County Democrat-News (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1924 Page: 4 of 8
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Published hi 22 South Park St.
_Sapulpa. Oklahoma_
F.. M SCACCS
Milor and Owner
Entered a< Second Glass Mail Matter October
12, l‘<20. at Sapulpa. Oklahoma, under the
art of congrr**, March 3, 187<).
electing men In ini-
i iin-nlv billow lhr
I In- -\ -ii-m make-
MEETING \\ f Mf Ki.l \. '
Oklahoma Gitv i- an example of what can lie
done when nccc—itx make- it- niu-i exacting de-
mand. Then1 l- a wholesome le—on hi that
city * financial situation, mu that should lie
learned. 1»\ pvrrx counts and c\ci\ municipality
in the state. Oklahoma l its t.i e. the necessity
of saving Si(N).tNk) in three month-. It i» not
a question ol whether it i an. hut a fact that it
will.
Bereft of a pood Is part ol it- revenue through
a rulinp ol the -uprenie co.iri. lelreiichment and
economy were forced upon that ■ its The peo-
ple hase taken at lair- hi hand with a nplil pood
will ami will cut down »■ \ p e n - c » to
meet the revenue-. What Oklahoma < its ha-
iiecn forced to do. csers counts and mimii ipalits
can do. It is nut a question of how. hut the tael
of doing, that count-.
t ess eminent <>t all kind- - eostinp |.»» mueh.
Taxc- are too hipfi. It i- tune we take a hitch in
our finau lal troo-ers and adopted a ness polos.
What we should do i« take -!>>• k of our affair-,
ascctlam the tail- and -o ish.it tun he done to-
ward reducing .\p.-n-e- W- arc not electing
dishone-t men to ottn . Ii not di-liom -is. hut
tile system We hast- hceii
tuitions of rrstMui'i I *i I it \ win
trail of their predn e—..r»,
for waste.
I hi pr-po-al for Sap ilpa I- di«
cuss the county's fmanic. f- timely. It i- nn-
peralive that the liusines. men git together, go
oser the situation, and see wlu-t. • \pcndiluii -
ran lie reduced. IVopb are Uung taxed higher
in some counties than in < leek, mil tin s lake a
pride in it. seenunpls. But tin aim should he
to lower the less.
Oklahoma (.its ha* hla/ed tin- ssas iil-
follow.
COING IN INK lilt.HI DIKF.'CTION.
Following the lead ol >apiilpa. Br -low ha-
put on a buy-at-home campaign. th> Itrumnght
Derrick ha* fallen into line ami i» urging the
people to patrom/e the home merchant*, sshile
Dillon will pul on a similar drise m a -hurt
time.
This shows the Big Idea i» taking well in (.reek
county. Mom s earned in the counts should la-
spent with the home men hauls. Tin* idea i-
lieiug dnsen home. People are la-gimung to
realize they hase (seen fnoli-h. Tin s appro iale
the fait that they hase done s lolcnee to their
own interest, and are now ready to huild at home
instead of helping to build in other . ities.
The buy-at-home campaign i- has mg its ef-
fect in Sapulpa. Merchant- can «ee the differ-
ence already, and before tin . ampaign end.- there
will lira sa-t Iinproseiiient in hrcal trade. That
the campaign also will !„- effective hi Bri*tow.
Drumnght and U.lton. ,- the belief of the husi-
nes- men of those town*. It i» merels a matter
of education with the general rut. of people. hut
with a few. and ino-tls men haul*, it i- different.
The merchant who uses the mail order catalog or
buys in another county, ha- no right to complain
*hcn others do so.
Self preserxation is the fir-t law of nature,
and buying at home is the l*-t was to promote
every interest in the counts.
'■"erica invented the fixing machine, France
perfected it and the whole world has left Amcr-
ica awas in the background so far as supremacy
in the air is concerned.
During the great war we spent millions on lop
of million, in “getting ready" to build aero-
plane. but we did not send a single fixing ma-
' hine overseas. Manx of the box. hoped to
goodne— we nexcr would send anv. Our con-
tinual experimental work made our fliers nerv-
ou*.
'mem a I -las stand* m a deplorable condi-
tion -o lar a- our ail fleet anil fliers are con-
tented. France leads with the greatest fighting
an fleet J.'HMt pi me*. Great Britain is sec-
ond with not more than one-quartet the strength
«d Frame. Die I lilted Stale* rests as an ex-
Ireinel\ weak third. Our aeroplane* ami sea*
pi-1"'* if few m numlN-r and of more or less
antiquated i\jw. Plus this, our air force is
getting weaker exerx day.
Dur greatest need i- seaplanes. If this nation
i- ever attacked it will be from the east, the west
--I the south, \irplane- yes, !>x all m-’an*. for
Imd battle-; but when we send llier* out oxer
tin- water to meet the enemx. the route thex must
ionic, tlii-n we want thousands of the Ih-*i radio
e|uip|»ed seaplane* that can l«> limit. Kn air-
plane. crippled out oxer the water, would Ire a
total loss of machine and lift Whereas. *«*a-
plane- could are tor themselxe- and perhaps
ra.ln. import.ml information hack to land head-
quarters.
< ongres* ha- proxided for 12.tKHt officers
and for 12*>.tKKt nu n for our air fleet. We have
le-- than H> p. r i■mil of this force. \\ e have mil
lam- of do- ar* inn-led m living fields, in han-
gar- anil all the | ia r.i plienia I la lie e-*arx for the
"I" ’ ,|",n "f an air fleet, hut the fleet dor* not
r< ■ ■• I- ! Hr til- |>e >|de ,iro|l«ed tl.. Ill-
s' He- in the seriousness of the situation. It i*
all well to wrap the flag around *ome advocate
"I the great battleship and haxe him win round
-liter round of applause at rhi* or the other pub-
" tm-eimg Iix extolling our great naix.of which
tin country i- *o justly proud, hut the obvious
i --t -- that tin seaplane, with a little high ex-
|‘lo-n- and manned by an lK-xear-old dare-
dod. - hi put a battle -liip worth millions and
maneed 11x Iwe.xr or fifteen hundred men out of
"•mini -ion in Vt seconds.
Gnirii.i must lie made first in the air. 'mer-
n.oi genius brought tin- engine of national
-at>-t\ into being. To abandon it to foreign
power- i- little short of criminal. We mu-t not
lotget the seaplane the real hornet to protect
our licet and shores.
With Oar Neighbors
tin In Tfce tiimr
A trmle.at-home esmpnijn has been
started in Sapulpa in which interest
is tx-inir shown Cit irons are pleadir
ing themselves to spend every dollar
in Sapulpa. with Sapulpa tax payers,
instead of out of town, with mail or-
der houses, who pay no taxes for the
upkeep of the city It is a worthy
Laa Meisenhaeher, sapennteridxnt
«f the Bristow park, recently found
Beye Will Be Bey a, Nkrk. ■ new Ford roadster in the woods at
lee Nichols, editor of the Bristow Klingwnamith park. The ear wax tn
Record, takes occasion to remind eon- condition, but had been robbed
ITT ess it wax eatablishad to work, not nf th» rear tires. •
to promote oratory. He should re- . -
member that when a man goes Mrs. Rebecca Andrews, mother of
through an election for congress he children, died at ttrumright after
is so tired he must rest through his *n extended illness. She was tha
term to he in shape to make the nert w M. Andrews.
campaign. -
Quint Frye and Mabel Johnson, re-
cently arrested for the alleged theft
of cotton, after waiving a prelimi-
nary. were held to Itrumnght superior
court m *10,000 bond each,
w R Hunt, charged with driving a . „ „
car on the streets of Shamrock while A ” * ur,G- pioneer Creek county
I " M*:"*—* h*“ m*'*# hi* hot"* *"
last ertnral years,
1- -- 1 hospital after an ilt-
----- "*** of about a week. Mr. Purdy
Shamrock is considering a nr.m—al * n',rvou* cuBapne fn«m
Lat” JC -_a----__■ P P *' which he never recovered He wna
Creek County News
r#. “.’ndTt^tow^s'^r/ zzjsrtsr* JUSi
fat. Sapultya’s example with adv.nt- u j """ <,f ‘"'U"r' h‘! Hn.mw for the
age. say. Hyde Robinson ,n the Sham £ir<£ 4 * ^ * f'lon* dWt, T.hl'l
rock [lemis rat.
I.ou Allard in the Prumright Herrick,
hut too many political performers in-
sist on speaking off the key. Some
fellows just cany carry a tune.
Rev. XV. T Scott, pastor of the
Shamrock iiaptist church, will de-
liver the har< alaureate sermon to the
graduating class of the high school.
Take 'Km Down. Tom. -
Tom Harris, editor of the Bristow John Lee. years old. an employe
T- hune. .alls attention to the num of the Lorraine Refining company
mu,, old signs on Main street. He died in a Bristow hospital. The young
ih nks that when i he people are twsu- man was Injured at the plant. Ills
Vf\ rig their home is a good time to body was shipped to Ramona for in-
remove them and thus improve the ap- terment.
t tut of Tune ,* ering a prop.,.,) - . . ~ '.~i_,"-s'
hiv'-'te s peer has are all right, says to put in * sewerage system. founder of 'he first hlnk in Rris'
-u Allard in the Drumright Herri/k. ~ ^ ^‘oJ^V^f-
fairs there for many years.
Mayor Morriaaon of Bristow, co-
operating with the several woman's
Hubs of the rity, will set the date for
a clean up week The w-bish will
direct the work.
Mr and Mrs. F. (, Mri iead and the
latter's parent., Mr and Mrs. J. P.
Havti, were in Sapulpa Monday.
Unde John
The turtle-dove enthralls us
with her soul-entrancin' sorg,
w.itch the gnat Creator gave
her an' she couldn't sing it
wrong, for, she’s practiced it un-
* n’ through the centuries I
guess, till, she’s got it to per-
fection—nothin’ more an' nothin'
It's the song of angel-purity—•
gentleness an' love. and.
“ ' t. '* pathos mixed with giad
r css * the room* of the dove,—
wi t no sort of human singin'
that's sn «nothin’ or sublime, un-
t's Mother's symphony -at
i’-ahy's rockin' time'
1 reckon I am ignorant, an'
m.hhe shouldn't feel that the
simple song of Natur’ bcata the
e-idicated squeal—but. I’d take
s fcathensi songsters fer
th. the music of my choice, in
pnferer.ee to the fashumal.lt,
cultivateii void!
IH
ARTHUR
BRISBANE
IHF I'l MOt K'T> \\ || | |)() |T
\rchbi«htq» M.itin.i. '|aakinp lief ore the 1 mon
I <-.t”iie i !ub of *s.iii 1 r.uii ijM'ii ri*i<-nt|\, made an
•'I’l" Jl B>r .t return to the political ideal, id the
founder* of tin 'men. an republic and the prin-
*11• I• - of the constitution. Iho** pritu iple»
»tarul for a stronj: national government for na-
tional purpose, ami loxallx to it. with the great-
•■*1 possible liU-rlx to the individual -late, hi
fFie*ir affair* and a full measure of li!*erl\ to
the |>eo|ile consistent with all orderlx ms ielx and
safety of pet son and pro|wrtx.
Ih. last three year- of republican rule i«
making eyery thinking person speculate oil what
lhr future ha- in stole for us. \1 c must haye
a i liange of policies, such as only can lie brought
alioui through the election of a democratic presi-
dent and congress. The Harding and Coolidge
administrations have fallen far Mow the level
of any previous one in the history of the nation.
Wastage and pillage is the greatest asset the
present administration has to offer. That isn’t
an alluring menu for the thinking man.
PW'Ml
w* can Ay.y. think os-
A tOt US FUOUXN
Tmi n6S will DO iB
Wt ONLY HAP TmC SIIMK Y
&)
Cal Overlooks Ruth—A World of Mystery
"e Need Airships—A Human Bluebottle—Found
rr .t ~k;.:
BenouAly in poiiticB. umi r#*nt px-c?, would tout half mil-
in maintaining our form of govern- lion collar*
mrnt
An3 Wnm.n sr» „„ .ml mere Tht^l h IH.n. f
taking sn ,merest pol.tic. “'[TT" *“*
Mr (Vk.I 1(Jgr might ..y . frm ^ ' k*‘ J*''’.** **.
w-.rds t.. the mer. millions of wh- m. ,hVm .sl.msr^. * * **
presently, w,ll f„rget .1] .bout the
oil sc.ndwl, and everything else.
bee.use of their deep interest in J*P»n go. « .h.wl qaiwtlv with
li»he Ruth's home runt and similar *rt,rl»i»slion .n i ru. , ,
important matters |Ani she k> w» r-mign t. ... ia
-- St RMARINf'S. i or* what pw"
ftut m the ocean, off Cape Rare, P°** 40 T«u suppoie she is bu ,d-
is a g gar, tic icelwrg. more than s 'na them ’ >. »i intake h» ki.iwia
mile long, towering a hundred feet ’"L.* ,r'P. cer'a.nly
in the air To hump into it would future war w-ll be by aub-
mean destruction to any ahip Tn*r n'’ »nd fy -g . arh.net And
In old day. men wou.’d have '*"* country eh uit have pi~n*y of
said, "lyet us pray that no unforta- *w,h More than any o her nation,
nat* ship wilt strike that fearful Afford It. They CANT,
iceberg-^ ^o much the better foe p«ac«.
Fraying is good, especially when The teamed M r. g.u — a_ *
accompanied by ierd. Now ,hl. half of tj, Xenm T^e-d .g^l sj^
<»*•*• rnnv nt R«>nd« ih«* rrvfnu* ut r.nrv , / vi .. lr k * *#
«««•»«*« *....... . -i hrV., ;^rf*u4
that K-eherg a, „ m..ve, slowly „f P.Uatlne imumt The Urn
and majestically to ita melting Head Sea and .n. .... v .
1 * ' >■.....l»"-r And a. ih? . f h- U. " . ^.^
b.g iceberg moves, the little ratter Oomss^ah °f S~to" *“* I
^ rr.ve. there date back to '
Banua-ia- z-zxz «r sSf- -,
th« less, a rude (Kivemmrnt eeixed
his private car. atorked w thihnice ',r** ■,'* ,h* J«» bono of tha
Ii lUidt. and threatens to seite an i link '<•«>» told tba
sell the car gorilla ia your cousin Then rnaisa
That is push ■ g prohibition be l*rn,,f S>*Jom and fiom,.rrah,
>, nd the joke stags Keeping b*-er T0® comforted and ao ta
1r> m workingmen ia all right **** gorilla.
Keeping champagne from the prs-ai- -
dent of a great railroad M quite l® the Sing Sing death house,
another mattrr where murderers are kept. Itvm
-—- , Mre Annie Bush, convicted of
Inis is a world of mysteries killing a man named Schneider,
w e send messages by electricity She has appendicitis, ao a flrst-
and we don't know what electric class surgeon will operate on her
•ty is—only what it does We send *"<1 endeavor to save her life for
redio mus.c and messages through <ke electric chair
t .» air without w res and say it That reminds you of the ItttU
g.«es through the "ether" We hoy scolding hts sister for killing
don't know what the ether is and » h.g bluebottle fly. He wnnM
'to km “
i annot even prove that rt EXISTS
ttie fly
the fly himaelf
Now I>r Ranting a brilliant If Mra Burxi had killed no .me
; oung irient *• who dlso.vered and were liv.r.g at h,,m. she might
inaulin. cure for dialwtea. „y. ,h.t ,,f appendicHi. forty Hme. *[0)
having dtocovered it he >s doing .11 great New York StaU would
Fs ^ ,n|.OW l" ft"H °U’ ’,h*' ” r*r" -hen she's sentenced to
IS t>ne thing is sure it it an ex- death it', different She must not
pensive product vpo.1 that plan
Republican
Harris.
harmony doesn’t include Jim
A "OMAN OF SERVICE.
Mr*. D. A. McOougal. -laic leader hi many
lines of endeavor f«.r the nelfare .d women, and
nationally known through hrr efforts in behalf
of the democratic jiarty. is »eekmg another term
as the woman representatne on the national
committee.
Her record of seryice. the actual [lerformance
of duty, is one of Mr*. McDougal’s greatest
annets. She is qualified in every way for the
position, anti Oklahoma democrat* will make a
serious blunder il they fail to show their appre-
ciation of her work.
lliere are lots of jimson weeds in the garden
of love.
Most fellows weigh the fish they catch by the
n ales on his back.
" Iw-n we learn to trade at home we’ll have
more money to buy with.
FOLKS
IN OUR
TOWN
Pop Puta
One Over
By
Edward
McCullough
AUTOCASTM
♦404. V SMO«ft»
WHAT MNP oe
a Sign post
is tmat * YOV
Cam r
Some people are never- satisfied,
they get the more they take.
more
C. 0. P. now has a new meaning. It is the
Creasy Old Party.
Tile republicans are trying to mix Ixinu* mo-
lasses with naval resene oil.
There seems no doubt hut that Coolidge will
he the jockey on the greasy elephant.
The republicans are looking for a key noter,
But what they really need ia a bras* band com-
pofled entirely of 1mm drama and baaa homa.
A stranger in Washington witFiout a hand hag
is viewed with alarm these dfxs.
President Giolidge, realizing that Mellon has
no defense, has come to his defense.
People who used to worry over the grocery
lull now wonder where they will get the gaa for
their flivver.
• »
If the Creek county democrata would diract
their fighting ability against the republirana in-
Mead of each other they would ■"*'» better
prognae.
• TA«a TNia
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Scaggs, E. M. County Democrat-News (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1924, newspaper, May 1, 1924; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1470217/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.