The Altus Weekly News (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1919 Page: 7 of 8
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CASTORIA
The Result
"Here Is that messenger bird's
message all Jumbled up."
"Ah, I Bee. It Is pigeon pi."
Prof. O. P. Swlggert of Pittsburgh
wants schools to train pupils for fu-
tor* foreign trade service.
Persiflage.
Conversation—I have two rooms
now; Isn't that great7
Hep R. Tee—Too suite for anything.
Water always finds Its level and
greatness usually manages to climb
where It belongs.
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Do You Want to Know
Both Sides?
Swift & Company's 1919 Year Book,
just out, tells you
What Swift & Company's profit*
won in 1918,
The truth fcbout the Federal Trade
Commission's investigation,
L Why the prices of butter and on*
j are so high,
t And many other vital facta.
Whether or not you agree with us after
resding this Year Book, you will at least
know both sides.
You will find it interesting; Americans Hko
to beer about big things done in a big way.
You will also discover that we are merely
human beings like yourself doing in the best
possible way a necesssry service.
Legislation is pending in Wsshington; as
a good American citizen you want to know
both sides of this question. It concsrne you,
as well as one of the most importsnt industries
in ths country.
Do not hesitate to sand for a copy of thia
booklet. Your nemo and address sre an we nssd.
Address Swift ft Company
Union Stock Yards, Chicago. lUnois
Swift ft Company,U.S.A.
7th
Oklahoma
Legislature
The senate has begun active work
on the good roads proposition by hold-
ing hearings on the skeleton bill
which was Introduced by Board and
others at which any one with a defi-
nite Idea csa be heard. Rome Inter-
esting proposals are being made, out
of which the senate expects to con-
struct a workable bill.
Ways and means of providing for a
complete system of hard surfaced
roads In line wtth Oovernor Robert-
son's program without the proposed
f&0,000,000 bond Issue, and without
going outside present sources of rev-
enue or exceeding existing limitations
In revenue raising were suggested by
Senator J. Klmer Thomas of Lawton,
chairman of the senate committee on
appropriation.
In brief, Senator Thomas pointed
the way, citing figures from official
documents, whereby a state eld fund
can be created by the atate with help
from the federal government, which
will yield $15,000,000 In three years,
and which will increese during sub-
sequent years. He'proposes that each
county, which votee road bonds shall
receive a portion of this fund, prob-
ably dollar for dollar, similar to the
distribution of the federal road fund.
Senator Thomas merely suggested
the general outlines and possibilities
of the scheme, leaving the details,
such as the rate at which aid will
be given to the counties, to be wott-
ed out by the legislature in the event
the proposal recelvea favor.
The committee seemed agreed that
there should be a commission of three
which would work with the governor
in building the roads, rather than a
commission of Ave, aa now proposed
in the bill.
Thomas' Proposal.
Senator Thomas proposed that the
numes of the three commissioners be
selected in advance and placed in
the road bill itself so that the peo-
ple might know who was going to
handle the money before they voted
on the appropriation.
In opposition to this plan. Senator
R. L. Davidson proposed that the
commissioners be not named In the
bill, but be selected later by the gov-
ernor and confirmed by the senate.
Suggestions on salaries for the
commissioners varied. Senator Thom-
as said it should not be less than
17,500 a year. Senator Davidson fa-
vored $10,000 a year and Senator
Frank Carpenter declared that the
salary should not be more than $4,000
at the most.
The elimination of the state high-
way engineer as a member of the
commission virtually was agreed up-
on at the committee meeting. The
original bill called for a commission
of five. It appears now that the plan
adopted will be for an active com-
mission of three, with the governor
possibly serving as ex-officio chair
man of the commission.
The amount of the appropriation,
which has been set tentatively at <50,-
000,000 by the bill Is expected to
come in for not a little fire from the
committee.
The members of the senate roads
committee are: Board, chairman;
McAIister, Wilson, Hensley, Cart-
wright, Cordell, Coyne, Carpenter,
Dearmon, Fleming, Draughton, Tuck-
er, McIntosh, Thomas, Harrison, Simp-
son, Kerr, Brown, Ha,ll, Davidson.
Spurlock, Knight and Goloble.
Junketing committees appointed by
Speaker Waldrep in pursuance of the
suggestion of Governor Robertson are
now out on a tour of inspection of a
number of the major state institu-
tions.
The committees and the institutions
they will visit are: Confederate
Home, Ardmore, Henry, chairman.
Oalt and Stevenson; asylum at Vin-
ita and Orphans' home at Pryor, Sto-
▼all, chairman, Fitxgerald of Kiowa,
Cheatham, Morris. Ewlng; College for
Women, at Chickasha. Scott, chair-
man. Jackson, Walden, Craver, Craw-
ford; reformatory at Granite, Webb,
chairman; Hornbeck, Barker, Dodson
and Right; penitentiary at McAlester,
Harrison, chairman. Graves, Dabney.
Disney and Pryor; Deaf and Dumb
school at Sulphur. McNabb, chair-
man, Broadbent. 5by.
Pay of $5 a day would be provided
for members of the board of directors
of county free fairs by a bill in the
senate by Senator T. C. Simpson.
The members would be allowed pay
only on days when meetings of the
board were held, and meetings for
which pay could be received would
be limited to tee In one year.
The senate defeated a bill by Sen-
ator Watroua which would have al-
lowed coenty attorneys to engage in
private practice in civil and probate
casee. The measure had much sap-
port in the upper kosH having been
reported favorably from the com-
mUtee cm fees aad'salaries, beiag con-
sidered in lieu of as increese hi sal-
ary. It brought a stone of protect
freei the other senators, however.
that It paved the way
W. D. Mathews, eemmlssloser of
ehsrllle* and correction fur four
yesrs past, sad recently reelected,
(Sees Impeachment asd Oeveruor Wil-
liams! and the retiring board of af-
fslis are is for severe criticism aa
a result of the exposure the past
week of the horrible conditions Br-
isling In the state iadustrlsl home for
girls, nurtheast of the eapltol about
two milee.
Official probes of conditions exist-
ing Is the State Industrial School for
Ulrls, will he conducted In star cham-
ber fashion, by both bouse and aenate
oommitteea from now on.
Newspapsr reporters and others
will be barred from the hearings,
white wltnessee and Inmatee of the
home are testifying under oath.
The work of this house committee
which will be conducted behind closed
doors will be the most Important of
any that has inquired into conditions
existing in the home, for It is upon
the report and recommendationa of
thia committee, and this committee
only, that any action looking toward
impeachment of W. D. Mathews, com-
missioner of charities and corrections,
will be hased. 4t rests with this com-
mittee to say who is responsible and
who should be punished. The im-
peachm< nt charges must be preferred
by the house, the senate acting as
the trial court, or court of impeach-
ment.
Discussion of conditions at the
home was brought to the floor of the
senate for the'flrat time through de-
bate on a bill by Senator E. P. Hill
which proposed the establishment of
en industrial home for delinquent
women.
Senator J. Elmer Thomas proposed
that the bill be referred to the spe-
cial committee investigating the girls'
home to work out a plan for a new
atate institution in which all delin-
quent women and girls could be plac-
ed in a series of cottages and build-
ings. This was done after on hour's
discussion in which the home came
in for further criticism. Senators
Thomas and Hill were added to the
committee to redraft the bill.
The home which has been running
only six months houses 105 inmates.
They all sleep six and eight in a room,
half are young women afflicted with
veneral dlstases and existant or ex-
pectant babies, whose fathers are
mostly "somewhere In France." They
range down to Innocent babes, there
because they are homeless. All live
indiscriminately, the lot, clean and
dlaeased, haye two bath tubs, the old-
er ones act as medical attendants for
,the younger ones who are diseased,
the most indescribably filthy condit-
ions exist, the younger children are
put at tasks beyond their strength,
cruel and inhuman punishments are
inflicted by Miss Flaherty, the matron
and her" "trusty" helpers. Clothfife
consists of rags and few at that, food
is insufficient, water sometimes miss-
ing entirely and all this was described
by Commissioner Mathews in his an-
nual report a few weeks ago as fol-
lows:
1. Every girl who cornea to the home
need* a strong moral foundation on which
to build her future life. Our methods of
instruction are modern and we aim to
keep in touch with the best and strongest
training.
2. Our discipline is strong and is so
administered that the girls co-operate
heartily.
3. While the work is going on we must
teach our girls the joy and gladness that
come fronr labor well performed.
4. There is very little corporal punish-
ment in the school.
5. No girls In our state are more con*
fortably clothed.
Following the scandle over condi-
tions at the home, Sen. Snyder and
Rep. Robertson are fathering a bill
to create a general board of managers
over the entire group of penal insti-
tutions.
The senate chloroformed the bill
amending the bone dry law, which
was introduced by Senator Harry B.
Cordell. The measure, which was in-
tended to make it unlawful to pos-
sess liquor, had caused several bitter
scraps in the upper house. Senator
Cordell moved the Indefinite postpone-
ment of the bill.
A bill increasing the salary of the
secretary of the school land commis-
sion to $3,000 a year was passed
finally by the senate by a vote of
twenty-six to twelve. Governor Rob-
ertson signed Senate Bill No. 27 which
raises the salary of the secretary of
the governor to $3,000 a year, and
equalizes the salaries of all steno-
graphers In executive office by plac-
ing them upon a basis of $100 a month.
This is the first bill to be signed by
the governor.
Appropriation bills are beginning
to appear pretty regularly both for
existing institutions and departments
and also for the usual number of new
projects. One that will probably be
sure of passage provides for $48,-
887 15 reimbursement for expenses of
councils of defense, which was pro-
vided by private citlxens.
On appropriation of $230,000 for
the construction of three buildings et
the Oklahoma College for Women at
Chickasha was proposed in a bill In-
troduced by Senator James Dearmon.
A dormitory, fine arts building end a
home for the college president are
propoeed.
Senator Pete Coyne introduced a
bill for the appropriation of $24,000
for the support of the Bast Oklahoma
hospital tor insane at Vinita
The senate appropriations commit-
tee fathered e bill for the appropria-
tion of m .S0S tor the maintenance
of secondary agricultural schoeto.
Senator Deermoa introduced aa ap-
proprlatioa Mil tor MUM tar sal-
aries sad ssposrt of the Ohlahem
r the year IMS-
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keep Feruna to the house. I
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b These who knew Its value
it st hen* Why
Millions of Children
Need Liquid Shu Make
FOR OVER-ACTIVITY OF KIDNEYS AT NIGHT.
Mothers, if your child la bothered with
tta kidneys acting too often In the day
time or during sleep at night, don't you
think it should have relief from thia trou-
ble while It la young and before eome in-
curable kidney disease develope?
For your child's sake, don't neglect It
another day but get relief for It from Its
present burdensome condition and safe-
guard ita future by giving about three
doses Liquid Shu Make dally. This should
bring the trouble under control In just a
few days. Continue giving It along aa the
case requires and you will soon be among
the hoet of mothers who are praising this
wonderful new remedy for freels* ttota
children of that annoying kidney em-
order.
Liquid Shu Make la the i mSil
medicine for over-activity of the klSnapa
It is prepared specially for children hug
grown people find it equally as sBssdse
by taking larger doses. Being Owe ffcsaa
any injurious drug, it can't ham even
the moat delicate child and seldoes Ms
to give the moet gratifying reesltn to a
few days.
Tour druggist has Liquid She 1
hirty cent, sixty cent or dollar
not he will gladly get It from hto i
aaler If you will ask him. So If pea I
sard your child's welfare, don't deUy 0
Ing It a trial.—Adv.
niLLlltag
For MALARIA,
CHILLS aad
FEVER
Alee a Fine Qeassul
Strengthening Tesria
*nu r mi. sees tweet
Few Americsn Soldiers Blindsd.
According to the Army and Navy
Journal, the office of the surgeon gen-
eral of the army Is authority for the
statement that probably less than fifty
American soldiers have suffered total
blindness from wounds received in ac-
tion. This is considered a remarkable
record considering the number of men
engaged and the intensity of the fight-
ing in the sectors where Americans
were engaged.
Divided Ownership.
Knlcker—The little Smith boy
spends half his time with each par
ent
Booker—Something like a railroad.
There Are Men and Men.
Optimist—"I can tell you how to be
happy." Pessimist—"What do you
want to be happy for?"
8tuck Up for His Dad.
He was a loyal little shaver eai I
wouldn't let anything said against I
parents go unchallenged. One
Sunday afternoon the boy next dear
was visiting, and said: "Llstea la
your father snoring in the library."
"Pa Isn't snoring," was the Mp
nant reply. "He's dreaming ah eat a
dog an' that's the dog growlin'."-
ton Transcript
His Choice of Work.
She—And would yon be con teat
live a life of complete Idleneesf
He—Oh, no. I'd like to have
money so that I would be kept
spending 1L—Boston Transcript.
They Differed.
T think you need fresh air."
"The other doctor told me I i
salt air."—Louisville Conrier-JournsL
Have you ever been near our mill and
made note of its immense size?
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Capacity is required to satisfy the demand for
HELIOTROPE
FLOUR
"The Always
Reliable"
The best way to prove the goodness
of our product is to have you try ft.
* Will you?
—Ask Your Grocer
Oklahoma City Mill & Elevator Co., Oklahoma City
DON'T SACRIFICE YOUR
LIBERTY BONDS
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Send them to us by Registered Mail, or through any
Bank in Oklahoma Gty. We pay highest market paces
remittance by return maiL
AURELIUS-SWANSON CO. -
CAPITAL snassause
Tenth Floor, State Natisaal Bank BUg. OKLAHOMA OTT
Worth Wishing For.
"No," remarked the divorce lawyer,
"my clients couldn't come to an agree-
ment in dividing the family belong-
ings."
"That old stuff about the rubber
plant I suppose," suggested the crim-
inal barrister.
"That'a exactly what It was. and
In this case the plant employs 5,000
workmen."
Foolish
Barber—How would you Uke to hsvt
your hair cut. sir?
Unde Hawbuck—Tast rate thankee I
That'a Jest what I hem to tor.—Boa-
tea Transcript.
Undeserved merit Is satire.
WILLET'S PLANTING
COTTON SEED
k a«'eiSS
ptort type* euliorw eat am.
WHLET SEEB OMPAinr,
12 Hides, Wool
and FunSSS."
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Orr, J. P. The Altus Weekly News (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1919, newspaper, February 6, 1919; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc276456/m1/7/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.