over the youns trooper thrust that the two "men sat do«n
I felt a fantastic ppvehio impulse to hard and simultaneously, and Tit
sprlnp to his side and snatch hin. Tosirrove made a flyinc . ap to the
away from the wounded man. I felt, car. the door of which Dickv held]
someway, as if his very presence was open. •
hateful, filled with evil possibilities. Never In all my drtvtnt did I "step
And yet there was not the slightest j on the gaa" as I did "in the next
appsrent reason for my feeling , second.
"Why Do We Say'
SIR ROGER I AS KM KNTN DIARY.
The hitherto unpublished manu-
script of tb^ personal diary of Sir
now to rse a Tractor •Roger ,:asement has bPen secured by
Counties In Kansas compet'e as to ™e N'Polish ,t
which shall show the biggest in- „ ' T , ? installment* is an- Brmsh Mu . Jm ,
i crease in tractors purchased during , SUe datt,d Novem
the year. Use of tractors, instead P
ONE WOULD BE ENOUGH
The senate might get the country a little revenue by charg-
ing visitors to the capitol an amusement tax. But they would
have to assure everybody that it is not an entertainment tax.
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF
The new beer ruling is going to make mere scraps of
paper out of a lot of treasured yeast and raisin receipts.
MAKING IT THOROUGH
Real disarmament of course will require Mr. Kabe Ruth
to go to bat with a trout rod.
of horses, means economy, efficiency. After death of Casement his
time-saving for the farmer, less need d,ary came the possession of Dr.
' Charles E. Curry, the mathematician
and physicist, who was entrusted by
Sir Roger with all his personal ef-
fects and writings. \fr. Curry h^s
written a foreward for the diary, in
i*'s yea
people
the Congo and the Putumayo. the
honors be received in England, and
the later events which led him to
espouse the cause of Irish national-
ism.
The diary begins at the time
Tasement's mission to German}
1914, and contains a retrospect of th
period from 1904 to 19 ',4.
"V H VTHI K IN ( i:\S t IIV
In the Lansdo
ription ol
Hungary in the year 1599 in which
occur these words:
It hath been an ancient cus
ton among them that none should
wear a leather but he who had
killed a Turk."
Hence the phrase "A Feather in
One s <. ap came to mean an honor
mark of distinction and it is so
which he describes Casement's years' „s.M ,hl. "
of devoted service to the people of
KRAZY KAT— Another Big Strike Settled.
of hired labor.
You read in the excellently edited
Herald, of Armstrong. Missouri, that
V T„ Miller, of that place, fights in-
telligently the high cost of freight.
"When he wants coal he hitches his
patient old tractor to a big wagon
built for the purpose, crawls over to
a coal mine, and brings back a win-
ter's supply."
Not every farmer is near enough
to a coal mine to crawl over with
a tractor.
But every farmer could double the
value of his tractor, if he would have
for it an extra pair of wheels with
rubber tires, smaller in diameter
than the plowing wheels, for use in
hauling freight. Small wheels give, .
greater hauling power. Many a Things were flowing freely.
farmer's boy with the right wheels admit that I "
and the right tractor could earn "So Percy. We found him two '•] Hee jje s.lj(,
from ten to twenty-five dollars a day ! days later behind the piano."— Lduis- Louisville Courier-1 'l.T
during the fa'l and winter months . vllle Courier-Journal.
hauling lumber, coal. ctc.. if he went1 \N msou I D 01 i Hi ion
about it the right way. In deep snow, NO RETURNS. • at,Q 1
take off your rubber wheels, put on Flubh—Tom's in hard luck with beautiful ' in""' T"' mn8t
the big wheels with the metal lugs,! his car. nviv h! i
and make rood profit, hauling double Dubb—Yes; he hasn't had an ac- i tests over the
'°adS- Icident since ifs been Insured. . lile . o.Trior Journal U""3"
1 he origin of the Expression goes
back to savage days, to the tribal
custom of adding a new feather to
the hcHd dress for every enemy
stain.
in Scotland, It is still customary
of j lor the sportsman who kills the sea-
sun's first woodcock to pluck a
feather from the bird and slick it iu
his cap.
THE ABSENT I.I EST.
"I didn't see Percy at your party.
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What did the dent i t .-ay about
I must i your teeth?" '
"Said I required an entire set."
I see. He said a mouthful."—
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