The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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THE CHANDLER TRIBUNE
BARKER & HALL, Publishers
An editor asks: "Are you a husband or only
a married man?” To which some in Chandler
will reply they are husband, married man and
serf.
THE CIGARET HABIT.
Entered as second-class matter February, 1908, at
the postoffice, Chandler, Oklahoma, under Act of Con-
gress of March 3, 1879.
The report 6f the government indicates that
the cigaret habit has been largely increased
since the war. It appears that every doughboy
returning to Chandler is an “inveterate” cigar-
et ist as well as a veteran.
MAYBE THIS IS THE REASON-
All Subscriptions Payable in Advance.
Advertising Rates Given upon Application.
Ont Year______________________________________$1.50
Six Months ____________________________________ -15
The Tribune Will Not Be Responsible for Return ef 1
Manuscripts Sent to this Office Voluntarily.
Too many churches in Chandler and vicinity
are only half full most of the time. Perhaps the
reason so many towns refuse to renounce the
devil is because they think they can’t afford to
make an enemy when they are dying.
SPENDING IT ALL.
. . ™ r-.. i Some men in Chandler now make $30 a week
Please Address All Communications to The Tribune, w),ere jn g00(j jja-ys thev Only made $15.
Chandler, Oklahoma.____But in the old days they only spent $12 to live,
ah -copy" muji Beach The Tribune office Not Later while nowadays it costs $32. These are great
Than Wednesday noon to insure pubiicaUon in the current aays for handling money; even the commonest
Issue.
among us feel like bankers-
BORROWING THE PAPER.
Advertising prevents a cash register from
becoming rusty.
Men will fight for their politics but how quiet
some of them do keep about their religion.
With the entire country going dry it surely l
will be a case of “drink to me only with thine
eyes.”
Why do some folks in Chandler insist on bor-
rowing the newspaper when it is so much more
in line with self-respect to buy one?
Borrowing a paper is like borrowing anything
else—the lender lends, but merely out of cour-
tesy. He thinks, too, and what he or she thinks
it wouldn’t do at all to say out loud.
Read your own paper.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Whenever we see a Chandler man wearing a
lot of cheap jewelry we conclude he’s trying to i
be a “lady-killer.”
With Montana “bone dry”, where will the
movie men get the local color for their wild
west saloon scenes.
Where two men meet in Chandler something
is generally said about the weather or business.
These universal topics are never out of date.
The weather usually isn’t like it was the year
before; and an old-timer can remember a dif-
ference twenty years or more back.
Business is good .however, always good.
This is because a live business man will keep
his business as live as he is himself.
The most wonderful and most appreciated
thing a man can make is a living for his family.
And wives do like the good producers.
It might be fashionable to travel around town
in an electric, but Chandler’s speed-artist joy-
riders are too swift for electricity that travels
only 88,000 miles per second.
“Am I a dead one?” Ask yourself this ques-
tion and then answer it by contemplating
whether you are doing anything to improve
yourself; whether you are doing good reading,
study or observation. If not, you are a sure-fire
dead one.
ON CLOSING THAT DOOR.
With chilly, cold and colder weather dominat-
ing the weather to some extent this w’inter—as
usual—there still is one thing in Chandler upon
which the majority of residents are educational-
ly deficient.
They need to mind the injunction “Close that
door” without a semblance of mental suggestion
or a direct appeal.
Get in the habit of closing a door that you
find closed. •
Parents should be cautious about giving their
children permission to stay out of school. Every
day out is a day lost to the school work—they
cannot be made up. They will soon be behind
and want to stop school—she is partial, etc,
when all the time the parent is to blame.
Here is the way an exchange duns its sub-
scribers: “If you have frequent fainting spells,
accompanied by chills, cramps, corns, buinons,
chilglains, epilepsy and jaundice, it is a sign you
are not well, but liable to die any minute. Pay
your subscription in advance and thus make
yourself solid for a good obituary.”
$300,000,000 ON ROADS.
It is stated on federal authority that this vear
will see $300,000,000 spend on highways in' the
United States. Plans for comprehensive high-
way systems are bing made in every state,
m ^ j, highways in Lincoln county around
t handler are sure to receive increased attention.
And Oklahoma will not be a laggard in the
contemplated road work.
Now is the propitious time. For several
years such main highways as we have had were
ke “cut up” with heavy motor
truck traffic. The idea now is to have high-
ways that will be like those the Romans put
down—which will last, if not for centuries, at
least for a long time.
Have you noticed the peculiar, indescriibable
grin, smirk, look or something funny in a per-
son’s face and carriage when wearing a new
suit or hat for the first time? You may not
notice the new article of apparel, but you can
tell at a glance from that foolish consciousness.
And now it is said that men are just as vain as
the women and just as smirky and crack-brain-
ed over anything, even a necktie. We suppose
that it must all be true, because we know by ex-
perience how smirky we feel when we get a new
subscriber.
WHAT RETURNING SOLDIERS SEE.
You can’t expect your town to grow and your
local paper to boost for it when you patronize
outside institutions in preference to those at
home. What if you do save a few dollars in the
course of a year by your sending away from
home for your supplies, you are robbing your
town and community and also yourself of more
prosperity and contentment than is represented
by the sum total of your outside purchases.
You do not save by such methods of alleged
economy—you lose, and so does your town and
community. Some day the business institutions!
of Prague will recognize and acknowledge the!
value of the home paper, but that time will be|
when it is too late.—Prague Record.
Soldiers from Lincoln county returning from
the war realize that the folks at home “backed
them up.”
To many people this is an empty phase be-
cause used so frequently; but it really means
more than “supporting” the soldiers at the front
—it means the support that includes sacrifice,
work, money and prayer.
We wish to let Lincoln county soldiers realize
that no army in history ever won a war without
the efficient help of the people back home.
It always did take more than fighting to win
a war—it took money as well; but nowadays it
requires more than fighting and money. It re-
quires in addition the sacrifice and effort of
every man. woman and child remaining at home.
To defeat the kaiser the entire nation, from
infant up nearly—was mobilized.
Returning soldiers are welcomed by fellow
fighters who were denied the privilege of fight-
ing at the front, but who put up a mighty fine
battle back home.
LACK OF COURTESY.
JUST BUSINESS.
Business is not altogether the matter of sell-
ing something to the public, but is also the act
of efficiently supplying a want.
Advertising is as effective in supplying a
want as in creating one.
The man or woman who needs something
must know' where he can get it to the best ad-1
vantage.
He could find out by shopping and making
calls. This takes time—and time is money. j
Nine times out of ten the normal person, when
he sees an ad of something he needs or is about;
to need, saves himself further time and money
by going directly to the man doing the adver-
tising.
It’s the logical thing to do.
Most of us believe exactly what we want to
■believe and won’t believe anything else. Conse-
quently many of our convictions are mere pre-
judices.
Is there a lack of courtesy in Chandler?
We are inspired to ask the question after
reading what purports to be an authorative dis-
quisition by a seemingly acute observer who
says America is losing some of the polish it
once possessed.
Maybe it is because of the war—might as well
blame it on the war as upon anything else.
Others say it is because there are more women
in industry and it is natural not to yield the
same courtesy to a women in business or in-
dustry that is rendered her at home.
To be candid, we have lately seen more dis-
courtesy in Chandler than used to be the case-
the “new generation” seems to lack something
in this resDect that the old possessed.
This lack of courtesy does not refer to our at-
titude toward women; most of our men are still
extremely chivalrous toward the fair sex and
will remain so.
It is the courtesy of man toward man that
needs improving.
Let’s d0 this for Chandler—be genuinely
courteous to everyone we meet. It’s pays as
well as gentlemanly accomplishment.
EVERY CHEVRON WORN RY
SOLDIER IIAS A MEANING
Among other questions Chandler
folks are asking just what the lit-
tle chevrons that the soldiers are
wearing upon the cuffs of their
sleeves signify. Within the past few
weeks, many gold, silver and some
blue chevrons have made their ap-
pearance upon the sleeves of return-
ing soldiers. Maj. R. Neill Rahn,
assistant adjutant general, has ex-
plained them.
By a recent order of the president
eactr field officer, enlisted man. and
field clerk, who served for six months
in the war outside the war zone, has
the right to wear a silver chevron on
the lower half of the left sleeve of
his uniform, and to wear an addition-
al silver chevron for each additional
six months of similar service. Offi-
cers and enlisted men who have
served six months in the war zone
wear a gold chevron on the left lower
sleeve, with additional chevrons for
each additional six months service.
Gold for a Wound.
A skv blue chevron of cloth, of the
same pattern and worn in the same
manner as the gold chevron, will be
given to men serving In the war zone
less than six months.
A gold chevron Identical to the war
service chevron, is to be worn on the
lower half of the right sleeve by
those who have received a wound in
action with the enemy or as a result
of an act of the enemy which has ne-
cessitated treatment by a doctor. Ad-
ditional chevrons may be worn for
additional wounds, but not more than
one chevron may be worn for two or
more wounds received in one action.
If a man wears three wound stripes,
it means that he has been wounded
in three different battles. He may
have received several wounds in each
action, but a wound ohevron is issued
only for each encounter in which the
man has received wounds, and does
not designate the number of his
wounds. Disablement by gas is con-
sidered a wound, for which a wound
chevron may be worn.
The gold,'silver, or blue war or
service chevrons, and the gold chev-
ron for wounds are the only ones
mentioned in the orders printed in
the last number of the Army and
Navy Journal.
Officers I)o Not Agree.
Some soldiers have been seen wear-
ing red chevrons. They are as yet
unauthentic, it is said, but are be-
lieved by local officials to be for
discharge. The matter of the service
chevrons is still unsettled, as many
military men disagree on their value
and fairness. The Army and Navy
Journal has many communications
from officers objecting to the dif-
ferentiation of soldiers who have
seen only home service and those
that have been abroad, maintaining
that it brands the “stay-at-homes.’’
It is insisted that there are thou-
sands of men across who did not see
any more service than the men on
this side and so do not deserve a
special designation. It is suggested
that chevrons be issued for men who
have seen fighting, and that those
who have not be issued a different
kind, but with no regard as to where
they were stationed, whether in this
country or the war zone.
No changes have been made, how-
ever, and the original rule of the war
or service chevrons still holds as or-
iginally announced.
So if one sees a soldier upon the
street he may be able to tell just
what sort of service he has seen by
the chevrons upon his sleeve. The
chevrons, which are v-shaped, as are
the chevrons of a non-commissioned
officer, point in the opposite direc-
tion. Where the chevrons of a non-,
commissioned officer, point upward j
the war chevrons and the wound
chevrons point downward.
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
We have just entered into a contract with the
publishers of The Weekly Kansas City Star
which enables us to offer you our paper and The
Weekly Kansas City Star both for one full year
at a remarkable reduction in price.
The Weekly Kansas City Star is a big family
farm paper that no farm home should be with-
out. It is devoted to news reviews, pictures,
agricultural articles, editorials, cartoons and
helpful departments for the farmer and the
farmer’s wife. Its editor is Henry J. Waters,
who for nine years was president of Kansas
State Agricultural College.
This offer is limited to one week—beginning
uary 31, 1919.
The Chandler Tribune_______________________$1.50
The Weekly Kansas City Star____________________ .50
Regular Price for Both Papers-----------------$2 00
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The Chandler Tribune Office.
The Chandler Tribune,
Chandler, Oklahoma.
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Name _________________i____,_______________________
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State.
COLLARS
Motor Equipment and Lung
Motor Service. Office Tel. 70,
Res. 136. Day and Night ser-
vice.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
AND EMBALMERS
CHANDLER
OKLAHOM A
FARM LOANS
At reasonable rates; Money Furnished by me at once on
execution of papers. You avoid the usual delay incident to
giving your application to some local loan agent.
ALBERT E. ROSS *
TO THE RELATIVES OF AMER-
ICA'S SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
-LET THE-
MEDAL OF HONOR
Do your work and make dollars for vou—Get an IOWA
CREAM SEPARATOR at
RIGHT PRODUCE CO.
So. Manvel Ave. phone 66
Your relatives serving with the col-
ors will soon be back in civil life.
They may be at home now. For your
protection, and for their own, they
undoubtedly have taken out insur-
ance with the I'nited States govern-
ment.
You should impress upon your rel-
atives in the service the vital im-
portance of keeping their insurance
with the I’nited States government.
Write to them without delay—or tell
them personally, if you can—that
they may retain insurance with the
I'nited States government even after
they leave the military service.
The privilege of continuing their
government insurance is a valuable
right given to soldiers and sailors as
part of the compensation for their
heroic and loyal services. If the sol-
dier or sailor permits his insurance
to lapse, he loses that right, and he
never will be able to regain it.
But if he keeps up his present in-
surance—by the regular payment of
the monthly premiums—he will be
able to change it later into a stand-
ard government policy without medi-
cal examination. Meantime he can
keep up his present insurance at sub-
stantially the same low rate. The
government will write ordinary life
insurance. 20-payment life, endow-
ment maturing at age 62, and other
usual forms of insurance. Th’s v. ill
he government Insurance, at govern-
ment rates.
Many men will come out of the
war physically impaired and will,
'herefore. be unable to obtain any
life insurance protection whatsoever
for themselves and their families, un-
less they keep up their present in-
surance with the I'nited States gov-
“rnment. I'ncle Sam's insurance
may -he continued and converted into
*tandard government policies, regard-
'ess of the men’s physical condition.
DISILLUSIONIZED.
“For the past twenty years,’’ says
a man who travels much, writing to
the New Y’ork Sun, “the people liv-
ing on the plans west of the Missouri
river and engaged in agricultural
pursuits have given much time to
damning*the railroads and calling for
government ownership. Now they
nave the longed-for government con-
trol and find that the trains are re-
duced in number, run irregularly and
at inconvenient times, at much great-
er cost and without particular regard
to the convenience of passengers or
shippers of freight. It is somewhat
entertaining to observe the volti face
that has taken place among these
people. At last they have received
what they have long asked for—and
are overwhelmed with sorrow.’’
It would not be fair to say that the
measure of the government’s success
in running the railroads the past
year should be the standard by which
permanent government operation
should be judged. It has been a year
of war conditions and the roads have
been conducted primarily for war
purposes. It is true, nevertheless,
that the. experiment has disillusion-
ized many who thought they were
for government ownership. This dis-
illusionment has been especially
strong in the west, where the senti-
ment for government ownership was
strongest.
It is the result. In part, of a de-
'eriorating transformation of the
service from private management to
government management which
would have been just as inevitable
under peace conditions as under war
conditions.—From the Lbulsville
Courier-Journal.
Bro
METHODIST CHURCH.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Preaching at 11:00 a. m. by
Lewis.
Junior League at 3:00 p. m.
Epworth League at 6:30.
Evangelistic services in the ever
ing at 7:30 by Mrs. Brumir.ett, wif
of the editor of the Epworth Herah
of Chicago.
Everybody is cordially invited t
come to these meeting and help u
and be helped.
Frank Dienst, L. B. Nichols anc
Miss Oma Riner, all of the News-
Publicist force arc very sick at thcii
respective homes.
C. G. MEADOWS DEAD.
WALKING.
Of all the tonics the wide world
Impress these things upon your over, none is so good, so sure to bring
relatives in the service. Tell them' results and so invigorating as the
here is nothing safer or stronger. exercise of walking,
han government Insurance Tell I To walk one must be in the out of
hem to talk about this to their com- doors and it is In the out of doors
manding officers and to the insurance that we find health,
officer at their place of duty, before: If you don’t believe that this is
hey leave the service. Tell them true, join the procession of men and
’o carry back with them to civil life, women who walk,
as an aid and an asset, the continued Do you ever watch them as they
'nsurance protection of the I’nited go to and from their work?
States government Tell them, for There is something about walking
your sake and for their sake, to hold that does one good mentally, as well
on to Uncle Sam's Insurance! as physically.
C. G. Meadows, a pioneer Lincoli
county farmer, who for the past tel
years has been living in Chandler
0 clockdropped dead on West Fiftl
street last Sunday afternoon at abou
throe o clock.
Mrs. Meadows had been called t<
Oklahoma City by the illness of theii
daughter. Mrs. Clyde Jones, and Mr
Meadows was at home by himself
He started to town and when he gol
about a block from his house fell ot
the sidewalk and was unable to ge'
up again. Hhen neighbors rushed tit
^,'vas. .?oacl- 11 is supposed thai
heart failure was the cause of his
death. He had been complaining foi
his lmme yS 1 Wa* ”0t confined “
( ohimgus Green Meadows was borr
R V'ivIVm 2L 1852, and diet
.it ( handler. Okla.. January 19, 1919
1 he funornl services were held Tues-
Olen'r th'VBaptist chur<’h by Rev
her" 1 0rnp|lus’ pastor of the churcl
nn?CJrr 2 wifC: onp s°n. Jack
”2 n°Ji0,a 11 khter. Mrs. Clyde Jones
children °mU y’ tW° *rnnd'
The family have the sympathy ol
thOs many friends in this' tfMLS
CARD of THANks
*Ve take this means of f
our heartfeult thanks to t!
friends who came to us with s
and hole in the death of our
and father.
MKS. c. G. MADOWS
MR. AND MRS, C. J
J M. MEADOWS.
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