The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1918 Page: 3 of 16
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1HE CHEKOKLE REPUBLICAN CHEROKEE OKLAHOMA
The Cherokee Republican
SUCCEEDING THE CHEROKEE ORIENT AND DEMOCRAT
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A STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER VIEW
By Colonel Theodore Roosevelt In the August issue of the ‘
Metropolitan fnag&zine: ' ‘
"There is no room for the hyphen in ' our citizenship
There is no place for a 60-50 Americanism' in the United
States He' who is not with us absolutely and without re-
serve of any kind ia against us and should be treated as an
alien enemy to be interned or sent out of the country We
have room in this country for but onq flag the Stars and
stripes and we should tolerate no allegiance to any other flag '
We have room for but loyalty loyalty to the United States ‘
We have room for hut one language the language of Wash-
ington and Lincoln the language of the Declaration of Inde
pendence and the Gettysburg speech: the English language
English should be the only language used or taught in the pri- -
mary schools public or private in higher schools of learning
other modern languages should be taught on an equality with
one another but the language of use and instruction should
be English We should require by law that within a reason-
able length of time a time long enough to prevent needless
hardship ever newspaper should be published in English
The language of the -church and the Sunday-school should
be English The Government should provide night - schools
free for every immigrant who comes here require him to at-
tend them and return him to his own' country unless at the
end of five years he haa learned to speak and read English
This war has shown us in vivid and startling fashion the dan-
ger of allowing our people to separate along lines of racial
origin and linguistic cleavage We shall be guilty of criminal
folly if we fall to insist on the complete and thoroughgoing
unification of our people”
A CREDITABLE JOB
A new department of government
which has' much to do with the
1 usccessful conduct of the war
through the exercise of the func-
tion of keeping America this side
of the water in the war as much
as the War Department has to do
of the country had been such as to
divert adverse opinion and suspi-
cion Likewise with Mr Baker
A few months ago he was' the cen-
ter of a raging politicalstorm that
resembled a cabinet crisis in Eng-
land Every violent dedaimer who
bad ben forced to quietude by
Daniels apparent success broke
forth in an eager effort to reach
It was made to appear
The Huns are continuing their
" — offensive on the western front
When George H Beltz an aged There are Huns in this country
German was arrested by a federal who contlnu to he offensive
officer last Saturday he was ap- (
parently unable to understand the it is becoming more apparent
nature of bis trouble or the cause that political appointments are not
of his arrest The officer advised being made in connection with the
him of the arrest and proceeded war work The politicians 1 are be-
to read the warrant which recced (lng sifted out and men selected on
the charge Mr Belts claimed that ( their merits and capabilities for
he could understand none of the the particular position Take the
language of the warrant Before case of Joe Hucklns who is acting
it could be made clear to him that as an officer of the Food Conser-
hls person was in possession of thejvatlon campaign It was an ap-
officer of bis "government be had Jpolntment made strictly on his abll-
to be brought to Cherokee and have ( ity He knows more about con-
the charge read to him In the serving food-than any man in the
tongue of the nation with which entire state-
we are at war To advise him of I — — — —
a function ot his own government There was never any contention
he had to make use of the language that there is such a thing as an
of the government whose purpose 'appreciative public in matters po-
it is to destroy America jlitical but a striking example of
Mr Beltz has been in America it is afforded in the present cam-
for twenty-six years He came as patgn Bill Durant has been re-
a fugitive from the oppression and I sponsible for practically every state
misery of peasantry in the old j institution built in Oklahoma since
world He came here to seek a new j statehood He was a member of
opportunity and to enjoy the free- ( the legislature at the time they
dom which has been created by j were established and it is history
sacrifice and lavishly given to the that every one of them had to
have the support of Bill Durant
before it was located In an ab-
vlous if not an absolute way Durant
designated the town where the ' in-
stitution was to be located He
followed It up from year to year
by securing the appropriations for
maintenance and in many cases for
additional buildings The lnstltu-
SAFE OVERSEAS
County Men who
have notified their rela-
tivei of safe arrival
Please notify this paper of
any additions to the list
t t t
IT
people of all countries He has
learned enough of American insti-
tutions to amass a comfortable for-
tune in the land of opportunity-
He is enjoying old age in comfort
and plenty He has much ' more
than will be required for his needs
His family of boys have all pros-
pered and the family as a whole is
rated as one of the wealthiest in j tlon towns of Oklahoma have al-
Alfalfa county ' They own the best ways depended more on BUI Durant
with keeping the troops that are
across engaged in the supreme task page one
of whipping the Hun is the Com- that America had started on the
mittee an Public Information war defeated through the pacifism
From the first this department has inefficiency treason and other
encountered much opposition some
of It constructive criticism much
of it malignant antipathy and a
considerable amount of unqualified
ignorance The department 'was
new and experimental The Amert-
can people are not occustomed to
being ‘Informed” and did not take
to the Idea of having a deparment
faults of Mr Baker Suddenly
came the announcement that a mil
lion khaki clad Americans were In
the land of Joan of Arc-and the
most formidable of critics subsided
and Mr Baker seems tohave es-
tablished himself as a reasonably
good American-andofficlal""'
With Mr Creel the violence of
whose function it was to set them criticism has-not been stopped al-
right in the question of individual though somewhat abated He-has
duty American people prefer giv- taken his office and hts duties Ber-
ing advice totakiog it The Com- lously and set about to accomplish
mittee on -Public Information had a the purpose for which the depart-
definite duty to perform the nature ment has been created There
of which they did not dare to re- could be no marked change of pub-
veal Ts a matter of cold fact it 11c opinion without a studied cere-
was necessary to set in motion thejful campaign but after several
machinery for he conquest of months of the Creel method he is
America before the machinery of
war could be set in motion for the
conquest of the Hun It is a
rather - distasteful admission to
make that American public opinion
needed deliberate conquest before
scoring results in his conquest of
American public opinion and many
ppople have changed their views
without knowing where the inspi-
ration originated It is the biggest
Job of press agenting the world
it was ready toglve entire aid to has ever witnessed and no mah-
such a task and duty— that of de- ter what the degree of respect he
fnding the nation from long plann- jeammanded at the outset It must
ed Hun aggression be admitted that he is winning his
Before the declaration of war point Public opinion in America
and even at this day are so many rs Quick to criticise and ready to
various forms of German propa-1 suspect but as a rule it is fair
ganda in circulation in ths coun- )aer the demonstration has been
try and so many individuals wbo successfully made It must be ad-
reallze the necessity of quickly per-me( before the job is nearly
formed duty that some intelligent d°nei that Mr Creel Is doing a big
method of combatting propaganda an creditable service to his coun-
and divergent opinion Is essential lry an at methods of en-
to getting America one hundred Hffhtenment are the most ingenious
er cent efficient and one hundred
per cent devoted to the task In
assuming his duties as the direct-
ing force of the new department
Mr Creel encountered a violence of
opposition that no other depart-
ment of government has expert
enced It came from - powerful
newspapers who wanted to say and
print what they pleased and It
came from members of both houses
of congress who merely wanted to
say something Every one wbo
did not like the idea of -being at
war with Germany but did not
dare give expression - about the
President or other high officials
took an indirect shot at - them
through Mr Creel wbo not being
a “precedented” public official and
not being surrounded -by the heroic
shroud that army cloth affords ren-
dered the culpability and responsi-
bility less acute
The experience of Mr Creel has
been something like that of Mr
Daniels For many months the
comic newspaper and jtll wbo were
Inclined to be critical- made Mr
Daniels the object of every form
of editorial wrath that postal regu-
lations made permlssable Mr
Daniels has done something that
has turned public opinion His ad-
ministration of the sea-lirlng forces
and successful mode of press agent-
ing that have ever been developed
Incidentally Mr Creel will be re-
garded as one of those who had a
big part in making that “Under
the Linden” celebration possible
The membership in the various
"candidate for Governor Clubs” is
not exclusive
We have not yet been informed
as to the' place where Eugene V
Debs was Invited to speak on Bas-
tile Day even thought he has re-
cently become an authority on the
subject of bastiles
The Associated Press Dispatches
of Tuesday of this week related
the stern intelligence that The Im-
perial German Government had or-
dered the execution of persons hid-
ing or hording wheat in the Ukraine
farms drive the best cares and want
for nothing They are Indepen-
dent citizens enjoying the protec-
tion of the laws and the liberties
of the land
Mr Beltz came lo Alfalfa county
at the opening of the Cherokee
Strip after "having been in Amer-
ica but a short time He came
from a sordid European settlement
where he was a tiller and not a
land owner He learned enough
ot America to hear that In Okla-
homa there was public land to be
given away He learned this and
seized the opportunity He was
fortunate in his selection and filed
a homestead claim on what Is
now one of the best farms In the
state He was not even a citizen
of this country but the opportuni-
ties were given him the same as
the man who had fought In the
civil war He assimilated enough
of American ideas to enable him to
prove up the farm and to put1 06
some substantial Improvements
Through all the years he hask Sit-
In touch -with' business conditions
to the extent that he knows how to
place a time deposit In the banks
and draw his Interest He has
taken all that America has had to
offer and given nothing in return
And In this day when a process
of his government is served on him
twenty-six years later be is not
sufficiently familiar with the lan-
guage of the country which gave
him a farm to understand the
words of the warrant He has not
taken enough Interest In his adopt-
ed country in twenty-six years to
learn its language That fact alone
makes the case against him more
serious
Whether or not he awards his
allegiance and affection to the gov-
ernment of the Hoehenzollerns and
whether or not he has an old
world heart In a new world home'
will have to be settled at his trial
bt he has certainly maintained a
consistent allegiance to - the lan-
guage of Germpny and manifested a
sullen indifference to the tongue
of his adopted land A nation that
was kind enough to give an alin
refugee a farm is entitled to ex-
pect some form ot appreciation it
would be but a slight courtesy for
him to extend America to learn her
language in the period of twenty-
six years
Etrl Harkins Chroka
Gena 8cherer Cherokee
Chat-lea Hack Cherokee
Glenn Leslie Canton
Burr Allen Cherokee
Ed Fuller Cherokee
Amu McDowell Cherokee
Jack Kildow Burlinfftoo
Jerry Jack Driftwood
wilber Winter Driftwood
Letter Fowler Carmen
Harry Wortham Lambert
Paul Miller Helena
Albert WlUlamws Jet
Bert Cleyjr Pond Creek
Leon Dali Cherokee
Ellia MiUepaugh Guthrie
Dave Troetle Cherokee
Murell Profit Aline
Horatio B Murphy Amorita
Harvey Bon to Cherokee
Bert Hail Carmen
Glen Fowler Carmen
Otto Thomas Carmen
Rose Brown Cherokee
Chet Case Lambert
Enjoy the fine evenings in the
water Buy and use your own
suits We have a complete line ar-
rived this week for both men and
ladles Bee us Modern Tailor &
Furnisher 1
Rev 1 F Hampton of Oklaho-
than their own members of the ma City has been called to the pas-
iegiatature Be It said to Bill’s torate of the local Baptist Church
and took up his duties last week
Rev Hampton ' has been filling an
appointment at Oklahoma for the
past year and prior to that time
was stationed at Dayton Ohio His
family is moving here this week
and will occupy the George Mullin-
lx property on Kansas Avenue He
has a son and daughter He has
made an excellent impression and
Is a finished speaker
K T Johnston genial proprietor
of the Hub Clothing Company will
leave Sunday for a week’s business
trip to St Louis and Chicago He
Is making the trip for the purpose
of purchasing his supply of fall
furnishings tor his splendid store
here: Market conditions are such
that Indirect buying' through the
mails makes uncertainty In the
matter of complete stock and Mr
Johnston will visit these houses
Itn person so as to be sure to
secure his supply
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good nature if not to his credit
he has always performed for them
Now Durant is a candidate for
Governor of the state which ho
has served for ten years as a leg-
islator and there is only one in-
stltutlon town where he has any
particular showing of support
That town happens to be Muskogee
which got only a “free” fair being
an honorary designation without
any appropriation By the rules
of right Durant should carry every
Institution town in the state — but
he will not
W H Combrlnk one of the
pioneer settlers of the north part
of the county who lives near Kio-
wa Kansas was here Tuesday
looking after business Mr Corn-
brink Is one ot the most success-
ful and highly respected farmers
in the county
USED CAR
EXCHANGE
A reliable bargain list oi used
fuveconianautomobilei
1915 model Studebaker ' Light-
ing and Ignition In fine shape
Good tires Motor has Just been
overhauled Will sell for $325
george McLaughlin
1917 Modi Ford Touring Car
Practically new tires only run a
couple of thousand miles It is a
bargain and is priced low
W B EASTMAN
Stone Garage
: 191SaModel Studdbaker - only
slightly used Has been used as
demonstrator and' In every respect
as good as a new car Will sell
for $1000
A County Club Model Overland
car 1917 make Has been run less
than a year and Is' in the best ot
shape Good care has been taken
and car has never visited shop
$600 if taken quickly-going to war
HARRY RATHER Driftwood
1916 model Ford touring car
Has just ben overhauled and re-
painted As good as new New
carburetor and upholstering in fine
shape Tires in good condition
WR BRAKEY
1916 Maxwell in best of condi-
tion Fully equipped and up in
running shape Tires in splendid
condition and upholstering in best
ot shape Priced to sell Imme-
diately — $150
CHEROKEE MERCANTILE CO
i
A 1917 Ford Touring car Is
in the best ot condition with prac-
tically new Goodyear tires Splen-
did running order aud priced low
at $450 PARLEY HUDDLE
A Model 83 Oerland Has been
thoroughly overhauled and the mo-
tor equipped with new parts Good
tires and license paid Excellent
shape Priced for immediate sale
at $450 E E VAUGHN
Mrs E E Vatighn drove down
from Wichita Tuesday in a splendid
Willys-Slx Tourfng car for the
Overland Sales Company
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The New Reo Six Seven
Passenger Touring Car
REO
Delivered at Cherokee
Complete for $170000
The report that Governor Wil-
liams has Invited Frank Gault to
spend a vacation with him on the
Byrna county ranch after th? rl-
marlps Is believed to be without
foundation
Speaking of patriotism and sal-
rlflce there are others besides
wives end mothers When a wife
or a mother makes a sacrifice in
the way of sending a soldier it Is
generally singular but there are a
number of the younger girls about
town who have given up from one
to six sweethearts since hostilities
started
Representative Neff of Musko-
gee '-ounty has filed a claim for
exemption from the draft on the
grounds that he Is a member ot
the legislature If the temper of
Muskogee county voters Is uniform
with other parts of the state ho
will either he a private citizen or
private soldier followlpg the first
of the year
The President has been given
control of the wires which should
Include the Grape vine wires over
which reports of the assassination
of the Czar and the death of Hln-
denberg "are sent
The Sensation of the Year
Up to the minute in design —
and a decade ahead of the times in
dependability and low upkeep — the
Six is the very epitome of Reo en-
gineering and Reo experience
SPECIFICATIONS
of merit— Speed of 50-55 miles per
hour 126 in wheel-base timken
roller bearing wheels with demount
able rims 40-45 Horse power en-
gine Rayfield Carburetor Water
Circulation cooling system double
set of brakes on rear hubs 18 inch
steering wheel: and other regular
equipment
The Reo is the Car you have been wait-
ing for Let us demonstrate it to you
German’s corner on dye stuff has
not prevented the United States
from having an ample supply of
yellow paint with which to adorn
the slackers In the various communities
M R MANSFIELD Agent I
George McLaughlin Salesman Cherokee Oklahoma 1
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Ferguson, Walter. The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1918, newspaper, July 19, 1918; Cherokee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1722986/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.