The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-03
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9 THE MAN WITH A HAMMER 8
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It has been said that there Is a
time ana place for everything and that
Rye=ything has somel good and prac-
tlcal use IN the universal plan, While
his may be true. there remain to be
discovered the benefits to be derived
from the man with the hammer
This does not refer to the man who
wields that useful implement of toll.
but to the figurative hammer in the
hands of that species of the human
animal known as the "knocker"
TIE real man with the hammer is a
builder He is one of the most neces
sary and beneficial of our citizens.
The figurative man with the hammer
Is a tearer down, a hindrance, an OBJ
acle, a tuner on the body polite,
municipal cancer menace to prog
ress, a breeder of dissatisfaction.
promoter of trouble.
Thank heaven Beaumont has not
many OF these enemies of peace and
prosperity, eIitorially remarks the
Galway Gazette. published at Beau
mont Cal. There may be one or two
of the species among Us for it is sail
that no community Is free from them.
Some recent editorials and contriou-
tions in Southern California papers
indicate THAI there are "meD with
hammers" in neighboring towns, For
this reason warning is here given.
Let us quarantine against the pests
One Of the towns which seem to be
infested Is Hunting on Beach, and an
editorial in the News Of that city con
tains so much good and sensible ma
terial that Il Is here appended:
Much has been said and more has
been written Of the person wno is al
ways bewailing the fac, that the town
In which lives is doomed TO be forever
email and unimportant, is people
shiftless AMI incompetent in business,
its streets in filthy condition-in short
the otner towns are in every way
more desirable as places of residence.
To define his qualities the wori
knocker' has been coined. II is i'm
pressive 1t is even emphatic. yet
It Is not strong enough.
This kind of alleged citizen Is
found everywhere. even in hunting
ton Beach. The News meets him
occasionally and tries 20 talk him out
of his 'dumps.' No one so quickly
contracts disease physical as the one
who always seems to tnink that he
has Il. No one contracts disease fl
nancial so certainly as he who is al
ways telling and finally persuades
| himself that he Is doomed to be a
| pauper. that his town affords no op-
portunity of earning decent livli-
hood. Brace up. Talk cheerfully.
Make your opportunities. Boost your
town. Join the board Of trade, Try
| TO have some enterprise. Try to be
| lieve that others have BE sure tnai
your town is the best In the country.
Why. the members of our Woman's
club are more manly in spirit, more
helpful TO the town, more likely to
build II up, than the male 'knocker
An admonition that has been given
ever since the advent Of the Prince
OF Peace Is Bury the hatchet Quite
right. Favor always peace out Bury
he hammer is not bad motto
eithe1" .e.
1 Deducing from a poetlcal contribu
ton to the Chino Champion, the sugar
beet town is not all sweetness The
article IS entitled Boost a Bit and Is
contributed by one of the merchants
of the town i; too IS worth reading
and It is here given:
Here. you discontented knocker
Growlin' bout the coun'ry's lilo,
CAloroform yer dismal dker.
Take a course of liver pills,
Stop yer durn kiotee howlin,
Chaw some sand an get somo grit
Don't sit in the dumps a-growlin',
Jump the roost
An boost
A bit!
Fall in while he bands a-Tlayin'
ketch tho step an march along;
Steal O pessimisiic brayih
line the halleluyah songl
Drop yer hammer, do some rootin',
Grab a horn. you cuss, an split
Every echo with yer to0tin'.
Jump the roost
An boost
A biti