The Yale Democrat (Yale, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1918 Page: 1 of 12
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To YALE, OKLAHOMA, APRIL 11, 1918 ' NUMBER 34
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On With a Great Big Whoop
Third Liberty Loan Drive On
In Full Swing
YiLE’S QUOTA 890,000.00
Local Committee Doing Ser-
ious Work
Over a thousand persons listen-
ed Saturday afternoon to Capt
J. E. Price of the British army
give a half hour talk in the inter-
ests of the Third Liberty Loan.
Captain Price spoke at Cushing
in the morning and arrived in
Yale on a Katy train about 1:45
p#. m. was met by a committee
of citizens and the boy scouts of
Yale, and conducted to the band
benefit of the world at large
for the war could not be won by
man power alone, but it must
have the material with which to
fight, and to get this material 'it
was necessary to have money,
and to get the money the govern-
ment was asking the peeple to
loan them the funds.
Captain Price was scheduled to
speak at Stillwater at four o’clock
and immediately after his speech
entered an automobile and was
taken across the country.
The committee which has
charge of the Loan in this locali-
ty were on the ground and after
the speech they got busy taking
applications for the loan.
Yale, however, is falling down
stand at the flag pole at the in- , ..
tersection of Main and Sixth | °" ^at is expected of her if the
street early subscriptions are to be
*W.'\ Northgrave introduced! tak«» as a" example. Fully
him in a few words and called I» 000 should have been sub-
scribed the first day of the
the attention of those present to
the fact that the three banks of
Yale were heartily in accord with
the Third Liberty Loan and that
they would do all in their power
to help anyone who wished to
purchase Liberty Bonds, and that
the banks would feel in no way
drive, but as a matter of fact
but $10,900 was subscribed on
that dav, $2,800 on Monday,
$1,900 on Tuesday, and 3,600 on
Wednesday. Many towns and
cities of Oklahoma subscribed
more than their full quota on
embarass-ed if persons removed ^rst ^av* an(* 80 *ar t^ie
money from the banks and pur- other towns in Payne county
chased Liberty Bonds.
Captain Price stated it was not
necessary to go into detail as to
the causes of the present world’s
conflict, but he said that it was
a conflict not for the purp >se of
have all of them subscribed over
one-half of their quota.
There is no reason why Yale
should be behind others in this
great patriotic movement. There
are many persons here who can
a victory over material man, but and should subscribe for Liberty
a conflict for a victory for the Bonds. It is no credit to our
spiritual man. He said of what | community to have ohe country
good good would be the victory
if we should, as soon as the war
is |over, go back to material
conditions such as they were be-
fore the War. He called atten-
tion to the sacrifices that were
being made in England and
France, both as to men on the
on the battle field and to those at
home, and said that now that
America was in the conflict we
would see the same sacrifices
here. He called attention to the
fact that these sacrifices were
necessary and were for the best
in time to come.
In speaking of the great head-
lines of the newspepers of the
country in announcinggains made
by the Germans he asked the peo-
ple to take them with a pinch of
salt, stating that it was a great
deal better for the army to with-
draw little at a time rather than
to saerifice a lot of lives to main-
tain a position that is not of great
importance.
He touched but little upon the
Third Liberty Loan, but he did
say that it was necessary for the
individual to sacrifice for the
A Big Drive For Membership
W
porting facilities, and in addi-
tion you supply your government
with money to be used in win-
ning the war.
Every purchase of a Liberty
Loan Bond is an individual act
toward bringing victory to
America and her allies.
Death of Orval Mitts
at large know that we are not
keeping up to the standard set
for us. Those who have charge
of the local subscriptions feel
discouraged that our citizens are
not purchasing as liberally as
they should and are making
every effoot to devise ways and
means of bringing the matter
before the public more forcibly.
If you lend your money to the
government, vou may be quite
3ure that it is going to be used
for some national purpose—to
prosecute the war successfully,
to care for, equip, arm, and
supply our soldiers in France, to
be used by our navy in ridding
the seas of the murderous U
boats.
But if you spend your money
even with the belief that by put-
ting it into the channe's of trade
others into whose hands it comes
will lend it to the government,
you will have done something
the patriotism of which may be
very questionable.
First, you have withdrawn
Orval Mitts, one of the
pioneers of Yale, died in the St.
Anthony hospital last Sunday
morning, April 7, of pneumonia
He was 40 years of age and
had lived for the past 24 years
on the family homestead adjoin-
ing Yale, where he wa9 well
known and universally liked and
respected by almost everyone in
Yale. He had been taken to
Oklahoma City where he was to
have undergone an operation,
but before this could be done
pneumonia set in and he suc-
cumbed to the attack.
The remains were brought to
Ya’e and the funeral services
held at the Baptist church, Tues-
day afternoon at 4 o’clock, Rev.
M. G. Burton of Pa wnee con-
ducting the ceremony Inter-
ment was made in the family
burial plat in the Quay cem-
etery with I O. O. F. ceremon-
ies.
thimber mt Commerce To Be
Enlarged
HOLD WEEKLY LUNCHEON
Plan For Informal Discussion
Decided Upon
He leaves to mourne his de-
mise three brothers and five
from the supply of material of sisters, all of whom are here
the nation something to replace with the exception of one sister
whicn in the market will require
labor and material which should
who is living in Portland, Ore-
gon.
We Must Win The War
FROM OKLAHOMA STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
SHIPPING DICTATOR FACES MAN’S JOB IN CUTTING SUPPLIES
fish importers and dealers, who want the
Oklahoma City, Okla., April 9— Special— the bars laid down for their goods.
That the State Council of Defense is square- “He does not dare publish the list of im-
ly behind the administration in its resolve ports which must be restricted, otherwise
in i*s resolve to limit imports and exports prices would run up and profiteering would
to absolute necessities and thus broaden would ensue.
the facilities for handling troops and “The receiver of goods and not the ship-
war supplies, was the declaration made to- per must show the necessity therefore,
day by I. M. Aydelotte, chairman of the Suppose, for instance, that a firm wanted
the State Council. Every dealer in Okla- to import Swiss watches and they were a ne-
homa is urged to give the government his cessity. Gay would not put the watches on
aid in this vital matter. an embargo list but as long as there was
“The importance of the work which is a stock in America he would tell these men
being done by Dean Gay, head of the Uni- that they could not get a ship for particu-
ted States War Trade Board, in limiting im- lar importatation at this particular time but
ports and exports to absolute necessities might get a ship later. If a corner in
in order to release tonnage for. war pur- the market resulted and price of watches
poses, cannot be overestimated” declared went up too high, Gay’s business would be
Mr. Aydelotte. .“Chairman Gay’s problem to let enough watches in to break the mar-
is to permit the importation of only bare ket and force prices down. Chairman Gay
necessities and in the pe.'for nancs of this is a real man doing a real job in the face of
important task he must face not only difficulties and should receive the support
the wrath but pressure of large and sel- of loyal Americans.”
*“YOUR DUTY.”
“It is your duty to help your country in this struggle, Mr.
Taft said in dedicating Muskogee’s War Savings Bank, “and
I hope that you realize that' The politicians are telling you
about your rights, I propose to tell you what your duty is.
I used to be a politician but the people cured me of that.
Now I can tell you the truth.
“You must save every nickel, dime and quarter you can so
that the Government may have the use of that montey. I
want everybody here to resolve to buy War Savings Stamps
regularly. Remember they are a good investment and the
Government will redeem them in 1923, paying compound in-
terest.
be devoted to war purposes.
Second, the person to whom
you pay your money may also
use it to purchase, things requir-
ing material and labor which
should be devoted to war pur-
poses. And the person to whom
he pays it may repeat the opera-
tion.
But when you lend your money
to the government instead of
spending it, you will at once les-
sen the drain to a certain extent
on our country’s resources, its
material, its labor, and its trans-
WHAT MR. TAFT SAID.
William Howard Taft in dedicating the War Savings Bank
at Muskogee a few days ago, referring to the duties of our cit-
izens in time of war said:
“The American must show his patriotism by deeds and not
by blowing off wind.”
You can show that Mr. Taft’s advice is heeded by buying
liberally of War Saving Stamps. A quarter saved each day'
by the millions of our people will raise a great portion of the
money required to pay the cost of the war. War Saving
Stamps are the centimeter guns in the hands of those
cannot go to the front.
Monday night was the regular
meeting night of the executive
committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, and while there was
not a very large attendance,
those who were present enjoyed
the meeting and disposed of sev-
eral matters.
The question of the collection
of dues was brought up by the
treasurer who stated that when
he went to collect for the assess-
ment for the Albert Pike High-
way Association a number re-
fused to pay the five dollars that
had been promised to reimburse
the Chamber for the dues sent
in. He was instructed to hold
up these collections until the
matter could be brought up be-
fore the regular club meeting.
The treasurer did not get to see
all who promised to pay the five
dollars, but after those he did
see did not pay he made no fur-
ther attempt to collect until he
had the advice of the executive
committee. Those present at
the meeting Monday night were
all of the opinion that it certainly
showed a lack of loyalty to the
city and to the organization for
those who promised this amount
to now “renig”.
Other matters concerning the
State Highway and the Albert
Pike highway were taken up and
discussed and arrangements all
made to do all that is possible at
the present time.
This week an effort will be un-
dertaken for a membership drive
and it is hoped that every citizen
who pos&ibly can will join and do
his share to help make Yale a
bigger and a better city.
It was suggested and the sug-
gestion brought forth immediate
and favorable results, that at
least once a week the executive
committee meet together at a
lunch and during that hour dis-
cuss matters that would be tak-
en up at the next regular meet-
ing. Secretary Solow immediat-
ly invited the body to be his
guests on Wednesday and it was
unanimously agreed to take ad-
vantage of the invitation.
The membership of the Cham-
ber of Commere is certainly not
doing its duty toward the organ-
ization. The lack of interest in
these kind of organizations is
just the cause of so many towns
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The Yale Democrat (Yale, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1918, newspaper, April 11, 1918; Yale, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1139025/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.