The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-01
GOVERNOR ASKS
STATE TO MAKE
WAR SACRIFICES

and hardshlps that must he expected dur
Ing the year 1913. The man or woman
Who does not make n sacrifice that The
rights OF cur country may he made safe
and thst victory, come quicker ls nol
IN American, but enemy comforts
witch are not necessities We must fore
TO Even death, which is II stranger 70
many families must be expected To
visit many homes.
The year 1918 will be such as none now
living except the survivors, OF the civil
war have seen. Reverses and dlsap-
polntments may be ahead OF us, and mis-
takes will occur. but the same steadfasl
purpose that won our independence and
preserved the union must mark our spirit
And action. May the spirit that brought
Lafayette across the seas to aid our
hthsrs. that sustained Washington =
animated Patrick Henry In delivering
that Immortal speech wherein he said,
"dlys me liberty or give me death, y
guide us and slrd Us to move aud act
without faltcrlng In winning the contest
In this crisis.
Many tasks confront us In Oklahoma.
We have those sllll who may be lgno-
rant Of tho issues of the war. All pa
triots must help TO educate them We
have some who should take material
SsIiar~. ~ ri These p's must he shown that
country eomes first the individual after.
We have q few stil who, conscious Of
what they do plot In thA interest Of the
enemy The time has come when their
slightest act means death TO more Of
our boys Al the front The day Ot mod
Grafton for such persons has passed
They must he stamped from among us
We will he called upon, as Americans,
10 do everything that we can for our
country. Production Is now a matter,
sAl nj lnAl .tlA oil lttN Al N
duty Saving ceases TO be merely IN
admirable personal trait. but becomes an
sct OF patriotism When harvest time
comes This year. all oklahoma must
come 10 the aid OF the wheat farmers
% that not an acre Of grain shall waste.
We must hearken hack TO those pioneer
days when no signal OF distress was LETT
unanswered
The great mass Of citizenship Of Ok
lahorna during 1917 has proved 10 the
world that II Is patriotic and loyal Ok
lahomans have met every test They
have even led the nation IN more ways
than one They have shlrked no re-
sponsibility. They have met the cal for
men and treasure, for effort and sacri
flee. Oklahoma has made such record
as those who come after may point to
with pride. We must mako better rec
ord for 1918
We all pray for peace ~ coon m It
But the thousands upon thousands who
fil soldiers graves In Frnuco, whose
bones are bleaching In Asia Minor or
liz beneaththe SHOWS Of Italy; the wom-
On and children Of Belgium who have
Sled pf outrage and ot torturei and our
ewn brave bows who have hesn FIRST 20
fall, all viii have died In vain II we ac-
cept peace without ending for all time
such wars between MiEht and Rleht
Relaxing our efforts and devotion ~
duty before victory ls complete would
= mean the world would be- turned into an
arsenal and every nation, our country
especially, would have to spend It's an.
ersy and treasures In preparation for Mt
tack. 80 that IN the future the Hun could
not bring hts war machine TO our own
shores and that we would not be- forced
man for man, woman for woman and
child for child. TO pay the War God In
our own blood for thosv whom We had
permitted to die In vnln
~ governor NJ the State NJ Oklahoma
] ask every citizen, during the yenr thnt
is before w. TO leave every selfish inter.
est and devote our every effort To uui
country and to winring THE war