The Vian Press (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1931 Page: 2 of 4
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IT’S THE SPIRIT THAT COUNTS
After all is said and done there’ only one thing Unit is res-
ponsible for llie growth or decline of any community
That ia the spirit of the people
If the people are discouraged blue disheartened iessiinistir
prowling snarling kicking romplnining whining and weeping
the community is on llie toboggan and sliding backward
If the fieople ran smile through their tears show their spunk
keep pegging away keep cheerful live within their means ap-
preciate one nunther consider the future have hope for lietter
finis determine to “see it through" nt any cost that town is on
the upgrade and will get somewhere
Two men looked at a worn-out farm One man turned away
said it was hopeless The other man said he'd try it He lmught
it for a song and rvorylxidy enlled him a fool He smiled and
began studying soil culture He read everything lie could find
on soil building He came to lie known as an expert on soils He
out his tlieories inlo practice building hark into his farm the
fertility that had licen taken from it The result now he hns n
farm that is the envy of the rommimity
What wrought the change? It was llie spirit of the man I
was his determination that turned the trick
Kmernon said: “What a new fnce courage puls on everything
A determined man hv his very altitude and llie tone of his voice
puts a slop to defeat anil Iwgins to conquer"
It's llie spirit that counts
LEADERSHIP
The
SAFETY VALVE
1 For Tbt Editor T lot OH Btesinl
AMERICAN I OMMl'NITY I IFF provides this some-wlinl
strange eonlmdiction that while different sections of iciiplo are
a good deal alike in character set there is an enormous differ-
ence in communities Sonic cities and towns arc hustling anil
progressive some lire slow and sleepy
Yd if a group of energetic uiiil confident people went into
one of these slow and shs jiy places the chances ore strong that
they would Iransfonn it in a few years Thu would find dilfi-
cully in rousing (hr from llirir mn icnl imliffrtvmv Tlicrc
would In- nint h croaking and knoekiiig nt first
Wl then" is in most people some desire In siv their eonimiiui-
lies go ahead If u group of Hsiple in n disorderly village should
go alsut that place nskiug ptsiplc to have 11 Clenn-l p day and get
rid of the rubbish that disfigured their homes the chances are
that two thirds of the ieople who were thus solicited would join
the movement Ihoy would hale to fall U hiud and fail to keep
up with their neighlxirs 1
People hale to lake the lead in things tlirv linle to feel that
things are dccmhng on them Hut if somione els- will lead the
rest will generally follow
Whnl most communities heed to olilain business pro
gress and community improvement is leadership Tlicv need
a group of (Hsiple who will take the lead start things mid orga-
nize movements ami carry them on After such movements are
started and are pushed steadily they ure apt to lie successful
I low can our towns olilain more leadership? Well one wav
to gel it is to encourage Hie people who do start things Civr
Lru-Vm''1' l avoid needless
Knocking llie Bristow Record
f — SMurttar rnnlnf I attended
unique fauquet II wu seised cefeverts
style H Use t at yerd of my fsttuFi
home In Pryor end the tnnqootefi
sen ottfctel and uootfleisl metnheri
at Use sun of hie pper The former
mayor aersed aa tautro—F and hr
calkd on osa lor a emds Osereome
with enSbarrasement and blusiunt
furiously I otnufted lo my tart and
sumjnmd out somethin about bis
fsiluta to ssslen mo a Wjblsot to talk
itaul with brutal Iranknssa ha ro-
eooded -Whit I DOUoe yoa dmrt need
uy saDJert when mm write so why
hen one when yon speakr
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won Uiet really Mptelno the Solely
Vain It's a column of thls-end-thal
with no special subject— a oonflomera-
tioa of thins that pop Into my head
ae I write Somebody who wanted to
be writer once asked me how to
start an ankle That's really the
easiest thirty Ur the world You Just
sit down at the typewriter and beam
to write U you set to trorrylnd about
whether or not It's UiteresUna enough
to reed comfort yourself with the
Ihousht that people really don't have
In read It so there’s no harm dona
Funny thine tliouiih they usually do
read II and the less you say i he more
they read It See how eaay It UT Here
are two paragraphs written wtttiout
a slnulf subject to wrl'o about— except
tlse lark of a subject
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l think Pro Hedges Is a heart leas
old coditer His brother fjiinlatera prob-
ably will condemn him si a conscience-
less price-cutter But think of hold
ins up sn ardent young couple for the
last cent they have In the world
a marriage Ire! Probably hard times
have something to do with It They
came to him this ardent young man
and his blushing gtrl-bridr and told
him they wanted to be married The
groom naked how much It would cost
When told the fee his face fell and
lie Informed the pastor that he onlv
had a dollar and a hall to hta name
Aa the couple turned sadly away
Hedges saw his wedding lee evaporat-
ing Into thin air 80 he called them
back and told them he would take
their II SO Then he performed the
ceremony and sent them out to face
the cruel cruel world prnnlleas Any
say the Incident proves that there Is
still such s thing as true love In this
hard-hearted old world of ours Any
couple that would face llte together
in times like this without a cent to
go on should be awurded a Carnegie
miilil or something
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IT’S UNHEALTHY TO WORRY
Worry is an unhealthy condition f normal mind and is 0
tnmi nf IYoIhiMv one of the richest cifts
with hu h ue arc cmhmcil is the power of inimfinntinn Yet
tnMKinntion i a must prolific source of fear
The chronic worrier usually Iiiia an over-active imagination
- an imagination mil of control Our sjiecific worries inav be
lightly dnforenl hut in the miui they hnve llie name Imsic c'har-
arteristics I listen to llie troubles of others and lliev seem to lie Inrgelv
imaginary and trivial Ttien I think of mv own and I realire (hat
my troubles ran bo correctly 1 Insad ml uIhsiiI the same way
We do not rid ourselves of worrv hv evading our respon-
sibilities nor hv crawling ot from under our normal load The
first step away from worry is to courageously and honestly face
our problems and In segregate the real f rum the imaginary As
the prosieclnr must learn lo distinguish lielween gold and “fool’s
gold" so must we leam to distinguish lietwoen real problems and
worries
Thus we lake slock of our so-called "troubles" and ace how
muny we can discard First in this list should come the worries
in anticipation of events possible to happen and which usually
do not The remainder can be classified in the order of their im-
portance and eliminated as fast as possible
There is a message for us in Hie parting words of advice of
' tlse aged father to his son "I have had great deal of trouble in
my life — a great deal of trouble— but most of it never happened"
Irrespective of ages most all of ut are like that old man
In lliesc times the successful man haa no time to worry He
is too busy thinking and working out constructive wayi so solve
his problems He haa learned to control his thoughts — which
ia tike secret of the elimination of worry — John J Thomss
SNAKES POS CATTISH SAIT
0 poe ars tiahlne for estdah sod
not mart at balk why not tip water
tausneiSmt J X Toons sulphur our-
ehaot white ranninf Ink Hot Mat
FriMl Pwtli la ttw Aitoekte dlooom-
at a wister mvxmatn tmpakd oo am
- el tlis hooks Dsckhns to watt onto
storoiee te fat rid o this omnleoBW
gay Toons left him dnUaf and
sent hack V had Hart mornlhf hr
found a W pound eatflsh had awallow-
rd thr snake
Better It or not— you can sot
year’s subacriptioa to the Detnoerol-
Aaurtcaa Saturday bp brinftnf In onr
Iteo chicken Iron frying star up This
applteo to nenmte as wall sdaswsoh-
A Kinvis nlllor nvenilj prnnei
Mm tnmgrnt editorial bv lMi hv
Mvimu-lv has made IniiiM'll snilvr-sI-hmI
A samatl asks us wliv we ll-n'
wash nar afflrr inflows Tim uomm
shmild ash hrr mik Ivtnrr Untilin'
luilt alih nur v ml" - Wr'U wusii
llii'in a div or two brforc next Fourth
o( Julv We ul it vs do Joit belore tin
holiday "
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Ovrr al Krlrhum In thr conier 01
t’ralg-Mayes counlies there Is mueh
talk shout s big hydro-electric dam
being built soon If tills plan muter
lallxcs and s town develops there will
be s nrwspuper of course And ft ha
been suggested that the new piper be
lutmed the Ktsohunt 11am News
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A tew choice bits front Austin
Butcher's Altpons iKsnsssi Tribune
' You get no sympathy whatever un
less you tell your troubles and you get
blamed little sympathy then
"Don’t take youraclf too seriously
People time s line on you they know
Just whsl you are A man
down east hanged himself because some
people found fault with him 8hould
this practice become general the trees
would b full of preachers school
teachers doctors and editors The
preacher the teacher the doctor
the editor that nobody finds fault with
ought to hang himself because he Is
desd anywiy and doesn't know It"
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Thlngs are picking up In Vlan
spent several hours In that peetty tit-
tle town the other day and made the
acquaintance of several mighty fine
people Vlan Is s loam that Impresses
the visitor as a good place to live It
haa a coot comfortable-looking busi-
ness street shaded with permanent
awnings The store windows are at-
tractive and store Interiors ire well
arranged The people I met were vary
cordial and friendly There's an op-
timistic tons shout the place People
are encouraged The town will soon
enjoy the advantages of natural fas
Meantime the gag oampany If putting
tn U's distributing system which will
provide tabor for about a hundred
local men The Vlan Handle Factory
is an Institution of which the county
can well be proud The town hat a
couple of drug store that appear alert
and progressive It has a strong bank
which Is well managed It Is dean
looking town and haa a wholesome
contented atmosphere Tm glad that
my official duties will gits me oppor-
tunity to get better acquainted with
the fine people of this community
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Thenks to the good work of the
county cade board the valuation o(
Sequoyah county win not be needy go
kro at was feared at first Beaded by
Dr Cecil Bryan at Vlan this beard
took U's Jab tartoualy sad made s
THE V I A N PRESS
WORTH WHILE
EDITORIALS
THE GOVERNOR WINS
TW Tbntt Ml f jMTMl)
Oownor Murray ta winning hU eU
Th Texas tevtektm p uni
measure yesterday wjth suffoteafc
teeth la It to hold down the Ruth East
Ttm area
The governor of IVtai may under
the measure dose down any and all
wells In the elate II he is of the op
tnion the ofl being dissipated The
aeUoo under the terms of the measure
must eome from the railroad oommle-
of Texas corresponding to the
oorporatloa oommisetoa of Oklahoma
Any move by that oummisekm bow
ever wlU prdbably oocae at the nf
geetloa of Sterling
e
The Texas legislature whipped into
Une only after Oovemor Sterling
threatened to Invoke martial law
There was something strange about
the way the Texas legislature acted
We doubt the sincerity of a number
of the legislature from our neighbor
state
But regardless of the method the
end slimmed by Sterling will aid the
oil industry Immeasurably
We suspect Texas oil men chose the
less rigorous of two moves — martial
law or a conservation act by the legis
lalure It doesn't matter Either
move would have had the same results
Murray winning is the msn of the
hour The same mercenary press that
assailed him will now hide Its vUlin-
cation behind a few words of praise
When the Issue was In doubt the
metropolitlan press sought ways to at-
tack the plan The big city papers
that did not attack the plan as re-
actionary and futile talked about the
weather or were contented to assail
Murray on the manner in which he
handled the Oklahoma University Haa-
pita! row
We wonder how those same papers
will handle the victory of Murray Wr
suspect they will again be filled with
edUonal matter containing veiled In-
Mnualtons and padded barba
The readers of those papers confi-
dent that Murray will lead the state
from turmoil will brook little criticism
The papers attacking Murray are In
a bad spot The special Interests con-
trolling them are on the one side and
un aroused populace Is on the other
We suspect the metropolitan papers
ure having rough going As Insurance
tguimt a repetition of the present sit-
uation ae suggest honest sincere con-
duct In the future the Inrger pnper
wdl spend more time diwmiiulinv
liras and lew plaving tip obscuie hnp-
jwnings merely becauir they can be
vmtien in surh manner ns to reflect
n-tmo (lovet nor Mnriav It llU'V dt
the ise thing
The ml t&me is almost cloned The
fir real break in the ranks of the
purchasini comHntes came alien the
Ciislung (iavdme and Refining com-
panv asked permission of the gorrnor
to purchase Oklahoma oil at a dolUi
a barrel
The refiners the company officials
and are In need of oil Stocks arc
depleted
That most welcome new lo oil
producers It means the companies
must have oil soon al anv price
With the flush Texas fields under
stringent proratlon the purchasing
companies will be hard put to find
nil for refiners
It means the old law of supply and
demand will start working With little
oil on the market the price must go
up
We predict dollar oil will be a real
ity within a ery short space of time
a a
The producers should learn s lesson
They are in part responsible for the
present turmoil
When oil was selling at t good price
they drilled new wells bringing In more
oil than couM poaslbly be consumed
Soon tlie supply became greater than
the demand The Inevitable result was
a lower price
Proratlon must be continued It
better for a producer to sell a thous-
and barrels at a dollar a barrel than
to aell two thousand at fifty cents
barrel That would be dissipated if he
sold It certainly means that he even-
tually would sell the two thousand bar-
rels for twice as much as he would if
he sold under the fifty cent price
The price of oil can be pegged at
one dollar If the producers wiU co-
operate The problem Involved Is ele-
mentary and we believe It will be
tioo As a result several localities will
have considerably higher valuations
this year and It Is likely that when all
the assessing la completed the total
valuation will be eome higher or at
least not much lower than last year
Dr Bryan Mr Cheek and Mr Bugher
are to be commended for their work
tn putting on the tax rolls considerable
omitted personal property which should
lighten the tax-load of the Sequoyah
ooonty taxpayer
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Bomebody asked me the first wee
I to BaUlsaw why I didst write
a long editorial explaining my plana
timt and ambitions for the Democrai-
Amcrican Vlan Pries and Maldrow
Sun The reason was that X preferred
to let my work apeak for tteelf I dcn
beltote tn making premia m
reasonably sure that they can be per
foamed Aa a wise ott editor
MEN W ITH RUBBER SPINES
(The Vlnita Dally Joarna!)
Petty prejudice ihould play no part
in the conduct of a newspaper A
newspaper worthy of the name should
be a paladtum of right— a criterion of
Just proceedure
Malice as such should never be al-
lowed U sway the edltoilal policy of
a newspaper
Men govenud by petty hatreds have
no business In the newspaper profes-
sion Men without the courage to admit
they are wrong when It Is proven to
by even the men who toy with him
to gain their dishonest and selfish
ends
We quote for the information of
those men who are afraid to admit a
mistake and Une up oo the right I
of the fence an ancient Une pL
by Confucious that ancient Ortatf
master of philosophy ’To see id
Is right and not to do it U wank!
courago" 1
Iiook at jot mm mamtj mmi mm ms ijiiimuiih a ptndlftf ypUBg
thorough Jab of the ta dk of equal!- man promtMg too Much
recognised as such by the big oil men
The Dsily Oklahoman of this morn-
ing was a comedy of errors On one
side was the story of Oovemor Mur-
ray''! oil victory Screaming headlines
let the world know the conservation
bill was passed by the Texas legislature
The passage of the bill vindicated
the theory of Oovemor Murrey
Yet on the same front page set
forth with almost equal prominence
was a story concerning a suit against
Cicero Murrav aide ond cousin of the
governor
The new vnluc of the storv if Judg-
ed without bias would warrant a seven
point head Yet It was given one of
’he best positions tn the paper
Mukce prompted the writing of al-
most every line of the story It was
colored” from start to finish
We condemn heartily that practice
The first paragraph of the atorv
mvs the action is the first of three
planned" Any newspaperman who
has passed through the kindergarten
of Journalism knows It Is against all
rule of newspaper work to anticipate
the filing of an action I
The story if not written with de-
liberate malice was coined by a school-
boy We suspect the story Just didn't
look bad enough to suit the editorial
opinion of the Oklahoman with but
one action filed It had to be artifi-
cially '‘boosled to even come close to
it top head rating
Wc suggest to the Oklahoma edi-
torial director that he confine his
stories to facts and stop anticipating
things We have known writers to get
"burnt'
them beyond a reasonable doubt have '
no business running newspapers
We deplore the condition of the I
metropolitan press We are sorry in-1
deed that newspapers published in
the larger cities today bave lost aU
knowledge of newspaper ethics
We lament the fact special Interests i
have corrupted Ure press of the nation
until today the honest newspeptr Is!
the exception rather than the rule
Pear dominates the editorial poli-
cies of our larger paper— fear and
subsidy have reduced once powerful
organs to despicable sheets devoted
to the agrandlxement of the special
privilege clasa
Men with rubber spines write the
editorials carried by the bigger papers
A newspaperman with respect for his
profession and himself would balk tX
turning out the dribble that dominates
the editorial page of today
Blind men alt at the helms of the
larger pwpsra ITiey are bUnd to the
fact Oovemor Murray la leading the
state out of a chaotic condition never
before equaled In the history of busi-
ness The men who deliberately refuse to
see and foster good things are traitors
to their own eonacienoee But when
those men supposedly constitute the
eyes of a multitude and still refuse to
chronicle without malice the meritor-
ious actions of a man devoted to the
welfare of his people they are nothing
short of traitors la ttw country In
which they Uva
'Such men should be east tram among
the bonsai people of tbs earth
They abuse a power decerlbed by
Edmond Burht as Ipeater than them
aU” H who abuses the power ef the
press I r not worthy of emwftderafttow
A Square Shootor
Doesn’t Need a
Shotgun— His Hits
Are Clean
First National Bank
Vian Oklahoma
Safety First
Make OUR Bank YOUR Bank
Theft Insurance
For a Cent a Day
A neotlleM cliancc when you
leave home -ilhnul a light on Ncedle-sa
because you can leave an average liKhl
burnintf at home while you are away for
an evening at a coal of only one cent
Sneak thieves hesitate in front of a house
that is lighted The average electric ser-
vice hill of eight cent a day should cer-
tainly include this one cent theft iruur-
nee And it ia so much more pleasant
to come back to lighted house Cheap
electricity wlU protect youi) property
you can’t affort NOT lo leave a light on
while away in the evening
OKLAHOMA WAS AN KUCCTfUC COMPANY
ROBERT 0 COm
Monacor tauten DttWoa '
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