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TIMES-DEMOCRAT. ALTUS OKLAHOMA, OCTOBER I 1919
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the times - democrat
Telephone 221
P.HI.M « Mt FOBUSHE*
SUE W SHEPARD
Editor
MRS. JACK W. BONNER,
Society Editor
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HEAD SURGERY
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DEATH IN THE MINES
The death rate among miners is high
in many countries. A miner's work is
performed under certain physical r'v®.
But the death rate is nowhere as high
as it is in America. This fact may seem
surprising, as we are inherently a hkl-
niane nation, and wc give rather more
protection than other countries to tjte
manual worker.
quired. It was an organization that
through all its infinite ramifications
produced an ever-increasing and finally
overwhelming supply of battle troops.
The possibilities of fatal error were
great. In all big matters they were
avoided. Only an extraordinary grasp
of what was important and a superb
imajjihation can account for so suc-
cessful a discrimination in the helter
skelter of advice which was thrust up-
U^^,.,nbu,Cd ,o .he con™ o„,h». The,, we«
Washington dispatches periodically
tell us that food is on the down grade.
Perhaps it is—in the newspapers.
Among the profiteers, let us hope, it
will soon be the "high cost ofkeeping
out of jail."
Sanitariums are ideal places for rest
and recuperation, provided one does
not get nervous prostration when pay-
irig the bill.
When Teddy the Second wants to
follow in the footsteps of his dad ot
the Big Stick he will have to
something more terrifying than a tooth-
pick.
General Pershing has been honored
by being made a full Se"e"'
It is now proposed to spend $10,000 of
government money in buying him a
gold sword. The buck privates have
been honored by a few paltry do ars
which were more than spent in hustling
for jobs. If congress wants to do any-
thing more for the soldiers, let them
provide for the enlisted man first be-
fore blowing in $10,000 or any other
sum on high officers. The buck privates
won the war.
MY MONGREL PUP
Elma Roberts Wilson
Of all the greetings I have had
Since I came back from France,
The one that made me happiest
And caused my heart to dance.
Was the one I had from Romeo-
Romeo is my dog—
His greeting was so genuine
? My heart "slipped up a cog.
t)f course. I have no women folk.
I'm a lonely bachelor man
But I gathered scores of friends(.)
Who my two medals scan.
Then suddenly recall the days
When they knew me "so well.
And immediately rush off to find
Someone whom they can tell.
With Romeo 'tis different-
He's just a mongrel pup.
And would have frozen on the streets
Had I not picked him up:
His tail don't run quite true to form
His breed could not be guessed,
One ar droops down dejectedly
As though it needs a rest.
But He don't ask me where 1 fought. j
What medals 1 have won.
Nor bask in the reflection
Of coruageous things I've done;
He sirnplv takes me as I am.
Though 1 be down or up
The love of Romeo is the same-
God bless my mongrel pap! j
THE HORRORS OF PROHIBITION I
If you want to drink the kind of drink ,
Like the kind of drink you like.
You needn't slip your clothes in a gripj
And start on a long, long hie:
For you'll only find what you've
behind.
They don't put a "kick" in the brew.
You can travel from here, but you 11
find no beer.
It's true, kind friend, it's true.
it and none is more endowed with the
attributes of a hero, than the man be-
hind the gun and the junior officer who
went over the top with him. He it was
who went bravely into the jaws of death
with a smile on his face, and who sto-
ically puffed at a cigaret as his mangled
form was borne to the rear.
He asked for no reward, and. to our
ldying shame, he has received none—
from the government.
Spasmodic attempts have been made
by a few members of congress to se-
cure some adequate recognition for
these brave men, but all such endeavors
have ended in a fizzle.
There are many of those young men
in our own community *who have serv-
ed their countrv well, and have been
discharged from the army and prompt-
forgotten.
Is this to be an era of rewarding the
big man and forgetting the little fellow.'
If so, let us at least have the honesty
to say so when we hand out rewards.
Camouflage served its purpose in
France, but there is no occasion for
employing it in this country in times
of peace.
ONL A FEW MINUTES
Only a few minutes!
It is only a little to give, but great
in possibilities for the future of this
town.
In a few minutes each day you can
keep the rubbish out of your yard, and
the fences in repair, and the shade trees
trimmed, and the walks repaired in
ir0od condition. And when you return
! from your daily labors at night you
will notice a clean and healthy atmos-
sphere—you will hardly know your own
' homo. ,
t Then a few minutes each day and you
will have many new conveniences in
the kitchen, and the pantry, and in, the
basement. And your wife, who makes
home attractive for you. will know that
you are mindful of her welfare.
A few minutes each day will trans-
form a dirtv slovenly town into a spot
of beauty, of sanity, and of sanitation.
It will t : • reproach into -admira-
tion and adversity into prosperity.
It will do all of this, and more.
A few minutes each day is such a
little thing to give, but the possibilities
of it> future are so pregnant with re-
sults as to lie beyond compute in the
:-fancy of its consummation.
Fverv c-tizen of this town could give
few minute* each day to the upbuild
_i of the emmunity. to the advance-
cm of the material interests of the
unicipality. , .
\ Minute Club would be a good thing
. form right here among ourse
And if a few
pressure of working conditions to in-
intensive development and high produc-
tion. There is a symptom that discour-
ages this theory, and it is rather a sin-
ister one. There are twice as many ac-
cidents among miners who can not
-peak English as among those who can.
Owing to the perilous nature of the
work various warnings are printed for
the protection of the workers, on hand-
bills and notice boards, and most of
the English speaking miners can read
them. The notices are also printed m
foreign^ongues. but they do little good.
Those who speak those tongues are,
more often than not, illiterate. •
They are allowed to vote, although
they do not know enough to enable
them to safeguard their own bodies.
It is vital, for their own well being as
well as for ours, that they should be
able to efficiently do both. 4
Then we will read of less accidents
in the mines, where life pays the pen-
alty.
NOT ALWAYS—BUT GENERALLY
One day in the early part of Septem-
ber a lady went into a store in a mid-
dle western town to buy material for a
winter coat. The salesman showed her
various grades of cloth, and she picked
one which was worth about $10, but the
of them will-show, we imagine, that they
were due to one of two things—to a
lack of intellectual preparation by the
General Staff before America entered
the war, and to a vice, really the de-
fects of virtue, prevalent in all classes
of Americans which makes them prefer
ingenuity to experience. Time was
probably lost in experimentation which
should have either taken place during
the period of neutrality or been omitted
altogether. One gathers a very defi-
nite impression that somehow the ex-
perience of the Allies was not digest-
ed soon enough, and this was costly
in time and therefore in lives. None of
this bears on Pershing who through-
out has been a general in the field, ex-
cept to bring into still stronger relief
the high ability he displayed. Through
him the American part in the war was
brought to its focus on the western
front.
"On him the exultation is now fo-
cussed. It is meant not only for Persh-
ing but for a multitude of whom he
is not only a most engaging represen-
tative, but in every sense a leader. It
should extend to Baker who picked him
and sustained him and helped to tem-
per him. to the fierce energies of March,
to the finely dependable Bliss, to the
responsible and ingenious Crowder.
Governor Robertson and heads of
practically all of the state departments
accompanied the body of the late Con-
gressman Joseph B. Thompson to Pauls
Valley where funeral services were held
and interment was made.
Resolutions endorsing President Wil-
son's advocacy of the League of.Na;
tions covenant and demanding that the
senate ratify the peace treaty and
league agreement have been adopted in
practicallv every county in the state. It
had been'planned to present the reso-
lutions to President Wilson on his ar-
rival here Friday afternoon. It is now ___
planned to send the sheaf of resolutions | ^ house, suh
to the president at once.
HIT AND MISS-
MOSTLY MISS
A prospective lodger asked the negro
butler of a boarding-house: Can l
have a private bath ?
"Yes,suh! Yes, suh!" the old man re-
plied. "We've only got one bath tub,
but ev'ybody takes dey bath P"vate in
house. suh 1"—Harper s Magazine.
once at*" $15 She returned "the follow-(That it extends to the combat troops
?ng day to' make the purchase, but above all others needs hardly to be
le lead all others
will to achieve
re strive.
al citizens will take
will fall in line with
very goal for which
iearned that the price had advanced to) said."
$17.50 a yard. .She reminded the sales-
man of the price quoted on the previ-
ous dav. and was told that another store
on the same street was selling similar
material at $17.50. The wholesaler had
therefore served notice that unless the
price was increased to $17.50, the store s
contract for additional cloth would be
cancelled. .... • it
This word "profiteer" is becoming as
monotonous as the word "camouflage,
was until it went out of fashion."ProfiU
eer" is now more overworked than any
other word in the language: and like
most overworked words, it gradually
loses its meaning—or rather it tendj
to mean almost anything.
A" man it not necessarily a prohtedr
if he makes a profit—or if he makes jfc
large profit. It is dishonest to make no
profit because a mart w ho makes noth-
ing ceases to be self-dependent. He is
obliged to live at the expense ot some
one else, which no man should do
while he is able to earn a living.
A man is a profiteer who. without
rendering any service, manipulates con-
ditions with the sole motive of making
necessities expensive. To sell an article
for the highest price one can get is
iustifiable. The labor unionists certain-
ly sell their labor at that price. But a
man who makes systematic business of
creating scarcity to send prices higher
is a profiteer, like the clothing whole-
saler mentioned above.
To kill a man is not necessarily to
commit murder. It depends on the at-
tendant conditions and the governing
motive. It has been done several time-
in France with an excellent motive.
To sell articles at a high price is not
necessarily profiteering. But it cant
be. pnder certain conditions; and it is
important that diligent investigation
should discover what the conditions are.
TRIBUTE TO PERSHING
STATE HOUSE BREVITIES
The state fair., together with the ex-
pected visit of President Wilson Fri-
day. brought thousands of visitors to
Oklahoma City and a large portion ot
them visited the statehouse. Although
business was practically suspended Fri-
day afternoon, there was an adequate
force of guides to direct the visitors
through the building.
With hotels, rooming houses and ev-
en private homes taxed to their capact-
tv Thursday and Friday, the state came
to the rescue in aiding to accomodate
the immense throng. About 1,000 na-
tional guard cots, with regulation held
bedding were installed in the corridors
of the statehouse and many took ad-
vantage of this opportunity to avoid a
sleepless night.
Oklahoma's thirteenth annual state
fair closed Saturday night after a
week of record breaking attendance to
the capitol city by the expected visit
of President Wilson gave the fair its
largest crowd in history. Oklahoma
Day, Wednesday, furnished the next
biggest attendance, the Official figures
announced being more than 45,000.
Soon aftre it became known Friday
forenoon that President Wilson had
been obliged to cancel his visit to Ult-
lahoma City .tickets for admission to
A Natural Error
Cora had just seen her first green
worm, the kind commonly known as a
"slug." Rushing irito the house she
"'Oh, mamma, mamma, come and see
the dill pickle that is walking around
out in the yard."
It Got Him
A school teacher who had been tell-
ing a class of small pupils the story
of the discovery of America by Colum-
bus ended it with: "AndI all Uus hap
pened more than four hundred years
agA little boy. his eyes wide open with
wonder, said after a moment s thought.
Gee! What a memory you ve got!
The Real Trouble
Some negroes were discussing the
sudden passing away of a small darky.
The cause of the disaster was clear
enough to one of them. De po chile
jes' died frum eatin too much watah-
million." he explained.
One of the others looked his doubts.
"Huh!" he grunted scornfully. Uar
ain't no sich thing as too much watah-
tnillion. De trubble was dar wasn t
enuff boy."
The Difference
"Why is it, Sam. that one never hears
of a darky committing suicide?" in-
l-'ully seventy-five thousand visitors
from all quarters of the state were dis-
appointed Friday when it was announc-
ed that President Wilson had cancelled
hi> remaining speaking engagements
and returned to Washington. As soon
as the news dispatches of the cancel-
lation of the president's visit had been
confirmed, it was announced that all
arrangements for the reception of the
chief executive would be abandoned
and the visitors turned to the state
fair as a means of entertainment.
Special trains on every railway en-
tering Oklahoma City brought in
thousands of visitors Thursday and
Friday and it is likely that Oklahoma
City has never been so sorely taxed
to care for visitors. Sleeping accomo-
dations were at a premium and appeals
were made to entertain visitors in pri-' "
vate homes.
The reunion of the delegates to the
Constitutional Convention, the
terly get-together" of the State Editori-
al Association and a Masonic initiatory
meeting in addition to the state fair
features provided entertainment for the
guests.
the Livestock Pavillion, where he was f,ujred a Northern man. (>
to speak at night, became as plentiful "Well .you see, its„J^ay-
as they had been scarce on the previous , answered the negro. When a wnite
j-.,* P»rCr.ns who had secured tickets ,,USSOn has any trouble he sets down
an' gits to studdyin' 'bout it an a-wor-
ryin'. Then firs' thing you know lies
done killed hisse'f. But when a nigger
days. Persons who had secured
found considerable amusement in relay-
ing them to friends who were unaware
that the meeting had been abandoned.
Commissions to residents of each
county as representatives of Oklahoma
at the Internaitonal Products Expo-
sition in Kansas City have been issued
from the governor's office.
GETTING CLOSER
Real drinks are not made, cause men
are afraid. .
That they might end up in jail: _ I
You can go out to dine, but you can t
have wine.
Or whiskey, or gin. or ale.
So lay me to rest with a sien on my
breast— I
He's gone from this sad world of!
strife. , ;
There's no place to go and there >.
nothing to do.
They've taken the joy out of life. I
BIG MEN AND LITTLE FELLOWS
An attempt was made in congress to
spend $10,000 of the government funds
for the purpose of presenting General
Pershing with a fold sword.
At the verv time this wa> done a dis-
charged soldier with a wooden leg was
tn Washington who was unable to coi-
led a cent of the insurance that was
•ItH- htm for the loss at his I
There is a district in Cincinnat
left! where the inhabitants have developer
! a peculiar ambition. They want to be
like villager- and to know each other
by their first name- all over the neigh-
borhood. , .
This is not a brainstorm on tlieir
part It is not the doctrine of some new
thought school. They have realized that
all members of a community have a ma-
terial advantage if they know each
other's merits abilities, qualification.
sets down to'think 'bout his troubles,
why, he jes' nacherty goes to sleep.
Superfluous
Sqda clerk to customer: "Here's a
spopn. sir. I forgot to put it in your ice
cream soda."
Customer: "Thank you, but I do not
need it. You forgot the ice cream too.
oiiki ^ — ; . ■ ...
and so forth. This condition is possible
without intrusion into the private ai-
An appreciation of General Pershing
in the latent issue of the New Repub-
lis i5 one in which all his countrymen
and the people of the allied nations
may heartily concur. In his editorial
.inder the caption "Pershing." the N
Republic says:
"One of the men who was closest to
Pershing throughout the war remark-
ed that a republic had always to be
afraid of being conquered by its con-
n quering army, but that in Pershing,
happilv. the nation had found a soldier
1 who wished onlv to be a soldier. His
record in France is testimony to the
truth of it. His instinct as to what was
the true role of an American Com-
mander. whether in relation to his po-
luteal chiefs, or to the French people.
,r the beaten enemy. wa> superb He
organized and commanded the A. h. r..
.••I operated with the Allies, but main-
tained a useful independence, and acted
\ it'll sincere understanding of the tact
, -hat the - oldier executes but does not
. make high policy. He neither brag-
fairs of individuals.
in each neighborhood there ar, gen-
erally a few physicians Also a few
people with socialized mechanical abil-
ity. There are women who have devel-
oped themselves beyond the average
at cookery, and other domestic sci-
cnces. And no neighborhood can «et
all there i- to beI ""noMrucuXand"ttough he had
less ,t knows what a (<| en(lurc a fair amount of intrigue ani
button. i rmerges untarnished and
This Cincinnati neightorh.^ tegan ^ H cwmmanded not only
:ts local inventory by cnhM.ng ,h,« • ^ ^ ^
I nuSLf o^ TS inthe^district. It theiehas probably bg*. clean-
' \ as made her business to get them ac- er ™[Carm* or considering
| qiiaimed-m a tactful way. revlou< prorations a more effe.
« bale-hooks. TV experiment sue- j itsJ™"" n<>t alonc mak,
The hall of the house of representa-
tives was taxed practically to its ca-
pacity Friday when a meeting of the
•Owen for President" boosters of the
,tate was called to order by Governor
Robertson. During the forenoon plans
and suggestions for a more active and
intensive campaign to advance Senator
' Jwen's presidential boom were dis-
cussed and a tentative program for fu-
ture work was outlined.
An executive committee, comprising
a representative of each of the congres-
sional districts and four others, was
decided upon. This committee will raise
funds for the continuance of the cam-
paign and will direct its activities.
Owen Clubs are being formed in ev-
try county and the state organization
is "rapidly assuming formidable propor-
tions. From outside the state letters
bring word of active work in every
state. Jhe pioneers of the "Owen for
President" movement are highly pleas-
ed with with the progress of their plans
and determined that no effort shall be
lost to advance the senator's presiden-
tial aspirations.
The supreme court, in an opinion
handed down last week, granted the ap-
plication for a writ of mandamus to
disqualify s. C. Fullerton. district judge
of f)ttawa county, from proceeding with
the trial of a cas, brought to cancel a
deed to certain mining property in Ot-
tawa county. The title ;>f the ewe in
th supreme court i* State ot Okla-
homa «»n the relation of Minnie New-
man Warner and L. 1. Warner
Governor Robertson has issued
proclamation directing that a special
election be held to fill the vacancy in
the office of congressman from the Gettin Em Cornered
Fifth District arising through the death evangelist who was conducting
of the late Congressman Joseph B. nightly services in the little town ot
Thompson The primary will be held g announced that on the tollow-
October 18 and the special election jng evening he would speak on Liars.
November 8th. Following is the text He requested his hearers to read the
of the proclamation: . seventeenth chapter of Mark. The next
Whereas, a vacancy in the office of j njght he arose and said „
representative in conaress for the fifth am speaking tonight on Liars,
congressional district exists by reason | as announced to you yesterday. How
of the death of Hon. Joseph B. Thomp- many of you read the seventeenth chap-
son, and, , ter of Mark as 1 requested?
Whereas under the provision of the j .\ hundred or more hands went up,
constitution and laws of the United and were calmly noted by the evangel-
States and State of Oklahoma, it be-, during a long minute.
comes th,c duty of the governor when "Now." lie continue''
such a vacancy exists to issue a writ I
of election providing for the ruling ot j
such vacancy, and. |
Whereas, the state election board has
advised me that the time for filling J
such vacancy is not too short nor the'
expense too great to hold a primary) _
election for nomination ot candidate's; t,,
for said office, and being fully advised , Hi
•ry ones I want to tal!
> seventeenth chapter o
>u are the
>. There is
Mark."
cept'h
Repartee
Id country minister
splendid condition i
horse, while himsel
very shabby.
asked one of the t
was noted
which he
was likely
be-
«dec
We do
word,
f he w
Hut i
I liegrudge Pershing a gold
iiv other kind of a trinket.
remarkably well.
i..ved a communi
• district
for rt
man warner ann v i " «•' , ,
( Fullfrton - In the syllabus the court tice
savs Courts should scrupulously! nounced h> <
maintain the right of esery litigant [^ h^ch t
an impartial and disinterest^ tnbunal I «>urt bench t^ ^ ^
in the premises, therefore. ¥ J. B. A. j f,,r the village store, he stopped his
Robertson, governor of the State of I bugg;- ne day. "wh> is it that you al-
Oklahoma by virtue of the power and, ways look seedy, and your horse looks
authority vested in me by the consti-• we[] taken care of?"
tution and laws of the State ot Okla-, "Well, you see. Ezra " answered the
homa do hereby call a special primary j ,,|d minister with his slow smile. "I
election for the purpose of nominating j .ake i;are 0f my horse myself, but you
candidates for the office of represen-, t0|Vcs take care of me."
tative in congress from the fifth con-. —
gressional district of the state ot Uk-1 The old time soap box orator has
lahoma: also an election for the pur-i about disappeared. For. you know, au-
pi>sc of choosing a representative in j tomobiles and soap boxes do not har-
congress to represent said fifth cmi-| moni/e in this day when every man is
gressional district, said primary elec- .,,, embrvo millionaire.
tioii to be held on Saturday. October1
18 and said election to be held on Sat \,, aviator at Mineola, N. \ .. recent-
urday. Nevember 8th. | ty set a world's record in altitude by
Said primary election add said elec-, ascending 34.619 feet above sea level,
tion shall be held under the super-', strange to sa>. he failed to en
vision of the state election board under | ,:ounter a single presidential boom on
and by virtue of the election laws of, the trip.
the State of Oklahoma and --aid state |
election board i« hereby ordered and I yhe principal drawback encountered
directed to immediately take all proper; jn "Bringing Up Father" tnese days is
steps necessary to the full and complete | to get the "Id man up to the point of
carrying out of the intention of this' coughing up the modest pr. of im-
writ of election proclamation. j modest gowns.
The appointment of Judge Frank M ; \ New Orleans colored woman re-
Bailey. of Chickasha, as a member .t cently wrote to an Illinois sheriff to
the state supreme court to succeed Jit- know if ! er husband had been "hung
Sharp, resigned, is an right " She naively remarked that she
overnor Robertson Ju-- „eede! neu lothnu. and that it was
retiring from the supreme j for her daughter to go to school.
that insurance
as inconsiderate
sent to the pen
■liter partnership with! ,n^ t|,
lustice |
what it was. to be
him it was po»sihl«
was. The spirit wl
tint he
fullv I
ure. but because «>f j
to make it what it
ich prevails at the
the whole military!
!i,e ^eTpre'lidmg mrr ^and' d^ I a^a^suprcme^court' el^^Wr^and
& ^ce & the court He enters the
w.non apd all doubt or suspicion *
:ourt a«
ha*
must be -'aiously guard-,
md it possible, eliminated j"'
Ttaintaui and Kive full force ! 1 'I
. the lush ideals and sah ; «"«•«
emln r
immis!
1914.
>urt. I>
1911 and in
elected a member,
last year and in
muel
rant.
or th
ich in-| in
her" worship a* a resuc o« e
months M*nt m this war. let us at
full of and ap-
full of people who
ed- d«<c.'t want ;ob%
inertmK of the International X.vjcu
ild. Hobart
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