Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1918 Page: 9 of 10
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MAYES COUNTY REPUBLICAN
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FOREWORD
“Over the Top” is a true
story of trench warfare on
the French front, written by
an American soldier who
get into the great war two
years ahead of his country.
Sergeant Empey tells what
the fighting men have done
and how they have done it.
He knows because he was
one of them. His experi-
ences are grim, but they are
thrilling, and they are light-
ened by a delightful touch of
humor.
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CHAPTER I.
From Mufti to Khaki.
It waa In an offlce In Jersey City.
I waa sitting at ray desk talking to
a lieutenant of the Jersey National
Oaard. On the wall was a big war
■sap decorated with variously colored
little flags showing the position of the
•ppoelag armies on the western front
ta Prance. In front of me on the desk
lay a New Tork paper with big flaring
headlines:
MJMTANIA SUNK! AMERICAN
LIVES LOST!
The windows were open and a feel-
lag ef spring pervaded the air.
Throngh the open windows came the
•trains ef a hurdy-gnrdy playing In the
street—“I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be
at Soldier."
"Lusitania Sank I American Lives
Loat!"-“I Didn't Raise My Boy to
Be a Soldier." To us these did not
seem to Jibe.
The lieutenant In silence opened one
of the lower drawers of his desk and
took from It an American flag which
he solemnly draped over the war map
•pn the wall. Then, turning to me with
« grim face, said:
f ^How about it, sergeant? You had
better get out the muster roll of the
Mounted 8couts, as I think they will
be needed In the course of a few days."
We busied ourselves till late In the
evening writing out emergency tele-
grams for the men to report when the
call ahould come from Waahlngton.
Then we went home.
,4>ro8sed over fo New York, and aa
•iJ'Sat up ful»B street to take the
subway to Brooklyn, the lights in the
tall buildings of New York seemed to
be burning brighter than usual, as If
they, too, had read “Lusitania Sunk I
American Lives Lost!" They seemed
to be glowing with anger and righteous
Indignation, and their rays wigwagged
the message, “Repay!”
Months passed, the telegrams lying
tyldy, but covered with dust. Then,
oge momentous morning tbs lieutenant
wmf i sigh of disgust removed the
flag from the war map and returned
to his desk. I immediately followed
this action by throwing the telegrams
Tdto the wastebasket. Then we looked
at each other In silence. He was
squirming In hla chair and I felt doi
pressed and uneasy.
►.The telephone rang and I answered
It It was a business call for me, re-
juesSfll My services for an ont-of-
Mwn assignment guineas was not
▼try good, so this win fefy jvelcome.
After listening to the proposition I
*eem«d to be swayed by g peculiarly
wtroog force within me, and answered,
"I am sorry that I cannot accept your
•ffer, but I am leaving for England
•art week." and hnng up the receiver.
The lieutenant awnng around in hla
•chair, and stared at me In blank aston-
ishment A sinking sensation came
ever me, but I defiantly answered his
look with, “Well It's so. Tm going."
And I went
Tha trip across was uneventful. I
landed at Tilbury, England, then got
into s string of matchbox cars and
proceeded to London, arriving there
about 10 p. m. I took a room In a hotel
near 8t Pancraa station for “five and
•lx—fire extra." The room waa minus
tha Are, but the “extra" seemed to
keep me warm. That night there was
• Zeppelin raid, but I didn't aes much
of It, because tha allt In the curtains
was too small and I had no desire to
make It larger. Next morning tha tel-
ephone bell rang, and someone asked.
"•Art you therer I was, hardly. Any-
way, I learned that the Zeps had re-
tamed to their fatherland, so I went
out Into the street expecting to see
ocenea of awful devastation and a cow-
ering populace, but everything waa
normal. People were calmly proceed-
ing to their work. Crossing the
street, I accosted a Bobble with:
“Can you direct me to the place of
damage?"
He asked me. "What damage?”
In surprise, 1 answered. "Why, the
dn.'iisire caused by the Zees."
With a wluk he replied:
"There was no damage; we missed
them again."
After several fruitless Inquiries of
the passersby, I decldpd to go on my
own In search of ruined buildings and
scenes of destruction. I boarded a bus
which carried me through Tottenham
Court road. Recruiting posters were
everywhere. The one that Impressed
me most was a life-size picture of
Lord Kitchener with his finger point-
ing directly at me, under the caption
of "Your King and Country Need You."
No matter which way I turned, the
accusing finger followed me. I was
an American, In mufti, and had a little
American flag in the lapel of my coat.
I had no king, and my country had
seen fit not to need me, but still that
pointing finger made me feel small and
111 at ease, I got ofT the bus to try
to dissipate this feeling by mixing
with the throng of the sidewalks.
Presently I came to a recruiting of-
flce. Inside, sitting at a desk was a
lonely Tommy Atkins. I decided to In-
terview him In regard to Joining the
British army. I opened the door. He
looked up and greeted me with “I s'y,
myte, want to tyke on?”
I looked at him and answered, “Well,
whatever that la, I’ll take a chance
st it"
Wlthont the aid of an Interpreter, I
found out that Tommy wanted tp know
If l cared to Join the Brltlah army. He
asked me: "bid you ever hear of the
Royal Fusilier??" $§0, In Lpndoi),
you know, Yanks are Supposed to SnoW
everything, so I was not going to ap-
pear Ignorant and answered, "Sure."
After listening for one half-hour to
Tommy’s tale of their exploits on the
firing line, I decided to Join. Tommy
took me to the recruiting headquarters,
where I met a typical English captain.
He asked my nationality. I Immedi-
ately pulled out my American passport
and showed It to him. It was signed
•uy Empty.
by Lansing. After looking at the
passport, be Informed me that he was
sorry but could not enlist me, as It
would be a breach of neutrality.
Insisted that I was not neutral, be-
cause to me It seemed that a real
American could not be neutral when
big things were In progress, bat the
captain would not enlist me.
With dlsgusTTn mj te*l4 ? went out
Id the street. I had gone about a
Npclf Wfieri I r^ruljlnf sergeant who
hg| followed me out of the office
tapped «« on the ehoulder with his
swagger' itfck and said: "8’y, I can
get yon In fW^vmy. We hate a lef-
tenant' down' ti other office who
can do anything, m ft a* Jc«t fhfne
out of the 0. T. C (Dflldrira* Trtftofttf
corps) and does not knoV whaf AW-
trallty la." I decided to’lske • chance,
and accepted bis Invitation for an In-
troduction to the lieutenant. 1 entered
the offlce and went up to him, opened
up my passport and said:
“Before going farther I wish to state
that I am an American, not too prond
to light, and want to Join your army.1
He looked at me In a nonchalant
manner, and answered, “That's all
right; wa take anything over here."
I looked at him kind of bard and re-
plied, “So I notice," but It went over
hla head.
He got out an enlistment blank, and
placing hla finger on a blank line said
“Sign here."
I answered, "Not on yoar tintype."
"I beg yoar pardon r
Then I explained to him that I would
not sign It without first reading It I
read It over and signed for duration of
war. Some of the recruits were lucky.
They rfgned for seven years only I
Then be aaked me my birthplace. I
answered. "Ogden, Utah."
He astd, "Oh. yee. Just outside of
thiew York?"
With a smile, I replied, "Well, it’s up
the state a little."
Then I waa taken before the doctor
and passed as physically fit, and was
Issued a uniform. When I reported
back to the lieutenant, he anggested
that, being an American, I go on re-
cruiting service and try to shame aome
of the slackers Into Joining the army."
“All you have to do," he said, "is to
go out on the street, and when you see
a young fellow In mnftl who looks
physically lit. Just stop him and give
him this kind of a talk: ‘Aren’t yon
ashamed of yourself, a Britisher, phys-
ically fit, and In mufti when your king
and country need you? Don't you
know that your country Is at war and
that the place for every young Briton
Is on the firing line? Here I am, an
American, In k’/iakl, who came four
thousand miles to fight for your king
and country, nnd you, as yet, have not
enlisted. Why don’t you Join? Now
Is the time.’
“This argument ought to get many
recruits, Empey, so go out and see
what you can do."
He then gave me a small rosette of
red, white and blue ribbon, with three
little streamers hanging down: This
was the recruiting Insignia and was
to be worn on the left side of the cap.
Armed with a swagger stick and my
patriotic rosette, I went out Into Tot-
tenham Court road In quest of cannon
fodder.
Two or three poorly dressed civil-
ians passed me, and although they ap-
peared physically fit, I said to myself, j
“They don’t want to Join the army; I
perhaps they have someone dependent !
on them for support," so I did not ac-
cost them.
Coming down the street I saw a
young dandy, top hat and all, with a
fashionably dressed girl walking be-
side him. I muttered, “You are my 1
meat,” and when he came abreast of I
me I stepped directly In his path and
stopped him with my swagger stick,
saying:
“You would look fine In khaki; why
not change that top hat for a steal
helmet? Aren’t you ashamed of your-
self, s husky young chap like yon In
mufti when men are needed in the
trenches? Here I am, an American,
came four thousand miles from Ogden,
Utah, Just outside of New York, to
fight for your king and country. Don’t
be a slacker, buck up and get Into uni-
form ; come over to the recruiting of-
flce and I’ll have you enlisted.”
He yawned and answered, “I dqnt
care If you came ilorfy thousand miles,
no one asked you to," and he walked
on. The girl gave me a sneering look;
I was speechless.
I recruited for three weeks and near-
ly got one recruit
This perhaps was not the greatest
stunt In the world, but It got back at
the officer who had told me, "Yes, we
take anything over here." I had been
spending a good lot of my recruiting
time In the saloon bar of the Wheat
Sheaf pub (there was a very attractive
Helping the Neat and Milk Supply
(Special Information Service, United States Department of Agricultural
WHEN CO-OPERATION HELPS THE FARMER
A Saving of $1,000 Waa Made by a Western Fruit Growers' Association by
Buying These 34 Sprayers Co-operatively.
--------------------------------
SECURE RESULTS
IN CO-OPERATION
Special Farming Encourages
Work-Together Methods
Among Agriculturists.
FAITH IN PRINCIPLE NEEDED
United States Department ef Agricul-
ture Will Aid Communltlea De-
siring to Form Organisations
' —Some Good Suggestions.
, va—- v ~
Every co-operative organisation
should result from a widespread de-
mjjid j^jed on a well-felt need.
A community which specializes on
one or a few products offers a more
promising field for a co-operative mar-
keting organization than one which
produces small amounts of a large
number of different products. A farm-
er naturally will devote more attention
to an organization which markets his
principal products than one which han-
dles products which are raised by him
as side lines.
blonde barmaid, who helped kill time—
i r,"."'liSutw ivr? rZ“ R9» «£•
I was a little later nen l reac marketing agencies is unsatisfactory,
the front)—well, It was the sixth day
and my recruiting report wag blank.
I was getting low In the pocket—bar-
maids haven’t much use for anyone
who cannot buy drinks—so I looked
around for recruiting material. You
know a man on recruiting service gets
a “bob" or shilling for every recruit
he entices into Joining the army, the
recruit Is supposed to get this, but he
would not be a recruit If he were wise
to this fact, would he?
Down at the end of the bar was a
young fellow In mufti who was very
patriotic—he had about four “Old
Six" ales aboard. He asked me If he
could Join, showed me his left hand,
two fingers were missing, bnt I said
that did not matter as
thing over
the rifle hand as the piece Is carried
at the slope on the left shoulder. Near-
a co-operative marketing organization
Is likely to receive heartier support
than If the farmers are satisfied with
the existing system. An association
shonld be formed only when It can
perform profitably some definite serv-
ice, for an organization without a defi-
nite purpose Is not likely to accomplish
very much. Prejudice and misconcep-
tion make a very Insecure foundation
for co-operative effort.
Democratic Institutions.
A co-operative organization Is a dem-
oeratje lngtltutJonjn which It Is custom-
ary for all members To have equal
for a co-operative organization should
be ascertained In the preliminary sur-
vey, as well as the amount of business
available, and the attitude of the peo-
ple In the community toward co-opera-
tive undertakings. The existing agen-
cies which the proposed organization
Intends to replace or supplement should
be studied to determine whether they
are rendering satisfactory service, and
Information should be gathered rela-
tive to the outlets for the products to
be marketed and the sources of sup-
plies to be purchased.
The department of agriculture la
glad to advise with communities desir-
ing to organize for co-operative under-
takings.
ON GUARD
At this time of the year people feel
weak, tired, listless, their blood Is thin,
they have lived Indoors and perhaps!
expended all their mental and bodily
energy and they want to know how to
renew their energy and stamina, over-
come headaches and backaches, hava
clear eyes, a smooth, ruddy skin, and
feel the exhilaration of real good health,
tingling thru their body. Good, pure,
rich,- red blood is the best Insurance
against ills of all kinds. Almost all
diseases come from Impure and Impov-
erished blood. It Is to be noticed In tha
pale or pimply face, the tired, haggard
appearance or the listless manner.
Drink hot water a half hour before
, meals, and for a vegetable tonic there’s
nothing better than Dr. Pierce’s Golden
I Medical Discovery, the old-fashioned
herbal remedy, which has had such a
i fine reputation for fifty years. It con-
tains no alcohol or narcotics. It Is
made from Golden Seal root, Blood-
root, Oregon grape root, Queen’s root.
Black Cherry bark, extracted with gly-
cerine and made into tablets and liquid.
Tablets sixty cents, at most drug stores.
In order to Insure pure blood and to
build up the system try this tonic
known as Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical
Discovery. Get It now 1
Renews Furniture
and Floors
8HEEP OR DOGS—WHICH?
Why don’t yon keep sheep on
your farm?
Afraid dogs will kill them I
Can’t keep stray dogs and
sheep In the same county.
That means that the stray
sheep-kllllng dog must go, In
your neighborhood.
Pass a good dog law.—United
States Department of Agricul-
ture.
pnmmwoou-o-tab t<ur
tor rBBB TRIAL ilu eu or mb4 direct to u.
Sawail Paint A Glare Co., Manufacturers
KANSAS cmr
LET HIS GERMAN BLOOD OUT
voting power, while In a jonco-ojieja-
tive stock company each share usually
. matter as .Ve take anv“ haS a vote’ nnS tK® taSlB &
here" The left* hand* Fs ‘ ES? T^Ue in thd
. * . other It Is money. Another principle
usually followed by co-operative organ-
iy everything In England Is “by the l?‘f
left," even general traffic keeps to the ,ll?iv dual8 as a *SEr
( f: * Shard against allowing one membej &
T . . " „ . sain control or the organization. It Is
I took the applicant over to fa«d-; ^Sarif for «x>peratireTSScTattSSl
quarters, where he was hurriedly ex- t0 admlt a8 member? all whf> deSlre
amined. Recruiting surgeons were and are al(fied * beSSni iembert
busy to those days and did not have and t0 ablde „ ^ rale8. Whlle
time tor thorough phyalcal exam- nolicoSperatlre stock companies dls-
tribute their profits In the form of divi-
dends on their capital stock, co-opert-
tlve organizations having capital stock
make a practice of limiting the divi-
dends to a fair rate of interest on the
capital invested and distribute the Bur-
nerve with you, not ’alf you ain't, to th?S^daa^b“‘’
inations. Jly recruit was passed as
“fit" by the doctor and turned over to
corporal to make note of his scars.
I was mystified. Suddenly the corpo-
ral burst out with, "Bllme me, two of
his fingers are gone.” Turning to me
he said, ‘Ton certainly have your
gtates department of agri-
giVen in Yearbook Separate
k ,„d i l' «
r;br"*"“ - *;2?~~1
Looking bnt of the
I noticed that Jhe officer ____
Suited me had Joined the group, flhd
I could not help answering. “Well, air,
was told that yoa took anything over
^ think they called It “Yankee Im-
pudence,” anyhow It ended mj recruit-
ing.
In training quarter*, "some*
where In France," Empey hears
tha big guns booming and makes
tha acquaintance ef the “coo-
ties." Reed about his experi-
ences In the next Installment.
ve
and the more general associations
formed for educational and social pur-
prews. Many communities are not
rearff for co-operative marketing activ-
ities, and frequently a social or educa-
tional organization In such a neighbor-
hood Is Invaluable In teaching Its mem-
bers the value of co-operation and how
to co-operate. Just as a child creeps
before It learns to walk and ran, so a
community has to understand the fun-
! damentals and the requirements of co-
k deration before greal results can be
pj^’alned from organization. An edn-
catlv mal or social association, when
proper ly directed, furnishes an excel-
lent pith 'e V& a ,Dd *ree discussion
of orgam. and “srketing prob-
lems and lh\ 0119 TOY ,ay» founda-
tion for futol\ ‘ co-operative marketing
activities.
Prelimk iar? Survey.
When the organ T-aUon of a co-opera-
tive purchasing or. marketing associa-
tion comes up for A ’oalderatlon, It U
advisable to conduct A Preliminary sur-
vey of the local aim* ft, °a ln order t0
ascertain whether or 'on(11
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
"Newport Newe."
In Virginia's early days communica-
tion with the mother country was, of
coarse, wholly by ships, and when one
was expected the colonists were all
eagerness for the news from home.
On the occasion of one. It may hare
been the first, of a certain Captain
Newport’s expected return from Eng-
land, at or near the piece now bearing
hla Dame, a large number of persons
rellect«l to receive “Newport’s noire." ga'ntxitioM fonn'l^’oaT^ nwd
Hence th. naan, now shortened to it» . tre m„re likely to be socwa ™
prnetn onfc _ _ ______ , i organisations which are nwi. h *'e aeed
•ondltlona are
ripe for co-operative work , Since or-
Farmera Write Insurance.
Farmers' co-operative fire Insurance
companies to the number of about 2,-
000 are now ln existence. They have
about $5,300,000,000 of Insurance ln
force. This means that the farmers’
companies are now Insuring more than
two-fifths of all the Insurable farm
property In the United States. The
average cost of Insurance ln these com-
panies Is about 28 cents per hundred
dollars per year.
.-vr, «■-•
How Good Cows Pay.
It Is well known that dairy cows, to
be profitable, must be comparatively
large producers, yet few people fully
realize the remarkable rate at which
Income advances as production ln- I
creases. Tabulations o£ 5.58f cow-t^t- ’
lng association records from various
parts of th| Sta^esj covering * |
period of four years, show that as the
average butterfat production Increased
from 150 to 200 pounds, Uie Income
over cost of feed advanced from $21 '
to $34; tiiat Is, a gain of 50 pounds, or 1
S5Vi~"jJ?r cent fri production gave an !
Increased Income of 62 per cent over
feed* cost Jhe next gain of 50 pounds
raised thelncocSe Avef cost of feed to
$50, the nm fo $63, the next to $74,
the next to $87, the next to $100, and
the last to $118.
As the butteffat production Increased
from 150 pounds to 300 pounds, the In-
come over cost of feed advanced from
$21 to $63; In other words, as produc-
tion doubled, Income over cost of feed
advanced three times. When the but-
terfat production Increased from 150
pounds to 450 jyrands—that Is, trebled
—the Income over cost of feed ad-
vanced from $21 to $100, or almost five
times as much.
Patriotism Shown by Would-Be Fight-
er Surely Entitled Him to a
Place In the Ranks.
“I thought I had a few drops of
German blood ln my veins, so I
pricked my great toe and let them
flow out Now I’m ready to take th®
oath.”
So saying, William Strasburger, aa
applicant for enlistment In the United.
States marine corps at Newark, N.
J., removed his shoe and displayed to
the astonished gaze of Sergt. Thomas
Green a bandaged "little pig that went
to market." ».
"How do you know that the bloo^
yon iet out was German and not somei
other kind?" asked ureen.
"T pricked at a point furthest from
my heart." Returned Strasburger, who
i? AmeHcan-born and pugnaciously!
antl-Teutonlc.
But Strasburger can’t be a United
States marine. He lacked the weight
and height necessary.—New York
World.
-
f Indian Warriors.
A company of sollders recruited from
the Mohawk tribe of Indiana was sent
to England for training several weeks
ago and Is now ln action on the conti-
“*• __ 4*
Too many people have this rul« ofl
conduct: "Work not lest ye brf
worked.”
Ba
aeftnT
wise man makes opportunity."
War's Need for Good Cows.
The profitable dairy cow helps to
feed our armed forces and will help vs
win the war, but the low-producing,
unprofitable scrub Is little better than
a slacker. The unprofitable cow may
enjoy perfect health and have a large
appetite; she may even belong to one
of the beat cow families, but If she Is
not an economical producer she should
be converted Into meat
The present however, Is not the time
■to dlsposg of dairy herds; rather It la
the time to enlarge and Improve them.
The city, the country, and the army
need more dairy products; the dairy
cow also assists greatly ln maintaining
permanent soil fertility; and the care-
fully selected, well-bred, well-fed dairy
cow may still be kept at a profit Let
the slogan, therefore, be: Careful se-
lection, Intelligent breeding, and skill-
ful feeding.
Keeping Harriets In Repair.
The tools and facilities required fat
beeping harness In repair are compara-
tively simple and Inexpensive. A con-
siderable portion of the repair work
on harness can be performed by the
eld of tools required for other pur-
poses, but there are a few special de-
vices that are desirable
I
t *
ECONOMY
TALK
is all ri$ht-
ECONOMY
PRACTICE
is better. ■
INSTANT
POSTUM
is an economy
drink—absolutely
no waste. Besides
it is convenient,
saves ftiel and
sugar, and leaves
nothing to be
desired in the
way of flavor.
TRY A CUP!
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