Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-14
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY -. 1919

FN11'A ! l, F.BItl AK ~, l?!'
Tn" Legislature" is having u hard
time over raising the salaries of state
officers from some $1,000 up to som"
$4,000 hut is seemingly ignoring the
needs OF IN" S15 a month deputies
and clerks in tn" stat" AMI county
offices, the very fellows who n"ci
the increase.
We doubt is th"r" a holder of q
state office in Oklahoma who wants
the office for the salary attached. In
most cases the guiding impulse Is
political ambition. and the recipient
OF the offic" has Il living coming
from som" other Source. and wh'ih
or he has or not. is most likely to
live up whatever salary hr L. paid.
for politics and office holding "all
for an "Np"nsiv" living standard
Hut how about IN" fellow who i
working as "A deputy in u county al
flee. or as Il clerk in II state ofi!""
for $1h month? Years ago that
sum provided a good living but to
day, no man can keep Il family prop
crly on it. The stat" Offic" holder
is faring deal better with his S2JUo
than the deputy and clerk is with
his $500 Personally W" brlic!e the
legislature Is not getting at the thing
right. nor giving relief wh"r" relief
is needed
II the legislature frames u goo
roads bill that will guarantee the
construction Of u highway criss eros =
ing every county and connecting III"
county seats, with a sliding scale of
levy against property along tn" right.
NRsed on distance from the route
thus letting the counties bear part
0R the burden, II looks like the things
would meet popular approval What
the people don't want, and won't
Have is anything that smucks OF a
4theme for the further aggrandize
ment OF the capital city through
ttate funds.
4 Tho hospital Is assured and GER
tain. What few men attended the
ORGANIZATION banquet Thursday night
pf last week subscribed for NOR"
than half OF the stock. and others
came across nicely when III" com
htittcPs went nfter them. Five years
ago fifty thousand dollar propo-
sition would hav, hcrn looked upon
AK q big deal for Durant to handle.
but here this one has gone over on
shGr' notice. without any nOis" and
with mighty it'll" objection.
when the proper tim" comes the
hotel proposition viii b" put over
Just. .aS easily II not NOR" "ai'"
while no more important, tn" h""'
proposition appears to b" NOR" i'm
mcdiatcly pressing than was tn" hos
pital, and there will he 4 hotel man
TO 20 just as strong with tn" local
citizens on the hotel as DR. Cn'"i"k
of Dallas did with MS on tn" hoSoi
tai. The idea is purely on" If 60
operation and will accomplish won
ders when given chance,
Those Of US who hav" h""n III
convcnienced by the recent num"r
Gus rains. which almost stopp II
traffic and certainly retarded "Nrly
land preparation for crops. may find
solace in the figures which show
that the best corps have followed q
mighty wet winter and spring. w""n
farmers were late getting into ,h,
ter puts a season In the ground thr'
takes u long hard drought to over.
come. Personally We are anticipa:
Ing real crops here in 1919.
Those Of our friends land one
Inies> who disapprovc Of something
thaH has appeared IN these columns
should in Il spirit of fairness, 70
~, hat hat ~
cd In any mans paper that some un'
would not hRve been glad to hav.
suppressed for one reason or anoth
er. and that the newspaper. or in
dividual that tries to please every
hody pleased nobody and fail.
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In justice TO the public who buy
the newspaper for the news mattr'
II contains, an editor cannot prin
something that isn't news Just Il
please some friend who wants il
printed, and conversely, cannot re-
fuse to print something that is new
just because some friend wants i
suppressed Little ''puffs" withou
legitimate excuse fall flat on th'
public ear. without benefit .ithe,
TO tho one ''puffed' or To the paper
Also. real live clean news that j.
suppressed hurts the paper with H.
readers and doesn't help tn. indi
vidual in whose behalf il was hrl,
out. The act of determining jus
what TO and what not To print, rv"-
on small paper. is quit" a job unit,
itself
Thcrc are. undoubtedly NAM
things to he said In favor Of a manac
erial form OF county government
for counties need good management
az we'll as private businesses. Tn,
big objection tho News finds 10 III.
proposition AZ presented 10 the Leg
islature. is the proposal 70 make /