The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1921 Page: 4 of 8
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THE GUSHING WEEKLY CITIZEN
The Cushing Citizen
f’uidished Every Thursday
Entered at postoffice at Cushing Ok-
lahoms as second class mail matter
Subscription $160 per yr in advance
'1 GREEN Editor and Publisher
WHEN THE SUN
HAS GONE DOWN
Several favorable comments and
requests for more “twilight reflec-
tions” have induced me to record
more of the thoughts which come to
me when the day is done and the
night not yet begun This evening
my mind unfortunately turned to a
big subect too great to handle in one
K :
twilight Consequently I can only
begin it but hope that my reflec
tiong will start others thinking — Ed
The Ancient Greeks delighted to
call the twilight hour the playtime
of the Gods The old Roman honor-
ed the Gods with delightful vesper
services a ceremony still practiced
though in a somewhat changed form
and in adoration of one living God
instead of a multitude of mytholo-
gicial dirties The Children of Is-
Teal at one period of their history
and particularly when away from
their native land are said to have
turned their faces toward Jerusa-
lem at sunset while the followers
of Hohammed looked toward Mec-
ca The man of modern civilization
has no sacred city toward which
to look no pleasing fable about the
hours but the influence of past days
and their thought is still felt and the
twilight hour retains much of its
significance In it many still turn
from the harshness and combat of
day forget the world and its weari-
ness and commune with their own
souls And there be those who soft-
ened and 'solemnized by the tran-
quility and almost seeming holiness
of the hour are compelled to turn
their faces toward their God
To him who can remember and re-
call his own feelings when he heard
the roar of the cannon at Gettys-
berg on that hot July afternoon in
1861 And even to him who can re-
member the wonder which held him
as he witnessed the triumphs of art
science and invention exhibited at
the Centennial in 1876 the wonders
of the time in which he has lived
appear almost fabulous
Every age of this world of ours
has been full of wonders but the half
century just past is equally by none
in achievement Indeed achievement
has been ' the war cry and the ob-
jective of this period to the extinc-
tion of all other slogans or purposes
And achievement means accomplish-
ments means completion If we were
to add the fifty years immediate-
ly proceeding to the last fifty we
might almost designate all others
as the periods of theorizing and
these two as the periods of prac-
tice v-
And then he is glorified by the
age in which he lives and pride
fills his so ul as he thinks that of
all this greatness he had been is a
part But right then the glorifica-
tion is at least temporarily clouded
the pride pales as he questions him-
self as to how well he has played
his part how much his achievement
yet the question is not haw much or
how little but hew well and truly
glorified and deservedly proud is
he who can say with h' face to the
stars “I hae dene what I could’’
for nil cannot b" EJisons Roosevelts
or Foches
I have often wondered if Thomas
A Edison is reallv a hnnnv man
Someone has said that he who wuld
be truly happy must lie whel’v con-
tent If one can judge aright from
afar and decide from what he can
learn from others win have benr
near then one must conclude that
Thomas A Edison is not “whollv
content” and therefore is net “truly
hapny’’ I may put it in another
way Mr Edison surely does not
""carry tn” hko one who is satisfied
He has never reached the hill of sat-
isfaction And then it appears to
me that a man who must jump from
his bed at any hour to satisfy a de-
sire cannot be happy But are great
minds ever at ease?
My mind runs to inventions and
inventors this evening and there is
almrst thru't upon me the thought
or rather the question “Has the in-
vention and installation of the tele-
phone automobile phon-graph etc
given us as much as they have tak-
en from us? Someh-w I miss the
old neighborly dropping in cf an
evening and the visiting friends from
abroad who stayed over night be-
cause home was too far away t-
travel both wavs in one day with
old Dobbin and Sallv Instead the
telenhone rings and the automobile
chugs at the d-or iust aft°r the ev-
ening meal Somehow I miss the 15 that if improvements to the facilities
minutes chat with a customer and for " do’-ng business and the hap-
friend who had come in to rene'- j piness of the residents and these
supply of envelopes but who now is facilities and that happiness at-
too busy and orders his stationery j tract and bring more business and
by phone Somehow I miss the old more citizens and more business
racked and tortured by that horrible
concoction of noises called Jazz or
am “driven from home" by the
shrieks of an opera singer — who can
not speak English— or any other
language — reproduced by the phono-
graph And again I wonder if we
have gained as much as we have desired progress For there often
lost and recall that I never heard are projects proposed which are
of ptomaine poison in my earlier not absolutely necessary to our
days and than I realize that today growth but which may be called mu
we have everything ready made and nicipal luxuries All these should
fully prepared for us Truly this he filed away for future considera-
is the age of the “Ready-made Per tion until sucb time as we can af-
haps a still more fitting appellation fonj luxuries It is extravagance
would be “The Age of Cans" for anj f0y to attempt thoso until all
do we not have even "canned music
religion?
canned Bpeech and canned religion ( as a community and a municipality
0— produces a greater income than is
As I think of all the wonders oi needed for essentials Thus the fiTst
invention and of science- achieve I consideration should be “Is it need-
ments of men I ask myself whj ' ed now Must we have it to go on ?
mfin has been led to attempt all
these in the first place and the
tpswer comes quickly The motive
and the object has been still is to
overcome time and space And he
has been so successful that he al-
most appears to be attempting to
usurp the prerogatives and powers
if diety WhHe I have said" “over-
coming of time and space” this act
rcludes others for instasce the con
quering of whatever is a resistant
to the efforts of men And while 1
speak of it this inventor cr discov-
erer -more often announces his in--ention
as a “labor saving device"
Of course this is correct for tc
overcome that which hinders or op
uoses progress requires labor and
n the degree we add to our own
trength and in which we increase
the' power and skill of our natural
facilities we weaken the opposing
forces Therefore all these are la
Kor saving devices primarily but
finally all are part of one great
plan — although not thought of that
way — the annihilation of time a fid
space The triumps of science are
of much the same character as they
are attempts successful again to
defeat the enforcement of the laws
of nature and to wrest her secrets
from her We glory in these succes-
ses and triumphs and rightly boast
of bettering the condition of man-
kind but while the gain is usually
great I wonder if we count the value
of what we have lost by these very
successes and triumphs The loss
may not at once be visible but a
little pushing aside of the gains will
reveal the losses One could find
many a custom and manjj an old
time pleasure and even ideals which
tended to the moral uplift of hu-
manity will be found among the
losses And sometimes these have
been replaced by customs and ideals
which have 'just the opposite effect I
need not enumerate them Now do
not call me a pesimist I do not
feel that way What has been done
is but the fulfilling of man’s des-
tiny but my plea is that while we
are “improving the condition of
man is it necessary to throw away
the good things we already had
cannot we carry the good of the old
along with the good of the new?
“Shuld Auld Acquaintance be For-
got” just because we make new
ones? Why not hold on to that
which is good even though we daily
add to our stock?
But the twilight has darkened into
the gloom of ni-ht and my musin'
turns to the real question “What cf
the day itself?” Have we played
’ur part well ? Have v-e brought a
fitting offer to our fellow men?
Have we done something which would
letter them? If we have then for us
the night wll bring naught hut
oeacC” nd the night shall be fill-
'd with music And the cares that
’rfest the day shall fold their tent
like the Arabs and as s’lently steal
away”
o
THE PRICE WE P
Progress has ts price also We
’e’iders cf a progressive prosper-
ous live gr-wlng city pry th:f-
price in the bi'l for the needed im-
provements we mat-e
We must all adm't that if we
would grow we must take care cf
the growth This growdh is taken
care of by providing those things
which add to the c"n cnicncj fr
carrying on business and to the
comfort and well being of the peo-
ple who come to us to make the'r
home here
It cannot be denied that the more
and better conveniences we have
the more attractive cur city becomes
the more business enterprises an!
home builders will come to us
It will be acknowledged that the
more business enterprises success-
fully conducted in our city the more
homes that are built here the great-
er the value of what i3 already here
1 pc' mes
It must therefore be concluded
and more citizens add to th value
of our property and thus to our
wealth if all these are true — and
they are — and if we desire to grow
we must make all these improve-
ments needed
Then when some project is pro-
posed the first thing to consider
is whether it is needed is it es-
sential to the accomplishment of tht
essentials are provided or our wealth
!“ ° L ”
If it is shown that it is neces-
sary the degree of that necessity
should influence further considera-
tion and action But if shown that
it is absolutely essential to “car-
ry on” successfully there is no de-
gree cf necessity and there is but
one conclusion do it at once if we
can And our ability in such a case
is measured only by the limit fixed
by law to the amount of the bonds
we may issue
In deciding upon the necessity of
i proposed improvement certain
elements are to be considered cer-
tain objectines are to be attained
These are means and routes of
transportation and the expediting of
that transportation safety to life
and limb preservation of health the
training and education of the young
the comfort and convenience and
even the happiness of the people
the providing of ways and means
whereby a citizen can properly care
for the welfare of his home and it
inmates the moral uplift of the in-
habitants and a score or more others
All these would imply the abso-
lute necessity of a sufficient supply
of good water an efficient fire de-
partment an adequate and efficient
sewer system good streets paved
tnd otherwise abundance of con-
crete sidewalks plenty of room in
the most modern and equipped build-
ings for schools churches etc We
mention churches because they al-
though not built and maintained by
the public money are yet really
publ-'e institutions and not the least
useful of these
And all will recognize that no city
community can hope to grow unless
these instruments of progress safe-
guards to life and property and es
sent in Is to modern life are provid-
ed Moreover no c'ty ‘can wait un-
til its growth is made and there
are a large number to help bear
the expense for no new home seek
errs or enterprises would come and
those there would die
Always therefore the burden
falls upon the comparatively few
who may have already located in a
-own which has been fortunat"
enough to have given to it some-
great naturalresource to develop o
whose location happens to make it
a commercial center Always there
must be sacrifice if we would win
success
Such has been and is the case it
Cushing Our growth has been sr-
rapid that the few who were heri
at the beginning have been com-
pelled to hear the burden of pro-
viding all these but will of course
be assisted to some extent in thr
final payments by later comers
And right royally have they don
it notwithstanding the intimitat o-
of some that nothing has been don
and now they and the others who
iave joined them during these year?
are once more about to be asked t
provide some of these essentials
Like all other new and rapidly-
growing cities Cushing has not al-
ways received full value nor have
v e always locked into the future far
jnough and have therefore failed
to make suff'cie'nt provision at the
time Consequently very often the
utilities must be added to our entire-
ly reconstructed And it is such a
condition the necessity of such addi-
tion and reconstruction that stares
us in the face We believe the peo-
ple of Cushing will recognize theV
duty and promptly shoulder the bur-
den We need not refer to the history
cf past sewer construction or to
the defects and troubles The ques-
tion is do we need more and bet-
ter means of handling the sewer-
age and must we have it now do
we need add'tions to our water sys-
tem to insure us "plenty of good
water at all times?
Surely there is no one who will
have any doubt of the absolute im-
mediate necessity for a bigger and
better sewer system We all recog-
nize th's need And surely the dan-
ger that is eveniow threatening us
must convince everyone that we
should be doing something to avoid
the culmination of this threat and
the recurrence of the danger
The necessity being established the
fact that these improvements are
essential to the health the welfare
and even the lives of our people and
to the greater and more rapid de-
velopment of our city will add to
the attraction of our city for new
home seekers and business enter-
prises being admitted what rea-
son can be set out against at once
taking steps to provide them What
reasonable opposition can there be
to this being done?
To say they1 cost too much is so-
phistry Nothing needed and which
accomplishes the purpose ever costs
too much if we get the service etc
for which we are paying
Besides present expense
means
future gain We cannot afford to
put this matter off any longer We
have arrived at a critical place the
fork in the roads as it were One
road leads to comfort health hau-
niness progress and prosperity the
other goes to slow decay and final
leath of the community land to un-
happiness discomfort ill health and
disease for the people It requires
no Solomon to discover this or "to
decide which road to take
Let us therefore look into the
sewer and water question before us
carefully and without prejudice Let
ns forget all prejudice all preform-
ed convicitions and consider only
the question itself Let us look at
it from every angle Let us inform
ourselves as to what it is proposed
to do and how it is going to be
done Then if these are satisfac-
tory let us study the effect of it
oil upon our future Remember it is
not the past that will be changed
that It i nor the present for it we
must endure but that it is the fu-
ture for which we are preparing
So then do not jump up and
-hout out that you are opposed to
voting any bonds that we cannot
afford it that we are bonded to
leath “more graft we are killing
ourselves etc
-We shall all talk about this again
but we purselves want to point out
two things now we shall kill our-
selves if we do not provide these
utilities in the near future and the
cities that have grown to the high
planes went up by the bond route
and are still traveling that route
Bonds bring improvements improve-
ments bring progress and prosper-
’ty progress and prosperity bring
more bonds more bonds bring more
prosperity and so on and so on' add
infinitum Epluribus unum by heck
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THE BEES ARE HUMMING
The echoes of the last political
campaign have scarcely died away
but we can already hear the rumble
if the political machinery preparing
for another Already the political
bees are humming
In another six weeks the prelim-
nary part of the political campaign
of 1922 will be under way Indeed
't may be said to be under way al-
ready Two candidates for the dem-
ocratic nomination for governor
have already been announced These
are Congressman and former State
udifor E B Howard of Tulsa
and Herbert Bowen late collector of
"haemal Revenue for the district of
Oklahoma These two have been
’e-1 out for inspection but there are
icveral m6re being careful’v "roon-
1 In the stables The contest for
‘e democratic nomination bids far
n be a warm and interns' ing one
The fact tMt tht Pnouhl c cai rier’
''I l-boma in the 1no0 Picsidentio'
lection bv a handsome maiii'’
rd elected a TT”lol states seni-
or and a number ef congressmen
I'n first timo tnt rntv has rurrie't
r since stalehool — will add to tlm
ntercst til on in the sTte gener-
d election in November There will
’of h" tlm pnrtni-tv nttaebed to th'
result ns has 1 oen in former years
The rennblVens are well organ-
ed an 1 w'!I not rner the cam-
ain hopeless and discouraged but
with a chaneo to win thev are
ful nl°it and determined Tt
s b'kelv that our pnople will be giv-
n something like an old time politi-
cal campaign
At the coming election the t:cket
wi'l be a long one We elect con-
gressmen practically all state offi-
cers members of the legislature —
oil of the lower bouse members and
holf the senators — all county offi-
cers and of course township offi-
cers While it is tco early to discuss
the political situation it is not too
early to inform ourselves and pre-
nnre ourelves to vote intelligentlv
laving aside all prejudice conciu
sion The results of late elections
indicate that the voters are think-
ing for themselves and' vote as
judgment directs It is to be h'ped
that Oklahoma voters will considei
the interests of their state rathei
than those of party or candidate
o
Would anyone advocate the loca-
tion of a pest house in the midst
of a fine residence district? Why
then insist in placing an equally
pestiferous annoyance there in the
shape of a sewer disposal plant
that does not dispose ?
I WINTER SEEDING COMPLETED
I
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON Dec 6— The seed-
ing of winter grains is now prac-
tically completed throughout the
northern hemisphere according to
reports received by the Bureau ot
Markets and Crop estimates United
States Department f Agriculture
“The seeding of all winter cereals
has been hindered by drought thru
out western Europe and Great Brit-
ain and irregular stands and growth
reported” the Bureau states “Tht
moisture supply has been plentiful
j throughout central Europe and the
j present outlook for all winter grains
is good The drought in North Afri-
ca still prevails according to lat-
est reports and rain is greatly need-
ed to facilitate seeding and germin-
ation The seeding of winter wheat
is progressing under favorable con-
ditions in British Idia and the crop
is germinating well A good acreage
is expected
“Weather and soil conditions have
generally been favorable for the
seeding and germination of wheat in
"nnaua and the crop should enter
the winter in good condition The
condition of all wheat is favor-
able in the United States ex-
cept in the lower plains region
where the crop hss been injured by
drought and some late seedings have
'ailed to germinate Conditions In
the far western states have been
improved by recent rains
The condition of wheat in Argen-
tina continues to improve due t"
the abundant rains since September
15th which have broken Hie Ion®
drought As conditions were very
unfavorable during the normal seed-
ing period much of the grain has
been sown unusually late and the
prospects of grain sown as late a
this are generally poor If present
favorable conditions continue how-
ever a normal crop or better mav
' t-e expected The acreage as given
A-y the Argentine government for th"
vear 1921-22 is 13 927000 acres com-
pared with 14 957000 in 1920-21
“Plentiful rain continues to be
reported fijom the various grain-
growing districts of Australia and
the crop outlook is quite favorable
and equal to that of last year A
preliminary estimate places the Aus-
tralian wheat crop for 1921-22 at
146606000 bushels compared with
145923000 bushels in 1920-21 Good
rains have been reported in South
Africa especially from those sec-
tions of the Cape where the bulk 'of
the wheat is grown
"Final thrashing returns of the
cereal crops of the northern hemis-
phere confirm previous reports of the
yield and the outstanding featifre
is the decided increase of wheat and
rye in nearly every European coun-
try compared with the yield of 1920
Excluding Russia and the Serb-Croat-Slovene
states and a few minor pro-
ducing countries for which estimates
have not been received by the de-
nartment the production of wheat in
Europe show an increase of 27 per
cent over last year and that of rye
an increase of 39 per cent
“The rice area of India for 1921-
22 as reported by that government’s
first -regular forecast shows an area
of 74132000 acres' or 2 per cent
increase over last year The fore-
cast usually covers all but a rela
tively small part of the total rice
area The final report will probably
cover an average somewhat larger
than that quoted above The condi-
tion of the crop is good The In-
dian government has made as yet
no official forecast cf production
hut unofficial estimates by rice deal-
ers place the probable crop at 71-
680000000 pounds cr a 10 per cent
increase ef over last year
“The prospects for a normal rice
crop in Janan are reported to he
very good According to unofficial
epovts the prosoocts are! for a
large rice crop in Siam and the sur-
nlus for export this vear is esti-
mated at about 2 912000000 pounds
The average yearly exports durin"
1914-1917 were 2504946 OHO pounds
hut in 1920 they were 606198 000 in
1919 988 000 000 and in 1918 1-
894000000 pounds
“The prospects for growing cot-
ton crop in India ranges from nor-
mal to excellent The 1921 crop fn
Egvpt according to estimates jus
received will amount to 325700 00't
pounds compared with 597760000
nonnds in 1920 As the crop in the
United States is also much less
than last year the world’s cotton
crop for 1921 shows a large reduc-
tion compared with 1920
“The first suar-cnne forecast for
Tndia for 1921-22 and which cov-
ers about 99 per cent cf the total
area under sugar cane in British
India gwes the area as 2371000
acres compared with 2636 000 acres
in 1 920-21 H showing a decrease of
265000 acres
PRACTICE DIVERSIFICATION
DURANT Nov' 5 — Diversifica-
tion of crons as a means of defeat-
ing the boll weevil is recounted In
a report sent by G B Dunlap
Bryan county demonstration agent
to the ' extension department of tha
Oklahoma A' - and M college at
Stillwater Telling of a Bryan eoun-
ty farmer who owns 60 acres of
land with fair improvements Gurley
has this to say: -“He
rented 80 acres -more land
and planted the following crops: 45
acres of cotton 35 acres of corn' 1
tcre of surghum 1 acre of broom
corn and 2 L6 acres of Bermuda greas
The results were 1100 bushels of
corn 2 bales of cotton 100 gallons
of ribbon cane syrup (worth 55
centa a gallon 130 hand - made
brooma (worth 50 cents each) 3 sows
on pasture and $300 worth of pigs
sold"
A NEW DEPARTMENT AT A & M
By Associated Press
At the request of representatives
ot state and national associations of
cleaners and dyers the Oklahoma A
and M college will offer a short
course in cleaning and dying It
will extend over a period of six
weeks beginning February 13 The
Oklahoma A and M college is the
first institution of the kind in the
country to offer such a course it
is said '
The article on the sewer proposals
which appeared In Friday evening!
Citizen was written on Tueaday and
intended to be published Wednes-
day evening In order to accommo-
date the paving publications it was
imitted that evening We speak of
this as we do not wish to be thought
influenced by the results of the
meeting Friday morning We are
however pleased that the confer-
ence held the view we were advo-
cating and believe the majority of
the citizens will also hold that view
The Etude club had an interesting
meeting Wednesday afternoon Nov-
ember 30 at the home of Mrs H
:I Foster 413 East Broadway Roll
call was answered with current
events pertaining to music Miss
Lola Thompson read an instruc-
tive paper on the subject “Early
English music” A musical program
was given by Misses Bessie and
Mary Lee Knoble Ruby Leach
Leora and Francis Thompson and
Helen Leach The next meeting of
the club will be December 14th
A SIX O’CLOCK LUNCHEON
Mrs Lon Emo entertained Tues-
day with a 6 o’clock luncheon ir
honor of her son Darrel’s ninth birth-
day The evening was spent in mu-
sic and games At the close Darrel
played “Star Spangled Banner” to
which the boys all saluted Those
present were Samuel and Roscoe
Ruhlen Leo and Dave Bluejacket
Carl and Leslie Tennie Clyde Wis-
hart Glen McGee Vera Barnard C
R Simmons Leonard Cochran Leon
Emo and Junior Campbell
o
POPULAR YOUNG
LADY SHOWERED
Last evening at the home of Mrs
L H Hopper at 726 East Muse's a
miscellaneous shower was given by
Miss Laura Norman and Mrs Or-
land Hopper in honor of Miss Mar-
garet Foster
The house was beautifully decorat-
ed for the occasion with Crystanthe-
mums and autumn leaves
There were many Useful and
beautiful gifts presented to Miss
Fo'ter by the guests
Miss Foster is the daughter of
Mr and Mrs John Foster of 901
East Broadway and is one of the
most popular young ladies of the
society circle Mis Foster is one
of the best kniwn ladies of the ctiy
having lived b"re all her life The
shower was the manifestation of the
esteem of her friends and to ac-
"asienal the fact that mss Mar-
garet Foster is to be married at an
'early date
o
MRS DAVIDSON RECOVERING
All will he glad to learn that Mrs
r'ividson ia recovering from the
seinns surgical operati-n lately un-
dergone Dr H C Manning has kindly giv-
ven us the substance of a letter
written him bv Dr Pemberton the
surgeon who performed the ooera-
’on Dr Pemhert-n pronounced the
operation a success and believed
Mrs Davidsen would recover nice-
i v A later from Dr Davidson re-
ports her as improving quite ranidly
and that all were verv h"reful of
’’lt’mate recoverv The! operation was
performed on Saturday a week ago
“ o-
DRIFT ER INTTTPFD
Jes Graves ef this ritv and an
Ml driller had the misfortune of
teirg caught in the pulley while
'trilling Sunday
The result of the accident was
s broken collar bone and other sd-'
vere bruises all over the entire
body
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