Gate Valley Star (Gate, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1917 Page: 4 of 6
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QUESTIONS FOR AMERICANS.
Here lire o few of a Ion* ll*t of per-
tinent question* propounded by Sena-
tor Keoyon of Iowa daring the <J -t<ute
in the United States senate on the pro-
hibition amendment:
"Why do we prohibit the boys In the
array and navy from having booz* and
permit thow? who reinuin at home to
have It?
"If llqoor la a bad thing for the boy*
in the trerfhen, why la It a good thing
for tboae at bome?
"When they are willing to die for u*.
should we not be willing to go dry for
them?
"When the food controller ask* ev-
eryone In the country to onsepra the
food aupply. why must the food supply
going Into beer be excepted?
"If more foodstuff goet into beer
than into whisky, why do we prevent
foodstuff going Into ahlsky and permit
It going Into beer?
"Sixty per cent of the nation, terri-
torially. Is dry. Are not the filings of
the people living In that territory en-
titled to any consideration?
"If the beer drinkers are going to
rebel unleaa they get their beer, will
the temperance |>eople rebel unh-ss they
get prohibition?
"Why do not the temperance people
claim that they will rebel also? The
temperance people will be for the nu-
tlon no matter If beer and whisky be
forced on them. Their patriotism does
not depend on huvlng their own wuy.
"If fcome one were to take as much
foodstuff a* goes Into b<*>ze and dump
It Into the sen, what would the people
of the notion suy?
"If someone should advunce the ar-
gument that this wus necessary In or-
der to appease certuln people who be-
lieved In dumping foodstuffs Into the
sea, and that If they did not do It It
would arouse riots, would we accede
to their request?"
K STATE NEWS NOTES^j
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FOOD PLEDGE WEEK
CAMPAIGN COMING
OCTOBER 21 TO 28
Every Family Must Do Utmost to
Conserve Resources and Lend
Money to Nation So We
May Crush Enemy.
PLENTY OF JOB8.
Peoria, III., was for half a century
the whisky-manufacturing center of
the United States. Its live grent distil-
leries. the lurgest In the world, fur-
nished 35 per cent of the whisky of tlu
country. They used up 64,500 bushels
of corn dally and employed 1.U75 men.
When these plants, on September 8,
under the federol food control law,
ceased operations—so fur ns the mak-
ing of beveruge liquor Is concerned—
did these l,27.r> men fiice a Jobless fu-
ture? Not nt all. Other manufuctur-
ers eagerly snapped them up. A lead-
ing business man of I'eorln said to a
Chicago reporter: "There Is a place
(or every one of them In the tractor
factories and other Industries. We can
use every ounce of coal the distilleries
have been requiring and nre glad to
get It. Peoria will never know thut
the distilleries have been closed."
FIRST AID TO THE ENEMY.
The Baltimore Sun, an antl-prohlbl*
tlon Journal, recently culled attention
to serious conditions In shlp-bukldtng,
duo to drink. Work In many of the
big shipyards Is retarded, It says, be-
cause employees are "hanging about
saloons and aoaklnf rum Into their ays
tems, and. as a result, either staying
■way from work for days ut a time or
turning up unfit to handle their part
Ip the vast team-work of modern In-
dustry. They weaken the efficiency of
the wholu Industrial machine."
TbM Is Anuria*, ns in kikad, th#
drink traffic Is furnishing first aid to
QtnmMf. At tin- iirti. sis « f the liquor
Interests our government Is playing
Into the hands of the enemy.
CONSISTENT INCONSISTENCY.
Senator La Polletle of Wisconsin, an
opiMinent of prohibition, voted for the
submission to the states of the prohi-
bition amendment to the federal con-
stitution. La Follotte's Magazine ex-
plains the senator's apparent Incon-
sistency thus:
"Senator La Follette said that while
he was opposed to prohibition he rec-
ognised the right of the people to set-
tle all questions by the referendum,
mid for that reason he voted for the
resolution."
The action proclaims the Wisconsin
senator loynl to the principles of true
American democracy and we, the peo-
ple, commend it to every senator and
representative In congress.
NOW ALL'S CHANGED.
There w*as a time when It was a
natural part of a soldier's existence to
drink sod carouse. That day Is past
with the soldier sworn to defend his
country's flag and representing the
power and dignity of the nation. Strong
lunsclss, clear brains, high Ideals In the
aoldlcr, Increase the fighting efficiency
of tha army, and those qualities In the
ritlieo losurs tha permanency of our
institution* —MaJ. Ota. John h. P*r b-
•!
B ily Ma/field, Whose prohibitory
I violation ha* extended through a p*r-
! lod of several years, was shot to
<!eatn at Tulsa by Deputy Sheriff
. Wolfe at an alleged roadhouae.
oiterated by Mabel Brook#, two miles
east of Tulsa.
After writing the notice of h.a death
on a pos'al curd and addressing it to
his brothar. Louis Go.- a miner,
cflved to his death at the bottom of a.
mine shaft at Alderson 556 feet bo-
low the surface. Almost every bone
In his body was broken
On account of the shortage of to-m
hands, a great many farmers in north-
! west Oklahoma are paying $f>0 ptr
; mouth wages besides providing board,
lodging and laundry, and a horse and
' buggy to drive to town on Saturday
I and giving Sundays off.
| A jury in the district court at Enid
. MfSlltSd lbs Est Dm c Lsaa of the
rharge of attempted assault while i-e "i
' was pastor of the Episcopal church
j there. The complaint was made by
Alta Webb, In whose home the min-
ister lived at the time l.ees now Uvea
j In Oklahoma City.
The body of s man believed to b«f
It Kunsell, a German, wa found on
the east outskirts of Henryetta In a
badly decoinposod couditlou. He had
apparently been dead about ten days.
a eorooatfs Jsrjr laddsi tkst tkf mm
j came to his death through violence
I at the hands of unknown parties.
After the 2,000 and more telephones
In Sapulpa had been out of commis-
sion for eight days due to the strike
of the fifty operators and supervisors
for a 75-cent Increase, and an 8-hour
day, service was resumed when the
strikers agreed to allow tho corpora-
tion commission to adjust their trou-
bles and returned to work.
Oklahoma Is at liberty to market [f
grain at Galveston, according to a tel-
egram received by Governor Williams
from Julius H. Barnes, president of the
federal wheat corporation. This will
moan thai farmers of tha southern
part of the state can market their
grain at Galveston and receive appro*
lmately 5 cents a bushel more for It.
The Beaver high school has bought
a Liberty bond and claims to be the
flr.st high school in the state to place
a bond on the walls as a permanent
memento of the great war. The Ilea
ver high school Red Cross auxiliary
has finished more than ono hundred
garments for the local chapter More
than ono hundred boys and girls par-
ticipate In military training dally.
Fees received from work done by
the state reporter in making trail
scripts of cases must bo turned iuto
the state treasurer, according to an
opinion by the attorney general s of-
fice The opinion was asked by the
itale Industrial commission. The stat°
reporter has been making transcript*
of cases before the commission, and
there was a question as to whether
the fees should be retained by him
or turned over to the state.
Roping contests no longer may be
held In Oklahoma, according to an
opinion issued by the atorncy gener-
al'* department, on strength of which
Governor Williams ordered the coun-
ty attorney of Osage county to Btop
a roping contest which was to have
been staged at Pawhuska. It Is held
in the opiuion, written by Robinson
McMillan, assistant attorney general,
that the roping of animals for sport
is a violation «f the stato law against
cruelty to animals.
Recruiting officers have the names
of three alleged deserters from the
Oklahoma national guard and one
from the national army. Karl Harris
and Lawrence Legate, members of a
Tulsa ambulance company and John
It Green, member of an Oklahoma
City engineer company are missing
from Camp Howie, and Grover Dillard
of New Wilson, member of the na-
tional army, from Camp Travis. All
have failed to report to their com
(Danders and tha ten day leave of ab-
sence has expired.
To cover a distance of 10,000 mllos
to Hawaii and back In time for the
Decomber session, Congressman Me-
Cllntlc has been selected by President
Wilson as ono of a special Investlgat
Ing oommltteo to Inspect government
property in the Pacific Islands Before
going he fills the following speaking
Itinerary Lone Wolf and Sentinel.
Oct. 11; Thomas and Clinton, Oot. 12;
,'ordell and Hobart. Oct. 13; Frederick
tnd Grandfield, Oct. 15; Elk City an T
-tayre. Oot. 16; Cheyenne and Ham-
•non. Oct. 1?; Altus, Oct. II; Hollis
tnd Eldorado Oct. 19; Maofutu and
Haydar. Oct to: Oaf* and Bhatiucfc,
Oft II
LEARN LESSONS OF ECONOMY
Washington.—America's place la
the Industrial competition of nativna
that will follow peace will be deter-
rolued in large part by the response
I that the American pwple make to the
Mrilg test pledge week campaign.
This is the belief of the United States
food administration and Is one of the
thoughts 'nut Is spurring on Its forces
, In their preparations by enrolling ths
flmlllas "f IM Mtfas Is the cause of
food conservation during the week of
1 (xtober 21.
"WhM the war is over." the food
administrator declared recently, "Eu-
. rope will find herself with a reduced
••tandard of living, with a people
greatly disciplined In all directiona.
and In a position to compete In ths
; world's markets in a way that they
never have been able before. We shall
also face a world with a reduced co -
sumlug power, and unless we can ae-
cure such discipline In our own peo-
ple. we will be In no position to meat
that condition when peace comes."
The idea that the purpose of food
saving is oot alone the present one
of feeding our army and the allies, Is
further developed by the belief of the
food administration that wars are paid
for out of the savings of the people.
It is pointed out that the decision Is
up tu the American people right now,
whether they are to help pay for the 1
present conflict out of the savings of
today or after the war by mortgaging
the future of the people. A saving of
six cents a day per person will amount
to two billion dollars a year.
If the United States were an auto-
cratic country there would he no pop-
ular appeal for the conservation of
food. There would be an autocratic
food eoutrol. The mailed fist would
rule In the kitchen. Imperial food de-
crees would be enforced at the point
of the bayonet. But ours is not an
autocratic country. Food control is
In the hands of the people themselves,
and it is to the people that the food
administration has appealed lu the
food pledge card campaign.
Herbert Hoover has termed this ap^
peal an "unprecedented adventure in
democracy"—un adventure tluit will
determine whether or not a demo-
cratic form of government Is, after all,
fitted to engage In a death grapple
with autocracy.
The food pledge week campaign re-
solves Itself Into an efTort to secure as
a result of voluntary agreement
pledges Insuring the general support
of a well-deflued program of food con
4ei vntlou. The food pledge week cam-
paign represents an effort to Induce
us many American homes as possllrie
to unite lu a common policy. Our
wheat reserves can be conserved If
everybody helps. Our meet reserves
can be conserved If the whole public
co-operates.
The American people are asked to
Join together In a common conserva-
tion policy. As evidence that they are
supporting this policy they are saked
to hang a csrd denoting membership
In the United States food administra-
tion In their window. In order that
the con«enatlon policy may be un
derstood. the reason* for It made plain,
and the manner of observing It ren-
dered certain. Instruction cards—"The
War Creed of the Kitchen." are to he
hung In the home.
And that Is what the national food
pledge week campaign Is all about
IGLEYS
Se Oe Se
Send Over Some
WMGLEYS
Keep your soldier or
sailor boy supplied.
Give him the lastlM
refreshment* the pro-
tection against thirst,
the help to appetite
and digestion afforded
by WrUlev's.
It's an outstanding
feature of the war—
-All the British Army
Is chewing It."
AFTER EUCRV MEAL -
The
Flavor
Lasts
f m
New York city in 1910 recorded 54,-
782 marriages; In 1014 there were 53,-
0o2.
COVETED BY ALL
bat possessed by few—a beautiful
head of hulr. If yours Is streaked with
gray, or 19 harsh and stiff, you can re-
store It to Its former beauty and lus-
ter by using "Lu Creole" llalr Dress-
ing. Price fl.OO.—Adv.
Whole Family Under Fire.
A land owner of Vergete, according
to a Paris correspondent, has received
the following letter from his son, a
ataff captain:
"I heard s strange story today, that
a woman and a boy of sixteen had
been found among the men of the
battalion of unmounted chaus
aeurs. An Investigation was made,
and they were found to be the wife
and aon of a chsusscur who had de-
termined not to be separated from
him. Both went Into the trencheawlth
other pollns, and the most striking
thing about It Is that they had been
with the battalion for five montha be-
fore the authorities found out Of
courae everybody in the battalion
knew, but as you see. the secret was
well kept.
"As an old chausaeur yonrself, you
will be proud to learn that a father,
mother and son have been nnder fira
together In your old battalion."
The "Cat Squadron."
Orent Britain was the first naval
power to build the battle cruiser. Close
on her heels came Oerraany, Kussla
and Japan; but all others, Including
the United States, have no battle-
cruisers In their line of battle. It was
In 1907 when the Indomitable, the first
one, was begun. One year later she
Crossed the Atlantic nt a speed of a
little more than 25 miles an hour. The
Inflexible and Invincible followed, and,
when the European war came, Great
Itrltnln had a squadron that proved
of immense worth to her. In the Jut-'
land buttle, however, three of the Brit-
ish battle cruisers were sunk, shells
penetrating their armor and explod-
ing their mnptalncs or boilers. The
armor of n xupenlrendnaught would
most probably have proved too strong
for the shells that destroyed these but-
tle cruisers. The famous "Cat Squad-
ron," so called because It Included the
Lion nnd Tiger, Is today the last word
In the battle cruiser; but In a few
years the American battle cruisers
that nre now belnsr built will far out-
strip the "cats" in every feature.—
Frank E. Evans, In St. Nicholas Mngn-
rl ne.
(Carters
l WITTLC
llVER
■ "■A*-
For Constipation
Carter's Little
Liver Pills
will set you right
over night.
Purely Vegetable
Small Pill, Small Dote, Small Price
Carter's Iron Pills
Will restore color to the faces of
tboae who lack Iron in the blood,
aa moat pale-faced people da
Weil-Known Firm.
"Who painted Brown'a house?"
"I think he said It was done by Fltz
k Starts."
Whan Succesa la •wtatsrt.
Hncceas la sweet; tha sweeter if
long delayed apd attained through
mssitoid atniftie# And defeat*—A>:
•eft
Pr. D. N. Fallor retires after 32
yenrs nf teaching In Brooklyn, N. Y.
schools.
YOU BET
I'M HELPING1
SAVE THE
WHEAT**,
(SoMy
PostToasties
Pbr rwa 3 times a day
GREAT BIG MONEY All,
Producing and Refining VI14
Oil prlcri booming. Btouks snaring. Thou-
sand! drawing dlvidrnda from amall Invest-
menta In ground-floor sharea of reliable oil
and running rompanlea Write at or.c«j tot
BIB FREE BOOK OF PHOTOS AID OIL FACTS
about big, substantial, share-and-share-allk*
oil and rtiflnlng company (governed by board
of 13 rnnscrvatlvo bankera) owning 41,000
acres of valuable oil hsses deposited In
bank, all paid for and certified by law, In
Oklahoma and Te*ss. the world's richest oil
region. Big well bow drilling. Oot en well*
to he drilled soon. Modern Oil Refinery to b«
erected. Positively your fair and square
quick opportunity <frec from humbug or
fakir s methods) to buy II par ahhres NOW
In honestly-managed, fast-growing company.
aSAOC OIL < KEFINM0 CO.. tklabsna City, Okla.
Money httck without question
, W trunrs CURB UIIs In the
, treatment of ITCH, EC7.RMA,
RINOWORM.TETTKR or other
Itching skin diseases. Price
60c t druggists, or direct from
A. I. IUm* MMn fit .Manas*!«.
HAWim;
Atoi l «tpreparaUoa o f smtUl
WRITE
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