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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01
Speakers Named
for W.S.S. Meets
Over the County

County Chairman Frank ~. Whit
of the War Savings Stamp Cam
paign has named Mayor Frank
iiynds chairman of the speakers
committee tn properly explain IN"
purposes Of tn" stamps To the pub
lie. and has enlisted the services oi
Il number of speakers who will Civ"
their time to speaking at different
places in the county in the interest
of the campaign.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01
Consumers Urged
to Buy Coal Now
for Next Winter
Meeting Of State Fuel Administered
tors Decided This Plan Is eIs>t
and That II Will Permit Of
bigger Reserves.

If the coal supply of the Middle
West Is to he adequate next fall ana
winter il will be necessary for alf
consumers tn lay In their stock
months ahead of time. thus making
available larger reserves for cmer-
gencies, according To the opinion"
expressed in Kansas city at IA meet
ling of the State Fuel Administra
tors. deputy district distributors, req
|resentativcs Of railroads. coal Oper-
atOrs and retail dealers OF the sew
enteenth fuel zone.
The meeting was called by II. n.
Tavlor of Kansas city. district dis
tributOr for the seventeenth ZOn".
which includes Missouri. Kansas, Ar
kansas. Oklahoma, Texas AND Iowa
Fuel administrators from all States.
or their representatives. attended thu
meeting. as well as officials Of all
the railroads in the zone along which
coal is produced.
| In order to induce the general
public to lay in its supply Of coat
early. speakers urged that sliding
scale nf prices be adopted. which
would bring coal cheaper to the con-
sumer who buys coal i'm April than
the one who buys In September. Rep
resentativcs Of the railroads declar-
ed themselves heartily in favor OF
the suggestion that the roads and
the larger dealers begin storing up
stocks Immediately. Representatives
of several roads declared that they
had stored up coal this winter on a
lgreater scale than ever before. and
were highly pleased with the bene-
fits derived.
| However. one factor in the situa .
tion is that of keeping the mines
busy all the time and thereby pre-
venting an exodus OF miners frOns
the Southwestern field. according to
f. W. Lukins of Kansas City. who
spoke for the Southwestern Opera
tors Association.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01
ACTOISTS WITHOUT TAGS ARE
NOW IN BAD

All automobile owners who have
not either procured 1918 tags or ap-
pied for them are now in bad under
and fine at any time. The 1918 auto
tax was due January To properly
accommodate the public and save use
less delay and correspondence. 10
cal collector has been named for each
district to collect tn" tan and issu"
receipts. Clyd" Norman was selected
for this county. and due motto" has
hcen given that after March ! the
tax will be- delinquent.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01
40 COTTON SEED COMBINATION

After conducting hearings In every
section of the cotton producing ar
ca of oklahoma til" Corporation
Commission announces that no cNi-
dcnec was found of an attempt to
form a combination to make dis
crilninutory prices for seed
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01
EHI:lG WILL NOT ATTEMPT To
FURNISH BAIL

Charles Ehrig. who is in the Fed
eral Jail at Ardmorc. charged witt
disloyalty. and who's" hearing has
been sHt by Commissioner iiutchin
son for March 4. will not attempt to
make bond before the hearing, ac-
cording to his attorney, w u. stone
of Durant The commissioner al
lowed t.hrig bond in the sum of fiv
thousand dollars when he was befOr'
the court Wednesday. following his
arrest her" Tuesday
Ehrig. an unnaturaiilcd German.
operated tn" Rains hotel. and hal
registered aS an alien enemy. When
tn" War Savings Committee callei
on him he refused to sell War Say
ingS Stamps. and mad" i appear 10
he commi't"" that his svmpathi"s
were on the other side in the war.
Radford J Kemp. 343d Machine
Gun Company, Camp Travis, Du-
rant young man who was taken in
he first draft. Is here on five day
| furlongh. visiting his wife and many
friends in the city. He says he likes
the soldier life fine, and reports all
the Bryan county boys az getting
along splendidly. Mr.. Kemp as do
about all the other boys. shows very
plainly the splendid physique that
military training contributes largely
toward making.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01

ing in the highest terms those loyal
members of the Oklahoma delega-
ton in Congress. and at the sugges-
tion of one of the young Democrats
the name of +. =. Gore was "deleted
by the censor" and therefore ther"
was no reference to him in any OF
the resolutions or proceedings Of
the meeting.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01

j. II. Houston Is opening u stOr'"
on Main street between Katy and
First avenues for the sale Of Okla
hOma Motor Trucks. for which ne
has the agency here.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01
=, IEttRAFT OFFICER
! OKLAHOMA YOUNG
ptMN RATS
landed Loyal Congress
"" Il, ,,o,,.'. Name "Dc-
L,,d bN cnsOr.

.,,us At Ardmorc last
.ur Mems Democratic
lni.a. B.rtram Lee
\ y I.cccraft of the
puhlic Affairs. was
.,.-idvnt of the organ
ARMSTRONG of boswell.
I.i.. Jim Armstrong,
. ..., -i,l.nt. after Il spirit
hirh opposition wa
o.rr passed commend
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01

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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-01
Your Country--and Mine
It's Yours--Its Mine


United States Thrift Stamps
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18
TO SHOW BULGAR CRUELTIEs.

Athens, Oct .1S-The devastation and the ravage committed by the Bull garians in Eastern Macedonia have caused the directors of the newspapers of Athens to protest to the world ana to invite representatives of the press to the ruined area to see conditions for themselves The declaration of the newspaper directors says:
 Full of horror and indignation at the devastation and ravage which the Greek troops and representatives of the Greek press are finding at every step throughout all the reOccupied sections of Eastern Macedonia, where the Bulgarians committed the most atrocious crimes, we protest to the civilized world and ask the press ot the world to send representatives tc Serres, Drama and Kavela to observe and to see for themselves the bru- tality and the crimes which have de prived us of large number of tho Greek population, which have sue cumbed as martyrs of suffering.
 If this war has liberty and virtue for it's supreme ideals, the punish ment alone of the guilty does not suf flee for us; the deliverance of all hu man beings who in Thrace and Asi; Minor have suffered under this shame | full yoke and who risked being aban l doned to the claws of such savage an 1 imals is absolutely essential"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18
CARDINAL O'CONNELL COMPLETES
 ORGANIZATION CAMP PAICN, NOV. il

mated this new conception of military life which will go far not only in building tp and maintaining the morale and efficiency of our forces, but which most of all will bring to our boys, whon we love with all the warmth of which our hearts are capa- ble, those comforts and solaces, re- ligious, InSral and Tecreational of which we know they must in many trying and depressing circumstances stand sadly in need.
 '"The Y. M. c. A. and the Knights of Columbus at the very outset caught i the vision of this new service. Money | was needed to carry out their pro- grams and the people responded nobly i and generously to their appeals Five | other organizations have been added to the number and each in it's own way is rendering its particular and pe- | culiar service, to the troops so that not one of them may suffer from the | lack of those special practices thai
 are part of his life and thought. l. Now, gentlemen. to my mind one of the great outstanding features ot this war is the unity and harmony
 that have been developed among oul
 great organizations when it is a mat
 ter of working for the common inter
 ests of the country. It is not a yield
 ing of principles and belief, those mus
 always remain inviolate and secure
 but it is a matter of uniting all ou,
 material fcrces for the accomplish
 ment of those common benefits for tn
 good of our country and particular. when our country calls and require
 our aid.
 "It remained for the President o the United States to make the won 2 derful decision that has made thi . possible. May God bless the Presi dent who made this decision. It is go , ing to be one that will work infinit good to all of the people and to tn
 country.
 5 May God bless you, then, gentle 7 men, in taking up this noble work an may God crown it with abundant sue , cess"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18

Boston, Oct. 18----His Eminence Car dfnal O'Conneil, in an address. yester- day to representatives of the New England clergy and laity completed the organization of Catholic effort to help in the approaching United War Work Campaign for $170, 800, ,00O which starts November Il. Simultaneously with the meeting every pastor under the Cardinals jurisdiction received a detailed program outlining what his individual efforts in the United Cam Ipaign would be.
 The Knights of Columbus were rep resented by James NJ. Mead, Leo D.
 Woedtke and William J. Keenan. The National Catholic War Council was represented by Harvey N. Hill and R. N. LeBarr of New York.
 Cardinal O'ConneH spoke in part as follows:
 Tt gives >me great pleasure to ex- tend a hearty welcome to the repre- lsentatives of the National Catholic $eIar Council from New York and tc fthe representatives from all the dio- fceses of New England to complete to-
 day a uniform plan of Catholic co.
 operation in the United War Worl
 Campaign, which the President of the
 United States has very wisely recon
 mended to the seven large organiza tions engaged in caring for the spir
 itual, educational and recreationa l, welfare of all our forces both on lant . and on sea-
 After praising the clear vision ant lofty adherence to principle of Pres , ident Wilson, and extolling the spiri ) of the American people, Cardina : O'Connen continued:
 We now come to the methods tha . we have adopted in the conduct o : this war and which is the reason o
 our meeting here today For the frs 3 time in the history of the world ha = any nation ever thought of the sol = dier except as fighting machine. : : gun was put in his hand and he wa a sent out to fight There was militar . discipline and he was under strict or : ders. But it remained for America i . this war to originate a new conceI
 tion of the soldier and to look upo
 him not merely as a fighting machin
 but also as a human being, who's
 soul and mind and opportunity for il nocent recreation should also be zea
 ously cared for and protected. B. America gives to the world toda k the beautiful spectacle and the ne q lesson of nation sending her sor e forth to fight and following the1 ;- with all the tenoer solicitude and cal q of loving mother I am proud ths
 it is our own America that has orit
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18

thought quite plain. did not see any attraction in them, but plain as they were they seemed to have some power of getting hold of fellows that 1t was impossible for me to understand
 The truth is, the less attractive a girl was the more she seemed to me to set her cap at the men.
 As a rule the girls called me Charles and the men called me Charlie. They sometimes said I had small hands for a boy.
 had small feet for boy too, but I always wore pretty big boots. When had been at the factory little while I bought overalls that drew over and reached up to the shoulders
 Clever Whistler.
 was told I could whistle very we'll and I used to do a lot of whistling, | that was a great discovery.
 But I never gave myself away, and I hope and believe that carried my load of wire with cheerful heart and bright face.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18

and we squared up to one another.
 "Pll kill you, my boy" roared the foreman. But he thought better of it, and having scolded me, he walked. away.
 Of course, as I approached eighteen a straight outstanding young fellow, as they all thought, I was often chip ped about Joining the army.
 "Ah, if ever I join the army the war will soon be over," used to an- swer, with a merry laugh. They little thought what meaning there was in that remark. Not that l wouldn't mind going and fighting if England ever needed to put women in the field with a rifle, but I am sure we can win the war without that. They won't half make you work, 1 Charlie, when they get you in the ranks" was one of the things they used to say to me. One man always used to tell me that what I ought to join was the navy.
 | Look here, Charlie, you'll make a jolly Jack Tar" he used to say.
 When they get you in the army, they'll crop your hair off short" was another thing they used to say. AL though I had cut off my curls I al- ways had plenty of hair around my head. It was rather fuller than you usually see on a young fellow.
 Besides my ordinary wire work, used, at times, to do odd jobs of oth- CT kinds in the factory. There was flat roof at the top of the tall build ing with a glass gable in it, and ] 4a @1i T. little repairs up there. I used ham. mer, nails, saw, and some other tools
 Now and then one of the boys
 would dare me to run along the para
 pet at the edge of the great roof
 There was nothing below but the
 street far beneath. It would have made lots of people shudder. Stil , when they dared me to do 1t, I jus did it like a proper boy.
 Forty-Five Mile Walk. We had a weeks holiday in tn summer. Once I went to Southen with two boy cousins of mine. o course, they knew I was really a gir , but when we were out together, the played up to my pretence that I wa really a young man like themselve!
 We heard of others in the factor ) having walked home to London fror Southend and we thought we would d . the same.
 From Southend to my home to tn
 south of London it is 45 miles. W set off and walked the whole distanc, We started at 12 noon and got hom
 at half-past two in the morning. don't think it was bad, walking forty
 five miles in fourteen and ha hours. I was jolly stiff the next da 5 and lay in bed to have good rest What often struck me was the di1
 ferent way the male sex look at gir
 from what girls do. For instance,
 saw men go almost balmy, in mar
 ner of speaking, over girls that
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18
SHIPBUILDERS ARE
 ASKED TO HUSTLE

Hartford, Oct. 1S-Edward M. Hurley, chairman of the Federal Shipping Board, has sent to all ship yards in the country a telegram warning shipworkers against relaxa- ton of effort in view of the German peace drive. The telegram is as follows:
 NO shipworkerN will make the er- TOT of thinking for a moment that the war is nearly over. America has jus@ begun to fight. In the coming months our long preparation on the | battle line and in the shipyards will yield results Shipworkers know the need for continued record breaking. Every ton of shipping delivered now is needed to carry our boys to France. Every ton launched now means force to the utmost to really wip the war next spring. Don't go by the war maps. They still need lot of changing and the enemy still needs lot of licking. Tonnage will win the | war and bring permanent peace"
 Yes, Gladys, the pen is greater than the sword. particularly, considering the price of bacon,e the pig-pen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18
'tE7 .- QUICK RELIEF
 FROM CONSTIPATION
Get Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
 Dince Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tablets the substitute for calomel.
 Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician forS 17 years and calomers old-time enemysS discovered the formula for Olive Tabletsg while treating patients for chronic cons; Etipation and torpid livers. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets do not contain calomel, but a healing, soothinai vegetable laxative.
 No gripping is the skeynote" of these
 little sugar-coated, olive-colored tablets, They cause the bowels and liver to acej normally. They never force them t0
 unnatural action.
 If you have clark brown mouth" now and then-a bad breath "a dull, tired feeling-sick headache-torpid liver and are constipated, you'll find quick, sure and only pleasant results from one or two lits Ele pr. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime. Thousands take one or two every night
 Aust to keep right. Try them. 10c and S5c per box All druggists. d
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18
STATIONARY ENGINEERS MEET

]. M. Onburn of Hartford. secretary of the State Federation of Labor and A. M. Hrddill of Boston. vice prest- dent of American Federation of La bor, will Joe the chief speakers at a general meeting of all stationary en- gineers of Bridgeport and vicinity at s o'cock tonight at Carpenters hall, on Fairfield avenue and Main street. The meeting had been arranged for the purpose of discussing the working
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18
KILLED BY TRAIN

Butler, N. J., Oct. 1S.-Of 3S em- ployes of the Hasl1et Powder Works, Haskell, N J., on their way to work in an omnibus today, one was killed and 30 were seriously injured and the two others slightly hurt when a Sus- ouehanna 6, New York train crashed into the vehicle.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18

conditions Of the men who are engag-. ed as stationary engineers in Bridge port and vicinity.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18

I nearly came to blows once with
 one of the foremen. He was not the foreman over my particular crowd, but once he was too rough with me
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18

I rarely enjoyed anything so much as did that day when Kitty and CIa- ra met. It was in a park. I had Kitty on my arm. The previous Sun day that position had been adorned by Clara.
 You ought to have seen Clara's look. It was like ice and vinegar Kitty returned the gaze. It was like a bit of steel striking on stone.
 For a moment I began to think there was going to be a slapping match. However, I simply said Good evening" to- Clara and carried off Kitty. soon chucked both o, them.
 Jealousy, l find. is very amusing. except to the people who are jealous
 l always got on well both witt girls and boys. The boy in the fac tory who used to chum up with ID, wren we went out as two youn! blades waR specially jolly yount chap.
 One day the two of US went out ant
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-31
Travelling Salesman
Takes Dickinson Bride

A wedding of interest among the
travelling fraternity was colemnized
Wednesday morning in the Catholic
church of Dickinson when Miss Fran
ces Nolan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Nolan became the bride of
Chris S. Fossum of Bismarck. The
groom has numerous friends in all
parts Of the state being a representa-
tive CT he Loose Wiles Biscuit COM
panY with territory west OF the Miss.
ouri river, and his bride is equally as
popular among the younger set of
Dickinson and Bismarck where she
formerly resided. Rev. Father John
Digman read the service.
Mr.. Fossum and his bride returned
to the capital city Wednesday even
z ald are guests at the Grand Pa
cific. Mr.. Fossum is a member o.
the bismarck council of the United
Commercial Travellers and is active in
the work Of the organization.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-31
SOCIETY
rood demonstrations
At Hughes Office

Inc FEBRUARY food demonstrations
conducted by Miss Newton of the ex-
tension department of the state agri-
cultural college will be held Monday
evening and Tuesday afternoon of
neXt week in the office of the Hughes
Electric company The Monday eve
ming meeting will be called at 7:3O
and the Tuesday afternoon one at
.:3o. Cooking Of vegetables will be
the subject discussed. 1t is especial
~ urged by the Bismarck food con-
serVation council that every woman in
the city attend AS many as can
should attend the Monday evening
meeting. The business women of the
city are asked to attend this meet
ing. The council is backing the mass
meeting February %, at the Auditors
ium when Dan A. Reed will tell of the
food shortage in Europe.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-31

not produce more per acre than the
'armers in. Europe. 1t is not neces
sary that they should do So 1t would
perhaps be bad economy for them to
attempt It. But they do produce by
wo to three times more per man, per
units Of labor and capital than the
farmers of any european country
They are more alert, ana use more
labor saving devices than any other
farmers in the world And their res
p0nsc to the demands of the present
emergency has been in every way re
markable.
Last spring their planting exceed
ed 10y twelve million acres the largest
planting of any previous year, and
the yields from the crops were re
cord breaking yields.
but | ought to say to you that it
is not only necessary that these
achievements be repeated, but tha!
they should be exceeded.
Price Fixing.
"The impression which prevails in
some quarters that while the govern
ment has sought to fix the prices Q
foodstuffs, it has not sought to fi>
other prices which determines the eX
penses. OF the farmers is a m;stc :er
one. AS a matte: OF fact, the Cavern
ment has actively AM @:cccsc' H.
regulated the prices OF man. f.|Aa
mental materials underlying tho in
lustries Of the country, AID his rcEu
lated them not only for the purchase.
OF the government, but for the par
chases of the general public, and
have every reason to believe that con
gross will extend the powers of th(
government in this important, and ev
en- essential. matter, so that the tend
ency to prOfiteering which is Showing
itself in too many quarters may be
effectively checked In fixing the
prices Of foOdstuffs, the government
has sincerely tried to keep the inter
est Of the farmer as much in mind
as the interests of the communities
which are to be served, but it is serv
ing mankind as well as the farmers
and everything in these times Of wal
takes in the rigid aspect Of duty.
z Americas Great Opportunity.
81 will not appeal to you to con
tinue and renew and increase your eff
forts. do not believe that it is neces
sary to do so, as l believe you will
do so without any word of appeal from
me, because you understand as vel
as I do the needs and opportunities
his great hour when the fortunes
OF every man everywhere seem about
TO lie determined and when America
has the greatest opportunity she has
ever had to make good her own free
',cm. and in making it good to lend a
helping hand to men struggling fol
their freedom everywhere. You re
member if was farmers from whom
came the first shots at Lexington, that
set aflame the revolution that made
America free. hope and believe that
the farmers Of America will willingly
and conspicuously stand to win this
war also. Their toll, intelligence, the
energy, the foresights, the self-sacri
fee and devotion Of the farmers O.
America will. believe, bring to a tri
umphant conclusion this great. las
war for the emancipation Of men from