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The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13
THE PRINCIPLE INVOLVED.
American people struggled for quarter OF
century to bring capital into subsection to the

-HE American people struggled for quarter OF
a century to bring capital into subsection to the
IL rights of the public. They have defeated the
efforts of capital to dictate. They now face an ef
fort at dictation in the name of labor which is as
contemptuous of the rights of the public as capital
was formerly The spirit of the oft-quoted public
be damned" epigram is just apparent in the pres.
ent conduct of labor as it was formerly in that OF
capital The public is just determined not to be
damned bv labor as it was not to be damned by cap
ital When labor comes with threat to tie up the
railroads. to extnguish the steel furnaces and to cut
off the fuel supply with winter at hand unless It's
demands are conceded the people recognize it as an
attempt to hold up the United States, and they will
fight
In taking this attitude the people do not oppose
labor unions as such; they oppose only leadership
They are no more DESTROYS of breaking up organ
zations of labor than they of breaking up cor
porations when capital became arrogant.
The protest is against the effort of any class,
any minority to ride roughshod over the whole ma
ton in assertion of it's pretended rights and In con-
tempt of the rights Of the majority. Within those
limitations there is abundant room for the activity
of labor unions.
A non-union laborer and American citizen has
just as much right to job as union man who IS or
not citizen, and vice versa
The CLOSED shop theory is contrary to every
principle Of our form of government and is just as
contrary to our American guarantee Of individual
rights and liberty as would be the recognition Of a
principle in America that man had to belong to a
specified church or lodge before he was given job
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The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13
OIL SHOWS CLEAR RECORD.

~ IL the mother of motion, is the dominating
U industry in many western states.
~ During the war, no industry can show a
better record for supplying every need of our gov
eminent with it's products than the oil industry
Although oil reserves were decreasing in face
Of greatest world demand ever known oil prices did
not jump in proportion to most other commodity
prices.
Legislative restrictions, government withdraw
ais Of newly discovered oil lands and an antagon-
istic policy on part of the navy department was
severe handicap to increased production.
Now after ten years Wrangle in Congress- a
workable leasing bill is scheduled for passage in
future which will permit development Of thous-
ands of acres of withdrawn oil acres in western
states.
States lucky enough to have oil lands within
their boundaries should exert themselves to assist
oil production by adopting constructive policy in
regard to taxation and regulation of oil companies
thus encouraging investors and prospectors to take
the risk necessary to open new wells
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Mr. Wilson has achieved at least one distinc-
ton. He is the only one who has ever presidented
here and in foreign country at the same time.
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There's at least one consolation in these days of
sky prices When your money gives out the profit
eer is too proud to wear your shirt
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Some day. of course, we will know who really
started the war. But in the meantime, somebody
did it.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13
Here and There In Arizona
Newsy Notes people Arizona
miami Silver Belt, November 10Y

miami Silver Belt, November 10Y
A group of enthusiastic boys met
at the Y. NJ C. A. building yester-
day afternoon to take up plans for
the membership contest now on be-
tween the men and the boys. Mr..
Ferguson, membership secretary, and
Mr.. Wilton, boys work secretary, out
lined the plan to the boys and helped
to arouse their pep. The boys were
mighty enthusiastic and all vowed
that the men would have ito dig down
and pay the money for a big feed
for them. They say they are deter
mined to win out.
Though the men have a big start
on the boys, that did not discourage
them in the least because the boys
figure that they have practically an
untouched field in which to work
among the boys for new members and
that there are good many men who
were overlooked last week by the
workers.
Some of the boys could not wait
until Monday to start work but be-
fore night on Sunday four new mem
berships had been turned in. In fact,
it was hardly five minutes after the
meeting Sunday afternoon before one
boy turned in his first new member.
The fine prizes offered the winners
in the contest are squirting the boys
on to greater effort. Each boy is de-
termined to win the first prize and
a hot contest is expected. If all men
and boys of Miami are not members
of the Y. M. C. A. before the week
is over it will not be because they
were not asked to join, since it is the
plan of the boys to ask every man
or boy of the town to join the ''Y."
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13
FOREST FIRE PREVENTION.

HOR hundreds of years prior to the advent OF the
- white man. the Indians, who were then the only
- custodians of our forests, prevented destruc-
tive fires by periodically setting surface fires to
move the litter of dead leaves, twigs, underbrush,
etc., thus preventing its accumulation to the extent
of furnishing fuel for destructive or crown fires.
That this method of preventing destructive fires
successful is shown by the fact that the forests
taken over by the white man rarely bore scars of
trees destroyed by fires. On the contrary, these
forests included the Big Trees thousands of years
old; also the ordinary forests intact with trees
injured by fire, hundreds of years old. Almost all
of these trees however bore evidence by their char
red bark Of the surfacefirng practiced by the In
dians.
Notwithstanding the fire protection afforded
to the forests by the Indians, the white man. oblv
Gus of the wisdom he might have learned from the
Indian, insists upon rigid suppression of all forest
fires with the result that the accumulation of litter
in few years furnishes the fuel for confagratons
which entirely destroy the forest.
Captain Joseph A. Kits of Grass Valley, Calf
ornia, civil engineer Of years experience in the
woods, has prepared plan which deals with the his
torical facts of this situation and eucidates the
practical methods which might be adopted by our
Government to protect forests from destructive
forest fires and encourage the reforestation Of
areas now bare of trees. Such reforestation is es
sential to timber supply, but is now largely de-
ayed and prevented by the nefficiency OF our fire
protection.
The Southern Pacific Company is leading in
movement to bring the Importance of this matter be-
fore the public.
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No flies light upon boiling pot.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that an cleo
trician, UNCONVENTIONAL examination,
will be held on November 21st, 1919,
for the purpose of filling a vacancy in
the position of electrician in the util-
tiles service at Nogales, Ariz.
Application blanks and further in
formation may be obta1neC from the
Local Secretary, Board of Civil Ser
vice Examiners, at the Nogales, Ari-
iona, Immigration Office.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13
Glendale News. November y

A meeting of the board Of directors
of the Arizona Good Roads associa-
ton has been called for Saturday
November Is, at the chamber of COM
merce in Phoenix. The meeting will
be held at the request of the federal
highway council, which desires state
council which will consider federal
road legislation.
Close cooperation with the federal
highway council offers many advan-
tages to Arizona in it's big road
building program, and it is expected
that every county in the state will be
represented.
The board of directors as at present
constituted is composed of the follow
ing members: Gustav Becker,
Apache; M. I. Powers, Coconino; J.
j. Bowen, Cochise; L. L. Henry, ella;
Frank A. Webster, Graham; Norman
Carmichael, Greenlee; Dwight B.
Heard, Maricopa; J. H. Rosenberg,
Mohave; L. E. Caron, Navajo; FIR.
Ronstadt, Pima; w. Y. Pice, Pinal;
James A. Harrison, Santa Cruz; F. S.
Viele, Yavapai, and A. J. Eddy, Yuma:
Some young man from Glendale who
drives light colored little car some
thing like racing car, goes down
Grand Avenue every morning just at
the time when the Avenue is crowded
with other cars, going and coming
and usually just at the time children
are on the road going to school. This
young man pays no attention to speed
regulations or to the rules of driving
car. He goes at terrific speed
lodges from one side of the road to
the other in order to get ahead of
every one else. He does not even
slacken his speed as he passes the
Alhambra school where there are
usually fifteen or twenty children on
the road.
1t is just Providential that so far
no serious accident has happened. This
paper does not know the name of the
young man as yet and we hope he will
stop his reckless driving before his
name appears in these columns in con-
nection with some dreadful accident.
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The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13
THE TOWN GOSSIP
BY TEQUILA
BY TEQUILA

EVERYBODY HAS his troubles. AN
AND MONDAY night. DI
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OF THE Board of Aldermen.
AND THEY were discussing.
SEVERAL MATTERS.
AND DIRECTLY.
ALDERMAN BUTLER.
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MADE SOME kind of motion.
AND MR.. Cole.
THE CITY clerk
STARTED TO take it down. Al
AND MR.. Butler got about half Al
way through.
WHEN HE suddenly stopped.
AND SPOKE up and said:
"HOLD ON minute. "E
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AND GOT about halfway through. IT.
WHEN MAYOR Fielder butted in. TT
AND SPOKE up and said: W
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AND HE explained his views. H
AND MR.. Butler agreed. W
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AND HE explained his views. A
AND MR.. Fielder agreed /
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13

The golden age has been always in
the past.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13

those who seek 1t.
The battle of life becomes a rout
only to the person who admits his
own impotency. There is no such
thing as defeat for the man who be-
lieves in 81 Will"
Doubly blessed is he who can start
for "a short life and a merry one, "
yet be granted by Providence "long
life and contented old age"
That is but a slippery happiness
which fortune can give and fortune
can take away.
All players cannot win: And some
time stacked cards fall the wrong
way.
Could everything be done twice all
things would be done better.
-O-
Folly and Learning often dwell to-
gether.
Gentility without ability is plain
beggary.
What you give is written in sand:
what you take with an iron hand.
The golden age has been always in
the past.
An evil lesson is learned quickly.
II Co.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13

Good judgement, energy and per-
severance are the secret of what many
people call luck. Opportunity finds
those who seek it.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13

Grea weights may hang on slender
wires.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-13

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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
Benjamin D. mtller
lB91-l9l9
lB9z-l9l9

Oft times, when it has fallen TO us
to pen the lines telling of the passing
of dear friend or neighbor, we have
paused to wipe away tear Of sor.
row, and it has never been without q
feeling of deep regret that we have
chronicled the passing of soul into
eternity and now it becomes our sad
duty to perform like service for a
dear and only brother.
AS we write, our mind travels back
a quarter of century, to the time
when the father was laid away, and
the little mother took the place of
bread-winner for the family, leaving
US to care for the little ones, the
least of these being the brother for
whom we now mourn.
From that time on we were father
as we'll as brother to him, and dur
ing our lives we have been together
most of the time, sharing each others
joys and sorrows, helping one an
other, advising together over mat
ters of interest to either. We knew
him as no other did, and while we re-
ceived a great deal of assistance from
him, he always brought us his prob
lems, even as he would to a father.
1t was under our tutorage that he
began his career in the newspaper
business; our home was his home, and
our associations were ever pleasant
and harmonious. Twice he went into
business for himself, both times he
came back. 1t seemed he could not
be satisfied; that he wanted to be
with US, and even though he had at
tanned the mind and stature Of man,
he still relied upon US as in the early
years of his life.
And now he has left US; the re-
lentless hand of fate has reached out
and taken his spirit into the great
beyond, and oh, how we miss him
Upon his help, his sturdy manhood
we can no longer rely; the loyal com
panionship that has been ours is nj
more; the ties which drew us clos'
have been broken, and all that re
mains are the memories of the past
of duties performed, of happy com
radeship. We did our best for Ben
he repaid in full; the measure is even
Our hand falters. We cannot say
more. We realize that his going is a
part of the Divine plan which guides
the lives Of men; that while we may
mourn, we may not complain. His
life has not been in vain, the world
is better for his having lived.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
RAILROAD PROJECT TO
FORGAN is ENCOURAGING
Petitions For a Bond Election Will
Be Presented to City Council
Friday Evening.

The petition for the bond election
in the town were circulated among
the resident tax payers the last week
and the council will entertain the
petition tomorrow evening in the city
building.
Meantime the surveyors for the
railroad project from Liberal to the
destination at Forgan, Oklahoma, are
at work and the news is received here
that the construction company is as
sembling its material ready for the
work of making the road as soon as
it is possible.
Representatives of the company
have been visiting the farmers of
Oklahoma along the proposed route
and they bring the cheerful news
that the project will be a welcome
one. The slogan, "We'll have a rail
road in time to move the crop this
season" appears to be adopted and
that's just what will be done if the
promoters have their way about it.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
OBITUARY

BENJAMIN B. Miller was born al
Gainesville, Florida, June 2, 1892
and died at Liberal, Kansas, March
2S, 1919, aged almost 81 years.
He suffered an attack Of influenza
but seemed to be recovering when
he had backset. His condition be-
coming alarming, he was removed to
the hospital where everything posi-
BILE was done, but the disease had SC
weakened him that all was Of no
avail.
He was the youngest son of John
and Heba M. Miller. With the fam.
lily he came to Kansas in October
1898, locating at ElDorado. His faith
er died soon after going there. He
finished his schooling at Ell Dorado
and shortly thereafter entered the
office of the Bucklin Banner to learn
the newspaper business.
On November 80, 1912, he was
united in marriage to Miss Myrtle
Emmons. The young couple estab-
lished a home in Bucklin, where a
large circle of friends and acquaint-
ances was made. In 1914 he pur-
chased the Leader at Langdon, Kan
sas. Here he was successful. He
was a leader in public affairs of the
town and stood high in the estima-
ton of the people. In 1917 he sold
the paper and came to Liberal to be-
come foreman of the Democrat,
where he remained until the outbreak
of the war, when he went to Tyrone
to take charge of the Observer, pub
fishing the paper through the war
period. He was an active member
of the Red Cross and Council of De-
fense, gave literally of his time and
money to help win the war, and used
the columns of his paper fearlessly
to condemn slackers and pro-Ger-
mans.
A few months ago he disposed of
the Observer and returned to his old
place in the Democrat Office, bought
home and expected to remain per-
manently.
He was a member of the w. o. W.,
NJ. W. A., and l. o. o. F. lodges at
Tyrone and left his family well pro-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
w. v. GRIFFITH ELECTED
MAYOR OF LIBERAL
Joe Bryson, Chas. Molter and J. T
Newby Are to Be the New
Councilmen.

Well, the city election is over and
W. v. Griffith is the new mayor, Joe
Bryson, Chas. Molter and ]. T. New
by were elected aldermen, and the
city is in safe hands and very few if
anybody has a complaint to make.
Friday night the council will meet
as canvas board and the votes cast
at the election will be officially count
ed and the new members of the coun-
Gil and mayor will be sworn in.
His Honor, the Mayor, will per-
haps have numerous applications for
the several appointive jobs during
the next few weeks, and if he gets
through that without losing his
sweet disposition, there will come the
paving, the waterworks and the gen.
eral run of the city affairs, which
will be blamed on him if not satisfac-
tory, and will soon have an under
standing of the mayor job. But
Griffith can stand for it all.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
The Bridged Atlantic

Woodrow Wilson Europe the United States in Europe
When he shakes hands with preme presidents and kings French
soil Uncle Sam has stepped Atlantic
He and there through circumstances beyond control
AS to quoting Wahngton warning against enangng alliances
might well quote his idea that
That fact accomplished and will be undone
The United States will again stand in relation Europe
where it stood five years
That vital stake in the conference We have moved
next door, and whether the conditions of Europe make for
vital for in Che long is going
There notion that England France and Italy will fix the
substantially to suit themselves politely invite
scribe to it, That notion which the United States should
dscountenance We attempted apart before after the
fighting had begun and found that could We should be
still less able to stand if fighting began again. We
standing apart This peace conference affair much
is the affair of nation To insist by every that
shall be ordered the greatest possible
enduring only business by import
ant business have hand
And the United States very helpless
right determination figure
in the proceedings because its main objects correspond exactly with
the aspirations Of the great body of the but voting people
Europe.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03

vided for with policies in the two
former.
In his boyhood he was converted
and united with the Christian Church
at El Dorado, Kansas.
He leaves to mourn his loss an
aged mother, Mrs. H. M. Miller of
Bucklin, a wife, two sons, Mervin,
aged 8 and Merle, aged 2, an infant
daughter, Mertice May, aged 8
months; three sisters, Miss Francis
Miller of Bucklin, Mrs. Leroy P.
Loomis of Slaton, Texas, and Sadie
Peacock of Hawthorne, Florida, and
one brother, J. B,'Miller of this city,
besides other relatives and many
close friends.
The remains were taken to Buck
lin where the funeral was held Sun
day afternoon at the Christian
church, The pastor, Elder E. c..
Whitaker conducted the service, as
sisted by Rev. Wyrick Of the M. E..
Church. Bucklin Lodge |. o. o. F.
had charge of the remains, attending
the service in regalia, acting as pail
bearers and consigning the body to
the tomb with the short ritual of the
order.
The floral tributes were many, at
testing the esteem in which he was
held.
Ben's disposition was such that he
attracted friends and all who knew
him admired him for his manly quail
tiles and sterling worth. He was
kind and considerate with his family,
big-hearted, and honest to a fault,
and many are the words of regret
spoken of his passing.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
MAUDE EMILY GILBERT

Maude Emily Gilbert, the young.
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Gilbert of near Grandvalley, Okla.
homa, passed away March 25th
Had she lived another day she would
have been 13 years Of age.
Emily had been i'll about 10 days
with flu which was followed by pneu.
monia. Her parents, brother, Mir.
an and sister, Opal, survive her.
Funeral services we're held from
the Appleton school house March
26th, Rev. Atherton having charge
Interment was made in the Appleton
cemetery.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
The Fight for Peace

What would think Of engineer who after headon col
ion sad "We let's back and try that agan?" Some
of engineers saying that The brought cva
on to the brink The wreckage of lives and Of livelihood
strews quarter Of the globe Some of is your town the
gold stars and crippled figures khaki Reaconares
back 1914 the all again
what will happen.
They purblind moleeyed from long habtuaton
gaSc DUST shut in by the life Of professional politics.
unable to understand what has happened what the country feels
They utter learned words that have enanng
alliances, Washington; anything but to the main point
The United States sked all fight democracy It
risk much give the
1t is ready and TO risk much 1t knows that human world
chances must be taken will take chances the
oNaons side that promises Stable order the
BaanceofPower side that promises only repetition Of 1914
Saturday Evening Post.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
SOUTH LIBERAL HAS A
NEW TIRE REPAIR SHOP

The Southwestern Tire Repair
Shop has opened business in South
Liberal near the Equity Exchange.
The business is under the manage
ment of j. M. Wheeler who was for
merly a resident of Liberal but who
has had his home in Sumner county
for the past four years.
This new plant will use the An
derson Improved Process of super
heated steam with tons of pressure,
for which they claim a high class of
work.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
A. B. MITCHELL PURCHASED
A MODERN RESIDENCE

1t seems as if A. B. Mitchell is not
satisfied if he is not either buying or
trading property. His latest deal
was made with DR.. J. S. Miller for
the splendid modern residence for
merly owned and occupied by the DR..
T. A. Jones family in the west part
of the city. Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell
will not moveSto' this property but
will continue to rent it as it has been
for some time.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
MANY CONFUSED ABOUT THE
TIME AND MISSED TRAINS

Many are confused about the time
this week, and some have been great
ly inconvenienced by missing their
trains. The city is using Mountain
time and by such time the trains ar
rive according to the following
schedule: No. 1 at IL M; No. at
10:40 p. M; No. at a a. M, and
No. 2 at 3:15 p. m.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
THREE MAIL DELIVERIES
MADE IN BUSINESS DISTRICT

The change in time of arrival of
No. l, which now comes at IL noon
instead of l p. M, makes it possible
for three mail deliveries to be made
in the business district each day.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-03
A WORD OF APPRECIATION

We feel we must express our ap-
probation of the many kindnesses
extended during our time of sorrow.
For the words of kindly sympathy,
the many acts of helpfulness, the
beautiful flowers, all Of which meant
so much to us, we are grateful be
yond expression.
THE FAMILIES.