The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-31
Oklahoma
Observings

has IN the development along other
lines, there will be general rejoicing
SO lets al work for that good star,
There i, vast difference between
Christina, IN prohibition Oklahoma and
Christmas IN anll.prohihlion Oklaho.
ma, observes the Hobart Republican.
and add, Prlor to statehood every
llulC town ~ the state had MS saloons
Some had more saloon, than gtoCcuc,
A week ot two before the holiday
Jason approached, the streets were
lined daily with men ia all degrees OF
,ntoSicaton The Ial, we're usually
filled with "drunk," and with mcn who
had become involved ~ trouble a, rc-
suit of drinking Not So now Christ.
mas y, vastly different from what D.
used to be Instead OF seeing men
drunk by the score, 1t Is almost a
novelty to see one drunk At Az And
instead Of the city and county jail,
being filled with men for public
dWukcunt,, they are practically empty
In Hobart there la, been remarkable
change Bciorc statehood !, va, moth.
ing uncommon for the lalls to have a
dozen or more inmates from lmblbmg
too freely Of the forbidden fruit" This
Christina; has passed without finding
ono oi me uulortunalcs bchmd prison
louunalcs behind prison bar' u hobart
bar, IN Hobart bccau,c at hi, Christ
ma, celebration This IS progress"
Justice makes progrcs, 40 Oklahoma
N any rate, five person. were con.
ylctcd At lawtou IN one day recently
Of splitting on the sidewalk Thought
lc,,nc,S /, to blame for most ot such
filthy oilcn,c,. bul the little old police
court Is great rcmlndcr
Red Eye Tor Christmas wa scarce
article at Stroud. according to the
Stroud Democrat aud OF course that
rule obtained over most oi this bone
dry commonwealth But there was
plenty ul Red Cross, which /, better
and lacking the headache and the dark
brown taste
In which the Stroud Dcmo,ra, "ht"
ON Lit Lancaster, whoever he may be
From the best information we can
gather lit Lancaster has neither Eur
married given barn dance, nor con
lrlbulcd 10 the Red Cross What use
ha, he Tor a new barn or what hope can
he have for the future with none Of
these modern cquipmcntS2'
Bert lIcadley formerly Ponca City
newspaper man, but now editor OF tAc
Smith Center Kansas Pioneer. reccH
" visited the scene of his early en-
dcavors in this state and noticed mar
yclou, changes, the Pouca City Cour |
Ter says When he was at ponca City |
over twenty years age there were no |
paved streets. and very little sidewalk |
The water system had not been in. |
stalled and electric light, were few and
lar between There was no gas for fuel
IN those early days and jack oak and |
a mcapcr supply Of coal furnished heat |
In fact Nh Hcadlcy recalls that about
the only thing abundant at ponca Civ |
m those carly days was saloons. which /
were to he found on nearly every cor. |
ncr, and now are no more The old /
order changcth faster in this state than |
anywhere else on the widespread map |
While this isn't an Oklahoma item !
mention of the Smith Center 'innccr
IN the preceding paragraph, recalls 10
this observer that he once played q |
brlu engagement ON that publication
Il hundred year, ur so ago He was |
younger then and II wa, in the loyou,
sprlnglmc when a, ord lcnnyson IN.
i,ma,rs the Young mans fancy lightly |
turn, so his turned IN the direction of
a lalr maiden in that village. and he
might have married her and settled .
down II She hadn't had such good Judg |
mcnt A. Torrance Mulyancy re +
marked The day, that wW'
Another crisis ha, been vcalhcrci .
The lalIeyvllc Signal says "ll K |
luncjo, helped the Signal pull through |
q financial crisis this week hy doua'
mug plunk OF hi, tllb years suhscup .
ton to the paper
Reside, being the soul ol Wit hrcyin .
may also be Qualrl, q, the essence OF /
patriotism. as Indicated b, the manner
m which Robert Shirley oi Enid, am /.
NWcrcd the dram mc,DNun1lrc 'Iit !