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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-01-31

Atoka Indian Citizen. Former
Governor Williams left III" Cover
nor's orfic. decidedly NOR" popu-
lar man than hc vas al IN" time
ne was elected to the "ffic" His
udninistrltiU HaS success Mhlcn
fact the pcopl. will realize more and
NOR. as tim" paSN"s. rs war gov
.crnur hr averaged up ""il with any
in the country
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-01-31

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iuba!luu an"dt p.p,i.i'E = ttm honI.a
On arid lai.i- lor th" .'i,!t;, d.; sol
tici- "" d mo- 80, hiirh mdnit's
,utiun al enthusiasm anon; II" sol
dicrs themselves, Maybe iury feel
a good deaf ,.kt ia" dairy.han VINO.
when there was discussion as to
the p,ini. hmcnt To b" in"trd ont to
the kaiser. suggested hat h." b" con
dcinned TO run It dair! farm !or tn"
rest OF his liz"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-01-31

tor.1 has ju I haudrd down Il q"
is .uu 20 lh' .'i"ct thL before a
r"~S paper j. E"ld for lih,i III" Pc.
pr must N'u! malice. Whcr" liz
n.hlir w''l!ir' ! protect Il the pl
per cannot b" held lur lih'l |, r'
cites further ihii III" character o.
an individual must hr good h"snr' q.
reflection could H." c"'-irG'd a.,
libel
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-01-31

Dcnlsun GaH"tt"' iitSiMg Tn Il
convicted and sraI"nc.i ii" iurn".'
kaiser tu ID" ,N"oIt"d. senator NJ,
"r- a.: Montana wn,ild hiyr him hn i
hot ana hanged I'rnny tha' H..
'io" NJ add "l'rtr"c,iiuH .isu VIZ
Il Nltw to- = Job lacliuG ruihinr II
f'ulll'I l,n'@
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03

girls were busy. and service" was
byword at Silverworth's.
well, here goes. All is lost" she
murmured and approached John Hem
bricks. For the first time in history
he smiled at her.
"Relloi" he said pleasantly, "rd like
a ginger-ale. You're new at this job
aren't your
Elias power of speech was para
lived momentarily, but she manag aged
to get it in working order long enough
to stammer:
"No-oh, no; that is, not especially
new. I've been here off and on
Never noticed you before" said the
ginger-ale fiend. Must be you had
different hours"
Ella deigned no reply. She busted
herself with the ginger-ale while John
plunged into his newspaper, laying 1t
down to smile at her again as she re-
turned with his favorite drink And
it was friendly smile, a sincere smile;
nothing fresh about it," as Eliza re-
marked afterward.
When she gave him his check, In
stead of leaving he said:
I've asked Miss Joyce to introduce
u.s. 1 need some one to help me use
couple of tickets at the Temple to-
night"
Miss joyce, another soda fountain
worker, thereupon formally made
them acquainted, and arrangements
were made for the theater party.
When Isabel went home that after
noon she found Eliza enthusiastically
busy 1t the washtub. The news was
too good to keep and Isabel was in
formed of the big event of the day at
the soda counter After hearing her
sisters story she said:
ELIZA. you made a hit with that
young man because you wore plain
clothes-my clothes. Take my ad
vice and leave off the gaudy stuff
tonight. You can have my best dress.
Eliza completed her work at the
tub, but when John Hendricks called
Sunday garments.
One week later Eliza announced to
her sister that she was going to marry
John Hendricks, the real estate man.
Congratulations" said Isabel. 'As
long as you've confided in me might
as well tell you that I'm to become
Mrs. Welding-the wife of the assist
ant manager of our store"
Congratulations yourself" returned
Eliza. you certainly did have the
right idea about clothes, Isabel. John
told me last night, when he proposed,
that he had been long looking for a
girl who didn't overdress. After all.
clothes don't make the girl They help
a lot-but they must not be overdone.
DO you know anybody who wants
to buy a secondhand wardrobe-one
that's guaranteed against Cupid's Ar
rows? 2"
Copyright. 1870 by the Mcclure News
peper, Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03
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shows how little the main centers of
interest in the country have shifted
in half century. The chief differ
ence in the political outlook is caused
by the growing strength and conf
dence of labor.
The propaganda carried on by
Evans, Greeley and their associates
finally resulted in the passage in 1862
of the Homestead law, which was
signed by Abraham Lincoln, and
which embodied the general principles
upon which we have acted in the dis
posal of our public lands ever since.
This law did not really embody the
principles for which Evans and Gree
ley had fought at all. It gave the
homesteader the right to sell his land,
and in fact opened up an era of enor-
nous speculation and much fraud.
Subsequent acts enabled men to take
up also timber, stone, coal and mineral
lands. There was a time when one
individual could acquire 1,120 acres
of government land in his own name
under various laws: Also, after resid-
ing for short time on~a piece of land,
a man could sell release" to some
one else. All of this made it easy for
individuals to acquire great areas of
agricultural, timber and mineral lands
which they held for speculative pur-
poses.
Neverth -ess, the homestead law did
much good for the time being. II it
permitted a great deal of speculation
and fraud. it also enabled many bona
fide settlers to obtain valuable farms.
In a clumsy and waSteful way it pro-
vided that outlet for surplus national
energy which was so badly needed.
About 1880 it began to be realized
even by congress that our homestead
laws were less than perfect, and they
were modified, but by that time much
of the damage had been done. Nearly
all of the good agricultural land had
already passed into private ownership.
In 1900 began the last epoch in the
history of the national lands-that of
conservation. Theodore Roosevelt
was notable leader of the censerva-
ton movement. and His strongest
claim to the gratitude of the Ameri-
can people rests upon his work as a
conservationist. AS a result of this
movement, the national forests have
been set aside, assuring the people of
an adequate timber supply, and of
splendid free play grounds for all time.
The western coal lands have been kept
in the hands of the government, and
will be developed by a leasing system
great natural resources of Alaska have
been kept under government control
to considerable extent.
Thus the problems of coal and tim
Der have been in a measure solved.
At least, these resources have been
lands which present the greatest and
the most difficult problem. Only the
great organized power of. government
seems able to convert our remaining
arid. swamp and cut-over lands into
productive farms. The individual set
tier cannot begin to contend with the
task. The Labor department urges
that this necessary work of reclama-
ton be done as soon as possible so that
opportunity may be substituted for un-
rest.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03

I was wawking home yestidday not
looking for enything, and / found
key thinking, G, if the bolt on the
bathroom door ever gets broak or eny-
thing meybe this key will werk in the
key hole.
Wich as soon as I got home I went
up to try it, and the bathroom door
was shut and 1 put the key IN the
key hole and it termed as easy as pie,
me thinking, Gosh. I awt to be a in
venter.
Wich jest then the dinnir bell rang
for suppir, and / went down stairs
and we started to ca, being stake un-
der onions. pop not being down yet.
and ma sed, Wat on erth is keeping
that man, he must be throo shaving
by this time.
And she went out in the hall and
called up, Willyum. Willyum. Wat?
I cant heer wat you say. And she
came back and sat down agen. and
pop kepp on not coming down. and
after a vile ma sed. Benny, go up
stairs and see wat your fathers doing
and ask him if he intends to come
down to his suppir.
Wich l went up TO do. the ferst
thing I herd sumbody pounding on
the bathroom door, me thinking,
ing the bathroom door. And I stood
outside it, saying, Is that you, pop
Is >enything out there making this
door stick? scd pop without saying
weather it was him or not.
Sir? Wat door? sed, and pop ssd,
This door, this door, ware do you
think I am, down the cellar?
The bathroom door? I sed. and pop
sed. Ye gods, wat a bright boy, wat
a marvel of intelligents- Meening
me, and I sed. There's key in it, pop,
it must be locked.
a key. jumping Jukiter. I've bin
trying to get this blasted door open
for 10 minnits, who put it there? sed
pop.
Wat, the key? sed
Open this door, yelled pop loud as
enything. Wich I did. and pop gave
me kracks some place before 1 had
time to ixplane 1 dident know he was
in there wen 1 locked it, and after
explained it ! had the kracks alIreddy,
SO the ony good it did was to keep me
from getting some more.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03

The coal miners will lose their
strike. just as have the steel workers.
the lonGshoremen. the Boston police
men and other labor organizations
recently. Meanwhile every such incl
dent brings grist to the mill of the
syndicalist, the Bolsheviki and the I.
w w. All these will be ready to say
to union labor: I'VE told you So;
your unions are no good; you can't
win that way; ours is the only method
that can bring success" These radicals
have not wanted the strikes to be sue
cessful. Their business is TO start
strikes; not to win them. A strike
settled on terms of mutual justice and
understanding is the last thing they
want to see. When will loyal law
abiding. self-respecting working men
learn that they are being used as cats
paws by the Reds?
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03
THE SPENDING ORGY.

The total exports of this country
last, were valued at $500, ,O00.0 900, or
about three and one-half times the
pre-war value. Foodstuffs and food
animals alone accounted for 36 per
cent of this vast sum; manufacturers
made up SO per cent of the sum.
During the first nine months of the
current year we exported $726. 900. 900
worth of breadstuffs. $34,0o0,o0o in
fish products, $S1.0OO,O00 in fruits
and nuts. $4o.oQO.ooo worth of vege-
tables. and 1866. 900. 900 worth of meat
and dairy products.
Such colossal shipments were never
before known in our history, and the
huge bulk of them go to Europe. We
have been denying ourselves and SELL
ing to Europe. .12s, 100000 pounds
of refined sugar, for instance. export
year, mainly to Europe; while the cot
ton growers disposed of $715, 1000, 900
worth OF cotton.
How can any body reasonably ex-
pect that living prices can come down
under these conditions? Attorney
General Palmer. when he undertook
to bring down costs mus have known
that it could not be done.
But there is something that the
people themselves can do to help the
situation. They can spend less money
for luxuries and refuse to buy high
priced wearing apparel. High wages
share with exports in responsibility
for high prices and not thru increas-
ing the cost of production alone. They
have resulted in a spree of extrava-
CANT expenditure. Any merchant will
tell the seeker after information that
1t is the wage and salary earners who
are buying SIS shoes snd SIS suits and
coats and not well-to-do and business
people.
Those persons, who. as a result of
the war, are earning good money
and spending 1t as they go, and there
are millions OF them. are due for a
rude awakening from their dream of
affluence when prices and wages fall.
as they are certain to do, unless these
spendthrifts lay by something while
they have the chance. The low price
of Liberty bonds probably is due large
ly to this same class of spenders. who
having acquired the habit of prodi-
, gality. frequently supplement their
earnings by sacrificing their invest
ments in the best security in the
world.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03
MOTHER o. NINE"

have been thinking about the great
unrest in the world. And have been
believing that lot of it would be
cured-if only a great crowd of new
mothers might be imported into the
world!
For. you. see, a mother is able to
cure most everything
From the little tot who bumps his
head and gets great big fat "tiss''
that Immediately heals it, to the strong
man who goes to his work in life
after the benediction of a mothers
last kiss, SO does this marvellous in
fluenee mold and make worth while
every effort that human being is able
to perform.
It's the Mother o. Mine thought
that embodies the noblest impulses of
which We are capable
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03

But who beside themselves believes
that they can? Not even the mass of
the workers believe it. Others among
the radical leaders are entitled to less
respectively are clearly self-seekers
men seeking private ends-wealth
or power. who ruthlessly employ the
workers as stepping stones. These
are the men in between-the men who
cannot succeed unless they separate
the mass of the workers from their
natural leaders. the planners. the build
ers. They want the country divided
into classes. The bigots. the intoler-
ant, the fanatical, no matter what flag
they fly, help the radical toward their
goal.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03
ROSE WRITES THAT SHE is
UNHAPPY.
CHAPTER CXI.

L returned to the nursery
Mr.. Graham insists that apologize
to you, Miss Lane. 1 do SO to please
him, not because 1 feel 1 am in the
wrong"
Most second wives think they
should rule" she returned calmly, her
face without change of expression. 1
understood: she was getting even with
me for my "old maid"
1 paid no attention but left the
room boiling with anger.
III get rid of her some way, she'll
see il / donti l said to myself as
winked back the hot hot tears. 1
wouldn't cry; If l did she might think
was crying because of what she said.
I'd not give her that satisfaction.
Just then Hetty brought in the mail.
l was delighted when 1 saw Roses
bold chirography. At least L could
forget that odious Miss Lane for a
time. 1 had given up all idea of a
walk.
Dear Sandra:" she commenced, "I
am so miserable I must talk to some
one, and there is no one here that 1
know we'll enough, and l also don't
want to make mother unhappy by tell
ing her. But 1 feel sometimes as if
l should go mad. Walter goes out
night after night. When I ask him
WASic hc lldS Deeiiy ne refuses "
answer or else he lies He isn't hon
crable. Sandra. Your husband was
right. No woman ever could be happy
as his wife. AS a sweetheart, yes.
Then he was all courtesy, all thought
for my comfort, all seeming love
toward me. Now he is so different.
DO you think l have lost all pride
to write you in this way, Sandra?
haven't! 1 would cut my arm off be-
fore I'd let the home folks know, and
for goodness sake don't tell Mr..
Graham. He is an honorable man,
good and kind If he is so much older
than you. Do you remember how I
used to say you would be unhappy to
be number two; to marry grandpa :?
And you are SO comfortably happy
now-or seemed to be when 1 was
there. No one knows how much in
love I was with Walter-or thought
I was, which amounted to the same
thing i'll my case But I cannot feel
that he is true to me. 1 try to get rid
of that. thought. but It is impossible
for me to believe otherwise. He es-
corts women I do not know to restaur-
ants and theaters. There may be
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03

1 have in mind a wonderful mother
who sent her boy out into the world
with these words: MY boy-eome
back SOMEBODY"
Thru :he winding paths and ways
of strife and pain and sorrow, as well
as of JOY, does the spirit of a mother
follow and lead. A mother never runs
out of love or forgiveness-or any
thing that is helpful.
Long years ago did my mother go
away. But she comes back with the
opening of every day-to tell me what
to do. And all that-I am of wisdom
or of good, 1 feel that owe most to
her.
Mother o. Mine"-you look so
beautiful to mc-where you aret The
stars keep telling me about You.
It's the mothers who are going to
bring this world out all right in the
end.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03

a government divided against itself
cannot settle a coal strike. Secretary
of Labor Wilson. who was secretary
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea for eight years, and should know.
says the miners should have an ad-
vance in wages of 81 per cent. Pro-
fessor Garfield. who is federai~1uel ad-
ministrator. and should know, says
IA per cent is enough. II the secretary
of labor had not been chosen from
the ranks of the miners, might not
these two gentlemen have been more
nearly in accord? 1t seems difficult
to evade the conclusion that for the
most of the existing labor troubles the
Wilson administration is responsible.
They began with the passage of the
Adamson law. This blunder has been
followed by others in swift succession.
Unfortunately for the steel workers
they had no representative in the cab
inct
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03
THE PREs1pENTs MEssAGE.

While the annual message of Pres
ident Wilson, delivered t congress
Tuesday, covered much ground, the
two subjects uppermost in the public
mind were omitted from considera-
ton. These are the peace treaty and
the railroad problem. The president
announced that they will be taken up
at a later date.
Among the most important Of the
presidents recommendations is the rs-
tablishment of budget system for the
nations finances. A bill for this pur-
pose already has passed the house.
A separate bill is expected from the
senate and some action may reason
ably be expected before the session
ends.
In stirring up the tariff issue Mr..
Wilson may start something that he
will find it difficult to stop. Specifi-
cally he asks for protection for the
dye stuff industry, altho he must
have been familiar with the report of
the tariff commission, appearing 81
multaneously with his message, which
report says:
There are indications that the
United States soon will be indepen-
dent not only OF its former enemies
Germany and Austria, but of all other
foreign countries in the matter of dye
stuffs. synthetic medicinals, optical
and window glass and other commodi-
ties. American manufacturers now
have large output OF these goods. all
of which were imported before the
war, and most of the domestic trade
is being satisfied thru home produc-
ton.
The absep sc of any suggestion for
a solution of the labor problem is
likely to be disappointing to the pub
lie. In the matter of the coal strike.
the president appears to be astride
the fence. While maintaining the in
violability of labor's right to strike,
he apparently endorses the action of
the federal court in enjoining the
miners from exercising that right.
The suggestion of a revision of the
income and excess profits tax law
probably will meet with general ap
provaI. 1t is widely believed that the
latter form of taxation has much to
do with keeping up abnormal living
costs.
The president has laid out sufficient
work for congress to keep it busy far
into the coming year.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03

in the cars have to hang on with
their wrists to straps"
YES think of that Usin the stir
rups for their hands instead of their
feeti"
seedy looking individual managed
to get into the private office of a busi-
ness man known for his philanthropy
"I have walked a good many miles
to see you. sir said the seedy one to
the successful one. because people
told me that you were very kind to
poor chaps like me-"
.Oh. they said that, did they?''
Eyes. sir, that's why I came.
''And are you going back the same
Eay2'
Yes, sir
TN that case I shall be greatly
obliged to you if you will be good
enough to contradict this rumor."
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-03
Questions-Answers

Q. How much revenue was collected last
year on all forms of Intoxicating bever-
A. The treasury says that about 1885,
cOc,2oo was collected from this source:
=. Is it a fact that great writer's are
often poor takers ?-II. H.
A. There is much evidence to prove that
the art of writing well and talking well
and talked like poor poll was the man
ner in which Oliver Goldsmith was iescrib-
ed by one of his contemporaries. But
GOLDSMITH was far from being the only
writer of note who made sorry figure ms
a conversarionalist Other renowned writer's
but poor takers were Corncille, Addison.
Q. How can redeem my war savings
stampsE-T. l.. G.
A. These government securities may be
redeemed at any time by giving your local
postmaster ten DAYS notice in writing to
the effect that you desire to cash in your
stamps or. II they are registered. by CIV
ing this notice at the point of registration.
O., How much food should man doing
hard work eat daily I'll. q. II.
A The United States Public Health Ser
vice says that man engaged in manual
labor should eat food containing $500 to
loaf Of bread, and a quarter pornd of fat
contain abont $500 calories. This is the
average amount eaten, and is plenty to
Q; How many times a day should the
teeth be cleanedf-k. II. G.
A. The teeth should be cleaned with
tooth brush ct least twice day. and care
should be taken that nll particles of food
are removed. Wooden end metal t0othpicks
should not be used ms the gums are liable
TO be injured. Quill toothpieks are less
Objectionable When brushing the teeth
placed upon the brush. 1t is well to brush
the teeth before retiring.
@ What is the order of rank in the
British peerage 1T. r. u.
A The highest rank is that Of duke, fol-
lowed in order by marquis, earl, baron,
and viscount.
Q. Does the United States grant many
trnde-m marks s-F. F.
A The patent office says that approx
mately 1900 trade marks have Leen
granted in the United States.
Q. Is IL better for a tenant to operate
a farm on the share system than to pay
rent:-G L.
A The department Of agriculture snys
that II man has no capital or only small
means he hss certain advantages as a
share tenant, providing he can secure good
terms from the owner OF the land. II he
has the capital he can make more moEey
by renting the farm outright. be
will not have to divide his crops with the
owner Of the land
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