The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-01
Oklahoma
Observings

II might be a good idea TO draft the
pcddlers 10 win the war. The Lehlgh
News complains that that town is being
oveTrun with these itlncrant merchants
and thinks there ought to be law.
In Clddo county there is a move on
foot TO eliminate the mud slngS and
arrows OF q polite campaign -
having each party nomin te candl-
date for the office now ! cid by %
member Of tha, faith, thus making he
campaign a mere iomalnv where peac-
and harmony would prevail The Car
ncgle Harald is "agln' It, aud there BE-
a chance that the proposal viii start q
rog which viii make the average polli-
cal cdmralgn seem Gu and lrslpld.
The Tecumseh .oublicA observe
that the recent rain, lNtt demon.
strated that the dirt TosN are going
10 require constant care and attention.
and says the auto tax paid into the
state is Tor that purpose. However. II
the rains continue with sufficient ire.
QucnCy 10 insure a bumper crop, the
chances are the auto tax fund won't
he sufficient 10 keep the roads In run.
ming order A good dirt road would be
quite a satisfactory highway, II II would
only stay good, but II won't which, as
the sage remarked, is the hcluvit
The Watonga Republicans editor
evidently Is not sporting editor. nor
even a sporty editor lie goes 50 lar
the other way as 10 suggest that the
baseball players should all be drafted
the same a, Alexander the Great and
several others have been, Tie thinks the
mere fact that they are athletes would
make them more valuable men in
trouncIng the IsutS.
The editor OF the Waukomis Hornet
is at lcaS, frank candidate He says
he will run for tho legislature again,
most likely Not because his many
friends request it, but because he likes
the excitement Of the campaign, Candl-
dates Of that sort are rare enough, bn
IN the list may be mentioned Jay +.
House, also an editorial person, WIG
was twice elected mayor OF Topeka, and
whose platform included the plank that
he liked the Job.
According to the Waukomis Hornst,
il doesn't take a grclr>dcal OF patriotism
to subscribe Tor a pilllon dollars worth
Of Liberty bonds, II one has the ready
money. II adds that it IS the poor devil
who buys a one hundred dollar bond
and botrows the money 10 pay for It,
who is the real herd OF the ,ond cam
paihh.
This has a strange sound in this bone
dry commonwealth: The Enid police
court Judge complains that he is being
oycrworked on account OF the plair
trunks, and that it was lately necessary
10 hold an all-day session 10 attend 10
the business in that line.
One OF the new officers Oklahoma IS
furnishing TO the army, and who will
be no novice in his work. is First Lieut.
Perry Jackson OF Edmond, Jackson en-
listed in the army in 1908, and had
served continuously since that date, lie
was sergeant major at Kelly field at
the time he received his commission. He
saw active service IN he Philippines
making two trips to the islands, and
also served on the border during the
Mexican unpleasantness.
A country correspondent Of the Logan
County News is peeved and says so at
syne length. The county cor. took a
calf skin to town and received two
hits for il. The hide weighed five
pounds, pnd was OF good quality, He
isn't disposed 10 blame the local buyer,
but, when leather is selling at Sl8 a
pound he knows he is getting skinned,
SANG as the calf did, and that seems
quite re able. The price of leather
and shoe, Is an outrage that the people