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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
MUST TEACH THRIm

Toledo. O., April 5.--The ohio leg
isiature has passed a law making the
teaching OF thrift compulsory in the
schools of that state. The law calls
Tor a half hour of thrift instruction
IN all schools each week and is in
line with the governments program
OF tnrift instruction in connection
WIN the sale OF government securi-
ties. especially War avings stamns
Ohio is the fifth state to adopt com.
pulsory thrift education, the leeisla-
lures of Missouri, Kentucky. Okla
noma and Massachusetts, already
having passed similar. laws. -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
TO BUYsAWAuII

Willows. Call. April 5.-Members of
the Glenn county farm bureau have
subscribed 100000 for the purchased
a sawmill and it is intended to pro-
duce lumber for sale to members at
cost. This is part Of a broad plan of
the farm bureau for centralizing its
purchasing power and marketing ac-
tivities.4
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
KILLED LIONS.

Fred Worthington of, Deep Creek, saw
ed h lives of two deer a week for
the remainder Of the winter, it was es-
timated, when heitrapped and killed
on his ranch two female mountain
lions. Each measured six feet from
tin to tin.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
wREsTIERs READY,

Birmingham. Ala, April 5.--About
seventy wrestlers including national.
inter-allied n A. e. F. champions
and the flower Of amateurs are here
for the national amateur wrestling
tournament at the Birmingham ath-
letic club tonight and Tuesday night.
Twenty-Five matches have been ar
ranged for tonight and the finals will
be held tomorrow night. The tourna-
ment Is expected to afford material
for the United States Olympic team.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
} Not long ago a man who had hoo,

Not long G a man who had been
born and raised in n OF the large
eastern cities and who hadn't been
far enough away to learn that horse.
.radish has nothing TO do with q
horse, was compelled to take&a bust
ness trip which carried him west to
the prairtes of South Dakota. He
his igorance caused him. to ask some
foolish questions of his fellow mas
sengers who were uniformly o
full until the. city man. spying a wind
mill. exclaimed: What under the
sun is that big whirling up in the
air?" That was too much for a
Sioux Falls travelling man who sell
emily answered. M oh. some farmers
are 50 Misunderstanding cool their
COWS, with an electric FAM and that
is one Of them"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
Photo OF the eyrooopter taken during a f,e,d teu.

n "gyrocopter" is the. nan given q new machine designed by
Henry 4. Berliner to enable n airplane o rise OF descend. vertically in
"a smalFarea. h machine IA b e op Grated independently an be tilt
ed forward in which, position it will. fly horizontally. The tnhrs is done
BY changing thu center of lifting Lres sure. The weight of thu machine is
$40 pounds and it has a lifting pow e # mor than 800 pounds The lift
ig propeuers are thirteen feet in diameter and ter inches in width 1T II
driven by al ighty-horsepowcr mot or PA .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05

From September IS to March 10,
under the stimulus Of a thrift cam
paign. children in the Minneapolis
elementary schools saved for bank
accounts alone $86,7O8.
With low shoes higher and every
thing else in proportion it begins to
look as if the cost Of high living
would about the time Santa
Claus gets a hair cut.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
MANY N DE1PORTE|;lD
REDS GO BACK
,54yFs u n
1 INTO ENGLAND
49,! ma 49, &&ss ~ 80 n
Warm Receptions Received.
When Their Identity is
tgAs
i

London. March 19.-Large numbers
OF German and other undesirables
who were .deported from England in
war have managed to make their
way back to London but have encoun-
tered warm, receptions when their
identity has been discovered. They
managed, to, cross from the continent
by working their way as sailors on
tramps steamers to northern English
and Scottish ports ~
These Germans who have come
back to England to take up business
again find 1t! hard row to hoe, says
the Evening Standard One German
business man gave it up and returned
to his fatherland after being refused
admission to five London hotels He
found rooms in a Bloomsbury board
ing house but two days later the
boarders discovered him, and notified
the manager they would not live UNI
der the same roof with a German, and
he was turned out.
A German butcher in a London
suburb was prevented by his neigh
Shnr from reopening his old store the
other day although he had lived in
England for 40 years and there are
many similar cases.
Neither captain nor crew of the
steamer Spica. the first German cargo
/ ship to enter the Firth of Forth since
ADJUST, 1914, were allowed ashore at
Methil and. in Difference to local feel
ing, the vessel did not display the
German flag.
On the other hand, a revival of
"Tanhhauser" at Covent Garden opera
re" altly drew a crowded and appreci-
ativc audience Of society people. The
cast, however, was wholly English.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
EDITION.

crowns at official prices and deals
through the smuggling trade at enor-
nous profit. ,#
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05

Joseph Clark Grew was named re-
Gently by President Wilson to be U.
S. minister to Denmark. Grew is now
in Paris. He was formerly general
secretary to the American peace COM
mission. He was with James w. &C.
ard when the latter was American
ambassador to Germany.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
YACHT RACES PLANNEn

= San francisco, April 5.-San Fran
cisco yacht clubs r to revive this
season the annual yacht race between
this city and Santa Cruz. ,,
I are to be made to interest
southern California yachtsmen in the
event. Any yacht registered with a
recognised club on the Pacific coas
may be entered in the race.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-02-04
During This Sale we Will Close
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-02-04
All mems NETTLETON, WALK-OVER and
W. L. DOUGLASS shoes in black and tan to
close out at the following prices

S $50 SHOES S SOS
- S 500 7.35
S $50 7.S5
$1,000 S.95
$3.50 S11.45
$3.50 $12.25
BIG REDUCTIONS ON ALL BOYS DRESS
AND WORK SHOES ALL SIOES IN BLACK
AND TAN
Men Shoes on the main floor
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
BAPTISTS PROSPERING

White Baptists of the South have
increased more than two and half
times as rapidly as the population
of this section during the past twenty
years, according to information just
com piled by DR.. f. =. Aldridge sec
retary of the department Of survey,
statistics and information of the Bap-
tist Sunday School Board. The Bap-
tist increase in membership since
1900 has been S4.l per cent, while the
gain in population for the South dur
ing that time has been 32 per cent.
The gain in annual contributions to
missions and bcncvolences during the
same period has been nearly 1ono per
cent. These ,abulations are made up
from the annual reports of only those
local churches which cooperate with
the Southern baptist Convention.
BY way Of comparison. the report
shows that in 1900 Southern Baptists
had T37 associations while today there
are y2j, representing a gain of 25.5
per cent; in 1890 there were 1868
local churches which number has been
increased to 25,305 today, a gain of
33.4 per cent; there were l,6o4,4l3
bona fide members in 1900 and g.
9Gl,34s in 1920, "a gain Of S4.l per
cent; 9,7l1 Sunday Schools twenty
years ago, and 1866 today, an in
crease of s2.l per cent; 639,944 Sum
day School pupils in 1900 and 1885,
936 today, a gain of 1877 per cent.
Annual gifts to missions and benevO-
lences in 1900 were SOL, ,323.3S while
this sum has increased to 1881 ,226.-
S5 today, an advance in 90 years of
945.3 per cent; total contributions per
year to all purposes in 1900 were
So, ,O69, ,5O6.52. while by 1920 they had
climbed to S21 1927 ,446.67, an advance
of 594 per cent; and the value Of To-
cal church property in 1900 was $19,-
437,323, while in 1920 that valuation
had climbed to $74.273, ,72S, an in
crease of 2S2 per cent.
Should Southern Baptists continue
at this rate of growth for the next
twenty years, DR.. Aldridge finds that
they will, by 1910, have 1856 associa-
tions, 33,74O local churches, 5,451 BAL
members, 32,206 Sunday Schools, s.
267,1SG pupils, annual contributions
of S77,G4, 1913 to missions and benev-
Ocnces, and S14S,0l2,47l, to all pur-
poses, and local church property val
ucd at $2S3,725,G39.
Frank +. Burkhalter.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
CONVENTION TO MEET

Hon. Bennehan Cameron, President
of the Bankhead National Highway
Association, Inc, has called u meet
ing of the Board of Directors of the
Highway to meet in Birmingham,
Alabama at the Tutwiler Hotel on
January 3rd, at l2 o'clock. This meet
ing is called for the purpose of ar
ranging the program of the Fifth An
nual meeting of the Association and
to receive II report of J. A. Round
tree, Secretary of the Association on
the work accomplished during the past
eight months, also to receive and
pass upon his report of the Bankhead
Trans-Contnental Convoy. which ira
versed the Bankhead National High
way, starting from Washington June
l4th and landing in Los Angeles,
California, October 9Th.
The meeting Of the Board of Di-
rectors is most important one in
every way. A number of questions in
regard to additional branch routes of
the Highway will be brought before
the Committee and discussed. c. O.
Johnston of Durant is vice-president
for Oklahoma and is expected to at
tend.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31

With more than the usual amount
Of "Freak" bills already prepared
or bing prepared to come before the
session of the legislature next week
and innumerablc interests clamoring
for some of the state funds to help in
what is sometimes a worthy cause,
there will probably be very little of
actual constructive legislation enacted
this winter. But that is pretty safe
prediction to make of any Legislature
Of any state. If the laws which con-
troll the universe were as numerous
as the laws which are supposed to di-
rect the conduct of the state and the
individuals of the state there would
be a general smashup in twenty min
utes. While there are ways in which
constructive legislation could be en-
acted which would be of benefit to the
people of the state is is probable that
If the incoming legislature would de-
vote its entire time to repeating the
unnecessary laws with which statute
books are now encumbered and let
the enactment of now laws alone
more real good would be accomplished
than by any other course which the
legislature could pursue-but legisla-
lures are not built that way, unfor-
tunately for the suffering public.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
FAMILY WIPED OUT
BY FIRE NEAR ADA
Husband, Wife and Child Perish Amid
The Flames of Their Burning
Home at Rolf, Oklahoma

r. B. Nichols, wife and baby were
burned to death in q fire which de-
stroycd their home at Rolf, sixteen
miles south of Ada Tuesday night.
Several persons were attracted to
Nichols house by an explosion, which
was followed Immediately by flames
bursting from the house. Mr.. Mich
OILS was in the back lot, but before
he could reach the house it was in
flames. Ncighbors tried to hold him
from rushing into the house to save
his wife and baby but he jerked away
and rushed in. He never came out.
Fire destroyed the home before the
fire department could extinguish it
and the charred bodies of the three
members of the family were found
later. They were all buried at Rolf,
Mr.. Nichols left a father and moth
cr, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Nichols and
two brothers, all living at Rolf.
Ncighbors believe the fire was
caused by an explosion of a can of
kerosene or gasoline when Mrs. Mich
OILS attempted to make fire with
it,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
An FL Paso minister remarks

An FL Paso minister remarks
that it is far better to contribute
to a good cause than to pay dog
tax.-Scveral Papers.
The above has appeared in identi-
cal wording in several exchanges and
in all of them as "original' editorial,
which goes to show that "Great minds
run in the same channels" However,
the editor of this department wishes
to rise and remark that the compara-
tive values of the contributions de-
pends entirely form the viewpoint Of
the commentator. The preacher
would undoubtedly think that a con-
tribution to the salary fund of his
church was far better than paying a
dog tax; but a dog under sentence
of death for nonpayment of dog tax
would probably take an altogether
different view of the matter.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
MASKED BANDIT ROBS
FREIGHT TRAIN CREW

A lone masked bandit swung onto
the rear platform Of Frisco freight
train as it left Fort Gibson for Mus
kogee Wednesday night and, thrusting
his revolver in the face Of Conductor
+. ID. Spencer, robbed him of his
watch and money and compelled him
to turn his back. He then seated
himself near the door, rolled a cigar
cite and robbed members of the train
crew as they entered singly and lined
them up beside the conductor
When the train nearcd the Arkansas
River bridge the bandit set the air
brake and jumped off according to the
story of the train crew.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31

Readers may notice that the
News is using quotations from
great writer's in its leading editor
ials. The editor of the News is
not one Of the country editors
who bar everything except their
own crecds and patent medicine
ads. We have for u long time
suspected that there have been
ADLER writer's than the editor of
the News. If the Hominy pub
lie shows anything for appropri-
ate extracts from the masters the
News will print them. Anyway,
we have several sets of books
which need cxercise.--Hominy
News.
There are lots of other editors do
ing the same as the editor of the Hon
my News; the writer notices that tn,
same, identical editorials appear il
many of the exchanges which reacl
his desk. The Great writers" sen,
their stuff to this paper also--a vast
basket full a week they are employee
by the political parties and by man.
committees who's
exalted mission it to reform the un
iverses and incidentally beat II. c. /
without undue cxertion.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
LAWTON HAS $4,000 FIRE

Approximately $4,000 damage is
estimated to have been done BY fire
which practically destroyed the j. d..
Ramsey Building at Fourth street and
ID avenue in I.awton Tuesday night.
Numerous buildings suffered heavy
losses, less than half covered by in
surancc. The heaviest losers are Good
ncr Book Store, McDuffic Jewelry
Store, Bates Studio, Schwartz Sisters
millicnry, Pedigos Shoe Store, Mrs.
Garvin's Millinery, Palace Barber
Shop and Southwestern Oil Exchange.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
KILLED BY RUNAWAY TEAM

G. W. Reppond. farmer who has
been living near Platter. was found
in the road between his home and
Calera Thursday evening. in an uncon-
scious condition, Without regaining
consciousness he died Sunday morning
At first there was some mystery as
to how he came to be in the condition
in which he was found and foul play
was hinted at. An investigation dis
closed. however. that his team had
run away with him and he had been
thrown from the wagon sustaining
the injuries from which he died.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER

w. B. Gilliland, who it is alleged
sold the extract which produced the
intOxicatiOn. under the influence of
which Bill Works went to the home
of Ernest Trout at Mead last week
and precipitated the trouble which re-
suited in the death of both Trout
and himself, was arrested by the
county authorities and has been re-
leased under a $500 bond. The
charge against him is manslaughter.
1t will be remembered that some
time ago Gilliland was placed under
bond to desist from the sale of the
alcoholic extract which he has been
vending.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
GET lOO.BARREL STILL

The largest still ever seized in that
part of the country was taken last
week, ten miles west of Anadarko
Officials conservatively estimated its
capacity at 100 barrels of whisky
daily. Three men arrested in connec.
tion with the case were taken to Law.
ton and arraigned before United
States Commissioner II. R. Blandine
on a charge of operating the still
They are w. l.. Turpin, Mark Weem.
and S. S. Willoughby. All three
waived preliminary hearing and thu
bond of each was fixed at $1,000.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31

Accident insurance Companies
declare that home is really the
most dangerous place in the
world, as twenty-five per cent Of
all disabling accidents are in
Cured therc.--Dearborn Indepen-
dent.
And yet the Christmas rush for
marriage licenses was just as large
as if that report had never been made
There are plenty of brave men left
in the world yet
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31

l was leaving
home. I found
my front gate
nailed shut. and l
had to climb over
it. and nearly
broke my back
doing it."
II wouldn't give
three cents for q
hoy who didn't
play tricks" re-
piled the hotel
Keeper. II ex-
pect you were as
giddy as the rest
Of them when
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
IDABEL MAY HAVE
A LANDING FIELD

The Chamber of Commerce of Ida
bel is in receipt of communication
from the North American Air Line
Association of San Francisco, which
is undertaking to establish the Quen-
tin Roosevelt airway, connecting the
Gulf of Mexico with Canada, in ref
crcnce to establish landing field
at Idabel. The chamber will provide
landing field complying with all
requirements of the association.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
NEW WAY TO COLLECT TAXES

Carter County has several claims to
the prominence which it now enjoys;
not only did it discover Jake Hamon
and his straight-shooting affinity, the
matchless Clara, but is has evolved a
new method of settling disputes with
the tax collector.
A few weeks ago Pat Whitfield, a
former Ardmore policeman who was
employed by the county to round up
delinquent taxes in the county, had
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
COTTON cpou,,,

ATTENTION COTTON CRowpn.
Representatives Of the OklahonoS ~o
Cotton Growers Association AV,aS ,.I,,
speak at the following places sra s,,
dates: and
Utica, December SO, 7.aO p. m.
Roberta, December 81. 7.an
Kenefick, January, LIST 2 n ~ r. H.
bennington, January LIST, 2 D. m.
Albany January 8, 7:3O D. N m. Ill
Matoy January 4, 700 D. M
Cade, January 4, 200 D. M
All cotton farmers should make T.
a point to attend these meet;ncs "
c. W. BROWN, Chairman
ORGANIZATION Committee, Okla.
Cotton Growers Association.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 81. ,ooo

2 dispute with farmer, s. T. ov.,.
.: Dy nan name who resided near BerwSn' ,n'
IN that county. The amount IN "yn' ;.'
pute was the large sum Of twentv'on \, o,s.
cents. Whitefield proceeded ~ s. .one
it in quick and unobtrusive ws' sv'sle s
killing Owens. Carter COUNTY y "
to be long on thrills recently '.Sms T
do things over there. Aney
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1920
THE NEW YEAR

Another year is cndcd-another one
commenced-anothcr second marked
upon the great dial Of time. The year
to some closes bright with hope; to
others the rising sun of the coming
year shows dim through the mists of
doubt or wells it's brightness behind
cloud-curtains of despair. Some hopes
that were bright when the old year
was young lie crushed and dead but
other hopes have borne full fruit.
The year that's gone has been like
other years; to some it ever turned
q face of smiles and gladness; to
others it was draped in the sombre
robes of sorrow; to some it brought
prosperity and happiness; to others
failure and pain. Disappointment
seems to be the usual lot of man.
1--WE plan for our powers the &vinest
we can;
We do with our powers the suprem-
est we may;
And winning or losing, for labor and
plan
The best that we garner is-rest
and decay"
We are here, from whence we know
not; we are going, whittier We cannot
tell. The coming year will be but
little different from the years that are
pasta little happiness, little sor-
SOW the sunshine of hope, then the
darkness of despair. Sunshine and
shadow, storm and calm, light and
darkness-into the lives of men these
things must come as man borne for
ward on the waves of time, cleared
from an unknown port and to an un-
known haven bound, buffcts the winds
Of Fate, the toy of circumstances
largely beyond human control. Some
times we would say with the poet:
20! man who bcgot me! o. woman
who bore.
Why, why did you call me to be-
ing and breath?
With ruin behind me, and darkness
before,
have nothing to long for, or live
for, but DEATH"
Yet after all it is a pretty good
old world; the sun still shines even
though clouds may obscure its face at
times. The winter will pass and then
comes the spring with its bird, and
butterflies and flowers. Eyes that
weep will smile again and buried
hopes will rise from the grave. God
reigns in his Heavcn--all's we'll with
the world"
So let us enter the new year with
q renewed hope in the future and u
firm faith in the Unseen Power that
rules the destinies of men. The end
is not yet, and let US so mold our
lives that when the shadows lengthen
toward the east we can calmly wait
until the summons comes.
$50 live, that when thy summons
comes to join
The innumcrable caravan, that moves
To that mysterious realm, where each
shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of
death,
Thou go not, like a quarry slave at
night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustain
ed and scothed
BY an unfaltering trust, approach thy
grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his
couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant
dreams"
-O-
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31
Self constituted committees stat

Self constituted committees, state
departments, various and sundry in
terests and the usual army of cranks
have laid out enough work for the
legislature to keep that august body
busy twelve hours a day, Sundays in
cluded, until about 1850 at the very
least estimate and the probabilities
are that some really important work
will be badly slighted.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31

The sob artists" have been exceed
ingly busy with the affairs of Clara
Smith, and Edith johnson, of the Ok
lahoman, the "sob sister laureate" Of
the state could not resist the temp
tation to gush little over the poor
abused child.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-12-31

Charity organizations are ship
ping corn from Kansas to famine
smitten China. That beats burn
ing it for stove wood.-Dallas
News.
Not when you've got the corn and
gotten the stove wood.