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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-14
Coughing SPELLS
BREAK YOUR REST
Put a stop to them with old
reliable DIR. Kings New
Discovery

That raw. hoarse throat must he
soothed. That phlegm- loaded chest
must be loosened. That cough must
be checked 80 you can sleep.
pr. Kings New Discovery has
been relieving colds. and coughs for
half century without the least
disagrecablc aftor-cffects.
Your druggist has IL because II Is
well-known and in big demand. soc
and t1.20.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-14
AID Man Back After
Hard War Service

II. q. Pcnman. who enlisted in the
Canadian army in 1915. has returned
20 his old position with the Dakcn
Advertising Agency. after serving In
some of tho hardest fighting OF the
war. At the time the armistice was
signed. he was acting as physical
trainer and bayonet instructor at the
largest Canadian camp In England
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-14
She Says Boarder
Looted Her Trunk

Archie Brown. n boarder at the
home Of Mrs. Il. Sheldon. 1915 Yesler
Way. was arrested Sunday night on
complaint of Mrs. Sheldon, who re-
ported to the police that she sus-
pected Brown In connection with the
theft OF $50 from her trunk.
Brown is held for investigation
When searched at the police station
his pockets yielded small sum Of
money in a purse and $50 in bills
and silver.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-14
Try this for Constipation

Keep the bowels on schedule time
with Or Kings New Life Pills. the
aysiom freed from poisonous wastes.
the complexion clear. the stomach
sweet. the tongue uncoatcd. the
breath untaintcd. Mild yet positive
In action. CSC
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-14

LONDON. April 1i.-Great Britain
had 20.S50 airplancs and i.2fs sea-
planes when the armistice was pro-
claimed. The government has
scrspped nearly 1000 machines as
obsolete or damaged beyond repair.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-14


Ing the nations right TO tax any
Kind OF goods IL chooses. This en-.
actment Is simply a portion Of the
revenue bill for the year 1918. os
tensibiy IL provides for taxes.
Provides 10 pr Cent Tax
Actually tho hopes OF It's authors
and OF the administration are that
not ono cent win thus be collected
much as Uncle sam needs the
money.
Tho law provides for collection OF
an excise tax equal TO 10 per cent
Of the net profits OF any mine. quar-
rs. mill. cannery. workshop or fac.
tory employing child labor as FOL.
lows: Any mine or quarry In the
country In which children under Is
are permitted To work: any mill. can
merry. workshop or factory In which
children under IL are employed. or
In which children between Ia and 10
are permitted 10 work more than 4
hours a day. or more than six days
a week. or after az night or before
in the morning. The onlv cScep.
ton TO this IL a bona fide boys or
girls canning club organized under
auspices Of the department % aEri.
culture or OF state or OF the United
states The tax these employers
must pay il in addition to all other
taxes.
To 60 after employers subject to
the ne~ tax. the commissioner Of in
ternai revenue viii need assistance
from those who can probe into the
matter Thereby hangs a tale.
II vas estimated the department
OF labor would need sissiso a year
10 enable les chiidren's bureau to
make proper Investigations all over
the country Senator Lodge. who
was strong for III. purposes OF tho
tax. therefore. drew up a provision
which said that sis4.iso shall be
available to be expended by the sec
Rotary OF labor In accordance with
the estisnat. submitted by him 70 tho
secretary OF the treasury for the en-
forccmsnt OF any law relating 10
child labor hereafter enacted"
Where Roper Comes In
The senate accepted the Lodge
amendment. But when the revenue
bill went To conference. members OF
the house from the South knocked
this out and put In a provision that
the money should be available for
expense authorized to be incurred by
the secretary of labor upon request
Of the commissioner Of Internal RIVE
nue."
As Senator Lodge pointed out then.
his amendment made adequate In
spection the duty Of the department
Of labor. The amendment. as finally
passed. makes II It's duty only when
facts are asked for.
IF there Is a failure TO enforce the
tax law respecting child labor II VIII
lie at the door Of the commissioner
Of internal revenue"
That's why II Is IN 20 Roper TO
start the wheels moving.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-14

Buy a bond Of the Fifth Liberty
VICTORY LOAN and bring him
hack.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-14
Tax May Put Child Labor
Products Out of Business

judges. II seeks 90 put child labor
factories out OF business By exercis-
ing the nations right TO tax any
Kind OF goods IL chooses. This en-.
aetment Is simply a portion OF the
revenue bill for the year 1918. os
trnsibiy IL provides for taxes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-14
SYRUP Of FIGS
CH|[D'S LAXATIVE
Look at tongue! Remove poi.
sons from stomach, liver
and bowels

Accept California" Syrup sf
Figs only---look for the name CALI
fornia OIL tho package, then you
are sure your child Is having the
best and most harmless laxative or
physic for the little stomach, liver
ana bowels. Children love Its de-
licious fruity taste. Full directions
for child's dose on each bottle. Give
u without fear.
The Ordway new era., 1919-03-14
ENTERTAINMENT DANCE

Ordway Council. X. and L. of g.,
gave a pay dance at the hall last Sat-
urday evening which was in every
way success and proved to be q de-
lightful evening. This was the first
OF a series of dances planned by this
council for the coming spring and
summer months. The coupcil's three
piece orchestra furnished excellent
music. the reporter hearing compli-
ments on every hand about the good
music. The glad hand of welcome
and good fellowship was extended to
a number of strangers. and they had
a good time, for when looking for a
good time with good fellows" they
know that Ordway council Is the
place. as did the Colorado College
Mandolin and Glee club members.
Afterfi finishing their program at
the school barracks these young men
came enmasse to the hall and were
admitted by the committee free of
charge. 1t was deemed an honor to
asGist in entertaining those who had
so generously and ably entertained
the people of Ordway. These gIee
club boys enjoyed the dancing i'm
mensely and five members OF the
club in turn favored the dancers
with selection and were heartily
encored.
The committee Is planning a mas
querade ball April l..
Contributed.
The Ordway new era., 1919-03-14
Tomato Culture
In Valley Brings
September Money

The following is an average cost
of growing and delivering one acre
Of tomatoes raised on a five acre field
and taken from the figures furnished
by six different growers, the returns
are shown on basis of $1,000 per
ton, which is our contract price for
1919:
The Ordway new era., 1919-03-14

II you are a good farmer
you can reasonably expect
tons additional which
would make your profits,
after paying for picking,
$40 per ton or ---------$40.00
Net profit over all cost of
For contract. address card to Can
ming FactoSy, at Crowley
The Ordway new era., 1919-03-14
COUNTY BILLS ALLOWED

Proceeding of the board of county
commissioners In regular session
March 3, 1919
(>r6fu arv Ev,uH
The Ordway new era., 1919-03-14

Scale books at THIS ofice.
The Ordway new era., 1919-03-14

Rent on one acre land $1,000
Plants and planting - 1900
Flowing and narrowing 4.50
Furrowing ------- 100
Irrigating --- $50
Cultivating and Hoeing-- 400
Picking 27.5O
Hauflng -----------1 1000
Fertilizer --------- 500
$3.50
Average tonnage IL tons
at $1,000 ----------s143.00
$3.50
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03
FROM COLBERT

Mrs. Lester WAS in D"niSol
Saturday.
Mrs. Malcolm's brother. who
lad been sick for some tim"
died Monday and Mrs. MalcOl'A
has returned to her school
MIR, and Mrs. Dick RilbO OF
Caddo were here Sunday visit
ing G.. \. Ramsey.
Martin Coleman who has re-
Gently been discharged from The
army has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry WiSSin
made a trip to Durant Saturday
There We're services at the ".
r.. Church Sunday.
l;ro. Brown is helping with
'nc meeting al Caddo
sam SimmS was in Nalera on
sunday last.
Miss Era Worthy is visiting
friends here.
\ meeting was held here last
Sunday at the Methodist church
to work uD interest in the Sal,
vatiOn Army Campaign.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03
VOTE on $4,000 WATER
BONDS OCTOBER TENTH
That sum Found Necessary to
Provide Necessary EXten-
SiOnS and Repairs to present
Water System.

Mayor Spears has called a
special election to be held on
Oct. tenth for the purpose of
voting on the issuance of ad-
ditional city ater bonds in tn"
sum of $25, 900.
If the bonds carry the mcny
derived from their sale will be
used to extend the water sys"
TEN to districts at the present
1msupplied. and to make nnces-
sary repairs in other quarters.
1t is proposed to issue twenty
five. $1,000 serial bonds, one
maturing each year tJr twenty
five years and hearing irtorcst
a, five per cent per an"rm.
The number and location OF
the polling places and the per.
sons who shall conduct said
election shall be as follows:
Ward No. One. at East Ward
school building, J. w. Hay ana
w. A. Keithley. Judges; W. e.
Christian and w. j. Beckham.
clerks,
Ward No. Two. at CONNER
cial Association building, w. f.
Grafa and d. G. HathcoX judi
ges; p. B. Dorsey and c. W.
White. clerks.
Ward No. Three. at the city
hall. f.. A. Glider and K H.
Fornham. Judges; Frank Hines
and h. f.. Dyer, clerks.
Ward No. Four. at Red Top
! Store. J. 5. Street and o. l.
shannon. Judges; Wade ii
Dougherty and :. l. Watson.
/ clerks.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03
:. \. DRIVE Is
BEING MADE HERR

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any such canvass be made as
the time is too short. Those
not reached by the committees
should telephone their sub
scriptions to Mr.. W. X Gil
strap. the treasurer, at Salmon
and Gilstrap's office or to any
bank II town. Don't fail to
make your donation to heln
this good cause even thOuSi,
yOu cannot come TO town.
This drive is being made fo
funds with which to carry on
the work of the Salvation Army
Girls at home and is made in
order that the Salvation Army
Girls Will not have to TAX :
tamhourinr collections. All
money raised in Oklahoma will
be spent in Oklahoma
The Salvation Army did the
most wonderful work of them
all in France and they are now
preparing to do the same thing
right here at home. The sol
diers believe in them, DO
YOU?
| Other towns are OverSub
scribing their quota and Du-
rant is expected to do III,
! same.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03
FROM BENNINGTON

Mrs, J. T. Ferguson and her
CHILDREN visited her brother.
John McCleary last week
Mr.. MOffett who lives north
Of town brought IN four bales
Of cotton that brought him eX-
avtly $SOoO0,
The Baptist Revival is At
tracing large crowds.
The children are being led
in song every afternoon after
school and next Saturday they
expect to sing in the street
John Baker and Walter Bill
ley went to Muskogee Tuesday
TO attend the fair.
There is some much needed
street work being done i noun
town. In some places they
are almost impossible
Read the News, $1.00 per year
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

The larger part of us favor
union labor. and believe in the
principle of uniOnism, both en-
pioyers and others OF the pup
lie. lmiOn labor. We lear how
ever, is going too far in the
matter OF strikes and disorders
and if not checked, this action
may result in revulsiOn OF
public sentiment which could
overthrow all the good lha,
unionisn has accomplished
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03
FROM EXCHANGES

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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

The economic blockade OF
Germany, which has Deen in
contemplation by. the allies
following the insolence of a
Gcrman general in the Baltic
region in regard to allied or.
ders, has been placed in eff
feet The supreme council in =
tends to force Germany to full
III the treaty terms to the last
letter, and proposes an exam
pie at the start.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03
<sSs{s d5 lAeAl
~asT "
FRIDAY OCTOBER 3. 1919.

II there is Il man in either
house of the National Congress
who ought to be retired as un-
fitted for the place. il is Senator
Gore of Oklahoma. If Okla
homa has Il man fitted by tem-
permanent, character and train
ing to succeed Gore. the man is
Scott Ferris. now i'm the lower
house of the congress from this
state. Ferris is one man. long
public servant. with whose
record we find no fault. whose
loyalty and devotion has never
been questioned. whose mind is
big and broad enough TO
enable him TO intelligently deal
with the great questions that
must confront Il senator ana
whose character and moral
fibre spell courage and right.
If the anti-Gorc element. AMI
il represents Il majority OF us
will center on Ferris and Scc
that all the lesser lights ke"i
out of the race. Cores record
of playing to the galleries ana
lip service will be past history
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

Roy Biggerstaff of Achills
was arrested last week on a
charge of wife desertion. the
arrest being made by sheriff
Dave Wright. He made bond
and was released.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

As an example Of this rad
icalism, the Mine Workers in
convention recently, demanded
a sixty percent flat increase in
wages. the reduction of the
working day to six hours and
five days work II week. No
BUSINESS enterprise could sur
vive sixty percent increase in
wages. no business man ever
succeeded by working thirty
hours a week. and no man has
a right to expect 10 earn his
living by devOting such IA small
part of his time to work The
prevailing spirit of doubling OF
wages and the cutting of work
ing time by a half or a third
if not conquered, and conquer
ed by the very men responsible
for it, will bring us into panic
and stagnatiOn. just as certain
as that the earth will revOlve
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

Complaints are heard of the
l'romiscous breaking of num-
erous glass bottles and jars on
the paved streets of the city
such business is uncalled for.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03
REDS WiS FIRST

In the opening game of the
worlds series baseball games
"Wednesday. he Cincinnati
Reds defeated the Chicago
White SOX, 9 to /.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

wages OF sin is death; it is us
uuIiy collected at incOnvenient
times and unexpected places. -
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

bennington Tribune: Dar-
ling. | offer my heart and my
hand, said a local swain re-
Gently. "Where's your pocket
book" inquired the practical
maiden. NO deal.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

Senator Johnson told the /.
s. Senate that the people OF his
own state of California Wer"
opposed 10 the league OF ma
tiOnS and that to truly repre-
sent his constituents. he was
compelled to oppose the ratif
icatiOn of the peace treaty and
the leauge cOvenant' In the
face of this. the state officials
and hundreds of prOmincnI
folks of California have sen,
the senator Il petition aSkin1
him to cease his opposition to
the treaty and let us have tn"
peace we seek Republicans
have charged the president OF
failing to- represent the wishes
of the American people. Mr.
Johnson was one of the first
to make such charges and on"
of the loudest n denunciatiOn
of the administration. Per,
hapS. after all. il is Johnson
who is off ON the wrong foot
The other day senator Lodge
put Il motion in the United
States Senate. To postpone con
SideratiOn of amendments to
the peace treaty. a vote for
the motion was looked upon
as a vote against the treaty as
presented to the Senate and
il was carried by the votes o.
senators opposing ratification
Gore of Oklahoma. ranked with
the opposition. didn't vote ON
the motion at all? Why?
Not long since two outlaws
were killed from ambush in
Eastern oklahoma Ii wa.
supposed that they were slain
by former comrades who fear
ed exposure. as one of the meI
had been parollcd from tn,
penitentiary on condition tha
he aid officers in hunting dowf
other criminals. which he wa,
engaged in when killed. In ;
diary found on the mans per
son was this inscription. "Th'
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

Okcmah Ledger: Two
women refused 10 accompany
their husbands TO oklahoma
City to live and are now de
PENDANTS i'm divorce suits Oh
charge of deSertiOn,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-03

Grady County Express;
Really. it is perfectly pathetic
the way Senator Johnson loves
his country when he gets him
self all 'het" up in a TRADE
against the League of Nations
His devotion to America is eX-
cceded only by his partisan
hatred of President Wilson.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-03-28
BREAD IS S. IN MOSCOW

MISUNDERSTANDING Of the magnifi-
cent monuments of Moscow, commemo-
rative Of emperors and statesmen, have
been destroyed, says refugee from
that city.
Museums, libraries and picture gal
leries have been requisitioned and
their contents removed. The best gov
ernment and private buildings have
been occupied by the soldiers and
acknowledgements.
Military headquarters were located
in the Kremlin when the refugee left
Moscow. Hostages had been taken
from many members Of the bourgeoisie
and many executions had occurred.
The city was subdivided into districts
under supervision Of commissions, In
campaign against counter-reyolu-
tion.
Krylenko was state prosecutor,
Kameneff administrator of the city.
A common soldier, Muratoff, was COM
mander Of the garrison. There was no
municipal duma.
Street cars operated without regu-
larity. Cab drivers charged 20 to 40
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-03-28

rubles (S1O to $2O) for the shortest
trips.
There is no regular food supply. The
Inhabitants depended upon products
brought in from day to day from the
country. A pound of bread cost IS;
meat. 50; sugar, $40; potatoes sos Q
pood (36 pounds). \
The population was divided into
four classes. Each person was enti-
tied to one-half to one pound Of bread
every other day.
The Muscovites were fleeing to Uk-
rainia. Over 100000 persons already
had gone there, the refugee said.
Many houses Of the erstwhile well-to-
do were occupied by workingmen. One
hundred and slxty-one factories and
mills had closed and emptied. There
was no coal, no coal oil, no machinery
nor machine parts, no engineers and
few laborers.
Practically all printers were out Of
employment since the soviet organs
were the only newspapers published.
Editors and staffs of all the big pub
lications had long since left the city.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-03-28
OLDRULE INGERMANY

Paris.-"The German government is
the same bureaucratic regime OF the
kalser's day, with the same attitude
toward labor and capital and does not
represent the forces which caused the
revolution" says DIR. Alonzo Il. Tay-
lor. food specialist, who has just re-
turned from Germany. He made ex-
tensive investigations in behalf Of the
supreme food relief council.
Count Won Bernstorff is in charge
Of American affairs and the foreign
office and the bureaucrats of the old
school are In evidence everywhere"
he added. "The Germans are becom-
ing Russianized. They are afraid to
put untried men Into the service, and
consequently they tolerate the old or
der Of things"
The German army has apparently
been disorganized and demobilized for
the most part, Doctor Taylor says, but
he believes II will be possible for o
welI-organized bureaucracy to restore
n1iIitarism II II II deemed desirable.
Many Germans believe they win ~
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-03-28
Big Hun Loss In
the Jutland Battle

stroyer. Her forecastle was riddled
and her fore turret was put out of ac.
tion. The entire crew of the turret
and magazine were killed with the ex-
ception OF three or four men. The
ship was beached In a sinking condi-
ton, but she was afterward refioated
and repaired. She suffered heavy cas-.
ualties.
Battleship Grosser Kurfuerst, dam.
aged by torpedo and four heavy
shells. Engines were damaged.
Battleship Oldenburg, hit by shell
from destroyer which killed IL and
wounded about dozen, mostly officers
on the bridge.
Battleship Ostfriesland, struck mine
which tore large hole in her starboard
side. She was assisted into port by
salvage vessels.
Battleship Schlesien, slightly dam
aged.
Battleship Schleswig- Holstein, so
badly damaged that the repair work
necessary required several weeks.
Battle cruiser Luetzow, sustained
at least forty direct hits from British
gunfire, which did enormous damage.
and was also twice torpedoed.
400 Casualties on One Ship.
Her casualties are variously given
as being from 400 to nearly 900.
Battle cruiser Derfiinger, so badly
damaged that she had to be recon-
structed.
Cruiser Moltke, hit by three large
shells and was under repairs until Au-
gust.
Cruiser Won der Tam. one turret
completely put out of action and an
other virtually useless.
Light cruiser Elbing so badly dam
aged that she was scuttled.
Light cruiser Rostock, after being
damaged by gunfire, was blown up by
her crew to prevent capture.
Light cruiser Wiesbaden, reduced to
a complete wreck by gunfire and was
finally torpedoed. There was only one
survivor Of her crew.
Light cruiser Frauenlob. set on fire
ana wrecked by gunfire and was torpe-
doed and sunk. Only eight men of
her crew survived.
Five destroyers are known to have
been sunk, while others had to be
towed into port.
A complete record Of the British
forces engaged in the battle shows "a
dreadnoughts, s battle cruisers, IS
Is light cruisers and 7S de-
stroyers. The German force included
Il battleships, 10 cruisers, n destroy
ers. 1t is clearly established, however.
that of the ships which actually came
INTO action the preponderance of force
was held by the Germans.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-03-28

natural by Doctor Taylor, who saws II
was possibly created by the payment
of large indemnities to unemployed
persons and by suspenejrg action on
all questions vital to the future of the
nation. Unemployed men In Berlin are
paid eight marks day, while railway
workers and street cleaners get six
marks daily. Consequently, the men
prefer to remain idle.
Plays so immoral that they would
have been prohibited under the impe-
rial regime are now tolerated; thiev-
Ing Is prevalent; looting is common
and the general public morale is very
low, Doctor Taylor remarks. He saws
the. food situation is critical and in
spite, Of the great reduction made in
rations. the nation cannot live until
next harvest unless supplied by out.
side powers.