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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31
CARRYING ITS WORK TO A LIMIT.

When a committee is appointed to investigate
there are times when it is disposed to carry the
work beyond the limit Of dccency. Some members
Of committee given that power would invcst-
gate their grandmothers if they found nothing
else NJ hand upon which they might turn their
sru.uy
Ii appears from the announcement Of the fed
ral commission on industrial relations that there
iS n, organization in this country no board of d-
rectOrs Of such character rs to be exempt from
study on the suspicion that they may he corrupt
or crooked even though the organization which
thev head is devoted exclusively to charitable uses
The federal commission. anxious to find work
to 10, ennounces that it will investigate the RUSSELL
Sage Foundation, the Baron de IIirsch Fund.- tho
Carnegie Benevoences rs they are called the
Rockefeller Charities and Foundation, and even
the Cleveland Foundation in that city
Nobody has made any charges about these or
carnations. Nobody has the least suspicion of
anything wrong Every one Of them is in the
hands Of citizens who are of the very highest
standing and they have done an enormous amount
Of good, and yet at this time Of the year and
under the circumstances Of world affairs
the federal commission unfortunately thinks il
must east suspicion upon foundations which
are established by private enterprise with no call
on the public for assistance and governed by rules
and regulations laid down by their founders
The purpose OF the commission is hardly to it's
credit The most full and ample reports of re
reipts, method Of disbursements and purposes car
red out appear in the elaborate reports Of the
managers of these charities They are not sub.
lects Of public interest ON the ground that they
employ public money for they do not They cost
the taxpayer nothing Their service is Of great
value and yet the federal government permits a
commission to enter on what looks like fishing
excursion
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31

the consequence that the beet sugar crop is very
much less than usual
Some who are inclined to favor the policy con
fess they do not understand why it is that the
price of sugar varies so much as IT does but they
who raise that point forget that az soon as beet
factories 90 to work the refneries lower the price
Of sugar SO as to make all sugar production un-
profitable and as soon as the beet sugar man goes
ont Of business the price of sugar is Immediately
put mp by the refiners, and so the seesaw busi-
ness goes on.
We have had a great object lesson this year
about sugar when we found that the foreign crop
was cut off after we had killed off our domestic
crop. If anyone questions the wisdom of having
enough of encouragement TO sugar growing in our
own country to supply the home market ultimately
he is incapable Of learning anything
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31
CHURCHILL Is NOT EASILY PLEASED.

The conclusion is easily reached that as the
first lord Of the British admiralty Mr. Churchill
is hard to please Especially is It difficult for the
Germans to do anything that meets with his ap-
proval
Only short time ago Churchill was daring the
Teutons to come out into the open and fight. He
made the dare in his most rhetorical language and
even said somethEN about dragging the rates out
OF their holes If they didnt come ont and fight
All Of a sudden they came out, however and
proceeded very much into the open sea They at
tackled the coast Of England with considerable
success, counting success from a war standpoint
And still Churchill is not satisfied lie says the
Germans have been nSled by their hatred and
chides them for IT,
II is impossible Of course to defend the ethics
Of the German raid From any standpoint il was
barbarous heartlessly and needlessly cruel But
why should Mr.. Churchill undertake to render an
enemy valuable service by announcing that il
has been guilty of military and political folly Just
after II has given him and his ships the very
chance for which he has been prayiug1 And this
particularly when by keeping still he might have
encouraged Germany to repeat It's error
The best way for the first lord Of the British
admiralty TO have convinced the Germans would
have been to have caught them in the act of max
ing the raid on the coast of England and to have
put their bstleships out Of commission with his
own
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31
GIVING ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.

"Get something regular, and leave the sport
ing life to those who can afford il. lniII got
wise there was many time when | thought | was
q sport but all there was to il was that breakfast
was frequently three or four days late. Keep
away from the betting ring Of the race track
That is the advice given TO young men by
Joseph Wellington Allen retired turf expert and
now philosopher There is no doubt about MIR
\lcn knowing all the facts about the race track
for he has been next to the experience for many
wears
But what's the use' Allen and all those who
hnvc mad the experience might talk until they
were black in the face and they could not con
vince the young man who has sporting blood
in his veins lie thinks he can take money away
from the race track gamblers. He is sure he can
do Just as well at the poker table or the roulette
wheel
There comes time however, when many of
them realize that a steady income although it may
be small is far more satisfactory than any win
nings they are able TO make at the race track the
rngsde or in the gambling house 1t is well for
them when they learn that experienced gamblers
are not in business for their health
II is kind of Mr. Allen to give the advice how
ever for he is an authority on such matters 1t
may result in influencing only one young man but
even then II would be worth all the trouble it cost
Allen to make the statement all the cost Of spread
ing It through the newspapers and all the cost of
time expended in reading il and pondering about
its truthfunes
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31
LITERAcY Is NOT A PROPER TEST

President Wilson, college professor and
scholar, says hteracy is not test Of quality
There is no man in the world better fitted to
make such a protest and there never has been A
president from whom such protest could come
with such understanding
President Wilson is the only president who was
ever protested as candidate because Of his excess
of hteracy II is probable that he lost number
OF votes because Of his learning because Of his pro
fessorship
The common man is rather afraid of the scholar
III politics, and the common politician trusts him
rot at all, Mr.. Wilson understood this and he WAS
az some pains 10 inform the people that man
could be scholar and n human being and could
Ne professor and then president without the ma
tion's going TO smash He succeeded In convert.
ing the nation at least sufficient number NJ mi.
Hons ot voters, TO get himself elected
Now the nation has become quite interested in
the possibility Of having in office men who hsve
been to school, even TO college. but Mr. Wilson
wishes to check that preference FOR IN. Iearrsd =,
favor OF the iliterate man who NAV have IN. vain.
able qualities OF citizenship even IL he cannot writ,
his name '''''
IL had been suggested that the immigrants seek
ing admission into this country should he rrop;rad
70 read and write President Wilson Flatlv nv.
rests. A man may he desirable citizen IL bs csn
not write and man who can write has Frequently
heen found an undesirable citizen The nrotoo,
could have Home 50 hecominglv from no other ci,;
zen '' WIZ
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were like new wine good for nothing
until they get old"
But week later the paper said old
Mr.. Hnttun had been quite vi with tho
grip Dr. Phillips read the news
grimly. II was the first he had heard
" his old friend and patients illness.
And II sigifl"d --
Ne sighed and went back to his
boo. There had been time when
he had few minutes to spend on those
enhancing hooks Now that ne had
plenty Of leisure they were not ~ eli
tranClnr. He tried not to be envlous.
He conceded that the new doctor was
decent, clever young fellow, and,
" cOures. he had a right to work and
push and hustle for success. He re
minded himself that Just 50 had he
himself worked and pshed and hus-
fled some thirty years before, and
crowded old Dr. Cotton out Of his
practice True. the old doctor had q
comfortable nest egg laid by and had
not seemed TO care
II II weren't for Mayme, DR. Phil
llrs was sure that he, too, could retire
peacefully. without resentment and
spend some eight or ten happy years
testing that far.fetched theory OF his
concerning the endurance Of n malaria
parasite In certain compound Of his
own manufacture. II would take time
/ aud a little money to prove that II was
q very practical and reasonable idea
But NJ his practice dwindled he told
himself and Mayme whlmslcally, that
presently even the necessary three
meals day would not he forthcoming.
Il could go to work" said Mayme.
But the expression Of distress that
passed over his face silenced her And
after ALL she was very busy with the
house keeping II clean tidying his
office looking after his wardrobe and
her own She could not make enough
to engage q maid Her father would
be miserable In n poorly cared for
house. especially with her away all
day.
oh" he tried to laugh, maybe
things win take a turn for the better
and folks win get worse That's n
nice Christian wish. isn't ur'
Hut he did not laugh often NJ the
days went ON, Little by little bis re
naming practice dwindled until hard
ly any was left, except the non-payins
part. He didn't know as he blamed
people, he admitted To himself Tbs
young doctor had that strong, magns,-
ic personality which ia In itself yor
tune TO II professional man Every
one liked him The old doctor, meet
ing him in the street, felt a strange
old aching envy Of him, not for the
practice that he was coaxing away
but for his very youth and charm.
And he said ne much TO Mayme. 81
guess II wns sick I'd rather call him
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31

Copyright lsl1 SJ " w.rn.s.

The Ihone tangled Old DIR. Phil
lips hastily laid the big reference
hook down and took up the receiver.
THAT YOU doctor? Can you come
right over? Oh, this Is the wrong
number II WINS n woman's voice,
shrill worried, and cross lie rec
ogniEed It rs belonging TO one Of hi4
oldest and beSt-paylng patients, Mrs.
IlHtton, and she desired not his num-
her, Main g. but Main ST. That be-
lnngrd tu young Dr Monlpy
Dr. Phillips hung the receiver up
quickly and went hack TO the author
ity on pneumonia germs. But hls fine
fnce looked tired and his clever dark
old eyes did not see the printed page
Clearly. So that was why she hnd not
called him for month lie had er.
roneously supposed that his treatment
moo NWo IaQ qTuoWlR lou palnJ pBV
plpiut was npurnsthcula, which Is not
~ disease lint q weakness Well, he
tried tu be- philosophical II f. the law
NJ the universe. the Old order
rmngrth" II WAS great pity that
the old order, as represented Just
then 10y himself should not have had
'hc foresight to provide for It's old
age. so thut II need not fret over
tickle patients
lie said us much to his only child
Maymc, tall, pretty. slim, sclfpos
srs>rd young woman who would have
been prptlcr had her gown been n de
grcss less old pnd shabby
con wen yet along" she said care
Iessly. Every one IS town isn't run
ming over to Dr Monlcy bId Mr.
IIatton isn't He said young doctors
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31
RISE AND FALL OF THE SUGAR BEET

The sugar beet has as many ups and downs ~
Hnr vegetable in the known world for II is victim
o' legislation much more than the lowly potato
and Others F"''
The crop Of sugar in the United States this wear
y about half what il was year ago When the
Underwood tariff bill was passed and we got the
protection OF from American sugar and laid II
down rs part of the law that in another year
sugar shall be absolutely free, the planters in
louisiana and other states where cane sugar is
produced cut down their acreage fully half
AZ the same time the farmers who have been
accustomed 10 plant certain acreage redSced
the srea'w which they put into the sugar beet wi.,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31
EVENTS IN OTHER CITIES.

CleNrlunds 1913 uty government
viii cost tuNpuyers SO,uOU,vUO, despite
cul In estimates.
Chicago In an effort ~ curb immur
alitl has adopted the municipal dance
hail plan, Dances wilt he gwen four
times week
New York wants to hrcume spot
less town. aud proposes to eYlsnd
h6.WOOO To make the lily as clean
~ any city Ia the worlu
Concordia Kun, will vote on con-
mission form of government soon aud
pulrrS are bcing drawn up for the
purpose of holding the special election.
Edinburgh. Scotland with the aim
Of developing u taste and appreciation
Of music amongst schoOlbuys and girls,
Is financing II series " concerts. spe.
Cially organized.
Toledo, ohio, has just finished build.
Ing half mile long draw bridge owe
the Mnumee river st an expenditure
Of Ni5OOO Eleven men are required
to look after the bridge.
AshtHbuR aud Sandusky, ohio, 90
January I, 1916 viii go under thv
city manager form ~ government,
giving the Buckeye state four cltiey
with managers the largest number of
any state IN far.
Fort Worth Tex, is constructing
"a 400O. .OOO 900 gallon reservoir
which win soon be- completed. The 10.
tal cost Of the finished reservoir will
be 81 1000, end $500 acres ot land
were Purchased for It's site
Dayton. ohio, is finding lts new
city manager government q success. Its
efficiency comes from the seuarating
VI politics from It's municipal affairs
aud giving individual responsibility
for the various department, and their
work.
Portland, Me, has Just started the
building Of n Sl,OOOON bridge across
the harbor The bridge win be- nearly
mile long rs to be built NJ steel
aud reinforced concrete und win have
n draw providing FOR l0foot open
Ing for vessels.
Elkhart Kan, town " 600 inhab
itants. within three miles OF the
southwest corner VI the state, Is the
wagon trade center NJ the states
Kansas. Colorado. Oklahoma Texas
and Mexico. II ls great broom corn
and grain market
Jacksonville, Fla has Just begun
the construction Of municipal docks. A
bond issue ~ Sl.5O0OO0 provides for
the funds, and the city through theAe
docks hopes io make gain Of the
commerce with manufacturing cen
ters NJ Central and South America.
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than old Or Phillips" he. remarked
Il guess" said Mayme coldly, that
every woman In town has been III or
thought she was
Tut tut " rebuked her father
we mustn't he III naturrd lie look
ed at her affectionalcly Why, she
felt rs badly rs he himself, did
Mrs. Gruyne
THE pretty little widow"
YES, only never saw anything eS
pecially pretty about her Her eyes
arr black, but they bulge don't
care for such large ewes She has hud
him ut her house fl5e times this week
And what do you thiuk ails herr"
asked Mayme scorntully she cut her
fingernail too close :"
DR. Phillips laughed We'll. my
dear, you mustn't let your partisan
Ship for your old father make You
cross I'm sure II were young.
pretty woman | might he MS concerned
over an injured finger
Mayme WAS silent. Her grey eyes
snapped, though, Aud her father
looking At her sighed II was hard
on her. Why he doubted n she hal
enough money that lnst week to run
the table She was very quiet and
sumhre
4 week later nu old, forgotten ac
count was Paid in Jubilantly he gave
II 10 Mayme and prepared to see her
serene again. But. 10 his surprise.
she was not grently clnted "Oh. you
needn't have worried father. could
have managed for quite whilr yet,
she said.
Mayme kissed him gently. lie looked
after here ~ she eft the room with
misty, loyefiled CveR.
He smiled, though, that afternoon
when he law Or Moneys rig In front
II Mrs. Graynes cottage six times, "
he gayly told Mayme that evening
My dear your old father cannot
compete with youth and good looks "
TO his surprise Msyme, who was
usually even tempered angrlly said
~ think II Is disgrHceful the way she
runs after him
Never mind" the doctor replied
Really. | don't care This winter
two old families whom I have always
attended will be back. and we'll get
ulons 1t lsu't rs though she were
really M and dlstrusted my skill
Maybe" he concluded. Rayly, ~ she
marrlcs him the other ladies' viii
flock back 10 your old father. just ~
show her that they don't approve, and
Wen b. 80 prosperous
Hut Maymc hadn't remained to liz
ten to his joking. she lad gone ~
the kitchen And since she was not
there to hear. her father sighed very
dlspiritedly and thought " his pros
porous days and of the man he hrd
supplantod in practice
Then the doorbel rang, but Or
Phillips did not 90. He heard Maymy
open the door aud he waited n mo
ment for her tu call him She did
not call, but led the visitor into the
shabby parlOr. aud her father return
ed TO his gloomy reyerie, The even
ing wore on. The children I'm the
street outside ceased playing and went
home to bed Hut still the doctor sat
there YEARLY thinking II WAS hAr
/ to be old and poor and supplanted lie
looked up with u little cry, NOunl
DR. MOnley stood there before him
smiling npOlogetically, holding out his
his hand.
nr. Phillips shook It courteously
wondering II the other had come tC
ask him to consultation II wa'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31

barely possible, and hope llt his face.
He knew that he had NO pride left,
and would be glad to set uch crumbs
~ the other might lot fall
I've come" said Dr. honley whose
voice betrayed his embarrassment, TO
ask II you would combine your Offics
with mine And we might work to
sethsr to advantage, and save office
rent, and--and-l'm sure II would be
an advantage. Your longer skill----'
Dr. Phillips stared. For a moment
hope, like q golden light, had shOne
on his face. But he wss an sstuts
old man. "whyr he asked, suspl.
ciously. II do not think l would be
OF advantage 10 you"
Dr. Monley look around, and than
Mnyme, whom her father supposed 10
he In the parlor, appeared from be.
hind the adjacent door. II could take
care OF both Offices" she said blush
ingly.
oh" said her father. II never
why, l had no idea--"
Neither did said MAyms. Il
1 thought"
Her father laughed His eyes glow
I'd. Advantage Well, I guess so
You wee. I've long had an idea thai
the malaria parasite"
Dr. Monley's eycs sparkled with
avid interest Yes" he said.
Father" interrupted Mayme. deter
mInedly. Mrs Grayne has lust
phoned for Cort Could you 10 IN
Stead'"
Yes, and | believe" he added sly
~, she'll be we'll %
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31

Business men in New York are uniting in an
effort to rid the city Of gunner Had these same
business men and their colleagues been as active
IN politics as their duty to their city demanded
the outrages never could have reached their present
frequency and the perpetrators would have been
less free from arrest and punishment Crime and
corrupt politics 20 hand in hand and those who
permit the latter are IN measure responsible for
the formeS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31
PEANUTS IN THE ROASTER

An unsigned letter has been sent
out asking the Republican state sen,
ntors to get together, but we fail to
understand why they should 20 to
that trouble
But speaking of hard jobs, the tele-
graph editor Of the Oklahomnn per
formed one last night when he moved
the city Of Dunkirk ont Of France
md placed II on the coast Of Eng
land
Of course the telegraph editor only
lad to float the town across the
strait Of Dover. whereas had Dun
Kirk been little to the southwest
he would have been put to the trou-
hlc Of tugglng It clear across the Eng
llsh channel
In all that has been said IN this
column about courtshlp and marriage
however. aud even In all the reflec-
tions that have been cast on the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31

Look over your actions during the
last year and you'll be surprised at
the number you would gladly over
look.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31

II doesn't take the average man
long to develop into a nlnenity Ia
the eyes Of the female OF the species
who chased him to the altar
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31

frequently Dy the imaginary heroes,
but II may have been noticed that
such things are not 50 often done In
real life
II may be that enough rangers can
be found II the legislature passes
Tilghman's proposed bill but still Il
INIT likely that there will he any
great rush to get into the ranks
The replacing Of Dunkirk, II II is
done properly Is going to keep the
telegraph editor NJ the morning paper
busy until nearly daylight we I'm
nglne
And white many " the faces among
the incoming legislators nre new, stlll
We take that To be hopeful slgn.
This Is based ON the theory that
IN, Incoming legislature no matter
what It may do. cannot he any worse
than the last one
ANY efforts along that line would
border upon the futile.
RICHARD s. GRAVES.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31

heroes Oh IlCtlOn, We nave never III
tended to Intimate that any OF them
could be worse looking than some Of
those who offer themselves MS matri
u,oniul prizes In real life
Also We fail to understand why
the Telegraph editor Of the OkIahoman
couldn't have had fifteen killed In
Dmklrk by leaving 1t OH the coast Of
France Just us well M by dragging
the whole dcplornhle scene over to
the coasl or England before the bombs
were dropped by the German ayiR-
tors.
But when n man sets himself up as
II hero, whether In real life or other
wise, he ought to understand that he
Is assuming Il position that is going
10 be difficult for him to maintain
Married men throughout the country
are not clamoring II will be- noticed,
for the punishment Of the St Louis
woman who said she shot her husband
because he deserved II
We are not making II ns an assertion
but stiN It may be that good many
of the married men are prevented
from taking 4 hand In this case on &c.
count OF their own conscientious 1crup
les
hut every time We get around TO
the subject we feel our sympathy we'll
ing mp for the man who is the father
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shedding n lew tears on MS hehhlI.
After having taken Dunkirk across
md after having some of It's Innocent
by standers killed by the bombs drop
ped from German aeruplanes, we are
wondering how the telegraph editor
OF the Oklahoman is going Ia get the
French city back to where II belongs
or the mapl
Although they do not appear 10 have
been busy lately It Is not likely that
Colonel Blythe aud Colonel Cobb have
been laid off
Sending her large lunches Of roses
when they are worth about $50 a
dozen is one NJ the feats performed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31

Even the angels In heaven will not
be any better than the average man
thinks he will be during the coming
year.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-31

Every girl vows when she mArries
that she win not stand for neglect
FROM her husband the way her poor
old mother does
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