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IAMI RECORD-HERALD
Friday December 27 1918
TDE MIAMI RECORD-HERALD
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EUGENE P MARTIN Editor and Proprietor
( Office Phone 113 Residence Phone 0
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A WORTHY NEWSPAPER!
f" ' The Commerce News in its current issue is especially
complimentary in its remarks about the Record-Herald It
also Compliments the merchants of Miami Reproducing tin
editorial that appeared in the Record-IIerald last Sunday
1 in which this newspaper took occasion to compliment its ad-
vertisers the Commerce News adds the following comment:
Sure! Hand it to your Miami advertisers also
y thank your Commerce advertisers and then suggest to
£ Miami business men that they thank their Commerce
£ patrons for their liberal patronage The News
f admits the Record-IIerald is a paper Miami should feel
proud of It is a veal newspaper It also concedes that
the Record-IIerald as it claims probably has the largest
bonafide paid-up circulation in Northeast Oklahoma
but the Commerce Citizen claims it has the largest cir-
culation Of course the fact The News prints and circulates
1500 copies each week numbering each paper with an
automatic numbering machine does not count
Onr advertising space sells for 15 cents per'' column
inch and we print and circulate 1500 copies each week
The publisher could go before a notary and make affida-
vit The News does and always has printed more papers
each week than the Citizen but doesn’t feel obliged
to back up our claims with affidavits If the owner and
publisher of The News can’t get business in a
legitimate business way from responsible mer-
chants he will never resort to methods that would
shame a clothes line thief in order to sell advertising
space If we have to donates column space to get
a column advertisement from a home merchant it is
only good business to charge living rates for our adver-
tising space Commerce merchants advertise in
out-of-town papers because other business men support
it and make it possible to issue a worthy paper Get
that?
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been there ourselves We have uo ill feeling toward
our neighbor at Commerce and we are willing to lend him
our shooting stick and mallet or show any other neighbor-
ly courtesies in our power should he desire it Also we ex-
press herewith our thanks for the nice tilings lie said about
us
WE ASK VINDICATION
Henry Van Dyke in the Outlook — Vindication is what
we have fought for Vindication is what we must demand
in the terms of peace Vindication means the upholding of
justice and the prevention of crime
On the German Kaiser the Crown Prince Ilindenburg
Ludendorff and the rest of the Potsdam gang justice must
be done according to international law The repetition of
i their crime of 1914 must he made impossible What we
want is not vengeance but vindication
Have the Kaiser's gang really repented? No sign of it
r yet
Have the German people really repented? No sign of
f it yet They must bring forth fruits meet for repentance
before they can be forgiven That means indemnity not
r punitive but reformatory — all that they have smashed they
niust rebuild
t WHAT BECOMES OF CONFISCATED BOOZE?
w Daily Ardmoreite — From Titanic Texas comes upon
the wintry winds a wail of woe The wail originates in
Gainesville according to the Daily Register of that city
Burglars broke into the home of the sheriff of the county
and stole the entire stock of “evidence” which Sheriff Ford
had on hand for presentation in divers and sundry prosecu-
tions incident to violations of the prohibition law
We are informed that the burglars placed a ladder
against the outer wall of the sheriff’s castle climbed lip and
in pried open with automatic springs a locked closet and
made off with eight full quarts and uncounted half-pints
leaving the heavy ladder for the sheriff to tote home to the
man from whom it had been stolen for the occasion
This sad tale constrains us to make inquiry as to what
becomes of the booze collected by sheriffs and other law-
officers in Texas and Oklahoma It has been hinted that up
in Tulsa where the city police department is the chief
booze collecting agency some of the newspaper reporters
fell heir to some of the booze whilst engaged busily in-
sleuthing for evidence to adjudge some of the policemen
guilty of drunkenness But Tulsa of course is different
from other Oklahoma or Texas cities ami is not to he in-
cluded iii the general inquiry as to who gets the booze
After said booze lias been used as evidence in court
what becomes of the evidence? Is it filial for future refer-
ence in the archives of the court clerk? If so what sort of
filing cabinet is used? Or is it destroyed as the law re-
quires? And if destroyed in what manner'does the destrue-
tion take place? Does said destruction mean the total dis-
appearance of the booze and no questions asked? We do
not pause for reply We simply ask the question and pass it
up to the sheriffs and other officers concerned
SAMUEL LARIMORE
VISITS HISTORIC
POINTS IN FRANCE
Mr and Mrs-V L Larlmore 4
G street Northeast have received a
letter Irom their son Samuel who
Is attached to the Headquarters
Ambulance Company 313th Sanitary
Train in France The Miami boy
joined the Army in June 1917 -Ait
Joplin' and was sent to Fort Riley
Kas From Fort Riley the young
man was sent to Camp Dodge la
thence overseas The letter follows:
"Dear Dad — Will try and write
you a Christmas letter telling of
some of the places I have been since
arriving in England August 31 1918
Landed In Liverpool August 31 and
hiked five miles to a rest camp call-
ed Knotty Ash Left there the 3rd
of September Walked two mlleB
and entrained for South Hampton
arrived there that night Left next
morning and entrained In box cars
30 men to the car and arrived in
La Howe the 6th there we were bil-
leted in tents on - hill overlooking
the English Channel which we had
Just crossed Left La Howe Septem-
ber 8th entrained for Semuse and
arrived there September 10th where
we were billeted in what had been a
hotel and wine house
"We left Semuse the 15th walked
about five miles to railhead and en-
trained again In box cars Arrived
at Hevrlcourt September 16 th and
walked five miles to Des Dames ar-
riving there 2 p m Were billeted
In hay lofts just above the cows
Nice and warm but —
"While we were here we were is-
sued part of our ambulances and
some of the boys worked in the base
hospital at Hevrlcourt Left Des
Dames October 6th and walked part
way and rode ambulances rest of
way to Chanaunes (the city on the
pond) arrived there about five the
same evening Was billeted in
barns this Is the place I was sick
for three or four days (I wrote you
of that) Here the animal drawn
Ambulance Company drew some
horses and wagons Left here the
4th of November and rode ambulan-
ces to Vatrigue arriving same day
Here we were in bunk houses about
the same as the U S camps have
in the States The companies left
Vatrigue November 8th and walked
to Belfort (this is where the great
lion is located which was carved
by the same man who made the
Statue of Liberty) It sure is some
sight Shows the line where France
stopped the Germans In 1871 Here
we entrained for Lagney
"I stayed In Vatrigue until next
day and went through with a convoy
of ambulances (17) We stopped at
Contuxevllle slept In one of the two
base hospitals located there Saw
a number of Red Cross nurses sta-
tioned there and talked with some
of them First American girl I had
spoken to since In England so you
can Imagine It was some treat
"We left there at 8:30 a m and
arrived In Lagney about 2 p m the
same day The whole trip overland
was 150 miles Saw some nice scen-
ery You can find where we are by
looking on the map for Toul We
are about five miles northwest
"I was up In No Man's Land the
second day after armlBtlce was sign-
ed It was sure some sight to be-
hold All kinds of clothing and am-
munition and fire arms laying on
the ground and big holes where the
explosions had taken place I have
a German helmet and bayonet that
I will bring or send home We pass-
ed on the outskirts of Paris and also
In sight of the Oxford University on
our trip from England to France
Well Father that is all at present
except I am welland wishing you
all a merry Christmas '-and happy
New Year Love to all
“Your loving son
"SAMUEL”
FILM SETTLES BETS ON
RUMOR OR PRESIDENT’S TRIP
A rumor that spread all over the
country recently tothe effect that
President Wilson had left suddenly
and secretly to cross the ocean and
take part in the peace conferences
was refuted in rapid fashion by a
picture
The picture showed President Wil-
son viewing a parade In Washington
on several clays after he was supposed
to have embarked for overseas Jack
Cohn director of the Universal
Screen Magazine telegraphed to his
cameramen in the capital to get such
a picture as proof to refute the ru-
mor When the film was screened In
New York scores of persons who had
made wagers on the report of the
scret trip were forced to pay One
of these was Jack Cohn himself
There’s Big Work Ahead
LONDON Doc 11 — (By Mall)—
Railroad tunnels under the Straits
of Doveor and Gibraltar are project-
ed as part of English and Euroepan
reconstruction Plans already have
been prepared
It also is proposed to construct a
railroad from Gibraltar along the
northwestern coaBt of Africa to Da-
kar Cape Vede or Bathurst
This( it is planned would make
possible steamboat connection with
Brazil by which a traveler could
make the Journey from the Mediter-
ranean to South America in five days
Connections ’from England and
Francewould be almost as quick
Star Reveals Real Name
Dorothy Phillips the Universal
ana Jewel Productions Star has told
her real name It was Dorothy Gwen-
dolyn Strlble before she married Al-
len Holubar the well-known director
She assumed the name of Dorothy
Phillips to fool her friends when she
made her debut with a Baltimore
stock company and has used It as a
stage and screen name ever since
Miss Phillips was a society girl
in the Maryland metropolis until Bhe
decided to try the footlights for a
lark and she has been a worshipper
at the shrine of Thespis from that
time on She is Just completing a
new picture "Destiny” for Universal
PREVENTING TUBERCULOSIS
One of the Jessons of the war
which may have a far-reaching effect
on the American people is the Im-
portance of good health More and
more they are comlhg to appreciate
that- good health ia not a matter of
luck and chance but a benefit which
is obtained wherever the community
of the individual is willing to pay
the price or make the effort — and
there Is not investment in which the
returns are so great an effort or
money expended in gaining health
whether considered from the view-
point of the individual or the com-
munity Health and the Army
Not only were we of America just-
ly proud of the splendid showing
made by our oldlers but the verdict
of the world was the aame The pick
of the world has been fighting on the
Western Front and among the troops
of all nations there Is none which has
attracted so many favorable com-
ments on their splendid appearance
as our American boys To a very
great degree this was due to their
superb health and their health was
due to exercise regular habits and
obedience to rules of hygienic and
sanitary living It is not so much
in the curing as the perventing of
disease that modern medical science
has made its tremendous progress
In no field of health work is this
preventative work of more value that)
in fighting tuberculosis In no di-
rection Is it more necessary that the
public be aroused to the necessity
for organized action To a very large
degree the amount of tuberculosis
In a given community Is directly de-
pendant upon the effort or lack of
effort made in fighting it People do
not inherit tuberculosis By keeping
in good condition the indvidual caq
greatly reduce his or her chances of
becoming infected by proper treat-
ment tuberculosis if properly treated
in the early stages can almost In-
variably be cured
4 Sanatoria Needed
It must be admitted that Okla-
homa is far behind many other States
in the work which has been done for
the prevention and cure of tuber-
culosis There is need In tlhs State
for educational work which will
teach people the precautions which
they can take to protect themselves
and others There Is great need of
sanatoria in which tuberculosis can
be cared for
The general public does not real-
ize how appalling is the need for
properly equipped sanatoria in this
State In many communities there
is absolutely no provision for car-
ing for tubercular patients Even
in our largest cities this provision
is inadequate The result Is that too
often they are kept In homes where
they cannot be properly cared for and
where they are a source of infection
Cases which under proper treatment
could be cured are thus allowed to
develop perhaps with fatal results to
the patient in addition to spreading
infection
These much needed preventative
measures will cost money It will be
money well sppnk It should not be
expected that thfe organized fight
against tuberculosis will be left to
the generosity and initiative of in-
dividuals It is a community task
and the State Counties cities and
other community units should do
their part Encouraging progress has
been made in arousing public senti-
ment in this direction in Oklahoma
in the last two years through the ef-
forts of the State Board of Health
and the Oklahoma Anti-Tuberculosis
Association aided by public spirited
citizens More remains to be done
Oklahoma which has the deserved
reputation of being one of the most
progressive States In the Union can
not afford to lag behind in this most
important particular
Fore-ster’s Hooks Are Not Forgotten
WASHINGTON Deo 25— The
lumberjacks and foresters who went
from the United States to France to
cut the wood needed by the allied
armies were not without a bit of
Christmas In their stockings this
morning
Mqny members of the 10th and
20th engineer regiments composed
of foresters have no relatives in
America and might have gone with-
out Christmas remembrances had it
not been for the American Forestry
association which provided for them
out of It welfare fund More than
320000 was contributed to this fund
and one of its chief uses was provid-
ing Christmas cheer for the boys in
the woods of France
Mrs Henry 8 Graves wife of the
chief of the forestry service was
chairman of the organization of wom-
en that packed the Christmas boxes
Each box was Just a little different
from the others but most of them
contained knives flash lights fount-
ain pens soap- cigarettes tooth
paste candy gum and mints
MAXIMUM COAL PRICES
CONTINUE TO FEBRUARY
ADA Okla Dec 26 — Maximum
prices on coal and the zone regula-
tions of the United States Fuel Ad-
ministration will not bo removed be-
fore February 1 ' 1919 according
to Information given out today from
the office of State 'Fuel Administra-
tor P A Norris Whether the pric-
es and zone regulations will be re-
moved on February 1 or will be con-
tinued until later in the season has
not been announced
The maximum retail gross margin
and tbe registration of retail coal
dealers will also be continued Mr
Norris says
SUPREME COURT HEARS
DEBS CASE JANUARY 27
WASHINGTON Dec 26— The
case of Eugene V Debs convicted
under the espolnage act will be heard
in the Supreme Court January 27
With it two other espionage act
cases will be argued — Those of James
A Peterson Minneapolis and Jacob
A Frehwert Kansas City Both were
convicted for publishing seditious
literature
Mrs J E Pottorff is recovering
from a slight attack of influenza
Moody Tidwell who attends school
at' Alton 111 1b at home spending
his holiday vacation with his par-
ents Mr and Mrs M R Tidwell
C street Northwest
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
At 8:30 o'clock Thursday after-
noon the entire cadet corps were
marching toward their drill grounds
In preparation for the weekly review
which was given Thursday Instead of
Friday because of the program which
was held Friday when the airplane
was sighted overhead as it 'was arriv-
ing from Joplin Immediately the
boys began cralnlng their necks in
that direction and Captain Frye and
the non-commissioned officers found
it was a hard Job to keep them in
order but when they were maneuver-
ed Into position and were given the
command at rest they got their eyes
full As soon as ‘he aviator had
landed the boys were marched to
the side of the machine and had a
look at the distance of 15 feet
Guards were placed in front of the
machine to prevent any one Injur-
ing it
’ School was dismissed Friday di-
rectly after the entertainment was
given by the students at the High
School '
The program was opened by the
singing of the hymn America which
was followed by a piano solo by Miss
Eileen Harkin James Doss then
gave a recitation "Why I Left the
Farm” James is gaining favor by
his recitations at the school ' which
are enjoyed by the pupils A feature
of the entertainment was a ukelele
solo by Miss Louise Llmbaugh This
was a rare feature for It is probably
the first time a ukelele solo has been
given In the auditorium this schoo)
term and in the language of the stu-
dents “she sure can play" in fact
that is " our opinion also Another
youngster who Is famed for his
recitations is’ Carnegie Ballard Ho
gave a comic reading and nruny a
laugh resounded throughout the
room A vocal duet by Miss Helen
Rice and Miss Catherine Wright en-
titled “Silent Knight” was very
beautifully Bung by the young ladies
And last but not least a play "Christ-
mas at tbe Cross Roads” was pre-
sented by 22 of the students The
cast included: Flora Shumato Har
old Todd Tom DeArman Pearl Av-
ery Buelah GarreC Melvin Austin
Bob Harness Marguerite McCormick
Wilbur Briggs Wilma Floyd Carrie
Potter Pauline Fullerton Cora Pot-
ter Lillian Trapp Eileen Harkin
Frances Hale and Hortense Burr
Weekly chapel services were open-
ed by a' reading by James Dqss A
duet by Virginia and Lillian Trapp
followed After which a sermon on
"Success’’ was given by the Reverend
D A Dawson
The recitation being comical was
especially enjoyed by the pupils The
piano duet was tho first to be given
during the chapel services this school
term The sermon was listened to at-
tentatively Indian Queen Co
Breaks the Record
for Handling Dirt
The Indian Queen Mining Com-
pany is breaking the record It is be-
lieved for cost of getting out dirt In
this high cost of operating period
Mining and milling costing a frac-
tion over ninety-five cents a ton
When the manager of the Indian
Queen told the Record-Herald man
how cheap be was handling the out-
put of the mine it seemed Incredi-
ble but when It was learned that the
Immense cave broken Into more than
two months ago will be worked for
at least four more months and that
nothing Is to be done but haul out
the rock the case looked different
The powder bill has been cut from
3240 a week to 3110 and practical-
ly all that Is necessary to get out
the rich stuff Is to pop off 'the lar-
ger boulders and shovel up the finer
stuff
The Indian Queen company was
promoted on the supposition that tbe
dirt was rich In gold but Manager
Ernhart says he doesn’t think there
Is a particle of anything more valu-
able than lead and jack but he Is
bringing in a stream of gold Into the
treasury by producing jack and lead
at a cost of about 311 a ton and his
turnln for this week Is 283000
pounds of Jack and 15800 pounds
of lead
Mr Ernhart Is a grocer and never
saw a mine until a few months ago
but he has mastered the science of
stopping leaks and has a peculiar
faculty of managing He employs
a practical miner as a ground fore-
man and a first class mill man and
looks to them for results cutting
overhead expenses to the minimum
Federal Company
Makes Big Lead
Runs Double Shift
The Federal Lead and Zinc Com-
pany sold 271740 pounds of load
this week for the nice little sum of
31400543 to say nothing of the
good turnln of jack which is a sec-
ond consideration these days
The Federal instead of shutting
down or curtailing production' be-
gan working double shift the first
of f the week and will barely close
one day for Christmas
The federal Is one of the phenom-
enal mines which can run in spite
of high royalty low price of ore or
any other bugaboo and Manager Mc-
Connqll says It is getting better all
of the time
DOUTHAT MAN HELD
ON DISTURBANCE CHARGE
Harry Tate according to Constable
Ed Perry of Douthat assayed to
"clean out” his boarding house and
to beat up Mrs Kate Wickham the
boarding house mistress late Friday
evening with the result that he land-
ed in the County Jail Saturday morn-
ing Tate will be arraigned Monday
before Justice of the Peace ' A J
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MIbs Mary Farrell departed Sat-
urday afternoon for her home in
Alton to spend the holidays
Mr Ogden has returned from
Camp Pike at Little Rock Ark -
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IjMnyour houstf Put them in : :
f1 Safety Deposit kilts
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Is it not just carelessness to keep your valuable
papers heirlooms and jewelry in the fiouse? Fire may
burn them or burglars may break in' and steal them
The safe sane way is to put them in our safety de-
posit vaults then you don’t' run any danger of1 losing I !
them or of being murdered ' : -v
We will rent you a safety deposit box
First National Bank
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Roads Worst for
' More Than a Year
Few Cars Running
The roads about the field are the
worst for more than a year In fact
there have been few times when they
were so-bad Only- those who are
compelled to drive take their cars out
and dozens are stalled about the
district
One of the peculiar sights of the
field is that of motor cars running
up and down the railroad spur of
the M O & G at- Lincolnville for
a quarter of a mile to avoid an im-
passible spot of road The care
would dart out of the Highway onto
the track1 and bump along the ties
and' back on again as if the track
had been made for that particular
purpose
Another terrible piece of road is
on the Tar Creek hill between Com-
merce and Quapaw and as there is no
railroad track there care -are stalled
on it at all times of the day '
Thousands of dollars have been
spent on the Commerce 'Promenade
road but the continuel rains have
made the roadbed so soft that it
has been cut so that the axles drag
Is Local Concern'
K R Larkinr manager of the Mi-
ami Tire Repair Company desires it
to be understood that the Miami Com-
pany Is not a branch of the Larkin
Tire & Rubber Company of Iowa as
some persons have reported it to be
Larkin is secretary of the Larkin Tire
& Rubber Company but there is po
business connection other than the-
Iowa Company Is the manufacturer of
the Woon Tires and the Miami Com-
pany sells them in this territory
Mr' and Mrs Davis of Miller Mo
are visiting at the home of their
daughter Mrs J D! Mosby 216 D
street Northwest
Safety and
Satisfaction
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This institution is the ideal bank-
ing home for the people of this
community j
1 Deposits made here are afforded
- absolute safety under the De -'
positors Guaranty Law
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Miami Trust &
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Prairie Company'
Ready to Operate
at Sunnyside
The Prairie Lead and Zinc Com-
pany has its Sunnyside plant ready
to run in fact the mill has been
turned over and a part of two shifts
has been made but on account of a
small breakdown It will probably be
the first of the week before regular
operations begin
The Prairie is a Kansas City clos-
ed corporation composed of stock-
yard men who secured the lease op-
posite the Lead Boy and have de-
veloped lt'and built a mill there
The ground of the Prairie resem-
bles the Lead Boy its Immediate
neghbor
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Pearsons Honqe Sunday
Richard Pearson and bis wife are
expected to arrive In Miami Sunday
Pearson who left Miami with the
last draft contingent became ill from
pneumonia after reaching camp and
his condition for a time was sald-to
be critical Mrs Pearson was called
to the bedside of her husband four
weeks ago and has remained with
him since Before entering the ser-
vice Pearson was a deputy county
clerk j
Frances Walker III
Frances the 11-months-old daugh-
ter of Mr and Mrs James Walker
is seriously ill from Spanish influ-
enza Walker is clerk of Ottawa
county -
Mr and Mrs W E Mode of Hock-
ervllle were guests the first of the
week with Mr and Mrj T H
Thompson E Northwest They re-
turned home Wednesday
Mr and Mrs R E Brooks will
spend the Christmas vacation with
relatives and -friends at Springfield
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