Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-12
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Alva Pioneer: The fellow who is
noted FOR sharp practices and double
dealing prates of his honesty and
vtracity even more than the man
who is known to be dependable.
Hugo liusOnian. A great many
candidates are really much more in
earnest about winning their way
than Winning the War" if we are
to udge them by their speeches and
their past and present activities.
MuskOgee Times Democrat: Mr.
Schwab announced the launching of
\? ships from the ways of American
shipyards Thursday If that man
Srhwab gets little further ahead
of the Shipbuilding schedule, Prcsi-
dent Wilson will probably slip anoth-
or little job of building airplanes. A
Thousand of these day would be
about normal for Schwab or Henry
Ford.
Treasury Dept Bulletin: With
recent loans of nearly $4,000 .O0O
to Greece and $l1.UOu. 900 to Rel
GUM. the aggregate loans made nv
the United States to our allies now
amount To practically $1,000 .O0O.-
UO0
Oklahoman: Germany's regula-
Tor roland make that country con-
qu"r"d province for the next fifty
years. Long before fifty years from
now the kais"r'S Polish regulations
won't even b" Il scrap of paper.
Mnskogcr Times democrat: II We
patriotically refrain from eating
wheat bread and the corn meal mills
sell corn meal at So per hundred.
and II Is retailcd at from 81 90 to
$500 per hundred. and the mill sells
corn flour AT S3.25 per hundred and
II is retailed at 5000 per hundred.
why is price fixing committee?
Daily OklahOman: The belittling
remarks in an Oklahoma newspaper
concerning III" military service Of
tn" Roosevelt bows have aroused
their fathers Indignation. Those
boys are not dress parade soldier.
They have sought no easy ornament
al berth. They are out there in the
midst of il. Three of them have al
ready been decorated for gallantry
in action. Their father cites thos"
facts with Just pride. With Th"o-
dor" Roosevelt. obseSsed by "A mad
political ambition. which h" can
never realize. many of us are NOR
than weary. With Theodore Roosr-
welt. professional scold and unscru-
puious political sniper. the majority
of tn" people have lost patience. But
with the wrath of a father at diSpar-
aging reference to the distinguished
conduct of his four soldier sons. cv-
eryhUdy SympathiArs.
Tulsa World: 1t may he hest to
prohibit the use of alcoholic drinks.
even to III" almost nOn-alcOhOlic
beer II is IA small task to give up
beer Just now anyway. for the stuff
reminds one incscapably of things
German. But prohibition does not
necessarily make men temperate.
There ar" lots of poor delud"d souls
now who will ill up on pop. lemon
adc. ic" cream soda. and ncarhecrs
until they are ready to swell up al
most Ia tn" point of bursting. ana
think th"y ar" better than III" man
WHO l. SdllSll'u Win ono Gla~S nt
beer II may he said that the pop
and h"vo will not make Il man gu
hom" and beat his wife; hut al l-as'
III" virtu" Of temperance would b"
better "X"mplitird nf people would
know when they had enough of "von
III" best thing
Tulsa World Whom rho pod$
would destroy they first max" mad
Tn" d"goncrat" ScinrS ui III" house
of llapShurg and lloh"nZollrrn agi-
tat"d world war 10 save thri?
thrones from The advances OF in: r
nal democracy. and in that very act
spelled III" abolition Of all monarch
les
The Durant News. 81 90 per year