The Blackwell Times-Record (Blackwell, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1923 Page: 2 of 8
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CHRISTMAS CARDS
Boston Tran.-cnpt—Few president-
Pagels Floral Shop
112 South Main St.
.ten The Times-Record for a whole year for only >1.00
FEY’S MEAT MARKET
THE OLDEST MARKET IN BLACKWELL
fact that the selection or
BLACKWELL HOSPITAL
W. S. BURKS. President
BMsGnMlk@dated
and burglar proof vault?
(ESTABLISHED JULY 1900)
;e appears
The First National Bank
BLACKWELL, OKLAHOMA
and their relation to other corpora-
tions. and to indivirual associations
ever assembled in Blackwell Also Baskets.
Candles, and many Holiday Suggestions.
W. E. BOND, AMiatant Cashier
W. W. WILKINS, VMiataat Caahier
We keep constantly on hand the best there is in
Fresh and Smoked Meats, Fish Relishes, Lard, Com-
pound, Oieomargerines of different kinds, Cream-
ery Butter, Oysters in season—in fact, everything
you would expect to find in a first class market.
OLA GOODSON, Vice President
G. E. DOWTS. Cashier
. .
A BIG CAVE IN NEW MEXICO
CarkUd Cavern Made a NatiMul
A consciense s all right in the street
in broad daylight but it is awful when
you are alone in your dark room and
there is a mask parade going by.
Convenience—Protection—Peace of Mind
AU three for $1.50 a year
Telepina** 1OT aad TOT
For tbe Care of Both Medical aad Sargscal Patieoto
MODERN OPERATING BOOM FULLY EQUIPPED
X-RAY DEPARTMENT HYDROTHEROPY MASSAGE
Let Flowers Be On
Your Gift List
. t VEXs £51 stan the 1,300 feet of hard yet wlu-
ckar ble limestone may have produced a
great me**age—short, clear, cavernous condtion of the rocks tl<at
__________ . TnSfer -VaSeristie tains, about 10 miles north of the
tiro form through political organiza- ageus- And a ,ot^ ver£^ Texas line and 22 miles southwest of
to3ZU7- CtoiAtei.th. «... in tetoh-
. amnnri the statement of eastern New Mexico.
positions M tetotoch >d re- Th. e.v.n u stol to h»'« teto Ou-
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CHECK UP ON OTHER SIDE
The situation at the New York ini-
Thc vigor of our national life absolutely
depends upon transportation, primarily the
railroads. To insure that all important func-
tions of the railroads are discharged in an
orderly and dependable manner the Govern-
ment has undertaken to regulate them in the
iollowing particulars:
1. A Government Commission determines
freight and passenger rates.
2. A Government Commission de'.ermiaes
what is a “fair return" on the value of prop-
erty used for transportation purpose*, but doe*
not guarantee any return.
3. A Government Commission determine*
the above value of transportation property.
4. A Government Board determine*
wage* and working condition* in case of dis-
pute between railroad employer and employe-
5. A Government Commission determine*
whether or not a railroad may taaue tt* stock
and bonds.
6. A Government Commission ha*
determined how all railroad account*
are to be kept.
7. A Government Commission determines
whether or not a railroad line may be built or
abandoned, leased, sold or merged with any
other line.
8. Any and every form of discrimination
is prohibited by law.
9. A Government Commission prescribes
safety methods and appliances and makes
constant inspection for any failure to observe
its requirements
There are duties devolving upon the
people to see that the railroads are given fair
treatment by the Commission and Board* to
whom ha* been delegated the task of exer-
cising the overwhelming control described
above, and that the provisions for such con-
trol are not lightly tampered with nor changed
until some clear ne<
With such treatment assured the railroada can
and will grow in capacity and efficiency to
meet all the need* of our country, and health
and vigor will be assured to our great national
industries, such as farming, manufacturing,
mining and commerce.
W. B. STOREY. Present
We now have on our counters the most
Beautiful Line of
jurity L*wwws«wwr.~ — —
^elected by a Committee on Commit-
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froBi each state in tbe.Union, voting
Minneapolis Tribune—By hi*
natural features- It is in the east
era foothills of the Guadalupe Moun-
DR. ARTHUR S. RISSER.
Consultation, Surgery and X-Rar.
Office at Blackwell Hospital A-a* 1'X
Residence Phone 106
steamship companies. As an act °J
were taken off of the ships to Ellis
Island pending determination as to
their admissibility. Most of the
yearly quotas from Europe were ex-
hausted by the November flood, and
immigration from those nations must
completely cease for the rest of the
year. The obvious remedy is in-
spection at the ports of embarkation.
That and other improvements in our
immigration law will be considered by
Congress.
Phone 7 At the Old Stand 106 North jfain St
and stockyards act >uperc»d*d all
state law* covering the same subject
matter.
The Santa Fe says efficient transportation to meet growing needs
of country is possible under existing Governmental regulation.
Farmers and business men asked to exercise their influence in giving
Transportation Act a fair trial.
vote. This was manifestly unfair and |
uaiensble It was rightfully voted i
daw*.
And this rule is now in force. It is |
not a rule in the air, but in the work- ,
Ing and under which the majority of
the present committees have been se-
lected. The rules of the house are not
tbe work of a day. but of a century.
They have gradually grown up from
•onion to session, as experience show-
ed their need and advisability of
adoption. They form the banks thru
which the rivers of legislation run
under our representative form of gov-1
eminent. Now and then they need re-1
Th* authority to discharge a commit-
tee if not already stated In a rule is
vested in a majority of the House,
which might under reasonable limita-
tion* properly be authorized to exer-
cise such authority, say after a bill
has been referred to a committee it
would not be unreasonab* to require
the committee to make some kind of
report after thirty or sixty days, eith-
er favorable, or unfavorable, or a re-
port requesting additional time for
procurement of evidence or additional
The third demand: “Ban on pocket
veto** by chairman” is sufficiently
answered by the chairman being sub-
ject at all times to a will of the ma-
jority. There is no question but that
an obstruction here and there Is lodg-
ed In the channel of legislation which
may be properly removed by amend-
ments to the rules. We need checks
•no balances, but obstructions which
defeat representative self-government
are not such.
We submit that the Republican--- . ,
rule for the selection of the Commit- unanimously held that tbe packers
he rule adopted oy me llieir pusmesd, inciuamg me
It is difficult to see how any ownerabip of such business by stock- United States have been morc ■ •
retneot could be made upon the i hoWing ana otherwise, and for the or *ei&nty, or Sir thJfac-
t rule of the majority. The ma-1 purIW8e of gathering and compiling than the address mJkon-
members of the committees are , lttformatlon concerning the organiza- tious mischief of a
o-eewo p, __________- - C-—> non. business, conduct, practice and tent*, has now been oehvered by Pre.
t>y composed of one representative management of theee corporations, ident Coolidge ___.
from each state in the.Union, voting and their relation to other corpora- o, u.
the Republican strength of his state. tjOn8i and to indivirual associations Minneapoa> Tribune By
SismTtrulynrepresentative of the and partners^ Under this Act of straightforward
partv's strength in every state in the Congress the Secretary of Agriculture courageous treatment of even £?
Upto* Tbe progressives attempted to niay demand of the big packers to of national concern, the IJ««den
amend this rule by giving to each him access to the accounts, book, established a standard offrank
itate one reprsentative and only one and records, for the opportunity to with the country that, must . w
spectIon and examination to be made
Is constitutional and valid.”
Judge B T. Hainer, formerly of
the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, rep- __
resents the Government In this impor- message, it becomes even more p-
tant national litigation. He was coun- parent on reflection, is courage-
sei for the Government when the con-
stitutionality of the Packers and
Stockyards Act of 1921 was attacked;
by the packers' commission at Chi- j migration station the early part ot
cago, and its constitutionality was November was a disgrace and a scar.d
upheld by the Supreme Court of UnF al, not reflecting on this country or its
ted States. He was also counsel for laws but upon other nations and the
the Government in the grain futures steamship companies. A
act. the constitutionality of which humanity hundreds of. immigrants
was upheld by the Supreme Court of
the United States. He was also coun-
sel in a recent case which was argued
before three United States judges at
St. Paul, Minnesota, involving the
question of the conflict concerning
the Jurisdiction of the state laws of
Minnesota and the packers and stock-
yards act. This case was argued last
week, and the Supreme Court at St.
Paul composed of three judges
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BORAH STATES TRUTH
Senator Borah says that the Ameri-1
can peopel are the most heavily taxed I
on the face of the earth. It is the;
object of the internationalists to con-
vey just the opposite impression by » ® aa
reciting the comparative debts and the y ou can f||e TimeS-ReCOTa Weeks IOT $1.00
comparitive debt charges of the Unit-
ed States and European countries.
There is little doubt that the United
States suffered a greater loss in
wealth from the World War than any |
other of the principal allied coun-
tries- It is also true that this Na-
tion is making a more determined ef-
fort to retrieve the losses of that per-
iod than any of its associates in the
war. When depreciated currencies
and other factors are considered, it is
probable that Senator Borah has not
exaggerated the facts-
What the Progressives Demanded
„ u> .tout th. rut- tod toth
“"K.te-Pl.to. te th. pto.m-.to I £t to-. » ^^X'*to3
A*rv*rnmpnf for this
records. The formal demand of ths
Secretary having been denied suits
are now in course of preparation to
be filed in the U. S. Supreme Court
at Chicago, which is the principal
place of business of the big packers to
charge their duties." In view of the give access to the Secretary of Agri- "r^lidee's
w;__________■ discharge of culture qr his duly authorized agents, any^ standpoint,
a chairman is already vested in a ma- to the books and records of the big
jorlty membership of a committee it packers, permitting the Secretary to
fa difficult to see how any improve- secure the information desired.”
meat can be made on the present rule.. "It i« the intention of the Govern-
The second demand was: "Proced- meat that under the Act of Congress
urs for discharging committees for! the Secretary of Agriculture is enti-
failure to act on bills, and bringing j tied to this information, and that the
measures before the House for a vote.’ Act of Congress permlting such in-
tion, business, conduct, practice and tent*, has now been ae live red by r
P»BS» flCMftUh Ctototod Cavern u to immerj.
Bo.-ton Se-B Bureau—The Presi- «»re i? te. Sexto ttol sto« to;
usual beauty and a great vanexy oi
wa® in narmoQy ana epirii. wen, vw. ------« _ ____.z. •*
Wd u»l. the w.t«iT.tora.of “rfnitolv «JuJ-
demanded t n e i
privilege of dto- tlooa ___ |
cusaion and a-; ~ | mg argument around the statement of
mendment to the , Owg™**ptJ£n. positions that after research ano re-
rule* immediate-1 Judge g j. Hainer, legal represent- I----------
ly after election >lWe the s^etary of Agriculture en. ______________
of a speaker. caJle<1 Bt ottic« today. In answer . .. u they saw coming out of a hole in the
Such a procedure lo lhe QUeBltolI> whit is your De-1 St Louis T1®®*—<* Mr- C®®11 ‘J* of a small vallev. Thev enter-
I in *H probability doin< for the farmers rela- had written a ^^^'S^StioM We and found a cave contain-
would have con-|^Te lo a ducuawon of the packers the dangers of the League <n deports of bat guano. These
turned several tru8t. and the opening up of belter (to us he could have.deposit^ were worked for several
„ weeks of the sea- markeU £or and cattle?" the, he said in thts sentence of wipte,^-
M C GARBER 8|oa. . judge replied. ^^•but £ Mr- White has recently explored
The pre-arranged but not published . ,.The senary of Agriculture has as a I «yeral miles of the chambers of the
•rogram of ths regulars was to re- idemaaded access to the accounts, j United states seeo Jr f cavern About half a mile from the
JJ^^l amendment* to be submitted I aad record» of the Big Five its own freedom and mdepende opening from which the bats were
lo the Committee on Rule* and after ; s» ift A Co., Armour A Co., action by joining coming the cavern become* phen
. months consideration tbe report of , W1Uon A a, Morris A Co., and Cuda-1 Monitor—What omenally large ana sepctacular. A-
the Committee would then be submit- hy 4 Co for examination and inspec- Ch£8t!*? *5v aid witr bout 8 miles of its hallways and cham
ttoi for dtbcuarion. amendment, rejec- tjOn ot such records and books and , Mr. Coolidge ha* to sa. i . . - — ------- —
te to toto to AU ,rv ‘ „ Ort.. „ ,b. Store-. th. utmost cotoWD^. tod WU re-
tram was die losed the parties agreed ury of Agriculture under the Packers freshing absence of that
onH that the rules should b*; and stock Yards Act of 1921 to ea-i o’prenable in many men, to so qudify
tended, but on the procedure a.;force lhe provlsioa8 of the Act of and hedge about e^ery
weii • Congress, and to ascertain if the meat the reader can .tard .
The rule adopted by the Republi- packers keep records and metnoran- to the intent of the speaker.
cans for the selection of Committees llurna which fully and correctly dis- — nr.KluPnr.
i* far more liberal and representative close all transactions involved in Boston rran>€npt7rFe P A
Shan the rule adopted by the Demo- lheir husinesa, including the true “1
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improvement could be made upon the , holding ana
inspect and examine the same, or
that his duly authorized agents may
examine same. The packers have re-
fused to give the Secretary or his duly
authorized agents access to the same,
claiming that such examination of
the books is an infringement on theif
constitutional rights, and they claim
that it would be a violation of the
fourth amendment to the Constitu-
tion: and that the Secretary of Agri-
culture has no such power or author-
ity. because the business was all of a
private nature. The packers claim
| that they are not engaged in inter-
„ state commerce, and for this reason
pairing and rebuilding here and there , the Secretary of Agriculture is not en-
•s the channel may change according [ titled to have access to the books and
to tbe changing conditions of the
country-
The first demand of the progres-
sives was: "Provisions for replacing
Incompetent and negligent chairmen
of committees by men who will dis-
Why Worry
Over the safety of Valuable
Papers, Jewelry and Keep-
sakes, when, for a trifling
expenditure you can rent a
Safety Deposit Box
in our reinforced concrete fire
commendation of political friend and
honest foe.
A tan tic Constitution (Dem.)—The
first message of President Coolidge
to Congress is remarkable in three
outstanding respects: Its directness;
its soundness, and its force of recom-
mendation; straddling nothing, equi-
vocating of nothing, vacillating in
nothing.
Baltimore Sun—As a whole the mes
.*age will increase respect for the Pres
ident, even among those who do not
agree with him. It shows him to be
clear-headed, to be able to make decis
ions and to be willing once his decis-
What he now
The caven is said to have been du-
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Bige Long, whose attenton was drawn
to it by the great numbers of bat*
side of a small valley. They enter-
bers, including its most ornate park,
were surveyed in the spring of 1923
bp Robert A- Holiey, of the General
Land Office. In September, 1923,
the cavern was visited by Willis T.
jee, a geologist of the Department of
the Interior, who spent three days in
examining and photographing it. On,
4r. Lee’s return from New Mexico |
he National Park Servce recommend-
ed that the cavern should be made a
national monument and a proclama-
tion setting it apart as recommended
was issued by the President October
25, 1923.
No part of the cavern has yet been
thoroughly explored, but enough k
known of it to show that it will rank
high among the famous caverns •"
the world. Visitors to it, who say |
that they are familiar with other
great caverns assert that some
chambers surpass in size any <-------
yet discovered One room is more
than half a mile long and several hun
dred feet wide, and its ceiling is m
high that torchlights failed to iUunu-i
nate it.
The floor of the cavern is 170 fee:
below the entrance, which was formed |
by the fall of a small part of the roof
In a distance of less than 2 miles from
this point the floor descends about
500 feet, yet the bottom of the caveru
lies still deeper, for Mr. Wliite has
found chambers and hallways 200
feet lower. The depths of the cavern
therefore lie at least a thousand feet
vertically below the entrance.
Tne cuinuwni ... -------- i
Toto hi, tol‘ »f Ctolstad C.«rn Xte unustol.
tical future on them. What he now
needs to demonstrate is his ability to
make his policies effective his capa-
city for leadership.
Minneapolis Journal—Viewed
first message
forceful, wise. j si10W spectacular results
'■
Lynchbu rg News (Dem.) —Sane
and sound appears the view of the'
President in respect to the Nation’s,
need for a restrictive immigration
policy.
Providence Journal—The most no-
table characteristic of the President’s
The geologic condition in the vicin-'
The limestone in which the cavern I
has been carved is about 1,200 feeti
thick series of bed of soft red shatei
thhick series of beds of soft red shale |
and sandstone that include thick beds i
of gypsum and rock salt. The oc-
currence of these easily soluble beds I
1 ot a majority on several committees
.1,^ U trulv reDrewentative
StoTtoT^U-to to J-e.-toetetoto. toOto.
wa* in every resvect definitely cour-
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Switzer, H. I. The Blackwell Times-Record (Blackwell, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1923, newspaper, December 20, 1923; Blackwell, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1587886/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.