Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 342, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 2, 1920 Page: 3 of 8
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PROBLEMS FACING
STRICKEN WORLD
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction in
Europe Follow the Great
World War?
RUSSIA'S GRAVE MORAL ERROR
Forcible Seizure of Land Understand-
aW,.. but to Be Regretted as Mak-
lug a Precedent to Justify
Dishonesty.
Article XIX.
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By FRANK COMERFORD.
An examination of Itnssia. the pa-
tient. just before the treatment was
stnrl<vl reveals several findinKS whi h
rosary to complete the history
and physical examination.
r„L« was 7S per cent Migrate.
This moans tlial nearly four
people in Russia eonld not re.o,
or write It does not mean .hut the.
enid rot think. There to as great a
iltfFerenee between illlterR< >
lelliceive as there is between llllters >
i ft nvc met in any i*u*
and Ignorance. I Ka\e mei
.(an peasants who eoulfl not read
"rite, who had good native jnto£.
genuine power ^ IlussiH
r.n «t ^n tn.ined. but It was not
empty. .
There tn<- many reasons for t _ •
,i1eraey of the great ^HS
Man people. The aut.K-ratlo state wa^
tbf principal conspirator .ifi lllt«on
Uussian people getting an e< 1 ■
The autocrats knew that ignoranc, is
the greatest Insurance against tip
rWings, the greatest sedative to keep
ih.- slave from complaining. im
Churrh in Russia, the Orthmh.x
Church, tvas nsed to keep the light
from tie people. The car was the
-I ittle Father," the divine agent of
nod on <«rth, and the "Unholy Synod
(lf the Ru«dan Church bowed, Mt l.^
fore the Christ, hut bent low before
tlie cwir. They betrayed (Tirist. ever
,x,t betrayed the sons daugh-
ter. r* mm. their own blood, the Rns-
pian feasants and toilers3.
Retrgion Their Only Solace. «
Tfce poople of Russia held firmly
to (hetr faith in Ood. The rest and
oase their faith gave them was the
onlv comfort they bad. In mom"""
„f inlo„w religions communion tl^
were lifted out of themselves and for
s.M'onds forgot their burdens. These
soeonds were long spaces o •
jrreen spots in the endless desert waste
llow nhriat must have wept "hen he
,vit«M.sod the "Holy Synod, the
silencing the protests ot soulH
,hmtHi * the cry for freedomby
quoting la bis name that thos
nlin suffered most here would he high
e.t in keaven. A blasphemy, a «or
n)ptl( of the I/iwly One. who used
\Z , ord brotherhood to define equal-
„j. t*e fatherhood of Ood to ex-
p„Ws t'ae Justice that man owed to
"'a was agreed by and between the
Holy Synod and the csars that the
t,J™ta« worshipers of God must not
Co. to read or mi. bis name
So it was that the orthodox church
;,/rU. nsed religion to tow" God
H„rt hold his creatures in bondage. It
was the onlr great church in the
wort* rtat lid not provide prayer
books far its members. It ',r
K„od Aat If the people had prajer
books they would learn to ren-l and
If they re*d the Christ message on the
Sabbat tbey might read other strange
nnd dangerous books on Monday art
Tuesday and the other days of he
v,,*. They might misuse their abll
„v .0 read, and read things like the
America" Declaration of Independ
rnr(>. The churches of the Hyzant ne,
piinted tho story of religion on the
side of its walls. They gave, the peo-
,lo an education by the picture book
method we use for children before
IS have reached the kindergarten
Bolshevism Officially Launched.
The birth certificate >J0,^ls,a
was issued on November 10. 1917
-The All-Russian Congress of the
councils of Workingmen's, Soldiers
ainl Peasants' Deputies decrees he
OF TOK CONSTITUENT ASS!™.
Itl.Y. Vtie provisional workers and
peasants' government is lo lie ca 1
the Council of People's Commission-
„rs The administration of (he indi-
vidual branches of state life is to be
outraged to boards, the composition
of whit* is to secure the carrying ou
of the program proclaimed by the con-
press i«i close contact with the organ-
dy,™ ef workers, sailors soldier;-.
110aSanta and employees. llie gov-
ernment authority belongs to the board
lUU! chairmen of these coram ss oners,
bat is. to the people's commissioners,
1 ike right of systematizing them
helena t« 'be All-Russian (Jongresa
' f the Councils of Workmen's and
Peasants' and Soldiers' Delegates and
Us Central Executive Committee.
The government of the czar was au-
tocratic. not because it was 11 bad gov-
pnimcnt and misgoverned the people.
„ wns autocratic because the peop^
did not haw a voice in It. A good
government that denied the people a
voice mml.l be equally as autoc™t^e
ranvass the wish and will of the pen-
„ie at once, ao they issued the prom-
S I have quoted above. The wort.
or promise are printed in capital let
ters. , ,
>t was their moral obligation to
keep this promise madejo Ithe r«>pl-
It was necessary to keep It. If there
wa. to be a genuinely trv* Uu-
Who could anticipate and wlio wou
dare write out and put int" 'peril '
the plan of government without givl
nil of the people of Russia a chance
ti pass upon the plan and help formu-
late It through their own cliosen rep-
resentativesT
This was the first promise the bol-
shevik leaders made to the Russians.
Tliev broke It. It has never been tut-
filled. In the constitution and
of Cie soviet government they ha
trieo to explain, excuse and condone
this breach of promise. Fair y £
ti rpreted, all they have said In Ae
/(•use of tills ah is. of powi 1 ,
l tion of trust. Is in glance. It
was necessary to dissolve i«
tuent Assembly: it might have lnte^
fered with our plans; it mlgh
Jeopardised soviet government What
right did thev I ive to think, act, ami
decide lor the people any more than
the czar had'i .
Tn sp^vhes and writings Lenlne and
TTro,-,ky have since in a veiled WW
,1LV sled that the peasants elected
SS XX ;r;"
and profit by their mistakes They
cannot become independent until tilt
„ot a chance to exercise lndepcnden .
No man can get muscle by letting a^
other fellow use tl.e dumbbells. The
Kussiaus—peasnnts, workers
bourgeoise—are all hnmar. ^
„ government, to be democratK, must
be, as Lincoln put it, "of tlie pt I .
•for the people and by the peop 1 •
government that is afraid of the in >;
ence nnd power of three or
cent of tlie people isin able
and It doesn't deserve to.
Gladly Obeyed Lenine.
I.enlne issued his famous order,
"Peasants, seize the land. ' This com-
mand was obeyed with great enthusi
asm They forgot all about freP "
and the constitutional convention.
They understood what land '
they^adb^taughtthath^'n^-
"pLutldl Phrases and framework. ^
order to seize the land tore from the
serfs their heavi« t ehatos. -
became their llberator-his was the
voice that said "seise the lano.
Probably the peasants would have
done it anyway. Hlsorder and unrest
destroyed all 'espect for propert
rights Projierty rights had a din r
^hTer,hT^ IhatTnlne had
uttered the words made them reverence
I :,u seen it Rolshevism started
, „ , ,1 i„n,i was based on the idea
bat' £ owners of laud held title by
. thmuirti their own wrongful con
duct GoTha'l n^ .he ground and
sunshine and those who had takeu
tie to it had only mov«l on und force^
^- ^ eTwere insistent. From
the world's p«nt of view it w-S,«£
fiscation. H was dlBhone«t M ny
neonle believe tlwt ncqiiiriiig property
peopit oe lt 0f industry
Is frequently the rebuit <
n_f1 thrift • in some cases tne tii
^ who are without an,
, . , nroperty because tbey pre-
fer to squander Ibeir time dissipate
t£ir energy and live shiftless lives.
After all, it is a matter of opinion, and
frijm tli# point of view of the bo.she-
viks the order "Peasants, seise the
land" may have been justified-
Rut when the order was given, the
peasants seized It not for the con,
munity but to own '' Prjvnteb;
this point there can be no dlfrerenc
of opinion among honest, Impart,,. .
fair-mind#d men, and when the peas
ants seized the land to holdL use and
own it as ttieir private property ti >
were guilty of taking title by the very
means others had taken the land, and
"gainst whom they had complained
nnd cried "Thief ! '
The Russian people have the power
to think. They realize that they have
acquired property by the very method*
thev have always condemned in oth
ers Their natural selfishness may
constrain them to keep this nropert^
The sufferings they have ^^hmugh
may mitigate the offense buoC^
f(,ct was Inevitable, and that .fleet
,he most serious that could happen to
a people on the threshold of a free fu-
"tu% I refer to the weakening of
tlveir moral nature, the making; 0
precedent Justifying dishonesty. I
have found tlie 111 effects of this act
on the patient, Russia, in every su
sequent symptom.
right. 191'. Un'°
NOTI©E I
NoUc. IB kereby vea that Fr^ •
ine firms: DrumrtKht Cm Btogtoe .
1 i ht Okl Drumright Boiler &
Co ^mrigh, Okla... Union
Weld.8 Co, I^mright Okla., Korp
A Murray Too, Co., KMtUnd 'M
and retires from said firms- ^ debts
I due to said partnership and those due
by them will be settled with and by
| the remaining partners who wlU con-
tinue the business under the linn
names as above sei for*.,
Dated this Hth of ^obraary,
1920
Vc VoOdte. O. X. M«Clella.nd
(■•has F. F-nl., Fred tHark aoC fc
T. Murray.
DR. REYNOLDS M0V1B.
I I have mot*) my tn to
' ley-Fttlkers.® Puldtng, over tk*
1 Guarantr Sta e a-uik, wfcere I wl« b*
.leased to meet .til -> fiiendu and
'patrons. S W. UUTKOLD6, M. D
3:i-«t.
For rapid healing it«*v ^ aotklis
like liquid Porozone. U mends torn
Hesh, heals cuts, bunu or scree to
quickly no time is loat from work
Priee, 30c, flfcc and |1,W. Sold by City
Drug Btors.
i shawnee store EQUIPIiCNT «o.
Ksrreot Way Fixtures
Oouaters. Phelvb*.
Sbow Cases. Soda Fo«ottti«s.
Window Display Fixtures.
Paper MmQH Forms.
Church Furniture.
Bank and Office Flx*nr« .
Clothing OablnoU.
1 S. Bf adway 9hawnee, Okla
phoat 146
o-
I TRUCKS
Cold settled ia th« n as*l t ti the j
neek arms or shoulder makes every
movement painlul. Use Ballard's Bnov,
Liniment. It reUvee the pain and re-
laxes the musd«. Three rtaes, •.
COc and |1.*. Sold by «tr M |
Store.
Build a Home
AMAMERM t
^ BOND
jCetterheads
Envelopes
Jjilllka
GiveUs^wr
Orders 4or
lVlnting
For Hire
yit have sen n*w MasweM trash?
i at jour eervlss.
do heavy ha lin« ,lB
I aindB to all parts of the o* Sold"
Get oar prleee.
Phone Druraniflbt <* ,r *•
Day and algbt serrtw
OIL FIELD FREIGHT AND
EXPRESS COMPM
W. P. STONtt, Field ledger
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\ .ervice possible ar.d would ap- '
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< news published here'^: ,
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Special dUnataie. herem ax.*
K also resarved.
Makes lie Complex** BewtiW j
r0i r AND vrLVftTY..
bu '
WE BUY AND SELL
New and Second-Hand
FURNITURE
I HnnV e lrc. tottnerjj'
\ Hunt s Oom Is il.ti.it
ItSSffKBSrt
te£SnB2f«
\ Ui® uo*.
| hot stJm **
v
If you wish to go to housekeep-
ing vie ean fnraish you *itb a com-
ptote outfit.
Don't throw away or store your
aW hiTultare. We w« h y « and
pay the caeh.
Phene
McCoy's
New and M Hand Stoic
^ buS lt nu crtaclj (duoud.
N«toeto
/-^-•KsSEfSS'
N..--I r-w --
Spend Your Money
with yoo r home merchants.
They help pay th« taxea,
keep up the Mliooli, build
roads, and make this • com-
munity worth while. Vera
will find the advertising of
the best ones 1*> this papa'-
The Ease of
the Chalmers Engine
Has a Story
To Do Away With "Slackers."^
Fulminating the "work slacker is
J neHob which the American legion
Uas tnken upon itself, acting in
Junction with tbe war department^
chain of employment hureaua througli-
out the country. This lype of ex-serv
ice man. while not numerous. Is occa-
Rionsllv a serious detriment to the
J„rlc of placing ex-soldiers and sailors
In satisfactory jobs. Their attitude of
Khlftlessness after getting I
(.aw,s dissatisfaction among employ-
;.rwho are really tryb.g to_belp and
QuaRty Ptrxi
s
V\77H >M you ait beh d the wfeeei oi a prvna-
VV day Chalmers you w* W r«wmber tlie rare
ongtDC.
It responds to tKe slightest call without elort.
At h#h speed you are conscious of no great actrv. y
^d^thc bonnet. But you roll along with a certa,
co«iort of mind that is comparable only when you
Us along at slow speed and note no 'breaking n®
'S no jerky actic-but a auickriess, a sdence
th-.t is smooth and expressive ot high efficiency.
" There's a story back of this.- Most troubles in a
car Ct>we from vibration. In a Chalmers there is s.
little vibration as to be negligible.
Its crank shaft and reciprocating parts are balanced
to a fraction of an ouncc, both static and in motion.
More than this, Hot Spot vaponzes the raw ^o'
\mc mto a "fog," and RamVhorn suppbes each cyksdei
xvitii an even "charge.
Th« provides double insuraicc ajaiml: vibnoom
ani generates an ease of acnon no. otten found m a
«tor car.
Once you experience thi, you, too, wil say
CI,al crS is one of the few great ears of the wortd.
Sutherland
S 1ST E R Sj
HAIR grower
GREATEST HAIR TONIC OH tMTI
WaTSR« WITH THE tO«S T *~Q ,
fl^JuTII'Oi. HAm l 'Hf WOKUI UVtW
pUo OF IT. «i«IT« I
Stops Falling Hair. The oldeet prep-
aration of the kind ia u«s Ha too<l
the test for over 36 yearn and to
o-dav more popular than ever.
^ALI> CLKANER, the Great Dan-
druff Remedy. it removes the dase
druff germ. For ■banipooing. it Uf
Sflnd 10 cent* tor trial si*e of ertlxsi
Tonic or Scalp Cleaner to-
Seven luther,and Sisters
242 Brad hurst Ave.
New York City
lUtaiat Size 0* Silt it all Good Sruggutt
drumright, okla
I Hunt's Salve, formerly c U*4
1 nunt'K, Cure Ifl e«perially ^o«>
I ponnded for the treatment oj
I itch. iBct^ma, Ring worm,
r Tetter, aud Ib Bold by the
risl t.c to. Htri.-t truiwr.intw Uurf
the imrrhane prlee, 75c, wlUa«
nrouaptly reJunded to any dl«i
K!™-omer. Try Bune 8«lT,
at our .ith. % For al« loc*U )
That is Always t*. Policy .1 T.-
GouH Servtet Sta«o«
We examine
a one year adjustment
tr0U"6 n^Uica Plug, cant
600-W Oil. B'St
bnlK0phone 331, 226 F>. BroaflW
drumrisht, oklahoma
Kft*««**SSSS*S5
* advertising is news *
* Advertising plain. down- ^
, right, necessary news. Did^yo ^
S ever stop to think, folt?' %
S a funny world it * J ,
j V there wm no advertising %
I % The advertisements o
\ Drumright merchants as they
u j„v in the evening "
N appear each day in ^ ^ ,
s lierriek are just ■ v
s t0 y0Ur code of lmng as the
\ "lead story" on the f™nt page. ^
* Studying the ads every day ^
.u truth of this statement.
< make up your shopping >
\ list each morning from
i the Drumright derrick
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