Fairview Leader (Fairview, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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FAIR
PRINTS THE OmCIAL NEWS
THE PAPER WITH A CIRCULATION
IVAN WILLIAMS Publisher
falrvlew Major County Oklahoma Thursday April II 1015
VOlt'ET-C 12 N? 9
3PKEO
URCEPUILNESS
C
to $3
The wonderful Resourcefulness of our country have long been realized yet it has taken world wide chaos
bring many of them to their fullest development
8 The Resourcefulness of Manufactures has resulted in wonderful advances in production Many things that jsj3
8 formerly came from abroad are now made here Resourcefulness has turned difficulties into opportunities
j And in this store resourcefulness has played an important'part it has solved perplexing questions and brought
g to you broad assortments of spring merchandise that embrace both style and quality A fitting tribute to our
i intention to be of utmost service to you
Quality and styles are combined in our showing of accessories for men Shirts Ties
Hats Hose and underwear to give a man that “brand new” feeling on Sunday
morning we have taken care of the quality standard and can assure you maximum
value at very moderate prices
equally good
I he lowest you will find anywhere for furnishing
Keppenheimer clothes for men Pony Boy for boys
NEW DRY GOODS
Comprehensive showing of silks wool materials and cotton fabrics have been assembled Taffettas satins crepes silk jerseys
and foulards are shown in plain colors plaids and dainty designs Wool poplins gabardines serges are prominently featured
as also are voiles organdies crepes poplins and ginghams
HOUJE DRESSES APRONS AND KIMONOS
These fresh new collection for spring include garments whose pretty materials and careful making will instantly appeal to par-
ticular women the necessity for comfort whether working or resting is fully met in their generous proportions that show no
stinting of materials ' O '
LADIES READY TO WEAR dresses and coats you will find nice selections including georgette crepe and crepe de chine waist
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We are exclusive Agent for Wirthmor and Welworth waist a new shipment every two weeks sell for $1 and $2 no more no less
Pay us a visit we are glad to see you and inspect bur line
A Thrift Stamp given away with every $10 00 purchase
Buster Brown will be here April 22nd a free entertainment to everybody
f - TRADE AT HOME
LON L MOORE
The Store of Quality Quantity and
Price
C A Moore Mgr Fairoieut Okla
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PLEASANT PLACES
Most of the things that happen
to the Food Administration are
not pleasant or at least most of
them up to date have had an al-
loy of the unpleasant in them but
there are several incidents that
stand out as being decidedly
pleasant Among them is the
receipt of a letter from Norman
the headquarters of the Adminis-
tration Btating that Jacob Leigh-
ty Ringwood Route 3 had at
his home a quantity of flonr that
he wished to put into circulation
We know of several people in
Major county who haye divided
what appeared to them to be a
surplus of flour with their neigh-
bors among the W H Cunning-
ham and Arnold Spencer but Mr
Leighty with a name that sounds
at least like it might have origi-
nated in Germany wants to get
his flour back to the store and in-
to the place where it will take
the common channels of trade in
to use These peop'e who divid-
ed thur flour and those who wish
to turn it back to the common
supply are on the right track and
their action more than anything
else indicates that America is
overcoming that instinctive de-
s re handed down from primative
man to hoard for ones self to the
discomfort of all and self included
Alfalfa Seed for sale $600 per
bushel W Shewey Orienta tf
On the War Palh
While we were indulging our-
self in a bit of loafing spell on the
street Saturday evening a solid
chunck of a lad about nineteen
years old drew us aside and whis-
pered this question into our ear
“Say would they fine a fellow
very much if he was to 'cleau up'
on a Dutchman here in town on
account ot this war?”
We can’t deny that the glint in
the kids eye was good to see but
once again we ''want to advise
some degree of restrain in the
matter of ‘cleaning up’ It must
be remembered that a lot just a
whole lot of our German speak-
irg neighbors are absolutely loyal
They are for the United States
first last and all the time
Theirs have been the way of
peace nonresistance long sufier-
ing and all those other adjective
that we have come to sum up as
spineless They have been
taught the theoretic beauty of
suffering and saying nothing
They are at this time discovering
that through the practical appli-
cation of the theory a great num-
ber of Ion al ones among them are
being made to bear a burden of
of suspicion ot disloyalty And
we find a tendency among them
to resent it and to protect them-
selves in the only possible way
and that is to help brand the
disloyal We would caution our
belligerant friends to be sure that
they are eot prompted by person-
al anamosity to mistake a bit
of twisted English for pro-German
talk We are inclined to
the belief that if a bit of patience
is exercised there will one of these
days be a disturbance hereabouts
that will be transacted largely in
German-American and when it
is over there will be no chance
for doubt as to the loyal and the
disloyal
ABOUT FLOUR REPORTS
There is nothing like experi-
ence to teach a fellow what he
don’t know and the food ad-
ministrator has been putting in
the past week acquiring experi-
ence but "That’s the way we
like it” Had we known be-
forehand just what would have
been the big question in the
minds of the flour holders of
Major County we would have
answered the question last week
and thus have saved ourselves
miles and miles of conversation
But we didn’t know Now we
do The first question and the
only one usually has been:
“What is it for?”
Out of all the things we have
said in answ’er to inquiries here
is the gist of it:
Last year this nation was at
peace with the world and as in-
dividuals we were at liberty to
match our wits and our ener-
gies against one another to de-
velop internal friction and in-
ternal strains to stop the whole
social system if we could with
our individual selfishness and
ambitions Today the individ-
ual is lost swallowed up in the
nation and the individual ambi-
tion is submerged in the na-
tional task of whipping the
Kaiser
The great thing the one
thing we can do here in Okla-
homa is to feed the men at the
front Flour is the food we
have Flour is the food they
need There is a pretty well
founded belief that there is in
Oklahoma many thousands of
pounds of flour more than will
suffice to keep us going until
new wheat comes on the mar-
ket But that wheat is not
evenly distributed Some have
much more than they can use
or should use in view of the
shortage others have none It
is the purpose of the flour re-
ports to give us a basis upon
which to start an equalization
You have read in the papers of
the terrible suffering in some
of the European countries
among the poor while the
wealthy were well fed That is
not the American spirit More
we are like a great family who
have worked and must work at
different jobs Some have min-
ed some wrought with their
hands some have built ships
The farmer would not say to
his son who had tended the
garden: “You must live on
your cabbage and your onions
That is what you raised while
we the rest of the family
raised wheat” Rather he would
say to the family gardener:
“So long as there is bread on
Dad’s table you shall have your
share”
In this crisis every American
is looked upon as a worker and
he has no right to claim re-
spect from any man if he is
trying to get by without work
As a worker he is entitled to
his piece of bread — after the
boys at the front have been
fed Now the equalization will
probably work out something
like this: Suppose the basis of
division is made six pounds of
flour to each individual for
thirty days Mr C of Cleo re-
ports that he has six hundred
pounds of flour and there are
five in the family It is ap-
proximately three months nine-
ty days until new wheat will
be ready to mill The C family
will be five times six times
three or ninety pounds of flour
That makes them five hundred
and ten pounds ahead of the
game But down here in Fair-
view is W who has two in the
family and has no flour Now
according to the rate of appor-
tionment the W family is en-
titled to two times six times
three or thirty-six pounds of
flour W and his wife are old
people and presumably have
done their share of the world’s
work They may not be allowed
to starve So we will take their
thirty-six pounds out of C’s
surplus and that leaves four
hundred and seventy - four
pounds of flour out of that
equalization to be sent to the
boys in the trenches Of course
those two cases C and W are
extreme but they do exist and
they serve to illustrate the way
in- which the whole problem
may be worked out Major
County ought to havo a carload
or two of flour to spare
But one man says : “I raised
this wheat and I think I ought
to have all of it I want to use”
It is true that when the wheat
was threshed it fell into his
wagon but the blacksmith just
up the road shai pened his plow
lay for last year's crop and
must sharpen il again for next
year’s crop the Lutcher slaugh-
tered and dres ed his beef
— TWO — LEADER
while he the wheat grower
plowed the doctor tended his
family while he sowed These
must be fed They have done
and will do their bit They
have in their way helped pro-
duce or contributed their share
of comfort while the farmer
produced and the farmer ex-
pects to share in common with
them the liberty the man at
the front is fighting for
Another man said: “Six
pounds! Oh Hell we can’t live
on that much flour!” Man
Adam Ratzlaff of Orienta tells
me of the time during the last
great war in Europe when he
and his mother and father and
brothers and sisters lived on
weed soup greens they picked
by the roadside lived on them
for months Don’t tell us that
you cannot live if you are de-
nied all the flour you want
when you have the gardens of
Oklahoma to draw’ from when
there are available corn meal
oatmeal pork beef beans and
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