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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01
WHO'S GOT The MONEY?

yXyE told that there is money in the country
w today than every before in our history Possibly
so, but WHERE Is ITP Is it in the banks, or in the
hands of BORROWERS? In either 1t is not in
the hands of the mass of the people
Borrowed money is not an asset 1t is a liability,
and the heaviest kind of one.
Chew these facts for while, and see how they
digest
How often the three.dollar.a day man with a
family afford eggs 80 aod 60 cents dozen, they
in the cities?
How many porterhouse steakes can he afford at 10
cents
With flour at SO barrel, and potatoes at 50 and
50 a bushe and even the humble meal up in the
clouds, how much that large family afford to eat?
With clothing, shoes, groceries, with everything
usabe in prices how often is the man going to
eat, and WHAT is he to eat?
Yes, there millionseve billions of money in the
country but it is in the hands of the few, while the
many must be contented with envy and longing.
The average wage Garner is to be pardoned an oc-
casonal word when he reads of the gold stream
that is pouring into the people"
He would even like to be one of the people"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01
MIN snnln Lans nehlnd.

In thousands OF villages and small
towns in the int ror OF Spain no one
knows how to read or write. There
are 'n Spain 10000 rural villages with,
ort '.o1ls Of any kind and many
no ]. which can be reached only
~ dIs Path. there being no high
2IT TliW.v communication Of
a.! H5, trends nee at board schools
ST. aIta not obligatory Seventy
sik aa- c> o. Ia children In Spain
are iiterf and this Is especially
not alle The capital
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Life on the farm m " not he all roses,
but there's q heap of satisfaction in
knowing that every time IA hen cackles
you can hear the money jingling in
your pockets
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

FOR SALE-Two barber chairs, two
mirrors, all in good shape; also, good
kitchen cabinet 4-hole oil stove, 9xl2
rug, and other household goods. Chss
O. Bowen, Beaver Oklahoma, Supt
County Farm, l-25 II
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

We are .old that an electric bulb is
brightest Just before it burns out.
And 80, we might add, is the nose Of Il
booZer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

The fire eater who habitually carries
a chip on his shoulder often finds that
he il too insignificant for a REAL per-
son TO sven notice.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

NOTICE To CONTRACTORS. |
will receive bids and award contract
for a one-story brick building; 25x70.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at The Bank of Beaver City. The
right is reserved to reject any and all
bids. Mrs. MARIE MRTzGER, Beaver,
Oklahoma. 1-2 IL
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Why not Il league to enforce peace?
We have e.ery other kind Of league Of
which the human mind can conceive
on paper
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Colorado has been shipping % mill
ION dollars worth OF potatoes east.
Must have been AZ least q car load.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

When the burden OF your troubles
is too heav7 to carry, just carry it any
way That's what you'll find you have
10 do
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

A1vertising rates made known upon
application. Prices reas 'nable
s description Price, SiOo q Year
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

We hear rumblings Of ming food
shortage in this country. But that's
stale news to q print shop force.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Bring out the facts" reads he adj
line in an exchange. Not on your life
UNLESS they concern the other fellow
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Quit sighing for wealth. Go home
look at your wife, and then realize
thst you are the richest man on earth,
--kitl
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

WILL TRADE for Beaver County
lanl or sell reasonably for cash or easy
terms, l0-acre fine irrigated truck or
farm land, in the South Texas Rio
Grande country, where they raise two
to three crops each year. A snap for
somebody Who wants it? Inquire at
this office. 1870 II
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

whats in name?" inquiries u
reader. A divorce, IL the evidence is
sufficient
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

That man Villa must he either n
bumorist or wsg. lie calls Us the
"blrbarians ~ the mr. a."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

SEE SLranathan before you cell your
beef or horse hides. Phone Strana-
than'- market, Phone 20 ll-3O If
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01
The ouInlne mat Does Not Affect Inc Hsst

Because OF it's tonic and laxative effect, I.AXA
TlvisSROMO QUINiNEis better than ordinary
Ouinine and does not cause nervousness nor
nnginR Ia head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of X. ". GROVE as
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Ent ,-sd al the posto'iiee At Boav~r oklahoma.
as seooud clss. mail matter.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Don't stop to remark in passing "
Keep right on going and you'll get
there.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

DR., Higginbotham, specializing in
surgery of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
will be in Liberal, Kansas, Hospital,
Thursday each two weeks. His next
cate will t- Thursday, octobc: 18th.
Phone 3Ts S3lf.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

OIL CAKE--The Bolin-hsll Grain
Company have just received carload
OF Oil Cake which they are offering at
$3.50 per cwt. Buy now, while they
have it on hand. llStf
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

CALL Strsnathan's Market for high
est marAet price on hogs. Phone 20.
ll-30 IT,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

HOLSrEIN MALE calf for sale
High grade JoHN A SroHN, Beavers
Oklahoma. l.2otf
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01
WANT ADS.

CASH for Hides, Furs and Fat Stock
at Stranathan's Market. Phone 20
ll-3O If.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

The torrid zone is caused by the
friction OF the equator which runs
round the earth in the middle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Will TRADE for Beaver county land
Ten acres OF black hammock fruit
and truck land in central Florida.
JoHN A SroHN. Beaver, Oklahoma.
ll-23 Il.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

CASH FOR OLD RAGS VIII pay
cents per pound for clean cotton rags,
free from buttons and hens. We need
them. Bring them in, and BE SURE
they are absolutely clean. HER'LD.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

In some cities a woman can vote
at school election II she has been
the mother OF child for eight weeks
at least
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01
EPlGRAMM MMATlC WISDOM
Industry is the mother of good lucI

Industry is the mother OF good luck.
Blessings in disguise generate some
profanity.
A glass OF liquor is the toper's spir-
itual comfort.
There's many an united knot in a
cord OF wood.
The sweetness OF revenge often
sours the disposition.
Fools often find opportunities, but
wise men make them.
Some men, like bricks, are always
hard pressed for cash.
It's diticult to keep your circle OF
acqualntances squared.
Samson went at a rapid pace after
he got that gate on him.
Only the break of day prevents the
night from going too far.
Don't use a gallon OF words to ex-
press a tesspoonful of thought.
An old bachelor says the writes OF
women are mostly postscripts.
Ceremony was invented by wise
man to keep fools at q distance.
There Is nothing in words. unless
they are properly strung together.
When Il is silks with the wife II ia
apt TO be sulks with the husband.
Solitude is better than company
when the company is not congenial,
Longitude and latitude are imagin
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Longitude and latitude are imagin-
ary lines on the earth which show you
which way you are going.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01
HOW SOME SCANDALS START
silly Act Of Waiter Caused Embsrrass'
ment to Lady Who Was Taking
Lunch Alone.

Her husband was out OF the city and
she came downtown for lunch, choos'
ing a tearoom for her eating place,
relates the Indianapolis News. She was
led to q small table where she sat
slone-for q minute. A man entered
the place, and, Notwithstanding there
were plenty OF empty tables, the wait
or took the man to her table and seat
ed him opposite her.
"You may imagine my surprise" she
said to q friend later. The tearoom
began to fill up. and among the lunch
ers were many persons knew. What
will they think said to myself. 'Alfs
out OF town. and here I'm dining with
a strange man
But my troubles had only begun.
The waiter put down my order and the
mans order on the same slip.
what are you doing that for' l
demanded. Put my order on a sep
srate slip
The man opposite me seemed to see
humor In the situation, as caught
him smiling.
40. I didn't mean any discourtesy,
! said to him.
"'The situation is Just as embar.
RAISING to me as It is to you he re-
piled, and seemingly to prove that he
was a gentleman. he placed his card
on the table. recognised his name
as that OF one OF my husbands friends,
but did not feel that ought to intro.
duce myself. Soon afterward some OF
my friends who had eaten their lunch
came over to my table and began talk
ing. l saw them sizing up the man
but, OF course, could not introduce
them and they went away with plenty
OF material for gossip, now realize
how easily the mistake OF a waiter
might develop into a scandal and
have resolved never to enter q tearoom
alone again"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

II you have something to SELL try a
Herald want ad 1t pays.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

ROOM for rent; clean, large, com.
Portable. Apply at II raid office. l2-7tf.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

To make out my Christmas list b!
the first OF July-and then not do It.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01
Spring Farm Work

Have you been studying about it. Brother
Farmer? 1t ,oin be hand What about
your farm tools?
NEED A NEW PLOW? We sell the
best made. If you you ,un haze
other.
NEED A DISC HARROW? In this i'm
penent too, head off competition. Our
disc harro,U is king ,Ohere sold.
NEED A LISTER? We have the best.
Thousands of satisfied users say
NEED ANY OTHER FARM TOOLS?
We haue it--or if ,uil get it for you
short notice.
WE WANT YOUR IRA DE this spring,
and prepared to offer you great induce
n1entS.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Solitude is better than company
when the company is not congenial.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

To fall in love at least once-and a
many more times as the traffic vii
stand.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

When II is silks with the wife It Il
apt to be sulks with the husband.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

To avoid having the summer grippe
or to give It to my neighbor.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

There is nothing in words. unless
they are properly strung together.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Blessings in disguise generate SOM
profanity.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-01

Ceremony was invented by wise
man to keep fools at q distance.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
DAN JONES, THE FARM LABORER

With a disgusted smile, John Smith
laid down the monthly review of the
bureau of labor statistics of the Unit
ed States department of labor. "Why
does the government get out these
senseless publications ?" he asked.
"Here are pages of mussy figures that
mean nothing. l think l will write
the department of labor to take my
name off their list. This stuff is not
worth mailing" Uncle Charlie picked
at the article. "John," said he after
moment, "This is really interest
ing" "I'm from Missouri" snorted
the practical father. "Show me some
thing!" "All right, John. Listen to
one story l see in these tables.
"a husky farm laborer, Dan Jones,
worked from early dawn to plumb
dark for Farmer johnson, on a fine
place in Ohio. Dan thought he earned
more than johnson paid-being hu-
man. Besides, being an average man
in 1915-only $22.SO a month in real
money, besides board. Like any other
human creature, Dan did not realize
what the board was worth. But he
could remember that his pay had risen
only S1.S0 a month since 1910. Dan
couldn't see much in that, especially
when on Saturday markets he con-
templated the shiny red tan shoes in
Kings store in town, now marked
'S5 a pair;;' and thought of Sunday
meeting, the only amusement of the
countryside, and Mary Harper.
"The weekly Banner reported big
demand for workers in the new auto
mobile plant in the city. So Dan quit
one Saturday night; and Monday found
him in the line of applicants at the
factory door And Dan wasn't the
only country boy there. Sixteen out
of every hundred farm laborers did as
Dan did, this year, john" said Uncle
Charlie, interrupting himself. "That's
bad, Charlie. Will the farmers be
able to plant as much ground with so
MANY leaving?" 81 am afraid not,
John. The reports indicate 2 per cent
less cultivation this year. But let me
go on with my Interpretation of this
table. Dan took his sister with him
to the city; and another country boy
went along. Della got job in cot
ton manufacturing plant; and Sam
landed in a shoe factory. They took
these jobs because they could soon
learn the work, while Dan, being ambi-
tious and having a turn for machin-
cry, stuck to his plan and was hired by
the automobile company. That was
year ago Now Dan, Della and Sam
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
LABOR IS KING OF MOTHER EARTH
Mighty of Toll

On a mans birthday he should think
seriously about himself, and especially
about his weaknesses. Let his friends
praise him and congratulate him; let
him question and criticize himself.
1t is intelligent study, criticism Of
ourselves that brings progress, wheth-
er to the individual or to a great class
or to that which labor is-an over
whelming majority.
Everything that you see is the re-
suit Of labor-from the skyscraper
with its steel skeleton to the copper
wire that carries your messages or
the food that keeps you alive.
To compare the value Of labor and
capital is childish. There is no COM
parison possible.
Take all the gold, all that which we
call wealth in the world, and it is alb
solutely nothing without labor to make
it productive.
On the other hand, put labor naked
on the earth, and soon it will do again
what it has done in the past-cut for
ests, drain the marshes, build the
houses, and build civilization.
But the laborer Of any kind who re-
joices in his strength and who feels
conceit proves his smallness, whether
he be laborer with pick and shovel,
or laborer working at great scien-
tific problem.
The thing for us to do is to remem-
ber. our littleness,. our shortcomings,
and try, by giving full credit to others,
to deserve credit for ourselves.
When you say truly that capital is
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
ON THE LEVEL.

The way to reach the man who tolls
Amid the dingy workings;
Is not by strategems and spoils,
Or oily smiles and smirkings.
You give him model homes and such,
Or clubs in which to revel;
1t isn't coddling that he likes,
Or lordly condescension.
Such methods will not stop his strikes
Or Danish all contention,
You must be fair and square and just,
A man among your brothers,
Before old doubtings turn to trust
Or ancient hatred smothers.
Whatever motive yours may be,
In time he's sure to find it;
He looks thru every deed to see
The spirit that's behind it.
And tho he may misunderstood,
Repel, at first, and doubt you,
He'll warmly grasp the proffered hand
When he is sure about you.
The boys within the breaker shed,
The miners, deep below them,
Are slow of faith and hard of head,
You've simply got to show them;
And prove your varied aims and ends
Are not those of the devil
For man and master can be friends
If both are on the level.
-Berton Braley in the Coal Age.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

small thing compared to labor you
add that the intelligence which con-
trolls capital is a very big thing.
Labor, it is true, represents the
great strength of the world. The
capital, let workingmen remember,
represents superior intelligence and
cunning-that which conquers and
rules.
Weight and strength alone are
little. The great monsters have died
off, disappeared. Small, more intelli-
gent animals remain.
The intelligent laboring man does
not look with contempt upon capital
or on the man who has had the in
telligence to acquire capital.
He says, on the contrary, that
man has done what would have done
il / had been able to do it. The fact
that he is the owner of capital proves
that he or his father had the intelli-
gence to do that which could not do.
He had superior mental power, or
greater self-control that enabled him
to save, or greater cunning that en-
abled him to outwit others. However,
he did it, he managed with his mind to
get that which have not been able to
get, and / shall not prove my smaliness
BY endeavoring to belittle him."
There are two things in the world,
labor and intelligence, and intelligence
is infinitely superior.
Every workingman knows this, for
the more intelligent the workingman
the better the pay and the better the
prospect,
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

What is the meaning of all the talk
about the war in vaudeville between
the managers and the White Rats?
What is White Rat? Are the the
aters being overrun by long-tailed,
four-legged rodents of the color and
variety that had to be kept in the
woodshed when you were a boy? The
White Rats are a labor union made up
of all classes of men and women who
earn their living in the vaudeville thea
ters of all classes on the American
continent. This union, affiliated and
doing its part in the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and the universal la
Dor movement, has for its purpose the
protection of the men and women in
the entertainment world, the preserv-
ing and developing of the vaudeville
business, and the wiping out of abuses
which are bound to destroy both actors
and business if left uncontrolled, as
they will be if managers succeed in de-
stroying the White Rats Actors Union.
"star' spelled backwards, and the
White Rats really means the white
star that shines in the vaudeville sky.
They got their name from across the
ocean, where in England there has
been for a long time society of ac-
tors known as the water Rats" This
society was christened out of regard
for a racing pony whose successes on
the track made possible little celebra-
tions for the actors who owned him
and their friends who backed him.
Started for social purposes only at
first, the Water Rats grew into a
powerful organization which sought
to guard the rights of the English
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

are city people. They are pale and not
so strong. Their evenings are filled
with amusements; movies, walks in the
bright lights, visits with other young
workers, sometimes a bit of beer or
some other relaxation. Even ambitious
Dan has lost his first determination
to work for the future. The spirit of
resignation of the poor is eating their
vitality. And here are some of their
experiences written in this report:
Della is one among 53, 3,242 who were
working February last. The payroll
is bigger than when she started in.
The average was 50 a week then, it
is 5000 now.
"Sam gets little more pay now,
S14.37, against S12.9S a year ago.
There are 60,226 in the factories re-
porting; year before there were &c.
499. The shoe business is looking up.
ago it was $19.31. There are Ill ,971
in those factories now, where 93,555
worked year ago.
But how much better off are Dan,
Della and Sam, really?
"The factories pay more to their
workers; the pay roll increase runs
from 10 to 3S per cent. More workers
are busy, as many as one in five more
in some kinds of industry; and many
of them came from the farm, which
works to reduce the supply of food for
us all, and to increase the cost of our
living. And listen to Della: Dan,
she is saying, 4 think we had better
stayed on the farm, You get the big
gest pay of the three of US, almost
ninety dollars a month. Your pay
would be only $3.50 on the farm, but
look what it costs US to eat. A five
dollar bill just melts down when it
meets the grocery man. Back home
you got your meals with the job, and
in that automobile factory where three
worked last year, and nine in my mill
where eight worked when l came in,
but none of US are as well off. Dan,
let's go home'
But Dan won't go. He doesn't
want to let Mary Harper think he
failed.
"Now, John, look at those tables
again.
Boots and shoes; 85 establishments
were asked for reports; 68 replied.
They pay every week. 56,499 worked
for them in February, 1916; 60,226 in
February, 1917. That means that sc
per cent more were working in 1917
than in 1916; and the pay roll figures
show that it cost 18 per cent more to
pay them. In other words, this table
shows the rising cost of labor IN the
industries reporting; and the increas-
ing number of workers employed in
the industries that have reported.
Thirteen industries have reported; the
percentage of employed rose in every
one except cotton manufacturing,
which lost 1.2 per cent, and wooden,
which lost less than l per cent; while
iron and steel worked 81 per cent more
and automobile plants 1877 per cent
more. Pay rolls rose everywhere; 37.S
per cent in iron and steel, 339 per cent
in automobiles, 29.S per cent in leath-
er working, 23.6 per cent in paper
making. In each of these trades thou
sands of Dams and Delias and Sans
are toiling. These. figures are the
short and simple annals of the poor,
Brother John. They are worth read
ing. But you have to read with your
imagination as well as your eyes;
then you will find them full of in
formation"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

Say, you'll roared the man. 4
say I'm from Arkansawv
- Yes drawled the stranger, I
heard you the first time
'Arkansaw' went into a rage.
'Ya don't know me, huh? Well,
l eat 'em like you every morning be-
fore breakfast. I'm an old she wolf
from Arkansaw, / am, and the best
two-handed man in the country
For answer the youth jerked off his
coat and threw his old hat on the
floor.
We'll, by goshv he said, I'm from
Missouri; you got to show me or III
show you'll
'Arkansaw' handed his gun to
bystander and rushed. He was met
with a smash on the jaw that stunned
him. Then the lanky stranger pro-
ceeded to give the bad man n sound
thrashing. When the combat ended
the youth was a hero. The miners
carried him in triumph thru the town.
Thereafter, If n person made state
ment of doubtful veracity some one
was likely to assert that he was from
Missouri and had to be shown