The Cordell Beacon (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1917 Page: 3 of 9
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FnuKlDAY, JULY 11 1917.
THg OORD1LL BBAOOW. OOttnKT T
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Medical Science ha# Absolute Control
of Epidemic* in Army Camps.
Less Sickness Than Formerly
FROM OKLAHOMA STA1
IS IT TREASON ?
)nthi>¥ap
COUNCIL OF OEFENSE
ins the interests of the country fol-
Not only l« the present world con-1 those Itill' lho'Tai^aln^reTly that h'Kh "J*001" 8h°Uld b® icrea8ed' and
st .the greatest of all wars, but In American vm.n rnore and girls should be in-
test, the greatest of all wars, but in American young men are being sen't' i 7™. "W" snould be
many ways it is different from any to the trenches of France at the call! t0 rem-in Unt" their c0ur9e 8
o, Amertc. d.U.„. Uua „ ' •"" « Ml
preceding conflict. One df the most
striking of the contrasts between this
and former wars is in health condi-
tions, the toll which sickness and di-
sease has taken of the soldiers. In
of American dollars, that the draft is,oul b'pp ^ ^
but the beginning of oppression of L . . CJ"t0n' federal commis"
the poor man by a military machine.Chemto^ ^
that the Liberty Loan was * ' nanual trafnm^ domestic arts,
that the Libert/ Loan was a scheme
by which moneyed interests of ' the
t iP&
EVOLUTION
— — uy wun.il muneyec
dierTuh ;ar,the UUmber °f "*• COttntry Worked t0 oWain the poor
diers whose deaths were due to dis- man's coin, that this is a useless Tar
ease was many timea trr^atar * '
a fight that was none of our affair.
The fact that the women and chil-
dren of Belgium are starving under
orders from tie Prussian government
has no effect on this man's attitude,
nor the fact that nothing but' bleach-
ing bones remain to tell the tale of
the murder of women and children in
Poland. "I wouldn't mind lighting if
we were invaded," he argues, "but I
don't want to go to war with the en-
emy three thousand miles away."
Must this man's own wife
daughter be outraged before he will
realize the menace of the Prussian
advance? Must the childr-n of his
own neighbors be starved, the old men
in his own home town be killed in
cold blood, their homes pillaged and
Iheir fields laid waste.
Must he see it with hit* own eye;,
before he realizes that, with a turning
point in the struggle less unexpected
than have taken place in the past,
Germany can have an invading force
on American soil in lees than two
months? That if by any turn in ev-
tits Prussia should gain command of
'he seas through her submarines, von
.lindenberg could land soldiers in
^he United States taster than we canj
nain our millions?
f rom the forest to this yard is a long call but we
have lots of it for sale and of best quality, tco.
We are familiar with the various pro-
cesses through which the log must pass
before becoming of value to you.
And we require that those pro-
cesses be right, giving proper
time for seasoning, etc, thus
Protecting You
CUT THE
HIGH COST of LIVING
BY HAVING YOUR
Discs Rolled for
75 Cents, at
SIMPSON'S
BLACKSMITH SHOP
West Main Street
ease was many times greater than
the number killed outright or dying
as the result of wounds. In this war
Just the opposite conditions have ob-
tained. There have been no real
epidemics of typhoid or other dis-
eases. The loss in killed and wound-
ed has been terrible,. making every
other contest seem insignificant. But
unless a soldier was directly in-
jured his chances of health have
been good.
This has not been due to luck and
chance-, It has been due to the tak-
ing of the most elaborate precautions
known to medical science, to the
carrying out in an intensive manner
of the laws of sanitation and hygiene.
Yet the precautions which have been
taken are not complicated nor diffi
cult. Most of them are known to
all intelligent persons. The differ-
ence is that in the armies they are
applied, everybody has to live as far
as possible in conformity with them,
while In civil life 'too many of us are
apt to feel we have a right "to do
as we please."
This is not true at any time and
it is less than true in the present na-
tional emergency. Not every man or
woman is called upon to take an ac-
tive part either as a soldier or
nurse. But every one is called upon
to contribute his or her share to the
national efficiency and this is not
possible without good health. In this
connection it is interesting to observe
the precautions which were followed
out In one of the Canadian expedi
tionary forces, carried out with such
success that out of more than 52.000
men only 4K2 died of disease. An of-
ficial summary of these precautions
Is as follows:
Inoculation against typhoid and
para typhoid fevers;
Incineration and buratl of all ex-
creta which might contain dangerous
germs;
Prevention of breeding places for
flies, general sanitation;
Filtration and chlorination of wa-
ter;
Field laboratories for investigating
•pidemlcs, eseach. scientific diag-
nostic work, etc.
Rapid removal of al leases of in-
fecloua disease from the aflrrny; In-
spection and care of food; No raw
milk or vegetables used.
Army baths, frequent issues of,
< lean underwear and socks;
Sick parades; Treatment of mildj
disorders by medical officers, care of
feet;
Rest stations and convalescent
homes for tired and mildly shocked
soldiers;
Plenty of good and varied food,
warm clothing and exercise;
Healthful recreations an ti amuse-
ments.
Some of these provisions apply
particularly to army life and condi-
tions. but most of them, it will be
noted, would be equally useful and
easily applicable to civil life.
domestic science and similar sub-
jects should be featured. Aml^sbove
«li. high school graduates should go!
on to college and university.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, |
If Russia should collapse?
If the British fleet should be over-
come?
If the food situation should yet
bring the Alles to their knees?
If great reversals should be met on
the western front?
If the submarine menance be not'
checked?
Other, things less unexpected have
already happened many times in this
war. America will be in danger cf
invasion by Prussia until the Pnis-
ian military power is broken.
Have you bought your coal ' It
may be impossible to get it on Dec. I
The seed going to waste in the gar-
Jen .this week would provide first
means for the feeding of manv chii-
iren next spring. If you have already
gathered all you will need, let your
neighbors have the rest.
) J
Get that new
Rug from our
big fine stock
Our Rag stock is very complete with splendid new
patterns in all weaves. Inspect them today; there
are no better va[ues anywhere.
C. E. THORNTON BEST
RK MINCE
ON GERMAN US'
WHY WE'RE IN THE WAR
| Extract from President Wilson's Flag
German war phuuTare admitted bv °aySpeech Se"'"9 Forth Oppor-
German authorities themselves J * 0bl'9at,on of America
aave included levying 'on the United • - .
:iates heavily enough to pay the en- •■n>
tire cost of the war. and collecting bv of Ger'
uthless pillaging if nliine-in . i "lany can 8ecure peace now, with the
£r\,rr-
authority for the statement, and fur-! ^ * ! °P t0 thiS
cher proof Is not hard to find Th h apparently sa,I,*d' ">ey will
following editorial comment appea- ' JUSt,tle? themselves before the
Pd in the Kelnische Volkszeitung ' j ? T"* PT ^ haVe gained
"Certainly the heads of our army h h™ Promised to gain
In the latter case,-it will and navy weighed the possibilities1 ,mmense e3tPa"sion of Ger-
n homes and the homes of | carefully before deciding upon ruttJ T* pOWer' au immense enlargement
bors that Prussian soldiers!'ess submarine t.,_ German Industrial qpd commercial
!«.iuenca is not safe, a free people
are not safe, nor homes nor women.
nor children, so long as a Prussian
autocracy holds the balance of the
world's military power. Our man can
shoulder the struggle now and keep
the battlefields on European soil, or
he can wait a few months or a few
years as chance may determine and
fight the battle of the Arras on Amer-
ican soil.
be his ow
„ "V.V4V UCtlUlIl
his neighbors that Prussian soldiers!'ess submarine warfare Wp ~
to a* thumping indenmit™ami °PP°rtUnitie8
American dollars had no part In XVE Do > 'OT CARE WHO PAYS IT '
bringing on this war. The draft is Those 8^fes which have already sac-'*'"1 the'r prestige
above all the poor man's friend, it ritice<l immense sums will be unable
to pay It. therefore America will have
to unbutton its pockets."
ONE COLLAR VS. FOUR DOLLARS
Fault finding and railing at con-
gress is not a pleasure to any editor.
It is a nuisance—it leaves a nastr
taste in the mouth. But there are
times when railing is not only a vir-
tue. but an absolute necessity if the
people are to be protected from petty
thieves and highway robber barons.
The retail price of potatoes is a
fair illustration of the results of con-
gressional slacking.
I'p in the potato district of Wia-
sin farmers are reported to be re-
r*iv ng a dollar e bushel for for their
C'U?i>ut. in Chij -rnlv a conipara
"• "•y fc.v miiej? distance, the con-
ir.n<er is payir.ir four bushels a bush-
~ ; * Jr.ir'rrrv M
He wu .fhln* If n.rf r, .n.-i ^T7rM*l> r
•Would Om, v « cm,.,, ,W. me J L^ .J dly J£
£2 iTV SUL „^T ^ knlttiur iZ
retn«|y thH In thl* I Mi(j ,h, ^i^-, ^ |o ^
wwr
MT. VIEW NOT PLEASED
The trail as accepted does not
'ourh Anadarko, in fact it |M four
miles nouth of that town and the
proposed trail through Gotebo. Ml.
View, Carnegie. Port Cobb. Anadarko
and Verden to Chickasha was not
considered.
As the decision now stands tho
Central Route has It. and the rout.-
I« in good condition from six miles
south of Mountain View wast to Am
arlllo. The part that may cause 'tie
toss of the road la that part east
from the above point to Chickasha
Hobart sure started and finlshei
her point wh n she started out to
buck off all towns along the Centnl
Omrk Trail between their town and
Chickasha L«oks like som *cr I
sessions had b en held with the to*n
at the west end of the line Quit a
few thought that Chickasha wa* od
the map In regard to the Trail, as shf
o«>ver entered the conflabs, and dldn t
' work th« road that was de*i£
listed as Grady county's part erf th <
(Vntral route. The only good feature
* can see about this kind of a-de-
cision In the designation Is to kr- p
still and get In touch with the nalr
wire, then pull .Mt View Tnbun-
Progress.
takes poor and rich, side by side. The
Liberty l.oan marked the beginning
of a new era in America, more than
ever before the farmer and the lab-
orer and the clerk h*ve a per* in na-
tional affairs. And above all else,
this is America's war, the fight of
"Our Man" and of his neighbor*. It
is a fight for self-presercation.
America is In the fight to stay, to
win. America will make free govern-
ment and free peoples and free hornet
safe In the western hemisphere by
making them safe throughout the
world. ^
Our Man," the one who still holds
back from giving his whole-hearted
support tb the government, will have
no effect on the efficiency of the
American army directly, nut his at-
titude does retard the efforts of those
who are attempting to "prepare a
nation for war." He Is prolonging
the struggle just a little longer He
will be responsible for the death of
just a few more of the boys of his
neighborhood. War tax^s will be
made just a little higher The Prus
sian war lord will be given just a
little more comfort.
Their prestige will be secure, and
their political
rificed immense sums wiU be"Vnahle " th®y fai1, tUeir peopI° v,lU
to pay it, therefore u 'iirust them aside; a government ac-
countable to the people themselves
will be set up in Germany as it uas
been in England, in the United Sta es,
1 in France and in all the great coun
Who gets the three dollars?
If there w;:s ever a time in Uie
history of our country when the
American peep'1 shonM rise in their
mighf aud deasa'H congressional ac-
tion that tinn is 1UGUT NOW.
Robber food barons will suck the
blood of the consumer just as long as
eonyress dallies and slacks and does
nothing, and with a few notable e*-
WORK AND PLAY-BOTH
ceptions the national law makers will
>uuu. d0 absolutely nothing until they ar
With the government need of in-'trie* °* ttae mo<iern time, except Ger- 1,tera,1>' Kicked to the point of per-
creased production and the practice imany forming their sworn duty.—Alt*
ot sane economy on even' hand, we If lhey succeed they are safe, ar,ti Demo<:rat-
-hould not for a moment lose sight of an(l the world are undone,
:ht fact fhat the human #brain and they rai1' 0ermi4n> is saved and the' CHINA AGAIN REPUBLIC
"Hlv requires a certain degree of World wil1 b,! at Peace " they sue- of,i„ilt, Hi
ueriodlcal relaxation. We must work ^ Amrr,ca wi" fa" w hin the' ,^,r " to the Ch,nwie
-work hard and ,ODg hours—In! rn*'nace' We and all the rest of the esulllhed The ' ^
rder that we may each perform the wor''1 rau8t remain armed as thev will govern
'uties allotted to us. But we must remain- aml must n|ake ready fdr the
have uur hours of relaxation, or our IW*t step in ,h<> aggression; if they
overburdened frames will suffer and aU the wor'd n,av unit* for Pe < e
our • nergles will deteriorate. A wise and German>" may be or the union.
head is needed to devise some form ,,ror us there is but one choice. We
of community amusement in\rhi. h hav* ®a<le it. Woe be to the man moving from Vankin. ,n^ ^
all may share-healthful exercise or men that seeks to stand to drive out the forces of ,h f
which is more p„y than work, and ^ w-.v in this day of high res. | Emperor whJ
ment of China had bene hanged
ugain. or at least the monarchy was
overthrown and Fenl Kuo-Cbang the
former vice president, was the presi-
dent of the provisional government
Revolutionary troops were reported
~ • irsu-
which will take the mind from the ''"ion. when every principle we hold
ITIflfU Oiislflnr, ^ _• . ...
WHEAT MAY WIN THE WAR
"The war will not be won by
the
more serious problems of the day!
Have you a plan?
NO HURRY.
The telephone bell rang with an-
xious persistence The ijoctor an-
swered the call.
"Yes?" he said
mory
"Jihl r 8aid " WOrrW TO,Ce- ^b,ne in ,he ot our people'
something seems to have happened P
to my wife
iear«!fif is to be vindicated and made
secuio for the salvation of the nation.
We are ready to plead at the bar of
history, and our Flag shall wear a
new lustre One® more we shall
make good with our lives and for
tunes ||ie great falti to which we
were horn, and a new glory shall
Ins, 500,00.1 bushels of wheat." A Eu 1 . ^ ^ * WOrd " BOt ,eem t0
ropean statesman made the prophecy',. fn"> h"r6 ,<xk'aw- ^ haV'n* any eff*ct 00 tbe
and Mr Hoover. America s food ad-| condition of the blooming idiot.
mintstrator, declares that the United!^ J. ,0" ,h,nk "°? We"' ,f >ou
States must furnish that "last 000.00# 2.1 "T Be" WWk
bushels." W<#h 4°U wouW what I —
Oklahoma farmer, should Increase' V°U C*n' ^ ,0r ber "-Harp«'#-
their acreage of wheat by a million
acres, farm men agree. Patriotism! MU8BAND ^"8 M.IMONY
demand. It, and good buslnes. de-' ^ usu„ on|— thJnp| )n
mands It And seed for next fall's Angele. was reveraed when Judge
r. th. i^t ^ T"*-Novv-1 Th°m'" ^ K.sl
,Zn on. f r\, Cr°P t0 h"r hu"h«nd Charles all-
Uken out of the country Moreorer. mony
'!" ",-d, *h'" '«*' The ,to, h. ^
Ml Mi .. .. mmm**, „„ a
nounced Saturady.
ARMY IN BAD CONDITION
Reports issued by the British army
headquarters at Salonaki the ffrat of
the week stated that disease was mak-
ing a big headway among Turkish
troops and was killing more men thaa
the fighting they had be«n engaged In.
It Ib said that the spread of inutitiiea
among Arab and Kurd troops had be-
come so alarming that Enver Pasha
the Turkish war minister haa gone la
Mesopotamia In an effort to cope with
the situation.
soed also for the following year
PATRIOTIC SONGS
TEARS DOWN FLAG
J A Humphrey a veteran of the
Civil war was saved from a mobbing
at Pralt. Kansas, last Saturday by
officers ll was seen to tear down
•a American Sag on the Main street
aod was Immediately attacked by
crowd of ellis*us. Later la the day
Federal officer arrested him and
look him to the Federal jail at Wlcfc.
Ita. II la said thai since war was de
clarwd against Germany. Mumphrey
has he«n Into trouble several tlnm*
and had been whipped for his talk
Thoee In charge of patriotic meet-
ings have written ua that they have
(rouble In singing patriotic songs be-
ranse so few people know all the
•ords of such songa even as America
Star Spangled Ranner Columbia the
Gem of the Ocean, etc. The extension
division of the University of Oklaho-
ma baa agreed to meet the need by
distributing at cost an eight page
pamphlet that Includes, besldea the
songs named. Itattle lit mo of the Re-
public. Flag of the Free. My Own Na
tlve Und and Dixie. Tli pamphlets.
• omalnlng both words and mualc.
ran be printed for one dollar a bun
,dred. They will be eenl lo any ad-
dress tor that amoont
HIOH SCHOOLS AND THE WAN
The lure of high wages must not
take boys and girle from the high
school* If Oklahoma la fa> do her part,
bolh la winning the war aod advaac
give her husband t35 a month, but
I his counsel objected with the protest
that "no white man could live on that
I amount. The site of the alimony is
as yet undetermined.
AVERAGE MAN BETTER OFF
According to the report of the total
money In circulation on July 1/ as
issued by the Federal Reserve Rank
bulletin the sverage American Is
lll.Kl richer than he wa* threw years
ago The circulation wealth per cap-
ita In l t! was tSUR. In l l& It waa
WSS4; In lil« It was 139 4# and on
Ihe Brsl of July. I#I7. It was |C M
■ABY DIED LAST WICK
A phone message Tuesday announc-
ed Ihe death of the infant of Mr and >
Mrs I H Rare, at Cordell Mr'
Hare Waa formerly a rural rarrW ij ,
a route out of Sentinel, and has manv
fiends here who regret to hear of the I
taking away of hie he bed Mr i. II.,
Bare attended the f«n raL- Sentinel
THERE ARE NO BAR-
RIERS OR UNDUE FOR-
MALITIES AT THE
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK
You will find a Hearty Wel-
come and a Sincere Desire to
Assist you, io any matter of
Banking.
4 percent latere*! Paid on Time Deposits
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK
H. F. Toliver, President. R. W. Hutto, Cashier
G. E. Leverton, Ass't Cashier-
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