The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1920 Page: 11 of 14
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-THE CUSHING WEEKLY CITIZEN
BUSINESS NORMALCY
Prices are too high So have they
been since the beginning of the World
War six years ago Then all lines
of trade marked 'their wares up at
the first firing of the first gun on
the Belgian borderland said “it was
on account of the war” It was not
it was rank profiteering and whether
it was legitimate and honest is not
a matter of sober discussion
The war is over The last gun was
fired more than two years ago yet
thanks to the Presidential veto of the
Peace resolution adopted at the last
session of Congress technically bel-
ligerency still remains and is made
the excuse fo rcontinuing war condi-
tions and expenses' With the inaug-
uration of Resident-elect Harding
next March all exeuse for this sinis-
ter detrop will pass out of the realm
of administration and “normalcy’’
will slowly resume its quiet and com-
fortable reign
A certain class of “leaders’’ now
luatily shout “Farmers hold your
cotton your wheat your other im-
perishable farm products” Is this
idvic’e wise or otherwise?
At tint beginning of the Wilson
regime the Underwood tariff was en-
acted It is a free trade measure
and will flood our home market with
the products of foreign labor as soon
as foreign industries recover from the
paralysis of the late war — unless- re-
pealed It' produces inappreciable
revenues though loudly hailed at the
time of its enactment as “a tariff of
revenue only” There is a large
though inadequate revenue from in-
come taxes Milch the administra-
tion has eked out by liberty loans
victory bonds thrift war saving
stamps and the whole tribe of war
taxes Yet all this has failed to meet
the reckless ekpenditures of the last
three years
In August the administration
floated $90000000000 of Federal
notes and in September $400000000-
00 more to meet current expenses —
that is added $130000000000 to
the national debt! Carter Glass re-
signed as Secretary of the Treasury
and thereby avoided being a party to
this shameless inflation of the na-
tional currency
In 1913 the per capita currency of
the country was $3750 now it is
over $10000 — how much “over” no
body knows mot even Prof Houston
the National Secretary 0f the Treas-
ury This condition would not be so
serious if -this excess of currency
were in the hands of the common
people but it is not The profiteers
and large contractors and capita’ht-
have been the greedy beneficiaries ot
the administration’s miguided govern-
mental bounties
Now -going back to our starting
point the price of cotton at its
highest was far above “normalcy”
Other farm products were three-fold
and move above normal prices Sugar
was higher than the highest Pres-
ent prices though somewhat lower
cannot long be maintained' The firm
enforcement of the laws without
pandering to class wi’l he a long
reach toward “normalcy” — lower
prices
Whether it is wise for the farmer
fo hold his products for a rising mar-
ket he alone must decide The pres-
et outlook does not seem encourag-
ing Money only is of price unchangeable
and gold alone whether coined or as
bullion is money All other forms
ot currency even national bank notes
the best of them all are merely
promises to pay money though na-
tional bank notes are secured in a way
that absolutely prevents depreciation
Farm products in common with all
commercial items of every sort will
always be of fluctuating values
There are only three actual sources
of actual wealth — first the products
of the fields second the natural re-
sources of the earth as the forests
the mines the fisheries etc and third
labor and the values of all these
depend upon supply and demand
Prices therefore bid fair to be much
lower and on the whole the outlook
is full of hope
These thoughts are offered" to the
farmer the business mem the good
citizen They will bear intelligent
pondering Yet there will always be
abundant labor for the citizen who
is willing to give a good day’s work
for a good day’s pay for indeed after
all is said and done labor is the
prime source of all wealth
P B P
A party named Stnmbrough has
been arrested at Oklahoma City on
a charge of being implicated in the
robbery of the Dale Bank Monday
He is said to have confessed
Another attempt to reduce the post-
age in Delivery letters at far deliv-
ery offices to one cent is being made
in Congress Post Master General
Burleson recommends the step
Twenty -five Wonder-
ful Electrical Gifts
Absolutely Free to Our Customers
We told you before that we would be your Santa Claus this Christmas We meant just what
we said and our “gift Campaign” is meeting with such unexpected favor that we have gone even
farther than at first intended and have assembled twenty-five of the highest class gifts that money
could buy They are beauties — every
one of them — and they belong to our cus-
tomers vfho hold the “lucky numbers”
on Christmas Eve
SAVE YOUR TICKETS
With each dollar’s worth of merchan-
dise purchased at our store we are giving
one ticket that may be your Santa Claus
Christmas Eve This ticket is made in
duplicate each part of the
" ticket bearing the same
number You keep one-half
the ticket and deposit other
half in the cylinder of the
Thor Washer which is seal-
ed and will not be opened
until Christmas Eve On
Christmas Eve these tickets
will be thoroughly mixed as the cylinder of the washer
revolves and at eight o’clock Mn Edgar M Green the
blind editor of the Cushing Citizen will draw out the
numbers The first twenty-five numbers drawn will
win the twenty-five prizes in the order listed above The
numbers will be posted in the window and all you need
1 o do is to present your number and take home the prize
YOU CAN GET MORE TICKETS NOW!
If you have a merchandise bill that has not been paid
remember that by paying your account before the draw-
il
ing will get more tickets Every article of Merchandise purchased for Christmas gifts for your
friends will bring additional tickets We give tickets ior everyusmg Hern fuze plugs and lamps to
Thor Electric Washers and Ironers And there are no gifts that you can buy that will so well please
your friends as Electrical Gifts Say “Merry Christmas” Electrically That is our slogan
“Buy Your Electrical Gifts at our Electric Store”
MINNESOTA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER COMPANY
109 W Broadway
Phone 251
(Published in The Cushing Citizen
Dec 18 23 nd 30th 1920)
NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR CON-
STRUCTION OF SEWER
Bert Bannetta and Mrs Bannetta
who have been visiting Mrs Bannet-
ta’s brother L D Gaunt for several
days left for their home in Kansas
on Tuesday
Notice is herebyl given that the
Mayor and Council of the City of
Cushing will receive sealed bids for
the performance of all work and the
furnishing of all materials neces-
sary for the construction of sewer
laterals in Sewer District No 20 j
such sewer to be constructed accord-
ing to plans and specifications now
on file in the office of the City Clerk
of the said City of Cushing to which
plans and specifications all prospec-
tive bidders are hereby directed for
any information necessary for the
preparation of bids to be filed All
bids must be accompanied by certified
check on some bank located in the
said Citv of Cushing for ten per-
cent of the amount bid such check to
be as a guarantee that the bidder
to whom the contract may be award-
ed will enter into a contract on the
terms of his said bid and will comply
with all conditions imposed by this
notice and in case the contract is
awarded to any bidder and he fails
to execute the same thm his said
check to be forfeited to the City
otherwise to be returned to the bid-
der The person receiving the con-
tract will be required to give good
and sufficient bond for the faithful
execution of the work and for the
protection of the City and all prop-
erty owners against loss or damage
by the ‘negligent execution of such
work and a statuory bond in the full
sum of the contract price condition-
ed that the contractor will pay all
labor and material bills made in the
construction of said sewer All bids
shall he sealed and filed with the
City Clerk on or before 8 o’clock
p m on the 3rd day of January
1921 at which time bids will he open-
ed and all parties interested may ap-
pear and protest against said pro
posed improvement or any part there-
of The Mayor and Council reserve the
right to reject any and all bids sub-
mitted Dated th’s 14th day of December
1920
S P ALIES Mayor
ATTEST:
T E HOUGH City Clerk
(SEAL)
(Published in the Cushing Citizen
De 16 1920)
ORDINANCE NO 584
AN ORDINANCE CREATING
SEWER DISTRICT NO 26 AND
DECHPJNG AN EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAY-
OR AND COUNCILMEN:
Sec 1 That a seler district is
hereby created to be known ns Sewer
District No 26 and to include in such
sewer district all of Block One and
Lots Twenty-three Twenty-four
Twenty-five and Twenty-six in Block
Two Manning’s Addition to the City
of Cushing Block One Broadway
Addition to the City of Cushing and
a tract of land described as follows:
Commencing at a point Forty (40)
feet east of the northeast comer of
Block One Manning’s Addition and
running thence east Seven Hundred
Feet thence South Three Hundred
and Twenty Feet thnae West Seven
Hundred feet and thence Nm-th Three
Hundred and Twenty feetf to the
place of beginning and the north
three hundred and twenty feet of
Lots Oni to —E'eVen inclusive iu
Howerton’s Addition to the City of
Cushing Pavne Countv Oklahoma
Sec 2 That the Mayor is here-
by ordered and directed to cause to
bo prepared sections profiles and
soeeifientions for the construction of
the proper sewers to be constructed
in said sewer district together with
a comnlete estimate of tht cost and
said Mayor is hereby further em-
powered and directed to tmplov a
competent engineer to prepare such
sections profiles and specifications
and to have the same prepared and
to report his proceedings hereunder
to the Council at its next regular
meeting
Sre 3 An emergency is hereby
ieclarod to exist whereby it is nec-
essary for the preservation of the
public peace health and safetv that
this ordinance take effect and be in
force from and after its passage ap-
proval and publications
Passed and approved this 6th day
of December 1920
S P ALLES Mayor
ATTEST:
T E HOUGH City Clerk
(SEAL)
PUBLIC SALE
ent the party in Ok'''j tciz co
National Republican ’
SCHOOL IV FOE 'iA Li-
I The und tvigred will aeJ public
auction £ Lurnvaide Schor' District
three-' iera ox a mile - est and one
I mile so -5 ox’ Cushing the following
! described 'operty to -wit:
One frame chooI ouilding 22x30 ft
j The above prop ty will be sold to
! the highest bidder for cash on Fri-
day Dec 17 1920 at 1 o’clock pm
HG BUSS Clerk
L GROTHER Dir
H HOLDERREAD Member
armers of Payne County have
ikon up the plan of farmer in other
parts of the state and are picking
the'r cotton and holding it for high-
er prices They had at one time
ahandomed the idea of pioking it at
all but have changed their minds
Mrs II L Mascho is visiting the
family of her daughter Mrs Walter
Curry and other relatives in Chand-
ler this week
Dr and Mrs Mayberry of Enid
were the guests of Mr and Mrs
J II Kennedy on Monday They
were on their way home overland
from Tulsa
Doug Nazworthy will offer at Pub-
lic Auction at his farm two and three
quarters miles east of Cushing on
Wednesday' Dec 22 Nine head of
horses four head or mules seven fine
milk cows a number of Inland Chinn
hogs a lot of farm implements and j
other articles
The sale begins at 10 o’clock and j
there will bo free lunch at noon Col p
O R Lilley will be the auctioneer I
and theFarniers National Bank Clerk
Mr Nazworthy will retire from farm-
ing on account of bad health
He will also offer 'two farms for
rent at the same time
These are busy days at the Post
Office and - Post Master Staton and
his assistants are feeling the neanies
of Christmas Mr Staton notes quite
: a tendancy to early mailing this year
' yiiich helps the post office people quite
a bit
1 It is very probably that Tim Har-
i ris Chairman of the Republican State
1 Committee will be chosen to repres-
Systematize Your Affairs
Open a Bank Account here and put all the money you receive
so soon as you receive it right into Bank The pocketbook leaks
Your Bank Account ddesn’t It costs you nothing to keep a Bank
Account here We furnish you with books checks etc free If
you don’t know how to do it 1st us show you Everyone must learn
sometime Why not start learning today?
OKLAHOMA STATE BANK
CAPITAL $5000000
DEPOSITS GUARANTEED
Hours: 9:00 a m to 3:00 p m
CUSHING OK LA
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Green, E. M. The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1920, newspaper, December 16, 1920; Cushing, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1749804/m1/11/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.