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VOLUME 31
BEAVER BEAVER COUNTY OKLAHOMA THURSDAY. MARCH 14 1918
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Which Road?
You are at the forks of the road. Tho guide-
post names one "Economy" and tho other "Ex-
travagance." Which road are you going to take?
Economy leads to Success. Extravagance leads
to Failure.
Are you going to take the road to Success
and Prosperity? The first milestone is a bank ac-
count it acts as a check against extravagance.
The safe sane way for a man to live is to work
hard and always save a part of what he earns and
bank that part. Start an account TODAY
Use Less Wheat and Meat IZtZ'Z
THE BANK OF BEAVER CITY
FRANK LAUGHRIN. Prei. R. H. LOOFBOURROW. Vice-Prca.
JAS. H. CRABTREE. Cashier
SMITH IX FRANCK
Word was received tho past wook
by Mrs. Claudo T. Smith that her
husband Lieutenant Smith had ar-
rived safely In Franco. Tho message
was a post card such as Is written
by each man when ho embarks for
"over seas" and 1s mailed on this
side upon the safo arrival of tho
transport on the othor side.
BALKO MAKKS GOOD RETURN'
Mesdames Uly Wright and A. M.
Blackwelder wero In from Balko
Tuesday shopping in tho county seat.
They brought along a nice lot of Red
Cross finished work from tho Dalko
branch In all 88 complete garments.
This branch sent In only a short tlmo
ago 49 complete articles. They are
very busy not only with sewing but
also In raising funds In various ways
for carrying on their work.
HIIATTUriC IONORKS
GIRLS' GAME
Tho Kills County Nows. Shattuck
Vyof March 7th reports tho result of
I the boys' basket ball game between
Reaver and Shattuck. Shattuck did
win the two bovs' games but thero
was also a game between tho girls'
teams of the two schools. Inten-
tional or otherwise tho Nows does
not mention this gamo. tho score of
which wm 40 to 10 In favor of tho
Iloaver girls. If wo wore given to
boasting we could say that this gamo
wns even moro one-sided than Shat-
tuck claims for her boys. Tho girls
also dofoatcd Arnett on Monday
night Shattuck having had all they
wanted Monday night. The Reaver
girls' teams havo not lost a game this
year and they havo played everything
up and down the line and crosswise
to boot. They are some players. If
you don't bollevo It watch thorn play.
They aro open to achaIlengo any-
1 where any tlmo.
TUHCAXIA VICTIMS I
lVlHi HE HONORED
Port Ellen Scotland March 4.
An American -.Red Cross contingent
will arrive here in a few days from
London for tho purpose of selecting
a Bite for a monument to the Amer-
ican soldiers who norloho.i in i
Tuscanla disaster. Authorization has
oeen received from Washington to
proceed with tho work.
SEVER WINDSTORM
This section was visited by a sevens
windstorm tho latter end of last
week. No damage was done here but
renorts frnm fnrtfint nnat nii nr nn
vero damage and loss of life. Tho
storm originated In Colorado and tho
velocity of tho wind Increased as tho
storm traveled eastward. Greatest
damage was done In Illlnnin nhin
and Indiana.
ANOTHER RIO LOT OF KNIT
GOODS FOR RED CROSS
Another blP shipment of knitted
goods was shipped to St. Louis head-
quarters this weok by tho Beaver
County Chapter A. R. C. Included
In tho shipment was:
Knowlos branch: 0 sweaters 10
pairs wristlets 7 pairs socks.
Floris branch: 3 sweaters. 2
pairs socks 3 pairs wristlets 1 hel
met.
Forgan branch: 13 sweaters. 27
pairs wrlstletB 14 pairs socks 2 hel-
mets. LaKemp branch: 14 sweaters 9
pairs socks 3 pairs wristlets 3 hol-
mcts. Gray branch: 1 sweater 14 pairs
socks 1 pair wristlets.
Sophia branch: 2 sweaters 7
pairs socks 8 pairs wristlets.
Beaver branch: 3 sweaters 2
pairs wristlets.
"INVESTIGATION WELCOME"
BUY TIRES at ft OLD PRICE
Buy from the Largest Stock in
Beaver County
All the Usual Sizes
LONG & LAWSON Ford Garage Beaver
m
I have the best farm
loan proposition in Bea-
ver county. Get my
terms before closing
any loan. : :
H. N. LAWSON Beaver Okla.
Under tho nbovo caption last
weok's Democrat Bought to justify
tho extravagant squandering of
county funds by tho board of county
commissioners but made no effort to
roport In dollars and cents Just how
tho money was Bpont. It Is qulto
uwuiuur ming 10 ropronuco mo rec-
ords for Incomplelo as thoy aro thoy
show glaring extravagance and In-
competency to say tho least. It Is
not surprising that tho Democrat
shnillfl nnnV tn limtlfir llin nittLnn nt
McLaln and Whltaker. Ho has re
ceived ioo mucn -pio" at tneir hands
and been favored with too many con-
tracts from thmn tn nnrmll film tn
squeal. It evidently docs not mattor
iu nun il uiu taxpayers oi weaver
county aro to bo filched to tho last
cont. iust so ho can cot riff with hla
share of tho booty. Howovor tho
printing contracts rank as thoy aro
are tho small part of tho reckless ex-
penditure of county funds and wo
uu iiui euro iu uwuii on mem ai mis
tlmo.
In part the Democrat Bays:
"Tho expenditure of the ltoail and
Ilrldee Fund neeniH to lie tho par-
ticular object of attack. No doubt
It looks to many ns If a Brent deal
of money bus been spent out of this
fund without much' to show."
Indeed that Is Just what Is tho
troublo.
Investigation shows that for ovory
$104 paid laborers In construction of
roads last vear. thn rnnntv wns
filched of ICC.80 for "engineering
survoying viewing roads by county
commissioners road overseers' sal-
ary and auto hire."
Tho people of Beaver county know
that near FIFTY THOUSAND DOL-
LARS havo been spent by tho com-
missioners on roads and brldgos.
For that amount. If looks llko thore
should be some evldonco as to whero
the monev had benn nnnnt Tin n
date tho people In general havo not
uuuii uuio 10 unci tnoao excellent
roads and brldgos for which this Im-
mense amount nf mnnnv hnn linftn or.
ponded. Perhaps tho Democrat can
ten mo puuuc just wnero the said
roads and brldgos aro located.
j no articles continues:
"No doubt thnt In the location
of the state roads a number of sore
spotB have been created."
Hn In mnrA tlinn rlrrht Thorn
aro "sore spots" and plenty of them
and tho "soreness" Includes one mem
ber of tho board of county commis-
sioners. F. J. Imol commissioner
from tho spnnil district. Iina linnn
"sore" and "sore right" at tho man-
ner In which roads havo been located
fundft flTnnnilnrl nnil rnnnmnmn!-
atlons mado for establishment of
state highways. Ho objected stren-
uously. mnrA than nnnn. but linlni- tlm
minority member of tho board his
objections had no weight. The
"sorest spot" and what brought tho
matter tn n. fnrnn nt this HtYin nni-
haps was tho recent recommendation
ui commissioners .MCL.ain nmi Whlt-
aker to tho state highway commis-
sion thnt n ntntn blirhwnv bo lnnml
along the extreme south side of tho
county practically along tho county
line maklncr n cnnnprHm link in nt.
automobllo highway from Oklahoma
City to Denver. Tho people of tho
county object and rightfully so to
providing an automobllo highway
along tho extreme side of tho county
for tourists from tho east to tho
mountains when thoy havo no pass-
ablo roads or bridges over which to
haul their farm nrniliipta in mnvVnt
Commissioner Imel remonstrated
wim me omcr members of tho board
against mnklncr thn rapnnimnnrlnMnn
but It was mado over his objection
and then Mr. Imel did tho honorable
and only right thing for an omclal
who Is elected to represent tho best
Interests of tho public to do. Ho
reported tho mattor to the stato high-
way department we understand and
asked that tho location bo Investi-
gated. Through his objection to tho
highway department tho proposol
location of tho road hocamo known
to men hero who dntnrmlnnd tn tni.i
Immediate steps to curb further reck-
less extravagance Tho Democrat Is
rljMit. There nro "sore potJ" n.an;'
of them nil over thn county.
Tho article continue)
"No doubt thnt In tho location of
bridge the pnino thing Is true."
Exactly! Thn nnmn rnnllooo ov-
travaganco nnd location of brldgos
wunuui looKing to mo interest or tho
greater number of people to be
served. Yes Indeed! Thero nro
"soro spots" about tho bridges and
Just ones too.
Ono of the "sorest" being that
eight bridges and culverts have been
built across sand draws within four
miles of Commissioner McLaln's
farm six of them within twn mlioa
of it at an expense of $7500.00 to
mo county ine siaio nignway is
located on two sides of McLaln's
farm. Wh.lt other nersnn In tho
county Is bo well provided with state
ruuus unuges unu culverts surround-
ing his farm and ALL PAID FOR
OUT OF COUNTY FMNns? Hnw
many did you get near your farm or
even on your road to market Mr.
Average Taxpayr?
Then tho Democrat says further:
"Their work huB been retarded
by Insufficient funds."
flrnnt SpntM Tfnu. tniinli mnnnv
does it take to do nothing. Already
nearly $50000 has been spent vIth
nuimng to snow ior u anil still
"their work has been rettrilod by
insufficient fundE."
"It takes more money to buy a
fnrm erect buildings purchano ma-
chinery stack etc. thnn It docs
to operate the fnrm after you have
It The 3nmo thins applies to the
IiuhIic.m of bulldlnR roads."
That's truo especially tho purchnso
of ETC. Up to dato about all tho
rocords In sight for tho expenditure
of this vast amount of money. Is for
tho purchnso of Etc. Speaking of tho
farm Incident as cited above wo fall
to sco whero McLaln nnd Whltaker
havo acted as tho wlso farmer. After
this farmer had purchaiti'l his tnrm
and equipment ho was ready to po to
work and do somothlntr. Ho didn't
surround himself with a hord-i of
relatives and helpers to cat him out
of house nnd homo beforo he was
ready to got down to business. Mc-
Laln and Whltaker have acted moro
like a follow who having a llttlo 2x4
garden to plow would buy tho
biggest tractor ho could find a motor
truck to haul his produco to market
erect a canning factor to take enro
of his surplus hlro n hordo of labor-
ers to assist him and then null oper-
ations on account of "itisulurlfnt
funds" to buy a few packets of gar-
den seeds.
Tho Herald Is Indent' glad to know
that McLaln and WhttnLer "wul-
come" tho Investigation. Wo hnll
endeavor to give thn mutter full
publicity and In fairness to thorn vn
will uso their own records. Thoy
ought not kick on that although the
fow Items reported In this pnper lout
week didn't look very favorable Tho
records are full of Just such ac-
counts. Tnko our word for It or go
boo tho rocords yourself. Thnro'Il bo
a loud howl about "political mud
slinging" nnd all that but It won't
havo much weight with thn majority
of the people. That bunch hus
escaped too many times by crying
"wolf! wolf!" Tho people aro going
to demand that thny exonorato
thcmsolves in a different manner this
tlmo.
JUHT LIKE TACK
Tho crow of tho Missouri Pacific
coming in from Hardner yesterday
brought to tho city a fine colllo dog
for hospital treatment.
While speeding along Joo Tack
engineer discovered tho dog en-
tangled in a barbed wire fence. His
first Intention was to leave htm to his
fate but tender heartedness over-
cam o htm and ha backed the train a
quarter of a mile to tho placo the
dog wns caught. Ed Jewett brake-
man released the dog and Henry Don-
man fireman nsslstod In caring for
it until the train arrived at Wichita
Wichita Eagle.
BOOST TUB HALK OK
THRIFT AND -WAR HAV-
INGH STAMPS YOU
Therq is an apparent Indifference
in several sections of tho stato to-
ward the campaign to soil Thrift and
War Savings Stamps. Tho peoplo to
a certain degreo fall to realize tho
Importanco of this plan to sell gov-
ernment securities. Tho tlmo has
arrived when tho publicity depart-
ment must "hit tho liull'a eye." I
menu thut tho peoplo must bo told
their patriotic duty in plain words.
Those returning from Franco aro
authority for tho statement that the
boys In tho trenches feel moro elated
at nows of Interest 'taken In their
welfaro at homo than In anything
savo military advantage. They feel
good when thoy hear that ovorybody
at homo Is helping.
With rare exception thero Is no
excuse for tho avcrago person refus-
ing to Join In this movement. Its
buccosb Is ns vital as anything else
to the success of tho war.
Tho newspaper publishers have
contributed 'their space patriotically
and without solicitation. For this
they are entitled to tho evorlastlnir
gratltudo of their countrymen. Pub
licity is necessarily largely ono of
repetition and all Btorles cannot be
mado newsy.
We want to "put over" tho Bnby
Bond campaign and send word to the
Kaiser that the great mass of the
American peoplo nro backing tho
government; that even tho children
aro holding government securities
earned by thrift.
Everybody must havo a hand In
this. Tho newspapers cannot do It
all for along with tho rest thoy must
provmo rood nnd clothing for them
selves and tholr family nnd their ad-
vertising spaco Is tholr stock In trade
Just as tho dry goods and groceries Is
of tho merchant nnd tho farm prod-
ucts stock etc. of tho farmer. Tho
newspapers aro giving liberally of
their spaco moro liberally In most
cases than thoy can afford. Don't ex-
poct or let thorn do It all and don't
wait for them to aBk you to pay for a
small part of tho spaco used Show
your patriotism. Oo In and order a
Thrift anjl War Savings Stamp nd
Inserted with your name attached as
paying for the same. This Is every-
body's war and It Is tho business or
everybody to promote anything that
will help win It. Tho farmers
should do soino of this promoting aa
well as tho merchant banker and
others. If you are a stockman the
owner of a big ranch a farmer with
wldo acres or wheat 'and other crops
tho owner or puro bred stock isn't it
to your Interest to save them from
the clutches of tho Kaiser? Got Into
tho gamo! The business of winning
tho war Is the only worth while busi-
ness Just now. What aro you doing?
Are you taking advantage of tho op-
portunity to pllo up dollars at the ex-
pense of other men's lives? If so
you deserve no bettor fnto than to
havo to deliver your goods and chat-
tels to the Kalsor and bo a slavo to
him the rest of your days. Wako
up! This Is YOUIt war and If wo
don't win YOU nro going to Buftor.
Don't expect tho'other follow to do it
all. What matter what he Is doing.
Tho burning question Is "What aro
YOU doing and aro you doing ALL
you can?"
Ul
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MILLINERW
Here's Good News for the
Easter Shopper
The almost dully arrival of chic new stylos
both for Miss nnd Matron enables us to show
you full lines The Bustle Hat Tho Wattcau
the latest Polio effect Sailors in fact overy
kind of hat fashion has decreed as proper for
Spring 1918
ANNIE L. JONES Tte Milliner
m wmui iim mm m nmw mm mi
Soldiers' Tobacco Fund
J. A. Mansfield Balko .25
Mattlo Nicholson Boavor. 25
Myrtlo Wells Beaver 25
C. M. Gumm Logan 25
Hiram Johnson Logan 50
J. E. Wilson Boaver 1.00
M. H. Wright Bcavor. 50
W. H. Wolls Beavor. 1.00
W. D. Hall Rlvorsldo 50
A. D. Humphrey Beavor. 50
C. L. Crawford Madison 1.00
C. J. Hclbort Elmwood 50
Previously reported 24.25
Total ...$30.76
NOTICK-A neetlrig of tho stock-
holders of tho Boaver Equity Ex-
change at Beavqr Oklahoma is
called to meet Saturday March. 23
at 1 o'clock p. m. All stockholders
aro requested to bo prosent as Impor-
tant business will bo taken up. W. A.
Gregory president. 3-14 3-21 2t
John Bateman was over from his
ranch near Knowlcs transacting busi-
ness In tho county scat Saturday.
W. G. Parker banker of KiiowIcb
wns among tho county scat visitors
Saturday.
W. F. Shaw came homo Friday
night from Texola at which place ho
Is engaged In building a largo school
house. He had been sick for sovcral
days and camo homo to recuperate
being about "nil In" with a severe
attack of neuralgia when he arrived.
Tin QutailM That Dew Net Mtact tfet Hm4
BeciuseollU tonic and Uzatlve effect LAXA-
TIVIl BKOMO QU1NINK la better than ordinary
Quinine and doca not cauae nerTouancM nor
ringing In head. Remember the lull name and
look (or the alcoature ol B. W CROVS. 90c.
Aicthn Silt
The Bldei-Woo club will con.
duct an Auction Sale on tho
street at Beaver Saturday af-
ternoon March 10th. for tho
benefit of tho Red Cross. Dona-
tions of saleable articles of evorv
description solicited. Please no
tify Mrs. J. w. Savage.
B. PirJ. H. AT WOODWARD
Tho installation of this lodgo Is to
be March 29 1918. Thore will be
several grand omcors and all tho of-
ficers of the State Association of the
B. P. O. E. in connection with tho
Oklahoma City Lodgo .No. 70 officers
and Degreo Team with their 20-pleco
Elk uniform band that will have full
chargo of tho Installation cxerclsoa.
Woodward Elks extend A personal
Invitation to all Elks to attend an
thoro will bo a big attraction and
several sldo shows and ontertnln-
mont Is planned for both Elks and
their wives. Tho entortalnmont will
last until Saturday the 30th. Wo
will expect you sq como.
BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE
OltDEIt OF ELKa.
By O. J. Church Chairman.
3-14 3-21 2t
CI.KAK lKK IIKANCII
Mesdamoa E. M. and J. S. Lane
wero In from Clear Lake Saturday
delivering a splendid lot of finished
Rod Cross garments at headquarters.
Somo of their work wns especially
good and worthy nt special mention.
They took out a lot or new work.
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