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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-09

Chevrolet Roadster for sale. 400 90
cash or three months time. Inquire
at Phelps Bros. garage. Beaver. cleft
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-09
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There 10
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness.
and that 10 by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness 10 caused by an In.
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube 10
perfect hearing. and when Il 10 entirely
closed. Deafness - the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced n this tube
viii be destroyed forever. Many cases Of
deafness are caused By catarrh. which 10
facee Halrs Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces Of the
oyetem.
any case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
BE- cured By Halle Catsrrh Medicine. Cir.
'su'ars frss. AZ PsTfyists: &c.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-09
RED O

HEAVIER COUNTY CHAPTER
Chairman, Miss Maude o. Thomas
Vice-Chairman, Mrs. o. H. Cafky
Secretary, Mrs. e. L. Fickel
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary r. Leonard
Extension, Mrs. o. H. Cafky
Membership Mrs. F. c. Tracy
Finance. o. H. Cafky
Publicity, Miss Jessie Keith
Women's Work, Miss Erma Crab
tree
Civilian Relief, John A. Spohn
Nursing Service, Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith
Junior Red Cross, Mrs. W. T.
Quinn.
Military Relief, ]. I. Corbett
Conservation Mrs. Annie l.. Jones
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-09
A GERMAN HOPE oIspRovEo
AND
a oERMAN FEAR CONFIRMED

+ A statement made by q prOmi-
+ nent German official soon after
+ this country was declared In .
+ state Of war with Germany
+ shows that even in the enemy
1. country clear thinking students
+ did not u~ndervalue the strength
+ Of the American republic. Only
+ in his confidence that we could
+ not land in Europe sufficient
+ troops to affect the final decision
+ was this German mistaken.
+ ~ do not fear the American
+ soldierA," he told a high Official
+ of our government, because
+ they cannot arrive in'time. What
+ I fear II the intelligence and de-
+ votion of one hundred million
+ original minds and people train
+ ed to . faith In individual initia-
+ tive. The day that these peo-
r pie, now 70 m~aterIalistic In out
+ ward appearance. are stirred
+ spiritually. that day u the day
+ of Germany's doom"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-09

METHODS OF o%EMocRAcv.

The extent to which the United
States Food Administrator has
relied on the voluntary support
OF the American people 10 shown
by a statement made by the
United States Food Administra-
tor speaking before the Senate
Agriculture. sCommittee less
than three months after this
country entered the war. That
he was justified In his implicit
confidence in the strength Of de-
mocracy has been clearly reflect
ed by the measure of support we
have lent the Allies.
III democracy Is worth any
thing" MI. Hoover declared, I'VE
can do these things by cO-opera-
ton, by stimulation. by s~elf-sac-
rifce. by the patriotic mobiliza-
ton of the brains Of this c0un-
try. II 1t cannot be done In this
manner II IL better that we ac-
cept German domination and
confess to failure Of our political
J ideals. acquiesce In the superior
ity Of the German conception
} and send for the Germans to In
) etruct u IN it, use"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-09
AN AMERICAN HABlT
THAT WAS EXPANDED.

Coming to the relief Of the dis
tressed Il not a lev sensation to US.
Having sent shipIoads Of food to the
famine sufferers Of India al offhand.
eddy as the housewife hands out a cut
Of the loaf to the wayfarer, It seemed
the most natural thing In the world to
succor Belgium, to take on the feeding
Of q nation quite Informally.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-09
WANT ADS.

When in Beaver stop at the Ozark
Hotel. Good meals and clean beds
c. Il. Still. Prop. 12-6 II,
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The Osark Hotel. Beaver. y under
new MANAGEMENT. ! invite the pub
lie to give VI . trial. Meals the best.
GOOD clean beds. @. e. still, Prop.
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ENJOYS THE HERALD
Miss Maude o. Thomas.
Beaver,

Dear Maude. = , =
Inclose check in renewal of subscrip-
ton as indicated by notices which lin
close herewith.
l enjoy the weekly news Of your
paper to this Offices as l have for sew
eral years and cannot refrain from
complementing you upon your excel
lent publication.
Yours truly,
o. P. Byers
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-09

The test Of peace Ia to summon for
the healing OF nations devotion equal
to that given the tasks Of a
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-09
A Memorable Achievement
Of the Titanic Struggle

America saved and sent to Europe
In a year Of crop failure 141.O00.00O
bushels of wheat, which saved Europe.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
The Signing

Will the Germans sign? They will.
They will grumble; they will whine; they
will fill the air with mangled gutturals;
they will invoke the names of the Four
teen Points and call on Thor and .all
the denizens of Valhalla to shake their
spears. But they will sign.
Man@uvring for delay will occur 1t
is necessary for the Ebert government,
none too stable, to appear highly indig-
nant. The delegates will sigh and they
will sob; they will bewail the sad fate
of poor, innocent Germans, surrounded
by ravenous wolves; there will be an
ecstasy of self-pity. But they will sign.
They will sign largely because of
Papa Foch. There's a man whose glance
is not liked. Germany had taste of
him not only at the Marine but in the
wood Of Compiegne when the armistice
was prepared. 1t is realized that he is
not an easy man to argue with. He is
fond of such words as unconditional
surrender" and it is feared he is capa-
BILE Of again giving the order "For-
wardr'
They will sign. There is talk of trade
isolation if signatures are withheld. But
threatened boycotts do not alarm. What
gives concern is Foch.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Applied Bolshevisn

A handful of Bavarians, on the payroll
of Red Russia, seized control of the
Munich government. Having arms, while
the mass of the population was unarmed,
they were, of course, able to set up ma
chine gun rule, with no pretence of ask
ing what the people wanted. AS else
where, Bolshevism stood for autocracy
and maintained itself by brute force.
Then Munich had lesson in applied
Bolshevism. The scanty supplies Of food
were soon exhausted. The beer watts.
opened to wearers of red ribbons, were
soon emptied. Munich is rich in art
treasures, but they are not edible, and
with great joy the sound of cannon was
heard. The guns promised food and
Munich had lost interest in Lenine prin-
ciples.
The Bolshevists of the parlor urge that
the way to fight Bolshevism is to feed it.
The surer cure is to starve it, Let Boil
shevism get full chance at stopping
industry and production and it does not
last long. 1t has fingered in Russia be-
S"NoS NAA4Ai41S AClllIc Is OIlly nail Dol
shevist-has insisted on being half bour-
geoise.
"If you don't feed me, if you don't do
everything pleasing to me, I'll go Boil
shevist." Such has been the dark threat
which has been made. The bluff may
we'll be called If a hungry people are
OF the belief that no food at all is better
let them travel Lenine's short cut to
famine. A fortnight of logical and un-
adulterated Bolshevism is enough to cure
the most communist of urban populations.
Munich, Budapest and Petrograd have
discovered that complete starvation is no
cure for food shortage-have been
brought into contact with the elemental
truth that things must be produced to be
consumed.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Electing a Dictator

Senator Watson, of Indiana, has been
making Investigations and has discov-
cred, first, that the power of the Presi-
dency is greatly swollen, and, second, that
the present occupant of the executive
office has exercised more power than ever
was placed with any predecessor.
Senator Watson's diligence is not
rewarded by uncovering something
unknown. 1t has long been matter
of domestic knowledge that our govern
ment is taking on the form of an elec-
tive dictatorship, and study of the
American system has led many aston
lshed Europeans to the opinion that for
the period of his term President has
more actual power than any king or
prime minister. The late Gear and the
former Kaiser had more authority, but
with their passing a President of the
United States more nearly than any
other man can do as he pleases. Except
for possibility Of impeachment, he is
for four years almost the irresponsible
master Of the worlds most powerful
nation.
The story of the rise of the Presidency
has been described by no one with more
indignant cogency than by the present
President in his book writing days. He
did not shrink from speaking of Presi-
dental usurpation. Jackson, wilful and
honest, showed how great a weapon
could be fashioned out Of patronage.
Polk, by sending troops into disputed
territory, in effect deprived Congress of
the exclusive right to initiate war. In
Civil War days the Presidency inevitably
grew, although Lincoln sought to be con-
stitutional. Then Cleveland began the
business of preparing a programme for
Congress, and Mckinley followed in his
steps. Roosevelt developed the practice
still further, and organized public opin-
ion to compel Congress to accept his
views. President Wilson has simply
pushed the method still further, and it
is now generally taken for granted that
President ought to be a lawmaker.
Concerning the extraordinary devolu-
tions OF the war period, it will not be said
Congress made them unwillingly.
In his writings Mr.. Wilson, after trac-
ing the increase in the Presidents power,
pointed out the way to curb it. He ad-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

vocated the adoption of scheme of par
liamentary responsibility akin to that
of Great Britain, which other democra-
cies have initiated. 1t is difficult to dis
ccrn any other remedy; but to attain it
we would need to abandon the theory
of coordinate departments and separated
powers on which the Constitution is built.
Such general constitutional overhaul
ing does seem now feasible. On the
contrary, the recent attempt to take
away from the Senate it's control over
treaties, although opposed on other
grounds, encountered little criticism be-
cause in derogation of the rights of the
Senate.
Senator Watson will doubtless be able
to secure a repeal of the special powers
(many of them die by prescribed ex-
piry), but so doing he will come nowhere
near the heart of problem that some
time may furiously burst on the Ameri-
can people.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
A League of Three

The postscript to the peace says:
ain addition to the securities afforded in
the Treaty of Peace, the President of the
United States has pledged himself to pro-
pose to the Senate of the United States,
and the Prime Minister of Great Britain
has pledged himself to propose to the Par
lament of Great Britain in engagement,
subject to the approval Of the council Of
the league of nations to come Immediately
to the assistance of France in case of un-
provoked attack by Germany"
OF course, France has won the right to
special support. Without stint aid must
20 to her if again she is in the pathway
of German armies.
The pledge is not only due to France,
but it's making will contribute to the
safety of America and the general peace
of the world It will put strength into
the covenant and give it vitality by a
concrete example of the value of con-
cert of powers. A pilot league of three
may lead the league of many into safe
waters. 1t may prove the seed of a
mighty growth. If France is to be
protected by the armed might of
the three powerful democratic nations
the same guardianship may extend to
another nation unjustly menaced or as
sailed. If such an agreement had ex-
listed in 1914 the war would not have
occurred.
Many have given lip adhesion to the
league of peace principle. Are they will
ing to proceed to action?
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Beneath the Juggernaut

There is a shocking waste taking
place in New York to-day that illus
trates the strange destructiveness of
our age that we like to praise for it's
swift and tremendous creations. The
Madison Square Presbyterian Church is
being torn down and carted away by
wrecking firm. A new office building
will rise on the site. But the church is
vanishing, and with it more beauty than
our jungle of horror and glory can spare
Across the square from the Arch of
Victory, a model of all that architecture
should not be, stands this rare bit of
perfection. 1t is engulfed by tall office
buildings, topped by the Metropolitan
tower just across the street. Yet such
is the power of just proportion that this
little church has held it's own without
effort. 1t was the great gift of Stanford
White to conceive accurately his goal in
given building and bring to play pre-
cisely the materials and the style best
suited to the end. The result is written
upon that series of buildings which un-
questionably gives our city it's chief
architectural distinction.
The church on Madison Square utilized
the most modern of materials in a new
and striking success. Glazed terra Gotta
tiles gave a richness of background that
amply justified the green granite COL
umns. The Romanesque spirit was fused
into square of Office buildings so ex-
pertly that the general scheme was
helped, not hindered Altogether the
building must be ranked high among
Stanford Whites achievements. And it
is being tumbled into dust, like any office
building that has grown out of date
or any French cathedral within range
of German guns. Beauty beyond price
is being sacrificed in the worship of
psysical change and economic growth.
We wonder if the same kind Of de-
structiveness is taking place in indi-
viduals. We wonder if country can be
the home of great creative beauty while
the juggernaut of progress is joy-ridng
over the land. The fate of the Stanford
White church is certainly not easy to
explain.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
The Roosevelt Road
(From The Chicago Tr4o,.ne)


The Roosevelt memorial road to St. Louia
represents a great idea. 1t will connect
the Great Lakes with the great river. It
will sweep down through section OF the
land which loved Roosevelt, loved the in
tense Arnericanism for which he stood,
loved the traditions which ne upheld and
the nationalsm which he and his sons
defended.
1t will start, httingly, at Twelfth Street
and the lake. We cannot make Twelfth
Street what it ought to be and continue
to call it Twelfth Street.
We are for the perpetuation Of Chicago
names in instances in which they mean
something. But it is difficult to give
numcral a meaning and distinction. New
York would not part with Fifth Avenue
and ought not to part with it, But
TIVE lfth Street means nothing to Chicago
as Twelfth Street, and is coming to mean
much to it as a great thoroughfare
With wonderful start at the lake and
with penetration of the heart Of Chi
cago the great roadway would sweep down
through tho heart Of Illinois, touching
many Of its important cities, decorated by
these cities in memoriam to the great
American, and then would touch the
Mississippi, highway across a great coun-
try, bond between watersheds, a con-
nectlon Of natural highways, a link Of
tradition to tradition, link of people to
people, memorial in an intensely Ameri-
can country t. an intensely American man.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

mostly of obsolete types, the railway ser-
'ice OF Germany has quite broken down
s'"oe 'ne armlstlce, and to-day either
iieish' or passenger traffic is extraordi-
"aily olmcult. What the removal of the
ioiii"g STOCK did not do, the laxity of dis.
.'pii"e mas attended to- Of course, there
IS httle freight business, anyway. but the
Shippers everywhere told me that when tbev
ala send a consignment they seldom OK.
Pected 1t to reach it's destination. Thev
"ould use motor trucks were it not thet
petrol is very high and the number of
trucks limited. The army commandssred
most of the trucks at the openino NJ The
war; and now those that are not in nc. Co.
the remains of the German army havo o..n
taken over by the Allies. The roads hv ~.
way are In much better condition than
the English roads, over which bea,r 49,.
trafhc passed, and they will be quite ready
Tor motor traffic once the cars are re,..,.J
or new ones built.
The Benign Coofie
passenger traffic is in the way of an en-
uuiance 'rlal. few express trains still
run out OF Berlin and in the Rhine regions
Due IN most places one must take the slow
est OF never-mlss-a-stop combinations Tho
ooutnern railways of the United States
must give up their laurels to the present
uerman railways. l have been three houra
IN covering ten miles, and were it not for
luggage 1t would often be quicker 70 walk
Inc express trains do carry frat class cor
rlages' put buying first class ticket does
not mean that one will get into first class
compartment Often the station tra;nmas
ters IN making up trains find that +bev
nave no hrsts to put on, and send ont
tram made up of thirds and fourtbs IN
the course of single nights ride I have
oeen' through frequent changes, in first.
second, third and fourth class carriages.
ana because so few trains are run the
cro"oing Is beyond description. A first
class compartment designed to hold four
VIII frequently have eight people, but there
is no limit to the number that can he mt
into the other classes. They commonly re-
semble the New York subwavs at tho rrsb
hours, but are worse because each passen-
ger has pack of food, and that food is not
always fresh. And the fact that Germany
iacks soap is always something more than
evident. Many of the third ard fourth
class passengers have with them those little
companions which are so affectionately
known as "cooties." But the "cootie" must
De given credit for having banished the
meas, which used to romp in the lower class
carriages. Whether one prefers "cooties"
or fieas is, of course, matter of individual
taste The "cooties" are, however, mostly
bolshevists and are bent upon introducing
typhus.
But these matters are only superficlsa.
The German railways will be as good az
ever once they obtain new rolling stock,
and that is being rapidly manufactured.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Desolate Efficiency

The only harbor that I examined with
care was that of Hamburg, which I explored
carefully in launch with the official who
would correspond to an American harbor
master and with two officers of the Dock
Workers Union. l think the condition of
Hamburg may be taken as characteristic
Of the condition Of the other German har-
bors, although it has had but little to do
since the blockade frightened its grip and
kept the ships from the seas. To-day it is
a desolate scene, but 1t only awaits the
coming and going of the ships to spring
into activity again with all the old force.
Hamburg has been known as one of the
best equipped harbors in the wordand each
division of the free port is provided with
all kinds of cranes and other devices for
quick loading and unloading. Most of
theae have not been used for four and a
half years, but squad of men has kept
them oiled and polished in spite Of the cost
of oil, and they have, from time to time.
been given trials to see if the electrical
and other machinery was in working order.
The harbor master told me that within
twenty four hours the whole harbor could
be functioning in normal way. The ware
houses are empty but the women have been
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
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Ships on the Way

ularly uredged and kept IN condltlon 1or
the resumption of traffic.
Ships on the Way
The ships tied up all over the harbor-
there were 1870 seagoing craft at moorings-
rusty looking, but l assured that
the skeleton crews have kept their machin-
cry in working order and that they only
need to have their bottoms scraped and
coat of paint to make them ready for sea.
The big drydock was just discharging the
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria at the time and
they were making ready to put the lmper-
ator in her place. The Austria, which is
new ship of about $4,000 tons, which had
her trial trip just before the war and was
intended to be put into the South American
trade, was all ready to sail too, and 1t was
said that the gigantic Bismarck, of $4,000
tons and the largest ship in the world, could
be made ready within four OR five months.
The deficiencies Of the railways, as
have previously noted, are largely those OF
rolling stock and passenger terminal ar
rangements. The policy was to keep
up all railway essentials, in which were IN
cluded everything that had to do with the
movement of war freight and troops. Pas
senger traffic was discouraged, not by any
raising of rates but by refusing to sell tick
cts except upon presentation of police au-
thority, and the same rule holds to-day. No
one may buy ticket in Germany for dis
tance exceeding thirty miles without show
ing permit, and the reasons which will Sc
cure the issuance of permit must be good
and sufficient to the permit officer. Having
no regard for passenger traffic, the stations
have generally been allowed to fall into dis
repair. They have not been painted and
are in most dilapidated looking condition.
But the roadbeds have been kept in perfect
order; the tracks have been inspected with
even greater diligence than in peace times
and new rails have been constantly distrib-
uted wherever needed. Germany, having
built a system Of strategic railways, did
not intend to abandon them at the time they
were most needed. In the same manner the
locomotives were kept up and hundreds of
new ones were built by the Krupps and
other concerns. Probably hundred thou
sand men were engaged in the making of
new railway material during the war-that
is, in all the shops in Germany.
Paper Car Cushions
The freight wagons were also we'll cared
for, but the passenger coaches were allowed
to run down because they were not con-
sidered essential. The German soldiers
were transported in freight rather than in
passenger conveyanees. the latter being
used only for officers. With the shortage Of
fabrics the upholstery was not renewed.
and now most of the cara are done in paper
of heavy grade-that is, the frat and Sec
ond class carriages; tho third and fourth
class always had bare wooden seats.
Having SO few locomotives, and thoss