The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-20
Oklahoma
Observlngs


a iurrhauItl person Is T. n lInr
nrr. manager of an Gee ,umpau tl
lIdfcuuID Right nov, when every me
H ,hiNDrur and ISN'T interested m ice
beyond seeing u melted he announce,
~ cent increase iu llc price per
hundred pound, luis }rar lI, also
gives fcI 600, 800 % q, thr increased cost
ui llbur horse feed, iucl, oil, ammonia
and everything else necessary 10 thc
manufacture Of zee Anyhow he showed
some originality ~ not blaming It ON
'hc war.
There Is some sense 90 the follow
my from lhc Wauk,mis Hornet al
though % may make the advocates OF
personal liberty pecyi,h Whenever
uu hear some fellow opposing PROM
btiun 900 q personal liberty plea just
mark hlm down AZ q man with an IN.
.urnCHable thirst. one who want, 90
dispense liquid dlmnat1n without mo-
lr.ia,iun or ono who desires to cater
Goo thi, brand VI citizenship There IS
nothing iu the personal liberty plea
Adam was the Ir,i man 10 have his
personal liberty intericrcd with and
the ourbug of man, passion and de
slrcs ha, since that time been q matter
ul legislation
Among lhc other hlrhrugcI. of sprng
.Ur Usage journal mentions the first
i'U Ui ihr season. which has appeared
900 that office and been svallcd as the
occasion demanded
M Walter Ferguson writes 900 the
Cherokee Republican that she beat
Hoover 90 thg discovery chat men are
the one, who are falling down on food
conservation ln lhe main. she and
Hoover may be right about II, but a
age once remarked that there are very
few things which can be said about
women that can't he said about people,
and that may be played the other way
As a rule. women don't eat as much
as men. and therefore live longer, but
one who eats In hotels and restaurants
will note about as many offenders
against the food regulations are ono
ls are men. The disposition 10 give
men the worst OF II i, so strong that
they should stick together better and
stand up iOi each other occasionally,
although the food Stacker OF either sex
is entitled to Scant consideration and
both barrels.
Pawhuska IS another toxin which
failed 10 plant its water mains deep
enough to avoid the frost and assure a
iull crop Many OF the mains bursted
and have had TO he replaced by new
ones, and at times the bath was vague
and uncertain.
Tiphtwads and knockers never made
a town a city, nor kept a city on the
gain. So what the Chandler News Pub
liciSt has TO say OF that breed in Chan.
der and at large may help to bring
about a needed reform. Here It is
"You find this condition In all towns
Men who think community interests
should move along and prosper. yet
they never contribute a penny or at
tend a public meeting. And the first
men to beef and wall when adverse con-
llllonS come are these same men These
same men hang back and expect a few
boosters to do all the boosting and
the paving All of this class are not
exactly knockers, but indifference IS
akin to a knock You can pick such
out in Chandler and YOU will find
the same class in all towns. There are
men IN Chandler who 90 down into
their pockets and contribute to every
upblIc enterprise, and there are others
whose names never appear on any sub
Scription for any purpose. There are
others whose happleSt moments arc in
attending a funeral. On booster trips
a few men arc always ready to furnish
cars and there are others who newell
furnish an auto for any public purpose
and there are still others who hazel
cars but ride with the boosters audi