Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-09-04
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we still insist chat II Governor
Cruce would send General Canton to
Belgium the big battle might be
avoided. General Canton suppress
ed the Crazy Snake and Jay rebel
lions without firing shot and the
tulsa race track rebellion by firing
ever the heads Of three Jockeys Il
is probable that the Kaiser would in
sist little target practice, but
the martial figure Of General Canton
carefully lighting cigarette while
| his uplifted arm withheld the fire
of Captain Barrett's infantry would
strike terror to even the martial
German and the war would stop
right now There may be those who
doubt that we have plugged the fact
straight through the core but we
have abiding faith in General Can
toms ability to SUPPRESS war and re-
fuse to be satisfied until he has been
given a try-out.-Hugo Husonian.
On Saturday September ~ the
citizens of this school district will
be called upon to vote on question
of whether or not the Board of Ed
ucation shall levy upon the tnxable
property of the district for tax Of
$40 o ia mill on the dollar for pub
lie school purposes, in addition to
the amount levied by the County Elk
else Board.
This is something in which every
citizen of the school board is or
should be interested in, and evey-
one should take enough interest In
the matter to go to the polls and
vote for the extra levy on that day.
This is the smallest levy the voters
have ever been called upon to vote,
and by voting this extra levy we will
have full nine months school in
stead of eight, as heretofore
The schools of Bennington are
among the best in the county and
our citizens should not let the op-
portunity pass to make them bet
ter, as a good school is one of the
most valuable assets a community
can have. Unless this extra levy is
voted our school will be cut short
and other things will go lacking,
which no doubt are needed.
To carry the extra levy there must
be majority of thirty per cent of
the voters in the district in favor
of bloomington Tribune.
Judge Robert l.. Williams, who
has been nominated for governor,
and who will be elected in Novem-
Der, is man of sterling integrity
with forcible and firm character
Many harsh things were said of him
during the campaign which had no
foundation of truth and which were
used to tear down his strength He
twas in the lead from the very start
and the bitter campaign made
gaist him, no DOUBT had its effect
but as time passes and all charges
are shown to haze been false, he
will be just that much stronger with
the people. who believe in fair
deal. Hoidenville Democrat.
The Republican politicians should
not worry. They will never have
anything in this state that an cleo
crooks would steal. Tley can,
not refrain, however, from attempt
ting to measure the Democratic
grain in their own half bushel
Evidently Brother Bryans lecture
entitled the prince of Peace" ought
to have a bigger circulation. From
the way they are behaving in Eu-
rope you would think no one there
had ever head of it.-Muskogee Phoe-
nix.
And from the way Uncle Sans
folks are behaving it would look as
though we were fairly familiar with
lit.-Salisaw Gazette.
John Fields did not spend a cent
on the Republican nomination and
neither did Fred Holt on the Social