Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01
Query OF Chiltii,'n, "Whnt Can I Do
Z" Help My Country" to bc An
SwcTrd by Them in Their
Own Written Word.

Some day the war will end Just
as II had a beginning To end tn,
war. or to carry II on. will requir"
continued sacrifice of the lives of
men and women, an dthe destruction
OF countless millions of dollars
worth OF property. The life de.
stroyed cannot be restored tho
property destroyed WILL DE RE-
STORED. The men and women of
this day will have only a small hand
In the restoration. These men ana
women give their services and their
lives now but the work OF rebuild
ing what war destroyed will fall up-
on the shoulders of those who today
are children.
There is one man in the Middle
West. who. in the Judgment of tn.
writer. looks farther ahead puts
more energy. and time. and moncv
, into the building up of the future In
Such ways as this. more than anv
oth erone man. He is &. +. IIornor.
creator of tn" Chautauqua and I.y-
c"um circuits that bear his name
and this man will spend hundreds
OF his dollars literally get rid of
them with no other purpus. ON
earth than in doing some good for
! humanity for the good itself and
TN" satisfaction its doing brings tn
! him
/ Mr. ii"rn"r has been deeply touch
"h NV the war in its ma'/ phase,
ana his big idea is that tn. instillin.
INTO the hearts and minds of IN
rhildr"n of this generation a rraliaa-
! tion of til" part they must pl,y in
IN" reconstruction and rrhabilita
iion of the earth after the war /,
/ finished.
TO achieve the end Of interesting
IN" children in the idea. Mr.. Horne"
I Is 'ohduc'inr Il contest among boy,
ana firIS under tn" aE" of II wears.
. 10 ger th"lr ideas on tn" subject. and
is offering n series of money prizes
~" This" writing the best letter on
IN" subject. what can | DO I,
Serve My Countryo" There is ~,
string to tn" offer |, is made in
some hundred towns and cities H.
!" states having III" IIorn.r Chan
'audua. of which Durant is one. uud
IN" contest will be- under IN" dirnr.
toh OF IN" local thautauuua com
mittee
IN letter sent out. Mr. Horncr
, IMPOSES conditions upon tn" cuut-s
which ar" as follows:
| IN" contest opens at once
Letters must be in the hands of
IN" local committee by May |. 1918.
Contest is open to towns hnvin.,
| R"dpalh liorn"r Chuutauuua or Ly-
| ccum
| All boys and girls living in th"s &.
towns or in tn" cOnutry adiaccn,
thereto. VIII" shall not have attained
tn" ar" of II years on or befor.
Nav !, l6lS. may compete
Th" contest Is IN two series. Th"
Boys Contest. and The Girls Con
test
Hnys will comurt" against bows.
,and girls against girls. except in tn"
championship contest. when tn" l"'
ter of the first and second winners
Of IN" boys will be- entered in com
petition with the first and second
winners of the girls
Tn" chairman of the cont.s, in
each town is the Secretary of tn"
hv""nnI or Chamtauaua cuurs :.
Wh.r" th"r" is both a l.vc.um and
'han'au1ma. the secretaries are ask
ed to S"rv" Jointly The chairman
is asked To have the I.yceum and
t'haniauuna committees select thrr
or i've judges. Tn" chairman will
r"c"iv" all manuscripts offered in
that territory
" more than ten are submitted il
= certain community. the local judg
80 ar" asked ~ select the best ter
ana IN" chairman will forward T.
Mr. iiorn"r
All judges will riv" consideration
'" III" age of III" writer and cyid"nr.
lof oritinaiity Th"y will consider oi