The Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1918 Page: 2 of 12
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THE TIMES-DEMOCRAT
„ Kr.h0dat221N.Main St., Telephone 221
Published a ^ BONNER, PUBLISHER
SUE W. SHEPARD MRS'iS'"R'
THE TIMES-DEMOCRAT
When Demagogues
Compete
From the lola (Kans.l Register.
single thrift stamp doesn't look
vcrv largo and the quarter it costs
doesn't seem like it would count for
very much, hut that thrift stamp means
five* bullets for one of our soldiers—
Thursday, March 7, 1918,
Eil,IS •nui.'m- any number „,k m». W« W1" rt"
' tl-ilrive eo-t this country many | Contrress should try it.
arguments fail in settling | ter than by making m. !■"
^..rrn CAR FOREIGN
<'«-"fflisTi?TFsroRE,GN
NEWVOFK%D CHICAGO
BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
WAR HYSTERIA
v.ithinc can he more harmful to th
U .11 li t of the country than for
ti"!8 °(
;«t " V '"".slTov"
cause us to vacillate or hesitate oxer
I^SiraK^ more
S,\?MW » co„,.«jnU appl ■
fo conduct business in sate channel:
Another thing. There are me,
Washington and "■where "ho an
I drawintTsalaries for developing our
I policies. Our help in thi
matter is not
We can render the greatest
ur country in this crisis by mak-
ur business—it matters not what
be— the greatest success pos-
it we are farming, the greatest
can render will be measured by
"he same in all
Political Announcements
Subject to
:ratic Primary
the
l<Ui
Derno-
jor congress, 7th DISTRICT j
Claude Miller
for sheriff
S. E. Bidwell
J. C. Ford
John D. Bailey
Lee English
for tax assessor
r0rvc^tv supt op public
instruction
Ixe Word.
J. o. Springer
for state senator. 5th Dist.
Harry B- Cordell
a call to duty
-Let every man use
»ume the dut\ ot .}Uhlic duty, a-
can now expect ever <
forgiven for i>KKS1UHN I WILSON
the german bogy
t of our croi
We can tender ah;
discuss the situat
till next spring. \N e can,
to make confusion worse
abandoning ourselves to
cussions and speculation
Another phase ot tin
i which we should keep io.
an even tenor, is in ttie
ing credence to the tin J
■ sational reports orculat
these are the product <
1 and the outgrowth
>lutel|
>n from now
however, help
ontounded by
ivsterical dis-
situation i"
,1 and preserve
matter of giv
isands of sen
.Many o
die brain
-eles
First Senator Gore. Oc.iiocrat ot |
Oklahoma, in order to make him e t .
solid with the farmers ot his state, n
troduced a bill to hx the prue . this
*»r»»ii**< vvhfit at S2.50 a bushel, uisttaa I
of at $2.(X) named already by the foodi
administration. Then Seiiator .L-
Cumber. Republican, ot North Dakota,
thinking to put one over l y Demo
cratic colleague and make h.m^lt solid
with the wheat growers of l is state
drops in a bill fixing the
at $2.75. Thereupon Senatot 1 "in '7\ '
Democrat, of Kansas, shrewedh tigur
inethat price which is a compromise
i between the highest and the low^t is
the one most likely to be adopted, and
forecasting what a handy thing
would be in his coming "minpii for
re-election, casually to remark that t
was due to his active vigilance in thur ■
behalf that the farmers of ^a«s8£
were iretting so high a price for their
wheat, entered a little bill fixing the
price at a bushel.
1 Of course neither ot these $2 50 and
v>7= aIui $'(>5 statesmen stopped to
think of anything but their political
fences \nd so it became necessary
or the president, doubtless at the in-
stance, of Mr. Hoover, to point out what
thic sort of legislation. e\en the talk
of it would d,>. was already indeed do-
| i g to the country. With the new har-
1 \nly four months away, and with
the tiert< \ ease of substituting old
/heat for new. how inevitable it was j
and is that men holding large st c
Of Wheat Should keep on holding these j
stocks and wait for $2.50. $2.(o or *-./3 ,
instead of selling at the present base
mice of S2 20. Already the possibility
of such legislation has niaunaly
checked the flow of wheat toward the j
terminal markets and the actual pas-
saKe of either one of the bills men-
tioned would in all probability plunge
us right here in America into the ory
throes of a bread famine. What it
would be likely to do to the arm ^ ofl
the allies one does not like to content
'^This is a mighty bad time to have
men in high places who play politics
When othei
: 111 > 11»v «.. - -
American heroes in rranc
or thr
r
&
sa
wa
.then the
; manship.
ought
practi.
Knit! Knit! Knit!
(With Apologies to Tennysont
an authoritative source^ otall makers
that affect the public iu tare . ^
lioii3' o^^the \Va>hmgi..n' authorities
should be frowned ul»^ „ dUbeiiev-
, d You are always sale in oimkuc j.or i m cnincu w
ing and contradicting all .iit I And I would that my tongue
Taken bv and large, w hile conaiuons i you—
3rC ^1 'r-on £<>} ^ ^
Coolness and common sense, addedIt
c'a^us1 sa^dy through' and"^abie our
I government to win out in the mammoth
undertaking before it
Ntato
>rk of these agencies never counted
for so much as they will the comingsea-
,,n The great urgency of tood const r
ration during the coming year opens
KFor Fm 'the bone, ah me |
tnat you might come and see.
0 well for Private Bill Jones ff. r
With his wristlets and muffler of
gray! , _
(>. well tor Corporal Brown
That his sweater from home <.anic
War'Thel'l in the trenches goes on—
\nd I'm dumb and stitf with the cold.
Vut O' for a scarf from a loving hand
With warmth in each line of fold!
Knit! Knit! Knit!
By the family hearth—ah me
And loving thanks from the bo>- in
the ranks
1 Will ever come back to tnce.
"1,1 1 _l>. \ Bum
Sam's Postman s
Has a New job «
He is now also a recruiting officer to enlist the »« «J»substitute ™
- p^^-" - —■10 pul yout c 2
dreTinto actual contact with the^ country s ^ Bon(J „prt«nts ad* The ~
penny ZZhyTeUc.^hat °
rgxx&zzzz*- o. - - 8»r; =
Thrift Stamps make a reahty ol f1" " may be a means to shortenms this war by ay , n
=TJS ^ - =.n^.- -. [ew _ ^ a„ „ „y dme „th„te. -
Thrift Stamps cost 25c each. ^ Thes. Stamp, are received as P«™"'5 M
sxsrrfszzzvria-. - -—"d '•most:
of ore
.. _ natter
mcnt"> >ak
1IV activities <»f these or-
lcvcr before offered them.
,eir work has been largely
t pride in superior achieve-
Sow there is the added
, everv gain effected counts
ivinning of the war. Each
he full knowledge that his
individual effort, are not only
ited but urgently needed, lhi
h;
spi
of th
the
j.lendid patr
eld
...lit
ed irres|>ectii
nd
The report from js thriilint: I ince
on the tiring hn^n b ^ ?uch a-.in t
the hearts of Amer nwst intense
to cause a teem » hc coUntrv. Our
satisfaction ,h",u^ .lveS fully equal
boys are aIld have ab
Ul Ith" ,aken the measure of their foe
and "are going at^r^"ing the hither-
Tbe-rld-w,de°dr^d of the German'
Boge>- and proving J^.^have us
Means the ^Hrl demonstrating that
think him. They ^ shattered and
German f^">eroUted and German dis
(jernian tr< 1 ... j;4(,rganized.
ciphiH throughly or R thl. dread
Nothing but iron dis-
P Unna.' j- • , thoroughly pla-n
cphm working unscnlpulou> leaders
materia' . o|- conquest, and a
docfle^ and tractable
must inevitably be a , . rut
chine a nuchire withou ^ ^ ^
r^'raelv a machine devoid
Lee and without initiative
' ,C mtrthis latter quality or
„ in tills ia ^ ^ wi„ meet
l at^the hands 0V ^.rV"K^t I UP,.>"
,n"a"fighting machine |,,IC,a
, a sentiment, pulsing, dmanv
tiunun machine in him ^ hts
... think and trained cla«« are to
exclusions Men dangerous
h# trusted witn m are not
and delicate imsswn • - uu, are
depended «-« J
things not .U^ tto^ whh
largely m impressing w: pr„*es- just a —
. tal-, e.timau " uJmaik.,1 i beior. ih. .r little cj
1;* <T hchi | ciple* thai
and made to Mann teaching usT
-prance th,- result ...
ihat j ^ but rather of arr.-
superior ^lgKthl ^jief that t^rnan
he trusted lo place them »her» .
Ao the most good ^ ,
Germany ha>. ^ vvvit ... have
Be True To The Boys In Khaki
Oh. littl
While v
iris don't worry,
we are far away.
i will win the battle.
..me back Home some da;
■ffort to dis-
ds The young
land are exhibiting
it ism. and they may rest
ippreciated to the full 1
—Cl-
iP war "V should hav
il tiarties. uo politics what-
Ainericanism. In our county
■ have an embroilment ev<
, in the selection of county J
K,ng political parties Ordin-
nominees of the party polling
est number - are elect-
And
I'.ack home to our dear mothers,
\„d to VOU. of course, you know.
For no one else ii?this wide world.
Could ever love you so.
\s the boys who wear the khaki.
For their country true and brave.
That freedom may always prevail.
And man no longer sla\e.
..jout cj
hand it i
«it" intelli)
save in it
And it
rather la>'
;ts Waterlo
can army
merely a
He is als<
ic human
e of their qualifications ot
uptimes this i- to the detn-1
K? of" our welfare An eme-rgency
s now existing in nearly all lines, uei .
,t! lJ-.t n( it Let's cut out poli-
™kC,h£ vcar in our county election a.
-'Vhou,d^r;;;^
liate hitter f-cli"^-^^^ nal
sent
lets fo
b.m«b. pu»h the K. t«-r« ^tivit>' tha,
and engage in any great
will further ;;ur cause^ in tm k
)°V a the grand prin-
and keep well
wougli "tu horrors «•» the conflict
"".S iha. their co^try
rithusiastu services
—O—
t for senatorial h«mor«
cedent that might well ik
.tUr. in the com,ng gen.
He announces that
\ desires the return t<«
undent mcundicnt
J himself, he. the
y'ow all we ask of you. dear girls,
k what you all should do.
Is to keep shy of the slacker, for In
no cood vou know : .
His country surely needs him. and
he'> afraid to go.
To go to fight for freedom.
For all the human race.
(."or he has got a yellow streak.
And'- afraid to take his place-
So don't forget the boys, dear girb.
That care so much for you
Hut be as alt Americans should.
To the soldiers ever true
For if you are we'll win the battle
^^a'T'.Kr^Her
^^a^'R.Vrke.V,, H ISW. Hi-
fantry. Camp Beauregard, l-a
71,. Advertitemrnt M t„ cnJ by
City National Bank
Citizens State Bank First National Bank
An Investment in ELfftcicncy
Oakland Sensible Six
of the I
Just
need-
>w it
their
An aspirati
a* set a pre
ol lowed by e
eral election
President VV1
the-
cootemv*
our t"«1
inc t>e-» po«".«ble
It is neo tng them
world that the ureal
,* bat a manaficr a
IMG *l*>' we throw
well whipped hetore
with hqn
lt 14 "'J: ZfcmrJSd
oatcsnen * |hc war plans, ha
H'' and
rill
the
mat-. I.
t apahle
■rest bef.
i put -
Only a Volunteer
Whv didn't I wait to be drafted
\"ud be led to the tram b> a band—
(Or put in a claim of exempt ion)
Oh why did I hold up my hand :
\Vhy didn't I wait for the banquet
Why didn't I wait to be cheered
For the drafted men get all the < red it. ]
While 1 merely volunteered
\nd nobody gave jae a banquet.
Nobody said a kind word ;
The puff of an engine, the grind
Was*all the good-by that ' heard.
Then off to a training camp hustled.
To be drilled for the next halt year
\, d all in th. -huffle forgotten ,||
For I'm only a volunteer
\„d |M-rhap> some day in the iuture.
W hen a little child sits ot. im knee. ^
And ask> what 1 did in the < .r. at \N ar
\nd his little eye* look up to m.
, have to look back mto those eyr<
•n,,. «. rne so trustinis pet r.
vI^Lfes^ha? I wasn't draft, d
CERTa\lNLY the farmer's need for a
substantial motor car has never been .
he plays in national
affairs', the increased demands UP "
time and knowledge, alike require fo.
him a better means of tr^fP^ o"'the
Progressive farmers in all par •
«ountrv are awake to this need and in
thousands of instances are
ine it with an Oakland Sensible Sl*-
In choosing such a car ^eytnsu1"^
selves the highest type of sennccs at tne
minimum of upkeep cost, ^„tin
chase becomes a real investment in etn
TheC high-speed overhead-valve
of the Oakland Sensible Six is Immenselj
powerful and economical; it deli\ers, 44
horsepower at 2600 r. p. m., or one horse-
power to every 48 pounds of car
The finely-made chassis is extraord nar-
ily strong and serviceable, and the slight-
ly body is swung on long spnngs over a
generous wheelbase. insuring full com-
t0The car as a whole is handsome in
proportion and finish; it is unusually
roomy and accessible, and i> upholster-
ed with genuine leather throughout.
As a perfected example of scientific
light-weight construction, hign power
and fixed economy, its value is not equal-
ed in the present car market.
OAKLAND MOTOR CAR CO.
PONT1AC, MICHIGAN
Owners of the Oakland Sensible >1*
report extremely high gasoline and tir.
mileages from their cars
Touring <-
K.»ad>ter
Koadstcr
retail
iedati
(I'nit lt.*l>
OB To
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t ISO
1190
1490
imbi
TV
thi<
q i -V (biwpaw
,car arc thr.tt >taim^ ami a, a S«,U lobster pala.e
nngs stamps The practice I ,nk*me<l in the dispatch
the little nvury a Uppers dist.nK "^ h,Tn fr,,m
statesnn: "''' "7 alam. hav. ready sprung wp m m-yl r wuests _
t,san polities .to tl^ »ar p ^ ^ — ^ deep stgn.hcane. mtl«t ««> K -O-
heard "frtun b.w. a time t he the means of starting ,hc . f am1 The Germai' i*aec di
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Shepard, Sue W. The Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1918, newspaper, March 7, 1918; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc287746/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.