Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-06-07

the coming of III" derar'-
n"ni for anything els. and tho r.
sui was thai motorists. prd"srtianS
and drives of uth"r vihicl"-. wh'H
th"y heard the alarm or tn" thun
ui the ,.urses hogts moving rapidly
their way. SOUGHT n" nearest curl
and waited
80, only do III" new motor car.
MuN" much faster tnan tn" hur-"-
drawn vehicles. giving traffic les
tiIr 80 MAKE Il way. bni IA" motor.
sound very much ill., any other mo.
or. running ~ hi"h speed. ,nd -
is not certain thai all Wil! 'aE
warning when they hear Nh, ~oUiid
ui Il motor ~ hish Sp""d fnrih"r
than thlt III" equipment !. very
heavy. and Would 4 ',noli-h 80 hi .
any other y"hici" ihnt chanc"d 10
get in its path, and could easily run
down and crush an ordinary light
car and 30 on its way unharncd.
Drivers OF vehicles Shou.d in M
ease fail to crowd close to the curp
ns quickly as pus-ibi" when a fir"
Hlarm j. sounded. and should see
that they ar" not clos" enough 10
AN intersection To be In the way
the fir" wagon turn in or Out
il IN" street they happen to stop in.
| Mess traffic generally observes
caution. someone is likely to be
killed or badly injured some day,
The efforts of the police to on
force the cdict, Go To Work. Go 10
War. or Go to Jail" are bearing
fruit. There are few who have
'swelled up" at the laws, and have
promptly been given time TO repent
behind bars and on Jail rations.
and then have left the country, and
many more have actually gone to
work at some useful occupation. In
this work the officers have behind
them the authority OF the Council
Of Defense, which is backed up by
every good American in
the country. When this compaign
is over there won't be any habitual
lOafers in Durant and they won't
he missed. LOafing has no place in
ii Nation at war
W
York State has supplied the Third
Liberty Loan committee for the New
York district with the names of 30
600 people living in the district who
have bought German. Austrian, or
Hungarian war loan bonds.
II isn't so much the immediate
loss of tn" vessels sunk that alarms
us, as Is the realization that hostile
submarines were able to max. their
way to TIA" worlds greatest port
do their dirty work. and Ect away
with il. The Huns have wonderful
cunning and ingenuity. and plenty
of gall to 20 with il. Tn" world can
not know one day what new horror
they will inauguratc the next.
If "" had more men like General
Leonard Wood. the war would be
easier to wage and quicker won Re
Gently when hc was ordered to re
main in America and train more of
our boys, after he had been counting
on European service. which was in
effect Il great reduction in his i'm
portanc". like the man he is. the Gen
"ral said. "All right: anything to
win the war. II can do better here.
here's where | want to stay"
The News has furnished County
Food Administrator Obe Shannon
any part Of a column for the dissem
ination of food news each week. and
Ob"'s first effusion will be- found
somewhere" in this issue. If read
"rs will take the pains to follow hi
column each week they will find il
much easier to keep up with the reg
ulationS. which constantly change I,
suit conditions, and will thereby no,
only help themselves, but their coun-
try as we'll.
Th" fact that people who are
very ignorant make charges of "di-
viding the spoils" against the Red
Cross. isn't 50 bad in itself when il
Is discovered that those making tn,
talk have about as much idea OF
what the Red Cross is as Il hog
knows about Sunday school bu,
their remarks fall on the ears OF
others. and are carried from mouth
to mouth. and continually magni
fled, with bad effect This type of
people can at least be compelled to
keep their mouths shut. for in tha,
way alone they might render ser
vice in leaving undone whot Nigh,
have been wrong.