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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04
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"Requiescat in Pace"
Like the one in grandpa's hall
Nevermore twill run a-tall
1t is dead, oh cruel shock,
Rest in peace, oh City Clock.
On the whole, however, the ground
hog doubtless knows about as much
about it as anybody else.
81 Simp says he notices that his
feet always get chilly when the cover
comes off of them on cold night.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04

Necessarily, it calls for explana-
tions when a man tells his wife thai
he is going to a certain town and the
paper reports it differently
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04

If mere promises to be economical
cCuid make people thrifty, most of us
would have fatter bank accounts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04

The solar eclipse was a pretty
punk show, failing to come up to ad
vertising. Personally, we would pre-
fer to have it pulled off on some hot
day next summer anyway.
Although it was an awful strain, the
world survived the shock occasioned
by the split skirt, but q leader in the
Federation of Woman's clubs declares
that the split waist will have to go.
Now here's more important news. II
is said that the new gambling law Is
so worded that milady is likely to land
in limbo for playing for a prize at
card party. JOY in the preachers
camp.
Being perfectly peaceable in disposi
ton, Uncle Sam isn't going to look
for trouble, but it might be well for
him to have a six-gun on his hip for
use in case some bully should try to
run over him.
The Oklahoman printed a sensa.
tional story to the effect that some
body over there killed the ground
hog. We presume the guilty reporter
will be barred from the annual con
vention of the Amateur Weather
prophets.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04

A certain British statesman was
speaking to large audience in the
north of England in an endeavor to
raise recruits. Suddenly he spied a
tall youth in the rear
"How is it?" cried the speaker,
that you are not at the front?"
81 kin hear just as well back here"
answered the yokel.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04
ANNOUNCEMENTS
COURT CLERK.

J. H. ('Bud") Gibbs announces that
he is candidate for court clerk, sub
ject to the action of Democratic
voters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04
Mr.. Weni.And. Guilt
Here's Mr. 'Gets.R
The New Plan Corn Cure That's as
Sure as the Rising Sun.

"Glad TO meat your says the. razor
to the corn. "Ill bleed for you" says
the corn to the razor. Razors and
corns love each other. Corns love 10
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04

But to us the beautiful snow" loses
its charm after it hangs around for
several weeks in sunny Oklahoma. IL
shouldn't stay long enough to wear
out its welcome.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04

H1y erroneous reHecfios on
the character, standing or
reputation of any person, firm
or corporation end any mis-
sfafemenf which may appear
10 fbe columns of The Express
viii be pIadIy corrected upon
ffs being brOuQhf 10 The one1-
H0n of the management.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04
BLUNDERS OF MODERNlTY

Eugenics:A foolish attempt to i'm
prove the race and promote human
happiness by substituting anatomical
affinity for love.
Sociology: Conscious evolution on a
rampage; disastrous mixture of un-
derdone ethics, underthought sugges-
tion and natural instinct.
Prosperity: The much-longed-f for
condition of being unreasonably well
off; equally fatal to individuals, insti.
tutions and commonwealths.
Efficiency: The removal of all the
waste and all the joy from human ac-
tivity; displacing common sense with
the micrometer, caliper and the slide
rule.
Uplift: A contagious mania for
throwing monkey wrenches into the
evolutionary machinery of human be-
ings who are hard at work attending
to their own business.
Associated charities: Efficiency in
brotherly love and sympathy; con-
venient expedient for allaying the
pangs of conscience while the fruits
OF legal pillage are enjoyed.-Judge.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04
COUNTY CLERK.

e Brightwell announces that he is
candidate for county clerk, subject
to the action of Democratic voters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04

for Me After This-If / Livew
be cut, picked. gouged. salved. plas-
faster. Mr.. and Mrs. Went-and Cut
1t realize 1t now.-they use "Gets-lt'
instead-its the wonderful. simple
corn-cure that never fails. Stops
onds, Il dries at once. the corn
is doomed. Nothing to stick to the
stocking or press on the corn. 1t
means good night to plasters, salves.
diggers. razors and toe-bundiing. You
will come right off, "clean as whis-
tie" Never inhames healthy flesh.
The worlds biggest selling corn cure.
"Gets-It" is sold by druggists every
where, Csc a bottle, or sent direct by
Il. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, Ill.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04
STAGE SETTINGS

A good many men act foolish who
are not real actors.
Distance lends enchantment to ones
view of stage beauties.
The soubrette has the laugh on the
comedian who gets none.
But the stage carpenter makes moro
hits than the average actor.
An actress may blaze with diamonds
without setting the world on fire.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-04

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25
The Persistent Horse.

The horse has been exterminated so
often that he must be endowed with at
least nine lives to have survived down to
the present era. The railroad was to do
for him-and the trolley-and the bicycle.
But still he ambled on. Finally came the
magical fivver, interchangeable standing
without hitching, knowing neither heaves
nor SPAWN. The hack horses disappeared
in a night-to every ones relief And
stable by stable the new family steed
buzzed in and made itself at home. The
end Of the horse seemed right around the
corner.
Yet odd items still crop up. A resident
of Danbury writes to "The Danbury News"
to deplore the lack of hitching posts in that
city. He knows that there is a public
hitching place, but very few people care to
go there and leave some of their purchases
while they go for others, with the prospect
of having some of them taken" Yankee
Danbury, prudent Danbury, and, above all,
as "The Hartford Courant" accurately and
feelingly remarks, quaint Danbury. In
the capital of Connecticut the last hitching
post went long ago, "a prey to some care
less or joyous chauffeur who found next
that a lamp on his car was
So with most cities and vii
lagos. we regret to say. Most of US have
forgotten that such things ever existed,
chasing the hitching post with
quill pens and snuff boxes and stage
coaches. Yet-there is the man from Dan
bury, who evidently speaks for a commu-
nifty where the horse is very far from an
antique.
Let US reflect also on the buggy build
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25
Wolves in Human Gui,e.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Is it possible that the people Of New
York and other cities allow wolves in human
euise to oiter around the public schools,
lying in wait for the unwary and easily per
suaded young girl, to tempt her with the
glitter of the pleasures of the city and to
destroy her soul?
What has our boosted civilization come
TO if we have become so soft, so Indifferent
to the destruction of the girls. if it so hap
pens they are not our own? 1t doesn't seem
possible that a campaign such as has been
confessed to can be carried on until hundreds
of good girls are ruined before the matter
becomes public.
The penalty for "white slave" practices is
severe, but seems to be no deterrent to the
men and women without heart or conscience
When we contemplate the fate of the negro
in the South when he attacks even one white
woman and when we look back to the fate
of the horse thief in the West some years
ago, It seems to me we of the cities are
chicken hearted and spiritless
What about the fathers and mothers of
these girls? Have they no spirit to fight for
their own? Do they dsown the girl and let
the foul work 60 on?
You have a powerful weapon for public
good, your news columns. What are you GO
ing to do about it?
Murder in hot or cold blood calls for the
extreme penalty. Is murder of the souls Of
so many girls a less crime?
One person murdered calls for great, big
headlines, tremendous activity on the part
of all the newspapers and their reporters
to run down the guilty one. The murder Of
a hundred or a thousand souls calls for
portion of a column in an inside page
Such a condition in small town could
not so on, and if attempted and the man or
men caught their time would be short, in
deed.
Wake Up, and blot out these soulless ones.
ROBERT L. TORRANCE.
Kearny, n. j., Aug. p, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25

ers. There were 1857 900 horse-drawn
vehicles built in the last year, 1914, from
which figures are available. OF these 5oS'-
400 were buggies. Not even the filvvers
can equal that. In celebration WHEREOF
the buggy builders of America do TINS
month hold a convention in Cincinnati, ex-
actly as they have done annually since
1872. Not much downheartedness there.
Such are the facts. Whether as habit
or a bit of sentiment or for minor useful
ness before a plough, the horse persists
lust as children have survived the rivalry
of lapdogs and such anachronisms as
"mighty" and although resist the simple
spoilers. Apparently human beings can
be driven just so far by economy and ell
cheney. And there they balk. You can
lead farmer to q fivver, but you cannot
make him take it. If there is any other
explanation for the persistent horse VIII
not Danbury please answer?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25

and watching the same billboards sweep
by. morning after morning, year following
year.
A courageous breed, they disguise their
sorrows. They play bridge and plncchle
and read the newspapers, beginning at the
weather and ending in the theatrical no.
tees. They even buy and read magazines.
They brag of their fast trains and speak
enthusiastically of the quiet little hour 1t
gives them to chat and rest and read. But
the truth is always present none the less
For the pleasure Of multiplying upon a
half-acre of paradise our commuters pay a
price far beyond the mere price Of COM
mutation ticket The one snake in the
suburban Eden is the rattler.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25
The Burden of the Commuter.

The lot of the commuter has been as
suaged by countless modern conveniences
and Injuries unknown to the heart of man
in the early days Of suburban pioneers.
The trip no longer involves a soft coal
bath, thanks TO science and the third rail.
The necessity Of personally toting garden
implements, dress goods and fresh fruits
has vanished with modern store delivery.
By reason of the continued multiplication
Of the species and the difficulty of rearing
these little products in the city, wherefore
families have swarmed into the suburbs by
the thousands, commuters no longer feel
lonely or peculiar. Theirs is the common
blssful lot of the young and married.
Yet with all these alleviations the iron
task of committing remains. Two good
hours of the day are devoted to it out of a
life far too short for work and movies and
the whole vast business. of being a parent
Perhaps the laziness could be borne by the
great army Of the overworked. But the
monotony is not so easily accepted. No
squirrel in cage faces more trying SEN
tence than the rigidly regulated commuter,
shaving by the second hand, swinging
aboard the same steps Of the same car at
the same number of minutes past Z
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25
Market for Automobiles in Danish West
Indies.

(vicc-Consul Luther n ZGBriskic 81. Thomas, June
2. in Commerce ReportsJ
The recent introduction into St. Thomas,
Danish West Indies, of two low-priced Ameri-
can automobiles, which are the first seen on
the island except at two or three brief ex-
hibitions in years past, appears to have
aroused interest IN the project of extending
and improving the roads here. The total
length Of the S. Thomas roads does not ex-
coed fifteen miles, and consequently any
idea of adding TO the present small number
Of motor cars is quite out Of the question for
the time being Both of the machines men
toned are hired from time to time by local
residents or by tourists, and one of them,
owned by the St. Thomas Ship Brokers' As
ISOLATION, is employed by its owners in con-
nection with large shipping interests.
In the neighborng island of st. John there
are hardly any good carriage roads. In st.
Croix, however, the carriage and automobile
roads are said to total about one hundred
miles in length. and there are nineteen auto
mobiles on that island. The first of these
was imported four and one-half years ago.
One large motor truck in St. Croix is en-
ployed in carting sugar from a sugar factory
to the wharf at Frederiksted.
The customs duty on automobiles imported
into st. Thomas is 6 per cent ad valorem,
while the duty levied in St. Croix on auto
mobiles and their accessories amounts to
1914 per cent ad valorem.
The St. Croix roads are not especially good
for automobiling, and the machines usually
desired are those of light make. The
planters and others who might become pur-
chasers can not be styled wealthy, and cheap
ness is another important consideration.
There should be an opportunity in the near
future to increase the number of automo-
biles in St Croix TO a limited figure, pro-
vided the present high prices paid for sugar
continue until the entire crop is sold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25
Is There Any Answer?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Is there no chance for an old fellow
to get job, position or work in this big
city? Owing to failing in business ICON
tracting) am desperately in need Of some
thing to do to keep soul and body together
Am in the position of the poor devil spoken
of who said "to dig | cannot, to beg / am
ashamed" Is there no way out except via
"the gas route? | have made money for
others and for myself in the past and feel
that | can do If again with half a chance but
is there any answer TO the puzzle?
Have been a reader of The Tribune since
Horace Greeleys time, am an American, my
ancestors served in the Revolution, 1912,
Mexican War and Civil War. They have
held practically every position in the gift
of the people. Again | ask, is there any
answer? OLD FELLOW.
Brooklyn, Aug. q, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25
A Rate Raise Necessary.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In the railroad controversy President
Wilson urges the railroads to accept an
eight-hour day on the ground that the well
fare of the public demands that a strike be
avoided at any cost As the employees have
absolutely refused arbitration this seems the
only possible way to avoid IT, lie also gives
as his opinion that an eight-hour day is a
fair and proper basis on which to adjust
wages. and that he believes public opinion is
behind him in this.
According 10 press reports, that have not
been denied. the Interstate Commerce Com
mission recently refused to consider any
plan Of increased wages in adjusting railroad
rates unless forced by arbitration. This
being the case, would it be more than simple
Justice to the railroads for the Administra-
ton to introduce bill in Congress instruct
ing the Interstate Commerce Commission TO
grant a sufficient increase in the rates to
cover the increased wages? 1t might be
that the railroads should bear part OF the
burden of increased wages and that it
should not all be placed on the shippers, but
railroads are conducted differently from
other businesses. as their rates, and there
fore their earnings. are regulated by the IN
terstate Commerce Commission and the right
to increase the price Of their product that
an ordinary company has is denied them.
Further, the President does not say that
the railroads request for arbitration is not
fair and just. nor is it probable that he be-
lieyes such demand unjust, but he urges
that the railroads give in on the ground that
public welfare demands it, 1t therefore
seems that the public should bear the ex-
pense. G.. c. p.
Kcnnebunk. Me. Aug. 90 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25
Licenses for All Motorists.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: feel il my duty in the cause Of ~
manity and the citizens Of this state 70 pee.
with you and all Of your contemporaries y
use all the power you can command 70 ~
passed In this state a law compelling
motor vehicles. such as automobiles, moI
cycles etc, which are now using our hs-
ways in such great numbers, 20 be dn'.
only by such persons who have p''''
requisite examination by state officials
At present it is only necessary Tor cas-.
feurs (who are designated as being drive.
Of automobiles VINO gain their llyeliho0.
thereby to pass such an examination
order to be granted license. Any o'..
person in this state can jump into an su'l
mobile and drive IL. regardless Of his Sho'.,
edge Of the mechanism of the car, rules
the road or Of the lives Of others. IL
/ have seen so many riders, hatless 80
coatless. tearing along the road, pass
other cars on curves and az the oIoN' !,
hills in which position they are uhaD ,',,,.
see what is coming from the opposite v n,,.
tom. not only jeopardizing their own IN, =,
but endangering those Of others "hO n
unable TO foresee this unexpected elemsa.
danger. Again, have seen them suo.s 4,
turn OF the road without any sigD -
others. These people evidently ha"
knowledge of proper procedure on me 90,
way. and surely ought to be brought wv
some kind Of control. "a,
realize that some such enactmen., ~
introduced in the last Legislature but ~.
Of passage Evidently there must oe a
Interior motive in not passing such an Sc,
safety. and the citizens Of this state s'
ongbt 70 demand an enactment Of such y.
or satisfactory explanation from their ~
spective representatives. ,,.coy.
New York, Aug. 81, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25

Whichever Way the Railroad Issue Goes,
the Burden Is Fixed.
IN the Editor of The Tribune.

i tne FultOT VI Ht
Sir: In the struggle now being waged be-
tween the railroads and their employees over
wages and working hours the public appar-
emily occupies a position similar to that OF
the unfortunate Southern darky during the
Civil War as set forth in popular song oil
that period as follows:
Tween abolition and secession an
De Emancipation proclamation
Dey tries to run de Niger in de groun
It's secession here, abolition dare,
An neider one ner uddcr oh dem's right;
One seq dey will, de udder SEE dey wont,
An now deys got dis country in light
Say: What am hungry niger gwne to do
whatever the answer given to the darkys
query there will be no question MS to what u
will he regarding the present situation When
ever coal companies, railroads, utility com
panies and other combinations of vast wealth.
and power involuntariy advance the wages
or better the conditions Of their employees,
the public, which is always the goat, pays the
bill. II wages are now advanced or working
hours reduced which amounts TO the same
thing-the estimated cost TO the roads VIII
exceed Sl5O,0OO0OO; and the general public
will furnish the money to pay 1t.
On the other hand, if the employees refuse
to arbitrate and inaugurate strike, the
money cost to the public will be many times
greater. with the addition Of untold suffer
ing. impoverishment, sickness and loss OF life
resulting therefrom. The late Jones-of-
Binghamton ended his advertisements:
Jones, he pays the freight" The public al
ways pays the freight "'J' d.
Brooklyn. Aug %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25

lcial and financial questions, while matters o.
national defence and international relations
arc almost entirely obscured. This is situs-
tion in parts Of both West and South.
In a state like New York, no matter Of
government expenditure for merely local I'M
provements can have the Importance that at
taches directly and Immediately TO all legisa.
tion of nationwide application. New FORKS
river and harbor improvements are Of in
portance TO her only as they are Of national
Utility. Her own expenditures for internal
improvements so overshadow any the Federal
government could make as TO render negli-
gibe the Importance of Federal approprs-
tom. National financial legislation. railroad
legislation, commercial treaties, national de-
fence, Federal taxation Independently Of any
question Of protective tariff and other legs
lation of national character affecting the eco
monte conditions of the whole country are 70
New York local.
The largest interests of the whole country
are her interests. She does not need in Con-
gress the man who can, perhaps, get the Big
gest river and harbor appropriation or me
greatest number of public buildings, but she
needs one who comprehends our national al
fairs at home and abroad, without regard 70
state boundaries, and who can command s''
tention by his dignity and capacity and BY 'ns
recognition of his nationwide vision, IN
dlmmed by minor local considerations.
It may be luxury or a vanity on the pa''
or some other states to send a real statesman
20 Congress, but for New York it is neees,
sity, if her true interests-which are those o.
the whole country-are 70 be regarded.
JOHN P. MILLER
New York. Aug. o. 1916.