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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20
HIGHWAY PROCLAMATION.

President w. ]. Mliburn OF the
Oklahoma. Texas and Gulf Highway
Association, has issued proclama-
ton designating March 4 and as
good road days along the line OF the
highway from Dallas. Texas, to Flor
ence. Kansas.
Persuant to request of the Coun-
ty presidents of the Oklahoma. Tex
as and Gulf Highway Association,
hereby designate Wednesday and
Thursday, March and as Good
Roads Days" all along the route
from Dallas to Florence, Kansas,
and call upon all loyal friends to
this highway to lay aside all business
of every kind and turn out on these
two days with teams. tools. feed
and lunch, and to devote the entire
two days to putting this route
through Kansas, Oklahoma and Tex
as in good condition.
The ladies are requested to coop
crate in this endeavor by preparing
and furnishing to men on the roads,
midday meal to be eaten on the
ground each day, and every editor,
doctor. lawyer, farmer. merchant,
real estate dealer, hotel and garage
owner and every other real live
road booster along the line in Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Texas is urgent
ly requested to boost for the two
Good Roads Days. and to be present
bright and early on Wednesday,
March to give the movement a
good "send off" and to stay on the
job and go against the collar till
sunset on the afternoon of the 5th.
Thousands will turn out and work
and we are going to depend upon
you responding to this call. Do not
fail US. A suitable reward has been
suggested for the county making the
best progress in the two days work.
Who will lead the charge on each
division?
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20
Public Health Department
BY DR. J. c. MAHR STATE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH

as good a chance to live as the
mother wo feeds her baby upon the
very best of cows milk or the most
scientifically prepared food.
Now If 25.s per cent Of the
deaths with babies under one year
or age are due 10 diseases effecting
the lungs and throat, such as whoop-
ing cough, measles and diptheira,
and ma ing knowledge that these
diseases are catching and contagious.
tic mother who wants to raise her
baby will keep IL from coming in
contact with these diseases.
To bring the baby in contact with
these diseases. she is taking one
chance out of four of endangering its
life.
If for every death occurring among
babies under one year of age there
are 2S cases of sickness, we should
awaken to the realization that it is
not only the parents duty but also
the public's duty to prevent as much
of this as possible; and since 40 per
cent of it is preventable, those af-
flicted with contagious disease
should remain at home and not ex-
pose their neighbor and their neigh
bors'families to it.
If you are a dependent up public
water. your city government should
see that you are supplied with a
pure and wholesome quality and
water that will not endanger the
health and life of your family. If
you are dependent upon a dairy for
your milk then your dairyman
should see that you are supplied
with clean and wholesome and
pure milk
So in raising babies it is best that
the mother should nurse her baby,
2'he home should be we'll lighted,
well ventilated, the child should be
in the open air as much as possible
and should not be permitted to come
in contact with contagious or infec-
uous diseases, no matter how sim
Tle they may be. All diseases leave
their mark.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20
BABY's CHANCE FOR LIFE.


1T costs no more to raise men
capable of living eighty years than
it does to grow one who has not the
capacity of living to be forty years
old. Irving Fisher in Report on
National Vitality"
Now statistics show that over for
ty per cent of the present infant
mortality has been adjudged to be
preventable and that as general
average there are 2S cases of sick
ness to one death. The amount of
preventable illness is thus seen to
be enormous. An eminent author
ity upon diseases of children states
that 25.9 per cent of the infantile
deaths are due to tuberculosis. acute
respiratory diseases, such as influ-
enza; contagious diseases such as
whoopi1g cough. measles. diptheria,
and that 52.5 per cent of the deaths
are due to acute gastro-intestin.il
diseases (stomach and bowel troub-
LEI, marasums and inanition (this is
starvation). Now these causes of
death are capable of a very great re-
duction through proper care and
feeding; but before taking up this,
there is another thought worthy of
remembering, and that is this:
That the baby comes into this
world with less chance to live one
week than an old man of ninety, and
less chance to live on year than an
old man of eighty; and to decrease
the mortality rate with infants, it is
necessary that the mother should be
educated in the care of herself end
her baby. Since we find that 52.5
per cent of the deaths are due to
stomach and bowel troubles, the
question as to how the child should
be fed becomes the most important
one, and here again we can apply
statistics. Statistics show that eigh-
~ per cent of alldiseases of the
stomach and bowels occur among
those infants who are artificially
fed; so the mother who nurses her
baby is giving her baby four times
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20
WASHINGTON NEWS LErrrR.
Late Happenings nc the National
Capital by Special Correspond
ent for The News.

Civil service examinations every
four years for government employees
as a means Of wedding out" those
who are incompetent was proposed
in the House yesterday by Repre-
sentative Schley Howard. of Georgia.
The examinations would be similar
to those now required of candidates
for the civil service eligible list, and
each employe would have to submit
to an examin ,t.on Fppropriar to the
srado Of his employment. The bill
provides that any civil service en-
plcye failing to make general av-
orage Of 40 per cent shall be re-
moved from the service and his
place filled from the eligible list in
the grade wherein exists. Vacancies
may be filled by promotion for eff
ficent service, but an examination
ould be necessary.
An amendment to the constitution
to provide four-year terms for mem
bers of the House of Representatives
Is proposed in a joint resolution in
troouccd in the House of Represent
atives by Congressman Borland. a
Missouri Democrat. The resolution
stipulates that the members shall be
elected subject to recall at the will
of the voters of their districts.
The joint hearings by the House
committee in charge of rural credits
legislation and a similar Senate
committee will begin Tuesday with
an effort to complete the draft of a
rural credit bill by April LIST. This
is the result of the report made to
Congress by the commission which
the President appointed to visit Eu-
rope and investigate this subjest last
summer, and of which Senator Gore
was a member.
The investigation which the COM
missioner Of Indian affairs has been
making of the conduct Of the In
dian school at Carlisle, Penn, led
yesterday to the suspension of
Moses Friedman, the superintendent
of the school, and of Bandmaster
Stauffor. Commissioner Sells has
placed Inspector o. H. Lipps tenn
porarily ia charge of the school. The
removal of Superintendent Friedman
came as the result of hcarges of lax
discipline and characterization filed
recently by the joint committee to
investigate Indian affairs, of which
Congressman Carter is one of the
leading members.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20
THE WEEK IN COTTON.
Special Report ON Present and Flu.
ture Prospects of the Fleecy
Staple.
(By Walter Parker. }

New Orleans, Feb. 1S.--A steadier
market at the close of the week, in
conjunction with favorable news re-
lating to spots, better sentiment
abroad and stronger statistics than
the talent has had recently helped
bullish hope for the future no little,
and leaders on the constructive side
of the market seemed to be antic-
ipating a real and favorable turn in
the drift of things cottonwise. The
demand for all sorts of the actual,
with the exception of blues and greys
is good Southern spinners send in
most encouraging reports, and say
China is in the market for the manu-
factured product in large Quantities.
A few days ago Europe had a ru-
NOR that Southern spinners are con-
templating short time, but advices
from Southern mill centers seem to
show that just the reverse is true
This week Liverpool forwarded
1900 more bales to mills than in
the same week last year Mean
while exports from all American
ports have increased to an excess of
5000 bales over last year. when
the total for the season was $780,
600, and now stand at 6,536,967
bales. One month ago exports this
year were running 10000 bales un-
der last year.
Two market factors must be TAX
en- into consideration if the trade
would correctly guage the future.
The first is the combination OF
new crop discounts and the compost
tion of present day stocks
The second is the new crop acre
age promise.
BY comparison. new crop cotton
is now cheap article 'Neverthe-
less, remaining stocks are very large
ly made up of undesirable cotton.
In the eastern half of the belt where
most of the desirable cotton from
the growth of 1913 was produced
stocks are smaller than last year
In the western half of the belt,
where the poorest average grade
crDp on record was produced, stocks
are larger than last year. Such a
state of affairs in February sug-
.gests the probability that desirable
cotton will become a seriously
scarce article as the season grows
older. and by July practically none
cf it will be left unsold. Thus the
August. September and October de-
mand for good cotton will likely be
very keen, and the basic grade will
reflect the fact.
Consequently the new crop prom
Jse is now demanding the attention
sof the trade along lines that are not
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20
Community Co. Operation
c0PYRIcHTKD FARM AND RANCH. HOLLANDS MAcAzLNl

jury every time they make pur.
chase elsewhere.
II resident OF some distant city
should ask you for a donation to a
fund to be used for the development
of his city, you would, no doubt, re-
fuse to comply with his request, with
the explanation that you are inter-
ested only in the upbuilding Of your
own town and community and that
he should confine his solicitations to
his particular locality alone. You
would be absolutely right in so do
ing. and your action in the matter
would receive the endorsement OF
every right-thinking person in your
neighborhood. In the very face OF
these facts, a certain per cent OF
small town people accede to identi-
cally the same request above mem
toned. but little differently put:
in fact, they make donation Of this
kind every time they make a pur-
chase away from home, and when
the articles wanted can be had to as
good advantage in their local mar
kets, there is absolutely no plausi-
BILE excuse for sending or going away
for them.
Every small town merchant can,
and should. offer merchandise in his
particular line as good as can be OBJ
tanned elsewhere, and his prices
should be the same.
There are many people living In
our smaller cities and towns who
prefer to shop in the larger city
stores. Their impression seems to
be that their local stores, being less
pretentious, cannot give them as
good values. styles, etc. If this
class OF buyers realized the fact that
standard or trademarked-adver
lines of goods offer the same style
aud quality, and sell for the same
prices in their local stores as in the
largest city stores. they would pat
ronize their home merchants in ev-
cry instance.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20

While stopping in a small Texas
town not long ago. overheard re-
mark, the significance of which i'm
pressed me very much. A prosper
cus-looking, middle-aged man cas-
ually stated to local merchant"
mo, I am not in the market this
year for any farm implements, as
am preparing to lease or sell my
place and move to the city. My
children are getting along. you know
and feel that should locate where
educational facilities are better than
here" To the ordinary person this
incident would seem most common
place; in fact, similar conditions. no
doubt, exist in many Southern small
town communities. but the cause for
same should not be allowed to exist.
and the remedy is to large extent
in the hands of those people residing
in and around the towns.
1t stands to reason that the town
whose merchants are prosperous
will afford good market for the
products of its vicinity. and the
town whose buying and selling ac-
tivities will naturally afford ample
educational facilities. thereby not
only holding its old residents. but
offering strong inducements to con
templative newcomers.
The number of stores (and the
financial condition of same) in n
town depends entirely on the amount
Of patronage accorded the local mer-
chants, and where all wants are sup
piled by these local mercantile es-
adjustments, the condition is gov
erned Ly the law of supply and de-
mand. Every dollar spent in your
local stores benefits you as well as
every other individual residing in
your community, as portion of that
dollar will find its way to some
municipal development. 1t should
require no argument to convince the
most skeptical persons that they are
doing their community serious in
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20
wholly common.

wholly common.
Current Investigations bring to
light several economic reasons why
no important increase in acreage
should be reported by the govern
ment. However. the acreage prophet
has no standing at this early date.
and economic discussion must be ac-
cepted for what it is worth. and not
in the light of prediction.
In Texas large area has been
handicapped by floods, and the nee
essity for the planting of food and
feed crops is acute. Elsewhere in
Texas extraordinary attention is now
being given to grain crops because
heavy importations of corn during
recent years have made it economic
for Texas. farmers to plant more
corn.
In Oklahoma several things have
occurred to temporarily check agri-
cultural expansion.
In Mississippi the boil weeVil is
now constant factor
In Louisiana the agriculturalists
are more and more going into food
crops.
In parts of Alabama and Georgia
the presence of the boil wevil has
led the farmers to plan intensive
cultivation.
In all states where the 1913 crop
was of low grade, the returns to the
farmer have been disappointing and
his borrowing power correspondingly
reduced.
For these economic reasons. It
would seem Illogical at this time to
count on an important acreage in
crease in 1914 over 1913.
Recently some rain has fallen over
the belt, but a large area, notably
in Texas, the January rainfall was
markedly deficient.
In the last analysis, the drift Of
things seems to favor the construct
i've side of the cotton market, and
for this resan operators on the short
side are working along very cautious
lines.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20
NOTICE OF CHANGE IN FIRM.

Notice is hereby given that the
interest of Geo. w. Kelley, in the
Durant Commercial College has been
purchased by W. e. Early and the
college will hereafter be conducted
by H. F. Wilson and w. E. Early.
Geo. w. Kelley,
w. E. Early,
SW3- H. +. Wilson,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20

Sw3
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20

Your eyes or your glasses. If you
have trouble with either, consult Dr.
II. Levy, the optieian Of note, who
will be at the Atwood hotel February
1924. -7W2
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20

DIR. I. Levy, the expert optician,
win be at the Atwood hotel Feb
ruary 1924 see him concerning your
eyes and eye glasses.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-20

FOR SALE: Fine, registered, tried
Duroc Jersey Sows, 4-year old. All
open, but ready to breed. also thir-
ty head of pigs. Will sell
for cash or credit. Address me at
Durant or call at my home. miles
northwest of city. r. ]. Rodecker.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-28

FOR SALE-Cheap by owner. PCS acres
Of fine farm land. i miles from city.
Address M care Journal nOv9suns
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FARM LAND FOR SALE

FOR sALE2o Acres. IS under cultiva-
ton, 7-roou house. black sandy loan,
clay subsoil, good for truck farming, barn
equipped for dairy. County road mail
route. 5 miles from Pensacola courthouse,
also acres in same tract Terms. Owner
Thos. Newell Pensacola General Delivery
24may1t%
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EDUCATIONAL.
SUMMER SCHOOL

Beginning Monday, June the First
BUSINESS and Literary courses ar
ranged especially TO accommodate Pub
lie school students who desire TO do some
vacation study Students prepared for
tons For rates and other information
apply at school rooms or phone $40, Pen
saCola Business Institute. 10nay
FOLLOW the Crowd to the Pensacola
Commercial College It enrolls and sue
cessfuIIy places in positions more than
ten times as many students as any
other school in this adjacent territory
Inequaued adva ntages offered to our
students. Address an correspondence to
J. G. Foster, Pres. Pensacola CONNER
cial College, Pensacola, Fla. P. O. Box
al 16feb.
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TRANSFER. STORAGE.

Our men ttcTlr.le1l Special
-ares on longtime storage Carload
OTIS taken for distribution Phone 1912
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Live Stock and Poultry.

FOR SALE-Jersev COW with he!fer calf
Geo. ". Tu-ton, Jr. 30 ". Interden-
cla- Phone 613. 2TmaE
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AUTO SUPPLIES

WANTED-Your automobile repair work.
Full line of FORD accessories always
on hand. OUt-of-town orders given
prompt attention All work guaranteed.
Prices reasonable. Abbott Auto Supply
Co 210 South Baylen Phone AS. sfeb
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LEGAL NOTICE.
NorLcE o. sPEcIAL MAsTER.s 90

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS SALE
By virtue Of decree Of foreclosure
rendered by the Honorable J. Emmett
Wolfe Of the Circuit Court Of the First
Judicial Circuit Of Florida. IN and for
Escambia county, in Clarcery sitting. in
favor Of Thomas Y. Hannah and Philip
z Hannah. doing business as Hannah
Bros, compliments, and against A Y
CluObs and Kate Clubhs his wife, the
Pensacola Investment Company. q cor
pOratto1, and kno-Ies Bros. a corpora
ton, defendants. I VIII expose for sale
at public outcCy 70 the highest bidder
for cash al the county court house door
in the City Of Pensa cola. in said county
Of Escanbia. on LordaE. t:e u-st day
Of June, 1914. during TIE legal hours Of
sale. the following described real estate
situated, lying and being in the CITY Of
Pensacola in said county OF Escarabia.
to-wit: Lots one %. TWO %. three 81
and four a., in block 1871 OF New City.
Purchaser 10 pay for deeds
". \. BLOCNT, JR
Special Master.
Pensacola. Fla. April .. 1914
331A-ap-30oaw5
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PIANOS.

YOUR PIANO can he made la>e new In
tone, touch and looks by our three ex-
pert piano builders and case hnishers
Low prices. and you can pay by the
week The Clutter Music House 14nov
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HELP WANTED.

ED-Experienced trav-
cling shoe salesman. Must
have wide experience, know
shoes from hide to finished
produce, and be able to take
best proposition in South and
produce big business. Terri
tory embraces Alabau ma and
Florida and is good producer.
For live wire who has good
references and can show u.s.,
we have mighty attractive
proposition Address in strict
confidence, Immediately w. J.
Martinez & Bros, New Or
leans, La 28may2t
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ORDER OF OWLS.

Pensacola Lodge, No 4, T. O. O. r
Pensac cola Lodge No 4 / O Q 7
meets every Thursday at 500 p m. in
Raford Hall, corner Bayien and Belmont
streets. Visitors cordially invited
Drill in Initiatory degree.
l. NJ DAVIS
A L KERLE. \ .
SeC-etarv.
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POSITION WANTED

wANTFD-Young German girl wants to
do homework or nursing. Phone 72O
21navSts
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SEEDS and NURSERIES

FOR SALE-Plants. Tomato. Cabbage
Sweet Pepper. Sweet Potato slips.
show Rros Sea6 a. mamma Fla
26mchSmo
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FOR RENT - Comfortably furnished
rooms for light housekeeping, all mod
ern conveniences. Easy walking distance
A15 West Gregory. I9feb
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LARGE ROOMS COMPLETELY fur
nished for housekeeping Privilege Of
bath, gas range. One block from L. & n
depot 10 n. AlcantZ street. 2maylno
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modern conVeniences, best location
best location. Apply 51s n. Palafox-
9uay-tf
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FOR RENT-NiceIy furnished rooms.
fronting the bay, suitable for light
housekeeping. Apply AT 414 s. Alcantz
street l2may
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tie choppers on St.
Andrews Bay, Fla. Pay in fun every
two weeks. Paw Is cents per tie for 7x9's
and II cents per tie for 6xS's standard
lengths transportation furnished to re-
sponsible parties who can bring FIVE or
more men. Address, w, f Williams,
Southport, Fla. 26naay2w
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Business Opportunities.

SPLENDID PAYING business ready for
man to step into a district agent for
large corporation provided he can prove
ability; satisfactory referer 1es required
investment Of not over 500. fully Sc
cured. Position worth $500 per annum
r. F. Hall. 106 Schiller bid chicago.
24mav
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CENTRAL BOARDING HOUSE. Mrs. c.
c. Black Propr., rates. IS per week
lodging and meals Is cents each. lo5
T. Intendencia street. Pensacola, Fla.
19nay1r1@
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CLEAN BEDS Is cents a night or y
cents q week. Single rooms 81 90 q
week Light housekeeping rooms 81. 90
a week. The Mission. 301 West Govern
ment 31mch
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MESSENGERS.

YOUNGAPARKs MESSENGER SERVICE
phone S21. 12may1mOs
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GOVERNMENT POSITIONS m Post or
7ce, Railway Mail and other branches
are good. Prepare for exams under
former L. s. Civil Service Secretary-Ex-
aniner. Booklet G-22 free. Write today
Patterson Civil Service School. Roch ester,
n. Y. 24nay
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LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-WhiCe crochet bag, containing
gold vanity case and handkerchief Lost
sunday 81 pavilion Or on walk TO scat at
Santa Rosa Island. Finder VIII please
return 10 Mrs E. c. Baya. rs f Gregory
and receive reward. 2Tmaytt~
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WANTED-NIfu Foreman 1925; CHARTERED
Oak. Fitch. Sawyer IS Loaderrnan
800: MiIlwright 1925: shipping Clerk s125;
Band Sawyer Sc, Edgernan IS: Hardwood
Inspector IS; Band Filler Sc; Logging Sup
50; stenographers $50; circle fIer SO;
Manager for milk distributing business,
500, Construction NIillwright 81; Sales
men. Ore-hUndred other htghclass posi-
tons now open. We are employers for
first class firms throughout entire south.
Write us stating position desired. salary
24may
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WANTED-To exchange
Real estate for First Natl
0nal Bank deposits. Address
P. O Box 81. Cantonment,
Fla. is'An
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PERSONAL.

WIDOW So. worth $4,000 would marry
Confidential R-BoX 35. Toledo League.
Toledo, Ohio. 24may