Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-30
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 80, 1917.
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In times of prosperity "A commun
tty is naturally afflicted with insti-
tutiOns. persons, and things who's"
sole purpose Is to prey upon tn. Gu
pidity and gullibility of the unsuS-
pecting and crcdulous individual
who finds himself for one" in pos-
session OF surplus funds. and with
no apparent pressing need for them
Durant is no exception to tn" rule,
and the town, as well as the country
adjacent is literally Swarming with
people selling stock in every sort of
enterprise. good and bad. that is
known to promoters and stock sell
ing sch"mers.
The News does not wish to be nm
derstoud as cond"mninr -tock sell
Ing concerns as II class. tor som" of
the world S greatest enterprises
have been built. and ar" now in the
course OF building, upon money de
rived from sales of stock offered tn .
general public. There are. however.
men In this community to-day. ""
firmly believe, offering for sal"
stock in doubtful enterprises. and
who make the most alluring and On
tfcing promises of immense diyi
dends. II. fact max" any statement
that occurs to them aS necessary To
effect the sale and get their victim :
money. On the inibiaiod ones. the,
promises have little effect, but they
find many peopl" crcdulous enough
to bite al the hook. and swallow th,
hook, bait, and all.
One not experienced in business
affairs widely is hardly capable Of
picking out the safe and good and
dtscarding the worthless stock sell
ing concerns, and therefor" unless
fully advised are likely to max" an
nprofitabl" Investment. ii not a
hard losing speculation
Fully believing that some of the
stock statesmen now working this
community are pure and simplr
grafters, the News suggests that its
friends consult with their banker
before investing. Your banker is
your friend and will Civ" YOU gladly
the benefit of his hest advice and
experience
1t gives our home prid. a suhstan-
tial boost to know that the new
Fifth avenue paving, laid by a hom"
man. with home backing. and partly
grown home material. is the hest
Job OF paving in the city of the srv-
eral that have been laid. Mr. Baum
knows how to lay a pavement. and
is giving Durant on this newest ioh
the advantage of his hest skill and
knowledge of the business
The Government Is giving wide
publicity to two-man swindlr he
ing worked in Oklahoma. wherein
one party. goes about creating the
impression that the Government will
seize all home canned food products.
and then a second fellow comes
along and offers to buy the stuff AT
a cheap price. The Government has
widely encouraged the home can
ming OF every kind of pcrishablr
food products with the idea of add
Ing to the Nations food supply No
thought is farther from the minds
OF Government officials than the
seizure of such products.
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The proposal of the State Council
OF Defense to modify hog ordinances
In towns and cities of the State. and
encourage the people in towns who
nave enough waste to feed and fat
ten pig to procure the pig and in
this manner utilize what might 9th
erwise be wasted, Is a good idea
There are probably two thousand
families in Durant that have no pigs.
IL every family could procure a pig
and make a nice 350- pound porker
OF him from family slop. at present
prices It would mean about one hun
dred thousand dOlalrs worth of
meat.
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