PRINTS THE OFFICIAL NEWS
THE PAPER WITH A CIRCULATION
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ralrvltw Major C&urtty Oklahoma Thursday December j 6
Volume 12 N?49
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RED CROSS TAKES
HOME TO THE BOYS
The French soldiers have furloughs
which they can spend at home The
English fighters go back to Blighty
But our boys have the ocean between
them and home They cannot come
home on furlough and It remains for
the American Bed Cross to try and
take home to them
This Is particularly true In regard
to the convalescent homes Here all
reversion to hospital life is avoided
Books games music social evenings
and home-llke surroundings help them
to throw off the grim business of war
until they are really uble to recover
The housekeeper Is always a mother-
ly woman) usually American who
looks after the comfort of her charges
and helps them to pack up all Imagi-
nary troubles in the old kit bag
The American Bed Cross now has
six of these homes In operation
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PEACE MAKES '
GREATER NEED
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AMERICAN GIRLS BRING
CHEER TO WOUNDED
“My wound hurts like h 'but I
don’t Intend to pass up this chance to
talk to an American girl"
This sentiment voiced by an Ameri-
can soldier reflected the feelings of
many of lils wounded comrades when
they arrived In Purls after the recent
Franco-Amerlcan drive north of Ver-
dun according to reports just' received
by the Amcricun Bed Cross from work-”
ers in Parjs These reports testifying
to the wonderful cheerfulness of the
wounded men say that nrany of them
refused to continue their Journey to
the hospital until they had a chance -to
chat with the American women In
charge of the canteens
Experimental Red Cross Dairy
The American Bed Cross has estab-
llshed ap 'experimental dairy at one-of -r-Ihe
base hospitals In- France The'
French government hns loaned 1000
cows for this purpose and It Is expect-
ed enough milk will be produced to
supply some 110000 Injured fighters dal-
ly For army doctors ogree that fresh
milk Is vital In the speedy convales-
cence of the wounded men
Peace will not end the need
-of Red Cross relief work On
the contrary the proclaiming of
peace opens new flelda of eerv-
Ice for the Bed Cross and now
more than ever the American
people will be called upon to
obey their generous Impulses to
bind up the world’s wounds
Membership In the Bed Cross
affords the noblest ' outlet for
such Impulses Every American
should answer “Here” to the
Red Cross Christmas Roll Call
NO FIXED QUOTAS FOR 119
Bo great ta the faith of the American
Red Cross In the American people that
Do quotas have been assigned te Bed
Cross Chapters for the enrollment of
members In the Red Cross Christmas
Boll Call Universal membership Is
the goal Chapters are limited only
by the number of people In their Ju-
risdictions The Boll Call will be fin-
ished only when every available per-
son without regard to age or sex has
been enrolled Children may Join only
through the Junior Bed Cross Auxilia-
ries and their membership dues are
1 twenty-live cents a year The chief
aim In enrolling la not to ralsa money
but to Increase the membership Spe-
cial emphasis Is laid upon the regular
membership at f 1U0 per year but priv-
ilege will be given to enroll aa a Con-
tributing Member at $500 Sustaining
Member at $100) Life Member at
$5000 or Patron at $10000
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Work for the Refugees
At Leghorn Italy there is a little
shoe factory which is furnishing work
for the refugee families who t f c undpr
the protection of tire Ainerlftn Red
Cross It Is but a little factor but It
Is providing work which tricing sal-
aries food and clothing for mere than
two dozen families from Spreiuo ev-
ery month " '
Roll Call
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and a dollar
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I THU CLIMAX TO VICTORY
During the week before Christmas
the entire American people will have
the privilege of answering the Bed
Cross Christmas Roll Call The re-
sponse should roar through -the land
with a unanimity that will stimulate
to the uttermost the hopes 'of men In
all parts of the earth It will there-
fore be the climax of American ldeal-
lam and will usher In Christmas with
a Red Cross membership approximat-
ing the census figures What the Red
Oroee wants Is the approval of the
American people of the Red Cross pol-
icy and such approval will have the
highest significance in the eyes of suf-
fering people everywhere President
Wilson leads the response and passes
along the message “I summon you to
- the comradeship”
RED CROSS SCHOOL FOR BOYS
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The American Red Cross has estab-
lished a manual training schoo'
Belgian boys at Vuulruz Switz
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DON’T USE UNSAFE
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS
The electric inspector and
fire chief are urging the people
who are planning holiday dis-
plays and decorations in their
places of business or in their
homes to use special precau-
tions in their preparations to j
prevent fire
Electricity because of im-
proper wiring and equipments j
has caused a heavy loss of’
property by fire This is un-
necessary and a disgrace "be-
cause electricity when properly
handled is the safest medium
for producing light heat and
power
Merchants and others con-
templating the use of electricity
with holiday displays i should
have the installation even is
a temporary one inspected by
the city eletcrical inspector to
see that it is in sfe condition
to use or better still get his
-advice before carrying out any
plans for decorations '
No large quantities of cotton
batting tissue paper or other
highly inflammable material
should be used If you must
have snow use powdered mica
or asbestos fibre Candles on
Christmas trees are dangerous
electric illumination is much
safer Dispose of inflammable
wrappings boxes and packings
— they are fire breeders 1
Remember every year in
America many children are
burned to death by fire due to
POSTAL HIGHWAY ASSN
FOR $30000000 FOR ROADS
At a meeting of the Postal
Highway Association held in
Oklahoma City the following
resolution favoring J B A
Robertson’s $30000000 road
appropriation plan was adopted :
Resolutions
To the officers and directors
of the Postal Highway Associa-
tion assembled in the Oklahoma
City chamber of commerce on
this 9th day of December 1918
We your committee on reso-
lutions beg to submit the fol-
lowing: Whereas the most important
matter confronting the citizen-
ship of the state of Oklahoma
and the Upited States is that
of building of a system of
permanent roads throughout
this great commonwealth
And whereas our honorable
governor elect J B A Robert-
son has through his wisdom
seen fit to recommend to the
legislature of the state of Ok-
lahoma the issuing of Thirty
Million dollars in bonds for the
purpose of building a system
of permanent roads throughout
the state of Oklahoma
Therefore be it resolved:
(1) — That we the officers
and directors of the Postal
Highway Association most
heartily indorse and recommend
the policy as outlined by Hon-1 passage of a bill authorizing!
rable J B A Robertson gov-
unsafe Christmas decorations
A house of merriment is better
than a house of mourning'
ernor-elect and pledge our sup-
port and influence in the pas-
sage of such legislation
(2)— -Be it further resolved
that we the officers and di-
rectors of the Postal Highway
Association recommend the pas-
sage of a bill by the legisla-
ture of the state of Oklahoma
creating the patrol system for
the purpose of maintaining our
highways throughout the state
(3) — Be it further resolved
that we the officers and direc-
tors of the Postal Highway As-
sociation favor the adoption
and building of a system ’of
inter-state road throughout the
nation by the Federal govern-
ment and that we recommend
the appropriaton of not less
thaA One Billion Dollars for
the ’ purpose of building these
inter-state highways
(4) — Be it further resolved
that we the officers and direc-
tors of the Postal Highway
Association recommend the
building of two bridges across
the Canadian river one in
Hughes county at Calvin Ok-
lahoma and ohe in Blaine coun-
ty near Bridgeport Oklahoma
And in as much as the bridges
above referred to would serve
a great number of people from
other states in the Union we
'recommend the appropriation
of both state and Federal mon-
ey for the purpose of building
said bridges and hereby pledge
our association to work for the
such an appropriation
(5) — Be it further resolved
by the officers and directors of
fhe Fostal Highway Associa-
tion that the secretary be in-
Istructed to send a copy of
these resolutions to each and
every representative and state
senator in Oklahoma and that
a copy also be sent to our rep-
resentatives ' and senators at
Washington D C
R‘ A Singletary
H C Powell
J W Hundley
Committee
On motion the above resolu-
tions were unanimously adopt-1
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John A Whitehearst
President
L A Holmes Secretary
j Dated this 9th day of December-
A D 1918
MONTH S PAY ALLOWED
MEN COMING HOME
Returning Soldiers Will Also
Receive ‘Ample Transporta-
tion Allowances
ORIENT OFFICIALS HERE
A DeBarnardi general man-
ager and L D Carden division
superintendent of the Orient
were Fairview visitors over
night Tuesday looking after
matters pertaining to the busi-
ness interests of the road
Letter just received from
member of a pioneer regiment
at the front “Keep on buying
W S S as it takes a lot to
feed us over here” This line
also gives us ‘food for thought’
Keep on buying every one of
you who read this
In order to remove the un-
certainty of the pay feature in
the arrangements made for the
demobilization of troops Ches-
ter II Westfall assistant sec-
retary of the Oklahoma State
Council of Defense has issued J
the following statement :
“Returning soldiers will be
given one month’s pay plus
transportation allowance of I
three Snd one half cents mile
from point of demobilization to
home town Their tickets will!
cost two cents a mile by direct
route Demobilization will be
from nearest army camp to
homo section of majority of
men in each unit”
NEW HOME DEMONSTRA-
TOR COMING
A letter from Stillwater in-
forms us that we will have a
new lady agent for Major coun-
ty The lady is Mrs Flora
Bever and comes very highly
recommended This will be wel-
come news for the women of
the county as they have put
forth quite a bit of effort in
trying to secure the services
of a lady agent She will ar-
rive Saturday and will be ac-
companied by Mrs Daisy Fra-
zier district lady agent
RED CROSS WORKERS?
AND RED CROSS SLACKERS
Chairman J M Aydelotte of
the state council of defense has
asked that a new mode of pro-
cedure be taken with those who
play the slacker in the’ Red
Cross membership drive Here-
tofore it has been customary
to call the slacker up before
the council of defense It takes
time trouble and expense to
keep the council of defense in
session to look after slackers
and especially would it be un-
profitable to undertake to deal
individually with an insect so
small as a Red Cross slacker a
man who could but would not
give a dollar to so worthy an
object It would be like killing
cooties one at a time with a
bayonet So it has been de-
cided to report all the Red
Cross slackers and first publish
their names under the proper
heading in the local papers and
then file the list away for tin
perusal of future generations
And it is expected that every
county in Oklahoma will keep
a file of a history of its part
in' the war Workers aro re-
quested to be careful not to un-
justly report any one as a
slacker but to report every
real slacker without considera-
tion for any prejudice or “pull”
he may think he- has
Ivan Williams
Secretary Council of Defense
Forget the Red Cross Roll
Call and you will be lonesome
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