The Oklahoma County News (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1923 Page: 4 of 12
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Friday June 15 If 23
EDITORIAL
TOO MUCH BAG
Between President Harding on the affirma-
tive Senator Borah on the negative and other
senators and congressmen vacillating betwixt
and between the country is becoming well fed
up on the subject of active American participa-
tion in the league of nations or some other kind
of a world court
And perhaps is is just as well that the sub-
ject is being agitated on both sides of the fence
for we do not want to do any leaping without
looking to see where we will land ?
To the average man on the side lines
though it would seem that we have participat-
ed rather strenuously as it is— partly to our
sorrow v
We commenced by lending the allies bil-
lions of dollars which have never been repaid
and much of which probably never will be re-
paid Next we entered actively into the war at a
time when the allies were practically facing de-
feat — and we turned that defeat into victory
Then we sold France many millions of doL
lars worth of war munitions and stores for a
song and we do not know whether that bill has
been paid or not
And last at the urgent solicitation of the
allies we kept General Allen and his army in
Germany until a short time ago We were to
have been reimbursed for the expense of keep-
ing them' there but the allies have prevented
such reimbursement and have only recently
sanctioned payment
Europe is sadly in need of some kind of a
court capable of maintaining the peace and re-
storing the self respect of the world but no
such court will be o'f any avail until European
governments or at least some of them forsake
their present grasping and selfish attitude and
return to the paths of honor among nations and
peoples ' '
If the time ever comes when these foreign
governments regain their sanity it is possible
that the American people will have no material
objection to becoming an active participant in
a world court V"
But until we can see some evidence of sani-
ty on the other side of the Atlantic we will do
well to keep ourselves and our money at home
We have held the bag long enogh
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It8 really amusing to watch an old bache-
lor watch a young man ki88 a young girl
He immediately begins to contrast what
has been done by what he could do
GOOD ROADS
Don’t forget the subject of good roads
Whenever you have an opportunity talk good
roads create a demand for them and lead ev-
erybody up to the point of insisting that we
have them
We need a tremendous amount of road im-
provement right here iri this community
The horse and buggy are becoming obso-
lete They are too slow to suit the modern
man and his ideas of transportation
The wagon as a means of hauling products
to market will soon disappear Motor trucks
will be more practical and the cost will soon be
within reach of the average farmer Many
have them now where road conditions are any-
thing like satisfactory
The farmer is a shrewd business man and
he dislikes to waste precious time where it can
be avoided He would prefer a truck to a wag
on any day but the present condition of many
country roads is not conducive to economical
motor transportation
The remedy is better roads and that rem-
edy must be applied
Keep on talking and urge others to do the
same - ! ' 1 -4
We want better roads
The pessimist can tell you of every ail
ment that afflicts this country-except
himself
OUR TREND OF THOUGHT '
The tomorrow of a nation may often be pre-'
dieted by its trend of thought of today Take
our own country as an illustration ' ' '
We have sublime faith in the future of this
country because we are loyal— or at least most
of us are Therefore our country will be pre-
served and we will press forward to greater ma-
terial accomplishments in the future It is in
our blood
But morally it is a different story Our
thoughts are like water — constantly seeking a
lower level
A man works hard uses his brain is suc-
cessful in business and becomes the possessor
of much wealth - Tired and worn he seeks re-
laxation and his mind turns to the young and
the fresh There is always a “chicken” ready
to accept his presents and relieve him of a part
of his cash
It requires wealth to move in high society
but high society with its glitter is attractive to
many women If fashion dictates that she
drink highballs and cocktails and sport dia-
monds and pearls in profusion and wear a
shoestring for an eygning gown she bows to
the ultimatum and sinks her womanhood in the
mire of the social Whirl Her finer points are
blunted and those left to her are of minor
value
And the boys and girls seeking the pace set
by their parents hit the high spots in an effort
to keep up
Of course there are many good people Who
are doing their utmost to overcome these con-
ditions but they might as well attempt to stem
the tides of the seas or divert the course of a
tornado in its fury
It is the penalty of the great wealth we arc
accumulating a penalty that has an element of
sweetness in its destructiveness : y
Can you predict the tomorrow that faces
this country? v :: J
The fellow who coined the phrase “full of
pep is in the same class with Teddy and
his “big stick but we dont know whether
he is in the same place or not i
The department of justice is still going af-
ter corporations and individual contractors
who robbed the government by the wholesale
during the war - '
Some of these “birds” operated on a shoe-
string and cleaned up millions— something no
honest or fair minded man can do -
Every man who profiteers at the expense
of his country during the war should be requir-
ed to serve in the next one and be among the
first to go “over the top and into the jaws of
hell” where the devil would be sure to get them
Too many of these Benedict Arnolds are
still at large and feasting on your money and
ours '
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Success in worldly affairs is generally
the result of good luck good judgment and
a little horse sense Honesty occasionally
gets a look-in
Fine fine fine and then bully!
Senator Ferris of Michigan advises girls
not to marry until they are capable of sup-
porting a husband
With such a prospect in view our marriage-
able young men ought to take heart and buck
up and pop in a hurry— to the right girl
A campaign is on now for government own-
ership of railroads or at least it is trying to
crawl into the champaign class
We are not certain whether it would be ad-
vantageous or not but if it comes we enter an
advance protest against any further boost in
freight rates -
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Those Chinese bandits were unwittingly
Atccommodaiing ' They pulled their kid-
napping stunt just at a time when the daily
: press was up against it for first page copy
When you think you are wise you are be-
ginning to be foolish
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PROMPT CAREFUL AND EFFICIENT AT-
TENTION GIVEN TO EVERY DETAIL
Another disadvantage about hating
your enemg to he la apt to be aerenely
bllvtone o t you while you are putting
In all your time atoklng the fires of
hatred -
French courts are beginning to com-
plain because wealthy Americans are
going over there nowadays to gt their
divorces Paris has no desire to be-
come known as the Reno of Europe
Good horses will keep the youth In-
terested in the farm according to a
' gponoor of the new theory which
rather spoils that handy figure of
gpeech "horses couldn’t hold him”
If e were ordinarily 1 careful ilur-
tog the other 61 weeks there would
he no need for fire prevention week or
safety week er any ether week ex
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Keyes, Chester A. The Oklahoma County News (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1923, newspaper, June 15, 1923; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1750670/m1/4/: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.